1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season

1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning
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
Coach Jacques Demers
Captain Rob Zamuner
Arena Ice Palace
Team leaders
Goals Wendel Clark (28)
Assists Darcy Tucker (22)
Points Darcy Tucker (43)
Penalties in minutes Darcy Tucker (176)
Plus/minus (+): Andrei Skopintsev (1)
(−): Darcy Tucker (−34)
Wins Corey Schwab (8)
Goals against average Corey Schwab (3.52)
<1997–98

The 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's seventh season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

The 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.[1]

All-Star Game

The logo for the All-Star Game.

The 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

Southeast Division
R CR GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
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

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Eastern Conference[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
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

Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 9, 19981–4 @ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 0–1–0
2TOctober 10, 19984–4 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 0–1–1
3LOctober 14, 19980–2 New York Islanders (1998–99) 0–2–1
4LOctober 16, 19982–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 0–3–1
5LOctober 18, 19981–4 Washington Capitals (1998–99) 0–4–1
6WOctober 21, 19985–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 1–4–1
7WOctober 23, 19983–2 Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 2–4–1
8WOctober 25, 19983–2 Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 3–4–1
9LOctober 28, 19983–5 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 3–5–1
10WOctober 30, 19983–0 @ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 4–5–1
11LOctober 31, 19981–6 @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 4–6–1
12WNovember 4, 19985–2 @ Washington Capitals (1998–99) 5–6–1
13TNovember 6, 19982–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 5–6–2
14WNovember 8, 19983–1 New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 6–6–2
15LNovember 10, 19982–10 New York Rangers (1998–99) 6–7–2
16LNovember 13, 19981–8 @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 6–8–2
17LNovember 14, 19981–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 6–9–2
18LNovember 19, 19981–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 6–10–2
19LNovember 21, 19982–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 6–11–2
20LNovember 24, 19981–4 Boston Bruins (1998–99) 6–12–2
21LNovember 27, 19981–2 Florida Panthers (1998–99) 6–13–2
22LNovember 29, 19983–6 Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 6–14–2
23LDecember 3, 19981–4 @ Calgary Flames (1998–99) 6–15–2
24WDecember 4, 19982–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 7–15–2
25LDecember 6, 19985–7 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 7–16–2
26LDecember 8, 19982–4 Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 7–17–2
27LDecember 11, 19981–2 Calgary Flames (1998–99) 7–18–2
28WDecember 12, 19982–1 OT @ New York Islanders (1998–99) 8–18–2
29LDecember 15, 19982–3 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 8–19–2
30LDecember 18, 19981–4 Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 8–20–2
31TDecember 20, 19982–2 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 8–20–3
32LDecember 21, 19982–3 @ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 8–21–3
33LDecember 23, 19980–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 8–22–3
34LDecember 26, 19981–3 Florida Panthers (1998–99) 8–23–3
35WDecember 29, 19983–0 New York Islanders (1998–99) 9–23–3
36LDecember 30, 19983–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 9–24–3
37LJanuary 4, 19994–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 9–25–3
38LJanuary 7, 19991–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 9–26–3
39LJanuary 8, 19991–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 9–27–3
40LJanuary 10, 19992–5 @ New York Rangers (1998–99) 9–28–3
41LJanuary 12, 19993–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 9–29–3
42LJanuary 15, 19991–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 9–30–3
43TJanuary 16, 19992–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 9–30–4
44WJanuary 19, 19992–1 Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 10–30–4
45WJanuary 21, 19993–2 @ Nashville Predators (1998–99) 11–30–4
46LJanuary 26, 19991–2 Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 11–31–4
47LJanuary 29, 19991–4 Dallas Stars (1998–99) 11–32–4
48LJanuary 30, 19992–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 11–33–4
49LFebruary 2, 19990–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 11–34–4
50LFebruary 3, 19991–10 @ Washington Capitals (1998–99) 11–35–4
51LFebruary 5, 19993–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 11–36–4
52LFebruary 10, 19994–5 St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 11–37–4
53LFebruary 13, 19991–3 San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 11–38–4
54TFebruary 15, 19993–3 OT @ New York Islanders (1998–99) 11–38–5
55LFebruary 17, 19991–7 @ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 11–39–5
56WFebruary 19, 19994–2 Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 12–39–5
57LFebruary 20, 19992–3 Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 12–40–5
58LFebruary 22, 19992–3 New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 12–41–5
59WFebruary 26, 19994–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 13–41–5
60LMarch 2, 19992–8 Washington Capitals (1998–99) 13–42–5
61WMarch 4, 19992–1 Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 14–42–5
62WMarch 6, 19996–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 15–42–5
63LMarch 8, 19993–9 @ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 15–43–5
64LMarch 9, 19991–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 15–44–5
65WMarch 11, 19995–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 16–44–5
66LMarch 13, 19990–1 @ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 16–45–5
67LMarch 17, 19990–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 16–46–5
68LMarch 19, 19993–5 Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 16–47–5
69WMarch 22, 19996–3 New York Rangers (1998–99) 17–47–5
70LMarch 24, 19990–3 Nashville Predators (1998–99) 17–48–5
71LMarch 26, 19991–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 17–49–5
72TMarch 28, 19993–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 17–49–6
73LMarch 31, 19994–6 @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) 17–50–6
74LApril 1, 19990–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 17–51–6
75WApril 3, 19994–3 Washington Capitals (1998–99) 18–51–6
76TApril 5, 19994–4 OT Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 18–51–7
77WApril 8, 19993–0 Boston Bruins (1998–99) 19–51–7
78LApril 10, 19992–3 @ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 19–52–7
79LApril 12, 19991–2 @ New York Rangers (1998–99) 19–53–7
80TApril 13, 19992–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 19–53–8
81TApril 16, 19992–2 OT Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 19–53–9
82LApril 17, 19992–6 @ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 19–54–9

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Playoffs

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.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker RW 82 21 22 43 176-34823
Clark, WendelWendel Clark LW/D 65 28 14 42 35-251102
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer RW 64 12 21 33 22-10321
Lecavalier, VincentVincent Lecavalier C 82 13 15 28 23-19202
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton C 52 7 19 26 102-20101
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue C 62 11 14 25 50-12203
Janney, CraigCraig Janney C 38 4 18 22 10-13200
Kubina, PavelPavel Kubina D 68 9 12 21 80-33311
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner LW 58 8 11 19 24-15112
Selivanov, AlexAlex Selivanov RW 43 6 13 19 18-8100
Cross, CoryCory Cross D 67 2 16 18 92-25000
Cullimore, JassenJassen Cullimore D 78 5 12 17 81-22111
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda D 34 1 16 17 53-4000
Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle C 32 6 6 12 2-12300
McCarthy, SandySandy McCarthy RW 67 5 7 12 135-22100
Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg RW 20 4 8 12 4-2200
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger C 54 8 2 10 28-20020
Langkow, DaymondDaymond Langkow C 22 4 6 10 150101
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander C 24 2 7 9 6-10000
Wilkie, DavidDavid Wilkie D 46 1 7 8 69-19000
Petrovicky, RobertRobert Petrovicky C 28 3 4 7 6-8000
McBain, MikeMike McBain D 37 0 6 6 14-11000
Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson LW 40 2 3 5 4-8000
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson D 46 1 4 5 38-6000
Forbes, ColinColin Forbes C 14 3 1 4 10-5010
Kelly, SteveSteve Kelly C 34 1 3 4 27-15001
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab G 40 0 4 4 40000
Dykhuis, KarlKarl Dykhuis D 33 2 1 3 18-21000
Peterson, BrentBrent Peterson LW 20 2 1 3 0-2000
Bannister, DrewDrew Bannister D 21 1 2 3 24-4000
Sykora, MichalMichal Sykora D 10 1 2 3 0-7001
Bonsignore, JasonJason Bonsignore C 23 0 3 3 8-4000
Gusev, SergeySergey Gusev D 14 0 3 3 10-8000
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov LW 26 2 0 2 43-5000
Ciccone, EnricoEnrico Ciccone D 16 1 1 2 24-1000
Mara, PaulPaul Mara D 1 1 1 2 0-3100
Skopintsev, AndreiAndrei Skopintsev D 19 1 1 2 101000
Betik, KarelKarel Betik D 3 0 2 2 2-3000
Helenius, SamiSami Helenius D 4 1 0 1 15-3010
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa G 13 0 1 1 00000
Spring, CoreyCorey Spring RW 8 0 1 1 20000
Ysebaert, PaulPaul Ysebaert C 10 0 1 1 2-5000
Bierk, ZacZac Bierk G 1 0 0 0 00000
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen C 4 0 0 0 2-2000
Delisle, XavierXavier Delisle C 2 0 0 0 00000
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson G 5 0 0 0 00000
Larocque, MarioMario Larocque D 5 0 0 0 16-4000
Ranford, BillBill Ranford G 32 0 0 0 20000
Wilkinson, DerekDerek Wilkinson G 5 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab 2146 40 8 25 3 126 3.52 011531027.891
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa 691 13 5 6 1 33 2.87 2350317.906
Ranford, BillBill Ranford 1568 32 3 18 3 102 3.90 1858756.881
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson 238 5 2 1 1 11 2.77 0118107.907
Wilkinson, DerekDerek Wilkinson 253 5 1 3 1 13 3.08 0128115.898
Bierk, ZacZac Bierk 59 1 0 1 0 2 2.03 02119.905
Team: 4955 82 19 54 9 287 3.48 326282341.891

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

  1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999.html
  2. Dinger 2011, p. 155.
  3. "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. "1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  5. "1998-99 Tampa Bay Lightning Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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