1990–91 New York Rangers season

The 1990–91 New York Rangers season was the 65th season for the team in the National Hockey League. 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]

1990–91 New York Rangers
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	4th Wales
1990–91 record	36–31–13
Goals for	297
Goals against	265
Team information
General Manager	Neil Smith
Coach	Roger Neilson
Captain	Kelly Kisio
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Gartner (49)
Assists	Brian Leetch (72)
Points	Brian Leetch (88)
Penalty minutes	Troy Mallette (252)
Wins	Mike Richter (21)
Goals against average	Mike Richter (3.12)

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

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

[3]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[4]

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

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

Playoffs

Main article: 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. Washington Capitals - Washington wins series 4-2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Series 1 April 3 Washington Capitals 1 - 2 New York Rangers 16,792 New York Rangers lead series 1-0 2 April 5 Washington Capitals 3 - 0 New York Rangers 16,792 Series tied 1-1 3 April 7 New York Rangers 6 - 0 Washington Capitals 16,592 New York Rangers lead series 2-1 4 April 9 New York Rangers 2 - 3 Washington Capitals 15,741 Series tied 2-2 5 April 11 Washington Capitals 5 - 4 New York Rangers 16,792 Washington leads series 3-2 6 April 13 New York Rangers 2 - 4 Washington Capitals 18,130 Washington wins series 4-2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Brian Leetch 80 16 72 88 2 42 Bernie Nicholls 71 25 48 73 5 96 Mike Gartner 79 49 20 69 -9 53 Darren Turcotte 74 26 41 67 -5 37 Brian Mullen 79 19 43 62 12 44 James Patrick 74 10 49 59 -5 58 John Ogrodnick 79 31 23 54 15 10 Ray Sheppard 59 24 23 47 8 21 Kevin Miller^‡ 63 17 27 44 1 63 Kelly Kisio 51 15 20 35 3 58 Kris King 72 11 14 25 -1 154 Jan Erixon 53 7 18 25 13 8 Randy Moller 61 4 19 23 13 161 Troy Mallette 71 12 10 22 -8 252 Mark Janssens 67 9 7 16 -1 172 Jody Hull 47 5 8 13 2 10 David Shaw 77 2 10 12 8 89 Paul Broten 28 4 6 10 7 18 Normand Rochefort 44 3 7 10 10 35 Miloslav Horava 29 1 6 7 2 12 Mark Hardy 70 1 5 6 -1 89 Corey Millen 4 3 1 4 1 0 Steven Rice 11 1 1 2 2 4 Jeff Bloemberg 3 0 2 2 3 0 Joe Cirella^† 19 1 0 1 1 52 Tie Domi 28 1 0 1 -5 185 Lindy Ruff 14 0 1 1 -2 27 Brian McReynolds 1 0 0 0 -1 0 Joey Kocur^† 5 0 0 0 -1 36 Rick Bennett 6 0 0 0 -2 6 Dennis Vial^‡ 21 0 0 0 -4 61

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Bernie Nicholls 5 4 3 7 8 Brian Leetch 6 1 3 4 0 Steven Rice 2 2 1 3 6 Corey Millen 6 1 2 3 0 Mark Janssens 6 3 0 3 6 Jan Erixon 6 1 2 3 0 Darren Turcotte 6 1 2 3 0 Joey Kocur 6 0 2 2 21 Tony Amonte 2 0 2 2 2 Joe Cirella 6 0 2 2 26 Randy Moller 6 0 2 2 11 Kris King 6 2 0 2 36 Brian Mullen 6 0 2 2 0 Mike Gartner 6 1 1 2 0 Mark Hardy 6 0 1 1 30 Doug Weight 1 0 0 0 0 Paul Broten 5 0 0 0 2 David Shaw 6 0 0 0 11 Troy Mallette 5 0 0 0 18 John Ogrodnick 4 0 0 0 0 James Patrick 6 0 0 0 6

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Mike Richter	45	2596	21	13	7	135	3.12	1392	.903	0
John Vanbiesbrouck	40	2257	15	18	6	126	3.35	1154	.891	3

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Mike Richter	6	313	2	4	14	2.69	182	.923	1
John Vanbiesbrouck	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.

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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;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the BC Place Stadium.[6][7]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	13	Michael Stewart	D	Canada	Michigan State University (NCAA)
2	34	Doug Weight	C	United States	Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
3	55	John Vary	D	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4	69	Jeff Nielsen	RW	United States	Grand Rapids H.S. (Minnesota)
4	76	Rick Willis	LW	United States	Pingree H.S. (Massachusetts)
5	85	Sergei Zubov	D	Soviet Union	CSKA Moscow (USSR)
5	99	Lubos Rob	C	Czechoslovakia	HC Ceske Budejovice (Czechoslovakia)
6	118	Jason Weinrich	D	United States	Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)
7	139	Bryan Lonsinger	D	United States	Choate Academy (Connecticut)
8	160	Todd Hedlund	RW	United States	Roseau H.S. (Minnesota)
9	181	Andrew Silverman	D	United States	Beverly H.S. (Massachusetts)
10	202	Jon Hillebrandt	G	United States	Monona Grove H.S. (New York)
11	223	Brett Lievers	C	United States	Wayzata H.S. (Minnesota)
12	244	Sergei Nemchinov	C	Soviet Union	Krylja Sovetov (USSR)

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1990 NHL Supplemental Draft.[8]

Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
Mike Gilmore	G	United States	Michigan State University (CCHA)

See also

• 1990–91 NHL season

References

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2. "1990–91 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
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7. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2001-01-28. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
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