1989–90 Boston Bruins season

The 1989–90 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 65th season. The Bruins finished 1st in the Adams Division and the league and lost in the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 1.
==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 	W 	October 5, 1989 	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 7, 1989 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 9, 1989 	2–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 11, 1989 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	2–2–0
5 	T 	October 13, 1989 	3–3 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 	2–2–1
6 	L 	October 15, 1989 	6–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 	2–3–1
7 	W 	October 17, 1989 	3–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 	3–3–1
8 	W 	October 20, 1989 	3–0 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 	4–3–1
9 	L 	October 21, 1989 	2–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 	4–4–1
10 	W 	October 26, 1989 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	5–4–1
11 	L 	October 28, 1989 	0–1 	Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	5–5–1
12 	L 	October 29, 1989 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	5–6–1
13 	W 	November 2, 1989 	5–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 	6–6–1
14 	T 	November 4, 1989 	3–3 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	6–6–2
15 	W 	November 9, 1989 	6–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 	7–6–2
16 	W 	November 10, 1989 	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 	8–6–2
17 	W 	November 15, 1989 	5–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	9–6–2
18 	W 	November 16, 1989 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	10–6–2
19 	W 	November 18, 1989 	6–4 	New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	11–6–2
20 	W 	November 21, 1989 	2–1 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 	12–6–2
21 	W 	November 23, 1989 	6–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 	13–6–2
22 	L 	November 25, 1989 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	13–7–2
23 	W 	November 28, 1989 	5–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 	14–7–2
24 	W 	November 30, 1989 	5–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	15–7–2
25 	L 	December 2, 1989 	1–2 	St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 	15–8–2
26 	W 	December 3, 1989 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	16–8–2
27 	T 	December 5, 1989 	3–3 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	16–8–3
28 	L 	December 7, 1989 	3–4 	Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	16–9–3
29 	L 	December 9, 1989 	3–7 	Washington Capitals (1989–90) 	16–10–3
30 	L 	December 12, 1989 	5–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	16–11–3
31 	W 	December 13, 1989 	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	17–11–3
32 	L 	December 16, 1989 	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	17–12–3
33 	L 	December 17, 1989 	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	17–13–3
34 	L 	December 20, 1989 	3–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	17–14–3
35 	W 	December 21, 1989 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 	18–14–3
36 	W 	December 23, 1989 	6–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 	19–14–3
37 	W 	December 26, 1989 	6–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 	20–14–3
38 	W 	December 29, 1989 	4–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	21–14–3
39 	L 	December 30, 1989 	6–7 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 	21–15–3
40 	W 	January 2, 1990 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	22–15–3
41 	W 	January 4, 1990 	4–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 	23–15–3
42 	W 	January 6, 1990 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1989–90) 	24–15–3
43 	W 	January 7, 1990 	2–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	25–15–3
44 	W 	January 11, 1990 	3–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	26–15–3
45 	L 	January 13, 1990 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1989–90) 	26–16–3
46 	W 	January 15, 1990 	4–1 	Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	27–16–3
47 	T 	January 17, 1990 	5–5 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	27–16–4
48 	T 	January 18, 1990 	2–2 OT 	Calgary Flames (1989–90) 	27–16–5
49 	W 	January 23, 1990 	9–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	28–16–5
50 	W 	January 25, 1990 	5–2 	New York Islanders (1989–90) 	29–16–5
51 	W 	January 27, 1990 	2–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	30–16–5
52 	W 	January 29, 1990 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	31–16–5
53 	L 	February 1, 1990 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	31–17–5
54 	L 	February 3, 1990 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1989–90) 	31–18–5
55 	W 	February 4, 1990 	3–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	32–18–5
56 	W 	February 6, 1990 	2–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 	33–18–5
57 	W 	February 8, 1990 	5–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	34–18–5
58 	L 	February 10, 1990 	3–4 OT 	New York Islanders (1989–90) 	34–19–5
59 	L 	February 11, 1990 	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 	34–20–5
60 	L 	February 14, 1990 	2–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 	34–21–5
61 	W 	February 18, 1990 	7–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 	35–21–5
62 	W 	February 20, 1990 	5–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 	36–21–5
63 	W 	February 22, 1990 	6–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 	37–21–5
64 	W 	February 24, 1990 	3–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	38–21–5
65 	L 	February 26, 1990 	1–6 	@ New York Rangers (1989–90) 	38–22–5
66 	W 	March 1, 1990 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	39–22–5
67 	W 	March 3, 1990 	4–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 	40–22–5
68 	W 	March 4, 1990 	4–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 	41–22–5
69 	W 	March 6, 1990 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	42–22–5
70 	L 	March 8, 1990 	4–10 	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	42–23–5
71 	T 	March 10, 1990 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1989–90) 	42–23–6
72 	W 	March 11, 1990 	4–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	43–23–6
73 	T 	March 15, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 	43–23–7
74 	L 	March 17, 1990 	4–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 	43–24–7
75 	W 	March 22, 1990 	7–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	44–24–7
76 	L 	March 24, 1990 	6–7 	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 	44–25–7
77 	W 	March 27, 1990 	3–0 	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 	45–25–7
78 	W 	March 29, 1990 	3–2 	Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	46–25–7
79 	T 	March 31, 1990 	2–2 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	46–25–8
80 	T 	April 1, 1990 	3–3 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	46–25–9
==Playoffs==
===Boston Bruins 4, Hartford Whalers 3===
===Boston Bruins 4, Washington Capitals 1===
===Boston Bruins 4, Montreal Canadiens 0===
===Edmonton Oilers 4, Boston Bruins 1===
In game 1, Petr Klima scored at 15:13 of the third overtime period to give the Oilers a 3–2 win; this game remains the longest in Stanley Cup Finals history (Longest NHL overtime games), edging both Brett Hull's cup-winner in 1999 and Igor Larionov's game-winner in 2002 by less than 30 seconds. In game five at the Boston Garden on May 24, the Oilers won 4–1. Craig Simpson scored the game-winning goal. Oilers goaltender Bill Ranford was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP.
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
May 15	Edmonton	3 	Boston 	2 	3OT
May 18	Edmonton	7 	Boston 	2 	
May 20	Boston 	2 	Edmonton	1 	
May 22	Boston 	1 	Edmonton	5 	
May 24	Edmonton	4 	Boston 	1 	
 	 	 	 	 	
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	76	55	37	92 	117	10 	25 	0 	12
 	D 	77	19	65	84 	50 	31 	8 	0 	3
 	C 	55	24	38	62 	4 	3 	11 	0 	5
 	C 	80	25	31	56 	97 	-3 	5 	0 	5
 	C/RW	70	22	24	46 	93 	2 	5 	2 	6
 	LW/C	43	12	28	40 	8 	11 	6 	0 	1
 	LW 	76	17	22	39 	26 	17 	2 	1 	1
 	D 	77	11	27	38 	76 	12 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	78	9 	27	36 	48 	6 	5 	0 	4
 	D 	71	8 	27	35 	75 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	63	17	15	32 	47 	9 	7 	0 	1
 	RW 	50	12	17	29 	8 	4 	2 	0 	3
 	RW 	77	8 	17	25 	92 	-3 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	32	6 	19	25 	12 	11 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	32	6 	16	22 	66 	12 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	61	5 	14	19 	63 	11 	0 	0 	1
 	W 	47	8 	9 	17 	33 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	3 	9 	12 	10 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	36	5 	6 	11 	15 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	43	4 	4 	8 	159	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	58	3 	5 	8 	58 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	1 	4 	5 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	2 	2 	4 	8 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	38	2 	2 	4 	22 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	1 	2 	3 	15 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	23	1 	2 	3 	22 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	68	1 	2 	3 	71 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	46	0 	3 	3 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	1 	1 	2 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	2 	2 	23 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	2 	2 	11 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	14 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	0 	0 	32 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2536	46	24	10	7	122	2.89	3 	1145	1023	.893
 	2310	43	22	15	2	108	2.81	2 	1002	894 	.892
Team: 	4846	80	46	25	9	230	2.85	5 	2147	1917	.893
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	21	12	16	28 	51 	7 	4 	1 	2
 	C 	18	3 	19	22 	2 	3 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	17	5 	12	17 	16 	11 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	4 	11	15 	14 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	18	8 	5 	13 	8 	1 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	20	4 	9 	13 	2 	5 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	21	4 	6 	10 	39 	-3 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	21	6 	3 	9 	45 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	21	2 	6 	8 	36 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	21	3 	3 	6 	34 	-8 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	21	1 	5 	6 	18 	-10	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	21	4 	1 	5 	4 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	15	1 	3 	4 	12 	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	2 	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	1 	2 	18 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	20	0 	2 	2 	30 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	17	1 	0 	1 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	 	 	
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	0 	0 	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	0 	0 	41 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1195	20	13	7	44	2.21	2 	486	442	.909
 	135 	3 	0 	1	13	5.78	0 	57 	44 	.772
Team: 	1330	21	13	8	57	2.57	2 	543	486	.895
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: Boston Bruins (1st win)
*Prince of Wales Trophy: Boston Bruins (15th win)
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Ray Bourque (3rd win)
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Ray Bourque, Runner-up
*William M. Jennings Trophy: Reggie Lemelin and Andy Moog
==Draft Picks==
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	17. 	Shayne Stevenson (C)	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2 	38. 	Mike Parson (G) 	 	Guelph Platers (OHL)
3 	57. 	Wes Walz (C) 	 	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
4 	80. 	Jackson Penney (RW) 	 	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
==Video==
Highlights of the goals in the Bruins 4-2 over the Winnipeg Jets on January 4, 1990.
JETS vs BRUINS Bourque scores GWG (1989-90)
Highlights of Game 4 of the Bruins-Whalers Adams Division Semi-finals on April 11, 1990 in which Boston overcomes a 5-2 deficit to win 6-5.
Bruins-Whalers 1990 Adams Division Semi-Final Game 4 4 11 90
==References==
* Bruins on Hockey Database
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