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

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

	Player		scope=colgroup colspan=6	Regular season	scope=colgroup colspan=6	Playoffs
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

• = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.

	Player	scope=colgroup colspan=10	Regular season	scope=colgroup colspan=9	Playoffs
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

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Nikolai Khabibulin	^[1]
		Teppo Numminen
		Jeremy Roenick
		Jim Schoenfeld (coach)
		Keith Tkachuk
	NHL Player of the Week	Jimmy Waite (November 16)	^[2]
Team	Hardest Working Player Award	Rick Tocchet	^[3]
	Leading Scorer Award	Jeremy Roenick
	Man of the Year Award	Jeremy Roenick
	Team MVP Award	Nikolai Khabibulin
	Three-Star Award	Keith Tkachuk

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Bryan Helmer	October 11, 1998	^[4]
	Trevor Letowski	January 1, 1999
	Robert Esche	February 20, 1999
400th goal scored	Rick Tocchet	January 28, 1999	^[5]

Transactions

Trades

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

Waivers

December 19, 1998

To 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.^[6]

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	14	Patrick DesRochers		Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2	43	Ossi Vaananen		Jokerit (Finland)
3	73	Pat O'Leary		Robbinsdale High School (USHS-MN)
4	100	Ryan Van Buskirk		Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5	115	Jay Leach		Providence College (Hockey East)
5	116	Josh Blackburn		Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5	129	Robert Schnabel		Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
6	160	Rickard Wallin		Farjestad BK Jr. (Sweden)
7	187	Erik Westrum		University of Minnesota (WCHA)
8	214	Justin Hansen		Prince George Cougars (WHL)

See also

• 1998–99 NHL season

References

• Web site: Phoenix Coyotes 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 25, 2023.
• Web site: 1998-99 Phoenix Coyotes Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . June 25, 2023.
• Book: Dinger . Ralph . 2011 . The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012 . Dan Diamond & Associates . 978-1894801225 . Toronto.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters . Hockey-Reference.com . August 29, 2024.
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: 1998-99 NHL Debuts . Hockey-Reference.com . October 9, 2024.
5. 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.
6. Web site: 1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 28, 2023.