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1989–90 New York Islanders season

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1989–90 New York Islanders
Division 4th Patrick
1989–90 record 31–38–11
Goals for 281
Goals against 288
Team information
General manager Bill Torrey
Coach Al Arbour
Captain Brent Sutter
Team leaders
Goals Pat LaFontaine (54)
Assists Pat LaFontaine (51)
Points Pat LaFontaine (105)
Penalty minutes Mick Vukota (290)
Wins Mark Fitzpatrick (19)
Goals against average Mark Fitzpatrick (3.39)

The 1989–90 New York Islanders season was the 18th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 4th in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the New York Rangers 4 games to 1.

Off-season[]

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Rangers 80 36 31 13 279 267 85
New Jersey Devils 80 37 34 9 295 288 83
Washington Capitals 80 36 38 6 284 275 78
New York Islanders 80 31 38 11 281 288 73
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 32 40 8 318 359 72
Philadelphia Flyers 80 30 39 11 290 297 71

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 5–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 0–1–0
2 L October 7, 1989 3–6 @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 0–2–0
3 W October 9, 1989 5–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 1–2–0
4 W October 11, 1989 7–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 2–2–0
5 T October 14, 1989 3–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 2–2–1
6 L October 17, 1989 3–6 Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 2–3–1
7 W October 20, 1989 5–3 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 3–3–1
8 L October 21, 1989 1–2 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 3–4–1
9 T October 24, 1989 3–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 3–4–2
10 T October 27, 1989 5–5 OT @ New York Rangers (1989–90) 3–4–3
11 L October 28, 1989 1–4 New York Rangers (1989–90) 3–5–3
12 L October 31, 1989 0–3 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 3–6–3
13 L November 2, 1989 2–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 3–7–3
14 W November 4, 1989 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 4–7–3
15 L November 5, 1989 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 4–8–3
16 L November 7, 1989 3–5 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 4–9–3
17 L November 9, 1989 5–7 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 4–10–3
18 L November 11, 1989 3–5 Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 4–11–3
19 L November 12, 1989 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1989–90) 4–12–3
20 L November 14, 1989 4–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 4–13–3
21 W November 16, 1989 6–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 5–13–3
22 L November 18, 1989 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 5–14–3
23 L November 21, 1989 3–4 Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 5–15–3
24 L November 22, 1989 3–5 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 5–16–3
25 L November 25, 1989 2–7 Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 5–17–3
26 L November 28, 1989 2–3 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 5–18–3
27 W November 30, 1989 2–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 6–18–3
28 W December 2, 1989 6–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 7–18–3
29 W December 5, 1989 3–0 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 8–18–3
30 W December 6, 1989 4–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 9–18–3
31 T December 9, 1989 0–0 OT New York Rangers (1989–90) 9–18–4
32 L December 12, 1989 2–7 New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 9–19–4
33 L December 13, 1989 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 9–20–4
34 W December 15, 1989 5–3 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 10–20–4
35 W December 16, 1989 4–3 New York Rangers (1989–90) 11–20–4
36 W December 19, 1989 5–4 OT New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 12–20–4
37 W December 23, 1989 8–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 13–20–4
38 W December 28, 1989 3–2 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 14–20–4
39 L December 30, 1989 3–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 14–21–4
40 W December 31, 1989 4–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 15–21–4
41 W January 2, 1990 5–3 Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 16–21–4
42 W January 6, 1990 5–2 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 17–21–4
43 W January 10, 1990 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 18–21–4
44 W January 11, 1990 8–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 19–21–4
45 W January 13, 1990 4–2 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 20–21–4
46 W January 16, 1990 3–0 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 21–21–4
47 W January 17, 1990 6–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 22–21–4
48 W January 19, 1990 6–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 23–21–4
49 L January 23, 1990 2–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 23–22–4
50 L January 25, 1990 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 23–23–4
51 W January 27, 1990 9–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 24–23–4
52 T January 28, 1990 4–4 OT New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 24–23–5
53 L January 30, 1990 1–2 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 24–24–5
54 W February 2, 1990 5–3 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 25–24–5
55 W February 4, 1990 1–0 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 26–24–5
56 W February 6, 1990 8–7 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 27–24–5
57 T February 8, 1990 5–5 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 27–24–6
58 W February 10, 1990 4–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 28–24–6
59 L February 13, 1990 2–4 Calgary Flames (1989–90) 28–25–6
60 L February 17, 1990 1–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 28–26–6
61 L February 18, 1990 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 28–27–6
62 L February 22, 1990 3–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 28–28–6
63 T February 24, 1990 3–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 28–28–7
64 T February 25, 1990 3–3 OT New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 28–28–8
65 L February 28, 1990 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 28–29–8
66 L March 2, 1990 3–6 @ New York Rangers (1989–90) 28–30–8
67 L March 3, 1990 4–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 28–31–8
68 L March 6, 1990 2–4 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 28–32–8
69 L March 8, 1990 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 28–33–8
70 T March 10, 1990 3–3 OT Boston Bruins (1989–90) 28–33–9
71 L March 13, 1990 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 28–34–9
72 L March 15, 1990 4–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 28–35–9
73 W March 17, 1990 6–3 New York Rangers (1989–90) 29–35–9
74 T March 18, 1990 2–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 29–35–10
75 L March 20, 1990 0–3 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 29–36–10
76 L March 22, 1990 1–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 29–37–10
77 T March 24, 1990 5–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 29–37–11
78 L March 27, 1990 2–4 Calgary Flames (1989–90) 29–38–11
79 W March 28, 1990 6–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 30–38–11
80 W March 31, 1990 6–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 31–38–11

Playoffs[]

New York Rangers 4, New York Islanders 1[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 74 54 51 105 38 -13 13 2 8
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 67 33 35 68 65 9 17 3 3
Crossman, DougDoug Crossman D 80 15 44 59 54 3 8 0 1
Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 60 4 49 53 65 -9 4 0 0
Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 62 17 32 49 101 10 4 0 2
Wood, RandyRandy Wood LW/C 74 24 24 48 39 -10 6 1 3
Maloney, DonDon Maloney LW 79 16 27 43 47 6 0 1 2
King, DerekDerek King LW 46 13 27 40 20 2 5 0 1
Volek, DavidDavid Volek W 80 17 22 39 41 -2 6 0 0
Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr RW 75 15 21 36 129 -1 3 0 1
McDonough, HubieHubie McDonough C 54 18 11 29 26 10 0 3 3
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund D 64 4 21 25 144 8 2 0 0
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 59 13 11 24 29 -11 4 0 0
Lauer, BradBrad Lauer LW 63 6 18 24 19 5 0 0 2
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck D 76 3 17 20 163 2 1 0 0
Chyzowski, DaveDave Chyzowski LW 34 8 6 14 45 -4 3 0 1
Vukota, MickMick Vukota RW 76 4 8 12 290 10 0 0 0
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie D 31 1 8 9 43 13 0 0 1
Thibaudeau, GillesGilles Thibaudeau C 20 4 4 8 17 2 0 0 0
Gronstrand, JariJari Gronstrand D 41 3 4 7 27 0 0 0 2
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald RW 19 2 5 7 4 -3 0 0 1
Makela, MikkoMikko Makela RW 20 2 3 5 2 -10 1 0 0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner LW 53 0 5 5 194 6 0 0 0
Laxdal, DerekDerek Laxdal RW 12 3 1 4 4 -4 0 0 0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin D 18 0 4 4 30 -8 0 0 0
Pilon, RichRich Pilon D 14 0 2 2 31 2 0 0 0
Chynoweth, DeanDean Chynoweth D 20 0 2 2 39 0 0 0 0
Henry, DaleDale Henry LW 20 0 2 2 2 -4 0 0 0
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick G 47 0 2 2 18 0 0 0 0
Evans, ShawnShawn Evans D 2 1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0
Gagne, PaulPaul Gagne LW 9 1 0 1 4 -1 0 0 0
McBean, WayneWayne McBean D 5 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley D 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy G 39 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0
Kushner, DaleDale Kushner RW 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio RW 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Pryor, ChrisChris Pryor D 10 0 0 0 24 -7 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick 2653 47 19 19 5 150 3.39 3 1472 1322 .898
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy 2197 39 12 19 6 128 3.50 2 1210 1082 .894
Team: 4850 80 31 38 11 278 3.44 5 2682 2404 .896
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 5 2 3 5 2 0 2 0 1
Volek, DavidDavid Volek W 5 1 4 5 0 -3 0 0 0
Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 4 1 3 4 17 0 0 0 0
Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 5 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 0
McBean, WayneWayne McBean D 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Wood, RandyRandy Wood LW/C 5 1 1 2 4 -2 0 0 0
Laxdal, DerekDerek Laxdal RW 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
Lauer, BradBrad Lauer LW 4 0 2 2 10 4 0 0 0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley D 5 0 2 2 2 -3 0 0 0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund D 5 0 2 2 17 1 0 0 0
DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio RW 1 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald RW 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 4 1 0 1 4 -4 0 0 0
McDonough, HubieHubie McDonough C 5 1 0 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Dallman, RodRod Dallman LW 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Vukota, MickMick Vukota RW 1 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 2 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy G 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Crossman, DougDoug Crossman D 5 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0
Gronstrand, JariJari Gronstrand D 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr RW 4 0 0 0 10 -3 0 0 0
King, DerekDerek King LW 4 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner LW 4 0 0 0 27 1 0 0 0
Maloney, DonDon Maloney LW 5 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck D 5 0 0 0 12 -5 0 0 0
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick G 4 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy 166 4 1 2 9 3.25 0 79 70 .886
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick 152 4 0 2 13 5.13 0 71 58 .817
Team: 318 5 1 4 22 4.15 0 150 128 .853

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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

Awards and Records[]

  • The Islanders did not win any awards this season.

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

Farm Teams[]

See Also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1989-90 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-27.
New York Islanders Seasons
1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011–12 • 2012–13 • 2013–14 • 2014–15 • 2015–16 • 2016–17 • 2017–18 • 2018–19 • 2019–20 • 2020–21 • 2021–22 • 2022–23 • 2023–24 • 2024–25
Bold indicates Stanley Cup victory
New York Islanders
The FranchiseFranchise • Expansion Draft • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • GMs • Award Winners • Head Coaches
ArenasNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum • Barclays Center • UBS Arena at Belmont Park
Retired Numbers5 • 9 • 19 • 22 • 23 • 27 • 31 • 91
AffiliatesBridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) • Worcester Railers (ECHL)
RivalsNew York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • New Jersey Devils
Stanley Cup Finals (5)Won: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • Lost: 1984
1989–90 NHL season by team
PatrickNew Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington
AdamsBoston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Quebec
NorrisChicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto
SmytheCalgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Winnipeg • Vancouver
See also1989 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1990 Stanley Cup Finals
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