1989–90 Winnipeg Jets season

1989–90 Winnipeg Jets
Division	3rd Smythe
1989–90 record	37–32–11
Goals for	298
Goals against	290
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith
Coach	Bob Murdoch
Captain	Randy Carlyle Dale Hawerchuk Thomas Steen
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Pat Elynuik Paul Fenton (32)
Assists	Dale Hawerchuk (55)
Points	Dale Hawerchuk (81)
Penalty minutes	Shawn Cronin (243)
Wins	Bob Essensa (18)
Goals against average	Bob Essensa (3.15)

The 1989–90 Winnipeg Jets season was their 17th season and 10th in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 4th in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 3.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Calgary Flames	80	42	23	15	348	265	99
Edmonton Oilers	80	38	28	14	315	283	90
Winnipeg Jets	80	37	32	11	298	290	85
Los Angeles Kings	80	34	39	7	338	337	75
Vancouver Canucks	80	25	41	14	245	306	64

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	79	26	55	81	60	-11	8	0	2
Elynuik, PatPat Elynuik	RW	80	32	42	74	83	2	14	0	3
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	53	18	48	66	35	2	5	0	3
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton	LW	79	22	34	56	37	4	3	0	5
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	77	9	46	55	32	-1	3	0	0
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	C/RW	80	25	26	51	60	-1	1	7	2
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton	LW	80	32	18	50	40	2	4	1	1
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	79	25	24	49	63	15	1	1	6
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	71	18	30	48	14	-4	7	0	6
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	77	17	29	46	96	-15	8	0	1
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	79	11	32	43	20	-4	1	0	1
Mantha, MoeMoe Mantha	D	73	2	26	28	28	8	0	1	0
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	66	10	17	27	103	-11	3	1	1
Evans, DougDoug Evans	LW	27	10	8	18	33	7	2	1	1
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	53	3	15	18	50	8	2	0	0
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel	RW	56	8	9	17	21	-5	0	1	1
MacDermid, PaulPaul MacDermid	RW	44	7	10	17	100	4	1	0	1
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes	LW	48	9	6	15	26	-8	0	1	0
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	28	5	6	11	34	-7	2	0	1
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	D	49	3	6	9	136	20	0	0	1
Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly	D	55	3	3	6	222	3	0	0	0
Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin	D	61	0	4	4	243	-16	0	0	0
Berry, BradBrad Berry	D	12	1	2	3	6	-2	0	0	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	LW	11	1	2	3	33	-4	0	0	1
Cole, DantonDanton Cole	C/RW	2	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	G	36	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment	D	7	0	2	2	28	0	0	0	0
McReynolds, BrianBrian McReynolds	C	9	0	2	2	4	-4	0	0	0
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	G	24	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Flichel, ToddTodd Flichel	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Jones, BradBrad Jones	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Draper, TomTom Draper	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beauregard, StephaneStephane Beauregard	G	19	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	2035	36	18	9	5	107	3.15	1	988	881	.892
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	1387	24	10	11	3	86	3.72	1	667	581	.871
Beauregard, StephaneStephane Beauregard	1079	19	7	8	3	59	3.28	0	570	511	.896
Draper, TomTom Draper	359	6	2	4	0	26	4.35	0	153	127	.830
Team:	4860	80	37	32	11	278	3.43	2	2378	2100	.883

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	7	3	5	8	2	0	0	1
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	7	2	5	7	16	1	0	0
Elynuik, PatPat Elynuik	RW	7	2	4	6	2	0	0	0
Mantha, MoeMoe Mantha	D	7	1	5	6	2	0	0	0
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton	LW	7	3	1	4	2	2	0	1
Evans, DougDoug Evans	LW	7	2	2	4	10	0	0	0
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	7	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	7	1	2	3	10	0	0	0
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	7	2	0	2	6	2	0	1
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton	LW	7	2	0	2	23	2	0	0
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel	RW	7	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
MacDermid, PaulPaul MacDermid	RW	7	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	7	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly	D	6	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	C/RW	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Berry, BradBrad Berry	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin	D	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	D	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beauregard, StephaneStephane Beauregard	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	206	4	2	1	12	3.50	0	100	88	.880
Beauregard, StephaneStephane Beauregard	238	4	1	3	12	3.03	0	105	93	.886
Team:	444	7	3	4	24	3.24	0	205	181	.883

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 Jets did not win any award this season.

Transactions

Trades

July 21, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers Future Considerations	To Winnipeg Jets Shawn Cronin
September 28, 1989	To Edmonton Oilers Pokey Reddick	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
September 28, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers Future Considerations	To Winnipeg Jets Pete Peeters Keith Acton
October 3, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers Pete Peeters Keith Acton	To Winnipeg Jets 5th round pick in 1991 - Juha Ylonen Future Considerations
December 1, 1989	To Los Angeles Kings Brad Jones	To Winnipeg Jets Phil Sykes
December 13, 1989	To Hartford Whalers Randy Cunneyworth	To Winnipeg Jets Paul MacDermid
January 22, 1990	To St. Louis Blues Ron Wilson	To Winnipeg Jets Doug Evans
January 22, 1990	To Minnesota North Stars Daniel Berthiaume	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
June 16, 1990	To Buffalo Sabres Dale Hawerchuk 1st round pick in 1990 - Brad May	To Winnipeg Jets Scott Arniel Phil Housley Jeff Parker 1st round pick in 1990 - Keith Tkachuk

Waivers

October 2, 1989

From Philadelphia Flyers Moe Mantha

Free agents

Player Former Team Brian McReynolds New York Rangers Dallas Eakins Washington Capitals Bryan Erickson Pittsburgh Penguins Player Former Team Alfie Turcotte Boston Bruins Draft Picks Farm Teams Video Highlights of the goals in the Bruins 4-2 over the Winnipeg Jets on January 4, 1990. JETS vs BRUINS Bourque scores GWG (1989-90) See Also 1989–90 NHL season References