1990–91 Quebec Nordiques season

1990–91 Quebec Nordiques
Division	5th Adams
Conference	11th Prince of Wales
1990–91 record	16–50–14
Home record	9–23–8
Road record	7–27–6
Goals for	236
Goals against	354
Team information
General manager	Pierre Page
Coach	Pierre Page
Captain	Steven Finn Joe Sakic
Arena	Le Colisée
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Sakic (48)
Assists	Joe Sakic (61)
Points	Joe Sakic (109)
Penalty minutes	Steven Finn (228)
Wins	Ron Tugnutt (12)
Goals against average	Stephane Fiset (3.87)

The 1990–91 Quebec Nordiques season was the team's 12th season in the National Hockey League. The Nordiques finished 5th in the Adams Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

This was the last season that Guy Lafleur played in the NHL.

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
3	L	October 7, 1990	2–5	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	0–2–1
4	W	October 10, 1990	8–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	1–2–1
5	W	October 12, 1990	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	2–2–1
6	T	October 13, 1990	4–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	2–2–2
7	T	October 16, 1990	1–1 OT	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	2–2–3
8	L	October 18, 1990	4–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	2–3–3
9	W	October 20, 1990	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	3–3–3
10	L	October 21, 1990	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	3–4–3
11	L	October 25, 1990	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	3–5–3
12	L	October 27, 1990	1–4	New York Rangers (1990–91)	3–6–3
13	L	October 29, 1990	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	3–7–3
14	L	November 1, 1990	2–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	3–8–3
15	L	November 3, 1990	0–2	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	3–9–3
16	L	November 6, 1990	1–4	Washington Capitals (1990–91)	3–10–3
17	L	November 8, 1990	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	3–11–3
18	L	November 10, 1990	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	3–12–3
19	L	November 11, 1990	4–5 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	3–13–3
20	L	November 13, 1990	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	3–14–3
21	L	November 15, 1990	0–6	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	3–15–3
22	L	November 17, 1990	2–7	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	3–16–3
23	L	November 19, 1990	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	3–17–3
24	T	November 21, 1990	4–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	3–17–4
25	L	November 24, 1990	4–11	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	3–18–4
26	T	November 25, 1990	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	3–18–5
27	W	November 28, 1990	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	4–18–5
28	W	December 1, 1990	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	5–18–5
29	T	December 2, 1990	5–5 OT	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	5–18–6
30	L	December 5, 1990	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	5–19–6
31	W	December 7, 1990	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	6–19–6
32	W	December 10, 1990	3–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	7–19–6
33	L	December 13, 1990	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	7–20–6
34	L	December 15, 1990	2–7	New York Islanders (1990–91)	7–21–6
35	W	December 18, 1990	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	8–21–6
36	T	December 19, 1990	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	8–21–7
37	L	December 22, 1990	1–4	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	8–22–7
38	L	December 23, 1990	3–10	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	8–23–7
39	L	December 26, 1990	1–4	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	8–24–7
40	W	December 29, 1990	4–3	Washington Capitals (1990–91)	9–24–7
41	L	December 31, 1990	3–6	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	9–25–7
42	L	January 3, 1991	7–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	9–26–7
43	L	January 5, 1991	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	9–27–7
44	W	January 8, 1991	4–2	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	10–27–7
45	L	January 10, 1991	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	10–28–7
46	T	January 12, 1991	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	10–28–8
47	L	January 13, 1991	3–4	New York Islanders (1990–91)	10–29–8
48	L	January 17, 1991	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	10–30–8
49	T	January 22, 1991	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	10–30–9
50	L	January 24, 1991	1–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	10–31–9
51	L	January 26, 1991	5–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	10–32–9
52	L	January 29, 1991	2–5	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	10–33–9
53	W	January 31, 1991	4–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	11–33–9
54	L	February 2, 1991	4–6	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	11–34–9
55	L	February 7, 1991	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	11–35–9
56	W	February 9, 1991	3–1	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	12–35–9
57	L	February 10, 1991	4–7	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	12–36–9
58	T	February 12, 1991	4–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	12–36–10
59	L	February 14, 1991	1–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	12–37–10
60	L	February 17, 1991	0–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	12–38–10
61	T	February 18, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	12–38–11
62	L	February 20, 1991	1–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	12–39–11
63	L	February 23, 1991	8–10	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	12–40–11
64	L	February 24, 1991	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	12–41–11
65	L	February 28, 1991	1–5	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	12–42–11
66	T	March 2, 1991	3–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	12–42–12
67	L	March 5, 1991	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	12–43–12
68	W	March 7, 1991	4–2	New York Rangers (1990–91)	13–43–12
69	L	March 9, 1991	0–3	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	13–44–12
70	W	March 10, 1991	2–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	14–44–12
71	L	March 12, 1991	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	14–45–12
72	L	March 14, 1991	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	14–46–12
73	L	March 16, 1991	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	14–47–12
74	L	March 19, 1991	6–7 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	14–48–12
75	T	March 21, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	14–48–13
76	W	March 23, 1991	7–3	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	15–48–13
77	L	March 26, 1991	4–7	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	15–49–13
78	T	March 28, 1991	4–4 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	15–49–14
79	L	March 30, 1991	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	15–50–14
80	W	March 31, 1991	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	16–50–14

Playoffs

• The Nordiques did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 80 48 61 109 24 -26 12 3 7 Sundin, MatsMats Sundin C 80 23 36 59 58 -24 4 0 0 Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac C 70 16 32 48 16 -22 6 0 0 Morin, StephaneStephane Morin C 48 13 27 40 30 6 3 1 2 McKegney, TonyTony McKegney LW 50 17 16 33 44 -25 7 0 2 Hough, MikeMike Hough LW 63 13 20 33 111 -7 1 1 1 Fogarty, BryanBryan Fogarty D 45 9 22 31 24 -11 3 0 2 Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur RW 59 12 16 28 2 -10 3 0 0 Finn, StevenSteven Finn D 71 6 13 19 228 -26 0 0 0 Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin D 80 5 13 18 89 -13 0 1 0 Pearson, ScottScott Pearson LW 35 11 4 15 86 -4 0 0 0 Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle C 59 5 10 15 86 -20 0 2 0 Anderson, ShawnShawn Anderson D 31 3 10 13 21 2 2 0 0 Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan RW 59 3 10 13 109 -19 0 0 0 Gusarov, AlexeiAlexei Gusarov D 36 3 9 12 12 -4 1 0 0 Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella D 39 2 10 12 59 -28 0 0 0 Velischek, RandyRandy Velischek D 79 2 10 12 42 -19 0 0 0 Petit, MichelMichel Petit D 19 4 7 11 47 -15 3 0 0 Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis C 49 3 8 11 91 -19 0 1 0 Sanipass, EverettEverett Sanipass LW 29 5 5 10 41 -15 1 0 0 Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn D 55 3 7 10 49 -19 2 0 1 Broten, AaronAaron Broten LW/C 20 5 4 9 6 -3 1 0 0 Miller, KipKip Miller C 13 4 3 7 7 -1 0 0 0 Quinney, KenKen Quinney RW 19 3 4 7 2 -2 1 0 0 Vermette, MarkMark Vermette RW 34 3 4 7 10 -15 0 0 0 McNeill, MikeMike McNeill RW 14 2 5 7 4 5 1 0 0 Kimble, DarinDarin Kimble RW 35 2 5 7 114 -5 0 0 0 Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson LW 10 3 1 4 4 3 0 0 0 Lapointe, ClaudeClaude Lapointe LW/C 13 2 2 4 4 3 0 0 0 DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois C 14 2 2 4 13 1 0 0 1 Raglan, HerbHerb Raglan RW 15 1 3 4 30 1 0 0 0 Fortier, MarcMarc Fortier C 14 0 4 4 6 -3 0 0 0 Baker, JamieJamie Baker C 18 2 0 2 8 -4 0 1 0 Van Dorp, WayneWayne Van Dorp LW 4 1 0 1 30 1 0 0 0 Vincelette, DanDan Vincelette LW 16 0 1 1 38 -10 0 0 0 Smyth, GregGreg Smyth D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dore, DanielDaniel Dore RW 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lambert, DanDan Lambert D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Latta, DavidDavid Latta LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Major, BruceBruce Major C 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Roberge, SergeSerge Roberge RW 9 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 McRae, KenKen McRae C 12 0 0 0 36 -7 0 0 0 Doyon, MarioMario Doyon D 12 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0 Twist, TonyTony Twist LW 24 0 0 0 104 -4 0 0 0 Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tanner, JohnJohn Tanner G 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Gordon, ScottScott Gordon G 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier G 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt G 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt 3144 56 12 29 10 212 4.05 0 1851 1639 .885 Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier 829 15 3 8 2 61 4.41 0 526 465 .884 Tanner, JohnJohn Tanner 228 6 1 3 1 16 4.21 0 133 117 .880 Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset 186 3 0 2 1 12 3.87 0 123 111 .902 Gordon, ScottScott Gordon 485 13 0 8 0 48 5.94 0 225 177 .787 Team: 4872 80 16 50 14 349 4.30 0 2858 2509 .878

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 Nordiques did not win any awards this season.

References

• Nordiques on Hockey Database