1998–99 Edmonton Oilers season

1998–99 Edmonton Oilers
Division 2nd Northwest
Conference 8th Western
1998–99 record 33–37–12
Home record 17–19–5
Road record 16–18–7
Goals for 230
Goals against 226
Team information
General Manager Glen Sather
Coach Ron Low
Captain Kelly Buchberger
Alternate captains Bill Guerin
Boris Mironov (Oct-Mar)
Doug Weight
Arena Skyreach Centre
Average attendance 16,244 (95.0%)
Minor league affiliate(s) Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)
New Orleans Brass (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Bill Guerin (30)
Assists Bill Guerin (34)
Points Bill Guerin (64)
Penalties in minutes Sean Brown (188)
Plus/minus Tom Poti (+10)
Wins Bob Essensa (12)
Mikhail Shtalenkov (12)
Goals against average Mikhail Shtalenkov (2.67)

The 1998–99 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 20th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 35–37–10 record in 1997–98, earning their 2nd straight playoff appearance.

During the off-season, the Oilers franchise remaining in Edmonton looked very unlikely, as Oilers owner Peter Pocklington would be talking to a group from Houston which, if successful in the purchase, would relocate the club to Houston. At the last minute, the Edmonton Investors Group, a consortium of 37 Edmonton-based owners, raised the funds to purchase the team from Pocklington, vowing to keep the Oilers in Edmonton. The Oilers received support throughout the NHL, and the club would remain.

Also during the off-season, the Oilers would lose goaltender Curtis Joseph, as he would leave the team as a free agent and join the Toronto Maple Leafs, leaving the goaltending duties to Bob Essensa and former Mighty Ducks of Anaheim backup Mikhail Shtalenkov, and Edmonton would join the newly created Northwest Division, along with their Western Canada rivals the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks, as well as the Colorado Avalanche.

Edmonton would start the season with a 7–4–0 record in their opening 11 games, and would remain close to the .500 mark until early February, despite losing Doug Weight to injuries. Edmonton would then go into a slump, and would drop out of a playoff spot, and on March 17, the Oilers would be 25–33–10, sitting in ninth place. Three days later, the Oilers would send Mats Lindgren and an eighth-round draft pick to the New York Islanders in exchange for goaltender Tommy Salo. Edmonton would also deal Boris Mironov and Dean McAmmond to the Chicago Blackhawks for youngsters Ethan Moreau, Christian Laflamme and Chad Kilger, and acquire Jason Smith from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a fourth-round draft pick on March 23.

The moves paid off for the Oilers, as they would post a 8–4–2 record after the Salo deal and sneak into the final playoff position, finishing the season with a 33–37–12 record. On April 3, 1999, Patrick Roy defeated the Edmonton Oiilers and passed Glenn Hall with his 408th victory.[1]

Offensively, Bill Guerin would be Edmonton's leader, scoring a team high 30 goals and 34 assists for 64 points. Josef Beranek would earn 49 points, while Mike Grier would have a breakout season, scoring 20 goals and earning 44 points. Doug Weight would register 37 points in only 43 games. Defensively, Boris Mironov would lead blueline with 40 points, but was dealt to Chicago at the trade deadline. Roman Hamrlik chipped in with 32 points, while Janne Niinimaa would earn 28. Sean Brown would have a team high 188 penalty minutes in only 51 games.

In goal, Bob Essensa and Mikhail Shtalenkov would split time for a majority of the season, each earning 12 victories. Shtalenkov would then be traded to the Phoenix Coyotes, and the Oilers would acquire Tommy Salo to become the new starter, and in 13 games, Salo would go 8–2–2 with a 2.31 goals against average (GAA).

The Oilers lead the NHL in power-play opportunities, with 438.[2]

The Oilers opened the playoffs against the Presidents' Trophy-winning Dallas Stars, who had finished the year with 114 points, 36 higher than the Oilers. Edmonton found themselves down in the series 2–0 after dropping two close games in Dallas. The Stars quickly eliminated the Oilers, winning the next two games in Edmonton by 3–2 scores to sweep the series. The Stars continued on to win the Stanley Cup.

Season standings

Northwest Division
R CR GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
12Colorado Avalanche82442810239205161998
28Edmonton Oilers82333712230226137378
39Calgary Flames82304012211234138972
413Vancouver Canucks82234712192258176458

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Western Conference[4]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Dallas StarsPAC82511912236168114
2y – Colorado AvalancheNW8244281023920598
3y – Detroit Red WingsCEN824332724520293
4Phoenix CoyotesPAC8239311220519790
5St. Louis BluesCEN8237321323720987
6Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC8235341321520683
7San Jose SharksPAC8231331819619180
8Edmonton OilersNW8233371223022678
9Calgary FlamesNW8230401221123472
10Chicago BlackhawksCEN8229411220224870
11Los Angeles KingsPAC823245518922269
12Nashville PredatorsCEN822847719026163
13Vancouver CanucksNW8223471219225858

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

1998–99 Game Log

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs

Season stats

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Bill Guerin80303464133
Josef Beranek6619304923
Mike Grier8220244454
Pat Falloon8217234020
Boris Mironov63112940104

Goaltending

PlayerGPMinWLTGASOSave %GAA
Tommy Salo13700822270.9032.31
Mikhail Shtalenkov34181912173813.8962.67
Bob Essensa39209112146960.9012.75
Steve Passmore6362141170.9072.82

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Ryan Smyth33030
Ethan Moreau40336
Doug Weight411215
Todd Marchant411212
Mike Grier41126

Goaltending

PlayerGPMinWLGASOSave %GAA
Tommy Salo429604110.9262.23

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular Season
PlayerMilestoneReached
Fredrik Bremberg1st NHL GameOctober 10, 1998
Tom Poti
Ryan Smyth200th NHL GameOctober 17, 1998
Andrei Kovalenko400th NHL GameOctober 21, 1998
Mike Grier1st NHL Gordie Howe hat trickOctober 24, 1998
Sean Brown100th NHL PIMOctober 31, 1998
Craig Millar1st NHL Assist
Andrei Kovalenko300th NHL PIMNovember 8, 1998
Todd Marchant300th NHL GameNovember 12, 1998
Tom Poti1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point
November 18, 1998
Kelly Buchberger1,700th NHL PIMNovember 25, 1998
Tom Poti1st NHL AssistNovember 29, 1998
Josef Beranek100th NHL AssistDecember 6, 1998
Bill Guerin600th NHL PIMDecember 23, 1998
Marty McSorley900th NHL Game
Boris Mironov500th NHL PIMJanuary 3, 1999
Georges Laraque1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point
January 7, 1999
Todd Reirden1st NHL Game
Todd Reirden1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Assist
1st NHL Point
January 19, 1999
Janne Niinimaa100th NHL PointJanuary 14, 1999
Georges Laraque1st NHL AssistJanuary 17, 1999
Janne Niinimaa200th NHL GameFebruary 1, 1999
Josef Beranek200th NHL PointFebruary 3, 1999
Mike Grier200th NHL GameFebruary 17, 1999
Alexander Selivanov1st NHL Hat-trick
Dean McAmmond100th NHL AssistFebruary 21, 1999
Dan LaCouture1st NHL GameFebruary 24, 1999
Georges Laraque100th NHL PIM
Steve Passmore1st NHL Game
Sean Brown200th NHL PIMFebruary 26, 1999
Dean McAmmond300th NHL GameFebruary 27, 1999
Ryan Smyth200th NHL PIM
Rem Murray200th NHL GameMarch 1, 1999
Steve Passmore1st NHL WinMarch 3, 1999
Steve Passmore1st NHL AssistMarch 17, 1999
Mike Grier1st NHL Hat-trickMarch 20, 1999
Marty McSorley3,300th NHL PIM
Janne Niinimaa200th NHL PIM
Pat Falloon500th NHL GameMarch 22, 1999
Bill Guerin300th NHL Point
Janne Niinimaa100th NHL AssistMarch 28, 1999
Chad Kilger200th NHL GameMarch 30, 1999
Bill Guerin500th NHL GameApril 12, 1999
Tommy Salo200th NHL GameApril 17, 1999
Playoffs
PlayerMilestoneReached
Sean Brown1st NHL GameApril 21, 1999
Christian Laflamme
Georges Laraque
Tom Poti
Tommy Salo
Vladimir Vorobiev
Ethan Moreau1st NHL AssistApril 23, 1999
Jason Smith
Tom Poti1st NHL Assist
1st NHL Point
April 25, 1999
Boyd Devereaux1st NHL GameApril 27, 1999
Christian Laflamme1st NHL Assist
1st NHL Point

Transactions

Trades

June 16, 1998 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Bobby Dollas
Tony Hrkac
To Edmonton Oilers
Josef Beranek
June 18, 1998 To New York Islanders
Mike Watt
To Edmonton Oilers
Éric Fichaud
June 27, 1998 To New Jersey Devils
*3rd round pick in 1998 (Brian Gionta)
To Edmonton Oilers
Fredrik Bremberg
4th round pick in 1998(Kristian Antila)
5th round pick in 1998 (Oleg Smirnov)
October 1, 1998 To Nashville Predators
Drake Berehowsky
Greg de Vries
Éric Fichaud
To Edmonton Oilers
Jim Dowd
Mikhail Shtalenkov
October 5, 1998 To Philadelphia Flyers
Valeri Zelepukin
To Edmonton Oilers
Daniel Lacroix
January 29, 1999 To Philadelphia Flyers
Andrei Kovalenko
To Edmonton Oilers
Alexandre Daigle
January 29, 1999 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Alexandre Daigle
To Edmonton Oilers
Alexander Selivanov
February 3, 1999 To Washington Capitals
Barrie Moore
To Edmonton Oilers
Brad Church
March 11, 1999 To Phoenix Coyotes
Mikhail Shtalenkov
To Edmonton Oilers
**5th round pick in 2000 (Matt Koalska)
March 20, 1999 To Chicago Blackhawks
Boris Mironov
Dean McAmmond
Jonas Elofsson
2nd round pick in 1999 (Dmitri Levinsky)
To Edmonton Oilers
Ethan Moreau
Chad Kilger
Christian Laflamme
Daniel Cleary
2nd round pick in 1999 (Alexei Semenov)
March 20, 1999 To New York Islanders
Mats Lindgren
8th round pick in 1999 (Radek Martinek)
To Edmonton Oilers
Tommy Salo
March 23, 1999 To New York Rangers
Kevin Brown
To Edmonton Oilers
Vladimir Vorobiev
March 23, 1999 To Toronto Maple Leafs
4th round pick in 1999 (Jonathan Zion)
2nd round pick in 2000 (Kris Vernarsky)
To Edmonton Oilers
Jason Smith
*Later traded to the New Jersey Devils.
**Later traded to the Nashville Predators.

Free agents

PlayerFormer teamContract terms
F Chris FerraroPittsburgh Penguins1 year,
F Kevin BrownCarolina Hurricanes1 year, $330,900
F Pat FalloonOttawa Senators1 year, $297,810
D Todd ReirdenNew Jersey Devils1 year,
D Marty McSorleySan Jose Sharks1 year, $1 million
PlayerNew team
D Terran SandwithMighty Ducks of Anaheim
G Curtis JosephToronto Maple Leafs
G Jean-François LabbeNew York Rangers
F Jesse BelangerTampa Bay Lightning
F Scott FraserNew York Rangers

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
113Michael Henrich CanadaBarrie Colts (OHL)
367Alex Henry CanadaLondon Knights (OHL)
499Shawn Horcoff CanadaMichigan State University (CCHA)
4113Kristian Antila FinlandIlves (Finland)
5128Paul Elliott CanadaLethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
5144Oleg Smirnov RussiaKristall Elektrostal (Russia)
6159Trevor Ettinger CanadaCape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
7186Mike Morrison United StatesExeter High School (USHS–NH)
8213Christian Lefebvre CanadaBaie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
9241Maxim Spiridonov RussiaLondon Knights (OHL)

Roster

1998-99 Edmonton Oilers
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

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