1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season

1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	14th Eastern
1998–99 record	19–54–9
Home record	12–25–4
Road record	7–29–5
Goals for	179
Goals against	292
Team information
Coach	Jacques Demers
Captain	Rob Zamuner
Arena	Ice Palace
Team leaders
Goals	Wendel Clark (28)
Assists	Darcy Tucker (22)
Points	Darcy Tucker (43)
Penalties in minutes	Darcy Tucker (176)
Plus/minus	(+): Andrei Skopintsev (1) (−): Darcy Tucker (−34)
Wins	Corey Schwab (8)
Goals against average	Corey Schwab (3.52)
<1997–98

The 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise’s seventh season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

The Lightning again finished last in scoring, with just 179 goals for. They also allowed the most goals of all 27 teams, with 292 goals against.^[1]

All-Star Game

The logo for the All-Star Game.

The 49th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 24, 1999, at the Ice Palace in Tampa Bay, Florida, home to the Tampa Bay Lightning. It would be Wayne Gretzky’s last All-Star Game.

Season 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^[3]

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

Game log

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

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Playoffs

For the third consecutive year, the Lighting were unable to qualify for the playoffs. They also finished in last place for the second consecutive year as well.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	RW	82	21	22	43	176	-34	8	2	3
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	65	28	14	42	35	-25	11	0	2
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	64	12	21	33	22	-10	3	2	1
Lecavalier, VincentVincent Lecavalier	C	82	13	15	28	23	-19	2	0	2
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton	C	52	7	19	26	102	-20	1	0	1
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	C	62	11	14	25	50	-12	2	0	3
Janney, CraigCraig Janney	C	38	4	18	22	10	-13	2	0	0
Kubina, PavelPavel Kubina	D	68	9	12	21	80	-33	3	1	1
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner	LW	58	8	11	19	24	-15	1	1	2
Selivanov, AlexAlex Selivanov	RW	43	6	13	19	18	-8	1	0	0
Cross, CoryCory Cross	D	67	2	16	18	92	-25	0	0	0
Cullimore, JassenJassen Cullimore	D	78	5	12	17	81	-22	1	1	1
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	D	34	1	16	17	53	-4	0	0	0
Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle	C	32	6	6	12	2	-12	3	0	0
McCarthy, SandySandy McCarthy	RW	67	5	7	12	135	-22	1	0	0
Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	RW	20	4	8	12	4	-2	2	0	0
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger	C	54	8	2	10	28	-20	0	2	0
Langkow, DaymondDaymond Langkow	C	22	4	6	10	15	0	1	0	1
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	C	24	2	7	9	6	-10	0	0	0
Wilkie, DavidDavid Wilkie	D	46	1	7	8	69	-19	0	0	0
Petrovicky, RobertRobert Petrovicky	C	28	3	4	7	6	-8	0	0	0
McBain, MikeMike McBain	D	37	0	6	6	14	-11	0	0	0
Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson	LW	40	2	3	5	4	-8	0	0	0
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	D	46	1	4	5	38	-6	0	0	0
Forbes, ColinColin Forbes	C	14	3	1	4	10	-5	0	1	0
Kelly, SteveSteve Kelly	C	34	1	3	4	27	-15	0	0	1
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	G	40	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Dykhuis, KarlKarl Dykhuis	D	33	2	1	3	18	-21	0	0	0
Peterson, BrentBrent Peterson	LW	20	2	1	3	0	-2	0	0	0
Bannister, DrewDrew Bannister	D	21	1	2	3	24	-4	0	0	0
Sykora, MichalMichal Sykora	D	10	1	2	3	0	-7	0	0	1
Bonsignore, JasonJason Bonsignore	C	23	0	3	3	8	-4	0	0	0
Gusev, SergeySergey Gusev	D	14	0	3	3	10	-8	0	0	0
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov	LW	26	2	0	2	43	-5	0	0	0
Ciccone, EnricoEnrico Ciccone	D	16	1	1	2	24	-1	0	0	0
Mara, PaulPaul Mara	D	1	1	1	2	0	-3	1	0	0
Skopintsev, AndreiAndrei Skopintsev	D	19	1	1	2	10	1	0	0	0
Betik, KarelKarel Betik	D	3	0	2	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Helenius, SamiSami Helenius	D	4	1	0	1	15	-3	0	1	0
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa	G	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Spring, CoreyCorey Spring	RW	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Ysebaert, PaulPaul Ysebaert	C	10	0	1	1	2	-5	0	0	0
Bierk, ZacZac Bierk	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	C	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Delisle, XavierXavier Delisle	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larocque, MarioMario Larocque	D	5	0	0	0	16	-4	0	0	0
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	G	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wilkinson, DerekDerek Wilkinson	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	2146	40	8	25	3	126	3.52	0	1153	1027	.891
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa	691	13	5	6	1	33	2.87	2	350	317	.906
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	1568	32	3	18	3	102	3.90	1	858	756	.881
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson	238	5	2	1	1	11	2.77	0	118	107	.907
Wilkinson, DerekDerek Wilkinson	253	5	1	3	1	13	3.08	0	128	115	.898
Bierk, ZacZac Bierk	59	1	0	1	0	2	2.03	0	21	19	.905
Team:	4955	82	19	54	9	287	3.48	3	2628	2341	.891

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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

• LightningHockey Database

1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999.html
2. Dinger 2011, p. 155.
3. "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
4. "1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
5. "1998-99 Tampa Bay Lightning Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.