1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season explained

League:NHL
Season:1998–99
Year:1998
Team:Tampa Bay Lightning
Conference:Eastern
Conferencerank:14th
Division:Southeast
Divisionrank:4th
Record:19–54–9
Homerecord:12–25–4
Roadrecord:7–29–5
Goalsfor:179
Goalsagainst:292
Generalmanager:Phil Esposito (Oct)
Jacques Demers (Oct-Apr)
Coach:Jacques Demers
Captain:Rob Zamuner
Arena:Ice Palace
Attendance:11,510
Minorleague:Cleveland Lumberjacks
Chesapeake Icebreakers
Goalsleader:Wendel Clark (28)
Assistsleader:Darcy Tucker (22)
Pointsleader:Darcy Tucker (43)
Pimleader:Darcy Tucker (176)
Plusminusleader:Andrei Skopintsev (+1)
Winsleader:Corey Schwab (8)
Gaaleader:Corey Schwab (3.52)
Next Season:1999–2000

The 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's seventh season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). For the third consecutive year, the Lighting were unable to qualify for the playoffs. They also finished in last place for the second consecutive year as well.

Offseason

On the eve of the regular season opener, Mikael Renberg stepped down as team captain and was replaced by Rob Zamuner.[1]

Regular season

The Lightning again finished last in scoring, with just 179 goals for. They also allowed the most goals of all 27 teams, with 292 goals against.[2]

All-Star Game

The 49th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 24, 1999, at the Ice Palace in Tampa Bay, Florida, home to the Tampa Bay Lightning. It would be Wayne Gretzky's last All-Star Game.

Season standings

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Scoring

Regular season
Player
16 RW 82 21 22 43 −34 176
17 LW 65 28 14 42 −25 35
44 RW 64 12 21 33 −10 22
8 C 82 13 15 28 −19 23
77 C 52 7 19 26 −20 102
33 C 62 11 14 25 −12 50
21 C 38 4 18 22 −13 10
13 D 68 9 12 21 −33 80
7 LW 58 8 11 19 −15 24
61 RW 43 6 13 19 −8 18
4 D 67 2 16 18 −25 92
5 D 78 5 12 17 −22 81
23 D 34 1 16 17 −4 53
21 C 32 6 6 12 −12 2
10 RW 67 5 7 12 −22 135
20 RW 20 4 8 12 −2 4
26 C 54 8 2 10 −20 28
18 C 22 4 6 10 0 15
9 C 24 2 7 9 −10 6
49 D 46 1 7 8 −19 69
14 C 28 3 4 7 −8 6
2 D 37 0 6 6 −11 14
34 LW 40 2 3 5 −8 4
28 D 46 1 4 5 −6 38
27 C 14 3 1 4 −5 10
11 C 34 1 3 4 −15 27
32 G 40 0 4 4 4
14 D 33 2 1 3 −21 18
27 LW 20 2 1 3 −2 0
55 D 21 1 2 3 −4 24
23 D 10 1 2 3 −7 0
64 C 23 0 3 3 −4 8
3 D 14 0 3 3 −8 10
62 LW 26 2 0 2 −5 43
39 D 16 1 1 2 −1 24
22 D 1 1 1 2 −3 0
46 D 19 1 1 2 1 10
6 D 3 0 2 2 −3 2
3 D 4 1 0 1 −3 15
93 G 13 0 1 1 0
20 RW 8 0 1 1 0 2
15 C 10 0 1 1 −5 2
1 G 1 0 0 0 0
12 C 4 0 0 0 −2 2
43 C 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 G 5 0 0 0 0
71 D 5 0 0 0 −4 16
30 G 32 0 0 0 2
35 G 5 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Regular season
Player
32 40 8 25 3 1153 126 3.52 .891 0 2146
93 13 5 6 1 350 33 2.87 .906 2 691
30 32 3 18 3 858 102 3.90 .881 1 1568
31 5 2 1 1 118 11 2.77 .907 0 238
35 5 1 3 1 128 13 3.08 .898 0 253
1 1 0 1 0 21 2 2.03 .905 0 59

Awards and records

Awards

TypeAward/honorRecipientRef
League
(annual)		Bill Masterton Memorial TrophyJohn Cullen[3]
League
(in-season)		NHL All-Star Game selectionWendel Clark[4]
NHL Rookie of the MonthVincent Lecavalier (February)[5]

Draft picks

Tampa Bay'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)
11Vincent LecavalierRimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
364Brad RichardsRimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
372Dmitri AfanasenkovTorpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
492Eric BeaudoinGuelph Storm (OHL)
5121Curtis RichCalgary Hitmen (WHL)
6146Sergei KuznetsovTorpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russia)
7174Brett AllanSwift Current Broncos (WHL)
7194Oak HewerNorth Bay Centennials (OHL)
8221Daniel HulakSwift Current Broncos (WHL)
9229Chris LynessCape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jones . Tom . Zamuner steps in as captain . Tampa Bay Times . July 3, 2023 . October 9, 1998.
  2. Web site: 1998-99 NHL Summary.
  3. Web site: Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy . records.nhl.com . June 27, 2023.
  4. Web site: NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999 . NHL.com . June 27, 2023.
  5. Web site: Lecavalier is top NHL rookie in February - UPI Archives . UPI . June 27, 2023 . March 2, 1999.
  6. Web site: 1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 28, 2023.

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