1998–99 Florida Panthers season

1998–99 Florida Panthers
Division	2nd Southeast
Conference	9th Eastern
1998–99 record	30–34–18
Home record	17–17–7
Road record	13–17–11
Goals for	210
Goals against	228
Team information
Captain	Scott Mellanby
Arena	BankAtlantic Center
Team leaders
Goals	Ray Whitney (26)
Assists	Ray Whitney (38)
Points	Ray Whitney (64)
Penalty minutes	Peter Worrell (258)
Plus/minus	Jaroslav Spacek (+15)
Wins	Sean Burke (21)
Goals against average	Sean Burke (2.66)

The 1999–99 Florida Panthers season was their sixth season in the National Hockey League. The Panthers missed the playoffs, but made a big acquisition of Pavel Bure during the season.

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division

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

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 81 26 38 64 18 -3 7 0 6 Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer C 82 18 33 51 50 -13 6 1 3 Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov C 65 16 35 51 24 13 5 1 1 Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby RW 67 18 27 45 85 5 4 0 3 Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak RW 82 19 24 43 29 7 0 4 0 Parrish, MarkMark Parrish RW 73 24 13 37 25 -6 5 0 5 Svehla, RobertRobert Svehla D 80 8 29 37 83 -13 4 0 0 Lindsay, BillBill Lindsay RW 75 12 15 27 92 -1 0 1 2 Kvasha, OlegOleg Kvasha LW/C 68 12 13 25 45 5 4 0 2 Garpenlov, JohanJohan Garpenlov LW 64 8 9 17 42 -9 0 1 0 Bure, PavelPavel Bure RW 11 13 3 16 4 3 5 1 0 Jovanovski, EdEd Jovanovski D 41 3 13 16 82 -4 1 0 1 Muller, KirkKirk Muller LW 82 4 11 15 49 -11 0 0 1 Spacek, JaroslavJaroslav Spacek D 63 3 12 15 28 15 2 1 0 Gagner, DaveDave Gagner C 36 4 10 14 39 -7 2 0 0 Carkner, TerryTerry Carkner D 62 2 9 11 54 0 0 0 0 Hedican, BretBret Hedican D 25 3 7 10 17 -2 0 0 1 Laus, PaulPaul Laus D 75 1 9 10 218 -1 0 0 0 Worrell, PeterPeter Worrell LW 62 4 5 9 258 0 0 0 2 Boyle, DanDan Boyle D 22 3 5 8 6 0 1 0 1 Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli RW 14 6 1 7 27 -1 5 0 1 Murphy, GordGord Murphy D 51 0 7 7 16 4 0 0 0 Warrener, RhettRhett Warrener D 48 0 7 7 64 -1 0 0 0 Hicks, AlexAlex Hicks LW 51 0 6 6 58 -4 0 0 0 Burke, SeanSean Burke G 59 0 4 4 27 0 0 0 0 Nilson, MarcusMarcus Nilson LW 8 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 1 Ratchuk, PeterPeter Ratchuk D 24 1 1 2 10 -1 0 0 0 Wells, ChrisChris Wells C 20 0 2 2 31 -4 0 0 0 Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson C 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba D 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 Nemirovsky, DavidDavid Nemirovsky RW 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Ware, JeffJeff Ware D 6 0 1 1 6 -6 0 0 0 Allen, ChrisChris Allen D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Butsayev, ViacheslavViacheslav Butsayev C 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Hay, DwayneDwayne Hay LW 9 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Jakopin, JohnJohn Jakopin D 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 McLean, KirkKirk McLean G 30 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Vasiljevs, HerbertsHerberts Vasiljevs RW 5 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Washburn, SteveSteve Washburn C 4 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Wilson, MikeMike Wilson D 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Burke, SeanSean Burke 3402 59 21 24 14 151 2.66 3 1624 1473 .907 McLean, KirkKirk McLean 1597 30 9 10 4 73 2.74 2 727 654 .900 Team: 4999 82 30 34 18 224 2.69 5 2351 2127 .905

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;

References

• Panthers on Hockey Database