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Arturs Irbe's 1998-1999 season

Wins
27
NHL#10
Save pct
.923
NHL#7
GAA
2.22
NHL#16
Shutouts
6
NHL#4
Games
62
75%
75% of 82

Goaltender Arturs Irbe was 31 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Carolina Hurricanes. He played 62 games and won 27 of them, at .923. In the playoffs he played 6 games and won 2.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1998-1999Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Arturs Irbe plays the 1998-1999 season for Carolina Hurricanes

    Arturs was 31 years old when the 1998-1999 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CAR2–3NSH
      L
      game 2/82
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      22SV22SA0GA46:20TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      DAL2–2CAR
      game 3/82
      His night
      .947SV%
      36SV38SA2GA65:00TOI
      .947
    • The game
      PHI1–1CAR
      game 4/82
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA65:00TOI
      .947
    • The game
      VAN1–3CAR
      W
      game 5/822
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .941
    • The game
      CAR3–1OTT
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      CHI0–2CAR
      W
      game 8/82
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      21SV21SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      CAR0–1NYR
      L
      game 9/824
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA58:52TOIL
      .958
    • The game
      CAR2–0BOS
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      34SV34SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • November 1998
    • The game
      COL3–2CAR
      L
      game 11/821
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA59:06TOIL
      .870
    • The game
      CAR3–2WSH
      W
      game 13/821
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA59:56TOIW
      .941
    • The game
      BOS5–2CAR
      L
      game 14/82
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .839
    • The game
      CAR0–3SJS
      L
      game 16/821
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .833
    • The game
      CAR5–3LAK
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      .925SV%
      37SV40SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .925
    • The game
      MTL4–5CAR
      W
      game 18/821
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .871
    • The game
      CAR2–3NJD
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      .927SV%
      38SV41SA3GA63:35TOIL
      .927
    • The game
      PHI3–1CAR
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA59:52TOIL
      .923
    • The game
      NJD5–2CAR
      L
      game 21/82
      His night
      .897SV%
      35SV39SA4GA59:36TOIL
      .897
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8216 of 21 started
      7
      wins
      NHL#7
      .928
      SV%
      NHL#5
      2.1
      GAA
      NHL#8
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#4
      CAR
      8-10-0W-L-OT19Points
      1st in the Southeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA1–3CAR
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
    • December 1998
    • The game
      PIT3–3CAR
      game 26/82
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA65:00TOI
      .880
    • The game
      DET0–3CAR
      W
      game 29/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      35SV35SA0GA59:59TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      EDM0–3CAR
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA59:56TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      CAR1–5OTT
      L
      game 31/824
      His night
      .833SV%
      25SV30SA5GA47:23TOIL
      .833
    • The game
      CAR1–0NYR
      W
      game 34/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      NYR6–3CAR
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      .625SV%
      5SV8SA3GA27:33TOI
      .625
    • The game
      TBL3–4CAR
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA59:53TOIW
      .889
    Milestone

    Arturs Irbe reaches 100 career wins

    in the game against Tampa Bay Lightning · December 30

    • The game
      CAR3–3FLA
      game 37/821
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA65:00TOI
      .909
    • The game
      OTT4–4CAR
      game 39/824
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA65:00TOI
      .886
    • The game
      CAR0–2PHI
      L
      game 41/82
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA58:28TOIL
      .933
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8227 of 41 started
      12
      wins
      NHL#11
      .926
      SV%
      NHL#6
      2.2
      GAA
      NHL#7
      5
      shutouts
      NHL#2
      CAR
      18-16-0W-L-OT43Points
      1st in the Southeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA2–3CAR
      W
      game 42/821
      His night
      .875SV%
      14SV16SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .875
    • The game
      WSH3–2CAR
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA60:09TOIL
      .921
    • The game
      TOR2–4CAR
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
    • The game
      CAR1–4DET
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA58:52TOIL
      .880
    • The game
      CAR5–3PIT
      W
      game 46/82
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .914
    • The game
      NYR2–3CAR
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA63:07TOIW
      .923
    • The game
      CAR3–1MTL
      W
      game 48/821
      His night
      .978SV%
      44SV45SA1GA59:57TOIW
      .978
    • February 1999
    • The game
      NJD4–1CAR
      L
      game 50/82
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .886
    • The game
      FLA3–3CAR
      game 52/821
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA65:00TOI
      .909
    • The game
      CAR6–5TOR
      W
      game 53/822
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .828
    • The game
      CAR3–1NYR
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
    • The game
      CAR2–3BUF
      L
      game 56/82
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA59:04TOIL
      .917
    • The game
      WSH2–2CAR
      game 57/821
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA64:51TOI
      .909
    • The game
      CAR3–2TBL
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA59:44TOIW
      .933
    • The game
      NYI1–4CAR
      W
      game 59/822
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
    • The game
      CAR2–2TOR
      game 60/821
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA65:00TOI
      .935
    • The game
      CAR0–1VAN
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      .938SV%
      15SV16SA1GA58:41TOIL
      .938
    • The game
      CAR2–2EDM
      game 62/82
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA64:26TOI
      .938
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8245 of 62 started
      21
      wins
      NHL#9
      .925
      SV%
      NHL#4
      2.2
      GAA
      NHL#8
      5
      shutouts
      NHL#5
      CAR
      27-23-0W-L-OT66Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Southeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • March 1999
    • The game
      BOS1–2CAR
      W
      game 63/821
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA59:57TOIW
      .958
    • The game
      CAR2–2FLA
      game 64/821
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA65:00TOI
      .943
    • The game
      BUF1–4CAR
      W
      game 65/82
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
    • The game
      PIT3–2CAR
      L
      game 66/82
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA62:42TOIL
      .885
    • The game
      CGY1–2CAR
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
    • The game
      CAR5–5PHX
      game 68/82
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA34:13TOI
      .818
    • The game
      CAR2–3DAL
      L
      game 70/82
      His night
      .824SV%
      14SV17SA3GA60:32TOIL
      .824
    • The game
      CAR2–5STL
      L
      game 71/821
      His night
      .815SV%
      22SV27SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .815
    • The game
      NYI1–2CAR
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA59:38TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      TOR7–2CAR
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      .000SV%
      0SV3SA3GA08:10TOIL
      .000
    • The game
      TBL3–3CAR
      game 74/822
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA65:00TOI
      .912
    • April 1999
    • The game
      CAR1–2CHI
      L
      game 76/821
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA59:13TOIL
      .923
    • The game
      NJD2–4CAR
      W
      game 77/82
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA59:58TOIW
      .938
    • The game
      CAR0–2MTL
      L
      game 78/821
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA59:38TOIL
      .935
    • The game
      WSH0–3CAR
      W
      game 80/82
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      19SV19SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      OTT1–1CAR
      game 82/823
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA65:00TOI
      .968
    The season in numbers

    Arturs Irbe closes the 1998-1999 season with 27 wins

    Wins
    27
    Games
    62of 82
    76%
    Shutouts
    6
    SV%
    .923
    GAA
    2.22
    Starts
    61
    Events
    6
    career best in shutouts
    100
    career wins
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Carolina Hurricanes are in the playoffs

    First round

    Carolina Hurricanes meet Boston Bruins

    CARvsBOS
    Swedes on Carolina Hurricanes
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    • Game 1
      BOS2–0CAR
      L
      1
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA58:21TOIL
      .931
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 2
      BOS2–3CAR
      W
      1
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA77:05TOIW
      .917
    • Carolina Hurricanesare1–1withBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      CAR3–2BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
    • Carolina Hurricaneslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      CAR1–4BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:20TOIL
      .897
    • Carolina Hurricanesare2–2withBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BOS4–3CAR
      L
      1
      His night
      .923SV%
      48SV52SA4GA94:45TOIL
      .923
    • May 1999
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 6
      CAR0–2BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA58:44TOIL
      .905
    First round

    Boston Bruins knock Carolina Hurricanes out 4–2

    CAR2–4BOS
    Eliminated
    6Games2Wins.917SV%2.2GAA
    The run in numbers

    Arturs Irbe ends the 1998-1999 playoffs with 2 wins

    Wins
    2
    Games
    6
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .917
    GAA
    2.20
    Starts
    6
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    10
    playoff wins
    BOS2–4