1990–91_Montreal_Canadiens_season

1990–91 Montreal Canadiens season

1990–91 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season


The 1990–91 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 82nd season. The Canadiens finished second in both the division and the conference to the Boston Bruins. Montreal defeated the Buffalo Sabres in the first round before losing to Boston in the Adams Division Finals in seven games.

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Offseason

Co-Captain Chris Chelios was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Denis Savard, in August 1990. With Chelios' departure, Guy Carbonneau continued as Canadiens captain.

Mats Naslund resumes his playing career in Europe. Veteran forwards Brian Skrudland and Mike McPhee are named alternate captains.

NHL Draft

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

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Regular season

In terms of injuries, Patrick Roy missed the most games due to injury during the 90-91 season. Backup goalies Andre Racicot and Jean-Claude Bergeron appeared in 25 games.

  • December 12, 1990: Petr Svoboda and Toronto Maple Leafs winger Wendel Clark fell on Patrick Roy's left knee.[1] Roy suffered strained ligaments.
  • January 27, 1991: Donald Dufresne checked Bruins right winger Graeme Townshend. He fell on Patrick Roy's left ankle. Roy suffered a ruptured ligament and missed fourteen games.[2] Roy would re-injure the ankle on March 16.

The Canadiens finished the regular season as the league's most disciplined team, being short-handed only 282 times.[3]

Final standings

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[4]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.

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Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

The Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the Adams Division final by the Boston Bruins, four games to three.

Schedule and results

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

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Goaltending

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Playoffs

Scoring

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Goaltending

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

  • In November 1990, Brian Hayward was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for defenseman Jayson More.[2]

References

  1. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.279, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  2. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  4. "1990–1991 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  5. "1990-91 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

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