1990–91 Detroit Red Wings season

1990–91 Detroit Red Wings
Division3rd Norris
Conference6th Campbell
1990–91 record34–38–8
Home record26–14–0
Road record8–24–8
Goals for273
Goals against298
Team information
General managerBryan Murray
CoachBryan Murray
CaptainSteve Yzerman
Alternate captainsGerard Gallant
Bob Probert
Rick Zombo
ArenaJoe Louis Arena
Team leaders
GoalsSteve Yzerman (51)
AssistsSteve Yzerman (57)
PointsSteve Yzerman (108)
Penalty minutesBob Probert (315)
WinsTim Cheveldae (30)
Goals against averageGlen Hanlon (3.20)

The 1990–91 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team return to the playoffs after missing the previous season, despite winning only thirty-four games. Until the 2016–17 season, this was the Red Wings' last losing season, who were to set a National Hockey League record for the most consecutive winning seasons during the following two decades.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Blackhawks 80 49 23 8 284 211 106
St. Louis Blues 80 47 22 11 310 250 105
80 34 38 8 273 298 76
Minnesota North Stars 80 27 39 14 256 266 68
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 23 46 11 241 318 57

[1]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.

Campbell Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – Chicago Blackhawks NRS 80 49 23 8 284 211 106
2 St. Louis Blues NRS 80 47 22 11 310 250 105
3 Los Angeles Kings SMY 80 46 24 10 340 254 102
4 Calgary Flames SMY 80 46 26 8 344 263 100
5 Edmonton Oilers SMY 80 37 37 6 272 272 80
6 NRS 80 34 38 8 273 298 76
7 Minnesota North Stars NRS 80 27 39 14 256 266 68
8 Vancouver Canucks SMY 80 28 43 9 243 315 65
9 Winnipeg Jets SMY 80 26 43 11 260 288 63
10 Toronto Maple Leafs NRS 80 23 46 11 241 318 57

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy


Schedule and results

1990–91 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 4, 1990 3–3 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 0–0–1
2 L October 6, 1990 4–6 @ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 0–1–1
3 L October 7, 1990 2–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 0–2–1
4 W October 10, 1990 6–5 OT Calgary Flames (1990–91) 1–2–1
5 W October 12, 1990 4–2 Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 2–2–1
6 T October 13, 1990 3–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 2–2–2
7 W October 16, 1990 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 3–2–2
8 W October 18, 1990 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 4–2–2
9 L October 20, 1990 3–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 4–3–2
10 W October 23, 1990 6–0 Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 5–3–2
11 W October 26, 1990 8–6 Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 6–3–2
12 T October 27, 1990 2–2 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 6–3–3
13 L October 30, 1990 2–5 St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 6–4–3
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
14 W November 1, 1990 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 7–4–3
15 L November 3, 1990 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 7–5–3
16 L November 6, 1990 3–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 7–6–3
17 L November 8, 1990 1–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 7–7–3
18 L November 10, 1990 1–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 7–8–3
19 L November 14, 1990 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 7–9–3
20 W November 17, 1990 8–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 8–9–3
21 L November 19, 1990 2–3 OT Washington Capitals (1990–91) 8–10–3
22 W November 21, 1990 4–3 Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 9–10–3
23 W November 23, 1990 5–3 St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 10–10–3
24 W November 27, 1990 4–3 Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 11–10–3
25 W November 29, 1990 5–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 12–10–3
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
26 W December 1, 1990 4–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 13–10–3
27 T December 2, 1990 3–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 13–10–4
28 L December 4, 1990 4–5 OT Boston Bruins (1990–91) 13–11–4
29 L December 7, 1990 3–6 St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 13–12–4
30 L December 8, 1990 1–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 13–13–4
31 W December 11, 1990 8–3 Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 14–13–4
32 W December 13, 1990 5–2 Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 15–13–4
33 W December 15, 1990 3–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 16–13–4
34 L December 16, 1990 1–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 16–14–4
35 W December 18, 1990 3–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 17–14–4
36 W December 20, 1990 3–1 Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 18–14–4
37 W December 22, 1990 5–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 19–14–4
38 L December 23, 1990 2–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 19–15–4
39 L December 28, 1990 0–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 19–16–4
40 L December 31, 1990 0–4 Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 19–17–4
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
41 W January 2, 1991 6–2 Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 20–17–4
42 L January 4, 1991 2–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 20–18–4
43 L January 5, 1991 0–7 @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 20–19–4
44 W January 9, 1991 5–3 Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 21–19–4
45 W January 11, 1991 6–3 New York Rangers (1990–91) 22–19–4
46 T January 12, 1991 2–2 OT @ New York Islanders (1990–91) 22–19–5
47 L January 14, 1991 1–6 @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 22–20–5
48 L January 16, 1991 3–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 22–21–5
49 L January 22, 1991 1–2 OT Washington Capitals (1990–91) 22–22–5
50 L January 25, 1991 4–9 St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 22–23–5
51 L January 26, 1991 4–5 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 22–24–5
52 L January 28, 1991 2–6 New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 22–25–5
53 L January 30, 1991 2–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 22–26–5
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
54 W February 1, 1991 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 23–26–5
55 W February 2, 1991 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 24–26–5
56 L February 4, 1991 4–6 Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 24–27–5
57 W February 8, 1991 8–4 New York Islanders (1990–91) 25–27–5
58 L February 9, 1991 5–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 25–28–5
59 W February 12, 1991 6–1 Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 26–28–5
60 L February 13, 1991 2–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 26–29–5
61 L February 16, 1991 0–3 Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 26–30–5
62 T February 17, 1991 3–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 26–30–6
63 T February 19, 1991 4–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 26–30–7
64 T February 22, 1991 5–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 26–30–8
65 L February 23, 1991 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 26–31–8
66 W February 25, 1991 5–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 27–31–8
67 W February 27, 1991 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 28–31–8
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
68 L March 1, 1991 1–6 New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 28–32–8
69 W March 5, 1991 6–3 Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 29–32–8
70 W March 7, 1991 2–0 New York Islanders (1990–91) 30–32–8
71 L March 9, 1991 2–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 30–33–8
72 W March 10, 1991 4–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 31–33–8
73 W March 13, 1991 4–1 @ New York Rangers (1990–91) 32–33–8
74 L March 14, 1991 2–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 32–34–8
75 W March 16, 1991 5–3 @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 33–34–8
76 L March 22, 1991 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 33–35–8
77 L March 23, 1991 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 33–36–8
78 L March 27, 1991 4–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 33–37–8
79 W March 30, 1991 6–5 New York Rangers (1990–91) 34–37–8
80 L March 31, 1991 1–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 34–38–8

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

At 34–38–8, the Red Wings finished third in the Campbell Conference. In the playoffs, they faced the St. Louis Blues, who had finished 47–22–11 (and second in the Campbell Conference). The Red Wings were beaten in the seven-game series, three victories to four.

Round 1: St. Louis Blues vs. Detroit Red Wings

April 4 Detroit Red Wings 6–3 St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
Brad McCrimmon (1) – 13:37 First period No scoring
Steve Yzerman (1) – 07:08
Steve Yzerman (2) – pp – 12:01 		Second period 13:10 – Brett Hull (1)
Sergei Fedorov (1) – 01:52
Kevin Miller (1) – 09:19
Steve Yzerman (3) – 14:55 		Third period 10:23 – pp – Brett Hull (2)
12:44 – Adam Oates (1)
Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Vincent Riendeau 17 saves / 22 shots
Pat Jablonski 4 saves / 5 shots
April 6 Detroit Red Wings 2–4 St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
Yves Racine (1) – pp – 09:08
Bob Probert (1) – 16:56 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:28 – Jeff Brown (1)
06:46 – pp – Dan Quinn (1)
12:00 – Brett Hull (3)
19:24 – Rich Sutter (1)
Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 21 shots
April 8 St. Louis Blues 2–5 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Bob Bassen (1) – 11:00 Second period 15:19 – Kevin Miller (2)
Gino Cavallini (1) – 18:39 Third period 01:12 – Keith Primeau (1)
08:34 – Jimmy Carson (1)
009:05 – Steve Chiasson (1)
19:42 – sh – Kevin Miller (3)
Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Tim Cheveldae 21 saves / 23 shots
April 10 St. Louis Blues 3–4 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Dan Quinn (2) – pp – 18:10 First period 04:01 – Steve Chiasson (2)
No scoring Second period 17:05 – pp – Steve Chiasson (3)
Brett Hull (4) – 05:22
Brett Hull (5) – 17:09 		Third period 08:58 – Rick Zombo (1)
11:16 – Brent Fedyk (1)
Vincent Riendeau 30 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Tim Cheveldae 26 saves / 29 shots
April 12 Detroit Red Wings 1–6 St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
Bobby Dollas (1) – 02:12 First period 03:45 – Adam Oates (2)
04:58 – Brett Hull (6)
09:29 – Adam Oates (3)
No scoring Second period 00:40 – Paul Cavallini (1)
10:33 – Adam Oates (4)
No scoring Third period 08:08 – Brett Hull (7)
Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 30 shots
Allan Bester 11 saves / 12 shots 		Goalie stats Vincent Riendeau 17 saves / 18 shots
April 14 St. Louis Blues 3–0 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Dave Thomlinson (1) – 07:00 First period No scoring
Jeff Brown (2) – 02:24 Second period No scoring
Dave Lowry (1) – 18:19 Third period No scoring
Vincent Riendeau 23 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Tim Cheveldae 18 saves / 21 shots
April 16 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:24 – Dan Quinn (3)
Yves Racine (2) – pp – 03:24 Second period 19:39 – Brett Hull (8)
Jimmy Carson (2) – 12:27 Third period 01:59 – Rich Sutter (2)
Tim Cheveldae 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Vincent Riendeau 18 saves / 20 shots
St. Louis won series 4–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Steve Yzerman C 80 51 57 108 34 -2 12 6 4
Sergei Fedorov C 77 31 48 79 66 11 11 3 5
Shawn Burr LW/C 80 20 30 50 112 14 6 0 4
Yves Racine D 62 7 40 47 33 1 2 0 1
Jimmy Carson C 64 21 25 46 28 3 5 1 4
Dave Barr RW 70 18 22 40 55 20 2 2 2
Johan Garpenlov LW 71 18 22 40 18 -4 2 0 3
Bob Probert LW 55 16 23 39 315 -3 4 0 3
Brent Fedyk LW 67 16 19 35 38 20 0 0 1
Paul Ysebaert C 51 15 18 33 16 -8 5 0 1
Gerard Gallant LW 45 10 16 26 111 6 3 0 1
Rick Zombo D 77 4 19 23 55 -2 0 0 0
Steve Chiasson D 42 3 17 20 80 0 1 0 1
Marc Habscheid RW/C 46 9 8 17 22 -10 0 4 1
Rick Green D 65 2 14 16 24 10 0 0 0
Keith Primeau C 58 3 12 15 106 -12 0 0 1
Brad McCrimmon D 64 0 13 13 81 7 0 0 0
Per Djoos D 26 0 12 12 16 -2 0 0 0
John Chabot C 27 5 5 10 4 6 2 0 1
Lee Norwood D 21 3 7 10 50 6 1 0 0
Joe Kocur RW 52 5 4 9 253 -6 0 0 0
Bobby Dollas D 56 3 5 8 20 6 0 0 1
Randy McKay RW 47 1 7 8 183 -15 0 0 0
Kevin Miller C 11 5 2 7 4 -4 0 1 0
Doug Crossman D 17 3 4 7 17 -6 1 0 0
Tim Cheveldae G 65 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 0
Brad Marsh D 20 1 3 4 16 -3 0 0 0
Doug Houda D 22 0 4 4 43 -2 0 0 0
Gary Shuchuk RW 6 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 0
Bob Wilkie D 8 1 2 3 2 -2 0 0 0
Sheldon Kennedy RW 7 1 0 1 12 -1 0 0 0
Chris Luongo D 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Bill McDougall C 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Shank RW 7 0 1 1 14 0 0 0 0
Mike Sillinger C 3 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0
Allan Bester G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bissett C 5 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
Alain Chevrier G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Gagnon G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glen Hanlon G 19 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Scott King G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gord Kruppke D 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin McClelland RW 3 0 0 0 7 -4 0 0 0
Marc Potvin RW 9 0 0 0 55 -4 0 0 0
Dennis Vial D/LW 9 0 0 0 16 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Tim Cheveldae 3615 65 30 26 5 214 3.55 2 1716 1502 .875
Glen Hanlon 862 19 4 6 3 46 3.20 0 438 392 .895
Allan Bester 178 3 0 3 0 13 4.38 0 99 86 .869
Alain Chevrier 108 3 0 2 0 11 6.11 0 55 44 .800
David Gagnon 35 2 0 1 0 6 10.29 0 28 22 .786
Scott King 45 1 0 0 0 2 2.67 0 11 9 .818
Team: 4843 80 34 38 8 292 3.62 2 2347 2055 .876

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Steve Yzerman C 7 3 3 6 4 1 0 0
Sergei Fedorov C 7 1 5 6 4 0 0 1
Kevin Miller C 7 3 2 5 20 0 1 0
Doug Crossman D 6 0 5 5 6 0 0 0
Steve Chiasson D 5 3 1 4 19 1 0 0
Shawn Burr LW/C 7 0 4 4 15 0 0 0
Jimmy Carson C 7 2 1 3 4 0 0 1
Bob Probert LW 6 1 2 3 50 0 0 0
Yves Racine D 7 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Brad McCrimmon D 7 1 1 2 21 0 0 0
Keith Primeau C 5 1 1 2 25 0 0 0
Paul Ysebaert C 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Bobby Dollas D 7 1 0 1 13 0 0 0
Brent Fedyk LW 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
Rick Zombo D 7 1 0 1 10 0 0 0
Johan Garpenlov LW 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Randy McKay RW 5 0 1 1 41 0 0 0
Mike Sillinger C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Allan Bester G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Cheveldae G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Green D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marc Habscheid RW/C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Marsh D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill McDougall C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marc Potvin RW 6 0 0 0 32 0 0 0
Gary Shuchuk RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Tim Cheveldae 398 7 3 4 22 3.32 0 208 186 .894
Allan Bester 20 1 0 0 1 3.00 0 12 11 .917
Team: 418 7 3 4 23 3.30 0 220 197 .895

[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 and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Detroit'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 3 Keith Primeau  Canada Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
3 45 Vyacheslav Kozlov  Soviet Union Khimik Voskresenki (USSR)
4 66 Stewart Malgunas  Canada Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5 87 Tony Burns  United States Duluth-Denfeld High School (USHS-MN)
6 108 Claude Barthe  Canada Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7 129 Jason York  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
8 150 Wes McCauley  Canada Michigan State University (CCHA)
9 171 Tony Gruba  United States Hill-Murray School (USHS-MN)
10 192 Travis Tucker  United States Avon Old Farms (USHS-CT)
11 213 Brett Larson  United States Duluth-Denfeld High School (USHS-MN)
12 234 John Hendry  Canada Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
S 3 Mike Casselman  Canada Clarkson University (ECAC)
S 8 Donny Oliver  Canada Ohio State University (CCHA)

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "1990-1991 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  3. ^ "1990-91 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  4. ^ "1990-91 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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