1990–91 New Jersey Devils season

National Hockey League season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1990–91 1990 New Jersey Devils Wales 7th Patrick 4th 32–33–15 23–10–7 9–23–8 272 264 Lou Lamoriello John CunniffTom McVie Kirk Muller John MacLeanPatrik Sundstrom Brendan Byrne Arena John MacLean (45) Kirk Muller (51) John MacLean (78) Alexei Kasatonov (+23) Ken Daneyko (249) Chris Terreri (24) Chris Terreri (2.91) The 1990–91 New Jersey Devils season was the 17th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and ninth season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.National Hockey League The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011 2010 Triumph Books 83 978-1-60078-422-4 The season saw the team finish fourth in the Patrick Division and qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season, losing in the division semi-finals to the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was the first time in the franchise's 17-year history that the team qualified for the playoffs in consecutive seasons. The team would make one huge move towards their future when they drafted Martin Brodeur with their first round selection in the 1990 NHL entry draft. 2 Regular season Season standings NJD NJD Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 5px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 5px solid; 1990–91 regular season1990-91 New Jersey Devils Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/1991_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 23, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||T||October 4, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 6, 1990||3–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||1–0–1 |- |3||L||October 7, 1990||4–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||1–1–1 |- |4||W||October 9, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars||2–1–1 |- |5||L||October 11, 1990||4–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||2–2–1 |- |6||W||October 13, 1990||5–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||3–2–1 |- |7||W||October 17, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||4–2–1 |- |8||W||October 19, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||5–2–1 |- |9||L||October 20, 1990||0–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||5–3–1 |- |10||W||October 23, 1990||8–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||6–3–1 |- |11||W||October 25, 1990||5–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||7–3–1 |- |12||W||October 27, 1990||7–5 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||8–3–1 |- |13||L||October 30, 1990||3–6 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames||8–4–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |14||L||November 1, 1990||1–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks||8–5–1 |- |15||W||November 3, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers||9–5–1 |- |16||L||November 7, 1990||3–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders||9–6–1 |- |17||L||November 9, 1990||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers||9–7–1 |- |18||L||November 10, 1990||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens||9–8–1 |- |19||W||November 13, 1990||6–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens||10–8–1 |- |20||L||November 15, 1990||2–4 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||10–9–1 |- |21||W||November 17, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||11–9–1 |- |22||W||November 18, 1990||4–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||12–9–1 |- |23||L||November 20, 1990||4–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||12–10–1 |- |24||W||November 24, 1990||5–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars||13–10–1 |- |25||T||November 28, 1990||5–5 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||13–10–2 |- |26||T||November 30, 1990||5–5 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders||13–10–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |27||W||December 1, 1990||4–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues||14–10–3 |- |28||T||December 3, 1990||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets||14–10–4 |- |29||W||December 5, 1990||9–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||15–10–4 |- |30||L||December 7, 1990||2–5 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||15–11–4 |- |31||W||December 8, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||16–11–4 |- |32||L||December 11, 1990||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||16–12–4 |- |33||L||December 13, 1990||5–9 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||16–13–4 |- |34||T||December 15, 1990||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||16–13–5 |- |35||W||December 18, 1990||8–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||17–13–5 |- |36||T||December 20, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||17–13–6 |- |37||W||December 22, 1990||4–1 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||18–13–6 |- |38||W||December 23, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||19–13–6 |- |39||T||December 27, 1990||1–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders||19–13–7 |- |40||T||December 29, 1990||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||19–13–8 |- |41||T||December 30, 1990||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers||19–13–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |42||L||January 1, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||19–14–9 |- |43||L||January 3, 1991||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks||19–15–9 |- |44||L||January 5, 1991||2–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||19–16–9 |- |45||L||January 8, 1991||3–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues||19–17–9 |- |46||L||January 12, 1991||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||19–18–9 |- |47||L||January 14, 1991||1–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings||19–19–9 |- |48||T||January 16, 1991||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks||19–19–10 |- |49||L||January 22, 1991||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||19–20–10 |- |50||W||January 24, 1991||6–1 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||20–20–10 |- |51||L||January 26, 1991||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars||20–21–10 |- |52||W||January 28, 1991||6–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||21–21–10 |- |53||W||January 30, 1991||4–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||22–21–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |54||L||February 2, 1991||4–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues||22–22–10 |- |55||W||February 5, 1991||2–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||23–22–10 |- |56||L||February 9, 1991||1–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||23–23–10 |- |57||W||February 10, 1991||2–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||24–23–10 |- |58||L||February 13, 1991||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||24–24–10 |- |59||T||February 14, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets||24–24–11 |- |60||W||February 16, 1991||3–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||25–24–11 |- |61||L||February 18, 1991||0–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||25–25–11 |- |62||W||February 22, 1991||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||26–25–11 |- |63||L||February 24, 1991||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||26–26–11 |- |64||W||February 25, 1991||5–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||27–26–11 |- |65||L||February 27, 1991||3–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||27–27–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |66||W||March 1, 1991||6–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||28–27–11 |- |67||L||March 3, 1991||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||28–28–11 |- |68||L||March 5, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||28–29–11 |- |69||T||March 6, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||28–29–12 |- |70||L||March 10, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets||28–30–12 |- |71||W||March 13, 1991||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||29–30–12 |- |72||W||March 15, 1991||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||30–30–12 |- |73||L||March 16, 1991||2–6 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||30–31–12 |- |74||W||March 19, 1991||5–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||31–31–12 |- |75||T||March 21, 1991||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks||31–31–13 |- |76||T||March 23, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens||31–31–14 |- |77||T||March 26, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers||31–31–15 |- |78||W||March 27, 1991||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers||32–31–15 |- |79||L||March 30, 1991||0–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||32–32–15 |- |80||L||March 31, 1991||2–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders||32–33–15 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Patrick Division Semifinals (P4) New Jersey Devils vs. (P1) Pittsburgh Penguins The first two games took place at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. In game 1, the Devils won 3–1. However, in game 2, the Penguins tied the series with a 5–4 overtime win. Games 3 and 4 were at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Pittsburgh was victorious in game 3 by a score of 4–3, but the Devils won in game 4 4–1. Game 5 shifted back to Pittsburgh where the Devils beat the Penguins 4–2. Game 6 was back in New Jersey, where the series was evened again thanks to a Pittsburgh 4–3 win. Game 7 was back in Pittsburgh where the Penguins won the game 4–0 and won the series 4–3. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG John MacLean John MacLean (ice hockey) RW 78 45 33 78 15081927 Kirk Muller LW 80 19 51 70 761703 Brendan Shanahan LW 75 29 37 66 1414702 Peter Stastny C 77 18 42 60 530403 Claude Lemieux RW 78 30 17 47 105-81002 Patrik Sundstrom C 71 15 31 46 487411 Bruce Driver D 73 9 36 45 6211702 Alexei Kasatonov D 78 10 31 41 7623103 Eric Weinrich D 76 4 34 38 4810100 Doug Brown Doug Brown (ice hockey) RW 58 14 16 30 418022 Jon Morris Jon Morris (ice hockey) C 53 9 19 28 279101 Zdeno Ciger LW 45 8 17 25 83201 David Maley LW 64 8 14 22 1519103 Laurie Boschman C 78 11 9 20 79-1011 Ken Daneyko D 80 4 16 20 249-10121 Viacheslav Fetisov D 67 3 16 19 625100 Pat Conacher LW 49 5 11 16 279000 Tommy Albelin D 47 2 12 14 441100 Walt Poddubny LW 14 4 6 10 108000 Troy Crowder RW 59 6 3 9 182-10000 Allan Stewart Allan Stewart (ice hockey) LW 41 5 2 7 159-6000 Paul Ysebaert C 11 4 3 7 61100 Lee Norwood D 28 3 2 5 87-1100 Jeff Madill RW 14 4 0 4 46-1000 Myles O'Connor D 22 3 1 4 413000 Chris Terreri G 53 0 3 3 20000 Jamie Huscroft D 8 0 1 1 271000 Dave Marcinyshyn D 9 0 1 1 21-1000 Jarrod Skalde C 1 0 1 1 00000 Perry Anderson Perry Anderson (ice hockey) LW 1 0 0 0 50000 Neil Brady C 3 0 0 0 00000 Sean Burke G 35 0 0 0 180000 Roland Melanson G 1 0 0 0 00000 Jason Miller Jason Miller (ice hockey) LW 1 0 0 0 01000 Kevin Todd C 1 0 0 0 0-1000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Chris Terreri 2970 53 24 21 7 144 2.91 113481204.893 Sean Burke 1870 35 8 12 8 112 3.59 0875763.872 Roland Melanson 20 1 0 0 0 2 6.00 075.714 Team: 4860 80 32 33 15 258 3.19 122301972.884 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG John MacLean John MacLean (ice hockey) RW 7 5 3 8 20100 Brendan Shanahan LW 7 3 5 8 12200 Peter Stastny C 7 3 4 7 2102 Claude Lemieux RW 7 4 0 4 34201 Doug Brown Doug Brown (ice hockey) RW 7 2 2 4 2010 Alexei Kasatonov D 7 1 3 4 10000 Jon Morris Jon Morris (ice hockey) C 5 0 4 4 2000 Bruce Driver D 7 1 2 3 12100 Eric Weinrich D 7 1 2 3 6100 Laurie Boschman C 7 1 1 2 16000 Zdeno Ciger LW 6 0 2 2 4000 Pat Conacher LW 7 0 2 2 2000 Jeff Madill RW 7 0 2 2 8000 Kirk Muller LW 7 0 2 2 10000 Tommy Albelin D 3 0 1 1 2000 Perry Anderson Perry Anderson (ice hockey) LW 4 0 1 1 10000 Ken Daneyko D 7 0 1 1 10000 Viacheslav Fetisov D 7 0 0 0 17000 Jamie Huscroft D 3 0 0 0 6000 Lee Norwood D 4 0 0 0 18000 Patrik Sundstrom C 2 0 0 0 0000 Chris Terreri G 7 0 0 0 2000 Kevin Todd C 1 0 0 0 6000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Chris Terreri 428 7 3 4 21 2.94 0216195.903 Team: 428 7 3 4 21 2.94 0216195.903 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1990-91 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/1991.html 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; Awards & records Awards Regular Season Player Award Awarded Eric Weinrich NHL All-Rookie Team – Defense End of regular season Draft picks The Devils' draft picks at the 1990 NHL entry draft. Rd # Pick # Player Nat Pos Team (League) Notes1 20Martin BrodeurCanadaGSaint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)90cal The Devils traded their first-round pick (used on Trevor Kidd) and second-round pick (used on Vesa Viitakoski) to Calgary for the Flames' first-round pick (Brodeur), Detroit's second-round pick (Harlock), and Minnesota's second-round pick (Gotziaman) on June 17, 1990.2 24David HarlockCanadaDUniversity of Michigan (CCHA)90cal229Chris GotziamanUnited StatesRWRoseau H.S. (Minnesota)90cal3 53Mike DunhamUnited StatesGCanterbury H.S. (Connecticut)3 56Brad BombardirCanadaDPowell River Kings (BCJHL)The Devils traded their 1989 seventh-round pick (used on Doug Evans) and Alain Chevrier to Winnipeg for Steve Rooney and the Jets' 1990 third-round pick (Bombardir) on June 19, 1988. The official Devils transaction page incorrectly lists Evans' pick as 1990.Doug Evans' profile at HockeyDB.com464Mike BodnarchukCanadaRW90que The Devils traded their 1990 eight-round pick (used on Alexander Karpovtsev), Joe Cirella and Claude Loiselle to Quebec in exchange for the Nordiques' fourth-round pick (Bodnarchuk) and Walt Poddubny on June 17, 1989.595Dean MalkocCanadaDKamloops Blazers (WHL)5104Petr KuchynaDHC Jihlava (Czechoslovak Extraliga)The Devils traded Jim Korn to Calgary in exchange for the Flames' 1990 fifth-round pick (Kuchyna) on March 6, 1990.6116Lubomir KolnikRWHC Dukla Trenčín (Czechoslovak Extraliga)7137Chris McAlpineUnited StatesDRoseville H.S. (Minnesota)8158No eighth-round pick90que9179Jaroslav ModryDHC České Budějovice (Czechoslovak Extraliga)10200Corey SchwabCanadaGSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)11221Valeri ZelepukinLWKhimik Voskresensk (Soviet League)12242Todd ReirdenUnited StatesDTabor Academy (Massachusetts)S16Mike HavilandUnited StatesFElmira College (NCAA) See also 1990–91 NHL season Notes References http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/nhl19271991.html 1990-91 National Hockey League Standings hockeyDB 2007-10-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225752/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/nhl19271991.html 30 September 2007 live http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000511991.html 1990-91 New Jersey Devils player statistics hockeyDB 2007-10-12 1990-91 Category:1990–91 NHL season by team Category:1990 in sports in New Jersey Category:1991 in sports in New Jersey 1990-91 New Jersey Devils season 1990-91 New Jersey Devils season