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Bill Ranford's 1998-1999 season

Wins
6
NHL#43
Save pct
.885
NHL#73
GAA
3.64
NHL#75
Shutouts
1
NHL#35
Games
36
43%
43% of 82

Goaltender Bill Ranford was 31 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for Tampa Bay Lightning och Detroit Red Wings. He played 36 games and won 6 of them, at .885. He moved from Tampa Bay Lightning to Detroit Red Wings in April. In the playoffs he played 4 games and won 2.

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

1998-1999Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Bill Ranford opens the 1998-1999 season with Tampa Bay Lightning

    TBLTampa Bay Lightning

    Bill was 31 years old when the 1998-1999 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 14th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      TBL1–4FLA
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–1TBL
      L
      game 5/824
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–3TBL
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .949
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–5ANA
      L
      game 9/825
      His night
      1.000SV%
      8SV8SA0GA12:14TOI
      1.000
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–6SJS
      L
      game 11/824
      His night
      .806SV%
      25SV31SA6GA59:54TOIL
      .806
      View the game
    • November 1998
    • The game
      CHI2–2TBL
      game 13/823
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA65:00TOI
      .946
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR10–2TBL
      L
      game 15/826
      His night
      .667SV%
      20SV30SA10GA60:00TOIL
      .667
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–8COL
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      .826SV%in relief
      19SV23SA4GA40:00TOI
      in relief
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    • The game
      PIT5–1TBL
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA40:00TOIL
      .808
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    • The game
      BOS4–1TBL
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .879
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–1TBL
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA59:26TOIL
      .929
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8210 of 21 started
      1
      wins
      NHL#31
      .867
      SV%
      NHL#30
      4.5
      GAA
      NHL#31
      TBL
      6-13-0W-L-OT14Points
      4th in the Southeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·26th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF6–3TBL
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      .846SV%in relief
      11SV13SA2GA28:17TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • December 1998
    • The game
      TBL2–2PHI
      game 31/823
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA65:00TOI
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–3BOS
      L
      game 32/823
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA58:42TOIL
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL0–2BUF
      L
      game 33/822
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA59:37TOIL
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–1TBL
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA59:21TOIL
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI0–3TBL
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      35SV35SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–4CAR
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      .895SV%
      34SV38SA4GA59:15TOIL
      .895
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    • The game
      TBL4–5TOR
      L
      game 37/824
      His night
      .865SV%
      32SV37SA5GA61:54TOIL
      .865
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–4MTL
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .879
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–5NYR
      L
      game 40/824
      His night
      .815SV%
      22SV27SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .815
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–3TBL
      L
      game 41/823
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA59:07TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8220 of 41 started
      2
      wins
      NHL#28
      .883
      SV%
      NHL#27
      3.8
      GAA
      NHL#28
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#20
      TBL
      9-29-0W-L-OT21Points
      4th in the Southeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·27th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL2–2BOS
      game 43/822
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA65:00TOI
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–2NSH
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL4–1TBL
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      1.000SV%
      6SV6SA0GA16:03TOI
      1.000
      View the game
    • February 1999
    • The game
      TBL1–10WSH
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      .750SV%in relief
      15SV20SA5GA27:35TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA5–3TBL
      L
      game 51/824
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA58:11TOIL
      .848
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–1TBL
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA59:32TOIL
      .943
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–7NJD
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      .810SV%in relief
      17SV21SA4GA40:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8225 of 62 started
      3
      wins
      NHL#28
      .885
      SV%
      NHL#28
      3.8
      GAA
      NHL#28
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#25
      TBL
      15-42-0W-L-OT35Points
      4th in the Southeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·27th in the whole NHL
    • March 1999
    • The game
      TBL3–9OTT
      L
      game 63/824
      His night
      .714SV%in relief
      5SV7SA2GA13:05TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–6TOR
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA20:00TOIL
      .778
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL0–1FLA
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      1SV1SA0GA00:31TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • April 1999
    • The game
      CHI3–5DET
      W
      game 75/823
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA59:42TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3DET
      W
      game 77/825
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA59:55TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–1STL
      game 79/824
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA65:00TOI
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–4DET
      W
      game 81/823
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA59:45TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Bill Ranford closes the 1998-1999 season with 6 wins

    TBLTampa Bay LightningDETDetroit Red Wings
    Wins
    6
    Games
    36of 82
    44%
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .885
    GAA
    3.64
    Starts
    30
    7 days later
    Playoffs

    Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

    First round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Anaheim Ducks

    DETvsANA
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
    View the whole round
    6 days later
    First round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–0

    DET4–0ANA
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    10 days later
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Colorado Avalanche

    DETvsCOL
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      DET3–2COL
      W
      4
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA64:18TOIW
      .949
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 2
      DET4–0COL
      W
      4
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 3
      COL5–3DET
      L
      4
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA25:05TOIL
      .792
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 4
      COL6–2DET
      L
      4
      His night
      .786SV%
      11SV14SA3GA34:04TOIL
      .786
      View the game
    Second round

    Colorado Avalanche knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–2

    DET2–4COL
    Eliminated
    4Games2Wins.905SV%3.3GAA
    The run in numbers

    Bill Ranford ends the 1998-1999 playoffs with 2 wins

    TBLTampa Bay LightningDETDetroit Red Wings
    Wins
    2
    Games
    4
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .905
    GAA
    3.27
    Starts
    4
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    ANA4–0→COL2–4