1998–99 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1998–99 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 90th season of play. The club finished 5th in the Northeast Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. It had been the worst season in over forty years for the club. The Canadiens finished last in their division. Martin Rucinsky led the club with 17 goals. It was the first time since the 1940-41 season, that the Canadiens did not have at least one twenty-goal scorer.^[1] On March 31, 1999, ownership announced that it has lost 3.8 million dollars in its last fiscal year.^[2] Team president Ronald Corey would resign in May 1999.

Regular season

In March 1999, Captain Vincent Damphousse was traded.^[3]

Final standings

Northeast Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	2	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

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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.

Eastern Conference^[5]
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

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

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	RW	61	12	35	47	28	-4	3	0	2
Koivu, SakuSaku Koivu	C	65	14	30	44	38	-7	4	2	0
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	65	12	24	36	46	-7	3	2	2
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	LW	73	17	17	34	50	-25	5	0	1
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov	D	62	13	21	34	77	-7	8	0	3
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	63	12	20	32	147	-10	7	0	4
Brunet, BenoitBenoit Brunet	LW	60	14	17	31	31	-1	4	2	0
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson	RW	69	10	17	27	88	6	0	0	2
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal	D	82	8	19	27	84	-23	1	1	4
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	54	16	10	26	20	-14	5	0	4
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin	C	81	8	17	25	21	6	0	1	1
Zholtok, SergeiSergei Zholtok	C	70	7	15	22	6	-12	2	0	3
Hoglund, JonasJonas Hoglund	LW	74	8	10	18	16	-5	1	0	0
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	66	6	12	18	77	-12	4	0	1
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois	D	54	3	9	12	28	-8	1	0	1
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov	D	76	3	9	12	109	-3	0	0	0
Thornton, ScottScott Thornton	LW	47	7	4	11	87	-2	1	0	1
Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet	D	66	2	8	10	66	-3	0	0	0
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	37	4	5	9	14	0	1	0	1
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	C	17	3	5	8	4	-3	0	0	1
Clark, BrettBrett Clark	D	61	2	2	4	16	-3	0	0	0
Houde, EricEric Houde	C	8	1	1	2	2	-2	0	0	1
Lachance, ScottScott Lachance	D	17	1	1	2	11	-2	0	0	0
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	11	0	2	2	48	-3	0	0	0
Higgins, MattMatt Higgins	C	25	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Guren, MiloslavMiloslav Guren	D	12	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Hackett, JeffJeff Hackett	G	53	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Asham, ArronArron Asham	RW	7	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Bashkirov, AndreiAndrei Bashkirov	LW	10	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Blouin, SylvainSylvain Blouin	LW	5	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0
Brown, BradBrad Brown	D	5	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0
Chabot, FredericFrederic Chabot	G	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Delisle, JonathanJonathan Delisle	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jomphe, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Jomphe	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McCleary, TrentTrent McCleary	RW	46	0	0	0	29	-1	0	0	0
Morissette, DaveDave Morissette	LW	10	0	0	0	52	1	0	0	0
Nasreddine, AlainAlain Nasreddine	D	8	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0
Ryan, TerryTerry Ryan	LW	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	G	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hackett, JeffJeff Hackett	3091	53	24	20	9	117	2.27	5	1360	1243	.914
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	913	18	4	12	0	50	3.29	1	406	356	.877
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	529	10	3	4	2	23	2.61	1	250	227	.908
Chabot, FredericFrederic Chabot	430	11	1	3	0	16	2.23	0	188	172	.915
Team:	4963	82	32	39	11	206	2.49	7	2204	1998	.907

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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;

Draft picks

References

↑ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.291, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
↑ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.292, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
↑ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.299, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
↑ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
↑ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1998–99 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
↑ "1998-99 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

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

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

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

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1998–99 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Draft picks

See also

References