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Ed Belfour's 1998-1999 season

Wins
35
NHL#2
Save pct
.915
NHL#20
GAA
1.99
NHL#5
Shutouts
5
NHL#8
Games
61
74%
74% of 82

Goaltender Ed Belfour was 33 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Dallas Stars. He played 61 games and won 35 of them, at .915. The season ended with Ed Belfour winning the Stanley Cup with Dallas Stars against Buffalo Sabres. He also won William M. Jennings Trophy, the first Swede ever to do it.

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

1998-1999Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ed Belfour plays the 1998-1999 season for Dallas Stars

    Ed was 33 years old when the 1998-1999 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BUF1–4DAL
      W
      game 1/82
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA59:48TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      CHI1–3DAL
      W
      game 2/82
      His night
      .929SV%
      13SV14SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      DAL2–2CAR
      game 3/82
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA65:00TOI
      .909
    • The game
      DAL3–4CHI
      L
      game 4/82
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA59:07TOIL
      .889
    • The game
      PHX1–2DAL
      W
      game 6/82
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .952
    • The game
      SJS1–2DAL
      W
      game 7/82
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .941
    • The game
      DET2–3DAL
      W
      game 9/823
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • November 1998
    • The game
      DAL0–4SJS
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      .500SV%
      3SV6SA3GA30:04TOIL
      .500
    • The game
      DAL4–3LAK
      W
      game 11/821
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .870
    • The game
      PHX2–0DAL
      L
      game 12/82
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA59:55TOIL
      .889
    • The game
      DAL5–1DET
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    Milestone

    Ed Belfour reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · November 13

    • The game
      NYI2–4DAL
      W
      game 15/82
      His night
      .882SV%
      15SV17SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .882
    • The game
      DAL3–3STL
      game 16/82
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      8SV8SA0GA17:56TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      SJS2–3DAL
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .889
    • The game
      NJD5–2DAL
      L
      game 18/82
      His night
      .400SV%
      2SV5SA3GA07:28TOIL
      .400
    • The game
      WSH0–4DAL
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      15SV15SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • December 1998
    • The game
      DAL3–0SJS
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      26SV26SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      DAL1–4VAN
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .778
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8217 of 21 started
      11
      wins
      NHL#2
      .909
      SV%
      NHL#14
      2.0
      GAA
      NHL#4
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#4
      DAL
      13-5-0W-L-OT29Points
      2nd in the Pacific·4th in the Western Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DAL6–2EDM
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
    • The game
      SJS3–3DAL
      game 24/821
      His night
      .824SV%
      14SV17SA3GA65:00TOI
      .824
    • The game
      MTL2–3DAL
      W
      game 25/821
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
    • The game
      DAL2–2CHI
      game 26/82
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA65:00TOI
      .933
    • The game
      STL3–7DAL
      W
      game 27/82
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
    • The game
      DAL3–1DET
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      DAL2–2MTL
      game 30/821
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA64:57TOI
      .931
    • The game
      DAL5–1TOR
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
    • The game
      NSH0–1DAL
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      14SV14SA0GA59:40TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      BOS1–6DAL
      W
      game 34/821
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
    • The game
      VAN4–6DAL
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      .800SV%
      16SV20SA4GA59:43TOIW
      .800
    • The game
      DAL0–1CGY
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA59:10TOIL
      .963
    • The game
      DAL2–2EDM
      game 39/821
      His night
      .900SV%
      18SV20SA2GA65:00TOI
      .900
    • The game
      DAL3–1ANA
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8231 of 41 started
      20
      wins
      NHL#2
      .917
      SV%
      NHL#7
      1.9
      GAA
      NHL#3
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      DAL
      27-7-0W-L-OT61Points
      1st in the Pacific·1st in the Western Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN5–3DAL
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      .783SV%
      18SV23SA5GA59:51TOIL
      .783
    • The game
      TOR6–4DAL
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      .727SV%in relief
      8SV11SA3GA27:20TOIL
      in relief
    • The game
      DAL4–1TBL
      W
      game 45/823
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA59:57TOIW
      .969
    • The game
      DAL5–2FLA
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
    • February 1999
    • The game
      CGY2–2DAL
      game 47/821
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA64:57TOI
      .931
    • The game
      COL3–0DAL
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      .750SV%
      9SV12SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .750
    • The game
      DAL3–2ANA
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA59:49TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      EDM1–4DAL
      W
      game 51/821
      His night
      .923SV%
      12SV13SA1GA59:50TOIW
      .923
    • The game
      CHI1–5DAL
      W
      game 53/82
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .941
    • The game
      COL1–1DAL
      game 54/821
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA65:00TOI
      .944
    • The game
      DAL4–3NSH
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .906
    • The game
      PIT4–6DAL
      W
      game 57/82
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .778
    • The game
      LAK0–1DAL
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      18SV18SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • March 1999
    • The game
      DAL2–2NYR
      game 59/822
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA65:00TOI
      .923
    • The game
      DAL1–2BUF
      L
      game 61/82
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA59:32TOIL
      .929
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8245 of 62 started
      28
      wins
      NHL#2
      .913
      SV%
      NHL#9
      2.0
      GAA
      NHL#3
      4
      shutouts
      NHL#10
      DAL
      40-12-0W-L-OT90Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Pacific·1st in the Western Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      EDM4–7DAL
      W
      game 63/821
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA59:38TOIW
      .840
    • The game
      ANA0–4DAL
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      DAL1–1PHI
      game 65/821
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA65:00TOI
      .963
    • The game
      DAL1–2WSH
      L
      game 67/82
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:35TOIL
      .913
    • The game
      OTT2–1DAL
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      .857SV%
      12SV14SA2GA58:26TOIL
      .857
    • The game
      CAR2–3DAL
      W
      game 69/82
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:44TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      DAL3–2PHX
      W
      game 70/82
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      DAL1–5ANA
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      .844SV%
      27SV32SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .844
    • April 1999
    • The game
      DET3–0DAL
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA59:57TOIL
      .885
    • The game
      ANA1–5DAL
      W
      game 77/823
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA59:55TOIW
      .957
    • The game
      NYR1–3DAL
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
    • The game
      LAK2–6DAL
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA52:31TOI
      .952
    • The game
      PHX2–4DAL
      W
      game 80/82
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .943
    • The game
      DAL0–2PHX
      L
      game 81/82
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA59:59TOIL
      .913
    The season in numbers

    Ed Belfour closes the 1998-1999 season with 35 wins

    Wins
    35
    Games
    61of 82
    74%
    Shutouts
    5
    SV%
    .915
    GAA
    1.99
    Starts
    59
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    4 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Dallas Stars are in the playoffs

    First round

    Dallas Stars meet Edmonton Oilers

    DALvsEDM
    Swedes on Dallas Stars
    Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
    • Game 1
      EDM1–2DAL
      W
      1
      His night
      .923SV%
      12SV13SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .923
    • Dallas Starslead1–0againstEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 2
      EDM2–3DAL
      W
      1
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA59:55TOIW
      .895
    • Dallas Starslead2–0againstEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 3
      DAL3–2EDM
      W
      1
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .909
    • Dallas Starslead3–0againstEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 4
      DAL3–2EDM
      W
      1
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA117:34TOIW
      .949
    First round

    Dallas Stars knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–0

    DAL4–0EDM
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    9 days later
    Second round

    Dallas Stars meet St. Louis Blues

    DALvsSTL
    Swedes on Dallas Stars
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    • Game 1
      STL0–3DAL
      W
      1
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      23SV23SA0GA59:56TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • Dallas Starslead1–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 2
      STL4–5DAL
      W
      1
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA68:22TOIW
      .882
    • Dallas Starslead2–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 3
      DAL2–3STL
      L
      1
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA62:43TOIL
      .893
    • Dallas Starslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      DAL2–3STL
      L
      1
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA65:52TOIL
      .900
    • Dallas Starsare2–2withSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      STL1–3DAL
      W
      1
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
    • Dallas Starslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      DAL2–1STL
      W
      1
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA62:21TOIW
      .966
    Second round

    Dallas Stars knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

    DAL4–2STL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    5 days later
    Conference final

    Dallas Stars meet Colorado Avalanche

    DALvsCOL
    Swedes on Dallas Stars
    Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
    • Game 1
      COL2–1DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA58:55TOIL
      .929
    • Colorado Avalanchelead1–0againstDallas Stars
    • Game 2
      COL2–4DAL
      W
      1
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .895
    • Dallas Starsare1–1withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 3
      DAL3–0COL
      W
      1
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      34SV34SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • Dallas Starslead2–1againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 4
      DAL2–3COL
      L
      1
      His night
      .933SV%
      42SV45SA3GA79:29TOIL
      .933
    • Dallas Starsare2–2withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 5
      COL7–5DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      .760SV%
      19SV25SA6GA59:46TOIL
      .760
    • June 1999
    • Colorado Avalanchelead3–2againstDallas Stars
    • Game 6
      DAL4–1COL
      W
      1
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
    • Dallas Starsare3–3withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 7
      COL1–4DAL
      W
      1
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .947
    Conference final

    Dallas Stars knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–3

    DAL4–3COL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Dallas Stars play the Stanley Cup Final against Buffalo Sabres

    DALvsBUF
    Swedes on Dallas Stars
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF3–2DAL
      L
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA74:59TOIL
      .875
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstDallas Stars
    • Game 2
      BUF2–4DAL
      W
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA59:45TOIW
      .905
    • Dallas Starsare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      DAL2–1BUF
      W
      His night
      .917SV%
      11SV12SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • Dallas Starslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      DAL1–2BUF
      L
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA59:08TOIL
      .889
    • Dallas Starsare2–2withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF0–2DAL
      W
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      23SV23SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • Dallas Starslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      DAL2–1BUF
      W
      His night
      .981SV%
      53SV54SA1GA114:51TOIW
      .981
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Dallas Stars

    beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 in the final

    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Ed Belfour ends the 1998-1999 playoffs with 16 wins

    Wins
    16
    Games
    23
    Shutouts
    3
    SV%
    .930
    GAA
    1.67
    Starts
    23
    Events
    100
    playoff games
    50
    playoff wins
    5
    playoff shutouts
    EDM4–0→STL4–2→COL4–3→BUF4–2
    Honour

    Ed Belfour won William M. Jennings Trophy for 1998-1999