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1998 NHL Entry Draft

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Round 1 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
1 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier Rimouski 727 280 334 614 -75 513 0
2 Nashville Predators David Legwand Plymouth 567 124 213 337 25 330 0
3 San Jose Sharks Brad Stuart Regina 595 59 173 232 3 384 0
4 Vancouver Canucks Bryan Allen Oshawa 373 20 54 74 17 467 0
5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Vitaly Vishnevski Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl 552 16 52 68 -27 494
6 Calgary Flames Rico Fata London 230 27 36 63 -60 104
7 New York Rangers Manny Malhotra Guelph 570 68 99 167 -35 318 0
8 Chicago Blackhawks Mark Bell Ottawa 445 87 95 182 -45 597
9 New York Islanders Mike Rupp Erie 280 24 21 45 -24 312 0
10 Toronto Maple Leafs Nik Antropov Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 465 111 149 260 72 461 0
11 Carolina Hurricanes Jeff Heerema Sarnia 32 4 2 6 -7 6
12 Colorado Avalanche Alex Tanguay Halifax 625 185 371 556 150 325 0
13 Edmonton Oilers Michael Henrich Barrie
14 Phoenix Coyotes Patrick DesRochers Sarnia 11 0 0 0 0 2 11 2 6 1 3.67 .872
15 Ottawa Senators Mathieu Chouinard Shawinigan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 1.000
16 Montreal Canadiens Eric Chouinard Quebec 90 11 11 22 -8 16
17 Colorado Avalanche Martin Skoula Barrie 658 37 132 169 23 310 0
18 Buffalo Sabres Dmitri Kalinin Traktor Chelyabinsk 487 34 116 150 3 303 0
19 Colorado Avalanche Robyn Regehr Kamloops 607 25 99 124 14 601 0
20 Colorado Avalanche Scott Parker Kelowna 308 7 14 21 4 699
21 Los Angeles Kings Mathieu Biron Shawinigan 253 12 32 44 -69 177
22 Philadelphia Flyers Simon Gagne Quebec 543 219 213 432 131 197 0
23 Pittsburgh Penguins Milan Kraft Keramika Plzen Jr. 207 41 41 82 -45 52
24 St. Louis Blues Christian Backman Vastra Frolunda Jr. 263 22 54 76 -3 162 0
25 Detroit Red Wings Jiri Fischer Hull 305 11 49 60 29 295
26 New Jersey Devils Mike Van Ryn U. of Michigan 340 30 96 126 4 252 0
27 New Jersey Devils Scott Gomez Tri-City 647 135 398 533 58 406 0
Round 2 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
28 Colorado Avalanche Ramzi Abid Chicoutimi 68 14 16 30 -11 78
29 San Jose Sharks Jonathan Cheechoo Belleville 390 157 112 269 45 257 0
30 Florida Panthers Kyle Rossiter Spokane 11 0 1 1 -3 9
31 Vancouver Canucks Artem Chubarov Dynamo Moscow 228 25 33 58 -3 40
32 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Stephen Peat Red Deer 130 8 2 10 -16 234
33 Calgary Flames Blair Betts Prince George 279 24 18 42 -12 80 0
34 Buffalo Sabres Andrew Peters Oshawa 185 4 2 6 -12 519 0
35 Toronto Maple Leafs Petr Svoboda Havlickuv Brod 18 1 2 3 -5 10
36 New York Islanders Chris Nielsen Calgary 52 6 8 14 1 8
37 New Jersey Devils Christian Berglund Farjestad Karlstad Jr. 86 11 16 27 -6 42
38 Colorado Avalanche Philippe Sauve Rimouski 32 0 0 0 0 23 32 10 14 3 3.45 .888
39 Dallas Stars John Erskine London 236 6 17 23 -40 520 0
40 New York Rangers Randy Copley Cape Breton
41 St. Louis Blues Maxim Linnik St. Thomas Jr. B
42 Philadelphia Flyers Jason Beckett Seattle
43 Phoenix Coyotes Ossi Vaananen Jokerit Helsinki Jr. 442 12 50 62 19 470 0
44 Ottawa Senators Mike Fisher Sudbury 479 117 128 245 35 407 0
45 Montreal Canadiens Mike Ribeiro Rouyn-Noranda 450 97 216 313 9 166 0
46 Los Angeles Kings Justin Papineau Belleville 81 11 8 19 2 12
47 Buffalo Sabres Norm Milley Laval 29 2 4 6 -4 12
48 Boston Bruins Jonathan Girard Laval 150 10 34 44 6 46
49 Washington Capitals Jomar Cruz Brandon
50 Buffalo Sabres Jaroslav Kristek ZPS Zlin 6 0 0 0 -2 4
51 Philadelphia Flyers Ian Forbes Guelph
52 Boston Bruins Bobby Allen Boston College 51 0 3 3 -3 12
53 Colorado Avalanche Steve Moore Harvard 69 5 7 12 -9 41
54 Pittsburgh Penguins Alexander Zevakhin CSKA Moscow
55 Detroit Red Wings Ryan Barnes Sudbury 2 0 0 0 0 0
56 Detroit Red Wings Tomek Valtonen Ilves Tampere Jr.
57 Dallas Stars Tyler Bouck Prince George 91 4 8 12 -9 93
58 Ottawa Senators Chris Bala Harvard 6 0 1 1 1 0
Round 3 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
59 Washington Capitals Todd Hornung Portland
60 Nashville Predators Denis Arkhipov Ak Bars Kazan 352 56 82 138 -51 128
61 Florida Panthers Joe DiPenta Boston U. 174 6 17 23 15 110
62 Calgary Flames Paul Manning Colorado College 8 0 0 0 0 2
63 Florida Panthers Lance Ward Red Deer 209 4 12 16 -30 391
64 Tampa Bay Lightning Brad Richards Rimouski 580 157 356 513 -60 133 0
65 San Jose Sharks Eric Laplante Halifax
66 New York Rangers Jason Labarbera Portland 89 0 2 2 0 4 89 32 39 5 3.04 .901
67 Edmonton Oilers Alex Henry London 175 2 9 11 -5 259
68 Vancouver Canucks Jarkko Ruutu HIFK Helsinki 435 38 50 88 -15 747 0
69 Toronto Maple Leafs Jamie Hodson Brandon
70 Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Holdridge Plymouth
71 Carolina Hurricanes Erik Cole Clarkson 436 132 153 285 9 433 0
72 Tampa Bay Lightning Dmitry Afanasenkov Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl 227 27 27 54 -36 52
73 Phoenix Coyotes Pat O'Leary Robbinsdale (High-MN)
74 Ottawa Senators Julien Vauclair Lugano 1 0 0 0 1 2
75 Montreal Canadiens Francois Beauchemin Laval 244 21 69 90 -5 172 0
76 Los Angeles Kings Alexei Volkov Krylja Sovetov-2
77 Buffalo Sabres Mike Pandolfo St. Sebastian's (High-MA) 3 0 0 0 -2 0
78 Boston Bruins Peter Nordstrom Farjestad Karlstad Jr. 2 0 0 0 -1 0
79 Colorado Avalanche Evgeny Lazarev Kitchener Jr. B
80 Pittsburgh Penguins David Cameron Prince Albert
81 Vancouver Canucks Justin Morrison Colorado College
82 New Jersey Devils Brian Gionta Boston College 408 135 128 263 53 203 0
83 St. Louis Blues Matt Walker Portland 179 1 10 11 -2 285 0
84 Detroit Red Wings Jake McCracken Sault Ste. Marie
85 Nashville Predators Geoff Koch U. of Michigan
86 Dallas Stars Gabriel Karlsson HV 71 Jonkoping Jr.
Round 4 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
87 Toronto Maple Leafs Alexei Ponikarovsky Dynamo-2 Moscow 353 77 91 168 48 246 0
88 Nashville Predators Kent Sauer North Iowa Jr. A
89 Florida Panthers Ryan Jardine Sault Ste. Marie 8 0 2 2 0 2
90 Vancouver Canucks Regan Darby Tri-City
91 Carolina Hurricanes Josef Vasicek Slavia Praha Jr. 460 77 106 183 -38 311
92 Tampa Bay Lightning Eric Beaudoin Guelph 53 3 8 11 -15 41
93 Carolina Hurricanes Tommy Westlund Brynas Gavle 203 9 13 22 -27 48
94 Chicago Blackhawks Matthias Trattnig U. of Maine
95 New York Islanders Andy Burnham Windsor
96 New Jersey Devils Mikko Jokela HIFK Helsinki 1 0 0 0 0 0
97 Carolina Hurricanes Chris Madden Guelph
98 San Jose Sharks Rob Davison North Bay 199 3 13 16 -3 285 0
99 Edmonton Oilers Shawn Horcoff Michigan State 498 107 186 293 1 339 0
100 Phoenix Coyotes Ryan Vanbuskirk Sarnia
101 Ottawa Senators Petr Schastlivy Torpedo Yaroslavl 129 18 22 40 3 30
102 Calgary Flames Shaun Sutter Lethbridge
103 Los Angeles Kings Kip Brennan Sudbury 61 1 1 2 -2 222
104 San Jose Sharks Miroslav Zalesak Plastika Nitra 12 1 2 3 -3 0
105 New Jersey Devils Pierre Dagenais Rouyn-Noranda 142 35 23 58 0 58
106 Washington Capitals Krys Barch London 91 6 6 12 -3 231 0
107 Washington Capitals Chris Corrinet Princeton 8 0 1 1 -4 6
108 Calgary Flames Dany Sabourin Sherbrooke 42 0 1 1 0 2 42 15 18 2 2.77 .902
109 Philadelphia Flyers Jean-Philippe Morin Drummondville
110 Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Myers Prince George
111 Detroit Red Wings Brent Hobday Moose Jaw
112 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Viktor Wallin HV 71 Jonkoping Jr.
113 Edmonton Oilers Kristian Antila Ilves Tampere
114 New York Rangers Boyd Kane Regina 28 0 3 3 -7 37 0
Round 5 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
115 Phoenix Coyotes Jay Leach Providence 6 0 0 0 0 7 0
116 Phoenix Coyotes Josh Blackburn Lincoln Jr. A
117 Florida Panthers Jaroslav Spacek Farjestad Karlstad 638 66 201 267 21 485 0
118 Washington Capitals Mike Siklenka Lloydminster 2 0 0 0 0 0
119 New Jersey Devils Anton But Torpedo Yaroslavl 2
120 Calgary Flames Brent Gauvreau Oshawa
121 Tampa Bay Lightning Curtis Rich Calgary
122 New York Rangers Patrick Leahy Miami of Ohio 50 4 4 8 -1 19
123 New York Islanders Jiri Dopita DS Olomouc, TCH 73 12 21 33 5 19
124 Philadelphia Flyers Francis Belanger Rimouski 10 0 0 0 -3 29
125 Washington Capitals Erik Wendell Maple Grove H.S.
126 Toronto Maple Leafs Morgan Warren Moncton
127 San Jose Sharks Brandon Coalter Oshawa
128 Edmonton Oilers Paul Elliott Medicine Hat
129 Phoenix Coyotes Robert Schnabel Slavia Praha, CZE 22 0 3 3 6 34
130 Ottawa Senators Gavin McLeod Kelowna
131 New York Rangers Tomas Kloucek Slavia Praha Jr. 141 2 8 10 -9 250
132 Montreal Canadiens Andrei Bashkirov Fort Wayne/Las Vegas 30 0 3 3 -5 0
133 Los Angeles Kings Joe Rullier Rimouski
134 Pittsburgh Penguins Rob Scuderi Boston College 236 3 22 25 -9 98 0
135 Boston Bruins Andrew Raycroft Sudbury 202 0 3 3 0 8 202 84 81 26 2.88 .899
136 Vancouver Canucks David Ytfeldt Leksand
137 Buffalo Sabres Aaron Goldade Brandon
138 Nashville Predators Martin Beauchesne Sherbrooke
139 Philadelphia Flyers Garrett Prosofsky Saskatoon
140 Vancouver Canucks Rick Bertran Kitchener
141 Colorado Avalanche K.C. Timmons Tri-City
142 Detroit Red Wings Calle Steen Hammarby
143 New Jersey Devils Ryan Flinn Laval 31 1 0 1 0 84
144 Edmonton Oilers Oleg Smirnov Kristall Elektrostal
145 San Jose Sharks Mikael Samuelsson Sodertalje 402 71 113 184 40 210 0
Round 6 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
146 Tampa Bay Lightning Sergei Kuznetsov Torpedo Yaroslavl 2
147 Nashville Predators Craig Brunel Prince Albert
148 Florida Panthers Chris Ovington Red Deer
149 Vancouver Canucks Paul Cabana Fort McMurray
150 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Trent Hunter Prince George 344 80 99 179 2 125 0
151 Detroit Red Wings Adam DeLeeuw Barrie
152 Montreal Canadiens Gordie Dwyer Beauport 108 0 5 5 -20 394
153 Dallas Stars Pavel Patera AIK Solna 32 2 7 9 -9 8
154 Toronto Maple Leafs Allan Rourke Kitchener 55 1 4 5 4 31
155 New York Islanders Kevin Clauson Western Michigan
156 Chicago Blackhawks Kent Huskins Clarkson 127 6 21 27 24 92 0
157 St. Louis Blues Brad Voth Medicine Hat
158 Chicago Blackhawks Jari Viuhkola Karpat Oulu
159 Edmonton Oilers Trevor Ettinger Cape Breton
160 Phoenix Coyotes Rickard Wallin Farjestad Karlstad Jr. 19 6 4 10 2 14
161 Ottawa Senators Chris Neil North Bay 468 60 67 127 33 1202 0
162 Montreal Canadiens Andrei Markov Khimik Voskresensk 509 63 216 279 23 299 0
163 Los Angeles Kings Tomas Zizka ZPS Zlin 25 2 6 8 -8 16
164 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik Ceske Budejovice Jr. 386 106 112 218 -21 249 0
165 Boston Bruins Ryan Milanovic Kitchener
166 Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Pelletier Drummondville
167 Colorado Avalanche Alexander Ryazantsev Victoriaville
168 Philadelphia Flyers Antero Niittymaki TPS Turku Jr. 136 0 1 1 0 2 136 49 54 19 3.07 .898
169 Pittsburgh Penguins Jan Fadrny Slavia Praha
170 St. Louis Blues Andrei Troschinsky Kamenogorsk
171 Detroit Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk Dynamo-E. Yeka'burg 462 144 298 442 132 119 0
172 New Jersey Devils Jacques Lariviere Moncton
173 Dallas Stars Niko Kapanen HPK Hameenlinna 397 36 90 126 -25 160
Round 7 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
174 Tampa Bay Lightning Brett Allan Swift Current
175 Philadelphia Flyers Cam Ondrik Medicine Hat
176 Florida Panthers B.J. Ketcheson Peterborough
177 Vancouver Canucks Vincent Malts Hull
178 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Jesse Fibiger U. Minn-Duluth 16 0 0 0 -5 2
179 Washington Capitals Nate Forster Seattle
180 New York Rangers Stefan Lundqvist Brynas Gavle
181 Toronto Maple Leafs Jonathan Gagnon Cape Breton
182 New York Islanders Evgeny Korolev London 42 1 4 5 -10 20
183 Chicago Blackhawks Tyler Arnason St. Cloud St. 431 85 140 225 -20 128 0