1990–91 Calgary Flames season – Wikipedia

NHL team season

The 1990–91 Calgary Flames season was the 11th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The Flames entered the season with a new coach, as they replaced Terry Crisp with Doug Risebrough. Crisp coached 277 games with the Flames over three years, and his .669 regular season winning percentage remains a Flames record.^[1]

The Los Angeles Kings ended the Flames three-year run at the top of the Smythe Division standings, finishing two points ahead of Calgary. The Flames finished 4th overall in the NHL^[2] Calgary’s 344 goals led the NHL, the second time the Flames led the league in scoring. In the playoffs, Calgary met the defending champion Edmonton Oilers in the first round. Despite finishing 20 points ahead of Edmonton, the Flames fell to the Oilers in seven games.

Four Flames represented the Campbell Conference at the 1991 All-Star Game: forward Theoren Fleury, defencemen Al MacInnis and Gary Suter and goaltender Mike Vernon. Additionally, MacInnis was named to the first All-Star team for the second season in a row.^[3]

Fleury’s 51 goals tied him for 2nd in league scoring, behind Brett Hull’s 86. Fleury (104) and MacInnis (103) placed 8th and 9th respectively in league point scoring, with MacInnis leading the league in scoring by a defenceman. MacInnis also placed 3rd in the league in assists.^[4]

In an 8-4 Flames’ road win over the St. Louis Blues on March 9, 1991, Theoren Fleury scored three short-handed goals.^[5]

Regular season[edit]

For the second consecutive season, the Flames led the league in scoring (344 goals for), power-play goals scored (91: tied with the New York Rangers) and power-play percentage, with 23.70% (91 for 384).^[6]

Season standings[edit]

^[7]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: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

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

Schedule and results[edit]

1990–91 Game Log
October: 9–4–0 (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 1 [October 4 Vancouver 2 – 3 Calgary OT 1–0–0 2 2 October 6 Toronto 1 – 4 Calgary 2–0–0 4 3 October 8 Calgary 4 – 3 Winnipeg 3–0–0 6 4 October 10 Calgary 5 – 6 Detroit OT 3–1–0 6 5 October 13 Calgary 3 – 5 New Jersey 3–2–0 6 6 October 14 Calgary 3 – 1 Chicago 4–2–0 8 7 October 18 St. Louis Blues 4 – 3 Calgary 4–3–0 8 8 October 20 Boston 1 – 8 Calgary 5–3–0 10 9 October 21 Calgary 2 – 1 Edmonton 6–3–0 12 10 October 23 Calgary 4 – 6 Los Angeles 6–4–0 12 11 October 25 Edmonton 2 – 4 Calgary 7–4–0 14 12 October 27 Washington 4 – 9 Calgary 8–4–0 16 13 October 30 New Jersey 3 – 6 Calgary 9–4–0 18
November: 5–5–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 3–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 14 November 1 Winnipeg 1 – 3 Calgary 10–4–0 20 15 November 3 Calgary 7 – 3 Toronto 11–4–0 22 16 November 4 Calgary 1 – 2 Buffalo 11–5–0 22 17 November 6 Calgary 5 – 6 Pittsburgh 11–6–0 22 18 November 8 Calgary 8 – 2 Philadelphia 12–6–0 24 19 November 10 Calgary 1 – 5 NY Islanders 12–7–0 24 20 November 11 Calgary 4 – 4 NY Rangers OT 12–7–1 25 21 November 15 NY Islanders 4 – 3 Calgary OT 12–8–1 25 22 November 17 Buffalo 3 – 3 Calgary OT 12–8–2 26 23 November 19 Calgary 6 – 4 Vancouver 13–8–2 28 24 November 22 Los Angeles 3 – 6 Calgary 14–8–2 30 25 November 24 Chicago 5 – 3 Calgary 14–9–2 30 26 November 28 Calgary 2 – 2 Winnipeg OT 14–9–3 31
December: 8–5–1 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 27 December 1 Calgary 5 – 3 Montreal 15–9–3 33 28 December 2 Calgary 5 – 5 Quebec OT 15–9–4 34 29 December 5 NY Rangers 1 – 4 Calgary 16–9–4 36 30 December 7 Quebec 5 – 3 Calgary 16–10–4 36 31 December 9 Calgary 3 – 2 Edmonton 17–10–4 38 32 December 11 Calgary 5 – 4 Minnesota 18–10–4 40 33 December 13 Calgary 4 – 1 Winnipeg 19–10–4 42 34 December 16 Calgary 5 – 1 Vancouver 20–10–4 44 35 December 18 Vancouver 3 – 2 Calgary 20–11–4 44 36 December 20 Los Angeles 4 – 3 Calgary OT 20–12–4 44 37 December 22 Edmonton 6 – 2 Calgary 20–13–4 44 38 December 27 Calgary 1 – 4 Edmonton 20–14–4 44 39 December 29 Hartford 2 – 8 Calgary 21–14–4 46 40 December 31 Montreal 2 – 7 Calgary 22–14–4 48
January: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 2–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 41 January 2 Calgary 3 – 3 Winnipeg OT 22–14–5 49 42 January 5 Detroit 0 – 7 Calgary 23–14–5 51 43 January 8 Calgary 5 – 3 Toronto 24–14–5 53 44 January 10 Calgary 1 – 5 Pittsburgh 24–15–5 53 45 January 11 Calgary 2 – 4 Washington 24–16–5 53 46 January 13 Calgary 3 – 4 Winnipeg 24–17–5 53 47 January 15 Winnipeg 5 – 7 Calgary 25–17–5 55 48 January 22 Calgary 3 – 4 Philadelphia 25–18–5 55 49 January 23 Calgary 4 – 5 Hartford 25–19–5 55 50 January 26 Calgary 2 – 5 Boston 25–20–5 55 51 January 27 Calgary 5 – 4 Buffalo 26–20–5 57 52 January 30 NY Rangers 1 – 5 Calgary 27–20–5 59
February: 8–2–2 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 53 February 2 Chicago 1 – 3 Calgary 28–20–5 61 54 February 5 Calgary 1 – 2 New Jersey 28–21–5 61 55 February 7 Calgary 4 – 1 Boston 29–21–5 63 56 February 9 Calgary 5 – 2 Hartford 30–21–5 65 57 February 12 Calgary 4 – 4 Los Angeles OT 30–21–6 66 58 February 15 Washington 2 – 8 Calgary 31–21–6 68 59 February 17 St. Louis 4 – 7 Calgary 32–21–6 70 60 February 19 Detroit 4 – 4 Calgary OT 32–21–7 71 61 February 21 Vancouver 4 – 6 Calgary 33–21–7 73 62 February 23 Quebec 8 – 10 Calgary 34–21–7 75 63 February 25 Calgary 2 – 4 Vancouver 34–22–7 75 64 February 27 Edmonton 2 – 4 Calgary 35–22–7 77
March: 11–4–1 (Home: 9–1–1; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 65 March 1 Pittsburgh 2 – 6 Calgary 36–22–7 79 66 March 2 Minnesota 1 – 5 Calgary 37–22–7 81 67 March 4 Montreal 2 – 3 Calgary OT 38–22–7 83 68 March 7 Philadelphia 2 – 4 Calgary 39–22–7 85 69 March 9 Calgary 8 – 4 St. Louis 40–22–7 87 70 March 10 Calgary 3 – 7 Minnesota 40–23–7 87 71 March 12 Winnipeg 3 – 5 Calgary 41–23–7 89 72 March 14 NY Islanders 2 – 4 Calgary 42–23–7 91 73 March 16 Los Angeles 4 – 3 Calgary 42–24–7 91 74 March 18 Winnipeg 3 – 4 Calgary OT 43–24–7 93 75 March 20 Calgary 3 – 2 Vancouver 44–24–7 95 76 March 23 Calgary 4 – 8 Los Angeles 44–25–7 95 77 March 26 Vancouver 2 – 7 Calgary 45–25–7 97 78 March 28 Edmonton 4 – 4 Calgary 45–25–8 98 79 March 29 Calgary 5 – 6 Edmonton OT 45–26–8 98 80 March 31 Los Angeles 3 – 5 Calgary 46–26–8 100

Playoffs[edit]

The Flames met their arch-rivals, the defending Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the playoffs. Despite finishing 20 points ahead of Edmonton in the regular season, the Flames fell to the Oilers in seven games. Calgary’s game six victory featured Theoren Fleury’s memorable dash down the length of the ice following his overtime winning goal. It was the last time the rivals met in the playoffs, until 2022.

1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Smythe Division semi-final vs. Edmonton Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Series 1 April 4 Edmonton 3 – 1 Calgary 20,176 Edmonton leads 1–0 2 April 6 Edmonton 1 – 3 Calgary 20,176 Series tied 1–1 3 April 8 Calgary 3 – 4 Edmonton 17,242 Edmonton leads 2–1 4 April 10 Calgary 2 – 5 Edmonton 17,503 Edmonton leads 3–1 5 April 12 Edmonton 3 – 5 Calgary 20,176 Edmonton leads 3–2 6 April 14 Calgary 2 – 1 Edmonton OT 17,503 Series tied 3–3 7 April 16 Edmonton 5 – 4 Calgary OT 20,176 Edmonton wins 4–3

Player statistics[edit]

Skaters[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

^‡Traded mid-season

Goaltenders[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Rick Wamsley	31		29	1670	14	7	5	85	0	3.05		1	2	0	0	1	0	30.00
Mike Vernon	30		54	3121	31	19	3	172	1	3.31		7	427	3	4	21	0	2.95
Steve Guenette	1		1	60	1	0	0	4	0	4.00		–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Transactions[edit]

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1990–91 season.

Trades[edit]

Free Agents[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

Calgary’s picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, held in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[9]

See also[edit]

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