1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season

1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	4th Western
1998–99 record	39–31–12
Goals for	205
Goals against	197
Team information
General manager	Bobby Smith
Coach	Jim Schoenfeld
Captain	Keith Tkachuk

The 1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season was the Coyotes' third season in Phoenix, the franchise's 20th season in the NHL and 27th overall. The Coyotes made the playoffs, losing in the first round to St. Louis.

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	L	October 11, 1998	1–4	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	0–1–0
2	W	October 15, 1998	5–2	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	1–1–0
3	W	October 19, 1998	3–1	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	2–1–0
4	L	October 22, 1998	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	2–2–0
5	T	October 25, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	2–2–1
6	W	October 26, 1998	5–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	3–2–1
7	W	October 28, 1998	4–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	4–2–1
8	W	November 1, 1998	3–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	5–2–1
9	W	November 6, 1998	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	6–2–1
10	T	November 10, 1998	1–1 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	6–2–2
11	W	November 11, 1998	2–0	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	7–2–2
12	W	November 14, 1998	4–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	8–2–2
13	W	November 18, 1998	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	9–2–2
14	W	November 20, 1998	2–1 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	10–2–2
15	W	November 21, 1998	3–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	11–2–2
16	W	November 24, 1998	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	12–2–2
17	W	November 26, 1998	3–2	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	13–2–2
18	W	November 28, 1998	4–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	14–2–2
19	L	December 2, 1998	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	14–3–2
20	W	December 5, 1998	3–2	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	15–3–2
21	T	December 6, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	15–3–3
22	W	December 9, 1998	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	16–3–3
23	W	December 12, 1998	2–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	17–3–3
24	T	December 14, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	17–3–4
25	L	December 16, 1998	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	17–4–4
26	L	December 17, 1998	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	17–5–4
27	W	December 20, 1998	4–2	New York Islanders (1998–99)	18–5–4
28	W	December 22, 1998	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	19–5–4
29	L	December 23, 1998	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	19–6–4
30	W	December 26, 1998	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	20–6–4
31	L	December 28, 1998	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	20–7–4
32	W	December 30, 1998	3–1	New York Rangers (1998–99)	21–7–4
33	L	January 1, 1999	1–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	21–8–4
34	T	January 5, 1999	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	21–8–5
35	L	January 7, 1999	1–7	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	21–9–5
36	L	January 8, 1999	1–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	21–10–5
37	W	January 11, 1999	1–0	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	22–10–5
38	W	January 13, 1999	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	23–10–5
39	L	January 15, 1999	0–2	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	23–11–5
40	T	January 17, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	23–11–6
41	W	January 19, 1999	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	24–11–6
42	T	January 21, 1999	3–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	24–11–7
43	T	January 26, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	24–11–8
44	L	January 28, 1999	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	24–12–8
45	T	January 29, 1999	4–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	24–12–9
46	W	January 31, 1999	5–1	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	25–12–9
47	T	February 2, 1999	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	25–12–10
48	W	February 4, 1999	3–1	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	26–12–10
49	W	February 6, 1999	3–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	27–12–10
50	L	February 8, 1999	0–3	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	27–13–10
51	W	February 10, 1999	3–0	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	28–13–10
52	W	February 13, 1999	4–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	29–13–10
53	L	February 14, 1999	1–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	29–14–10
54	L	February 16, 1999	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	29–15–10
55	L	February 19, 1999	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	29–16–10
56	L	February 20, 1999	1–7	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	29–17–10
57	L	February 22, 1999	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	29–18–10
58	W	February 24, 1999	2–1	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	30–18–10
59	L	February 26, 1999	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	30–19–10
60	L	February 28, 1999	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	30–20–10
61	L	March 2, 1999	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	30–21–10
62	L	March 5, 1999	2–7	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	30–22–10
63	W	March 7, 1999	4–3	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	31–22–10
64	L	March 9, 1999	2–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	31–23–10
65	L	March 11, 1999	0–3	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	31–24–10
66	W	March 13, 1999	1–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	32–24–10
67	T	March 15, 1999	5–5 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	32–24–11
68	W	March 17, 1999	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	33–24–11
69	T	March 18, 1999	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	33–24–12
70	W	March 21, 1999	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	34–24–12
71	L	March 23, 1999	2–3	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	34–25–12
72	W	March 25, 1999	4–2	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	35–25–12
73	W	March 27, 1999	2–1	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	36–25–12
74	L	March 29, 1999	0–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	36–26–12
75	W	March 30, 1999	7–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	37–26–12
76	W	April 1, 1999	4–1	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	38–26–12
77	L	April 6, 1999	0–1	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	38–27–12
78	L	April 9, 1999	3–4	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	38–28–12
79	L	April 11, 1999	0–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	38–29–12
80	L	April 14, 1999	2–4	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	38–30–12
81	L	April 15, 1999	4–6	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	38–31–12
82	W	April 17, 1999	2–0	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	39–31–12

Playoffs

(W4) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (W5) St. Louis Blues

The series started in Phoenix. Game 1 was won by St. Louis by a score of 3–1. In Game 2, the Coyotes won 4–3 in overtime. In St. Louis, Phoenix won both Games 3 and 4 — Game 3 was won by a score of 5–4 and Game 4 was won by a score of 2–1. Game 5 shifted back to Phoenix, where St. Louis won 2–1 in overtime. Game 6 went back to St. Louis, where the Blues won 5–3. In Game 7, St. Louis won 1–0 in overtime in Phoenix, winning the series 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jeremy Roenick	C	78	24	48	72	130	7	4	0	3
Keith Tkachuk	LW	68	36	32	68	151	22	11	2	7
Rick Tocchet	RW	81	26	30	56	147	5	6	1	5
Greg Adams	LW	75	19	24	43	26	-1	5	0	3
Teppo Numminen	D	82	10	30	40	30	3	1	0	0
Dallas Drake	RW	53	9	22	31	65	17	0	0	3
Jyrki Lumme	D	60	7	21	28	34	5	1	0	4
Oleg Tverdovsky	D	82	7	18	25	32	11	2	0	2
Juha Ylonen	C	59	6	17	23	20	18	2	0	1
Daniel Briere	C	64	8	14	22	30	-3	2	0	2
Shane Doan	RW	79	6	16	22	54	-5	0	0	0
Bob Corkum	C	77	9	10	19	17	-9	0	0	0
Mike Stapleton	C	76	9	9	18	34	-7	0	2	2
Keith Carney	D	82	2	14	16	62	15	0	2	0
Robert Reichel	C	13	7	6	13	4	2	3	0	3
Deron Quint	D	60	5	8	13	20	-10	2	0	0
Brad Isbister	LW	32	4	4	8	46	1	0	0	2
Jim Cummins	RW	55	1	7	8	190	3	0	0	0
Cliff Ronning	C	7	2	5	7	2	3	2	0	1
J. J. Daigneault	D	35	0	7	7	32	-8	0	0	0
Mike Sullivan	C	63	2	4	6	24	-11	0	1	1
Trevor Letowski	RW	14	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	0
Tavis Hansen	RW	20	2	1	3	12	-4	0	0	0
Rob Murray	C	13	1	2	3	4	2	0	0	0
Stephen Leach	RW	22	1	1	2	37	-6	0	0	0
Gerald Diduck	D	44	0	2	2	72	9	0	0	0
Jason Doig	D	9	0	1	1	10	2	0	0	0
Jamie Huscroft	D	11	0	1	1	27	-1	0	0	0
Stan Neckar	D	11	0	1	1	10	3	0	0	0
Louie DeBrusk	LW	15	0	0	0	34	-2	0	0	0
Joe Dziedzic	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Robert Esche	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Gagnon	D	2	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
Bryan Helmer	D	11	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0
Jean-Francois Jomphe	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nikolai Khabibulin	G	63	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Scott Langkow	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Noonan	RW	7	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Mikhail Shtalenkov	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Tiley	D	8	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Andrei Vasilyev	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Jimmy Waite	G	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Nikolai Khabibulin	3657	63	32	23	7	130	2.13	8	1681	1551	.923
Jimmy Waite	898	16	6	5	4	41	2.74	1	390	349	.895
Mikhail Shtalenkov	243	4	1	2	1	9	2.22	0	104	95	.913
Robert Esche	130	3	0	1	0	7	3.23	0	50	43	.860
Scott Langkow	35	1	0	0	0	3	5.14	0	17	14	.824
Team:	4963	82	39	31	12	190	2.30	9	2242	2052	.915

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Dallas Drake	RW	7	4	3	7	4	2	1
Shane Doan	RW	7	2	2	4	6	0	2
Robert Reichel	C	7	1	3	4	2	0	0
Keith Tkachuk	LW	7	1	3	4	13	1	0
Teppo Numminen	D	7	2	1	3	4	2	0
Keith Carney	D	7	1	2	3	10	0	0
Rick Tocchet	RW	7	0	3	3	8	0	0
Louie DeBrusk	LW	6	2	0	2	6	0	0
Stephen Leach	RW	7	1	1	2	2	0	0
Brian Noonan	RW	5	0	2	2	4	0	0
Oleg Tverdovsky	D	6	0	2	2	6	0	0
Juha Ylonen	C	2	0	2	2	2	0	0
Greg Adams	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Stapleton	C	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Corkum	C	7	0	1	1	4	0	0
Jim Cummins	RW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jyrki Lumme	D	7	0	1	1	6	0	0
Stan Neckar	D	6	0	1	1	4	0	0
J. J. Daigneault	D	6	0	0	0	8	0	0
Gerald Diduck	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Tavis Hansen	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikolai Khabibulin	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jeremy Roenick	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sullivan	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brad Tiley	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Nikolai Khabibulin	449	7	3	4	18	2.41	0	236	218	.924
Team:	449	7	3	4	18	2.41	0	236	218	.924

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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;

Roster

1998-99 Phoenix Coyotes

Goaltenders

Defensemen

2 – Bryan Helmer
3 – Keith Carney
4 – Gerald Diduck
5 – Deron Quint
6 – Jamie Huscroft
10 – Oleg Tverdovsky
20 – Jyrki Lumme
24 – Stan Neckar
27 – Teppo Numminen
33 – J. J. Daigneault
39 – Brad Tiley
48 – Sean Gagnon
55 – Jason Doig

Wingers

7 – Keith Tkachuk - C
11 – Dallas Drake
15 – Jim Cummins
16 – Brad Isbister
17 – Greg Adams
18 – Brian Noonan
19 – Shane Doan
22 – Rick Tocchet
23 – Stephen Leach
29 – Louie DeBrusk
44 – Andrei Vasilyev
49 – Joe Dziedzic

Centres

8 – Daniel Briere
12 – Rob Murray
14 – Mike Stapleton
16 – Robert Reichel
21 – Bob Corkum
26 – Mike Sullivan
36 – Juha Ylonen
46 – Jean-Francois Jomphe
47 – Tavis Hansen
50 – Trevor Letowski
77 – Cliff Ronning
97 – Jeremy Roenick
GM: Bobby Smith
Coach: Jim Schoenfeld

Transactions

Trades

June 30, 1998	To Nashville Predators Seventh-round pick in 1999 (Kyle Kettles)	To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Sullivan
October 31, 1998	To Nashville Predators Cliff Ronning Richard Lintner	To Phoenix Coyotes Future Considerations
January 13, 1999	To Nashville Predators Future considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes J. J. Daigneault
March 8, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Huscroft
March 11, 1999	To Edmonton Oilers Fifth-round pick in 2000 (Matt Koalska)	To Phoenix Coyotes Mikhail Shtalenkov
March 20, 1999	To New York Islanders Brad Isbister Third-round pick in 1999 (Brian Collins)	To Phoenix Coyotes Robert Reichel Third-round pick in 1999 (Jason Jaspers) Fourth-round pick in 1999 (Preston Mizzi)
March 23, 1999	To Montreal Canadiens Jean-Francois Jomphe	To Phoenix Coyotes Cash
March 23, 1999	To New York Rangers Jason Doig Sixth-round pick in 1999 (Jay Dardis)	To Phoenix Coyotes Stan Neckar
June 25, 1999	To Atlanta Thrashers Scott Langkow	To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations
June 26, 1999	To Montreal Canadiens Jim Cummins	To Phoenix Coyotes Sixth-round pick in 1999 (Erik Lewerstrom)
June 26, 1999	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Oleg Tverdovsky	To Phoenix Coyotes Travis Green First-round pick in 1999 (Scott Kelman)

Waivers

December 19, 1998	To St. Louis Blues Bryan Helmer

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Jyrki Lumme	Vancouver Canucks
Bryan Helmer	New Jersey Devils
Andrei Vasilyev	New York Islanders
Mike Martone	Buffalo Sabres
Joe Dziedzic	Pittsburgh Penguins
Greg Adams	Dallas Stars
Stephen Leach	Ottawa Senators
Brian Noonan	Vancouver Canucks
David Cullen	Undrafted free agent

Player	New Team
Mark Janssens	Chicago Blackhawks
Murray Baron	Vancouver Canucks
Ted Crowley	Colorado Avalanche
Scott Levins	Carolina Hurricanes
Kevin Dahl	Calgary Flames
Igor Korolev	Toronto Maple Leafs

Draft picks

Phoenix'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	14	Patrick DesRochers	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2	43	Ossi Vaananen	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)
3	73	Pat O'Leary	United States	Robbinsdale High School (USHS-MN)
4	100	Ryan Van Buskirk	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5	115	Jay Leach	United States	Providence College (Hockey East)
5	116	Josh Blackburn	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5	129	Robert Schnabel	Czech Republic	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
6	160	Rickard Wallin	Sweden	Farjestad BK Jr. (Sweden)
7	187	Erik Westrum	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
8	214	Justin Hansen	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)

References

Dinger 2011, p. 155.
"1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
"1998-99 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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 Phoenix Coyotes 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 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

(W4) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (W5) St. Louis Blues

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Roster

Transactions

Trades

Waivers

Free agents

Draft picks

See also

References

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