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

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/junior/club team
117Shayne Stevenson (C)Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
238Mike Parson (G)Guelph Platers (OHL)
357Wes Walz (C)Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
480Jackson Penney (RW)Victoria Cougars (WHL)
5101Mark Montanari (C)Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6122Steven Foster (D)Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA)
7143Oto Hascak (C)Dukla Trenčín (Czechoslovakia)
8164Rick Allain (D)Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
9185James Lavish (RW)Deerfield Academy (USHS-MA)
10206Geoff Simpson (D)Estevan Bruins (SJHL)
11227David Franzosa (LW)Boston College (Hockey East)
S22Jeff 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.RDateScoreOpponentRecord
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 OTLos Angeles Kings (1989–90) 6–6–1
14TNovember 4, 19893–3 OTBuffalo 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 OTCalgary 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 OTNew 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 OTWinnipeg 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 OTNew Jersey Devils (1989–90) 46–25–9

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM+/-PPGSHGGWG
RW 76 55 37 92 1171025012
D 77 19 65 84 5031803
C 55 24 38 62 431105
C 80 25 31 56 97-3505
C/RW 70 22 24 46 932526
LW/C 43 12 28 40 811601
LW 76 17 22 39 2617211
D 77 11 27 38 7612201
D 78 9 27 36 486504
D 71 8 27 35 752100
LW 63 17 15 32 479701
RW 50 12 17 29 84203
RW 77 8 17 25 92-3002
C 32 6 19 25 1211010
C 32 6 16 22 6612100
D 61 5 14 19 6311001
W 47 8 9 17 334000
LW 14 3 9 12 102010
RW 36 5 6 11 158100
RW 43 4 4 8 1590000
D 58 3 5 8 5811000
RW 15 1 4 5 0-2000
LW 11 2 2 4 82001
D 38 2 2 4 22-11000
LW 23 1 2 3 22-8000
LW 8 1 2 3 15-2100
D 68 1 2 3 71-5000
G 46 0 3 3 180000
RW 9 1 1 2 6-1000
C 2 1 1 2 0-1100
D 8 0 2 2 114000
D 6 0 2 2 233000
D 3 0 1 1 62000
C 6 0 1 1 2-2000
D 2 0 0 0 0-1000
LW 7 0 0 0 201000
C 2 0 0 0 0-2000
LW 8 0 0 0 14-4000
G 43 0 0 0 320000
RW 1 0 0 0 00000
D 2 0 0 0 40000
RW 4 0 0 0 7-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GPWLTGAGAA SO SA SV SV%
2536 46 24 10 7 122 2.89 311451023.893
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+/-PPGSHGGWG
RW 21 12 16 28 517412
C 18 3 19 22 23102
D 17 5 12 17 1611100
LW 21 4 11 15 142010
C 18 8 5 13 81202
LW 20 4 9 13 25102
C 21 4 6 10 39-3201
LW 21 6 3 9 450010
D 21 2 6 8 366001
D 21 3 3 6 34-8102
D 21 1 5 6 18-10100
RW 21 4 1 5 4-6100
D 15 1 3 4 12-9100
C 8 2 0 2 22000
D 14 1 1 2 181000
C/RW 20 0 2 2 30-7000
RW 17 1 0 1 12-4000
RW 5 1 0 1 4-1001
RW 8 0 1 1 80000
D 8 0 1 1 4-4000
LW/C 2 0 0 0 00000
LW 1 0 0 0 0-1
RW 17 0 0 0 4-3000
G 3 0 0 0 00000
G 20 0 0 0 60000
C 1 0 0 0 20000
D 21 0 0 0 41-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GPWLGAGAA SO SA SV SV%
1195 20 13 7 44 2.21 2486442.909
135 3 0 1 13 5.78 05744.772
Team: 1330 21 13 8 57 2.57 2543486.895
[3]

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

DateAwayScoreHomeScoreNotes
May 15 Edmonton 3Boston 23OT
May 18 Edmonton 7Boston2
May 20 Boston 2Edmonton1
May 22 Boston 1Edmonton5
May 24 Edmonton 4Boston1
Edmonton wins series 4–1 and Stanley Cup.

Awards and records

References

  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.