1990-91 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-36-7 - 81 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 5-6
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-2
Division Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1
Coach: Terry Murray (37-36-7)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1990-91 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 37-36-7 - 81 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 5-6
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-2
Division Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1
Coach: Terry Murray (37-36-7)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1990-91 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1990-91 season with a record of 37 wins and 36 losses and 7 ties for 81 points, finishing third in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.
The Capitals netted 258 goals and conceded 258. Kevin Hatcher and Kelly Miller scored 24 goals for Washington each, while Kevin Hatcher and Michal Pivonka each contributed 50 assists. Don Beaupre topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.64 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Terry Murray coached the team. The 1990-91 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL division finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 79 | 24 | 50 | 74 | 69 | -10 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 267 | 9.0 |
| Mike Ridley | C | 79 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 155 | 14.8 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 79 | 20 | 50 | 70 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 172 | 11.6 |
| John Druce | R | 80 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 209 | 10.5 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 80 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 23 | -2 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 128 | 8.6 |
| Kelly Miller | L | 80 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 155 | 15.5 |
| Dale Hunter | C | 76 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 234 | -22 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 15.1 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 54 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 66 | -17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 186 | 11.3 |
| Stephen Leach | R | 68 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 99 | -9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 8.2 |
| Peter Bondra | R | 54 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 47 | -10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 12.6 |
| Dmitri Khristich | R | 40 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 21 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 16.9 |
| Mikhail Tatarinov | D | 65 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 82 | -4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 5.5 |
| Bob Rouse | D | 47 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 65 | -7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 |
| Nick Kypreos | L | 79 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 196 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 |
| Dave Tippett | L | 61 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 8.8 |
| Al Iafrate | D | 30 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 124 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 10.9 |
| Tim Bergland | R | 47 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12.2 |
| Peter Zezel | C | 20 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 10 | -13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 33.3 |
| Alan May | R | 67 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 264 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6.1 |
| Rod Langway | D | 56 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Bob Joyce | L | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| Mike Lalor | D | 68 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 61 | -23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.0 |
| Ken Sabourin | D | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Chris Felix | D | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Rob Murray | C | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Greenlaw | L | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Alfie Turcotte | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| John Purves | R | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Mark Ferner | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| John Kordic | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent Paynter | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hrivnak | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Liut | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Babcock | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Lovsin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Don Beaupre | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Maltais | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Reggie Savage | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Steve Seftel | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1529 | 258 | 452 | 710 | 1825 | -118 | 64 | 122 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 5 | 2370 | 10.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Beaupre | 45 | 2572 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 113 | 2.64 | 1095 | 982 | .897 |
| Mike Liut | 35 | 1834 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 3.73 | 786 | 672 | .855 |
| Jim Hrivnak | 9 | 432 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.61 | 226 | 200 | .885 |
| Totals | 89 | 4838 | 37 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 253 | 3.14 | 2360 | 2107 | .893 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 5.6 | |
| Mike Ridley | C | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 8.8 | |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 | |
| John Druce | R | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | |
| Calle Johansson | D | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 | |
| Kelly Miller | L | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14.8 | |
| Dale Hunter | C | 11 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 11.4 | |
| Stephen Leach | R | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Peter Bondra | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Dmitri Khristich | R | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Nick Kypreos | L | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Tippett | L | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | |
| Al Iafrate | D | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 3.8 | |
| Tim Bergland | R | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Alan May | R | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Rod Langway | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Lalor | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Ken Sabourin | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Jeff Greenlaw | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Kent Paynter | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Liut | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Beaupre | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Sheehy | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 211 | 29 | 53 | 82 | 326 | -26 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 378 | 7.7 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Beaupre | 11 | 624 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 2.79 | 294 | 265 | .901 |
| Mike Liut | 2 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.00 | 30 | 26 | .867 |
| Totals | 13 | 672 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 2.95 | 357 | 324 | .908 |
