1990–91 Detroit Red Wings season

1990–91 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd Norris
1990–91 record	34–38–8
Goals for	273
Goals against	298
Team information
General Manager	Bryan Murray
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Gerard Gallant Rick Zombo Bob Probert
Team leaders
<1989–90	1991–92>

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
Detroit Red Wings	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

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	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
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
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
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
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
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

Playoffs

At 34-38-8, the Red Wings finished 3rd in the Campbell Conference. In the playoffs, they faced the St. Louis Blues who had finished 47-22-11 (and 2nd in the Campbell Conference). The Red Wings were beaten in the 7 game series 3 victories to 4.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	80	51	57	108	34	-2	12	6	4
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	C	77	31	48	79	66	11	11	3	5
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	LW/C	80	20	30	50	112	14	6	0	4
Racine, YvesYves Racine	D	62	7	40	47	33	1	2	0	1
Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson	C	64	21	25	46	28	3	5	1	4
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	70	18	22	40	55	20	2	2	2
Garpenlov, JohanJohan Garpenlov	LW	71	18	22	40	18	-4	2	0	3
Probert, BobBob Probert	LW	55	16	23	39	315	-3	4	0	3
Fedyk, BrentBrent Fedyk	LW	67	16	19	35	38	20	0	0	1
Ysebaert, PaulPaul Ysebaert	C	51	15	18	33	16	-8	5	0	1
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	LW	45	10	16	26	111	6	3	0	1
Zombo, RickRick Zombo	D	77	4	19	23	55	-2	0	0	0
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson	D	42	3	17	20	80	0	1	0	1
Habscheid, MarcMarc Habscheid	RW/C	46	9	8	17	22	-10	0	4	1
Green, RickRick Green	D	65	2	14	16	24	10	0	0	0
Primeau, KeithKeith Primeau	C	58	3	12	15	106	-12	0	0	1
McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	D	64	0	13	13	81	7	0	0	0
Djoos, PerPer Djoos	D	26	0	12	12	16	-2	0	0	0
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	C	27	5	5	10	4	6	2	0	1
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	D	21	3	7	10	50	6	1	0	0
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur	RW	52	5	4	9	253	-6	0	0	0
Dollas, BobbyBobby Dollas	D	56	3	5	8	20	6	0	0	1
McKay, RandyRandy McKay	RW	47	1	7	8	183	-15	0	0	0
Miller, KevinKevin Miller	C	11	5	2	7	4	-4	0	1	0
Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	D	17	3	4	7	17	-6	1	0	0
Cheveldae, TimTim Cheveldae	G	65	0	5	5	2	0	0	0	0
Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	D	20	1	3	4	16	-3	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	22	0	4	4	43	-2	0	0	0
Shuchuk, GaryGary Shuchuk	RW	6	1	2	3	6	1	0	0	0
Wilkie, BobBob Wilkie	D	8	1	2	3	2	-2	0	0	0
Kennedy, SheldonSheldon Kennedy	RW	7	1	0	1	12	-1	0	0	0
Luongo, ChrisChris Luongo	D	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
McDougall, BillBill McDougall	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shank, DanielDaniel Shank	RW	7	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger	C	3	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bissett, TomTom Bissett	C	5	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gagnon, DavidDavid Gagnon	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	G	19	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
King, ScottScott King	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kruppke, GordGord Kruppke	D	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
McClelland, KevinKevin McClelland	RW	3	0	0	0	7	-4	0	0	0
Potvin, MarcMarc Potvin	RW	9	0	0	0	55	-4	0	0	0
Vial, DennisDennis 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%
Cheveldae, TimTim Cheveldae	3615	65	30	26	5	214	3.55	2	1716	1502	.875
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	862	19	4	6	3	46	3.20	0	438	392	.895
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	178	3	0	3	0	13	4.38	0	99	86	.869
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	108	3	0	2	0	11	6.11	0	55	44	.800
Gagnon, DavidDavid Gagnon	35	2	0	1	0	6	10.29	0	28	22	.786
King, ScottScott 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
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	7	3	3	6	4	1	0	0
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	C	7	1	5	6	4	0	0	1
Miller, KevinKevin Miller	C	7	3	2	5	20	0	1	0
Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	D	6	0	5	5	6	0	0	0
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson	D	5	3	1	4	19	1	0	0
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	LW/C	7	0	4	4	15	0	0	0
Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson	C	7	2	1	3	4	0	0	1
Probert, BobBob Probert	LW	6	1	2	3	50	0	0	0
Racine, YvesYves Racine	D	7	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	D	7	1	1	2	21	0	0	0
Primeau, KeithKeith Primeau	C	5	1	1	2	25	0	0	0
Ysebaert, PaulPaul Ysebaert	C	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dollas, BobbyBobby Dollas	D	7	1	0	1	13	0	0	0
Fedyk, BrentBrent Fedyk	LW	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
Zombo, RickRick Zombo	D	7	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Garpenlov, JohanJohan Garpenlov	LW	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
McKay, RandyRandy McKay	RW	5	0	1	1	41	0	0	0
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cheveldae, TimTim Cheveldae	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Green, RickRick Green	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Habscheid, MarcMarc Habscheid	RW/C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McDougall, BillBill McDougall	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Potvin, MarcMarc Potvin	RW	6	0	0	0	32	0	0	0
Shuchuk, GaryGary Shuchuk	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Cheveldae, TimTim Cheveldae	398	7	3	4	22	3.32	0	208	186	.894
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0	12	11	.917
Team:	418	7	3	4	23	3.30	0	220	197	.895

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;

See also

• 1990–91 NHL season

External links

• "1990–91 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.