1998–99 St. Louis Blues season explained

League:NHL
Season:1998–99
Year:1998
Team:St. Louis Blues
Conferencerank:5th
Divisionrank:2nd
Record:37–32–13
Homerecord:18–17–6
Roadrecord:19–15–7
Goalsfor:237
Goalsagainst:209
Attendance:18,276
Goalsleader:Pavol Demitra (37)
Assistsleader:Pavol Demitra (52)
Pointsleader:Pavol Demitra (89)
Pimleader:Tony Twist (149)
Plusminusleader:Al MacInnis (+33)
Winsleader:Grant Fuhr (16)
Gaaleader:Jamie McLennan (2.38)
Next Season:1999–2000

The 1998–99 St. Louis Blues season was the team's 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Despite the loss of Brett Hull during the preceding off-season, the Blues made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th-straight season after finishing in second place with a record of 37–32–13.

Off-season

Realignment came, as the NHL went from four to six divisions. Carolina, Florida, Tampa Bay and Washington were grouped in the Eastern Conference's new Southeast Division and Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton and Vancouver moved into the new Northwest Division in the Western Conference.

Regular season

The Blues made the playoffs for the 20th straight season by finishing in 2nd place with a record of 37–32–13. Al MacInnis won the Norris trophy as the best defenceman in the NHL, while Pavol Demitra scored 37 goals. In the playoffs, the Blues initially trailed the Phoenix Coyotes 3 games to 1. The Blues rallied and took the series in 7 games. However, in the second round, the Blues were knocked off again by the Dallas Stars led by Brett Hull in 6 games. Hull would go on to score the Stanley Cup clinching goal for the Stars.

The Blues tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest power-play opportunities during the regular season, with just 301. They also tied the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with 4.[1]

Season standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 1 ||W || April 22, 1999 || 3–1 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Blues lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 ||L || April 24, 1999 || 3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Series tied 1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 3 ||L || April 25, 1999 || 4–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Coyotes lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 4 ||L || April 27, 1999 || 1–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Coyotes lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 5 ||W || April 30, 1999 || 2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Coyotes lead 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 6 ||W || May 2, 1999 || 5–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Series tied 3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 7 ||W || May 4, 1999 || 1–0 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Blues win 4–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 ||L || May 6, 1999 || 0–3 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars || Stars lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 ||L || May 8, 1999 || 4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Dallas Stars || Stars lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 3 ||W || May 10, 1999 || 3–2 OT|| align="left"| Dallas Stars || Stars lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 ||W || May 12, 1999 || 3–2 OT|| align="left"| Dallas Stars || Series tied 2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 5 ||L || May 15, 1999 || 1–3 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars || Stars lead 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 6 ||L || May 17, 1999 || 1–2 OT|| align="left"| Dallas Stars || Stars win 4–2 || |-|-| Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring

Regular seasonPlayoffs
Player
38 LW 82 37 52 89 13 16 13 5 4 9 −5 4
77 C 67 31 34 65 4 36 13 4 9 13 3 6
2 D 82 20 42 62 33 70 13 4 8 12 −2 20
48 RW 75 24 28 52 8 27 13 4 7 11 2 10
44 D 67 13 33 46 3 113 13 1 4 5 −2 28
33 LW 80 20 21 41 1 42 8 1 0 1 −2 4
22 C 69 14 25 39 14 38 13 2 1 3 −3 6
32 C 82 9 21 30 6 36 13 1 1 2 2 6
25 C 60 9 18 27 10 24 5 1 0 1 1 4
27 C 60 9 18 27 −9 34 13 1 2 3 −3 14
10 RW 55 4 21 25 −8 41
34 LW 45 11 11 22 5 16 5 0 0 0 −3 2
56 LW 32 5 11 16 4 6 5 0 0 0 −3 2
26 C 66 4 12 16 −9 30 11 0 2 2 0 8
7 D 54 1 12 13 4 94 13 0 3 3 −1 17
14 LW 24 5 7 12 2 28 13 2 4 6 −4 10
39 RW 45 3 7 10 2 143
15 C 22 3 7 10 2 8
21 RW 34 4 5 9 −3 40 11 0 1 1 −2 8
18 LW 63 2 6 8 0 149 1 0 0 0 −1 0
6 D 76 2 5 7 −3 47 9 1 1 2 −2 2
5 D 28 2 3 5 −6 16
23 RW 12 2 2 4 2 2 13 1 3 4 2 6
36 D 29 0 4 4 3 19
37 D 30 1 2 3 12 20 13 1 2 3 −4 8
4 D 52 1 1 2 −14 99
19 D 51 1 1 2 −10 50 13 0 0 0 0 2
35 G 4 0 0 0 0
42 D 1 0 0 0 −3 2
31 G 39 0 0 0 12 13 0 1 1 2
55 LW 3 0 0 0 −2 0 5 2 0 2 4 0
1 G 6 0 0 0 0
29 G 33 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
9 LW 2 0 0 0 −1 5 1 0 0 0 −3 2
30 G 10 0 0 0 2
20 D 16 0 0 0 0 33
28 D 12 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 0

Goaltending

Regular seasonPlayoffs
Player
31 39 16 11 8 827 89 2.44 .892 2 2193 13 6 6 305 31 2.35 .898 1 790
29 33 13 14 4 640 70 2.38 .891 3 1763 1 0 1 7 0 0.00 1.000 0 37
30 10 4 3 1 193 22 2.54 .886 1 519 — — — — — — — — —
1 6 3 2 0 127 10 2.10 .921 0 286 — — — — — — — — —
35 4 1 2 0 76 13 3.86 .829 0 202 — — — — — — — — —

Awards and records

Awards

TypeAward/honorRecipientRef
League
(annual)		James Norris Memorial TrophyAl MacInnis[2]
NHL First All-Star TeamAl MacInnis (Defense)[3]
League
(in-season)		NHL All-Star Game selectionPavol Demitra[4]
Al MacInnis
Chris Pronger

Milestones

MilestonePlayerDateRef
25th shutoutGrant FuhrApril 1, 1999[5]
600th assistPierre TurgeonApril 14, 1999

Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[6]

RoundPlayerNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
124Christian BackmanVästra Frölunda HC (Sweden)
241Maxym LinnikSt. Thomas Stars (GOJHL)
383Matt WalkerPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)
6157Brad VothMedicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6170Andrei TroschinskyTorpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan)
7197Brad TwordikBrandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
8225Yevgeni PastukhKhimik Voskresensk (Russia)
9255John PohlUniversity of Minnesota (CCHA)

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1998-99 NHL Summary.
  2. Web site: James Norris Memorial Trophy . records.nhl.com . June 27, 2023.
  3. Web site: Postseason All-Star Teams . records.nhl.com . June 27, 2023.
  4. Web site: NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999 . NHL.com . June 27, 2023.
  5. Web site: N.H.L. : LAST NIGHT; Boston Tightens Hold On Eighth Playoff Spot . The New York Times . June 27, 2023 . April 2, 1999 . Grant Fuhr got his 25th career shutout as St. Louis defeated visiting Tampa.
  6. Web site: 1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 28, 2023.

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