1990–91 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1990–91 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 78th season. The Red Wings finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 3.
==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 	T 	October 4, 1990 	3–3 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 6, 1990 	4–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	0–1–1
3 	L 	October 7, 1990 	2–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	0–2–1
4 	W 	October 10, 1990 	6–5 OT 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	1–2–1
5 	W 	October 12, 1990 	4–2 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	2–2–1
6 	T 	October 13, 1990 	3–3 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	2–2–2
7 	W 	October 16, 1990 	3–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	3–2–2
8 	W 	October 18, 1990 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	4–2–2
9 	L 	October 20, 1990 	3–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	4–3–2
10 	W 	October 23, 1990 	6–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	5–3–2
11 	W 	October 26, 1990 	8–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	6–3–2
12 	T 	October 27, 1990 	2–2 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	6–3–3
13 	L 	October 30, 1990 	2–5 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	6–4–3
14 	W 	November 1, 1990 	5–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	7–4–3
15 	L 	November 3, 1990 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	7–5–3
16 	L 	November 6, 1990 	3–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	7–6–3
17 	L 	November 8, 1990 	1–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	7–7–3
18 	L 	November 10, 1990 	1–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	7–8–3
19 	L 	November 14, 1990 	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	7–9–3
20 	W 	November 17, 1990 	8–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	8–9–3
21 	L 	November 19, 1990 	2–3 OT 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	8–10–3
22 	W 	November 21, 1990 	4–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	9–10–3
23 	W 	November 23, 1990 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	10–10–3
24 	W 	November 27, 1990 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	11–10–3
25 	W 	November 29, 1990 	5–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	12–10–3
26 	W 	December 1, 1990 	4–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	13–10–3
27 	T 	December 2, 1990 	3–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	13–10–4
28 	L 	December 4, 1990 	4–5 OT 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	13–11–4
29 	L 	December 7, 1990 	3–6 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	13–12–4
30 	L 	December 8, 1990 	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	13–13–4
31 	W 	December 11, 1990 	8–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	14–13–4
32 	W 	December 13, 1990 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	15–13–4
33 	W 	December 15, 1990 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	16–13–4
34 	L 	December 16, 1990 	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	16–14–4
35 	W 	December 18, 1990 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	17–14–4
36 	W 	December 20, 1990 	3–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	18–14–4
37 	W 	December 22, 1990 	5–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	19–14–4
38 	L 	December 23, 1990 	2–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	19–15–4
39 	L 	December 28, 1990 	0–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	19–16–4
40 	L 	December 31, 1990 	0–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	19–17–4
41 	W 	January 2, 1991 	6–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	20–17–4
42 	L 	January 4, 1991 	2–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	20–18–4
43 	L 	January 5, 1991 	0–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	20–19–4
44 	W 	January 9, 1991 	5–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	21–19–4
45 	W 	January 11, 1991 	6–3 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	22–19–4
46 	T 	January 12, 1991 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	22–19–5
47 	L 	January 14, 1991 	1–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	22–20–5
48 	L 	January 16, 1991 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	22–21–5
49 	L 	January 22, 1991 	1–2 OT 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	22–22–5
50 	L 	January 25, 1991 	4–9 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	22–23–5
51 	L 	January 26, 1991 	4–5 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	22–24–5
52 	L 	January 28, 1991 	2–6 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	22–25–5
53 	L 	January 30, 1991 	2–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	22–26–5
54 	W 	February 1, 1991 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	23–26–5
55 	W 	February 2, 1991 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	24–26–5
56 	L 	February 4, 1991 	4–6 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	24–27–5
57 	W 	February 8, 1991 	8–4 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	25–27–5
58 	L 	February 9, 1991 	5–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	25–28–5
59 	W 	February 12, 1991 	6–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	26–28–5
60 	L 	February 13, 1991 	2–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	26–29–5
61 	L 	February 16, 1991 	0–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	26–30–5
62 	T 	February 17, 1991 	3–3 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	26–30–6
63 	T 	February 19, 1991 	4–4 OT 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	26–30–7
64 	T 	February 22, 1991 	5–5 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	26–30–8
65 	L 	February 23, 1991 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	26–31–8
66 	W 	February 25, 1991 	5–4 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	27–31–8
67 	W 	February 27, 1991 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	28–31–8
68 	L 	March 1, 1991 	1–6 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	28–32–8
69 	W 	March 5, 1991 	6–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	29–32–8
70 	W 	March 7, 1991 	2–0 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	30–32–8
71 	L 	March 9, 1991 	2–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	30–33–8
72 	W 	March 10, 1991 	4–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	31–33–8
73 	W 	March 13, 1991 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	32–33–8
74 	L 	March 14, 1991 	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	32–34–8
75 	W 	March 16, 1991 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	33–34–8
76 	L 	March 22, 1991 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	33–35–8
77 	L 	March 23, 1991 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	33–36–8
78 	L 	March 27, 1991 	4–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	33–37–8
79 	W 	March 30, 1991 	6–5 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	34–37–8
80 	L 	March 31, 1991 	1–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	34–38–8
==Playoffs==
===St. Louis Blues 4, Detroit Red Wings 3===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	51	57	108	34 	-2 	12 	6 	4
 	C 	77	31	48	79 	66 	11 	11 	3 	5
 	LW/C	80	20	30	50 	112	14 	6 	0 	4
 	D 	62	7 	40	47 	33 	1 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	64	21	25	46 	28 	3 	5 	1 	4
 	RW 	70	18	22	40 	55 	20 	2 	2 	2
 	LW 	71	18	22	40 	18 	-4 	2 	0 	3
 	LW 	55	16	23	39 	315	-3 	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	67	16	19	35 	38 	20 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	51	15	18	33 	16 	-8 	5 	0 	1
 	LW 	45	10	16	26 	111	6 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	77	4 	19	23 	55 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	42	3 	17	20 	80 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	RW/C	46	9 	8 	17 	22 	-10	0 	4 	1
 	D 	65	2 	14	16 	24 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	58	3 	12	15 	106	-12	0 	0 	1
 	D 	64	0 	13	13 	81 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	0 	12	12 	16 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	27	5 	5 	10 	4 	6 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	21	3 	7 	10 	50 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	52	5 	4 	9 	253	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	56	3 	5 	8 	20 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	47	1 	7 	8 	183	-15	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	5 	2 	7 	4 	-4 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	17	3 	4 	7 	17 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	G 	65	0 	5 	5 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	1 	3 	4 	16 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	4 	4 	43 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1 	2 	3 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	1 	2 	3 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0 	0 	0 	55 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D/LW	9 	0 	0 	0 	16 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3615	65	30	26	5	214	3.55 	2 	1716	1502	.875
 	862 	19	4 	6 	3	46 	3.20 	0 	438 	392 	.895
 	178 	3 	0 	3 	0	13 	4.38 	0 	99 	86 	.869
 	108 	3 	0 	2 	0	11 	6.11 	0 	55 	44 	.800
 	35 	2 	0 	1 	0	6 	10.29	0 	28 	22 	.786
 	45 	1 	0 	0 	0	2 	2.67 	0 	11 	9 	.818
Team: 	4843	80	34	38	8	292	3.62 	2 	2347	2055	.876
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	7 	3	3	6 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	5	6 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	7 	3	2	5 	20 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	6 	0	5	5 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	3	1	4 	19 	1 	0 	0
 	LW/C	7 	0	4	4 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	2	1	3 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	6 	1	2	3 	50 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	2	0	2 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	1	2 	25 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	1	2 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	1	0	1 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	0	1 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	41 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/C	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	0	0 	32 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	398	7 	3	4	22	3.32	0 	208	186	.894
 	20 	1 	0	0	1 	3.00	0 	12 	11 	.917
Team: 	418	7 	3	4	23	3.30	0 	220	197	.895
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==
*The Red Wings did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1990–91 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Detroit Red Wings season, 1990–91
Detroit Red Wings season, 1990–91
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