1989–90 Boston Bruins season

The 1989–90 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 66th season. The season culminated with their participation in the Stanley Cup finals.

1989–90 Boston Bruins
Presidents' Trophy winners
Wales Conference champions
Adams Division champions
Division	1st Adams
Conference	1st Wales
1989–90 record	46–25–9
Home record	23–13–4
Road record	23–12–5
Goals for	289
Goals against	232
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Mike Milbury
Captain	Ray Bourque
Alternate captains	Craig Janney Cam Neely
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Cam Neely (55)
Assists	Ray Bourque (65)
Points	Cam Neely (92)
Penalty minutes	Lyndon Byers (159)
Wins	Andy Moog (24)
Goals against average	Reggie Lemelin (2.80)
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Offseason

NHL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	17	Shayne Stevenson (C)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	38	Mike Parson (G)	Canada	Guelph Platers (OHL)
3	57	Wes Walz (C)	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
4	80	Jackson Penney (RW)	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
5	101	Mark Montanari (C)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6	122	Steven Foster (D)	United States	Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA)
7	143	Oto Hascak (C)	Czechoslovakia	Dukla Trenčín (Czechoslovakia)
8	164	Rick Allain (D)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
9	185	James Lavish (RW)	United States	Deerfield Academy (USHS-MA)
10	206	Geoff Simpson (D)	Canada	Estevan Bruins (SJHL)
11	227	David Franzosa (LW)	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
S	22	Jeff Schulman (D)	United States	University of Vermont (Hockey East)

Regular season

The Bruins concluded the regular season with the best defensive corps in the league, with just 232 goals allowed. They also allowed the fewest power-play goals (53), the fewest short-handed goals (3) and tied the Washington Capitals for the most shutouts (5).^[1][2] The Bruins managed to secure the Presidents' Trophy with just 101 points, the fewest ever for a Presidents' Trophy winner in a non-lockout-shortened season.

Final standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	80	46	25	9	289	232	101
Buffalo Sabres	80	45	27	8	286	248	98
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	28	11	288	234	93
Hartford Whalers	80	38	33	9	275	268	85
Quebec Nordiques	80	12	61	7	240	407	31

^[3]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Wales Conference^[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	ADM	80	46	25	9	289	232	101
2	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	45	27	8	286	248	98
3	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	80	41	28	11	288	234	93
4	Hartford Whalers	ADM	80	38	33	9	275	268	85
5	New York Rangers	PTK	80	36	31	13	279	267	85
6	New Jersey Devils	PTK	80	37	34	9	295	288	83
7	Washington Capitals	PTK	80	36	38	6	284	275	78
8	New York Islanders	PTK	80	31	38	11	281	288	73
9	Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	80	32	40	8	318	359	72
10	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	80	30	39	11	290	297	71
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	12	61	7	240	407	31

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

1989–90 NHL records Vs. Adams Division[5] Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total Boston — 4–3–1 4–3–1 4–3–1 6–1–1 18–10–4 Buffalo 3–4–1 — 6–2 4–3–1 7–0–1 20–9–3 Hartford 3–4–1 2–6 — 3–4–1 6–1–1 14–15–3 Montreal 3–4–1 3–4–1 4–3–1 — 7–1 17–12–3 Quebec 1–6–1 0–7–1 1–6–1 1–7 — 3–26–3

1989–90 NHL records Vs. Patrick Division Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total Boston 1–1–1 1–1–1 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 9–7–2 Buffalo 1–2 0–3 2–0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1–1 9–7–2 Hartford 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0–1 2–1 11–6–2 Montreal 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–2–1 2–1 1–2 10–7–1 Quebec 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–1–1 1–2 0–3 4–13–1

Vs. Campbell Conference

1989–90 NHL records Vs. Norris Division Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total Boston 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 12–3–0 Buffalo 1–2 2–1 1–1–1 1–2 2–1 7–7–1 Hartford 1–2 2–0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1–1 7–6–2 Montreal 1–2 1–0–2 2–1 1–0–2 2–1 7–4–4 Quebec 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–13–0

1989–90 NHL records Vs. Smythe Division Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total Boston 1–1–1 2–0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1–1 7–5–3 Buffalo 1–1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0–1 3–0 9–4–2 Hartford 0–2–1 1–0–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 6–6–3 Montreal 2–1 1–1–1 1–1–1 2–1 1–1–1 7–5–3 Quebec 0–1–2 0–3 0–3 2–0–1 1–2 3–9–3

Schedule and results

1989–90 regular season[6]
October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 W October 5, 1989 5–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 1–0–0 2 L October 7, 1989 1–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 1–1–0 3 W October 9, 1989 2–0 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 2–1–0 4 L October 11, 1989 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 2–2–0 5 T October 13, 1989 3–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 2–2–1 6 L October 15, 1989 6–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 2–3–1 7 W October 17, 1989 3–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 3–3–1 8 W October 20, 1989 3–0 @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 4–3–1 9 L October 21, 1989 2–5 @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 4–4–1 10 W October 26, 1989 4–2 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 5–4–1 11 L October 28, 1989 0–1 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 5–5–1 12 L October 29, 1989 3–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 5–6–1
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 13 W November 2, 1989 5–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 6–6–1 14 T November 4, 1989 3–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 6–6–2 15 W November 9, 1989 6–2 Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 7–6–2 16 W November 10, 1989 5–3 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 8–6–2 17 W November 15, 1989 5–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 9–6–2 18 W November 16, 1989 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 10–6–2 19 W November 18, 1989 6–4 New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 11–6–2 20 W November 21, 1989 2–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 12–6–2 21 W November 23, 1989 6–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 13–6–2 22 L November 25, 1989 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 13–7–2 23 W November 28, 1989 5–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 14–7–2 24 W November 30, 1989 5–1 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 15–7–2
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 25 L December 2, 1989 1–2 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 15–8–2 26 W December 3, 1989 2–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 16–8–2 27 T December 5, 1989 3–3 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 16–8–3 28 L December 7, 1989 3–4 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 16–9–3 29 L December 9, 1989 3–7 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 16–10–3 30 L December 12, 1989 5–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 16–11–3 31 W December 13, 1989 4–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 17–11–3 32 L December 16, 1989 1–3 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 17–12–3 33 L December 17, 1989 1–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 17–13–3 34 L December 20, 1989 3–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 17–14–3 35 W December 21, 1989 4–2 Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 18–14–3 36 W December 23, 1989 6–5 Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 19–14–3 37 W December 26, 1989 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 20–14–3 38 W December 29, 1989 4–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 21–14–3 39 L December 30, 1989 6–7 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 21–15–3
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 40 W January 2, 1990 5–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 22–15–3 41 W January 4, 1990 4–2 Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 23–15–3 42 W January 6, 1990 5–3 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 24–15–3 43 W January 7, 1990 2–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 25–15–3 44 W January 11, 1990 3–1 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 26–15–3 45 L January 13, 1990 2–3 New York Rangers (1989–90) 26–16–3 46 W January 15, 1990 4–1 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 27–16–3 47 T January 17, 1990 5–5 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 27–16–4 48 T January 18, 1990 2–2 OT Calgary Flames (1989–90) 27–16–5 49 W January 23, 1990 9–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 28–16–5 50 W January 25, 1990 5–2 New York Islanders (1989–90) 29–16–5 51 W January 27, 1990 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 30–16–5 52 W January 29, 1990 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 31–16–5
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 53 L February 1, 1990 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 31–17–5 54 L February 3, 1990 1–2 New York Rangers (1989–90) 31–18–5 55 W February 4, 1990 3–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 32–18–5 56 W February 6, 1990 2–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 33–18–5 57 W February 8, 1990 5–1 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 34–18–5 58 L February 10, 1990 3–4 OT New York Islanders (1989–90) 34–19–5 59 L February 11, 1990 2–4 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 34–20–5 60 L February 14, 1990 2–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 34–21–5 61 W February 18, 1990 7–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 35–21–5 62 W February 20, 1990 5–3 @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 36–21–5 63 W February 22, 1990 6–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 37–21–5 64 W February 24, 1990 3–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 38–21–5 65 L February 26, 1990 1–6 @ New York Rangers (1989–90) 38–22–5
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 66 W March 1, 1990 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 39–22–5 67 W March 3, 1990 4–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 40–22–5 68 W March 4, 1990 4–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 41–22–5 69 W March 6, 1990 2–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 42–22–5 70 L March 8, 1990 4–10 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 42–23–5 71 T March 10, 1990 3–3 OT @ New York Islanders (1989–90) 42–23–6 72 W March 11, 1990 4–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 43–23–6 73 T March 15, 1990 3–3 OT Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 43–23–7 74 L March 17, 1990 4–5 Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 43–24–7 75 W March 22, 1990 7–3 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 44–24–7 76 L March 24, 1990 6–7 Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 44–25–7 77 W March 27, 1990 3–0 @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 45–25–7 78 W March 29, 1990 3–2 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 46–25–7 79 T March 31, 1990 2–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 46–25–8
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 80 T April 1, 1990 3–3 OT New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 46–25–9
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Cam Neely	RW	76	55	37	92	117	10	25	0	12
Ray Bourque	D	77	19	65	84	50	31	8	0	3
Craig Janney	C	55	24	38	62	4	3	11	0	5
Bobby Carpenter	C	80	25	31	56	97	-3	5	0	5
Bob Sweeney	C/RW	70	22	24	46	93	2	5	2	6
Andy Brickley	LW/C	43	12	28	40	8	11	6	0	1
John Carter	LW	76	17	22	39	26	17	2	1	1
Greg Hawgood	D	77	11	27	38	76	12	2	0	1
Glen Wesley	D	78	9	27	36	48	6	5	0	4
Garry Galley	D	71	8	27	35	75	2	1	0	0
Randy Burridge	LW	63	17	15	32	47	9	7	0	1
Dave Christian	RW	50	12	17	29	8	4	2	0	3
Bobby Gould	RW	77	8	17	25	92	-3	0	0	2
Dave Poulin	C	32	6	19	25	12	11	0	1	0
Ken Linseman	C	32	6	16	22	66	12	1	0	0
Jim Wiemer	D	61	5	14	19	63	11	0	0	1
Rob Cimetta	W	47	8	9	17	33	4	0	0	0
Brian Propp	LW	14	3	9	12	10	2	0	1	0
Peter Douris	RW	36	5	6	11	15	8	1	0	0
Lyndon Byers	RW	43	4	4	8	159	0	0	0	0
Don Sweeney	D	58	3	5	8	58	11	0	0	0
Mike Millar	RW	15	1	4	5	0	-2	0	0	0
Jarmo Kekalainen	LW	11	2	2	4	8	2	0	0	1
Stephane Quintal	D	38	2	2	4	22	-11	0	0	0
Bob Joyce	LW	23	1	2	3	22	-8	0	0	0
Nevin Markwart	LW	8	1	2	3	15	-2	1	0	0
Allen Pedersen	D	68	1	2	3	71	-5	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	46	0	3	3	18	0	0	0	0
Greg Johnston	RW	9	1	1	2	6	-1	0	0	0
Wes Walz	C	2	1	1	2	0	-1	1	0	0
Gord Kluzak	D	8	0	2	2	11	4	0	0	0
Michael Thelven	D	6	0	2	2	23	3	0	0	0
Bob Beers	D	3	0	1	1	6	2	0	0	0
Bill O'Dwyer	C	6	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
John Blum	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Lou Crawford	LW	7	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0
Ron Hoover	C	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Brian Lawton	LW	8	0	0	0	14	-4	0	0	0
Rejean Lemelin	G	43	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0
Ray Neufeld	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Shoebottom	D	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Graeme Townshend	RW	4	0	0	0	7	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Andy Moog	2536	46	24	10	7	122	2.89	3	1145	1023	.893
Rejean Lemelin	2310	43	22	15	2	108	2.81	2	1002	894	.892
Team:	4846	80	46	25	9	230	2.85	5	2147	1917	.893

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Cam Neely	RW	21	12	16	28	51	7	4	1	2
Craig Janney	C	18	3	19	22	2	3	1	0	2
Ray Bourque	D	17	5	12	17	16	11	1	0	0
Randy Burridge	LW	21	4	11	15	14	2	0	1	0
Dave Poulin	C	18	8	5	13	8	1	2	0	2
Brian Propp	LW	20	4	9	13	2	5	1	0	2
Bobby Carpenter	C	21	4	6	10	39	-3	2	0	1
John Carter	LW	21	6	3	9	45	0	0	1	0
Glen Wesley	D	21	2	6	8	36	6	0	0	1
Garry Galley	D	21	3	3	6	34	-8	1	0	2
Don Sweeney	D	21	1	5	6	18	-10	1	0	0
Dave Christian	RW	21	4	1	5	4	-6	1	0	0
Greg Hawgood	D	15	1	3	4	12	-9	1	0	0
John Byce	C	8	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Bob Beers	D	14	1	1	2	18	1	0	0	0
Bob Sweeney	C/RW	20	0	2	2	30	-7	0	0	0
Lyndon Byers	RW	17	1	0	1	12	-4	0	0	0
Greg Johnston	RW	5	1	0	1	4	-1	0	0	1
Peter Douris	RW	8	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Jim Wiemer	D	8	0	1	1	4	-4	0	0	0
Andy Brickley	LW/C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Crawford	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1
Bobby Gould	RW	17	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Rejean Lemelin	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	20	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Bill O'Dwyer	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Allen Pedersen	D	21	0	0	0	41	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Andy Moog	1195	20	13	7	44	2.21	2	486	442	.909
Rejean Lemelin	135	3	0	1	13	5.78	0	57	44	.772
Team:	1330	21	13	8	57	2.57	2	543	486	.895

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

Adams Division Semifinals

Boston Bruins vs. Hartford Whalers

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
Apr. 5	Hartford	4	Boston	3
Apr. 7	Hartford	1	Boston	3
Apr. 9	Boston	3	Hartford	5
Apr. 11	Boston	6	Hartford	5
Apr. 13	Hartford	2	Boston	3
Apr. 15	Boston	2	Hartford	3 (OT)
Apr. 17	Hartford	1	Boston	3
Boston wins best-of-seven series 4–3

Adams Division Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
Apr. 19	Montreal	0	Boston	1
Apr. 21	Montreal	4	Boston	5 (OT)
Apr. 23	Boston	6	Montreal	3
Apr. 25	Boston	1	Montreal	4
Apr. 27	Montreal	1	Boston	3
Boston wins best-of-seven series 4–1

Wales Conference Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Washington Capitals

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
May 3	Washington	3	Boston	5
May 5	Washington	0	Boston	3
May 7	Boston	4	Washington	1
May 9	Boston	3	Washington	2
Boston wins best-of-seven series 4–0

Stanley Cup finals

In Game 1, Petr Klima scored at 15:13 of the third overtime period to give the Oilers a 3–2 win; this game remains the longest in Stanley Cup Finals history (Longest NHL overtime games), edging both Brett Hull's cup-winner in 1999 and Igor Larionov's game-winner in 2002 by less than 30 seconds. In game five at the Boston Garden on May 24, the Oilers won 4–1. Craig Simpson scored the game-winning goal. Oilers goaltender Bill Ranford was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP.

Boston Bruins vs. Edmonton Oilers

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 15	Edmonton	3	Boston	2	3OT
May 18	Edmonton	7	Boston	2
May 20	Boston	2	Edmonton	1
May 22	Boston	1	Edmonton	5
May 24	Edmonton	4	Boston	1
Edmonton wins series 4–1 and Stanley Cup.

Awards and records

• Presidents Trophy
• Prince of Wales Trophy
• James Norris Memorial Trophy: Ray Bourque
• William M. Jennings Trophy: Rejean Lemelin/Andy Moog