The 1990-91 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 82nd season. The season saw the Montreal Canadiens being eliminated in the Adams Division finals by the Boston Bruins.
Video 1990-91 Montreal Canadiens season
Offseason
Co-Captain Chris Chelios was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Denis Savard, in August 1990. With Chelios' departure, Guy Carbonneau continued as Canadiens captain.
Mats Naslund resumes his playing career in Europe. Veteran forwards Brian Skrudland and Mike McPhee are named alternate captains.
NHL Draft
for more information visit 1991 NHL Entry Draft
Maps 1990-91 Montreal Canadiens season
Regular season
In terms of injuries, Patrick Roy missed the most games due to injury during the 90-91 season. Backup goalies Andre Racicot and Jean-Claude Bergeron appeared in 25 games.
- December 12, 1990: Petr Svoboda and Toronto Maple Leafs winger Wendel Clark fell on Patrick Roy's left knee. Roy suffered strained ligaments.
- January 27, 1991: Donald Dufresne checked Bruins right winger Graeme Townshend. He fell on Patrick Roy's left ankle. Roy suffered a ruptured ligament and missed fourteen games. Roy would re-injure the ankle on March 16.
The Canadiens finished the regular season as the league's most disciplined team, being short-handed only 282 times.
Final standings
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.
Divisions: PTK - Patrick, ADM - Adams
bold - Qualified for playoffs
Playoffs
The Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the Adams Division final by the Boston Bruins, four games to three.
Schedule and results
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
- Goaltending
Playoffs
- Scoring
- Goaltending
Transactions
- In November 1990, Brian Hayward was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for defenseman Jayson More.
References
- Canadiens on Hockey Database
- Canadiens on NHL Reference
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