1990–91 New York Rangers season explained

League:NHL
Season:1990–91
Year:1990
Team:New York Rangers
Conferencerank:4th
Divisionrank:2nd
Record:36–31–13
Goalsfor:297
Goalsagainst:265
Goalsleader:Mike Gartner (49)
Assistsleader:Brian Leetch (72)
Pointsleader:Brian Leetch (88)
Pimleader:Troy Mallette (252)
Winsleader:Mike Richter (21)
Gaaleader:Mike Richter (3.12)

The 1990–91 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 65th season. During the regular season, the Rangers were 36–31–13 and finished in second place in the Patrick Division, qualifying for the playoffs. In the division semi-finals, New York lost in six games to the Washington Capitals.[1]

Regular season

The Rangers' 91 power-play goals scored during the regular season were good enough for first place in the league, tied with the Calgary Flames. The Rangers finished second overall in power-play percentage, with 23.39% (91 for 389).[2]

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 || 4 || @ Chicago Blackhawks || 4 - 3 || 0-1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 || 6 || @ Hartford Whalers || 5 - 4 || 0-2-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 3 || 8 || Minnesota North Stars || 6 - 3 || 1-2-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 || 10 || Washington Capitals || 4 - 2 || 2-2-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 5 || 12 || Montreal Canadiens || 3 - 0 || 3-2-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 6 || 13 || @ Washington Capitals || 5 - 2 || 4-2-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 7 || 17 || Winnipeg Jets || 5 - 3 || 5-2-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 8 || 19 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3 - 2 || 5-3-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 9 || 20 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 4 - 3 || 6-3-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 10 || 22 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5 - 1 || 7-3-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 11 || 25 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5 - 3 || 8-3-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 12 || 27 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 4 - 1 || 9-3-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 13 || 29 || Quebec Nordiques || 5 - 0 || 10-3-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 14 || 31 || Los Angeles Kings || 9 - 4 || 11-3-0|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 15 || 2 || New York Islanders || 3 - 2 || 11-4-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 16 || 3 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 3 - 1 || 11-5-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 17 || 5 || Boston Bruins || 3 - 2 OT || 11-6-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 18 || 7 || Buffalo Sabres || 6 - 2 || 12-6-0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 19 || 9 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3 - 2 || 13-6-0|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 20 || 11 || Calgary Flames || 4 - 4 OT || 13-6-1|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 21 || 13 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 1 - 1 OT || 13-6-2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 22 || 15 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 4 - 2 || 14-6-2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 23 || 16 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 6 - 4 || 15-6-2|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 24 || 19 || Minnesota North Stars || 2 - 2 OT || 15-6-3|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 25 || 21 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 5 - 5 OT || 15-6-4|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 26 || 24 || @ New York Islanders || 2 - 2 OT || 15-6-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 27 || 26 || Buffalo Sabres || 5 - 0 || 16-6-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 28 || 28 || Washington Capitals || 6 - 3 || 16-7-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 29 || 30 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 5 - 1 || 16-8-5|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 30 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 5 - 4 || 17-8-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 31 || 3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 9 - 4 || 17-9-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 32 || 5 || @ Calgary Flames || 4 - 1 || 17-10-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 33 || 7 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 4 - 3 || 17-11-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 34 || 11 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 6 - 4 || 18-11-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 35 || 14 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 5 - 3 || 19-11-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 36 || 17 || Washington Capitals || 5 - 3 || 20-11-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 37 || 19 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4 - 1 || 20-12-5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 38 || 22 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3 - 1 || 20-13-5|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 39 || 23 || Boston Bruins || 5 - 5 OT || 20-13-6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 40 || 28 || @ Washington Capitals || 5 - 3 || 21-13-6|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 41 || 30 || New Jersey Devils || 2 - 2 OT || 21-13-7|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 42 || 2 || Los Angeles Kings || 4 - 1 || 22-13-7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 43 || 3 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 7 - 5 || 23-13-7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 44 || 5 || @ St. Louis Blues || 3 - 2 OT || 24-13-7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 45 || 7 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3 - 2 || 25-13-7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 46 || 9 || St. Louis Blues || 3 - 2 || 25-14-7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 47 || 11 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6 - 3 || 25-15-7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 48 || 13 || Hartford Whalers || 4 - 3 || 26-15-7|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 49 || 15 || Edmonton Oilers || 2 - 2 OT || 26-15-8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 50 || 17 || Chicago Blackhawks || 3 - 2 || 26-16-8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 51 || 22 || @ New York Islanders || 3 - 2 || 26-17-8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 52 || 25 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 4 - 3 || 27-17-8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 53 || 30 || @ Calgary Flames || 5 - 1 || 27-18-8|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 54 || 31 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 3 - 3 OT || 27-18-9|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 55 || 3 || Winnipeg Jets || 4 - 3 || 27-19-9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 56 || 6 || New York Islanders || 5 - 2 || 28-19-9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 57 || 8 || Vancouver Canucks || 8 - 1 || 29-19-9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 58 || 9 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6 - 4 || 29-20-9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 59 || 13 || New Jersey Devils || 6 - 3 || 30-20-9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 60 || 15 || Hartford Whalers || 5 - 3 || 31-20-9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 61 || 18 || New York Islanders || 5 - 4 || 31-21-9|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 62 || 21 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4 - 4 OT || 31-21-10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 63 || 22 || @ Washington Capitals || 3 - 2 || 31-22-10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 64 || 24 || New Jersey Devils || 5 - 2 || 32-22-10|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 65 || 27 || Washington Capitals || 4 - 4 OT || 32-22-11|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 66 || 28 || @ St. Louis Blues || 4 - 4 OT || 32-22-12|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 67 || 2 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5 - 2 || 33-22-12|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 68 || 4 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6 - 2 || 34-22-12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 69 || 7 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 4 - 2 || 34-23-12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 70 || 9 || @ New York Islanders || 6 - 4 || 34-24-12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 71 || 10 || @ Chicago Blackhawks || 5 - 2 || 34-25-12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 72 || 13 || Detroit Red Wings || 4 - 1 || 34-26-12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 73 || 15 || @ New Jersey Devils || 5 - 2 || 34-27-12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 74 || 17 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4 - 2 || 34-28-12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 75 || 21 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5 - 4 OT || 34-29-12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 76 || 23 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 7 - 4 || 34-30-12|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 77 || 24 || New York Islanders || 3 - 1 || 35-30-12|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 78 || 26 || New Jersey Devils || 3 - 3 OT || 35-30-13|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 79 || 30 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6 - 5 || 35-31-13|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 80 || 31 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 - 3 || 36-31-13|-

Playoffs

See main article: 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Key: Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters
Regular Season
Playerdata-sort-type="number"
80 16 72 88 2 42
71 25 48 73 5 96
79 49 20 69 -9 53
74 26 41 67 -5 37
79 19 43 62 12 44
74 10 49 59 -5 58
79 31 23 54 15 10
59 24 23 47 8 21
‡ 63 17 27 44 1 63
51 15 20 35 3 58
72 11 14 25 -1 154
53 7 18 25 13 8
61 4 19 23 13 161
71 12 10 22 -8 252
67 9 7 16 -1 172
47 5 8 13 2 10
77 2 10 12 8 89
28 4 6 10 7 18
44 3 7 10 10 35
29 1 6 7 2 12
70 1 5 6 -1 89
4 3 1 4 1 0
11 1 1 2 2 4
3 0 2 2 3 0
† 19 1 0 1 1 52
28 1 0 1 -5 185
14 0 1 1 -2 27
1 0 0 0 -1 0
† 5 0 0 0 -1 36
6 0 0 0 -2 6
‡ 21 0 0 0 -4 61
Playoffs
Player
5 4 3 7 8
6 1 3 4 0
2 2 1 3 6
6 1 2 3 0
6 3 0 3 6
6 1 2 3 0
6 1 2 3 0
6 0 2 2 21
2 0 2 2 2
6 0 2 2 26
6 0 2 2 11
6 2 0 2 36
6 0 2 2 0
6 1 1 2 0
6 0 1 1 30
1 0 0 0 0
5 0 0 0 2
6 0 0 0 11
5 0 0 0 18
4 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 6
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player
45 2596 21 13 7 135 3.12 1392 .903 0
40 2257 15 18 6 126 3.35 1154 .891 3
Playoffs
Player
6 313 2 4 14 2.69 182 .923 1
1 52 0 0 1 1.16 22 .955 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

[3]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the BC Place Stadium.[4] [5]

RoundPlayerPositionNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
113Michael StewartD CanadaMichigan State University (NCAA)
234Doug WeightC United StatesLake Superior State University (NCAA)
355John VaryD CanadaNorth Bay Centennials (OHL)
469Jeff NielsenRW United StatesGrand Rapids H.S. (Minnesota)
476Rick WillisLW United StatesPingree H.S. (Massachusetts)
585Sergei ZubovDCSKA Moscow (USSR)
599Lubos RobCHC Ceske Budejovice (Czechoslovakia)
6118Jason WeinrichD United StatesSpringfield Olympics (NEJHL)
7139Bryan LonsingerD United StatesChoate Academy (Connecticut)
8160Todd HedlundRW United StatesRoseau H.S. (Minnesota)
9181Andrew SilvermanD United StatesBeverly H.S. (Massachusetts)
10202Jon HillebrandtG United StatesMonona Grove H.S. (New York)
11223Brett LieversC United StatesWayzata H.S. (Minnesota)
12244Sergei NemchinovCKrylja Sovetov (USSR)

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1990 NHL Supplemental Draft.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1990–91 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics. Hockey-Reference . 2010-08-21 .
  2. Web site: 1990–91 NHL Season Summary. Hockey-Reference . 2013-11-24 .
  3. Web site: hockeydb.com . 2010-08-01 . 1990-91 New York Rangers .
  4. Web site: 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Hockey-Reference . 2012-06-23 .
  5. Web site: NHL Draft History . National Hockey League . 2017-06-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010128131400/http://nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html . 2001-01-28 .
  6. Web site: 1990 NHL Supplemental Draft. hockeydb.com. 2011-10-29.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "1990–91 New York Rangers season".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.