1990–91 New Jersey Devils season

The 1990–91 New Jersey Devils season was the 17th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and ninth season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[1] The season saw the team finish fourth in the Patrick Division and qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season, losing in the division semi-finals to the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was the first time in the franchise's 17-year history that the team qualified for the playoffs in consecutive seasons. The team would make one huge move towards their future when they drafted Martin Brodeur with their first round selection in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

1990–91 New Jersey Devils
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	7th Wales
1990–91 record	32–33–15
Goals for	272
Goals against	264
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	John Cunniff Tom McVie
Captain	Kirk Muller
Alternate captains	John MacLean Patrik Sundstrom
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
Goals	John MacLean (45)
Assists	Kirk Muller (51)
Points	John MacLean (78)
Penalty minutes	Ken Daneyko (249)
Plus/minus	Alexei Kasatonov (+23)
Wins	Chris Terreri (24)
Goals against average	Chris Terreri (2.91)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	41	33	6	342	305	88
New York Rangers	80	36	31	13	297	265	85
Washington Capitals	80	37	36	7	258	258	81
New Jersey Devils	80	32	33	15	272	264	79
Philadelphia Flyers	80	33	37	10	252	267	76
New York Islanders	80	25	45	10	223	290	60

^[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Wales Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	ADM	80	44	24	12	299	264	100
2	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	80	39	30	11	273	249	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	80	41	33	6	342	305	88
4	New York Rangers	PTK	80	36	31	13	297	265	85
5	Washington Capitals	PTK	80	37	36	7	258	258	81
6	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	31	30	19	292	278	81
7	New Jersey Devils	PTK	80	32	33	15	272	264	79
8	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	80	33	37	10	252	267	76
9	Hartford Whalers	ADM	80	31	38	11	238	276	73
10	New York Islanders	PTK	80	25	45	10	223	290	60
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	16	50	14	236	354	46

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	Oct 4, 1990	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings	0–0–1
2	W	Oct 6, 1990	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers	1–0–1
3	L	Oct 7, 1990	4–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	1–1–1
4	W	Oct 9, 1990	5–2	Minnesota North Stars	2–1–1
5	L	Oct 11, 1990	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers	2–2–1
6	W	Oct 13, 1990	5–3	Calgary Flames	3–2–1
7	W	Oct 17, 1990	3–2	Washington Capitals	4–2–1
8	W	Oct 19, 1990	3–2	New York Rangers	5–2–1
9	L	Oct 20, 1990	0–4	@ Washington Capitals	5–3–1
10	W	Oct 23, 1990	8–1	@ New York Islanders	6–3–1
11	W	Oct 25, 1990	5–1	Buffalo Sabres	7–3–1
12	W	Oct 27, 1990	7–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	8–3–1
13	L	Oct 30, 1990	3–6	@ Calgary Flames	8–4–1
14	L	Nov 1, 1990	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks	8–5–1
15	W	Nov 3, 1990	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers	9–5–1
16	L	Nov 7, 1990	3–6	New York Islanders	9–6–1
17	L	Nov 9, 1990	2–3	New York Rangers	9–7–1
18	L	Nov 10, 1990	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens	9–8–1
19	W	Nov 13, 1990	6–3	Montreal Canadiens	10–8–1
20	L	Nov 15, 1990	2–4	Hartford Whalers	10–9–1
21	W	Nov 17, 1990	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers	11–9–1
22	W	Nov 18, 1990	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers	12–9–1
23	L	Nov 20, 1990	4–5	@ Los Angeles Kings	12–10–1
24	W	Nov 24, 1990	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars	13–10–1
25	T	Nov 28, 1990	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	13–10–2
26	T	Nov 30, 1990	5–5 OT	New York Islanders	13–10–3
27	W	Dec 1, 1990	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues	14–10–3
28	T	Dec 3, 1990	4–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets	14–10–4
29	W	Dec 5, 1990	9–4	Vancouver Canucks	15–10–4
30	L	Dec 7, 1990	2–5	@ Washington Capitals	15–11–4
31	W	Dec 8, 1990	4–2	Washington Capitals	16–11–4
32	L	Dec 11, 1990	2–3	@ New York Islanders	16–12–4
33	L	Dec 13, 1990	5–9	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	16–13–4
34	T	Dec 15, 1990	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins	16–13–5
35	W	Dec 18, 1990	8–3	Boston Bruins	17–13–5
36	T	Dec 20, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers	17–13–6
37	W	Dec 22, 1990	4–1	@ Quebec Nordiques	18–13–6
38	W	Dec 23, 1990	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	19–13–6
39	T	Dec 27, 1990	1–1 OT	New York Islanders	19–13–7
40	T	Dec 29, 1990	4–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres	19–13–8
41	T	Dec 30, 1990	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers	19–13–9
42	L	Jan 1, 1991	3–4	@ Washington Capitals	19–14–9
43	L	Jan 3, 1991	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks	19–15–9
44	L	Jan 5, 1991	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	19–16–9
45	L	Jan 8, 1991	3–5	St. Louis Blues	19–17–9
46	L	Jan 12, 1991	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers	19–18–9
47	L	Jan 14, 1991	1–6	Los Angeles Kings	19–19–9
48	T	Jan 16, 1991	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks	19–19–10
49	L	Jan 22, 1991	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	19–20–10
50	W	Jan 24, 1991	6–1	Quebec Nordiques	20–20–10
51	L	Jan 26, 1991	1–3	Minnesota North Stars	20–21–10
52	W	Jan 28, 1991	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings	21–21–10
53	W	Jan 30, 1991	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings	22–21–10
54	L	Feb 2, 1991	4–5	@ St. Louis Blues	22–22–10
55	W	Feb 5, 1991	2–1	Calgary Flames	23–22–10
56	L	Feb 9, 1991	1–3	@ Quebec Nordiques	23–23–10
57	W	Feb 10, 1991	2–0	Vancouver Canucks	24–23–10
58	L	Feb 13, 1991	3–6	@ New York Rangers	24–24–10
59	T	Feb 14, 1991	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets	24–24–11
60	W	Feb 16, 1991	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers	25–24–11
61	L	Feb 18, 1991	0–4	Edmonton Oilers	25–25–11
62	W	Feb 22, 1991	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	26–25–11
63	L	Feb 24, 1991	2–5	@ New York Rangers	26–26–11
64	W	Feb 25, 1991	5–1	Washington Capitals	27–26–11
65	L	Feb 27, 1991	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	27–27–11
66	W	Mar 1, 1991	6–1	@ Detroit Red Wings	28–27–11
67	L	Mar 3, 1991	1–3	Boston Bruins	28–28–11
68	L	Mar 5, 1991	3–4	@ New York Islanders	28–29–11
69	T	Mar 6, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	28–29–12
70	L	Mar 10, 1991	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets	28–30–12
71	W	Mar 13, 1991	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	29–30–12
72	W	Mar 15, 1991	5–2	New York Rangers	30–30–12
73	L	Mar 16, 1991	2–6	@ Hartford Whalers	30–31–12
74	W	Mar 19, 1991	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	31–31–12
75	T	Mar 21, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks	31–31–13
76	T	Mar 23, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens	31–31–14
77	T	Mar 26, 1991	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers	31–31–15
78	W	Mar 27, 1991	4–3 OT	Hartford Whalers	32–31–15
79	L	Mar 30, 1991	0–4	@ Washington Capitals	32–32–15
80	L	Mar 31, 1991	2–3	New York Islanders	32–33–15

Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals

(P4) New Jersey Devils vs. (P1) Pittsburgh Penguins

The first two games took place at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. In game 1, the Devils won 3–1. However, in game 2, the Penguins tied the series with a 5–4 overtime win. Games 3 and 4 were at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Pittsburgh was victorious in game 3 by a score of 4–3, but the Devils won in game 4 4–1. Game 5 shifted back to Pittsburgh where the Devils beat the Penguins 4–2. Game 6 was back in New Jersey, where the series was evened again thanks to a Pittsburgh 4–3 win. Game 7 was back in Pittsburgh where the Penguins won the game 4-0 and won the series 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
John MacLean	RW	78	45	33	78	150	8	19	2	7
Kirk Muller	LW	80	19	51	70	76	1	7	0	3
Brendan Shanahan	LW	75	29	37	66	141	4	7	0	2
Peter Stastny	C	77	18	42	60	53	0	4	0	3
Claude Lemieux	RW	78	30	17	47	105	-8	10	0	2
Patrik Sundstrom	C	71	15	31	46	48	7	4	1	1
Bruce Driver	D	73	9	36	45	62	11	7	0	2
Alexei Kasatonov	D	78	10	31	41	76	23	1	0	3
Eric Weinrich	D	76	4	34	38	48	10	1	0	0
Doug Brown	RW	58	14	16	30	4	18	0	2	2
Jon Morris	C	53	9	19	28	27	9	1	0	1
Zdeno Ciger	LW	45	8	17	25	8	3	2	0	1
David Maley	LW	64	8	14	22	151	9	1	0	3
Laurie Boschman	C	78	11	9	20	79	-1	0	1	1
Ken Daneyko	D	80	4	16	20	249	-10	1	2	1
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	67	3	16	19	62	5	1	0	0
Pat Conacher	LW	49	5	11	16	27	9	0	0	0
Tommy Albelin	D	47	2	12	14	44	1	1	0	0
Walt Poddubny	LW	14	4	6	10	10	8	0	0	0
Troy Crowder	RW	59	6	3	9	182	-10	0	0	0
Allan Stewart	LW	41	5	2	7	159	-6	0	0	0
Paul Ysebaert	C	11	4	3	7	6	1	1	0	0
Lee Norwood	D	28	3	2	5	87	-1	1	0	0
Jeff Madill	RW	14	4	0	4	46	-1	0	0	0
Myles O'Connor	D	22	3	1	4	41	3	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	53	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jamie Huscroft	D	8	0	1	1	27	1	0	0	0
Dave Marcinyshyn	D	9	0	1	1	21	-1	0	0	0
Jarrod Skalde	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Perry Anderson	LW	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Neil Brady	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Burke	G	35	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
Roland Melanson	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Miller	LW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Todd	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Terreri	2970	53	24	21	7	144	2.91	1	1348	1204	.893
Sean Burke	1870	35	8	12	8	112	3.59	0	875	763	.872
Roland Melanson	20	1	0	0	0	2	6.00	0	7	5	.714
Team:	4860	80	32	33	15	258	3.19	1	2230	1972	.884

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
John MacLean	RW	7	5	3	8	20	1	0	0
Brendan Shanahan	LW	7	3	5	8	12	2	0	0
Peter Stastny	C	7	3	4	7	2	1	0	2
Claude Lemieux	RW	7	4	0	4	34	2	0	1
Doug Brown	RW	7	2	2	4	2	0	1	0
Alexei Kasatonov	D	7	1	3	4	10	0	0	0
Jon Morris	C	5	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Bruce Driver	D	7	1	2	3	12	1	0	0
Eric Weinrich	D	7	1	2	3	6	1	0	0
Laurie Boschman	C	7	1	1	2	16	0	0	0
Zdeno Ciger	LW	6	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Pat Conacher	LW	7	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Jeff Madill	RW	7	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Kirk Muller	LW	7	0	2	2	10	0	0	0
Tommy Albelin	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Perry Anderson	LW	4	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
Ken Daneyko	D	7	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	7	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
Jamie Huscroft	D	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Lee Norwood	D	4	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
Patrik Sundstrom	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Kevin Todd	C	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Terreri	428	7	3	4	21	2.94	0	216	195	.903
Team:	428	7	3	4	21	2.94	0	216	195	.903

^[4]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards & records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Eric Weinrich	NHL All-Rookie Team – Defense	End of regular season

Transactions

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	20	Martin Brodeur	Canada	G	Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)	^[a]
2	24	David Harlock	Canada	D	University of Michigan (CCHA)	^[a]
2	29	Chris Gotziaman	United States	RW	Roseau H.S. (Minnesota)	^[a]
3	53	Mike Dunham	United States	G	Canterbury H.S. (Connecticut)
3	56	Brad Bombardir	Canada	D	Powell River Kings (BCJHL)	^[b]
4	64	Mike Bodnarchuk	Canada	RW		^[c]
5	95	Dean Malkoc	Canada	D	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
5	104	Petr Kuchyna	Czechoslovakia	D	HC Jihlava (Czechoslovak Extraliga)	^[d]
6	116	Lubomir Kolnik	Czechoslovakia	RW	HC Dukla Trenčín (Czechoslovak Extraliga)
7	137	Chris McAlpine	United States	D	Roseville H.S. (Minnesota)
8	158	No eighth-round pick				^[c]
9	179	Jaroslav Modry	Czechoslovakia	D	HC České Budějovice (Czechoslovak Extraliga)
10	200	Corey Schwab	Canada	G	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
11	221	Valeri Zelepukin	Soviet Union	LW	Khimik Voskresensk (Soviet League)
12	242	Todd Reirden	United States	D	Tabor Academy (Massachusetts)
S	16	Mike Haviland	United States	F	Elmira College (NCAA)

See also

• 1990–91 NHL season

Notes

1. The Devils traded their first-round pick (used on Trevor Kidd) and second-round pick (used on Vesa Viitakoski) to Calgary for the Flames' first-round pick (Brodeur), Detroit's second-round pick (Harlock), and Minnesota's second-round pick (Gotziaman) on June 17, 1990.
2. The Devils traded their 1989 seventh-round pick (used on Doug Evans) and Alain Chevrier to Winnipeg for Steve Rooney and the Jets' 1990 third-round pick (Bombardir) on June 19, 1988. The official Devils transaction page incorrectly lists Evans' pick as 1990.^[5]
3. The Devils traded their 1990 eight-round pick (used on Alexander Karpovtsev), Joe Cirella and Claude Loiselle to Quebec in exchange for the Nordiques' fourth-round pick (Bodnarchuk) and Walt Poddubny on June 17, 1989.
4. The Devils traded Jim Korn to Calgary in exchange for the Flames' 1990 fifth-round pick (Kuchyna) on March 6, 1990.

References

• "1990-91 National Hockey League Standings". hockeyDB. from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2007.
• "1990-91 New Jersey Devils player statistics". hockeyDB. Retrieved October 12, 2007.

1. National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
3. "1990–1991 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
4. "1990-91 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
5. Doug Evans' profile at HockeyDB.com