1989–90 New York Rangers season

1989–90 New York Rangers
Patrick Division Champions
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	T-4th Wales
1989–90 record	36–31–13
Goals for	279
Goals against	267
Team information
General Manager	Neil Smith
Coach	Roger Neilson
Captain	Kelly Kisio
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	John Ogrodnick (43)
Assists	Brian Leetch (45)
Points	John Ogrodnick (74)
Penalties in minutes	Troy Mallette (305)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (19)
Goals against average	Mike Richter (3.00)
<1988–89 1990–91>

The 1989–90 New York Rangers season was the 64th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers led the Patrick Division with 85 points and qualified for the NHL playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, the Rangers defeated the New York Islanders four games to one and earned a berth in the Patrick Division Finals. There, New York lost to the Washington Capitals in five games.^[1]

Offseason

During the offseason, Gulf+Western, owners of the Rangers, and all MSG properties since 1977,^[2] changed their name to Paramount Communications. The new name was chosen in honor of the company's leading subsidiary, the Paramount Pictures film studio.^[3]

Regular season

The Rangers finished the regular season with the most power-play opportunities (442) and the most power-play goals scored (103).^[4]

Final 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

^[5]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^[6]

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

1989-90 Game Log
October: 8-2-3 (Home: 4-1-3; Road: 4-1-0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 6 @ Winnipeg Jets 4 - 1 1-0-0 2 8 @ Chicago Blackhawks 5 - 3 2-0-0 3 11 Calgary Flames 5 - 4 3-0-0 4 13 @ Washington Capitals 7 - 4 3-1-0 5 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 2 4-1-0 6 17 Chicago Blackhawks 3 - 3 OT 4-1-1 7 19 Hartford Whalers 7 - 3 5-1-1 8 21 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 1 6-1-1 9 23 Vancouver Canucks 5 - 3 7-1-1 10 25 Edmonton Oilers 3 - 3 OT 7-1-2 11 27 New York Islanders 5 - 5 OT 7-1-3 12 28 @ New York Islanders 4 - 1 8-1-3 13 30 Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 1 8-2-3
November: 5-7-1 (Home: 4-1-1; Road: 1-6-0) Game November Opponent Score Record 14 2 Quebec Nordiques 6 - 1 9-2-3 15 4 @ Montreal Canadiens 3 - 2 9-3-3 16 6 Detroit Red Wings 6 - 1 10-3-3 17 8 Montreal Canadiens 3 - 2 10-4-3 18 12 New York Islanders 4 - 2 11-4-3 19 14 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 6 - 0 11-5-3 20 17 @ New Jersey Devils 5 - 4 OT 11-6-3 21 18 @ Hartford Whalers 3 - 2 12-6-3 22 20 Winnipeg Jets 3 - 3 OT 12-6-4 23 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 4 - 1 12-7-4 24 25 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7 - 4 12-8-4 25 26 Quebec Nordiques 3 - 1 13-8-4 26 29 @ Winnipeg Jets 5 - 4 13-9-4
December: 2-9-3 (Home: 1-4-2; Road: 1-5-1) Game December Opponent Score Record 27 1 @ Vancouver Canucks 4 - 3 14-9-4 28 2 @ Los Angeles Kings 6 - 0 14-10-4 29 6 New Jersey Devils 5 - 3 15-10-4 30 9 @ New York Islanders 0 - 0 OT 15-10-5 31 10 Philadelphia Flyers 4 - 2 15-11-5 32 13 St. Louis Blues 3 - 1 15-12-5 33 16 @ New York Islanders 4 - 3 15-13-5 34 17 Montreal Canadiens 2 - 0 15-14-5 35 20 Buffalo Sabres 2 - 2 OT 15-14-6 36 23 @ Washington Capitals 3 - 2 15-15-6 37 26 New Jersey Devils 4 - 4 OT 15-15-7 38 27 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 7 - 4 15-16-7 39 29 @ New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 15-17-7 40 31 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 - 4 15-18-7
January: 5-4-3 (Home: 2-1-2; Road: 3-3-1) Game January Opponent Score Record 41 3 Washington Capitals 2 - 1 16-18-7 42 4 @ Minnesota North Stars 8 - 2 16-19-7 43 6 @ St. Louis Blues 4 - 3 16-20-7 44 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 7 - 5 16-21-7 45 10 Chicago Blackhawks 2 - 2 OT 16-21-8 46 13 @ Boston Bruins 3 - 2 17-21-8 47 14 Philadelphia Flyers 4 - 3 OT 18-21-8 48 18 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 3 OT 18-21-9 49 23 @ Edmonton Oilers 4 - 3 19-21-9 50 25 @ Calgary Flames 8 - 5 19-22-9 51 27 @ Los Angeles Kings 3 - 1 20-22-9 52 31 St. Louis Blues 2 - 2 OT 20-22-10
February: 9-3-1 (Home: 5-2-0; Road: 4-1-1) Game February Opponent Score Record 53 3 @ Boston Bruins 2 - 1 21-22-10 54 4 Minnesota North Stars 4 - 3 22-22-10 55 7 Edmonton Oilers 5 - 2 23-22-10 56 9 @ Buffalo Sabres 3 - 2 23-23-10 57 11 Calgary Flames 5 - 2 23-24-10 58 13 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4 - 3 24-24-10 59 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 3 OT 24-25-10 60 16 @ New Jersey Devils 2 - 1 25-25-10 61 19 New Jersey Devils 4 - 3 OT 26-25-10 62 21 @ Detroit Red Wings 4 - 4 OT 26-25-11 63 23 @ Washington Capitals 6 - 3 27-25-11 64 26 Boston Bruins 6 - 1 28-25-11 65 28 Washington Capitals 3 - 2 29-25-11
March: 7-5-2 (Home: 4-1-1; Road: 3-4-1) Game March Opponent Score Record 66 2 New York Islanders 6 - 3 30-25-11 67 3 @ Hartford Whalers 6 - 4 30-26-11 68 5 Detroit Red Wings 3 - 2 31-26-11 69 8 @ Philadelphia Flyers 7 - 5 32-26-11 70 10 @ Minnesota North Stars 2 - 2 OT 32-26-12 71 12 Los Angeles Kings 6 - 2 32-27-12 72 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 8 - 2 33-27-12 73 17 @ New York Islanders 6 - 3 33-28-12 74 18 Vancouver Canucks 5 - 2 34-28-12 75 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 5 - 5 OT 34-28-13 76 25 Philadelphia Flyers 7 - 3 35-28-13 77 27 @ Quebec Nordiques 7 - 4 36-28-13 78 29 @ New Jersey Devils 6 - 4 36-29-13 79 31 @ Washington Capitals 2 - 1 36-30-13
April: 0-1-0 (Home: 0-1-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game April Opponent Score Record 80 1 Washington Capitals 3 - 2 36-31-13

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1990 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Division Semi-finals: vs. New York Islanders - New York Rangers win series 4-1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 5 New York Islanders 1 - 2 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 1-0 2 April 7 New York Islanders 2 - 5 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 2-0 3 April 9 New York Rangers 3 - 4 New York Islanders 2OT New York Rangers lead series 2-1 4 April 11 New York Rangers 6 - 1 New York Islanders New York Rangers lead series 3-1 5 April 13 New York Islanders 5 - 6 New York Rangers New York Rangers win series 4-1
Division Finals: vs. Washington Capitals - Washington wins series 4-1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 19 Washington Capitals 3 - 7 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 1-0 2 April 21 Washington Capitals 6 - 3 New York Rangers Series tied 1-1 3 April 23 New York Rangers 1 - 7 Washington Capitals Washington leads series 2-1 4 April 25 New York Rangers 3 - 4 Washington Capitals OT Washington wins series 3-1 5 April 27 Washington Capitals 2 - 1 New York Rangers OT Washington wins series 4-1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick 80 43 31 74 11 44 Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen 76 27 41 68 7 42 Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte 76 32 34 66 3 32 Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio 68 22 44 66 11 105 Patrick, JamesJames Patrick 73 14 43 57 4 50 Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch 72 11 45 56 -18 26 Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom‡ 48 19 19 38 -10 100 Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls† 32 12 25 37 -3 20 Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen‡ 63 18 18 36 -4 30 Mallette, TroyTroy Mallette 79 13 16 29 -8 305 Wilson, CareyCarey Wilson 41 9 17 26 4 57 Granato, TonyTony Granato‡ 37 7 18 25 1 77 Gartner, MikeMike Gartner† 12 11 5 16 4 6 Hardy, MarkMark Hardy 54 0 15 15 4 94 Horava, MiloslavMiloslav Horava 45 4 10 14 10 26 King, KrisKris King 68 6 7 13 2 286 Janssens, MarkMark Janssens 80 5 8 13 -26 161 Erixon, JanJan Erixon 58 4 9 13 -17 8 Moller, RandyRandy Moller 60 1 12 13 -1 139 Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw 22 2 10 12 -3 22 Greschner, RonRon Greschner 55 1 9 10 -7 53 Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff 56 3 6 9 -10 80 Broten, PaulPaul Broten 32 5 3 8 -4 26 Bloemberg, JeffJeff Bloemberg 28 3 3 6 -8 25 Archibald, DaveDave Archibald† 19 2 3 5 0 6 Miller, KevinKevin Miller 16 0 5 5 -1 2 Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort 31 3 1 4 2 24 Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan 25 1 2 3 -8 59 Bennett, RickRick Bennett 6 1 0 1 -4 5 Millen, CoreyCorey Millen 4 0 0 0 -2 2 Charlesworth, ToddTodd Charlesworth 7 0 0 0 -3 6 Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek 15 0 0 0 -1 55

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls 10 7 5 12 16 Patrick, JamesJames Patrick 10 3 8 11 0 Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio 10 2 8 10 8 Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick 10 6 3 9 0 Gartner, MikeMike Gartner 10 5 3 8 12 Moller, RandyRandy Moller 10 1 6 7 32 Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte 10 1 6 7 4 Mallette, TroyTroy Mallette 10 2 2 4 81 Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen 10 2 2 4 8 Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort 10 2 1 3 26 Bloemberg, JeffJeff Bloemberg 7 0 3 3 5 Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff 8 0 3 3 12 Janssens, MarkMark Janssens 9 2 1 3 10 Wilson, CareyCarey Wilson 10 2 1 3 0 Broten, PaulPaul Broten 6 1 1 2 2 Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan 4 0 1 1 19 Erixon, JanJan Erixon 10 1 0 1 2 King, KrisKris King 10 0 1 1 30 Horava, MiloslavMiloslav Horava 2 0 1 1 0 Hardy, MarkMark Hardy 3 0 1 1 2 Miller, KevinKevin Miller 1 0 0 0 0 Greschner, RonRon Greschner 10 0 0 0 16

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	47	2734	19	19	7	154	3.38	1362	.887	1
Richter, MikeMike Richter	23	1320	12	5	5	66	3.00	686	.904	0
Froese, BobBob Froese	15	812	5	7	1	45	3.33	355	.873	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Richter, MikeMike Richter	6	330	3	2	19	3.45	181	.895	0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	6	298	2	3	15	3.02	153	.902	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

1989-90 New York Rangers
Goaltenders 33 – Bob Froese  34 – John Vanbiesbrouck  35 – Mike Richter		Defensemen 2 – Brian Leetch  3 – James Patrick  4 – Ron Greschner  5 – Normand Rochefort  6 – Miloslav Horava  14 – Mark Hardy  21 – David Shaw  24 – Randy Moller  29 – Rudy Poeschek  36 – Todd Charlesworth  38 – Jeff Bloemberg		Wingers 12 – Kris King  16 – Ulf Dahlen  18 – Tony Granato  19 – Brian Mullen  20 – Jan Erixon  22 – Mike Gartner  25 – John Ogrodnick  26 – Troy Mallette  27 – Rick Bennett  28 – Tomas Sandstrom  30 – Chris Nilan  37 – Paul Broten  44 – Lindy Ruff		Centers 8 – Darren Turcotte  9 – Bernie Nicholls  10 – Dave Archibald  11 – Kelly Kisio  15 – Mark Janssens  17 – Carey Wilson  23 – Corey Millen  32 – Kevin Miller  Coach: Roger Neilson

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in Bloomington, Minnesota at the Met Center.^[8][9]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	20	Steven Rice	RW	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	40	Jason Prosofsky	RW	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
3	45	Rob Zamuner	LW	Canada	Guelph Platers (OHL)
3	49	Louie DeBrusk	LW	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
4	67	Jim Cummins	RW	United States	Michigan State University (NCAA)
5	88	Aaron Miller	D	United States	Niagara Scenics (NAHL)
6	118	Joby Messier	D	Canada	Michigan State University (NCAA)
7	139	Greg Leahy	F	United States	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
8	160	Greg Spenrath	D	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
9	181	Mark Bavis	LW	United States	Cushing Academy (Massachusetts)
10	202	Roman Oksiuta	RW	Russia	Voskresensk Khimik (Russia)
11	223	Steve Locke	D	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
12	244	Kenneth MacDermid	LW	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1989 NHL Supplemental Draft.^[10]

Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
Anthony Palumbo	C	Canada	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)

See also

• 1989–90 NHL season

References

New York Rangers seasons 1920s 1920–21 . 1921–22 . 1922–23 . 1923–24 . 1924–25 . 1925–26 . 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930s 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940s 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950s 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960s 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970s 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980s 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990s 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000s 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010s 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1989–90 NHL season by team Patrick New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington Adams Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec Norris Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto Smythe Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg See also 1989 NHL Entry Draft All-Star Game 1990 Stanley Cup Finals Transactions