The 1989–90 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 16th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team reached the Prince of Wales Conference Finals for the first time, losing to the Bruins 4 games to 0.
Offseason
NHL draft Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team119Olaf Kolzig (G)Tri-City Americans (WHL)235Byron Dafoe (G)Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)359Jim Mathieson (D)Regina Pats (WHL)361Jason Woolley (D)Michigan State University (CCHA)482Trent Klatt (RW)Osseo Senior High School (USHS-MN)7145Dave Lorentz (LW)Peterborough Petes (OHL)8166Dean Holoien (RW)Saskatoon Blades (WHL)9187Victor Gervais (C)Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)10208Jiri Vykoukal (D)TJ DS Olomouc (Czechoslovakia)11229Andrei Sidorov (LW)Dynamo Moscow (USSR)12250Ken House (C)Miami University (CCHA)S24Karl Clauss (D)Colgate University (ECAC)
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|1||W||October 6, 1989||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||1–0–0
|2||L||October 7, 1989||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||1–1–0
|3||L||October 11, 1989||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||1–2–0
|4||W||October 13, 1989||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||2–2–0
|5||T||October 14, 1989||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||2–2–1
|6||W||October 16, 1989||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||3–2–1
|7||L||October 20, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1989–90) ||3–3–1
|8||L||October 21, 1989||4–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) ||3–4–1
|9||T||October 23, 1989||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||3–4–2
|10||L||October 25, 1989||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) ||3–5–2
|11||L||October 28, 1989||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||3–6–2
|12||L||October 29, 1989||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||3–7–2
|13||T||October 31, 1989||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||3–7–3
|14||W||November 3, 1989||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) ||4–7–3
|15||W||November 5, 1989||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||5–7–3
|16||W||November 7, 1989||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1989–90) ||6–7–3
|17||L||November 10, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||6–8–3
|18||L||November 11, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||6–9–3
|19||T||November 14, 1989||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||6–9–4
|20||L||November 18, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||6–10–4
|21||W||November 22, 1989||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1989–90) ||7–10–4
|22||L||November 24, 1989||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||7–11–4
|23||W||November 25, 1989||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||8–11–4
|24||W||November 29, 1989||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||9–11–4
|25||L||December 1, 1989||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||9–12–4
|26||W||December 2, 1989||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||10–12–4
|27||W||December 5, 1989||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||11–12–4
|28||L||December 6, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||11–13–4
|29||W||December 9, 1989||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||12–13–4
|30||L||December 10, 1989||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||12–14–4
|31||L||December 15, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1989–90) ||12–15–4
|32||W||December 16, 1989||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||13–15–4
|33||W||December 19, 1989||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||14–15–4
|34||L||December 21, 1989||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||14–16–4
|35||W||December 23, 1989||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||15–16–4
|36||W||December 26, 1989||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||16–16–4
|37||W||December 27, 1989||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||17–16–4
|38||W||December 29, 1989||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||18–16–4
|39||L||January 1, 1990||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||18–17–4
|40||L||January 3, 1990||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1989–90) ||18–18–4
|41||L||January 5, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||18–19–4
|42||L||January 6, 1990||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||18–20–4
|43||L||January 8, 1990||6–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) ||18–21–4
|44||L||January 10, 1990||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) ||18–22–4
|45||L||January 12, 1990||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||18–23–4
|46||L||January 13, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1989–90) ||18–24–4
|47||W||January 16, 1990||9–6 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||19–24–4
|48||W||January 19, 1990||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||20–24–4
|49||L||January 23, 1990||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) ||20–25–4
|50||L||January 24, 1990||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||20–26–4
|51||W||January 26, 1990||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||21–26–4
|52||W||January 28, 1990||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||22–26–4
|53||W||January 31, 1990||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||23–26–4
|54||L||February 2, 1990||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1989–90) ||23–27–4
|55||L||February 4, 1990||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||23–28–4
|56||W||February 6, 1990||12–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||24–28–4
|57||L||February 8, 1990||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||24–29–4
|58||L||February 9, 1990||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||24–30–4
|59||W||February 11, 1990||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||25–30–4
|60||W||February 14, 1990||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||26–30–4
|61||L||February 19, 1990||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||26–31–4
|62||L||February 23, 1990||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||26–32–4
|63||W||February 25, 1990||9–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||27–32–4
|64||W||February 27, 1990||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||28–32–4
|65||L||February 28, 1990||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1989–90) ||28–33–4
|66||L||March 2, 1990||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||28–34–4
|67||W||March 4, 1990||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||29–34–4
|68||T||March 6, 1990||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||29–34–5
|69||W||March 9, 1990||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||30–34–5
|70||W||March 10, 1990||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||31–34–5
|71||L||March 13, 1990||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||31–35–5
|72||L||March 17, 1990||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||31–36–5
|73||W||March 18, 1990||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||32–36–5
|74||W||March 20, 1990||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1989–90) ||33–36–5
|75||L||March 23, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||33–37–5
|76||W||March 25, 1990||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||34–37–5
|77||L||March 27, 1990||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||34–38–5
|78||T||March 29, 1990||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||34–38–6
|79||W||March 31, 1990||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||35–38–6
|80||W||April 1, 1990||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1989–90) ||36–38–6
Legend:
Playoffs
Round 1: (P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (P3) Washington Capitals
Round 2: (P1) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals
Conference Finals: (A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 80 41 38 79 122-51006 LW 80 35 39 74 10427902 C 74 30 43 73 270833 C 77 25 39 64 54-71030 C 80 23 39 62 23317916 D 80 13 41 54 1024402 LW 80 18 22 40 49-2322 D 56 11 29 40 1541700 D 70 8 31 39 257402 RW 70 18 14 32 10410002 C 38 9 19 28 1011101 D 70 4 16 20 123-2002 RW 77 7 10 17 339-1102 LW 50 9 6 15 50-1101 LW 24 5 8 13 42101 D 41 1 11 12 288000 RW 45 8 3 11 52-3101 RW 28 3 8 11 4-12001 LW 31 5 4 9 822002 C 41 2 7 9 58-10000 C 27 1 8 9 201000 D 58 0 8 8 397000 RW 32 2 5 7 312000 D 59 1 5 6 2918000 D 15 1 3 4 164000 D 13 1 2 3 18-7000 C 3 0 2 2 00000 C 4 0 2 2 00000 RW 5 1 0 1 6-3000 D 6 1 0 1 2-6100 D 7 1 0 1 2-4000 G 48 0 1 1 240000 G 11 0 1 1 00000 D 2 0 0 0 7-2000 D 2 0 0 0 0-1000 G 2 0 0 0 00000 C 1 0 0 0 0-1000 G 8 0 0 0 00000 LW 8 0 0 0 2-2000 G 16 0 0 0 40000 D 2 0 0 0 40000 D 4 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% 2793 48 23 18 5 150 3.22 213621212.890 609 11 5 5 0 36 3.55 0293257.877 478 8 4 4 0 17 2.13 1217200.922 822 16 4 9 1 48 3.50 0389341.877 120 2 0 2 0 12 6.00 06351.810 Team: 4822 80 36 38 6 263 3.27 323242061.887
Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 15 14 3 17 23814 LW 15 4 9 13 32102 C 15 4 8 12 61100 RW 8 8 3 11 6101 D 15 2 7 9 25100 LW 15 3 5 8 23010 C 12 1 7 8 4000 D 11 0 8 8 32000 C 14 3 4 7 8010 D 15 1 6 7 4000 D 15 2 3 5 47100 D 15 1 4 5 12001 RW 14 2 2 4 8000 LW 14 2 1 3 9000 RW 15 1 1 2 10000 C 11 0 2 2 6000 LW 7 1 0 1 15000 D 13 0 1 1 92000 G 8 0 0 0 2000 D 3 0 0 0 0000 G 9 0 0 0 0000 LW 1 0 0 0 0000 RW 15 0 0 0 37000 C 9 0 0 0 18000 D 3 0 0 0 10000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SOSASVSV% 401 8 4 3 18 2.69 0187169.904 507 9 4 4 28 3.31 0223195.874 Team: 908 15 8 7 46 3.04 0410364.888
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;
References Capitals