1990–91 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 1990–91 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 65th season. The Hawks finished 1st in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Minnesota North Stars 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	16 	Karl Dykhuis (D)	 	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
==Regular Season==
===All-Star Game===
The 42nd National Hockey League All-Star Game took place in Chicago Stadium, home of the Chicago Blackhawks, on January 19, 1991. The game saw the team of Campbell conference all-stars beat the team of Wales conference all-stars 11–5.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 4, 1990 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 6, 1990 	5–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	2–0–0
3 	L	October 7, 1990 	2–4 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	2–1–0
4 	W	October 11, 1990 	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	3–1–0
5 	W	October 13, 1990 	4–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	4–1–0
6 	L	October 14, 1990 	1–3 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	4–2–0
7 	L	October 16, 1990 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	4–3–0
8 	W	October 18, 1990 	3–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	5–3–0
9 	L	October 20, 1990 	2–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	5–4–0
10 	W	October 21, 1990 	7–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	6–4–0
11 	W	October 25, 1990 	3–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	7–4–0
12 	L	October 27, 1990 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	7–5–0
13 	W	October 28, 1990 	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	8–5–0
14 	W	November 1, 1990 	6–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	9–5–0
15 	W	November 3, 1990 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	10–5–0
16 	L	November 4, 1990 	0–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	10–6–0
17 	T	November 6, 1990 	1–1 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	10–6–1
18 	W	November 8, 1990 	5–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	11–6–1
19 	W	November 10, 1990	5–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	12–6–1
20 	T	November 11, 1990	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	12–6–2
21 	W	November 14, 1990	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	13–6–2
22 	W	November 16, 1990	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	14–6–2
23 	W	November 17, 1990	7–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	15–6–2
24 	W	November 20, 1990	3–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	16–6–2
25 	L	November 21, 1990	1–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	16–7–2
26 	W	November 24, 1990	5–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	17–7–2
27 	L	November 29, 1990	1–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	17–8–2
28 	L	December 1, 1990 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	17–9–2
29 	W	December 2, 1990 	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	18–9–2
30 	W	December 6, 1990 	5–2 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	19–9–2
31 	W	December 8, 1990 	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	20–9–2
32 	L	December 9, 1990 	4–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	20–10–2
33 	W	December 11, 1990	4–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	21–10–2
34 	W	December 13, 1990	5–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	22–10–2
35 	L	December 15, 1990	1–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	22–11–2
36 	W	December 16, 1990	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	23–11–2
37 	W	December 19, 1990	3–2 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	24–11–2
38 	L	December 22, 1990	0–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	24–12–2
39 	W	December 23, 1990	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	25–12–2
40 	T	December 26, 1990	6–6 OT	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	25–12–3
41 	L	December 28, 1990	0–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	25–13–3
42 	W	December 29, 1990	3–1 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	26–13–3
43 	W	December 31, 1990	4–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	27–13–3
44 	W	January 3, 1991 	5–3 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	28–13–3
45 	L	January 6, 1991 	1–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	28–14–3
46 	W	January 10, 1991 	7–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	29–14–3
47 	W	January 11, 1991 	3–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	30–14–3
48 	W	January 13, 1991 	5–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	31–14–3
49 	T	January 16, 1991 	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	31–14–4
50 	W	January 17, 1991 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	32–14–4
51 	L	January 24, 1991 	4–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	32–15–4
52 	W	January 26, 1991 	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	33–15–4
53 	W	January 28, 1991 	1–0 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	34–15–4
54 	L	February 1, 1991 	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	34–16–4
55 	L	February 2, 1991 	1–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	34–17–4
56 	W	February 6, 1991 	8–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	35–17–4
57 	L	February 9, 1991 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	35–18–4
58 	L	February 10, 1991	1–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	35–19–4
59 	W	February 14, 1991	2–1 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	36–19–4
60 	T	February 17, 1991	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	36–19–5
61 	L	February 18, 1991	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	36–20–5
62 	W	February 21, 1991	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	37–20–5
63 	T	February 23, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	37–20–6
64 	W	February 24, 1991	6–2 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	38–20–6
65 	L	February 26, 1991	1–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	38–21–6
66 	W	February 28, 1991	6–3 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	39–21–6
67 	W	March 3, 1991 	8–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	40–21–6
68 	L	March 6, 1991 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	40–22–6
69 	W	March 8, 1991 	5–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	41–22–6
70 	W	March 10, 1991 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	42–22–6
71 	W	March 14, 1991 	6–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	43–22–6
72 	W	March 16, 1991 	3–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	44–22–6
73 	W	March 17, 1991 	6–4 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	45–22–6
74 	T	March 21, 1991 	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	45–22–7
75 	W	March 23, 1991 	7–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	46–22–7
76 	W	March 24, 1991 	5–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	47–22–7
77 	T	March 26, 1991 	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	47–22–8
78 	W	March 28, 1991 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	48–22–8
79 	L	March 30, 1991 	1–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	48–23–8
80 	W	March 31, 1991 	5–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	49–23–8
==Playoffs==
===Minnesota North Stars 4, Chicago Blackhawks 2===
After reaching the Conference finals the prior two years and winning the Presidents' Trophy, hopes were extremely high entering the playoffs. The first round again reunited the Hawks with their old rivals from Minnesota who the Blackhawks needed seven games to dispatch in the prior year when the North Stars were the last place team in the division. This series however would not last seven games. The teams needed overtime to determine the winner of Game 1 at the Chicago Stadium, however it was Minnesota who emerged as the 4–3 winner. The Blackhawks won Games 2 and 3, an easy 5–2 win in Chicago, and a close 6–5 win in Minnesota. However the North Stars swept the remaining games in blowout fashion including a 6–0 shutout on the Hawks home ice in Game 5. What was looking like it could be one of the greatest seasons in Hawks history was suddenly over. Minnesota won their next two series and reached the Stanley Cup where they lost to Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	44	57	101	79 	37 	17 	2 	9
 	C 	79	41	53	94 	80 	38 	15 	4 	10
 	LW 	74	27	38	65 	65 	27 	9 	0 	1
 	D 	77	12	52	64 	192	23 	5 	2 	2
 	LW 	69	19	35	54 	129	8 	2 	0 	3
 	C 	72	22	29	51 	135	0 	10 	2 	6
 	W 	80	24	21	45 	88 	12 	4 	6 	7
 	D 	51	11	29	40 	32 	25 	6 	1 	1
 	C 	75	14	23	37 	74 	13 	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	71	15	19	34 	122	11 	1 	0 	3
 	D 	75	14	15	29 	191	20 	6 	1 	2
 	LW 	72	10	15	25 	58 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	C/LW	55	7 	9 	16 	62 	5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	61	3 	13	16 	77 	6 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	40	2 	12	14 	32 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	67	6 	7 	13 	119	-7 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	70	0 	12	12 	40 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	1 	10	11 	55 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	77	4 	5 	9 	151	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	53	6 	1 	7 	320	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	13	0 	5 	5 	53 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	2 	2 	4 	6 	-1 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	4 	4 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	74	0 	3 	3 	34 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	35	0 	1 	1 	183	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	5 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	4127	74	43	19	7	170	2.47	4 	1883	1713	.910
 	195 	5 	3 	0 	1	8 	2.46	0 	93 	85 	.914
 	403 	10	2 	3 	0	24 	3.57	0 	175 	151 	.863
 	60 	1 	1 	0 	0	2 	2.00	0 	28 	26 	.929
 	58 	3 	0 	1 	0	4 	4.14	0 	32 	28 	.875
Team: 	4843	80	49	23	8	208	2.58	4 	2211	2003	.906
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	6 	3	5	8 	4 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	6 	1	7	8 	46 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	5	1	6 	4 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	3	4 	2 	1 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	5 	2	1	3 	2 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	W 	6 	1	2	3 	17 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	2	3 	15 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	6 	0	2	2 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	1	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	36 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	1	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	1	1 	38 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	46 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	295	6 	2	4	20	4.07	0 	183	163	.891
 	69 	3 	0	0	3 	2.61	0 	39 	36 	.923
Team: 	364	6 	2	4	23	3.79	0 	222	199	.896
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==
* Presidents' Trophy: Chicago Blackhawks
* Calder Memorial Trophy: Ed Belfour
* Frank J. Selke Trophy: Dirk Graham
* Vezina Trophy: Ed Belfour
* William M. Jennings Trophy: Ed Belfour
* Jeremy Roenick, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Steve Larmer, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Chris Chelios, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Ed Belfour, Goaltender, NHL All-Rookie Team
==References==
*Blackhawks on Hockey Database
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Chicago Blackhawks season, 1990–91
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