1989–90 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1989–90 1989 New York Rangers Wales T-4th Patrick 1st 36–31–13 20–11–9 16–20–4 279 267 Neil Smith Roger Neilson Kelly Kisio Madison Square Garden John Ogrodnick (43) Brian Leetch (45) John Ogrodnick (74) Troy Mallette (305) John Vanbiesbrouck (19) Mike Richter (3.00) yes The 1989–90 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 64th season. During the regular season, the Rangers led the Patrick Division with 85 points and qualified for the NHL playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, the Rangers defeated the New York Islanders four games to one and earned a berth in the Patrick Division Finals. There, New York lost to the Washington Capitals in five games.1989–90 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1990.html 2010-09-25 2 Offseason During the offseason, Gulf+Western, owners of the Rangers, and all MSG properties since 1977,Gulf & Western buys out Gardens The Montreal Gazette Associated Press 1977-08-22 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MAsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1qEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1661,4363863 2011-07-11 changed their name to Paramount Communications. The new name was chosen in honor of the company's leading subsidiary, the Paramount Pictures film studio.Gulf and Western plans to sell off its financial services New Straits Times 1989-04-11 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DKJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5304,2711859 2011-07-11 Regular season The Rangers finished the regular season with the most power-play opportunities (442) and the most power-play goals scored (103).1989–90 NHL Season Summary Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1990.html 2013-11-20 Final standings NYR NYR Record vs. opponents NYR Schedule and results background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1989–90 regular season1989–90 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1990_games.html Hockey-Reference March 30, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 8–2–3 (home: 4–1–3; road: 4–1–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap |- | 1 || October 6 || || @ Winnipeg || 4–1 || || || || || 1–0–0 || 2 || |- | 2 || October 8 || || @ Chicago || 5–3 || || || || || 2–0–0 || 4 || |- | 3 || October 11 || || Calgary || 5–4 || || || || || 3–0–0 || 6 || |- | 4 || October 13 || || @ Washington || 4–7 || || || || || 3–1–0 || 6 || |- | 5 || October 15 || || Pittsburgh || 4–2 || || || || || 4–1–0 || 8 || |- | 6 || October 17 || || Chicago || 3–3 || OT || || || || 4–1–1 || 9 || |- | 7 || October 19 || || Hartford || 7–3 || || || || || 5–1–1 || 11 || |- | 8 || October 21 || || @ Philadelphia || 3–1 || || || || || 6–1–1 || 13 || |- | 9 || October 23 || || Vancouver || 5–3 || || || || || 7–1–1 || 15 || |- | 10 || October 25, 1989 || 7:35p.m. EDT || Edmonton || 3–3 || OT || Froese || Madison Square Garden || 15,501 || 7–1–2 || 16 || |- | 11 || October 27 || || N.Y. Islanders || 5–5 || OT || || || || 7–1–3 || 17 || |- | 12 || October 28 || || @ N.Y. Islanders || 4–1 || || || || || 8–1–3 || 19 || |- | 13 || October 30 || || Philadelphia || 1–3 || || || || || 8–2–3 || 19 || |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 5–7–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 1–6–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap |- | 14 || November 2 || || Quebec || 6–1 || || || || || 9–2–3 || 21 || |- | 15 || November 4 || || @ Montreal || 2–3 || || || || || 9–3–3 || 21 || |- | 16 || November 6 || || Detroit || 6–1 || || || || || 10–3–3 || 23 || |- | 17 || November 8 || || Montreal || 2–3 || || || || || 10–4–3 || 23 || |- | 18 || November 12 || || N.Y. Islanders || 4–2 || || || || || 11–4–3 || 25 || |- | 19 || November 14 || || @ Pittsburgh || 0–6 || || || || || 11–5–3 || 25 || |- | 20 || November 17 || || @ New Jersey || 4–5 || OT || || || || 11–6–3 || 25 || |- | 21 || November 18 || || @ Hartford || 3–2 || || || || || 12–6–3 || 27 || |- | 22 || November 20 || || Winnipeg || 3–3 || OT || || || || 12–6–4 || 28 || |- | 23 || November 22 || || @ Buffalo || 1–4 || || || || || 12–7–4 || 28 || |- | 24 || November 25 || || @ Toronto || 4–7 || || || || || 12–8–4 || 28 || |- | 25 || November 26 || || Quebec || 3–1 || || || || || 13–8–4 || 30 || |- | 26 || November 29 || || @ Winnipeg || 4–5 || || || || || 13–9–4 || 30 || |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 2–9–3 (home: 1–4–2; road: 1–5–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap |- | 27 || December 1 || || @ Vancouver || 4–3 || || || || || 14–9–4 || 32 || |- | 28 || December 2 || || @ Los Angeles || 0–6 || || || || || 14–10–4 || 32 || |- | 29 || December 6 || || New Jersey || 5–3 || || || || || 15–10–4 || 34 || |- | 30 || December 9 || || @ N.Y. Islanders || 0–0 || OT || || || || 15–10–5 || 35 || |- | 31 || December 10 || || Philadelphia || 2–4 || || || || || 15–11–5 || 35 || |- | 32 || December 13 || || St. Louis || 1–3 || || || || || 15–12–5 || 35 || |- | 33 || December 16 || || @ N.Y. Islanders || 3–4 || || || || || 15–13–5 || 35 || |- | 34 || December 17 || || Montreal || 0–2 || || || || || 15–14–5 || 35 || |- | 35 || December 20 || || Buffalo || 2–2 || OT || || || || 15–14–6 || 36 || |- | 36 || December 23 || || @ Washington || 2–3 || || || || || 15–15–6 || 36 || |- | 37 || December 26 || || New Jersey || 4–4 || OT || || || || 15–15–7 || 37 || |- | 38 || December 27 || || @ Pittsburgh || 4–7 || || || || || 15–16–7 || 37 || |- | 39 || December 29 || || @ New Jersey || 2–3 || || || || || 15–17–7 || 37 || |- | 40 || December 31 || || Pittsburgh || 4–5 || || || || || 15–18–7 || 37 || |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 5–4–3 (home: 2–1–2; road: 3–3–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap |- | 41 || January 3 || || Washington || 2–1 || || || || || 16–18–7 || 39 || |- | 42 || January 4 || || @ Minnesota || 2–8 || || || || || 16–19–7 || 39 || |- | 43 || January 6 || || @ St. Louis || 3–4 || || || || || 16–20–7 || 39 || |- | 44 || January 8 || || Pittsburgh || 5–7 || || || || || 16–21–7 || 39 || |- | 45 || January 10 || || Chicago || 2–2 || OT || || || || 16–21–8 || 40 || |- | 46 || January 13 || || @ Boston || 3–2 || || || || || 17–21–8 || 42 || |- | 47 || January 14 || || Philadelphia || 4–3 || OT || || || || 18–21–8 || 43 || |- | 48 || January 18 || || @ Pittsburgh || 3–3 || OT || || || || 18–21–9 || 44 || |- | 49 || January 23, 1990 || 9:35p.m. EST || @ Edmonton || 4–3 || || Richter || Northlands Coliseum || 17,101 || 19–21–9 || 46 || |- | 50 || January 25 || || @ Calgary || 5–8 || || || || || 19–22–9 || 46 || |- | 51 || January 27 || || @ Los Angeles || 3–1 || || || || || 20–22–9 || 48 || |- | 52 || January 31 || || St. Louis || 2–2 || OT || || || || 20–22–10 || 49 || |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 9–3–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–1–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap |- | 53 || February 3 || || @ Boston || 2–1 || || || || || 21–22–10 || 51 || |- | 54 || February 4 || || Minnesota || 4–3 || || || || || 22–22–10 || 53 || |- | 55 || February 7, 1990 || 7:35p.m. EST || Edmonton || 5–2 || || Vanbiesbrouck || Madison Square Garden || 16,227 || 23–22–10 || 55 || |- | 56 || February 9 || || @ Buffalo || 2–3 || || || || || 23–23–10 || 55 || |- | 57 || February 11 || || Calgary || 2–5 || || || || || 23–24–10 || 55 || |- | 58 || February 13 || || @ Philadelphia || 4–3 || || || || || 24–24–10 || 57 || |- | 59 || February 14 || || Pittsburgh || 3–4 || OT || || || || 24–25–10 || 57 || |- | 60 || February 16 || || @ New Jersey || 2–1 || || || || || 25–25–10 || 59 || |- | 61 || February 19 || || New Jersey || 4–3 || OT || || || || 26–25–10 || 61 || |- | 62 || February 21 || || @ Detroit || 4–4 || OT || || || || 26–25–11 || 62 || |- | 63 || February 23 || || @ Washington || 6–3 || || || || || 27–25–11 || 64 || |- | 64 || February 26 || || Boston || 6–1 || || || || || 28–25–11 || 66 || |- | 65 || February 28 || || Washington || 3–2 || || || || || 29–25–11 || 68 || |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 7–5–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–4–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap |- | 66 || March 2 || || N.Y. Islanders || 6–3 || || || || || 30–25–11 || 70 || |- | 67 || March 3 || || @ Hartford || 4–6 || || || || || 30–26–11 || 70 || |- | 68 || March 5 || || Detroit || 3–2 || || || || || 31–26–11 || 72 || |- | 69 || March 8 || || @ Philadelphia || 7–5 || || || || || 32–26–11 || 74 || |- | 70 || March 10 || || @ Minnesota || 2–2 || OT || || || || 32–26–12 || 75 || |- | 71 || March 12 || || Los Angeles || 2–6 || || || || || 32–27–12 || 75 || |- | 72 || March 14 || || @ Toronto || 8–2 || || || || || 33–27–12 || 77 || |- | 73 || March 17 || || @ N.Y. Islanders || 3–6 || || || || || 33–28–12 || 77 || |- | 74 || March 18 || || Vancouver || 5–2 || || || || || 34–28–12 || 79 || |- | 75 || March 21 || || Toronto || 5–5 || OT || || || || 34–28–13 || 80 || |- | 76 || March 25 || || Philadelphia || 7–3 || || || || || 35–28–13 || 82 || |- | 77 || March 27 || || @ Quebec || 7–4 || || || || || 36–28–13 || 84 || |- | 78 || March 29 || || @ New Jersey || 4–6 || || || || || 36–29–13 || 84 || |- | 79 || March 31 || || @ Washington || 1–2 || || || || || 36–30–13 || 84 || |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; April: 0–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap |- | 80 || April 1 || || Washington || 2–3 || || || || || 36–31–13 || 84 || |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1990 Stanley Cup playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1990 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Division semifinals vs. (P4) New York Islanders – N.Y. Rangers win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Series |- | 1 || April 5 || N.Y. Islanders || 1–2 || N.Y. Rangers || || 16,651 || Rangers lead series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 7 || N.Y. Islanders || 2–5 || N.Y. Rangers || || 16,651 || Rangers lead series 2–0 |- | 3 || April 9 || N.Y. Rangers || 3–4 || N.Y. Islanders || 2OT || 16,297 || Rangers lead series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 11 || N.Y. Rangers || 6–1 || N.Y. Islanders || || 16,297 || Rangers lead series 3–1 |- | 5 || April 13 || N.Y. Islanders || 5–6 || N.Y. Rangers || || 16,651 || Rangers win series 4–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Division Finals vs. (P3) Washington Capitals – Washington wins 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Series |- | 1 || April 19 || Washington || 3–7 || N.Y. Rangers || || 16,651 || Rangers lead series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 21 || Washington || 6–3 || N.Y. Rangers || || 16,651 || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || April 23 || N.Y. Rangers || 1–7 || Washington || || 18,011 || Washington leads series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 25 || N.Y. Rangers || 3–4 || Washington || OT || 18,130 || Washington leads series 3–1 |- | 5 || April 27 || Washington || 2–1 || N.Y. Rangers || OT || 16,651 || Washington wins series 4–1 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes John Ogrodnick 80 43 31 74 11 44 Brian Mullen 76 27 41 68 7 42 Darren Turcotte 76 32 34 66 3 32 Kelly Kisio 68 22 44 66 11 105 James Patrick James Patrick (ice hockey) 73 14 43 57 4 50 Brian Leetch 72 11 45 56 −18 26 Tomas Sandstrom‡ 48 19 19 38 −10 100 Bernie Nicholls† 32 12 25 37 −3 20 Ulf Dahlen‡ 63 18 18 36 −4 30 Troy Mallette 79 13 16 29 −8 305 Carey Wilson Carey Wilson (ice hockey) 41 9 17 26 4 57 Tony Granato‡ 37 7 18 25 1 77 Mike Gartner† 12 11 5 16 4 6 Mark Hardy Mark Hardy (ice hockey) 54 0 15 15 4 94 Miloslav Horava 45 4 10 14 10 26 Kris King 68 6 7 13 2 286 Mark Janssens 80 5 8 13 −26 161 Jan Erixon 58 4 9 13 −17 8 Randy Moller 60 1 12 13 −1 139 David Shaw David Shaw (ice hockey) 22 2 10 12 −3 22 Ron Greschner 55 1 9 10 −7 53 Lindy Ruff 56 3 6 9 −10 80 Paul Broten 32 5 3 8 −4 26 Jeff Bloemberg 28 3 3 6 −8 25 Dave Archibald† 19 2 3 5 0 6 Kevin Miller Kevin Miller (ice hockey) 16 0 5 5 −1 2 Normand Rochefort 31 3 1 4 2 24 Chris Nilan 25 1 2 3 −8 59 Rick Bennett 6 1 0 1 −4 5 Corey Millen 4 0 0 0 −2 2 Todd Charlesworth 7 0 0 0 −3 6 Rudy Poeschek 15 0 0 0 −1 55 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Bernie Nicholls 10 7 5 12 16 James Patrick James Patrick (ice hockey) 10 3 8 11 0 Kelly Kisio 10 2 8 10 8 John Ogrodnick 10 6 3 9 0 Mike Gartner 10 5 3 8 12 Randy Moller 10 1 6 7 32 Darren Turcotte 10 1 6 7 4 Troy Mallette 10 2 2 4 81 Brian Mullen 10 2 2 4 8 Normand Rochefort 10 2 1 3 26 Jeff Bloemberg 7 0 3 3 5 Lindy Ruff 8 0 3 3 12 Mark Janssens 9 2 1 3 10 Carey Wilson Carey Wilson (ice hockey) 10 2 1 3 0 Paul Broten 6 1 1 2 2 Chris Nilan 4 0 1 1 19 Jan Erixon 10 1 0 1 2 Kris King 10 0 1 1 30 Miloslav Horava 2 0 1 1 0 Mark Hardy Mark Hardy (ice hockey) 3 0 1 1 2 Kevin Miller Kevin Miller (ice hockey) 1 0 0 0 0 Ron Greschner 10 0 0 0 16 Goaltenders Regular season Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss T Tie GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts John Vanbiesbrouck 47 2734 19 19 7 154 3.38 1362 .887 1 Mike Richter 23 1320 12 5 5 66 3.00 686 .904 0 Bob Froese 15 812 5 7 1 45 3.33 355 .873 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts Mike Richter 6 330 3 2 19 3.45 181 .895 0 John Vanbiesbrouck 6 298 2 3 15 3.02 153 .902 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. hockeydb.com 2010-08-08 1989–90 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481990.html Transactions September 1, 1989: the Rangers traded Barry Beck to the Los Angeles Kings for future considerations.Sports People: Hockey; Rangers Trade Beck The New York Times 1989-09-02 https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/02/sports/sports-people-hockey-rangers-trade-beck.html 2018-06-30 September 7, 1989: the Rangers traded Chris McRae and a 5th round draft pick in 1990 to the Detroit Red Wings for Kris King.NHL Player Search: Chris McRae Hockey Hall of Fame https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11090 2018-06-30 September 14, 1989: the Rangers acquired Lee Giffin from the Pittsburgh Penguins for future considerations.NHL Player Search: Lee Giffin Hockey Hall of Fame https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12712 2018-06-30 October 5, 1989: the Rangers traded Michel Petit to the Quebec Nordiques for Randy Moller.The Sidelines: N.Y. Rangers Trade Petit for Moller Los Angeles Times 1989-10-05 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-05-sp-1154-story.html 2018-06-30 November 1, 1989: the Rangers traded Jayson More to the Minnesota North Stars for Dave Archibald.Stars demote More again United Press International 1990-01-29 https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/01/29/Stars-demote-More-again/3299633589200/ph 2018-06-30 January 20, 1990: the Rangers traded Tomas Sandstrom and Tony Granato to the Los Angeles Kings for Bernie Nicholls.Biggest Trades in New York Rangers History National Hockey League MSG Network 2001-12-31 https://www.nhl.com/rangers/news/biggest-trades-in-new-york-rangers-history/c-491152 https://web.archive.org/web/20180701002014/https://www.nhl.com/rangers/news/biggest-trades-in-new-york-rangers-history/c-491152 dead July 1, 2018 2026-07-27 March 6, 1990: the Rangers traded Ulf Dahlen, a 4th round draft pick in 1990, and future considerations (a 4th round draft pick in 1991) to the Minnesota North Stars for Mike Gartner.Proteau Adam Picking Winners of Five Blockbuster Trades From the Past 25 Years The Hockey News 2015-02-28 https://thehockeynews.com/news/news/picking-winners-of-five-blockbuster-trades-from-the-past-25-years 2026-08-04 Draft picks New York's picks at the 1989 NHL entry draft in Bloomington, Minnesota at the Met Center.1989 NHL Entry Draft Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/NHL_1989_entry.html 2012-06-16NHL Draft History National Hockey League http://www.nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html 2017-06-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010128131400/http://nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html 2001-01-28 Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 20 Steven Rice RW Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 2 40 Jason Prosofsky RW Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) 3 45 Rob Zamuner LW Canada Guelph Platers (OHL) 3 49 Louie DeBrusk LW Canada London Knights (OHL) 4 67 Jim Cummins RW United States Michigan State University (NCAA) 5 88 Aaron Miller D United States Niagara Scenics (NAHL) 6 118 Joby Messier D Canada Michigan State University (NCAA) 7 139 Greg Leahy F United States Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) 8 160 Greg Spenrath D Canada Tri-City Americans (WHL) 9 181 Mark Bavis LW United States Cushing Academy (Massachusetts) 10 202 Roman Oksiuta RW Soviet Union Voskresensk Khimik (Russia) 11 223 Steve Locke D Canada Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) 12 244 Kenneth MacDermid LW Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) Supplemental Draft New York's picks at the 1989 NHL supplemental draft.1989 NHL Supplemental Draft hockeydb.com http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1989s.html 2011-10-22 Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) Anthony Palumbo C Canada Lake Superior State University (CCHA) References Category:New York Rangers seasons New York Rangers New York Rangers New York Rangers Category:1980s in Manhattan Category:1990s in Manhattan Category:Patrick Division champion seasons