1998–99 San Jose Sharks season

1998–99 San Jose Sharks
Division	4th Pacific
1998–99 record	31–33–18
Goals for	196
Goals against	191
Team information
General manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Owen Nolan

The 1998–99 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks eighth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sharks qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round against the Colorado Avalanche.

Regular season

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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen LW 78 22 35 57 42 3 10 1 3 Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy RW 76 25 23 48 73 10 7 0 2 Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau C 81 21 24 45 24 10 4 0 4 Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan RW 78 19 26 45 129 16 6 2 3 Ricci, MikeMike Ricci C 82 13 26 39 68 1 2 1 2 Sturm, MarcoMarco Sturm LW 78 16 22 38 52 7 3 2 3 Houlder, BillBill Houlder D 76 9 23 32 40 8 7 0 5 Korolyuk, AlexanderAlexander Korolyuk LW 55 12 18 30 26 3 2 0 0 Matteau, StephaneStephane Matteau LW 68 8 15 23 73 2 0 0 0 Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 69 4 18 22 42 2 2 0 1 Stern, RonRon Stern RW 78 7 9 16 158 -3 1 0 2 Lowry, DaveDave Lowry LW 61 6 9 15 24 -5 2 0 0 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 82 5 9 14 36 15 2 0 1 Craven, MurrayMurray Craven LW 43 4 10 14 18 -3 0 1 1 Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse C 12 7 6 13 4 3 3 0 1 Ragnarsson, MarcusMarcus Ragnarsson D 74 0 13 13 66 7 0 0 0 Granato, TonyTony Granato RW 35 6 6 12 54 4 0 1 1 Rouse, BobBob Rouse D 70 0 11 11 44 0 0 0 0 Sutter, RonRon Sutter C 59 3 6 9 40 -8 0 0 1 Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment D 59 2 6 8 101 -7 0 0 0 Zyuzin, AndreiAndrei Zyuzin D 25 3 1 4 38 5 2 0 0 Guolla, SteveSteve Guolla C 14 2 2 4 6 3 0 0 1 Sutton, AndyAndy Sutton D 31 0 3 3 65 -4 0 0 0 Skalde, JarrodJarrod Skalde C 17 1 1 2 4 -6 0 0 0 Hannan, ScottScott Hannan D 5 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls C 10 0 2 2 4 -4 0 0 0 Myhres, BranttBrantt Myhres RW 30 1 0 1 116 -2 0 0 0 Baker, JamieJamie Baker C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Burr, ShawnShawn Burr LW/C 18 0 1 1 29 -3 0 0 0 Hicks, AlexAlex Hicks LW 4 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Shields, SteveSteve Shields G 37 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 Craig, MikeMike Craig RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Gauthier, SeanSean Gauthier G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heins, ShawnShawn Heins D 5 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 Suter, GaryGary Suter D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vernon, MikeMike Vernon G 49 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Vernon, MikeMike Vernon 2831 49 16 22 10 107 2.27 4 1200 1093 .911 Shields, SteveSteve Shields 2162 37 15 11 8 80 2.22 4 1011 931 .921 Gauthier, SeanSean Gauthier 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 1.000 Team: 4996 82 31 33 18 187 2.25 8 2213 2026 .915

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 6 0 7 7 10 5 0 0 0 Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse C 6 3 2 5 6 1 0 2 0 Ricci, MikeMike Ricci C 6 2 3 5 10 1 1 0 0 Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen LW 6 2 2 4 14 -1 1 0 0 Sturm, MarcoMarco Sturm LW 6 2 2 4 4 1 0 0 1 Korolyuk, AlexanderAlexander Korolyuk LW 6 1 3 4 2 -3 0 0 1 Houlder, BillBill Houlder D 6 3 0 3 4 2 3 0 0 Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau C 6 2 1 3 4 -1 2 0 0 Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy RW 6 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 Granato, TonyTony Granato RW 6 1 1 2 2 -1 0 0 0 Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan RW 6 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 Ragnarsson, MarcusMarcus Ragnarsson D 6 0 1 1 6 -4 0 0 0 Vernon, MikeMike Vernon G 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lowry, DaveDave Lowry LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment D 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Matteau, StephaneStephane Matteau LW 5 0 0 0 6 -3 0 0 0 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 6 0 0 0 4 -6 0 0 0 Rouse, BobBob Rouse D 6 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Shields, SteveSteve Shields G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stern, RonRon Stern RW 6 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Sutter, RonRon Sutter C 6 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Vernon, MikeMike Vernon 321 5 2 3 13 2.43 0 172 159 .924 Shields, SteveSteve Shields 60 1 0 1 6 6.00 0 36 30 .833 Team: 381 6 2 4 19 2.99 0 208 189 .909

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 San Jose Sharks Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.