1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1998–99
Year:	1998
Team:	Buffalo Sabres
Conferencerank:	7th
Divisionrank:	4th
Record:	37–28–17
Homerecord:	23–12–6
Roadrecord:	14–16–11
Goalsfor:	207
Goalsagainst:	175
Attendance:	17,982
Goalsleader:	Miroslav Satan (40)
Assistsleader:	Jason Woolley (33)
Pointsleader:	Miroslav Satan (66)
Pimleader:	Rob Ray (261)
Plusminusleader:	Darryl Shannon (+28)
Winsleader:	Dominik Hasek (30)
Gaaleader:	Dominik Hasek (1.87)
Conferencewin:	Yes
Next Season:	1999–2000

The 1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' 29th season in the National Hockey League. Miroslav Satan scored 40 goals and the Sabres would add influential centers Stu Barnes and Joe Juneau from the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals, respectively. Michal Grosek had the best season of his career, and the team finally returned to the Stanley Cup Finals, which was a losing effort against the Dallas Stars.

Off-season

In the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, the Sabres picked Dmitri Kalinin with their first-round pick, 18th overall.

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Finals

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres met in the 1999 Eastern Conference Finals. The Maple Leafs were coming off a six-game series win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, while the Sabres were coming off a six-game series win themselves, over the Boston Bruins. Toronto was having its best playoff since 1994, when they last made a conference final series. Buffalo, on the other hand, was in the third round for the second consecutive year.

In Game 1, Dwayne Roloson filled in for injured Sabres goaltender Dominik Hasek at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Leading 3–2 midway through the game, Toronto appeared to be in control, but Stu Barnes tied the game for Buffalo at 14:37 of the second period. The Sabres went on to score twice in the third period, on goals by Curtis Brown at 5:21 and Geoff Sanderson at 11:02. Steve Thomas' goal with 6:01 remaining in the game brought Toronto to within one, but Buffalo held on to win 5–4. Roloson impressed the critics, stopping 28 of 32 shots.

In Game 2, the Maple Leafs scored two goals 18 seconds apart in the first period, as Steve Sullivan scored at 10:28 followed by Sylvain Cote at 10:46. With just over ten minutes to go in the game, Toronto held a 4–3 lead with Buffalo pressing. Steve Thomas' goal at with 7:43 to go gave the Maple Leafs a 5–3 lead and Garry Valk sealed the 6–3 win with an empty-net goal at 19:30.

With series tied at 1–1, the two teams traveled south to the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo for Games 3 and 4. Dominik Hasek returned for the Sabres in game three, but it was the away team that netted the first goal, as Maple Leafs forward Yanic Perreault scored at 16:08 of the first period. But Buffalo was not to be denied, and they scored three goals in the first 7:38 of the second period. Alexander Karpovtsev scored at 13:09 of the second to pull the Maple Leafs to within one, but they could not score the equalizer and Curtis Brown iced the game with an empty-net goal at 19:31 of the third period and the Sabres won, 4–2. Dominik Hasek made 24 saves in the victory.

Buffalo came out flying again in Game 4, holding a 5–0 lead after two periods. Hasek's shutout bid was erased when Mats Sundin scored on a penalty shot at 6:59. He scored again with 1:57 remaining in the game as Buffalo won, 5–2. This time, Hasek made 31 saves.

In Game 5 at the Air Canada Centre on May 31, the Sabres looked to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1975. After a scoreless first period, Steve Sullivan got Toronto on the board first just 33 seconds into the second. After goals by Curtis Brown, Kris King and Vaclav Varada, the game was tied 2–2 after two periods. Erik Rasmussen broke the tie with a goal at 11:35 of the third period. With less than two minutes remaining, the Maple Leafs got a power play and pulled Joseph to get a six-on-four situation, but could not score on Hasek. Dixon Ward added a shorthanded empty-net goal with 1:02 remaining as the Sabres went on to win 4–2 and take the series four games to one. With the victory, they advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1975.

Stanley Cup Finals

"No Goal!"

In Game 6, Dallas Stars winger Brett Hull's triple-overtime goal — as Hull's skate was visibly in Dominik Hasek's crease — ended the series, and the Stars were awarded the Cup. In 1999, it was illegal to score a goal if an offensive player's skate entered the crease before the puck did. At the time, even Dallas Morning News hockey writer Keith Gave questioned the legality of the goal. NHL officials, however, maintained that Hull's two shots in the goal mouth constituted a single possession of the puck since the puck deflected off Hasek, and their ruling stood, citing that they "were going to change the rule the following year anyway." It is widely speculated that, by the time the Sabres mentioned the foul, the red carpet had already been unrolled at center ice, and the officials refused to acknowledge the non-call, also due to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's desires to see a team "South of the Mason–Dixon line" hoist the Stanley Cup. ESPN has ranked the call as the fifth worst officiating call in sports history.^[1] Conversely, Al Strachan of the Toronto Sun wrote, "There should have been no controversy whatsoever. When Hull first kicked the rebound on to his stick, he had neither foot in the crease. At the instant he kicked the puck, he became in control of it. It was only in the follow-through of that kick that his left foot moved into the crease."^[2] Buffalo sports fans, who have suffered through some of the biggest misfortunes in sports history (such as "Wide Right" and "Music City Miracle"), refer to the game as "No Goal," a phrase still used in western New York to this day, even having bumper stickers saying the phrase. The rule was changed for the following season, allowing players to be inside the goaltender's crease as long as they do not interfere with the goalie.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|1||L||October 10, 1998||1–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) ||0–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|2||W||October 12, 1998||3–0 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||1–1–0 || |- align="center"|3||T||October 16, 1998||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Florida Panthers (1998–99) ||1–1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|4||W||October 17, 1998||4–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||2–1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|5||L||October 23, 1998||0–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1998–99) ||2–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|6||L||October 24, 1998||4–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1998–99) ||2–3–1 || |- align="center"|7||T||October 27, 1998||0–0 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1998–99) ||2–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|8||W||October 30, 1998||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) ||3–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|9||W||October 31, 1998||6–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) ||4–3–2 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|10||W||November 3, 1998||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1998–99) ||5–3–2 || |- align="center"|11||T||November 7, 1998||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) ||5–3–3 || |- align="center"|12||T||November 10, 1998||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1998–99) ||5–3–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|13||W||November 12, 1998||2–0 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1998–99) ||6–3–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|14||W||November 14, 1998||6–1 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) ||7–3–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|15||W||November 20, 1998||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) ||8–3–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|16||L||November 21, 1998||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) ||8–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|17||W||November 25, 1998||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1998–99) ||9–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|18||L||November 28, 1998||2–6 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1998–99) ||9–5–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|19||W||November 29, 1998||6–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) ||10–5–4 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|20||W||December 2, 1998||2–1 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1998–99) ||11–5–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|21||W||December 4, 1998||3–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) ||12–5–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|22||W||December 5, 1998||3–1 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (1998–99) ||13–5–4 || |- align="center"|23||T||December 8, 1998||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) ||13–5–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|24||W||December 11, 1998||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1998–99) ||14–5–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|25||W||December 12, 1998||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1998–99) ||15–5–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|26||W||December 18, 1998||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||16–5–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|27||L||December 19, 1998||2–3 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) ||16–6–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|28||W||December 21, 1998||4–1 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) ||17–6–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|29||W||December 23, 1998||2–0 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) ||18–6–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|30||W||December 26, 1998||2–0 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) ||19–6–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|31||L||December 28, 1998||4–7 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1998–99) ||19–7–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|32||L||December 30, 1998||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1998–99) ||19–8–5 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|33||L||January 1, 1999||2–7 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) ||19–9–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|34||W||January 2, 1999||7–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1998–99) ||20–9–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|35||W||January 6, 1999||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) ||21–9–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|36||L||January 7, 1999||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) ||21–10–5 || |- align="center"|37||T||January 9, 1999||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) ||21–10–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|38||L||January 11, 1999||0–1 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) ||21–11–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|39||L||January 13, 1999||2–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1998–99) ||21–12–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|40||W||January 15, 1999||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1998–99) ||22–12–6 || |- align="center"|41||T||January 16, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) ||22–12–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|42||W||January 18, 1999||4–0 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1998–99) ||23–12–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|43||L||January 19, 1999||1–2 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) ||23–13–7 || |- align="center"|44||T||January 26, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) ||23–13–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|45||L||January 28, 1999||2–4 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (1998–99) ||23–14–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|46||W||January 30, 1999||4–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) ||24–14–8 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|47||L||February 2, 1999||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) ||24–15–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|48||L||February 3, 1999||3–5 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||24–16–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|49||L||February 6, 1999||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||24–17–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|50||L||February 7, 1999||1–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1998–99) ||24–18–8 || |- align="center"|51||T||February 9, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) ||24–18–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|52||W||February 11, 1999||5–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||25–18–9 || |- align="center"|53||T||February 13, 1999||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (1998–99) ||25–18–10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|54||W||February 15, 1999||3–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) ||26–18–10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|55||L||February 17, 1999||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) ||26–19–10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|56||W||February 19, 1999||4–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1998–99) ||27–19–10 || |- align="center"|57||T||February 21, 1999||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) ||27–19–11 || |- align="center"|58||T||February 24, 1999||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1998–99) ||27–19–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|59||L||February 26, 1999||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) ||27–20–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|60||W||February 28, 1999||2–0 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) ||28–20–12 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|61||L||March 3, 1999||3–5 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) ||28–21–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|62||W||March 5, 1999||2–1 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1998–99) ||29–21–12 || |- align="center"|63||T||March 7, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) ||29–21–13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|64||L||March 8, 1999||1–4 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) ||29–22–13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|65||L||March 11, 1999||2–5 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) ||29–23–13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|66||W||March 13, 1999||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1998–99) ||30–23–13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|67||W||March 15, 1999||2–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1998–99) ||31–23–13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|68||W||March 19, 1999||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1998–99) ||32–23–13 || |- align="center"|69||T||March 23, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) ||32–23–14 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|70||L||March 24, 1999||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) ||32–24–14 || |- align="center"|71||T||March 27, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) ||32–24–15 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|72||W||March 28, 1999||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) ||33–24–15 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|73||L||March 31, 1999||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) ||33–25–15 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|74||L||April 3, 1999||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||33–26–15 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|75||W||April 5, 1999||3–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) ||34–26–15 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|76||W||April 6, 1999||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1998–99) ||35–26–15 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|77||W||April 9, 1999||3–1 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1998–99) ||36–26–15 || |- align="center"|78||T||April 10, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) ||36–26–16 || |- align="center"|79||T||April 13, 1999||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) ||36–26–17 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|80||L||April 14, 1999||1–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1998–99) ||36–27–17 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|81||L||April 17, 1999||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1998–99) ||36–28–17 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|82||W||April 18, 1999||3–0 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1998–99) ||37–28–17 || |-|-| Legend:

Playoffs

|- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 1 ||W|| April 21, 1999 || 2–1 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators || Sabres lead 1–0 || |- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 2 ||W|| April 23, 1999 || 3–2 2OT || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators || Sabres lead 2–0 || |- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 3 ||W|| April 25, 1999 || 3–0 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators || Sabres lead 3–0 || |- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 4 ||W|| April 27, 1999 || 4–3 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators || Sabres win 4–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 ||L|| May 6, 1999 || 2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins || Bruins lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2 ||W|| May 9, 1999 || 3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins || Series tied 1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 3 ||W|| May 12, 1999 || 3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins || Sabres lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 ||W|| May 14, 1999 || 3–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins || Sabres lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 5 ||L|| May 16, 1999 || 3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins || Sabres lead 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 6 ||W|| May 18, 1999 || 3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins || Sabres win 4–2 || |-|- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 1 ||W|| May 23, 1999 || 5–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Sabres lead 1–0 || |- style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 2 ||L|| May 25, 1999 || 3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Series tied 1–1 || |- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 3 ||W|| May 27, 1999 || 4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Sabres lead 2–1 || |- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 4 ||W|| May 29, 1999 || 5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Sabres lead 3–1 || |- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 5 ||W|| May 31, 1999 || 4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Sabres win 4–1 || |-|- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 1 ||W|| June 8, 1999 || 3–2 OT || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars || Sabres lead 1–0 || |- style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 2 ||L|| June 10, 1999 || 2–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars || Series tied 1–1 || |- style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 3 ||L|| June 12, 1999 || 1–2 || align="left"| Dallas Stars || Stars lead 2–1 || |- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 4 ||W|| June 15, 1999 || 2–1 || align="left"| Dallas Stars || Series tied 2–2 || |- style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 5 ||L|| June 17, 1999 || 0–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars || Stars lead 3–2 || |- style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 6 ||L|| June 19, 1999 || 1–2 3OT || align="left"| Dallas Stars || Stars win 4–2 || |-|-| Legend:

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 Sabres only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.

	Regular season						Playoffs
	Player
81		LW	81	40	26	66	24	44	12	3	5	8	3	2
27		C	82	27	29	56	7	81	21	5	8	13	1	18
18		LW	76	20	30	50	21	102	13	0	4	4	1	28
37		C	78	16	31	47	23	56	21	7	6	13	3	10
15		RW	78	20	24	44	10	44	21	7	5	12	6	32
5		D	80	10	33	43	16	62	21	4	11	15	0	10
19		C	81	17	17	34	2	45	21	3	5	8	1	33
44		D	81	7	26	33	−6	96	21	4	11	15	−6	52
25		RW	72	7	24	31	11	61	21	5	4	9	2	14
80		LW	75	12	18	30	8	22	19	4	6	10	5	14
36		RW	44	4	14	18	−2	143
26		C	41	4	11	15	3	12
8		D	71	3	12	15	28	52	2	0	0	0	−1	0
42		D	72	3	11	14	-9	44	21	0	3	3	−4	10
22		C	67	5	8	13	−6	38	19	3	4	7	0	6
9		C	42	3	7	10	6	37	21	2	4	6	2	18
3		D	45	1	7	8	12	16	20	0	1	1	6	12
74		D	72	0	6	6	20	75	21	0	3	3	13	24
17		LW	14	2	2	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	−1	0
41		C	17	0	4	4	1	10	21	7	3	10	−1	6
32		RW	76	0	4	4	−2	261	5	1	0	1	1	0
24		LW	43	3	0	3	0	114	10	0	0	0	0	4
4		D	30	1	2	3	10	47
90		C	9	1	1	2	−1	2	20	3	8	11	−2	10
4		D	13	1	0	1	3	20	20	1	3	4	12	32
34		D	16	0	1	1	0	17
43		G	6	0	0	0		0
39		G	64	0	0	0		14	19	0	1	1		8
29		D	3	0	0	0	−1	8
21		D	1	0	0	0	2	0
40		D	8	0	0	0	1	16
83		C	3	0	0	0	0	2
30		G	18	0	0	0		4	4	0	0	0		0
6		D	4	0	0	0	3	0
46		RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0	4	0	0	0	−1	2

Goaltending

	Regular season										Playoffs
	Player
39		64	30	18	14	1877	119	1.87	.937	9	3817	19	13	6	587	36	1.77	.939	2	1217
30		18	6	8	2	460	42	2.77	.909	1	911	4	1	1	67	10	4.31	.851	0	139
43		6	1	2	1	120	10	2.14	.917	0	281	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Dominik Hasek was also a nominee for the Hart Memorial Trophy and Lester B. Pearson Trophy.

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	King Clancy Memorial Trophy	Rob Ray	^[3]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Dominik Hasek (Goaltender)	^[4]
	Vezina Trophy	Dominik Hasek	^[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Dominik Hasek	^[6]
		Lindy Ruff (coach)
		Alexei Zhitnik
	NHL Player of the Month	Dominik Hasek (December)	^[7]
	NHL Player of the Week	Dominik Hasek (December 7)	^[8]
		Dominik Hasek (December 14)	^[9]
		Miroslav Satan (February 22)	^[10]
		Miroslav Satan (March 22)	^[11]
		Dominik Hasek (April 12)	^[12]

Draft picks

Buffalo's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.^[13]

Round		Player	College/Junior/Club team
1	18	Dmitri Kalinin (D)	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
2	34	Andrew Peters (LW)	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
2	47	Norm Milley (RW)	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	50	Jaroslav Kristek (RW)	HC Zlín (Extraliga)
3	77	Mike Pandolfo (RW)	Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA)
5	137	Aaron Goldade (LW)	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
6	164	Ales Kotalik (RW)	HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
7	191	Brad Moran (LW)	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
8	218	David Moravec (LW)	HC Vítkovice (Czech Republic)
9	249	Edo Terglav (RW)	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)

References

Web site: Buffalo Sabres 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 13, 2023.
Web site: 1998-99 Buffalo Sabres Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . June 13, 2023.
Book: Dinger . Ralph . 2011 . The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012 . Dan Diamond & Associates . 978-1-894801-22-5 . Toronto.

Notes and References

ESPN.com - Page2, Worst Calls In Sports History
About.com "No Goal" Explanation
Web site: King Clancy Memorial Trophy . records.nhl.com . June 27, 2023.
Web site: Postseason All-Star Teams . records.nhl.com . June 26, 2023.
Web site: Vezina Trophy . records.nhl.com . June 27, 2023.
Web site: NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999 . NHL.com . June 26, 2023.
Web site: Hasek is December's Best . NHL.com . July 26, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/19991009183918/http://www.nhl.com/news/jan/010499hasek.htm . October 9, 1999 . January 4, 1999.
Web site: Hasek Named Player of the Week . NHL.com . July 26, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/19991002000304/http://www.nhl.com/news/dec/120798hasek.htm . October 2, 1999 . December 7, 1998.
Web site: RANGERS 5, FLAMES 2 . Tampa Bay Times . July 26, 2024 . December 15, 1998 . PLAYER OF WEEK: Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek became the seventh player to claim consecutive awards after he went 2-0-1 with a 0.97 goals-against average and a .969 save percentage..
Web site: Reeling Blackhawks fire Graham as coach . Tampa Bay Times . July 26, 2024 . February 23, 1999 . PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Buffalo Sabres left wing Miroslav Satan earned honors after extending his goal-scoring streak to six games..
Web site: Miroslav Satan Named Player of the Week . NHL.com . July 26, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/19991001075321/http://www.nhl.com/news/mar/032299satan.htm . October 1, 1999 . March 22, 1999.
Web site: Hasek Takes Player of the Week Honors . NHL.com . July 26, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/19991008095945/http://www.nhl.com/news/apr/041299hasek.htm . October 8, 1999 . April 12, 1999.
Web site: 1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 28, 2023.