1998–99 Washington Capitals season

The 1998–99 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 25th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1998–99 Washington Capitals
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	12th Eastern
1998–99 record	31–45–6
Goals for	200
Goals against	218
Team information
General manager	George McPhee
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Dale Hunter (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr)

Regular season

On January 16, 1999, Kelly Miller scored just nine seconds into the overtime period to give the Caps a 3–2 road win over the Carolina Hurricanes.[1] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 1998–99 regular season.[2]

On February 3, 1999, the Caps defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at home by a score of 10–1.[3] Peter Bondra scored four goals in the game. It was the first time that Washington had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since December 17, 1993, when they defeated the Ottawa Senators at home by a score of 11–2.[4]

The Caps were shut out an NHL-high 11 times.[5] They also tied the St. Louis Blues for the fewest power-play opportunities, with just 301.[6]

Final 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

[7]

Eastern Conference[8]

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

Playoffs

The Capitals missed the playoffs, despite their amazing run to the Stanley Cup Finals the previous year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Peter Bondra	RW	66	31	24	55	56	-1	6	3	5
Adam Oates	C	59	12	42	54	22	-1	3	0	0
Joé Juneau	C	63	14	27	41	20	-3	2	1	3
Brian Bellows	LW	76	17	19	36	26	-12	8	0	3
Andrei Nikolishin	C	73	8	27	35	28	0	0	1	1
Sergei Gonchar	D	53	21	10	31	57	1	13	1	3
James Black	LW	75	16	14	30	14	5	1	1	3
Calle Johansson	D	67	8	21	29	22	10	2	0	2
Steve Konowalchuk	LW	45	12	12	24	26	0	4	1	2
Jan Bulis	C	38	7	16	23	6	3	3	0	3
Ken Klee	D	78	7	13	20	80	-9	0	0	1
Richard Zedník	RW	49	9	8	17	50	-6	1	0	2
Dmitri Mironov	D	46	2	14	16	80	-5	2	0	0
Jaroslav Svejkovský	RW	25	6	8	14	12	-2	4	0	2
Michal Pivoňka	C	36	5	6	11	12	-6	2	0	0
Chris Simon	LW	23	3	7	10	48	-4	0	0	0
Joe Reekie	D	73	0	10	10	68	11	0	0	0
Craig Berube	LW	66	5	4	9	166	-7	0	0	0
Benoît Gratton	C	16	4	3	7	16	-1	0	0	0
Kelly Miller	LW	62	2	5	7	29	-5	0	0	1
Brendan Witt	D	54	2	5	7	87	-6	0	0	0
Mike Eagles	C/LW	52	4	2	6	50	-5	0	0	0
Jeff Toms	C	21	1	5	6	2	0	0	0	0
Mark Tinordi	D	48	0	6	6	108	-6	0	0	0
Dale Hunter	C	50	0	5	5	102	-7	0	0	0
Matt Herr	C	30	2	2	4	8	-7	1	0	0
Trevor Halverson	LW	17	0	4	4	28	-5	0	0	0
Enrico Ciccone	D	43	2	0	2	103	-6	0	0	0
Tom Chorske	LW	17	0	2	2	4	-4	0	0	0
Olaf Kölzig	G	64	0	2	2	19	0	0	0	0
Patrick Boileau	D	4	0	1	1	2	-4	0	0	0
Patrik Augusta	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nolan Baumgartner	D	5	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Martin Brochu	G	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Patrice Lefebvre	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Stewart Malgunas	D	10	0	0	0	6	-5	0	0	0
Steve Poapst	D	22	0	0	0	8	-8	0	0	0
Mike Rosati	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Shaw	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Rick Tabaracci	G	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Alexei Tezikov	D	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Olaf Kölzig	3586	64	26	31	3	154	2.58	4	1538	1384	.900
Rick Tabaracci	1193	23	4	12	3	50	2.51	2	530	480	.906
Mike Rosati	28	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	12	12	1.000
Martin Brochu	120	2	0	2	0	6	3.00	0	55	49	.891
Team:	4927	82	31	45	6	210	2.56	6	2135	1925	.902

[9]

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

Washington'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)
2	49	Jomar Cruz	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	59	Todd Hornung	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
4	106	Krys Barch	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
4	107	Chris Corrinet	United States	Princeton University (ECAC)
5	118	Mike Siklenka	Canada	Lloydminster Blazers (AJHL)
5	125	Erik Wendell	United States	Maple Grove Senior High School (USHS-MN)
7	179	Nathan Forster	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7	193	Rastislav Stana	Slovakia	HC Kosice (Slovakia)
8	220	Mike Farrell	United States	Providence College (Hockey East)
9	251	Blake Evans	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

See also

• 1998–99 NHL season

References

1. HighBeam
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999_games.html
3. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199902030WSH.html
4. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199312170WSH.html
5. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999_games.html
6. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999.html
7. Dinger 2011, p. 155.
8. "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
9. "1998-99 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

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 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.