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1998–99 New Jersey Devils | |
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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 |
Average attendance | 16,670 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Albany River Rats Augusta Lynx |
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) |
The 1998–99 New Jersey Devils season was the 25th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 17th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. 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.
R | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
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.
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October: 5–4–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 3–1–0)
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November: 8–3–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 4–3–0)
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December: 8–2–3 (home: 3–2–2; road: 5–0–1)
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January: 6–6–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 4–3–0)
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February: 6–5–3 (home: 3–4–2; road: 3–1–1)
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March: 7–2–3 (home: 2–1–2; road: 5–1–1)
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April: 7–2–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 4–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–3
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Legend:
Win Loss |
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
17 | Petr Sykora | RW | 80 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 |
16 | Bobby Holik | C | 78 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 16 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
14 | Brian Rolston | C | 82 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
25 | Jason Arnott | C | 74 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 10 | 79 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 4 |
26 | Patrik Elias | LW | 74 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
9 | Brendan Morrison | C | 76 | 13 | 33 | 46 | −4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
27 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 72 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 18 |
21 | Randy McKay | RW | 70 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 143 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
24 | Lyle Odelein | D | 70 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 114 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 10 |
23 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 52 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
20 | Jay Pandolfo | LW | 70 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
8 | Vadim Sharifijanov | LW | 53 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Scott Stevens | D | 75 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 10 |
10 | Denis Pederson | C | 76 | 11 | 12 | 23 | −10 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Sergei Brylin | LW | 47 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
29 | Krzysztof Oliwa | LW | 64 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 240 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Ken Daneyko | D | 82 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
28 | Kevin Dean | D | 62 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
19 | Bob Carpenter | C | 56 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −3 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
6 | Brad Bombardir | D | 56 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Sheldon Souray | D | 70 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Sergei Nemchinov† | LW | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
30 | Martin Brodeur | G | 70 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
32 | Sasha Lakovic | RW | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Ken Sutton | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | John Madden | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Chris Terreri | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
22 | Scott Daniels | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Bryan Muir‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Martin Brodeur | 70 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 1728 | 162 | 2.29 | .906 | 4 | 4239 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 139 | 20 | 2.82 | .856 | 0 | 425 |
31 | Chris Terreri | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 294 | 30 | 2.48 | .898 | 1 | 726 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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NHL All-Star Game selection | Martin Brodeur | |
Robbie Ftorek (coach) | |||
Bobby Holík | |||
Scott Stevens | |||
NHL Rookie of the Month | Vadim Sharifijanov (December) | ||
Team | Devils' Players' Player | Sergei Brylin | |
Hugh Delano Unsung Hero | Jay Pandolfo | ||
Most Valuable Devil | Martin Brodeur | ||
Three-Star Award | Petr Sykora |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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600th assist | Dave Andreychuk | November 3, 1998 |
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) | |
2 | 37 | Christian Berglund | Sweden | C | Färjestad BK (Elitserien) | |
3 | 82 | Brian Gionta | United States | RW | Boston College (Hockey East) | |
4 | 96 | Mikko Jokela | Finland | D | HIFK (SM-liiga) | |
4 | 105 | Pierre Dagenais | Canada | LW | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) | |
5 | 119 | Anton But | Russia | LW | Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague) | |
5 | 143 | Ryan Flinn | Canada | LW | Laval Titan Collège Français (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) |
VADIM SHARIFIJANOV, a Devils right wing, was named the league's rookie of the month for December, when he had 9 points in 10 games.
Dave Andreychuk got his 600th career assist on the play, the 50th player to reach the milestone.