1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's seventh season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	14th Eastern
1998–99 record	19–54–9
Home record	12–25–4
Road record	7–29–5
Goals for	179
Goals against	292
Team information
Coach	Jacques Demers
Captain	Rob Zamuner
Arena	Ice Palace
Team leaders
Goals	Wendel Clark (28)
Assists	Darcy Tucker (22)
Points	Darcy Tucker (43)
Penalty minutes	Darcy Tucker (176)
Plus/minus	Andrei Skopintsev (+1)
Wins	Corey Schwab (8)
Goals against average	Corey Schwab (3.52)

Offseason

NHL Draft

Tampa Bay'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	1	Vincent Lecavalier	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
3	64	Brad Richards	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
3	72	Dmitri Afanasenkov	Russia	Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
4	92	Eric Beaudoin	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
5	121	Curtis Rich	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6	146	Sergei Kuznetsov	Russia	Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russia)
7	174	Brett Allan	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7	194	Oak Hewer	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
8	221	Daniel Hulak	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
9	229	Chris Lyness	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)

Regular season

The Lightning again finished last in scoring, with just 179 goals for. They also allowed the most goals of all 27 teams, with 292 goals against.[1]

All-Star Game

The logo for the All-Star Game.

The 49th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 24, 1999, at the Ice Palace in Tampa Bay, Florida, home to the Tampa Bay Lightning. It would be Wayne Gretzky's last All-Star Game.

Season standings

Southeast Division

R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	34	30	18	210	202	1158	86
2	9	Florida Panthers	82	30	34	18	210	228	1522	78
3	12	Washington Capitals	82	31	45	6	200	218	1381	68
4	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	54	9	179	292	1316	47

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Eastern Conference[3]

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

Game log

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

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Playoffs

For the third consecutive year, the Lighting were unable to qualify for the playoffs. They also finished in last place for the second consecutive year as well.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Darcy Tucker	RW	82	21	22	43	176	-34	8	2	3
Wendel Clark	LW/D	65	28	14	42	35	-25	11	0	2
Stephane Richer	RW	64	12	21	33	22	-10	3	2	1
Vincent Lecavalier	C	82	13	15	28	23	-19	2	0	2
Chris Gratton	C	52	7	19	26	102	-20	1	0	1
Benoit Hogue	C	62	11	14	25	50	-12	2	0	3
Craig Janney	C	38	4	18	22	10	-13	2	0	0
Pavel Kubina	D	68	9	12	21	80	-33	3	1	1
Rob Zamuner	LW	58	8	11	19	24	-15	1	1	2
Alex Selivanov	RW	43	6	13	19	18	-8	1	0	0
Cory Cross	D	67	2	16	18	92	-25	0	0	0
Jassen Cullimore	D	78	5	12	17	81	-22	1	1	1
Petr Svoboda	D	34	1	16	17	53	-4	0	0	0
Alexandre Daigle	C	32	6	6	12	2	-12	3	0	0
Sandy McCarthy	RW	67	5	7	12	135	-22	1	0	0
Mikael Renberg	RW	20	4	8	12	4	-2	2	0	0
Mike Sillinger	C	54	8	2	10	28	-20	0	2	0
Daymond Langkow	C	22	4	6	10	15	0	1	0	1
Michael Nylander	C	24	2	7	9	6	-10	0	0	0
David Wilkie	D	46	1	7	8	69	-19	0	0	0
Robert Petrovicky	C	28	3	4	7	6	-8	0	0	0
Mike McBain	D	37	0	6	6	14	-11	0	0	0
Mikael Andersson	LW	40	2	3	5	4	-8	0	0	0
Kjell Samuelsson	D	46	1	4	5	38	-6	0	0	0
Colin Forbes	C	14	3	1	4	10	-5	0	1	0
Steve Kelly	C	34	1	3	4	27	-15	0	0	1
Corey Schwab	G	40	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Karl Dykhuis	D	33	2	1	3	18	-21	0	0	0
Brent Peterson	LW	20	2	1	3	0	-2	0	0	0
Drew Bannister	D	21	1	2	3	24	-4	0	0	0
Michal Sykora	D	10	1	2	3	0	-7	0	0	1
Jason Bonsignore	C	23	0	3	3	8	-4	0	0	0
Sergey Gusev	D	14	0	3	3	10	-8	0	0	0
Andrei Nazarov	LW	26	2	0	2	43	-5	0	0	0
Enrico Ciccone	D	16	1	1	2	24	-1	0	0	0
Paul Mara	D	1	1	1	2	0	-3	1	0	0
Andrei Skopintsev	D	19	1	1	2	10	1	0	0	0
Karel Betik	D	3	0	2	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Sami Helenius	D	4	1	0	1	15	-3	0	1	0
Daren Puppa	G	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Spring	RW	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Ysebaert	C	10	0	1	1	2	-5	0	0	0
Zac Bierk	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Cullen	C	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Xavier Delisle	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Hodson	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mario Larocque	D	5	0	0	0	16	-4	0	0	0
Bill Ranford	G	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Derek Wilkinson	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Corey Schwab	2146	40	8	25	3	126	3.52	0	1153	1027	.891
Daren Puppa	691	13	5	6	1	33	2.87	2	350	317	.906
Bill Ranford	1568	32	3	18	3	102	3.90	1	858	756	.881
Kevin Hodson	238	5	2	1	1	11	2.77	0	118	107	.907
Derek Wilkinson	253	5	1	3	1	13	3.08	0	128	115	.898
Zac Bierk	59	1	0	1	0	2	2.03	0	21	19	.905
Team:	4955	82	19	54	9	287	3.48	3	2628	2341	.891

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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;

References

Bibliography

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

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