1989–90 Edmonton Oilers season

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1989–90 Edmonton Oilers
Stanley Cup Champions
Campbell Conference Champions
Smythe Division Champions
Division	2nd Smythe
Conference	2nd Campbell
1989–90 record	38–28–14
Home record	23–11–6
Road record	15–17–8
Goals for	315 (6th)
Goals against	283 (9th)
General Manager	Glen Sather
Coach	John Muckler
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Jari Kurri Kevin Lowe
Arena	Northlands Coliseum
Average attendance	17,008
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Messier (45)
Assists	Mark Messier (84)
Points	Mark Messier (129)
Penalties in minutes	Craig Simpson (180)
Plus/Minus	Randy Gregg (+24)
Wins	Bill Ranford (24)
Goals against average	Bill Ranford (3.19)

The 1989–90 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers 11th season in the NHL, and they were coming off their shortest playoff run in 7 years when the Los Angeles Kings defeated Edmonton in the first round of the playoffs. Edmonton would improve their point total from 84 to 90, and finish in 2nd place in the Smythe Division.

The early part of the season was hard on the Oilers, as they finished October with an under .500 record, traded away Jimmy Carson to the Detroit Red Wings after he felt he could not take the pressure of replacing Wayne Gretzky and not liking to live in the city of Edmonton. The Oilers would receive Petr Klima, Joe Murphy and Adam Graves from Detroit in the deal. Also, Oilers goaltender Grant Fuhr was suspended by the NHL for substance abuse, so Edmonton would use Bill Ranford in his place.

Mark Messier would get a career high 129 points, scoring 45 goals and adding on 84 assists, and be the lone Oiler to break the 100 point barrier. Jari Kurri would have a strong season, recording 93 points (33 goals, 60 assists). Craig Simpson provided some scoring, getting 29 goals and 61 points, and provide some toughness, leading the club with 180 penalty mintues.

In goal, Bill Ranford would get the majority of starts, winning a club high 24 games and have a 3.19 GAA. Grant Fuhr put together a 9–7–3 record with a 3.83 GAA before being suspended by the NHL for substance abuse.

In the playoffs, the Oilers would face the Winnipeg Jets for the 6th time in club history, and for the 6th time, Edmonton would defeat Winnipeg, this time in a tough series that went the full 7 games. In the Smythe Division finals, the Oilers would face the Los Angeles Kings, who knocked out Edmonton the previous year. The Oilers would get their revenge, sweeping the Kings in 4 games and advance to the Campbell Conference finals. Edmonton would face the Norris Division champions, the Chicago Blackhawks, and after Chicago took a 2–1 series lead, the Oilers would step it up and win 3 in a row and advance to the Stanley Cup finals for the 6th time in 8 seasons, and face the Boston Bruins, whom they swept to win the 1988 Stanley Cup. After a stunning triple OT victory in game 1 at the Boston Garden, the Oilers would take full control of the series by winning game 2 in Boston. The Bruins would get a win in Edmonton in game 3, but the Oilers would then win 2 games in a row, to defeat the Bruins and win their 5th Stanley Cup in the last 7 years. Goaltender Bill Ranford, a former Bruin, won the Conn Smythe Trophy after he tied an NHL record by winning all 16 playoff games.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 Game log 3 Playoffs 3.1 Edmonton Oilers 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 3.2 Edmonton Oilers 4, Los Angeles Kings 0 3.3 Edmonton Oilers 4, Chicago Blackhawks 2 3.4 Edmonton Oilers 4, Boston Bruins 1 4 Season stats 4.1 Scoring leaders 4.2 Goaltending 5 Playoff stats 5.1 Scoring leaders 5.2 Goaltending 6 Transactions 6.1 Trades 6.2 Free agents 6.3 Draft picks 7 References

[edit] Season standings

Smythe Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Calgary Flames	80	42	23	15	348	265	99
Edmonton Oilers	80	38	28	14	315	283	90
Winnipeg Jets	80	37	32	11	298	290	85
Los Angeles Kings	80	34	39	7	338	337	75
Vancouver Canucks	80	25	41	14	245	306	64

[edit] Game log

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Edmonton Oilers	4–1	Vancouver Canucks	1–0–0	2
2	October 7	Edmonton Oilers	6–5	Los Angeles Kings	2–0–0	4
3	October 11	Vancouver Canucks	5–2	Edmonton Oilers	2–1–0	4
4	October 13	Boston Bruins	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	2–1–1	5
5	October 15	Los Angeles Kings	5–4	Edmonton Oilers	2–2–1	5
6	October 18	Winnipeg Jets	2–7	Edmonton Oilers	3–2–1	7
7	October 20	Boston Bruins	3–0	Edmonton Oilers	3–3–1	7
8	October 22	Edmonton Oilers	4–5	Winnipeg Jets	3–4–1	7
9	October 24	Edmonton Oilers	3–3	New York Islanders	3–4–2	8
10	October 25	Edmonton Oilers	3–3	New York Rangers	3–4–3	9
11	October 28	Edmonton Oilers	6–3	Quebec Nordiques	4–4–3	11
12	October 29	Edmonton Oilers	4–5	Montreal Canadiens	4–5–3	11
13	November 1	New Jersey Devils	6–6	Edmonton Oilers	4–5–4	12
14	November 3	Calgary Flames	2–5	Edmonton Oilers	5–5–4	14
15	November 4	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–1	Edmonton Oilers	5–6–4	14
16	November 6	Edmonton Oilers	1–5	Calgary Flames	5–7–4	14
17	November 9	Edmonton Oilers	2–6	Boston Bruins	5–8–4	14
18	November 11	Edmonton Oilers	5–3	Washington Capitals	6–8–4	16
19	November 12	Edmonton Oilers	5–6	Buffalo Sabres	6–9–4	16
20	November 15	Los Angeles Kings	2–2	Edmonton Oilers	6–9–5	17
21	November 17	Buffalo Sabres	0–3	Edmonton Oilers	7–9–5	19
22	November 19	Chicago Blackhawks	4–5	Edmonton Oilers	8–9–5	21
23	November 21	Vancouver Canucks	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	9–9–5	23
24	November 24	Edmonton Oilers	1–5	Philadelphia Flyers	9–10–5	23
25	November 25	Edmonton Oilers	7–2	New York Islanders	10–10–5	25
26	November 27	Edmonton Oilers	6–2	Detroit Red Wings	11–10–5	27
27	November 30	Edmonton Oilers	7–6	Los Angeles Kings	12–10–5	29
28	December 2	Minnesota North Stars	1–6	Edmonton Oilers	13–10–5	31
29	December 3	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–5	Edmonton Oilers	14–10–5	33
30	December 8	Los Angeles Kings	4–5	Edmonton Oilers	15–10–5	35
31	December 11	Calgary Flames	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	15–10–6	36
32	December 13	Quebec Nordiques	1–5	Edmonton Oilers	16–10–6	38
33	December 16	Edmonton Oilers	3–3	St. Louis Blues	16–10–7	39
34	December 17	Edmonton Oilers	5–6	Chicago Blackhawks	16–11–7	39
35	December 19	Edmonton Oilers	5–0	Minnesota North Stars	17–11–7	41
36	December 21	Winnipeg Jets	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	18–11–7	43
37	December 23	Calgary Flames	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	19–11–7	45
38	December 27	Philadelphia Flyers	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	20–11–7	47
39	December 29	Montreal Canadiens	2–6	Edmonton Oilers	21–11–7	49
40	December 31	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Winnipeg Jets	21–12–7	49
41	January 2	Edmonton Oilers	6–4	St. Louis Blues	22–12–7	51
42	January 3	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks	22–13–7	51
43	January 6	Hartford Whalers	4–4	Edmonton Oilers	22–13–8	52
44	January 7	Calgary Flames	3–1	Edmonton Oilers	22–14–8	52
45	January 9	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	Calgary Flames	23–14–8	54
46	January 11	Edmonton Oilers	3–3	Los Angeles Kings	23–14–9	55
47	January 16	Detroit Red Wings	6–4	Edmonton Oilers	23–15–9	55
48	January 17	Winnipeg Jets	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	24–15–9	57
49	January 23	New York Rangers	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	24–16–9	57
50	January 25	Los Angeles Kings	6–7	Edmonton Oilers	25–16–9	59
51	January 27	Vancouver Canucks	2–6	Edmonton Oilers	26–16–9	61
52	January 30	Edmonton Oilers	4–4	Hartford Whalers	26–16–10	62
53	January 31	Edmonton Oilers	5–7	Detroit Red Wings	26–17–10	62
54	February 2	Edmonton Oilers	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	26–18–10	62
55	February 4	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Washington Capitals	27–18–10	64
56	February 6	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	New Jersey Devils	27–18–11	65
57	February 7	Edmonton Oilers	2–5	New York Rangers	27–19–11	65
58	February 11	Winnipeg Jets	4–7	Edmonton Oilers	28–19–11	67
59	February 14	Washington Capitals	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	28–20–11	67
60	February 16	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	Vancouver Canucks	28–20–12	68
61	February 18	Minnesota North Stars	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	29–20–12	70
62	February 20	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	Vancouver Canucks	30–20–12	72
63	February 21	Buffalo Sabres	3–7	Edmonton Oilers	31–20–12	74
64	February 23	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–5	Edmonton Oilers	31–21–12	74
65	February 25	Edmonton Oilers	4–10	Calgary Flames	31–22–12	74
66	February 28	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	Los Angeles Kings	31–23–12	74
67	March 3	Philadelphia Flyers	3–5	Edmonton Oilers	32–23–12	76
68	March 4	Vancouver Canucks	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	33–23–12	78
69	March 6	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	34–23–12	80
70	March 9	Edmonton Oilers	5–7	Winnipeg Jets	34–24–12	80
71	March 10	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	34–25–12	80
72	March 13	Edmonton Oilers	4–1	Quebec Nordiques	35–25–12	82
73	March 14	Edmonton Oilers	3–3	Montreal Canadiens	35–25–13	83
74	March 17	New Jersey Devils	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	35–26–13	83
75	March 18	Hartford Whalers	3–1	Edmonton Oilers	35–27–13	83
76	March 21	St. Louis Blues	6–8	Edmonton Oilers	36–27–13	85
77	March 24	New York Islanders	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	36–27–14	86
78	March 27	Edmonton Oilers	4–1	Vancouver Canucks	37–27–14	88
79	March 30	Edmonton Oilers	2–6	Calgary Flames	37–28–14	88
80	April 1	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	Winnipeg Jets	38–28–14	90

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 4, Winnipeg Jets 3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 4	Winnipeg Jets	7–5	Edmonton Oilers	0–1
2	April 6	Winnipeg Jets	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	1–1
3	April 8	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Winnipeg Jets	1–2
4	April 10	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Winnipeg Jets	1–3
5	April 12	Winnipeg Jets	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	2–3
6	April 14	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Winnipeg Jets	3–3
7	April 16	Winnipeg Jets	1–4	Edmonton Oilers	4–3

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 4, Los Angeles Kings 0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 18	Los Angeles Kings	0–7	Edmonton Oilers	1–0
2	April 20	Los Angeles Kings	1–6	Edmonton Oilers	2–0
3	April 22	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Los Angeles Kings	3–0
4	April 24	Edmonton Oilers	6–5	Los Angeles Kings	4–0

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 4, Chicago Blackhawks 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	May 2	Chicago Blackhawks	2–5	Edmonton Oilers	1–0
2	May 4	Chicago Blackhawks	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	1–1
3	May 6	Edmonton Oilers	1–5	Chicago Blackhawks	1–2
4	May 8	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	Chicago Blackhawks	2–2
5	May 10	Chicago Blackhawks	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	3–2
6	May 12	Edmonton Oilers	8–4	Chicago Blackhawks	4–2

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 4, Boston Bruins 1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	May 15	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	Boston Bruins	1–0
2	May 18	Edmonton Oilers	7–2	Boston Bruins	2–0
3	May 20	Boston Bruins	2–1	Edmonton Oilers	2–1
4	May 22	Boston Bruins	1–5	Edmonton Oilers	3–1
5	May 24	Edmonton Oilers	4–1	Boston Bruins	4–1

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mark Messier	79	45	84	129	79
Jari Kurri	78	33	60	93	48
Glenn Anderson	73	34	38	72	107
Esa Tikkanen	79	30	33	63	161
Craig Simpson	80	29	32	61	180

[edit] Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Pokey Reddick	11	604	5	4	2	31	0	.890	3.08
Bill Ranford	56	3107	24	16	9	165	1	.887	3.19
Grant Fuhr	21	1081	9	7	3	70	1	.868	3.89
Randy Exelby	1	60	0	1	0	5	0	.833	5.00
Mike Greenlay	2	20	0	0	0	4	0	.765	12.00

[edit] Playoff stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Craig Simpson	22	16	15	31	8
Mark Messier	22	9	22	31	20
Jari Kurri	22	10	15	25	18
Esa Tikkanen	22	13	11	24	26
Glenn Anderson	22	10	12	22	20

[edit] Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Pokey Reddick	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Ranford	22	1401	16	6	59	1	.912	2.53

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

June 17, 1989	To Boston Bruins 3rd round pick in 1989 - Wes Walz	To Edmonton Oilers Tommy Lehman
June 17, 1989	To New Jersey Devils 1st round pick in 1989 - Jason Miller	To Edmonton Oilers Corey Foster
September 28, 1989	To Winnipeg Jets Future considerations	To Edmonton Oilers Pokey Reddick
October 2, 1989	To Montreal Canadiens Cash	To Edmonton Oilers Randy Exelby
October 10, 1989	To Hartford Whalers Jim Ennis	To Edmonton Oilers Norm Maciver
November 2, 1989	To Detroit Red Wings Kevin McClelland Jimmy Carson *5th round pick in 1991 - Brad Layzell	To Edmonton Oilers Petr Klima Jeff Sharples Joe Murphy Adam Graves
December 21, 1989	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1990 - Greg Walters	To Edmonton Oilers Vladimir Ruzicka
January 5, 1990	To Philadelphia Flyers Normand Lacombe	To Edmonton Oilers 4th round pick in 1990 - Joel Blain
January 19, 1990	To New York Rangers Todd Charlesworth	To Edmonton Oilers Denis Larocque
March 6, 1990	To New Jersey Devils Jeff Sharples	To Edmonton Oilers Reijo Ruotsalainen
March 6, 1990	To Hartford Whalers Cam Brauer	To Edmonton Oilers Marc Laforge
March 6, 1990	To Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Wilks	To Edmonton Oilers Future considerations

*Later traded to the Montreal Canadiens

[edit] Free agents

Player Former Team D Todd Charlesworth Pittsburgh Penguins D Bruce Bell Detroit Red Wings

Player New Team F Clark Donatelli Minnesota North Stars F Gary Emmons Minnesota North Stars G Daryl Reaugh Hartford Whalers F Len Barrie Philadelphia Flyers

[edit] Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Jason Soules	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
2	36	Richard Borgo	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4	78	Josef Beranek	Czechoslovakia	Litvinov Chemopetrol (Czech.)
5	92	Peter White	Canada	Michigan State University (NCAA)
6	120	Anatoli Semenov	Soviet Union	Moscow Dynamo (Russia)
7	140	Davis Payne	Canada	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
7	141	Sergei Yashin	Soviet Union	Moscow Dynamo (Russia)
8	162	Darcy Martini	Canada	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
11	225	Roman Bozek	Czechoslovakia	HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech.)

[edit] References

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

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