1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season

	1989–90 Montreal Canadiens
Division	3rd Adams
Conference	Prince of Wales
1989–90 record	41–28–11
Home record	26–8–6
Road record	15–20–5
Goals for	288
Goals against	234
Team information
General manager	Serge Savard
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Guy Carbonneau ; Chris Chelios
Alternate captains	Mats Naslund
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Stephane Richer (51)
Assists	Shayne Corson (44)
Points	Stephane Richer (91)
Penalty minutes	Todd Ewen (158)
Plus/minus	Stephane Richer (+35)
Wins	Patrick Roy (31)
Goals against average	Patrick Roy (2.53)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

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[]

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	46	25	9	289	232	101
Buffalo Sabres	80	45	27	8	286	248	98
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	28	11	288	234	93
Hartford Whalers	80	38	33	9	275	268	85
Quebec Nordiques	80	12	61	7	240	407	31

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[]

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
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	75	51	40	91	46	35	9	0	8
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	76	31	44	75	144	33	7	0	6
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	80	27	32	59	27	14	3	0	2
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	68	19	36	55	37	21	1	1	3
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	59	11	31	42	56	21	4	0	1
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	56	23	18	41	47	28	0	1	1
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund	LW	72	21	20	41	19	3	6	0	3
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	D	60	5	31	36	98	20	2	0	2
Lebeau, StephanStephan Lebeau	C	57	15	20	35	11	13	5	0	3
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	53	9	22	31	136	20	1	2	1
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith	C	53	12	14	26	35	-4	4	0	2
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	57	9	15	24	28	3	1	0	0
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	74	9	15	24	78	0	1	0	1
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	70	8	16	24	59	4	1	0	1
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	D	44	7	14	21	25	2	5	0	1
Lumme, JyrkiJyrki Lumme	D	54	1	19	20	41	17	0	0	0
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	39	8	10	18	106	-8	3	0	1
Desjardins, EricEric Desjardins	D	55	3	13	16	51	1	1	0	0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	73	1	15	16	108	24	0	0	0
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	D	68	3	10	13	61	18	0	0	0
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	D	36	2	10	12	14	11	0	0	1
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	RW	41	4	6	10	158	1	0	0	2
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	34	4	2	6	61	-1	0	0	1
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	54	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Chorske, TomTom Chorske	LW	14	3	1	4	2	2	0	0	0
Dufresne, DonaldDonald Dufresne	D	18	0	4	4	23	1	0	0	0
Cassels, AndrewAndrew Cassels	C	6	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1
Desjardins, MartinMartin Desjardins	C	8	0	2	2	2	-4	0	0	0
Odelein, LyleLyle Odelein	D	8	0	2	2	33	-1	0	0	0
Pederson, MarkMark Pederson	LW	9	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Cristofoli, EdEd Cristofoli	RW	9	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Martinson, SteveSteve Martinson	LW	13	0	0	0	64	-2	0	0	0
Racicot, AndreAndre Racicot	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hayward, BrianBrian Hayward	G	29	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	3173	54	31	16	5	134	2.53	3	1524	1390	.912
Hayward, BrianBrian Hayward	1674	29	10	12	6	94	3.37	1	770	676	.878
Racicot, AndreAndre Racicot	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	GWG
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	9	7	3	10	2	1	1
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	11	2	8	10	20	0	0
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	11	3	5	8	30	0	1
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	11	5	1	6	10	0	0
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	11	2	3	5	6	0	0
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith	C	11	1	4	5	6	0	0
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	D	10	0	5	5	7	0	0
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	11	1	3	4	38	0	1
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	D	9	1	3	4	31	1	0
Lebeau, StephanStephan Lebeau	C	2	3	0	3	0	0	1
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	8	2	0	2	2	0	0
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	9	1	1	2	16	0	0
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund	LW	3	1	1	2	0	0	1
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	11	0	2	2	0	0	0
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	5	0	1	1	8	0	0
Dufresne, DonaldDonald Dufresne	D	10	0	1	1	18	0	0
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	11	0	1	1	8	0	0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	11	0	1	1	16	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	11	0	1	1	0	0	0
Pederson, MarkMark Pederson	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Desjardins, EricEric Desjardins	D	6	0	0	0	10	0	0
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	D	9	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	RW	10	0	0	0	4	0	0
Hayward, BrianBrian Hayward	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	641	11	5	6	26	2.43	1	292	266	.911
Hayward, BrianBrian Hayward	33	1	0	0	2	3.64	0	18	16	.889
Team:	674	11	5	6	28	2.49	1	310	282	.910

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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[]

See also: 1989 NHL Entry Draft

Farm Teams[]

References[]

↑ 1989-90 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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Franchise	Franchise • Original Six • Players • Coaches • General Managers • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Award Winners
Arenas	Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre
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1989–90 NHL season by team
Patrick	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington
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Norris	Chicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto
Smythe	Calgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Winnipeg • Vancouver
See also	1989 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1990 Stanley Cup Finals

1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Off-season[]

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, Buffalo Sabres 2[]

Boston Bruins 4, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

Farm Teams[]

See Also[]

References[]