1990–91 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1990–91 1990 New York Rangers Wales 4th Patrick 2nd 36–31–13 22–11–7 14–20–6 297 265 Neil Smith Roger Neilson Kelly Kisio Madison Square Garden Mike Gartner (49) Brian Leetch (72) Brian Leetch (88) Troy Mallette (252) Mike Richter (21) Mike Richter (3.12) The 1990–91 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 65th season. During the regular season, the Rangers were 36–31–13 and finished in second place in the Patrick Division, qualifying for the playoffs. In the division semi-finals, New York lost in six games to the Washington Capitals.https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1991.html Hockey-Reference 2010-08-21 1990–91 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics 2 Regular season The Rangers' 91 power-play goals scored during the regular season were good enough for first place in the league, tied with the Calgary Flames. The Rangers finished second overall in power-play percentage, with 23.39% (91 for 389).https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1991.html Hockey-Reference 2013-11-24 1990–91 NHL Season Summary Final standings NYR NYR Schedule and results background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1990–91 regular season1990–91 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1991_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 30, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 11–3–0 (home: 8–0–0; road: 3–3–0) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 4 || @ Chicago Blackhawks || 4 – 3 || 0–1–0 |- | 2 || 6 || @ Hartford Whalers || 5 – 4 || 0–2–0 |- | 3 || 8 || Minnesota North Stars || 6 – 3 || 1–2–0 |- | 4 || 10 || Washington Capitals || 4 – 2 || 2–2–0 |- | 5 || 12 || Montreal Canadiens || 3 – 0 || 3–2–0 |- | 6 || 13 || @ Washington Capitals || 5 – 2 || 4–2–0 |- | 7 || 17 || Winnipeg Jets || 5 – 3 || 5–2–0 |- | 8 || 19 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3 – 2 || 5–3–0 |- | 9 || 20 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 4 – 3 || 6–3–0 |- | 10 || 22 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5 – 1 || 7–3–0 |- | 11 || 25 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5 – 3 || 8–3–0 |- | 12 || 27 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 4 – 1 || 9–3–0 |- | 13 || 29 || Quebec Nordiques || 5 – 0 || 10–3–0 |- | 14 || 31 || Los Angeles Kings || 9 – 4 || 11–3–0 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 5–5–5 (home: 2–3–2; road: 3–2–3) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 15 || 2 || New York Islanders || 3 – 2 || 11–4–0 |- | 16 || 3 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 3 – 1 || 11–5–0 |- | 17 || 5 || Boston Bruins || 3 – 2 OT || 11–6–0 |- | 18 || 7 || Buffalo Sabres || 6 – 2 || 12–6–0 |- | 19 || 9 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3 – 2 || 13–6–0 |- | 20 || 11 || Calgary Flames || 4 – 4 OT || 13–6–1 |- | 21 || 13 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 1 – 1 OT || 13–6–2 |- | 22 || 15 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 4 – 2 || 14–6–2 |- | 23 || 16 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 6 – 4 || 15–6–2 |- | 24 || 19 || Minnesota North Stars || 2 – 2 OT || 15–6–3 |- | 25 || 21 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 5 – 5 OT || 15–6–4 |- | 26 || 24 || @ New York Islanders || 2 – 2 OT || 15–6–5 |- | 27 || 26 || Buffalo Sabres || 5 – 0 || 16–6–5 |- | 28 || 28 || Washington Capitals || 6 – 3 || 16–7–5 |- | 29 || 30 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 5 – 1 || 16–8–5 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 5–5–2 (home: 1–2–2; road: 4–3–0) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 30 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 5 – 4 || 17–8–5 |- | 31 || 3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 9 – 4 || 17–9–5 |- | 32 || 5 || @ Calgary Flames || 4 – 1 || 17–10–5 |- | 33 || 7 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 4 – 3 || 17–11–5 |- | 34 || 11 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 6 – 4 || 18–11–5 |- | 35 || 14 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 5 – 3 || 19–11–5 |- | 36 || 17 || Washington Capitals || 5 – 3 || 20–11–5 |- | 37 || 19 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4 – 1 || 20–12–5 |- | 38 || 22 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3 – 1 || 20–13–5 |- | 39 || 23 || Boston Bruins || 5 – 5 OT || 20–13–6 |- | 40 || 28 || @ Washington Capitals || 5 – 3 || 21–13–6 |- | 41 || 30 || New Jersey Devils || 2 – 2 OT || 21–13–7 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 6–5–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 42 || 2 || Los Angeles Kings || 4 – 1 || 22–13–7 |- | 43 || 3 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 7 – 5 || 23–13–7 |- | 44 || 5 || @ St. Louis Blues || 3 – 2 OT || 24–13–7 |- | 45 || 7 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3 – 2 || 25–13–7 |- | 46 || 9 || St. Louis Blues || 3 – 2 || 25–14–7 |- | 47 || 11 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6 – 3 || 25–15–7 |- | 48 || 13 || Hartford Whalers || 4 – 3 || 26–15–7 |- | 49 || 15 || Edmonton Oilers || 2 – 2 OT || 26–15–8 |- | 50 || 17 || Chicago Blackhawks || 3 – 2 || 26–16–8 |- | 51 || 22 || @ New York Islanders || 3 – 2 || 26–17–8 |- | 52 || 25 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 4 – 3 || 27–17–8 |- | 53 || 30 || @ Calgary Flames || 5 – 1 || 27–18–8 |- | 54 || 31 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 3 – 3 OT || 27–18–9 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 5–4–3 (home: 5–2–1; road: 0–2–2) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 55 || 3 || Winnipeg Jets || 4 – 3 || 27–19–9 |- | 56 || 6 || New York Islanders || 5 – 2 || 28–19–9 |- | 57 || 8 || Vancouver Canucks || 8 – 1 || 29–19–9 |- | 58 || 9 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6 – 4 || 29–20–9 |- | 59 || 13 || New Jersey Devils || 6 – 3 || 30–20–9 |- | 60 || 15 || Hartford Whalers || 5 – 3 || 31–20–9 |- | 61 || 18 || New York Islanders || 5 – 4 || 31–21–9 |- | 62 || 21 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4 – 4 OT || 31–21–10 |- | 63 || 22 || @ Washington Capitals || 3 – 2 || 31–22–10 |- | 64 || 24 || New Jersey Devils || 5 – 2 || 32–22–10 |- | 65 || 27 || Washington Capitals || 4 – 4 OT || 32–22–11 |- | 66 || 28 || @ St. Louis Blues || 4 – 4 OT || 32–22–12 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 4–9–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 1–7–0) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 67 || 2 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5 – 2 || 33–22–12 |- | 68 || 4 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 2 || 34–22–12 |- | 69 || 7 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 4 – 2 || 34–23–12 |- | 70 || 9 || @ New York Islanders || 6 – 4 || 34–24–12 |- | 71 || 10 || @ Chicago Blackhawks || 5 – 2 || 34–25–12 |- | 72 || 13 || Detroit Red Wings || 4 – 1 || 34–26–12 |- | 73 || 15 || @ New Jersey Devils || 5 – 2 || 34–27–12 |- | 74 || 17 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4 – 2 || 34–28–12 |- | 75 || 21 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5 – 4 OT || 34–29–12 |- | 76 || 23 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 7 – 4 || 34–30–12 |- | 77 || 24 || New York Islanders || 3 – 1 || 35–30–12 |- | 78 || 26 || New Jersey Devils || 3 – 3 OT || 35–30–13 |- | 79 || 30 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6 – 5 || 35–31–13 |- | 80 || 31 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 3 || 36–31–13 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Division semifinals vs. (P3) Washington Capitals – Capitals win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Series |- | 1 || April 3 || Washington Capitals || 1 – 2 || New York Rangers || || 16,792 || Rangers lead series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 5 || Washington Capitals || 3 – 0 || New York Rangers || || 16,792 || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || April 7 || New York Rangers || 6 – 0 || Washington Capitals || || 16,592 || Rangers lead series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 9 || New York Rangers || 2 – 3 || Washington Capitals || || 15,741 || Series tied 2–2 |- | 5 || April 11 || Washington Capitals || 5 – 4 || New York Rangers || || 16,792 || Washington leads series 3–2 |- | 6 || April 13 || New York Rangers || 2 – 4 || Washington Capitals || || 18,130 || Washington wins series 4–2 |- |- | 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 Brian Leetch 80 16 72 88 2 42 Bernie Nicholls 71 25 48 73 5 96 Mike Gartner 79 49 20 69 -9 53 Darren Turcotte 74 26 41 67 -5 37 Brian Mullen 79 19 43 62 12 44 James Patrick James Patrick (ice hockey) 74 10 49 59 -5 58 John Ogrodnick 79 31 23 54 15 10 Ray Sheppard 59 24 23 47 8 21 Kevin Miller Kevin Miller (ice hockey)‡ 63 17 27 44 1 63 Kelly Kisio 51 15 20 35 3 58 Kris King 72 11 14 25 -1 154 Jan Erixon 53 7 18 25 13 8 Randy Moller 61 4 19 23 13 161 Troy Mallette 71 12 10 22 -8 252 Mark Janssens 67 9 7 16 -1 172 Jody Hull 47 5 8 13 2 10 David Shaw David Shaw (ice hockey) 77 2 10 12 8 89 Paul Broten 28 4 6 10 7 18 Normand Rochefort 44 3 7 10 10 35 Miloslav Horava 29 1 6 7 2 12 Mark Hardy Mark Hardy (ice hockey) 70 1 5 6 -1 89 Corey Millen 4 3 1 4 1 0 Steven Rice 11 1 1 2 2 4 Jeff Bloemberg 3 0 2 2 3 0 Joe Cirella† 19 1 0 1 1 52 Tie Domi 28 1 0 1 -5 185 Lindy Ruff 14 0 1 1 -2 27 Brian McReynolds 1 0 0 0 -1 0 Joey Kocur† 5 0 0 0 -1 36 Rick Bennett 6 0 0 0 -2 6 Dennis Vial‡ 21 0 0 0 -4 61 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Bernie Nicholls 5 4 3 7 8 Brian Leetch 6 1 3 4 0 Steven Rice 2 2 1 3 6 Corey Millen 6 1 2 3 0 Mark Janssens 6 3 0 3 6 Jan Erixon 6 1 2 3 0 Darren Turcotte 6 1 2 3 0 Joey Kocur 6 0 2 2 21 Tony Amonte 2 0 2 2 2 Joe Cirella 6 0 2 2 26 Randy Moller 6 0 2 2 11 Kris King 6 2 0 2 36 Brian Mullen 6 0 2 2 0 Mike Gartner 6 1 1 2 0 Mark Hardy Mark Hardy (ice hockey) 6 0 1 1 30 Doug Weight 1 0 0 0 0 Paul Broten 5 0 0 0 2 David Shaw David Shaw (ice hockey) 6 0 0 0 11 Troy Mallette 5 0 0 0 18 John Ogrodnick 4 0 0 0 0 James Patrick James Patrick (ice hockey) 6 0 0 0 6 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 Mike Richter 45 2596 21 13 7 135 3.12 1392 .903 0 John Vanbiesbrouck 40 2257 15 18 6 126 3.35 1154 .891 3 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 6 313 2 4 14 2.69 182 .923 1 John Vanbiesbrouck 1 52 0 0 1 1.16 22 .955 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 2010-08-01 1990–91 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481991.html Draft picks New York's picks at the 1990 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the BC Place Stadium.https://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/NHL_1990_entry.html Hockey-Reference 2012-06-23 1990 NHL Entry Drafthttp://www.nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html National Hockey League 2017-06-16 NHL Draft History 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 13 Michael Stewart D Canada Michigan State University (NCAA) 2 34 Doug Weight C United States Lake Superior State University (NCAA) 3 55 John Vary D Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL) 4 69 Jeff Nielsen RW United States Grand Rapids H.S. (Minnesota) 4 76 Rick Willis LW United States Pingree H.S. (Massachusetts) 5 85 Sergei Zubov D Soviet Union CSKA Moscow (USSR) 5 99 Lubos Rob C Czechoslovakia HC Ceske Budejovice (Czechoslovakia) 6 118 Jason Weinrich D United States Springfield Olympics (NEJHL) 7 139 Bryan Lonsinger D United States Choate Academy (Connecticut) 8 160 Todd Hedlund RW United States Roseau H.S. (Minnesota) 9 181 Andrew Silverman D United States Beverly H.S. (Massachusetts) 10 202 Jon Hillebrandt G United States Monona Grove H.S. (New York) 11 223 Brett Lievers C United States Wayzata H.S. (Minnesota) 12 244 Sergei Nemchinov C Soviet Union Krylja Sovetov (USSR) Supplemental Draft New York's picks at the 1990 NHL supplemental draft.1990 NHL Supplemental Draft hockeydb.com http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1990s.html 2011-10-29 Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 2 18 Mike Gilmore G United States Michigan State University (CCHA) See also 1990-91 NHL season References Category:New York Rangers seasons New York Rangers New York Rangers New York Rangers Category:1990s in Manhattan