1998–99 Los Angeles Kings season

1998–99 Los Angeles Kings
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	11th Western
1998–99 record	32–45–5
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

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.

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

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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.

Western Conference[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1998	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	1–0–0
2	L	October 12, 1998	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	1–1–0
3	W	October 16, 1998	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	2–1–0
4	T	October 18, 1998	5–5 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	2–1–1
5	T	October 21, 1998	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	2–1–2
6	L	October 23, 1998	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	2–2–2
7	W	October 25, 1998	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	3–2–2
8	L	October 27, 1998	0–1	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	3–3–2
9	W	October 28, 1998	4–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	4–3–2
10	L	October 30, 1998	0–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	4–4–2
11	L	November 1, 1998	0–3	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	4–5–2
12	T	November 5, 1998	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	4–5–3
13	L	November 7, 1998	3–4	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	4–6–3
14	W	November 9, 1998	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	5–6–3
15	L	November 10, 1998	4–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	5–7–3
16	L	November 12, 1998	1–3	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	5–8–3
17	L	November 14, 1998	3–5	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	5–9–3
18	L	November 16, 1998	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	5–10–3
19	L	November 18, 1998	4–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	5–11–3
20	L	November 19, 1998	1–5	New York Rangers (1998–99)	5–12–3
21	W	November 21, 1998	5–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	6–12–3
22	L	November 28, 1998	0–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	6–13–3
23	L	November 30, 1998	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	6–14–3
24	L	December 2, 1998	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	6–15–3
25	L	December 3, 1998	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	6–16–3
26	L	December 5, 1998	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	6–17–3
27	W	December 9, 1998	2–1	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	7–17–3
28	W	December 12, 1998	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	8–17–3
29	L	December 13, 1998	0–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	8–18–3
30	L	December 17, 1998	4–5 OT	New York Islanders (1998–99)	8–19–3
31	L	December 19, 1998	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	8–20–3
32	W	December 20, 1998	4–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	9–20–3
33	W	December 22, 1998	3–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	10–20–3
34	L	December 26, 1998	1–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	10–21–3
35	W	December 28, 1998	4–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	11–21–3
36	W	December 30, 1998	5–1	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	12–21–3
37	W	January 2, 1999	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	13–21–3
38	W	January 5, 1999	4–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	14–21–3
39	W	January 7, 1999	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	15–21–3
40	T	January 9, 1999	1–1 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	15–21–4
41	L	January 11, 1999	0–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	15–22–4
42	W	January 14, 1999	3–0	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	16–22–4
43	L	January 16, 1999	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	16–23–4
44	L	January 19, 1999	4–5	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	16–24–4
45	L	January 21, 1999	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	16–25–4
46	L	January 27, 1999	2–3	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	16–26–4
47	W	January 29, 1999	6–3	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	17–26–4
48	L	January 30, 1999	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	17–27–4
49	L	February 1, 1999	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	17–28–4
50	W	February 4, 1999	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	18–28–4
51	W	February 6, 1999	2–0	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	19–28–4
52	L	February 10, 1999	0–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	19–29–4
53	W	February 11, 1999	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	20–29–4
54	L	February 13, 1999	2–3	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	20–30–4
55	L	February 15, 1999	1–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	20–31–4
56	W	February 18, 1999	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	21–31–4
57	T	February 20, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	21–31–5
58	L	February 22, 1999	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	21–32–5
59	W	February 24, 1999	3–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	22–32–5
60	W	February 26, 1999	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	23–32–5
61	L	February 28, 1999	0–1	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	23–33–5
62	L	March 3, 1999	1–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	23–34–5
63	L	March 4, 1999	3–4	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	23–35–5
64	L	March 6, 1999	1–4	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	23–36–5
65	W	March 9, 1999	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	24–36–5
66	W	March 13, 1999	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	25–36–5
67	W	March 15, 1999	4–0	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	26–36–5
68	L	March 18, 1999	2–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	26–37–5
69	W	March 20, 1999	4–3	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	27–37–5
70	L	March 21, 1999	1–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	27–38–5
71	L	March 25, 1999	1–2	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	27–39–5
72	L	March 28, 1999	2–7	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	27–40–5
73	W	March 30, 1999	2–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	28–40–5
74	L	March 31, 1999	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	28–41–5
75	L	April 3, 1999	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	28–42–5
76	L	April 5, 1999	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	28–43–5
77	W	April 8, 1999	3–2	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	29–43–5
78	L	April 11, 1999	2–6	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	29–44–5
79	W	April 12, 1999	4–3	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	30–44–5
80	W	April 15, 1999	4–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	31–44–5
81	W	April 16, 1999	2–0	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	32–44–5
82	L	April 18, 1999	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	32–45–5

Playoffs

The Kings did not qualify for the 1999 playoffs, despite qualifying the previous year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Luc Robitaille	LW	82	39	35	74	54	-1	11	0	7
Donald Audette	RW	49	18	18	36	51	7	6	0	2
Rob Blake	D	62	12	23	35	128	-7	5	1	2
Jozef Stumpel	C	64	13	21	34	10	-18	1	0	1
Glen Murray	RW	61	16	15	31	36	-14	3	3	3
Ray Ferraro	C	65	13	18	31	59	0	4	0	4
Yanic Perreault	C	64	10	17	27	30	-3	2	2	1
Vladimir Tsyplakov	LW	69	11	12	23	32	-7	0	2	2
Steve Duchesne	D	60	4	19	23	22	-6	1	0	1
Olli Jokinen	C	66	9	12	21	44	-10	3	1	1
Craig Johnson	LW	69	7	12	19	32	-12	2	0	2
Russ Courtnall	RW	57	6	13	19	19	-9	0	1	1
Garry Galley	D	60	4	12	16	30	-9	3	0	0
Pavel Rosa	RW	29	4	12	16	6	0	0	0	0
Doug Bodger	D	65	3	11	14	34	1	0	0	0
Sean O'Donnell	D	80	1	13	14	186	1	0	0	0
Ian Laperriere	RW	72	3	10	13	138	-5	0	0	1
Philippe Boucher	D	45	2	6	8	32	-12	1	0	0
Mattias Norstrom	D	78	2	5	7	36	-10	0	1	0
Sandy Moger	C	42	3	2	5	26	-9	0	0	2
Nathan LaFayette	C	33	2	2	4	35	0	0	1	1
Josh Green	LW	27	1	3	4	8	-5	1	0	0
Mark Visheau	D	28	1	3	4	107	-7	0	0	0
Matt Johnson	LW	49	2	1	3	131	-5	0	0	0
Dave Babych	D	8	0	2	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Jason Blake	C	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Steve McKenna	LW	20	1	0	1	36	-3	0	0	0
Jan Nemecek	D	6	1	0	1	4	-1	0	0	1
Eric Lacroix	LW	27	0	1	1	12	-5	0	0	0
Manny Legace	G	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jaroslav Modry	D	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sean Pronger	C	13	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0
Jamie Storr	G	28	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Ryan Bach	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Bylsma	RW	8	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Brandon Convery	C	3	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Stephane Fiset	G	42	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jason Podollan	RW	6	0	0	0	5	-3	0	0	0
Roman Vopat	C	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Stephane Fiset	2403	42	18	21	1	104	2.60	3	1217	1113	.915
Jamie Storr	1525	28	12	12	2	61	2.40	4	724	663	.916
Manny Legace	899	17	2	9	2	39	2.60	0	439	400	.911
Ryan Bach	108	3	0	3	0	8	4.44	0	66	58	.879
Team:	4935	82	32	45	5	212	2.58	7	2446	2234	.913

[3]

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;

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
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)

References

Dinger 2011, p. 155.
"1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
"1998-99 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

Bibliography

Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.

"1998–99 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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[FOOTNOTEDinger2011155-1] Dinger 2011, p. 155.

[2] "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[3] "1998-99 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

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Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Draft picks

See also

References

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