1990–91 Washington Capitals season

1990–91 Washington Capitals
Division 3rd Patrick
1990–91 record 37–36–7
Goals for 258
Goals against 258
Team information
General Manager David Poile
Coach Terry Murray
Captain Rod Langway

Offseason

The Capitals acquired Peter Zezel from St. Louis for Geoff Courtnall as their main move during the offseason.

Regular season

The Capitals had the best penalty-killing unit during the regular season, allowing the fewest power-play goals (44) and finishing with the NHL's best penalty-killing percentage (85.99%).[1]

Final standings

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 41 33 6 342 305 88
New York Rangers 80 36 31 13 297 265 85
Washington Capitals 80 37 36 7 258 258 81
New Jersey Devils 80 32 33 15 272 264 79
Philadelphia Flyers 80 33 37 10 252 267 76
New York Islanders 80 25 45 10 223 290 60

[2]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[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Boston Bruins ADM 80 44 24 12 299 264 100
2 Montreal Canadiens ADM 80 39 30 11 273 249 89
3 Pittsburgh Penguins PTK 80 41 33 6 342 305 88
4 New York Rangers PTK 80 36 31 13 297 265 85
5 Washington Capitals PTK 80 37 36 7 258 258 81
6 Buffalo Sabres ADM 80 31 30 19 292 278 81
7 New Jersey Devils PTK 80 32 33 15 272 264 79
8 Philadelphia Flyers PTK 80 33 37 10 252 267 76
9 Hartford Whalers ADM 80 31 38 11 238 276 73
10 New York Islanders PTK 80 25 45 10 223 290 60
11 Quebec Nordiques ADM 80 16 50 14 236 354 46

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 5, 19904–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 0–1–0
2WOctober 6, 19906–4 Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 1–1–0
3LOctober 10, 19902–4 @ New York Rangers (1990–91) 1–2–0
4WOctober 12, 19903–1 Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 2–2–0
5LOctober 13, 19902–5 New York Rangers (1990–91) 2–3–0
6LOctober 15, 19901–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 2–4–0
7LOctober 17, 19902–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 2–5–0
8WOctober 19, 19904–3 New York Islanders (1990–91) 3–5–0
9WOctober 20, 19904–0 New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 4–5–0
10WOctober 23, 19906–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 5–5–0
11LOctober 25, 19902–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 5–6–0
12LOctober 27, 19904–9 @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 5–7–0
13WOctober 28, 19901–0 @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 6–7–0
14WOctober 30, 19902–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 7–7–0
15WNovember 2, 19904–3 Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 8–7–0
16WNovember 3, 19905–2 @ New York Islanders (1990–91) 9–7–0
17WNovember 6, 19904–1 @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 10–7–0
18LNovember 10, 19902–4 Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 10–8–0
19LNovember 11, 19903–5 Boston Bruins (1990–91) 10–9–0
20LNovember 14, 19903–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 10–10–0
21LNovember 16, 19903–4 Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 10–11–0
22LNovember 17, 19902–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 10–12–0
23WNovember 19, 19903–2 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 11–12–0
24WNovember 21, 19905–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 12–12–0
25WNovember 23, 19907–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 13–12–0
26LNovember 24, 19902–3 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 13–13–0
27WNovember 28, 19906–3 @ New York Rangers (1990–91) 14–13–0
28LNovember 30, 19903–4 Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 14–14–0
29WDecember 1, 19903–1 @ New York Islanders (1990–91) 15–14–0
30WDecember 5, 19903–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 16–14–0
31WDecember 7, 19905–2 New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 17–14–0
32LDecember 8, 19902–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 17–15–0
33WDecember 11, 19904–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 18–15–0
34LDecember 15, 19902–3 Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 18–16–0
35LDecember 17, 19903–5 @ New York Rangers (1990–91) 18–17–0
36LDecember 19, 19902–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 18–18–0
37TDecember 20, 19903–3 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 18–18–1
38LDecember 22, 19902–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 18–19–1
39LDecember 26, 19903–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 18–20–1
40LDecember 28, 19903–5 New York Rangers (1990–91) 18–21–1
41LDecember 29, 19903–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 18–22–1
42WJanuary 1, 19914–3 New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 19–22–1
43TJanuary 4, 19913–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 19–22–2
44WJanuary 5, 19915–3 @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 20–22–2
45WJanuary 11, 19914–2 Calgary Flames (1990–91) 21–22–2
46LJanuary 12, 19911–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 21–23–2
47LJanuary 15, 19913–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 21–24–2
48LJanuary 17, 19912–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 21–25–2
49WJanuary 22, 19912–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 22–25–2
50LJanuary 24, 19911–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 22–26–2
51TJanuary 25, 19912–2 OT Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 22–26–3
52WJanuary 27, 19915–4 OT New York Islanders (1990–91) 23–26–3
53LJanuary 29, 19912–3 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 23–27–3
54WJanuary 31, 19914–3 OT @ New York Islanders (1990–91) 24–27–3
55LFebruary 2, 19912–4 Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 24–28–3
56WFebruary 5, 19915–3 Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 25–28–3
57WFebruary 8, 19916–3 Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 26–28–3
58WFebruary 10, 19915–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 27–28–3
59LFebruary 15, 19912–8 @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 27–29–3
60LFebruary 16, 19912–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 27–30–3
61LFebruary 18, 19912–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 27–31–3
62WFebruary 22, 19913–2 New York Rangers (1990–91) 28–31–3
63TFebruary 24, 19915–5 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 28–31–4
64LFebruary 25, 19911–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 28–32–4
65TFebruary 27, 19914–4 OT @ New York Rangers (1990–91) 28–32–5
66WMarch 2, 19913–2 New York Islanders (1990–91) 29–32–5
67TMarch 5, 19913–3 OT Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 29–32–6
68WMarch 8, 19912–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 30–32–6
69WMarch 10, 19915–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 31–32–6
70LMarch 12, 19912–3 Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 31–33–6
71WMarch 14, 19915–3 Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 32–33–6
72WMarch 16, 19916–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 33–33–6
73LMarch 19, 19911–2 St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 33–34–6
74WMarch 21, 19916–2 @ New York Islanders (1990–91) 34–34–6
75WMarch 22, 19913–1 Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 35–34–6
76TMarch 24, 19913–3 OT Boston Bruins (1990–91) 35–34–7
77LMarch 26, 19912–4 Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 35–35–7
78WMarch 28, 19913–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 36–35–7
79WMarch 30, 19914–0 New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 37–35–7
80LMarch 31, 19912–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 37–36–7

Playoffs

Round 1: (P2) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

Washington won series 4–2


Round 2: (P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh won series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher D 79 24 50 74 69-10923
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley C 79 23 48 71 269654
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka C 79 20 50 70 343604
Druce, JohnJohn Druce RW 80 22 36 58 464714
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson D 80 11 41 52 23-2212
Miller, KellyKelly Miller LW 80 24 26 50 2910423
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 76 16 30 46 234-22902
Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli RW 54 21 18 39 66-17202
Leach, StephenStephen Leach RW 68 11 19 30 99-9401
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra RW 54 12 16 28 47-10401
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich LW/C 40 13 14 27 21-1100
Tatarinov, MikhailMikhail Tatarinov D 65 8 15 23 82-4311
Rouse, BobBob Rouse D 47 5 15 20 65-7100
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos LW 79 9 9 18 196-4003
Tippett, DaveDave Tippett LW 61 6 9 15 24-13002
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate D 30 6 8 14 124-1011
Bergland, TimTim Bergland RW 47 5 9 14 21-1000
Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel C 20 7 5 12 10-13600
May, AlanAlan May RW 67 4 6 10 264-10000
Langway, RodRod Langway D 56 1 7 8 2412000
Joyce, BobBob Joyce LW 17 3 3 6 83001
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor D 68 1 5 6 61-23000
Sabourin, KenKen Sabourin D 28 1 4 5 816000
Felix, ChrisChris Felix D 8 0 4 4 00000
Murray, RobRob Murray C 17 0 3 3 190000
Greenlaw, JeffJeff Greenlaw LW 10 2 0 2 101001
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte C 6 1 1 2 0-1001
Purves, JohnJohn Purves RW 7 1 0 1 0-3001
Quenneville, JoelJoel Quenneville D 9 1 0 1 0-8000
Ferner, MarkMark Ferner D 7 0 1 1 4-2000
Babcock, BobbyBobby Babcock D 1 0 0 0 00000
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre G 45 0 0 0 180000
Hrivnak, JimJim Hrivnak G 9 0 0 0 00000
Kordic, JohnJohn Kordic RW 7 0 0 0 1011000
Liut, MikeMike Liut G 35 0 0 0 00000
Lovsin, KenKen Lovsin D 1 0 0 0 0-2000
Maltais, SteveSteve Maltais LW 7 0 0 0 2-1000
Paynter, KentKent Paynter D 1 0 0 0 150000
Savage, ReggieReggie Savage C 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Seftel, SteveSteve Seftel LW 4 0 0 0 2-2000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre 2572 45 20 18 3 113 2.64 51095982.897
Liut, MikeMike Liut 1834 35 13 16 3 114 3.73 0786672.855
Hrivnak, JimJim Hrivnak 432 9 4 2 1 26 3.61 0226200.885
Team: 4838 80 37 36 7 253 3.14 521071854.880

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 11 1 9 10 41000
Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli RW 11 5 4 9 22302
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson D 10 2 7 9 8100
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley C 11 3 4 7 8101
Miller, KellyKelly Miller LW 11 4 2 6 6010
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher D 11 3 3 6 8200
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka C 11 2 3 5 8000
Tippett, DaveDave Tippett LW 10 2 3 5 8000
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate D 10 1 3 4 22001
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich LW/C 11 1 3 4 6000
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor D 10 1 2 3 22000
Leach, StephenStephen Leach RW 9 1 2 3 8000
Bergland, TimTim Bergland RW 11 1 1 2 12000
Druce, JohnJohn Druce RW 11 1 1 2 7100
May, AlanAlan May RW 11 1 1 2 37001
Langway, RodRod Langway D 11 0 2 2 6000
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre G 11 0 1 1 2000
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra RW 4 0 1 1 2000
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos LW 9 0 1 1 38000
Greenlaw, JeffJeff Greenlaw LW 1 0 0 0 2000
Liut, MikeMike Liut G 2 0 0 0 0000
Paynter, KentKent Paynter D 1 0 0 0 0000
Sabourin, KenKen Sabourin D 11 0 0 0 34000
Sheehy, NeilNeil Sheehy D 2 0 0 0 19000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre 624 11 5 5 29 2.79 1294265.901
Liut, MikeMike Liut 48 2 0 1 4 5.00 03026.867
Team: 672 11 5 6 33 2.95 1324291.898

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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;

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1991.html
  2. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ↑ "1990–1991 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "1990-91 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
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