1990–91 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1990–91
Year:	1990
Team:	Boston Bruins
Conferencerank:	1st
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	44–24–12
Homerecord:	26–9–5
Roadrecord:	18–15–7
Goalsfor:	299
Goalsagainst:	264
Goalsleader:	Cam Neely (51)
Assistsleader:	Ray Bourque (73)
Pointsleader:	Ray Bourque (94)
Pimleader:	Chris Nilan (277)
Winsleader:	Andy Moog (25)
Gaaleader:	Andy Moog (2.87)
Divisionwin:	yes

The 1990–91 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 67th season. The season involved participating in the Prince of Wales Conference finals.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Boston's draft picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft held at the BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	21	Bryan Smolinski		Michigan State University (CCHA)
3	64	Cam Stewart		Elmira Sugar Kings (MWJHL)
4	84	Jerry Buckley		Northwood School (USHS-NY)
5	105	Mike Bales		Ohio State University (WCHA)
6	126	Mark Woolf		Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
7	147	Jim Mackey		Hotchkiss School (USHS-CT)
8	168	John Gruden		Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
9	189	Darren Wetherill		Minot Americans (SJHL)
10	210	Dean Capuano		Mount Saint Charles Academy (USHS-RI)
11	231	Andy Bezeau		Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
12	252	Ted Miskolczi		Belleville Bulls (OHL)
S	26	Howie Rosenblatt		Merrimack College (Hockey East)

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 4, 1990	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	1–0–0
2	W	October 6, 1990	7–1	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	2–0–0
3	W	October 7, 1990	5–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	3–0–0
4	W	October 10, 1990	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	4–0–0
5	T	October 11, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	4–0–1
6	L	October 13, 1990	1–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	4–1–1
7	L	October 17, 1990	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	4–2–1
8	L	October 19, 1990	1–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	4–3–1
9	L	October 20, 1990	1–8	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	4–4–1
10	W	October 25, 1990	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	5–4–1
11	W	October 27, 1990	5–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	6–4–1
12	T	October 31, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	6–4–2
13	W	November 1, 1990	3–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	7–4–2
14	L	November 3, 1990	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	7–5–2
15	W	November 5, 1990	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	8–5–2
16	W	November 7, 1990	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	9–5–2
17	T	November 10, 1990	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	9–5–3
18	W	November 11, 1990	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	10–5–3
19	L	November 14, 1990	1–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	10–6–3
20	W	November 15, 1990	6–0	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	11–6–3
21	T	November 17, 1990	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	11–6–4
22	W	November 19, 1990	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	12–6–4
23	L	November 23, 1990	3–4	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	12–7–4
24	W	November 24, 1990	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	13–7–4
25	W	November 29, 1990	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	14–7–4
26	L	December 1, 1990	4–5	New York Rangers (1990–91)	14–8–4
27	W	December 4, 1990	5–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	15–8–4
28	L	December 6, 1990	4–6	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	15–9–4
29	L	December 8, 1990	1–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	15–10–4
30	W	December 9, 1990	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	16–10–4
31	W	December 12, 1990	5–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	17–10–4
32	W	December 13, 1990	8–2	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	18–10–4
33	T	December 15, 1990	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	18–10–5
34	L	December 18, 1990	3–8	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	18–11–5
35	W	December 20, 1990	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	19–11–5
36	W	December 22, 1990	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	20–11–5
37	T	December 23, 1990	5–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	20–11–6
38	T	December 26, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	20–11–7
39	L	December 28, 1990	0–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	20–12–7
40	T	December 29, 1990	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	20–12–8
41	W	January 3, 1991	8–3	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	21–12–8
42	L	January 5, 1991	3–5	Washington Capitals (1990–91)	21–13–8
43	W	January 7, 1991	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	22–13–8
44	L	January 8, 1991	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	22–14–8
45	W	January 10, 1991	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	23–14–8
46	L	January 12, 1991	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	23–15–8
47	W	January 14, 1991	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	24–15–8
48	W	January 15, 1991	5–4	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	25–15–8
49	W	January 17, 1991	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	26–15–8
50	L	January 22, 1991	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	26–16–8
51	W	January 24, 1991	3–0	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	27–16–8
52	W	January 26, 1991	5–2	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	28–16–8
53	W	January 27, 1991	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	29–16–8
54	W	January 31, 1991	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	30–16–8
55	L	February 2, 1991	2–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	30–17–8
56	W	February 3, 1991	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	31–17–8
57	W	February 5, 1991	6–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	32–17–8
58	L	February 7, 1991	1–4	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	32–18–8
59	W	February 9, 1991	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	33–18–8
60	W	February 10, 1991	7–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	34–18–8
61	W	February 13, 1991	7–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	35–18–8
62	W	February 16, 1991	5–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	36–18–8
63	L	February 21, 1991	1–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	36–19–8
64	L	February 23, 1991	2–9	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	36–20–8
65	W	February 28, 1991	5–0	New York Islanders (1990–91)	37–20–8
66	L	March 2, 1991	4–7	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	37–21–8
67	W	March 3, 1991	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	38–21–8
68	L	March 5, 1991	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	38–22–8
69	T	March 7, 1991	5–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	38–22–9
70	W	March 9, 1991	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	39–22–9
71	W	March 14, 1991	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	40–22–9
72	L	March 16, 1991	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	40–23–9
73	W	March 17, 1991	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	41–23–9
74	T	March 19, 1991	1–1 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	41–23–10
75	T	March 21, 1991	3–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	41–23–11
76	W	March 23, 1991	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	42–23–11
77	T	March 24, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	42–23–12
78	W	March 26, 1991	7–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	43–23–12
79	L	March 30, 1991	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	43–24–12
80	W	March 31, 1991	7–3	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	44–24–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	D	76	21	73	94	75	33	7	0	3
	C	77	26	66	92	8	15	9	1	5
	RW	69	51	40	91	98	26	18	1	8
	C/RW	70	30	29	59	20	11	12	2	4
	RW	78	32	21	53	41	8	9	0	2
	C/RW	80	15	33	48	115	12	0	1	2
	D	80	11	32	43	78	0	5	1	1
	LW	62	15	13	28	40	17	1	0	4
	D	70	6	21	27	84	0	1	0	0
	D	61	4	19	23	62	3	0	0	1
	D	77	8	13	21	67	2	0	1	3
	C	31	8	12	20	25	5	0	2	0
	RW	28	5	14	19	9	4	1	0	3
	LW	49	5	13	18	67	7	1	1	1
	C	29	8	8	16	22	2	2	0	0
	C	29	8	8	16	19	1	4	0	0
	C	56	8	8	16	32	-14	1	0	1
	RW	41	6	9	15	277	4	0	0	2
	LW	50	4	7	11	68	-13	1	1	2
	LW/C	40	2	9	11	8	-4	0	0	0
	D	57	2	6	8	107	15	0	0	0
	D	45	2	6	8	89	2	1	0	0
	RW	39	5	2	7	9	-12	1	0	1
	RW	18	2	5	7	12	1	0	0	0
	LW	23	3	3	6	36	0	0	0	0
	C	15	4	0	4	31	0	0	0	1
	RW	19	2	2	4	82	-2	0	0	0
	C	18	1	3	4	6	1	0	0	0
	C	3	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
	LW	16	2	1	3	6	0	0	0	0
	G	51	0	2	2	20	0	0	0	0
	D	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0
	D	16	0	1	1	10	-8	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	33	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
	RW	14	0	0	0	26	-4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2844	51	25	13	9	136	2.87	4	1307	1171	.896
	1829	33	17	10	3	111	3.64	1	841	730	.868
	184	3	2	1	0	14	4.57	0	82	68	.829
	10	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	7	7	1.000
Team:	4867	80	44	24	12	261	3.22	5	2237	1976	.883

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	D	19	7	18	25	12	-4	3	0	0
	C	18	4	18	22	11	-4	4	0	0
	RW	19	16	4	20	36	-3	9	0	4
	C	17	2	11	13	0	2	1	0	2
	RW	19	8	4	12	4	-2	0	0	2
	D	19	2	9	11	19	-8	2	0	0
	C/RW	15	4	6	10	6	-2	1	0	1
	C	16	0	9	9	20	3	0	0	0
	RW	18	4	4	8	4	-2	3	0	0
	C/RW	17	4	2	6	45	-5	0	0	1
	D	16	1	5	6	17	-2	0	0	0
	LW	19	3	2	5	30	-2	0	0	0
	D	16	1	3	4	14	5	1	0	0
	D	19	3	0	3	25	-3	0	0	0
	LW	19	0	3	3	39	-5	0	0	0
	RW	19	0	2	2	62	-2	0	0	0
	LW	12	1	0	1	22	-2	0	0	0
	C	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
	RW	7	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0
	D	3	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	10	-5	0	0	0
	C	8	0	0	0	18	-2	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	19	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	1133	19	10	9	60	3.18	0	569	509	.895
	32	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	18	18	1.000
Team:	1165	19	10	9	60	3.09	0	587	527	.898

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Playoffs

Adams Division Semifinals

Boston Bruins 4, Hartford Whalers 2

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record
1	April 3		5–2	Boston Bruins	14,448	0–1
2	April 5		3–5	Boston Bruins	14,448	1–1
3	April 7	Boston Bruins	6–3		15,635	2–1
4	April 9	Boston Bruins	3–4		14,198	2–2
5	April 11		1–6	Boston Bruins	14,448	3–2
6	April 13	Boston Bruins	3–1		15,635	4–2

Adams Division Finals

Boston Bruins 4, Montreal Canadiens 3

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record
1	April 17		1–2	Boston Bruins	14,448	1–0
2	April 19		4–3 (OT)	Boston Bruins	14,448	1–1
3	April 21	Boston Bruins	3–2		17,955	2–1
4	April 23	Boston Bruins	2–6		17,957	2–2
5	April 25		1–4	Boston Bruins	14,448	3–2
6	April 27	Boston Bruins	2–3 (OT)		17,955	3–3
7	April 29		1–2	Boston Bruins	14,448	4–3

Wales Conference Finals

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Boston Bruins 2

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record
1	May 1		3–6	Boston Bruins	14,448	1–0
2	May 3		4–5 (OT)	Boston Bruins	14,448	2–0
3	May 5	Boston Bruins	1–4		16,164	2–1
4	May 7	Boston Bruins	1–4		16,164	2–2
5	May 9		7–2	Boston Bruins	14,448	2–3
6	May 11	Boston Bruins	3–5		16,164	2–4

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-05 . 1990-91 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.