1998–99 Washington Capitals season

1998–99 Washington Capitals
Division	3rd Southeast
1998–99 record	31–45–6
Goals for	200
Goals against	218
Team information
General manager	George McPhee
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Dale Hunter (Oct-Mar) Vacant

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	66	31	24	55	56	-1	6	3	5
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	59	12	42	54	22	-1	3	0	0
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau	C	63	14	27	41	20	-3	2	1	3
Bellows, BrianBrian Bellows	LW	76	17	19	36	26	-12	8	0	3
Nikolishin, AndreiAndrei Nikolishin	C	73	8	27	35	28	0	0	1	1
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	53	21	10	31	57	1	13	1	3
Black, JamesJames Black	LW	75	16	14	30	14	5	1	1	3
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	67	8	21	29	22	10	2	0	2
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk	LW	45	12	12	24	26	0	4	1	2
Bulis, JanJan Bulis	C	38	7	16	23	6	3	3	0	3
Klee, KenKen Klee	D	78	7	13	20	80	-9	0	0	1
Zednik, RichardRichard Zednik	RW	49	9	8	17	50	-6	1	0	2
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov	D	46	2	14	16	80	-5	2	0	0
Svejkovsky, JaroslavJaroslav Svejkovsky	RW	25	6	8	14	12	-2	4	0	2
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	36	5	6	11	12	-6	2	0	0
Simon, ChrisChris Simon	LW	23	3	7	10	48	-4	0	0	0
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie	D	73	0	10	10	68	11	0	0	0
Berube, CraigCraig Berube	LW	66	5	4	9	166	-7	0	0	0
Gratton, BenoitBenoit Gratton	C	16	4	3	7	16	-1	0	0	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	62	2	5	7	29	-5	0	0	1
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt	D	54	2	5	7	87	-6	0	0	0
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles	C/LW	52	4	2	6	50	-5	0	0	0
Toms, JeffJeff Toms	C	21	1	5	6	2	0	0	0	0
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi	D	48	0	6	6	108	-6	0	0	0
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	50	0	5	5	102	-7	0	0	0
Herr, MattMatt Herr	C	30	2	2	4	8	-7	1	0	0
Halverson, TrevorTrevor Halverson	LW	17	0	4	4	28	-5	0	0	0
Ciccone, EnricoEnrico Ciccone	D	43	2	0	2	103	-6	0	0	0
Chorske, TomTom Chorske	LW	17	0	2	2	4	-4	0	0	0
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	G	64	0	2	2	19	0	0	0	0
Boileau, PatrickPatrick Boileau	D	4	0	1	1	2	-4	0	0	0
Augusta, PatrikPatrik Augusta	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner	D	5	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Brochu, MartinMartin Brochu	G	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Lefebvre, PatricePatrice Lefebvre	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Malgunas, StewartStewart Malgunas	D	10	0	0	0	6	-5	0	0	0
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst	D	22	0	0	0	8	-8	0	0	0
Rosati, MikeMike Rosati	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shaw, BradBrad Shaw	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci	G	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Tezikov, AlexeiAlexei Tezikov	D	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	3586	64	26	31	3	154	2.58	4	1538	1384	.900
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci	1193	23	4	12	3	50	2.51	2	530	480	.906
Rosati, MikeMike Rosati	28	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	12	12	1.000
Brochu, MartinMartin Brochu	120	2	0	2	0	6	3.00	0	55	49	.891
Team:	4927	82	31	45	6	210	2.56	6	2135	1925	.902

Note: 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

External links

• 1998–99 Washington Capitals Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.