1990–91 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1990–91 1990 Detroit Red Wings 34–38–8 26–14–0 8–24–8 Campbell 6th Norris 3rd 273 298 Bryan Murray Bryan Murray Steve Yzerman Gerard GallantBob ProbertRick Zombo Joe Louis Arena Steve Yzerman (51) Steve Yzerman (57) Steve Yzerman (108) Bob Probert (315) Tim Cheveldae (30) Glen Hanlon (3.20) The 1990–91 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team return to the playoffs after missing the previous season, despite winning only thirty-four games. Until the 2016–17 season, this was the Red Wings' last losing season, who were to set a National Hockey League record for the most consecutive winning seasons during the following two decades. 2 Regular season Final standings DET DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1990–91 regular season1990-91 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1991_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||T||October 4, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||0–0–1 |- |2||L||October 6, 1990||4–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||0–1–1 |- |3||L||October 7, 1990||2–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||0–2–1 |- |4||W||October 10, 1990||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||1–2–1 |- |5||W||October 12, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||2–2–1 |- |6||T||October 13, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||2–2–2 |- |7||W||October 16, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||3–2–2 |- |8||W||October 18, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||4–2–2 |- |9||L||October 20, 1990||3–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) ||4–3–2 |- |10||W||October 23, 1990||6–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||5–3–2 |- |11||W||October 26, 1990||8–6 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||6–3–2 |- |12||T||October 27, 1990||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||6–3–3 |- |13||L||October 30, 1990||2–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||6–4–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |14||W||November 1, 1990||5–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||7–4–3 |- |15||L||November 3, 1990||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||7–5–3 |- |16||L||November 6, 1990||3–6 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||7–6–3 |- |17||L||November 8, 1990||1–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) ||7–7–3 |- |18||L||November 10, 1990||1–6 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||7–8–3 |- |19||L||November 14, 1990||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||7–9–3 |- |20||W||November 17, 1990||8–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||8–9–3 |- |21||L||November 19, 1990||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||8–10–3 |- |22||W||November 21, 1990||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||9–10–3 |- |23||W||November 23, 1990||5–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||10–10–3 |- |24||W||November 27, 1990||4–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) ||11–10–3 |- |25||W||November 29, 1990||5–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||12–10–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||W||December 1, 1990||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||13–10–3 |- |27||T||December 2, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||13–10–4 |- |28||L||December 4, 1990||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||13–11–4 |- |29||L||December 7, 1990||3–6 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||13–12–4 |- |30||L||December 8, 1990||1–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||13–13–4 |- |31||W||December 11, 1990||8–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||14–13–4 |- |32||W||December 13, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) ||15–13–4 |- |33||W||December 15, 1990||3–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||16–13–4 |- |34||L||December 16, 1990||1–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||16–14–4 |- |35||W||December 18, 1990||3–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||17–14–4 |- |36||W||December 20, 1990||3–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||18–14–4 |- |37||W||December 22, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||19–14–4 |- |38||L||December 23, 1990||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||19–15–4 |- |39||L||December 28, 1990||0–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||19–16–4 |- |40||L||December 31, 1990||0–4 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||19–17–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |41||W||January 2, 1991||6–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||20–17–4 |- |42||L||January 4, 1991||2–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||20–18–4 |- |43||L||January 5, 1991||0–7 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||20–19–4 |- |44||W||January 9, 1991||5–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||21–19–4 |- |45||W||January 11, 1991||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1990–91) ||22–19–4 |- |46||T||January 12, 1991||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1990–91) ||22–19–5 |- |47||L||January 14, 1991||1–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||22–20–5 |- |48||L||January 16, 1991||3–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||22–21–5 |- |49||L||January 22, 1991||1–2 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||22–22–5 |- |50||L||January 25, 1991||4–9 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||22–23–5 |- |51||L||January 26, 1991||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||22–24–5 |- |52||L||January 28, 1991||2–6 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||22–25–5 |- |53||L||January 30, 1991||2–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||22–26–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |54||W||February 1, 1991||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||23–26–5 |- |55||W||February 2, 1991||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||24–26–5 |- |56||L||February 4, 1991||4–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) ||24–27–5 |- |57||W||February 8, 1991||8–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1990–91) ||25–27–5 |- |58||L||February 9, 1991||5–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||25–28–5 |- |59||W||February 12, 1991||6–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||26–28–5 |- |60||L||February 13, 1991||2–6 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||26–29–5 |- |61||L||February 16, 1991||0–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||26–30–5 |- |62||T||February 17, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||26–30–6 |- |63||T||February 19, 1991||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||26–30–7 |- |64||T||February 22, 1991||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||26–30–8 |- |65||L||February 23, 1991||2–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||26–31–8 |- |66||W||February 25, 1991||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||27–31–8 |- |67||W||February 27, 1991||5–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||28–31–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |68||L||March 1, 1991||1–6 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||28–32–8 |- |69||W||March 5, 1991||6–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) ||29–32–8 |- |70||W||March 7, 1991||2–0 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1990–91) ||30–32–8 |- |71||L||March 9, 1991||2–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||30–33–8 |- |72||W||March 10, 1991||4–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||31–33–8 |- |73||W||March 13, 1991||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1990–91) ||32–33–8 |- |74||L||March 14, 1991||2–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||32–34–8 |- |75||W||March 16, 1991||5–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||33–34–8 |- |76||L||March 22, 1991||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||33–35–8 |- |77||L||March 23, 1991||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||33–36–8 |- |78||L||March 27, 1991||4–7 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||33–37–8 |- |79||W||March 30, 1991||6–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1990–91) ||34–37–8 |- |80||L||March 31, 1991||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||34–38–8 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs At 34–38–8, the Red Wings finished third in the Campbell Conference. In the playoffs, they faced the St. Louis Blues, who had finished 47–22–11 (and second in the Campbell Conference). The Red Wings were beaten in the seven-game series, three victories to four. Round 1: St. Louis Blues vs. Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings St. Louis Blues Joe Louis Arena St. Louis Arena April 4 6–3 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-stl/1991/04/04/1990030161#game=1990030161,game_state=final Brad McCrimmon (1) – 13:37 No scoring Steve Yzerman (1) – 07:08Steve Yzerman (2) – pp – 12:01 13:10 – Brett Hull (1) Sergei Fedorov (1) – 01:52Kevin Miller (1) – 09:19Steve Yzerman (3) – 14:55 10:23 – pp – Brett Hull (2)12:44 – Adam Oates (1) Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shots Vincent Riendeau 17 saves / 22 shotsPat Jablonski 4 saves / 5 shots April 6 2–4 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-stl/1991/04/06/1990030162#game=1990030162,game_state=final Yves Racine (1) – pp – 09:08Bob Probert (1) – 16:56 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring 05:28 – Jeff Brown (1)06:46 – pp – Dan Quinn (1)12:00 – Brett Hull (3)19:24 – Rich Sutter (1) Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shots Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 21 shots April 8 2–5 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-det/1991/04/08/1990030163#game=1990030163,game_state=final No scoring No scoring 15:19 – Kevin Miller (2) Bob Bassen (1) – 11:00 01:12 – Keith Primeau (1)08:34 – Jimmy Carson (1)09:05 – Steve Chiasson (1)19:42 – sh – Kevin Miller (3) Gino Cavallini (1) – 18:39 Tim Cheveldae 21 saves / 23 shots Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 23 shots April 10 3–4 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-det/1991/04/10/1990030164#game=1990030164,game_state=final 04:01 – Steve Chiasson (2) Dan Quinn (2) – pp – 18:10 17:05 – pp – Steve Chiasson (3) No scoring 08:58 – Rick Zombo (1)11:16 – Brent Fedyk (1) Brett Hull (4) – 05:22Brett Hull (5) – 17:09 Tim Cheveldae 26 saves / 29 shots Vincent Riendeau 30 saves / 34 shots April 12 1–6 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-stl/1991/04/12/1990030165#game=1990030165,game_state=final Bobby Dollas (1) – 02:12 03:45 – Adam Oates (2)04:58 – Brett Hull (6)09:29 – Adam Oates (3) No scoring 00:40 – Paul Cavallini (1)10:33 – Adam Oates (4) No scoring 08:08 – Brett Hull (7) Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 30 shotsAllan Bester 11 saves / 12 shots Vincent Riendeau 17 saves / 18 shots April 14 3–0 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-det/1991/04/14/1990030166#game=1990030166,game_state=final No scoring Dave Thomlinson (1) – 07:00 No scoring Jeff Brown (2) – 02:24 No scoring Dave Lowry (1) – 18:19 Tim Cheveldae 18 saves / 21 shots Vincent Riendeau 23 saves / 23 shots April 16 2–3 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-stl/1991/04/16/1990030167#game=1990030167,game_state=final No scoring 12:24 – Dan Quinn (3) Yves Racine (2) – pp – 03:24 19:39 – Brett Hull (8) Jimmy Carson (2) – 12:27 01:59 – Rich Sutter (2) Tim Cheveldae 22 saves / 25 shots Vincent Riendeau 18 saves / 20 shots St. Louis won series 4–3 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Steve Yzerman C 80 51 57 108 34-21264 Sergei Fedorov C 77 31 48 79 66111135 Shawn Burr LW/C 80 20 30 50 11214604 Yves Racine D 62 7 40 47 331201 Jimmy Carson C 64 21 25 46 283514 Dave Barr Dave Barr (ice hockey) RW 70 18 22 40 5520222 Johan Garpenlov LW 71 18 22 40 18-4203 Bob Probert LW 55 16 23 39 315-3403 Brent Fedyk LW 67 16 19 35 3820001 Paul Ysebaert C 51 15 18 33 16-8501 Gerard Gallant LW 45 10 16 26 1116301 Rick Zombo D 77 4 19 23 55-2000 Steve Chiasson D 42 3 17 20 800101 Marc Habscheid RW/C 46 9 8 17 22-10041 Rick Green ice hockey D 65 2 14 16 2410000 Keith Primeau C 58 3 12 15 106-12001 Brad McCrimmon D 64 0 13 13 817000 Per Djoos D 26 0 12 12 16-2000 John Chabot C 27 5 5 10 46201 Lee Norwood D 21 3 7 10 506100 Joe Kocur RW 52 5 4 9 253-6000 Bobby Dollas D 56 3 5 8 206001 Randy McKay RW 47 1 7 8 183-15000 Kevin Miller Kevin Miller (ice hockey) C 11 5 2 7 4-4010 Doug Crossman D 17 3 4 7 17-6100 Tim Cheveldae G 65 0 5 5 20000 Brad Marsh D 20 1 3 4 16-3000 Doug Houda D 22 0 4 4 43-2000 Gary Shuchuk RW 6 1 2 3 61000 Bob Wilkie Bob Wilkie (ice hockey) D 8 1 2 3 2-2000 Sheldon Kennedy RW 7 1 0 1 12-1000 Chris Luongo D 4 0 1 1 40000 Bill McDougall C 2 0 1 1 00000 Daniel Shank RW 7 0 1 1 140000 Mike Sillinger C 3 0 1 1 0-2000 Allan Bester G 3 0 0 0 00000 Tom Bissett C 5 0 0 0 0-4000 Alain Chevrier G 3 0 0 0 00000 David Gagnon G 2 0 0 0 00000 Glen Hanlon G 19 0 0 0 40000 Scott King Scott King (ice hockey b. 1967) G 1 0 0 0 00000 Gord Kruppke D 4 0 0 0 01000 Kevin McClelland RW 3 0 0 0 7-4000 Marc Potvin RW 9 0 0 0 55-4000 Dennis Vial D/LW 9 0 0 0 16-3000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Tim Cheveldae 3615 65 30 26 5 214 3.55 217161502.875 Glen Hanlon 862 19 4 6 3 46 3.20 0438392.895 Allan Bester 178 3 0 3 0 13 4.38 09986.869 Alain Chevrier 108 3 0 2 0 11 6.11 05544.800 David Gagnon 35 2 0 1 0 6 10.29 02822.786 Scott King Scott King (ice hockey b. 1967) 45 1 0 0 0 2 2.67 0119.818 Team: 4843 80 34 38 8 292 3.62 223472055.876 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Steve Yzerman C 7 3 3 6 4100 Sergei Fedorov C 7 1 5 6 4001 Kevin Miller Kevin Miller (ice hockey) C 7 3 2 5 20010 Doug Crossman D 6 0 5 5 6000 Steve Chiasson D 5 3 1 4 19100 Shawn Burr LW/C 7 0 4 4 15000 Jimmy Carson C 7 2 1 3 4001 Bob Probert LW 6 1 2 3 50000 Yves Racine D 7 2 0 2 0200 Brad McCrimmon D 7 1 1 2 21000 Keith Primeau C 5 1 1 2 25000 Paul Ysebaert C 2 0 2 2 0000 Bobby Dollas D 7 1 0 1 13000 Brent Fedyk LW 6 1 0 1 2001 Rick Zombo D 7 1 0 1 10000 Johan Garpenlov LW 6 0 1 1 4000 Randy McKay RW 5 0 1 1 41000 Mike Sillinger C 3 0 1 1 0000 Allan Bester G 1 0 0 0 0000 Tim Cheveldae G 7 0 0 0 0000 Rick Green ice hockey D 3 0 0 0 0000 Marc Habscheid RW/C 5 0 0 0 0000 Brad Marsh D 1 0 0 0 0000 Bill McDougall C 1 0 0 0 0000 Marc Potvin RW 6 0 0 0 32000 Gary Shuchuk RW 3 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Tim Cheveldae 398 7 3 4 22 3.32 0208186.894 Allan Bester 20 1 0 0 1 3.00 01211.917 Team: 418 7 3 4 23 3.30 0220197.895 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1990-91 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/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; Draft picks Detroit'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)13Keith PrimeauNiagara Falls Thunder (OHL)345Vyacheslav KozlovKhimik Voskresenki (USSR)466Stewart MalgunasSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)587Tony BurnsDuluth-Denfeld High School (USHS-MN)6108Claude BartheVictoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)7129Jason YorkKitchener Rangers (OHL)8150Wes McCauleyMichigan State University (CCHA)9171Tony GrubaHill-Murray School (USHS-MN)10192Travis TuckerAvon Old Farms (USHS-CT)11213Brett LarsonDuluth-Denfeld High School (USHS-MN)12234John HendryLake Superior State University (CCHA)S3Mike CasselmanClarkson University (ECAC)S8Donny OliverOhio State University (CCHA) See also 1990–91 NHL season References Category:1990–91 NHL season by team 1990-91 Category:1990 in sports in Michigan Category:1991 in sports in Michigan Category:1990 in Detroit Category:1991 in Detroit