1990–91 Boston Bruins season

1990–91 Boston Bruins
Division	1st Adams
Conference	1st Prince of Wales
1990–91 record	44–24–12
Home record	26–9–5
Road record	18–15–7
Goals for	299
Goals against	264
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Mike Milbury
Captain	Ray Bourque
Alternate captains	Craig Janney Cam Neely
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Cam Neely (51)
Assists	Ray Bourque (73)
Points	Ray Bourque (94)
Penalty minutes	Chris Nilan (277)
Wins	Andy Moog (25)
Goals against average	Andy Moog (2.87)

The 1990–91 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 66th season. The Bruins finished 1st in the Adams Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 games to 2.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	44	24	12	299	264	100
Montreal Canadiens	80	39	30	11	273	249	89
Buffalo Sabres	80	31	30	19	292	278	81
Hartford Whalers	80	31	38	11	238	276	73
Quebec Nordiques	80	16	50	14	236	354	46

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	W	October 4, 1990	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	1–0–0
2	W	October 6, 1990	7–1	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	2–0–0
3	W	October 7, 1990	5–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	3–0–0
4	W	October 10, 1990	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	4–0–0
5	T	October 11, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	4–0–1
6	L	October 13, 1990	1–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	4–1–1
7	L	October 17, 1990	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	4–2–1
8	L	October 19, 1990	1–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	4–3–1
9	L	October 20, 1990	1–8	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	4–4–1
10	W	October 25, 1990	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	5–4–1
11	W	October 27, 1990	5–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	6–4–1
12	T	October 31, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	6–4–2
13	W	November 1, 1990	3–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	7–4–2
14	L	November 3, 1990	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	7–5–2
15	W	November 5, 1990	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	8–5–2
16	W	November 7, 1990	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	9–5–2
17	T	November 10, 1990	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	9–5–3
18	W	November 11, 1990	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	10–5–3
19	L	November 14, 1990	1–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	10–6–3
20	W	November 15, 1990	6–0	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	11–6–3
21	T	November 17, 1990	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	11–6–4
22	W	November 19, 1990	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	12–6–4
23	L	November 23, 1990	3–4	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	12–7–4
24	W	November 24, 1990	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	13–7–4
25	W	November 29, 1990	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	14–7–4
26	L	December 1, 1990	4–5	New York Rangers (1990–91)	14–8–4
27	W	December 4, 1990	5–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	15–8–4
28	L	December 6, 1990	4–6	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	15–9–4
29	L	December 8, 1990	1–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	15–10–4
30	W	December 9, 1990	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	16–10–4
31	W	December 12, 1990	5–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	17–10–4
32	W	December 13, 1990	8–2	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	18–10–4
33	T	December 15, 1990	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	18–10–5
34	L	December 18, 1990	3–8	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	18–11–5
35	W	December 20, 1990	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	19–11–5
36	W	December 22, 1990	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	20–11–5
37	T	December 23, 1990	5–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	20–11–6
38	T	December 26, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	20–11–7
39	L	December 28, 1990	0–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	20–12–7
40	T	December 29, 1990	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	20–12–8
41	W	January 3, 1991	8–3	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	21–12–8
42	L	January 5, 1991	3–5	Washington Capitals (1990–91)	21–13–8
43	W	January 7, 1991	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	22–13–8
44	L	January 8, 1991	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	22–14–8
45	W	January 10, 1991	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	23–14–8
46	L	January 12, 1991	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	23–15–8
47	W	January 14, 1991	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	24–15–8
48	W	January 15, 1991	5–4	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	25–15–8
49	W	January 17, 1991	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	26–15–8
50	L	January 22, 1991	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	26–16–8
51	W	January 24, 1991	3–0	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	27–16–8
52	W	January 26, 1991	5–2	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	28–16–8
53	W	January 27, 1991	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	29–16–8
54	W	January 31, 1991	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	30–16–8
55	L	February 2, 1991	2–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	30–17–8
56	W	February 3, 1991	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	31–17–8
57	W	February 5, 1991	6–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	32–17–8
58	L	February 7, 1991	1–4	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	32–18–8
59	W	February 9, 1991	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	33–18–8
60	W	February 10, 1991	7–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	34–18–8
61	W	February 13, 1991	7–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	35–18–8
62	W	February 16, 1991	5–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	36–18–8
63	L	February 21, 1991	1–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	36–19–8
64	L	February 23, 1991	2–9	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	36–20–8
65	W	February 28, 1991	5–0	New York Islanders (1990–91)	37–20–8
66	L	March 2, 1991	4–7	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	37–21–8
67	W	March 3, 1991	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	38–21–8
68	L	March 5, 1991	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	38–22–8
69	T	March 7, 1991	5–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	38–22–9
70	W	March 9, 1991	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	39–22–9
71	W	March 14, 1991	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	40–22–9
72	L	March 16, 1991	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	40–23–9
73	W	March 17, 1991	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	41–23–9
74	T	March 19, 1991	1–1 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	41–23–10
75	T	March 21, 1991	3–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	41–23–11
76	W	March 23, 1991	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	42–23–11
77	T	March 24, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	42–23–12
78	W	March 26, 1991	7–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	43–23–12
79	L	March 30, 1991	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	43–24–12
80	W	March 31, 1991	7–3	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	44–24–12

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	76	21	73	94	75	33	7	0	3
Janney, CraigCraig Janney	C	77	26	66	92	8	15	9	1	5
Neely, CamCam Neely	RW	69	51	40	91	98	26	18	1	8
Hodge Jr., KenKen Hodge Jr.	C/RW	70	30	29	59	20	11	12	2	4
Christian, DaveDave Christian	RW	78	32	21	53	41	8	9	0	2
Sweeney, BobBob Sweeney	C/RW	80	15	33	48	115	12	0	1	2
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley	D	80	11	32	43	78	0	5	1	1
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge	LW	62	15	13	28	40	17	1	0	4
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	70	6	21	27	84	0	1	0	0
Wiemer, JimJim Wiemer	D	61	4	19	23	62	3	0	0	1
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney	D	77	8	13	21	67	2	0	1	3
Poulin, DaveDave Poulin	C	31	8	12	20	25	5	0	2	0
Skriko, PetriPetri Skriko	RW	28	5	14	19	9	4	1	0	3
Lazaro, JeffJeff Lazaro	LW	49	5	13	18	67	7	1	1	1
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter	C	29	8	8	16	22	2	2	0	0
Ruzicka, VladimirVladimir Ruzicka	C	29	8	8	16	19	1	4	0	0
Walz, WesWes Walz	C	56	8	8	16	32	-14	1	0	1
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	RW	41	6	9	15	277	4	0	0	2
Carter, JohnJohn Carter	LW	50	4	7	11	68	-13	1	1	2
Brickley, AndyAndy Brickley	LW/C	40	2	9	11	8	-4	0	0	0
Pedersen, AllenAllen Pedersen	D	57	2	6	8	107	15	0	0	0
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal	D	45	2	6	8	89	2	1	0	0
Douris, PeterPeter Douris	RW	39	5	2	7	9	-12	1	0	1
Townshend, GraemeGraeme Townshend	RW	18	2	5	7	12	1	0	0	0
Markwart, NevinNevin Markwart	LW	23	3	3	6	36	0	0	0	0
Hoover, RonRon Hoover	C	15	4	0	4	31	0	0	0	1
Byers, LyndonLyndon Byers	RW	19	2	2	4	82	-2	0	0	0
Byce, JohnJohn Byce	C	18	1	3	4	6	1	0	0	0
Barahona, RalphRalph Barahona	C	3	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
Kekalainen, JarmoJarmo Kekalainen	LW	16	2	1	3	6	0	0	0	0
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	G	51	0	2	2	20	0	0	0	0
Hammond, KenKen Hammond	D	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0
Beers, BobBob Beers	D	16	0	1	1	10	-8	0	0	0
Shoebottom, BruceBruce Shoebottom	D	1	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Kluzak, GordGord Kluzak	D	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Stevenson, ShayneShayne Stevenson	RW	14	0	0	0	26	-4	0	0	0
DelGuidice, MattMatt DelGuidice	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Foster, NormNorm Foster	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lemelin, ReggieReggie Lemelin	G	33	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	2844	51	25	13	9	136	2.87	4	1307	1171	.896
Lemelin, ReggieReggie Lemelin	1829	33	17	10	3	111	3.64	1	841	730	.868
Foster, NormNorm Foster	184	3	2	1	0	14	4.57	0	82	68	.829
DelGuidice, MattMatt DelGuidice	10	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	7	7	1.000
Team:	4867	80	44	24	12	261	3.22	5	2237	1976	.883

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	19	7	18	25	12	-4	3	0	0
Janney, CraigCraig Janney	C	18	4	18	22	11	-4	4	0	0
Neely, CamCam Neely	RW	19	16	4	20	36	-3	9	0	4
Ruzicka, VladimirVladimir Ruzicka	C	17	2	11	13	0	2	1	0	2
Christian, DaveDave Christian	RW	19	8	4	12	4	-2	0	0	2
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley	D	19	2	9	11	19	-8	2	0	0
Hodge Jr., KenKen Hodge Jr.	C/RW	15	4	6	10	6	-2	1	0	1
Poulin, DaveDave Poulin	C	16	0	9	9	20	3	0	0	0
Skriko, PetriPetri Skriko	RW	18	4	4	8	4	-2	3	0	0
Sweeney, BobBob Sweeney	C/RW	17	4	2	6	45	-5	0	0	1
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	16	1	5	6	17	-2	0	0	0
Lazaro, JeffJeff Lazaro	LW	19	3	2	5	30	-2	0	0	0
Wiemer, JimJim Wiemer	D	16	1	3	4	14	5	1	0	0
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney	D	19	3	0	3	25	-3	0	0	0
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge	LW	19	0	3	3	39	-5	0	0	0
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	RW	19	0	2	2	62	-2	0	0	0
Markwart, NevinNevin Markwart	LW	12	1	0	1	22	-2	0	0	0
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter	C	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Douris, PeterPeter Douris	RW	7	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal	D	3	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0
Winnes, ChrisChris Winnes	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Byers, LyndonLyndon Byers	RW	1	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0
Walz, WesWes Walz	C	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Beers, BobBob Beers	D	6	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Hammond, KenKen Hammond	D	8	0	0	0	10	-5	0	0	0
Hoover, RonRon Hoover	C	8	0	0	0	18	-2	0	0	0
Pedersen, AllenAllen Pedersen	D	8	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Lemelin, ReggieReggie Lemelin	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	G	19	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	1133	19	10	9	60	3.18	0	569	509	.895
Lemelin, ReggieReggie Lemelin	32	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	18	18	1.000
Team:	1165	19	10	9	60	3.09	0	587	527	.898

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

• NHL Record, most shots on goal, one player in a game (19), Ray Bourque
• James Norris Memorial Trophy: Ray Bourque (4th win)
• Cam Neely, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Ray Bourque, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

Trivia

• Bruins who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
  • Cam Neely during the 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings on January 17, 1991.
  • Ken Hodge Jr. during the 6-5 win over the Edmonton Oilers on February 5, 1991.
  • Cam Neely during the 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on February 9, 1991.
  • Ken Hodge Jr. during the 5-0 win over the New York Islanders on February 28, 1991.

Game Ads

Exhibition @ Albany, New York

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database