1989–90 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1989–90 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th Patrick
Conference	9th Prince of Wales
1989–90 record	32–40–8
Home record	22–15–3
Road record	10–25–5
Goals for	318
Goals against	359
Team information
General Manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Gene Ubriaco and Craig Patrick
Captain	Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains	Paul Coffey John Cullen
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mario Lemieux (45)
Assists	Mario Lemieux (78)
Points	Mario Lemieux (123)
Penalties in minutes	Kevin Stevens (171)
Wins	Wendell Young (16)
Goals against average	Wendell Young (4.17)
<1988–89	1990–91>

The 1989–90 Pittsburgh Penguins season saw the Penguins finish fifth in the Patrick Division and not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

All-Star Game

The 41st National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, on January 21, 1990. The game saw the team of all-stars from the Wales conference defeat the Campbell conference all-stars 12–7. Mario Lemieux was named the game's Most Valuable Player.

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
New York Rangers	80	36	31	13	279	267	85
New Jersey Devils	80	37	34	9	295	288	83
Washington Capitals	80	36	38	6	284	275	78
New York Islanders	80	31	38	11	281	288	73
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	32	40	8	318	359	72
Philadelphia Flyers	80	30	39	11	290	297	71

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.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1989	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (season)	0–1–0
2	T	October 7, 1989	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (season)	0–1–1
3	W	October 10, 1989	5–1	Winnipeg Jets (season)	1–1–1
4	W	October 14, 1989	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (season)	2–1–1
5	L	October 15, 1989	2–4	@ New York Rangers (season)	2–2–1
6	W	October 17, 1989	7–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (season)	3–2–1
7	L	October 18, 1989	3–9	St. Louis Blues (season)	3–3–1
8	L	October 21, 1989	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (season)	3–4–1
9	L	October 25, 1989	6–8	Toronto Maple Leafs (season)	3–5–1
10	T	October 26, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (season)	3–5–2
11	L	October 28, 1989	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (season)	3–6–2
12	L	October 31, 1989	4–8	Los Angeles Kings (season)	3–7–2
13	W	November 2, 1989	5–2	New York Islanders (season)	4–7–2
14	W	November 4, 1989	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (season)	5–7–2
15	L	November 5, 1989	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (season)	5–8–2
16	L	November 9, 1989	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (season)	5–9–2
17	L	November 11, 1989	3–8	@ St. Louis Blues (season)	5–10–2
18	W	November 14, 1989	6–0	New York Rangers (season)	6–10–2
19	W	November 16, 1989	8–2	Quebec Nordiques (season)	7–10–2
20	W	November 18, 1989	5–3	New York Islanders (season)	8–10–2
21	L	November 22, 1989	3–6	New Jersey Devils (season)	8–11–2
22	W	November 24, 1989	7–4	@ Washington Capitals (season)	9–11–2
23	L	November 25, 1989	1–4	Washington Capitals (season)	9–12–2
24	L	November 28, 1989	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (season)	9–13–2
25	L	November 30, 1989	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season)	9–14–2
26	W	December 2, 1989	7–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (season)	10–14–2
27	W	December 6, 1989	5–3	Washington Capitals (season)	11–14–2
28	W	December 8, 1989	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (season)	12–14–2
29	L	December 9, 1989	4–6	Chicago Blackhawks (season)	12–15–2
30	W	December 12, 1989	7–5	Boston Bruins (season)	13–15–2
31	T	December 14, 1989	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (season)	13–15–3
32	L	December 16, 1989	3–4	@ Calgary Flames (season)	13–16–3
33	L	December 19, 1989	4–8	Hartford Whalers (season)	13–17–3
34	W	December 21, 1989	5–2	Washington Capitals (season)	14–17–3
35	L	December 23, 1989	6–8	@ New York Islanders (season)	14–18–3
36	L	December 26, 1989	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (season)	14–19–3
37	W	December 27, 1989	7–4	New York Rangers (season)	15–19–3
38	W	December 31, 1989	5–4	@ New York Rangers (season)	16–19–3
39	L	January 2, 1990	2–5	Boston Bruins (season)	16–20–3
40	W	January 4, 1990	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (season)	17–20–3
41	W	January 6, 1990	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (season)	18–20–3
42	W	January 8, 1990	7–5	@ New York Rangers (season)	19–20–3
43	L	January 10, 1990	3–6	@ New Jersey Devils (season)	19–21–3
44	W	January 12, 1990	6–4	@ Washington Capitals (season)	20–21–3
45	W	January 16, 1990	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (season)	21–21–3
46	T	January 18, 1990	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (season)	21–21–4
47	L	January 23, 1990	2–4	New Jersey Devils (season)	21–22–4
48	W	January 25, 1990	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (season)	22–22–4
49	L	January 27, 1990	3–9	@ New York Islanders (season)	22–23–4
50	L	January 28, 1990	2–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (season)	22–24–4
51	L	January 30, 1990	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (season)	22–25–4
52	W	February 2, 1990	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (season)	23–25–4
53	L	February 3, 1990	4–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (season)	23–26–4
54	L	February 6, 1990	7–8 OT	New York Islanders (season)	23–27–4
55	W	February 8, 1990	7–5	Washington Capitals (season)	24–27–4
56	W	February 10, 1990	7–6	Los Angeles Kings (season)	25–27–4
57	W	February 11, 1990	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season)	26–27–4
58	W	February 14, 1990	4–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (season)	27–27–4
59	T	February 16, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (season)	27–27–5
60	L	February 18, 1990	4–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (season)	27–28–5
61	W	February 20, 1990	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers (season)	28–28–5
62	W	February 22, 1990	4–3 OT	New York Islanders (season)	29–28–5
63	L	February 24, 1990	1–11	@ Montreal Canadiens (season)	29–29–5
64	L	February 26, 1990	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (season)	29–30–5
65	W	February 28, 1990	2–1	New Jersey Devils (season)	30–30–5
66	L	March 2, 1990	5–6	@ New Jersey Devils (season)	30–31–5
67	W	March 4, 1990	8–6	Minnesota North Stars (season)	31–31–5
68	L	March 6, 1990	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (season)	31–32–5
69	L	March 7, 1990	3–6	@ Calgary Flames (season)	31–33–5
70	L	March 10, 1990	2–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (season)	31–34–5
71	L	March 11, 1990	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (season)	31–35–5
72	W	March 15, 1990	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (season)	32–35–5
73	L	March 17, 1990	2–6	Minnesota North Stars (season)	32–36–5
74	T	March 18, 1990	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (season)	32–36–6
75	L	March 22, 1990	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season)	32–37–6
76	T	March 24, 1990	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (season)	32–37–7
77	L	March 25, 1990	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (season)	32–38–7
78	T	March 27, 1990	3–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (season)	32–38–8
79	L	March 29, 1990	4–5	@ St. Louis Blues (season)	32–39–8
80	L	March 31, 1990	2–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (season)	32–40–8

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	C	59	45	78	123	78	-18	14	3	4
Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey	D	80	29	74	103	95	-25	10	0	3
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	C	72	32	60	92	138	-13	9	0	4
Brown, RobRob Brown	RW	80	33	47	80	102	-10	12	0	3
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	LW	76	29	41	70	171	-13	12	0	1
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	RW	74	30	37	67	44	6	6	2	4
Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque	LW	76	22	17	39	108	-7	2	1	3
Errey, BobBob Errey	LW	78	20	19	39	109	3	0	1	1
Tanti, TonyTony Tanti	RW	37	14	18	32	22	-11	7	0	0
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	51	6	25	31	37	-14	5	0	2
Quinn, DanDan Quinn	C	41	9	20	29	22	-15	5	0	2
Loney, TroyTroy Loney	LW	67	11	16	27	168	-9	0	0	1
Pederson, BarryBarry Pederson	C	38	4	18	22	29	-10	1	0	1
Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen	C	61	5	11	16	54	-8	0	0	1
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	D	75	3	13	16	154	-20	1	0	0
Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	D	61	3	12	15	71	11	0	0	1
McBain, AndrewAndrew McBain	RW	41	5	9	14	51	-8	1	0	0
Dahlquist, ChrisChris Dahlquist	D	62	4	10	14	56	-2	0	0	0
Callander, JockJock Callander	RW	30	4	7	11	49	0	0	0	1
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme	D	54	3	7	10	44	3	0	0	0
Dineen, GordGord Dineen	D	69	1	8	9	125	6	0	0	0
Zemlak, RichardRichard Zemlak	RW	19	1	5	6	43	-6	1	0	0
Kyte, JimJim Kyte	D	56	3	1	4	125	-10	0	0	0
Young, WendellWendell Young	G	43	0	4	4	8	0	0	0	0
Caufield, JayJay Caufield	RW	37	1	2	3	123	0	0	0	0
Leach, JamieJamie Leach	RW	10	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	0
Smith, DougDoug Smith	C	10	1	1	2	25	-2	0	0	0
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	G	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Kachowski, MarkMark Kachowski	LW	14	0	1	1	40	1	0	0	0
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	G	24	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Buskas, RodRod Buskas	D	6	0	0	0	13	-4	0	0	0
Capuano, DaveDave Capuano	LW	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	G	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Young, WendellWendell Young	2318	43	16	20	3	161	4.17	1	1267	1106	.873
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	1066	21	8	6	2	77	4.33	0	580	503	.867
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	1294	24	7	12	3	101	4.68	0	748	647	.865
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	166	3	1	2	0	14	5.06	0	89	75	.843
Team:	4844	80	32	40	8	353	4.37	1	2684	2331	.868

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;

Roster

1989-90 Pittsburgh Penguins
Goaltenders 1 Wendell Young  30 Alain Chevrier  35 Tom Barrasso  40 Frank Pietrangelo		Defensemen 3 Jim Kyte  4 Chris Dahlquist  5 Gord Dineen  6 Jim Johnson  7 Rod Buskas  23 Randy Hillier  27 Gilbert Delorme  33 Zarley Zalapski  77 Paul Coffey		Wingers 8 Mark Recchi  9 Andrew McBain  9 Tony Tanti  12 Bob Errey  14 Jock Callander  15 Dave Capuano  16 Jay Caufield  18 Richard Zemlak  20 Jamie Leach  24 Troy Loney  25 Kevin Stevens  26 Mark Kachowski  29 Phil Bourque  44 Rob Brown		Centers 10 Barry Pederson  10 Dan Quinn  11 John Cullen  15 Doug Smith  19 Randy Gilhen  66 Mario Lemieux  Coach: Gene Ubriaco (10-14-2) Coach: Craig Patrick (22-26-6)

Awards and records

• Mario Lemieux, All-Star Game MVP

References

• Penguins on Hockey Database