1990–91 Hartford Whalers season

The 1990–91 Hartford Whalers season was the Whalers' 12th season in the National Hockey League. The Whalers finished 4th in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 4, 1990 	3–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	0–0–1
2 	W	October 6, 1990 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	1–0–1
3 	L	October 8, 1990 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	1–1–1
4 	W	October 10, 1990 	4–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	2–1–1
5 	L	October 12, 1990 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	2–2–1
6 	W	October 13, 1990 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	3–2–1
7 	T	October 16, 1990 	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	3–2–2
8 	W	October 17, 1990 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	4–2–2
9 	L	October 19, 1990 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	4–3–2
10 	L	October 24, 1990 	0–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	4–4–2
11 	L	October 27, 1990 	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	4–5–2
12 	L	October 28, 1990 	0–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	4–6–2
13 	L	October 31, 1990 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	4–7–2
14 	L	November 3, 1990 	1–4 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	4–8–2
15 	T	November 6, 1990 	1–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	4–8–3
16 	L	November 9, 1990 	4–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	4–9–3
17 	W	November 10, 1990	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	5–9–3
18 	W	November 14, 1990	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	6–9–3
19 	W	November 15, 1990	4–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	7–9–3
20 	W	November 17, 1990	4–2 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	8–9–3
21 	T	November 21, 1990	4–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	8–9–4
22 	W	November 23, 1990	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	9–9–4
23 	L	November 24, 1990	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	9–10–4
24 	L	November 28, 1990	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	9–11–4
25 	W	November 29, 1990	6–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	10–11–4
26 	L	December 1, 1990 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	10–12–4
27 	W	December 3, 1990 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	11–12–4
28 	L	December 5, 1990 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	11–13–4
29 	W	December 7, 1990 	4–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	12–13–4
30 	W	December 8, 1990 	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	13–13–4
31 	L	December 12, 1990	1–5 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	13–14–4
32 	L	December 13, 1990	2–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	13–15–4
33 	W	December 15, 1990	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	14–15–4
34 	L	December 18, 1990	3–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	14–16–4
35 	L	December 20, 1990	2–4 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	14–17–4
36 	W	December 22, 1990	1–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	15–17–4
37 	L	December 23, 1990	2–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	15–18–4
38 	W	December 26, 1990	4–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	16–18–4
39 	L	December 29, 1990	2–8 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	16–19–4
40 	L	December 30, 1990	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	16–20–4
41 	W	January 2, 1991 	5–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	17–20–4
42 	W	January 5, 1991 	4–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	18–20–4
43 	L	January 8, 1991 	3–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	18–21–4
44 	W	January 10, 1991 	5–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	19–21–4
45 	T	January 12, 1991 	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	19–21–5
46 	L	January 13, 1991 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	19–22–5
47 	W	January 16, 1991 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	20–22–5
48 	W	January 23, 1991 	5–4 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	21–22–5
49 	L	January 24, 1991 	0–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	21–23–5
50 	W	January 26, 1991 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	22–23–5
51 	L	January 29, 1991 	1–8 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	22–24–5
52 	L	January 31, 1991 	3–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	22–25–5
53 	W	February 2, 1991 	2–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	23–25–5
54 	T	February 3, 1991 	1–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	23–25–6
55 	W	February 6, 1991 	5–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	24–25–6
56 	L	February 9, 1991 	2–5 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	24–26–6
57 	W	February 10, 1991	3–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	25–26–6
58 	W	February 13, 1991	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	26–26–6
59 	L	February 15, 1991	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	26–27–6
60 	W	February 16, 1991	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	27–27–6
61 	W	February 20, 1991	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	28–27–6
62 	L	February 23, 1991	4–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	28–28–6
63 	T	February 24, 1991	5–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	28–28–7
64 	L	February 26, 1991	4–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	28–29–7
65 	L	February 28, 1991	3–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	28–30–7
66 	T	March 2, 1991 	3–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	28–30–8
67 	T	March 3, 1991 	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	28–30–9
68 	L	March 5, 1991 	1–4 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	28–31–9
69 	L	March 9, 1991 	2–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	28–32–9
70 	L	March 10, 1991 	1–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	28–33–9
71 	W	March 12, 1991 	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	29–33–9
72 	W	March 14, 1991 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	30–33–9
73 	W	March 16, 1991 	6–2 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	31–33–9
74 	L	March 17, 1991 	1–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	31–34–9
75 	T	March 19, 1991 	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	31–34–10
76 	L	March 23, 1991 	3–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	31–35–10
77 	L	March 25, 1991 	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	31–36–10
78 	L	March 27, 1991 	3–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	31–37–10
79 	T	March 30, 1991 	5–5 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	31–37–11
80 	L	March 31, 1991 	3–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	31–38–11
==Playoffs==
===Boston Bruins 4, Hartford Whalers 2===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Series
1 	W	April 3, 1991 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	HAR leads 1–0
2 	L	April 5, 1991 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	Series tied 1–1
3 	L	April 7, 1991 	3–6 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	BOS leads 2–1
4 	W	April 9, 1991 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	Series tied 2–2
5 	L	April 11, 1991	1–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	BOS leads 3–2
6 	L	April 13, 1991	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	BOS wins 4–2
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	43	39	82 	246	0 	15 	0 	5
 	C 	67	21	55	76 	51 	-2 	10 	1 	6
 	RW 	61	17	30	47 	104	-15	4 	0 	2
 	C 	78	21	22	43 	113	-3 	8 	0 	3
 	RW 	44	18	24	42 	101	-7 	10 	0 	2
 	D 	72	4 	28	32 	29 	-10	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	72	13	17	30 	95 	1 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	75	6 	23	29 	170	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	70	12	13	25 	107	-8 	0 	1 	2
 	C 	45	8 	15	23 	16 	-14	4 	0 	1
 	D 	41	4 	19	23 	19 	-13	2 	0 	0
 	D 	62	3 	18	21 	174	13 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	73	7 	12	19 	17 	-17	1 	0 	0
 	C 	13	8 	8 	16 	18 	-6 	4 	0 	1
 	C/LW	64	8 	8 	16 	55 	-9 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	34	6 	9 	15 	8 	-9 	3 	1 	2
 	LW 	32	9 	5 	14 	49 	-6 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	41	4 	7 	11 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	42	2 	7 	9 	63 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	11	4 	3 	7 	40 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	41	4 	3 	7 	108	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	2 	5 	7 	18 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	11	3 	3 	6 	6 	-7 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	6 	6 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	44	1 	4 	5 	82 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	C 	19	1 	4 	5 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	W 	45	2 	2 	4 	211	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	1 	3 	4 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	67	1 	3 	4 	118	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	4 	4 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	52	0 	4 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	1 	2 	3 	41 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1 	1 	2 	4 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	23	1 	1 	2 	18 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	2 	2 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	11 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	29 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2953	52	21	22	7 	164	3.33	1 	1284	1120	.872
 	1010	20	7 	7 	1 	53 	3.15	1 	479 	426 	.889
 	850 	18	3 	9 	3 	52 	3.67	0 	379 	327 	.863
 	35 	1 	0 	0 	0 	3 	5.14	0 	15 	12 	.800
Team: 	4848	80	31	38	11	272	3.37	2 	2157	1885	.874
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	6 	2	7	9 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	5	1	6 	17 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	3	2	5 	40 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	4	5 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	3	4 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	6 	0	4	4 	29 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	2	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	1	2 	16 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	7 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	6 	1	0	1 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	0	1 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	359	6 	2	4	24	4.01	0 	174	150	.862
Team: 	359	6 	2	4	24	4.01	0 	174	150	.862
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 Whalers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1990–91 NHL season
==References==
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Hartford Whalers season, 1990–91
Hartford Whalers season, 1990–91
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