| 1990–91Montreal Canadiens | |
|---|---|
| Division | 2ndAdams |
| Conference | 2ndWales |
| 1990–91 record | 39–30–11 |
| Home record | 23–12–5 |
| Road record | 16–18–6 |
| Goals for | 273 |
| Goals against | 249 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Serge Savard |
| Coach | Pat Burns |
| Captain | Guy Carbonneau |
| Alternate captains | Mike McPhee Brian Skrudland |
| Arena | Montreal Forum |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Stephane Richer (31) |
| Assists | Russ Courtnall (50) |
| Points | Russ Courtnall (76) |
| Penalty minutes | Lyle Odelein (259) |
| Plus/minus | Brian Skrudland (+12) |
| Wins | Patrick Roy (25) |
| Goals against average | Patrick Roy (2.71) |
The1990–91Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens'82ndseason. The Canadiens finished second in both the division and the conference to theBoston Bruins. Montreal defeated theBuffalo Sabres in the first round before losing to Boston in theAdams Division Finals in seven games.
Co-CaptainChris Chelios was traded to theChicago Blackhawks forDenis Savard, in August 1990. With Chelios' departure,Guy Carbonneau continued as Canadiens captain.
Mats Naslund resumes his playing career in Europe. Veteran forwardsBrian Skrudland andMike McPhee are named alternate captains.
Montreal's draft picks at the1990 NHL entry draft held at theBC Place inVancouver,British Columbia.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Turner Stevenson | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) | |
| 2 | 39 | Ryan Kuwabara | Ottawa 67's (OHL) | |
| 3 | 58 | Charles Poulin | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) | |
| 3 | 60 | Robert Guillet | Longueuil College Francais (QMJHL) | |
| 4 | 81 | Gilbert Dionne | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) | |
| 5 | 102 | Paul DiPietro | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) | |
| 6 | 123 | Craig Conroy | United States | Northwood School (USHS-NY) |
| 7 | 144 | Stephen Rohr | United States | Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN) |
| 8 | 165 | Brent Fleetwood | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) | |
| 9 | 186 | Derek Maguire | United States | Delbarton School (USHS-NJ) |
| 10 | 207 | Mark Kettelhut | United States | East High School (USHS-MN) |
| 11 | 228 | John Uniac | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) | |
| 12 | 249 | Sergei Martinyuk | Torpedo Yaroslavl (USSR) | |
| S | 23 | Bruce Coles | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC) |
In terms of injuries, Patrick Roy missed the most games due to injury during the 90–91 season. Backup goaliesAndre Racicot andJean-Claude Bergeron appeared in 25 games.
The Canadiens finished the regular season as the league's most disciplined team, being short-handed only 282 times.[3]
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 80 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 299 | 264 | 100 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 273 | 249 | 89 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 292 | 278 | 81 |
| Hartford Whalers | 80 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 238 | 276 | 73 |
| Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 16 | 50 | 14 | 236 | 354 | 46 |
[4]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.
| 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
The Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in theAdams Division final by theBoston Bruins, four games to three.
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Courtnall | RW | 79 | 26 | 50 | 76 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Stephane Richer | RW | 75 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 53 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Denis Savard | C | 70 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 52 | -1 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Stephan Lebeau | C | 73 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Shayne Corson | LW | 71 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 138 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Carbonneau | C | 78 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 63 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike McPhee | LW | 64 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Keane | RW | 73 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Skrudland | C | 57 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mathieu Schneider | D | 69 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 63 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Petr Svoboda | D | 60 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 62 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Cassels | C | 54 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mark Pederson | LW | 47 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 63 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 30 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Chorske | LW | 57 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 32 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| J.J. Daigneault | D | 51 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 31 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Gilchrist | LW | 51 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Donald Dufresne | D | 53 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sylvain Turgeon | LW | 19 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| John LeClair | LW | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alain Cote | D | 28 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Ewen | RW | 28 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 128 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benoit Brunet | LW | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Lebeau | LW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyle Odelein | D | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 259 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Roy | G | 48 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Claude Bergeron | G | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Racicot | G | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Walter | C/LW | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederic Chabot | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilbert Dionne | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luc Gauthier | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Roberge | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Roy | 2835 | 48 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 128 | 2.71 | 1 | 1362 | 1234 | .906 |
| Jean-Claude Bergeron | 941 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 3.76 | 0 | 426 | 367 | .862 |
| Andre Racicot | 975 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 3.20 | 1 | 479 | 427 | .891 |
| Frederic Chabot | 108 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.33 | 0 | 45 | 39 | .867 |
| Team: | 4859 | 80 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 245 | 3.03 | 2 | 2312 | 2067 | .894 |
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shayne Corson | LW | 13 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Stephane Richer | RW | 13 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Skrudland | C | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Savard | C | 13 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Courtnall | RW | 13 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mathieu Schneider | D | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Gilchrist | LW | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike McPhee | LW | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Carbonneau | C | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Keane | RW | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephan Lebeau | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Cassels | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alain Cote | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. Daigneault | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Dufresne | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petr Svoboda | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Hill | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John LeClair | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyle Odelein | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Racicot | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Roberge | LW | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Roy | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sylvain Turgeon | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Walter | C/LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Roy | 785 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 3.06 | 0 | 394 | 354 | .898 |
| Andre Racicot | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10.00 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .857 |
| Team: | 797 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 3.16 | 0 | 408 | 366 | .897 |