The 1998–99 New Jersey Devils season was the 25th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 17th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[1] Despite winning the Atlantic Division and being the top seed in the Eastern Conference, the Devils were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.
1998–99 New Jersey Devils | |
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Atlantic Division champions | |
Division | 1st Atlantic |
Conference | 1st Eastern |
1998–99 record | 47–24–11 |
Home record | 19–14–8 |
Road record | 28–10–3 |
Goals for | 248 |
Goals against | 196 |
Team information | |
General manager | Lou Lamoriello |
Coach | Robbie Ftorek |
Captain | Scott Stevens |
Alternate captains | Denis Pederson Ken Daneyko Randy McKay |
Arena | Continental Airlines Arena |
Average attendance | 16,670 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Albany River Rats Augusta Lynx |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Petr Sykora (29) |
Assists | Petr Sykora (43) |
Points | Petr Sykora (72) |
Penalty minutes | Krzysztof Oliwa (240) |
Plus/minus | Scott Stevens (+29) |
Wins | Martin Brodeur (39) |
Goals against average | Martin Brodeur (2.29) |
Regular season
editThe Devils' 28 regular-season road wins were the most in the NHL.
Season standings
editR | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 248 | 196 | 105 |
2 | 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 37 | 26 | 19 | 231 | 196 | 93 |
3 | 8 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 242 | 225 | 90 |
4 | 10 | New York Rangers | 82 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 217 | 227 | 77 |
5 | 13 | New York Islanders | 82 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 194 | 244 | 58 |
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
Playoffs
editThe Devils opened the 1999 playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins having only reached the second round of the playoffs once in the three years following its 1995 Cup win. They appeared to be on their way to a series victory against the Penguins when they led Game 6 late; but Pittsburgh's Jaromir Jagr, silent all series to that point, scored with two minutes to go in the third to send the game to overtime and later scored the overtime winner to ensure a seventh game.[4] The Devils never recovered, never once leading in Game 7 before eventually losing 4–2.[5]
Schedule and results
editRegular season
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October: 5–4–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 3–1–0)
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November: 8–3–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 4–3–0)
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December: 8–2–3 (home: 3–2–2; road: 5–0–1)
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January: 6–6–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 4–3–0)
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February: 6–5–3 (home: 3–4–2; road: 3–1–1)
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March: 7–2–3 (home: 2–1–2; road: 5–1–1)
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April: 7–2–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 4–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
edit1999 Stanley Cup playoffs[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–3
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Legend:
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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 Devils only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
17 | Petr Sykora | RW | 80 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 |
16 | Bobby Holik | C | 78 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 16 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
14 | Brian Rolston | C | 82 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
25 | Jason Arnott | C | 74 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 10 | 79 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 4 |
26 | Patrik Elias | LW | 74 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
9 | Brendan Morrison | C | 76 | 13 | 33 | 46 | −4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
27 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 72 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 18 |
21 | Randy McKay | RW | 70 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 143 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
24 | Lyle Odelein | D | 70 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 114 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 10 |
23 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 52 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
20 | Jay Pandolfo | LW | 70 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
8 | Vadim Sharifijanov | LW | 53 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Scott Stevens | D | 75 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 10 |
10 | Denis Pederson | C | 76 | 11 | 12 | 23 | −10 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Sergei Brylin | LW | 47 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
29 | Krzysztof Oliwa | LW | 64 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 240 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Ken Daneyko | D | 82 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
28 | Kevin Dean | D | 62 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
19 | Bob Carpenter | C | 56 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −3 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
6 | Brad Bombardir | D | 56 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Sheldon Souray | D | 70 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Sergei Nemchinov† | LW | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
30 | Martin Brodeur | G | 70 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
32 | Sasha Lakovic | RW | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Ken Sutton | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | John Madden | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Chris Terreri | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
22 | Scott Daniels | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Bryan Muir‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
editNo. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
30 | Martin Brodeur | 70 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 1728 | 162 | 2.29 | .906 | 4 | 4239 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 139 | 20 | 2.82 | .856 | 0 | 425 |
31 | Chris Terreri | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 294 | 30 | 2.48 | .898 | 1 | 726 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Martin Brodeur[a] | [8] |
Robbie Ftorek (coach) | |||
Bobby Holík | |||
Scott Stevens | |||
NHL Rookie of the Month | Vadim Sharifijanov (December) | [9] | |
Team | Devils' Players' Player | Sergei Brylin | [10] |
Hugh Delano Unsung Hero | Jay Pandolfo | [10] | |
Most Valuable Devil | Martin Brodeur | [10] | |
Three-Star Award | Petr Sykora | [10] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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600th assist | Dave Andreychuk | November 3, 1998 | [11] |
Draft picks
editThe Devils' draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[12]
Rd # | Pick # | Player | Nat | Pos | Team (League) | Notes |
1 | 26 | Mike Van Ryn | Canada | D | University of Michigan (CCHA) | |
1 | 27 | Scott Gomez | United States | C | Tri-City Americans (WHL) | [b] |
2 | 37 | Christian Berglund | Sweden | C | Färjestad BK (Elitserien) | |
3 | 82 | Brian Gionta | United States | RW | Boston College (Hockey East) | [c] |
4 | 96 | Mikko Jokela | Finland | D | HIFK (SM-liiga) | [d] |
4 | 105 | Pierre Dagenais | Canada | LW | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) | [e] |
5 | 119 | Anton But | Russia | LW | Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague) | [f] |
5 | 143 | Ryan Flinn | Canada | LW | Laval Titan Collège Français (QMJHL) | |
6 | 172 | Jacques Lariviere | Canada | LW | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) | |
7 | 199 | Erik Jensen | United States | W | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) | |
8 | 227 | Marko Ahosilta | Finland | F | KalPa (SM-liiga) | |
9 | 257 | Ryan Held | Canada | W | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Brodeur was voted to the starting lineup.[7]
- ^ The Devils acquired the 1998 first-round pick from Dallas for Carolina's 1998 second-round pick (used on John Erskine) and the Devils' 1998 second-round pick (used on Tyler Bouck) on June 27, 1998.
- ^ The Devils acquired the 1998 third-round pick (originally Pittsburgh's) from Edmonton for the Devils' 1998 fourth-round pick (used on Kristian Antila), 1998 fifth-round pick (used on Oleg Smirnov), and the rights to Fredrik Lindqvist on June 27, 1998. The Devils' original third-round pick was traded to San Jose for Vlastimil Kroupa on August 22, 1997.
- ^ The Devils acquired the 1998 fourth-round pick from Chicago for Reid Simpson on January 8, 1998.
- ^ The Devils acquired the 1998 fourth-round pick (originally Boston's) from Los Angeles for Doug Bodger on June 18, 1998. The Devils' original fourth-round pick had been traded to Edmonton (see above note for Brian Gionta).
- ^ The Devils acquired the 1998 fifth-round pick from Vancouver for Peter Zezel on February 5, 1998.
References
edit- "New Jersey Devils 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- "1998-99 New Jersey Devils Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "Flyers History - Philadelphia Flyer Game Summary". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
- ^ "Flyers History - Philadelphia Flyer Game Summary". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
- ^ a b "1998-99 New Jersey Devils Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "New Jersey's Sharifijanov Named Rookie of the Month". NHL.com. January 5, 1999. Archived from the original on October 10, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Levine, Mike (ed.), 2009-10 New Jersey Devils Media Guide, New Jersey Devils Hockey Club, p. 225
- ^ "Devils 3, Rangers 1". AP NEWS. November 3, 1998. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
Dave Andreychuk got his 600th career assist on the play, the 50th player to reach the milestone.
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.