1989–90 Washington Capitals season

The 1989–90 Washington Capitals season was the 16th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 3rd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Boston Bruins 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	19. 	Olaf Kolzig (G)	/ 	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 6, 1989 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 7, 1989 	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 11, 1989 	1–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	1–2–0
4 	W	October 13, 1989 	7–4 	New York Rangers (1989–90) 	2–2–0
5 	T	October 14, 1989 	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1989–90) 	2–2–1
6 	W	October 16, 1989 	4–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	3–2–1
7 	L	October 20, 1989 	3–5 	New York Islanders (1989–90) 	3–3–1
8 	L	October 21, 1989 	4–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 	3–4–1
9 	T	October 23, 1989 	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 	3–4–2
10 	L	October 25, 1989 	4–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 	3–5–2
11 	L	October 28, 1989 	0–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 	3–6–2
12 	L	October 29, 1989 	0–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 	3–7–2
13 	T	October 31, 1989 	1–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 	3–7–3
14 	W	November 3, 1989 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 	4–7–3
15 	W	November 5, 1989 	3–0 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	5–7–3
16 	W	November 7, 1989 	5–3 	@ New York Islanders (1989–90) 	6–7–3
17 	L	November 10, 1989	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1989–90) 	6–8–3
18 	L	November 11, 1989	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 	6–9–3
19 	T	November 14, 1989	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 	6–9–4
20 	L	November 18, 1989	3–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 	6–10–4
21 	W	November 22, 1989	5–3 	New York Islanders (1989–90) 	7–10–4
22 	L	November 24, 1989	4–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	7–11–4
23 	W	November 25, 1989	4–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	8–11–4
24 	W	November 29, 1989	5–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 	9–11–4
25 	L	December 1, 1989 	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	9–12–4
26 	W	December 2, 1989 	5–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	10–12–4
27 	W	December 5, 1989 	4–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	11–12–4
28 	L	December 6, 1989 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	11–13–4
29 	W	December 9, 1989 	7–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 	12–13–4
30 	L	December 10, 1989	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	12–14–4
31 	L	December 15, 1989	3–5 	New York Islanders (1989–90) 	12–15–4
32 	W	December 16, 1989	5–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	13–15–4
33 	W	December 19, 1989	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	14–15–4
34 	L	December 21, 1989	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	14–16–4
35 	W	December 23, 1989	3–2 	New York Rangers (1989–90) 	15–16–4
36 	W	December 26, 1989	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	16–16–4
37 	W	December 27, 1989	3–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	17–16–4
38 	W	December 29, 1989	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 	18–16–4
39 	L	January 1, 1990 	4–7 	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 	18–17–4
40 	L	January 3, 1990 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1989–90) 	18–18–4
41 	L	January 5, 1990 	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 	18–19–4
42 	L	January 6, 1990 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 	18–20–4
43 	L	January 8, 1990 	6–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 	18–21–4
44 	L	January 10, 1990 	1–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 	18–22–4
45 	L	January 12, 1990 	4–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	18–23–4
46 	L	January 13, 1990 	2–4 	@ New York Islanders (1989–90) 	18–24–4
47 	W	January 16, 1990 	9–6 	New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	19–24–4
48 	W	January 19, 1990 	6–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	20–24–4
49 	L	January 23, 1990 	3–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 	20–25–4
50 	L	January 24, 1990 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	20–26–4
51 	W	January 26, 1990 	6–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	21–26–4
52 	W	January 28, 1990 	7–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	22–26–4
53 	W	January 31, 1990 	4–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	23–26–4
54 	L	February 2, 1990 	3–5 	@ New York Islanders (1989–90) 	23–27–4
55 	L	February 4, 1990 	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 	23–28–4
56 	W	February 6, 1990 	12–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	24–28–4
57 	L	February 8, 1990 	5–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 	24–29–4
58 	L	February 9, 1990 	3–5 	New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	24–30–4
59 	W	February 11, 1990	5–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 	25–30–4
60 	W	February 14, 1990	4–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 	26–30–4
61 	L	February 19, 1990	2–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 	26–31–4
62 	L	February 23, 1990	3–6 	New York Rangers (1989–90) 	26–32–4
63 	W	February 25, 1990	9–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 	27–32–4
64 	W	February 27, 1990	4–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 	28–32–4
65 	L	February 28, 1990	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1989–90) 	28–33–4
66 	L	March 2, 1990 	3–4 	Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 	28–34–4
67 	W	March 4, 1990 	4–3 	New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	29–34–4
68 	T	March 6, 1990 	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 	29–34–5
69 	W	March 9, 1990 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 	30–34–5
70 	W	March 10, 1990 	4–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	31–34–5
71 	L	March 13, 1990 	1–4 	St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 	31–35–5
72 	L	March 17, 1990 	1–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 	31–36–5
73 	W	March 18, 1990 	4–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	32–36–5
74 	W	March 20, 1990 	3–0 	New York Islanders (1989–90) 	33–36–5
75 	L	March 23, 1990 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 	33–37–5
76 	W	March 25, 1990 	4–1 	Calgary Flames (1989–90) 	34–37–5
77 	L	March 27, 1990 	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 	34–38–5
78 	T	March 29, 1990 	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 	34–38–6
79 	W	March 31, 1990 	2–1 	New York Rangers (1989–90) 	35–38–6
80 	W	April 1, 1990 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1989–90) 	36–38–6
==Playoffs==
===Boston Bruins 4, Washington Capitals 0===
Wales Conference
Boston vs. Washington 	Boston vs. Washington 	Boston vs. Washington 	Boston vs. Washington
Date 	Away 	Home 	
May 3 	Washington 3 	5 Boston 	
May 5 	Washington 0 	3 Boston 	
May 7 	Boston 4 	1 Washington 	
May 9 	Boston 3 	2 Washington 	
Boston wins series 4–0and Prince of Wales Trophy	Boston wins series 4–0and Prince of Wales Trophy	Boston wins series 4–0and Prince of Wales Trophy	Boston wins series 4–0and Prince of Wales Trophy
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	41	38	79 	122	-5 	10 	0 	6
 	LW 	80	35	39	74 	104	27 	9 	0 	2
 	C 	74	30	43	73 	27 	0 	8 	3 	3
 	C 	77	25	39	64 	54 	-7 	10 	3 	0
 	C 	80	23	39	62 	233	17 	9 	1 	6
 	D 	80	13	41	54 	102	4 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	80	18	22	40 	49 	-2 	3 	2 	2
 	D 	56	11	29	40 	154	1 	7 	0 	0
 	D 	70	8 	31	39 	25 	7 	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	70	18	14	32 	104	10 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	38	9 	19	28 	10 	11 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	70	4 	16	20 	123	-2 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	77	7 	10	17 	339	-1 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	50	9 	6 	15 	50 	-1 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	24	5 	8 	13 	4 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	41	1 	11	12 	28 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	45	8 	3 	11 	52 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	28	3 	8 	11 	4 	-12	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	31	5 	4 	9 	82 	2 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	41	2 	7 	9 	58 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	C 	27	1 	8 	9 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	58	0 	8 	8 	39 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	32	2 	5 	7 	31 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	59	1 	5 	6 	291	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	1 	3 	4 	16 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1 	2 	3 	18 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	1 	1 	24 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	16	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2793	48	23	18	5	150	3.22	2 	1362	1212	.890
 	609 	11	5 	5 	0	36 	3.55	0 	293 	257 	.877
 	478 	8 	4 	4 	0	17 	2.13	1 	217 	200 	.922
 	822 	16	4 	9 	1	48 	3.50	0 	389 	341 	.877
 	120 	2 	0 	2 	0	12 	6.00	0 	63 	51 	.810
Team: 	4822	80	36	38	6	263	3.27	3 	2324	2061	.887
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	15	14	3	17 	23 	8 	1 	4
 	LW 	15	4 	9	13 	32 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	15	4 	8	12 	61 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	8 	3	11 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	15	2 	7	9 	25 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	3 	5	8 	23 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	12	1 	7	8 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	8	8 	32 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	3 	4	7 	8 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	15	1 	6	7 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	2 	3	5 	47 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	15	1 	4	5 	12 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	14	2 	2	4 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	2 	1	3 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	1 	1	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1 	0	1 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	1	1 	92 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0 	0	0 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	0 	0	0 	37 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	401	8 	4	3	18	2.69	0 	187	169	.904
 	507	9 	4	4	28	3.31	0 	223	195	.874
Team: 	908	15	8	7	46	3.04	0 	410	364	.888
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==
==See Also==
*1989-90 NHL season
==References==
*Capitals
Category:Washington Capitals seasons
Category:1989 in hockey
Category:1990 in hockey