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1998–99 Dallas Stars season

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Division
  
1st Pacific

1998–99 record
  
51–19–12

Road record
  
22–11–8

Conference
  
1st Western

Home record
  
29–8–4

Goals for
  
236

The 1998–99 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' sixth season in Dallas, Texas, and the thirty-second of the franchise. The most important aspect of the season was trying to follow up on the near trip to Cup from last year, which they would reach, facing the Buffalo Sabres. They would defeat the Sabres to win the first Stanley Cup for the Stars in franchise history with a controversial overtime goal. That spawned a new rule within the NHL, the infamous "no goal" ruling is still talked about today.

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Regular season

The Stars finished the regular season with the NHL's best record and first overall in goals against, with just 168. They also tied the St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks for fewest short-handed goals allowed, with 4.

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

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;

Awards and records

  • Presidents' Trophy
  • Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
  • Ed Belfour & Roman Turek, William M. Jennings Trophy
  • Jere Lehtinen, Frank J. Selke Trophy
  • Joe Nieuwendyk, Conn Smythe Trophy

    • Transactions

  • February 26, 1999 – Doug Lidster was signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars.

    • Stanley Cup engraving

  • ††Brent Severyn played only 30 games, missing 22 regular season games due to injuries, and was a healthy scratch for the playoffs. Dallas included him on the Stanley Cup, because he spent the whole season with Dallas.
  • † Members were included on the 1999 Stanley Cup Picture, but were not engraved on the cup.
  • In February, Dallas added Doug Lidster from the Canadian National Team, and Brad Lukowich, from the minor league Kalamazoo Wings. Lidster played 17 regular season and 4 playoff games. Lukowich played 14 regular season and 8 playoff games (2 games in conference finals). They were left off the cup even though they played in the playoffs.
  • Mike Modano, Shawn Chambers were the only players on the roster remaining from 1991 Minnesota North Stars. However Chambers left the Stars. He won the Stanley Cup in 1995 with New Jersey, before rejoining the Stars. Team was coached by Bob Gainey, the GM of the 1991 Minnesota North Stars, that lost in 6 games to Pittsburgh in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas after the 1993 season.

    • Draft picks

    The Stars' picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, New York.

    References

    1998–99 Dallas Stars season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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