1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the first round to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games.

1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	5th Eastern
1998–99 record	37–26–19
Home record	21–9–11
Road record	16–17–8
Goals for	231
Goals against	196
Team information
President	Bob Clarke
General manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Roger Neilson
Captain	Eric Lindros
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Eric Desjardins
Arena	First Union Center
Average attendance	19,612^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms
Team leaders
Goals	John LeClair (43)
Assists	Eric Lindros (53)
Points	Eric Lindros (93)
Penalty minutes	Eric Lindros (120)
Plus/minus	John LeClair (+36)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (27)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (2.18)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Off-season

In the off-season, the Flyers went looking for a new goaltender. They opted not to re-sign Sean Burke, and Ron Hextall was about to enter his final season as a backup. They chose to sign former Florida Panther John Vanbiesbrouck over former Edmonton Oilers goalie Curtis Joseph, who ended up signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Regular season

Looking to put the previous year's disappointment behind them, the Flyers began the season 4–0–1. However, a quick 1–6–3 downturn caused the first casualties – as Trent Klatt was dealt to Vancouver and Shjon Podein was shipped to Colorado for Keith Jones. Jones scored a goal in his first game in orange and black, a 6–1 rout of New Jersey, keying a 6–1–0 run.

Turmoil continued, as, after a 5–4 overtime loss to the Devils on December 10 saw the Flyers blow a 4–1 lead, the decision was made to end the Chris Gratton experiment. He was dealt back to Tampa Bay along with Mike Sillinger for Mikael Renberg and Daymond Langkow, and the move paid immediate dividends. Philly topped Toronto, 3–0, spurring a 15-game unbeaten streak (10–0–5) during which the club matched a record by shutting out their opponents in four consecutive games (Islanders, Carolina, Nashville, Washington).

Another run, this time a 6–0–2 streak from January 18 to February 6, tied the Flyers atop the NHL standings with the Dallas Stars. That momentum did not last long, as the club went 1–4–1 after the All-Star break, including an inexplicable 4–3 loss in Los Angeles where the Kings scored three goals in the final minutes, including a 60-foot game-winner by Jozef Stumpel just before the final buzzer.

Following a win over Pittsburgh, the team suffered through a then franchise-worst 12 games without a victory (0–8–4), broken up only by a rally from two goals down to Detroit on March 21. Eric Lindros, who was having an MVP-type season with 40 goals and 53 assists in 71 games, was felled and lost for the season by a collapsed lung sustained during a 2–1 win against the expansion Nashville Predators on April 1. It is said that if roommate Keith Jones had not intervened at the last minute, Lindros might have died on the plane ride back to Philadelphia.

The Flyers managed to lock up the five-seed on the final day of the season with a win over Boston.

John LeClair continued his goal-scoring streak with 43 on the year, matching Tim Kerr's team record of four straight seasons with 40 or more goals. He was one of only a handful of players to make it through the entire season, as general manager Bob Clarke made 12 trades involving NHL players throughout the regular season,^[2] including re-acquiring former Flyer Mark Recchi from the Montreal Canadiens at the trade deadline.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
3	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	30	14	242	225	90
4	10	New York Rangers	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	10	194	244	58

^[3]

Eastern Conference^[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	y – Ottawa Senators	NE	82	44	23	15	239	179	103
3	y – Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	34	30	18	210	202	86
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	30	7	268	231	97
5	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
6	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	214	181	91
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	28	17	207	175	91
8	Pittsburgh Penguins	ATL	82	38	30	14	242	225	90
9	Florida Panthers	SE	82	30	34	18	210	228	78
10	New York Rangers	ATL	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	32	39	11	184	209	75
12	Washington Capitals	SE	82	31	45	6	200	218	68
13	New York Islanders	ATL	82	24	48	10	194	244	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	54	9	179	292	47

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

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division

Playoffs

Although Vanbiesbrouck allowed nine goals to Curtis Joseph's eleven allowed, the Flyers lost their first round series with Toronto in six games.

Schedule and results

Preseason

1998 preseason^[5]
Preseason: 6–2–1 (home: 3–0–1; road: 3–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Ref 1 September 19 @ Washington Capitals 6–3 1–0–0 ^[6] 2 September 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–2 1–0–1 ^[7] 3 September 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–1 2–0–1 ^[8] 4^[a] September 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–1 2–1–1 ^[9] 5 September 29 Washington Capitals 5–1 3–1–1 ^[10] 6 October 1 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 4–1–1 ^[11] 7 October 2 @ New Jersey Devils 1–2 4–2–1 ^[12] 8 October 3 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 5–2–1 ^[13] 9 October 4 New Jersey Devils 5–3 6–2–1 ^[14] Notes: ^a Game played at Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Tie

Regular season

1998–99 regular season^[15]
October: 5–3–2, 12 Points (home: 3–1–1; road: 2–2–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 1 October 9 @ New York Rangers 1–0 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 11 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4–1 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 16 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 17 @ Carolina Hurricanes 1–1 OT 3–0–1 7 Recap 5 October 20 San Jose Sharks 3–1 4–0–1 9 Recap 6 October 22 New Jersey Devils 2–3 4–1–1 9 Recap 7 October 24 New York Rangers 2–2 OT 4–1–2 10 Recap 8 October 27 St. Louis Blues 2–1 5–1–2 12 Recap 9 October 29 @ Ottawa Senators 1–3 5–2–2 12 Recap 10 October 31 @ New York Islanders 2–3 5–3–2 12 Recap
November: 6–4–2, 14 Points (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–2–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 11 November 1 Ottawa Senators 4–5 5–4–2 12 Recap 12 November 3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–4 OT 5–4–3 13 Recap 13 November 7 Buffalo Sabres 2–2 OT 5–4–4 14 Recap 14 November 9 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–5 5–5–4 14 Recap 15 November 12 Florida Panthers 1–2 5–6–4 14 Recap 16 November 14 New Jersey Devils 6–1 6–6–4 16 Recap 17 November 17 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 7–6–4 18 Recap 18 November 20 @ Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 8–6–4 20 Recap 19 November 22 @ Florida Panthers 2–1 OT 9–6–4 22 Recap 20 November 25 @ New York Islanders 2–4 9–7–4 22 Recap 21 November 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 10–7–4 24 Recap 22 November 29 Vancouver Canucks 6–2 11–7–4 26 Recap
December: 7–2–5, 19 Points (home: 2–1–3; road: 5–1–2) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 23 December 4 @ Buffalo Sabres 0–3 11–8–4 26 Recap 24 December 5 Washington Capitals 2–1 12–8–4 28 Recap 25 December 8 @ New Jersey Devils 5–5 OT 12–8–5 29 Recap 26 December 10 New Jersey Devils 4–5 OT 12–9–5 29 Recap 27 December 12 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 13–9–5 31 Recap 28 December 13 Edmonton Oilers 2–2 OT 13–9–6 32 Recap 29 December 17 Calgary Flames 3–3 OT 13–9–7 33 Recap 30 December 19 Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 14–9–7 35 Recap 31 December 20 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–2 OT 14–9–8 36 Recap 32 December 23 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 15–9–8 38 Recap 33 December 26 @ Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 16–9–8 40 Recap 34 December 28 @ San Jose Sharks 1–1 OT 16–9–9 41 Recap 35 December 29 @ Calgary Flames 4–3 OT 17–9–9 43 Recap 36 December 31 @ Vancouver Canucks 6–2 18–9–9 45 Recap
January: 8–1–2, 18 Points (home: 6–1–1; road: 2–0–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 37 January 3 @ Edmonton Oilers 3–3 OT 18–9–10 46 Recap 38 January 7 New York Islanders 5–0 19–9–10 48 Recap 39 January 9 Carolina Hurricanes 2–0 20–9–10 50 Recap 40 January 11 Nashville Predators 8–0 21–9–10 52 Recap 41 January 13 @ Washington Capitals 3–0 22–9–10 54 Recap 42 January 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 22–10–10 56 Recap 43 January 18 @ Ottawa Senators 5–0 23–10–10 56 Recap 44 January 21 Washington Capitals 4–1 24–10–10 58 Recap 45 January 26 Florida Panthers 3–3 OT 24–10–11 59 Recap 46 January 28 Phoenix Coyotes 4–2 25–10–11 61 Recap 47 January 30 Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 26–10–11 63 Recap
February: 4–7–2, 10 Points (home: 3–1–1; road: 1–6–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 48 February 1 Los Angeles Kings 4–2 27–10–11 65 Recap 49 February 4 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 28–10–11 67 Recap 50 February 6 Boston Bruins 2–2 OT 28–10–12 68 Recap 51 February 10 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4–5 28–11–12 68 Recap 52 February 11 @ Los Angeles Kings 3–4 28–12–12 68 Recap 53 February 14 @ Colorado Avalanche 4–4 OT 28–12–13 69 Recap 54 February 16 @ Phoenix Coyotes 4–1 29–12–13 71 Recap 55 February 18 Montreal Canadiens 1–3 29–13–13 71 Recap 56 February 20 @ Ottawa Senators 1–4 29–14–13 71 Recap 57 February 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 30–14–13 73 Recap 58 February 24 @ Florida Panthers 3–5 30–15–13 73 Recap 59 February 26 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 1–4 30–16–13 73 Recap 60 February 28 @ New York Rangers 5–6 30–17–13 73 Recap
March: 3–6–5, 11 Points (home: 2–2–3; road: 1–4–2) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 61 March 2 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–4 30–18–13 73 Recap 62 March 4 Ottawa Senators 0–5 30–19–13 73 Recap 63 March 6 New York Islanders 3–3 OT 30–19–14 74 Recap 64 March 7 @ Buffalo Sabres 1–1 OT 30–19–15 75 Recap 65 March 9 @ New York Islanders 2–2 OT 30–19–16 76 Recap 66 March 11 Colorado Avalanche 3–5 30–20–16 76 Recap 67 March 13 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 0–4 30–21–16 76 Recap 68 March 14 Dallas Stars 1–1 OT 30–21–17 77 Recap 69 March 16 @ St. Louis Blues 2–5 30–22–17 77 Recap 70 March 21 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 31–22–17 79 Recap 71 March 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 32–22–17 81 Recap 72 March 27 New York Rangers 3–1 33–22–17 83 Recap 73 March 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–3 OT 33–23–17 83 Recap 74 March 30 Carolina Hurricanes 3–3 OT 33–23–18 84 Recap
April: 4–3–1, 9 Points (home: 2–1–1; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 75 April 1 @ Nashville Predators 2–1 34–23–18 86 Recap 76 April 3 @ Boston Bruins 0–3 34–24–18 86 Recap 77 April 5 New York Rangers 1–5 34–25–18 86 Recap 78 April 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 35–25–18 88 Recap 79 April 10 @ Washington Capitals 2–1 36–25–18 90 Recap 80 April 13 Buffalo Sabres 2–2 OT 36–25–19 91 Recap 81 April 16 @ New Jersey Devils 2–3 OT 36–26–19 91 Recap 82 April 18 Boston Bruins 3–1 37–26–19 93 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs^[15]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs win 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score Series Recap 1 April 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 Flyers lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 April 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 Maple Leafs lead 2–1 Recap 4 April 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 April 30 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 OT Maple Leafs lead 3–2 Recap 6 May 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–1 Maple Leafs win 4–2 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Flyers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
88	Eric Lindros	C	71	40	53	93	35	120	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	John LeClair	LW	76	43	47	90	36	30	6	3	0	3	0	12
17	Rod Brind'Amour	C	82	24	50	74	3	47	6	1	3	4	1	0
37	Eric Desjardins	D	68	15	36	51	18	38	6	2	2	4	1	0
20	Keith Jones†	RW	66	18	31	49	29	78	6	2	1	3	4	14
3	Dan McGillis	D	78	8	37	45	16	61	6	0	1	1	2	12
19	Mikael Renberg†	RW	46	11	15	26	7	14	6	0	1	1	−1	0
26	Valeri Zelepukin	LW	74	16	9	25	0	48	4	1	0	1	1	2
18	Daymond Langkow†	C	56	10	13	23	−8	24	6	0	2	2	3	2
6	Chris Therien	D	74	3	15	18	16	48	6	0	0	0	1	6
12	Colin Forbes‡	LW	66	9	7	16	0	51	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Jody Hull	RW	72	3	11	14	−2	12	6	0	0	0	−1	4
28	Marc Bureau	C	71	4	6	10	−2	10	6	0	2	2	2	2
5	Dmitri Tertyshny	D	62	2	8	10	−1	30	1	0	0	0	0	2
9	Dainius Zubrus‡	RW	63	3	5	8	−5	25	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Mike Maneluk‡	RW	13	2	6	8	4	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
77	Chris Gratton‡	C	26	1	7	8	−8	41	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Steve Duchesne†	D	11	2	5	7	0	2	6	0	2	2	2	2
11	Mark Recchi†	RW	10	4	2	6	−3	6	6	0	1	1	−1	2
23	Petr Svoboda‡	D	25	4	2	6	5	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Dave Babych‡	D	33	2	4	6	0	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
24^[a]	Karl Dykhuis†	D	45	2	4	6	−2	32	5	1	0	1	1	4
22	Luke Richardson	D	78	0	6	6	−3	106	—	—	—	—	—	—
11^[b]	Alexandre Daigle‡	C	31	3	2	3	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
9^[c]	Mark Greig	RW	7	1	3	4	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	0
11	Mike Sillinger‡	C	25	0	3	3	−9	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
29^[d]	Roman Vopat†	C	48	0	3	3	−3	80	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Ron Hextall	G	23	0	2	2		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Shjon Podein‡	LW	14	1	0	1	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Ryan Bast†	D	2	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Andy Delmore	D	2	0	1	1	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Mikael Andersson†	RW	7	0	1	1	1	0	6	0	1	1	1	2
15^[e]	Andrei Kovalenko†‡	RW	13	0	1	1	−5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Sandy McCarthy†	RW	13	0	1	1	−2	25	6	0	1	1	1	0
2	Adam Burt†	D	17	0	1	1	1	14	6	0	0	0	1	4
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	G	62	0	1	1		12	6	0	0	0		2
49	Jean-Marc Pelletier	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
54	Brian Wesenberg	RW	1	0	0	0	1	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Chris Joseph	D	2	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Trent Klatt‡	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Dan Kordic	LW	2	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Jason Zent	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Peter White	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Richard Park	C	7	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
32^[f]	Craig Berube†	LW	11	0	0	0	−3	28	6	1	0	1	1	4

Goaltending

		Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	62	61	27	18	15	1380	135	2.18	.902	6	3,711:57	6	6	2	4	146	9	1.46	.938	1	369:07
27	Ron Hextall	23	19	10	7	4	464	52	2.53	.888	0	1,235:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Jean-Marc Pelletier	1	1	0	1	0	29	5	5.00	.828	0	60:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Bud Light Plus-Minus Award	John LeClair	^[16]
	NHL second All-Star team	Eric Desjardins (Defense)	^[17]
		John LeClair (Left wing)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	John LeClair	^[18]
		Eric Lindros
	NHL Player of the Month	Eric Lindros (November)	^[19]
	NHL Player of the Week	John LeClair (November 30)	^[20]
		Eric Lindros (January 18)	^[21]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins	^[22]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Eric Lindros	^[22]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Daymond Langkow	^[22]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Eric Desjardins	^[22]

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

Among the team records set during the 1998–99 season was Eric Lindros tying the team record for most points during a single period (4) on November 14.^[23] Lindros replicated this feat two weeks later on November 29, also tying the team record for most assists in a period (4), while John LeClair tied team records for goals scored in a regular season game (4) and period (3).^{[23][24][25][26]} From January 7 to January 13, the Flyers tied a team record with four straight shutouts.^[27] January 7 was also the first of 18 consecutive games until February 18 that Lindros recorded at least one point, tying Bobby Clarke’s team record set during the 1974–75 season.^[28] The season finale on April 18 was the 484th and final game of Rod Brind'Amour’s franchise record consecutive games streak.^[29] The Flyers nine goals allowed is the team record for the fewest allowed during a single playoff season.^[30]

1998–99 was the final NHL season for longtime Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall, who holds several career records for the team. Serving in a backup role to starter John Vanbiesbrouck, Hextall was able to surpass Bernie Parent for games played by a goaltender (489) and wins (240) during the season.^[31][32] He also holds the team playoff career goalie marks for games played (84), wins (45), and minutes played (4,928).^[33][34][35] Hextall holds the NHL career records for most penalty minutes by a goaltender in the regular season (569) and playoffs (115), and is one of only two goalies to score a goal during a Stanley Cup playoffs game.^[36][37][38]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 17, 1998, the day after the deciding game of the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 19, 1999, the day of the deciding game of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals.^[39]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 1998	To Nashville Predators Dominic Roussel Jeff Staples	^[40]
June 27, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers NY Islanders' 5th-round pick in 1998	To Chicago Blackhawks Paul Coffey^[g]	^[41]
June 27, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 9th-round pick in 1998	To Dallas Stars 9th-round pick in 1999	^[42]
August 6, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 1999	To San Jose Sharks Rights to Johan Hedberg	^[43]
August 25, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000	To New York Islanders Rights to Ray Giroux	^[44]
October 5, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Valeri Zelepukin	To Edmonton Oilers Daniel Lacroix	^[45]
October 13, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Ryan Bast 8th-round pick in 1999	To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 1999	^[46]
October 19, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000	To Vancouver Canucks Trent Klatt^[h]	^[47]
November 12, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Keith Jones	To Colorado Avalanche Shjon Podein	^[48]
November 17, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Roman Vopat	To Chicago Blackhawks Mike Maneluk	^[49]
December 12, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Daymond Langkow Mikael Renberg	To Tampa Bay Lightning Chris Gratton Mike Sillinger	^[50]
December 28, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Karl Dykhuis	To Tampa Bay Lightning Petr Svoboda	^[51]
January 8, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Dennis Bonvie	To Chicago Blackhawks Frank Bialowas	^[52]
January 26, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations	To Nashville Predators Sergei Klimentiev	^[53]
January 29, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Andrei Kovalenko	To Edmonton Oilers Alexandre Daigle	^[54]
February 10, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean O'Brien	To Pittsburgh Penguins Future considerations	^[55]
March 6, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Adam Burt	To Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Kovalenko	^[56]
March 10, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Recchi	To Montreal Canadiens Dainius Zubrus Canadiens choice of a 2nd-round pick^[i] Canadiens choice of a 6th or 7th-round pick^[j]	^[57]
March 20, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Mikael Andersson Sandy McCarthy	To Tampa Bay Lightning Colin Forbes Conditional draft pick in 1999 or 2000^[k]	^[58]
March 23, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Craig Berube	To Washington Capitals Future considerations	^[59]
March 23, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Duchesne	To Los Angeles Kings Dave Babych 5th-round pick in 2000	^[59]
May 25, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Francis Lessard	To Carolina Hurricanes 8th-round pick in 1999	^[60]
June 1, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 1999	To Vancouver Canucks Rights to Pat Kavanagh	^[61]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 6, 1998 (1998-07-06)	Marc Bureau	Montreal Canadiens	3-year	Free agency	^[62]
July 7, 1998 (1998-07-07)	John Vanbiesbrouck	Florida Panthers	3-year^[l]	Free agency	^[63]
July 9, 1998 (1998-07-09)	Sergei Klimentiev	Rochester Americans (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[64]
July 28, 1998 (1998-07-28)	Mark Eaton	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)	3-year	Free agency	^[65]
August 3, 1998 (1998-08-03)	David MacIsaac	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[66]
August 4, 1998 (1998-08-04)	Mark Greig	Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[67]
	Jason Zent	Ottawa Senators	2-year	Free agency	^[67]
August 17, 1998 (1998-08-17)	Steve McLaren	Indianapolis Ice (IHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[68]
August 24, 1998 (1998-08-24)	Richard Park	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	1-year	Free agency	^[69]
October 7, 1998 (1998-10-07)	Jody Hull	Tampa Bay Lightning	2-year	Free agency	^[70]^[71]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[m]	Ref
June 26, 1998 (1998-06-26)	Craig Darby	Nashville Predators	Expansion draft	^[73]
August 6, 1998 (1998-08-06)	Jamie Heward	Nashville Predators	Free agency	^[74]
September 5, 1998 (1998-09-05)	Joel Otto		Retirement (III)	^[75]
September 11, 1998 (1998-09-11)	Sean Burke	Florida Panthers	Free agency (III)	^[76]
N/A	John Druce	Hannover Scorpions (DEL)	Free agency	^[77]
October 14, 1998 (1998-10-14)	Kjell Samuelsson	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency (III)	^[78]
October 16, 1998 (1998-10-16)	Travis Van Tighem	Houston Aeros (IHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[79]
December 29, 1998 (1998-12-29)	Brett Bruininks	Florida Everblades (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[80]
February 10, 1999 (1999-02-10)	John Stevens		Retirement	^[81]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 22, 1998 (1998-06-22)	Neil Little	1-year	Re-signing	^[82]
June 25, 1998 (1998-06-25)	Eric Lindros	1-year	Re-signing	^[83]^[84]
July 15, 1998 (1998-07-15)	Paul Healey	2-year	Re-signing	^[85]
	Ron Hextall	1-year	Extension	^[85]
	Jeff Lank	2-year	Extension	^[85]
July 16, 1998 (1998-07-16)	Dmitri Tertyshny	2-year	Entry-level	^[86]
August 3, 1998 (1998-08-03)	Mike Maneluk	1-year	Re-signing	^[45]^[66]
	John Stevens	2-year	Re-signing	^[66]
August 13, 1998 (1998-08-13)	Trent Klatt	1-year^[n]	Arbitration award	^[88]
August 14, 1998 (1998-08-14)	Rod Brind’Amour	3-year	Re-signing	^[89]
August 17, 1998 (1998-08-17)	Peter White	3-year	Re-signing	^[68]
September 1, 1998 (1998-09-01)	Daniel Lacroix	1-year	Re-signing	^[90]
March 30, 1999 (1999-03-30)	Eric Desjardins	4-year	Extension	^[91]^[92]
May 10, 1999 (1999-05-10)	Mark Recchi	5-year	Extension	^[93]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York, on June 27, 1998.^[94] The Flyers traded their third-round pick, 81st overall, to the Vancouver Canucks for Dave Babych and the Flyers' fifth-round pick, 139th overall, on March 24, 1998.^[95]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	22	Simon Gagne	Left wing	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
2	42	Jason Beckett	Defense	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	^[o]
2	51	Ian Forbes	Defense	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	109	J. P. Morin	Defense	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
5	124	Francis Belanger	Left wing	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)	^[p]
5	139	Garrett Prosofsky	Center	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	168	Antero Niittymaki	Goaltender	Finland	TPS (SM-liiga)
7	175	Cam Ondrik	Goaltender	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	^[q]
7	195	Tomas Divisek	Right wing	Czech Republic	HC Slavia Praha (CZE)
8	222	Lubomir Pistek	Right wing	Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
9	243	Petr Hubacek	Center	Czech Republic	HC Kometa Brno (Czech)	^[r]
9	253	Bruno St. Jacques	Defense	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
9	258	Sergei Skrobot	Defense	Russia	Dynamo-2 Moscow (RUS)	^[s]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL.^[96][97]

Notes

1. Dykhuis wore number 29 in his first two games after being re-acquired.
2. Daigle originally wore number 19 until Renberg was re-acquired.
3. Greig wore number 15 in his first three games of the season and number 23 in his next two games.
4. Vopat originally wore number 24 before switching numbers with Dykhuis shortly after he was re-acquired.
5. Kovalenko wore number 25 in his first two games after being acquired.
6. Berube wore number 12 in his first six games after being acquired.
7. The Flyers also agreed to pay $1 million of Coffey's salary.^[41]
8. The Flyers also agreed to pay $1 million over three seasons of Klatt's salary.^[47]
9. The Canadiens had the choice of receiving the Flyers' second-round pick in 1999 or 2000. The Canadiens chose the 1999 second-round pick.^[57]
10. The Canadiens had the choice of receiving the San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick in 1999 or the New York Islanders' sixth-round pick in 2000. The Canadiens chose the Islanders' sixth-round pick.^[57]
11. The Lightning received the Flyers' 1999 fifth-round pick.
12. Third year is option year
13. In parenthesis is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[72]
14. Klatt later signed a two-year contract extension.^[47][87]
15. The Flyers traded Janne Niinimaa to the Edmonton Oilers for Dan McGillis and the Oilers' second-round pick, 42nd overall, on March 24, 1998.^[95]
16. The Flyers traded Paul Coffey to the Chicago Blackhawks for the New York Islanders' fifth-round pick, 124th overall, on June 27, 1998.^[95]
17. The Flyers traded Dominic Roussel and Jeff Staples to the Nashville Predators for the Predators' seventh-round pick, 175th overall, on June 26, 1998.^[95]
18. The Flyers received the 243rd overall pick as compensation for losing Michel Petit as a free agent.^[95]
19. The Flyers traded their 1999 ninth-round pick to the Dallas Stars for the Stars' ninth-round pick, 258th overall, on June 27, 1998.^[95]

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