1998–99_Florida_Panthers_season
1998–99 Florida Panthers season
National Hockey League team season
The 1998–99 Florida Panthers season was their sixth season in the National Hockey League. Though they made a major move in acquiring star forward Pavel Bure during the season, the Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
Quick Facts Florida Panthers, Division ...
| 1998–99 Florida Panthers | |
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| Division | 2nd Southeast |
| Conference | 9th Eastern |
| 1998–99 record | 30–34–18 |
| Home record | 17–17–7 |
| Road record | 13–17–11 |
| Goals for | 210 |
| Goals against | 228 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Bryan Murray |
| Coach | Terry Murray |
| Captain | Scott Mellanby |
| Arena | National Car Rental Center |
| Average attendance | 18,493 |
| Minor league affiliate(s) | Beast of New Haven Kentucky Thoroughblades Miami Matadors Port Huron Border Cats |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Ray Whitney (26) |
| Assists | Ray Whitney (38) |
| Points | Ray Whitney (64) |
| Penalty minutes | Peter Worrell (258) |
| Plus/minus | Jaroslav Spacek (+15) |
| Wins | Sean Burke (21) |
| Goals against average | Sean Burke (2.66) |
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Final standings
More information R, CR ...
| R | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts | |
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| 1 | 3 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 34 | 30 | 18 | 210 | 202 | 1158 | 86 |
| 2 | 9 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 210 | 228 | 1522 | 78 |
| 3 | 12 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 200 | 218 | 1381 | 68 |
| 4 | 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 19 | 54 | 9 | 179 | 292 | 1316 | 47 |
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More information R, Div ...
| R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | y – New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 248 | 196 | 105 |
| 2 | y – Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 239 | 179 | 103 |
| 3 | y – Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 34 | 30 | 18 | 210 | 202 | 86 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 268 | 231 | 97 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 37 | 26 | 19 | 231 | 196 | 93 |
| 6 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 214 | 181 | 91 |
| 7 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 207 | 175 | 91 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh Penguins | ATL | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 242 | 225 | 90 |
| 9 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 210 | 228 | 78 |
| 10 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 217 | 227 | 77 |
| 11 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 184 | 209 | 75 |
| 12 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 200 | 218 | 68 |
| 13 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 194 | 244 | 58 |
| 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 19 | 54 | 9 | 179 | 292 | 47 |
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Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division
bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division
More information Game, Result ...
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October: 3–3–3 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–1–2)
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November: 5–5–2 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–2–2)
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December: 5–5–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–3–0)
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January: 5–4–6 (home: 2–3–2; road: 3–1–4)
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February: 4–5–4 (home: 3–1–1; road: 1–4–3)
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March: 5–6–2 (home: 2–3–2; road: 3–3–0)
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April: 3–6–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–3–0)
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Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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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 Panthers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
More information Regular season, No. ...
| Regular season | ||||||||
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| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 14 | Ray Whitney | LW | 81 | 26 | 38 | 64 | −3 | 18 |
| 44 | Rob Niedermayer | C | 82 | 18 | 33 | 51 | −13 | 50 |
| 25 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 65 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 13 | 24 |
| 27 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 67 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 5 | 85 |
| 19 | Radek Dvorak | RW | 82 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 7 | 29 |
| 21 | Mark Parrish | RW | 73 | 24 | 13 | 37 | −6 | 25 |
| 24 | Robert Svehla | D | 80 | 8 | 29 | 37 | −13 | 83 |
| 11 | Bill Lindsay | RW | 75 | 12 | 15 | 27 | −1 | 92 |
| 16 | Oleg Kvasha | LW | 68 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 45 |
| 29 | Johan Garpenlov | LW | 64 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −9 | 42 |
| 10 | Pavel Bure† | RW | 11 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 4 |
| 55 | Ed Jovanovski‡ | D | 41 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −4 | 82 |
| 9 | Kirk Muller | LW | 82 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −11 | 49 |
| 8 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 63 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 28 |
| 15 | Dave Gagner‡ | C | 36 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −7 | 39 |
| 2 | Terry Carkner | D | 62 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 54 |
| 4 | Bret Hedican† | D | 25 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −2 | 17 |
| 3 | Paul Laus | D | 75 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 218 |
| 28 | Peter Worrell | LW | 62 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 258 |
| 26 | Dan Boyle | D | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −1 | 27 |
| 5 | Gord Murphy | D | 51 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Rhett Warrener‡ | D | 48 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −1 | 64 |
| 18 | Alex Hicks† | LW | 51 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −4 | 58 |
| 31 | Sean Burke | G | 59 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 | |
| 12[lower-alpha 1] | Marcus Nilson | LW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Peter Ratchuk | D | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 10 |
| 23 | Chris Wells | C | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 31 |
| 17 | Ryan Johnson | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Filip Kuba | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | David Nemirovsky‡ | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Jeff Ware† | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 6 |
| 12 | Chris Allen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Vyacheslav Butsayev‡ | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 12 | Dwayne Hay | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 15 | John Jakopin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kirk McLean | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Jeff Norton‡ | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Herberts Vasiljevs | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 17 | Steve Washburn‡ | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
| 7 | Mike Wilson† | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Goaltending
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| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 31 | Sean Burke | 59 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 1624 | 151 | 2.66 | .907 | 3 | 3402 |
| 1 | Kirk McLean | 30 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 727 | 73 | 2.74 | .900 | 2 | 1597 |
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Awards
More information Type, Award/honor ...
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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| League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Viktor Kozlov[lower-alpha 2] | [5] |
| NHL Rookie of the Month | Mark Parrish (October) | [6] |
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Milestones
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| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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| 500th game played | Sean Burke | January 18, 1999 | [7] |
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Florida's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[8]
More information Round, # ...
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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| 2 | 30 | Kyle Rossiter |  Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
| 3 | 61 | Joe DiPenta | Canada | Boston University (Hockey East) |
| 3 | 63 | Lance Ward | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 4 | 89 | Ryan Jardine | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 5 | 117 | Jaroslav Spacek |  Czech Republic | Färjestads BK (Sweden) |
| 6 | 148 | Chris Ovington | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 7 | 176 | B. J. Ketcheson | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 8 | 203 | Ian Jacobs | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 9 | 231 | Adrian Wichser |  Switzerland | EHC Kloten (Switzerland) |
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- Kozlov did not play.[4]
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- "1998-99 Florida Panthers Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- "1998-99 Florida Panthers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- "Lindros Gets All-Star Start - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. January 22, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- "Panthers Parrish NHL Rookie of Month - UPI Archives". UPI. November 3, 1998. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- "Phoenix Coyotes: The Team: Players: Sean Burke". Phoenix Coyotes. Archived from the original on December 21, 2002. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
1998-99… Played 500th NHL game vs. BUF, Jan. 18
- "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.