1998–99 Vancouver Canucks season

The 1998–99 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 29th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Regular season

The Canucks led the league in power-play opportunities against, with 450, and short-handed goals, with 17.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||October 12, 1998||4–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) ||1–0–0 ||

|2||October 14, 1998||1–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) ||1–1–0 ||

|3||October 17, 1998||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) ||2–1–0 ||

|4||October 20, 1998||1–3 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) ||2–2–0 ||

|5||October 21, 1998||2–1 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1998–99) ||3–2–0 ||

|6||October 23, 1998||5–0 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1998–99) ||4–2–0 ||

|7||October 25, 1998||2–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) ||4–3–0 ||

|8||October 27, 1998||4–5 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (1998–99) ||4–4–0 ||

|9||October 30, 1998||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) ||4–4–1 ||

|10||November 1, 1998||4–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1998–99) ||5–4–1 ||

|11||November 2, 1998||3–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) ||5–5–1 ||

|12||November 7, 1998||5–3 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (1998–99) ||6–5–1 ||

|13||November 9, 1998||3–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) ||6–6–1 ||

|14||November 12, 1998||4–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1998–99) ||7–6–1 ||

|15||November 13, 1998||5–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) ||8–6–1 ||

|16||November 15, 1998||1–2 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||8–7–1 ||

|17||November 18, 1998||2–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) ||8–8–1 ||

|18||November 19, 1998||5–0 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||9–8–1 ||

|19||November 21, 1998||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) ||9–9–1 ||

|20||November 23, 1998||3–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) ||9–10–1 ||

|21||November 25, 1998||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) ||9–11–1 ||

|22||November 27, 1998||1–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) ||9–12–1 ||

|23||November 29, 1998||2–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) ||9–13–1 ||

|24||December 1, 1998||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1998–99) ||9–13–2 ||

|25||December 4, 1998||4–1 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1998–99) ||10–13–2 ||

|26||December 6, 1998||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) ||10–13–3 ||

|27||December 9, 1998||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) ||10–13–4 ||

|28||December 12, 1998||0–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) ||10–14–4 ||

|29||December 17, 1998||2–1 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||11–14–4 ||

|30||December 19, 1998||4–6 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (1998–99) ||11–15–4 ||

|31||December 22, 1998||5–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1998–99) ||12–15–4 ||

|32||December 23, 1998||5–2 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1998–99) ||13–15–4 ||

|33||December 26, 1998||0–2 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) ||13–16–4 ||

|34||December 27, 1998||0–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) ||13–17–4 ||

|35||December 29, 1998||2–4 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||13–18–4 ||

|36||December 31, 1998||2–6 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) ||13–19–4 ||

|37||January 2, 1999||1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||13–20–4 ||

|38||January 4, 1999||0–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) ||13–21–4 ||

|39||January 6, 1999||4–6 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) ||13–22–4 ||

|40||January 8, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Florida Panthers (1998–99) ||13–22–5 ||

|41||January 10, 1999||2–0 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1998–99) ||14–22–5 ||

|42||January 14, 1999||1–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) ||14–23–5 ||

|43||January 16, 1999||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) ||14–23–6 ||

|44||January 18, 1999||5–3 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) ||15–23–6 ||

|45||January 19, 1999||1–4 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (1998–99) ||15–24–6 ||

|46||January 28, 1999||2–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1998–99) ||15–25–6 ||

|47||January 30, 1999||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) ||16–25–6 ||

|48||February 1, 1999||0–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1998–99) ||16–26–6 ||

|49||February 3, 1999||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||16–27–6 ||

|50||February 4, 1999||4–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1998–99) ||16–28–6 ||

|51||February 7, 1999||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1998–99) ||16–28–7 ||

|52||February 9, 1999||4–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) ||17–28–7 ||

|53||February 11, 1999||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) ||17–29–7 ||

|54||February 13, 1999||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1998–99) ||18–29–7 ||

|55||February 15, 1999||1–8 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) ||18–30–7 ||

|56||February 17, 1999||0–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) ||18–31–7 ||

|57||February 20, 1999||1–5 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) ||18–32–7 ||

|58||February 23, 1999||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||18–32–8 ||

|59||February 24, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) ||18–32–9 ||

|60||February 26, 1999||1–0 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) ||19–32–9 ||

|61||February 28, 1999||0–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) ||19–33–9 ||

|62||March 3, 1999||3–4 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1998–99) ||19–34–9 ||

|63||March 5, 1999||1–5 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1998–99) ||19–35–9 ||

|64||March 7, 1999||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) ||19–35–10 ||

|65||March 10, 1999||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) ||19–35–11 ||

|66||March 11, 1999||3–0 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) ||20–35–11 ||

|67||March 13, 1999||1–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) ||20–36–11 ||

|68||March 15, 1999||1–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1998–99) ||20–37–11 ||

|69||March 19, 1999||1–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1998–99) ||20–38–11 ||

|70||March 20, 1999||3–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) ||20–39–11 ||

|71||March 24, 1999||2–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||20–40–11 ||

|72||March 25, 1999||1–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1998–99) ||20–41–11 ||

|73||March 27, 1999||5–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||21–41–11 ||

|74||March 29, 1999||1–0 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) ||22–41–11 ||

|75||March 31, 1999||5–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) ||22–42–11 ||

|76||April 2, 1999||0–7 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1998–99) ||22–43–11 ||

|77||April 3, 1999||2–5 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) ||22–44–11 ||

|78||April 5, 1999||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) ||22–45–11 ||

|79||April 7, 1999||1–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) ||22–46–11 ||

|80||April 10, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) ||22–46–12 ||

|81||April 12, 1999||2–0 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1998–99) ||23–46–12 ||

|82||April 14, 1999||4–5 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1998–99) ||23–47–12 ||

Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canucks only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only. Player Regular season 19 RW 80 36 30 66 −13 74 11 C 59 13 35 48 −12 33 89 RW 59 14 31 45 0 58 17 RW 73 16 20 36 −9 98 2 D 74 9 26 35 −19 83 6 D 82 23 11 34 −14 77 20 C 82 13 13 26 −12 140 4 D 69 7 14 21 −11 120 8 LW 82 8 10 18 −25 209 9 LW 66 6 11 17 −14 102 44 C 32 8 8 16 −6 44 27 C 49 7 9 16 −2 20 22 C 41 6 8 14 5 16 26 RW 73 4 10 14 −3 12 15 C 33 2 12 14 −9 24 3 D 42 2 11 13 7 34 55 D 31 2 9 11 −5 44 27 C 12 2 7 9 5 8 29 LW 25 4 4 8 −1 8 23 D 81 2 6 8 −23 115 21 C 30 2 4 6 −10 10 14 C 27 2 2 4 −15 22 18 D 39 2 2 4 −7 13 34 D 65 0 3 3 −19 114 36 D 28 1 1 2 −7 63 24 LW 30 0 2 2 −12 27 5 D 12 0 2 2 1 21 25 RW 57 0 2 2 −12 54 3 D 5 1 0 1 −1 4 7 D 26 0 1 1 −3 63 30 G 65 0 1 1 34 7 C 4 0 0 0 0 2 31 G 20 0 0 0 0 28 C 8 0 0 0 0 2 35 G 11 0 0 0 0

Goaltending = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only. Player Regular season 30 Garth Snow 65 20 31 8 1715 171 2.99 .900 6 3501 31 Corey Hirsch 20 3 8 3 435 48 3.13 .890 1 919 35 Kevin Weekes 11 0 8 1 257 34 3.83 .868 0 532

Awards and records

Awards TypeAward/honourRecipientRef League(in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Markus Naslund Mattias Ohlund Team Babe Pratt Trophy Adrian AucoinVancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 249 Cyclone Taylor Trophy Markus Naslund Cyrus H. McLean Trophy Markus Naslund Fred J. Hume Award Adrian AucoinVancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 250 Molson Cup Garth Snow2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217 Most Exciting Player Award Markus Naslund

Milestones MilestonePlayerDateRef First game Bill Muckalt October 12, 1998 Matt Cooke October 14, 1998 Josh Holden November 1, 1998 Peter Schaefer November 7, 1998 Robb Gordon April 3, 1999 Brent Sopel April 5, 1999

Transactions

Trades October 19, 1998 To Vancouver Canucks Trent Klatt To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000 (Jeff Dwyer) January 18, 1999 To Vancouver Canucks Ed JovanovskiDave GagnerMike Brownrights to Kevin Weekes1st-round pick in 2000 (Nathan Smith) To Florida Panthers Pavel BureBret Hedicanthe rights to Brad Ference3rd-round pick in 2000 (Robert Fried) March 8, 1999 To Vancouver Canucks future considerations To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Huscroft

Draft picks Vancouver's picks at the 1998 NHL entry draft in Buffalo, New York.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 4 Bryan Allen (D) Vancouver Canucks Oshawa Generals (OHL) 2 31 Artem Chubarov (C) Vancouver Canucks Dynamo Moscow (Russia) 3 68 Jarkko Ruutu (W) Vancouver Canucks (from New York Islanders) HIFK (Finland) 3 81 Justin Morrison (RW) Vancouver Canucks (from Philadelphia Flyers) Colorado College (WCHA) 4 90 Regan Darby (D) Vancouver Canucks Tri-City Americans (WHL) 5 136 David Ytfeldt (D) Vancouver Canucks Leksands IF (Sweden) 5 140 Rick Bertran (D) Vancouver Canucks Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 6 149 Paul Cabana (W) Vancouver Canucks Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) 7 177 Vince Malts (RW) Vancouver Canucks Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) 8 204 Craig Mischler (C) Vancouver Canucks (from Boston Bruins) Northeastern University (Hockey East) 8 219 Curtis Valentine (LW) Vancouver Canucks Bowling Green University (CCHA) 9 232 Jason Metcalfe (D) Vancouver Canucks London Knights (OHL)

Farm teams Syracuse Crunch (AHL)

See also 1998–99 NHL season

Notes

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