1990–91 Boston Bruins season

The 1990–91 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 66th season. The Bruins finished 1st in the Adams Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 4, 1990 	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 6, 1990 	7–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	2–0–0
3 	W 	October 7, 1990 	5–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	3–0–0
4 	W 	October 10, 1990 	4–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	4–0–0
5 	T 	October 11, 1990 	3–3 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	4–0–1
6 	L 	October 13, 1990 	1–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	4–1–1
7 	L 	October 17, 1990 	1–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	4–2–1
8 	L 	October 19, 1990 	1–8 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	4–3–1
9 	L 	October 20, 1990 	1–8 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	4–4–1
10 	W 	October 25, 1990 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	5–4–1
11 	W 	October 27, 1990 	5–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	6–4–1
12 	T 	October 31, 1990 	3–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	6–4–2
13 	W 	November 1, 1990 	3–2 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	7–4–2
14 	L 	November 3, 1990 	1–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	7–5–2
15 	W 	November 5, 1990 	3–2 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	8–5–2
16 	W 	November 7, 1990 	2–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	9–5–2
17 	T 	November 10, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	9–5–3
18 	W 	November 11, 1990 	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	10–5–3
19 	L 	November 14, 1990 	1–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	10–6–3
20 	W 	November 15, 1990 	6–0 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	11–6–3
21 	T 	November 17, 1990 	1–1 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	11–6–4
22 	W 	November 19, 1990 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	12–6–4
23 	L 	November 23, 1990 	3–4 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	12–7–4
24 	W 	November 24, 1990 	4–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	13–7–4
25 	W 	November 29, 1990 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	14–7–4
26 	L 	December 1, 1990 	4–5 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	14–8–4
27 	W 	December 4, 1990 	5–4 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	15–8–4
28 	L 	December 6, 1990 	4–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	15–9–4
29 	L 	December 8, 1990 	1–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	15–10–4
30 	W 	December 9, 1990 	3–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	16–10–4
31 	W 	December 12, 1990 	5–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	17–10–4
32 	W 	December 13, 1990 	8–2 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	18–10–4
33 	T 	December 15, 1990 	1–1 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	18–10–5
34 	L 	December 18, 1990 	3–8 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	18–11–5
35 	W 	December 20, 1990 	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	19–11–5
36 	W 	December 22, 1990 	6–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	20–11–5
37 	T 	December 23, 1990 	5–5 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	20–11–6
38 	T 	December 26, 1990 	3–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	20–11–7
39 	L 	December 28, 1990 	0–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	20–12–7
40 	T 	December 29, 1990 	4–4 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	20–12–8
41 	W 	January 3, 1991 	8–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	21–12–8
42 	L 	January 5, 1991 	3–5 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	21–13–8
43 	W 	January 7, 1991 	5–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	22–13–8
44 	L 	January 8, 1991 	2–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	22–14–8
45 	W 	January 10, 1991 	5–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	23–14–8
46 	L 	January 12, 1991 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	23–15–8
47 	W 	January 14, 1991 	6–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	24–15–8
48 	W 	January 15, 1991 	5–4 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	25–15–8
49 	W 	January 17, 1991 	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	26–15–8
50 	L 	January 22, 1991 	4–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	26–16–8
51 	W 	January 24, 1991 	3–0 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	27–16–8
52 	W 	January 26, 1991 	5–2 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	28–16–8
53 	W 	January 27, 1991 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	29–16–8
54 	W 	January 31, 1991 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	30–16–8
55 	L 	February 2, 1991 	2–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	30–17–8
56 	W 	February 3, 1991 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	31–17–8
57 	W 	February 5, 1991 	6–5 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	32–17–8
58 	L 	February 7, 1991 	1–4 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	32–18–8
59 	W 	February 9, 1991 	5–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	33–18–8
60 	W 	February 10, 1991 	7–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	34–18–8
61 	W 	February 13, 1991 	7–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	35–18–8
62 	W 	February 16, 1991 	5–4 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	36–18–8
63 	L 	February 21, 1991 	1–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	36–19–8
64 	L 	February 23, 1991 	2–9 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	36–20–8
65 	W 	February 28, 1991 	5–0 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	37–20–8
66 	L 	March 2, 1991 	4–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	37–21–8
67 	W 	March 3, 1991 	3–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	38–21–8
68 	L 	March 5, 1991 	3–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	38–22–8
69 	T 	March 7, 1991 	5–5 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	38–22–9
70 	W 	March 9, 1991 	2–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	39–22–9
71 	W 	March 14, 1991 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	40–22–9
72 	L 	March 16, 1991 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	40–23–9
73 	W 	March 17, 1991 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	41–23–9
74 	T 	March 19, 1991 	1–1 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	41–23–10
75 	T 	March 21, 1991 	3–3 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	41–23–11
76 	W 	March 23, 1991 	6–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	42–23–11
77 	T 	March 24, 1991 	3–3 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	42–23–12
78 	W 	March 26, 1991 	7–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	43–23–12
79 	L 	March 30, 1991 	3–5 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	43–24–12
80 	W 	March 31, 1991 	7–3 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	44–24–12
==Playoffs==
===Boston Bruins 4, Hartford Whalers 2===
===Boston Bruins 4, Montreal Canadiens 3===
===Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Boston Bruins 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	76	21	73	94 	75 	33 	7 	0 	3
 	C 	77	26	66	92 	8 	15 	9 	1 	5
 	RW 	69	51	40	91 	98 	26 	18 	1 	8
 	C/RW	70	30	29	59 	20 	11 	12 	2 	4
 	RW 	78	32	21	53 	41 	8 	9 	0 	2
 	C/RW	80	15	33	48 	115	12 	0 	1 	2
 	D 	80	11	32	43 	78 	0 	5 	1 	1
 	LW 	62	15	13	28 	40 	17 	1 	0 	4
 	D 	70	6 	21	27 	84 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	61	4 	19	23 	62 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	77	8 	13	21 	67 	2 	0 	1 	3
 	C 	31	8 	12	20 	25 	5 	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	28	5 	14	19 	9 	4 	1 	0 	3
 	LW 	49	5 	13	18 	67 	7 	1 	1 	1
 	C 	29	8 	8 	16 	22 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	29	8 	8 	16 	19 	1 	4 	0 	0
 	C 	56	8 	8 	16 	32 	-14	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	41	6 	9 	15 	277	4 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	50	4 	7 	11 	68 	-13	1 	1 	2
 	LW/C	40	2 	9 	11 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	2 	6 	8 	107	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	2 	6 	8 	89 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	39	5 	2 	7 	9 	-12	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	18	2 	5 	7 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	23	3 	3 	6 	36 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	4 	0 	4 	31 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	19	2 	2 	4 	82 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	18	1 	3 	4 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	2 	1 	3 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	2 	1 	3 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	51	0 	2 	2 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	1 	0 	1 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	1 	1 	10 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	5 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	0 	0 	0 	26 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	33	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2844	51	25	13	9 	136	2.87	4 	1307	1171	.896
 	1829	33	17	10	3 	111	3.64	1 	841 	730 	.868
 	184 	3 	2 	1 	0 	14 	4.57	0 	82 	68 	.829
 	10 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0.00	0 	7 	7 	1.000
Team: 	4867	80	44	24	12	261	3.22	5 	2237	1976	.883
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	19	7 	18	25 	12 	-4 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	18	4 	18	22 	11 	-4 	4 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	16	4 	20 	36 	-3 	9 	0 	4
 	C 	17	2 	11	13 	0 	2 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	19	8 	4 	12 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	19	2 	9 	11 	19 	-8 	2 	0 	0
 	C/RW	15	4 	6 	10 	6 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	16	0 	9 	9 	20 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	4 	4 	8 	4 	-2 	3 	0 	0
 	C/RW	17	4 	2 	6 	45 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	16	1 	5 	6 	17 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	3 	2 	5 	30 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	1 	3 	4 	14 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	19	3 	0 	3 	25 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	0 	3 	3 	39 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	0 	2 	2 	62 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	1 	0 	1 	22 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	1 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	10 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	0 	0 	18 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1133	19	10	9	60	3.18	0 	569	509	.895
 	32 	2 	0 	0	0 	0.00	0 	18 	18 	1.000
Team: 	1165	19	10	9	60	3.09	0 	587	527	.898
Note: Pos = Position; 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==
*NHL Record, most shots on goal, one player in a game (19), Ray Bourque
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Ray Bourque (4th win)
*Cam Neely, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Ray Bourque, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Trivia==
*Bruins who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
**Cam Neely during the 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings on January 17, 1991.
**Ken Hodge Jr. during the 6-5 win over the Edmonton Oilers on February 5, 1991.
**Cam Neely during the 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on February 9, 1991.
**Ken Hodge Jr. during the 5-0 win over the New York Islanders on February 28, 1991.
==Game Ads==
90-91NHLExhAlbanyGameAd.jpg|Exhibition @ Albany, New York
==References==
* Bruins on Hockey Database
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