1989–90 Chicago Blackhawks season

1989–90 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	1st Norris
Conference	2nd Clarence Campbell
1989–90 record	41–33–6
Home record	25–13–2
Road record	16–20–4
Goals for	316
Goals against	294
Team information
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Dirk Graham
Alternate captains	Keith Brown Steve Larmer Denis Savard Doug Wilson
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Thomas (40)
Assists	Steve Larmer (59)
Points	Steve Larmer (90)
Penalty minutes	Wayne Van Dorp (303)
Wins	Jacques Cloutier (18)
Goals against average	Jacques Cloutier (3.09)

The 1989–90 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 64th season. The season involved winning the Norris Division.

Offseason

NHL Draft

See also: 1989 NHL Entry Draft

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Blackhawks	80	41	33	6	315	294	88
St. Louis Blues	80	37	34	9	295	279	83
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	38	38	4	337	358	80
Minnesota North Stars	80	36	40	4	284	291	76
Detroit Red Wings	80	28	38	14	288	323	70

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1989	3–8	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	0–1–0
2	W	October 7, 1989	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	1–1–0
3	L	October 8, 1989	3–5	New York Rangers (1989–90)	1–2–0
4	W	October 12, 1989	9–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	2–2–0
5	L	October 14, 1989	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	2–3–0
6	W	October 15, 1989	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	3–3–0
7	T	October 17, 1989	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	3–3–1
8	L	October 19, 1989	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	3–4–1
9	W	October 20, 1989	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	4–4–1
10	W	October 22, 1989	7–4	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	5–4–1
11	W	October 24, 1989	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	6–4–1
12	W	October 26, 1989	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	7–4–1
13	L	October 28, 1989	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	7–5–1
14	W	October 29, 1989	1–0	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	8–5–1
15	W	October 31, 1989	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	9–5–1
16	W	November 2, 1989	4–3 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	10–5–1
17	L	November 4, 1989	0–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	10–6–1
18	W	November 5, 1989	4–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	11–6–1
19	W	November 9, 1989	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	12–6–1
20	W	November 11, 1989	5–3	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	13–6–1
21	W	November 12, 1989	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	14–6–1
22	L	November 16, 1989	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	14–7–1
23	T	November 18, 1989	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	14–7–2
24	L	November 19, 1989	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	14–8–2
25	L	November 22, 1989	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	14–9–2
26	L	November 26, 1989	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	14–10–2
27	L	November 30, 1989	0–2	New York Islanders (1989–90)	14–11–2
28	L	December 3, 1989	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	14–12–2
29	W	December 6, 1989	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	15–12–2
30	W	December 9, 1989	6–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	16–12–2
31	W	December 10, 1989	7–1	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	17–12–2
32	W	December 13, 1989	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	18–12–2
33	L	December 15, 1989	4–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	18–13–2
34	W	December 17, 1989	6–5	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	19–13–2
35	W	December 20, 1989	9–6	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	20–13–2
36	L	December 22, 1989	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	20–14–2
37	W	December 23, 1989	7–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	21–14–2
38	L	December 26, 1989	3–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	21–15–2
39	T	December 28, 1989	1–1 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	21–15–3
40	W	December 30, 1989	7–3	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	22–15–3
41	W	January 3, 1990	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	23–15–3
42	W	January 6, 1990	8–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	24–15–3
43	T	January 10, 1990	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	24–15–4
44	W	January 11, 1990	5–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	25–15–4
45	L	January 14, 1990	5–6	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	25–16–4
46	L	January 15, 1990	6–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	25–17–4
47	W	January 17, 1990	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	26–17–4
48	W	January 19, 1990	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	27–17–4
49	L	January 24, 1990	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	27–18–4
50	W	January 26, 1990	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	28–18–4
51	L	January 27, 1990	4–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	28–19–4
52	W	February 1, 1990	7–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	29–19–4
53	L	February 4, 1990	3–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	29–20–4
54	W	February 8, 1990	8–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	30–20–4
55	L	February 10, 1990	4–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	30–21–4
56	W	February 13, 1990	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	31–21–4
57	L	February 15, 1990	1–4	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	31–22–4
58	W	February 17, 1990	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	32–22–4
59	W	February 18, 1990	6–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	33–22–4
60	W	February 20, 1990	8–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	34–22–4
61	L	February 22, 1990	3–6	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	34–23–4
62	L	February 24, 1990	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	34–24–4
63	W	February 25, 1990	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	35–24–4
64	L	February 27, 1990	0–4	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	35–25–4
65	L	March 1, 1990	4–6	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	35–26–4
66	L	March 3, 1990	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	35–27–4
67	L	March 4, 1990	1–4	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	35–28–4
68	L	March 7, 1990	4–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	35–29–4
69	T	March 10, 1990	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	35–29–5
70	L	March 11, 1990	4–6	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	35–30–5
71	T	March 13, 1990	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	35–30–6
72	W	March 15, 1990	6–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	36–30–6
73	L	March 17, 1990	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	36–31–6
74	W	March 19, 1990	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	37–31–6
75	W	March 22, 1990	6–3	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	38–31–6
76	L	March 24, 1990	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	38–32–6
77	W	March 25, 1990	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	39–32–6
78	W	March 29, 1990	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	40–32–6
79	L	March 31, 1990	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	40–33–6
80	W	April 1, 1990	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	41–33–6

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	80	31	59	90	40	25	8	2	4
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	60	27	53	80	56	8	10	2	4
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	70	23	50	73	40	13	13	1	2
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	76	40	30	70	91	-3	13	0	7
Creighton, AdamAdam Creighton	C	80	34	36	70	224	4	12	0	3
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	C	78	26	40	66	54	2	6	0	4
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	68	17	38	55	86	-2	3	1	4
Graham, DirkDirk Graham	W	73	22	32	54	102	1	2	3	1
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	70	12	25	37	54	27	0	0	3
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	59	5	23	28	301	4	1	0	1
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	67	5	20	25	87	26	2	0	0
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	49	5	19	24	45	3	3	0	1
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	43	14	7	21	131	5	1	0	0
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	39	10	11	21	47	0	1	0	1
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson	C/LW	49	9	12	21	56	-3	0	0	3
Yawney, TrentTrent Yawney	D	70	5	15	20	82	-6	1	0	1
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	72	4	14	18	156	-2	0	0	1
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	75	3	14	17	34	6	1	0	0
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	49	6	7	13	69	-19	1	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	69	2	10	12	204	-7	0	1	0
Van Dorp, WayneWayne Van Dorp	LW	61	7	4	11	303	-3	0	0	1
Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	LW	8	4	1	5	9	1	1	1	0
Sanipass, EverettEverett Sanipass	LW	12	2	2	4	17	0	0	0	0
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles	C/LW	23	1	2	3	34	-4	0	0	0
Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	6	1	1	2	8	1	0	0	0
Cassidy, BruceBruce Cassidy	D	2	1	1	2	0	-1	1	0	0
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	G	39	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Noonan, BrianBrian Noonan	RW	8	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Millen, GregGreg Millen	G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Russell, CamCam Russell	D	19	0	1	1	27	-3	0	0	0
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier	G	43	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Peluso, MikeMike Peluso	LW	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Vincelette, DanDan Vincelette	LW	2	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier	2178	43	18	15	2	112	3.09	2	931	819	.880
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	1894	39	16	14	3	132	4.18	0	898	766	.853
Millen, GregGreg Millen	575	10	5	4	1	32	3.34	0	267	235	.880
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	183	4	2	0	0	14	4.59	0	92	78	.848
Team:	4830	80	41	33	6	290	3.60	2	2188	1898	.867

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	20	7	15	22	2	2	2	2	2
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	20	7	15	22	41	0	4	0	1
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	C	20	11	7	18	8	-1	4	0	1
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	19	9	6	15	29	8	1	1	1
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	20	3	12	15	18	5	1	0	1
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	20	7	6	13	33	2	1	0	3
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	19	5	8	13	34	10	0	0	0
Creighton, AdamAdam Creighton	C	20	3	6	9	59	1	0	1	0
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	18	1	8	9	28	1	0	0	0
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	20	4	4	8	22	2	1	0	0
Yawney, TrentTrent Yawney	D	20	3	5	8	27	-1	3	0	1
Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	LW	14	2	4	6	6	2	0	0	0
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	20	2	4	6	46	-5	1	0	0
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	16	2	4	6	8	8	0	0	0
Graham, DirkDirk Graham	W	5	1	5	6	2	0	0	1	0
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	20	1	3	4	19	6	0	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	18	0	4	4	43	2	0	0	0
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	20	1	1	2	48	-1	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	G	9	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson	C/LW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Millen, GregGreg Millen	G	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Russell, CamCam Russell	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	12	0	0	0	8	-2	0	0	0
Van Dorp, WayneWayne Van Dorp	LW	8	0	0	0	23	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Millen, GregGreg Millen	613	14	6	6	40	3.92	0	300	260	.867
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	409	9	4	2	17	2.49	0	200	183	.915
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier	175	4	0	2	8	2.74	0	75	67	.893
Team:	1197	20	10	10	65	3.26	0	575	510	.887

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;

References

• Blackhawks on Hockey Database