1989–90 New Jersey Devils season

1989–90 New Jersey Devils
Division 2nd Patrick
Conference 5th Wales
1989–90 record 37–34–9
Goals for 295
Goals against 288
Team information
General Manager Lou Lamoriello
Coach John Cunniff
Captain Kirk Muller
Alternate captains John MacLean
Patrik Sundstrom
Arena Brendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
Goals John MacLean (41)
Assists Kirk Muller (56)
Points Kirk Muller (86)
Penalties in minutes Ken Daneyko (216)
Wins Sean Burke (22)
Goals against average Chris Terreri (3.42)
<1988–89 1990–91>

The 1989–90 New Jersey Devils season saw the Devils make the playoffs for the second time and only the third time in franchise history. The Devils were eliminated in the first round by the Washington Capitals.

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Rangers 80 36 31 13 279 267 85
New Jersey Devils 80 37 34 9 295 288 83
Washington Capitals 80 36 38 6 284 275 78
New York Islanders 80 31 38 11 281 288 73
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 32 40 8 318 359 72
Philadelphia Flyers 80 30 39 11 290 297 71

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Wales Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – Boston Bruins ADM 80 46 25 9 289 232 101
2 Buffalo Sabres ADM 80 45 27 8 286 248 98
3 Montreal Canadiens ADM 80 41 28 11 288 234 93
4 Hartford Whalers ADM 80 38 33 9 275 268 85
5 New York Rangers PTK 80 36 31 13 279 267 85
6 New Jersey Devils PTK 80 37 34 9 295 288 83
7 Washington Capitals PTK 80 36 38 6 284 275 78
8 New York Islanders PTK 80 31 38 11 281 288 73
9 Pittsburgh Penguins PTK 80 32 40 8 318 359 72
10 Philadelphia Flyers PTK 80 30 39 11 290 297 71
11 Quebec Nordiques ADM 80 12 61 7 240 407 31

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

# R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 5, 19896–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 1–0–0
2TOctober 7, 19894–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 1–0–1
3LOctober 10, 19892–4 Calgary Flames (season) 1–1–1
4LOctober 13, 19893–4 OT Montreal Canadiens (season) 1–2–1
5WOctober 14, 19893–2 @ Hartford Whalers (season) 2–2–1
6WOctober 18, 19895–3 Philadelphia Flyers (season) 3–2–1
7LOctober 20, 19892–3 Vancouver Canucks (season) 3–3–1
8WOctober 21, 19895–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (season) 4–3–1
9WOctober 23, 19895–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (season) 5–3–1
10LOctober 26, 19893–7 Hartford Whalers (season) 5–4–1
11WOctober 28, 19893–2 Chicago Blackhawks (season) 6–4–1
12LOctober 31, 19893–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (season) 6–5–1
13TNovember 1, 19896–6 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (season) 6–5–2
14LNovember 4, 19893–7 @ Calgary Flames (season) 6–6–2
15WNovember 8, 19896–3 Quebec Nordiques (season) 7–6–2
16LNovember 11, 19895–7 Philadelphia Flyers (season) 7–7–2
17TNovember 12, 19893–3 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 7–7–3
18LNovember 15, 19891–2 OT Minnesota North Stars (season) 7–8–3
19WNovember 17, 19895–4 OT New York Rangers (season) 8–8–3
20LNovember 18, 19894–6 @ Boston Bruins (season) 8–9–3
21WNovember 22, 19896–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 9–9–3
22LNovember 24, 19896–7 @ Minnesota North Stars (season) 9–10–3
23WNovember 25, 19893–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (season) 10–10–3
24WNovember 28, 19893–2 OT New York Islanders (season) 11–10–3
25LDecember 1, 19894–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (season) 11–11–3
26LDecember 2, 19893–5 Washington Capitals (season) 11–12–3
27LDecember 6, 19893–5 @ New York Rangers (season) 11–13–3
28LDecember 8, 19892–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 11–14–3
29LDecember 9, 19893–7 @ Hartford Whalers (season) 11–15–3
30WDecember 12, 19897–2 @ New York Islanders (season) 12–15–3
31WDecember 13, 19895–2 New York Islanders (season) 13–15–3
32WDecember 15, 19897–5 Los Angeles Kings (season) 14–15–3
33WDecember 17, 19893–1 Boston Bruins (season) 15–15–3
34LDecember 19, 19894–5 OT @ New York Islanders (season) 15–16–3
35WDecember 22, 19895–4 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 16–16–3
36WDecember 23, 19893–2 St. Louis Blues (season) 17–16–3
37TDecember 26, 19894–4 OT @ New York Rangers (season) 17–16–4
38LDecember 27, 19891–3 Washington Capitals (season) 17–17–4
39WDecember 29, 19893–2 New York Rangers (season) 18–17–4
40LDecember 31, 19894–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (season) 18–18–4
41WJanuary 2, 19905–3 Buffalo Sabres (season) 19–18–4
42WJanuary 4, 19904–2 Los Angeles Kings (season) 20–18–4
43LJanuary 8, 19903–4 Winnipeg Jets (season) 20–19–4
44WJanuary 10, 19906–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 21–19–4
45LJanuary 12, 19902–5 Montreal Canadiens (season) 21–20–4
46WJanuary 13, 19905–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (season) 22–20–4
47LJanuary 16, 19906–9 @ Washington Capitals (season) 22–21–4
48WJanuary 23, 19904–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 23–21–4
49WJanuary 24, 19903–2 Washington Capitals (season) 24–21–4
50LJanuary 26, 19901–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (season) 24–22–4
51TJanuary 28, 19904–4 OT @ New York Islanders (season) 24–22–5
52LJanuary 30, 19902–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (season) 24–23–5
53LFebruary 4, 19902–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (season) 24–24–5
54TFebruary 6, 19902–2 OT Edmonton Oilers (season) 24–24–6
55WFebruary 9, 19905–3 @ Washington Capitals (season) 25–24–6
56LFebruary 10, 19900–7 @ St. Louis Blues (season) 25–25–6
57TFebruary 12, 19901–1 OT Detroit Red Wings (season) 25–25–7
58LFebruary 16, 19901–2 New York Rangers (season) 25–26–7
59LFebruary 17, 19904–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (season) 25–27–7
60LFebruary 19, 19903–4 OT @ New York Rangers (season) 25–28–7
61LFebruary 22, 19902–4 Winnipeg Jets (season) 25–29–7
62WFebruary 24, 19903–2 Chicago Blackhawks (season) 26–29–7
63TFebruary 25, 19903–3 OT @ New York Islanders (season) 26–29–8
64LFebruary 28, 19901–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 26–30–8
65WMarch 2, 19906–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 27–30–8
66LMarch 4, 19903–4 @ Washington Capitals (season) 27–31–8
67WMarch 6, 19902–1 St. Louis Blues (season) 28–31–8
68WMarch 8, 19904–2 New York Islanders (season) 29–31–8
69WMarch 10, 19909–3 Quebec Nordiques (season) 30–31–8
70WMarch 13, 19903–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (season) 31–31–8
71LMarch 15, 19904–5 @ Calgary Flames (season) 31–32–8
72WMarch 17, 19904–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (season) 32–32–8
73LMarch 20, 19902–3 Philadelphia Flyers (season) 32–33–8
74LMarch 22, 19903–6 @ Chicago Blackhawks (season) 32–34–8
75WMarch 24, 19905–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 33–34–8
76WMarch 25, 19904–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (season) 34–34–8
77WMarch 27, 19904–1 Washington Capitals (season) 35–34–8
78WMarch 29, 19906–4 New York Rangers (season) 36–34–8
79WMarch 31, 19905–1 Detroit Red Wings (season) 37–34–8
80TApril 1, 19903–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (season) 37–34–9

Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals

(P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

The first two games took place at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. In Game 1, Washington beat New Jersey 5-4 in overtime. In Game 2, the Devils won 6-5. Games 3 and 4 took place at Capital Centre. The Devils were victorious in Game 3 2-1, but their series lead was abruptly halted by the Capitals in game 4 when they won 3-1. Game 5 went back to New Jersey, and the Capitals took a 4-3 win. Game 6 was back at Capital Centre where the Capitals took a 3-2 win over the Devils and won the series 4-2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Muller, KirkKirk Muller LW 80 30 56 86 74-1906
MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean RW 80 41 38 79 801710311
Sundstrom, PatrikPatrik Sundstrom C 74 27 49 76 3415810
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan LW 73 30 42 72 13715805
Driver, BruceBruce Driver D 75 7 46 53 636100
Turgeon, SylvainSylvain Turgeon LW 72 30 17 47 81-8703
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson C 63 16 29 45 12-8401
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov D 72 8 34 42 529200
Brown, DougDoug Brown RW 69 14 20 34 167133
Ojanen, JanneJanne Ojanen C 64 17 13 30 12-5101
Albelin, TommyTommy Albelin D 68 6 23 29 63-1400
Maley, DavidDavid Maley LW 67 8 17 25 160-2002
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko D 74 6 15 21 21615011
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov D 39 6 15 21 1615100
Broten, AaronAaron Broten LW/C 42 10 8 18 36-15120
Brooke, BobBob Brooke C 35 8 10 18 303001
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny LW 33 4 10 14 28-4100
Morris, JonJon Morris C 20 6 7 13 812201
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny C 12 5 6 11 16-1201
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich D 19 2 7 9 111101
Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin D 37 1 7 8 47-13000
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen D 31 2 5 7 14-4100
Conacher, PatPat Conacher LW 19 3 3 6 42000
Velischek, RandyRandy Velischek D 62 0 6 6 724000
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft D 42 2 3 5 149-2000
Korn, JimJim Korn D/LW 37 2 3 5 99-1000
Brady, NeilNeil Brady C 19 1 4 5 13-1000
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom LW 21 1 2 3 41000
Vilgrain, ClaudeClaude Vilgrain RW 6 1 2 3 4-1000
Ysebaert, PaulPaul Ysebaert C 5 1 2 3 00000
Burke, SeanSean Burke G 52 0 1 1 380000
Starikov, SergeiSergei Starikov D 16 0 1 1 8-8000
Crowder, TroyTroy Crowder RW 10 0 0 0 230000
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers D 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri G 35 0 0 0 00000
Thomson, JimJim Thomson RW 3 0 0 0 31-3000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Burke, SeanSean Burke 2914 52 22 22 6 175 3.60 014531278.880
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri 1931 35 15 12 3 110 3.42 01004894.890
Team: 4845 80 37 34 9 285 3.53 024572172.884

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan LW 6 3 3 6 20101
Driver, BruceBruce Driver D 6 1 5 6 6000
MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean RW 6 4 1 5 12210
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny C 6 3 2 5 2101
Morris, JonJon Morris C 6 1 3 4 23100
Muller, KirkKirk Muller LW 6 1 3 4 11000
Sundstrom, PatrikPatrik Sundstrom C 6 1 3 4 2000
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich D 6 1 3 4 17000
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov D 6 0 3 3 14000
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko D 6 2 0 2 21000
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov D 6 0 2 2 10000
Conacher, PatPat Conacher LW 5 1 0 1 10000
Brown, DougDoug Brown RW 6 0 1 1 2000
Brooke, BobBob Brooke C 5 0 0 0 14000
Burke, SeanSean Burke G 2 0 0 0 2000
Crowder, TroyTroy Crowder RW 2 0 0 0 10000
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft D 5 0 0 0 16000
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson C 2 0 0 0 0000
Maley, DavidDavid Maley LW 6 0 0 0 25000
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri G 4 0 0 0 0000
Turgeon, SylvainSylvain Turgeon LW 1 0 0 0 0000
Velischek, RandyRandy Velischek D 6 0 0 0 4000
Vilgrain, ClaudeClaude Vilgrain RW 4 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri 238 4 2 2 13 3.28 010390.874
Burke, SeanSean Burke 125 2 0 2 8 3.84 05749.860
Team: 363 6 2 4 21 3.47 0160139.869

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

1989-90 New Jersey Devils
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

Rd # Pick # Player Nat Pos Team (League) Notes
1 5 Bill Guerin  United States RW Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)
1 18 Jason Miller  Canada C Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) [4]
2 26 Jarrod Skalde  Canada C Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3 47 Scott Pellerin  Canada LW University of Maine (Hockey East)
4 68 No fourth-round pick[5]
5 89 Mike Heinke  United States G Avon Old Farms H.S. (Connecticut)
6 110 David Emma  United States RW Boston College (Hockey East) [6]
7 131 No seventh-round pick[7]
8 152 Sergei Starikov  Russia D CSKA Moscow (Soviet League)
9 173 Andre Faust  Canada LW Princeton University (ECAC)
10 194 No tenth-round pick[8]
11 215 Jason Simon  Canada W Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)
12 236 Peter Larsson  Sweden C Södertälje SK (Elitserien)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ↑ "1989–1990 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ "1989-90 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  4. ↑ The Devils acquired the 1989 first-round draft pick from Los Angeles for Corey Foster on June 17, 1989.
  5. ↑ The Devils traded their 1989 fourth-round pick (used on Niklas Andersson) to Quebec for Tommy Albelin on December 12, 1988.
  6. ↑ 1991 Hobey Baker Award winner. Emma's profile at HockeyDB.com
  7. ↑ The Devils traded their 1989 seventh-round pick (used on Doug Evans) and Alain Chevrier to Winnipeg for Steve Rooney and the Jets' 1990 third-round pick (Bombardir) on June 19, 1988. The official Devils transaction page incorrectly lists Evans' pick as 1990. Doug Evans' profile at HockeyDB.com
  8. ↑ The Devils did not make a selection in the tenth round; the Buffalo Sabres selected in their place (Mark Astley). No source is found indicating why the Devils did not draft this round.

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