1998–99 Ottawa Senators season
The 1998–99 Ottawa Senators season was the seventh season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. In this season the team cracked the 100 point barrier, as they finished with 103 points, and won the Northeast Division for the first time in club history.
Senators Head Coach Jacques Martin won the Jack Adams Trophy for the first time in his career and in Senators history, while Alexei Yashin, who was named team captain prior to the season, was a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy after his 94-point season. His 94 points obliterated the club record of 79, which Yashin himself set in the 1993–94 season.
Goaltenders Damian Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt split duties throughout the season, with each winning 22 games, sharing the team record for goaltender victories in a season, while Tugnutt's 1.79 goals against average was an NHL low.
The Senators great regular season success did not continue to the playoffs, as the Buffalo Sabres, led by Dominik Hasek, swept the Senators out of the playoffs in four games, ending the Senators' season in the first round for the second time in three seasons.Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
The Ottawa Senators ended the 1998–99 regular season as the Eastern Conference's second seed.Buffalo wins series 4–0
| # | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record | Attendance |
| 1 | April 21 | Buffalo | 2 – 1 | Ottawa | 0 – 1 | 18,500 |
| 2 | April 23 | Buffalo | 3 – 2 | Ottawa | 0 – 2 | 18,500 |
| 3 | April 25 | Ottawa | 0 – 3 | Buffalo | 0 – 3 | 18,595 |
| 4 | April 27 | Ottawa | 3 – 4 | Buffalo | 0 – 4 | 18,595 |
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 82 | 44 | 50 | 94 | 54 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| RW | 77 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| RW | 77 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| LW | 80 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 50 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| C | 69 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| C | 79 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| D | 79 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 48 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 58 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| C | 81 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| RW | 60 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 37 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 72 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 79 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 61 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RW | 59 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 50 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 46 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 50 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 36 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 38 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 65 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 32 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 44 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 2480 | 45 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 101 | 2.44 | 3 | 1060 | 959 | .905 |
| 2508 | 43 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 75 | 1.79 | 3 | 1005 | 930 | .925 |
| Team: | 4988 | 82 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 176 | 2.12 | 6 | 2065 | 1889 | .915 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 150 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2.40 | 0 | 65 | 59 | .908 |
| 118 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.05 | 0 | 41 | 35 | .854 |
| Team: | 268 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2.69 | 0 | 106 | 94 | .887 |
Awards and records
Trades
Waivers
No waiver transactions.Free agents
Expansion draft
Source:Roster
Sources:
Ottawa's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, New York.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 15 | Mathieu Chouinard | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes |
| 2 | 44 | Mike Fisher | Canada | Sudbury Wolves |
| 2 | 58 | Chris Bala | United States | Harvard University |
| 3 | 74 | Julien Vauclair | Switzerland | HC Lugano |
| 4 | 101 | Petr Schastlivy | Russia | Yaroslavl Torpedo |
| 5 | 130 | Gavin McLeod | Canada | Kelowna Rockets |
| 6 | 161 | Chris Neil | Canada | North Bay Centennials |
| 7 | 188 | Michel Periard | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes |
| 8 | 223 | Sergei Verenikin | Russia | Yaroslavl Torpedo |
| 9 | 246 | Rastislav Pavlikovsky | | Utah Grizzlies |
Farm teams
