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1990–91 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1990–91
year	1990
Team	Washington Capitals
Record	37–36–7
HomeRecord	21–14–5
RoadRecord	16–22–2
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	3rd
GoalsFor	258
GoalsAgainst	258
GeneralManager	David Poile
Coach	Terry Murray
Captain	Rod Langway
AltCaptain	Kevin Hatcher
Dale Hunter
Arena	Capital Centre
GoalsLeader	Kevin Hatcher
Kelly Miller (24)
AssistsLeader	Kevin Hatcher
Michal Pivonka (50)
PointsLeader	Kevin Hatcher (74)
PIMLeader	Alan May (264)
PlusMinusLeader	Rod Langway (+12)
WinsLeader	Don Beaupre (20)
GAALeader	Don Beaupre (2.64)

Dale Hunter Kelly Miller (24) Michal Pivonka (50) The 1990–91 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 17th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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%).

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 5, 1990||4–7 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 6, 1990||6–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 10, 1990||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1990–91) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 12, 1990||3–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 13, 1990||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1990–91) ||2–3–0 |- |6||L||October 15, 1990||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||2–4–0 |- |7||L||October 17, 1990||2–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||2–5–0 |- |8||W||October 19, 1990||4–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1990–91) ||3–5–0 |- |9||W||October 20, 1990||4–0 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||4–5–0 |- |10||W||October 23, 1990||6–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||5–5–0 |- |11||L||October 25, 1990||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||5–6–0 |- |12||L||October 27, 1990||4–9 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||5–7–0 |- |13||W||October 28, 1990||1–0 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||6–7–0 |- |14||W||October 30, 1990||2–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||7–7–0

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Playoffs

Round 1: (P2) 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 = |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 =

|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) Pittsburgh Penguins 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 = |2-4-1 = |2-4-2 = |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 =

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
D	79	24	50	74	69	-10	9	2	3
C	79	23	48	71	26	9	6	5	4
C	79	20	50	70	34	3	6	0	4
RW	80	22	36	58	46	4	7	1	4
D	80	11	41	52	23	-2	2	1	2
LW	80	24	26	50	29	10	4	2	3
C	76	16	30	46	234	-22	9	0	2
RW	54	21	18	39	66	-17	2	0	2
RW	68	11	19	30	99	-9	4	0	1
RW	54	12	16	28	47	-10	4	0	1
LW/C	40	13	14	27	21	-1	1	0	0
D	65	8	15	23	82	-4	3	1	1
D	47	5	15	20	65	-7	1	0	0
LW	79	9	9	18	196	-4	0	0	3
LW	61	6	9	15	24	-13	0	0	2
D	30	6	8	14	124	-1	0	1	1
RW	47	5	9	14	21	-1	0	0	0
C	20	7	5	12	10	-13	6	0	0
RW	67	4	6	10	264	-10	0	0	0
D	56	1	7	8	24	12	0	0	0
LW	17	3	3	6	8	3	0	0	1
D	68	1	5	6	61	-23	0	0	0
D	28	1	4	5	81	6	0	0	0
D	8	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
C	17	0	3	3	19	0	0	0	0
LW	10	2	0	2	10	1	0	0	1
C	6	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	1
RW	7	1	0	1	0	-3	0	0	1
D	9	1	0	1	0	-8	0	0	0
D	7	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	45	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	7	0	0	0	101	1	0	0	0
G	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
LW	7	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
LW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2572	45	20	18	3	113	2.64	5	1095	982	.897
	1834	35	13	16	3	114	3.73	0	786	672	.855
	432	9	4	2	1	26	3.61	0	226	200	.885
Team:	4838	80	37	36	7	253	3.14	5	2107	1854	.880

Playoffs

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	11	1	9	10	41	0	0	0
RW	11	5	4	9	22	3	0	2
D	10	2	7	9	8	1	0	0
C	11	3	4	7	8	1	0	1
LW	11	4	2	6	6	0	1	0
D	11	3	3	6	8	2	0	0
C	11	2	3	5	8	0	0	0
LW	10	2	3	5	8	0	0	0
D	10	1	3	4	22	0	0	1
LW/C	11	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
D	10	1	2	3	22	0	0	0
RW	9	1	2	3	8	0	0	0
RW	11	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
RW	11	1	1	2	7	1	0	0
RW	11	1	1	2	37	0	0	1
D	11	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
G	11	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
RW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
LW	9	0	1	1	38	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	11	0	0	0	34	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	624	11	5	5	29	2.79	1	294	265	.901
	48	2	0	1	4	5.00	0	30	26	.867
Team:	672	11	5	6	33	2.95	1	324	291	.898

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

Washington'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	9	John Slaney	Cornwall Royals (OHL)
2	30	Rod Pasma	Cornwall Royals (OHL)
3	51	Chris Long	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	72	Randy Pearce	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
5	93	Brian Sakic	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
5	94	Mark Ouimet	University of Michigan (CCHA)
6	114	Andrei Kovalev	Dynamo Moscow (USSR)
7	135	Roman Kontsek	Dukla Trencin (Czechoslovakia)
8	156	Peter Bondra	VSZ Kosice (Czechoslovakia)
8	159	Steve Martell	London Knights (OHL)
9	177	Ken Klee	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
10	198	Mike Boback	Providence College (Hockey East)
11	219	Alan Brown	Colgate University (ECAC)
12	240	Todd Hlushko	London Knights (OHL)
[S](1990-nhl-supplemental-draft)	14	Martin Jiranek	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)

References

"1990-91 NHL Summary".
"1990-91 Washington Capitals Schedule".
"1990-91 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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