1998–99_New_York_Islanders_season

1998–99 New York Islanders
1998–99 New York Islanders
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	13th Eastern
1998–99 record	24–48–10
Home record	11–23–7
Road record	13–25–3
Goals for	194
Goals against	244
Team information
General manager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Mike Milbury (interim) ; Bill Stewart
Captain	Trevor Linden
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	11,299
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lowell Lock Monsters; Roanoke Express
Team leaders
Goals	Zigmund Palffy (22)
Assists	Robert Reichel (37)
Points	Robert Reichel (56)
Penalty minutes	Gino Odjick (133)
Plus/minus	Vladimir Chebaturkin (+6)
Wins	Tommy Salo (17)
Goals against average	Tommy Salo (2.62)
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1998–99 New York Islanders season

NHL hockey team season

The 1998–99 New York Islanders season was the 27th season in the franchise's history. The Islanders had yet another disappointing season and could not unable to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth straight year.

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R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
3	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	30	14	242	225	90
4	10	New York Rangers	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	10	194	244	58

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

			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
21	Robert Reichel‡	C	70	19	37	56	−15	50
16	Zigmund Palffy	RW	50	22	28	50	−6	34
32	Trevor Linden	RW	82	18	29	47	−14	32
20	Bryan Smolinski	C	82	16	24	40	−7	49
25	Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	78	21	17	38	−10	14
13	Claude Lapointe	C	82	14	23	37	−19	62
44	Mark Lawrence	RW	60	14	16	30	−8	38
29	Kenny Jonsson	D	63	8	18	26	−18	34
12	Mike Watt	LW	75	8	17	25	−2	12
38	Barry Richter	D	72	6	18	24	−4	34
15	Ted Donato†‡	LW	55	7	11	18	−10	27
17	Sergei Nemchinov‡	LW	67	8	8	16	−17	22
34	Bryan Berard‡	D	31	4	11	15	−6	26
4	Eric Brewer	D	63	5	6	11	−14	32
7	Scott Lachance‡	D	59	1	8	9	−19	30
10	Mats Lindgren†	C	12	5	3	8	2	2
3	Zdeno Chara	D	59	2	6	8	−8	83
6	David Harlock	D	70	2	6	8	−16	68
24	Gino Odjick	RW	23	4	3	7	−2	133
11	Kevin Miller	C	33	1	5	6	−5	13
10	Jason Dawe‡	RW	22	2	3	5	0	8
11	Craig Janney†	C	18	1	4	5	−2	4
2	Rich Pilon	D	52	0	4	4	−8	88
14	Joe Sacco	RW	73	3	0	3	−24	45
33	Eric Cairns†	D	9	0	3	3	1	23
33	Ken Belanger‡	LW	9	1	1	2	1	30
36	Ted Crowley†	D	6	1	1	2	0	0
37	Dmitri Nabokov	C	4	0	2	2	4	2
49	Vladimir Orszagh	RW	12	1	0	1	2	6
15	Tom Chorske‡	LW	2	0	1	1	1	2
39	Dean Malkoc	D	2	0	1	1	3	7
55	Vladimir Chebaturkin	D	8	0	0	0	6	12
1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Marcel Cousineau	G	6	0	0	0		0
30	Wade Flaherty	G	20	0	0	0		4
18	Mike Hough	LW	11	0	0	0	−2	2
67	Mike Kennedy	C	1	0	0	0	0	2
48	Warren Luhning	RW	11	0	0	0	−4	8
28	Felix Potvin†	G	11	0	0	0		0
35	Tommy Salo‡	G	51	0	0	0		12
36	Ray Schultz	D	4	0	0	0	−2	7
8	Steve Webb	RW	45	0	0	0	−10	32

		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Tommy Salo‡	51	17	26	7	1368	132	2.62	.904	5	3018
30	Wade Flaherty	20	5	11	2	491	53	3.03	.892	0	1048
28	Felix Potvin†	11	2	7	1	345	37	3.66	.893	0	606
1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Marcel Cousineau	6	0	4	0	119	14	2.87	.882	0	293

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Kenny Jonsson^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[5]
Team	Bob Nystrom Award	Claude Lapointe	^[6]

1998–99_New_York_Islanders_season

1998–99 New York Islanders season

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Draft picks

Notes

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	9	Mike Rupp	United States	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	36	Chris Nielsen	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
4	95	Andy Burnham	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
5	123	Jiri Dopita	Czech Republic	Petra Vsetín (Czech Republic)
6	155	Kevin Clauson	United States	Western Michigan University (CCHA)
7	182	Evgeny Korolev	Russia	London Knights (OHL)
8	209	Frederick Brind'Amour	Canada	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
9	237	Ben Blais	United States	Walpole High School (USHS-MA)
9	242	Jason Doyle	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
9	250	Radek Matejovsky	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)