1998–99 Los Angeles Kings season

1998–99 Los Angeles Kings
Division5th Pacific
Conference11th Western
1998–99 record32–45–5
Home record18–20–3
Road record14–25–2
Goals for189
Goals against222
Team information
General managerDave Taylor
CoachLarry Robinson
CaptainRob Blake
Alternate captainsMattias Norstrom
Luc Robitaille
Garry Galley
ArenaGreat Western Forum
Average attendance12,795
Minor league affiliate(s)Long Beach Ice Dogs
Springfield Falcons
Mississippi Sea Wolves
Team leaders
GoalsLuc Robitaille (39)
AssistsLuc Robitaille (35)
PointsLuc Robitaille (74)
Penalty minutesSean O'Donnell (186)
Plus/minusDonald Audette (+7)
WinsStephane Fiset (18)
Goals against averageJamie Storr (2.40)

The 1998–99 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). This was the team's final season at the Great Western Forum before moving to the Staples Center for the 1999–2000 season. The Kings did not qualify for the 1999 playoffs, despite qualifying the previous year.

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division
R CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 Dallas Stars 82 51 19 12 236 168 114
2 4 Phoenix Coyotes 82 39 31 12 205 197 90
3 6 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 82 35 34 13 215 206 83
4 7 San Jose Sharks 82 31 33 18 196 191 80
5 11 Los Angeles Kings 82 32 45 5 189 222 69

[1]

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.

Western Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – Dallas Stars PAC 82 51 19 12 236 168 114
2 y – Colorado Avalanche NW 82 44 28 10 239 205 98
3 y – Detroit Red Wings CEN 82 43 32 7 245 202 93
4 Phoenix Coyotes PAC 82 39 31 12 205 197 90
5 St. Louis Blues CEN 82 37 32 13 237 209 87
6 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 82 35 34 13 215 206 83
7 San Jose Sharks PAC 82 31 33 18 196 191 80
8 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 33 37 12 230 226 78
9 Calgary Flames NW 82 30 40 12 211 234 72
10 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 82 29 41 12 202 248 70
11 Los Angeles Kings PAC 82 32 45 5 189 222 69
12 Nashville Predators CEN 82 28 47 7 190 261 63
13 Vancouver Canucks NW 82 23 47 12 192 258 58

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

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


Schedule and results

1998–99 regular season[3]
October: 4–4–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 W October 10, 1998 2–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 1–0–0 Recap
2 L October 12, 1998 2–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 1–1–0 Recap
3 W October 16, 1998 2–1 OT Boston Bruins (1998–99) 2–1–0 Recap
4 T October 18, 1998 5–5 OT Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 2–1–1 Recap
5 T October 21, 1998 1–1 OT @ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 2–1–2 Recap
6 L October 23, 1998 2–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 2–2–2 Recap
7 W October 25, 1998 3–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 3–2–2 Recap
8 L October 27, 1998 0–1 @ New York Islanders (1998–99) 3–3–2 Recap
9 W October 28, 1998 4–0 @ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 4–3–2 Recap
10 L October 30, 1998 0–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 4–4–2 Recap
November: 2–10–1 (home: 1–6–1; road: 1–4–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
11 L November 1, 1998 0–3 Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 4–5–2 Recap
12 T November 5, 1998 2–2 OT St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 4–5–3 Recap
13 L November 7, 1998 3–4 Dallas Stars (1998–99) 4–6–3 Recap
14 W November 9, 1998 4–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 5–6–3 Recap
15 L November 10, 1998 4–5 OT @ Calgary Flames (1998–99) 5–7–3 Recap
16 L November 12, 1998 1–3 Nashville Predators (1998–99) 5–8–3 Recap
17 L November 14, 1998 3–5 Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 5–9–3 Recap
18 L November 16, 1998 1–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 5–10–3 Recap
19 L November 18, 1998 4–5 @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 5–11–3 Recap
20 L November 19, 1998 1–5 New York Rangers (1998–99) 5–12–3 Recap
21 W November 21, 1998 5–0 Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 6–12–3 Recap
22 L November 28, 1998 0–4 Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 6–13–3 Recap
23 L November 30, 1998 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 6–14–3 Recap
December: 6–7–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–4–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
24 L December 2, 1998 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 6–15–3 Recap
25 L December 3, 1998 1–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 6–16–3 Recap
26 L December 5, 1998 3–4 Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 6–17–3 Recap
27 W December 9, 1998 2–1 Washington Capitals (1998–99) 7–17–3 Recap
28 W December 12, 1998 3–0 Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 8–17–3 Recap
29 L December 13, 1998 0–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 8–18–3 Recap
30 L December 17, 1998 4–5 OT New York Islanders (1998–99) 8–19–3 Recap
31 L December 19, 1998 2–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 8–20–3 Recap
32 W December 20, 1998 4–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 9–20–3 Recap
33 W December 22, 1998 3–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 10–20–3 Recap
34 L December 26, 1998 1–2 Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 10–21–3 Recap
35 W December 28, 1998 4–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 11–21–3 Recap
36 W December 30, 1998 5–1 San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 12–21–3 Recap
January: 5–6–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–3–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
37 W January 2, 1999 4–2 Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 13–21–3 Recap
38 W January 5, 1999 4–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 14–21–3 Recap
39 W January 7, 1999 4–2 Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 15–21–3 Recap
40 T January 9, 1999 1–1 OT Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 15–21–4 Recap
41 L January 11, 1999 0–4 @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 15–22–4 Recap
42 W January 14, 1999 3–0 Calgary Flames (1998–99) 16–22–4 Recap
43 L January 16, 1999 1–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 16–23–4 Recap
44 L January 19, 1999 4–5 Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 16–24–4 Recap
45 L January 21, 1999 2–3 New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 16–25–4 Recap
46 L January 27, 1999 2–3 @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) 16–26–4 Recap
47 W January 29, 1999 6–3 @ Washington Capitals (1998–99) 17–26–4 Recap
48 L January 30, 1999 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 17–27–4 Recap
February: 6–6–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 2–4–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
49 L February 1, 1999 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 17–28–4 Recap
50 W February 4, 1999 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 18–28–4 Recap
51 W February 6, 1999 2–0 San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 19–28–4 Recap
52 L February 10, 1999 0–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 19–29–4 Recap
53 W February 11, 1999 4–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 20–29–4 Recap
54 L February 13, 1999 2–3 Dallas Stars (1998–99) 20–30–4 Recap
55 L February 15, 1999 1–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 20–31–4 Recap
56 W February 18, 1999 3–2 Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 21–31–4 Recap
57 T February 20, 1999 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (1998–99) 21–31–5 Recap
58 L February 22, 1999 1–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 21–32–5 Recap
59 W February 24, 1999 3–2 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 22–32–5 Recap
60 W February 26, 1999 2–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 23–32–5 Recap
61 L February 28, 1999 0–1 @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) 23–33–5 Recap
March: 5–8–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–4–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
62 L March 3, 1999 1–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 23–34–5 Recap
63 L March 4, 1999 3–4 Nashville Predators (1998–99) 23–35–5 Recap
64 L March 6, 1999 1–4 Calgary Flames (1998–99) 23–36–5 Recap
65 W March 9, 1999 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 24–36–5 Recap
66 W March 13, 1999 3–1 Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 25–36–5 Recap
67 W March 15, 1999 4–0 Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 26–36–5 Recap
68 L March 18, 1999 2–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 26–37–5 Recap
69 W March 20, 1999 4–3 Florida Panthers (1998–99) 27–37–5 Recap
70 L March 21, 1999 1–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 27–38–5 Recap
71 L March 25, 1999 1–2 Dallas Stars (1998–99) 27–39–5 Recap
72 L March 28, 1999 2–7 @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 27–40–5 Recap
73 W March 30, 1999 2–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 28–40–5 Recap
74 L March 31, 1999 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 28–41–5 Recap
April: 4–4–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–3–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
75 L April 3, 1999 2–3 @ Nashville Predators (1998–99) 28–42–5 Recap
76 L April 5, 1999 1–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 28–43–5 Recap
77 W April 8, 1999 3–2 San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 29–43–5 Recap
78 L April 11, 1999 2–6 @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) 29–44–5 Recap
79 W April 12, 1999 4–3 @ Nashville Predators (1998–99) 30–44–5 Recap
80 W April 15, 1999 4–3 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 31–44–5 Recap
81 W April 16, 1999 2–0 @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 32–44–5 Recap
82 L April 18, 1999 2–3 St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 32–45–5 Recap
Legend:

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

Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
20 Luc Robitaille LW 82 39 35 74 −1 54
10[a] Donald Audette† RW 49 18 18 36 7 51
4 Rob Blake D 62 12 23 35 −7 128
15 Jozef Stumpel C 64 13 21 34 −18 10
27 Glen Murray RW 61 16 15 31 −14 36
26 Ray Ferraro C 65 13 18 31 0 59
44 Yanic Perreault‡ C 64 10 17 27 −3 30
9 Vladimir Tsyplakov LW 69 11 12 23 −7 32
28 Steve Duchesne‡ D 60 4 19 23 −6 22
12 Olli Jokinen C 66 9 12 21 −10 44
23 Craig Johnson LW 69 7 12 19 −12 32
19 Russ Courtnall RW 57 6 13 19 −9 19
3 Garry Galley D 60 4 12 16 −9 30
55 Pavel Rosa RW 29 4 12 16 0 6
8 Doug Bodger D 65 3 11 14 1 34
6 Sean O'Donnell D 80 1 13 14 1 186
22 Ian Laperriere RW 72 3 10 13 −5 138
43 Philippe Boucher D 45 2 6 8 −12 32
14 Mattias Norstrom D 78 2 5 7 −10 36
45 Sandy Moger C 42 3 2 5 −9 26
24 Nathan LaFayette C 33 2 2 4 0 35
21[b] Josh Green LW 27 1 3 4 −5 8
48 Mark Visheau D 28 1 3 4 −7 107
17 Matt Johnson LW 49 2 1 3 −5 131
44 Dave Babych† D 8 0 2 2 −2 2
11 Jason Blake† C 1 1 0 1 1 0
7 Steve McKenna LW 20 1 0 1 −3 36
54 Jan Nemecek D 6 1 0 1 −1 4
29 Eric Lacroix†‡ LW 27 0 1 1 −5 12
32 Manny Legace G 17 0 1 1 0
33 Jaroslav Modry D 5 0 1 1 1 0
29 Sean Pronger† C 13 0 1 1 2 4
1 Jamie Storr G 28 0 1 1 6
31 Ryan Bach† G 3 0 0 0 0
42 Dan Bylsma RW 8 0 0 0 −1 2
11 Brandon Convery† C 3 0 0 0 −1 4
35 Stephane Fiset G 42 0 0 0 2
28 Jason Podollan† RW 6 0 0 0 −3 5
29 Roman Vopat‡ C 3 0 0 0 0 6

Goaltending

  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
35 Stephane Fiset 42 18 21 1 1217 104 2.60 .915 3 2403
1 Jamie Storr 28 12 12 2 724 61 2.40 .916 4 1525
32 Manny Legace 17 2 9 2 439 39 2.60 .911 0 899
31 Ryan Bach† 3 0 3 0 66 8 4.44 .879 0 108

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		NHL All-Rookie Team Jamie Storr (Goaltender) [4]
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Rob Blake [5]
Mattias Norstrom[c]
Luc Robitaille[c]
NHL Rookie of the Month Olli Jokinen (November) [8]
Team Best Newcomer Donald Audette [9]
Bill Libby Memorial Award Luc Robitaille [9]
Defensive Player Ian Laperriere [9]
Jim Fox Community Service Rob Blake [9]
Sean O'Donnell
Leading Scorer Luc Robitaille [9]
Most Inspirational Mattias Norstrom [9]
Most Popular Player Luc Robitaille [9]
Outstanding Defenseman Mattias Norstrom [9]
Unsung Hero Mattias Norstrom [9]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Josh Green October 10, 1998 [10]
Manny Legace October 21, 1998
Ryan Bach October 23, 1998
Jan Nemecek November 7, 1998
Pavel Rosa December 17, 1998
Jason Blake April 18, 1999
1,000th game played Doug Bodger October 25, 1998 [11]
Garry Galley February 1, 1999 [12]
Russ Courtnall February 10, 1999 [13]
Ray Ferraro February 28, 1999 [14]

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season.[15]

Trades

May 29, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Future considerations 		To Nashville Predators
Marian Cisar
June 18, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Doug Bodger 		To New Jersey Devils
4th round pick in 1998 - Pierre Dagenais
June 26, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Predators promise to not select
Garry Galley in 1998 NHL Expansion Draft 		To Nashville Predators
Jan Vopat
Kimmo Timonen
July 7, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Future considerations 		To Nashville Predators
Vitali Yachmenev
July 29, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Manny Legace 		To Carolina Hurricanes
Future considerations
September 3, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
3rd round pick in 1999 - Frantisek Kaberle 		To Chicago Blackhawks
Doug Zmolek
October 22, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Ryan Bach 		To Detroit Red Wings
6th round pick in 2000 - Par Backer
October 29, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Eric Lacroix 		To Colorado Avalanche
Roman Vopat
6th round pick in 1999 - Martin Prusek
December 18, 1998 To Los Angeles Kings
Donald Audette 		To Buffalo Sabres
2nd round pick in 1999 - Milan Bartovic
February 12, 1999 To Los Angeles Kings
Sean Pronger 		To New York Rangers
Eric Lacroix
March 23, 1999 To Los Angeles Kings
Dave Babych
5th round pick in 2000 - Nathan Marsters 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Steve Duchesne
March 23, 1999 To Los Angeles Kings
Jason Podollan
3rd round pick in 1999 - Cory Campbell 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Yanic Perreault

Free agent signings

July 2, 1998 From St. Louis Blues
Steve Duchesne (3 years, $11.25 million)
April 17, 1999 From University of North Dakota (WCHA)
Jason Blake

Free agents lost

July 22, 1998 To Boston Bruins
Chris Taylor (1 year, $350,000)
August 18, 1998 To New York Islanders
Steve Valiquette
August 26, 1998 To Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL)
Jeff Shevalier

Expansion draft

June 26, 1998 To Nashville Predators
Frederic Chabot

Waivers

July 17, 1998 From Nashville Predators
Frederic Chabot
October 5, 1998 To Montreal Canadiens
Frederic Chabot
November 19, 1998 From Vancouver Canucks
Brandon Convery

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[16]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 21 Mathieu Biron  Canada Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
2 46 Justin Papineau  Canada Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3 76 Aleksei Volkov  Russia Krylya Sovetov-2 (Russia)
4 103 Kip Brennan  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
5 133 Joe Rullier  Canada Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
6 163 Tomas Zizka  Czech Republic ZPS Zlín (Czech Republic)
7 190 Tommi Hannus  Finland TPS Jr. (Finland)
8 217 Jim Henkel  United States Ottawa 67's (OHL)
9 248 Matthew Yeats  Canada Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Audette wore number 34 in his first two games.
  2. ^ Green wore number 47 in his first two games.
  3. ^ a b Norstrom and Robitaille were injury replacements, Robitaille for Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings.[6][7]

References

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  • "1998-99 Los Angeles Kings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  • Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
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  2. ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  3. ^ "1998-99 Los Angeles Kings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "ALL-STAR ROSTERS". San Francisco Chronicle. January 23, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Lindros Gets All-Star Start - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. January 22, 1999. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  8. ^ "Jokinen is November's Rookie of the Month". NHL.com. December 2, 1998. Archived from the original on October 1, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i Los Angeles Kings 2014–15 Media Guide, p. 201–03
  10. ^ "1998-99 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  11. ^ Commito, Mike (February 28, 2019). "Four LA Kings Reflect on Earning the 1,000-Game Crown". NHL.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  12. ^ Hodges, Jim (February 2, 1999). "Flyers' Quick Start Leaves Outclassed Kings in the Dust". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023. Garry Galley assisted on the goal while playing his 1,000th game in Philadelphia
  13. ^ Hodges, Jim (February 11, 1999). "Courtnall in Land of 1,000 Games". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  14. ^ Hodges, Jim (March 2, 1999). "Ferraro Reaches 1,000 Mark". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  15. ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
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