1998–99 Ottawa Senators season

1998–99 Ottawa Senators
Division	1st Northeast Division
Conference	2nd Eastern Conference
1998–99 record	44–23–15
Home record	22–11–8
Road record	22–12–7
Goals for	239
Goals against	179
Team information
General manager	Rick Dudley
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Alexei Yashin
Alternate captains	Daniel Alfredsson Wade Redden
Arena	Corel Centre
Average attendance	17,219 per game (705,990 total)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Yashin (44)
Assists	Alexei Yashin (50)
Points	Alexei Yashin (94)
Penalty minutes	Vaclav Prospal (58)
Plus/minus	Magnus Arvedson (+33)
Wins	Damian Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt (22)
Goals against average	Ron Tugnutt (1.79)

The 1998–99 Ottawa Senators cracked the 100 point barrier, as they finished with 103 points, and won the Northeast Division for the first time in club history.

Senators head coach Jacques Martin won the Jack Adams Trophy for the first time in his career and in Senators history, while Alexei Yashin, who was named team captain prior to the season, was a finalist for the Hart Trophy after his 94 point season. His 94 points shattered the club record of 79, which Yashin set in the 1993–94 season.

Goaltenders Damian Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt split duties throughout the season, with each goalie winning 22 games, sharing the team record for goaltender victories in a season, while Tugnutt's 1.79 GAA was an NHL low.

The Senators great regular season success did not continue to the playoffs, as the Buffalo Sabres, led by Dominik Hasek, swept the Senators out of the playoffs in 4 games, ending the Senators' season in the first round for the 2nd time in 3 seasons.

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	1	Ottawa Senators	82	44	23	15	239	179	892	103
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	30	7	268	231	1095	97
3	6	Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	214	181	1182	91
4	7	Buffalo Sabres	82	37	28	17	207	175	1561	91
5	11	Montreal Canadiens	82	32	39	11	184	209	1299	75

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season schedule

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

Playoffs

The Ottawa Senators ended the 1998–99 regular season as the Eastern Conference's second seed.

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo wins series 4–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 21	Buffalo	2 – 1	Ottawa	0 – 1
2	April 23	Buffalo	3 – 2	Ottawa	0 – 2
3	April 25	Ottawa	0 – 3	Buffalo	0 – 3
4	April 27	Ottawa	3 – 4	Buffalo	0 – 4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yashin, AlexeiAlexei Yashin	C	82	44	50	94	54	16	19	0	5
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern	RW	77	31	25	56	46	8	7	0	4
Dackell, AndreasAndreas Dackell	RW	77	15	35	50	30	9	6	0	3
Arvedson, MagnusMagnus Arvedson	LW	80	21	26	47	50	33	0	4	6
Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson	C	69	21	16	37	34	1	7	0	6
Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal	C	79	10	26	36	58	8	2	0	3
York, JasonJason York	D	79	4	31	35	48	17	2	0	0
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson	RW	58	11	22	33	14	8	3	0	5
Bonk, RadekRadek Bonk	C	81	16	16	32	48	15	0	1	6
Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa	RW	60	15	15	30	37	18	1	0	2
Redden, WadeWade Redden	D	72	8	21	29	54	7	3	0	1
Kravchuk, IgorIgor Kravchuk	D	79	4	21	25	32	14	3	0	0
Salo, SamiSami Salo	D	61	7	12	19	24	20	2	0	1
Van Allen, ShaunShaun Van Allen	C	79	6	11	17	30	3	0	1	0
Gardiner, BruceBruce Gardiner	RW	59	4	8	12	43	6	0	0	1
Laukkanen, JanneJanne Laukkanen	D	50	1	11	12	40	18	0	0	0
Traverse, PatrickPatrick Traverse	D	46	1	9	10	22	12	0	0	0
Pitlick, LanceLance Pitlick	D	50	3	6	9	33	7	0	0	0
Martins, SteveSteve Martins	C	36	4	3	7	10	4	1	0	1
Oliver, DavidDavid Oliver	RW	17	2	5	7	4	1	0	0	0
Murray, ChrisChris Murray	RW	38	1	6	7	65	-2	0	0	0
Phillips, ChrisChris Phillips	D	34	3	3	6	32	-5	2	0	0
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	13	3	2	5	10	2	1	0	0
Berg, BillBill Berg	LW	44	2	2	4	28	4	0	0	0
Emerson, NelsonNelson Emerson	RW	3	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	G	45	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	9	0	2	2	6	-1	0	0	0
Neckar, StanStan Neckar	D	3	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Butsayev, VyacheslavVyacheslav Butsayev	C	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Crowe, PhilPhil Crowe	LW	8	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Gruden, JohnJohn Gruden	D	13	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Sarault, YvesYves Sarault	LW	11	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Bicanek, RadimRadim Bicanek	D	7	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt	G	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	2480	45	22	13	7	101	2.44	3	1060	959	.905
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt	2508	43	22	10	8	75	1.79	3	1005	930	.925
Team:	4988	82	44	23	15	176	2.12	6	2065	1889	.915

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Emerson, NelsonNelson Emerson	RW	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson	RW	4	1	2	3	4	-1	1	0	0
Redden, WadeWade Redden	D	4	1	2	3	2	-1	1	0	0
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern	RW	4	2	0	2	6	1	1	0	0
York, JasonJason York	D	4	1	1	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa	RW	4	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
Arvedson, MagnusMagnus Arvedson	LW	3	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Dackell, AndreasAndreas Dackell	RW	4	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Berg, BillBill Berg	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bonk, RadekRadek Bonk	C	4	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gardiner, BruceBruce Gardiner	RW	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson	C	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Kravchuk, IgorIgor Kravchuk	D	4	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
Laukkanen, JanneJanne Laukkanen	D	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Phillips, ChrisChris Phillips	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Pitlick, LanceLance Pitlick	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal	C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salo, SamiSami Salo	D	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Van Allen, ShaunShaun Van Allen	C	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Yashin, AlexeiAlexei Yashin	C	4	0	0	0	10	-4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	150	2	0	2	6	2.40	0	65	59	.908
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt	118	2	0	2	6	3.05	0	41	35	.854
Team:	268	4	0	4	12	2.69	0	106	94	.887

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

• Jack Adams Award - Jacques Martin
• Molson Cup - Alexei Yashin
• NHL Second All-Star Team - Alexei Yashin

Transactions

Trades

June 27, 1998	To San Jose Sharks Ottawa's eighth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft	To Ottawa Senators San Jose's eighth-round pick 1998 Entry Draft (Sergei Verenikin)
August 21, 1998	To Chicago Blackhawks Justin Hocking	To Ottawa Senators Brian Felsner
November 27, 1998	To New York Rangers Stan Neckar	To Ottawa Senators Bill Berg New York's second-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (Simon Lajeunesse)
March 8, 1999	To Florida Panthers Ottawa's sixth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (later traded)	To Ottawa Senators Vyacheslav Butsayev
March 12, 1999	To Chicago Blackhawks Radim Bicanek	To Ottawa Senators Chicago's sixth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (Martin Prusek)
March 19, 1999	To New York Islanders future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Chris Luongo
March 12, 1999	To Chicago Blackhawks Ottawa's fourth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (Preston Mizzi)	To Ottawa Senators Ted Donato
March 23, 1999	To New York Islanders Chris Murray	To Ottawa Senators Nelson Emerson

Waivers

No waiver transactions.

Free agents

Player Former team David Oliver Houston Aeros (IHL) John Gruden Detroit Vipers (IHL) Steve Martins Carolina Hurricanes John Emmons Michigan K-Wings (IHL) Andreas Johansson Pittsburgh Penguins Steve Leach Carolina Hurricanes Brad Shaw Detroit Vipers (IHL) Andre Roy Boston Bruins

Player New team Derek Armstrong New York Rangers Scott Ferguson Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Pat Falloon Edmonton Oilers Randy Cunneyworth Buffalo Sabres Sergei Zholtok Montreal Canadiens Steve Leach Phoenix Coyotes

Expansion draft

June 26, 1998

To Nashville Predators Denny Lambert

Source: (2008) Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators, 188. 

Roster

1998-99 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders 1 Damian Rhodes  31 Ron Tugnutt		Defensemen 2 Lance Pitlick  3 Patrick Traverse  4 Chris Phillips  5 Sami Salo  6 Wade Redden  - A 23 Radim Bicanek  24 John Gruden  24 Stan Neckar  27 Janne Laukkanen  29 Igor Kravchuk  33 Jason York		Wingers 7 Nelson Emerson  9 Bill Berg  10 Andreas Dackell  11 Daniel Alfredsson  - A 12 David Oliver  15 Shawn McEachern  17 Chris Murray  18 Marian Hossa  20 Magnus Arvedson  25 Bruce Gardiner  26 Phil Crowe  28 Ted Donato  28 Stephen Leach  37 Yves Sarault		Centres 7 Viacheslav Butsayev  13 Vaclav Prospal  14 Radek Bonk  16 Steve Martins  19 Alexei Yashin  - C 21 Andreas Johansson  22 Shaun Van Allen  GM: Rick Dudley Coach: Jacques Martin

Sources:

• NHL.com - Player Search. NHL. Retrieved on 2009-03-09.

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Mathieu Chouinard	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
2	44	Mike Fisher	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	58	Chris Bala	United States	Harvard University (NCAA)
3	74	Julien Vauclair	Switzerland	Lugano (Switzerland)
4	101	Petr Schastlivy	Russia	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
5	130	Gavin McLeod	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	161	Chris Neil	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
7	188	Michel Periard	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
8	223	Sergei Verenikin	Russia	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
9	246	Rastislav Pavlikovsky	Slovakia	Utah Grizzlies (IHL)

Farm teams

• Detroit Vipers (International Hockey League)

See also

• 1998–99 NHL Season

References

• Ottawa Senators Media Guide 2007
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007