1989–90 New York Islanders season

The 1989–90 New York Islanders season was the 18th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 4th in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the New York Rangers 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 5, 1989 	5–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	0–1–0
2 	L	October 7, 1989 	3–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 	0–2–0
3 	W	October 9, 1989 	5–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 	1–2–0
4 	W	October 11, 1989 	7–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 	2–2–0
5 	T	October 14, 1989 	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	2–2–1
6 	L	October 17, 1989 	3–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 	2–3–1
7 	W	October 20, 1989 	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 	3–3–1
8 	L	October 21, 1989 	1–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 	3–4–1
9 	T	October 24, 1989 	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 	3–4–2
10 	T	October 27, 1989 	5–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1989–90) 	3–4–3
11 	L	October 28, 1989 	1–4 	New York Rangers (1989–90) 	3–5–3
12 	L	October 31, 1989 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	3–6–3
13 	L	November 2, 1989 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	3–7–3
14 	W	November 4, 1989 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 	4–7–3
15 	L	November 5, 1989 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	4–8–3
16 	L	November 7, 1989 	3–5 	Washington Capitals (1989–90) 	4–9–3
17 	L	November 9, 1989 	5–7 	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	4–10–3
18 	L	November 11, 1989	3–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 	4–11–3
19 	L	November 12, 1989	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1989–90) 	4–12–3
20 	L	November 14, 1989	4–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	4–13–3
21 	W	November 16, 1989	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 	5–13–3
22 	L	November 18, 1989	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	5–14–3
23 	L	November 21, 1989	3–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 	5–15–3
24 	L	November 22, 1989	3–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 	5–16–3
25 	L	November 25, 1989	2–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 	5–17–3
26 	L	November 28, 1989	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	5–18–3
27 	W	November 30, 1989	2–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 	6–18–3
28 	W	December 2, 1989 	6–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 	7–18–3
29 	W	December 5, 1989 	3–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	8–18–3
30 	W	December 6, 1989 	4–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	9–18–3
31 	T	December 9, 1989 	0–0 OT	New York Rangers (1989–90) 	9–18–4
32 	L	December 12, 1989	2–7 	New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	9–19–4
33 	L	December 13, 1989	2–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	9–20–4
34 	W	December 15, 1989	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 	10–20–4
35 	W	December 16, 1989	4–3 	New York Rangers (1989–90) 	11–20–4
36 	W	December 19, 1989	5–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	12–20–4
37 	W	December 23, 1989	8–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	13–20–4
38 	W	December 28, 1989	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 	14–20–4
39 	L	December 30, 1989	3–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	14–21–4
40 	W	December 31, 1989	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	15–21–4
41 	W	January 2, 1990 	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 	16–21–4
42 	W	January 6, 1990 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	17–21–4
43 	W	January 10, 1990 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 	18–21–4
44 	W	January 11, 1990 	8–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	19–21–4
45 	W	January 13, 1990 	4–2 	Washington Capitals (1989–90) 	20–21–4
46 	W	January 16, 1990 	3–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 	21–21–4
47 	W	January 17, 1990 	6–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	22–21–4
48 	W	January 19, 1990 	6–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 	23–21–4
49 	L	January 23, 1990 	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	23–22–4
50 	L	January 25, 1990 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 	23–23–4
51 	W	January 27, 1990 	9–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	24–23–4
52 	T	January 28, 1990 	4–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	24–23–5
53 	L	January 30, 1990 	1–2 	St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 	24–24–5
54 	W	February 2, 1990 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1989–90) 	25–24–5
55 	W	February 4, 1990 	1–0 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	26–24–5
56 	W	February 6, 1990 	8–7 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	27–24–5
57 	T	February 8, 1990 	5–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	27–24–6
58 	W	February 10, 1990	4–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 	28–24–6
59 	L	February 13, 1990	2–4 	Calgary Flames (1989–90) 	28–25–6
60 	L	February 17, 1990	1–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 	28–26–6
61 	L	February 18, 1990	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	28–27–6
62 	L	February 22, 1990	3–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	28–28–6
63 	T	February 24, 1990	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 	28–28–7
64 	T	February 25, 1990	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	28–28–8
65 	L	February 28, 1990	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 	28–29–8
66 	L	March 2, 1990 	3–6 	@ New York Rangers (1989–90) 	28–30–8
67 	L	March 3, 1990 	4–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 	28–31–8
68 	L	March 6, 1990 	2–4 	Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	28–32–8
69 	L	March 8, 1990 	2–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	28–33–8
70 	T	March 10, 1990 	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1989–90) 	28–33–9
71 	L	March 13, 1990 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	28–34–9
72 	L	March 15, 1990 	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	28–35–9
73 	W	March 17, 1990 	6–3 	New York Rangers (1989–90) 	29–35–9
74 	T	March 18, 1990 	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	29–35–10
75 	L	March 20, 1990 	0–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 	29–36–10
76 	L	March 22, 1990 	1–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 	29–37–10
77 	T	March 24, 1990 	5–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 	29–37–11
78 	L	March 27, 1990 	2–4 	Calgary Flames (1989–90) 	29–38–11
79 	W	March 28, 1990 	6–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 	30–38–11
80 	W	March 31, 1990 	6–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	31–38–11
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 4, New York Islanders 1===
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	74	54	51	105	38 	-13	13 	2 	8
 	C 	67	33	35	68 	65 	9 	17 	3 	3
 	D 	80	15	44	59 	54 	3 	8 	0 	1
 	D 	60	4 	49	53 	65 	-9 	4 	0 	0
 	RW 	62	17	32	49 	101	10 	4 	0 	2
 	LW/C	74	24	24	48 	39 	-10	6 	1 	3
 	LW 	79	16	27	43 	47 	6 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	46	13	27	40 	20 	2 	5 	0 	1
 	W 	80	17	22	39 	41 	-2 	6 	0 	0
 	RW 	75	15	21	36 	129	-1 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	54	18	11	29 	26 	10 	0 	3 	3
 	D 	64	4 	21	25 	144	8 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	59	13	11	24 	29 	-11	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	63	6 	18	24 	19 	5 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	76	3 	17	20 	163	2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	34	8 	6 	14 	45 	-4 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	76	4 	8 	12 	290	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	31	1 	8 	9 	43 	13 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	20	4 	4 	8 	17 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	41	3 	4 	7 	27 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	19	2 	5 	7 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	20	2 	3 	5 	2 	-10	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	53	0 	5 	5 	194	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	3 	1 	4 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	4 	4 	30 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	2 	2 	31 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	2 	2 	39 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	20	0 	2 	2 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	2 	2 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	1 	0 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	39	0 	1 	1 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	0 	0 	24 	-7 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	5 	2	3	5 	2 	0 	2 	0 	1
 	W 	5 	1	4	5 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	3	4 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	3	0	3 	2 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	5 	1	1	2 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	2	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	2	2 	10 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	17 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	1	0	1 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	0	1 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	1	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	27 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	12 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0
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 Islanders did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1989–90 NHL season
==References==
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Category:1989 in hockey
Category:1990 in hockey