1998–99 Ottawa Senators season

NHL hockey team season

The 1998–99 Ottawa Senators season was the seventh season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). In this season the team cracked the 100 point barrier, as they finished with 103 points, and won the Northeast Division for the first time in club history.

Senators Head Coach Jacques Martin won the Jack Adams Trophy for the first time in his career and in Senators history, while Alexei Yashin, who was named team captain prior to the season, was a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy after his 94-point season. His 94 points obliterated the club record of 79, which Yashin himself set in the 1993–94 season.

Goaltenders Damian Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt split duties throughout the season, with each winning 22 games, sharing the team record for goaltender victories in a season, while Tugnutt's 1.79 goals against average (GAA) was an NHL low.

The Senators great regular season success did not continue to the playoffs, as the Buffalo Sabres, led by Dominik Hasek, swept the Senators out of the playoffs in four games, ending the Senators' season in the first round for the second time in three seasons.

Regular season

Final standings

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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division

Playoffs

The Ottawa Senators ended the 1998–99 regular season as the Eastern Conference's second seed.

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Senators only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Trades

Waivers

No waiver transactions.

Free agents

Expansion draft

Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 188.

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, New York.^[11]

Farm teams

• Detroit Vipers (International Hockey League)

See also

• 1998–99 NHL season

Notes

1. Tugnutt was an injury replacement for Curtis Joseph of the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[6]

References

• "Ottawa Senators 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
• "1998-99 Ottawa Senators Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
• Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.

1. Dinger 2011, p. 155.
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3. "1998-99 Ottawa Senators Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
4. "Jack Adams Award". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
5. "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
6. "Lindros Gets All-Star Start - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. January 22, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
7. "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
8. "Ottawa's Tugnutt Named Player of the Week". NHL.com. January 11, 1999. Archived from the original on October 11, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
9. "Hossa Named Rookie of the Month". NHL.com. April 1, 1999. Archived from the original on October 13, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
10. Ottawa Senators 2014–15 Media Guide, p.162–82
11. "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.