1990–91 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1990–91
Year:	1990
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Conferencerank:	10th
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	23–46–11
Homerecord:	15–21–4
Roadrecord:	8–25–7
Goalsfor:	241
Goalsagainst:	318
Goalsleader:	Vincent Damphousse (26)
Assistsleader:	Vincent Damphousse (47)
Pointsleader:	Vincent Damphousse (73)
Pimleader:	Luke Richardson (238)
Winsleader:	Peter Ing (16)
Gaaleader:	Peter Ing (3.84)

The 1990–91 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 74th season of the Toronto NHL franchise. The Leafs finished fifth and last in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

NHL draft

Round	Pick	Player	College/junior/club team
1	10	Drake Berehowsky (D)	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
2	31	Felix Potvin (G)	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
4	73	Darby Hendrickson (C)	Richfield High School (USHS-MN)
4	80	Greg Walters (C)	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6	115	Alexander Godynyuk (D)	Sokil Kiev (USSR)
7	136	Eric Lacroix (LW)	Governor Dummer Academy (USHS-MA)
8	157	Dan Stiver (RW)	University of Michigan (CCHA)
9	178	Robert Horyna (G)	Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
10	199	Bob Chebator (LW)	Arlington High School (USHS-MA)
11	220	Scott Malone (D)	Northfield Mount Hermon School (USHS-MA)
12	241	Nicholas Vachon (LW)	Governor Dummer Academy (USHS-MA)
S	15	Martin Robitaille (C)	University of Maine (Hockey East)

Regular season

Dave Reid had a career high 15 goals. He led the league with 8 shorthanded goals. In November, Reid had five shorthanded goals over four games.
Allan Bester was traded by Maple Leafs to Detroit Red Wings for sixth-round choice (Alexander Kuzminsky) in 1991 entry draft, March 5, 1991.

Season standings

Schedule and results

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

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	79	26	47	73	65	-31	10	1	4
LW/C	59	17	22	39	48	-6	2	2	1
D	60	8	30	38	69	-4	5	0	1
D	80	10	25	35	173	2	5	0	2
LW/D	63	18	16	34	152	-5	4	0	2
C	74	11	23	34	82	-9	0	1	2
RW	78	21	9	30	112	-16	6	0	1
RW	52	17	12	29	39	-25	4	0	1
LW	69	15	13	28	18	-10	1	8	0
C	32	14	14	28	4	-7	6	0	5
D	54	9	19	28	132	-19	3	1	2
D	72	2	22	24	113	-4	0	0	0
C	38	10	12	22	30	-4	0	1	0
C	23	8	10	18	10	2	4	0	0
D	42	3	15	18	113	-15	2	0	0
RW	37	8	7	15	65	-3	1	0	0
LW	30	5	10	15	0	-3	1	1	0
RW	63	9	5	14	180	-10	1	0	0
C	18	4	10	14	13	-7	0	0	0
C	26	0	11	11	20	-7	0	0	0
LW/C	27	6	4	10	32	12	0	0	1
D	78	1	9	10	238	-28	0	0	0
C	14	5	4	9	8	-5	2	0	0
C	20	2	7	9	4	-7	0	0	0
LW	18	3	3	6	4	-10	1	1	0
W	25	2	4	6	21	-5	2	0	1
D	13	2	4	6	10	-11	1	0	0
RW	20	0	5	5	2	-5	0	0	0
RW	7	2	2	4	2	-1	0	0	0
LW	33	1	3	4	30	-15	0	0	0
D	18	0	3	3	16	-3	0	0	0
D	19	0	3	3	8	-12	0	0	0
C	13	0	3	3	25	0	0	0	0
RW	16	1	1	2	30	-2	0	0	0
C	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
D	8	0	1	1	25	-6	0	0	0
G	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
D	10	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
D	2	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
G	56	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
D	22	0	0	0	15	-6	0	0	0
LW	12	0	0	0	20	-5	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	3126	56	16	29	8	200	3.84	1	1716	1516	.883
	1430	30	6	13	3	92	3.86	1	695	603	.868
	60	1	1	0	0	1	1.00	0	26	25	.962
	247	6	0	4	0	18	4.37	0	129	111	.860
Team:	4863	80	23	46	11	311	3.84	2	2566	2255	.879

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Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1990-91 season.

Trades

August 20, 1990	To Boston Bruins Ken Hammond	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
November 9, 1990	To Los Angeles Kings John McIntyre	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Krushelnyski
November 9, 1990	To Boston Bruins Steve Bancroft	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rob Cimetta
November 10, 1990	To Winnipeg Jets Ed Olczyk Mark Osborne	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Ellett Paul Fenton
November 17, 1990	To Quebec Nordiques Scott Pearson 2nd round pick in 1991 - Eric Lavigne 2nd round pick in 1992 - Toumas Gronman	To Toronto Maple Leafs Michel Petit Lucien DeBlois Aaron Broten
December 17, 1990	To Buffalo Sabres Lou Franceschetti Brian Curran	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Foligno 8th round pick in 1991 - Tomas Kucharcik
January 12, 1991	To Vancouver Canucks Tom Kurvers	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brian Bradley
January 16, 1991	To Washington Capitals Al Iafrate	To Toronto Maple Leafs Peter Zezel Bob Rouse
January 22, 1991	To Vancouver Canucks Brian Blad	To Toronto Maple Leafs Todd Hawkins
January 24, 1991	To Washington Capitals Paul Fenton John Kordic	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th round pick in 1991 - Alexei Kudashov
February 4, 1991	To Detroit Red Wings Brad Marsh	To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th round pick in 1991 - Robb McIntyre
March 5, 1991	To Detroit Red Wings Allan Bester	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th round pick in 1991 - Alexander Kuzminski
March 5, 1991	To Washington Capitals Bobby Reynolds	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rob Mendel
March 5, 1991	To St. Louis Blues Darren Veitch	To Toronto Maple Leafs Keith Osborne
March 5, 1991	To Quebec Nordiques 8th round pick in 1991 - Aaron Asp	To Toronto Maple Leafs Compensation of waiver claim for Claude Loiselle

Waivers

March 5, 1991	From Quebec Nordiques Claude Loiselle

Free agents

Player	Former Team
	Boston Bruins

Player	New Team
	Chicago Blackhawks

Awards and records

Peter Ing, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
Dave Reid, NHL leader, 8 shorthanded goals

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
	150th NHL Goal	-

Farm team

The Toronto Maple Leafs farm team was the Newmarket Saints and they were affiliated in the American Hockey League. The Saints had 26 wins, 45 losses and 9 ties. They finished 8th in the South Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs. It would be the Saints final year in Newmarket, Ontario. The franchise relocated to St. John's, Newfoundland.

References

Notes and References

Web site: 1990–91 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-21 .
Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1990-91 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.