1998–99 Florida Panthers season

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
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	34	30	18	210	202	1158	86
2	9	Florida Panthers	82	30	34	18	210	228	1522	78
3	12	Washington Capitals	82	31	45	6	200	218	1381	68
4	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	54	9	179	292	1316	47

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Eastern Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	y – Ottawa Senators	NE	82	44	23	15	239	179	103
3	y – Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	34	30	18	210	202	86
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	30	7	268	231	97
5	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
6	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	214	181	91
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	28	17	207	175	91
8	Pittsburgh Penguins	ATL	82	38	30	14	242	225	90

9	Florida Panthers	SE	82	30	34	18	210	228	78
10	New York Rangers	ATL	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	32	39	11	184	209	75
12	Washington Capitals	SE	82	31	45	6	200	218	68
13	New York Islanders	ATL	82	24	48	10	194	244	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	54	9	179	292	47

Divisions: ATL - Atlantic Division, NE - Northeast Division, SE - Southeast Division

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 1997.

Player statistics

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

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

Panthers on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
↑ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1998-99 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

1998–99 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs 1999 Stanley Cup Finals

Florida Panthers

Founded in 1993 Based in Sunrise, Florida

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Sunrise Sports and Entertainment (Vincent Viola, chairman) General manager Dale Tallon Head coach Gerard Gallant Team captain Willie Mitchell Current roster

Arenas	Miami Arena BB&T Center

Affiliates	AHL Portland Pirates

General Managers	Clarke Murray Torrey Fletcher Dudley Keenan Martin Sexton Tallon

Head Coaches	Neilson MacLean B. Murray T. Murray Sutter Keenan Dudley Torchetti Martin DeBoer Dineen Horachek Gallant

Media	TV FSFlorida Radio WQAM

Culture	Rat trick

Florida Panthers seasons

1990s	1990–91 . 1991–92 . 1992–93 . 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

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