1998–99 Florida Panthers season

The 1998–99 Florida Panthers season was their sixth season in the National Hockey League. The Panthers missed the playoffs, but made a big acquisition of Pavel Bure during the season.

1998–99 Florida Panthers
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
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)

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division

R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
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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Eastern Conference[2]

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

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1998	4–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	1–0–0
2	W	October 10, 1998	1–0	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	2–0–0
3	T	October 16, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	2–0–1
4	T	October 21, 1998	1–1 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	2–0–2
5	L	October 23, 1998	0–5	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	2–1–2
6	T	October 24, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	2–1–3
7	L	October 28, 1998	2–7	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	2–2–3
8	W	October 30, 1998	7–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	3–2–3
9	L	October 31, 1998	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	3–3–3
10	L	November 2, 1998	2–6	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	3–4–3
11	W	November 4, 1998	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	4–4–3
12	L	November 7, 1998	3–4	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	4–5–3
13	W	November 11, 1998	4–1	New York Rangers (1998–99)	5–5–3
14	W	November 12, 1998	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	6–5–3
15	L	November 14, 1998	0–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	6–6–3
16	T	November 19, 1998	5–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	6–6–4
17	T	November 21, 1998	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	6–6–5
18	L	November 22, 1998	1–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	6–7–5
19	L	November 25, 1998	0–1	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	6–8–5
20	W	November 27, 1998	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	7–8–5
21	W	November 28, 1998	6–2	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	8–8–5
22	L	December 1, 1998	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	8–9–5
23	L	December 2, 1998	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	8–10–5
24	T	December 5, 1998	3–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	8–10–6
25	W	December 9, 1998	6–5	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	9–10–6
26	L	December 12, 1998	2–4	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	9–11–6
27	W	December 16, 1998	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	10–11–6
28	W	December 19, 1998	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	11–11–6
29	L	December 23, 1998	0–4	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	11–12–6
30	W	December 26, 1998	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	12–12–6
31	W	December 28, 1998	5–1	New York Islanders (1998–99)	13–12–6
32	L	December 30, 1998	4–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	13–13–6
33	T	January 1, 1999	3–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	13–13–7
34	L	January 2, 1999	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	13–14–7
35	T	January 5, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	13–14–8
36	T	January 6, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	13–14–9
37	T	January 8, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	13–14–10
38	W	January 10, 1999	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	14–14–10
39	T	January 13, 1999	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	14–14–11
40	L	January 14, 1999	2–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	14–15–11
41	W	January 16, 1999	1–0	New York Islanders (1998–99)	15–15–11
42	L	January 18, 1999	0–4	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	15–16–11
43	W	January 20, 1999	5–2	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	16–16–11
44	W	January 21, 1999	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	17–16–11
45	T	January 26, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	17–16–12
46	W	January 27, 1999	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	18–16–12
47	L	January 30, 1999	2–5	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	18–17–12
48	W	February 3, 1999	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	19–17–12
49	L	February 5, 1999	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	19–18–12
50	T	February 6, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	19–18–13
51	L	February 8, 1999	4–5	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	19–19–13
52	W	February 11, 1999	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	20–19–13
53	L	February 13, 1999	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	20–20–13
54	T	February 15, 1999	2–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	20–20–14
55	L	February 17, 1999	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	20–21–14
56	T	February 18, 1999	0–0 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	20–21–15
57	W	February 20, 1999	7–1	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	21–21–15
58	W	February 24, 1999	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	22–21–15
59	T	February 26, 1999	5–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	22–21–16
60	L	February 27, 1999	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	22–22–16
61	L	March 3, 1999	5–7	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	22–23–16
62	T	March 6, 1999	2–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	22–23–17
63	W	March 8, 1999	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	23–23–17
64	L	March 9, 1999	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	23–24–17
65	W	March 11, 1999	2–1	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	24–24–17
66	W	March 13, 1999	1–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	25–24–17
67	L	March 17, 1999	2–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	25–25–17
68	L	March 20, 1999	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	25–26–17
69	W	March 21, 1999	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	26–26–17
70	L	March 24, 1999	1–2	New York Rangers (1998–99)	26–27–17
71	W	March 26, 1999	4–1	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	27–27–17
72	T	March 28, 1999	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	27–27–18
73	L	March 31, 1999	3–5	New York Islanders (1998–99)	27–28–18
74	L	April 1, 1999	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	27–29–18
75	L	April 3, 1999	4–6	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	27–30–18
76	L	April 5, 1999	0–3	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	27–31–18
77	L	April 7, 1999	2–5	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	27–32–18
78	L	April 9, 1999	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	27–33–18
79	L	April 10, 1999	1–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	27–34–18
80	W	April 12, 1999	2–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	28–34–18
81	W	April 14, 1999	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	29–34–18
82	W	April 17, 1999	6–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	30–34–18

Playoffs

The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 1997.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Ray Whitney LW 81 26 38 64 18 -3 7 0 6 Rob Niedermayer C 82 18 33 51 50 -13 6 1 3 Viktor Kozlov C 65 16 35 51 24 13 5 1 1 Scott Mellanby RW 67 18 27 45 85 5 4 0 3 Radek Dvorak RW 82 19 24 43 29 7 0 4 0 Mark Parrish RW 73 24 13 37 25 -6 5 0 5 Robert Svehla D 80 8 29 37 83 -13 4 0 0 Bill Lindsay RW 75 12 15 27 92 -1 0 1 2 Oleg Kvasha LW/C 68 12 13 25 45 5 4 0 2 Johan Garpenlov LW 64 8 9 17 42 -9 0 1 0 Pavel Bure RW 11 13 3 16 4 3 5 1 0 Ed Jovanovski D 41 3 13 16 82 -4 1 0 1 Kirk Muller LW 82 4 11 15 49 -11 0 0 1 Jaroslav Spacek D 63 3 12 15 28 15 2 1 0 Dave Gagner C 36 4 10 14 39 -7 2 0 0 Terry Carkner D 62 2 9 11 54 0 0 0 0 Bret Hedican D 25 3 7 10 17 -2 0 0 1 Paul Laus D 75 1 9 10 218 -1 0 0 0 Peter Worrell LW 62 4 5 9 258 0 0 0 2 Dan Boyle D 22 3 5 8 6 0 1 0 1 Dino Ciccarelli RW 14 6 1 7 27 -1 5 0 1 Gord Murphy D 51 0 7 7 16 4 0 0 0 Rhett Warrener D 48 0 7 7 64 -1 0 0 0 Alex Hicks LW 51 0 6 6 58 -4 0 0 0 Sean Burke G 59 0 4 4 27 0 0 0 0 Marcus Nilson LW 8 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 1 Peter Ratchuk D 24 1 1 2 10 -1 0 0 0 Chris Wells C 20 0 2 2 31 -4 0 0 0 Ryan Johnson C 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Filip Kuba D 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 David Nemirovsky RW 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Jeff Ware D 6 0 1 1 6 -6 0 0 0 Chris Allen D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Viacheslav Butsayev C 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Dwayne Hay LW 9 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 John Jakopin D 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Kirk McLean G 30 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jeff Norton D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Herberts Vasiljevs RW 5 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Steve Washburn C 4 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Mike Wilson D 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Sean Burke 3402 59 21 24 14 151 2.66 3 1624 1473 .907 Kirk McLean 1597 30 9 10 4 73 2.74 2 727 654 .900 Team: 4999 82 30 34 18 224 2.69 5 2351 2127 .905

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

Florida's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
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)

References

• Panthers on Hockey Database

1. Dinger 2011, p. 155.
2. "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
3. "1998-99 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

Bibliography

• Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.