1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins 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 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

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Regular 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

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Schedule and results

Regular season

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won | 1 || October 10 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 || New York Islanders || 1–0–0 || 2 || W |- Template:Game-won | 2 || October 14 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–1 || New Jersey Devils || 2–0–0 || 4 || W |- Template:Game-tied | 3 || October 17 || New York Rangers || 3–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–0–1 || 5 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 4 || October 21 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 0–5 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 2–1–1 || 5 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 5 || October 24 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–2–1 || 5 || L |- Template:Game-won | 6 || October 26 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–0 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2–1 || 7 || W |- Template:Game-won | 7 || October 28 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–2 || Calgary Flames || 4–2–1 || 9 || W |- Template:Game-tied | 8 || October 30 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–2 || Vancouver Canucks || 4–2–2 || 10 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 9 || October 31 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–4 || Edmonton Oilers || 4–3–2 || 10 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied | 10 || November 3 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3–3 || 11 || T |- Template:Game-won | 11 || November 5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–2 || Ottawa Senators || 5–3–3 || 13 || W |- Template:Game-tied | 12 || November 7 || Boston Bruins || 0–0 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3–4 || 14 || T |- Template:Game-won | 13 || November 10 || New York Islanders || 2–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–3–4 || 16 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 14 || November 13 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–4 || New Jersey Devils || 6–4–4 || 16 || L |- Template:Game-won | 15 || November 14 || Florida Panthers || 0–0 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 7–4–4 || 18 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 16 || November 17 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 7–5–4 || 18 || L |- Template:Game-won | 17 || November 19 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–1 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 8–5–4 || 20 || W |- Template:Game-won | 18 || November 21 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 2–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 9–5–4 || 22 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 19 || November 25 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–5 || Washington Capitals || 9–6–4 || 22 || L |- Template:Game-tied | 20 || November 27 || New York Rangers || 2–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 9–6–5 || 23 || T |- Template:Game-won | 21 || November 28 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 || Montreal Canadiens || 10–6–5 || 25 || W |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied | 22 || December 1 || Mighty Ducks of Anaheim || 4–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 10–6–6 || 26 || T |- Template:Game-tied | 23 || December 4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–3 || Carolina Hurricanes || 10–6–7 || 27 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 24 || December 5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 || Boston Bruins || 10–7–7 || 27 || L |- Template:Game-won | 25 || December 12 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 || St. Louis Blues || 11–7–7 || 29 || W |- Template:Game-won | 26 || December 15 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 2–3 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || 12–7–7 || 31 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 27 || December 16 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–4 || Florida Panthers || 12–8–7 || 31 || L |- Template:Game-won | 28 || December 19 || Washington Capitals || 0–0 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 13–8–7 || 33 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 29 || December 21 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–7 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 13–9–7 || 33 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 30 || December 22 || Los Angeles Kings || 3–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 13–10–7 || 33 || L |- Template:Game-won | 31 || December 26 || Ottawa Senators || 1–2 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || 14–10–7 || 35 || W |- Template:Game-won | 32 || December 30 || Florida Panthers || 4–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 15–10–7 || 37 || W |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won | 33 || January 2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–2 || Florida Panthers || 16–10–7 || 39 || W |- Template:Game-won | 34 || January 5 || Calgary Flames || 1–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 17–10–7 || 41 || W |- Template:Game-won | 35 || January 7 || Carolina Hurricanes || 2–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 18–10–7 || 43 || W |- Template:Game-won | 36 || January 9 || St. Louis Blues || 1–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 19–10–7 || 45 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 37 || January 13 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–5 || Phoenix Coyotes || 19–11–7 || 45 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 38 || January 15 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–3 || San Jose Sharks || 19–12–7 || 45 || L |- Template:Game-won | 39 || January 16 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–1 || Los Angeles Kings || 20–12–7 || 47 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 40 || January 18 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–5 || Mighty Ducks of Anaheim || 20–13–7 || 47 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 41 || January 21 || New York Islanders || 5–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 20–14–7 || 47 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 42 || January 26 || Carolina Hurricanes || 5–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 20–15–7 || 47 || L |- Template:Game-won | 43 || January 28 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 0–0 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 21–15–7 || 49 || W |- Template:Game-won | 44 || January 30 || Boston Bruins || 2–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 22–15–7 || 51 || W |- Template:Game-won | 45 || January 31 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3 || Montreal Canadiens || 23–15–7 || 53 || W |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won | 46 || February 2 || Buffalo Sabres || 3–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 24–15–7 || 55 || W |- Template:Game-won | 47 || February 5 || Florida Panthers || 0–0 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 25–15–7 || 57 || W |- Template:Game-won | 48 || February 7 || Detroit Red Wings || 1–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 26–15–7 || 59 || W |- Template:Game-won | 49 || February 9 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–3 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || 27–15–7 || 61 || W |- Template:Game-won | 50 || February 11 || Vancouver Canucks || 5–6 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || 28–15–7 || 63 || W |- Template:Game-won | 51 || February 13 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 OT || Nashville Predators || 29–15–7 || 65 || W |- Template:Game-won | 52 || February 15 || Washington Capitals || 3–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 30–15–7 || 67 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 53 || February 17 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–3 || New York Islanders || 30–16–7 || 67 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 54 || February 19 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–6 || New York Rangers || 30–17–7 || 67 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 55 || February 21 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 || Philadelphia Flyers || 30–18–7 || 67 || L |- Template:Game-won | 56 || February 22 || Phoenix Coyotes || 1–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 31–18–7 || 69 || W |- Template:Game-won | 57 || February 25 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 || Colorado Avalanche || 32–18–7 || 71 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 58 || February 26 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–6 || Dallas Stars || 32–19–7 || 71 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 59 || February 28 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–4 || Washington Capitals || 32–20–7 || 71 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied | 60 || March 3 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 32–20–8 || 72 || T |- Template:Game-tied | 61 || March 5 || Edmonton Oilers || 2–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 32–20–9 || 73 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 62 || March 7 || Colorado Avalanche || 3–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 32–21–9 || 73 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 63 || March 9 || New Jersey Devils || 3–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 32–22–9 || 73 || L |- Template:Game-won | 64 || March 10 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 OT || Carolina Hurricanes || 33–22–9 || 75 || W |- Template:Game-won | 65 || March 13 || Philadelphia Flyers || 0–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 34–22–9 || 77 || W |- Template:Game-tied | 66 || March 16 || Dallas Stars || 2–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 34–22–10 || 78 || T |- Template:Game-won | 67 || March 17 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–0 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 35–22–10 || 80 || W |- Template:Game-tied | 68 || March 20 || Nashville Predators || 1–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 35–22–11 || 81 || T |- Template:Game-tied | 69 || March 21 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–2 || New York Rangers || 35–22–12 || 82 || T |- Template:Game-won | 70 || March 23 || Chicago Blackhawks || 2–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 36–22–12 || 84 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 71 || March 25 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–5 || New Jersey Devils || 36–23–12 || 84 || L |- Template:Game-tied | 72 || March 27 || Buffalo Sabres || 1–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 36–23–13 || 85 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 73 || March 28 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–4 OT || Buffalo Sabres || 36–24–13 || 85 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 74 || March 30 || Ottawa Senators || 6–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 36–25–13 || 85 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied | 75 || April 1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–3 || Ottawa Senators || 36–25–14 || 86 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 76 || April 3 || New Jersey Devils || 4–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 36–26–14 || 86 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 77 || April 5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–3 || Buffalo Sabres || 36–27–14 || 86 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 78 || April 8 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–3 || Philadelphia Flyers || 36–28–14 || 86 || L |- Template:Game-won | 79 || April 11 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–0 || Detroit Red Wings || 37–28–14 || 88 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 80 || April 15 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–4 || Boston Bruins || 37–29–14 || 88 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 81 || April 17 || New York Islanders || 7–7 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 37–30–14 || 88 || L |- Template:Game-won | 82 || April 18 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–1 OT || New York Rangers || 38–30–14 || 90 || W |- Template:Game log section end |- | Legend:

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Playoffs

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost | 1 || April 22 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–3 || New Jersey Devils || 0–1 || L |- Template:Game-won | 2 || April 24 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–1 || New Jersey Devils || 1–1 || W |- Template:Game-won | 3 || April 25 || New Jersey Devils || 2–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–1 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 4 || April 27 || New Jersey Devils || 4–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–2 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 5 || April 30 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–4 || New Jersey Devils || 2–3 || L |- Template:Game-won | 6 || May 2 || New Jersey Devils || 2–3 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–3 || W |- Template:Game-won | 7 || May 4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–2 || New Jersey Devils || 4–3 || W |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won | 1 || May 7 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–0 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–0 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 2 || May 9 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–4 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–1 || L |- Template:Game-won | 3 || May 11 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–1 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 4 || May 13 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–2 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 5 || May 15 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–4 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–3 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 6 || May 17 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–3 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–4 || L |- Template:Game log section end |- | Legend:

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Player statistics

Skaters

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Goaltenders
Regular Season[4]
Player GP GS TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
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Script error: No such module "Sort". 37 28 1914:12 15 11 5 89 2.79 822 0.892 3 0 0 2
Script error: No such module "Sort". 17 11 756:15 4 3 6 28 2.22 304 0.908 2 0 0 0
Total 82 4976:42 38 30 14 215 2.59 2119 0.899 9 0 3 22
Playoffs[5]
Player GP GS TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Script error: No such module "Sort". 13 13 787:20 6 7 0 35 2.67 350 0.900 1 0 0 4
Total 13 787:20 6 7 0 35 2.67 350 0.900 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.

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)
Art Ross Trophy Jaromir Jagr [6]
Hart Memorial Trophy Jaromir Jagr [7]
Lester B. Pearson Award Jaromir Jagr [8]
NHL First All-Star Team Jaromir Jagr (Right wing) [9]
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selection Jaromir JagrTemplate:Efn [10]
Martin Straka
NHL Player of the Month Jaromir Jagr (March) [11]
NHL Player of the Week Jaromir Jagr (February 1) [12]
NHL Rookie of the Month Jan Hrdina (January) [13]
Team A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award Jaromir Jagr [14]
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award Jiri Slegr [15]
Bob Johnson Memorial Badger Bob Award Martin Straka [15]
Leading Scorer Award Jaromir Jagr
Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy Jan Hrdina [16]
Most Valuable Player Award Jaromir Jagr [17]
Players' Player Award Jaromir Jagr [16]
Martin Straka
The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award Rob Brown [14]
Tyler Wright

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Jan Hrdina October 10, 1998 [18]
Viktors Ignatjevs
Jean-Sebastien Aubin October 21, 1998
Martin Sonnenberg November 21, 1998
Ryan Savoia March 27, 1999
Pavel Skrbek March 28, 1999
Brian Bonin April 8, 1999
1,000th game played Kevin Hatcher January 18, 1999 [19]

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season:[20]

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

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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

Draft picks

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Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 23 Milan Kraft Center Script error: No such module "flag". Keramika Plzeň (Czech)
2 54 Alexander Zevakhin Right wing Template:Flagu CSKA Moscow (RSL)
3 80<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] David Cameron Center Template:Flagu Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4 110 Scott Myers Goaltender Template:Flagu Prince George Cougars (WHL)
5 134<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b] Rob Scuderi Defense Template:Flagu Boston College (Hockey East)
6 169 Jan Fadrny Center Script error: No such module "flag". Slavia Praha (Czech)
7 196 Joel Scherban Center Template:Flagu London Knights (OHL)
8 224 Mika Lehto Goaltender Script error: No such module "flag". Assat (SM-liiga)
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9 254 Matt Hussey Center Template:Flagu Avon Old Farms (USHS-CN)
Draft notes[22]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>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.
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>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.
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>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.

See also

Notes

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References

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