The 1998–99 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 90th season of play. The club finished 5th in the Northeast Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. It had been the worst season in over 48 years for the club. The Canadiens finished last in their division. Martin Rucinsky led the club with 17 goals. It was the first time since the 1940–41 season that the Canadiens did not have at least one 20-goal scorer.[1] On March 31, 1999, ownership announced it has lost $3.8 million in its last fiscal year.[2] Following the season, team president Ronald Corey resigned in May 1999.
1998–99 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Division | 5th Northeast |
Conference | 11th Eastern |
1998–99 record | 32–39–11 |
Home record | 21–15–5 |
Road record | 11–24–6 |
Goals for | 184 |
Goals against | 209 |
Team information | |
General manager | Rejean Houle |
Coach | Alain Vigneault |
Captain | Vincent Damphousse (Oct–Mar) Vacant (Mar–Apr) |
Arena | Molson Centre |
Average attendance | 20,740 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Quebec Citadelles New Orleans Brass |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Martin Rucinsky (17) |
Assists | Mark Recchi (35) |
Points | Mark Recchi (47) |
Penalty minutes | Shayne Corson (147) |
Plus/minus | Patrick Poulin Turner Stevenson (+6) |
Wins | Jeff Hackett (24) |
Goals against average | Frederic Chabot (2.23) |
Regular season
editIn March 1999, Captain Vincent Damphousse was traded to the San Jose Sharks.[3]
Final standings
editR | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 239 | 179 | 892 | 103 |
2 | 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 268 | 231 | 1095 | 97 |
3 | 6 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 214 | 181 | 1182 | 91 |
4 | 7 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 207 | 175 | 1561 | 91 |
5 | 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 184 | 209 | 1299 | 75 |
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 | 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: 3–5–2 (home: 3–4–0; road: 0–1–2)
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November: 5–7–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–4–0)
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December: 3–6–5 (home: 0–1–3; road: 3–5–2)
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January: 7–6–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–4–0)
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February: 6–5–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 2–5–0)
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March: 5–5–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–2–1)
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April: 3–5–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 0–3–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canadiens only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
8 | Mark Recchi‡ | RW | 61 | 12 | 35 | 47 | −4 | 28 |
11 | Saku Koivu | C | 65 | 14 | 30 | 44 | −7 | 38 |
25 | Vincent Damphousse‡ | C | 65 | 12 | 24 | 36 | −7 | 46 |
26 | Martin Rucinsky | LW | 73 | 17 | 17 | 34 | −25 | 50 |
38 | Vladimir Malakhov | D | 62 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −7 | 77 |
27 | Shayne Corson | LW | 63 | 12 | 20 | 32 | −10 | 147 |
17 | Benoit Brunet | LW | 60 | 14 | 17 | 31 | −1 | 31 |
23 | Turner Stevenson | RW | 69 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 88 |
5 | Stephane Quintal | D | 82 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −23 | 84 |
49 | Brian Savage | LW | 54 | 16 | 10 | 26 | −14 | 20 |
37 | Patrick Poulin | C | 81 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 21 |
34 | Sergei Zholtok | C | 70 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −12 | 6 |
44 | Jonas Hoglund | LW | 74 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −5 | 16 |
22[a] | Eric Weinrich† | D | 66 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −12 | 77 |
43 | Patrice Brisebois | D | 54 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −8 | 28 |
55 | Igor Ulanov | D | 76 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 109 |
24 | Scott Thornton | LW | 47 | 7 | 4 | 11 | −2 | 87 |
52 | Craig Rivet | D | 66 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −3 | 66 |
21 | Jason Dawe† | RW | 37 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
28[b] | Dainius Zubrus† | C | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 |
29 | Brett Clark | D | 61 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 16 |
15 | Eric Houde | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
20 | Scott Lachance† | D | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 11 |
22 | Dave Manson‡ | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 48 |
46 | Matt Higgins | C | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
48 | Miloslav Guren | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
31 | Jeff Hackett† | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
45 | Arron Asham | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
35 | Andrei Bashkirov | LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
53 | Sylvain Blouin | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
3 | Brad Brown‡ | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
39 | Frederic Chabot | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
42 | Jonathan Delisle | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Jean-Francois Jomphe† | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Trent McCleary | RW | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 29 |
36 | Dave Morissette | LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
56 | Alain Nasreddine† | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
14 | Terry Ryan | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
60 | Jose Theodore | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault‡ | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
31 | Jeff Hackett† | 53 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 1360 | 117 | 2.27 | .914 | 5 | 3091 |
60 | Jose Theodore | 18 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 406 | 50 | 3.29 | .877 | 1 | 913 |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault‡ | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 250 | 23 | 2.61 | .908 | 1 | 529 |
39 | Frederic Chabot | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 188 | 16 | 2.23 | .915 | 0 | 430 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Mark Recchi | [7] |
NHL Player of the Week | Mark Recchi (November 9) | [8] | |
Jeff Hackett (January 4) | [9] | ||
Team | Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy | Benoit Brunet | [10] |
Molson Cup | Jeff Hackett | [11] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
editMontreal's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[12]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 16 | Eric Chouinard | Canada | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |
2 | 45 | Mike Ribeiro | Canada | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) |
3 | 75 | Francois Beauchemin | Canada | Laval Titan Collège Français (QMJHL) |
5 | 132 | Andrei Bashkirov | Russia | Fort Wayne Komets (IHL) |
6 | 152 | Gordie Dwyer | Canada | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
6 | 162 | Andrei Markov | Russia | Khimik Voskresensk (Russia) |
7 | 189 | Andrei Kruchinin | Russia | Lada Togliatti (Russia) |
8 | 201 | Craig Murray | Canada | University of Michigan (CCHA) |
8 | 216 | Michael Ryder | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
9 | 247 | Darcy Harris | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- "Montreal Canadiens 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- "1998-99 Montreal Canadiens Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.291, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
- ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.292, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
- ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.299, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1998-99 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "Montreal's Recchi Named Player of the Week". NHL.com. November 9, 1998. Archived from the original on October 5, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "Canadiens' Hackett is Player of the Week". NHL.com. January 4, 1999. Archived from the original on October 9, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.553
- ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.552
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.