1990–91 New York Rangers season

The 1990–91 New York Rangers season was the 65th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers finished 2nd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Washington Capitals 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 	L 	October 4, 1990 	3–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 6, 1990 	4–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 8, 1990 	6–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	October 10, 1990 	4–2 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	October 12, 1990 	3–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	October 13, 1990 	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	4–2–0
7 	W 	October 17, 1990 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	5–2–0
8 	L 	October 19, 1990 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	5–3–0
9 	W 	October 20, 1990 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	6–3–0
10 	W 	October 22, 1990 	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	7–3–0
11 	W 	October 25, 1990 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	8–3–0
12 	W 	October 27, 1990 	4–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	9–3–0
13 	W 	October 29, 1990 	5–0 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	10–3–0
14 	W 	October 31, 1990 	9–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	11–3–0
15 	L 	November 2, 1990 	2–3 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	11–4–0
16 	L 	November 3, 1990 	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	11–5–0
17 	L 	November 5, 1990 	2–3 OT 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	11–6–0
18 	W 	November 7, 1990 	6–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	12–6–0
19 	W 	November 9, 1990 	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	13–6–0
20 	T 	November 11, 1990 	4–4 OT 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	13–6–1
21 	T 	November 13, 1990 	1–1 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	13–6–2
22 	W 	November 15, 1990 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	14–6–2
23 	W 	November 16, 1990 	6–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	15–6–2
24 	T 	November 19, 1990 	2–2 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	15–6–3
25 	T 	November 21, 1990 	5–5 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	15–6–4
26 	T 	November 24, 1990 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	15–6–5
27 	W 	November 26, 1990 	5–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	16–6–5
28 	L 	November 28, 1990 	3–6 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	16–7–5
29 	L 	November 30, 1990 	1–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	16–8–5
30 	W 	December 1, 1990 	5–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	17–8–5
31 	L 	December 3, 1990 	4–9 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	17–9–5
32 	L 	December 5, 1990 	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	17–10–5
33 	L 	December 7, 1990 	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	17–11–5
34 	W 	December 11, 1990 	6–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	18–11–5
35 	W 	December 14, 1990 	5–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	19–11–5
36 	W 	December 17, 1990 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	20–11–5
37 	L 	December 19, 1990 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	20–12–5
38 	L 	December 22, 1990 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	20–13–5
39 	T 	December 23, 1990 	5–5 OT 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	20–13–6
40 	W 	December 28, 1990 	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	21–13–6
41 	T 	December 30, 1990 	2–2 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	21–13–7
42 	W 	January 2, 1991 	4–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	22–13–7
43 	W 	January 3, 1991 	7–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	23–13–7
44 	W 	January 5, 1991 	3–2 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	24–13–7
45 	W 	January 7, 1991 	3–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	25–13–7
46 	L 	January 9, 1991 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	25–14–7
47 	L 	January 11, 1991 	3–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	25–15–7
48 	W 	January 13, 1991 	4–3 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	26–15–7
49 	T 	January 15, 1991 	2–2 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	26–15–8
50 	L 	January 17, 1991 	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	26–16–8
51 	L 	January 22, 1991 	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	26–17–8
52 	W 	January 25, 1991 	4–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	27–17–8
53 	L 	January 30, 1991 	1–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	27–18–8
54 	T 	January 31, 1991 	3–3 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	27–18–9
55 	L 	February 3, 1991 	3–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	27–19–9
56 	W 	February 6, 1991 	5–2 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	28–19–9
57 	W 	February 8, 1991 	8–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	29–19–9
58 	L 	February 9, 1991 	4–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	29–20–9
59 	W 	February 13, 1991 	6–3 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	30–20–9
60 	W 	February 15, 1991 	5–3 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	31–20–9
61 	L 	February 18, 1991 	4–5 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	31–21–9
62 	T 	February 21, 1991 	4–4 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	31–21–10
63 	L 	February 22, 1991 	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	31–22–10
64 	W 	February 24, 1991 	5–2 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	32–22–10
65 	T 	February 27, 1991 	4–4 OT 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	32–22–11
66 	T 	February 28, 1991 	4–4 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	32–22–12
67 	W 	March 2, 1991 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	33–22–12
68 	W 	March 4, 1991 	6–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	34–22–12
69 	L 	March 7, 1991 	2–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	34–23–12
70 	L 	March 9, 1991 	4–6 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	34–24–12
71 	L 	March 10, 1991 	2–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	34–25–12
72 	L 	March 13, 1991 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	34–26–12
73 	L 	March 15, 1991 	2–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	34–27–12
74 	L 	March 17, 1991 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	34–28–12
75 	L 	March 21, 1991 	4–5 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	34–29–12
76 	L 	March 23, 1991 	4–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	34–30–12
77 	W 	March 24, 1991 	3–1 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	35–30–12
78 	T 	March 26, 1991 	3–3 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	35–30–13
79 	L 	March 30, 1991 	5–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	35–31–13
80 	W 	March 31, 1991 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	36–31–13
==Playoffs==
===Washington Capitals 4, New York Rangers 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	80	16	72	88 	42 	2 	6 	0 	4
 	C 	71	25	48	73 	96 	5 	8 	0 	2
 	RW 	79	49	20	69 	53 	-9 	22 	1 	4
 	C 	74	26	41	67 	37 	-5 	15 	2 	3
 	RW 	79	19	43	62 	44 	12 	4 	0 	3
 	D 	74	10	49	59 	58 	-5 	6 	0 	2
 	LW 	79	31	23	54 	10 	15 	12 	0 	4
 	RW 	59	24	23	47 	21 	8 	7 	0 	5
 	C 	63	17	27	44 	63 	1 	1 	2 	3
 	C 	51	15	20	35 	58 	3 	7 	1 	2
 	LW 	72	11	14	25 	154	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	53	7 	18	25 	8 	13 	0 	3 	0
 	D 	61	4 	19	23 	161	13 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	71	12	10	22 	252	-8 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	67	9 	7 	16 	172	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	47	5 	8 	13 	10 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	77	2 	10	12 	89 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	28	4 	6 	10 	18 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	44	3 	7 	10 	35 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	29	1 	6 	7 	12 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	70	1 	5 	6 	89 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	3 	1 	4 	0 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	3 	3 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1 	1 	2 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	2 	2 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	1 	0 	1 	52 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	28	1 	0 	1 	185	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D/LW	14	0 	1 	1 	27 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	36 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D/LW	21	0 	0 	0 	61 	-4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2596	45	21	13	7 	135	3.12	0 	1392	1257	.903
 	2257	40	15	18	6 	126	3.35	3 	1154	1028	.891
Team: 	4853	80	36	31	13	261	3.23	3 	2546	2285	.897
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	5 	4	3	7 	8 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	6 	1	3	4 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	3	0	3 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	2	1	3 	6 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	2	3 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	2	3 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	2	3 	0 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2	0	2 	36 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	6 	1	1	2 	0 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	2	2 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	2	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	26 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	2	2 	21 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	11 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	30 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	18 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	11 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	313	6 	2	4	14	2.68	1 	182	168	.923
 	52 	1 	0	0	1 	1.15	0 	22 	21 	.955
Team: 	365	6 	2	4	15	2.47	1 	204	189	.926
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==
*The Rangers did not win any awards this season.
==Game Ads==
90-91NHLExhAlbanyGameAd.jpg|Exhibition @ Albany, New York
==See Also==
*1990–91 NHL season
==References==
*1990-91 New York Rangers Statistics
New York Rangers seasons, 1990-91
New York Rangers seasons, 1990-91
Category:New York Rangers seasons