1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season explained

League:NHL
Season:1998–99
Year:1998
Team:Phoenix Coyotes
Record:39–31–12
Homerecord:23–13–5
Roadrecord:16–18–7
Conferencerank:4th
Divisionrank:2nd
Goalsfor:205
Goalsagainst:197
Attendance:15,547
Goalsleader:Keith Tkachuk (36)
Assistsleader:Jeremy Roenick (48)
Pointsleader:Jeremy Roenick (72)
Pimleader:Jim Cummins (190)
Plusminusleader:Keith Tkachuk (+22)
Winsleader:Nikolai Khabibulin (32)
Gaaleader:Nikolai Khabibulin (2.13)
Next Season:1999–2000

The 1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season was the Coyotes' third season in Phoenix, the franchise's 20th season in the NHL and 27th overall. The Coyotes qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, but they were upset in the Western Conference Quarterfinals by the St. Louis Blues, losing in seven games after being up three games to one. It was the third time in the decade that the Jets/Coyotes had blown a three games to one series lead. The first coming in 1990 and the other coming in 1992.

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

The series started in Phoenix. Game 1 was won by St. Louis by a score of 3–1. In Game 2, the Coyotes won 4–3 in overtime. In St. Louis, Phoenix won both Games 3 and 4 — Game 3 was won by a score of 5–4 and Game 4 was won by a score of 2–1. Game 5 shifted back to Phoenix, where St. Louis won 2–1 in overtime. Game 6 went back to St. Louis, where the Blues won 5–3. In Game 7, St. Louis won 1–0 in overtime in Phoenix, winning the series 4–3.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 ||L || April 22, 1999 || 1–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Blues lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2 ||W || April 24, 1999 || 4–3 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Series tied 1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 3 ||W || April 25, 1999 || 5–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Coyotes lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 ||W || April 27, 1999 || 2–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Coyotes lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 5 ||L || April 30, 1999 || 1–2 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Coyotes lead 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 6 ||L || May 2, 1999 || 3–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Series tied 3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 7 ||L || May 4, 1999 || 0–1 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Blues win 4–3 || |-|-| Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring

Regular seasonPlayoffs
Player
97 C 78 24 48 72 7 130 1 0 0 0 −1 0
7 LW 68 36 32 68 22 151 7 1 3 4 −4 13
22 RW 81 26 30 56 5 147 7 0 3 3 −3 8
17 LW 75 19 24 43 −1 26 3 1 0 1 1 0
27 D 82 10 30 40 3 30 7 2 1 3 −5 4
11 RW 53 9 22 31 17 65 7 4 3 7 3 4
20 D 60 7 21 28 5 34 7 0 1 1 −2 6
10 D 82 7 18 25 11 32 6 0 2 2 3 6
36 C 59 6 17 23 18 20 2 0 2 2 2 2
8 C 64 8 14 22 −3 30
19 RW 79 6 16 22 −5 54 7 2 2 4 4 6
21 C 77 9 10 19 −9 17 7 0 1 1 1 4
14 C 76 9 9 18 −7 34 7 1 0 1 −1 0
3 D 82 2 14 16 15 62 7 1 2 3 5 10
16 C 13 7 6 13 2 4 7 1 3 4 −2 2
5 D 60 5 8 13 −10 20
16 LW 32 4 4 8 1 46
15 RW 55 1 7 8 3 190 3 0 1 1 1 0
77 C 7 2 5 7 3 2
33 D 35 0 7 7 −8 32 6 0 0 0 −1 8
26 C 63 2 4 6 −11 24 5 0 0 0 0 2
50 RW 14 2 2 4 1 2
47 RW 20 2 1 3 −4 12 2 0 0 0 1 0
12 C 13 1 2 3 2 4
23 RW 22 1 1 2 −6 37 7 1 1 2 0 2
4 D 44 0 2 2 9 72 3 0 0 0 −1 2
55 D 9 0 1 1 2 10
6 D 11 0 1 1 −1 27
24 D 11 0 1 1 3 10 6 0 1 1 3 4
29 LW 15 0 0 0 −2 34 6 2 0 2 −1 6
49 LW 2 0 0 0 −2 0
42 G 3 0 0 0 0
48 D 2 0 0 0 −2 7
2 D 11 0 0 0 2 23
46 C 1 0 0 0 0 2
35 G 63 0 0 0 8 7 0 0 0 2
31 G 1 0 0 0 0
18 RW 7 0 0 0 −3 0 5 0 2 2 2 4
30 G 4 0 0 0 0
39 D 8 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
44 LW 1 0 0 0 −2 0
28 G 16 0 0 0 2

Goaltending

Regular seasonPlayoffs
Player
35 63 32 23 7 1681 130 2.13 .923 8 3657 7 3 4 236 18 2.41 .924 0 449
28 16 6 5 4 390 41 2.74 .895 1 898
30 4 1 2 1 104 9 2.22 .913 0 243
42 3 0 1 0 50 7 3.23 .860 0 130
31 1 0 0 0 17 3 5.14 .824 0 35

Awards and records

Awards

TypeAward/honorRecipientRef
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selectionNikolai Khabibulin[1]
Teppo Numminen
Jeremy Roenick
Jim Schoenfeld (coach)
Keith Tkachuk
NHL Player of the WeekJimmy Waite (November 16)[2]
TeamHardest Working Player AwardRick Tocchet[3]
Leading Scorer AwardJeremy Roenick
Man of the Year AwardJeremy Roenick
Team MVP AwardNikolai Khabibulin
Three-Star AwardKeith Tkachuk

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

June 30, 1998To Nashville Predators
Seventh-round pick in 1999 (Kyle Kettles)
To Phoenix Coyotes
Mike Sullivan
October 31, 1998To Nashville Predators
Cliff Ronning
Richard Lintner
To Phoenix Coyotes
Future Considerations
January 13, 1999To Nashville Predators
Future considerations
To Phoenix Coyotes
J. J. Daigneault
March 8, 1999To Vancouver Canucks
Future considerations
To Phoenix Coyotes
Jamie Huscroft
March 11, 1999To Edmonton Oilers
Fifth-round pick in 2000 (Matt Koalska)
To Phoenix Coyotes
Mikhail Shtalenkov
March 20, 1999To New York Islanders
Brad Isbister
Third-round pick in 1999 (Brian Collins)
To Phoenix Coyotes
Robert Reichel
Third-round pick in 1999 (Jason Jaspers)
Fourth-round pick in 1999 (Preston Mizzi)
March 23, 1999To Montreal Canadiens
Jean-Francois Jomphe
To Phoenix Coyotes
Cash
March 23, 1999To New York Rangers
Jason Doig
Sixth-round pick in 1999 (Jay Dardis)
To Phoenix Coyotes
Stan Neckar
June 25, 1999To Atlanta Thrashers
Scott Langkow
To Phoenix Coyotes
Future considerations
June 26, 1999To Montreal Canadiens
Jim Cummins
To Phoenix Coyotes
Sixth-round pick in 1999 (Erik Lewerstrom)
June 26, 1999To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Oleg Tverdovsky
To Phoenix Coyotes
Travis Green
First-round pick in 1999 (Scott Kelman)

Waivers

December 19, 1998To St. Louis Blues
Bryan Helmer

Free agents

Player Former Team
Vancouver Canucks
New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders
Buffalo Sabres
Pittsburgh Penguins
Dallas Stars
Ottawa Senators
Vancouver Canucks
Undrafted free agent
Player New Team
Chicago Blackhawks
Vancouver Canucks
Colorado Avalanche
Carolina Hurricanes
Calgary Flames
Toronto Maple Leafs

Draft picks

Phoenix's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[5]

RoundPlayerNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
114Patrick DesRochersSarnia Sting (OHL)
243Ossi VaananenJokerit (Finland)
373Pat O'LearyRobbinsdale High School (USHS-MN)
4100Ryan Van BuskirkSarnia Sting (OHL)
5115Jay LeachProvidence College (Hockey East)
5116Josh BlackburnLincoln Stars (USHL)
5129Robert SchnabelRed Deer Rebels (WHL)
6160Rickard WallinFarjestad BK Jr. (Sweden)
7187Erik WestrumUniversity of Minnesota (WCHA)
8214Justin HansenPrince George Cougars (WHL)

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999 . NHL.com . June 27, 2023.
  2. Web site: Coyotes' Waite is Player of the Week . NHL.com . July 26, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/19991007065135/http://www.nhl.com/news/nov/111698waite.htm . October 7, 1999 . November 16, 1998.
  3. Arizona Coyotes 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.290
  4. Web site: LeClair Lights Up Philadelphia - CBS News . www.cbsnews.com . June 28, 2023 . January 28, 1999 . After former Flyer Rick Tocchet scored his 400th career goal to cut it to 3-2 with 15:5 left in the third.
  5. Web site: 1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 28, 2023.