1990–91 New Jersey Devils season

The 1990–91 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 9th season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. The Devils finished 4th in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 games to 3.
==Regular Season==
This was the first time in the franchise's 17-year history that the team qualified for the playoffs in consecutive seasons. The team would make one huge move towards their future when they drafted Martin Brodeur with their first round selection in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	Oct 4, 1990 	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings 	0–0–1
2 	W	Oct 6, 1990 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1–0–1
3 	L	Oct 7, 1990 	4–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	1–1–1
4 	W	Oct 9, 1990 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars 	2–1–1
5 	L	Oct 11, 1990	4–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	2–2–1
6 	W	Oct 13, 1990	5–3 	Calgary Flames 	3–2–1
7 	W	Oct 17, 1990	3–2 	Washington Capitals 	4–2–1
8 	W	Oct 19, 1990	3–2 	New York Rangers 	5–2–1
9 	L	Oct 20, 1990	0–4 	@ Washington Capitals 	5–3–1
10	W	Oct 23, 1990	8–1 	@ New York Islanders 	6–3–1
11	W	Oct 25, 1990	5–1 	Buffalo Sabres 	7–3–1
12	W	Oct 27, 1990	7–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	8–3–1
13	L	Oct 30, 1990	3–6 	@ Calgary Flames 	8–4–1
14	L	Nov 1, 1990 	1–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	8–5–1
15	W	Nov 3, 1990 	5–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	9–5–1
16	L	Nov 7, 1990 	3–6 	New York Islanders 	9–6–1
17	L	Nov 9, 1990 	2–3 	New York Rangers 	9–7–1
18	L	Nov 10, 1990	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	9–8–1
19	W	Nov 13, 1990	6–3 	Montreal Canadiens 	10–8–1
20	L	Nov 15, 1990	2–4 	Hartford Whalers 	10–9–1
21	W	Nov 17, 1990	3–2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	11–9–1
22	W	Nov 18, 1990	4–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	12–9–1
23	L	Nov 20, 1990	4–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	12–10–1
24	W	Nov 24, 1990	5–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars	13–10–1
25	T	Nov 28, 1990	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers 	13–10–2
26	T	Nov 30, 1990	5–5 OT	New York Islanders 	13–10–3
27	W	Dec 1, 1990 	4–1 	@ St. Louis Blues 	14–10–3
28	T	Dec 3, 1990 	4–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets 	14–10–4
29	W	Dec 5, 1990 	9–4 	Vancouver Canucks 	15–10–4
30	L	Dec 7, 1990 	2–5 	@ Washington Capitals 	15–11–4
31	W	Dec 8, 1990 	4–2 	Washington Capitals 	16–11–4
32	L	Dec 11, 1990	2–3 	@ New York Islanders 	16–12–4
33	L	Dec 13, 1990	5–9 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	16–13–4
34	T	Dec 15, 1990	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins 	16–13–5
35	W	Dec 18, 1990	8–3 	Boston Bruins 	17–13–5
36	T	Dec 20, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	17–13–6
37	W	Dec 22, 1990	4–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	18–13–6
38	W	Dec 23, 1990	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	19–13–6
39	T	Dec 27, 1990	1–1 OT	New York Islanders 	19–13–7
40	T	Dec 29, 1990	4–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres 	19–13–8
41	T	Dec 30, 1990	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers 	19–13–9
42	L	Jan 1, 1991 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals 	19–14–9
43	L	Jan 3, 1991 	3–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	19–15–9
44	L	Jan 5, 1991 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	19–16–9
45	L	Jan 8, 1991 	3–5 	St. Louis Blues 	19–17–9
46	L	Jan 12, 1991	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers 	19–18–9
47	L	Jan 14, 1991	1–6 	Los Angeles Kings 	19–19–9
48	T	Jan 16, 1991	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks 	19–19–10
49	L	Jan 22, 1991	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	19–20–10
50	W	Jan 24, 1991	6–1 	Quebec Nordiques 	20–20–10
51	L	Jan 26, 1991	1–3 	Minnesota North Stars 	20–21–10
52	W	Jan 28, 1991	6–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	21–21–10
53	W	Jan 30, 1991	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	22–21–10
54	L	Feb 2, 1991 	4–5 	@ St. Louis Blues 	22–22–10
55	W	Feb 5, 1991 	2–1 	Calgary Flames 	23–22–10
56	L	Feb 9, 1991 	1–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	23–23–10
57	W	Feb 10, 1991	2–0 	Vancouver Canucks 	24–23–10
58	L	Feb 13, 1991	3–6 	@ New York Rangers 	24–24–10
59	T	Feb 14, 1991	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets 	24–24–11
60	W	Feb 16, 1991	3–2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	25–24–11
61	L	Feb 18, 1991	0–4 	Edmonton Oilers 	25–25–11
62	W	Feb 22, 1991	5–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	26–25–11
63	L	Feb 24, 1991	2–5 	@ New York Rangers 	26–26–11
64	W	Feb 25, 1991	5–1 	Washington Capitals 	27–26–11
65	L	Feb 27, 1991	3–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	27–27–11
66	W	Mar 1, 1991 	6–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	28–27–11
67	L	Mar 3, 1991 	1–3 	Boston Bruins 	28–28–11
68	L	Mar 5, 1991 	3–4 	@ New York Islanders 	28–29–11
69	T	Mar 6, 1991 	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres 	28–29–12
70	L	Mar 10, 1991	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	28–30–12
71	W	Mar 13, 1991	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	29–30–12
72	W	Mar 15, 1991	5–2 	New York Rangers 	30–30–12
73	L	Mar 16, 1991	2–6 	@ Hartford Whalers 	30–31–12
74	W	Mar 19, 1991	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	31–31–12
75	T	Mar 21, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	31–31–13
76	T	Mar 23, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens 	31–31–14
77	T	Mar 26, 1991	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers 	31–31–15
78	W	Mar 27, 1991	4–3 OT	Hartford Whalers 	32–31–15
79	L	Mar 30, 1991	0–4 	@ Washington Capitals 	32–32–15
80	L	Mar 31, 1991	2–3 	New York Islanders 	32–33–15
==Playoffs==
===Pittsburgh Penguins 4, New Jersey Devils 3===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	78	45	33	78 	150	8 	19 	2 	7
 	LW 	80	19	51	70 	76 	1 	7 	0 	3
 	LW 	75	29	37	66 	141	4 	7 	0 	2
 	C 	77	18	42	60 	53 	0 	4 	0 	3
 	RW 	78	30	17	47 	105	-8 	10 	0 	2
 	C 	71	15	31	46 	48 	7 	4 	1 	1
 	D 	73	9 	36	45 	62 	11 	7 	0 	2
 	D 	78	10	31	41 	76 	23 	1 	0 	3
 	D 	76	4 	34	38 	48 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	58	14	16	30 	4 	18 	0 	2 	2
 	C 	53	9 	19	28 	27 	9 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	45	8 	17	25 	8 	3 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	64	8 	14	22 	151	9 	1 	0 	3
 	C 	78	11	9 	20 	79 	-1 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	80	4 	16	20 	249	-10	1 	2 	1
 	D 	67	3 	16	19 	62 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	49	5 	11	16 	27 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	47	2 	12	14 	44 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	4 	6 	10 	10 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	59	6 	3 	9 	182	-10	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	41	5 	2 	7 	159	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	4 	3 	7 	6 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	28	3 	2 	5 	87 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	4 	0 	4 	46 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	3 	1 	4 	41 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	53	0 	3 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	27 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	1 	1 	21 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	0 	0 	0 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2970	53	24	21	7 	144	2.91	1 	1348	1204	.893
 	1870	35	8 	12	8 	112	3.59	0 	875 	763 	.872
 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	6.00	0 	7 	5 	.714
Team: 	4860	80	32	33	15	258	3.19	1 	2230	1972	.884
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	7 	5	3	8 	20 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	3	5	8 	12 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	3	4	7 	2 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	7 	4	0	4 	34 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	7 	2	2	4 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	7 	1	3	4 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	4	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	2	3 	12 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	2	3 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	1	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	2	2 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	2	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	1	1 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	428	7 	3	4	21	2.94	0 	216	195	.903
Team: 	428	7 	3	4	21	2.94	0 	216	195	.903
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 
==Awards and Records==
*The Devils did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
The Devils' draft picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.
Rd #	Pick #	Player 	Nat 	Pos 	Team (League) 	Notes 	 	 	
1 	20 	Martin Brodeur 	 	G 	Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) 	The Devils traded their first-round pick (used on Trevor Kidd) and second-round pick (used on Vesa Viitakoski) to Calgary for the Flames' first-round pick (Brodeur), Detroit's second-round pick (Harlock), and Minnesota's second-round pick (Gotziaman) on June 17, 1990. 	 	 	
2 	24 	David Harlock 	 	D 	University of Michigan (CCHA) 	 	 	 	
2 	29 	Chris Gotziaman 	 	RW 	Roseau H.S. (Minnesota) 	 	 	 	
3 	53 	Mike Dunham 	 	G 	Canterbury H.S. (Connecticut) 	 	 	 	
3 	56 	Brad Bombardir 	 	D 	Powell River Kings (BCJHL) 	The Devils traded their 1989 seventh-round pick (used on Doug Evans) and Alain Chevrier to Winnipeg for Steve Rooney and the Jets' 1990 third-round pick (Bombardir) on June 19, 1988. The official Devils transaction page incorrectly lists Evans' pick as 1990. Doug Evans' profile at HockeyDB.com	 	 	
4 	64 	Mike Bodnarchuk 	 	RW 	 	The Devils traded their 1990 eight-round pick (used on Alexander Karpovtsev), Joe Cirella and Claude Loiselle to Quebec in exchange for the Nordiques' fourth-round pick (Bodnarchuk) and Walt Poddubny on June 17, 1989. 	 	 	
5 	95 	Dean Malkoc 	 	D 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL) 	 	 	 	
5 	104 	Petr Kuchyna 	 	D 	HC Jihlava (Czechoslovak Extraliga) 	The Devils traded Jim Korn to Calgary in exchange for the Flames' 1990 fifth-round pick (Kuchyna) on March 6, 1990. 	 	 	
6 	116 	Lubomir Kolnik 	 	RW 	HC Dukla Trenčín (Czechoslovak Extraliga) 	 	 	 	
7 	137 	Chris McAlpine 	 	D 	Roseville Area High School (Minnesota) 	 	 	 	
8 	158 	No eighth-round pick	No eighth-round pick	No eighth-round pick	No eighth-round pick 	No eighth-round pick 	No eighth-round pick	No eighth-round pick	No eighth-round pick
9 	179 	Jaroslav Modry 	 	D 	HC České Budějovice (Czechoslovak Extraliga)	 	 	 	
10 	200 	Corey Schwab 	 	G 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 	 	 	 	
11 	221 	Valeri Zelepukin 	 	LW 	Khimik Voskresensk (Soviet League) 	 	 	 	
12 	242 	Todd Reirden 	 	D 	Tabor Academy (Massachusetts) 	 	 	 	
==See Also==
*1990–91 NHL season
==References==
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