1998–99 New Jersey Devils season

The 1998–99 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 17th in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. Despite winning the Atlantic Division and being the top seed in the Eastern Conference, the Devils were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. The Devils' 28 regular-season road wins were the most in the NHL.

1998–99 New Jersey Devils
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
1998–99 record	47–24–11
Home record	19–14–8
Road record	28–10–3
Goals for	248
Goals against	196
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Robbie Ftorek
Captain	Scott Stevens
Alternate captains	Denis Pederson Ken Daneyko Randy McKay
Arena	Continental Airlines Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Petr Sykora (29)
Assists	Petr Sykora (43)
Points	Petr Sykora (72)
Penalty minutes	Krzysztof Oliwa (240)
Plus/minus	Scott Stevens (+29)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (39)
Goals against average	Martin Brodeur (2.29)

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division

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

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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	L	October 10, 1998	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	0–1–0
2	L	October 14, 1998	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	0–2–0
3	W	October 16, 1998	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1998	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	1–3–0
5	W	October 22, 1998	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	2–3–0
6	W	October 24, 1998	3–1	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	3–3–0
7	L	October 28, 1998	0–4	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	3–4–0
8	W	October 29, 1998	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	4–4–0
9	W	October 31, 1998	3–1	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	5–4–0
10	W	November 3, 1998	3–1	New York Rangers (1998–99)	6–4–0
11	W	November 7, 1998	4–3	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	7–4–0
13	W	November 11, 1998	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	8–5–0
14	W	November 13, 1998	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	9–5–0
15	L	November 14, 1998	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	9–6–0
16	W	November 19, 1998	3–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	10–6–0
17	T	November 21, 1998	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	10–6–1
18	W	November 22, 1998	5–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	11–6–1
19	W	November 25, 1998	5–2	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	12–6–1
20	L	November 26, 1998	2–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	12–7–1
21	W	November 28, 1998	3–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	13–7–1
22	W	December 1, 1998	4–0	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	14–7–1
23	T	December 4, 1998	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	14–7–2
24	W	December 5, 1998	7–5	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	15–7–2
25	T	December 8, 1998	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	15–7–3
26	W	December 10, 1998	5–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	16–7–3
27	W	December 12, 1998	5–3	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	17–7–3
28	W	December 16, 1998	6–3	New York Rangers (1998–99)	18–7–3
29	L	December 18, 1998	2–5	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	18–8–3
30	T	December 19, 1998	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	18–8–4
31	W	December 23, 1998	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	19–8–4
32	L	December 26, 1998	0–2	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	19–9–4
33	W	December 28, 1998	7–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	20–9–4
34	W	December 30, 1998	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	21–9–4
35	L	January 2, 1999	0–6	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	21–10–4
36	T	January 5, 1999	3–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	21–10–5
37	W	January 6, 1999	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	22–10–5
38	L	January 9, 1999	2–3	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	22–11–5
39	L	January 11, 1999	2–4	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	22–12–5
40	L	January 14, 1999	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	22–13–5
41	W	January 15, 1999	3–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	23–13–5
42	L	January 18, 1999	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	23–14–5
43	W	January 20, 1999	4–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	24–14–5
44	W	January 21, 1999	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	25–14–5
45	W	January 26, 1999	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	26–14–5
46	W	January 28, 1999	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	27–14–5
47	L	January 30, 1999	2–3 OT	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	27–15–5
48	T	February 1, 1999	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	27–15–6
49	W	February 3, 1999	4–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	28–15–6
50	W	February 4, 1999	2–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	29–15–6
51	L	February 6, 1999	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	29–16–6
52	L	February 9, 1999	3–4	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	29–17–6
53	L	February 12, 1999	2–3	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	29–18–6
54	W	February 13, 1999	6–4	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	30–18–6
55	T	February 15, 1999	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	30–18–7
56	W	February 17, 1999	7–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	31–18–7
57	L	February 19, 1999	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	31–19–7
58	L	February 20, 1999	2–3	New York Islanders (1998–99)	31–20–7
59	W	February 22, 1999	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	32–20–7
60	T	February 25, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	32–20–8
61	W	February 28, 1999	4–1	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	33–20–8
62	W	March 3, 1999	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	34–20–8
63	L	March 5, 1999	1–4	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	34–21–8
64	W	March 7, 1999	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	35–21–8
65	W	March 9, 1999	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	36–21–8
66	W	March 15, 1999	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	37–21–8
67	W	March 17, 1999	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	38–21–8
68	L	March 20, 1999	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	38–22–8
69	T	March 23, 1999	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	38–22–9
70	W	March 25, 1999	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	39–22–9
71	T	March 27, 1999	4–4 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	39–22–10
72	T	March 28, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	39–22–11
73	W	March 31, 1999	7–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	40–22–11
74	W	April 3, 1999	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	41–22–11
75	W	April 4, 1999	4–1	New York Rangers (1998–99)	42–22–11
76	L	April 6, 1999	2–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	42–23–11
77	W	April 8, 1999	1–0	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	43–23–11
78	W	April 10, 1999	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	44–23–11
79	L	April 12, 1999	2–4	New York Islanders (1998–99)	44–24–11
80	W	April 14, 1999	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	45–24–11
81	W	April 16, 1999	3–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	46–24–11
82	W	April 17, 1999	4–1	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	47–24–11

Playoffs

• note that teams in bold were the winner of the game. Scores are listed winner-loser style, not away-home style

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals

The Devils opened the 1999 playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins having only reached the second round of the playoffs once in the three years following its 1995 Cup win. They appeared to be on their way to a series victory against the Penguins when they led Game 6 late; but Pittsburgh's Jaromir Jagr, silent all series to that point, scored with two minutes to go in the third to send the game to overtime and later scored the overtime winner to ensure a seventh game . The Devils never recovered, never once leading in Game 7 before eventually losing 4–2 .

New Jersey (1) vs. Pittsburgh (8) Date Away Home OT Score April 22 Pittsburgh New Jersey 3 – 1 April 24 Pittsburgh New Jersey 4 – 1 April 25 New Jersey Pittsburgh 4 – 2 April 27 New Jersey Pittsburgh 4 – 2 April 30 Pittsburgh New Jersey 4 – 3 May 2 New Jersey Pittsburgh OT 3 – 2 May 4 Pittsburgh New Jersey 4 – 2 Pittsburgh wins series 4 – 3

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Petr Sykora	RW	80	29	43	72	22	16	15	0	7
Bobby Holik	C	78	27	37	64	119	16	5	0	8
Brian Rolston	C/RW	82	24	33	57	14	11	5	5	3
Jason Arnott	C	74	27	27	54	79	10	8	0	3
Patrik Elias	LW	74	17	33	50	34	19	3	0	2
Brendan Morrison	C	76	13	33	46	18	-4	5	0	2
Scott Niedermayer	D	72	11	35	46	26	16	1	1	3
Randy McKay	RW	70	17	20	37	143	10	3	0	5
Lyle Odelein	D	70	5	26	31	114	6	1	0	0
Dave Andreychuk	LW	52	15	13	28	20	1	4	0	3
Jay Pandolfo	LW	70	14	13	27	10	3	1	1	4
Vadim Sharifijanov	LW	53	11	16	27	28	11	1	0	2
Scott Stevens	D	75	5	22	27	64	29	0	0	1
Denis Pederson	C/RW	76	11	12	23	66	-10	3	0	1
Sergei Brylin	LW	47	5	10	15	28	8	3	0	1
Krzysztof Oliwa	LW	64	5	7	12	240	4	0	0	1
Ken Daneyko	D	82	2	9	11	63	27	0	0	0
Kevin Dean	D	62	1	10	11	22	4	1	0	0
Bob Carpenter	C	56	2	8	10	36	-3	0	0	0
Brad Bombardir	D	56	1	7	8	16	-4	0	0	0
Sheldon Souray	D	70	1	7	8	110	5	0	0	0
Sergei Nemchinov	LW	10	4	0	4	6	4	1	0	1
Martin Brodeur	G	70	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Sasha Lakovic	RW	16	0	3	3	59	0	0	0	0
Ken Sutton	D	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
John Madden	C	4	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Daniels	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Muir	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Martin Brodeur	4239	70	39	21	10	162	2.29	4	1728	1566	.906
Chris Terreri	726	12	8	3	1	30	2.48	1	294	264	.898
Team:	4965	82	47	24	11	192	2.32	5	2022	1830	.905

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bobby Holik	C	7	0	7	7	6	0	0	0
Petr Sykora	RW	7	3	3	6	4	0	0	1
Randy McKay	RW	7	3	2	5	2	0	0	1
Patrik Elias	LW	7	0	5	5	6	0	0	0
Sergei Brylin	LW	5	3	1	4	4	1	0	1
Jason Arnott	C	7	2	2	4	4	1	0	0
Scott Niedermayer	D	7	1	3	4	18	1	0	0
Scott Stevens	D	7	2	1	3	10	2	0	0
Lyle Odelein	D	7	0	3	3	10	0	0	0
Dave Andreychuk	LW	4	2	0	2	4	0	0	0
Martin Brodeur	G	7	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Brendan Morrison	C	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jay Pandolfo	LW	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Brian Rolston	C/RW	7	1	0	1	2	0	1	0
Denis Pederson	C/RW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sheldon Souray	D	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brad Bombardir	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Carpenter	C	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Ken Daneyko	D	7	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Kevin Dean	D	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sergei Nemchinov	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Krzysztof Oliwa	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Vadim Sharifijanov	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Martin Brodeur	425	7	3	4	20	2.82	0	139	119	.856
Team:	425	7	3	4	20	2.82	0	139	119	.856

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	26	Mike Van Ryn	Canada	D	University of Michigan (CCHA)
1	27	Scott Gomez	United States	C	Tri-City Americans (WHL)	[4]
2	37	Christian Berglund	Sweden	C	Farjestad BK (Elitserien)
3	82	Brian Gionta	United States	RW	Boston College (Hockey East)	[5]
4	96	Mikko Jokela	Finland	D	HIFK (SM-liiga)	[6]
4	105	Pierre Dagenais	Canada	LW	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)	[7]
5	119	Anton But	Russia	LW	Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague)	[8]
5	143	Ryan Flinn	Canada	LW	Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL)
6	172	Jacques Lariviere	Canada	LW	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
7	199	Erik Jensen	United States	W	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
8	227	Marko Ahosilta	Finland	F	KalPa (SM-liiga)
9	257	Ryan Held	Canada	W	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)

See also

• 1998–99 NHL season

References

Bibliography

• Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
• "1998–99 New Jersey Devils Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
• "1998-99 Player Statistics". hockeyDB. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
• "Devils team photo". NewJerseyDevils. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
• "1998-99 National Hockey League rankings and records". HockeyDB. Archived from the original on 31 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-05.

1. Dinger 2011, p. 155.
2. "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
3. "1998-99 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
4. The Devils acquired the 1998 first-round pick from Dallas for Carolina's 1998 second-round pick (used on John Erskine) and the Devils' 1998 second-round pick (used on Tyler Bouck) on June 27, 1998.
5. The Devils acquired the 1998 third-round pick (originally Pittsburgh's) from Edmonton for the Devils' 1998 fourth-round pick (used on Kristian Antila), 1998 fifth-round pick (used on Oleg Smirnov), and the rights to Fredrik Lindqvist on June 27, 1998. The Devils' original third-round pick was traded to San Jose for Vlastimil Kroupa on August 22, 1997.
6. The Devils acquired the 1998 fourth-round pick from Chicago for Reid Simpson on January 8, 1998.
7. The Devils acquired the 1998 fourth-round pick (originally Boston's) from Los Angeles for Doug Bodger on June 18, 1998. The Devils' original fourth-round pick had been traded to Edmonton (see above note for Brian Gionta).
8. The Devils acquired the 1998 fifth-round pick from Vancouver for Peter Zezel on February 5, 1998.