1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 81st season. The Canadiens were eliminated in the Adams Division final by the Boston Bruins 4 games to 1.

Offseason Captain Bob Gainey retired in July 1989. The Canadiens named Guy Carbonneau and Chris Chelios co-captains, in August. Meanwhile, longtime defenceman Larry Robinson signed with the Los Angeles Kings via free-agency.

NHL draft Montreal's draft picks at the 1989 NHL entry draft held at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)113Lindsay VallisSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)230Patrice BriseboisLaval Titan (QMJHL)241Steve LaroucheTrois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)351Pierre SevignyVerdun Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)483Andre RacicotGranby Bisons (QMJHL)5104Marc DeschampsCornell University (ECAC)7146Craig FergusonYale University (ECAC)8167Patrick LebeauSaint-Jean Lynx (QMJHL)9188Roy MitchellPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)11230Justin DubermanUniversity of North Dakota (WCHA)12251Steve CadieuxShawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)S25Craig CharronUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell (Hockey East)

Regular season

The Canadiens finished the regular season with only 234 goals allowed, second only to the Boston Bruins. Their power play struggled throughout the season and they finished last in power-play goals scored (54) and power-play percentage (15.88%). Although the Canadiens scored the fewest short-handed goals in the league, with 4, they only allowed 7, good enough for 4th place in the league (tied with the Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers).

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 5, 1989||4-1 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||1-0-0

|2||W||October 7, 1989||5–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||2–0–0

|3||L||October 9, 1989||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||2–1–0

|4||W||October 11, 1989||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||3–1–0

|5||W||October 13, 1989||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils||4–1–0

|6||L||October 14, 1989||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||4–2–0

|7||L||October 16, 1989||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals||4–3–0

|8||W||October 18, 1989||2–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||5–3–0

|9||L||October 20, 1989||2–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||5–4–0

|10||L||October 21, 1989||4–5 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils||5–5–0

|11||W||October 23, 1989||3–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||6–5–0

|12||L||October 26, 1989||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks||6–6–0

|13||W||October 28, 1989||5–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||7–6–0

|14||W||October 29, 1989||5–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||8–6–0

|15||W||October 31, 1989||3–0 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||9–6–0

|16||L||November 2, 1989||3–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||9–7–0

|17||W||November 4, 1989||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||10–7–0

|18||T||November 6, 1989||3–3 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues||10–7–1

|19||W||November 8, 1989||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||11–7–1

|20||T||November 9, 1989||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues||11–7–2

|21||L||November 11, 1989||4–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||11–8–2

|22||W||November 15, 1989||5–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets||12–8–2

|23||L||November 16, 1989||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||12–9–2

|24||W||November 18, 1989||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||13–9–2

|25||W||November 20, 1989||3–2 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||14–9–2

|26||L||November 22, 1989||1–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||14–10–2

|27||W||November 25, 1989||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||15–10–2

|28||W||November 29, 1989||5–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||16–10–2

|29||W||November 30, 1989||6–2 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||17–10–2

|30||L||December 2, 1989||3–4 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||17–11–2

|31||W||December 6, 1989||4–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars||18–11–2

|32||T||December 8, 1989||6–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets||18–11–3

|33||L||December 9, 1989||4–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||18–12–3

|34||T||December 11, 1989||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings||18–12–4

|35||L||December 13, 1989||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks||18–13–4

|36||W||December 16, 1989||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||19–13–4

|37||W||December 17, 1989||2–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||20–13–4

|38||T||December 22, 1989||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||20–13–5

|39||L||December 23, 1989||3–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||20–14–5

|40||L||December 27, 1989||1–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks||20–15–5

|41||L||December 29, 1989||2–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers||20–16–5

|42||L||December 30, 1989||3–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames||20–17–5

|43||W||January 6, 1990||6–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||21–17–5

|44||W||January 7, 1990||5–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||22–17–5

|45||L||January 9, 1990||2–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||22–18–5

|46||W||January 12, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils||23–18–5

|47||T||January 13, 1990||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||23–18–6

|48||W||January 15, 1990||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars||24–18–6

|49||L||January 17, 1990||3–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders||24–19–6

|50||W||January 24, 1990||7–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||25–19–6

|51||L||January 26, 1990||3–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||25–20–6

|52||W||January 27, 1990||5–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||26–20–6

|53||L||January 29, 1990||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||26–21–6

|54||W||February 1, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||27–21–6

|55||W||February 3, 1990||1–0 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||28–21–6

|56||W||February 4, 1990||2–0 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||29–21–6

|57||L||February 7, 1990||1–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||29–22–6

|58||W||February 10, 1990||7–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||30–22–6

|59||W||February 14, 1990||10–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||31–22–6

|60||L||February 16, 1990||3–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||31–23–6

|61||W||February 17, 1990||7–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||32–23–6

|62||T||February 19, 1990||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||32–23–7

|63||W||February 22, 1990||6–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||33–23–7

|64||W||February 24, 1990||11–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||34–23–7

|65||W||February 25, 1990||6–5 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues||35–23–7

|66||L||February 28, 1990||1–3 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||35–24–7

|67||L||March 1, 1990||3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||35–25–7

|68||L||March 3, 1990||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars||35–26–7

|69||W||March 7, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||36–26–7

|70||T||March 10, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||36–26–8

|71||W||March 13, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||37–26–8

|72||T||March 14, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||37–26–9

|73||W||March 17, 1990||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks||38–26–9

|74||W||March 18, 1990||8–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||39–26–9

|75||L||March 21, 1990||2–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets||39–27–9

|76||W||March 23, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||40–27–9

|77||L||March 24, 1990||4–7 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||40–28–9

|78||W||March 29, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||41–28–9

|79||T||March 31, 1990||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins||41–28–10

|80||T||April 1, 1990||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||41–28–11

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 75 51 40 91 4635908 LW 76 31 44 75 14433706 RW 80 27 32 59 2714302 C 68 19 36 55 3721113 C 59 11 31 42 5621401 LW 56 23 18 41 4728011 LW 72 21 20 41 193603 D 60 5 31 36 9820202 C 57 15 20 35 1113503 D 53 9 22 31 13620121 C 53 12 14 26 35-4402 LW 57 9 15 24 283100 RW 74 9 15 24 780101 C/LW 70 8 16 24 594101 D 44 7 14 21 252501 D 54 1 19 20 4117000 RW 39 8 10 18 106-8301 D 55 3 13 16 511100 D 73 1 15 16 10824000 D 68 3 10 13 6118000 D 36 2 10 12 1411001 RW 41 4 6 10 1581002 RW 34 4 2 6 61-1001 G 54 0 5 5 00000 LW 14 3 1 4 22000 D 18 0 4 4 231000 C 6 2 0 2 21001 C 8 0 2 2 2-4000 D 8 0 2 2 33-1000 LW 9 0 2 2 20000 RW 9 0 1 1 4-1000 G 29 0 0 0 40000 LW 13 0 0 0 64-2000 G 1 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% 3173 54 31 16 5 134 2.53 315241390.912 1674 29 10 12 6 94 3.37 1770676.878 13 1 0 0 0 3 13.85 063.500 Team: 4860 80 41 28 11 231 2.85 423002069.900

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 9 7 3 10 2101 LW 11 2 8 10 20000 C 11 3 5 8 30001 RW 11 5 1 6 10000 C 11 2 3 5 6000 C 11 1 4 5 6000 D 10 0 5 5 7000 RW 11 1 3 4 38001 D 9 1 3 4 31100 C 2 3 0 3 0001 LW 8 2 0 2 2000 LW 9 1 1 2 16000 LW 3 1 1 2 0001 C/LW 11 0 2 2 0000 D 5 0 1 1 8000 D 10 0 1 1 18000 RW 11 0 1 1 8000 D 11 0 1 1 16000 G 11 0 1 1 0000 D 9 0 0 0 2000 D 6 0 0 0 10000 RW 10 0 0 0 4000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 D 6 0 0 0 2000 LW 2 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SOSASVSV% 641 11 5 6 26 2.43 1292266.911 33 1 0 0 2 3.64 01816.889 Team: 674 11 5 6 28 2.49 1310282.910

References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference