1989–90 Boston Bruins season

1989–90 Boston Bruins
Presidents' Trophy Winners
Wales Conference Champions
Adams Division Champions
Division 1st Adams
Conference 1st Wales
1989–90 record 46–25–9
Home record 23–13–4
Road record 23–12–5
Goals for 289
Goals against 232
Team information
General Manager Harry Sinden
Coach Mike Milbury
Captain Ray Bourque
Alternate captains Craig Janney
Cam Neely
Arena Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals Cam Neely (55)
Assists Ray Bourque (65)
Points Cam Neely (92)
Penalties in minutes Lyndon Byers (159)
Wins Andy Moog (24)
Goals against average Reggie Lemelin (2.80)
<1988–89 1990–91>

The 1989–90 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 66th season. The season involved participating in the Stanley Cup finals.

Offseason

NHL draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 17. Shayne Stevenson (C)  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2 38. Mike Parson (G)  Canada Guelph Platers (OHL)
3 57. Wes Walz (C)  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
4 80. Jackson Penney (RW)  Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)

Regular season

The Bruins concluded the regular season with the best defensive corps in the league, with just 232 goals allowed. They also allowed the fewest power-play goals (53), the fewest short-handed goals (3) and tied the Washington Capitals for the most shutouts (5).[1][2]

Final standings

Adams Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Boston Bruins 80 46 25 9 289 232 101
Buffalo Sabres 80 45 27 8 286 248 98
Montreal Canadiens 80 41 28 11 288 234 93
Hartford Whalers 80 38 33 9 275 268 85
Quebec Nordiques 80 12 61 7 240 407 31

[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 p – Boston Bruins ADM 80 46 25 9 289 232 101
2 Buffalo Sabres ADM 80 45 27 8 286 248 98
3 Montreal Canadiens ADM 80 41 28 11 288 234 93
4 Hartford Whalers ADM 80 38 33 9 275 268 85
5 New York Rangers PTK 80 36 31 13 279 267 85
6 New Jersey Devils PTK 80 37 34 9 295 288 83
7 Washington Capitals PTK 80 36 38 6 284 275 78
8 New York Islanders PTK 80 31 38 11 281 288 73
9 Pittsburgh Penguins PTK 80 32 40 8 318 359 72
10 Philadelphia Flyers PTK 80 30 39 11 290 297 71
11 Quebec Nordiques ADM 80 12 61 7 240 407 31

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 5, 19895–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 1–0–0
2LOctober 7, 19891–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 1–1–0
3WOctober 9, 19892–0 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 2–1–0
4LOctober 11, 19892–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 2–2–0
5TOctober 13, 19893–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 2–2–1
6LOctober 15, 19896–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 2–3–1
7WOctober 17, 19893–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 3–3–1
8WOctober 20, 19893–0 @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 4–3–1
9LOctober 21, 19892–5 @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 4–4–1
10WOctober 26, 19894–2 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 5–4–1
11LOctober 28, 19890–1 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 5–5–1
12LOctober 29, 19893–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 5–6–1
13WNovember 2, 19895–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 6–6–1
14TNovember 4, 19893–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 6–6–2
15WNovember 9, 19896–2 Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 7–6–2
16WNovember 10, 19895–3 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 8–6–2
17WNovember 15, 19895–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 9–6–2
18WNovember 16, 19893–2 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 10–6–2
19WNovember 18, 19896–4 New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 11–6–2
20WNovember 21, 19892–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 12–6–2
21WNovember 23, 19896–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 13–6–2
22LNovember 25, 19893–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 13–7–2
23WNovember 28, 19895–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 14–7–2
24WNovember 30, 19895–1 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 15–7–2
25LDecember 2, 19891–2 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 15–8–2
26WDecember 3, 19892–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 16–8–2
27TDecember 5, 19893–3 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 16–8–3
28LDecember 7, 19893–4 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 16–9–3
29LDecember 9, 19893–7 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 16–10–3
30LDecember 12, 19895–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 16–11–3
31WDecember 13, 19894–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 17–11–3
32LDecember 16, 19891–3 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 17–12–3
33LDecember 17, 19891–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 17–13–3
34LDecember 20, 19893–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 17–14–3
35WDecember 21, 19894–2 Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 18–14–3
36WDecember 23, 19896–5 Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 19–14–3
37WDecember 26, 19896–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 20–14–3
38WDecember 29, 19894–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 21–14–3
39LDecember 30, 19896–7 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 21–15–3
40WJanuary 2, 19905–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 22–15–3
41WJanuary 4, 19904–2 Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 23–15–3
42WJanuary 6, 19905–3 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 24–15–3
43WJanuary 7, 19902–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 25–15–3
44WJanuary 11, 19903–1 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 26–15–3
45LJanuary 13, 19902–3 New York Rangers (1989–90) 26–16–3
46WJanuary 15, 19904–1 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 27–16–3
47TJanuary 17, 19905–5 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 27–16–4
48TJanuary 18, 19902–2 OT Calgary Flames (1989–90) 27–16–5
49WJanuary 23, 19909–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 28–16–5
50WJanuary 25, 19905–2 New York Islanders (1989–90) 29–16–5
51WJanuary 27, 19902–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 30–16–5
52WJanuary 29, 19902–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 31–16–5
53LFebruary 1, 19902–4 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 31–17–5
54LFebruary 3, 19901–2 New York Rangers (1989–90) 31–18–5
55WFebruary 4, 19903–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 32–18–5
56WFebruary 6, 19902–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 33–18–5
57WFebruary 8, 19905–1 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 34–18–5
58LFebruary 10, 19903–4 OT New York Islanders (1989–90) 34–19–5
59LFebruary 11, 19902–4 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 34–20–5
60LFebruary 14, 19902–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 34–21–5
61WFebruary 18, 19907–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 35–21–5
62WFebruary 20, 19905–3 @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 36–21–5
63WFebruary 22, 19906–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 37–21–5
64WFebruary 24, 19903–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 38–21–5
65LFebruary 26, 19901–6 @ New York Rangers (1989–90) 38–22–5
66WMarch 1, 19905–3 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 39–22–5
67WMarch 3, 19904–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 40–22–5
68WMarch 4, 19904–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 41–22–5
69WMarch 6, 19902–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 42–22–5
70LMarch 8, 19904–10 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 42–23–5
71TMarch 10, 19903–3 OT @ New York Islanders (1989–90) 42–23–6
72WMarch 11, 19904–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 43–23–6
73TMarch 15, 19903–3 OT Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 43–23–7
74LMarch 17, 19904–5 Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 43–24–7
75WMarch 22, 19907–3 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 44–24–7
76LMarch 24, 19906–7 Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 44–25–7
77WMarch 27, 19903–0 @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 45–25–7
78WMarch 29, 19903–2 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 46–25–7
79TMarch 31, 19902–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 46–25–8
80TApril 1, 19903–3 OT New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 46–25–9

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Neely, CamCam Neely RW 76 55 37 92 1171025012
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque D 77 19 65 84 5031803
Janney, CraigCraig Janney C 55 24 38 62 431105
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter C 80 25 31 56 97-3505
Sweeney, BobBob Sweeney C/RW 70 22 24 46 932526
Brickley, AndyAndy Brickley LW/C 43 12 28 40 811601
Carter, JohnJohn Carter LW 76 17 22 39 2617211
Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgood D 77 11 27 38 7612201
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley D 78 9 27 36 486504
Galley, GarryGarry Galley D 71 8 27 35 752100
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge LW 63 17 15 32 479701
Christian, DaveDave Christian RW 50 12 17 29 84203
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould RW 77 8 17 25 92-3002
Poulin, DaveDave Poulin C 32 6 19 25 1211010
Linseman, KenKen Linseman C 32 6 16 22 6612100
Wiemer, JimJim Wiemer D 61 5 14 19 6311001
Cimetta, RobRob Cimetta W 47 8 9 17 334000
Propp, BrianBrian Propp LW 14 3 9 12 102010
Douris, PeterPeter Douris RW 36 5 6 11 158100
Byers, LyndonLyndon Byers RW 43 4 4 8 1590000
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney D 58 3 5 8 5811000
Millar, MikeMike Millar RW 15 1 4 5 0-2000
Kekalainen, JarmoJarmo Kekalainen LW 11 2 2 4 82001
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal D 38 2 2 4 22-11000
Joyce, BobBob Joyce LW 23 1 2 3 22-8000
Markwart, NevinNevin Markwart LW 8 1 2 3 15-2100
Pedersen, AllenAllen Pedersen D 68 1 2 3 71-5000
Moog, AndyAndy Moog G 46 0 3 3 180000
Johnston, GregGreg Johnston RW 9 1 1 2 6-1000
Walz, WesWes Walz C 2 1 1 2 0-1100
Kluzak, GordGord Kluzak D 8 0 2 2 114000
Thelven, MichaelMichael Thelven D 6 0 2 2 233000
Beers, BobBob Beers D 3 0 1 1 62000
O'Dwyer, BillBill O'Dwyer C 6 0 1 1 2-2000
Blum, JohnJohn Blum D 2 0 0 0 0-1000
Crawford, LouLou Crawford LW 7 0 0 0 201000
Hoover, RonRon Hoover C 2 0 0 0 0-2000
Lawton, BrianBrian Lawton LW 8 0 0 0 14-4000
Lemelin, ReggieReggie Lemelin G 43 0 0 0 320000
Neufeld, RayRay Neufeld RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Shoebottom, BruceBruce Shoebottom D 2 0 0 0 40000
Townshend, GraemeGraeme Townshend RW 4 0 0 0 7-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog 2536 46 24 10 7 122 2.89 311451023.893
Lemelin, ReggieReggie Lemelin 2310 43 22 15 2 108 2.81 21002894.892
Team: 4846 80 46 25 9 230 2.85 521471917.893

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Neely, CamCam Neely RW 21 12 16 28 517412
Janney, CraigCraig Janney C 18 3 19 22 23102
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque D 17 5 12 17 1611100
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge LW 21 4 11 15 142010
Poulin, DaveDave Poulin C 18 8 5 13 81202
Propp, BrianBrian Propp LW 20 4 9 13 25102
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter C 21 4 6 10 39-3201
Carter, JohnJohn Carter LW 21 6 3 9 450010
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley D 21 2 6 8 366001
Galley, GarryGarry Galley D 21 3 3 6 34-8102
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney D 21 1 5 6 18-10100
Christian, DaveDave Christian RW 21 4 1 5 4-6100
Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgood D 15 1 3 4 12-9100
Byce, JohnJohn Byce C 8 2 0 2 22000
Beers, BobBob Beers D 14 1 1 2 181000
Sweeney, BobBob Sweeney C/RW 20 0 2 2 30-7000
Byers, LyndonLyndon Byers RW 17 1 0 1 12-4000
Johnston, GregGreg Johnston RW 5 1 0 1 4-1001
Douris, PeterPeter Douris RW 8 0 1 1 80000
Wiemer, JimJim Wiemer D 8 0 1 1 4-4000
Brickley, AndyAndy Brickley LW/C 2 0 0 0 00000
Crawford, LouLou Crawford LW 1 0 0 0 0-1
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould RW 17 0 0 0 4-3000
Lemelin, ReggieReggie Lemelin G 3 0 0 0 00000
Moog, AndyAndy Moog G 20 0 0 0 60000
O'Dwyer, BillBill O'Dwyer C 1 0 0 0 20000
Pedersen, AllenAllen Pedersen D 21 0 0 0 41-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog 1195 20 13 7 44 2.21 2486442.909
Lemelin, ReggieReggie Lemelin 135 3 0 1 13 5.78 05744.772
Team: 1330 21 13 8 57 2.57 2543486.895

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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;

Playoffs

Adams Division Semifinals

Boston Bruins vs. Hartford Whalers
Date Away Score Home Score
Apr. 5 Hartford 4 Boston 3
Apr. 7 Hartford 1 Boston 3
Apr. 9 Boston 3 Hartford 5
Apr. 11 Boston 6 Hartford 5
Apr. 13 Hartford 2 Boston 3
Apr. 15 Boston 2 Hartford 3 (OT)
Apr. 17 Hartford 1 Boston 3
Boston wins best-of-seven series 4–3

Adams Division Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens
Date Away Score Home Score
Apr. 19 Montreal 0 Boston 1
Apr. 21 Montreal 4 Boston 5 (OT)
Apr. 23 Boston 6 Montreal 3
Apr. 25 Boston 1 Montreal 4
Apr. 27 Montreal 1 Boston 3
Boston wins best-of-seven series 4–1

Wales Conference Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Washington Capitals
Date Away Score Home Score
May 3 Washington 3 Boston 5
May 5 Washington 0 Boston 3
May 7 Boston 4 Washington 1
May 9 Boston 3 Washington 2
Boston wins best-of-seven series 4–0

Stanley Cup finals

In game 1, Petr Klima scored at 15:13 of the third overtime period to give the Oilers a 3–2 win; this game remains the longest in Stanley Cup Finals history (Longest NHL overtime games), edging both Brett Hull's cup-winner in 1999 and Igor Larionov's game-winner in 2002 by less than 30 seconds. In game five at the Boston Garden on May 24, the Oilers won 4–1. Craig Simpson scored the game-winning goal. Oilers goaltender Bill Ranford was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP.

Boston Bruins vs. Edmonton Oilers

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
May 15 Edmonton 3 Boston 2 3OT
May 18 Edmonton 7 Boston2
May 20 Boston 2 Edmonton1
May 22 Boston 1 Edmonton5
May 24 Edmonton 4 Boston1
Edmonton wins series 4–1 and Stanley Cup.

Roster

Boston Bruins
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

Awards and records

References

  1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1990.html
  2. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1990_goalies.html
  3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  4. "1989–1990 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  5. "1989-90 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
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