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1990–91 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
Team	Montreal Canadiens
League	NHL
Season	1990–91
year	1990
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	2nd
Division	Adams
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	39–30–11
HomeRecord	23–12–5
RoadRecord	16–18–6
GoalsFor	273
GoalsAgainst	249
GeneralManager	Serge Savard
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Guy Carbonneau
AltCaptain	Mike McPhee
Brian Skrudland
Arena	Montreal Forum
GoalsLeader	Stephane Richer (31)
AssistsLeader	Russ Courtnall (50)
PointsLeader	Russ Courtnall (76)
PlusMinusLeader	Brian Skrudland (+12)
PIMLeader	Lyle Odelein (259)
WinsLeader	Patrick Roy (25)
GAALeader	Patrick Roy (2.71)

Brian Skrudland

Offseason

Co-Captain Chris Chelios was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Denis Savard, in August 1990. With Chelios' departure, Guy Carbonneau continued as Canadiens captain.

Mats Naslund resumes his playing career in Europe. Veteran forwards Brian Skrudland and Mike McPhee are named alternate captains.

NHL draft

Montreal's draft picks at the 1990 NHL entry draft held at the BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Turner Stevenson	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2	39	Ryan Kuwabara	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3	58	Charles Poulin	Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
3	60	Robert Guillet	Longueuil College Francais (QMJHL)
4	81	Gilbert Dionne	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
5	102	Paul DiPietro	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
6	123	Craig Conroy	Northwood School (USHS-NY)
7	144	Stephen Rohr	Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN)
8	165	Brent Fleetwood	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
9	186	Derek Maguire	Delbarton School (USHS-NJ)
10	207	Mark Kettelhut	East High School (USHS-MN)
11	228	John Uniac	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
12	249	Sergei Martinyuk	Torpedo Yaroslavl (USSR)
[S](1990-nhl-supplemental-draft)	23	Bruce Coles	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)

Regular season

In terms of injuries, Patrick Roy missed the most games due to injury during the 90–91 season. Backup goalies Andre Racicot and Jean-Claude Bergeron appeared in 25 games.

December 12, 1990: Petr Svoboda and Toronto Maple Leafs winger Wendel Clark fell on Patrick Roy's left knee. Roy suffered strained ligaments.
January 27, 1991: Donald Dufresne checked Bruins right winger Graeme Townshend. He fell on Patrick Roy's left ankle. Roy suffered a ruptured ligament and missed fourteen games. Roy would re-injure the ankle on March 16.

The Canadiens finished the regular season as the league's most disciplined team, being short-handed only 282 times.

Final standings

Playoffs

The Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the Adams Division final by the Boston Bruins, four games to three.

Schedule and results

|- |1||T||October 4, 1990||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 6, 1990||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres||1–0–1 |- |3||W||October 8, 1990||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers||2–0–1 |- |4||L||October 12, 1990||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers||2–1–1 |- |5||L||October 13, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers||2–2–1 |- |6||W||October 15, 1990||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals||3–2–1 |- |7||W||October 17, 1990||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres||4–2–1 |- |8||L||October 18, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings||4–3–1 |- |9||L||October 20, 1990||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers||4–4–1 |- |10||W||October 23, 1990||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||5–4–1 |- |11||W||October 24, 1990||8–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders||6–4–1 |- |12||L||October 27, 1990||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues||6–5–1 |- |13||L||October 28, 1990||1–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks||6–6–1 |- |14||W||October 31, 1990||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers||7–6–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	79	26	50	76	29	5	5	1	5
RW	75	31	30	61	53	0	9	0	4
C	70	28	31	59	52	-1	7	2	0
C	73	22	31	53	24	4	8	0	2
LW	71	23	24	47	138	9	7	0	2
C	78	20	24	44	63	-1	4	1	3
LW	64	22	21	43	56	6	2	0	4
RW	73	13	23	36	50	6	2	1	2
C	57	15	19	34	85	12	1	1	2
D	69	10	20	30	63	7	5	0	3
D	60	4	22	26	52	5	3	0	1
D	62	7	18	25	27	7	0	0	1
C	54	6	19	25	20	2	1	0	3
LW	47	8	15	23	18	3	4	0	2
D	63	5	18	23	30	-11	1	0	1
LW	57	9	11	20	32	-8	3	0	1
D	51	3	16	19	31	-2	2	0	0
LW	51	6	9	15	10	-3	1	0	1
D	53	2	13	15	55	5	0	0	0
LW	19	5	7	12	20	-2	1	0	1
LW	10	2	5	7	2	1	0	0	1
D	28	0	6	6	26	8	0	0	0
RW	28	3	2	5	128	4	0	0	0
LW	17	1	3	4	0	-1	0	0	0
D	32	1	2	3	39	3	0	0	0
LW	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
D	10	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
D	52	0	2	2	259	7	0	0	0
G	48	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
G	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
G	21	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
C/LW	25	0	1	1	12	-3	0	0	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
LW	5	0	0	0	21	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2835	48	25	15	6	128	2.71	1	1362	1234	.906
	941	18	7	6	2	59	3.76	0	426	367	.862
	975	21	7	9	2	52	3.20	1	479	427	.891
	108	3	0	0	1	6	3.33	0	45	39	.867
Team:	4859	80	39	30	11	245	3.03	2	2312	2067	.894

Playoffs

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
LW	13	9	6	15	36	4	1	3
RW	13	9	5	14	6	1	0	1
C	13	3	10	13	42	1	0	0
C	13	2	11	13	35	1	0	0
RW	13	8	3	11	7	2	2	1
D	13	2	7	9	18	1	0	0
LW	13	5	3	8	6	0	0	1
LW	13	1	7	8	12	1	0	0
C	13	1	5	6	10	0	0	1
RW	12	3	2	5	6	0	0	0
D	13	1	4	5	8	1	0	0
C	7	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
C	8	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
D	11	0	2	2	26	0	0	0
D	11	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
D	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
D	10	0	1	1	21	0	0	0
D	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	12	0	0	0	54	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	12	0	0	0	24	0	0	0
G	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
C/LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
	785	13	7	5	40	3.06	394	354	.898
	12	2	0	1	2	10.00	14	12	.857
Team:	797	13	7	6	42	3.16	408	366	.897

Transactions

In November 1990, Brian Hayward was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for defenseman Jayson More.

References

Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.279, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, {{ISBN. 978-0-470-15616-2
Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, {{ISBN. 978-0-470-15616-2
"1990-91 NHL Summary".
"1990-91 Montreal Canadiens Schedule".
"1990-91 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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