1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season – Wikipedia

NHL hockey team season

The 1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season was the Coyotes’ third season in Phoenix, the franchise’s 20th season in the NHL and 27th overall. The Coyotes qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, but they were upset in the Western Conference Quarterfinals by the St. Louis Blues, losing in seven games after being up three games to one. It was the third time in the decade that the Jets/Coyotes had blown a three games to one series lead. The first coming in 1990 and the other coming in 1992.

Regular season[edit]

Final standings[edit]

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.

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

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

Playoffs[edit]

Western Conference Quarterfinals[edit]

(W4) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (W5) St. Louis Blues[edit]

The series started in Phoenix. Game 1 was won by St. Louis by a score of 3–1. In Game 2, the Coyotes won 4–3 in overtime. In St. Louis, Phoenix won both Games 3 and 4 — Game 3 was won by a score of 5–4 and Game 4 was won by a score of 2–1. Game 5 shifted back to Phoenix, where St. Louis won 2–1 in overtime. Game 6 went back to St. Louis, where the Blues won 5–3. In Game 7, St. Louis won 1–0 in overtime in Phoenix, winning the series 4–3.

Player statistics[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Scoring

Goaltending

Playoffs[edit]

Scoring

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Nikolai Khabibulin	449	7	3	4	18	2.41	0	236	218	.924
Team:	449	7	3	4	18	2.41	0	236	218	.924

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Transactions[edit]

Trades[edit]

June 30, 1998	To Nashville Predators Seventh-round pick in 1999 (Kyle Kettles)	To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Sullivan
October 31, 1998	To Nashville Predators Cliff Ronning Richard Lintner	To Phoenix Coyotes Future Considerations
January 13, 1999	To Nashville Predators Future considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes J. J. Daigneault
March 8, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Huscroft
March 11, 1999	To Edmonton Oilers Fifth-round pick in 2000 (Matt Koalska)	To Phoenix Coyotes Mikhail Shtalenkov
March 20, 1999	To New York Islanders Brad Isbister Third-round pick in 1999 (Brian Collins)	To Phoenix Coyotes Robert Reichel Third-round pick in 1999 (Jason Jaspers) Fourth-round pick in 1999 (Preston Mizzi)
March 23, 1999	To Montreal Canadiens Jean-Francois Jomphe	To Phoenix Coyotes Cash
March 23, 1999	To New York Rangers Jason Doig Sixth-round pick in 1999 (Jay Dardis)	To Phoenix Coyotes Stan Neckar
June 25, 1999	To Atlanta Thrashers Scott Langkow	To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations
June 26, 1999	To Montreal Canadiens Jim Cummins	To Phoenix Coyotes Sixth-round pick in 1999 (Erik Lewerstrom)
June 26, 1999	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Oleg Tverdovsky	To Phoenix Coyotes Travis Green First-round pick in 1999 (Scott Kelman)

Waivers[edit]

Free agents[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Bibliography