1998–99 Los Angeles Kings season

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 1998–99 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). This was the team's final season at the Great Western Forum before moving to the Staples Center for the 1999–2000 season. The Kings did not qualify for the 1999 playoffs, despite qualifying the previous year.

Off-season

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Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division
R CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 Dallas Stars 82 51 19 12 236 168 114
2 4 Phoenix Coyotes 82 39 31 12 205 197 90
3 6 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 82 35 34 13 215 206 83
4 7 San Jose Sharks 82 31 33 18 196 191 80
5 11 Los Angeles Kings 82 32 45 5 189 222 69

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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Template:1998–99 NHL Western Conference standings

Schedule and results

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

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Player statistics

Scoring

No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
20 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 82 39 35 74 −1 54
10Template:Efn Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger RW 49 18 18 36 7 51
4 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 62 12 23 35 −7 128
15 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 64 13 21 34 −18 10
27 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 61 16 15 31 −14 36
26 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 65 13 18 31 0 59
44 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger C 64 10 17 27 −3 30
9 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 69 11 12 23 −7 32
28 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger D 60 4 19 23 −6 22
12 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 66 9 12 21 −10 44
23 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 69 7 12 19 −12 32
19 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 57 6 13 19 −9 19
3 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 60 4 12 16 −9 30
55 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 29 4 12 16 0 6
8 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 65 3 11 14 1 34
6 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 80 1 13 14 1 186
22 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 72 3 10 13 −5 138
43 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 45 2 6 8 −12 32
14 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 78 2 5 7 −10 36
45 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 42 3 2 5 −9 26
24 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 33 2 2 4 0 35
21Template:Efn Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 27 1 3 4 −5 8
48 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 28 1 3 4 −7 107
17 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 49 2 1 3 −5 131
44 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger D 8 0 2 2 −2 2
11 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger C 1 1 0 1 1 0
7 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 20 1 0 1 −3 36
54 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 6 1 0 1 −1 4
29 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:DaggerTemplate:Double-dagger LW 27 0 1 1 −5 12
32 Script error: No such module "Sort". G 17 0 1 1 0
33 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 5 0 1 1 1 0
29 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger C 13 0 1 1 2 4
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31 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger G 3 0 0 0 0
42 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 8 0 0 0 −1 2
11 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger C 3 0 0 0 −1 4
35 Script error: No such module "Sort". G 42 0 0 0 2
28 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger RW 6 0 0 0 −3 5
29 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger C 3 0 0 0 0 6

Goaltending

  • Template:Dagger = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
35 Stephane Fiset 42 18 21 1 1217 104 2.60 .915 3 2403
1 Jamie Storr 28 12 12 2 724 61 2.40 .916 4 1525
32 Manny Legace 17 2 9 2 439 39 2.60 .911 0 899
31 Ryan BachTemplate:Dagger 3 0 3 0 66 8 4.44 .879 0 108

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)
NHL All-Rookie Team Jamie Storr (Goaltender) [1]
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selection Rob Blake [2]
Mattias NorstromTemplate:Efn
Luc RobitailleTemplate:Efn
NHL Rookie of the Month Olli Jokinen (November) [3]
Team Best Newcomer Donald Audette [4]
Bill Libby Memorial Award Luc Robitaille [4]
Defensive Player Ian Laperriere [4]
Jim Fox Community Service Rob Blake [4]
Sean O'Donnell
Leading Scorer Luc Robitaille [4]
Most Inspirational Mattias Norstrom [4]
Most Popular Player Luc Robitaille [4]
Outstanding Defenseman Mattias Norstrom [4]
Unsung Hero Mattias Norstrom [4]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Josh Green October 10, 1998 [5]
Manny Legace October 21, 1998
Ryan Bach October 23, 1998
Jan Nemecek November 7, 1998
Pavel Rosa December 17, 1998
Jason Blake April 18, 1999
1,000th game played Doug Bodger October 25, 1998 [6]
Garry Galley February 1, 1999 [7]
Russ Courtnall February 10, 1999 [8]
Ray Ferraro February 28, 1999 [9]

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season.[10]

Trades

May 29, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Future considerations
To Nashville Predators
Marian Cisar
June 18, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Doug Bodger
To New Jersey Devils
4th round pick in 1998 - Pierre Dagenais
June 26, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Predators promise to not select
Garry Galley in 1998 NHL expansion draft
To Nashville Predators
Jan Vopat
Kimmo Timonen
July 7, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Future considerations
To Nashville Predators
Vitali Yachmenev
July 29, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Manny Legace
To Carolina Hurricanes
Future considerations
September 3, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
3rd round pick in 1999 - Frantisek Kaberle
To Chicago Blackhawks
Doug Zmolek
October 22, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Ryan Bach
To Detroit Red Wings
6th round pick in 2000 - Par Backer
October 29, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Eric Lacroix
To Colorado Avalanche
Roman Vopat
6th round pick in 1999 - Martin Prusek
December 18, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Donald Audette
To Buffalo Sabres
2nd round pick in 1999 - Milan Bartovic
February 12, 1999 To Los Angeles Kings
Sean Pronger
To New York Rangers
Eric Lacroix
March 23, 1999 To Los Angeles Kings
Dave Babych
5th round pick in 2000 - Nathan Marsters
To Philadelphia Flyers
Steve Duchesne
March 23, 1999 To Los Angeles Kings
Jason Podollan
3rd round pick in 1999 - Cory Campbell
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Yanic Perreault

Free agent signings

July 2, 1998 From St. Louis Blues
Steve Duchesne (3 years, $11.25 million)
April 17, 1999 From University of North Dakota (WCHA)
Jason Blake

Free agents lost

July 22, 1998 To Boston Bruins
Chris Taylor (1 year, $350,000)
August 18, 1998 To New York Islanders
Steve Valiquette
August 26, 1998 To Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL)
Jeff Shevalier

Expansion draft

June 26, 1998 To Nashville Predators
Frederic Chabot

Waivers

July 17, 1998 From Nashville Predators
Frederic Chabot
October 5, 1998 To Montreal Canadiens
Frederic Chabot
November 19, 1998 From Vancouver Canucks
Brandon Convery

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1998 NHL entry draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[11]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 21 Mathieu Biron Script error: No such module "flag". Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
2 46 Justin Papineau Script error: No such module "flag". Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3 76 Aleksei Volkov Script error: No such module "flag". Krylya Sovetov-2 (Russia)
4 103 Kip Brennan Script error: No such module "flag". Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
5 133 Joe Rullier Script error: No such module "flag". Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
6 163 Tomas Zizka Script error: No such module "flag". ZPS Zlín (Czech Republic)
7 190 Tommi Hannus Script error: No such module "flag". TPS Jr. (Finland)
8 217 Jim Henkel Script error: No such module "flag". Ottawa 67's (OHL)
9 248 Matthew Yeats Script error: No such module "flag". Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)

See also

Notes

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References

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