1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season explained

The 1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 81st season. The Canadiens were eliminated in the Adams Division final by the Boston Bruins 4 games to 1.

Offseason

Captain Bob Gainey retired in July 1989. The Canadiens named Guy Carbonneau and Chris Chelios co-captains, in August.Meanwhile, longtime defenceman Larry Robinson signed with the Los Angeles Kings via free-agency.

NHL Draft

Montreal's draft picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft held at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Round		Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	13	Lindsay Vallis	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2	30	Patrice Brisebois	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
2	41	Steve Larouche	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
3	51	Pierre Sevigny	Verdun Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
4	83	Andre Racicot	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
5	104	Marc Deschamps	Cornell University (ECAC)
7	146	Craig Ferguson	Yale University (ECAC)
8	167	Patrick Lebeau	Saint-Jean Lynx (QMJHL)
9	188	Roy Mitchell	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
11	230	Justin Duberman	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
12	251	Steve Cadieux	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
S	25	Craig Charron	University of Massachusetts Lowell (Hockey East)

Regular season

The Canadiens finished the regular season with only 234 goals allowed, second only to the Boston Bruins. Their power play struggled throughout the season and they finished last in power-play goals scored (54) and power-play percentage (15.88%). Although the Canadiens scored the fewest short-handed goals in the league, with 4, they only allowed 7, good enough for 4th place in the league (tied with the Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers).^[1]

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	75	51	40	91	46	35	9	0	8
LW	76	31	44	75	144	33	7	0	6
RW	80	27	32	59	27	14	3	0	2
C	68	19	36	55	37	21	1	1	3
C	59	11	31	42	56	21	4	0	1
LW	56	23	18	41	47	28	0	1	1
LW	72	21	20	41	19	3	6	0	3
D	60	5	31	36	98	20	2	0	2
C	57	15	20	35	11	13	5	0	3
D	53	9	22	31	136	20	1	2	1
C	53	12	14	26	35	-4	4	0	2
LW	57	9	15	24	28	3	1	0	0
RW	74	9	15	24	78	0	1	0	1
C/LW	70	8	16	24	59	4	1	0	1
D	44	7	14	21	25	2	5	0	1
D	54	1	19	20	41	17	0	0	0
RW	39	8	10	18	106	-8	3	0	1
D	55	3	13	16	51	1	1	0	0
D	73	1	15	16	108	24	0	0	0
D	68	3	10	13	61	18	0	0	0
D	36	2	10	12	14	11	0	0	1
RW	41	4	6	10	158	1	0	0	2
RW	34	4	2	6	61	-1	0	0	1
G	54	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
LW	14	3	1	4	2	2	0	0	0
D	18	0	4	4	23	1	0	0	0
C	6	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1
C	8	0	2	2	2	-4	0	0	0
D	8	0	2	2	33	-1	0	0	0
LW	9	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
RW	9	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
G	29	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
LW	13	0	0	0	64	-2	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	3173	54	31	16	5	134	2.53	3	1524	1390	.912
	1674	29	10	12	6	94	3.37	1	770	676	.878
	13	1	0	0	0	3	13.85	0	6	3	.500
Team:	4860	80	41	28	11	231	2.85	4	2300	2069	.900

Playoffs

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
RW	9	7	3	10	2	1	1
LW	11	2	8	10	20	0	0
C	11	3	5	8	30	0	1
RW	11	5	1	6	10	0	0
C	11	2	3	5	6	0	0
C	11	1	4	5	6	0	0
D	10	0	5	5	7	0	0
RW	11	1	3	4	38	0	1
D	9	1	3	4	31	1	0
C	2	3	0	3	0	0	1
LW	8	2	0	2	2	0	0
LW	9	1	1	2	16	0	0
LW	3	1	1	2	0	0	1
C/LW	11	0	2	2	0	0	0
D	5	0	1	1	8	0	0
D	10	0	1	1	18	0	0
RW	11	0	1	1	8	0	0
D	11	0	1	1	16	0	0
G	11	0	1	1	0	0	0
D	9	0	0	0	2	0	0
D	6	0	0	0	10	0	0
RW	10	0	0	0	4	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	641	11	5	6	26	2.43	1	292	266	.911
	33	1	0	0	2	3.64	0	18	16	.889
Team:	674	11	5	6	28	2.49	1	310	282	.910

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References

Web site: 1989-90 NHL Summary.
Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1989-90 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.