1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season

1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning
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
General manager	Phil Esposito (Oct); Jacques Demers (Oct-Apr)
Coach	Jacques Demers
Captain	Rob Zamuner
Arena	Ice Palace
Average attendance	11,510
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Lumberjacks; Chesapeake Icebreakers
Team leaders
Goals	Wendel Clark (28)
Assists	Darcy Tucker (22)
Points	Darcy Tucker (43)
Penalty minutes	Darcy Tucker (176)
Plus/minus	Andrei Skopintsev (+1)
Wins	Corey Schwab (8)
Goals against average	Corey Schwab (3.52)

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

Offseason

On the eve of the regular season opener, Mikael Renberg stepped down as team captain and was replaced by Rob Zamuner.[1]

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.[2]

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

[3]

Eastern Conference[4]
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

1998–99 regular season[5]

October: 4–6–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 1–3–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	L	October 9, 1998	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	0–1–0	Recap
2	T	October 10, 1998	4–4 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	0–1–1	Recap
3	L	October 14, 1998	0–2	New York Islanders (1998–99)	0–2–1	Recap
4	L	October 16, 1998	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	0–3–1	Recap
5	L	October 18, 1998	1–4	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	0–4–1	Recap
6	W	October 21, 1998	5–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	1–4–1	Recap
7	W	October 23, 1998	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	2–4–1	Recap
8	W	October 25, 1998	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	3–4–1	Recap
9	L	October 28, 1998	3–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	3–5–1	Recap
10	W	October 30, 1998	3–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	4–5–1	Recap
11	L	October 31, 1998	1–6	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	4–6–1	Recap

November: 2–8–1 (home: 1–5–1; road: 1–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
12	W	November 4, 1998	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	5–6–1	Recap
13	T	November 6, 1998	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	5–6–2	Recap
14	W	November 8, 1998	3–1	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	6–6–2	Recap
15	L	November 10, 1998	2–10	New York Rangers (1998–99)	6–7–2	Recap
16	L	November 13, 1998	1–8	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	6–8–2	Recap
17	L	November 14, 1998	1–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	6–9–2	Recap
18	L	November 19, 1998	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	6–10–2	Recap
19	L	November 21, 1998	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	6–11–2	Recap
20	L	November 24, 1998	1–4	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	6–12–2	Recap
21	L	November 27, 1998	1–2	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	6–13–2	Recap
22	L	November 29, 1998	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	6–14–2	Recap

December: 3–10–1 (home: 1–4–0; road: 2–6–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
23	L	December 3, 1998	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	6–15–2	Recap
24	W	December 4, 1998	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	7–15–2	Recap
25	L	December 6, 1998	5–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	7–16–2	Recap
26	L	December 8, 1998	2–4	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	7–17–2	Recap
27	L	December 11, 1998	1–2	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	7–18–2	Recap
28	W	December 12, 1998	2–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	8–18–2	Recap
29	L	December 15, 1998	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	8–19–2	Recap
30	L	December 18, 1998	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	8–20–2	Recap
31	T	December 20, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	8–20–3	Recap
32	L	December 21, 1998	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	8–21–3	Recap
33	L	December 23, 1998	0–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	8–22–3	Recap
34	L	December 26, 1998	1–3	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	8–23–3	Recap
35	W	December 29, 1998	3–0	New York Islanders (1998–99)	9–23–3	Recap
36	L	December 30, 1998	3–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	9–24–3	Recap

January: 2–9–1 (home: 1–3–0; road: 1–6–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
37	L	January 4, 1999	4–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	9–25–3	Recap
38	L	January 7, 1999	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	9–26–3	Recap
39	L	January 8, 1999	1–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	9–27–3	Recap
40	L	January 10, 1999	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	9–28–3	Recap
41	L	January 12, 1999	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	9–29–3	Recap
42	L	January 15, 1999	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	9–30–3	Recap
43	T	January 16, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	9–30–4	Recap
44	W	January 19, 1999	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	10–30–4	Recap
45	W	January 21, 1999	3–2	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	11–30–4	Recap
46	L	January 26, 1999	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	11–31–4	Recap
47	L	January 29, 1999	1–4	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	11–32–4	Recap
48	L	January 30, 1999	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	11–33–4	Recap

February: 2–8–1 (home: 2–6–0; road: 0–2–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
49	L	February 2, 1999	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	11–34–4	Recap
50	L	February 3, 1999	1–10	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	11–35–4	Recap
51	L	February 5, 1999	3–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	11–36–4	Recap
52	L	February 10, 1999	4–5	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	11–37–4	Recap
53	L	February 13, 1999	1–3	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	11–38–4	Recap
54	T	February 15, 1999	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	11–38–5	Recap
55	L	February 17, 1999	1–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	11–39–5	Recap
56	W	February 19, 1999	4–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	12–39–5	Recap
57	L	February 20, 1999	2–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	12–40–5	Recap
58	L	February 22, 1999	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	12–41–5	Recap
59	W	February 26, 1999	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	13–41–5	Recap

March: 4–9–1 (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–5–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
60	L	March 2, 1999	2–8	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	13–42–5	Recap
61	W	March 4, 1999	2–1	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	14–42–5	Recap
62	W	March 6, 1999	6–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	15–42–5	Recap
63	L	March 8, 1999	3–9	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	15–43–5	Recap
64	L	March 9, 1999	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	15–44–5	Recap
65	W	March 11, 1999	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	16–44–5	Recap
66	L	March 13, 1999	0–1	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	16–45–5	Recap
67	L	March 17, 1999	0–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	16–46–5	Recap
68	L	March 19, 1999	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	16–47–5	Recap
69	W	March 22, 1999	6–3	New York Rangers (1998–99)	17–47–5	Recap
70	L	March 24, 1999	0–3	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	17–48–5	Recap
71	L	March 26, 1999	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	17–49–5	Recap
72	T	March 28, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	17–49–6	Recap
73	L	March 31, 1999	4–6	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	17–50–6	Recap

April: 2–4–3 (home: 2–0–3; road: 0–4–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
74	L	April 1, 1999	0–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	17–51–6	Recap
75	W	April 3, 1999	4–3	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	18–51–6	Recap
76	T	April 5, 1999	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	18–51–7	Recap
77	W	April 8, 1999	3–0	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	19–51–7	Recap
78	L	April 10, 1999	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	19–52–7	Recap
79	L	April 12, 1999	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	19–53–7	Recap
80	T	April 13, 1999	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	19–53–8	Recap
81	T	April 16, 1999	2–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	19–53–9	Recap
82	L	April 17, 1999	2–6	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	19–54–9	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.

			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
16	Darcy Tucker	RW	82	21	22	43	−34	176
17	Wendel Clark‡	LW	65	28	14	42	−25	35
44	Stephane Richer	RW	64	12	21	33	−10	22
8	Vincent Lecavalier	C	82	13	15	28	−19	23
77[lower-alpha 1]	Chris Gratton†	C	52	7	19	26	−20	102
33	Benoit Hogue‡	C	62	11	14	25	−12	50
21	Craig Janney‡	C	38	4	18	22	−13	10
13[lower-alpha 2]	Pavel Kubina	D	68	9	12	21	−33	80
7	Rob Zamuner	LW	58	8	11	19	−15	24
61[lower-alpha 3]	Alexander Selivanov‡	RW	43	6	13	19	−8	18
4	Cory Cross	D	67	2	16	18	−25	92
5	Jassen Cullimore	D	78	5	12	17	−22	81
23	Petr Svoboda†	D	34	1	16	17	−4	53
21	Alexandre Daigle†	C	32	6	6	12	−12	2
10	Sandy McCarthy‡	RW	67	5	7	12	−22	135
20	Mikael Renberg‡	RW	20	4	8	12	−2	4
26[lower-alpha 4]	Mike Sillinger†	C	54	8	2	10	−20	28
18	Daymond Langkow‡	C	22	4	6	10	0	15
9[lower-alpha 5]	Michael Nylander†	C	24	2	7	9	−10	6
49[lower-alpha 6]	David Wilkie	D	46	1	7	8	−19	69
14	Robert Petrovicky†	C	28	3	4	7	−8	6
2	Mike McBain	D	37	0	6	6	−11	14
34	Mikael Andersson‡	LW	40	2	3	5	−8	4
28	Kjell Samuelsson†	D	46	1	4	5	−6	38
27	Colin Forbes†	C	14	3	1	4	−5	10
11	Steve Kelly	C	34	1	3	4	−15	27
32	Corey Schwab	G	40	0	4	4		4
14	Karl Dykhuis‡	D	33	2	1	3	−21	18
27[lower-alpha 7]	Brent Peterson‡	LW	20	2	1	3	−2	0
55	Drew Bannister†	D	21	1	2	3	−4	24
23	Michal Sykora	D	10	1	2	3	−7	0
64	Jason Bonsignore	C	23	0	3	3	−4	8
3	Sergey Gusev†	D	14	0	3	3	−8	10
62	Andrei Nazarov‡	LW	26	2	0	2	−5	43
39	Enrico Ciccone‡	D	16	1	1	2	−1	24
22	Paul Mara	D	1	1	1	2	−3	0
46	Andrei Skopintsev	D	19	1	1	2	1	10
6	Karel Betik	D	3	0	2	2	−3	2
3	Sami Helenius†‡	D	4	1	0	1	−3	15
93	Daren Puppa	G	13	0	1	1		0
20	Corey Spring	RW	8	0	1	1	0	2
15	Paul Ysebaert	C	10	0	1	1	−5	2
1	Zac Bierk	G	1	0	0	0		0
12	John Cullen‡	C	4	0	0	0	−2	2
43	Xavier Delisle	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	Kevin Hodson†	G	5	0	0	0		0
71	Mario Larocque	D	5	0	0	0	−4	16
30	Bill Ranford‡	G	32	0	0	0		2
35	Derek Wilkinson	G	5	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.

		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
32	Corey Schwab	40	8	25	3	1153	126	3.52	.891	0	2146
93	Daren Puppa	13	5	6	1	350	33	2.87	.906	2	691
30	Bill Ranford‡	32	3	18	3	858	102	3.90	.881	1	1568
31	Kevin Hodson†	5	2	1	1	118	11	2.77	.907	0	238
35	Derek Wilkinson	5	1	3	1	128	13	3.08	.898	0	253
1	Zac Bierk	1	0	1	0	21	2	2.03	.905	0	59

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	John Cullen	[6]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Wendel Clark	[7]
League (in-season)	NHL Rookie of the Month	Vincent Lecavalier (February)	[8]

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[9]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	1	Vincent Lecavalier	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
3	64	Brad Richards	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
3	72	Dmitri Afanasenkov	Russia	Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
4	92	Eric Beaudoin	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
5	121	Curtis Rich	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6	146	Sergei Kuznetsov	Russia	Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russia)
7	174	Brett Allan	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7	194	Oak Hewer	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
8	221	Daniel Hulak	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
9	229	Chris Lyness	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)

Notes

Gratton wore number 20 in his first two games.
Kubina wore number 3 in his first game.
Selivanov wore number 29 through December 8.
Sillinger wore number 18 in his first game.
Nylander wore number 25 in his first game.
Wilkie wore number 6 through January 21.
Peterson wore number 47 through January 21.

References

"Tampa Bay Lightning 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
"1998-99 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.

Jones, Tom (October 9, 1998). "Zamuner steps in as captain". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
"1998-99 NHL Summary".
Dinger 2011, p. 155.
"1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
"1998-99 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
"Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
"NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
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[6] Gratton wore number 20 in his first two games.

[7] Kubina wore number 3 in his first game.

[8] Selivanov wore number 29 through December 8.

[9] Sillinger wore number 18 in his first game.

[10] Nylander wore number 25 in his first game.

[11] Wilkie wore number 6 through January 21.

[12] Peterson wore number 47 through January 21.

[1] Jones, Tom (October 9, 1998). "Zamuner steps in as captain". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved July 3, 2023.

[2] "1998-99 NHL Summary".

[FOOTNOTEDinger2011155-3] Dinger 2011, p. 155.

[4] "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[5] "1998-99 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.

[13] "Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.

[14] "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.

[15] "Lecavalier is top NHL rookie in February - UPI Archives". UPI. March 2, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2023.

[16] "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.

Tampa Bay Lightning 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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh
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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 Waiver Draft All-Star Game 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs 1999 Stanley Cup Finals