1989–90 New Jersey Devils season

The 1989–90 New Jersey Devils season was the 16th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and eighth season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. The season saw the Devils make the playoffs for the second time and only the third time in franchise history. The Devils were eliminated in the first round by the Washington Capitals.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 5, 1989||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (season) ||1–0–0

|2||T||October 7, 1989||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (season) ||1–0–1

|3||L||October 10, 1989||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (season) ||1–1–1

|4||L||October 13, 1989||3–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (season) ||1–2–1

|5||W||October 14, 1989||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (season) ||2–2–1

|6||W||October 18, 1989||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (season) ||3–2–1

|7||L||October 20, 1989||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (season) ||3–3–1

|8||W||October 21, 1989||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (season) ||4–3–1

|9||W||October 23, 1989||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (season) ||5–3–1

|10||L||October 26, 1989||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (season) ||5–4–1

|11||W||October 28, 1989||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (season) ||6–4–1

|12||L||October 31, 1989||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (season) ||6–5–1

|13||T||November 1, 1989||6–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (season) ||6–5–2

|14||L||November 4, 1989||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (season) ||6–6–2

|15||W||November 8, 1989||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (season) ||7–6–2

|16||L||November 11, 1989||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (season) ||7–7–2

|17||T||November 12, 1989||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (season) ||7–7–3

|18||L||November 15, 1989||1–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (season) ||7–8–3

|19||W||November 17, 1989||5–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (season) ||8–8–3

|20||L||November 18, 1989||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (season) ||8–9–3

|21||W||November 22, 1989||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (season) ||9–9–3

|22||L||November 24, 1989||6–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (season) ||9–10–3

|23||W||November 25, 1989||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (season) ||10–10–3

|24||W||November 28, 1989||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (season) ||11–10–3

|25||L||December 1, 1989||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (season) ||11–11–3

|26||L||December 2, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (season) ||11–12–3

|27||L||December 6, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (season) ||11–13–3

|28||L||December 8, 1989||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (season) ||11–14–3

|29||L||December 9, 1989||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (season) ||11–15–3

|30||W||December 12, 1989||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (season) ||12–15–3

|31||W||December 13, 1989||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (season) ||13–15–3

|32||W||December 15, 1989||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (season) ||14–15–3

|33||W||December 17, 1989||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (season) ||15–15–3

|34||L||December 19, 1989||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (season) ||15–16–3

|35||W||December 22, 1989||5–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (season) ||16–16–3

|36||W||December 23, 1989||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (season) ||17–16–3

|37||T||December 26, 1989||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (season) ||17–16–4

|38||L||December 27, 1989||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (season) ||17–17–4

|39||W||December 29, 1989||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (season) ||18–17–4

|40||L||December 31, 1989||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (season) ||18–18–4

|41||W||January 2, 1990||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (season) ||19–18–4

|42||W||January 4, 1990||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (season) ||20–18–4

|43||L||January 8, 1990||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (season) ||20–19–4

|44||W||January 10, 1990||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (season) ||21–19–4

|45||L||January 12, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (season) ||21–20–4

|46||W||January 13, 1990||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (season) ||22–20–4

|47||L||January 16, 1990||6–9 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (season) ||22–21–4

|48||W||January 23, 1990||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (season) ||23–21–4

|49||W||January 24, 1990||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (season) ||24–21–4

|50||L||January 26, 1990||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (season) ||24–22–4

|51||T||January 28, 1990||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (season) ||24–22–5

|52||L||January 30, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (season) ||24–23–5

|53||L||February 4, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (season) ||24–24–5

|54||T||February 6, 1990||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (season) ||24–24–6

|55||W||February 9, 1990||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (season) ||25–24–6

|56||L||February 10, 1990||0–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (season) ||25–25–6

|57||T||February 12, 1990||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (season) ||25–25–7

|58||L||February 16, 1990||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (season) ||25–26–7

|59||L||February 17, 1990||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (season) ||25–27–7

|60||L||February 19, 1990||3–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (season) ||25–28–7

|61||L||February 22, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (season) ||25–29–7

|62||W||February 24, 1990||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (season) ||26–29–7

|63||T||February 25, 1990||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (season) ||26–29–8

|64||L||February 28, 1990||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (season) ||26–30–8

|65||W||March 2, 1990||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (season) ||27–30–8

|66||L||March 4, 1990||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (season) ||27–31–8

|67||W||March 6, 1990||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (season) ||28–31–8

|68||W||March 8, 1990||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (season) ||29–31–8

|69||W||March 10, 1990||9–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (season) ||30–31–8

|70||W||March 13, 1990||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (season) ||31–31–8

|71||L||March 15, 1990||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (season) ||31–32–8

|72||W||March 17, 1990||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (season) ||32–32–8

|73||L||March 20, 1990||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (season) ||32–33–8

|74||L||March 22, 1990||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (season) ||32–34–8

|75||W||March 24, 1990||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (season) ||33–34–8

|76||W||March 25, 1990||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (season) ||34–34–8

|77||W||March 27, 1990||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (season) ||35–34–8

|78||W||March 29, 1990||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (season) ||36–34–8

|79||W||March 31, 1990||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (season) ||37–34–8

|80||T||April 1, 1990||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (season) ||37–34–9

Legend:

Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals

(P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

The first two games took place at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. In Game 1, Washington beat New Jersey 5–4 in overtime. In Game 2, the Devils won 6–5. Games 3 and 4 took place at Capital Centre. The Devils were victorious in Game 3 2–1, but their series lead was abruptly halted by the Capitals in game 4 when they won 3–1. Game 5 went back to New Jersey, and the Capitals took a 4–3 win. Game 6 was back at Capital Centre where the Capitals took a 3–2 win over the Devils and won the series 4–2.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG LW 80 30 56 86 74-1906 RW 80 41 38 79 801710311 C 74 27 49 76 3415810 LW 73 30 42 72 13715805 D 75 7 46 53 636100 LW 72 30 17 47 81-8703 C 63 16 29 45 12-8401 D 72 8 34 42 529200 RW 69 14 20 34 167133 C 64 17 13 30 12-5101 D 68 6 23 29 63-1400 LW 67 8 17 25 160-2002 D 74 6 15 21 21615011 D 39 6 15 21 1615100 LW/C 42 10 8 18 36-15120 C 35 8 10 18 303001 LW 33 4 10 14 28-4100 C 20 6 7 13 812201 C 12 5 6 11 16-1201 D 19 2 7 9 111101 D 37 1 7 8 47-13000 D 31 2 5 7 14-4100 LW 19 3 3 6 42000 D 62 0 6 6 724000 D 42 2 3 5 149-2000 D/LW 37 2 3 5 99-1000 C 19 1 4 5 13-1000 LW 21 1 2 3 41000 RW 6 1 2 3 4-1000 C 5 1 2 3 00000 G 52 0 1 1 380000 D 16 0 1 1 8-8000 RW 10 0 0 0 230000 D 1 0 0 0 0-1000 G 35 0 0 0 00000 RW 3 0 0 0 31-3000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 2914 52 22 22 6 175 3.60 014531278.880 1931 35 15 12 3 110 3.42 01004894.890 Team: 4845 80 37 34 9 285 3.53 024572172.884

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG LW 6 3 3 6 20101 D 6 1 5 6 6000 RW 6 4 1 5 12210 C 6 3 2 5 2101 C 6 1 3 4 23100 LW 6 1 3 4 11000 C 6 1 3 4 2000 D 6 1 3 4 17000 D 6 0 3 3 14000 D 6 2 0 2 21000 D 6 0 2 2 10000 LW 5 1 0 1 10000 RW 6 0 1 1 2000 C 5 0 0 0 14000 G 2 0 0 0 2000 RW 2 0 0 0 10000 D 5 0 0 0 16000 C 2 0 0 0 0000 LW 6 0 0 0 25000 G 4 0 0 0 0000 LW 1 0 0 0 0000 D 6 0 0 0 4000 RW 4 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 238 4 2 2 13 3.28 010390.874 125 2 0 2 8 3.84 05749.860 Team: 363 6 2 4 21 3.47 0160139.869

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;

Draft picks The Devils' draft picks at the 1989 NHL entry draft. Rd # Pick # Player Nat Pos Team (League) Notes1 5Bill GuerinRWSpringfield Olympics (NEJHL)1 18Jason MillerCMedicine Hat Tigers (WHL)2 26Jarrod SkaldeCOshawa Generals (OHL)3 47Scott PellerinLWUniversity of Maine (Hockey East)468No fourth-round pick5 89Mike HeinkeGAvon Old Farms H.S. (Connecticut)6110David EmmaRWBoston College (Hockey East)7131No seventh-round pick8 152Sergei StarikovDCSKA Moscow (Soviet League)9 173Andre FaustLWPrinceton University (ECAC)10194No tenth-round pick11 215Jason SimonWWindsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)12 236Peter LarssonCSödertälje SK (Elitserien)S5C. J. YoungRWHarvard University (ECAC)S10Mark RomaineGProvidence College (Hockey East)

1989–90 New Jersey Devils season

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