1989–90 Vancouver Canucks season

1989–90 Vancouver Canucks
1989–90 Vancouver Canucks
Division	5th Smythe
Conference	10th Campbell
1989–90 record	25–41–14
Home record	13–16–11
Road record	12–25–3
Goals for	245
Goals against	306
Team information
General manager	Pat Quinn
Coach	Bob McCammon
Captain	Stan Smyl
Alternate captains	Paul Reinhart; Garth Butcher; Rich Sutter; Doug Lidster; Larry Melnyk
Arena	Pacific Coliseum
Average attendance	15,417
Team leaders
Goals	Greg Adams (30)
Assists	Paul Reinhart (40)
Points	Paul Reinhart (57)
Penalty minutes	Ronnie Stern (208)
Wins	Kirk McLean (21)
Goals against average	Kirk McLean (3.87)

The 1989–90 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 20th in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Calgary Flames	80	42	23	15	348	265	99
Edmonton Oilers	80	38	28	14	315	283	90
Winnipeg Jets	80	37	32	11	298	290	85
Los Angeles Kings	80	34	39	7	338	337	75
	80	25	41	14	245	306	64

^[1]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.

Campbell Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Calgary Flames	SMY	80	42	23	15	348	265	99
2	Edmonton Oilers	SMY	80	38	28	14	315	283	90
3	Chicago Blackhawks	NRS	80	41	33	6	316	294	88
4	Winnipeg Jets	SMY	80	37	32	11	298	290	85
5	St. Louis Blues	NRS	80	37	34	9	295	279	83
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	NRS	80	38	38	4	337	358	80
7	Minnesota North Stars	NRS	80	36	40	4	284	291	76
8	Los Angeles Kings	SMY	80	34	39	7	338	337	75
9	Detroit Red Wings	NRS	80	28	38	14	288	323	70
10		SMY	80	25	41	14	245	306	64

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Smythe Division

1989–90 NHL records^[3]
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
Calgary	—	4–3–1	4–3–1	5–1–2	3–5	16–12–4
Edmonton	3–4–1	—	4–2–2	6–1–1	5–3	18–10–4
Los Angeles	3–4–1	2–4–2	—	4–2–2	2–5–1	11–15–6
	1–5–2	1–6–1	2–4–2	—	2–3–3	6–18–8
Winnipeg	5–3	3–5	5–2–1	3–3–2	—	16–13–3

Vs. Norris Division

1989–90 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
Calgary	2–0–1	1–2	2–1	2–0–1	2–1	9–4–2
Edmonton	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–0–1	1–2	8–6–1
Los Angeles	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	7–8–0
	1–2	1–1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	6–8–1
Winnipeg	1–2	1–1–1	1–2	1–1–1	2–0–1	6–6–3

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Adams Division

1989–90 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
Calgary	1–1–1	1–1–1	2–0–1	1–2	1–0–2	6–4–5
Edmonton	0–2–1	2–1	0–1–2	1–1–1	3–0	6–5–4
Los Angeles	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1–1	3–0	7–7–1
	2–1	0–2–1	1–2	1–2	0–2–1	4–9–2
Winnipeg	1–1–1	0–3	2–1	1–1–1	2–1	6–7–2

Vs. Patrick Division

1989–90 NHL records
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
Calgary	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1–1	2–0–1	0–1–2	11–3–4
Edmonton	0–1–2	1–0–2	0–2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	6–7–5
Los Angeles	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	3–0	9–9–0
	3–0	1–2	0–3	1–0–2	2–1	2–0–1	9–6–3
Winnipeg	2–1	1–2	1–1–1	2–1	0–2–1	3–0	9–7–2

Schedule and results

1989–90 regular season^[4]

October

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1989	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	0–1–0
2	W	October 7, 1989	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	1–1–0
3	L	October 9, 1989	2–5	New York Islanders (1989–90)	1–2–0
4	W	October 11, 1989	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	2–2–0
5	L	October 13, 1989	5–6	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	2–3–0
6	W	October 15, 1989	7–6	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	3–3–0
7	L	October 18, 1989	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	3–4–0
8	W	October 20, 1989	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	4–4–0
9	W	October 21, 1989	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	5–4–0
10	L	October 23, 1989	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	5–5–0
11	T	October 27, 1989	5–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	5–5–1
12	W	October 28, 1989	4–3	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	6–5–1
13	W	October 31, 1989	4–3	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	7–5–1

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
14	L	November 3, 1989	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	7–6–1
15	W	November 5, 1989	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	8–6–1
16	L	November 8, 1989	2–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	8–7–1
17	L	November 10, 1989	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	8–8–1
18	L	November 11, 1989	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	8–9–1
19	T	November 14, 1989	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	8–9–2
20	W	November 16, 1989	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	9–9–2
21	T	November 19, 1989	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	9–9–3
22	L	November 21, 1989	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	9–10–3
23	L	November 25, 1989	4–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	9–11–3
24	T	November 26, 1989	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	9–11–4
25	L	November 29, 1989	2–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	9–12–4

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
26	L	December 1, 1989	3–4	New York Rangers (1989–90)	9–13–4
27	W	December 3, 1989	6–5	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	10–13–4
28	L	December 6, 1989	4–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	10–14–4
29	L	December 9, 1989	4–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	10–15–4
30	L	December 10, 1989	1–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	10–16–4
31	W	December 12, 1989	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	11–16–4
32	T	December 13, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	11–16–5
33	T	December 15, 1989	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	11–16–6
34	T	December 17, 1989	2–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	11–16–7
35	L	December 19, 1989	1–2	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	11–17–7
36	L	December 20, 1989	1–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	11–18–7
37	L	December 23, 1989	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	11–19–7
38	W	December 27, 1989	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	12–19–7
39	T	December 31, 1989	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	12–19–8

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
40	L	January 2, 1990	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	12–20–8
41	L	January 4, 1990	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	12–21–8
42	W	January 5, 1990	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	13–21–8
43	L	January 7, 1990	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	13–22–8
44	L	January 10, 1990	1–3	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	13–23–8
45	L	January 12, 1990	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	13–24–8
46	L	January 13, 1990	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	13–25–8
47	L	January 16, 1990	0–3	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	13–26–8
48	W	January 18, 1990	3–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	14–26–8
49	L	January 19, 1990	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	14–27–8
50	T	January 23, 1990	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	14–27–9
51	L	January 26, 1990	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	14–28–9
52	L	January 27, 1990	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	14–29–9
53	L	January 30, 1990	2–7	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	14–30–9

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
54	L	February 1, 1990	3–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	14–31–9
55	L	February 2, 1990	1–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	14–32–9
56	W	February 4, 1990	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	15–32–9
57	W	February 6, 1990	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	16–32–9
58	W	February 9, 1990	4–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	17–32–9
59	W	February 11, 1990	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	18–32–9
60	L	February 13, 1990	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	18–33–9
61	L	February 14, 1990	1–10	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	18–34–9
62	T	February 16, 1990	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	18–34–10
63	L	February 18, 1990	2–7	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	18–35–10
64	L	February 20, 1990	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	18–36–10
65	W	February 24, 1990	6–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	19–36–10
66	W	February 26, 1990	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	20–36–10
67	T	February 28, 1990	7–7 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	20–36–11

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
68	L	March 3, 1990	1–5	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	20–37–11
69	L	March 4, 1990	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	20–38–11
70	T	March 9, 1990	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	20–38–12
71	W	March 11, 1990	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	21–38–12
72	L	March 13, 1990	0–1	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	21–39–12
73	W	March 15, 1990	6–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	22–39–12
74	W	March 17, 1990	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	23–39–12
75	L	March 18, 1990	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	23–40–12
76	T	March 20, 1990	4–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	23–40–13
77	W	March 23, 1990	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	24–40–13
78	T	March 25, 1990	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	24–40–14
79	L	March 27, 1990	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	24–41–14
80	W	March 31, 1990	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	25–41–14

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Paul Reinhart	67	17	40	57	2	30
Trevor Linden	73	21	30	51	-17	43
Greg Adams	65	30	20	50	-8	18
Brian Bradley	67	19	29	48	5	65
Petri Skriko	77	15	33	48	-21	36

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Kirk McLean	63	3739	21	30	10	216	0	.880	3.28
Steve Weeks	21	1142	4	11	4	79	0	.873	4.15

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1989 NHL entry draft in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Jason Herter (D)	Canada	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
2	29	Robert Woodward (LW)	United States	Deerfield Academy (USS)
4	71	Brett Hauer (D)	United States	Richfield High School (USS)
6	113	Pavel Bure (RW)	Soviet Union	CSKA Moscow (Soviet Hockey League)
7	134	James Revenberg (RW)	Canada	Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)
8	155	Robert Sangster (LW)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
9	176	Sandy Moger (RW)	Canada	Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
10	197	Gus Morschauser (G)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
11	218	Hayden O'Rear (D)	United States	Lathrop High School (Alaska)
12	239	Darcy Cahill (C)	Canada	Cornwall Royals (OHL)
12	248	Jan Bergman (D)	Sweden	Södertälje SK (Elitserien)
S	13	Jeff Napierala (RW)	United States	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)

Farm teams

Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)

References

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1989-1990 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1989-90 Vancouver Canucks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2025.

[nhl-gd-standings-1] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.

[2] "1989-1990 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[3] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-4] "1989-90 Vancouver Canucks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2025.

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