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1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes season

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Division
  
1st Southeast

Goals for
  
210

General Manager
  
Jim Rutherford

1998–99 record
  
34–30–18

Goals against
  
202

Coach
  
Paul Maurice

The 1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes season was the second season of the NHL franchise in Greensboro, North Carolina. The club qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, placing first in the NHL Southeast division. The Hurricanes lost in the Eastern Conference Quarter-finals to the Boston Bruins.

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Offseason

In a re-organization of the NHL, the club was placed in the new Southeast Division. Another major headline is the Signing of former Hartford Whalers Captain Ron Francis

Regular season

The Hurricanes struggled on the power-play during the regular season, finishing 27th in power-play percentage, at 10.99%.

The division was weaker than the Hurricanes' previous division, the Northeast and the Hurricanes were able to win the division and qualify for the playoffs, the only team from the division to do so.

Divisions: ATL - Atlantic Division, NE - Northeast Division, SE - Southeast Division

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division

October

Record for the month 4-3-3 (Home 2-1-3 Away 2-2-0)

November

Record for the month 7-7-0 (Home 3-4-0 Away 4-3-0)

December

Record for the month 6-4-2 (Home 4-3-1 Away 2-1-1)

January

Record for the month 6-4-3 (Home 4-1-1 Away 2-3-2)

February

Record for the month 4-5-4 (Home 1-1-2 Away 3-4-2)

March

Record for the month 4-5-4 (Home 4-2-1 Away 0-3-3)

April

Record for the month 3-2-2 (Home 2-0-1 Away 1-2-1)

Playoffs

The Hurricanes drew the Boston Bruins as their first-round opponent. The Hurricanes were defeated in six games.

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

Carolina Hurricanes (3) vs. Boston Bruins (6)

Regular season

Scoring
Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring
Goaltending

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

American Hockey League

The Beast of New Haven are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 1998–99 AHL season.

East Coast Hockey League

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.

References

1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes season Wikipedia