1990–91 Winnipeg Jets season

1990–91 Winnipeg Jets
Division	5th Smythe
1990–91 record	26–43–11
Goals for	260
Goals against	288
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith
Coach	Bob Murdoch
Captain	Randy Carlyle Thomas Steen
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Pat Elynuik (31)
Assists	Phil Housley (53)
Points	Phil Housley (76)
Penalty minutes	Gord Donnelly (265)
Wins	Bob Essensa (19)
Goals against average	Bob Essensa (3.15)

The 1990–91 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jet's nineteenth season, twelfth in the NHL. The Jets finished 5th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Los Angeles Kings	80	46	24	10	340	254	102
Calgary Flames	80	46	26	8	344	263	100
Edmonton Oilers	80	37	37	6	272	272	80
Vancouver Canucks	80	28	43	9	243	315	65
Winnipeg Jets	80	26	43	11	260	288	63

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

Playoffs

• The Jets did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Housley, PhilPhil Housley	D	78	23	53	76	24	-13	12	1	3
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	58	19	48	67	49	-3	7	0	3
Elynuik, PatPat Elynuik	RW	80	31	34	65	73	-13	16	0	4
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	61	26	31	57	69	-20	14	0	2
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	71	12	29	41	24	-22	5	0	0
MacDermid, PaulPaul MacDermid	RW	69	15	21	36	128	-6	3	0	1
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton	LW	61	12	24	36	58	-10	1	0	2
Evans, DougDoug Evans	LW	70	7	27	34	108	-1	1	0	0
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	80	8	25	33	28	-15	3	0	0
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	52	9	19	28	44	6	2	0	1
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	C/RW	60	14	11	25	46	-13	2	2	2
Cole, DantonDanton Cole	C/RW	66	13	11	24	24	-14	1	1	1
Mantha, MoeMoe Mantha	D	57	9	15	24	33	-20	4	1	2
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes	LW	70	12	10	22	59	-9	0	2	0
Arniel, ScottScott Arniel	LW	75	5	17	22	87	-12	0	0	1
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	43	9	10	19	10	-6	1	0	1
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	37	8	8	16	59	-1	0	0	2
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	17	4	7	11	6	-4	1	1	0
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel	RW	53	7	3	10	10	-10	0	0	0
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles	C/LW	44	0	9	9	79	-10	0	0	0
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton	LW	17	4	4	8	18	-4	1	0	1
Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly	D	57	3	4	7	265	-13	0	0	0
Erickson, BryanBryan Erickson	RW	6	0	7	7	0	1	0	0	0
Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin	D	67	1	5	6	189	-10	0	0	0
Kharin, SergeiSergei Kharin	RW	7	2	3	5	2	2	0	0	0
Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment	D	28	2	2	4	91	-5	0	0	0
Barber, DonDon Barber	W	16	1	2	3	14	-3	0	0	0
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	15	1	2	3	10	-6	0	0	0
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	G	55	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
Duncanson, CraigCraig Duncanson	LW	7	2	0	2	16	-5	0	0	0
Draper, KrisKris Draper	C	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
Borsato, LucianoLuciano Borsato	C	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Beauregard, StephaneStephane Beauregard	G	16	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci	G	24	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek	RW/D	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Duncan, IainIain Duncan	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Wheeldon, SimonSimon Wheeldon	C	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0
Larose, GuyGuy Larose	C	7	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	2916	55	19	24	6	153	3.15	4	1496	1343	.898
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci	1093	24	4	9	4	71	3.90	1	570	499	.875
Beauregard, StephaneStephane Beauregard	836	16	3	10	1	55	3.95	0	423	368	.870
Team:	4845	80	26	43	11	279	3.46	5	2489	2210	.888

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

Transactions

Trades

July 9, 1990	To New York Rangers Brian McReynolds	To Winnipeg Jets Simon Wheeldon
September 6, 1990	To New Jersey Devils Laurie Boschman	To Winnipeg Jets 5th round pick in 1991 - Yan Kaminsky
September 6, 1990	To Minnesota North Stars Brian Hunt	To Winnipeg Jets Craig Duncanson
September 30, 1990	To Minnesota North Stars Peter Taglianetti	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
November 7, 1990	To Minnesota North Stars Doug Smail	To Winnipeg Jets Don Barber
November 10, 1990	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Ellett Paul Fenton	To Winnipeg Jets Ed Olczyk Mark Osborne
December 14, 1990	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th round pick in 1991 - Igor Kravchuk	To Winnipeg Jets Mike Eagles
January 22, 1991	To New York Rangers Guy Larose	To Winnipeg Jets Rudy Poeschek
February 4, 1991	To Buffalo Sabres Greg Paslawski	To Winnipeg Jets Cash
February 28, 1991	To St. Louis Blues Tom Draper	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
May 21, 1991	To Washington Capitals Craig Duncanson Brent Hughes Simon Wheeldon	To Winnipeg Jets Bob Joyce Tyler Larter Kent Paynter
May 24, 1991	To St. Louis Blues Future Considerations	To Winnipeg Jets Tom Draper Jim Vesey
May 30, 1991	To Minnesota North Stars 7th round pick in 1991 - Geoff Finch	To Winnipeg Jets Rob Murray Future Considerations
June 12, 1991	To Edmonton Oilers 5th round pick in 1991 - Ryan Haggerty	To Winnipeg Jets John LeBlanc 10th round pick in 1992 - Teemu Numminen
June 20, 1991	To Boston Bruins Jim Vesey	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
June 22, 1991	To Buffalo Sabres Tom Draper	To Winnipeg Jets 7th round pick in 1992 - Artur Oktyabrev
June 22, 1991	To Hartford Whalers Dave Babych	To Winnipeg Jets Ray Neufeld

See Also

• 1990–91 NHL season