1998–99 New Jersey Devils season

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1998–99 New Jersey Devils
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
General Manager Lou Lamoriello
Coach Robbie Ftorek
Captain Scott Stevens
Alternate captains Denis Pederson
Ken Daneyko
Arena Continental Airlines Arena
Average attendance  ?
Team leaders
Goals Petr Sykora (29)
Assists Petr Sykora (43)
Points Petr Sykora (72)
Penalties in minutes Krzysztof Oliwa (240)
Wins Martin Brodeur (39)
Goals against average Martin Brodeur (2.29)

The New Jersey Devils 1998–99 season saw the Devils win first seed in the Eastern Conference, but still get eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. The Devils' 28 regular-season road wins were the most in the NHL.

Contents:
Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions
Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References


[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Atlantic Division GP W L T GF GA PTS
New Jersey Devils 82 47 24 11 248 196 105
Philadelphia Flyers 82 37 26 19 231 196 93
Pittsburgh Penguins 82 38 30 14 242 225 90
New York Rangers 82 33 38 11 217 227 77
New York Islanders 82 24 48 10 194 244 58

[edit] Playoffs

  • note that teams in bold were the winner of the game. Scores are listed winner-loser style, not away-home style

[edit] Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

New Jersey (1) vs. Pittsburgh (8)
Date Away Home OT Score
April 22 Pittsburgh New Jersey 3 – 1
April 24 Pittsburgh New Jersey 4 – 1
April 25 New Jersey Pittsburgh 4 – 2
April 27 New Jersey Pittsburgh 4 – 2
April 30 Pittsburgh New Jersey 4 – 3
May 2 New Jersey Pittsburgh OT 3 – 2
May 4 Pittsburgh New Jersey 4 – 2
Pittsburgh wins series 4–3

[edit] Season Stats

[edit] Scoring Leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Petr Sykora 80 29 43 72  ? 22
Bobby Holik 78 27 37 64  ? 119
Brian Rolston 82 24 33 57  ? 14
Jason Arnott 74 27 27 54  ? 79
Patrik Elias 74 17 33 50  ? 34

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO Sv% GAA
Martin Brodeur 70 4239 39 21 10 162 4 .906 2.29
Chris Terreri 12 726 8 3 1 30 1 .898 2.48

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Records

[edit] Milestones

[edit] Draft picks

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 Flag of Canada Canada D University of Michigan (CCHA)
1 27 Scott Gomez Flag of the United States United States C Tri-City Americans (WHL) [1]
2 37 Christian Berglund Flag of Sweden Sweden C Färjestads BK (Elitserien)
3 82 Brian Gionta Flag of the United States United States RW Boston College (Hockey East) [2]
4 96 Mikko Jokela Flag of Finland Finland D HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga) [3]
4 105 Pierre Dagenais Flag of Canada Canada LW Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) [4]
5 119 Anton But Flag of Russia Russia LW Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russian Super League) [5]
5 143 Ryan Flinn Flag of Canada Canada LW Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL)
6 172 Jacques Lariviere Flag of Canada Canada LW Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
7 199 Erik Jensen Flag of the United States United States W Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
8 227 Marko Ahosilta Flag of Finland Finland F KalPa Kuopio (SM-liiga)
9 257 Ryan Held Flag of Canada Canada W Kitchener Rangers (OHL)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Devils acquired the 1998 first-round pick from Dallas for Carolina's 1998 second-round pick (used on John Erskine) and the Devils' 1998 second-round pick (used on Tyler Bouck) on June 27, 1998.
  2. ^ The Devils acquired the 1998 third-round pick (originally Pittsburgh's) from Edmonton for the Devils' 1998 fourth-round pick (used on Kristian Antila), 1998 fifth-round pick (used on Oleg Smirnov), and the rights to Fredrik Lindqvist on June 27, 1998. The Devils' original third-round pick was traded to San Jose for Vlastimil Kroupa on August 22, 1997.
  3. ^ The Devils acquired the 1998 fourth-round pick from Chicago for Reid Simpson on January 8, 1998.
  4. ^ The Devils acquired the 1998 fourth-round pick (originally Boston's) from Los Angeles for Doug Bodger on June 18, 1998. The Devils' original fourth-round pick had been traded to Edmonton (see above note for Brian Gionta).
  5. ^ The Devils acquired the 1998 fifth-round pick from Vancouver for Peter Zezel on February 5, 1998.
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New Jersey Devils
Head Coaches
Atlantic Division titles
Eastern Conference Championships
Stanley Cups
Important Figures
Affiliates
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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