1990–91 Washington Capitals season

The Capitals had the best penalty-killing unit during the regular season, allowing the fewest power-play goals (44) and finishing with the NHL's best penalty-killing percentage (85.99%).^[1]

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	41	33	6	342	305	88
New York Rangers	80	36	31	13	297	265	85
Washington Capitals	80	37	36	7	258	258	81
New Jersey Devils	80	32	33	15	272	264	79
Philadelphia Flyers	80	33	37	10	252	267	76
New York Islanders	80	25	45	10	223	290	60

^[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Wales Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	ADM	80	44	24	12	299	264	100
2	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	80	39	30	11	273	249	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	80	41	33	6	342	305	88
4	New York Rangers	PTK	80	36	31	13	297	265	85
5	Washington Capitals	PTK	80	37	36	7	258	258	81
6	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	31	30	19	292	278	81
7	New Jersey Devils	PTK	80	32	33	15	272	264	79
8	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	80	33	37	10	252	267	76
9	Hartford Whalers	ADM	80	31	38	11	238	276	73
10	New York Islanders	PTK	80	25	45	10	223	290	60
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	16	50	14	236	354	46

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1990	4–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	0–1–0
2	W	October 6, 1990	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	1–1–0
3	L	October 10, 1990	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	1–2–0
4	W	October 12, 1990	3–1	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	2–2–0
5	L	October 13, 1990	2–5	New York Rangers (1990–91)	2–3–0
6	L	October 15, 1990	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	2–4–0
7	L	October 17, 1990	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	2–5–0
8	W	October 19, 1990	4–3	New York Islanders (1990–91)	3–5–0
9	W	October 20, 1990	4–0	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	4–5–0
10	W	October 23, 1990	6–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	5–5–0
11	L	October 25, 1990	2–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	5–6–0
12	L	October 27, 1990	4–9	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	5–7–0
13	W	October 28, 1990	1–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	6–7–0
14	W	October 30, 1990	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	7–7–0
15	W	November 2, 1990	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	8–7–0
16	W	November 3, 1990	5–2	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	9–7–0
17	W	November 6, 1990	4–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	10–7–0
18	L	November 10, 1990	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	10–8–0
19	L	November 11, 1990	3–5	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	10–9–0
20	L	November 14, 1990	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	10–10–0
21	L	November 16, 1990	3–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	10–11–0
22	L	November 17, 1990	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	10–12–0
23	W	November 19, 1990	3–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	11–12–0
24	W	November 21, 1990	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	12–12–0
25	W	November 23, 1990	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	13–12–0
26	L	November 24, 1990	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	13–13–0
27	W	November 28, 1990	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	14–13–0
28	L	November 30, 1990	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	14–14–0
29	W	December 1, 1990	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	15–14–0
30	W	December 5, 1990	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	16–14–0
31	W	December 7, 1990	5–2	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	17–14–0
32	L	December 8, 1990	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	17–15–0
33	W	December 11, 1990	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	18–15–0
34	L	December 15, 1990	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	18–16–0
35	L	December 17, 1990	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	18–17–0
36	L	December 19, 1990	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	18–18–0
37	T	December 20, 1990	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	18–18–1
38	L	December 22, 1990	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	18–19–1
39	L	December 26, 1990	3–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	18–20–1
40	L	December 28, 1990	3–5	New York Rangers (1990–91)	18–21–1
41	L	December 29, 1990	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	18–22–1
42	W	January 1, 1991	4–3	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	19–22–1
43	T	January 4, 1991	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	19–22–2
44	W	January 5, 1991	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	20–22–2
45	W	January 11, 1991	4–2	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	21–22–2
46	L	January 12, 1991	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	21–23–2
47	L	January 15, 1991	3–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	21–24–2
48	L	January 17, 1991	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	21–25–2
49	W	January 22, 1991	2–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	22–25–2
50	L	January 24, 1991	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	22–26–2
51	T	January 25, 1991	2–2 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	22–26–3
52	W	January 27, 1991	5–4 OT	New York Islanders (1990–91)	23–26–3
53	L	January 29, 1991	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	23–27–3
54	W	January 31, 1991	4–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	24–27–3
55	L	February 2, 1991	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	24–28–3
56	W	February 5, 1991	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	25–28–3
57	W	February 8, 1991	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	26–28–3
58	W	February 10, 1991	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	27–28–3
59	L	February 15, 1991	2–8	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	27–29–3
60	L	February 16, 1991	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	27–30–3
61	L	February 18, 1991	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	27–31–3
62	W	February 22, 1991	3–2	New York Rangers (1990–91)	28–31–3
63	T	February 24, 1991	5–5 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	28–31–4
64	L	February 25, 1991	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	28–32–4
65	T	February 27, 1991	4–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	28–32–5
66	W	March 2, 1991	3–2	New York Islanders (1990–91)	29–32–5
67	T	March 5, 1991	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	29–32–6
68	W	March 8, 1991	2–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	30–32–6
69	W	March 10, 1991	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	31–32–6
70	L	March 12, 1991	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	31–33–6
71	W	March 14, 1991	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	32–33–6
72	W	March 16, 1991	6–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	33–33–6
73	L	March 19, 1991	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	33–34–6
74	W	March 21, 1991	6–2	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	34–34–6
75	W	March 22, 1991	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	35–34–6
76	T	March 24, 1991	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	35–34–7
77	L	March 26, 1991	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	35–35–7
78	W	March 28, 1991	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	36–35–7
79	W	March 30, 1991	4–0	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	37–35–7
80	L	March 31, 1991	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	37–36–7

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	D	79	24	50	74	69	-10	9	2	3
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	C	79	23	48	71	26	9	6	5	4
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	79	20	50	70	34	3	6	0	4
Druce, JohnJohn Druce	RW	80	22	36	58	46	4	7	1	4
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	80	11	41	52	23	-2	2	1	2
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	80	24	26	50	29	10	4	2	3
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	76	16	30	46	234	-22	9	0	2
Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli	RW	54	21	18	39	66	-17	2	0	2
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	68	11	19	30	99	-9	4	0	1
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	54	12	16	28	47	-10	4	0	1
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich	LW/C	40	13	14	27	21	-1	1	0	0
Tatarinov, MikhailMikhail Tatarinov	D	65	8	15	23	82	-4	3	1	1
Rouse, BobBob Rouse	D	47	5	15	20	65	-7	1	0	0
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos	LW	79	9	9	18	196	-4	0	0	3
Tippett, DaveDave Tippett	LW	61	6	9	15	24	-13	0	0	2
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	30	6	8	14	124	-1	0	1	1
Bergland, TimTim Bergland	RW	47	5	9	14	21	-1	0	0	0
Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	C	20	7	5	12	10	-13	6	0	0
May, AlanAlan May	RW	67	4	6	10	264	-10	0	0	0
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	56	1	7	8	24	12	0	0	0
Joyce, BobBob Joyce	LW	17	3	3	6	8	3	0	0	1
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor	D	68	1	5	6	61	-23	0	0	0
Sabourin, KenKen Sabourin	D	28	1	4	5	81	6	0	0	0
Felix, ChrisChris Felix	D	8	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Murray, RobRob Murray	C	17	0	3	3	19	0	0	0	0
Greenlaw, JeffJeff Greenlaw	LW	10	2	0	2	10	1	0	0	1
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte	C	6	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	1
Purves, JohnJohn Purves	RW	7	1	0	1	0	-3	0	0	1
Quenneville, JoelJoel Quenneville	D	9	1	0	1	0	-8	0	0	0
Ferner, MarkMark Ferner	D	7	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Babcock, BobbyBobby Babcock	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	G	45	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
Hrivnak, JimJim Hrivnak	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kordic, JohnJohn Kordic	RW	7	0	0	0	101	1	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lovsin, KenKen Lovsin	D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Maltais, SteveSteve Maltais	LW	7	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Paynter, KentKent Paynter	D	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Savage, ReggieReggie Savage	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Seftel, SteveSteve Seftel	LW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	2572	45	20	18	3	113	2.64	5	1095	982	.897
Liut, MikeMike Liut	1834	35	13	16	3	114	3.73	0	786	672	.855
Hrivnak, JimJim Hrivnak	432	9	4	2	1	26	3.61	0	226	200	.885
Team:	4838	80	37	36	7	253	3.14	5	2107	1854	.880

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	11	1	9	10	41	0	0	0
Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli	RW	11	5	4	9	22	3	0	2
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	10	2	7	9	8	1	0	0
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	C	11	3	4	7	8	1	0	1
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	11	4	2	6	6	0	1	0
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	D	11	3	3	6	8	2	0	0
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	11	2	3	5	8	0	0	0
Tippett, DaveDave Tippett	LW	10	2	3	5	8	0	0	0
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	10	1	3	4	22	0	0	1
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich	LW/C	11	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor	D	10	1	2	3	22	0	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	9	1	2	3	8	0	0	0
Bergland, TimTim Bergland	RW	11	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
Druce, JohnJohn Druce	RW	11	1	1	2	7	1	0	0
May, AlanAlan May	RW	11	1	1	2	37	0	0	1
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	11	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	G	11	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos	LW	9	0	1	1	38	0	0	0
Greenlaw, JeffJeff Greenlaw	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paynter, KentKent Paynter	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sabourin, KenKen Sabourin	D	11	0	0	0	34	0	0	0
Sheehy, NeilNeil Sheehy	D	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	624	11	5	5	29	2.79	1	294	265	.901
Liut, MikeMike Liut	48	2	0	1	4	5.00	0	30	26	.867
Team:	672	11	5	6	33	2.95	1	324	291	.898

^[4]

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;

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1991.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1990–1991 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
↑ "1990-91 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

External links

"1990–91 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Washington Capitals

Founded in 1974 Based in Washington, D.C.

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1974 NHL Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis, chairman) General manager Brian MacLellan Head coach Barry Trotz Team captain Alexander Ovechkin Current roster

Arenas	Capital Centre Kettler Capitals Iceplex (practice facility) Verizon Center

Rivalries	New York Rangers Pittsburgh Penguins Philadelphia Flyers

Affiliates	AHL Hershey Bears ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

General managers	Schmidt McNab Crozier Poile McPhee MacLellan

Head coaches	Anderson Sullivan Schmidt McVie Belisle Green Crozier B. Murray T. Murray Schoenfeld Wilson Cassidy Hanlon Boudreau Hunter Oates Trotz

Stanley Cup Finals	1998

Media	TV CSN Mid-Atlantic Radio WFED WJFK Caps Radio 24/7 (Tunein app)

Culture/Lore	Easter Epic 2011 NHL Winter Classic 2015 NHL Winter Classic

Washington Capitals seasons

1970s	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1990–91 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1990–91 Washington Capitals season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

External links