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1998-99 NHL Central standings
The Detroit Red Wings won the 1998-99 NHL Central division race on 93 points, 6 points ahead of the St. Louis Blues.
🏆The 1998-99 playoffs, series by series
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Central standings, 1998-99
| Team | W | L | T | PTS | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Detroit Red Wings (DET) y | 43 | 32 | 7 | 93 | 7-2-1 | L1 |
| St. Louis Blues (STL) x | 37 | 32 | 13 | 87 | 6-2-2 | W3 |
| Chicago Blackhawks (CHI) | 29 | 41 | 12 | 70 | 8-1-1 | W6 |
| Nashville Predators (NSH) | 28 | 47 | 7 | 63 | 3-7-0 | L4 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- x
- clinched a playoff place
- y
- clinched the division
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 7 times.
- The Detroit Red Wings trailed by as many as 3 points on October 12, 1998.
- The Detroit Red Wings took first place for good on November 25, 1998.
- The Detroit Red Wings won 8 games in a row from March 24, 1999 to April 7, 1999, the longest run of the race.
- The St. Louis Blues led by 2 points as late as November 17, 1998.
- The Detroit Red Wings led by as many as 13 points on February 21, 1999.
- The Detroit Red Wings went 9-2-1 from November 17, 1998 to December 16, 1998, turning a deficit of 2 points into a lead of 10 points.
- The top two ended the day within two points of each other on 38 of the 155 days played.
- The Detroit Red Wings spent 170 of the season's 192 charted days in first place.