The 1998–99 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). This was the team's final season at the Great Western Forum before moving to the Staples Center for the 1999–2000 season. The Kings did not qualify for the 1999 playoffs, despite qualifying the previous year.
1998–99 Los Angeles Kings | |
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Division | 5th Pacific |
Conference | 11th Western |
1998–99 record | 32–45–5 |
Home record | 18–20–3 |
Road record | 14–25–2 |
Goals for | 189 |
Goals against | 222 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dave Taylor |
Coach | Larry Robinson |
Captain | Rob Blake |
Alternate captains | Mattias Norstrom Luc Robitaille Garry Galley |
Arena | Great Western Forum |
Average attendance | 12,795 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Long Beach Ice Dogs Springfield Falcons Mississippi Sea Wolves |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Luc Robitaille (39) |
Assists | Luc Robitaille (35) |
Points | Luc Robitaille (74) |
Penalty minutes | Sean O'Donnell (186) |
Plus/minus | Donald Audette (+7) |
Wins | Stephane Fiset (18) |
Goals against average | Jamie Storr (2.40) |
Off-season
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Regular season
editFinal standings
editR | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 236 | 168 | 114 |
2 | 4 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 205 | 197 | 90 |
3 | 6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 215 | 206 | 83 |
4 | 7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 196 | 191 | 80 |
5 | 11 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 189 | 222 | 69 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 236 | 168 | 114 |
2 | y – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 239 | 205 | 98 |
3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 245 | 202 | 93 |
4 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 205 | 197 | 90 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 237 | 209 | 87 |
6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 215 | 206 | 83 |
7 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 196 | 191 | 80 |
8 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 230 | 226 | 78 |
9 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 211 | 234 | 72 |
10 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 202 | 248 | 70 |
11 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 189 | 222 | 69 |
12 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 190 | 261 | 63 |
13 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 192 | 258 | 58 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division
Schedule and results
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October: 4–4–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–1)
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November: 2–10–1 (home: 1–6–1; road: 1–4–0)
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December: 6–7–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–4–0)
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January: 5–6–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–3–0)
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February: 6–6–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 2–4–1)
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March: 5–8–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–4–0)
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April: 4–4–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–3–0)
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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 Kings only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
20 | Luc Robitaille | LW | 82 | 39 | 35 | 74 | −1 | 54 |
10[a] | Donald Audette† | RW | 49 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 7 | 51 |
4 | Rob Blake | D | 62 | 12 | 23 | 35 | −7 | 128 |
15 | Jozef Stumpel | C | 64 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −18 | 10 |
27 | Glen Murray | RW | 61 | 16 | 15 | 31 | −14 | 36 |
26 | Ray Ferraro | C | 65 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 0 | 59 |
44 | Yanic Perreault‡ | C | 64 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −3 | 30 |
9 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | LW | 69 | 11 | 12 | 23 | −7 | 32 |
28 | Steve Duchesne‡ | D | 60 | 4 | 19 | 23 | −6 | 22 |
12 | Olli Jokinen | C | 66 | 9 | 12 | 21 | −10 | 44 |
23 | Craig Johnson | LW | 69 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −12 | 32 |
19 | Russ Courtnall | RW | 57 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −9 | 19 |
3 | Garry Galley | D | 60 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −9 | 30 |
55 | Pavel Rosa | RW | 29 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 6 |
8 | Doug Bodger | D | 65 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
6 | Sean O'Donnell | D | 80 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 186 |
22 | Ian Laperriere | RW | 72 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −5 | 138 |
43 | Philippe Boucher | D | 45 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −12 | 32 |
14 | Mattias Norstrom | D | 78 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −10 | 36 |
45 | Sandy Moger | C | 42 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −9 | 26 |
24 | Nathan LaFayette | C | 33 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 35 |
21[b] | Josh Green | LW | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 8 |
48 | Mark Visheau | D | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −7 | 107 |
17 | Matt Johnson | LW | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 131 |
44 | Dave Babych† | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
11 | Jason Blake† | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Steve McKenna | LW | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 36 |
54 | Jan Nemecek | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
29 | Eric Lacroix†‡ | LW | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 12 |
32 | Manny Legace | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
33 | Jaroslav Modry | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
29 | Sean Pronger† | C | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
1 | Jamie Storr | G | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
31 | Ryan Bach† | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
42 | Dan Bylsma | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
11 | Brandon Convery† | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
35 | Stephane Fiset | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
28 | Jason Podollan† | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 |
29 | Roman Vopat‡ | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
35 | Stephane Fiset | 42 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 1217 | 104 | 2.60 | .915 | 3 | 2403 |
1 | Jamie Storr | 28 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 724 | 61 | 2.40 | .916 | 4 | 1525 |
32 | Manny Legace | 17 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 439 | 39 | 2.60 | .911 | 0 | 899 |
31 | Ryan Bach† | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 8 | 4.44 | .879 | 0 | 108 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Jamie Storr (Goaltender) | [4] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Rob Blake | [5] |
Mattias Norstrom[c] | |||
Luc Robitaille[c] | |||
NHL Rookie of the Month | Olli Jokinen (November) | [8] | |
Team | Best Newcomer | Donald Audette | [9] |
Bill Libby Memorial Award | Luc Robitaille | [9] | |
Defensive Player | Ian Laperriere | [9] | |
Jim Fox Community Service | Rob Blake | [9] | |
Sean O'Donnell | |||
Leading Scorer | Luc Robitaille | [9] | |
Most Inspirational | Mattias Norstrom | [9] | |
Most Popular Player | Luc Robitaille | [9] | |
Outstanding Defenseman | Mattias Norstrom | [9] | |
Unsung Hero | Mattias Norstrom | [9] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Doug Bodger | October 25, 1998 | [10] |
Garry Galley | February 1, 1999 | [11] | |
Russ Courtnall | February 10, 1999 | [12] | |
Ray Ferraro | February 28, 1999 | [13] |
Transactions
editThe Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season.[14]
Trades
editFree agent signings
editJuly 2, 1998 | From St. Louis Blues Steve Duchesne (3 years, $11.25 million) |
April 17, 1999 | From University of North Dakota (WCHA) Jason Blake |
Free agents lost
editJuly 22, 1998 | To Boston Bruins Chris Taylor (1 year, $350,000) |
August 18, 1998 | To New York Islanders Steve Valiquette |
August 26, 1998 | To Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) Jeff Shevalier |
Expansion draft
editJune 26, 1998 | To Nashville Predators Frederic Chabot |
Waivers
editJuly 17, 1998 | From Nashville Predators Frederic Chabot |
October 5, 1998 | To Montreal Canadiens Frederic Chabot |
November 19, 1998 | From Vancouver Canucks Brandon Convery |
Draft picks
editLos Angeles'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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1 | 21 | Mathieu Biron | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
2 | 46 | Justin Papineau | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
3 | 76 | Aleksei Volkov | Russia | Krylya Sovetov-2 (Russia) |
4 | 103 | Kip Brennan | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
5 | 133 | Joe Rullier | Canada | Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) |
6 | 163 | Tomas Zizka | Czech Republic | ZPS Zlín (Czech Republic) |
7 | 190 | Tommi Hannus | Finland | TPS Jr. (Finland) |
8 | 217 | Jim Henkel | United States | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
9 | 248 | Matthew Yeats | Canada | Olds Grizzlys (AJHL) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Audette wore number 34 in his first two games.
- ^ Green wore number 47 in his first two games.
- ^ a b Norstrom and Robitaille were injury replacements, Robitaille for Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings.[6][7]
References
edit- "Los Angeles Kings 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- "1998-99 Los Angeles Kings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1998-99 Los Angeles Kings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "ALL-STAR ROSTERS". San Francisco Chronicle. January 23, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Lindros Gets All-Star Start - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. January 22, 1999. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "Jokinen is November's Rookie of the Month". NHL.com. December 2, 1998. Archived from the original on October 1, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Los Angeles Kings 2014–15 Media Guide, p. 201–03
- ^ Commito, Mike (February 28, 2019). "Four LA Kings Reflect on Earning the 1,000-Game Crown". NHL.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ Hodges, Jim (February 2, 1999). "Flyers' Quick Start Leaves Outclassed Kings in the Dust". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
Garry Galley assisted on the goal while playing his 1,000th game in Philadelphia
- ^ Hodges, Jim (February 11, 1999). "Courtnall in Land of 1,000 Games". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ Hodges, Jim (March 2, 1999). "Ferraro Reaches 1,000 Mark". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.