1989–90 New Jersey Devils season

1989–90 New Jersey Devils
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	5th Wales
1989–90 record	37–34–9
Goals for	295
Goals against	288
Team information
General Manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	John Cunniff
Captain	Kirk Muller
Alternate captains	John MacLean Patrik Sundstrom
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
Goals	John MacLean (41)
Assists	Kirk Muller (56)
Points	Kirk Muller (86)
Penalties in minutes	Ken Daneyko (216)
Wins	Sean Burke (22)
Goals against average	Chris Terreri (3.42)
<1988–89 1990–91>

The 1989–90 New Jersey Devils season saw the Devils make the playoffs for the second time and only the third time in franchise history. The Devils were eliminated in the first round by the Washington Capitals.

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Rangers	80	36	31	13	279	267	85
New Jersey Devils	80	37	34	9	295	288	83
Washington Capitals	80	36	38	6	284	275	78
New York Islanders	80	31	38	11	281	288	73
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	32	40	8	318	359	72
Philadelphia Flyers	80	30	39	11	290	297	71

^[1]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^[2]

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

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1989	6–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season)	1–0–0
2	T	October 7, 1989	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (season)	1–0–1
3	L	October 10, 1989	2–4	Calgary Flames (season)	1–1–1
4	L	October 13, 1989	3–4 OT	Montreal Canadiens (season)	1–2–1
5	W	October 14, 1989	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (season)	2–2–1
6	W	October 18, 1989	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (season)	3–2–1
7	L	October 20, 1989	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (season)	3–3–1
8	W	October 21, 1989	5–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (season)	4–3–1
9	W	October 23, 1989	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (season)	5–3–1
10	L	October 26, 1989	3–7	Hartford Whalers (season)	5–4–1
11	W	October 28, 1989	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (season)	6–4–1
12	L	October 31, 1989	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (season)	6–5–1
13	T	November 1, 1989	6–6 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (season)	6–5–2
14	L	November 4, 1989	3–7	@ Calgary Flames (season)	6–6–2
15	W	November 8, 1989	6–3	Quebec Nordiques (season)	7–6–2
16	L	November 11, 1989	5–7	Philadelphia Flyers (season)	7–7–2
17	T	November 12, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season)	7–7–3
18	L	November 15, 1989	1–2 OT	Minnesota North Stars (season)	7–8–3
19	W	November 17, 1989	5–4 OT	New York Rangers (season)	8–8–3
20	L	November 18, 1989	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (season)	8–9–3
21	W	November 22, 1989	6–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (season)	9–9–3
22	L	November 24, 1989	6–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (season)	9–10–3
23	W	November 25, 1989	3–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (season)	10–10–3
24	W	November 28, 1989	3–2 OT	New York Islanders (season)	11–10–3
25	L	December 1, 1989	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (season)	11–11–3
26	L	December 2, 1989	3–5	Washington Capitals (season)	11–12–3
27	L	December 6, 1989	3–5	@ New York Rangers (season)	11–13–3
28	L	December 8, 1989	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (season)	11–14–3
29	L	December 9, 1989	3–7	@ Hartford Whalers (season)	11–15–3
30	W	December 12, 1989	7–2	@ New York Islanders (season)	12–15–3
31	W	December 13, 1989	5–2	New York Islanders (season)	13–15–3
32	W	December 15, 1989	7–5	Los Angeles Kings (season)	14–15–3
33	W	December 17, 1989	3–1	Boston Bruins (season)	15–15–3
34	L	December 19, 1989	4–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (season)	15–16–3
35	W	December 22, 1989	5–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season)	16–16–3
36	W	December 23, 1989	3–2	St. Louis Blues (season)	17–16–3
37	T	December 26, 1989	4–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (season)	17–16–4
38	L	December 27, 1989	1–3	Washington Capitals (season)	17–17–4
39	W	December 29, 1989	3–2	New York Rangers (season)	18–17–4
40	L	December 31, 1989	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (season)	18–18–4
41	W	January 2, 1990	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (season)	19–18–4
42	W	January 4, 1990	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (season)	20–18–4
43	L	January 8, 1990	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (season)	20–19–4
44	W	January 10, 1990	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (season)	21–19–4
45	L	January 12, 1990	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (season)	21–20–4
46	W	January 13, 1990	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (season)	22–20–4
47	L	January 16, 1990	6–9	@ Washington Capitals (season)	22–21–4
48	W	January 23, 1990	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (season)	23–21–4
49	W	January 24, 1990	3–2	Washington Capitals (season)	24–21–4
50	L	January 26, 1990	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (season)	24–22–4
51	T	January 28, 1990	4–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (season)	24–22–5
52	L	January 30, 1990	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (season)	24–23–5
53	L	February 4, 1990	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (season)	24–24–5
54	T	February 6, 1990	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (season)	24–24–6
55	W	February 9, 1990	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (season)	25–24–6
56	L	February 10, 1990	0–7	@ St. Louis Blues (season)	25–25–6
57	T	February 12, 1990	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (season)	25–25–7
58	L	February 16, 1990	1–2	New York Rangers (season)	25–26–7
59	L	February 17, 1990	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (season)	25–27–7
60	L	February 19, 1990	3–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (season)	25–28–7
61	L	February 22, 1990	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (season)	25–29–7
62	W	February 24, 1990	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (season)	26–29–7
63	T	February 25, 1990	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (season)	26–29–8
64	L	February 28, 1990	1–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (season)	26–30–8
65	W	March 2, 1990	6–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (season)	27–30–8
66	L	March 4, 1990	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (season)	27–31–8
67	W	March 6, 1990	2–1	St. Louis Blues (season)	28–31–8
68	W	March 8, 1990	4–2	New York Islanders (season)	29–31–8
69	W	March 10, 1990	9–3	Quebec Nordiques (season)	30–31–8
70	W	March 13, 1990	3–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (season)	31–31–8
71	L	March 15, 1990	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (season)	31–32–8
72	W	March 17, 1990	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (season)	32–32–8
73	L	March 20, 1990	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (season)	32–33–8
74	L	March 22, 1990	3–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (season)	32–34–8
75	W	March 24, 1990	5–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season)	33–34–8
76	W	March 25, 1990	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (season)	34–34–8
77	W	March 27, 1990	4–1	Washington Capitals (season)	35–34–8
78	W	March 29, 1990	6–4	New York Rangers (season)	36–34–8
79	W	March 31, 1990	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (season)	37–34–8
80	T	April 1, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (season)	37–34–9

Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals

(P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

The first two games took place at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. In Game 1, Washington beat New Jersey 5-4 in overtime. In Game 2, the Devils won 6-5. Games 3 and 4 took place at Capital Centre. The Devils were victorious in Game 3 2-1, but their series lead was abruptly halted by the Capitals in game 4 when they won 3-1. Game 5 went back to New Jersey, and the Capitals took a 4-3 win. Game 6 was back at Capital Centre where the Capitals took a 3-2 win over the Devils and won the series 4-2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	LW	80	30	56	86	74	-1	9	0	6
MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean	RW	80	41	38	79	80	17	10	3	11
Sundstrom, PatrikPatrik Sundstrom	C	74	27	49	76	34	15	8	1	0
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan	LW	73	30	42	72	137	15	8	0	5
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	D	75	7	46	53	63	6	1	0	0
Turgeon, SylvainSylvain Turgeon	LW	72	30	17	47	81	-8	7	0	3
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	C	63	16	29	45	12	-8	4	0	1
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov	D	72	8	34	42	52	9	2	0	0
Brown, DougDoug Brown	RW	69	14	20	34	16	7	1	3	3
Ojanen, JanneJanne Ojanen	C	64	17	13	30	12	-5	1	0	1
Albelin, TommyTommy Albelin	D	68	6	23	29	63	-1	4	0	0
Maley, DavidDavid Maley	LW	67	8	17	25	160	-2	0	0	2
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko	D	74	6	15	21	216	15	0	1	1
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov	D	39	6	15	21	16	15	1	0	0
Broten, AaronAaron Broten	LW/C	42	10	8	18	36	-15	1	2	0
Brooke, BobBob Brooke	C	35	8	10	18	30	3	0	0	1
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	LW	33	4	10	14	28	-4	1	0	0
Morris, JonJon Morris	C	20	6	7	13	8	12	2	0	1
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	C	12	5	6	11	16	-1	2	0	1
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	19	2	7	9	11	1	1	0	1
Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin	D	37	1	7	8	47	-13	0	0	0
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	D	31	2	5	7	14	-4	1	0	0
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	LW	19	3	3	6	4	2	0	0	0
Velischek, RandyRandy Velischek	D	62	0	6	6	72	4	0	0	0
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft	D	42	2	3	5	149	-2	0	0	0
Korn, JimJim Korn	D/LW	37	2	3	5	99	-1	0	0	0
Brady, NeilNeil Brady	C	19	1	4	5	13	-1	0	0	0
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom	LW	21	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	0
Vilgrain, ClaudeClaude Vilgrain	RW	6	1	2	3	4	-1	0	0	0
Ysebaert, PaulPaul Ysebaert	C	5	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Burke, SeanSean Burke	G	52	0	1	1	38	0	0	0	0
Starikov, SergeiSergei Starikov	D	16	0	1	1	8	-8	0	0	0
Crowder, TroyTroy Crowder	RW	10	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri	G	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomson, JimJim Thomson	RW	3	0	0	0	31	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Burke, SeanSean Burke	2914	52	22	22	6	175	3.60	0	1453	1278	.880
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri	1931	35	15	12	3	110	3.42	0	1004	894	.890
Team:	4845	80	37	34	9	285	3.53	0	2457	2172	.884

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan	LW	6	3	3	6	20	1	0	1
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	D	6	1	5	6	6	0	0	0
MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean	RW	6	4	1	5	12	2	1	0
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	C	6	3	2	5	2	1	0	1
Morris, JonJon Morris	C	6	1	3	4	23	1	0	0
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	LW	6	1	3	4	11	0	0	0
Sundstrom, PatrikPatrik Sundstrom	C	6	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	6	1	3	4	17	0	0	0
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov	D	6	0	3	3	14	0	0	0
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko	D	6	2	0	2	21	0	0	0
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov	D	6	0	2	2	10	0	0	0
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	LW	5	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Brown, DougDoug Brown	RW	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Brooke, BobBob Brooke	C	5	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
Burke, SeanSean Burke	G	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Crowder, TroyTroy Crowder	RW	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft	D	5	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maley, DavidDavid Maley	LW	6	0	0	0	25	0	0	0
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turgeon, SylvainSylvain Turgeon	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Velischek, RandyRandy Velischek	D	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Vilgrain, ClaudeClaude Vilgrain	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri	238	4	2	2	13	3.28	0	103	90	.874
Burke, SeanSean Burke	125	2	0	2	8	3.84	0	57	49	.860
Team:	363	6	2	4	21	3.47	0	160	139	.869

^[3]

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;

Roster

1989-90 New Jersey Devils
Goaltenders 1 – Sean Burke  31 – Chris Terreri		Defensemen 2 – Viacheslav Fetisov  3 – Ken Daneyko  4 – Sergei Starikov  5 – Tom Kurvers  5 – Eric Weinrich  6 – Craig Wolanin  7 – Alexei Kasatonov  18 – Jamie Huscroft  19 – Claude Vilgrain  23 – Bruce Driver  26 – Tommy Albelin  27 – Randy Velischek  29 – Reijo Ruotsalainen		Wingers 8 – David Maley  9 – Kirk Muller  11 – Brendan Shanahan  14 – Jim Korn  15 – John MacLean  16 – Sylvain Turgeon  20 – Peter Sundstrom  21 – Walt Poddubny  24 – Doug Brown  25 – Troy Crowder  25 – Jim Thomson  32 – Pat Conacher		Centers 10 – Bob Brooke  10 – Aaron Broten  17 – Patrik Sundstrom  19 – Neil Brady  19 – Paul Ysebaert  20 – Jon Morris  22 – Janne Ojanen  29 – Peter Stastny  32 – Mark Johnson  Coach: Jim Schoenfeld (6-6-2) Coach: John Cunniff (31-28-7)

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	5	Bill Guerin	United States	RW	Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)
1	18	Jason Miller	Canada	C	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	[4]
2	26	Jarrod Skalde	Canada	C	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3	47	Scott Pellerin	Canada	LW	University of Maine (Hockey East)
4	68	No fourth-round pick[5]
5	89	Mike Heinke	United States	G	Avon Old Farms H.S. (Connecticut)
6	110	David Emma	United States	RW	Boston College (Hockey East)	[6]
7	131	No seventh-round pick[7]
8	152	Sergei Starikov	Russia	D	CSKA Moscow (Soviet League)
9	173	Andre Faust	Canada	LW	Princeton University (ECAC)
10	194	No tenth-round pick[8]
11	215	Jason Simon	Canada	W	Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)
12	236	Peter Larsson	Sweden	C	Södertälje SK (Elitserien)

See also

• 1989–90 NHL season

References

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "1989–1990 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
3. "1989-90 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
4. The Devils acquired the 1989 first-round draft pick from Los Angeles for Corey Foster on June 17, 1989.
5. The Devils traded their 1989 fourth-round pick (used on Niklas Andersson) to Quebec for Tommy Albelin on December 12, 1988.
6. 1991 Hobey Baker Award winner. Emma's profile at HockeyDB.com
7. The Devils traded their 1989 seventh-round pick (used on Doug Evans) and Alain Chevrier to Winnipeg for Steve Rooney and the Jets' 1990 third-round pick (Bombardir) on June 19, 1988. The official Devils transaction page incorrectly lists Evans' pick as 1990. Doug Evans' profile at HockeyDB.com
8. The Devils did not make a selection in the tenth round; the Buffalo Sabres selected in their place (Mark Astley). No source is found indicating why the Devils did not draft this round.

Sources

• "1989-90 National Hockey League Standings". hockeyDB. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
• "1989-90 New Jersey Devils player statistics". hockeyDB. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-12.