1989-90 NHL season

The 1989-90 NHL season was the 73rd season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Edmonton Oilers, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Boston Bruins. The championship was the Oilers fifth Stanley Cup in the past 7 years.
This also marked the first time that all three New York City metro area teams made the playoffs in the same season.
This was the first playoffs that logo of the Stanley Cup Playoffs would appear at the center ice corners.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
====Prince of Wales Conference====
====Clarence Campbell Conference====
===Scoring Leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Wayne Gretzky 	Los Angeles Kings 	73	40	102	142	42
Mark Messier 	Edmonton Oilers 	79	45	84 	129	79
Steve Yzerman 	Detroit Red Wings 	79	62	65 	127	79
Mario Lemieux 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	59	45	78 	123	78
Brett Hull 	St. Louis Blues 	80	72	41 	113	24
Bernie Nicholls	Los Angeles Kings / New York Rangers	79	39	73 	112	86
Pierre Turgeon 	Buffalo Sabres 	80	40	66 	106	29
Pat LaFontaine 	New York Islanders 	74	54	51 	105	38
Paul Coffey 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	80	29	74 	103	95
Joe Sakic 	Quebec Nordiques 	80	39	63 	102	27
Adam Oates 	St. Louis Blues 	80	23	79 	102	30
===Leading Goaltenders===
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage
Player 	Team 	GP	Min 	W 	L 	T 	SO	GAA 	Sv%
Kirk McLean 	Vancouver Canucks 	63	3739	21	30	10	0 	3.47	88.0
Jon Casey 	Minnesota North Stars	61	3407	31	22	4 	3 	3.22	89.6
Daren Puppa 	Buffalo Sabres 	56	3241	31	16	6 	1 	2.89	90.3
Bill Ranford	Edmonton Oilers 	56	3107	24	16	9 	1 	3.19	88.7
Patrick Roy 	Montreal Canadiens 	54	3173	31	16	5 	3 	2.53	91.2
Sean Burke 	New Jersey Devils 	52	2914	22	22	6 	0 	3.60	88.0
Kelly Hrudey	Los Angeles Kings 	52	2860	22	21	6 	2 	4.07	87.3
Ken Wregget 	Philadelphia Flyers 	51	2961	22	24	3 	0 	3.42	89.2
Greg Millen 	Quebec Nordiques 	49	2900	19	25	5 	1 	3.89	87.2
Don Beaupre 	Washington Capitals 	48	2793	23	18	5 	2 	3.22	89.0
==Stanley Cup Playoffs==
Note: All dates in 1990
===Playoff Bracket===
==Division Semi-finals==
===Prince of Wales Conference===
====(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers====
====(A2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (P3) Washington Capitals====
====(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P4) New York Islanders====
====(P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens====
===Clarence Campbell Conference===
====(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings====
====(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (S3) Winnipeg Jets====
====(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars====
====(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs====
==Division Finals==
===Prince of Wales Conference===
====(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals====
====(P1) New York Rangers vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens====
===Clarence Campbell Conference===
====(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N2) St. Louis Blues====
====(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars====
==Conference Finals==
===Prince of Wales Conference Final===
====(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens====
===Clarence Campbell Conference Final===
====(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Chicago Blackhawks====
==Stanley Cup Finals==
The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins in five games. For the Oilers, it was their fifth Cup win in seven years, and their only one without Wayne Gretzky. In game one, Petr Klima scored at 15:13 of the third overtime period to give the Oilers a 3–2 win. The game broke the record for longest Final game, set in 1931 between Chicago and Montreal. This game remains the longest in Stanley Cup Final history (Longest NHL overtime games) to date, 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.
===Cup Playoff Scoring Leaders===
==NHL Awards==
Presidents' Trophy: 	Boston Bruins
Prince of Wales Trophy: 	Boston Bruins
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: 	Edmonton Oilers
Art Ross Memorial Trophy: 	Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Gord Kluzak, Boston Bruins
Calder Memorial Trophy: 	Sergei Makarov, Calgary Flames
Conn Smythe Trophy: 	Bill Ranford, Edmonton Oilers
Frank J. Selke Trophy: 	Rick Meagher, St. Louis Blues
Hart Memorial Trophy: 	Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers
Jack Adams Award: 	Bob Murdoch, Winnipeg Jets
James Norris Memorial Trophy: 	Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins
King Clancy Memorial Trophy: 	Kevin Lowe, Edmonton Oilers
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: 	Brett Hull, St. Louis Blues
Lester B. Pearson Award: 	Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers
NHL Plus/Minus Award: 	Paul Cavallini, St. Louis Blues
Vezina Trophy: 	Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens
William M. Jennings Trophy: 	Reggie Lemelin/Andy Moog, Boston Bruins
Lester Patrick Trophy: 	Len Ceglarski
==All-Star Teams==
Brett Hull, St. Louis Blues
First Team 	  Position  	Second Team
Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens 	G 	Darren Puppa, Buffalo Sabres
Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins 	D 	Paul Coffey, Pittsburgh Penguins
Al MacInnis, Calgary Flames 	D 	Doug Wilson, Chicago Blackhawks
Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers 	C 	Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
Brett Hull, St. Louis Blues 	RW 	Cam Neely, Boston Bruins
Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings	LW 	Brian Bellows, Minnesota North Stars
==Debuts==
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1989-90 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):
*Wes Walz, Boston Bruins
*Alexander Mogilny, Buffalo Sabres
*Rob Ray, Buffalo Sabres
*Donald Audette*, Buffalo Sabres
*Sergei Makarov, Calgary Flames
*Rob Blake, Los Angeles Kings
*Helmut Balderis, Minnesota North Stars
*Andrew Cassels, Montreal Canadiens
*Lyle Odelein, Montreal Canadiens
*Vyacheslav Fetisov, New Jersey Devils
*Alexei Kasatonov, New Jersey Devils
*Murray Baron, Philadelphia Flyers
*Curtis Joseph, St. Louis Blues
*Tie Domi, Toronto Maple Leafs
*Vladimir Krutov, Vancouver Canucks
*Igor Larionov, Vancouver Canucks
*Olaf Kolzig, Washington Capitals
==Last Games==
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1989-90 (listed with their last team):
*Reed Larson, Buffalo Sabres
*Al Secord, Chicago Blackhawks
*Robert Frederick Murray, Chicago Blackhawks
*Duane Sutter, Chicago Blackhawks
*Bernie Federko, Detroit Red Wings
*Borje Salming, Detroit Red Wings
*Reijo Ruotsalainen, Edmonton Oilers
*Barry Beck, Los Angeles Kings
*Helmut Balderis, Minnesota North Stars
*Curt Fraser, Minnesota North Stars
*Mark Johnson, New Jersey Devils
*Ron Greschner, New York Rangers
*Vladimir Krutov, Vancouver Canucks
*Paul Reinhart, Vancouver Canucks
*Doug Wickenheiser, Washington Capitals
==Hat Tricks==
==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
==See Also==
*List of Stanley Cup champions
*1989 NHL Entry Draft
*41st National Hockey League All-Star Game
*National Hockey League All-Star Game
*NHL All-Rookie Team
==References==
*Hockey Database
*NHL.com