| 1998–99Detroit Red Wings | |
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Central Division champions | |
| Division | 1stCentral |
| Conference | 3rdWestern |
| 1998–99 record | 43–32–7 |
| Home record | 27–12–2 |
| Road record | 16–20–5 |
| Goals for | 245 |
| Goals against | 202 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Ken Holland |
| Coach | Scotty Bowman |
| Captain | Steve Yzerman |
| Alternate captains | Nicklas Lidstrom Brendan Shanahan |
| Arena | Joe Louis Arena |
| Average attendance | 19,983 |
| Minor league affiliates | Adirondack Red Wings Toledo Storm |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Brendan Shanahan (31) |
| Assists | Igor Larionov (49) |
| Points | Steve Yzerman (74) |
| Penalty minutes | Martin Lapointe (141) |
| Plus/minus | Larry Murphy (+21) |
| Wins | Chris Osgood (34) |
| Goals against average | Norm Maracle (2.27) |
The1998–99Detroit Red Wings season was Detroit's 73rd season of operation in theNational Hockey League (NHL). They entered the season as the two-time defendingStanley Cup champions.
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| R | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts | |
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| 1 | 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 245 | 202 | 1202 | 93 |
| 2 | 5 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 237 | 209 | 1308 | 87 |
| 3 | 10 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 202 | 248 | 1807 | 70 |
| 4 | 12 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 190 | 261 | 1420 | 63 |
| R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 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 – WonPresidents' Trophy;y – Won division
The Red Wings would enter the 1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and the series proved to be no contest. Detroit would sweep the Ducks in four games, setting up a rematch with their arch-rival Colorado Avalanche. Despite Detroit winning the first two games, they would go on to lose the next four consecutively, and were eliminated by the Avalanche.
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October: 6–4–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 3–3–0)
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November: 7–4–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–2–0)
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December: 4–8–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 1–5–1)
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January: 7–5–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–3–1)
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February: 7–4–3 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–2–2)
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March: 7–5–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–4–0)
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April: 5–2–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–1–1)
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Legend:W Win (2 points)L Loss (0 points)T Tie (1 point) |
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Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (6) Anaheim Mighty Ducks — Red Wings win 4–0
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Western Conference Semifinals: vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche — Avalanche win 4–2
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| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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| GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
| 19 | Steve Yzerman | C | 80 | 29 | 45 | 74 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 77 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 9 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Igor Larionov | C | 75 | 14 | 49 | 63 | 13 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| 14 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 81 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 2 | 123 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | C | 79 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 10 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
| 5 | Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 81 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 55 | Larry Murphy | D | 80 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 25 | Darren McCarty | RW | 69 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 108 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 23 |
| 96 | Tomas Holmstrom | LW | 82 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −11 | 69 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Martin Lapointe | RW | 77 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 141 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 17 | Doug Brown | RW | 80 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Kris Draper | C | 80 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 79 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
| 18 | Kirk Maltby | RW | 53 | 8 | 6 | 14 | −6 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 8 |
| 11 | Mathieu Dandenault | RW | 75 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Stacy Roest | C | 59 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −7 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Anders Eriksson‡ | D | 61 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Aaron Ward | D | 60 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −5 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 34 | Jamie Macoun | D | 69 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 26 | Joe Kocur | RW | 39 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 71 | Wendel Clark† | LW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 10 |
| 4 | Uwe Krupp | D | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Todd Gill† | D | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Chris Osgood | G | 63 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Chris Chelios† | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 14 |
| 41 | Brent Gilchrist | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 85 | Petr Klima† | LW | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Yan Golubovsky | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Doug Houda | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Philippe Audet | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37[a] | Kevin Hodson‡ | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Darryl Laplante | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Norm Maracle | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Bill Ranford† | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Ulf Samuelsson† | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
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| GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
| 30 | Chris Osgood | 63 | 63 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 1,654 | 149 | 2.42 | .910 | 3 | 3,691:21 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 172 | 14 | 2.34 | .919 | 1 | 358:26 |
| 38 | Norm Maracle | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 379 | 31 | 2.27 | .918 | 0 | 820:59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3.08 | .864 | 0 | 58:22 |
| 40 | Bill Ranford† | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 8 | 1.96 | .918 | 0 | 244:22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 105 | 10 | 3.28 | .905 | 1 | 183:27 |
| 37[a] | Kevin Hodson‡ | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 9 | 3.08 | .886 | 0 | 175:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Nicklas Lidstrom(Defense) | [4] |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Uwe Krupp[b] | [8] |
| Nicklas Lidstrom[b] | |||
| Larry Murphy | |||
| Brendan Shanahan[b] | |||
| Steve Yzerman[b] | |||
| NHL Player of the Week | Brendan Shanahan(October 19) | [9] |
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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| First game | Stacy Roest | October 21, 1998 | [10] |
| Philippe Audet | December 23, 1998 |
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Detroit's draft picks at the1998 NHL entry draft held at theMarine Midland Arena inBuffalo, New York.[11]
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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| 1 | 25 | Jiri Fischer | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) | |
| 2 | 55 | Ryan Barnes | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) | |
| 2 | 56 | Tomek Valtonen | Ilves (Finland) | |
| 3 | 84 | Jake McCracken | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) | |
| 4 | 111 | Brent Hobday | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) | |
| 5 | 142 | Calle Steen | Hammarby IF (Sweden) | |
| 6 | 151 | Adam Deleeuw | Barrie Colts (OHL) | |
| 6 | 171 | Pavel Datsyuk | Dinamo-Energija Tekaterinburg (Russia) | |
| 7 | 198 | Jeremy Goetzinger | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) | |
| 8 | 226 | David Petrasek | HV71 (Sweden) | |
| 9 | 256 | Petja Pietilainen | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |