1998–99 New York Islanders season

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

The 1998-99 New York Islanders season was the Islanders' twenty-seventh season of operation. The Islanders again missed the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New Jersey Devils	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	30	14	242	225	90
New York Rangers	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
New York Islanders	82	24	48	10	194	244	58

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	C	70	19	37	56	50	-15	5	1	1
Palffy, ZiggyZiggy Palffy	RW	50	22	28	50	34	-6	5	2	1
Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden	RW	82	18	29	47	32	-14	8	1	1
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski	C	82	16	24	40	49	-7	7	0	3
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski	RW	78	21	17	38	14	-10	4	0	1
Lapointe, ClaudeClaude Lapointe	LW/C	82	14	23	37	62	-19	2	2	1
Lawrence, MarkMark Lawrence	RW	60	14	16	30	38	-8	4	0	2
Jonsson, KennyKenny Jonsson	D	63	8	18	26	34	-18	6	0	0
Watt, MikeMike Watt	LW	75	8	17	25	12	-2	0	0	4
Richter, BarryBarry Richter	D	72	6	18	24	34	-4	0	0	2
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	55	7	11	18	27	-10	2	0	0
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov	LW	67	8	8	16	22	-17	1	0	0
Berard, BryanBryan Berard	D	31	4	11	15	26	-6	2	0	3
Brewer, EricEric Brewer	D	63	5	6	11	32	-14	2	0	0
Lachance, ScottScott Lachance	D	59	1	8	9	30	-19	1	0	0
Lindgren, MatsMats Lindgren	C/LW	12	5	3	8	2	2	3	0	1
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara	D	59	2	6	8	83	-8	0	1	0
Harlock, DavidDavid Harlock	D	70	2	6	8	68	-16	0	0	0
Odjick, GinoGino Odjick	RW	23	4	3	7	133	-2	1	0	2
Miller, KevinKevin Miller	C	33	1	5	6	13	-5	0	0	0
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	22	2	3	5	8	0	0	0	0
Janney, CraigCraig Janney	C	18	1	4	5	4	-2	0	0	0
Pilon, RichRich Pilon	D	52	0	4	4	88	-8	0	0	0
Sacco, JoeJoe Sacco	RW	73	3	0	3	45	-24	0	1	2
Cairns, EricEric Cairns	D	9	0	3	3	23	1	0	0	0
Belanger, KenKen Belanger	LW	9	1	1	2	30	1	0	0	0
Crowley, TedTed Crowley	D	6	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
Nabokov, DmitriDmitri Nabokov	C/LW	4	0	2	2	2	4	0	0	0
Orszagh, VladimirVladimir Orszagh	RW	12	1	0	1	6	2	0	0	0
Chorske, TomTom Chorske	LW	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Malkoc, DeanDean Malkoc	D	2	0	1	1	7	3	0	0	0
Chebaturkin, VladimirVladimir Chebaturkin	D	8	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	0
Cousineau, MarcelMarcel Cousineau	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	G	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Hough, MikeMike Hough	LW	11	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Kennedy, MikeMike Kennedy	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Luhning, WarrenWarren Luhning	RW	11	0	0	0	8	-4	0	0	0
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salo, TommyTommy Salo	G	51	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Schultz, RayRay Schultz	D	4	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
Webb, SteveSteve Webb	RW	45	0	0	0	32	-10	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Salo, TommyTommy Salo	3018	51	17	26	7	132	2.62	5	1368	1236	.904
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	1048	20	5	11	2	53	3.03	0	491	438	.892
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	606	11	2	7	1	37	3.66	0	345	308	.893
Cousineau, MarcelMarcel 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

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;

See also

• 1998–99 NHL season

References

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