The 1990–91 Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 season was the Canadiens' 82nd

Montreal Canadiens seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club. This list documents the records and playoff results for all seasons the Canadiens completed in both the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League .-NHA :Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins,...

 season

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. The season saw the Montreal Canadiens being eliminated in the Adams Division

Adams Division

The NHL's Adams Division was formed in 1974 as part of the Prince of Wales Conference. The division existed for 19 seasons until 1993. It was named in honor of Charles Francis Adams, the founder of the Boston Bruins...

 finals by the Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins

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 4 games to 3.

Regular season

In terms of injuries, Patrick Roy missed the most games due to injury during the 90-91 season. Backup goalies Andre Racicot

Andre Racicot

André Racicot, nicknamed "Red Light" is a retired ice hockey goaltender.Racicot started his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens, for whom he played from 1989 to 1993, and won a Stanley Cup with in 1993.Racicot is perhaps unfairly best remembered for his infamous nickname,...

 and Jean-Claude Bergeron

Jean-Claude Bergeron

Jean-Claude "J. C." Bergeron is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender.Bergeron was drafted 104th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens and started his National Hockey League career with the Canadiens in 1990. He would also play for the Los Angeles Kings and Tampa Bay...

 appeared in 25 games.

• December 12, 1990: Petr Svoboda and Toronto Maple Leafs winger Wendel Clark
  Wendel Clark
  Wendel L. Clark is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is perhaps best known for being a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League , captaining the team from 1991 to 1994...
  
   fell on Patrick Roy’s left knee. Roy suffered strained ligaments.
• January 27, 1991: Donald Dufresne checked Bruins right winger Graeme Townshend. He fell on Patrick Roy’s left ankle. Roy suffered a ruptured ligament and missed fourteen games. Roy would re-injure the ankle on March 16.

Game log

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	Oct 4, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	0–0–1
2	W	Oct 6, 1990	6–5	Buffalo Sabres	1–0–1
4	L	Oct 12, 1990	0–3	@ New York Rangers	2–1–1
5	L	Oct 13, 1990	2–5	@ Hartford Whalers	2–2–1
6	W	Oct 15, 1990	3–1	Washington Capitals	3–2–1
7	W	Oct 17, 1990	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres	4–2–1
8	L	Oct 18, 1990	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–3–1
9	L	Oct 20, 1990	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers	4–4–1
10	W	Oct 23, 1990	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	5–4–1
11	W	Oct 24, 1990	8–2	New York Islanders	6–4–1
12	L	Oct 27, 1990	0–3	@ St. Louis Blues	6–5–1
13	L	Oct 28, 1990	1–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks	6–6–1
14	W	Oct 31, 1990	4–2	@ Hartford Whalers	7–6–1
15	W	Nov 3, 1990	5–2	Detroit Red Wings	8–6–1
16	T	Nov 4, 1990	2–2 OT	Minnesota North Stars	8–6–2
17	L	Nov 7, 1990	0–2	Boston Bruins	8–7–2
18	W	Nov 10, 1990	3–1	New Jersey Devils	9–7–2
19	W	Nov 11, 1990	5–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques	10–7–2
20	L	Nov 13, 1990	3–6	@ New Jersey Devils	10–8–2
21	L	Nov 15, 1990	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers	10–9–2
22	T	Nov 17, 1990	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins	10–9–3
23	W	Nov 19, 1990	5–2	@ Quebec Nordiques	11–9–3
24	L	Nov 24, 1990	2–4	Los Angeles Kings	11–10–3
25	W	Nov 25, 1990	4–3	Winnipeg Jets	12–10–3
26	L	Nov 28, 1990	1–2	Buffalo Sabres	12–11–3
27	W	Nov 30, 1990	4–3	@ Washington Capitals	13–11–3
28	L	Dec 1, 1990	3–5	Calgary Flames	13–12–3
29	L	Dec 3, 1990	2–4	Hartford Whalers	13–13–3
30	W	Dec 5, 1990	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers	14–13–3
31	W	Dec 6, 1990	6–4	@ Boston Bruins	15–13–3
32	W	Dec 8, 1990	7–1	Boston Bruins	16–13–3
33	L	Dec 12, 1990	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	16–14–3
34	L	Dec 15, 1990	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets	16–15–3
35	L	Dec 18, 1990	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques	16–16–3
36	T	Dec 19, 1990	1–1 OT	Quebec Nordiques	16–16–4
37	W	Dec 22, 1990	3–1	New York Rangers	17–16–4
38	T	Dec 23, 1990	4–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers	17–16–5
39	W	Dec 27, 1990	7–5	@ Vancouver Canucks	18–16–5
40	W	Dec 29, 1990	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings	19–16–5
41	L	Dec 31, 1990	2–7	@ Calgary Flames	19–17–5
42	W	Jan 2, 1991	3–0	@ Edmonton Oilers	20–17–5
43	W	Jan 5, 1991	3–0	Quebec Nordiques	21–17–5
44	W	Jan 6, 1991	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	22–17–5
45	W	Jan 9, 1991	4–3 OT	New York Islanders	23–17–5
46	W	Jan 12, 1991	4–1	Washington Capitals	24–17–5
47	L	Jan 13, 1991	1–3	St. Louis Blues	24–18–5
48	W	Jan 15, 1991	5–1	@ Minnesota North Stars	25–18–5
49	W	Jan 17, 1991	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues	26–18–5
50	W	Jan 23, 1991	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	27–18–5
51	W	Jan 26, 1991	4–1	Buffalo Sabres	28–18–5
52	L	Jan 27, 1991	1–3	Boston Bruins	28–19–5
53	W	Jan 30, 1991	8–4	Winnipeg Jets	29–19–5
54	L	Jan 31, 1991	2–5	@ Boston Bruins	29–20–5
55	T	Feb 2, 1991	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders	29–20–6
56	W	Feb 4, 1991	5–3	Minnesota North Stars	30–20–6
57	L	Feb 6, 1991	3–8	Chicago Blackhawks	30–21–6
58	W	Feb 7, 1991	5–1	@ Quebec Nordiques	31–21–6
59	W	Feb 9, 1991	6–4	New York Rangers	32–21–6
60	L	Feb 13, 1991	4–7	Boston Bruins	32–22–6
61	T	Feb 15, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	32–22–7
62	L	Feb 16, 1991	1–2	Hartford Whalers	32–23–7
63	L	Feb 20, 1991	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers	32–24–7
64	T	Feb 23, 1991	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	32–24–8
65	L	Feb 27, 1991	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings	32–25–8
66	W	Mar 1, 1991	7–1	@ Vancouver Canucks	33–25–8
67	W	Mar 2, 1991	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers	34–25–8
68	L	Mar 4, 1991	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames	34–26–8
69	W	Mar 6, 1991	5–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks	35–26–8
70	W	Mar 9, 1991	4–2	Vancouver Canucks	36–26–8
71	T	Mar 10, 1991	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings	36–26–9
72	T	Mar 12, 1991	4–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	36–26–10
73	L	Mar 14, 1991	2–3	@ Boston Bruins	36–27–10
74	W	Mar 16, 1991	6–4	Buffalo Sabres	37–27–10
75	L	Mar 17, 1991	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	37–28–10
76	L	Mar 20, 1991	2–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	37–29–10
77	T	Mar 23, 1991	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils	37–29–11
78	W	Mar 25, 1991	3–2 OT	Hartford Whalers	38–29–11
79	W	Mar 30, 1991	4–3	Quebec Nordiques	39–29–11
80	L	Mar 31, 1991	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques	39–30–11

Season standings

Northeast Division Northeast Division (NHL) The NHL's Northeast Division was formed in 1993 as part of the Eastern Conference in a league realignment, the predecessor of which was the Adams Division...	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	79	26	50	76	29	5	5	1	5
	RW	75	31	30	61	53	0	9	0	4
	C	70	28	31	59	52
7	2	0
	C	73	22	31	53	24	4	8	0	2
	LW	71	23	24	47	138	9	7	0	2
	C	78	20	24	44	63
4	1	3
	LW	64	22	21	43	56	6	2	0	4
	RW	73	13	23	36	50	6	2	1	2
	C	57	15	19	34	85	12	1	1	2
	D	69	10	20	30	63	7	5	0	3
	D	60	4	22	26	52	5	3	0	1
	D	62	7	18	25	27	7	0	0	1
	C	54	6	19	25	20	2	1	0	3
	LW	47	8	15	23	18	3	4	0	2
	D	63	5	18	23	30
1	0	1
	LW	57	9	11	20	32
3	0	1
	D	51	3	16	19	31
2	0	0
	LW	51	6	9	15	10
1	0	1
	D	53	2	13	15	55	5	0	0	0
	LW	19	5	7	12	20
1	0	1
	LW	10	2	5	7	2	1	0	0	1
	D	28	0	6	6	26	8	0	0	0
	RW	28	3	2	5	128	4	0	0	0
	LW	17	1	3	4	0
0	0	0
	D	32	1	2	3	39	3	0	0	0
	LW	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
	D	10	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
	D	52	0	2	2	259	7	0	0	0
	G	48	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
	G	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	G	21	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	C/LW	25	0	1	1	12
0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	0
0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	21
0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2835	48	25	15	6	128	2.71	1	1362	1234	.906
	941	18	7	6	2	59	3.76	0	426	367	.862
	975	21	7	9	2	52	3.20	1	479	427	.891
	108	3	0	0	1	6	3.33	0	45	39	.867
Team:	4859	80	39	30	11	245	3.03	2	2312	2067	.894

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	13	9	6	15	36	4	1	3
	RW	13	9	5	14	6	1	0	1
	C	13	3	10	13	42	1	0	0
	C	13	2	11	13	35	1	0	0
	RW	13	8	3	11	7	2	2	1
	D	13	2	7	9	18	1	0	0
	LW	13	5	3	8	6	0	0	1
	LW	13	1	7	8	12	1	0	0
	C	13	1	5	6	10	0	0	1
	RW	12	3	2	5	6	0	0	0
	D	13	1	4	5	8	1	0	0
	C	7	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
	C	8	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
	D	11	0	2	2	26	0	0	0
	D	11	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
	D	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	D	10	0	1	1	21	0	0	0
	D	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	12	0	0	0	54	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	12	0	0	0	24	0	0	0
	G	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	C/LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	785	13	7	5	40	3.06	0	394	354	.898
	12	2	0	1	2	10.00	0	14	12	.857
Team:	797	13	7	6	42	3.16	0	408	366	.897

Transactions

• In November 1990, Brian Hayward was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for defenseman Jayson More.