The 1989–90 Winnipeg Jets season was the 18th season of the Winnipeg Jets, their 11th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Jets placed third in the Smythe to qualify for the playoffs. The Jets lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the first round.
Offseason During the previous season, the Jets replaced general manager John Ferguson with Mike Smith, while head coach Dan Maloney was replaced with Rick Bowness on an interim basis. On May 25, 1989, the Jets named Bob Murdoch as their new head coach. Murdoch had previous head coaching experience in the NHL, as he was the Chicago Blackhawks head coach for the 1987-88 season, going 30-41-9.
At the 1989 NHL entry draft held on June 17, 1989, the Jets held the fourth overall selection, and drafted Stu Barnes from the Tri-City Americans of the WHL. Barnes had 59 goals and 141 points with the Americans during the 1988-89 season. Other notable players the Jets selected were Kris Draper in the third round, and Dan Bylsma in the sixth round.
The Jets were also busy with trades at the 1989 NHL entry draft, as they acquired Randy Cunneyworth, Rick Tabaracci and Dave McLlwain from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Randy Gilhen, Andrew McBain and Jim Kyte. Cunneyworth, was coming off a 25-goal, 44-point season in 70 games in 1988-89, while McLlwain had a goal and three points in 24 games with the Penguins. Tabaracci posted a 24-20-5 record with a 4.24 GAA with the Cornwall Royals of the OHL.
The Jets also acquired Greg Paslawski and the St. Louis Blues third round pick in the 1989 NHL entry draft from the Blues for the Jets third round pick in the 1989 NHL entry draft and second round pick in the 1991 NHL entry draft, and Winnipeg traded away their third round pick in the 1990 NHL entry draft to the New Jersey Devils for the Devils third round pick in the 1989 NHL entry draft.
On July 22, 1989, the Jets acquired Shawn Cronin from the Philadelphia Flyers for future considerations. Cronin had three goals and 12 points with the Baltimore Skipjacks of the AHL during the 1988-89 season. On September 28, 1989, Winnipeg acquired Keith Acton and Pete Peeters from the Philadelphia Flyers for future considerations, however, both Acton and Peeters were returned to Philadelphia on October 3, 1989, for the Flyers fifth round draft pick in the 1991 NHL entry draft.
Also, on September 28, 1989, the Jets traded goaltender Pokey Reddick to the Edmonton Oilers for future considerations, and on October 2, 1989, Winnipeg selected Moe Mantha from the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL Waiver Draft. Mantha, who played with the Jets from 1980 to 1984, split the 1988-89 season between the Minnesota North Stars and Philadelphia Flyers, scoring four goals and 18 points in 46 games.
The team chose to have three captains this season, naming veterans Randy Carlyle, Dale Hawerchuk and Thomas Steen. Hawerchuk had been the sole captain since 1984.
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|1||L||October 6, 1989||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||0–1–0
|2||W||October 8, 1989||5–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||1–1–0
|3||L||October 10, 1989||1–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||1–2–0
|4||L||October 12, 1989||4–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||1–3–0
|5||W||October 14, 1989||5–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) ||2–3–0
|6||L||October 18, 1989||2–7 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||2–4–0
|7||L||October 20, 1989||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||2–5–0
|8||W||October 22, 1989||5–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||3–5–0
|9||W||October 25, 1989||6–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||4–5–0
|10||L||October 27, 1989||1–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||4–6–0
|11||W||October 29, 1989||6–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||5–6–0
|12||L||November 1, 1989||3–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||5–7–0
|13||W||November 3, 1989||3–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||6–7–0
|14||L||November 5, 1989||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||6–8–0
|15||W||November 8, 1989||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||7–8–0
|16||L||November 10, 1989||2–4 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||7–9–0
|17||W||November 12, 1989||3–2 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||8–9–0
|18||W||November 14, 1989||5–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||9–9–0
|19||L||November 15, 1989||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||9–10–0
|20||W||November 18, 1989||1–0 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||10–10–0
|21||T||November 20, 1989||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1989–90) ||10–10–1
|22||W||November 21, 1989||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1989–90) ||11–10–1
|23||L||November 23, 1989||2–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||11–11–1
|24||L||November 25, 1989||1–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||11–12–1
|25||W||November 29, 1989||5–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||12–12–1
|26||T||December 1, 1989||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||12–12–2
|27||L||December 2, 1989||3–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1989–90) ||12–13–2
|28||W||December 6, 1989||4–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||13–13–2
|29||T||December 8, 1989||6–6 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||13–13–3
|30||W||December 10, 1989||4–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||14–13–3
|31||T||December 13, 1989||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||14–13–4
|32||T||December 15, 1989||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||14–13–5
|33||L||December 19, 1989||5–9 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||14–14–5
|34||L||December 21, 1989||2–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||14–15–5
|35||W||December 26, 1989||5–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||15–15–5
|36||W||December 29, 1989||2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||16–15–5
|37||W||December 31, 1989||3–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||17–15–5
|38||W||January 3, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||18–15–5
|39||L||January 4, 1990||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||18–16–5
|40||L||January 6, 1990||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||18–17–5
|41||W||January 8, 1990||4–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||19–17–5
|42||W||January 10, 1990||6–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||20–17–5
|43||W||January 12, 1990||7–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||21–17–5
|44||W||January 14, 1990||6–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||22–17–5
|45||L||January 16, 1990||6–8 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||22–18–5
|46||L||January 17, 1990||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||22–19–5
|47||L||January 19, 1990||4–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1989–90) ||22–20–5
|48||W||January 23, 1990||4–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||23–20–5
|49||L||January 25, 1990||6–8 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||23–21–5
|50||T||January 27, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||23–21–6
|51||L||January 29, 1990||2–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||23–22–6
|52||T||January 31, 1990||5–5 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) ||23–22–7
|53||W||February 2, 1990||8–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||24–22–7
|54||W||February 4, 1990||7–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||25–22–7
|55||L||February 6, 1990||3–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||25–23–7
|56||W||February 8, 1990||5–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||26–23–7
|57||L||February 11, 1990||4–7 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||26–24–7
|58||W||February 14, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||27–24–7
|59||T||February 16, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||27–24–8
|60||W||February 18, 1990||5–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||28–24–8
|61||L||February 20, 1990||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||28–25–8
|62||W||February 22, 1990||4–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||29–25–8
|63||W||February 24, 1990||3–1 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||30–25–8
|64||L||February 25, 1990||1–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||30–26–8
|65||L||February 27, 1990||3–8 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||30–27–8
|66||W||March 2, 1990||9–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||31–27–8
|67||W||March 4, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||32–27–8
|68||W||March 7, 1990||6–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||33–27–8
|69||W||March 9, 1990||7–5 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||34–27–8
|70||L||March 11, 1990||4–6 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||34–28–8
|71||L||March 12, 1990||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||34–29–8
|72||T||March 15, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||34–29–9
|73||W||March 17, 1990||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) ||35–29–9
|74||L||March 18, 1990||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||35–30–9
|75||W||March 21, 1990||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||36–30–9
|76||L||March 23, 1990||2–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||36–31–9
|77||T||March 25, 1990||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||36–31–10
|78||T||March 27, 1990||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||36–31–11
|79||W||March 29, 1990||1–0 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||37–31–11
|80||L||April 1, 1990||2–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||37–32–11
Legend:
Playoffs The Jets lost the Division Semi-finals (4-3) to the Edmonton Oilers.
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 79 26 55 81 60-11802 RW 80 32 42 74 8321403 C 53 18 48 66 352503 LW 79 22 34 56 374305 D 77 9 46 55 32-1300 C/RW 80 25 26 51 60-1172 LW 80 32 18 50 402411 LW 79 25 24 49 6315116 RW 71 18 30 48 14-4706 D 77 17 29 46 96-15801 D 79 11 32 43 20-4101 D 73 2 26 28 288010 C 66 10 17 27 103-11311 LW 27 10 8 18 337211 D 53 3 15 18 508200 RW 56 8 9 17 21-5011 RW 44 7 10 17 1004101 LW 48 9 6 15 26-8010 LW 28 5 6 11 34-7201 D 49 3 6 9 13620001 D 55 3 3 6 2223000 D 61 0 4 4 243-16000 D 12 1 2 3 6-2000 LW 11 1 2 3 33-4001 C/RW 2 1 1 2 0-1000 G 36 0 2 2 00000 D 7 0 2 2 280000 C 9 0 2 2 4-4000 G 24 0 1 1 60000 D 3 0 1 1 20000 G 19 0 0 0 40000 G 6 0 0 0 00000 LW 2 0 0 0 0-2000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% 2035 36 18 9 5 107 3.15 1988881.892 1387 24 10 11 3 86 3.72 1667581.871 1079 19 7 8 3 59 3.28 0570511.896 359 6 2 4 0 26 4.35 0153127.830 Team: 4860 80 37 32 11 278 3.43 223782100.883
Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 7 3 5 8 2001 C 7 2 5 7 16100 RW 7 2 4 6 2000 D 7 1 5 6 2000 LW 7 3 1 4 2201 LW 7 2 2 4 10000 RW 7 1 3 4 0000 D 7 1 2 3 10000 D 7 2 0 2 6201 LW 7 2 0 2 23200 RW 7 2 0 2 2000 RW 7 0 2 2 8000 D 7 0 2 2 2000 LW 5 1 0 1 0000 D 6 0 1 1 8000 C/RW 7 0 1 1 2000 G 4 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 C 2 0 0 0 2000 D 5 0 0 0 7000 G 4 0 0 0 0000 LW 4 0 0 0 0000 D 5 0 0 0 6000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SOSASVSV% 206 4 2 1 12 3.50 010088.880 238 4 1 3 12 3.03 010593.886 Team: 444 7 3 4 24 3.24 0205181.883
Transactions
Trades