1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 81st season. The Canadiens finished 3rd in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Boston Bruins 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
2 	W 	Oct 7, 1989 	5–1 	Buffalo Sabres 	2–0–0
3 	L 	Oct 9, 1989 	0–2 	@ Boston Bruins 	2–1–0
4 	W 	Oct 11, 1989 	4–2 	Boston Bruins 	3–1–0
5 	W 	Oct 13, 1989 	4–3 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils 	4–1–0
6 	L 	Oct 14, 1989 	1–2 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	4–2–0
7 	L 	Oct 16, 1989 	3–4 OT 	Washington Capitals 	4–3–0
8 	W 	Oct 18, 1989 	2–1 	Calgary Flames 	5–3–0
9 	L 	Oct 20, 1989 	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	5–4–0
10 	L 	Oct 21, 1989 	4–5 	New Jersey Devils 	5–5–0
11 	W 	Oct 23, 1989 	3–2 	Hartford Whalers 	6–5–0
12 	L 	Oct 26, 1989 	3–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	6–6–0
13 	W 	Oct 28, 1989 	5–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	7–6–0
14 	W 	Oct 29, 1989 	5–4 	Edmonton Oilers 	8–6–0
15 	W 	Oct 31, 1989 	3–0 	@ New York Islanders 	9–6–0
16 	L 	Nov 2, 1989 	3–4 	Buffalo Sabres 	9–7–0
17 	W 	Nov 4, 1989 	3–2 	New York Rangers 	10–7–0
18 	T 	Nov 6, 1989 	3–3 OT 	St. Louis Blues 	10–7–1
19 	W 	Nov 8, 1989 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers 	11–7–1
20 	T 	Nov 9, 1989 	1–1 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues 	11–7–2
21 	L 	Nov 11, 1989 	4–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	11–8–2
22 	W 	Nov 15, 1989 	5–1 	Winnipeg Jets 	12–8–2
23 	L 	Nov 16, 1989 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins 	12–9–2
24 	W 	Nov 18, 1989 	4–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	13–9–2
25 	W 	Nov 20, 1989 	3–2 	Calgary Flames 	14–9–2
26 	L 	Nov 22, 1989 	1–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	14–10–2
27 	W 	Nov 25, 1989 	5–3 	Boston Bruins 	15–10–2
28 	W 	Nov 29, 1989 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques 	16–10–2
29 	W 	Nov 30, 1989 	6–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	17–10–2
30 	L 	Dec 2, 1989 	3–4 	Hartford Whalers 	17–11–2
31 	W 	Dec 6, 1989 	4–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars	18–11–2
32 	T 	Dec 8, 1989 	6–6 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	18–11–3
33 	L 	Dec 9, 1989 	4–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	18–12–3
34 	T 	Dec 11, 1989 	2–2 OT 	Los Angeles Kings 	18–12–4
35 	L 	Dec 13, 1989 	1–3 	Chicago Blackhawks 	18–13–4
36 	W 	Dec 16, 1989 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings 	19–13–4
37 	W 	Dec 17, 1989 	2–0 	@ New York Rangers 	20–13–4
38 	T 	Dec 22, 1989 	2–2 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	20–13–5
39 	L 	Dec 23, 1989 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers 	20–14–5
40 	L 	Dec 27, 1989 	1–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	20–15–5
41 	L 	Dec 29, 1989 	2–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	20–16–5
42 	L 	Dec 30, 1989 	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames 	20–17–5
43 	W 	Jan 6, 1990 	6–3 	Buffalo Sabres 	21–17–5
44 	W 	Jan 7, 1990 	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks 	22–17–5
45 	L 	Jan 9, 1990 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	22–18–5
46 	W 	Jan 12, 1990 	5–2 	@ New Jersey Devils 	23–18–5
47 	T 	Jan 13, 1990 	2–2 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers 	23–18–6
48 	W 	Jan 15, 1990 	4–3 	Minnesota North Stars 	24–18–6
49 	L 	Jan 17, 1990 	3–6 	New York Islanders 	24–19–6
50 	W 	Jan 24, 1990 	7–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	25–19–6
51 	L 	Jan 26, 1990 	3–6 	@ Washington Capitals 	25–20–6
52 	W 	Jan 27, 1990 	5–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	26–20–6
53 	L 	Jan 29, 1990 	1–2 	Boston Bruins 	26–21–6
54 	W 	Feb 1, 1990 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins 	27–21–6
55 	W 	Feb 3, 1990 	1–0 	Buffalo Sabres 	28–21–6
56 	W 	Feb 4, 1990 	2–0 	Hartford Whalers 	29–21–6
57 	L 	Feb 7, 1990 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	29–22–6
58 	W 	Feb 10, 1990 	7–2 	Quebec Nordiques 	30–22–6
59 	W 	Feb 14, 1990 	10–1 	Vancouver Canucks 	31–22–6
60 	L 	Feb 16, 1990 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	31–23–6
61 	W 	Feb 17, 1990 	7–3 	Hartford Whalers 	32–23–6
62 	T 	Feb 19, 1990 	5–5 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	32–23–7
63 	W 	Feb 22, 1990 	6–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	33–23–7
64 	W 	Feb 24, 1990 	11–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	34–23–7
65 	W 	Feb 25, 1990 	6–5 OT 	St. Louis Blues 	35–23–7
66 	L 	Feb 28, 1990 	1–3 	@ Hartford Whalers 	35–24–7
67 	L 	Mar 1, 1990 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins 	35–25–7
68 	L 	Mar 3, 1990 	2–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars	35–26–7
69 	W 	Mar 7, 1990 	5–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	36–26–7
70 	T 	Mar 10, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Detroit Red Wings 	36–26–8
71 	W 	Mar 13, 1990 	4–2 	@ New York Islanders 	37–26–8
72 	T 	Mar 14, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Edmonton Oilers 	37–26–9
73 	W 	Mar 17, 1990 	3–2 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks 	38–26–9
74 	W 	Mar 18, 1990 	8–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	39–26–9
75 	L 	Mar 21, 1990 	2–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	39–27–9
76 	W 	Mar 23, 1990 	4–2 	@ Washington Capitals 	40–27–9
77 	L 	Mar 24, 1990 	4–7 	@ Hartford Whalers 	40–28–9
78 	W 	Mar 29, 1990 	5–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	41–28–9
79 	T 	Mar 31, 1990 	2–2 OT 	Boston Bruins 	41–28–10
80 	T 	Apr 1, 1990 	1–1 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers 	41–28–11
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Buffalo Sabres 2===
===Boston Bruins 4, Montreal Canadiens 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	75	51	40	91 	46 	35 	9 	0 	8
 	LW 	76	31	44	75 	144	33 	7 	0 	6
 	RW 	80	27	32	59 	27 	14 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	68	19	36	55 	37 	21 	1 	1 	3
 	C 	59	11	31	42 	56 	21 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	56	23	18	41 	47 	28 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	72	21	20	41 	19 	3 	6 	0 	3
 	D 	60	5 	31	36 	98 	20 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	57	15	20	35 	11 	13 	5 	0 	3
 	D 	53	9 	22	31 	136	20 	1 	2 	1
 	C 	53	12	14	26 	35 	-4 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	57	9 	15	24 	28 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	74	9 	15	24 	78 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	C/LW	70	8 	16	24 	59 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	44	7 	14	21 	25 	2 	5 	0 	1
 	D 	54	1 	19	20 	41 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	39	8 	10	18 	106	-8 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	55	3 	13	16 	51 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	73	1 	15	16 	108	24 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	68	3 	10	13 	61 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	36	2 	10	12 	14 	11 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	41	4 	6 	10 	158	1 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	34	4 	2 	6 	61 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	54	0 	5 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	3 	1 	4 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	4 	4 	23 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	2 	0 	2 	2 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	8 	0 	2 	2 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	2 	2 	33 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	0 	0 	0 	64 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	29	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3173	54	31	16	5 	134	2.53 	3 	1524	1390	.912
 	1674	29	10	12	6 	94 	3.37 	1 	770 	676 	.878
 	13 	1 	0 	0 	0 	3 	13.85	0 	6 	3 	.500
Team: 	4860	80	41	28	11	231	2.85 	4 	2300	2069	.900
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	9 	7	3	10 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	11	2	8	10 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	3	5	8 	30 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	11	5	1	6 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2	3	5 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	1	4	5 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	5	5 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1	3	4 	38 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	1	3	4 	31 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	3	0	3 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	8 	2	0	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	1	1	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C/LW	11	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	0	1	1 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	1	1 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	641	11	5	6	26	2.43	1 	292	266	.911
 	33 	1 	0	0	2 	3.64	0 	18 	16 	.889
Team: 	674	11	5	6	28	2.49	1 	310	282	.910
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==
*Vezina Trophy: Patrick Roy
*Patrick Roy, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
* 1989–90 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Category:1989 in hockey
Category:1990 in hockey