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John Vanbiesbrouck's 1998-1999 season

Wins
27
NHL#10
Save pct
.902
NHL#47
GAA
2.18
NHL#13
Shutouts
6
NHL#4
Games
62
75%
75% of 82

Goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck was 35 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 17th in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played 62 games and won 27 of them, at .902. 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

    John Vanbiesbrouck plays the 1998-1999 season for Philadelphia Flyers

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers

    John was 35 years old when the 1998-1999 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 17th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHI1–0NYR
      W
      game 1/824
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      20SV20SA0GA59:59TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–4PHI
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–1CAR
      game 4/82
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA65:00TOI
      .947
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS1–3PHI
      W
      game 5/82
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–2PHI
      L
      game 6/82
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA58:41TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–2PHI
      game 7/824
      His night
      .846SV%
      11SV13SA2GA65:00TOI
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–2PHI
      W
      game 8/82
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3NYI
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      .824SV%
      14SV17SA3GA59:05TOIL
      .824
      View the game
    • November 1998
    • The game
      PHI4–4PIT
      game 12/82
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA65:00TOI
      .818
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–2PHI
      game 13/82
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA65:00TOI
      .895
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–5MTL
      L
      game 14/82
      His night
      .737SV%
      14SV19SA5GA59:48TOIL
      .737
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–1PHI
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      .867SV%
      13SV15SA2GA59:05TOIL
      .867
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–1PIT
      W
      game 17/82
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA59:54TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–1FLA
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:21TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–4NYI
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      .769SV%
      10SV13SA3GA59:28TOIL
      .769
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–4PHI
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA59:57TOIW
      .864
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8216 of 21 started
      7
      wins
      NHL#11
      .897
      SV%
      NHL#24
      2.0
      GAA
      NHL#5
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#12
      PHI
      10-7-0W-L-OT24Points
      2nd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • December 1998
    • The game
      PHI0–3BUF
      L
      game 23/82
      His night
      .800SV%
      12SV15SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–5NJD
      game 25/82
      His night
      .667SV%
      8SV12SA4GA40:00TOI
      .667
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–0TOR
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      23SV23SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–2PHI
      game 28/823
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA65:00TOI
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY3–3PHI
      game 29/822
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA65:00TOI
      .914
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI1–3PHI
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA59:58TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–1BOS
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–2CHI
      W
      game 33/82
      His night
      .900SV%
      18SV20SA2GA59:57TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–1SJS
      game 34/821
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA65:00TOI
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–2VAN
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA59:58TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–3EDM
      game 37/821
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA65:00TOI
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI0–5PHI
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA59:58TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR0–2PHI
      W
      game 39/82
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      7SV7SA0GA22:24TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH0–8PHI
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      24SV24SA0GA59:59TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–0WSH
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      25SV25SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8230 of 41 started
      15
      wins
      NHL#7
      .917
      SV%
      NHL#7
      1.8
      GAA
      NHL#2
      5
      shutouts
      NHL#2
      PHI
      22-9-0W-L-OT54Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–3PHI
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA59:28TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–0OTT
      W
      game 43/825
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      36SV36SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Milestone

    John Vanbiesbrouck reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Ottawa Senators · January 18

    • The game
      FLA3–3PHI
      game 45/822
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA59:24TOI
      .842
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX2–4PHI
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • February 1999
    • The game
      LAK2–4PHI
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–5PHI
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA59:54TOIW
      .905
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–5ANA
      L
      game 51/824
      His night
      .762SV%
      16SV21SA5GA46:16TOIL
      .762
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–4COL
      game 53/822
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA64:57TOI
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–1PHX
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–1PHI
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA59:02TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–4OTT
      L
      game 56/825
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA59:33TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–5FLA
      L
      game 58/821
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA59:35TOIL
      .826
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–6NYR
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      .769SV%
      20SV26SA6GA59:08TOIL
      .769
      View the game
    • March 1999
    • The game
      PHI1–4MTL
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .765
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8244 of 62 started
      20
      wins
      NHL#13
      .903
      SV%
      NHL#21
      2.2
      GAA
      NHL#7
      6
      shutouts
      NHL#2
      PHI
      30-19-0W-L-OT73Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–3PHI
      game 63/823
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA64:34TOI
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–1BUF
      game 64/821
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA64:56TOI
      .955
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–2NYI
      game 65/823
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA65:00TOI
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      COL5–3PHI
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      .815SV%
      22SV27SA5GA59:23TOIL
      .815
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL1–1PHI
      game 68/821
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA65:00TOI
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–5STL
      L
      game 69/822
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA58:32TOIL
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–5PHI
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      .810SV%
      17SV21SA4GA59:58TOIW
      .810
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–1TOR
      W
      game 71/823
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA59:50TOIW
      .950
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3PHI
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3DET
      L
      game 73/823
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA62:24TOIL
      .900
      View the game
    • April 1999
    • The game
      PHI2–1NSH
      W
      game 75/821
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI0–3BOS
      L
      game 76/824
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA58:12TOIL
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–3PHI
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA59:57TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–1WSH
      W
      game 79/822
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–2PHI
      game 80/822
      His night
      .867SV%
      13SV15SA2GA65:00TOI
      .867
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3NJD
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA63:27TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–3PHI
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      .909SV%
      10SV11SA1GA59:55TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    John Vanbiesbrouck closes the 1998-1999 season with 27 wins

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
    Wins
    27
    Games
    62of 82
    76%
    Shutouts
    6
    SV%
    .902
    GAA
    2.18
    Starts
    61
    Events
    6
    career best in shutouts
    750
    NHL games
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Toronto Maple Leafs

    PHIvsTOR
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PHI3–0TOR
      W
      4
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      25SV25SA0GA59:48TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      PHI1–2TOR
      L
      4
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA59:26TOIL
      .905
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyersare1–1withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      TOR2–1PHI
      L
      4
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA58:51TOIL
      .905
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      TOR2–5PHI
      W
      4
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyersare2–2withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 5
      PHI1–2TOR
      L
      4
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA71:51TOIL
      .941
      View the game
    • May 1999
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead3–2againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 6
      TOR1–0PHI
      L
      3
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA59:11TOIL
      .950
      View the game
    First round

    Toronto Maple Leafs knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–2

    PHI2–4TOR
    Eliminated
    6Games2Wins.938SV%1.5GAA
    The run in numbers

    John Vanbiesbrouck ends the 1998-1999 playoffs with 2 wins

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
    Wins
    2
    Games
    6
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .938
    GAA
    1.46
    Starts
    6
    Events
    5
    playoff shutouts
    TOR2–4