1990–91 Buffalo Sabres season

1990–91 Buffalo Sabres
1990–91 Buffalo Sabres
Division	3rd Adams
1990–91 record	31–30–19
Team information
General manager	Gerry Meehan
Coach	Rick Dudley
Captain	Mike Foligno (Oct-Dec); Vacant (Dec-Jan) ; Mike Ramsey (Jan-Apr)
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Buffalo Sabres season was the 21st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	80	44	24	12	299	264	100
Montreal Canadiens	80	39	30	11	273	249	89
Buffalo Sabres	80	31	30	19	292	278	81
Hartford Whalers	80	31	38	11	238	276	73
Quebec Nordiques	80	16	50	14	236	354	46

^[2]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^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	ADM	80	44	24	12	299	264	100
2	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	80	39	30	11	273	249	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	80	41	33	6	342	305	88
4	New York Rangers	PTK	80	36	31	13	297	265	85
5	Washington Capitals	PTK	80	37	36	7	258	258	81
6	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	31	30	19	292	278	81
7	New Jersey Devils	PTK	80	32	33	15	272	264	79
8	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	80	33	37	10	252	267	76
9	Hartford Whalers	ADM	80	31	38	11	238	276	73
10	New York Islanders	PTK	80	25	45	10	223	290	60
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	16	50	14	236	354	46

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 4, 1990	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	0–0–1
2	L	October 6, 1990	5–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	0–1–1
3	L	October 10, 1990	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	0–2–1
4	L	October 12, 1990	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	0–3–1
5	T	October 13, 1990	4–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	0–3–2
6	L	October 17, 1990	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	0–4–2
7	T	October 19, 1990	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	0–4–3
8	W	October 20, 1990	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	1–4–3
9	L	October 25, 1990	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	1–5–3
10	W	October 27, 1990	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	2–5–3
11	W	October 28, 1990	5–0	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	3–5–3
12	T	October 31, 1990	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	3–5–4
13	W	November 3, 1990	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	4–5–4
14	W	November 4, 1990	2–1	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	5–5–4
15	L	November 7, 1990	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	5–6–4
16	W	November 9, 1990	7–1	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	6–6–4
17	W	November 10, 1990	4–2	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	7–6–4
18	L	November 14, 1990	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	7–7–4
19	L	November 16, 1990	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	7–8–4
20	T	November 17, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	7–8–5
21	T	November 21, 1990	5–5 OT	New York Rangers (1990–91)	7–8–6
22	W	November 23, 1990	3–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	8–8–6
23	L	November 26, 1990	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	8–9–6
24	W	November 28, 1990	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	9–9–6
25	L	December 1, 1990	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	9–10–6
26	T	December 2, 1990	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	9–10–7
27	W	December 6, 1990	4–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	10–10–7
28	L	December 7, 1990	3–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	10–11–7
29	L	December 9, 1990	2–3	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	10–12–7
30	L	December 11, 1990	3–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	10–13–7
31	L	December 14, 1990	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	10–14–7
32	L	December 16, 1990	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	10–15–7
33	W	December 18, 1990	4–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	11–15–7
34	L	December 20, 1990	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	11–16–7
35	W	December 23, 1990	10–3	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	12–16–7
36	T	December 26, 1990	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	12–16–8
37	W	December 28, 1990	5–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	13–16–8
38	T	December 29, 1990	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	13–16–9
39	W	December 31, 1990	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	14–16–9
40	W	January 2, 1991	5–4	New York Islanders (1990–91)	15–16–9
41	W	January 4, 1991	4–1	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	16–16–9
42	T	January 8, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	16–16–10
43	L	January 10, 1991	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	16–17–10
44	W	January 12, 1991	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	17–17–10
45	W	January 14, 1991	9–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	18–17–10
46	W	January 16, 1991	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	19–17–10
47	W	January 22, 1991	6–4	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	20–17–10
48	W	January 24, 1991	5–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	21–17–10
49	L	January 26, 1991	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	21–18–10
50	L	January 27, 1991	4–5	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	21–19–10
51	L	January 29, 1991	3–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	21–20–10
52	L	January 31, 1991	1–4	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	21–21–10
53	L	February 3, 1991	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	21–22–10
54	L	February 6, 1991	4–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	21–23–10
55	T	February 8, 1991	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	21–23–11
56	W	February 10, 1991	2–0	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	22–23–11
57	T	February 12, 1991	4–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	22–23–12
58	T	February 13, 1991	6–6 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	22–23–13
59	T	February 15, 1991	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	22–23–14
60	L	February 17, 1991	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	22–24–14
61	L	February 19, 1991	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	22–25–14
62	W	February 23, 1991	5–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	23–25–14
63	T	February 24, 1991	5–5 OT	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	23–25–15
64	T	February 26, 1991	1–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	23–25–16
65	W	February 28, 1991	5–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	24–25–16
66	W	March 2, 1991	7–4	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	25–25–16
67	T	March 6, 1991	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	25–25–17
68	L	March 8, 1991	3–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	25–26–17
69	L	March 10, 1991	5–7	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	25–27–17
70	L	March 12, 1991	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	25–28–17
71	W	March 13, 1991	6–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	26–28–17
72	L	March 16, 1991	4–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	26–29–17
73	W	March 17, 1991	6–1	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	27–29–17
74	W	March 20, 1991	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	28–29–17
75	L	March 23, 1991	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	28–30–17
76	W	March 24, 1991	6–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	29–30–17
77	W	March 26, 1991	4–2	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	30–30–17
78	T	March 28, 1991	4–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	30–30–18
79	T	March 30, 1991	5–5 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	30–30–19
80	W	March 31, 1991	5–2	Washington Capitals (1990–91)	31–30–19

Playoffs

1991 Stanley Cup playoffs

Montreal vs. Buffalo
Date	Away	Home
April 3	Buffalo 5	7 Montreal
April 5	Buffalo 4	5 Montreal
April 7	Montreal 4	5 Buffalo
April 9	Montreal 4	6 Buffalo
April 11	Buffalo 3	4 Montreal	OT
April 13	Montreal 5	1 Buffalo
Montreal wins series 4–2

Player statistics

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Buffalo's draft picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft held at the BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	14	Brad May	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
4	82	Brian McCarthy	United States	Pingree School (USHS-MA)
5	97	Richard Smehlik	Czechoslovakia	TJ Vitkovice (Czechoslovakia)
5	100	Todd Bojcun	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
5	103	Brad Pascall	Canada	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
7	142	Viktor Gordiuk	Soviet Union	Krylya Sovetov (USSR)
8	166	Milan Nedoma	Czechoslovakia	Zetor Brno (Czechoslovakia)
9	187	Jason Winch	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
10	208	Sylvain Naud	Canada	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
11	229	Ken Martin	United States	Belmont High School (USHS-MA)
12	250	Brad Rubachuk	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
S	24	Shane McFarlane	United States	University of North Dakota (WCHA)

Farm teams

References

^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1990–1991 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

[1] National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.

[nhl-gd-standings-2] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.

[3] "1990–1991 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

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