1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season

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

^[1]

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
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	C	78	24	48	72	130	7	4	0	3
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	68	36	32	68	151	22	11	2	7
Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	RW	81	26	30	56	147	5	6	1	5
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	75	19	24	43	26	-1	5	0	3
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	82	10	30	40	30	3	1	0	0
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	53	9	22	31	65	17	0	0	3
Lumme, JyrkiJyrki Lumme	D	60	7	21	28	34	5	1	0	4
Tverdovsky, OlegOleg Tverdovsky	D	82	7	18	25	32	11	2	0	2
Ylonen, JuhaJuha Ylonen	C	59	6	17	23	20	18	2	0	1
Briere, DanielDaniel Briere	C	64	8	14	22	30	-3	2	0	2
Doan, ShaneShane Doan	RW	79	6	16	22	54	-5	0	0	0
Corkum, BobBob Corkum	C	77	9	10	19	17	-9	0	0	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	76	9	9	18	34	-7	0	2	2
Carney, KeithKeith Carney	D	82	2	14	16	62	15	0	2	0
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	C	13	7	6	13	4	2	3	0	3
Quint, DeronDeron Quint	D	60	5	8	13	20	-10	2	0	0
Isbister, BradBrad Isbister	LW	32	4	4	8	46	1	0	0	2
Cummins, JimJim Cummins	RW	55	1	7	8	190	3	0	0	0
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	7	2	5	7	2	3	2	0	1
Daigneault, J. J.J. J. Daigneault	D	35	0	7	7	32	-8	0	0	0
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	C	63	2	4	6	24	-11	0	1	1
Letowski, TrevorTrevor Letowski	RW	14	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	0
Hansen, TavisTavis Hansen	RW	20	2	1	3	12	-4	0	0	0
Murray, RobRob Murray	C	13	1	2	3	4	2	0	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	22	1	1	2	37	-6	0	0	0
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	44	0	2	2	72	9	0	0	0
Doig, JasonJason Doig	D	9	0	1	1	10	2	0	0	0
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft	D	11	0	1	1	27	-1	0	0	0
Neckar, StanStan Neckar	D	11	0	1	1	10	3	0	0	0
DeBrusk, LouieLouie DeBrusk	LW	15	0	0	0	34	-2	0	0	0
Dziedzic, JoeJoe Dziedzic	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Esche, RobertRobert Esche	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gagnon, SeanSean Gagnon	D	2	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
Helmer, BryanBryan Helmer	D	11	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0
Jomphe, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Jomphe	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	G	63	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Langkow, ScottScott Langkow	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noonan, BrianBrian Noonan	RW	7	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tiley, BradBrad Tiley	D	8	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Vasilyev, AndreiAndrei Vasilyev	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	G	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	3657	63	32	23	7	130	2.13	8	1681	1551	.923
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	898	16	6	5	4	41	2.74	1	390	349	.895
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov	243	4	1	2	1	9	2.22	0	104	95	.913
Esche, RobertRobert Esche	130	3	0	1	0	7	3.23	0	50	43	.860
Langkow, ScottScott 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
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	7	4	3	7	4	2	1
Doan, ShaneShane Doan	RW	7	2	2	4	6	0	2
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	C	7	1	3	4	2	0	0
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	7	1	3	4	13	1	0
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	7	2	1	3	4	2	0
Carney, KeithKeith Carney	D	7	1	2	3	10	0	0
Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	RW	7	0	3	3	8	0	0
DeBrusk, LouieLouie DeBrusk	LW	6	2	0	2	6	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	7	1	1	2	2	0	0
Noonan, BrianBrian Noonan	RW	5	0	2	2	4	0	0
Tverdovsky, OlegOleg Tverdovsky	D	6	0	2	2	6	0	0
Ylonen, JuhaJuha Ylonen	C	2	0	2	2	2	0	0
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
Corkum, BobBob Corkum	C	7	0	1	1	4	0	0
Cummins, JimJim Cummins	RW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Lumme, JyrkiJyrki Lumme	D	7	0	1	1	6	0	0
Neckar, StanStan Neckar	D	6	0	1	1	4	0	0
Daigneault, J. J.J. J. Daigneault	D	6	0	0	0	8	0	0
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Hansen, TavisTavis Hansen	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0
Tiley, BradBrad Tiley	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

^[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;

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

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

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.

"1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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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

See also

References

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