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1989–90 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1989–90
year	1989
Team	Washington Capitals
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	7th
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	3rd
Record	36–38–6
HomeRecord	19–18–3
RoadRecord	17–20–3
GoalsFor	284
GoalsAgainst	275
GeneralManager	David Poile
Coach	Bryan Murray
Terry Murray
Captain	Rod Langway
AltCaptain	Dale Hunter
Scott Stevens
Arena	Capital Centre
GoalsLeader	Dino Ciccarelli (41)
AssistsLeader	Mike Ridley (43)
PointsLeader	Dino Ciccarelli (79)
PIMLeader	Alan May (339)
PlusMinusLeader	Geoff Courtnall (+27)
WinsLeader	Don Beaupre (23)
GAALeader	Mike Liut (2.13)

Terry Murray Scott Stevens The 1989–90 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 16th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team reached the Prince of Wales Conference Finals for the first time, losing to the Bruins 4 games to 0.

Offseason

NHL draft

Round	Pick	Player	College/Junior/Club team
1	19	Olaf Kolzig (G)	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
2	35	Byron Dafoe (G)	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
3	59	Jim Mathieson (D)	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	61	Jason Woolley (D)	Michigan State University (CCHA)
4	82	Trent Klatt (RW)	Osseo Senior High School (USHS-MN)
7	145	Dave Lorentz (LW)	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
8	166	Dean Holoien (RW)	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
9	187	Victor Gervais (C)	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
10	208	Jiri Vykoukal (D)	TJ DS Olomouc (Czechoslovakia)
11	229	Andrei Sidorov (LW)	Dynamo Moscow (USSR)
12	250	Ken House (C)	Miami University (CCHA)
[S](1989-nhl-supplemental-draft)	24	Karl Clauss (D)	Colgate University (ECAC)

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 6, 1989||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 7, 1989||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 11, 1989||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 13, 1989||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||2–2–0 |- |5||T||October 14, 1989||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||2–2–1 |- |6||W||October 16, 1989||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||3–2–1 |- |7||L||October 20, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1989–90) ||3–3–1 |- |8||L||October 21, 1989||4–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) ||3–4–1 |- |9||T||October 23, 1989||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||3–4–2 |- |10||L||October 25, 1989||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) ||3–5–2 |- |11||L||October 28, 1989||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||3–6–2 |- |12||L||October 29, 1989||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||3–7–2 |- |13||T||October 31, 1989||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||3–7–3

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| Legend:

Playoffs

Round 1: (P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

|1-1-1 = |1-1-2 = |1-2-1 = |1-2-2 = |1-3-1 = |1-3-2 = |1-4-1 = |1-4-2 = |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 =

|2-1-1 = |2-1-2 = |2-2-1 = |2-2-2 = |2-3-1 = |2-3-2 = |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =

|3-1-1 = |3-1-2 = |3-2-1 = |3-2-2 = |3-3-1 = |3-3-2 = |goalie3-1 = |goalie3-2 =

|4-1-1 = |4-1-2 = |4-2-1 = |4-2-2 = |4-3-1 = |4-3-2 = |goalie4-1 = |goalie4-2 =

|5-1-1 = |5-1-2 = |5-2-1 = |5-2-2 = |5-3-1 = |5-3-2 = |goalie5-1 = |goalie5-2 =

|6-1-1 = |6-1-2 = |6-2-1 = |6-2-2 = |6-3-1 = |6-3-2 = |goalie6-1 = |goalie6-2 =

Round 2: (P1) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

|1-1-1 = |1-1-2 = |1-2-1 = |1-2-2 = |1-3-1 = |1-3-2 = |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 =

|2-1-1 = |2-1-2 = |2-2-1 = |2-2-2 = |2-3-1 = |2-3-2 = |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =

|3-1-1 = |3-1-2 = |3-2-1 = |3-2-2 = |3-3-1 = |3-3-2 = |goalie3-1 = |goalie3-2 =

|4-1-1 = |4-1-2 = |4-2-1 = |4-2-2 = |4-3-1 = |4-3-2 = |4-4-1 = |4-4-2 = |goalie4-1 = |goalie4-2 =

|5-1-1 = |5-1-2 = |5-2-1 = |5-2-2 = |5-3-1 = |5-3-2 = |5-4-1 = |5-4-2 = |goalie5-1 = |goalie5-2 =

Conference Finals: (A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

|1-1-1 = |1-1-2 = |1-2-1 = |1-2-2 = |1-3-1 = |1-3-2 = |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 =

|2-1-1 = |2-1-2 = |2-2-1 = |2-2-2 = |2-3-1 = |2-3-2 = |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =

|3-1-1 = |3-1-2 = |3-2-1 = |3-2-2 = |3-3-1 = |3-3-2 = |goalie3-1 = |goalie3-2 =

|4-1-1 = |4-1-2 = |4-2-1 = |4-2-2 = |4-3-1 = |4-3-2 = |goalie4-1 = |goalie4-2 =

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	80	41	38	79	122	-5	10	0	6
LW	80	35	39	74	104	27	9	0	2
C	74	30	43	73	27	0	8	3	3
C	77	25	39	64	54	-7	10	3	0
C	80	23	39	62	233	17	9	1	6
D	80	13	41	54	102	4	4	0	2
LW	80	18	22	40	49	-2	3	2	2
D	56	11	29	40	154	1	7	0	0
D	70	8	31	39	25	7	4	0	2
RW	70	18	14	32	104	10	0	0	2
C	38	9	19	28	10	11	1	0	1
D	70	4	16	20	123	-2	0	0	2
RW	77	7	10	17	339	-1	1	0	2
LW	50	9	6	15	50	-1	1	0	1
LW	24	5	8	13	4	2	1	0	1
D	41	1	11	12	28	8	0	0	0
RW	45	8	3	11	52	-3	1	0	1
RW	28	3	8	11	4	-12	0	0	1
LW	31	5	4	9	82	2	0	0	2
C	41	2	7	9	58	-10	0	0	0
C	27	1	8	9	20	1	0	0	0
D	58	0	8	8	39	7	0	0	0
RW	32	2	5	7	31	2	0	0	0
D	59	1	5	6	291	8	0	0	0
D	15	1	3	4	16	4	0	0	0
D	13	1	2	3	18	-7	0	0	0
C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
C	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
RW	5	1	0	1	6	-3	0	0	0
D	6	1	0	1	2	-6	1	0	0
D	7	1	0	1	2	-4	0	0	0
G	48	0	1	1	24	0	0	0	0
G	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	8	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
G	16	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2793	48	23	18	5	150	3.22	2	1362	1212	.890
	609	11	5	5	0	36	3.55	0	293	257	.877
	478	8	4	4	0	17	2.13	1	217	200	.922
	822	16	4	9	1	48	3.50	0	389	341	.877
	120	2	0	2	0	12	6.00	0	63	51	.810
Team:	4822	80	36	38	6	263	3.27	3	2324	2061	.887

Playoffs

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	15	14	3	17	23	8	1	4
LW	15	4	9	13	32	1	0	2
C	15	4	8	12	61	1	0	0
RW	8	8	3	11	6	1	0	1
D	15	2	7	9	25	1	0	0
LW	15	3	5	8	23	0	1	0
C	12	1	7	8	4	0	0	0
D	11	0	8	8	32	0	0	0
C	14	3	4	7	8	0	1	0
D	15	1	6	7	4	0	0	0
D	15	2	3	5	47	1	0	0
D	15	1	4	5	12	0	0	1
RW	14	2	2	4	8	0	0	0
LW	14	2	1	3	9	0	0	0
RW	15	1	1	2	10	0	0	0
C	11	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
LW	7	1	0	1	15	0	0	0
D	13	0	1	1	92	0	0	0
G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	15	0	0	0	37	0	0	0
C	9	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
	401	8	4	3	18	2.69	187	169	.904
	507	9	4	4	28	3.31	223	195	.874
Team:	908	15	8	7	46	3.04	410	364	.888

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;

References

Capitals

References

"1989-90 Washington Capitals Schedule".
"1989-90 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	80	41	38	79	122	-5	10	0	6
LW	80	35	39	74	104	27	9	0	2
C	74	30	43	73	27	0	8	3	3
C	77	25	39	64	54	-7	10	3	0
C	80	23	39	62	233	17	9	1	6
D	80	13	41	54	102	4	4	0	2
LW	80	18	22	40	49	-2	3	2	2
D	56	11	29	40	154	1	7	0	0
D	70	8	31	39	25	7	4	0	2
RW	70	18	14	32	104	10	0	0	2
C	38	9	19	28	10	11	1	0	1
D	70	4	16	20	123	-2	0	0	2
RW	77	7	10	17	339	-1	1	0	2
LW	50	9	6	15	50	-1	1	0	1
LW	24	5	8	13	4	2	1	0	1
D	41	1	11	12	28	8	0	0	0
RW	45	8	3	11	52	-3	1	0	1
RW	28	3	8	11	4	-12	0	0	1
LW	31	5	4	9	82	2	0	0	2
C	41	2	7	9	58	-10	0	0	0
C	27	1	8	9	20	1	0	0	0
D	58	0	8	8	39	7	0	0	0
RW	32	2	5	7	31	2	0	0	0
D	59	1	5	6	291	8	0	0	0
D	15	1	3	4	16	4	0	0	0
D	13	1	2	3	18	-7	0	0	0
C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
C	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
RW	5	1	0	1	6	-3	0	0	0
D	6	1	0	1	2	-6	1	0	0
D	7	1	0	1	2	-4	0	0	0
G	48	0	1	1	24	0	0	0	0
G	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	8	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
G	16	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	15	14	3	17	23	8	1	4
LW	15	4	9	13	32	1	0	2
C	15	4	8	12	61	1	0	0
RW	8	8	3	11	6	1	0	1
D	15	2	7	9	25	1	0	0
LW	15	3	5	8	23	0	1	0
C	12	1	7	8	4	0	0	0
D	11	0	8	8	32	0	0	0
C	14	3	4	7	8	0	1	0
D	15	1	6	7	4	0	0	0
D	15	2	3	5	47	1	0	0
D	15	1	4	5	12	0	0	1
RW	14	2	2	4	8	0	0	0
LW	14	2	1	3	9	0	0	0
RW	15	1	1	2	10	0	0	0
C	11	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
LW	7	1	0	1	15	0	0	0
D	13	0	1	1	92	0	0	0
G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	15	0	0	0	37	0	0	0
C	9	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	80	41	38	79	122	-5	10	0	6
LW	80	35	39	74	104	27	9	0	2
C	74	30	43	73	27	0	8	3	3
C	77	25	39	64	54	-7	10	3	0
C	80	23	39	62	233	17	9	1	6
D	80	13	41	54	102	4	4	0	2
LW	80	18	22	40	49	-2	3	2	2
D	56	11	29	40	154	1	7	0	0
D	70	8	31	39	25	7	4	0	2
RW	70	18	14	32	104	10	0	0	2
C	38	9	19	28	10	11	1	0	1
D	70	4	16	20	123	-2	0	0	2
RW	77	7	10	17	339	-1	1	0	2
LW	50	9	6	15	50	-1	1	0	1
LW	24	5	8	13	4	2	1	0	1
D	41	1	11	12	28	8	0	0	0
RW	45	8	3	11	52	-3	1	0	1
RW	28	3	8	11	4	-12	0	0	1
LW	31	5	4	9	82	2	0	0	2
C	41	2	7	9	58	-10	0	0	0
C	27	1	8	9	20	1	0	0	0
D	58	0	8	8	39	7	0	0	0
RW	32	2	5	7	31	2	0	0	0
D	59	1	5	6	291	8	0	0	0
D	15	1	3	4	16	4	0	0	0
D	13	1	2	3	18	-7	0	0	0
C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
C	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
RW	5	1	0	1	6	-3	0	0	0
D	6	1	0	1	2	-6	1	0	0
D	7	1	0	1	2	-4	0	0	0
G	48	0	1	1	24	0	0	0	0
G	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	8	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
G	16	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	15	14	3	17	23	8	1	4
LW	15	4	9	13	32	1	0	2
C	15	4	8	12	61	1	0	0
RW	8	8	3	11	6	1	0	1
D	15	2	7	9	25	1	0	0
LW	15	3	5	8	23	0	1	0
C	12	1	7	8	4	0	0	0
D	11	0	8	8	32	0	0	0
C	14	3	4	7	8	0	1	0
D	15	1	6	7	4	0	0	0
D	15	2	3	5	47	1	0	0
D	15	1	4	5	12	0	0	1
RW	14	2	2	4	8	0	0	0
LW	14	2	1	3	9	0	0	0
RW	15	1	1	2	10	0	0	0
C	11	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
LW	7	1	0	1	15	0	0	0
D	13	0	1	1	92	0	0	0
G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	15	0	0	0	37	0	0	0
C	9	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	80	41	38	79	122	-5	10	0	6
LW	80	35	39	74	104	27	9	0	2
C	74	30	43	73	27	0	8	3	3
C	77	25	39	64	54	-7	10	3	0
C	80	23	39	62	233	17	9	1	6
D	80	13	41	54	102	4	4	0	2
LW	80	18	22	40	49	-2	3	2	2
D	56	11	29	40	154	1	7	0	0
D	70	8	31	39	25	7	4	0	2
RW	70	18	14	32	104	10	0	0	2
C	38	9	19	28	10	11	1	0	1
D	70	4	16	20	123	-2	0	0	2
RW	77	7	10	17	339	-1	1	0	2
LW	50	9	6	15	50	-1	1	0	1
LW	24	5	8	13	4	2	1	0	1
D	41	1	11	12	28	8	0	0	0
RW	45	8	3	11	52	-3	1	0	1
RW	28	3	8	11	4	-12	0	0	1
LW	31	5	4	9	82	2	0	0	2
C	41	2	7	9	58	-10	0	0	0
C	27	1	8	9	20	1	0	0	0
D	58	0	8	8	39	7	0	0	0
RW	32	2	5	7	31	2	0	0	0
D	59	1	5	6	291	8	0	0	0
D	15	1	3	4	16	4	0	0	0
D	13	1	2	3	18	-7	0	0	0
C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
C	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
RW	5	1	0	1	6	-3	0	0	0
D	6	1	0	1	2	-6	1	0	0
D	7	1	0	1	2	-4	0	0	0
G	48	0	1	1	24	0	0	0	0
G	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	8	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
G	16	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	15	14	3	17	23	8	1	4
LW	15	4	9	13	32	1	0	2
C	15	4	8	12	61	1	0	0
RW	8	8	3	11	6	1	0	1
D	15	2	7	9	25	1	0	0
LW	15	3	5	8	23	0	1	0
C	12	1	7	8	4	0	0	0
D	11	0	8	8	32	0	0	0
C	14	3	4	7	8	0	1	0
D	15	1	6	7	4	0	0	0
D	15	2	3	5	47	1	0	0
D	15	1	4	5	12	0	0	1
RW	14	2	2	4	8	0	0	0
LW	14	2	1	3	9	0	0	0
RW	15	1	1	2	10	0	0	0
C	11	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
LW	7	1	0	1	15	0	0	0
D	13	0	1	1	92	0	0	0
G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	15	0	0	0	37	0	0	0
C	9	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	0