1990–91 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1990–91 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 82nd season. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Boston Bruins 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
==Regular Season==
In terms of injuries, Patrick Roy missed the most games due to injury during the 90-91 season. Backup goalies Andre Racicot and Jean-Claude Bergeron appeared in 25 games.
*December 12, 1990: Petr Svoboda and Toronto Maple Leafs winger Wendel Clark fell on Patrick Roy’s left knee. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.279, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2 Roy suffered strained ligaments.
*January 27, 1991: Donald Dufresne checked Bruins right winger Graeme Townshend. He fell on Patrick Roy’s left ankle. Roy suffered a ruptured ligament and missed fourteen games. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2 Roy would re-injure the ankle on March 16.
===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 	T 	Oct 4, 1990 	3–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	0–0–1
2 	W 	Oct 6, 1990 	6–5 	Buffalo Sabres 	1–0–1
4 	L 	Oct 12, 1990 	0–3 	@ New York Rangers 	2–1–1
5 	L 	Oct 13, 1990 	2–5 	@ Hartford Whalers 	2–2–1
6 	W 	Oct 15, 1990 	3–1 	Washington Capitals 	3–2–1
7 	W 	Oct 17, 1990 	4–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	4–2–1
8 	L 	Oct 18, 1990 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	4–3–1
9 	L 	Oct 20, 1990 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers 	4–4–1
10 	W 	Oct 23, 1990 	5–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	5–4–1
11 	W 	Oct 24, 1990 	8–2 	New York Islanders 	6–4–1
12 	L 	Oct 27, 1990 	0–3 	@ St. Louis Blues 	6–5–1
13 	L 	Oct 28, 1990 	1–2 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	6–6–1
14 	W 	Oct 31, 1990 	4–2 	@ Hartford Whalers 	7–6–1
15 	W 	Nov 3, 1990 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	8–6–1
16 	T 	Nov 4, 1990 	2–2 OT 	Minnesota North Stars 	8–6–2
17 	L 	Nov 7, 1990 	0–2 	Boston Bruins 	8–7–2
18 	W 	Nov 10, 1990 	3–1 	New Jersey Devils 	9–7–2
19 	W 	Nov 11, 1990 	5–4 OT 	Quebec Nordiques 	10–7–2
20 	L 	Nov 13, 1990 	3–6 	@ New Jersey Devils 	10–8–2
21 	L 	Nov 15, 1990 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	10–9–2
22 	T 	Nov 17, 1990 	1–1 OT 	@ Boston Bruins 	10–9–3
23 	W 	Nov 19, 1990 	5–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	11–9–3
24 	L 	Nov 24, 1990 	2–4 	Los Angeles Kings 	11–10–3
25 	W 	Nov 25, 1990 	4–3 	Winnipeg Jets 	12–10–3
26 	L 	Nov 28, 1990 	1–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	12–11–3
27 	W 	Nov 30, 1990 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals 	13–11–3
28 	L 	Dec 1, 1990 	3–5 	Calgary Flames 	13–12–3
29 	L 	Dec 3, 1990 	2–4 	Hartford Whalers 	13–13–3
30 	W 	Dec 5, 1990 	4–3 	@ Hartford Whalers 	14–13–3
31 	W 	Dec 6, 1990 	6–4 	@ Boston Bruins 	15–13–3
32 	W 	Dec 8, 1990 	7–1 	Boston Bruins 	16–13–3
33 	L 	Dec 12, 1990 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	16–14–3
34 	L 	Dec 15, 1990 	2–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	16–15–3
35 	L 	Dec 18, 1990 	4–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	16–16–3
36 	T 	Dec 19, 1990 	1–1 OT 	Quebec Nordiques 	16–16–4
37 	W 	Dec 22, 1990 	3–1 	New York Rangers 	17–16–4
38 	T 	Dec 23, 1990 	4–4 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	17–16–5
39 	W 	Dec 27, 1990 	7–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	18–16–5
40 	W 	Dec 29, 1990 	3–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	19–16–5
41 	L 	Dec 31, 1990 	2–7 	@ Calgary Flames 	19–17–5
42 	W 	Jan 2, 1991 	3–0 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	20–17–5
43 	W 	Jan 5, 1991 	3–0 	Quebec Nordiques 	21–17–5
44 	W 	Jan 6, 1991 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	22–17–5
45 	W 	Jan 9, 1991 	4–3 OT 	New York Islanders 	23–17–5
46 	W 	Jan 12, 1991 	4–1 	Washington Capitals 	24–17–5
47 	L 	Jan 13, 1991 	1–3 	St. Louis Blues 	24–18–5
48 	W 	Jan 15, 1991 	5–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars	25–18–5
49 	W 	Jan 17, 1991 	4–2 	@ St. Louis Blues 	26–18–5
50 	W 	Jan 23, 1991 	7–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	27–18–5
51 	W 	Jan 26, 1991 	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres 	28–18–5
52 	L 	Jan 27, 1991 	1–3 	Boston Bruins 	28–19–5
53 	W 	Jan 30, 1991 	8–4 	Winnipeg Jets 	29–19–5
54 	L 	Jan 31, 1991 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins 	29–20–5
55 	T 	Feb 2, 1991 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Islanders 	29–20–6
56 	W 	Feb 4, 1991 	5–3 	Minnesota North Stars 	30–20–6
57 	L 	Feb 6, 1991 	3–8 	Chicago Blackhawks 	30–21–6
58 	W 	Feb 7, 1991 	5–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	31–21–6
59 	W 	Feb 9, 1991 	6–4 	New York Rangers 	32–21–6
60 	L 	Feb 13, 1991 	4–7 	Boston Bruins 	32–22–6
61 	T 	Feb 15, 1991 	2–2 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	32–22–7
62 	L 	Feb 16, 1991 	1–2 	Hartford Whalers 	32–23–7
63 	L 	Feb 20, 1991 	3–5 	@ Hartford Whalers 	32–24–7
64 	T 	Feb 23, 1991 	3–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	32–24–8
65 	L 	Feb 27, 1991 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	32–25–8
66 	W 	Mar 1, 1991 	7–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	33–25–8
67 	W 	Mar 2, 1991 	3–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	34–25–8
68 	L 	Mar 4, 1991 	2–3 OT 	@ Calgary Flames 	34–26–8
69 	W 	Mar 6, 1991 	5–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	35–26–8
70 	W 	Mar 9, 1991 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks 	36–26–8
71 	T 	Mar 10, 1991 	4–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings 	36–26–9
72 	T 	Mar 12, 1991 	4–4 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	36–26–10
73 	L 	Mar 14, 1991 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins 	36–27–10
74 	W 	Mar 16, 1991 	6–4 	Buffalo Sabres 	37–27–10
75 	L 	Mar 17, 1991 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers 	37–28–10
76 	L 	Mar 20, 1991 	2–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	37–29–10
77 	T 	Mar 23, 1991 	3–3 OT 	New Jersey Devils 	37–29–11
78 	W 	Mar 25, 1991 	3–2 OT 	Hartford Whalers 	38–29–11
79 	W 	Mar 30, 1991 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	39–29–11
80 	L 	Mar 31, 1991 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	39–30–11
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Buffalo Sabres 2===
===Boston Bruins 4, Montreal Canadiens 3===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	79	26	50	76 	29 	5 	5 	1 	5
 	RW 	75	31	30	61 	53 	0 	9 	0 	4
 	C 	70	28	31	59 	52 	-1 	7 	2 	0
 	C 	73	22	31	53 	24 	4 	8 	0 	2
 	LW 	71	23	24	47 	138	9 	7 	0 	2
 	C 	78	20	24	44 	63 	-1 	4 	1 	3
 	LW 	64	22	21	43 	56 	6 	2 	0 	4
 	RW 	73	13	23	36 	50 	6 	2 	1 	2
 	C 	57	15	19	34 	85 	12 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	69	10	20	30 	63 	7 	5 	0 	3
 	D 	60	4 	22	26 	52 	5 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	62	7 	18	25 	27 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	54	6 	19	25 	20 	2 	1 	0 	3
 	LW 	47	8 	15	23 	18 	3 	4 	0 	2
 	D 	63	5 	18	23 	30 	-11	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	57	9 	11	20 	32 	-8 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	51	3 	16	19 	31 	-2 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	51	6 	9 	15 	10 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	53	2 	13	15 	55 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	5 	7 	12 	20 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	10	2 	5 	7 	2 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	28	0 	6 	6 	26 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	28	3 	2 	5 	128	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	1 	3 	4 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	32	1 	2 	3 	39 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	2 	2 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	52	0 	2 	2 	259	7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	25	0 	1 	1 	12 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	21 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2835	48	25	15	6 	128	2.71	1 	1362	1234	.906
 	941 	18	7 	6 	2 	59 	3.76	0 	426 	367 	.862
 	975 	21	7 	9 	2 	52 	3.20	1 	479 	427 	.891
 	108 	3 	0 	0 	1 	6 	3.33	0 	45 	39 	.867
Team: 	4859	80	39	30	11	245	3.03	2 	2312	2067	.894
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	13	9	6 	15 	36 	4 	1 	3
 	RW 	13	9	5 	14 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	13	3	10	13 	42 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	13	2	11	13 	35 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	8	3 	11 	7 	2 	2 	1
 	D 	13	2	7 	9 	18 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	5	3 	8 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	13	1	7 	8 	12 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	13	1	5 	6 	10 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	12	3	2 	5 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1	4 	5 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	2	1 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	2 	2 	26 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1	0 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	1 	1 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	5 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	0 	0 	54 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	0	0 	0 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	785	13	7	5	40	3.06 	0 	394	354	.898
 	12 	2 	0	1	2 	10.00	0 	14 	12 	.857
Team: 	797	13	7	6	42	3.16 	0 	408	366	.897
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==
*Patrick Roy, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
*In November of 1990, Brian Hayward was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for defenseman Jayson More.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
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