1989–90 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1989–90
Year:	1989
Team:	Boston Bruins
Conferencerank:	1st
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	46–25–9
Homerecord:	23–13–4
Roadrecord:	23–12–5
Goalsfor:	289
Goalsagainst:	232
Goalsleader:	Cam Neely (55)
Assistsleader:	Ray Bourque (65)
Pointsleader:	Cam Neely (92)
Pimleader:	Lyndon Byers (159)
Winsleader:	Andy Moog (24)
Gaaleader:	Reggie Lemelin (2.80)
Divisionwin:	yes
Presidentstrophy:	Yes
Conferencewin:	Yes

The 1989–90 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 66th season. The season culminated with their participation in the Stanley Cup finals.

Offseason

NHL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	17	Shayne Stevenson (C)		Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	38	Mike Parson (G)		Guelph Platers (OHL)
3	57	Wes Walz (C)		Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
4	80	Jackson Penney (RW)		Victoria Cougars (WHL)
5	101	Mark Montanari (C)		Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6	122	Steven Foster (D)		Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA)
7	143	Oto Hascak (C)		Dukla Trenčín (Czechoslovakia)
8	164	Rick Allain (D)		Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
9	185	James Lavish (RW)		Deerfield Academy (USHS-MA)
10	206	Geoff Simpson (D)		Estevan Bruins (SJHL)
11	227	David Franzosa (LW)		Boston College (Hockey East)
S	22	Jeff Schulman (D)		University of Vermont (Hockey East)

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]} The Bruins managed to secure the Presidents' Trophy with just 101 points, the fewest ever for a Presidents' Trophy winner in a non-lockout-shortened season.

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1989	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	1–0–0
2	L	October 7, 1989	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	1–1–0
3	W	October 9, 1989	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	2–1–0
4	L	October 11, 1989	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	2–2–0
5	T	October 13, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	2–2–1
6	L	October 15, 1989	6–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	2–3–1
7	W	October 17, 1989	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	3–3–1
8	W	October 20, 1989	3–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	4–3–1
9	L	October 21, 1989	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	4–4–1
10	W	October 26, 1989	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	5–4–1
11	L	October 28, 1989	0–1	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	5–5–1
12	L	October 29, 1989	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	5–6–1
13	W	November 2, 1989	5–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	6–6–1
14	T	November 4, 1989	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	6–6–2
15	W	November 9, 1989	6–2	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	7–6–2
16	W	November 10, 1989	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	8–6–2
17	W	November 15, 1989	5–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	9–6–2
18	W	November 16, 1989	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	10–6–2
19	W	November 18, 1989	6–4	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	11–6–2
20	W	November 21, 1989	2–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	12–6–2
21	W	November 23, 1989	6–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	13–6–2
22	L	November 25, 1989	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	13–7–2
23	W	November 28, 1989	5–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	14–7–2
24	W	November 30, 1989	5–1	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	15–7–2
25	L	December 2, 1989	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	15–8–2
26	W	December 3, 1989	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	16–8–2
27	T	December 5, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	16–8–3
28	L	December 7, 1989	3–4	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	16–9–3
29	L	December 9, 1989	3–7	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	16–10–3
30	L	December 12, 1989	5–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	16–11–3
31	W	December 13, 1989	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	17–11–3
32	L	December 16, 1989	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	17–12–3
33	L	December 17, 1989	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	17–13–3
34	L	December 20, 1989	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	17–14–3
35	W	December 21, 1989	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	18–14–3
36	W	December 23, 1989	6–5	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	19–14–3
37	W	December 26, 1989	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	20–14–3
38	W	December 29, 1989	4–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	21–14–3
39	L	December 30, 1989	6–7 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	21–15–3
40	W	January 2, 1990	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	22–15–3
41	W	January 4, 1990	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	23–15–3
42	W	January 6, 1990	5–3	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	24–15–3
43	W	January 7, 1990	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	25–15–3
44	W	January 11, 1990	3–1	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	26–15–3
45	L	January 13, 1990	2–3	New York Rangers (1989–90)	26–16–3
46	W	January 15, 1990	4–1	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	27–16–3
47	T	January 17, 1990	5–5 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	27–16–4
48	T	January 18, 1990	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	27–16–5
49	W	January 23, 1990	9–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	28–16–5
50	W	January 25, 1990	5–2	New York Islanders (1989–90)	29–16–5
51	W	January 27, 1990	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	30–16–5
52	W	January 29, 1990	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	31–16–5
53	L	February 1, 1990	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	31–17–5
54	L	February 3, 1990	1–2	New York Rangers (1989–90)	31–18–5
55	W	February 4, 1990	3–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	32–18–5
56	W	February 6, 1990	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	33–18–5
57	W	February 8, 1990	5–1	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	34–18–5
58	L	February 10, 1990	3–4 OT	New York Islanders (1989–90)	34–19–5
59	L	February 11, 1990	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	34–20–5
60	L	February 14, 1990	2–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	34–21–5
61	W	February 18, 1990	7–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	35–21–5
62	W	February 20, 1990	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	36–21–5
63	W	February 22, 1990	6–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	37–21–5
64	W	February 24, 1990	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	38–21–5
65	L	February 26, 1990	1–6	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	38–22–5
66	W	March 1, 1990	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	39–22–5
67	W	March 3, 1990	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	40–22–5
68	W	March 4, 1990	4–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	41–22–5
69	W	March 6, 1990	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	42–22–5
70	L	March 8, 1990	4–10	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	42–23–5
71	T	March 10, 1990	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	42–23–6
72	W	March 11, 1990	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	43–23–6
73	T	March 15, 1990	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	43–23–7
74	L	March 17, 1990	4–5	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	43–24–7
75	W	March 22, 1990	7–3	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	44–24–7
76	L	March 24, 1990	6–7	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	44–25–7
77	W	March 27, 1990	3–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	45–25–7
78	W	March 29, 1990	3–2	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	46–25–7
79	T	March 31, 1990	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	46–25–8
80	T	April 1, 1990	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	46–25–9

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	76	55	37	92	117	10	25	0	12
	D	77	19	65	84	50	31	8	0	3
	C	55	24	38	62	4	3	11	0	5
	C	80	25	31	56	97	-3	5	0	5
	C/RW	70	22	24	46	93	2	5	2	6
	LW/C	43	12	28	40	8	11	6	0	1
	LW	76	17	22	39	26	17	2	1	1
	D	77	11	27	38	76	12	2	0	1
	D	78	9	27	36	48	6	5	0	4
	D	71	8	27	35	75	2	1	0	0
	LW	63	17	15	32	47	9	7	0	1
	RW	50	12	17	29	8	4	2	0	3
	RW	77	8	17	25	92	-3	0	0	2
	C	32	6	19	25	12	11	0	1	0
	C	32	6	16	22	66	12	1	0	0
	D	61	5	14	19	63	11	0	0	1
	W	47	8	9	17	33	4	0	0	0
	LW	14	3	9	12	10	2	0	1	0
	RW	36	5	6	11	15	8	1	0	0
	RW	43	4	4	8	159	0	0	0	0
	D	58	3	5	8	58	11	0	0	0
	RW	15	1	4	5	0	-2	0	0	0
	LW	11	2	2	4	8	2	0	0	1
	D	38	2	2	4	22	-11	0	0	0
	LW	23	1	2	3	22	-8	0	0	0
	LW	8	1	2	3	15	-2	1	0	0
	D	68	1	2	3	71	-5	0	0	0
	G	46	0	3	3	18	0	0	0	0
	RW	9	1	1	2	6	-1	0	0	0
	C	2	1	1	2	0	-1	1	0	0
	D	8	0	2	2	11	4	0	0	0
	D	6	0	2	2	23	3	0	0	0
	D	3	0	1	1	6	2	0	0	0
	C	6	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	LW	7	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
	LW	8	0	0	0	14	-4	0	0	0
	G	43	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	0	0	7	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2536	46	24	10	7	122	2.89	3	1145	1023	.893
	2310	43	22	15	2	108	2.81	2	1002	894	.892
Team:	4846	80	46	25	9	230	2.85	5	2147	1917	.893

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	21	12	16	28	51	7	4	1	2
	C	18	3	19	22	2	3	1	0	2
	D	17	5	12	17	16	11	1	0	0
	LW	21	4	11	15	14	2	0	1	0
	C	18	8	5	13	8	1	2	0	2
	LW	20	4	9	13	2	5	1	0	2
	C	21	4	6	10	39	-3	2	0	1
	LW	21	6	3	9	45	0	0	1	0
	D	21	2	6	8	36	6	0	0	1
	D	21	3	3	6	34	-8	1	0	2
	D	21	1	5	6	18	-10	1	0	0
	RW	21	4	1	5	4	-6	1	0	0
	D	15	1	3	4	12	-9	1	0	0
	C	8	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
	D	14	1	1	2	18	1	0	0	0
	C/RW	20	0	2	2	30	-7	0	0	0
	RW	17	1	0	1	12	-4	0	0	0
	RW	5	1	0	1	4	-1	0	0	1
	RW	8	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
	D	8	0	1	1	4	-4	0	0	0
	LW/C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1
	RW	17	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	20	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	D	21	0	0	0	41	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	1195	20	13	7	44	2.21	2	486	442	.909
	135	3	0	1	13	5.78	0	57	44	.772
Team:	1330	21	13	8	57	2.57	2	543	486	.895

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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	Boston	2
May 20	Boston	2	Edmonton	1
May 22	Boston	1	Edmonton	5
May 24	Edmonton	4	Boston	1
Edmonton wins series 4–1 and Stanley Cup.

Awards and records

• Presidents Trophy
• Prince of Wales Trophy
• James Norris Memorial Trophy: Ray Bourque
• William M. Jennings Trophy: Rejean Lemelin/Andy Moog

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database

1. Web site: 1989-90 NHL Summary.
2. Web site: 1989-90 NHL Goalie Statistics.
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-05 . 1989-90 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.