1998–99 Los Angeles Kings season

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.

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

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

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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;

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)

See also

• 1998–99 NHL season

References

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.

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