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1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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Division
  
3rd Norris

1989–90 record
  
38–38–4

Road record
  
14–24–2

Conference
  
6th Campbell

Home record
  
24–14–2

Goals for
  
337

The Maple Leafs had their first non-losing season since the 1978–79 NHL season. Gary Leeman became the second member of the Maple Leafs to score 50 goals in one season.

Contents

Offseason

Newly acquired defenceman Rob Ramage, is named team captain. Ramage assumes a role that has been vacant for three seasons.

Regular season

On the Power Play, the Maple Leafs scored 81 goals on 348 advantages for a 23.3% success rate. This ranked 4th overall in the NHL. The Maple Leafs allowed 17 shorthanded goals on 348 advantages, which ranked 20th in the league. Against the Power Play, the Maple Leafs allowed 89 goals on 408 advantages which ranked 15th in the league. The Maple Leafs managed to score 16 Short Handed Goals, which was 3rd best in the league. Dave Reid was influential by scoring four shorthanded goals.

Ed Olczyk reached 30 goals for the third straight year. Olczyk tied a Maple Leafs scoring record by scoring at least 1 point in 18 consecutive games. It was the NHL's third longest scoring streak of the season. The streak was snapped on January 10 in a game against the New York Islanders. During the streak, Olczyk had 11 goals and 17 assists.

Season 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: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Regular season

Scoring
Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring
Goaltending

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
 Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1989-90 season.

Awards and records

  • Fewest Ties in One Season, 4 ties
  • Most Goals Scored in One Season, 337 goals
  • Most Penalty Minutes in One Season, 2,419 penalty minutes
  • Gary Leeman, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
  • Al Iafrate, Defense, NHL All-Star Game

    • References

    1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs season Wikipedia
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