1990–91 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

1990–91 New York Rangers
Division2nd Patrick
Conference4th Wales
1990–91 record36–31–13
Goals for297
Goals against265
Team information
General managerNeil Smith
CoachRoger Neilson
CaptainKelly Kisio
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Team leaders
GoalsMike Gartner (49)
AssistsBrian Leetch (72)
PointsBrian Leetch (88)
Penalty minutesTroy Mallette (252)
WinsMike Richter (21)
Goals against averageMike Richter (3.12)

The 1990–91 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 65th season. During the regular season, the Rangers were 36–31–13 and finished in second place in the Patrick Division, qualifying for the playoffs. In the division semi-finals, New York lost in six games to the Washington Capitals.[1]

Regular season

The Rangers' 91 power-play goals scored during the regular season were good enough for first place in the league, tied with the Calgary Flames. The Rangers finished second overall in power-play percentage, with 23.39% (91 for 389).[2]

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

[3]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[4]
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

1990-91 Game Log
October: 11-3-0 (Home: 8-0-0; Road: 3-3-0)
Game October Opponent Score Record
1 4 @ Chicago Blackhawks 4 - 3 0-1-0
2 6 @ Hartford Whalers 5 - 4 0-2-0
3 8 Minnesota North Stars 6 - 3 1-2-0
4 10 Washington Capitals 4 - 2 2-2-0
5 12 Montreal Canadiens 3 - 0 3-2-0
6 13 @ Washington Capitals 5 - 2 4-2-0
7 17 Winnipeg Jets 5 - 3 5-2-0
8 19 @ New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 5-3-0
9 20 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 3 6-3-0
10 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 5 - 1 7-3-0
11 25 Philadelphia Flyers 5 - 3 8-3-0
12 27 @ Quebec Nordiques 4 - 1 9-3-0
13 29 Quebec Nordiques 5 - 0 10-3-0
14 31 Los Angeles Kings 9 - 4 11-3-0
November: 5-5-5 (Home: 2-3-2; Road: 3-2-3)
Game November Opponent Score Record
15 2 New York Islanders 3 - 2 11-4-0
16 3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 1 11-5-0
17 5 Boston Bruins 3 - 2 OT 11-6-0
18 7 Buffalo Sabres 6 - 2 12-6-0
19 9 @ New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 13-6-0
20 11 Calgary Flames 4 - 4 OT 13-6-1
21 13 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1 - 1 OT 13-6-2
22 15 @ Minnesota North Stars 4 - 2 14-6-2
23 16 @ Winnipeg Jets 6 - 4 15-6-2
24 19 Minnesota North Stars 2 - 2 OT 15-6-3
25 21 @ Buffalo Sabres 5 - 5 OT 15-6-4
26 24 @ New York Islanders 2 - 2 OT 15-6-5
27 26 Buffalo Sabres 5 - 0 16-6-5
28 28 Washington Capitals 6 - 3 16-7-5
29 30 @ Philadelphia Flyers 5 - 1 16-8-5
December: 5-5-2 (Home: 1-2-2; Road: 4-3-0)
Game December Opponent Score Record
30 1 @ Boston Bruins 5 - 4 17-8-5
31 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 9 - 4 17-9-5
32 5 @ Calgary Flames 4 - 1 17-10-5
33 7 @ Edmonton Oilers 4 - 3 17-11-5
34 11 @ Los Angeles Kings 6 - 4 18-11-5
35 14 @ Vancouver Canucks 5 - 3 19-11-5
36 17 Washington Capitals 5 - 3 20-11-5
37 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 1 20-12-5
38 22 @ Montreal Canadiens 3 - 1 20-13-5
39 23 Boston Bruins 5 - 5 OT 20-13-6
40 28 @ Washington Capitals 5 - 3 21-13-6
41 30 New Jersey Devils 2 - 2 OT 21-13-7
January: 6-5-2 (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 3-3-1)
Game January Opponent Score Record
42 2 Los Angeles Kings 4 - 1 22-13-7
43 3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 7 - 5 23-13-7
44 5 @ St. Louis Blues 3 - 2 OT 24-13-7
45 7 Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 2 25-13-7
46 9 St. Louis Blues 3 - 2 25-14-7
47 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 6 - 3 25-15-7
48 13 Hartford Whalers 4 - 3 26-15-7
49 15 Edmonton Oilers 2 - 2 OT 26-15-8
50 17 Chicago Blackhawks 3 - 2 26-16-8
51 22 @ New York Islanders 3 - 2 26-17-8
52 25 @ Edmonton Oilers 4 - 3 27-17-8
53 30 @ Calgary Flames 5 - 1 27-18-8
54 31 @ Vancouver Canucks 3 - 3 OT 27-18-9
February: 5-4-3 (Home: 5-2-1; Road: 0-2-2)
Game February Opponent Score Record
55 3 Winnipeg Jets 4 - 3 27-19-9
56 6 New York Islanders 5 - 2 28-19-9
57 8 Vancouver Canucks 8 - 1 29-19-9
58 9 @ Montreal Canadiens 6 - 4 29-20-9
59 13 New Jersey Devils 6 - 3 30-20-9
60 15 Hartford Whalers 5 - 3 31-20-9
61 18 New York Islanders 5 - 4 31-21-9
62 21 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4 - 4 OT 31-21-10
63 22 @ Washington Capitals 3 - 2 31-22-10
64 24 New Jersey Devils 5 - 2 32-22-10
65 27 Washington Capitals 4 - 4 OT 32-22-11
66 28 @ St. Louis Blues 4 - 4 OT 32-22-12
March: 4-9-1 (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 1-7-0)
Game March Opponent Score Record
67 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5 - 2 33-22-12
68 4 Philadelphia Flyers 6 - 2 34-22-12
69 7 @ Quebec Nordiques 4 - 2 34-23-12
70 9 @ New York Islanders 6 - 4 34-24-12
71 10 @ Chicago Blackhawks 5 - 2 34-25-12
72 13 Detroit Red Wings 4 - 1 34-26-12
73 15 @ New Jersey Devils 5 - 2 34-27-12
74 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 2 34-28-12
75 21 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5 - 4 OT 34-29-12
76 23 @ Philadelphia Flyers 7 - 4 34-30-12
77 24 New York Islanders 3 - 1 35-30-12
78 26 New Jersey Devils 3 - 3 OT 35-30-13
79 30 @ Detroit Red Wings 6 - 5 35-31-13
80 31 Pittsburgh Penguins 6 - 3 36-31-13

Playoffs

Key:   Win   Loss

1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Division Semi-finals: vs. Washington Capitals - Washington wins series 4-2
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Series
1 April 3 Washington Capitals 1 - 2 New York Rangers 16,792 New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2 April 5 Washington Capitals 3 - 0 New York Rangers 16,792 Series tied 1-1
3 April 7 New York Rangers 6 - 0 Washington Capitals 16,592 New York Rangers lead series 2-1
4 April 9 New York Rangers 2 - 3 Washington Capitals 15,741 Series tied 2-2
5 April 11 Washington Capitals 5 - 4 New York Rangers 16,792 Washington leads series 3-2
6 April 13 New York Rangers 2 - 4 Washington Capitals 18,130 Washington wins series 4-2

Player statistics

Skaters
Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Brian Leetch 80 16 72 88 2 42
Bernie Nicholls 71 25 48 73 5 96
Mike Gartner 79 49 20 69 -9 53
Darren Turcotte 74 26 41 67 -5 37
Brian Mullen 79 19 43 62 12 44
James Patrick 74 10 49 59 -5 58
John Ogrodnick 79 31 23 54 15 10
Ray Sheppard 59 24 23 47 8 21
Kevin Miller‡ 63 17 27 44 1 63
Kelly Kisio 51 15 20 35 3 58
Kris King 72 11 14 25 -1 154
Jan Erixon 53 7 18 25 13 8
Randy Moller 61 4 19 23 13 161
Troy Mallette 71 12 10 22 -8 252
Mark Janssens 67 9 7 16 -1 172
Jody Hull 47 5 8 13 2 10
David Shaw 77 2 10 12 8 89
Paul Broten 28 4 6 10 7 18
Normand Rochefort 44 3 7 10 10 35
Miloslav Horava 29 1 6 7 2 12
Mark Hardy 70 1 5 6 -1 89
Corey Millen 4 3 1 4 1 0
Steven Rice 11 1 1 2 2 4
Jeff Bloemberg 3 0 2 2 3 0
Joe Cirella† 19 1 0 1 1 52
Tie Domi 28 1 0 1 -5 185
Lindy Ruff 14 0 1 1 -2 27
Brian McReynolds 1 0 0 0 -1 0
Joey Kocur† 5 0 0 0 -1 36
Rick Bennett 6 0 0 0 -2 6
Dennis Vial‡ 21 0 0 0 -4 61
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Bernie Nicholls 5 4 3 7 8
Brian Leetch 6 1 3 4 0
Steven Rice 2 2 1 3 6
Corey Millen 6 1 2 3 0
Mark Janssens 6 3 0 3 6
Jan Erixon 6 1 2 3 0
Darren Turcotte 6 1 2 3 0
Joey Kocur 6 0 2 2 21
Tony Amonte 2 0 2 2 2
Joe Cirella 6 0 2 2 26
Randy Moller 6 0 2 2 11
Kris King 6 2 0 2 36
Brian Mullen 6 0 2 2 0
Mike Gartner 6 1 1 2 0
Mark Hardy 6 0 1 1 30
Doug Weight 1 0 0 0 0
Paul Broten 5 0 0 0 2
David Shaw 6 0 0 0 11
Troy Mallette 5 0 0 0 18
John Ogrodnick 4 0 0 0 0
James Patrick 6 0 0 0 6

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO
Mike Richter 45 2596 21 13 7 135 3.12 1392 .903 0
John Vanbiesbrouck 40 2257 15 18 6 126 3.35 1154 .891 3
Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO
Mike Richter 6 313 2 4 14 2.69 182 .923 1
John Vanbiesbrouck 1 52 0 0 1 1.16 22 .955 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

[5]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the BC Place Stadium.[6][7]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 13 Michael Stewart D  Canada Michigan State University (NCAA)
2 34 Doug Weight C  United States Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
3 55 John Vary D  Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4 69 Jeff Nielsen RW  United States Grand Rapids H.S. (Minnesota)
4 76 Rick Willis LW  United States Pingree H.S. (Massachusetts)
5 85 Sergei Zubov D  Soviet Union CSKA Moscow (USSR)
5 99 Lubos Rob C  Czechoslovakia HC Ceske Budejovice (Czechoslovakia)
6 118 Jason Weinrich D  United States Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)
7 139 Bryan Lonsinger D  United States Choate Academy (Connecticut)
8 160 Todd Hedlund RW  United States Roseau H.S. (Minnesota)
9 181 Andrew Silverman D  United States Beverly H.S. (Massachusetts)
10 202 Jon Hillebrandt G  United States Monona Grove H.S. (New York)
11 223 Brett Lievers C  United States Wayzata H.S. (Minnesota)
12 244 Sergei Nemchinov C  Soviet Union Krylja Sovetov (USSR)

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1990 NHL Supplemental Draft.[8]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 18 Mike Gilmore G  United States Michigan State University (CCHA)

See also

References

  1. ^ "1990–91 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  2. ^ "1990–91 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  3. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  4. ^ "1990–1991 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  5. ^ "1990-91 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  6. ^ "1990 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  7. ^ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  8. ^ "1990 NHL Supplemental Draft". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
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