The 1998–99 New York Islanders season was the 27th season in the franchise's history. The Islanders had yet another disappointing season and could not unable to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth straight year.
1998–99 New York Islanders | |
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Division | 5th Atlantic |
Conference | 13th Eastern |
1998–99 record | 24–48–10 |
Home record | 11–23–7 |
Road record | 13–25–3 |
Goals for | 194 |
Goals against | 244 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Milbury |
Coach | Mike Milbury (interim) Bill Stewart |
Captain | Trevor Linden |
Arena | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
Average attendance | 11,299 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Lowell Lock Monsters Roanoke Express |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Zigmund Palffy (22) |
Assists | Robert Reichel (37) |
Points | Robert Reichel (56) |
Penalty minutes | Gino Odjick (133) |
Plus/minus | Vladimir Chebaturkin (+6) |
Wins | Tommy Salo (17) |
Goals against average | Tommy Salo (2.62) |
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 | 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
Schedule and results
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October: 5–5–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–2–0)
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November: 5–8–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–5–0)
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December: 3–9–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 2–5–1)
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January: 2–8–2 (home: 1–2–2; road: 1–6–0)
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February: 4–5–3 (home: 2–3–2; road: 2–2–1)
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March: 2–10–2 (home: 0–6–1; road: 2–4–1)
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April: 3–3–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–1–0)
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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 Islanders only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
21 | Robert Reichel‡ | C | 70 | 19 | 37 | 56 | −15 | 50 |
16 | Zigmund Palffy | RW | 50 | 22 | 28 | 50 | −6 | 34 |
32 | Trevor Linden | RW | 82 | 18 | 29 | 47 | −14 | 32 |
20 | Bryan Smolinski | C | 82 | 16 | 24 | 40 | −7 | 49 |
25 | Mariusz Czerkawski | RW | 78 | 21 | 17 | 38 | −10 | 14 |
13 | Claude Lapointe | C | 82 | 14 | 23 | 37 | −19 | 62 |
44 | Mark Lawrence | RW | 60 | 14 | 16 | 30 | −8 | 38 |
29 | Kenny Jonsson | D | 63 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −18 | 34 |
12 | Mike Watt | LW | 75 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −2 | 12 |
38 | Barry Richter | D | 72 | 6 | 18 | 24 | −4 | 34 |
15 | Ted Donato†‡ | LW | 55 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −10 | 27 |
17 | Sergei Nemchinov‡ | LW | 67 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −17 | 22 |
34 | Bryan Berard‡ | D | 31 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −6 | 26 |
4 | Eric Brewer | D | 63 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −14 | 32 |
7 | Scott Lachance‡ | D | 59 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −19 | 30 |
10 | Mats Lindgren† | C | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Zdeno Chara | D | 59 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −8 | 83 |
6 | David Harlock | D | 70 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −16 | 68 |
24 | Gino Odjick | RW | 23 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −2 | 133 |
11 | Kevin Miller | C | 33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −5 | 13 |
10 | Jason Dawe‡ | RW | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
11 | Craig Janney† | C | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
2 | Rich Pilon | D | 52 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −8 | 88 |
14 | Joe Sacco | RW | 73 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −24 | 45 |
33 | Eric Cairns† | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
33 | Ken Belanger‡ | LW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
36 | Ted Crowley† | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
37 | Dmitri Nabokov | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
49 | Vladimir Orszagh | RW | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
15 | Tom Chorske‡ | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
39 | Dean Malkoc | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
55 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
1[a] | Marcel Cousineau | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | Wade Flaherty | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
18 | Mike Hough | LW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
67 | Mike Kennedy | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
48 | Warren Luhning | RW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 8 |
28 | Felix Potvin† | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | Tommy Salo‡ | G | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
36 | Ray Schultz | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 |
8 | Steve Webb | RW | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | 32 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
35 | Tommy Salo‡ | 51 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 1368 | 132 | 2.62 | .904 | 5 | 3018 |
30 | Wade Flaherty | 20 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 491 | 53 | 3.03 | .892 | 0 | 1048 |
28 | Felix Potvin† | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 345 | 37 | 3.66 | .893 | 0 | 606 |
1[a] | Marcel Cousineau | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 119 | 14 | 2.87 | .882 | 0 | 293 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Kenny Jonsson[b] | [4] |
Team | Bob Nystrom Award | Claude Lapointe | [5] |
Draft picks
editNew York's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[6]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 9 | Mike Rupp | United States | Erie Otters (OHL) |
2 | 36 | Chris Nielsen | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
4 | 95 | Andy Burnham | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
5 | 123 | Jiri Dopita | Czech Republic | Petra Vsetín (Czech Republic) |
6 | 155 | Kevin Clauson | United States | Western Michigan University (CCHA) |
7 | 182 | Evgeny Korolev | Russia | London Knights (OHL) |
8 | 209 | Frederick Brind'Amour | Canada | Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL) |
9 | 237 | Ben Blais | United States | Walpole High School (USHS-MA) |
9 | 242 | Jason Doyle | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
9 | 250 | Radek Matejovsky | Czech Republic | Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) |
Notes
editReferences
edit- "New York Islanders 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- "1998-99 New York Islanders 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.
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1998-99 New York Islanders Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ^ "ALL-STAR ROSTERS". San Francisco Chronicle. January 23, 1999. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ "New York Islanders – Awards and Honors". New York Islanders. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.