# 1990–91 New York Rangers season

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.

## 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).

### 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 |
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 :
| 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

1990-91 Game Log :
October: 11-3-0 (Home: 8-0-0; Road: 3-3-0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
14@ Chicago Blackhawks4 - 30-1-0
26@ Hartford Whalers5 - 40-2-0
38Minnesota North Stars6 - 31-2-0
410Washington Capitals4 - 22-2-0
512Montreal Canadiens3 - 03-2-0
613@ Washington Capitals5 - 24-2-0
717Winnipeg Jets5 - 35-2-0
819@ New Jersey Devils3 - 25-3-0
920@ Pittsburgh Penguins4 - 36-3-0
1022Toronto Maple Leafs5 - 17-3-0
1125Philadelphia Flyers5 - 38-3-0
1227@ Quebec Nordiques4 - 19-3-0
1329Quebec Nordiques5 - 010-3-0
1431Los Angeles Kings9 - 411-3-0 :
November: 5-5-5 (Home: 2-3-2; Road: 3-2-3)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
152New York Islanders3 - 211-4-0
163@ Pittsburgh Penguins3 - 111-5-0
175Boston Bruins3 - 2 OT11-6-0
187Buffalo Sabres6 - 212-6-0
199@ New Jersey Devils3 - 213-6-0
2011Calgary Flames4 - 4 OT13-6-1
2113@ Philadelphia Flyers1 - 1 OT13-6-2
2215@ Minnesota North Stars4 - 214-6-2
2316@ Winnipeg Jets6 - 415-6-2
2419Minnesota North Stars2 - 2 OT15-6-3
2521@ Buffalo Sabres5 - 5 OT15-6-4
2624@ New York Islanders2 - 2 OT15-6-5
2726Buffalo Sabres5 - 016-6-5
2828Washington Capitals6 - 316-7-5
2930@ Philadelphia Flyers5 - 116-8-5 :
December: 5-5-2 (Home: 1-2-2; Road: 4-3-0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
301@ Boston Bruins5 - 417-8-5
313Pittsburgh Penguins9 - 417-9-5
325@ Calgary Flames4 - 117-10-5
337@ Edmonton Oilers4 - 317-11-5
3411@ Los Angeles Kings6 - 418-11-5
3514@ Vancouver Canucks5 - 319-11-5
3617Washington Capitals5 - 320-11-5
3719Toronto Maple Leafs4 - 120-12-5
3822@ Montreal Canadiens3 - 120-13-5
3923Boston Bruins5 - 5 OT20-13-6
4028@ Washington Capitals5 - 321-13-6
4130New Jersey Devils2 - 2 OT21-13-7 :
January: 6-5-2 (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 3-3-1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
422Los Angeles Kings4 - 122-13-7
433@ Pittsburgh Penguins7 - 523-13-7
445@ St. Louis Blues3 - 2 OT24-13-7
457Philadelphia Flyers3 - 225-13-7
469St. Louis Blues3 - 225-14-7
4711@ Detroit Red Wings6 - 325-15-7
4813Hartford Whalers4 - 326-15-7
4915Edmonton Oilers2 - 2 OT26-15-8
5017Chicago Blackhawks3 - 226-16-8
5122@ New York Islanders3 - 226-17-8
5225@ Edmonton Oilers4 - 327-17-8
5330@ Calgary Flames5 - 127-18-8
5431@ Vancouver Canucks3 - 3 OT27-18-9 :
February: 5-4-3 (Home: 5-2-1; Road: 0-2-2)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
553Winnipeg Jets4 - 327-19-9
566New York Islanders5 - 228-19-9
578Vancouver Canucks8 - 129-19-9
589@ Montreal Canadiens6 - 429-20-9
5913New Jersey Devils6 - 330-20-9
6015Hartford Whalers5 - 331-20-9
6118New York Islanders5 - 431-21-9
6221@ Philadelphia Flyers4 - 4 OT31-21-10
6322@ Washington Capitals3 - 231-22-10
6424New Jersey Devils5 - 232-22-10
6527Washington Capitals4 - 4 OT32-22-11
6628@ St. Louis Blues4 - 4 OT32-22-12 :
March: 4-9-1 (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 1-7-0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
672@ Toronto Maple Leafs5 - 233-22-12
684Philadelphia Flyers6 - 234-22-12
697@ Quebec Nordiques4 - 234-23-12
709@ New York Islanders6 - 434-24-12
7110@ Chicago Blackhawks5 - 234-25-12
7213Detroit Red Wings4 - 134-26-12
7315@ New Jersey Devils5 - 234-27-12
7417Pittsburgh Penguins4 - 234-28-12
7521@ Pittsburgh Penguins5 - 4 OT34-29-12
7623@ Philadelphia Flyers7 - 434-30-12
7724New York Islanders3 - 135-30-12
7826New Jersey Devils3 - 3 OT35-30-13
7930@ Detroit Red Wings6 - 535-31-13
8031Pittsburgh Penguins6 - 336-31-13 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 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 | 74 | 10 | 49 | 59 | -5 | 58 |
| John Ogrodnick | 79 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 15 | 10 |
| Ray Sheppard | 59 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 21 |
| Kevin Miller$^‡$ | 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 | 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 | 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 | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 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 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Doug Weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Broten | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Shaw | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Troy Mallette | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| John Ogrodnick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Patrick | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| 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 | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| 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.
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the BC Place Stadium.
| 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.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 2 | 18 | Mike Gilmore | G | United States | Michigan State University (CCHA) |