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1990–91 New Jersey Devils
Division4th Patrick
Conference7th Wales
1990–91 record32–33–15
Home record23–10–7
Road record9–23–8
Goals for272
Goals against264
Team information
General managerLou Lamoriello
CoachJohn Cunniff
Tom McVie
CaptainKirk Muller
Alternate captainsJohn MacLean
Patrik Sundstrom
ArenaBrendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
GoalsJohn MacLean (45)
AssistsKirk Muller (51)
PointsJohn MacLean (78)
Penalty minutesKen Daneyko (249)
Plus/minusAlexei Kasatonov (+23)
WinsChris Terreri (24)
Goals against averageChris Terreri (2.91)

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.

Regular season

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Season standings

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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

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

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

Playoffs

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Patrick Division Semifinals

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

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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

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Regular season

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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

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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

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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

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Awards

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

Transactions

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Draft picks

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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

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c 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.[6]
  3. ^ a b 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

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  • "1990-91 National Hockey League Standings". hockeyDB. Archived 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 Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  5. ^ "1990-91 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  6. ^ Doug Evans' profile at HockeyDB.com
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