Regular season and playoffsEDMNYI

Tommy Salo's 1998-1999 season

Wins

#1NHL#15

Save pct

.903

#1NHL#46

GAA

2.57

#1NHL#40

Shutouts

#1NHL#8

Games

76% of 84

Goaltender Tommy Salo was 27 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders och Edmonton Oilers. He played 64 games and won 25 of them, at .903. He moved from New York Islanders to Edmonton Oilers in March. In the playoffs he played 4 games and won 0.

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

1998-1999Playoffs

Year 1998
28 years ago
Season opener
October 10
Tommy Salo opens the 1998-1999 season with New York Islanders
NYINew York Islanders
Tommy was 27 years old when the 1998-1999 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.
- The game
  PIT4–3NYI
  L
  October 10game 1/821
  His night
  .810SV%
  17SV21SA4GA59:19TOIL
  .810
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  NYI0–3BOS
  L
  October 12game 2/822
  His night
  .824SV%
  14SV17SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .824
  View the game
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  NYI2–0TBL
  W
  October 14game 3/824
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  22SV22SA0GA59:50TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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  NYI1–0STL
  W
  October 17game 4/821
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  23SV23SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
  View the game
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  EDM4–2NYI
  L
  October 21game 5/821
  His night
  .897SV%
  26SV29SA3GA59:26TOIL
  .897
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  NYI2–3NYR
  L
  October 22game 6/824
  His night
  .897SV%
  26SV29SA3GA59:07TOIL
  .897
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  BUF4–5NYI
  W
  October 24game 7/821
  His night
  .889SV%
  32SV36SA4GA59:58TOIW
  .889
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  LAK0–1NYI
  W
  October 27game 8/822
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  20SV20SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
  View the game
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  NJD2–1NYI
  L
  October 29game 9/821
  His night
  .905SV%
  19SV21SA2GA59:33TOIL
  .905
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  PHI2–3NYI
  W
  October 31game 10/821
  His night
  .933SV%
  28SV30SA2GA59:51TOIW
  .933
  View the game
- November 1998
- The game
  FLA2–6NYI
  W
  November 2game 11/822
  His night
  .900SV%
  18SV20SA2GA59:53TOIW
  .900
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  CAR6–3NYI
  L
  November 5game 12/821
  His night
  .806SV%
  25SV31SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .806
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  NYI2–4MTL
  L
  November 7game 13/821
  His night
  .864SV%
  19SV22SA3GA59:14TOIL
  .864
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  NYI3–1TOR
  W
  November 9game 14/823
  His night
  .974SV%
  38SV39SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .974
  View the game
- The game
  NYI2–3PIT
  L
  November 10game 15/821
  His night
  .850SV%
  17SV20SA3GA59:07TOIL
  .850
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  MTL0–4NYI
  W
  November 12game 16/822
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  21SV21SA0GA59:52TOIW
  SHUTOUT
  View the game
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  WSH5–3NYI
  L
  November 14game 17/822
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA34:29TOIL
  .862
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  NYI2–5COL
  L
  November 17game 18/822
  His night
  .821SV%
  23SV28SA5GA59:40TOIL
  .821
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  NYI6–3NSH
  W
  November 21game 20/821
  His night
  .929SV%
  39SV42SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .929
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  PHI2–4NYI
  W
  November 25game 21/821
  His night
  .957SV%
  44SV46SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .957
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  November 25
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8220 of 21 started
  10
  wins
  NHL#1
  .908
  SV%
  NHL#11
  2.6
  GAA
  NHL#16
  4
  shutouts
  NHL#1
  NYI
  10-11-0W-L-OT20Points
  4th in the Atlantic·9th in the Eastern Conference·15th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CAR3–1NYI
  L
  November 28game 23/82
  His night
  .870SV%
  20SV23SA3GA58:26TOIL
  .870
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- December 1998
- The game
  NYR3–2NYI
  L
  December 2game 24/822
  His night
  .824SV%
  14SV17SA3GA58:24TOIL
  .824
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  NYI1–5WSH
  L
  December 4game 25/821
  His night
  .821SV%
  23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .821
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  COL2–1NYI
  L
  December 8game 27/821
  His night
  .909SV%
  20SV22SA2GA59:40TOIL
  .909
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  TBL2–1NYI
  L
  December 12game 28/823
  His night
  .923SV%
  24SV26SA2GA64:12TOIL
  .923
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  NYI1–0SJS
  W
  December 15game 29/822
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  13SV13SA0GA59:56TOIW
  SHUTOUT
  View the game
- The game
  NYI5–4LAK
  W
  December 17game 30/822
  His night
  .840SV%
  21SV25SA4GA62:00TOIW
  .840
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- The game
  NYI2–2ANA
  December 18game 31/823
  His night
  .951SV%
  39SV41SA2GA65:00TOI
  .951
  View the game
- The game
  NYI2–4PHX
  L
  December 20game 32/82
  His night
  .909SV%
  30SV33SA3GA59:39TOIL
  .909
  View the game
Year 1999
27 years ago
- The game
  CHI1–1NYI
  January 5game 39/821
  His night
  .957SV%
  22SV23SA1GA65:00TOI
  .957
  View the game
- The game
  NYI0–5PHI
  L
  January 7game 40/821
  His night
  .762SV%
  16SV21SA5GA47:52TOIL
  .762
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 7
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8231 of 41 started
  12
  wins
  NHL#11
  .902
  SV%
  NHL#18
  2.6
  GAA
  NHL#16
  5
  shutouts
  NHL#2
  NYI
  13-25-0W-L-OT29Points
  5th in the Atlantic·13th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI5–2PIT
  W
  January 21game 46/82
  His night
  .929SV%
  26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .929
  View the game
- The game
  BOS1–4NYI
  W
  January 26game 47/821
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .962
  View the game
- The game
  PHX4–4NYI
  January 29game 48/82
  His night
  .886SV%
  31SV35SA4GA64:59TOI
  .886
  View the game
- The game
  NYI2–9OTT
  L
  January 30game 49/823
  His night
  .714SV%in relief
  5SV7SA2GA20:00TOI
  in relief
  View the game
- February 1999
- The game
  NYI1–5DET
  L
  February 3game 50/823
  His night
  .886SV%
  39SV44SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .886
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–1NYI
  L
  February 9game 53/821
  His night
  .920SV%
  23SV25SA2GA59:04TOIL
  .920
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- The game
  NYI2–2BUF
  February 13game 55/821
  His night
  .923SV%
  24SV26SA2GA65:00TOI
  .923
  View the game
- The game
  TBL3–3NYI
  February 15game 56/823
  His night
  .870SV%
  20SV23SA3GA64:56TOI
  .870
  View the game
- The game
  PIT1–3NYI
  W
  February 17game 57/821
  His night
  .952SV%
  20SV21SA1GA59:47TOIW
  .952
  View the game
- The game
  NYI3–2NJD
  W
  February 20game 58/821
  His night
  .923SV%
  24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .923
  View the game
- The game
  NYI1–4CAR
  L
  February 21game 59/821
  His night
  .917SV%
  33SV36SA3GA59:08TOIL
  .917
  View the game
- The game
  TOR4–1NYI
  L
  February 25game 60/822
  His night
  .818SV%
  18SV22SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .818
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  DET1–3NYI
  W
  February 27game 61/824
  His night
  .972SV%
  35SV36SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .972
  View the game
- March 1999
- The game
  OTT4–2NYI
  L
  March 2game 62/824
  His night
  .893SV%
  25SV28SA3GA58:06TOIL
  .893
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  March 2
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8244 of 62 started
  17
  wins
  NHL#16
  .904
  SV%
  NHL#18
  2.6
  GAA
  NHL#20
  5
  shutouts
  NHL#5
  NYI
  19-36-0W-L-OT45Points
  5th in the Atlantic·13th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
- The game
  DAL3–2NYI
  L
  March 4game 63/821
  His night
  .906SV%
  29SV32SA3GA64:12TOIL
  .906
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- The game
  NYI3–3PHI
  March 6game 64/822
  His night
  .893SV%
  25SV28SA3GA65:00TOI
  .893
  View the game
- The game
  NJD4–2NYI
  L
  March 7game 65/821
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA59:22TOIL
  .862
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- The game
  PHI2–2NYI
  March 9game 66/822
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA65:00TOI
  .943
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- The game
  TOR2–1NYI
  L
  March 11game 67/822
  His night
  .909SV%
  20SV22SA2GA59:43TOIL
  .909
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- The game
  NYR3–2NYI
  L
  March 14game 68/824
  His night
  .857SV%
  18SV21SA3GA64:05TOIL
  .857
  View the game
Trade
March 20
Tommy Salo is traded from New York Islanders to Edmonton Oilers
NYINew York Islanders EDMEdmonton Oilers
Here he joins fellow Swede Fredrik Bremberg.
His spell with New York Islanders · 1994–95 to 1998–99
187
Games
62
Wins
14
Shutouts
.902
SV%
1.61
GAA
Edmonton Oilers received
Tommy Salo
New York Islanders received
Mats Lindgren
1999 draft pick, round 8 (#228)
The full trade
- The game
  VAN3–4EDM
  W
  March 20game 69/823
  His night
  .885SV%
  23SV26SA3GA59:57TOIW
  .885
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- The game
  CGY2–2EDM
  March 22game 70/821
  His night
  .935SV%
  29SV31SA2GA64:58TOI
  .935
  View the game
- The game
  MTL2–0EDM
  L
  March 24game 71/821
  His night
  .923SV%
  24SV26SA2GA58:14TOIL
  .923
  View the game
- The game
  STL1–2EDM
  W
  March 26game 72/821
  His night
  .955SV%
  21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .955
  View the game
- The game
  SJS2–5EDM
  W
  March 28game 73/821
  His night
  .889SV%
  16SV18SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .889
  View the game
- The game
  PHX7–4EDM
  L
  March 30game 74/82
  His night
  .000SV%
  0SV3SA3GA08:14TOI
  .000
  View the game
- April 1999
- The game
  TOR5–1EDM
  L
  April 1game 75/822
  His night
  .500SV%
  3SV6SA3GA20:00TOIL
  .500
  View the game
- The game
  CGY2–4EDM
  W
  April 7game 77/821
  His night
  .920SV%
  23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .920
  View the game
- The game
  EDM4–1CGY
  W
  April 9game 78/821
  His night
  .963SV%
  26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .963
  View the game
- The game
  EDM1–1VAN
  April 10game 79/822
  His night
  .958SV%
  23SV24SA1GA64:51TOI
  .958
  View the game
- The game
  EDM5–4SJS
  W
  April 12game 80/821
  His night
  .800SV%
  16SV20SA4GA63:23TOIW
  .800
  View the game
- The game
  COL1–5EDM
  W
  April 16game 81/821
  His night
  .944SV%
  17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .944
  View the game
- The game
  CGY2–3EDM
  W
  April 17game 82/82
  His night
  .939SV%
  31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .939
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 17
Tommy Salo closes the 1998-1999 season with 25 wins
NYINew York Islanders EDMEdmonton Oilers
Wins
25
Games
64of 82
78%
Shutouts
5
SV%
.903
GAA
2.57
Starts
63
Events
50
career wins
10
career shutouts
4 days later
Playoffs
April 21
Edmonton Oilers are in the playoffs
First round
April 21
Edmonton Oilers meet Dallas Stars
EDMvsDAL
Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
Tommy Salo
Swedes on Dallas Stars
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  EDM1–2DAL
  L
  April 21
  His night
  .935SV%
  29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIL
  .935
  View the game
- Dallas Starslead1–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 2
  EDM2–3DAL
  L
  April 23
  His night
  .912SV%
  31SV34SA3GA59:02TOIL
  .912
  View the game
- Dallas Starslead2–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 3
  DAL3–2EDM
  L
  April 25
  His night
  .893SV%
  25SV28SA3GA59:05TOIL
  .893
  View the game
- Dallas Starslead3–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 4
  DAL3–2EDM
  L
  April 27
  His night
  .946SV%
  53SV56SA3GA117:32TOIL
  .946
  View the game
First round
April 27
Dallas Stars knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–0
EDM0–4DAL
Eliminated
4Games0Wins.926SV%2.2GAA
The run in numbers
April 27
Tommy Salo ends the 1998-1999 playoffs with 0 wins
NYINew York Islanders EDMEdmonton Oilers
Wins
0
Games
4
Shutouts
0
SV%
.926
GAA
2.23
Starts
4
DAL0–4

Tommy Salo opens the 1998-1999 season with New York Islanders

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Tommy Salo is traded from New York Islanders to Edmonton Oilers

Tommy Salo closes the 1998-1999 season with 25 wins

Edmonton Oilers are in the playoffs

Edmonton Oilers meet Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–0

Tommy Salo ends the 1998-1999 playoffs with 0 wins