1998–99 Washington Capitals season
1998–99 Washington Capitals | |
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Division | 3rd Southeast |
Conference | 12th Eastern |
1998–99 record | 31–45–6 |
Home record | 16–23–2 |
Road record | 15–22–4 |
Goals for | 200 |
Goals against | 218 |
Team information | |
General manager | George McPhee |
Coach | Ron Wilson |
Captain | Dale Hunter (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr) |
Arena | MCI Center |
Average attendance | 17,281 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Portland Pirates Hampton Roads Admirals Quad City Mallards |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Peter Bondra (31) |
Assists | Adam Oates (42) |
Points | Peter Bondra (55) |
Penalty minutes | Craig Berube (166) |
Plus/minus | Joe Reekie (+11) |
Wins | Olaf Kolzig (26) |
Goals against average | Rick Tabaracci (2.51) |
The 1998–99 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 25th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Capitals missed the playoffs, despite their amazing run to the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals the previous year.
Off-season
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Regular season
[edit]The Caps opened the 1998–99 season by raising their "Eastern Conference Champions 1997–1998" banner to the rafters of the MCI Center then shutting out the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1–0 with Olaf Kolzig making 29 saves.
On January 16, 1999, Kelly Miller scored just nine seconds into the overtime period to give the Caps a 3–2 road win over the Carolina Hurricanes.[1] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 1998–99 regular season.[2]
On February 3, 1999, the Caps defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at home by a score of 10–1.[3] Peter Bondra scored four goals in the game. It was the first time that Washington had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since December 17, 1993, when they defeated the Ottawa Senators at home by a score of 11–2.[4]
On March 23, 1999, the Caps traded captain Dale Hunter, Joe Juneau (who had scored the OT goal that led the Caps to the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals), and Craig Berube.
A month after the season finale owner Abe Pollin announced he had sold the team to Ted Leonsis[5]
The Caps were shut out an NHL-high 11 times.[2] They also tied the St. Louis Blues for the fewest power-play opportunities, with just 301.[6] The Caps failed to make the playoffs after playing in the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals. They led the NHL in man-games lost to injury with 511.[7]
Final standings
[edit]R | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 34 | 30 | 18 | 210 | 202 | 1158 | 86 |
2 | 9 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 210 | 228 | 1522 | 78 |
3 | 12 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 200 | 218 | 1381 | 68 |
4 | 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 19 | 54 | 9 | 179 | 292 | 1316 | 47 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | y – New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 248 | 196 | 105 |
2 | y – Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 239 | 179 | 103 |
3 | y – Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 34 | 30 | 18 | 210 | 202 | 86 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 268 | 231 | 97 |
5 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 37 | 26 | 19 | 231 | 196 | 93 |
6 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 214 | 181 | 91 |
7 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 207 | 175 | 91 |
8 | Pittsburgh Penguins | ATL | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 242 | 225 | 90 |
9 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 210 | 228 | 78 |
10 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 217 | 227 | 77 |
11 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 184 | 209 | 75 |
12 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 200 | 218 | 68 |
13 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 194 | 244 | 58 |
14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 19 | 54 | 9 | 179 | 292 | 47 |
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division
bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division
Schedule and results
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October: 3–3–3 (home: 1–2–2; road: 2–1–1)
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November: 4–8–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–4–0)
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December: 4–8–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–6–0)
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January: 5–7–1 (home: 2–5–0; road: 3–2–1)
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February: 9–4–1 (home: 6–1–0; road: 3–3–1)
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March: 4–8–1 (home: 2–6–0; road: 2–2–1)
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April: 2–7–0 (home: 1–3–0; road: 1–4–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
12 | Peter Bondra | RW | 66 | 31 | 24 | 55 | −1 | 56 |
77 | Adam Oates | C | 59 | 12 | 42 | 54 | −1 | 22 |
90 | Joe Juneau‡ | C | 63 | 14 | 27 | 41 | −3 | 20 |
23 | Brian Bellows | LW | 76 | 17 | 19 | 36 | −12 | 26 |
13 | Andrei Nikolishin | C | 73 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 0 | 28 |
55[a] | Sergei Gonchar | D | 53 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 57 |
28 | James Black† | LW | 75 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 5 | 14 |
6 | Calle Johansson | D | 67 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 22 |
22 | Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 45 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 26 |
8 | Jan Bulis | C | 38 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 6 |
2 | Ken Klee | D | 78 | 7 | 13 | 20 | −9 | 80 |
44 | Richard Zednik | RW | 49 | 9 | 8 | 17 | −6 | 50 |
15 | Dmitri Mironov | D | 46 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −5 | 80 |
34 | Jaroslav Svejkovsky | RW | 25 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −2 | 12 |
20 | Michal Pivonka | C | 36 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −6 | 12 |
17 | Chris Simon | LW | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −4 | 48 |
29 | Joe Reekie | D | 73 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 68 |
27 | Craig Berube‡ | LW | 66 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −7 | 166 |
48 | Benoit Gratton | C | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −1 | 16 |
10 | Kelly Miller | LW | 62 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −5 | 29 |
19 | Brendan Witt | D | 54 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −6 | 87 |
36 | Mike Eagles | C | 52 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −5 | 50 |
21 | Jeff Toms | C | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
24 | Mark Tinordi | D | 48 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −6 | 108 |
32 | Dale Hunter‡ | C | 50 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −7 | 102 |
26[b] | Matt Herr | C | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −7 | 8 |
18 | Trevor Halverson | LW | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −5 | 28 |
39 | Enrico Ciccone† | D | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −6 | 103 |
9 | Tom Chorske†‡ | LW | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
37 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 64 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | |
41 | Patrick Boileau | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
14 | Patrik Augusta† | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Nolan Baumgartner | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
1 | Martin Brochu | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
14 | Patrice Lefebvre† | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
3 | Stewart Malgunas | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 6 |
33[c] | Steve Poapst | D | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 8 |
40 | Mike Rosati | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Brad Shaw†‡ | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
31 | Rick Tabaracci | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
4[d] | Alexei Tezikov† | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Goaltending
[edit]No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
37 | Olaf Kolzig | 64 | 26 | 31 | 3 | 1538 | 154 | 2.58 | .900 | 4 | 3586 |
31 | Rick Tabaracci | 23 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 530 | 50 | 2.51 | .906 | 2 | 1193 |
40 | Mike Rosati | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 28 |
1 | Martin Brochu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 6 | 3.00 | .891 | 0 | 120 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Peter Bondra | [11] |
NHL Player of the Week | Peter Bondra (February 8) | [12] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Kelly Miller | October 21, 1998 | [13] |
1,000th point | Brian Bellows | January 2, 1999 | [14] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
[edit]Washington's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[15]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 49 | Jomar Cruz | ![]() |
Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
3 | 59 | Todd Hornung | ![]() |
Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
4 | 106 | Krys Barch | ![]() |
London Knights (OHL) |
4 | 107 | Chris Corrinet | ![]() |
Princeton University (ECAC) |
5 | 118 | Mike Siklenka | ![]() |
Lloydminster Blazers (AJHL) |
5 | 125 | Erik Wendell | ![]() |
Maple Grove Senior High School (USHS-MN) |
7 | 179 | Nathan Forster | ![]() |
Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
7 | 193 | Rastislav Stana | ![]() |
HC Kosice (Slovakia) |
8 | 220 | Mike Farrell | ![]() |
Providence College (Hockey East) |
9 | 251 | Blake Evans | ![]() |
Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "Washington Capitals 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- "1998-99 Washington Capitals Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ a b "1998-99 NHL Schedule and Results".
- ^ "Tampa Bay Lightning at Washington Capitals Box Score — February 3, 1999".
- ^ "Ottawa Senators at Washington Capitals Box Score — December 17, 1993".
- ^ "After 25 Years, Caps Founder Pollin Offers Surprise". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1999 NHL Preview". The Washington Post. September 29, 1999. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1998-99 Washington Capitals Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ^ "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "Bondra Named Player of the Week". NHL.com. February 8, 1999. Archived from the original on October 6, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "Snow Job! Canucks Stop Caps - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. October 22, 1998. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
Kelly Miller played in his 1,000th NHL game for Washington, a franchise-record 883 with the Capitals.
- ^ "Bellows 1000th Point In Caps Win - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. January 2, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.