1989–90 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1989–90 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 20th in the National Hockey League. The Penguins finished 5th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===All-Star Game===
The 41st National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, on January 21, 1990. The game saw the team of all-stars from the Wales conference defeat the Campbell conference all-stars 12–7. Mario Lemieux was named the game's Most Valuable Player.
===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 5, 1989 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	0–1–0
2 	T 	October 7, 1989 	4–4 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	0–1–1
3 	W 	October 10, 1989 	5–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	October 14, 1989 	2–1 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 15, 1989 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	2–2–1
6 	W 	October 17, 1989 	7–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	3–2–1
7 	L 	October 18, 1989 	3–9 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	October 21, 1989 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	3–4–1
9 	L 	October 25, 1989 	6–8 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	3–5–1
10 	T 	October 26, 1989 	3–3 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	3–5–2
11 	L 	October 28, 1989 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	3–6–2
12 	L 	October 31, 1989 	4–8 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	3–7–2
13 	W 	November 2, 1989 	5–2 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	4–7–2
14 	W 	November 4, 1989 	3–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	5–7–2
15 	L 	November 5, 1989 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	5–8–2
16 	L 	November 9, 1989 	3–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	5–9–2
17 	L 	November 11, 1989 	3–8 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	5–10–2
18 	W 	November 14, 1989 	6–0 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	6–10–2
19 	W 	November 16, 1989 	8–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	7–10–2
20 	W 	November 18, 1989 	5–3 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	8–10–2
21 	L 	November 22, 1989 	3–6 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	8–11–2
22 	W 	November 24, 1989 	7–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	9–11–2
23 	L 	November 25, 1989 	1–4 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	9–12–2
24 	L 	November 28, 1989 	3–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	9–13–2
25 	L 	November 30, 1989 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	9–14–2
26 	W 	December 2, 1989 	7–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	10–14–2
27 	W 	December 6, 1989 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	11–14–2
28 	W 	December 8, 1989 	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	12–14–2
29 	L 	December 9, 1989 	4–6 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	12–15–2
30 	W 	December 12, 1989 	7–5 	Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	13–15–2
31 	T 	December 14, 1989 	4–4 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	13–15–3
32 	L 	December 16, 1989 	3–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	13–16–3
33 	L 	December 19, 1989 	4–8 	Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	13–17–3
34 	W 	December 21, 1989 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	14–17–3
35 	L 	December 23, 1989 	6–8 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	14–18–3
36 	L 	December 26, 1989 	3–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	14–19–3
37 	W 	December 27, 1989 	7–4 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	15–19–3
38 	W 	December 31, 1989 	5–4 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	16–19–3
39 	L 	January 2, 1990 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	16–20–3
40 	W 	January 4, 1990 	4–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	17–20–3
41 	W 	January 6, 1990 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	18–20–3
42 	W 	January 8, 1990 	7–5 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	19–20–3
43 	L 	January 10, 1990 	3–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	19–21–3
44 	W 	January 12, 1990 	6–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	20–21–3
45 	W 	January 16, 1990 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	21–21–3
46 	T 	January 18, 1990 	3–3 OT 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	21–21–4
47 	L 	January 23, 1990 	2–4 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	21–22–4
48 	W 	January 25, 1990 	5–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	22–22–4
49 	L 	January 27, 1990 	3–9 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	22–23–4
50 	L 	January 28, 1990 	2–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	22–24–4
51 	L 	January 30, 1990 	3–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	22–25–4
52 	W 	February 2, 1990 	6–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	23–25–4
53 	L 	February 3, 1990 	4–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	23–26–4
54 	L 	February 6, 1990 	7–8 OT 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	23–27–4
55 	W 	February 8, 1990 	7–5 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	24–27–4
56 	W 	February 10, 1990 	7–6 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	25–27–4
57 	W 	February 11, 1990 	4–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	26–27–4
58 	W 	February 14, 1990 	4–3 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	27–27–4
59 	T 	February 16, 1990 	3–3 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	27–27–5
60 	L 	February 18, 1990 	4–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	27–28–5
61 	W 	February 20, 1990 	6–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	28–28–5
62 	W 	February 22, 1990 	4–3 OT 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	29–28–5
63 	L 	February 24, 1990 	1–11 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	29–29–5
64 	L 	February 26, 1990 	2–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	29–30–5
65 	W 	February 28, 1990 	2–1 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	30–30–5
66 	L 	March 2, 1990 	5–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	30–31–5
67 	W 	March 4, 1990 	8–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	31–31–5
68 	L 	March 6, 1990 	3–4 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	31–32–5
69 	L 	March 7, 1990 	3–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	31–33–5
70 	L 	March 10, 1990 	2–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	31–34–5
71 	L 	March 11, 1990 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	31–35–5
72 	W 	March 15, 1990 	6–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	32–35–5
73 	L 	March 17, 1990 	2–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	32–36–5
74 	T 	March 18, 1990 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	32–36–6
75 	L 	March 22, 1990 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	32–37–6
76 	T 	March 24, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	32–37–7
77 	L 	March 25, 1990 	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	32–38–7
78 	T 	March 27, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	32–38–8
79 	L 	March 29, 1990 	4–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	32–39–8
80 	L 	March 31, 1990 	2–3 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	32–40–8
==Playoffs==
*The Penguins did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	59	45	78	123	78 	-18	14 	3 	4
 	D 	80	29	74	103	95 	-25	10 	0 	3
 	C 	72	32	60	92 	138	-13	9 	0 	4
 	RW 	80	33	47	80 	102	-10	12 	0 	3
 	LW 	76	29	41	70 	171	-13	12 	0 	1
 	RW 	74	30	37	67 	44 	6 	6 	2 	4
 	LW 	76	22	17	39 	108	-7 	2 	1 	3
 	LW 	78	20	19	39 	109	3 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	37	14	18	32 	22 	-11	7 	0 	0
 	D 	51	6 	25	31 	37 	-14	5 	0 	2
 	C 	41	9 	20	29 	22 	-15	5 	0 	2
 	LW 	67	11	16	27 	168	-9 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	38	4 	18	22 	29 	-10	1 	0 	1
 	C 	61	5 	11	16 	54 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	75	3 	13	16 	154	-20	1 	0 	0
 	D 	61	3 	12	15 	71 	11 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	41	5 	9 	14 	51 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	62	4 	10	14 	56 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	30	4 	7 	11 	49 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	54	3 	7 	10 	44 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	69	1 	8 	9 	125	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	1 	5 	6 	43 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	56	3 	1 	4 	125	-10	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	4 	4 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	1 	2 	3 	123	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	0 	3 	3 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	1 	2 	25 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0 	1 	1 	40 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	13 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	24	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2318	43	16	20	3	161	4.17	1 	1267	1106	.873
 	1066	21	8 	6 	2	77 	4.33	0 	580 	503 	.867
 	1294	24	7 	12	3	101	4.68	0 	748 	647 	.865
 	166 	3 	1 	2 	0	14 	5.06	0 	89 	75 	.843
Team: 	4844	80	32	40	8	353	4.37	1 	2684	2331	.868
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==
*Paul Coffey, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Mario Lemieux, All-Star Game MVP National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 219, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
==References==
*Penguins on Hockey Database
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