1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The Penguins were the least penalized team during the regular season, with just 302 power-play opportunities against. They also allowed the most short-handed goals, with 14.^[1]

Final 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

^[2]

Eastern Conference^[3]
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

1998–99 Schedule

October: 4–3–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–1), 10 Points

November: 6–3–3 (Home: 3–1–3 ; Road: 3–2–0), 15 Points

December: 5–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–1), 12 Points

January: 8–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0), 16 Points

February: 9–5–0 (Home: 7–0–0 ; Road: 2–5–0), 18 Points

March: 4–5–6 (Home: 2–3–5 ; Road: 2–2–1), 14 Points

April: 2–5–1 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–1), 5 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: 4–3 (Home: 2–1 ; Road: 2–2)

Eastern Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (Home: 1–2 ; Road: 1–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Playoff series win

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	81	44	83	127	17	66
Straka, MartinMartin Straka	80	35	48	83	12	26
Titov, GermanGerman Titov	72	11	45	56	18	34
Kovalev, AlexAlex Kovalev^†	63	20	26	46	8	37
Lang, RobertRobert Lang	72	21	23	44	-10 !–10	24
Hrdina, JanJan Hrdina	82	13	29	42	-2 !–2	40
Miller, KipKip Miller	77	19	23	42	1	22
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	66	11	27	38	11	24
Barnes, StuStu Barnes^‡	64	20	12	32	-12 !–12	20
Brown, RobertRobert Brown	58	13	11	24	-15 !–15	16
Werenka, BradBrad Werenka	81	6	18	24	17	93
Slegr, JiriJiri Slegr	63	3	20	23	13	86
Morozov, AlekseyAleksey Morozov	67	9	10	19	5	14
Kesa, DannyDanny Kesa	67	2	8	10	-9 !–9	27
Dollas, BobBob Dollas	70	2	8	10	-3 !–3	60
Moran, IanIan Moran	62	4	5	9	1	37
Galanov, MaximMaxim Galanov	51	4	3	7	-8 !–8	14
Serowik, JeffJeff Serowik	26	0	6	6	-4 !–4	16
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	48	1	4	5	12	70
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby^†	18	2	2	4	-10 !–10	34
Sonnenberg, MartinMartin Sonnenberg	44	1	1	2	-2 !–2	19
Lebeau, PatrickPatrick Lebeau	8	1	0	1	-2 !–2	2
Andrusak, GregGreg Andrusak	7	0	1	1	4	4
Ignatjev, VictorVictor Ignatjev	11	0	1	1	-3 !–3	6
Pronger, SeanSean Pronger^‡	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kelleher, ChrisChris Kelleher	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bonin, BrianBrian Bonin	5	0	0	0	-2 !–2	0
York, HarryHarry York^†‡	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer^‡	11	0	0	0	-2 !–2	32
Wright, TylerTyler Wright	61	0	0	0	-2 !–2	90
Wilkinson, NeilNeil Wilkinson	24	0	0	0	-2 !–2	22
Savoia, RyanRyan Savoia	3	0	0	0	-1 !–1	0
Skrbek, PavelPavel Skrbek	4	0	0	0	2	2
Butenschon, SvenSven Butenschon	17	0	0	0	-7 !–7	6
Total		242	414	656	—	943

Playoffs^[5]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Straka, MartinMartin Straka	13	6	9	15	0	6
Kovalev, AlexAlex Kovalev	10	5	7	12	0	14
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	9	5	7	12	1	16
Miller, KipKip Miller	13	2	7	9	-1 !–1	19
Titov, GermanGerman Titov	11	3	5	8	4	4
Brown, RobertRobert Brown	13	2	5	7	-2 !–2	8
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	13	2	3	5	1	4
Hrdina, JanJan Hrdina	13	4	1	5	-1 !–1	12
Slegr, JiriJiri Slegr	13	1	3	4	1	12
Morozov, AlekseyAleksey Morozov	10	1	1	2	1	0
Lang, RobertRobert Lang	12	0	2	2	-3 !–3	0
Werenka, BradBrad Werenka	13	1	1	2	0	6
Moran, IanIan Moran	13	0	2	2	-3 !–3	8
Kesa, DannyDanny Kesa	13	1	0	1	-2 !–2	0
Andrusak, GregGreg Andrusak	12	1	0	1	-1 !–1	6
Dollas, BobBob Dollas	13	1	0	1	-4 !–4	6
Wright, TylerTyler Wright	13	0	0	0	-2 !–2	19
Ignatjev, VictorVictor Ignatjev	1	0	0	0	0	2
Hlushko, ToddTodd Hlushko	2	0	0	0	0	0
Galanov, MaximMaxim Galanov	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bonin, BrianBrian Bonin	3	0	0	0	-1 !–1	0
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby	13	0	0	0	-2 !–2	35
Sonnenberg, MartinMartin Sonnenberg	7	0	0	0	-2 !–2	0
Total		35	53	88	—	177

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[6]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	43	43	2306:15	19	16	3	98	2.55	993	0.901	4	3	20
Skudra, PeterPeter Skudra	37	27	1914:12	15	11	5	89	2.79	822	0.892	3	0	2
Aubin, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Aubin	17	11	756:15	4	3	6	28	2.22	304	0.908	2	0	0
Total		81	4976:42	38	30	14	215	2.59	2119	0.899	9	3	22

Playoffs^[7]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	13	13	787:20	6	7	0	35	2.67	350	0.90	1	0	0	4
Total		13	787:20	6	7	0	35	2.67	350	0.90	1	0	0	4

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season:^[8]

Trades

November 25, 1998	To New York Rangers Petr Nedved Sean Pronger Chris Tamer	To Pittsburgh Penguins Alexei Kovalev Harry York future considerations
February 10, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean O`Brien	To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations
March 11, 1999	To Buffalo Sabres Stu Barnes	To Pittsburgh Penguins Matthew Barnaby
March 18, 1999	To Tampa Bay Lightning future considerations (cash)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Brent Peterson

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Date
Dan Kesa	Hartford Whalers	August 20, 1998

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Date
Ron Francis	Carolina Hurricanes	July 13, 1998
Stefan Bergkvist	Leksands IF (Sweden)	July 14, 1998
Domenic Pittis	Buffalo Sabres	August 10, 1998
Chris Ferraro	Edmonton Oilers	August 13, 1998
Ed Olczyk	Chicago Blackhawks	August 26, 1998
Joe Dziedzic	Phoenix Coyotes	August 27, 1998
Fredrik Olausson	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	August 28, 1998
Andreas Johansson	Ottawa Senators	September 29, 1998
Maxim Galanov	Atlanta Thrashers (Expansion Draft)	June 25, 1999

Claimed via waivers

Date	Player	Previous team
October 5, 1998	Kip Miller	New York Islanders
October 5, 1998	Maxim Galanov	New York Rangers

Lost via waivers

Date	Player	New team
December 8, 1998	Harry York	Vancouver Canucks

Player signings

Player	Date
Sean Pronger	August 10, 1998
Rob Brown	August 11, 1998
Sean O'Brien	August 11, 1998
Viktors Ignatjevs	August 11, 1998
Robert Lang	September 22, 1998
Martin Sonnenberg	October 9, 1998
Brian Leitza	October 12, 1998
Patrick Lebeau	October 18, 1998
Greg Andrusak	March 19, 1999
Hans Jonsson	June 21, 1999

Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
49	CAN !	Andrusak, GregGreg Andrusak	2.0 !D	R	29	1988	Cranbrook, British Columbia
30	CAN !	Aubin, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Aubin	1.0 !G	R	21	1995	Montreal, Quebec
36	CAN !	Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby	7.0 !RW	L	26	1992	Ottawa, Ontario
35	USA !	Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	1.0 !G	R	34	1983	Boston, Massachusetts
17	USA !	Bonin, BrianBrian Bonin	4.0 !C	L	25	1992	St. Paul, Minnesota
44	CAN !	Brown, RobertRobert Brown	7.0 !RW	L	31	1986	Kingston, Ontario
22	DEU !	Butenschon, SvenSven Butenschon	2.0 !D	L	23	1994	Itzehoe, Germany
8	CAN !	Dollas, BobBob Dollas	2.0 !D	L	34	1983	Montreal, Quebec
47	RUS !	Galanov, MaximMaxim Galanov	2.0 !D	L	25	1993	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
4	USA !	Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	2.0 !D	R	32	1984	Detroit, Michigan
38	CZE !	Hrdina, JanJan Hrdina	4.0 !C	R	23	1995	Hradec, Czech Republic
46	LVA !	Ignatjev, VictorVictor Ignatjev	2.0 !D	R	29	1992	Riga, Latvia
68	CZE !	Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	7.0 !RW	L	27	1990	Kladno, Czech Republic
11	RUS !	Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	2.0 !D	L	26	1992	Elektrenai, Lithuania
48	USA !	Kelleher, ChrisChris Kelleher	2.0 !D	L	24	1993	Cambridge, Massachusetts
25/28	CAN !	Kesa, DannyDanny Kesa	7.0 !RW	R	27	1991	Vancouver, British Columbia
27	RUS !	Kovalev, AlexAlex Kovalev	7.0 !RW	L	26	1991	Togliatti, Russia
20	CZE !	Lang, RobertRobert Lang	4.0 !C	R	28	1990	Teplice, Czech Republic
18	CAN !	Lebeau, PatrickPatrick Lebeau	6.0 !LW	L	29	1989	St. Jerome, Quebec
37	USA !	Miller, KipKip Miller	4.0 !C	L	30	1987	Lansing, Michigan
24	USA !	Moran, IanIan Moran	2.0 !D	R	26	1990	Cleveland, Ohio
95	RUS !	Morozov, AlekseyAleksey Morozov	7.0 !RW	L	22	1995	Moscow, Russia
0	UKR !	Protsenko, BorisBoris Protsenko	7.0 !RW	R	20	1996	Kiev, Ukraine
18	CAN !	Savoia, RyanRyan Savoia	4.0 !C	R	26	Undrafted	Thorold, Ontario
16/48	USA !	Serowik, JeffJeff Serowik	2.0 !D	R	32	1985	Manchester, New Hampshire
46	CZE !	Skrbek, PavelPavel Skrbek	2.0 !D	R	20	1996	Kladno, Czech Republic
1	LVA !	Skudra, PeterPeter Skudra	1.0 !G	L	26	Undrafted	Riga, Latvia
71	CZE !	Slegr, JiriJiri Slegr	2.0 !D	L	28	1990	Jihlava, Czech Republic
12/45	CAN !	Sonnenberg, MartinMartin Sonnenberg	6.0 !LW	L	21	Undrafted	Wetaskiwin, Alberta
82	CZE !	Straka, MartinMartin Straka	4.0 !C	L	26	1992	Plzen, Czech Republic
9	RUS !	Titov, GermanGerman Titov	4.0 !C	L	33	1993	Moscow, Russia
5	CAN !	Werenka, BradBrad Werenka	2.0 !D	L	30	1987	Two Hills, Alberta
6	CAN !	Wilkinson, NeilNeil Wilkinson	2.0 !D	R	31	1986	Selkirk, Manitoba
29	CAN !	Wright, TylerTyler Wright	4.0 !C	R	26	1991	Kamsac, Saskatchewan

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.^[9]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	23	Milan Kraft	Center	Czech Republic	Keramika Plzen (Czech)
2	54	Alexander Zevakhin	Right Wing	Russia	CSKA Moskow (RSL)
3	80^[a]	David Cameron	Center	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	110	Scott Meyers	Goaltender	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
5	134^[b]	Rob Scuderi	Defense	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
6	169	Jan Fadrny	Center	Czech Republic	Slavia Praha (Czech)
7	196	Joel Scherban	Center	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
8	224	Mika Lehto	Goaltender	Finland	Assat (SM-liiga)
9	244^[c]	Toby Petersen	Center	United States	Colorado College (WCHA)
9	254	Matt Hussey	Center	United States	Avon Old Farms (USHS-CN)

Draft notes^[10]

^a The Colorado Avalanche's third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a September 28, 1997 trade that sent Francois Leroux to the Avalanche in exchange for this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of an August 12, 1997 trade that sent Jiri Slegr to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
^b The Buffalo Sabres' fifth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a September 24, 1997 trade that sent Jason Woolley to the Sabres in exchange for this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a March 18, 1997 trade that sent Josef Beranek to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
^c Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Craig Muni.

Farm teams

The American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch finished last overall in the standings with a record of 18-50-9-3.

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999.html
↑ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
↑ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1998–1999 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1998–1999 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1998–1999 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1998–1999 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". ProSportsTransactions. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
↑ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.com. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
↑ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

"1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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See also	Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs 1999 Stanley Cup Finals

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