1989–90 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1989–90
Year:	1989
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Conferencerank:	9th
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	28–38–14
Homerecord:	20–14–6
Roadrecord:	8–24–8
Goalsfor:	288
Goalsagainst:	317
Goalsleader:	Steve Yzerman (62)
Assistsleader:	Steve Yzerman (65)
Pointsleader:	Steve Yzerman (127)
Plusminusleader:	Borje Salming (20)
Pimleader:	Joe Kocur (268)
Winsleader:	Glen Hanlon (15)
Gaaleader:	Sam St. Laurent (3.76)

The 1989–90 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 58th season, the franchise's 64th. The season involved drafting Sergei Fedorov and Nicklas Lidstrom. Until 2016–17, this was the last season that the Red Wings failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

NHL Draft

See also: 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

Round		Player	Position	Nationality
1	11	Mike Sillinger	Center
2	32	Bob Boughner	Defense
3	53	Nicklas Lidstrom	Defense
4	74	Sergei Fedorov	Center
5	95	Shawn McCosh	Center
6	116	Dallas Drake	Right Wing
7	137	Scott Zygulski	Defense
8	158	Andy Suhy	Defense
9	179	Bob Jones	Left Wing
10	200	Greg Bignell	Defense
10	204	Rick Judson	Left Wing
11	221	Vladimir Konstantinov	Defense
12	242	Joe Frederick	Right Wing
12	246	Jason Glickman	Goaltender
S	16	Brad Kreick	Defense

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	79	62	65	127	79
	69	36	44	80	254
	73	17	40	57	24
	76	24	32	56	82
	69	9	40	49	24
Jimmy Carson	44	20	16	36	8
	71	16	20	36	268
Dave Barr	62	10	25	35	45
	66	15	11	26	33
	57	11	13	24	143
	13	5	5	10	6
Greg Adams	28	3	7	10	16
	61	4	5	9	183
	33	3	6	9	51
	20	2	7	9	10
	42	1	5	6	112
	27	1	4	5	6
Joe Murphy	9	3	1	4	4
	4	3	0	3	21
	14	2	1	3	8
	15	0	2	2	18
Chris McRae	7	1	0	1	45
	13	0	1	1	13
Murray Eaves	1	0	0	0	0
Glenn Merkosky	3	0	0	0	0

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	67	14	28	42	114
	77	5	20	25	95
	64	8	14	22	95
	49	2	17	19	52
	66	4	14	18	22
	28	4	9	13	23
	73	2	9	11	127
Robert Picard	20	0	3	3	20
Dean Morton	1	1	0	1	2
John Mokosak	33	0	1	1	82
Peter Dineen	2	0	0	0	5
	2	0	0	0	10

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
	28	1600	10	9	8	0	3.79
	45	2290	15	18	5	1	4.03
	14	607	2	6	1	0	3.76
	7	359	1	5	0	0	4.01

Scoring by goalies

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	45	0	3	3	24
	7	0	1	1	4
	28	0	1	1	2

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database