1989–90 New York Islanders season

The 1989–90 New York Islanders season was the 18th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team finished 31–38–11, returning to the Stanley Cup playoffs after a one-year absence, but losing to their rivals the New York Rangers in the first round, four games to one.

Regular season The Islanders finished the regular season with the fewest power-play opportunities of all 21 teams in the league with just 330. They also tied the Boston Bruins for most shutouts in the NHL, with 5.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 5, 1989||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||0–1–0

|2||L||October 7, 1989||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||0–2–0

|3||W||October 9, 1989||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||1–2–0

|4||W||October 11, 1989||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||2–2–0

|5||T||October 14, 1989||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||2–2–1

|6||L||October 17, 1989||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||2–3–1

|7||W||October 20, 1989||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||3–3–1

|8||L||October 21, 1989||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||3–4–1

|9||T||October 24, 1989||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||3–4–2

|10||T||October 27, 1989||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1989–90) ||3–4–3

|11||L||October 28, 1989||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||3–5–3

|12||L||October 31, 1989||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||3–6–3

|13||L||November 2, 1989||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||3–7–3

|14||W||November 4, 1989||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||4–7–3

|15||L||November 5, 1989||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||4–8–3

|16||L||November 7, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||4–9–3

|17||L||November 9, 1989||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||4–10–3

|18||L||November 11, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||4–11–3

|19||L||November 12, 1989||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1989–90) ||4–12–3

|20||L||November 14, 1989||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||4–13–3

|21||W||November 16, 1989||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) ||5–13–3

|22||L||November 18, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||5–14–3

|23||L||November 21, 1989||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) ||5–15–3

|24||L||November 22, 1989||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||5–16–3

|25||L||November 25, 1989||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||5–17–3

|26||L||November 28, 1989||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||5–18–3

|27||W||November 30, 1989||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||6–18–3

|28||W||December 2, 1989||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) ||7–18–3

|29||W||December 5, 1989||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||8–18–3

|30||W||December 6, 1989||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||9–18–3

|31||T||December 9, 1989||0–0 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||9–18–4

|32||L||December 12, 1989||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||9–19–4

|33||L||December 13, 1989||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||9–20–4

|34||W||December 15, 1989||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||10–20–4

|35||W||December 16, 1989||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||11–20–4

|36||W||December 19, 1989||5–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||12–20–4

|37||W||December 23, 1989||8–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||13–20–4

|38||W||December 28, 1989||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||14–20–4

|39||L||December 30, 1989||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||14–21–4

|40||W||December 31, 1989||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||15–21–4

|41||W||January 2, 1990||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||16–21–4

|42||W||January 6, 1990||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) ||17–21–4

|43||W||January 10, 1990||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) ||18–21–4

|44||W||January 11, 1990||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) ||19–21–4

|45||W||January 13, 1990||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||20–21–4

|46||W||January 16, 1990||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) ||21–21–4

|47||W||January 17, 1990||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||22–21–4

|48||W||January 19, 1990||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) ||23–21–4

|49||L||January 23, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||23–22–4

|50||L||January 25, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||23–23–4

|51||W||January 27, 1990||9–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||24–23–4

|52||T||January 28, 1990||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||24–23–5

|53||L||January 30, 1990||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||24–24–5

|54||W||February 2, 1990||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||25–24–5

|55||W||February 4, 1990||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) ||26–24–5

|56||W||February 6, 1990||8–7 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||27–24–5

|57||T||February 8, 1990||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||27–24–6

|58||W||February 10, 1990||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||28–24–6

|59||L||February 13, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||28–25–6

|60||L||February 17, 1990||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) ||28–26–6

|61||L||February 18, 1990||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||28–27–6

|62||L||February 22, 1990||3–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||28–28–6

|63||T||February 24, 1990||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||28–28–7

|64||T||February 25, 1990||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||28–28–8

|65||L||February 28, 1990||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) ||28–29–8

|66||L||March 2, 1990||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1989–90) ||28–30–8

|67||L||March 3, 1990||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) ||28–31–8

|68||L||March 6, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1989–90) ||28–32–8

|69||L||March 8, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) ||28–33–8

|70||T||March 10, 1990||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1989–90) ||28–33–9

|71||L||March 13, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) ||28–34–9

|72||L||March 15, 1990||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||28–35–9

|73||W||March 17, 1990||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1989–90) ||29–35–9

|74||T||March 18, 1990||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) ||29–35–10

|75||L||March 20, 1990||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) ||29–36–10

|76||L||March 22, 1990||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) ||29–37–10

|77||T||March 24, 1990||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) ||29–37–11

|78||L||March 27, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1989–90) ||29–38–11

|79||W||March 28, 1990||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) ||30–38–11

|80||W||March 31, 1990||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) ||31–38–11

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || April 5 || NY Islanders || 1–2 || NY Rangers || || 0–1

| 2 || April 7 || NY Islanders || 2–5 || NY Rangers || || 0–2

| 3 || April 9 || NY Rangers || 3–4 || NY Islanders || 2OT || 1–2

| 4 || April 11 || NY Rangers || 6–1 || NY Islanders || || 1–3

| 5 || April 13 || NY Islanders || 5–6 || NY Rangers || || 1–4

Legend:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 74 54 51 105 38-131328 C 67 33 35 68 6591733 D 80 15 44 59 543801 D 60 4 49 53 65-9400 RW 62 17 32 49 10110402 LW/C 74 24 24 48 39-10613 LW 79 16 27 43 476012 LW 46 13 27 40 202501 W 80 17 22 39 41-2600 RW 75 15 21 36 129-1301 C 54 18 11 29 2610033 D 64 4 21 25 1448200 C 59 13 11 24 29-11400 LW 63 6 18 24 195002 D 76 3 17 20 1632100 LW 34 8 6 14 45-4301 RW 76 4 8 12 29010000 D 31 1 8 9 4313001 C 20 4 4 8 172000 D 41 3 4 7 270002 RW 19 2 5 7 4-3001 RW 20 2 3 5 2-10100 LW 53 0 5 5 1946000 RW 12 3 1 4 4-4000 D 18 0 4 4 30-8000 D 20 0 2 2 390000 G 47 0 2 2 180000 LW 20 0 2 2 2-4000 D 14 0 2 2 312000 D 2 1 0 1 0-1100 LW 9 1 0 1 4-1000 D 11 0 1 1 00000 G 39 0 1 1 70000 D 5 0 1 1 2-1000 RW 7 0 0 0 20000 RW 2 0 0 0 20000 D 10 0 0 0 24-7000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% 2653 47 19 19 5 150 3.39 314721322.898 2197 39 12 19 6 128 3.50 212101082.894 Team: 4850 80 31 38 11 278 3.44 526822404.896 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 5 2 3 5 20201 W 5 1 4 5 0-3000 D 4 1 3 4 170000 RW 5 3 0 3 21200 D 2 1 1 2 00000 LW/C 5 1 1 2 4-2000 D 5 0 2 2 2-3000 LW 4 0 2 2 104000 RW 1 0 2 2 22000 D 5 0 2 2 171000 RW 1 1 0 1 42000 RW 4 1 0 1 40000 C 5 1 0 1 4-2000 C 4 1 0 1 4-4000 D 5 0 1 1 61000 LW 1 0 1 1 01000 G 4 0 1 1 00000 C 2 0 1 1 0-1000 LW 4 0 0 0 271000 D 1 0 0 0 20000 D 5 0 0 0 12-5000 G 4 0 0 0 190000 D 3 0 0 0 40000 RW 4 0 0 0 10-3000 LW 4 0 0 0 4-3000 LW 5 0 0 0 2-1000 RW 1 0 0 0 170000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SOSASVSV% 166 4 1 2 9 3.25 07970.886 152 4 0 2 13 5.13 07158.817 Team: 318 5 1 4 22 4.15 0150128.853

Note: Pos = Position; 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 New York'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)12Dave ChyzowskiKamloops Blazers (WHL)223Travis GreenSpokane Chiefs (WHL)344Jason ZentNichols School (USHS-NY)465Brent GrieveOshawa Generals (OHL)586Jace ReedGrand Rapids High School (USHS-MN)590Steve YoungMoose Jaw Warriors (WHL)599Kevin O'SullivanCatholic Memorial School (USHS-MN)7128Jon LarsonRoseau High School (USHS-MN)7133Brett HarkinsDetroit Compuware Ambassadors (OHL)8149Phil HuberKamloops Blazers (WHL)9170Matthew RobbinsNew Hampton School (USHS-NH)10191Vladimir MalakhovCSKA Moscow (Soviet Union)11212Kelly EnsLethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)12233Iain FraserOshawa Generals (OHL)S2Rob VanderydtMiami University (CCHA)S7Brad MattsonSaint Mary's University of Minnesota (MIAC)

See also 1989–90 NHL season

References