1998–99 Boston Bruins season
1998–99 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 3rd Northeast |
Conference | 6th Eastern |
1998–99 record | 39–30–13 |
Home record | 22–10–9 |
Road record | 17–20–4 |
Goals for | 214 |
Goals against | 181 |
Team information | |
General manager | Harry Sinden |
Coach | Pat Burns |
Captain | Ray Bourque |
Arena | Fleet Center |
Average attendance | 16,299 (91.3%) Total: 668,290 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Providence Bruins (AHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Dmitri Khristich (29) |
Assists | Jason Allison (53) |
Points | Jason Allison (76) |
Penalty minutes | Ken Belanger (152) |
Plus/minus | Don Sweeney (+14) |
Wins | Byron Dafoe (32) |
Goals against average | Byron Dafoe (2.00) |
The 1998–99 Boston Bruins season was the teams' 75th season.
Off-season
Regular season
The Bruins' 11 shutouts were the most among all 27 teams.[1] The Bruins also scored the fewest short-handed goals (3), allowed the fewest power-play goals (33) and had the best penalty-kill percentage (89.18%)[2]
Final standings
R | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
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October: 4–5–2 (home: 1–1–2; road: 3–4–0)
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November: 6–2–3 (home: 3–1–1; road: 3–1–2)
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December: 6–6–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–4–0)
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January: 4–6–2 (home: 4–2–2; road: 0–4–0)
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February: 5–5–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–3–1)
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March: 7–4–3 (home: 2–2–2; road: 5–2–1)
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April: 7–2–0 (home: 5–0–0; road: 2–2–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Carolina Hurricanes – Bruins win 4–2
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres – Sabres win 4–2
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Legend: Win Loss |
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 Bruins only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
41 | Jason Allison | C | 82 | 23 | 53 | 76 | 5 | 68 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
12 | Dmitri Khristich | LW | 79 | 29 | 42 | 71 | 11 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
77 | Ray Bourque | D | 81 | 10 | 47 | 57 | −7 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
14 | Sergei Samsonov | LW | 79 | 25 | 26 | 51 | −6 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
6 | Joe Thornton | C | 81 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 3 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
33 | Anson Carter | C | 55 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −3 | 0 |
23 | Steve Heinze | RW | 73 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 7 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −1 | 0 |
18 | Kyle McLaren | D | 52 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
19 | Rob DiMaio | C | 71 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −14 | 95 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
20 | Darren Van Impe | D | 60 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 66 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 4 |
11 | P. J. Axelsson | LW | 77 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −14 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
42 | Peter Ferraro | C | 46 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Grant Ledyard | D | 47 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −8 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
32 | Don Sweeney | D | 81 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
26 | Tim Taylor | C | 49 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −10 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
25 | Hal Gill | D | 80 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −10 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 14 |
17 | Shawn Bates | C | 33 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
38[a] | Chris Taylor | C | 37 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Cameron Mann | RW | 33 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Landon Wilson | RW | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
44 | Dave Ellett | D | 54 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
37 | Mattias Timander | D | 22 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
16 | Ken Belanger† | LW | 45 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 152 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
22 | Ken Baumgartner | LW | 69 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −6 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Ted Donato‡ | LW | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
57 | Antti Laaksonen | LW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Byron Dafoe | G | 68 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
21 | Randy Robitaille | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28[b] | Andre Savage | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Jonathan Girard | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
51 | Jay Henderson | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
61 | Marquis Mathieu† | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
72 | Eric Nickulas | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
56 | Peter Nordstrom | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
53 | Brandon Smith | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Robbie Tallas | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
29 | Dennis Vaske | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
71 | Terry Virtue | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
34 | Byron Dafoe | 68 | 67 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 1,800 | 133 | 2.00 | .926 | 10 | 4,001:17 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 330 | 26 | 1.98 | .921 | 2 | 767:58 |
35 | Robbie Tallas | 17 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 421 | 43 | 2.61 | .898 | 1 | 986:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | Lester Patrick Trophy | Harry Sinden | [6] |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Ray Bourque (Defense) | [7] | |
Byron Dafoe (Goaltender) | |||
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Ray Bourque[c] | [9] |
Dmitri Khristich | |||
NHL Player of the Month | Byron Dafoe (April) | [10] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Ray Bourque (December 21) | [11] | |
Team | Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy | Byron Dafoe | [12] |
Seventh Player Award | Byron Dafoe | [12] | |
Three Stars Awards | Byron Dafoe (1st) | [13] | |
Ray Bourque (2nd) | |||
Jason Allison (3rd) |
Transactions
Trades
Free agents
| Signings
Waivers
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Draft picks
Boston's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[14]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 48 | Jonathan Girard | D | ![]() | Laval Titan Collège Français (QMJHL) |
21 | 52 | Bobby Allen | D | ![]() | Boston College (Hockey East) |
3 | 78 | Peter Nordstrom | LW | ![]() | Färjestad BK (Sweden) |
5 | 135 | Andrew Raycroft | G | ![]() | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
6 | 165 | Ryan Milanovic | LW | ![]() | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
- Notes
- The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 1, 1997 that sent Bill Ranford, Adam Oates and Rick Tocchet to Washington in exchange for Jason Allison, Jim Carey, Anson Carter, a third-round pick in 1997 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
- The Bruins first-round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of a trade on November 22, 1996 that sent Landon Wilson and Anders Myrvold to Boston in exchange for this pick (19th overall).
- The Bruins fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 18, 1998 that sent Doug Bodger to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick (105th overall).
- Los Angeles previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on August 29, 1997 that sent Byron Dafoe and Dmitri Khristich to Boston in exchange for Jozef Stumpel, Sandy Moger and this pick.
- The Bruins seventh-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on June 21, 1997 that sent Mike Sullivan to Boston in exchange for this pick (192nd overall).
- The Bruins eighth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on March 3, 1998 that sent Grant Ledyard to Boston in exchange for this pick (219th overall).
- The Bruins ninth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent and ninth-round pick in 1999 to Boston in exchange for this pick (250th overall).
Notes
References
- "Boston Bruins 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- "1998-99 Boston Bruins Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Goalie Statistics".
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Summary".
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1998-99 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- ^ "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999". NHL.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dafoe Is Player of the Month". NHL.com. April 19, 1999. Archived from the original on November 11, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "Boston's Bourque is Player of the Week". NHL.com. December 21, 1998. Archived from the original on October 3, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ a b Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p.239
- ^ Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p. 239–40
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
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