1998–99 Montreal Canadiens season

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1998–99 Montreal Canadiens
Division	5th Northeast
Conference	11th Eastern
1998–99 record	32–39–11
Home record	21–15–5
Road record	11–24–6
Goals for	184
Goals against	209
Team information
General Manager	Rejean Houle
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Vincent Damphousse (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr)
Arena	Bell Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Martin Rucinsky (17)
Assists	Mark Recchi (35)
Points	Mark Recchi (47)
Penalties in minutes	Shayne Corson (147)
Plus/minus	Patrick Poulin Turner Stevenson (+6)
Wins	Jeff Hackett (24)
Goals against average	Frederic Chabot (2.23)

<1997–98	1999–00>

The 1998–99 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 90th season of play. The club finished 5th in the Northeast Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. It had been the worst season in over forty years for the club. The Canadiens finished last in their division. Martin Rucinsky led the club with 17 goals. It was the first time since the 1940-41 season, that the Canadiens did not have at least one twenty-goal scorer. ^[1] On March 31, 1999, ownership announced that it has lost 3.8 million dollars in its last fiscal year. ^[2] Team president Ronald Corey would resign in May 1999.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
- 1.2 Game log
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Regular season
3 Awards and records
4 Transactions
5 Roster
6 Draft picks
7 Farm teams
8 See also
9 References

Regular season

In March 1999, Saku Koivu was appointed captain of the Montreal Canadiens. ^[3]

Final standings

Northeast Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	1	Ottawa Senators	82	44	23	15	239	179	892	103
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	30	7	268	231	1095	97
3	6	Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	214	181	1182	91
4	7	Buffalo Sabres	82	37	28	17	207	175	1561	91
5	11	Montreal Canadiens	82	32	39	11	184	209	1299	75

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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.

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1998	7–1	New York Rangers (1998–99)	1–0–0
2	W	October 13, 1998	1–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	2–0–0
3	T	October 16, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	2–0–1
4	L	October 17, 1998	3–4	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	2–1–1
5	L	October 19, 1998	1–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	2–2–1
6	W	October 21, 1998	3–2	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	3–2–1
7	L	October 24, 1998	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	3–3–1
8	L	October 28, 1998	2–9	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	3–4–1
9	T	October 29, 1998	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	3–4–2
10	L	October 31, 1998	1–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	3–5–2
11	W	November 4, 1998	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	4–5–2
12	W	November 7, 1998	4–2	New York Islanders (1998–99)	5–5–2
13	W	November 9, 1998	5–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	6–5–2
14	L	November 11, 1998	0–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	6–6–2
15	L	November 12, 1998	0–4	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	6–7–2
16	L	November 14, 1998	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	6–8–2
17	L	November 17, 1998	4–5	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	6–9–2
18	W	November 19, 1998	4–3	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	7–9–2
19	L	November 21, 1998	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	7–10–2
20	L	November 27, 1998	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	7–11–2
21	L	November 28, 1998	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	7–12–2
22	W	November 30, 1998	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	8–12–2
23	L	December 2, 1998	1–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	8–13–2
24	T	December 4, 1998	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	8–13–3
25	L	December 5, 1998	3–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	8–14–3
26	L	December 9, 1998	2–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	8–15–3
27	L	December 11, 1998	2–3	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	8–16–3
28	T	December 12, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	8–16–4
29	T	December 14, 1998	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	8–16–5
30	L	December 18, 1998	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	8–17–5
31	T	December 19, 1998	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	8–17–6
32	T	December 21, 1998	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	8–17–7
33	L	December 23, 1998	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	8–18–7
34	W	December 26, 1998	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	9–18–7
35	W	December 29, 1998	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	10–18–7
36	W	December 31, 1998	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	11–18–7
37	W	January 2, 1999	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	12–18–7
38	L	January 4, 1999	3–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	12–19–7
39	W	January 7, 1999	4–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	13–19–7
40	W	January 9, 1999	3–2	New York Islanders (1998–99)	14–19–7
41	W	January 11, 1999	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	15–19–7
42	L	January 12, 1999	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	15–20–7
43	W	January 15, 1999	3–0	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	16–20–7
44	W	January 16, 1999	3–0	New York Rangers (1998–99)	17–20–7
45	T	January 18, 1999	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	17–20–8
46	L	January 21, 1999	0–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	17–21–8
47	W	January 26, 1999	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	18–21–8
48	L	January 27, 1999	1–2	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	18–22–8
49	L	January 30, 1999	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	18–23–8
50	L	January 31, 1999	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	18–24–8
51	W	February 3, 1999	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	19–24–8
52	L	February 4, 1999	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	19–25–8
53	W	February 6, 1999	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	20–25–8
54	L	February 9, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	20–26–8
55	L	February 11, 1999	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	20–27–8
56	W	February 13, 1999	4–0	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	21–27–8
57	W	February 17, 1999	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	22–27–8
58	W	February 18, 1999	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	23–27–8
59	L	February 20, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	23–28–8
60	L	February 25, 1999	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	23–29–8
61	W	February 27, 1999	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	24–29–8
62	W	March 2, 1999	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	25–29–8
63	T	March 3, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	25–29–9
64	L	March 6, 1999	1–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	25–30–9
65	L	March 8, 1999	2–5	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	25–31–9
66	W	March 11, 1999	3–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	26–31–9
67	W	March 13, 1999	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	27–31–9
68	W	March 18, 1999	3–2	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	28–31–9
69	L	March 20, 1999	0–1	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	28–32–9
70	T	March 22, 1999	1–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	28–32–10
71	W	March 24, 1999	2–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	29–32–10
72	L	March 25, 1999	1–2	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	29–33–10
73	L	March 27, 1999	1–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	29–34–10
74	L	April 1, 1999	2–3	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	29–35–10
75	W	April 3, 1999	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	30–35–10
76	L	April 5, 1999	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	30–36–10
77	W	April 7, 1999	2–0	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	31–36–10
78	L	April 8, 1999	1–3	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	31–37–10
79	L	April 10, 1999	2–6	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	31–38–10
80	T	April 13, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	31–38–11
81	L	April 14, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	31–39–11
82	W	April 17, 1999	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	32–39–11

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	RW	61	12	35	47	28	-4	3	0	2
Koivu, SakuSaku Koivu	C	65	14	30	44	38	-7	4	2	0
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	65	12	24	36	46	-7	3	2	2
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	LW	73	17	17	34	50	-25	5	0	1
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov	D	62	13	21	34	77	-7	8	0	3
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	63	12	20	32	147	-10	7	0	4
Brunet, BenoitBenoit Brunet	LW	60	14	17	31	31	-1	4	2	0
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson	RW	69	10	17	27	88	6	0	0	2
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal	D	82	8	19	27	84	-23	1	1	4
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	54	16	10	26	20	-14	5	0	4
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin	C	81	8	17	25	21	6	0	1	1
Zholtok, SergeiSergei Zholtok	C	70	7	15	22	6	-12	2	0	3
Hoglund, JonasJonas Hoglund	LW	74	8	10	18	16	-5	1	0	0
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	66	6	12	18	77	-12	4	0	1
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois	D	54	3	9	12	28	-8	1	0	1
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov	D	76	3	9	12	109	-3	0	0	0
Thornton, ScottScott Thornton	LW	47	7	4	11	87	-2	1	0	1
Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet	D	66	2	8	10	66	-3	0	0	0
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	37	4	5	9	14	0	1	0	1
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	C	17	3	5	8	4	-3	0	0	1
Clark, BrettBrett Clark	D	61	2	2	4	16	-3	0	0	0
Houde, EricEric Houde	C	8	1	1	2	2	-2	0	0	1
Lachance, ScottScott Lachance	D	17	1	1	2	11	-2	0	0	0
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	11	0	2	2	48	-3	0	0	0
Higgins, MattMatt Higgins	C	25	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Guren, MiloslavMiloslav Guren	D	12	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Hackett, JeffJeff Hackett	G	53	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Asham, ArronArron Asham	RW	7	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Bashkirov, AndreiAndrei Bashkirov	LW	10	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Blouin, SylvainSylvain Blouin	LW	5	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0
Brown, BradBrad Brown	D	5	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0
Chabot, FredericFrederic Chabot	G	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Delisle, JonathanJonathan Delisle	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jomphe, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Jomphe	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McCleary, TrentTrent McCleary	RW	46	0	0	0	29	-1	0	0	0
Morissette, DaveDave Morissette	LW	10	0	0	0	52	1	0	0	0
Nasreddine, AlainAlain Nasreddine	D	8	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0
Ryan, TerryTerry Ryan	LW	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	G	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hackett, JeffJeff Hackett	3091	53	24	20	9	117	2.27	5	1360	1243	.914
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	913	18	4	12	0	50	3.29	1	406	356	.877
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	529	10	3	4	2	23	2.61	1	250	227	.908
Chabot, FredericFrederic Chabot	430	11	1	3	0	16	2.23	0	188	172	.915
Team:	4963	82	32	39	11	206	2.49	7	2204	1998	.907

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

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References

^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.291, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.292, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.299, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
^ "1998–99 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1999_games.html. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
^ "1998-99 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1999.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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Franchise • History (Original Six • Centennial) • Players • Coaches • General managers • Seasons • Records • Draft picks • Award winners

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Youppi • The Punch Line • Richard Riot • 1938 European tour

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Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre • Bell Sports Complex (practice)

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SRC • RDS

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English	TSN Radio 990

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Boston Bruins • Quebec Nordiques • Toronto Maple Leafs

v d e 1998–99 NHL season by team

Atlantic	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston • Buffalo • Montreal • Ottawa • Toronto

Southeast	Carolina • Florida • Tampa Bay • Washington

Central	Chicago • Detroit • Nashville • St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim • Dallas • Los Angeles • Phoenix • San Jose

See also	1998 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1999 Stanley Cup Finals • Transactions

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