1990–91 Washington Capitals season

The 1990–91 Washington Capitals season was the 17th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 3rd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 5, 1990 	4–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	0–1–0
2 	W	October 6, 1990 	6–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 10, 1990 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	1–2–0
4 	W	October 12, 1990 	3–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	2–2–0
5 	L	October 13, 1990 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	2–3–0
6 	L	October 15, 1990 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	2–4–0
7 	L	October 17, 1990 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	2–5–0
8 	W	October 19, 1990 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	3–5–0
9 	W	October 20, 1990 	4–0 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	4–5–0
10 	W	October 23, 1990 	6–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	5–5–0
11 	L	October 25, 1990 	2–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	5–6–0
12 	L	October 27, 1990 	4–9 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	5–7–0
13 	W	October 28, 1990 	1–0 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	6–7–0
14 	W	October 30, 1990 	2–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	7–7–0
15 	W	November 2, 1990 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	8–7–0
16 	W	November 3, 1990 	5–2 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	9–7–0
17 	W	November 6, 1990 	4–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	10–7–0
18 	L	November 10, 1990	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	10–8–0
19 	L	November 11, 1990	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	10–9–0
20 	L	November 14, 1990	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	10–10–0
21 	L	November 16, 1990	3–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	10–11–0
22 	L	November 17, 1990	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	10–12–0
23 	W	November 19, 1990	3–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	11–12–0
24 	W	November 21, 1990	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	12–12–0
25 	W	November 23, 1990	7–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	13–12–0
26 	L	November 24, 1990	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	13–13–0
27 	W	November 28, 1990	6–3 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	14–13–0
28 	L	November 30, 1990	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	14–14–0
29 	W	December 1, 1990 	3–1 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	15–14–0
30 	W	December 5, 1990 	3–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	16–14–0
31 	W	December 7, 1990 	5–2 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	17–14–0
32 	L	December 8, 1990 	2–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	17–15–0
33 	W	December 11, 1990	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	18–15–0
34 	L	December 15, 1990	2–3 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	18–16–0
35 	L	December 17, 1990	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	18–17–0
36 	L	December 19, 1990	2–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	18–18–0
37 	T	December 20, 1990	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	18–18–1
38 	L	December 22, 1990	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	18–19–1
39 	L	December 26, 1990	3–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	18–20–1
40 	L	December 28, 1990	3–5 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	18–21–1
41 	L	December 29, 1990	3–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	18–22–1
42 	W	January 1, 1991 	4–3 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	19–22–1
43 	T	January 4, 1991 	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	19–22–2
44 	W	January 5, 1991 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	20–22–2
45 	W	January 11, 1991 	4–2 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	21–22–2
46 	L	January 12, 1991 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	21–23–2
47 	L	January 15, 1991 	3–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	21–24–2
48 	L	January 17, 1991 	2–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	21–25–2
49 	W	January 22, 1991 	2–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	22–25–2
50 	L	January 24, 1991 	1–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	22–26–2
51 	T	January 25, 1991 	2–2 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	22–26–3
52 	W	January 27, 1991 	5–4 OT	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	23–26–3
53 	L	January 29, 1991 	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	23–27–3
54 	W	January 31, 1991 	4–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	24–27–3
55 	L	February 2, 1991 	2–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	24–28–3
56 	W	February 5, 1991 	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	25–28–3
57 	W	February 8, 1991 	6–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	26–28–3
58 	W	February 10, 1991	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	27–28–3
59 	L	February 15, 1991	2–8 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	27–29–3
60 	L	February 16, 1991	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	27–30–3
61 	L	February 18, 1991	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	27–31–3
62 	W	February 22, 1991	3–2 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	28–31–3
63 	T	February 24, 1991	5–5 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	28–31–4
64 	L	February 25, 1991	1–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	28–32–4
65 	T	February 27, 1991	4–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	28–32–5
66 	W	March 2, 1991 	3–2 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	29–32–5
67 	T	March 5, 1991 	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	29–32–6
68 	W	March 8, 1991 	2–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	30–32–6
69 	W	March 10, 1991 	5–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	31–32–6
70 	L	March 12, 1991 	2–3 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	31–33–6
71 	W	March 14, 1991 	5–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	32–33–6
72 	W	March 16, 1991 	6–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	33–33–6
73 	L	March 19, 1991 	1–2 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	33–34–6
74 	W	March 21, 1991 	6–2 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	34–34–6
75 	W	March 22, 1991 	3–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	35–34–6
76 	T	March 24, 1991 	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	35–34–7
77 	L	March 26, 1991 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	35–35–7
78 	W	March 28, 1991 	3–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	36–35–7
79 	W	March 30, 1991 	4–0 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	37–35–7
80 	L	March 31, 1991 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	37–36–7
==Playoffs==
===Washington Capitals 4, New York Rangers 2===
===Pittsburgh Penguins 4, New York Rangers 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	79	24	50	74 	69 	-10	9 	2 	3
 	C 	79	23	48	71 	26 	9 	6 	5 	4
 	C 	79	20	50	70 	34 	3 	6 	0 	4
 	RW 	80	22	36	58 	46 	4 	7 	1 	4
 	D 	80	11	41	52 	23 	-2 	2 	1 	2
 	LW 	80	24	26	50 	29 	10 	4 	2 	3
 	C 	76	16	30	46 	234	-22	9 	0 	2
 	RW 	54	21	18	39 	66 	-17	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	68	11	19	30 	99 	-9 	4 	0 	1
 	RW 	54	12	16	28 	47 	-10	4 	0 	1
 	LW/C	40	13	14	27 	21 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	65	8 	15	23 	82 	-4 	3 	1 	1
 	D 	47	5 	15	20 	65 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	79	9 	9 	18 	196	-4 	0 	0 	3
 	LW 	61	6 	9 	15 	24 	-13	0 	0 	2
 	D 	30	6 	8 	14 	124	-1 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	47	5 	9 	14 	21 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	7 	5 	12 	10 	-13	6 	0 	0
 	RW 	67	4 	6 	10 	264	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	56	1 	7 	8 	24 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	3 	3 	6 	8 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	68	1 	5 	6 	61 	-23	0 	0 	0
 	D 	28	1 	4 	5 	81 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	0 	3 	3 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	2 	0 	2 	10 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	6 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	15 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	101	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	0 	0 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2572	45	20	18	3	113	2.64	5 	1095	982 	.897
 	1834	35	13	16	3	114	3.73	0 	786 	672 	.855
 	432 	9 	4 	2 	1	26 	3.61	0 	226 	200 	.885
Team: 	4838	80	37	36	7	253	3.14	5 	2107	1854	.880
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	11	1	9	10 	41 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	5	4	9 	22 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	10	2	7	9 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	11	3	4	7 	8 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	11	4	2	6 	6 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	11	3	3	6 	8 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2	3	5 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	2	3	5 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	3	4 	22 	0 	0 	1
 	LW/C	11	1	3	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	1	2	3 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	2	3 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1	1	2 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1	1	2 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1	1	2 	37 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	11	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0	1	1 	38 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	0	0 	34 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	624	11	5	5	29	2.79	1 	294	265	.901
 	48 	2 	0	1	4 	5.00	0 	30 	26 	.867
Team: 	672	11	5	6	33	2.95	1 	324	291	.898
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 Capitals did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Game Ads==
90-91NHLExhAlbanyGameAd.jpg|Exhibition @ Albany, New York
==See Also==
*1990–91 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Washington Capitals season, 1990–91
Washington Capitals season, 1990–91
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