1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 73rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs had their first non-losing season since the 1978–79 NHL season, and qualified for the playoffs after missing the prior year. Gary Leeman became the second member of the Maple Leafs to score 50 goals in one season.

Off-season Newly acquired defenceman Rob Ramage is named team captain. Ramage assumes a role that has been vacant for three seasons.

NHL entry draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team13Scott Thornton (C) Belleville Bulls (OHL)112Rob Pearson (RW) Belleville Bulls (OHL)121Steve Bancroft (D) Belleville Bulls (OHL)466Matt Martin (D)Avon Old Farms (USHS-CT)596Keith Carney (D)Mount Saint Charles Academy (USHS-RI)6108Dave Burke (D)Cornell University (ECAC)6125Mike Doers (RW)Northwood School (USHS-NY)7129Keith Merkler (LW)Portledge School (USHS-NY)8150Derek Langille (D)North Bay Centennials (OHL)9171Jeffrey St. Laurent (RW)Berwick Academy (USHS-ME)10192Justin Tomberlin (C)Greenway High School (USHS-MN)11213Mike Jackson (RW)Toronto Marlboros (OHL)12234Steve Chartrand (LW)Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)S3Dave Tomlinson (C)Boston University (Hockey East)S8Mike Moes (C)University of Michigan (CCHA)

Regular season On the power play, the Maple Leafs scored 81 goals on 348 advantages for a 23.3% success rate. This ranked fourth overall in the NHL. The Maple Leafs allowed 17 shorthanded goals on 348 advantages, which ranked 20th in the league. Against the power play, the Maple Leafs allowed 89 goals on 408 advantages, which ranked 15th in the league. The Maple Leafs scored 16 shorthanded goals, third-best in the league. Dave Reid was influential by scoring four shorthanded goals.

Eddie Olczyk reached 30 goals for the third straight year. Olczyk tied a Maple Leafs scoring record by scoring at least 1 point in 18 consecutive games. It was the NHL's third longest scoring streak of the season. The streak was snapped on January 10 in a game against the New York Islanders. During the streak, Olczyk had 11 goals and 17 assists.

Offensively, the Leafs scored 337 goals and 889 points, the most ever by a Leafs team in a season. They had four 30-goal scorers.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 5, 1989||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||0–1–0

|2||W||October 7, 1989||8–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||1–1–0

|3||L||October 11, 1989||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||1–2–0

|4||L||October 12, 1989||6–9 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||1–3–0

|5||L||October 14, 1989||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) ||1–4–0

|6||L||October 17, 1989||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||1–5–0

|7||W||October 18, 1989||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||2–5–0

|8||W||October 21, 1989||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||3–5–0

|9||L||October 23, 1989||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||3–6–0

|10||W||October 25, 1989||8–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||4–6–0

|11||L||October 27, 1989||5–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||4–7–0

|12||W||October 28, 1989||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||5–7–0

|13||W||October 31, 1989||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||6–7–0

|14||L||November 3, 1989||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||6–8–0

|15||L||November 4, 1989||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||6–9–0

|16||W||November 6, 1989||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||7–9–0

|17||W||November 9, 1989||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||8–9–0

|18||W||November 11, 1989||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||9–9–0

|19||L||November 12, 1989||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||9–10–0

|20||W||November 15, 1989||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||10–10–0

|21||L||November 16, 1989||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1989–90) ||10–11–0

|22||L||November 18, 1989||3–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||10–12–0

|23||L||November 22, 1989||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||10–13–0

|24||L||November 23, 1989||0–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||10–14–0

|25||W||November 25, 1989||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||11–14–0

|26||W||November 29, 1989||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||12–14–0

|27||L||December 2, 1989||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||12–15–0

|28||L||December 3, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||12–16–0

|29||L||December 6, 1989||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||12–17–0

|30||W||December 7, 1989||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||13–17–0

|31||W||December 9, 1989||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||14–17–0

|32||W||December 11, 1989||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||15–17–0

|33||W||December 13, 1989||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||16–17–0

|34||L||December 16, 1989||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||16–18–0

|35||W||December 18, 1989||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||17–18–0

|36||L||December 20, 1989||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||17–19–0

|37||W||December 22, 1989||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||18–19–0

|38||L||December 23, 1989||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||18–20–0

|39||L||December 26, 1989||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||18–21–0

|40||T||December 27, 1989||7–7 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||18–21–1

|41||W||December 30, 1989||7–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||19–21–1

|42||W||January 3, 1990||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||20–21–1

|43||W||January 6, 1990||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||21–21–1

|44||W||January 8, 1990||8–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||22–21–1

|45||L||January 10, 1990||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1989–90) ||22–22–1

|46||W||January 13, 1990||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||23–22–1

|47||W||January 15, 1990||7–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||24–22–1

|48||W||January 18, 1990||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||25–22–1

|49||W||January 24, 1990||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||26–22–1

|50||W||January 26, 1990||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||27–22–1

|51||L||January 27, 1990||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||27–23–1

|52||T||January 31, 1990||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) ||27–23–2

|53||L||February 2, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||27–24–2

|54||W||February 3, 1990||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||28–24–2

|55||L||February 6, 1990||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||28–25–2

|56||W||February 7, 1990||7–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||29–25–2

|57||L||February 10, 1990||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||29–26–2

|58||W||February 12, 1990||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||30–26–2

|59||T||February 14, 1990||6–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||30–26–3

|60||L||February 15, 1990||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||30–27–3

|61||W||February 17, 1990||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||31–27–3

|62||L||February 22, 1990||2–12 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||31–28–3

|63||W||February 23, 1990||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||32–28–3

|64||L||February 26, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||32–29–3

|65||W||February 28, 1990||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||33–29–3

|66||L||March 2, 1990||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||33–30–3

|67||L||March 3, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||33–31–3

|68||W||March 8, 1990||7–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||34–31–3

|69||W||March 10, 1990||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||35–31–3

|70||L||March 12, 1990||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||35–32–3

|71||L||March 14, 1990||2–8 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||35–33–3

|72||W||March 16, 1990||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||36–33–3

|73||L||March 17, 1990||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) ||36–34–3

|74||L||March 19, 1990||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||36–35–3

|75||T||March 21, 1990||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1989–90) ||36–35–4

|76||W||March 24, 1990||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||37–35–4

|77||L||March 26, 1990||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||37–36–4

|78||L||March 28, 1990||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1989–90) ||37–37–4

|79||L||March 29, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||37–38–4

|80||W||March 31, 1990||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||38–38–4

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 80 51 44 95 6341415 C 80 33 61 94 562905 C 79 32 56 88 780604 RW 68 39 37 76 8211403 LW 78 23 50 73 912316 D 75 21 42 63 135-4610 D 70 15 37 52 29-8911 D 80 8 41 49 202-1301 C 54 19 26 45 62-18402 RW 80 21 15 36 127-12024 LW 70 9 19 28 9-8041 LW/D 38 18 8 26 1162702 C 65 7 11 18 891040 C 21 7 11 18 136302 D 67 4 14 18 122-1000 C 59 5 12 17 117-12011 C 39 6 9 15 55-12010 LW 41 5 10 15 90-7001 D 48 1 14 15 92-8000 D 79 1 13 14 9514000 RW 55 9 4 13 252-8300 D 72 2 9 11 301-2000 LW 7 1 1 2 0-3000 G 42 0 2 2 40000 C 5 0 2 2 03000 G 27 0 1 1 230000 LW 6 0 1 1 0-4000 G 21 0 1 1 100000 D 10 0 1 1 12-10000 D 1 0 0 0 0-1000 RW 2 0 0 0 420000 RW 5 0 0 0 14-1000 G 3 0 0 0 00000 RW 5 0 0 0 20-3000 LW 1 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% 2206 42 20 16 0 165 4.49 012961131.873 1343 27 9 14 0 87 3.89 0765678.886 1101 21 9 6 3 81 4.41 0630549.871 182 3 0 2 1 18 5.93 010789.832 Team: 4832 80 38 38 4 351 4.36 027982447.875

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 5 3 3 6 16200 LW 5 2 3 5 12010 RW 5 2 2 4 12200 C 5 2 1 3 4000 C 5 1 2 3 14000 D 5 1 2 3 20000 D 5 0 3 3 16000 D 5 0 3 3 4000 LW 2 2 0 2 10000 LW/D 5 1 1 2 19000 C 5 0 2 2 2000 C 3 1 0 1 4001 D 5 1 0 1 2000 D 5 0 1 1 19000 C 5 0 1 1 20000 RW 5 0 1 1 26000 RW 5 0 1 1 33000 G 4 0 0 0 0000 C 2 0 0 0 2000 G 2 0 0 0 0000 LW 3 0 0 0 0000 D 5 0 0 0 22000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SOSASVSV% 108 2 1 1 6 3.33 05044.880 196 4 0 3 14 4.29 0120106.883 Team: 304 5 1 4 20 3.95 0170150.882

Playoffs St. Louis vs. Toronto Date Away Home April 4 Toronto 2 4 St. Louis April 6 Toronto 2 4 St. Louis April 8 St. Louis 6 5 Toronto OT April 10 St. Louis 2 4 Toronto April 12 Toronto 3 4 St. Louis St. Louis wins series 4–1

Awards and records