1990–91 New Jersey Devils season

The 1990–91 New Jersey Devils season was the 17th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and ninth season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. The season saw the team finish fourth in the Patrick Division and qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season, losing in the division semi-finals to the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was the first time in the franchise's 17-year history that the team qualified for the playoffs in consecutive seasons. The team would make one huge move towards their future when they drafted Martin Brodeur with their first round selection in the 1990 NHL entry draft.

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 4, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||0–0–1

|2||W||October 6, 1990||3–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||1–0–1

|3||L||October 7, 1990||4–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||1–1–1

|4||W||October 9, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars||2–1–1

|5||L||October 11, 1990||4–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||2–2–1

|6||W||October 13, 1990||5–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||3–2–1

|7||W||October 17, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||4–2–1

|8||W||October 19, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||5–2–1

|9||L||October 20, 1990||0–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||5–3–1

|10||W||October 23, 1990||8–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||6–3–1

|11||W||October 25, 1990||5–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||7–3–1

|12||W||October 27, 1990||7–5 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||8–3–1

|13||L||October 30, 1990||3–6 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames||8–4–1

|14||L||November 1, 1990||1–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks||8–5–1

|15||W||November 3, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers||9–5–1

|16||L||November 7, 1990||3–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders||9–6–1

|17||L||November 9, 1990||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers||9–7–1

|18||L||November 10, 1990||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens||9–8–1

|19||W||November 13, 1990||6–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens||10–8–1

|20||L||November 15, 1990||2–4 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||10–9–1

|21||W||November 17, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||11–9–1

|22||W||November 18, 1990||4–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||12–9–1

|23||L||November 20, 1990||4–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||12–10–1

|24||W||November 24, 1990||5–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars||13–10–1

|25||T||November 28, 1990||5–5 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||13–10–2

|26||T||November 30, 1990||5–5 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders||13–10–3

|27||W||December 1, 1990||4–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues||14–10–3

|28||T||December 3, 1990||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets||14–10–4

|29||W||December 5, 1990||9–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||15–10–4

|30||L||December 7, 1990||2–5 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||15–11–4

|31||W||December 8, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||16–11–4

|32||L||December 11, 1990||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||16–12–4

|33||L||December 13, 1990||5–9 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||16–13–4

|34||T||December 15, 1990||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||16–13–5

|35||W||December 18, 1990||8–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||17–13–5

|36||T||December 20, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||17–13–6

|37||W||December 22, 1990||4–1 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||18–13–6

|38||W||December 23, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||19–13–6

|39||T||December 27, 1990||1–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders||19–13–7

|40||T||December 29, 1990||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||19–13–8

|41||T||December 30, 1990||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers||19–13–9

|42||L||January 1, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||19–14–9

|43||L||January 3, 1991||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks||19–15–9

|44||L||January 5, 1991||2–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||19–16–9

|45||L||January 8, 1991||3–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues||19–17–9

|46||L||January 12, 1991||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||19–18–9

|47||L||January 14, 1991||1–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings||19–19–9

|48||T||January 16, 1991||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks||19–19–10

|49||L||January 22, 1991||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||19–20–10

|50||W||January 24, 1991||6–1 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||20–20–10

|51||L||January 26, 1991||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars||20–21–10

|52||W||January 28, 1991||6–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||21–21–10

|53||W||January 30, 1991||4–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||22–21–10

|54||L||February 2, 1991||4–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues||22–22–10

|55||W||February 5, 1991||2–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||23–22–10

|56||L||February 9, 1991||1–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||23–23–10

|57||W||February 10, 1991||2–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||24–23–10

|58||L||February 13, 1991||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||24–24–10

|59||T||February 14, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets||24–24–11

|60||W||February 16, 1991||3–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||25–24–11

|61||L||February 18, 1991||0–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||25–25–11

|62||W||February 22, 1991||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||26–25–11

|63||L||February 24, 1991||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||26–26–11

|64||W||February 25, 1991||5–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||27–26–11

|65||L||February 27, 1991||3–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||27–27–11

|66||W||March 1, 1991||6–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||28–27–11

|67||L||March 3, 1991||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||28–28–11

|68||L||March 5, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||28–29–11

|69||T||March 6, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||28–29–12

|70||L||March 10, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets||28–30–12

|71||W||March 13, 1991||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||29–30–12

|72||W||March 15, 1991||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||30–30–12

|73||L||March 16, 1991||2–6 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||30–31–12

|74||W||March 19, 1991||5–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||31–31–12

|75||T||March 21, 1991||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks||31–31–13

|76||T||March 23, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens||31–31–14

|77||T||March 26, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers||31–31–15

|78||W||March 27, 1991||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers||32–31–15

|79||L||March 30, 1991||0–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||32–32–15

|80||L||March 31, 1991||2–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders||32–33–15

Legend:

Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals

(P4) New Jersey Devils vs. (P1) Pittsburgh Penguins

The first two games took place at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. In game 1, the Devils won 3–1. However, in game 2, the Penguins tied the series with a 5–4 overtime win. Games 3 and 4 were at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Pittsburgh was victorious in game 3 by a score of 4–3, but the Devils won in game 4 4–1. Game 5 shifted back to Pittsburgh where the Devils beat the Penguins 4–2. Game 6 was back in New Jersey, where the series was evened again thanks to a Pittsburgh 4–3 win. Game 7 was back in Pittsburgh where the Penguins won the game 4–0 and won the series 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 78 45 33 78 15081927 LW 80 19 51 70 761703 LW 75 29 37 66 1414702 C 77 18 42 60 530403 RW 78 30 17 47 105-81002 C 71 15 31 46 487411 D 73 9 36 45 6211702 D 78 10 31 41 7623103 D 76 4 34 38 4810100 RW 58 14 16 30 418022 C 53 9 19 28 279101 LW 45 8 17 25 83201 LW 64 8 14 22 1519103 C 78 11 9 20 79-1011 D 80 4 16 20 249-10121 D 67 3 16 19 625100 LW 49 5 11 16 279000 D 47 2 12 14 441100 LW 14 4 6 10 108000 RW 59 6 3 9 182-10000 LW 41 5 2 7 159-6000 C 11 4 3 7 61100 D 28 3 2 5 87-1100 RW 14 4 0 4 46-1000 D 22 3 1 4 413000 G 53 0 3 3 20000 D 8 0 1 1 271000 D 9 0 1 1 21-1000 C 1 0 1 1 00000 LW 1 0 0 0 50000 C 3 0 0 0 00000 G 35 0 0 0 180000 G 1 0 0 0 00000 LW 1 0 0 0 01000 C 1 0 0 0 0-1000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 2970 53 24 21 7 144 2.91 113481204.893 1870 35 8 12 8 112 3.59 0875763.872 20 1 0 0 0 2 6.00 075.714 Team: 4860 80 32 33 15 258 3.19 122301972.884

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 7 5 3 8 20100 LW 7 3 5 8 12200 C 7 3 4 7 2102 RW 7 4 0 4 34201 RW 7 2 2 4 2010 D 7 1 3 4 10000 C 5 0 4 4 2000 D 7 1 2 3 12100 D 7 1 2 3 6100 C 7 1 1 2 16000 LW 6 0 2 2 4000 LW 7 0 2 2 2000 RW 7 0 2 2 8000 LW 7 0 2 2 10000 D 3 0 1 1 2000 LW 4 0 1 1 10000 D 7 0 1 1 10000 D 7 0 0 0 17000 D 3 0 0 0 6000 D 4 0 0 0 18000 C 2 0 0 0 0000 G 7 0 0 0 2000 C 1 0 0 0 6000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 428 7 3 4 21 2.94 0216195.903 Team: 428 7 3 4 21 2.94 0216195.903

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;

Awards & records Awards Regular Season Player Award Awarded Eric Weinrich NHL All-Rookie Team – Defense End of regular season

Draft picks The Devils' draft picks at the 1990 NHL entry draft. Rd # Pick # Player Nat Pos Team (League) Notes1 20Martin BrodeurGSaint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)2 24David HarlockDUniversity of Michigan (CCHA)229Chris GotziamanRWRoseau H.S. (Minnesota)3 53Mike DunhamGCanterbury H.S. (Connecticut)3 56Brad BombardirDPowell River Kings (BCJHL)464Mike BodnarchukRW595Dean MalkocDKamloops Blazers (WHL)5104Petr KuchynaDHC Jihlava (Czechoslovak Extraliga)6116Lubomir KolnikRWHC Dukla Trenčín (Czechoslovak Extraliga)7137Chris McAlpineDRoseville H.S. (Minnesota)8158No eighth-round pick9179Jaroslav ModryDHC České Budějovice (Czechoslovak Extraliga)10200Corey SchwabGSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)11221Valeri ZelepukinLWKhimik Voskresensk (Soviet League)12242Todd ReirdenDTabor Academy (Massachusetts)S16Mike HavilandFElmira College (NCAA)

See also 1990–91 NHL season

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