1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	6th Western
1998–99 record	35–34–13
Home record	21–14–6
Road record	14–20–7
Goals for	215
Goals against	206
Team information
General manager	Pierre Gauthier
Coach	Craig Hartsburg
Captain	Paul Kariya
Alternate captains	Kevin Haller Teemu Selanne
Arena	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance	15,804
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Huntington Blizzard
Team leaders
Goals	Teemu Selanne (47)
Assists	Paul Kariya (62)
Points	Teemu Selanne (107)
Penalty minutes	Stu Grimson (158)
Plus/minus	Jamie Pushor (+20)
Wins	Guy Hebert (31)
Goals against average	Guy Hebert (2.42)

The 1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the sixth season in franchise history.

Off-season

The roster was shaken up a lot during the previous season and only a few changes took place in the summer. The Ducks traded Dave Karpa and a 2000 4th round pick to the Carolina Hurricanes for Kevin Haller and Stu Grimson on June 18. Two months later they acquired Jim Mckenzie for Jean-Francois Jomphe on August 11. They signed veteran Fredrik Olausson, who was with the Ducks before, to give the team scoring from the blue line, and Pascal Trepanier. Rookies Antti Aalto and Johan Davidsson made the roster while Mike Crowley who played very well last season would see more ice time with the parent team.

For the first time since the Ducks traded Ron Tugnutt to the Montreal Canadiens in 1994 the team saw just their second change in net, losing Mikhail Shtalenkov to the Nashville Predators in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft. That left them with Prospects Patrick Lalime and Chris Mason for the back up position. Just before the season started the Ducks acquired Dominic Roussel from the Nashville Predators for Chris Mason and Marc Moro on October 5, 1998 which gave the team more experience in case Hebert would be sidelined like last season. Days later they sent Doug Houda to Detroit on October 9.

Regular season

The season was much more consistent than the previous season. Anaheim started off slow, losing their first three games and scoring only one goal but was unbeaten the next six games. On October 27, 1998 they added Marty McInnis, a key player who gave them more scoring depth for the team's upcoming success and dominating Powerplay. On November 8 Tomas Sandstrom suffered a broken left wrist which kept him sidelined until late December thus relying more on their star players and hoping for others to fill the void. The team managed to comeback a few times after going winless some games and even put up an unbeaten streak like in early December (4-0-2) and a winning streak in early February (4–0–0). January turned out to be the very tough going 4–9–1 and winless (0-5-1) a second time since late November. Overall the Ducks were hovering around the .500 mark fighting to go to the post season.

In February the team pushed themselves into the playoffs as the Mighty Ducks went 13–3–1 from February 3 until March 10 including a team record seven-game winning streak. Anaheim stayed consistent after their streak, going 4–4–3, but registering a record of 1–5–1 in their last seven games, thus missing out on 5th place facing rather Phoenix than the Red Wings as they finished the season 6th in the west since the team was unable to maintain their amazing run in April. The Blues only lost one of their last nine games, whereas the Ducks only won one game out of their last seven, ironically against the Phoenix Coyotes,

During that seven-game winning streak the team only allowed 1 goal in each of those games, highlighting the great goaltending of Guy Hebert, who had a career year and his best season since 1996–97. Dominic Roussel also enjoyed a stellar comeback in the NHL as the team's backup. Both goalies provided excellent goaltending for the Mighty Ducks, each posting a save percentage above .920 as well as a superb GAA. Those great numbers were supported by their Defense as the team allowed 55 goals less than last year. Offensively the Ducks only scored 10 goals more than last season and relied very heavily on their first line (Kariya - Rucchin - Selanne) combining for 109 goals. Additional scoring was only provided by Marty McInnis (17 goals), defenceman Fredrik Olausson (16 goals) and Tomas Sandstrom (15 goals), who improved over last season but missed 24 games due to injury. Matt Cullen enjoyed a good second season, tallying 11 goals which was almost double than last year while Travis Green only scored 13 goals and 30 points which was below expectation. Rookies Anti Aaalto and Johan Davidson did not make an impact in the scoring department.

The Mighty Ducks finished the regular season with the most power-play goals, 83, and the best power-play percentage, 21.96% (83 for 378) in the NHL.

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

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

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

Playoffs

The Mighty Ducks met the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs. The Wings swept the Mighty Ducks in four games.

Late in Game 3 Stu Grimson cross-checked Kris Draper in the face in front of the Red Wings bench which caused a brawl between both teams.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

Playoffs

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings — Red Wings win 4–0 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 L April 21, 1999 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings Red Wings lead 1–0 Recap 2 L April 23, 1999 1–5 @ Detroit Red Wings Red Wings lead 2–0 Recap 3 L April 25, 1999 2–4 Detroit Red Wings Red Wings lead 3–0 Recap 4 L April 27, 1999 0–3 Detroit Red Wings Red Wings win 4–0 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

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 Mighty Ducks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
8	Teemu Selanne	RW	75	47	60	107	18	30	4	2	2	4	−1	2
9	Paul Kariya	LW	82	39	62	101	17	40	3	1	3	4	0	0
20	Steve Rucchin	C	69	23	39	62	11	22	4	0	3	3	0	0
2	Fredrik Olausson	D	74	16	40	56	17	30	4	0	2	2	−4	4
16	Marty McInnis†	C	75	18	34	52	−14	36	4	2	0	2	−1	2
17	Tomas Sandstrom	RW	58	15	17	32	−5	42	4	0	0	0	−2	4
39	Travis Green	C	79	13	17	30	−7	81	4	0	1	1	−4	4
11	Matt Cullen	C	75	11	14	25	−12	47	4	0	0	0	−2	0
24	Ruslan Salei	D	74	2	14	16	1	65	3	0	0	0	−4	4
18	Ted Drury	C	75	5	6	11	2	83	4	0	0	0	−6	0
33	Jim McKenzie	LW	73	5	4	9	−18	99	4	0	0	0	−2	4
19	Jeff Nielsen	RW	80	5	4	9	−12	34	4	0	0	0	−6	2
14	Antti Aalto	C	73	3	5	8	−12	24	4	0	0	0	0	2
22	Johan Davidsson	C	64	3	5	8	−9	14	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Jason Marshall	D	72	1	7	8	−5	142	4	1	0	1	−1	10
5	Kevin Haller	D	82	1	6	7	−1	122	4	0	0	0	−1	2
27	Pascal Trepanier	D	45	2	4	6	0	48	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Mike Crowley	D	20	2	3	5	−10	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Pavel Trnka	D	63	0	4	4	−6	60	4	0	1	1	−3	2
32	Stu Grimson	LW	73	3	0	3	0	158	3	0	0	0	0	30
4	Jamie Pushor	D	70	1	2	3	−20	112	4	0	0	0	−3	6
21	Scott Ferguson	D	2	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Guy Hebert	G	69	0	1	1		0	4	0	0	0		0
10	Josef Marha‡	C	10	0	1	1	−4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Mike Leclerc	LW	7	0	0	0	−2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	Dominic Roussel	G	18	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Dan Trebil	D	6	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
35	Tom Askey	G	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
31	Guy Hebert	69	31	29	9	2114	165	2.46	.922	6	4083	4	0	3	124	15	4.33	.879	0	208
30	Dominic Roussel	18	4	5	4	478	37	2.51	.923	1	884	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Tom Askey	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	11	2	3.99	.818	0	30

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy	Teemu Selanne
	NHL First All-Star Team	Paul Kariya (Left Wing)
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Teemu Selanne (Right Wing)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Paul Kariya
		Teemu Selanne
	NHL Player of the Month	Teemu Selanne (February)
	NHL Player of the Week	Paul Kariya (November 23)
		Teemu Selanne (March 1)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Johan Davidsson	October 10, 1998

Transactions

Acquired Marty McInnis from the Chicago Blackhawks ( previously acquired from the Calgary Flames ) for a 4th round draft pick on October 27, 1998

Traded Drew Bannister to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2000 5th round pick on December 10, 1998

Traded Josef Marha to the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations (became a 1999 4th round draft) on January 28, 1999

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5	Vitaly Vishnevskiy	Russia	Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
2	32	Stephen Peat	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4	112	Viktor Wallin	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)
6	150	Trent Hunter	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
7	178	Jesse Fibiger	Canada	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
8	205	David Bernier	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9	233	Pelle Prestberg	Sweden	Farjestad BK (Sweden)
9	245	Andreas Andersson	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

• 1998–99 NHL season

References

• "Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
• "1998-99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
• Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.