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1998–99 Colorado Avalanche season

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The 1998–99 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's fourth season and last season at McNichols Sports Arena. They would move to the Pepsi Center during the off-season.

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1998–99 Colorado Avalanche
Northwest Division champions
Division	1st Northwest
Conference	2nd Western
1998–99 record	44–28–10
Home record	21–14–6
Road record	23–14–4
Goals for	239
Goals against	205
Team information
General manager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Joe Sakic
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
Average attendance	16,059
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Sakic (41)
Assists	Peter Forsberg (67)
Points	Peter Forsberg (97)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (259)
Plus/minus	Peter Forsberg (+27)
Wins	Patrick Roy (32)
Goals against average	Patrick Roy (2.29)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Regular season

April 3, 1999: In a victory over the Edmonton Oilers, Patrick Roy passed Glenn Hall with his 408th victory.^[1]

Season standings

More information R, CR ...

Northwest Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	2	Colorado Avalanche	82	44	28	10	239	205	1619	98
2	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	33	37	12	230	226	1373	78
3	9	Calgary Flames	82	30	40	12	211	234	1389	72
4	13	Vancouver Canucks	82	23	47	12	192	258	1764	58

^[2]

More information R, Div ...

Western Conference^[3]
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

Regular season

More information Game, Result ...

1998–99 regular season^[4]

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	L	October 10, 1998	3–4	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	0–1–0	Recap
2	L	October 12, 1998	0–3	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	0–2–0	Recap
3	L	October 14, 1998	0–3	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	0–3–0	Recap
4	L	October 15, 1998	2–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	0–4–0	Recap
5	T	October 18, 1998	5–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	0–4–1	Recap
6	W	October 24, 1998	6–4	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	1–4–1	Recap
7	L	October 26, 1998	1–5	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	1–5–1	Recap
8	W	October 29, 1998	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	2–5–1	Recap
9	L	October 31, 1998	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	2–6–1	Recap

November: 6–5–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 4–3–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
10	W	November 2, 1998	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	3–6–1	Recap
11	L	November 4, 1998	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	3–7–1	Recap
12	W	November 6, 1998	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	4–7–1	Recap
13	L	November 8, 1998	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	4–8–1	Recap
14	T	November 10, 1998	1–1 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	4–8–2	Recap
15	W	November 13, 1998	8–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	5–8–2	Recap
16	W	November 15, 1998	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	6–8–2	Recap
17	W	November 17, 1998	5–2	New York Islanders (1998–99)	7–8–2	Recap
18	L	November 19, 1998	0–5	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	7–9–2	Recap
19	W	November 21, 1998	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	8–9–2	Recap
20	L	November 25, 1998	0–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	8–10–2	Recap
21	L	November 28, 1998	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	8–11–2	Recap

December: 8–6–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 6–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
22	W	December 2, 1998	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	9–11–2	Recap
23	W	December 4, 1998	2–0	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	10–11–2	Recap
24	W	December 5, 1998	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	11–11–2	Recap
25	W	December 8, 1998	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	12–11–2	Recap
26	W	December 9, 1998	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	13–11–2	Recap
27	L	December 12, 1998	3–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	13–12–2	Recap
28	T	December 14, 1998	0–0 OT	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	13–12–3	Recap
29	L	December 17, 1998	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	13–13–3	Recap
30	L	December 19, 1998	1–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	13–14–3	Recap
31	W	December 21, 1998	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	14–14–3	Recap
32	L	December 22, 1998	0–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	14–15–3	Recap
33	L	December 26, 1998	2–4	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	14–16–3	Recap
34	W	December 27, 1998	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	15–16–3	Recap
35	W	December 29, 1998	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	16–16–3	Recap
36	L	December 31, 1998	3–6	New York Rangers (1998–99)	16–17–3	Recap

January: 9–2–1 (home: 6–0–1; road: 3–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
37	L	January 2, 1999	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	16–18–3	Recap
38	W	January 4, 1999	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	17–18–3	Recap
39	T	January 6, 1999	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	17–18–4	Recap
40	L	January 9, 1999	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	17–19–4	Recap
41	W	January 10, 1999	3–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	18–19–4	Recap
42	W	January 12, 1999	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	19–19–4	Recap
43	W	January 16, 1999	2–0	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	20–19–4	Recap
44	W	January 19, 1999	5–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	21–19–4	Recap
45	W	January 21, 1999	4–2	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	22–19–4	Recap
46	W	January 27, 1999	4–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	23–19–4	Recap
47	W	January 28, 1999	6–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	24–19–4	Recap
48	W	January 30, 1999	5–0	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	25–19–4	Recap

February: 5–3–4 (home: 1–3–2; road: 4–0–2)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
49	W	February 2, 1999	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	26–19–4	Recap
50	W	February 3, 1999	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	27–19–4	Recap
51	W	February 5, 1999	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	28–19–4	Recap
52	W	February 7, 1999	3–0	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	29–19–4	Recap
53	L	February 9, 1999	1–2	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	29–20–4	Recap
54	L	February 13, 1999	1–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	29–21–4	Recap
55	T	February 14, 1999	4–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	29–21–5	Recap
56	T	February 19, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	29–21–6	Recap
57	T	February 21, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	29–21–7	Recap
58	T	February 23, 1999	4–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	29–21–8	Recap
59	L	February 25, 1999	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	29–22–8	Recap
60	W	February 27, 1999	3–1	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	30–22–8	Recap

March: 9–4–2 (home: 4–2–2; road: 5–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
61	L	March 1, 1999	3–4	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	30–23–8	Recap
62	W	March 3, 1999	7–5	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	31–23–8	Recap
63	L	March 4, 1999	1–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	31–24–8	Recap
64	W	March 7, 1999	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	32–24–8	Recap
65	W	March 9, 1999	3–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	33–24–8	Recap
66	W	March 11, 1999	5–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	34–24–8	Recap
67	L	March 14, 1999	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	34–25–8	Recap
68	W	March 18, 1999	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	35–25–8	Recap
69	T	March 20, 1999	5–5 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	35–25–9	Recap
70	L	March 21, 1999	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	35–26–9	Recap
71	W	March 24, 1999	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	36–26–9	Recap
72	W	March 26, 1999	3–1	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	37–26–9	Recap
73	W	March 28, 1999	7–2	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	38–26–9	Recap
74	T	March 30, 1999	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	38–26–10	Recap
75	W	March 31, 1999	3–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	39–26–10	Recap

April: 5–2–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 1–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
76	W	April 3, 1999	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	40–26–10	Recap
77	W	April 5, 1999	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	41–26–10	Recap
78	W	April 7, 1999	4–1	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	42–26–10	Recap
79	W	April 11, 1999	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	43–26–10	Recap
80	L	April 15, 1999	1–5	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	43–27–10	Recap
81	L	April 16, 1999	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	43–28–10	Recap
82	W	April 18, 1999	2–1	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	44–28–10	Recap

Legend:

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

Playoffs

More information 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs, Game ...

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs^[4]

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) San Jose Sharks – Avalanche win 4–2

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	W	April 24, 1999	3–1	San Jose Sharks	Avalanche lead 1–0	Recap
2	W	April 26, 1999	2–1 OT	San Jose Sharks	Avalanche lead 2–0	Recap
3	L	April 28, 1999	2–4	@ San Jose Sharks	Avalanche lead 2–1	Recap
4	L	April 30, 1999	3–7	@ San Jose Sharks	Series tied 2–2	Recap
5	W	May 1, 1999	6–2	San Jose Sharks	Avalanche lead 3–2	Recap
6	W	May 3, 1999	3–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks	Avalanche win 4–2	Recap

Western Conference Semifinals vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings – Avalanche win 4–2

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	L	May 7, 1999	2–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 1–0	Recap
2	L	May 9, 1999	0–4	Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 2–0	Recap
3	W	May 11, 1999	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 2–1	Recap
4	W	May 13, 1999	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings	Series tied 2–2	Recap
5	W	May 16, 1999	3–0	Detroit Red Wings	Avalanche lead 3–2	Recap
6	W	May 18, 1999	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings	Avalanche win 4–2	Recap

Western Conference Finals vs. (1) Dallas Stars – Stars win 4–3

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	W	May 22, 1999	2–1	@ Dallas Stars	Avalanche lead 1–0	Recap
2	L	May 24, 1999	2–4	@ Dallas Stars	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	L	May 26, 1999	0–3	Dallas Stars	Stars lead 2–1	Recap
4	W	May 28, 1999	3–2 OT	Dallas Stars	Series tied 2–2	Recap
5	W	May 30, 1999	7–5	@ Dallas Stars	Avalanche lead 3–2	Recap
6	L	June 1, 1999	1–4	Dallas Stars	Series tied 3–3	Recap
7	L	June 4, 1999	1–4	@ Dallas Stars	Stars win 4–3	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

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

More information Regular season, Playoffs ...

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
21	Peter Forsberg	C	78	30	67	97	27	108	19	8	16	24	7	31
19	Joe Sakic	C	73	41	55	96	23	29	19	6	13	19	−2	8
22	Claude Lemieux	RW	82	27	24	51	0	102	19	3	11	14	5	26
18	Adam Deadmarsh	RW	66	22	27	49	−2	99	19	8	4	12	2	20
23	Milan Hejduk	RW	82	14	34	48	8	26	16	6	6	12	3	4
37	Chris Drury	C	79	20	24	44	9	62	19	6	2	8	2	4
13	Valeri Kamensky	LW	65	14	30	44	1	28	10	4	5	9	5	4
8	Sandis Ozolinsh	D	39	7	25	32	10	22	19	4	8	12	−5	22
14	Theoren Fleury†	RW	15	10	14	24	8	18	18	5	12	17	−2	20
20	Rene Corbet‡	LW	53	8	14	22	3	58	—	—	—	—	—	—
52	Adam Foote	D	64	5	16	21	20	92	19	2	3	5	3	24
2	Sylvain Lefebvre	D	76	2	18	20	18	48	19	0	1	1	6	12
12	Shean Donovan	RW	68	7	12	19	4	37	5	0	0	0	0	2
3	Aaron Miller	D	76	5	13	18	3	42	19	1	5	6	8	10
26	Stephane Yelle	C	72	8	7	15	−8	40	10	0	1	1	−1	6
5	Alexei Gusarov	D	54	3	10	13	12	24	5	0	0	0	1	2
25	Shjon Podein†	LW	41	2	6	8	−3	24	19	1	1	2	−1	12
29	Eric Messier	LW	31	4	2	6	0	14	3	0	0	0	−1	0
32	Dale Hunter†	C	12	2	4	6	0	17	19	1	3	4	0	38
36	Jeff Odgers	RW	75	2	3	5	−3	259	15	1	0	1	0	14
11	Keith Jones‡	RW	12	2	2	4	−6	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Greg de Vries†	D	67	1	3	4	−3	60	19	0	2	2	3	22
24	Jon Klemm	D	39	1	2	3	4	31	19	0	1	1	1	10
4	Cam Russell†	D	35	1	2	3	−5	84	—	—	—	—	—	—
17^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Christian Matte	RW	7	1	1	2	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Patrick Roy	G	61	0	2	2		28	19	0	2	2		4
16	Warren Rychel	LW	28	0	2	2	3	63	12	0	1	1	−1	14
15	Ted Crowley‡	D	7	0	1	1	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Serge Aubin†	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Wade Belak‡	D	22	0	0	0	−2	71	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Craig Billington	G	21	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0		0
32	Jeff Buchanan	D	6	0	0	0	1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Marc Denis	G	4	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Chris Dingman†	LW	1	0	0	0	0	7	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Mike Gaul†	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Eric Lacroix‡	LW	7	0	0	0	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Scott Parker	RW	27	0	0	0	−3	71	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Dan Smith	D	12	0	0	0	5	9	—	—	—	—	—	—
59	Brian White	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

More information Regular season, Playoffs ...

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33	Patrick Roy	61	32	19	8	1673	139	2.29	.917	5	3648	19	11	8	650	52	2.66	.920	1	1173
1	Craig Billington	21	11	8	1	492	52	2.87	.894	0	1086	1	0	0	6	1	6.67	.833	0	9
30	Marc Denis	4	1	1	1	110	9	2.49	.918	0	217	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

More information Type, Award/honor ...

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Calder Memorial Trophy	Chris Drury	^[5]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Chris Drury (Forward)	^[6]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Milan Hejduk (Forward)	^[6]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Peter Forsberg (Center)	^[6]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Peter Forsberg^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[8]

Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
600th assist	Joe Sakic	April 3, 1999	^[9]

Transactions

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Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.^[10]

More information Round, # ...

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Alex Tanguay	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
1	17	Martin Skoula	Czech Republic	Barrie Colts (OHL)
1	19	Robyn Regehr	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
1	20	Scott Parker	United States	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
2	28	Ramzi Abid	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
2	38	Philippe Sauve	United States	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
2	53	Steve Moore	Canada	Harvard University (ECAC)
3	79	Yevgeni Lazarev	Russia	Kitchener Dutchmen (MWJHL)
5	141	K. C. Timmons	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
6	167	Alex Riazantsev	Russia	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)

Notes

Matte wore number 14 in his first five games.
Forsberg was voted to the starting lineup.^[7]

References

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"1998-99 Colorado Avalanche Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Kingston, NY: Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X.
Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto, ON: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
Dryden, Steve, ed. (2000). Century of hockey. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. ISBN 0-7710-4179-9.
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"1998-99 Colorado Avalanche Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
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"Calder Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
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"NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
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"Avalanche Storm By Oilers - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. April 4, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2023. In a game of milestones, Sakic reached 600 assists with a pair.
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Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Draft picks

See also

Notes

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