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1990–91 Detroit Red Wings season
National Hockey League team season
National Hockey League team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1990–91 |
| year | 1990 |
| Team | Detroit Red Wings |
| Record | 34–38–8 |
| HomeRecord | 26–14–0 |
| RoadRecord | 8–24–8 |
| Conference | Campbell |
| ConferenceRank | 6th |
| Division | Norris |
| DivisionRank | 3rd |
| GoalsFor | 273 |
| GoalsAgainst | 298 |
| GeneralManager | Bryan Murray |
| Coach | Bryan Murray |
| Captain | Steve Yzerman |
| AltCaptain | Gerard Gallant |
| Bob Probert | |
| Rick Zombo | |
| Arena | Joe Louis Arena |
| GoalsLeader | Steve Yzerman (51) |
| AssistsLeader | Steve Yzerman (57) |
| PointsLeader | Steve Yzerman (108) |
| PIMLeader | Bob Probert (315) |
| WinsLeader | Tim Cheveldae (30) |
| GAALeader | Glen Hanlon (3.20) |
Bob Probert Rick Zombo The 1990–91 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team return to the playoffs after missing the previous season, despite winning only thirty-four games. Until the 2016–17 season, this was the Red Wings' last losing season, who were to set a National Hockey League record for the most consecutive winning seasons during the following two decades.
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
|- |1||T||October 4, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||0–0–1 |- |2||L||October 6, 1990||4–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||0–1–1 |- |3||L||October 7, 1990||2–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||0–2–1 |- |4||W||October 10, 1990||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||1–2–1 |- |5||W||October 12, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||2–2–1 |- |6||T||October 13, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||2–2–2 |- |7||W||October 16, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||3–2–2 |- |8||W||October 18, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||4–2–2 |- |9||L||October 20, 1990||3–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) ||4–3–2 |- |10||W||October 23, 1990||6–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||5–3–2 |- |11||W||October 26, 1990||8–6 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||6–3–2 |- |12||T||October 27, 1990||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||6–3–3 |- |13||L||October 30, 1990||2–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||6–4–3
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Playoffs
At 34–38–8, the Red Wings finished third in the Campbell Conference. In the playoffs, they faced the St. Louis Blues, who had finished 47–22–11 (and second in the Campbell Conference). The Red Wings were beaten in the seven-game series, three victories to four.
Round 1: St. Louis Blues vs. Detroit Red Wings
|1-1-1 =Brad McCrimmon (1) – 13:37 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Steve Yzerman (1) – 07:08 Steve Yzerman (2) – pp – 12:01 |1-2-2 =13:10 – Brett Hull (1) |1-3-1 =Sergei Fedorov (1) – 01:52 Kevin Miller (1) – 09:19 Steve Yzerman (3) – 14:55 |1-3-2 =10:23 – pp – Brett Hull (2) 12:44 – Adam Oates (1) |goalie1-1 =Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shots |goalie1-2 =Vincent Riendeau 17 saves / 22 shots Pat Jablonski 4 saves / 5 shots
|2-1-1 =Yves Racine (1) – pp – 09:08 Bob Probert (1) – 16:56 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =05:28 – Jeff Brown (1) 06:46 – pp – Dan Quinn (1) 12:00 – Brett Hull (3) 19:24 – Rich Sutter (1) |goalie2-1 =Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shots |goalie2-2 =Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 21 shots
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =15:19 – Kevin Miller (2) |3-2-2 =Bob Bassen (1) – 11:00 |3-3-1 =01:12 – Keith Primeau (1) 08:34 – Jimmy Carson (1) 009:05 – Steve Chiasson (1) 19:42 – sh – Kevin Miller (3) |3-3-2 =Gino Cavallini (1) – 18:39 |goalie3-1 =Tim Cheveldae 21 saves / 23 shots |goalie3-2 =Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 23 shots
|4-1-1 =04:01 – Steve Chiasson (2) |4-1-2 =Dan Quinn (2) – pp – 18:10 |4-2-1 =17:05 – pp – Steve Chiasson (3) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =08:58 – Rick Zombo (1) 11:16 – Brent Fedyk (1) |4-3-2 =Brett Hull (4) – 05:22 Brett Hull (5) – 17:09 |goalie4-1 =Tim Cheveldae 26 saves / 29 shots |goalie4-2 =Vincent Riendeau 30 saves / 34 shots
|5-1-1 =Bobby Dollas (1) – 02:12 |5-1-2 =03:45 – Adam Oates (2) 04:58 – Brett Hull (6) 09:29 – Adam Oates (3) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =00:40 – Paul Cavallini (1) 10:33 – Adam Oates (4) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =08:08 – Brett Hull (7) |goalie5-1 =Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 30 shots Allan Bester 11 saves / 12 shots |goalie5-2 =Vincent Riendeau 17 saves / 18 shots
|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Dave Thomlinson (1) – 07:00 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Jeff Brown (2) – 02:24 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Dave Lowry (1) – 18:19 |goalie6-1 =Tim Cheveldae 18 saves / 21 shots |goalie6-2 =Vincent Riendeau 23 saves / 23 shots
|7-1-1 =No scoring |7-1-2 =12:24 – Dan Quinn (3) |7-2-1 =Yves Racine (2) – pp – 03:24 |7-2-2 =19:39 – Brett Hull (8) |7-3-1 =Jimmy Carson (2) – 12:27 |7-3-2 =01:59 – Rich Sutter (2) |goalie7-1 =Tim Cheveldae 22 saves / 25 shots |goalie7-2 =Vincent Riendeau 18 saves / 20 shots
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 80 | 51 | 57 | 108 | 34 | -2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | |
| C | 77 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 66 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | |
| LW/C | 80 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 112 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| D | 62 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 64 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| RW | 70 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 55 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| LW | 71 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 18 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| LW | 55 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 315 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| LW | 67 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 38 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 51 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 16 | -8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 45 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 111 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 77 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 55 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 42 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW/C | 46 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| D | 65 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 58 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 106 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 64 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 26 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 27 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 21 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 52 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 253 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 56 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 47 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 183 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 65 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 43 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D/LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3615 | 65 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 214 | 3.55 | 2 | 1716 | 1502 | .875 | |
| 862 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 3.20 | 0 | 438 | 392 | .895 | |
| 178 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4.38 | 0 | 99 | 86 | .869 | |
| 108 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6.11 | 0 | 55 | 44 | .800 | |
| 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10.29 | 0 | 28 | 22 | .786 | |
| 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.67 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .818 | |
| **Team:** | 4843 | 80 | 34 | 38 | 8 | 292 | 3.62 | 2 | 2347 | 2055 | .876 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW/C | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW/C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 3.32 | 0 | 208 | 186 | .894 | |
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .917 | |
| **Team:** | 418 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 3.30 | 0 | 220 | 197 | .895 |
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;
Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 1990 NHL entry draft held at the BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Keith Primeau | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) | |
| 3 | 45 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | Khimik Voskresenki (USSR) | |
| 4 | 66 | Stewart Malgunas | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) | |
| 5 | 87 | Tony Burns | Duluth-Denfeld High School (USHS-MN) | |
| 6 | 108 | Claude Barthe | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) | |
| 7 | 129 | Jason York | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) | |
| 8 | 150 | Wes McCauley | Michigan State University (CCHA) | |
| 9 | 171 | Tony Gruba | Hill-Murray School (USHS-MN) | |
| 10 | 192 | Travis Tucker | Avon Old Farms (USHS-CT) | |
| 11 | 213 | Brett Larson | Duluth-Denfeld High School (USHS-MN) | |
| 12 | 234 | John Hendry | Lake Superior State University (CCHA) | |
| [S](1990-nhl-supplemental-draft) | 3 | Mike Casselman | Clarkson University (ECAC) | |
| [S](1990-nhl-supplemental-draft) | 8 | Donny Oliver | Ohio State University (CCHA) |
References
References
- "1990-91 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
- "1990-91 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
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