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]

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)

November: 5-5-5 (Home: 2-3-2; Road: 3-2-3)

December: 5-5-2 (Home: 1-2-2; Road: 4-3-0)

January: 6-5-2 (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 3-3-1)

February: 5-4-3 (Home: 5-2-1; Road: 0-2-2)

March: 4-9-1 (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 1-7-0)

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
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	80	16	72	88	2	42
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	71	25	48	73	5	96
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	79	49	20	69	-9	53
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	74	26	41	67	-5	37
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	79	19	43	62	12	44
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	74	10	49	59	-5	58
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	79	31	23	54	15	10
Sheppard, RayRay Sheppard	59	24	23	47	8	21
Miller, KevinKevin Miller^‡	63	17	27	44	1	63
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	51	15	20	35	3	58
King, KrisKris King	72	11	14	25	-1	154
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	53	7	18	25	13	8
Moller, RandyRandy Moller	61	4	19	23	13	161
Mallette, TroyTroy Mallette	71	12	10	22	-8	252
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	67	9	7	16	-1	172
Hull, JodyJody Hull	47	5	8	13	2	10
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw	77	2	10	12	8	89
Broten, PaulPaul Broten	28	4	6	10	7	18
Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort	44	3	7	10	10	35
Horava, MiloslavMiloslav Horava	29	1	6	7	2	12
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	70	1	5	6	-1	89
Millen, CoreyCorey Millen	4	3	1	4	1	0
Rice, StevenSteven Rice	11	1	1	2	2	4
Bloemberg, JeffJeff Bloemberg	3	0	2	2	3	0
Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella^†	19	1	0	1	1	52
Domi, TieTie Domi	28	1	0	1	-5	185
Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff	14	0	1	1	-2	27
McReynolds, BrianBrian McReynolds	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Kocur, JoeyJoey Kocur^†	5	0	0	0	-1	36
Bennett, RickRick Bennett	6	0	0	0	-2	6
Vial, DennisDennis Vial^‡	21	0	0	0	-4	61

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	5	4	3	7	8
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	6	1	3	4	0
Rice, StevenSteven Rice	2	2	1	3	6
Millen, CoreyCorey Millen	6	1	2	3	0
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	6	3	0	3	6
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	6	1	2	3	0
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	6	1	2	3	0
Kocur, JoeyJoey Kocur	6	0	2	2	21
Amonte, TonyTony Amonte	2	0	2	2	2
Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella	6	0	2	2	26
Moller, RandyRandy Moller	6	0	2	2	11
King, KrisKris King	6	2	0	2	36
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	6	0	2	2	0
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	6	1	1	2	0
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	6	0	1	1	30
Weight, DougDoug Weight	1	0	0	0	0
Broten, PaulPaul Broten	5	0	0	0	2
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw	6	0	0	0	11
Mallette, TroyTroy Mallette	5	0	0	0	18
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	4	0	0	0	0
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	6	0	0	0	6

Goaltenders

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

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Richter, MikeMike Richter	6	313	2	4	14	2.69	182	.923	1
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn 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)

References

↑ "1990–91 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
↑ "1990–91 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1990–1991 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
↑ "1990-91 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
↑ "1990 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
↑ "1990 NHL Supplemental Draft". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2011-10-29.

New York Rangers seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1990–91 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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