1998–99_Vancouver_Canucks_season

1998–99 Vancouver Canucks season

NHL hockey team season

The 1998–99 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 29th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

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1998–99 Vancouver Canucks
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	13th Western
1998–99 record	23–47–12
Home record	14–21–6
Road record	9–26–6
Goals for	192
Goals against	258
Team information
General manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Mike Keenan (Oct 12, 1998 – Jan 19, 1999) Marc Crawford (from Jan 19, 1999)
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Bryan McCabe Mattias Ohlund
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	15,806^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Markus Naslund (36)
Assists	Mark Messier (35)
Points	Markus Naslund (66)
Penalty minutes	Donald Brashear (209)
Plus/minus	Bret Hedican (+7)
Wins	Garth Snow (20)
Goals against average	Garth Snow (2.93)
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Off-season

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Regular season

The Canucks led the league in power-play opportunities against, with 450, and short-handed goals, with 17.^[2]

Final standings

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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

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Western Conference^[4]
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^[5]

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	W	October 12, 1998	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	1–0–0	Recap
2	L	October 14, 1998	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	1–1–0	Recap
3	W	October 17, 1998	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	2–1–0	Recap
4	L	October 20, 1998	1–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	2–2–0	Recap
5	W	October 21, 1998	2–1	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	3–2–0	Recap
6	W	October 23, 1998	5–0	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	4–2–0	Recap
7	L	October 25, 1998	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	4–3–0	Recap
8	L	October 27, 1998	4–5	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	4–4–0	Recap
9	T	October 30, 1998	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	4–4–1	Recap

November: 5–9–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–6–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
10	W	November 1, 1998	4–1	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	5–4–1	Recap
11	L	November 2, 1998	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	5–5–1	Recap
12	W	November 7, 1998	5–3	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	6–5–1	Recap
13	L	November 9, 1998	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	6–6–1	Recap
14	W	November 12, 1998	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	7–6–1	Recap
15	W	November 13, 1998	5–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	8–6–1	Recap
16	L	November 15, 1998	1–2	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	8–7–1	Recap
17	L	November 18, 1998	2–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	8–8–1	Recap
18	W	November 19, 1998	5–0	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	9–8–1	Recap
19	L	November 21, 1998	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	9–9–1	Recap
20	L	November 23, 1998	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	9–10–1	Recap
21	L	November 25, 1998	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	9–11–1	Recap
22	L	November 27, 1998	1–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	9–12–1	Recap
23	L	November 29, 1998	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	9–13–1	Recap

December: 4–6–3 (home: 3–3–1; road: 1–3–2)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
24	T	December 1, 1998	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	9–13–2	Recap
25	W	December 4, 1998	4–1	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	10–13–2	Recap
26	T	December 6, 1998	3–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	10–13–3	Recap
27	T	December 9, 1998	4–4 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	10–13–4	Recap
28	L	December 12, 1998	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	10–14–4	Recap
29	W	December 17, 1998	2–1	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	11–14–4	Recap
30	L	December 19, 1998	4–6	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	11–15–4	Recap
31	W	December 22, 1998	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	12–15–4	Recap
32	W	December 23, 1998	5–2	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	13–15–4	Recap
33	L	December 26, 1998	0–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	13–16–4	Recap
34	L	December 27, 1998	0–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	13–17–4	Recap
35	L	December 29, 1998	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	13–18–4	Recap
36	L	December 31, 1998	2–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	13–19–4	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
37	L	January 2, 1999	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	13–20–4	Recap
38	L	January 4, 1999	0–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	13–21–4	Recap
39	L	January 6, 1999	4–6	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	13–22–4	Recap
40	T	January 8, 1999	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	13–22–5	Recap
41	W	January 10, 1999	2–0	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	14–22–5	Recap
42	L	January 14, 1999	1–3	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	14–23–5	Recap
43	T	January 16, 1999	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	14–23–6	Recap
44	W	January 18, 1999	5–3	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	15–23–6	Recap
45	L	January 19, 1999	1–4	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	15–24–6	Recap
46	L	January 28, 1999	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	15–25–6	Recap
47	W	January 30, 1999	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	16–25–6	Recap

February: 3–8–3 (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–5–3)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
48	L	February 1, 1999	0–1	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	16–26–6	Recap
49	L	February 3, 1999	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	16–27–6	Recap
50	L	February 4, 1999	4–8	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	16–28–6	Recap
51	T	February 7, 1999	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	16–28–7	Recap
52	W	February 9, 1999	4–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	17–28–7	Recap
53	L	February 11, 1999	5–6 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	17–29–7	Recap
54	W	February 13, 1999	3–1	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	18–29–7	Recap
55	L	February 15, 1999	1–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	18–30–7	Recap
56	L	February 17, 1999	0–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	18–31–7	Recap
57	L	February 20, 1999	1–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	18–32–7	Recap
58	T	February 23, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	18–32–8	Recap
59	T	February 24, 1999	1–1 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	18–32–9	Recap
60	W	February 26, 1999	1–0	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	19–32–9	Recap
61	L	February 28, 1999	0–2	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	19–33–9	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
62	L	March 3, 1999	3–4	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	19–34–9	Recap
63	L	March 5, 1999	1–5	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	19–35–9	Recap
64	T	March 7, 1999	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	19–35–10	Recap
65	T	March 10, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	19–35–11	Recap
66	W	March 11, 1999	3–0	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	20–35–11	Recap
67	L	March 13, 1999	1–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	20–36–11	Recap
68	L	March 15, 1999	1–2	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	20–37–11	Recap
69	L	March 19, 1999	1–3	New York Islanders (1998–99)	20–38–11	Recap
70	L	March 20, 1999	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	20–39–11	Recap
71	L	March 24, 1999	2–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	20–40–11	Recap
72	L	March 25, 1999	1–4	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	20–41–11	Recap
73	W	March 27, 1999	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	21–41–11	Recap
74	W	March 29, 1999	1–0	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	22–41–11	Recap
75	L	March 31, 1999	5–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	22–42–11	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
76	L	April 2, 1999	0–7	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	22–43–11	Recap
77	L	April 3, 1999	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	22–44–11	Recap
78	L	April 5, 1999	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	22–45–11	Recap
79	L	April 7, 1999	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	22–46–11	Recap
80	T	April 10, 1999	1–1 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	22–46–12	Recap
81	W	April 12, 1999	2–0	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	23–46–12	Recap
82	L	April 14, 1999	4–5	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	23–47–12	Recap

Legend:

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

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

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			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Markus Naslund	RW	80	36	30	66	−13	74
11	Mark Messier	C	59	13	35	48	−12	33
89	Alexander Mogilny	RW	59	14	31	45	0	58
17	Bill Muckalt	RW	73	16	20	36	−9	98
2	Mattias Ohlund	D	74	9	26	35	−19	83
6	Adrian Aucoin	D	82	23	11	34	−14	77
20	Dave Scatchard	C	82	13	13	26	−12	140
4	Bryan McCabe	D	69	7	14	21	−11	120
8	Donald Brashear	LW	82	8	10	18	−25	209
9	Brad May	LW	66	6	11	17	−14	102
44	Todd Bertuzzi	C	32	8	8	16	−6	44
27	Harry York†	C	49	7	9	16	−2	20
22	Peter Zezel‡	C	41	6	8	14	5	16
26	Trent Klatt†	RW	73	4	10	14	−3	12
15	Dave Gagner†	C	33	2	12	14	−9	24
3	Bret Hedican‡	D	42	2	11	13	7	34
55	Ed Jovanovski†	D	31	2	9	11	−5	44
27	Brandon Convery‡	C	12	2	7	9	5	8
29^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Peter Schaefer	LW	25	4	4	8	−1	8
23	Murray Baron	D	81	2	6	8	−23	115
21^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Josh Holden	C	30	2	4	6	−10	10
14	Darby Hendrickson†	C	27	2	2	4	−15	22
18	Bert Robertsson	D	39	2	2	4	−7	13
34	Jason Strudwick	D	65	0	3	3	−19	114
36	Chris McAllister‡	D	28	1	1	2	−7	63
24	Matt Cooke	LW	30	0	2	2	−12	27
5	Dana Murzyn	D	12	0	2	2	1	21
25	Steve Staios	RW	57	0	2	2	−12	54
3	Brent Sopel	D	5	1	0	1	−1	4
7	Jamie Huscroft‡	D	26	0	1	1	−3	63
30	Garth Snow	G	65	0	1	1		34
7	Robb Gordon	C	4	0	0	0	0	2
31	Corey Hirsch	G	20	0	0	0		0
28	Steve Washburn†	C	8	0	0	0	0	2
35	Kevin Weekes†	G	11	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

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

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Garth Snow	65	20	31	8	1715	171	2.99	.900	6	3501
31	Corey Hirsch	20	3	8	3	435	48	3.13	.890	1	919
35	Kevin Weekes†	11	0	8	1	257	34	3.83	.868	0	532

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Markus Naslund	^[6]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mattias Ohlund^{[lower-alpha 3]}	^[6]
Team	Babe Pratt Trophy	Adrian Aucoin	^[8]
	Cyclone Taylor Trophy	Markus Naslund	^[8]
	Cyrus H. McLean Trophy	Markus Naslund	^[8]
	Fred J. Hume Award	Adrian Aucoin	^[9]
	Molson Cup	Garth Snow	^[10]
	Most Exciting Player Award	Markus Naslund	^[9]

Transactions

Trades

October 19, 1998	To Vancouver Canucks Trent Klatt	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th round pick in 2000 (Jeff Dwyer)
January 18, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks Ed Jovanovski Dave Gagner Mike Brown rights to Kevin Weekes 1st round pick in 2000 (Nathan Smith)	To Florida Panthers Pavel Bure Bret Hedican the rights to Brad Ference 3rd round pick in 2000 (Robert Fried)
March 8, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks future considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Huscroft

Draft picks

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

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Bryan Allen (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
2	31	Artem Chubarov (C)	Russia	Vancouver Canucks	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
3	68	Jarkko Ruutu (W)	Finland	Vancouver Canucks (from New York Islanders)	HIFK (Finland)
3	81	Justin Morrison (RW)	United States	Vancouver Canucks (from Philadelphia Flyers)	Colorado College (WCHA)
4	90	Regan Darby (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
5	136	David Ytfeldt (D)	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	Leksands IF (Sweden)
5	140	Rick Bertran (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6	149	Paul Cabana (W)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL)
7	177	Vince Malts (RW)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
8	204	Craig Mischler (C)	United States	Vancouver Canucks (from Boston Bruins)	Northeastern University (Hockey East)
8	219	Curtis Valentine (LW)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Bowling Green University (CCHA)
9	232	Jason Metcalfe (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	London Knights (OHL)

Farm teams

Syracuse Crunch (AHL)

Notes

Schaefer wore number 15 in his first eight games.
Holden wore number 14 in his first eleven games.
Ohlund was an injury replacement.^[7]

References

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[9]
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[10]
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