1998–99 New York Islanders season

The 1998–99 New York Islanders season was the 27th season in the franchise's history. The Islanders again missed the Stanley Cup playoffs.

1998–99 New York Islanders
Division	5th Atlantic
1998–99 record	24–48–10
Goals for	194
Goals against	244
Team information
General manager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Mike Milbury (interim) Bill Stewart
Captain	Trevor Linden

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
3	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	30	14	242	225	90
4	10	New York Rangers	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	10	194	244	58

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Eastern Conference[2]

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

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Islanders had yet another disappointing season and were unable to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth straight year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Robert Reichel	C	70	19	37	56	50	-15	5	1	1
Zigmund Palffy	RW	50	22	28	50	34	-6	5	2	1
Trevor Linden	RW	82	18	29	47	32	-14	8	1	1
Bryan Smolinski	C	82	16	24	40	49	-7	7	0	3
Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	78	21	17	38	14	-10	4	0	1
Claude Lapointe	LW/C	82	14	23	37	62	-19	2	2	1
Mark Lawrence	RW	60	14	16	30	38	-8	4	0	2
Kenny Jonsson	D	63	8	18	26	34	-18	6	0	0
Mike Watt	LW	75	8	17	25	12	-2	0	0	4
Barry Richter	D	72	6	18	24	34	-4	0	0	2
Ted Donato	LW	55	7	11	18	27	-10	2	0	0
Sergei Nemchinov	LW	67	8	8	16	22	-17	1	0	0
Bryan Berard	D	31	4	11	15	26	-6	2	0	3
Eric Brewer	D	63	5	6	11	32	-14	2	0	0
Scott Lachance	D	59	1	8	9	30	-19	1	0	0
Mats Lindgren	C/LW	12	5	3	8	2	2	3	0	1
Zdeno Chara	D	59	2	6	8	83	-8	0	1	0
David Harlock	D	70	2	6	8	68	-16	0	0	0
Gino Odjick	RW	23	4	3	7	133	-2	1	0	2
Kevin Miller	C	33	1	5	6	13	-5	0	0	0
Jason Dawe	RW	22	2	3	5	8	0	0	0	0
Craig Janney	C	18	1	4	5	4	-2	0	0	0
Rich Pilon	D	52	0	4	4	88	-8	0	0	0
Joe Sacco	RW	73	3	0	3	45	-24	0	1	2
Eric Cairns	D	9	0	3	3	23	1	0	0	0
Ken Belanger	LW	9	1	1	2	30	1	0	0	0
Ted Crowley	D	6	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
Dmitri Nabokov	C/LW	4	0	2	2	2	4	0	0	0
Vladimir Orszagh	RW	12	1	0	1	6	2	0	0	0
Tom Chorske	LW	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Dean Malkoc	D	2	0	1	1	7	3	0	0	0
Vladimir Chebaturkin	D	8	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	0
Marcel Cousineau	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Flaherty	G	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Mike Hough	LW	11	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Mike Kennedy	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Warren Luhning	RW	11	0	0	0	8	-4	0	0	0
Felix Potvin	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Salo	G	51	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Ray Schultz	D	4	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
Steve Webb	RW	45	0	0	0	32	-10	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Tommy Salo	3018	51	17	26	7	132	2.62	5	1368	1236	.904
Wade Flaherty	1048	20	5	11	2	53	3.03	0	491	438	.892
Felix Potvin	606	11	2	7	1	37	3.66	0	345	308	.893
Marcel Cousineau	293	6	0	4	0	14	2.87	0	119	105	.882
Team:	4965	82	24	48	10	236	2.85	5	2323	2087	.898

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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

New York'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	9	Mike Rupp	United States	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	36	Chris Nielsen	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
4	95	Andy Burnham	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
5	123	Jiri Dopita	Czech Republic	Petra Vsetín (Czech Republic)
6	155	Kevin Clauson	United States	Western Michigan University (CCHA)
7	182	Evgeny Korolev	Russia	London Knights (OHL)
8	209	Frederick Brind'Amour	Canada	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
9	237	Ben Blais	United States	Walpole High School (USHS-MA)
9	242	Jason Doyle	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
9	250	Radek Matejovsky	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)

References

1. Dinger 2011, p. 155.
2. "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
3. "1998-99 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

Bibliography

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

External links

• "1998–99 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.