The 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's seventh season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). For the third consecutive year, the Lighting were unable to qualify for the playoffs. They also finished in last place for the second consecutive year as well.
1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning | |
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Division | 4th Southeast |
Conference | 14th Eastern |
1998–99 record | 19–54–9 |
Home record | 12–25–4 |
Road record | 7–29–5 |
Goals for | 179 |
Goals against | 292 |
Team information | |
General manager | Phil Esposito (Oct) Jacques Demers (Oct-Apr) |
Coach | Jacques Demers |
Captain | Rob Zamuner |
Arena | Ice Palace |
Average attendance | 11,510 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Cleveland Lumberjacks Chesapeake Icebreakers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Wendel Clark (28) |
Assists | Darcy Tucker (22) |
Points | Darcy Tucker (43) |
Penalty minutes | Darcy Tucker (176) |
Plus/minus | Andrei Skopintsev (+1) |
Wins | Corey Schwab (8) |
Goals against average | Corey Schwab (3.52) |
Offseason
editOn the eve of the regular season opener, Mikael Renberg stepped down as team captain and was replaced by Rob Zamuner.[1]
Regular season
editThe Lightning again finished last in scoring, with just 179 goals for. They also allowed the most goals of all 27 teams, with 292 goals against.[2]
All-Star Game
editThe 49th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 24, 1999, at the Ice Palace in Tampa Bay, Florida, home to the Tampa Bay Lightning. It would be Wayne Gretzky's last All-Star Game.
Season standings
editR | 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: 4–6–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 1–3–1)
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November: 2–8–1 (home: 1–5–1; road: 1–3–0)
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December: 3–10–1 (home: 1–4–0; road: 2–6–1)
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January: 2–9–1 (home: 1–3–0; road: 1–6–1)
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February: 2–8–1 (home: 2–6–0; road: 0–2–1)
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March: 4–9–1 (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–5–1)
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April: 2–4–3 (home: 2–0–3; road: 0–4–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
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 Lightning only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
16 | Darcy Tucker | RW | 82 | 21 | 22 | 43 | −34 | 176 |
17 | Wendel Clark‡ | LW | 65 | 28 | 14 | 42 | −25 | 35 |
44 | Stephane Richer | RW | 64 | 12 | 21 | 33 | −10 | 22 |
8 | Vincent Lecavalier | C | 82 | 13 | 15 | 28 | −19 | 23 |
77[a] | Chris Gratton† | C | 52 | 7 | 19 | 26 | −20 | 102 |
33 | Benoit Hogue‡ | C | 62 | 11 | 14 | 25 | −12 | 50 |
21 | Craig Janney‡ | C | 38 | 4 | 18 | 22 | −13 | 10 |
13[b] | Pavel Kubina | D | 68 | 9 | 12 | 21 | −33 | 80 |
7 | Rob Zamuner | LW | 58 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −15 | 24 |
61[c] | Alexander Selivanov‡ | RW | 43 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −8 | 18 |
4 | Cory Cross | D | 67 | 2 | 16 | 18 | −25 | 92 |
5 | Jassen Cullimore | D | 78 | 5 | 12 | 17 | −22 | 81 |
23 | Petr Svoboda† | D | 34 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −4 | 53 |
21 | Alexandre Daigle† | C | 32 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −12 | 2 |
10 | Sandy McCarthy‡ | RW | 67 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −22 | 135 |
20 | Mikael Renberg‡ | RW | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −2 | 4 |
26[d] | Mike Sillinger† | C | 54 | 8 | 2 | 10 | −20 | 28 |
18 | Daymond Langkow‡ | C | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
9[e] | Michael Nylander† | C | 24 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −10 | 6 |
49[f] | David Wilkie | D | 46 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −19 | 69 |
14 | Robert Petrovicky† | C | 28 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −8 | 6 |
2 | Mike McBain | D | 37 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −11 | 14 |
34 | Mikael Andersson‡ | LW | 40 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −8 | 4 |
28 | Kjell Samuelsson† | D | 46 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −6 | 38 |
27 | Colin Forbes† | C | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −5 | 10 |
11 | Steve Kelly | C | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −15 | 27 |
32 | Corey Schwab | G | 40 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
14 | Karl Dykhuis‡ | D | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −21 | 18 |
27[g] | Brent Peterson‡ | LW | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
55 | Drew Bannister† | D | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 24 |
23 | Michal Sykora | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 0 |
64 | Jason Bonsignore | C | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 8 |
3 | Sergey Gusev† | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −8 | 10 |
62 | Andrei Nazarov‡ | LW | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −5 | 43 |
39 | Enrico Ciccone‡ | D | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 24 |
22 | Paul Mara | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
46 | Andrei Skopintsev | D | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
6 | Karel Betik | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 |
3 | Sami Helenius†‡ | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 15 |
93 | Daren Puppa | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
20 | Corey Spring | RW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Paul Ysebaert | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 2 |
1 | Zac Bierk | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | John Cullen‡ | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
43 | Xavier Delisle | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Kevin Hodson† | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
71 | Mario Larocque | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 16 |
30 | Bill Ranford‡ | G | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
35 | Derek Wilkinson | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
32 | Corey Schwab | 40 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 1153 | 126 | 3.52 | .891 | 0 | 2146 |
93 | Daren Puppa | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 350 | 33 | 2.87 | .906 | 2 | 691 |
30 | Bill Ranford‡ | 32 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 858 | 102 | 3.90 | .881 | 1 | 1568 |
31 | Kevin Hodson† | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 11 | 2.77 | .907 | 0 | 238 |
35 | Derek Wilkinson | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 128 | 13 | 3.08 | .898 | 0 | 253 |
1 | Zac Bierk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2.03 | .905 | 0 | 59 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | John Cullen | [6] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Wendel Clark | [7] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Vincent Lecavalier (February) | [8] |
Draft picks
editTampa Bay's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[9]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 1 | Vincent Lecavalier | Canada | Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) |
3 | 64 | Brad Richards | Canada | Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) |
3 | 72 | Dmitri Afanasenkov | Russia | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia) |
4 | 92 | Eric Beaudoin | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
5 | 121 | Curtis Rich | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
6 | 146 | Sergei Kuznetsov | Russia | Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russia) |
7 | 174 | Brett Allan | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
7 | 194 | Oak Hewer | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
8 | 221 | Daniel Hulak | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
9 | 229 | Chris Lyness | Canada | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) |
Notes
edit- ^ Gratton wore number 20 in his first two games.
- ^ Kubina wore number 3 in his first game.
- ^ Selivanov wore number 29 through December 8.
- ^ Sillinger wore number 18 in his first game.
- ^ Nylander wore number 25 in his first game.
- ^ Wilkie wore number 6 through January 21.
- ^ Peterson wore number 47 through January 21.
References
edit- "Tampa Bay Lightning 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- "1998-99 Tampa Bay Lightning 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.
- ^ Jones, Tom (October 9, 1998). "Zamuner steps in as captain". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Summary".
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1998-99 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ^ "Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "Lecavalier is top NHL rookie in February - UPI Archives". UPI. March 2, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.