1990–91 Montreal Canadiens season

	1990–91 Montreal Canadiens
Division	2nd Adams
Conference	3rd Prince of Wales
1990–91 record	39–30–11
Home record	23–12–5
Road record	16–18–6
Goals for	273
Goals against	249
Team information
General manager	Serge Savard
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Guy Carbonneau
Alternate captains	Mike McPhee; Brian Skrudland
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Stephane Richer (31)
Assists	Russ Courtnall (50)
Points	Russ Courtnall (76)
Penalty minutes	Lyle Odelein (259)
Plus/minus	Brian Skrudland (+12)
Wins	Patrick Roy (25)
Goals against average	Patrick Roy (2.71)
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 82nd season. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Boston Bruins 4 games to 3.

Off-season[]

Draft Picks[]

Regular Season[]

In terms of injuries, Patrick Roy missed the most games due to injury during the 90-91 season. Backup goalies Andre Racicot and Jean-Claude Bergeron appeared in 25 games.

December 12, 1990: Petr Svoboda and Toronto Maple Leafs winger Wendel Clark fell on Patrick Roy’s left knee. ^[1] Roy suffered strained ligaments.
January 27, 1991: Donald Dufresne checked Bruins right winger Graeme Townshend. He fell on Patrick Roy’s left ankle. Roy suffered a ruptured ligament and missed fourteen games. ^[2] Roy would re-injure the ankle on March 16.

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

Playoffs[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, Buffalo Sabres 2[]

Boston Bruins 4, Montreal Canadiens 3[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	79	26	50	76	29	5	5	1	5
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	75	31	30	61	53	0	9	0	4
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	70	28	31	59	52	-1	7	2	0
Lebeau, StephanStephan Lebeau	C	73	22	31	53	24	4	8	0	2
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	71	23	24	47	138	9	7	0	2
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	78	20	24	44	63	-1	4	1	3
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	64	22	21	43	56	6	2	0	4
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	73	13	23	36	50	6	2	1	2
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	57	15	19	34	85	12	1	1	2
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	D	69	10	20	30	63	7	5	0	3
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	D	60	4	22	26	52	5	3	0	1
Desjardins, EricEric Desjardins	D	62	7	18	25	27	7	0	0	1
Cassels, AndrewAndrew Cassels	C	54	6	19	25	20	2	1	0	3
Pederson, MarkMark Pederson	LW	47	8	15	23	18	3	4	0	2
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	D	63	5	18	23	30	-11	1	0	1
Chorske, TomTom Chorske	LW	57	9	11	20	32	-8	3	0	1
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	D	51	3	16	19	31	-2	2	0	0
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	51	6	9	15	10	-3	1	0	1
Dufresne, DonaldDonald Dufresne	D	53	2	13	15	55	5	0	0	0
Turgeon, SylvainSylvain Turgeon	LW	19	5	7	12	20	-2	1	0	1
LeClair, JohnJohn LeClair	LW	10	2	5	7	2	1	0	0	1
Cote, AlainAlain Cote	D	28	0	6	6	26	8	0	0	0
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	RW	28	3	2	5	128	4	0	0	0
Brunet, BenoitBenoit Brunet	LW	17	1	3	4	0	-1	0	0	0
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	32	1	2	3	39	3	0	0	0
Lebeau, PatrickPatrick Lebeau	LW	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois	D	10	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	48	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Odelein, LyleLyle Odelein	D	52	0	2	2	259	7	0	0	0
Bergeron, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Bergeron	G	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Racicot, AndreAndre Racicot	G	21	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	25	0	1	1	12	-3	0	0	0
Dionne, GilbertGilbert Dionne	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Gauthier, LucLuc Gauthier	D	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Roberge, MarioMario Roberge	LW	5	0	0	0	21	-2	0	0	0
Chabot, FredericFrederic Chabot	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	2835	48	25	15	6	128	2.71	1	1362	1234	.906
Bergeron, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Bergeron	941	18	7	6	2	59	3.76	0	426	367	.862
Racicot, AndreAndre Racicot	975	21	7	9	2	52	3.20	1	479	427	.891
Chabot, FredericFrederic Chabot	108	3	0	0	1	6	3.33	0	45	39	.867
Team:	4859	80	39	30	11	245	3.03	2	2312	2067	.894

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	13	9	6	15	36	4	1	3
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	13	9	5	14	6	1	0	1
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	13	3	10	13	42	1	0	0
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	13	2	11	13	35	1	0	0
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	13	8	3	11	7	2	2	1
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	D	13	2	7	9	18	1	0	0
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	13	5	3	8	6	0	0	1
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	13	1	7	8	12	1	0	0
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	13	1	5	6	10	0	0	1
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	12	3	2	5	6	0	0	0
Desjardins, EricEric Desjardins	D	13	1	4	5	8	1	0	0
Lebeau, StephanStephan Lebeau	C	7	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
Cassels, AndrewAndrew Cassels	C	8	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Cote, AlainAlain Cote	D	11	0	2	2	26	0	0	0
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	D	11	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	D	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	D	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dufresne, DonaldDonald Dufresne	D	10	0	1	1	21	0	0	0
Hill, SeanSean Hill	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LeClair, JohnJohn LeClair	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turgeon, SylvainSylvain Turgeon	LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Odelein, LyleLyle Odelein	D	12	0	0	0	54	0	0	0
Roberge, MarioMario Roberge	LW	12	0	0	0	24	0	0	0
Racicot, AndreAndre Racicot	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	785	13	7	5	40	3.06	394	354	.898
Racicot, AndreAndre Racicot	12	2	0	1	2	10.00	14	12	.857
Team:	797	13	7	6	42	3.16	408	366	.897

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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[]

Patrick Roy, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star

Transactions[]

In November of 1990, Brian Hayward was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for defenseman Jayson More.^[4]

References[]

↑ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.279, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
↑ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
↑ 1990-91 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
↑ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2

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[1] Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.279, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2

[2] Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2

[3] 1990-91 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

[4] Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2

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1990–91 NHL season by team
Patrick	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington
Adams	Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Quebec
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