1998–99 Dallas Stars season

1998–99 Dallas Stars
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	1st Western
1998–99 record	51–19–12
Home record	29–8–4
Road record	22–11–8
Goals for	236
Goals against	168
Team information
General manager	Bob Gainey
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Derian Hatcher
Arena	Reunion Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Modano (34)
Assists	Mike Modano (47)
Points	Mike Modano (81)
Penalty minutes	Pat Verbeek (133)
Wins	Ed Belfour (35)
Goals against average	Ed Belfour (1.99)

The 1998–99 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' sixth season and thirty-second of the franchise. The most important aspect of the season was defeating the Buffalo Sabres to win the first Stanley Cup in franchise history.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division

No.	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

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.

Game log

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

Playoffs

Western Conference quarter-finals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance
1	April 21	Edmonton	1–2	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
2	April 23	Edmonton	2–3	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
3	April 25	Dallas	3–2	Edmonton	Belfour	17,100
4	April 27	Dallas	3–2 OT	Edmonton	Belfour	17,100

Western Conference semi-finals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance
1	May 6	St. Louis	0–3	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
2	May 8	St. Louis	4–5 OT	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
3	May 10	Dallas	2–3 OT	St. Louis	Belfour	19,826
4	May 12	Dallas	2–3 OT	St. Louis	Belfour	20,341
5	May 15	St. Louis	1–3	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
6	May 17	Dallas	2–1 OT	St. Louis	Belfour	20,355

Western Conference finals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance
1	May 22	Colorado	2–1	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
2	May 24	Colorado	2–4	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
3	May 26	Dallas	3–0	Colorado	Belfour	16,061
4	May 28	Dallas	2–3	Colorado	Belfour	16,061
5	May 30	Colorado	7–5	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
6	June 1	Dallas	4–1	Colorado	Belfour	16,061
7	June 4	Colorado	1–4	Dallas	Belfour	17,001

Stanley Cup Final

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance
1	June 8	Buffalo	3–2 OT	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
2	June 10	Buffalo	2–4	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
3	June 12	Dallas	2–1	Buffalo	Belfour	18,595
4	June 15	Dallas	1–2	Buffalo	Belfour	18,595
5	June 17	Buffalo	0–2	Dallas	Belfour	17,001
6	June 19	Dallas	2–1 OT	Buffalo	Belfour	18,595

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	77	34	47	81	44	29	6	4	7
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	60	32	26	58	30	19	15	0	11
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	C	67	28	27	55	34	11	8	0	8
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	RW	74	20	32	52	18	29	7	1	2
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	D	81	10	41	51	20	9	5	0	3
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor	D	74	14	34	48	50	-1	9	0	2
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner	RW	75	12	33	45	62	10	4	0	1
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	78	17	17	34	133	11	8	0	2
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall	RW	82	13	18	31	85	1	2	0	4
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher	D	80	9	21	30	102	21	3	0	2
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	81	6	23	29	62	-2	1	1	1
Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac	C	69	13	14	27	26	2	2	0	2
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	73	6	11	17	16	0	1	0	1
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	74	4	12	16	31	-3	0	0	2
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk	D	64	3	9	12	51	23	1	0	0
Chambers, ShawnShawn Chambers	D	61	2	9	11	18	6	1	0	1
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	80	2	6	8	87	5	0	0	0
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	40	4	1	5	33	2	0	0	1
Plante, DerekDerek Plante	C	10	2	3	5	4	1	1	0	0
Gusev, SergeySergey Gusev	D	22	1	4	5	6	5	0	0	1
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	C	12	1	3	4	4	2	0	0	0
Lukowich, BradBrad Lukowich	D	14	1	2	3	19	3	0	0	0
Severyn, BrentBrent Severyn	LW	30	1	2	3	50	-2	0	0	0
Sim, JonJon Sim	LW	7	1	0	1	12	1	0	0	0
Keczmer, DanDan Keczmer	D	22	0	1	1	22	-2	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	G	61	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0
Botterill, JasonJason Botterill	LW	17	0	0	0	23	-2	0	0	0
Buzek, PetrPetr Buzek	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fairchild, KellyKelly Fairchild	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gavey, AaronAaron Gavey	C	7	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0
Lidster, DougDoug Lidster	D	17	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Sloan, BlakeBlake Sloan	RW	14	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0
Turek, RomanRoman Turek	G	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wright, JamieJamie Wright	LW	11	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	3536	61	35	15	9	117	1.99	5	1373	1256	.915
Turek, RomanRoman Turek	1382	26	16	3	3	48	2.08	1	562	514	.915
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	60	1	0	1	0	2	2.00	0	29	27	.931
Team:	4978	82	51	19	12	167	2.01	6	1964	1797	.915

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	23	5	18	23	16	6	1	1	1
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	C	23	11	10	21	19	7	3	0	6
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner	RW	23	10	7	17	16	7	4	0	3
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	22	8	7	15	4	3	3	0	2
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	RW	23	10	50	13	2	8	1	1	0
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	D	23	1	12	13	4	13	0	0	0
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor	D	23	3	9	12	16	8	1	0	1
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	23	2	8	10	14	4	0	0	0
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	23	5	2	7	6	-1	0	1	1
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	18	3	4	7	14	4	0	0	1
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher	D	18	1	6	7	24	4	0	0	0
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	17	2	4	6	6	0	0	0	1
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk	D	22	1	5	6	20	4	0	0	0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	23	1	4	5	20	2	0	0	0
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall	RW	14	0	3	3	20	1	0	0	0
Chambers, ShawnShawn Chambers	D	17	0	2	2	18	-1	0	0	0
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	C	14	0	2	2	16	-1	0	0	0
Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac	C	5	0	2	2	4	3	0	0	0
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	19	0	2	2	16	0	0	0	0
Sloan, BlakeBlake Sloan	RW	19	0	2	2	8	-1	0	0	0
Plante, DerekDerek Plante	C	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
Lukowich, BradBrad Lukowich	D	8	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	G	23	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Lidster, DougDoug Lidster	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sim, JonJon Sim	LW	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour ||1544 || 23 || 16 || 7 || 43 || 1.67 || 3||617||574||.930
Team:	1544	23	16	7	43	1.67	3	617	574	.930

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

• Presidents' Trophy
• Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
• Ed Belfour & Roman Turek, William M. Jennings Trophy
• Jere Lehtinen, Frank J. Selke Trophy
• Joe Nieuwendyk, Conn Smythe Trophy

Transactions

• February 26, 1999 – Doug Lidster was signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars.

Dallas Stars 1999 Stanley Cup Champions

Roster

  Centers

• 9 Mike Modano (A. Capt.)
• 10 Brian Skrudland
• 18 Derek Plante
• 21 Guy Carbonneau
• 25 Joe Nieuwendyk (A. Capt.)
• 49 Jon Sim

  Wingers

• 11 Blake Sloan
• 12 Mike Keane
• 14 Dave Reid
• 15 Jamie Langenbrunner
• 16 Pat Verbeek
• 17 Brent Severyn††
• 22 Brett Hull
• 26 Jere Lehtinen
• 29 Grant Marshall
• 33 Benoit Hogue
• 41 Tony Hrkac

  Defensemen

• 2 Derian Hatcher (Captain)
• 3 Craig Ludwig (A. Capt.)
• 5 Darryl Sydor
• 24 Richard Matvichuk
• 56 Sergei Zubov (A. Capt.)
• 27 Shawn Chambers
• 6 Doug Lidster (D)†
• 37 Brad Lukowich (D)†

  Goaltenders

• 20 Ed Belfour
• 1 Roman Turek

  Non-players

• Thomas O. Hicks (Chairman/Owner/Governor), Jim Lites (President), Bob Gainey (Vice President/General Manager)
• Doug Armstrong (Ass’t General Manager), Craig Button (Director of Player Personnel), Ken Hitchcock (Head Coach)
• Doug Jarvis, Rick Wilson (Ass’t Coaches), Rick McLaughlin, Jeff Cogen (Vice Presidents)
• Bill Strong (Vice President), Tim Bernhardt (Director-Amateur Scouting), Doug Overton (Director-Pro Scouting)
• Bob Gernader (Chief Scout), Stu McGregor (Western Scout), Dave Suprenant (Medical Trainer), Dave Smith (Equipment Manager),
• Rick Matthews (Ass’t Equipment Manager), Jean-Jacque McQueen (Strength-Conditioning Coach),
• Rick St. Croix (Goaltending Consultant), Dan Stuchal (Director of Team Services), Larry Kelly (Director of Public Relations),
• Leon Friedrich† (Video Coordinator), Craig Lowery† (Trainer Ass't), Dave Warner† (Equipment Ass't).

Stanley Cup Engraving

• ††Brent Severyn played only 30 games, missing 22 regular season games due to injuries, and was a healthy scratch for the playoffs. Dallas included him on the Stanley Cup, because he spent the whole season with Dallas.
• † Members were included on the 1999 Stanley Cup Picture, but were not engraved on the cup.
• In February, Dallas added Doug Lidster from the Canadian National Team, and Brad Lukowich, from the minor league Kalamazoo Wings. Lidster played 17 regular season and 4 playoff games. Lukowich played 14 regular season and 8 playoff games (2 games in conference finals). They were left off the cup even though they played in the playoffs.
• Mike Modano, Shawn Chambers were the only players on the roster remaining from 1991 Minnesota North Stars. However Chambers left the Stars. He won the Stanley Cup in 1995 with New Jersey, before rejoining the Stars. Team was coached by Bob Gainey, the GM of the 1991 Minnesota North Stars, that lost in 6 games to Pittsburgh in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas after the 1993 season.

References

• Stars on Hockey Database