1990–91 New York Islanders season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1990–91 1990 New York Islanders 25–45–10 15–19–6 10–26–4 Wales 10th Patrick 6th Bill Torrey Al Arbour Brent Sutter Pat LaFontaineUnknown 223 290 Nassau Coliseum Pat LaFontaine (41) Pat LaFontaine (44) Pat LaFontaine (85) Joe Reekie (+17) Ken Baumgartner (282) Glenn Healy (18) Mark Fitzpatrick (3.00) The 1990–91 New York Islanders season was the 19th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Islanders missed the playoffs for the first time since 1989 despite qualifying the previous year in the 1989–90 season. 2 Regular season The Islanders finished the regular-season last in scoring (223 goals for), tied the Quebec Nordiques for fewest power-play goals scored (51) and had the fewest power-play opportunities (317).https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1991.html 1990-91 NHL Summary Final standings NYI NYI Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#003087 5px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 5px solid; 1990–91 regular season1990-91 New York Islanders Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYI/1991_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 24, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 4, 1990||1–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 6, 1990||2–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 7, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 13, 1990||4–6 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||1–3–0 |- |5||W||October 16, 1990||4–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||2–3–0 |- |6||L||October 19, 1990||3–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||2–4–0 |- |7||L||October 20, 1990||1–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||2–5–0 |- |8||L||October 23, 1990||1–8 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||2–6–0 |- |9||L||October 24, 1990||2–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||2–7–0 |- |10||W||October 27, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||3–7–0 |- |11||L||October 28, 1990||3–8 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||3–8–0 |- |12||L||October 30, 1990||1–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) ||3–9–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |13||W||November 2, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1990–91) ||4–9–0 |- |14||L||November 3, 1990||2–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||4–10–0 |- |15||W||November 6, 1990||4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||5–10–0 |- |16||W||November 7, 1990||6–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||6–10–0 |- |17||W||November 10, 1990||5–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||7–10–0 |- |18||W||November 15, 1990||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||8–10–0 |- |19||L||November 16, 1990||2–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||8–11–0 |- |20||L||November 18, 1990||1–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||8–12–0 |- |21||W||November 22, 1990||3–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||9–12–0 |- |22||T||November 24, 1990||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1990–91) ||9–12–1 |- |23||L||November 25, 1990||1–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||9–13–1 |- |24||L||November 27, 1990||1–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||9–14–1 |- |25||T||November 30, 1990||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||9–14–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||L||December 1, 1990||1–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||9–15–2 |- |27||L||December 4, 1990||2–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||9–16–2 |- |28||L||December 6, 1990||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||9–17–2 |- |29||W||December 11, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||10–17–2 |- |30||T||December 13, 1990||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||10–17–3 |- |31||W||December 15, 1990||7–2 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) ||11–17–3 |- |32||T||December 18, 1990||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||11–17–4 |- |33||W||December 20, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||12–17–4 |- |34||L||December 22, 1990||3–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||12–18–4 |- |35||W||December 23, 1990||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||13–18–4 |- |36||T||December 27, 1990||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||13–18–5 |- |37||L||December 29, 1990||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||13–19–5 |- |38||W||December 31, 1990||6–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) ||14–19–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||L||January 2, 1991||4–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||14–20–5 |- |40||L||January 3, 1991||3–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) ||14–21–5 |- |41||W||January 5, 1991||3–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||15–21–5 |- |42||L||January 8, 1991||0–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||15–22–5 |- |43||L||January 9, 1991||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||15–23–5 |- |44||T||January 12, 1991||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) ||15–23–6 |- |45||W||January 13, 1991||4–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) ||16–23–6 |- |46||L||January 15, 1991||4–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||16–24–6 |- |47||L||January 17, 1991||1–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||16–25–6 |- |48||W||January 22, 1991||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1990–91) ||17–25–6 |- |49||L||January 25, 1991||1–8 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||17–26–6 |- |50||L||January 27, 1991||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||17–27–6 |- |51||W||January 29, 1991||8–1 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||18–27–6 |- |52||L||January 31, 1991||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||18–28–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |53||T||February 2, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||18–28–7 |- |54||T||February 3, 1991||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||18–28–8 |- |55||L||February 6, 1991||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1990–91) ||18–29–8 |- |56||L||February 8, 1991||4–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) ||18–30–8 |- |57||L||February 9, 1991||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||18–31–8 |- |58||W||February 12, 1991||5–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||19–31–8 |- |59||L||February 14, 1991||2–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||19–32–8 |- |60||W||February 16, 1991||4–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||20–32–8 |- |61||W||February 18, 1991||5–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1990–91) ||21–32–8 |- |62||L||February 21, 1991||2–7 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||21–33–8 |- |63||L||February 23, 1991||3–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||21–34–8 |- |64||L||February 24, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||21–35–8 |- |65||T||February 26, 1991||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||21–35–9 |- |66||L||February 28, 1991||0–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||21–36–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |67||L||March 2, 1991||2–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||21–37–9 |- |68||W||March 5, 1991||4–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||22–37–9 |- |69||L||March 7, 1991||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) ||22–38–9 |- |70||W||March 9, 1991||6–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1990–91) ||23–38–9 |- |71||L||March 10, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||23–39–9 |- |72||L||March 13, 1991||1–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||23–40–9 |- |73||L||March 14, 1991||2–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||23–41–9 |- |74||T||March 16, 1991||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||23–41–10 |- |75||L||March 21, 1991||2–6 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||23–42–10 |- |76||L||March 23, 1991||2–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||23–43–10 |- |77||L||March 24, 1991||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1990–91) ||23–44–10 |- |78||L||March 28, 1991||0–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||23–45–10 |- |79||W||March 30, 1991||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||24–45–10 |- |80||W||March 31, 1991||3–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||25–45–10 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Pat LaFontaine C 75 41 44 85 42-61225 David Volek W 77 22 34 56 57-10601 Brent Sutter C 75 21 32 53 49-8624 Pat Flatley RW 56 20 25 45 74-2804 Derek King LW 66 19 26 45 441202 Randy Wood Randy Wood (ice hockey) LW/C 76 24 18 42 45-12613 Ray Ferraro C 61 19 16 35 52-11501 Jeff Norton D 44 3 25 28 16-13210 Bill Berg ice hockey LW 78 9 14 23 67-3000 Gary Nylund D 72 2 21 23 105-8000 Wayne McBean D 52 5 14 19 47-21200 Joe Reekie D 66 3 16 19 9617002 Brad Dalgarno RW 41 3 12 15 24-10001 Dave Chyzowski LW 56 5 9 14 61-19000 Hubie McDonough C 52 6 6 12 10-14010 Brad Lauer LW 44 4 8 12 45-6010 Tom Fitzgerald Tom Fitzgerald (ice hockey) RW 41 5 5 10 24-9002 Craig Ludwig D 75 1 8 9 77-24000 John Tucker John Tucker (ice hockey) C 20 3 4 7 4-1100 Ken Baumgartner LW 78 1 6 7 282-14000 Doug Crossman D 16 1 6 7 12-4100 Mick Vukota RW 60 2 4 6 238-13000 Rich Pilon D 60 1 4 5 126-12000 Don Maloney LW 12 0 5 5 6-3000 Greg Parks C 20 1 2 3 40000 Dean Chynoweth D 25 1 1 2 59-6000 Paul Guay RW 3 0 2 2 22000 Glenn Healy G 53 0 2 2 140000 Richard Kromm LW 6 1 0 1 0-2010 Jari Gronstrand D 3 0 1 1 2-2000 Shawn Byram LW 4 0 0 0 14-2000 Rob DiMaio RW 1 0 0 0 00000 Jeff Finley D 11 0 0 0 4-1000 Mark Fitzpatrick G 2 0 0 0 00000 Jeff Hackett G 30 0 0 0 40000 Alan Kerr RW 2 0 0 0 50000 Derek Laxdal RW 4 0 0 0 0-1000 Danny Lorenz G 2 0 0 0 00000 George Maneluk G 4 0 0 0 20000 Scott Scissons C 1 0 0 0 00000 Dennis Vaske D 5 0 0 0 24000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% Glenn Healy 2999 53 18 24 9 166 3.32 015571391.893 Jeff Hackett 1508 30 5 18 1 91 3.62 0741650.877 Mark Fitzpatrick 120 2 1 1 0 6 3.00 06054.900 George Maneluk 140 4 1 1 0 15 6.43 09479.840 Danny Lorenz 80 2 0 1 0 5 3.75 03631.861 Team: 4847 80 25 45 10 283 3.50 024882205.886 hockey-reference.com 2009-07-27 1990-91 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYI/1991.html Note: Pos = Position; 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; Draft picks New York's draft picks at the 1990 NHL entry draft held at the BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)16Scott ScissonsCanadaSaskatoon Blades (WHL)227Chris TaylorCanadaLondon Knights (OHL)348Dan PlanteUnited StatesEdina High School (USHS-MN)469Jeff NielsenUnited StatesGrand Rapids High School (USHS-MN)590Chris MarinucciUnited StatesGrand Rapids High School (USHS-MN)6111Joni LehtoOttawa 67's (OHL)7132Mike GuilbertUnited StatesGovernor Dummer Academy (USHS-MA)8153Sylvain FleuryCanadaLongueuil Collège Français (QJHL)9174John JoyceUnited StatesAvon Old Farms (USHS-CT)10195R. J. EngaCanadaCulver Military Academy (USHS-IN)11216Martin LacroixCanadaSt. Lawrence University (ECAC)12237Andrew ShierUnited StatesDetroit Junior Red Wings (OHL)S11Brandon ReedUnited StatesLake Superior State University (CCHA) See also 1990–91 NHL season References 1990-91 Category:1990–91 NHL season by team Category:1990 in sports in New York (state) Category:1991 in sports in New York (state)