1998–99_Los_Angeles_Kings_season

1998–99 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

The 1998–99 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). This was the team's final season at the Great Western Forum before moving to the Staples Center for the 1999–2000 season. The Kings did not qualify for the 1999 playoffs, despite qualifying the previous year.

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1998–99 Los Angeles Kings
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	11th Western
1998–99 record	32–45–5
Home record	18–20–3
Road record	14–25–2
Goals for	189
Goals against	222
Team information
General manager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Larry Robinson
Captain	Rob Blake
Alternate captains	Mattias Norstrom Luc Robitaille Garry Galley
Arena	Great Western Forum
Average attendance	12,795
Minor league affiliate(s)	Long Beach Ice Dogs Springfield Falcons Mississippi Sea Wolves
Team leaders
Goals	Luc Robitaille (39)
Assists	Luc Robitaille (35)
Points	Luc Robitaille (74)
Penalty minutes	Sean O'Donnell (186)
Plus/minus	Donald Audette (+7)
Wins	Stephane Fiset (18)
Goals against average	Jamie Storr (2.40)
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Off-season

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Regular season

Final standings

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Pacific Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	51	19	12	236	168	114
2	4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	39	31	12	205	197	90
3	6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	35	34	13	215	206	83
4	7	San Jose Sharks	82	31	33	18	196	191	80
5	11	Los Angeles Kings	82	32	45	5	189	222	69

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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.

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Western Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	51	19	12	236	168	114
2	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	44	28	10	239	205	98
3	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	43	32	7	245	202	93
4	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	39	31	12	205	197	90
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	37	32	13	237	209	87
6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	35	34	13	215	206	83
7	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	31	33	18	196	191	80
8	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	33	37	12	230	226	78

9	Calgary Flames	NW	82	30	40	12	211	234	72
10	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	41	12	202	248	70
11	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	32	45	5	189	222	69
12	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	47	7	190	261	63
13	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	23	47	12	192	258	58

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

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1998–99 regular season^[3]

October: 4–4–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	W	October 10, 1998	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	1–0–0	Recap
2	L	October 12, 1998	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	1–1–0	Recap
3	W	October 16, 1998	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	2–1–0	Recap
4	T	October 18, 1998	5–5 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	2–1–1	Recap
5	T	October 21, 1998	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	2–1–2	Recap
6	L	October 23, 1998	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	2–2–2	Recap
7	W	October 25, 1998	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	3–2–2	Recap
8	L	October 27, 1998	0–1	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	3–3–2	Recap
9	W	October 28, 1998	4–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	4–3–2	Recap
10	L	October 30, 1998	0–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	4–4–2	Recap

November: 2–10–1 (home: 1–6–1; road: 1–4–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
11	L	November 1, 1998	0–3	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	4–5–2	Recap
12	T	November 5, 1998	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	4–5–3	Recap
13	L	November 7, 1998	3–4	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	4–6–3	Recap
14	W	November 9, 1998	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	5–6–3	Recap
15	L	November 10, 1998	4–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	5–7–3	Recap
16	L	November 12, 1998	1–3	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	5–8–3	Recap
17	L	November 14, 1998	3–5	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	5–9–3	Recap
18	L	November 16, 1998	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	5–10–3	Recap
19	L	November 18, 1998	4–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	5–11–3	Recap
20	L	November 19, 1998	1–5	New York Rangers (1998–99)	5–12–3	Recap
21	W	November 21, 1998	5–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	6–12–3	Recap
22	L	November 28, 1998	0–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	6–13–3	Recap
23	L	November 30, 1998	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	6–14–3	Recap

December: 6–7–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–4–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
24	L	December 2, 1998	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	6–15–3	Recap
25	L	December 3, 1998	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	6–16–3	Recap
26	L	December 5, 1998	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	6–17–3	Recap
27	W	December 9, 1998	2–1	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	7–17–3	Recap
28	W	December 12, 1998	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	8–17–3	Recap
29	L	December 13, 1998	0–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	8–18–3	Recap
30	L	December 17, 1998	4–5 OT	New York Islanders (1998–99)	8–19–3	Recap
31	L	December 19, 1998	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	8–20–3	Recap
32	W	December 20, 1998	4–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	9–20–3	Recap
33	W	December 22, 1998	3–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	10–20–3	Recap
34	L	December 26, 1998	1–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	10–21–3	Recap
35	W	December 28, 1998	4–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	11–21–3	Recap
36	W	December 30, 1998	5–1	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	12–21–3	Recap

January: 5–6–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
37	W	January 2, 1999	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	13–21–3	Recap
38	W	January 5, 1999	4–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	14–21–3	Recap
39	W	January 7, 1999	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	15–21–3	Recap
40	T	January 9, 1999	1–1 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	15–21–4	Recap
41	L	January 11, 1999	0–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	15–22–4	Recap
42	W	January 14, 1999	3–0	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	16–22–4	Recap
43	L	January 16, 1999	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	16–23–4	Recap
44	L	January 19, 1999	4–5	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	16–24–4	Recap
45	L	January 21, 1999	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	16–25–4	Recap
46	L	January 27, 1999	2–3	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	16–26–4	Recap
47	W	January 29, 1999	6–3	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	17–26–4	Recap
48	L	January 30, 1999	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	17–27–4	Recap

February: 6–6–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 2–4–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
49	L	February 1, 1999	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	17–28–4	Recap
50	W	February 4, 1999	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	18–28–4	Recap
51	W	February 6, 1999	2–0	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	19–28–4	Recap
52	L	February 10, 1999	0–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	19–29–4	Recap
53	W	February 11, 1999	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	20–29–4	Recap
54	L	February 13, 1999	2–3	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	20–30–4	Recap
55	L	February 15, 1999	1–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	20–31–4	Recap
56	W	February 18, 1999	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	21–31–4	Recap
57	T	February 20, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	21–31–5	Recap
58	L	February 22, 1999	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	21–32–5	Recap
59	W	February 24, 1999	3–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	22–32–5	Recap
60	W	February 26, 1999	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	23–32–5	Recap
61	L	February 28, 1999	0–1	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	23–33–5	Recap

March: 5–8–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–4–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
62	L	March 3, 1999	1–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	23–34–5	Recap
63	L	March 4, 1999	3–4	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	23–35–5	Recap
64	L	March 6, 1999	1–4	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	23–36–5	Recap
65	W	March 9, 1999	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	24–36–5	Recap
66	W	March 13, 1999	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	25–36–5	Recap
67	W	March 15, 1999	4–0	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	26–36–5	Recap
68	L	March 18, 1999	2–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	26–37–5	Recap
69	W	March 20, 1999	4–3	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	27–37–5	Recap
70	L	March 21, 1999	1–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	27–38–5	Recap
71	L	March 25, 1999	1–2	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	27–39–5	Recap
72	L	March 28, 1999	2–7	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	27–40–5	Recap
73	W	March 30, 1999	2–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	28–40–5	Recap
74	L	March 31, 1999	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	28–41–5	Recap

April: 4–4–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
75	L	April 3, 1999	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	28–42–5	Recap
76	L	April 5, 1999	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	28–43–5	Recap
77	W	April 8, 1999	3–2	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	29–43–5	Recap
78	L	April 11, 1999	2–6	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	29–44–5	Recap
79	W	April 12, 1999	4–3	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	30–44–5	Recap
80	W	April 15, 1999	4–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	31–44–5	Recap
81	W	April 16, 1999	2–0	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	32–44–5	Recap
82	L	April 18, 1999	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	32–45–5	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

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

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			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
20	Luc Robitaille	LW	82	39	35	74	−1	54
10^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Donald Audette†	RW	49	18	18	36	7	51
4	Rob Blake	D	62	12	23	35	−7	128
15	Jozef Stumpel	C	64	13	21	34	−18	10
27	Glen Murray	RW	61	16	15	31	−14	36
26	Ray Ferraro	C	65	13	18	31	0	59
44	Yanic Perreault‡	C	64	10	17	27	−3	30
9	Vladimir Tsyplakov	LW	69	11	12	23	−7	32
28	Steve Duchesne‡	D	60	4	19	23	−6	22
12	Olli Jokinen	C	66	9	12	21	−10	44
23	Craig Johnson	LW	69	7	12	19	−12	32
19	Russ Courtnall	RW	57	6	13	19	−9	19
3	Garry Galley	D	60	4	12	16	−9	30
55	Pavel Rosa	RW	29	4	12	16	0	6
8	Doug Bodger	D	65	3	11	14	1	34
6	Sean O'Donnell	D	80	1	13	14	1	186
22	Ian Laperriere	RW	72	3	10	13	−5	138
43	Philippe Boucher	D	45	2	6	8	−12	32
14	Mattias Norstrom	D	78	2	5	7	−10	36
45	Sandy Moger	C	42	3	2	5	−9	26
24	Nathan LaFayette	C	33	2	2	4	0	35
21^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Josh Green	LW	27	1	3	4	−5	8
48	Mark Visheau	D	28	1	3	4	−7	107
17	Matt Johnson	LW	49	2	1	3	−5	131
44	Dave Babych†	D	8	0	2	2	−2	2
11	Jason Blake†	C	1	1	0	1	1	0
7	Steve McKenna	LW	20	1	0	1	−3	36
54	Jan Nemecek	D	6	1	0	1	−1	4
29	Eric Lacroix†‡	LW	27	0	1	1	−5	12
32	Manny Legace	G	17	0	1	1		0
33	Jaroslav Modry	D	5	0	1	1	1	0
29	Sean Pronger†	C	13	0	1	1	2	4
1	Jamie Storr	G	28	0	1	1		6
31	Ryan Bach†	G	3	0	0	0		0
42	Dan Bylsma	RW	8	0	0	0	−1	2
11	Brandon Convery†	C	3	0	0	0	−1	4
35	Stephane Fiset	G	42	0	0	0		2
28	Jason Podollan†	RW	6	0	0	0	−3	5
29	Roman Vopat‡	C	3	0	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

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

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Stephane Fiset	42	18	21	1	1217	104	2.60	.915	3	2403
1	Jamie Storr	28	12	12	2	724	61	2.40	.916	4	1525
32	Manny Legace	17	2	9	2	439	39	2.60	.911	0	899
31	Ryan Bach†	3	0	3	0	66	8	4.44	.879	0	108

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Jamie Storr (Goaltender)	^[4]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Rob Blake	^[5]
		Mattias Norstrom^{[lower-alpha 3]}
		Luc Robitaille^{[lower-alpha 3]}
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Olli Jokinen (November)	^[8]
Team	Best Newcomer	Donald Audette	^[9]
	Bill Libby Memorial Award	Luc Robitaille	^[9]
	Defensive Player	Ian Laperriere	^[9]
	Jim Fox Community Service	Rob Blake	^[9]
	Jim Fox Community Service	Sean O'Donnell	^[9]
	Leading Scorer	Luc Robitaille	^[9]
	Most Inspirational	Mattias Norstrom	^[9]
	Most Popular Player	Luc Robitaille	^[9]
	Outstanding Defenseman	Mattias Norstrom	^[9]
	Unsung Hero	Mattias Norstrom	^[9]

Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Doug Bodger	October 25, 1998	^[10]
	Garry Galley	February 1, 1999	^[11]
	Russ Courtnall	February 10, 1999	^[12]
	Ray Ferraro	February 28, 1999	^[13]

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season.^[14]

Trades

May 29, 1998	To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations	To Nashville Predators Marian Cisar
June 18, 1998	To Los Angeles Kings Doug Bodger	To New Jersey Devils 4th round pick in 1998 - Pierre Dagenais
June 26, 1998	To Los Angeles Kings Predators promise to not select Garry Galley in 1998 NHL Expansion Draft	To Nashville Predators Jan Vopat Kimmo Timonen
July 7, 1998	To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations	To Nashville Predators Vitali Yachmenev
July 29, 1998	To Los Angeles Kings Manny Legace	To Carolina Hurricanes Future considerations
September 3, 1998	To Los Angeles Kings 3rd round pick in 1999 - Frantisek Kaberle	To Chicago Blackhawks Doug Zmolek
October 22, 1998	To Los Angeles Kings Ryan Bach	To Detroit Red Wings 6th round pick in 2000 - Par Backer
October 29, 1998	To Los Angeles Kings Eric Lacroix	To Colorado Avalanche Roman Vopat 6th round pick in 1999 - Martin Prusek
December 18, 1998	To Los Angeles Kings Donald Audette	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd round pick in 1999 - Milan Bartovic
February 12, 1999	To Los Angeles Kings Sean Pronger	To New York Rangers Eric Lacroix
March 23, 1999	To Los Angeles Kings Dave Babych 5th round pick in 2000 - Nathan Marsters	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Duchesne
March 23, 1999	To Los Angeles Kings Jason Podollan 3rd round pick in 1999 - Cory Campbell	To Toronto Maple Leafs Yanic Perreault

Free agent signings

July 2, 1998	From St. Louis Blues Steve Duchesne (3 years, $11.25 million)
April 17, 1999	From University of North Dakota (WCHA) Jason Blake

Free agents lost

July 22, 1998	To Boston Bruins Chris Taylor (1 year, $350,000)
August 18, 1998	To New York Islanders Steve Valiquette
August 26, 1998	To Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) Jeff Shevalier

Expansion draft

June 26, 1998	To Nashville Predators Frederic Chabot

Waivers

July 17, 1998	From Nashville Predators Frederic Chabot
October 5, 1998	To Montreal Canadiens Frederic Chabot
November 19, 1998	From Vancouver Canucks Brandon Convery

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.^[15]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	21	Mathieu Biron	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
2	46	Justin Papineau	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3	76	Aleksei Volkov	Russia	Krylya Sovetov-2 (Russia)
4	103	Kip Brennan	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
5	133	Joe Rullier	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
6	163	Tomas Zizka	Czech Republic	ZPS Zlín (Czech Republic)
7	190	Tommi Hannus	Finland	TPS Jr. (Finland)
8	217	Jim Henkel	United States	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
9	248	Matthew Yeats	Canada	Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)

Notes

Audette wore number 34 in his first two games.
Green wore number 47 in his first two games.
Norstrom and Robitaille were injury replacements, Robitaille for Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings.^[6]^[7]

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"1998-99 Los Angeles Kings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
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