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1989-90 Results

After the surge the Vancouver Canucks experienced the year before, this season was a letdown. In the off-season, the Canucks brought Soviets Igor Larionov and Vladimir Krutov to Vancouver. While Larionov performed well, Krutov was unable to adjust to the Canadian way of life. Almost everyone on the team had an off-season. Dan Quinn won the scoring title with 60 points -- the lowest total for a Canuck team leader since 1978-79 -- even though half of those points came while he was with the Penguins. Defenseman Paul Reinhart was second in scoring. The Canucks missed the playoffs.

Regular Season

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L  T  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES         
OCT  5  H  EDMONTON     1-4 L     1  0  1  0   1   4   0 0.000 Sutter scores lone goal        
OCT  7  H  DETROIT      5-3 W     2  1  1  0   6   7   2 0.500 Krutov scores first NHL goals  
OCT  9  H  NY ISLANDERS 2-5 L     3  1  2  0   8  12   2 0.333 Skriko opens scoring in second 
OCT 11  A  EDMONTON     5-2 W     4  2  2  0  13  14   4 0.500 Reinhart records three points  
OCT 13  H  LOS ANGELES  5-6 L     5  2  3  0  18  20   4 0.400 Adams, Larionov two goals each 
OCT 15  H  BOSTON       7-6 W     6  3  3  0  25  26   6 0.500 Stanley scores winner late     
OCT 18  A  TORONTO      3-4 L     7  3  4  0  28  30   6 0.429 Lidster scores on his birthday 
OCT 20  A  NEW JERSEY   3-2 W     8  4  4  0  31  32   8 0.500 Rich Sutter scores all three   
OCT 21  A  NY ISLANDERS 2-1 W     9  5  4  0  33  33  10 0.556 Linden gets winner in third    
OCT 23  A  NY RANGERS   3-5 L    10  5  5  0  36  38  10 0.500 Larionov records two points    
OCT 27  A  CALGARY      5-5 T OT 11  5  5  1  41  43  11 0.500 Canucks trail 3-1, lead 5-3    
OCT 28  H  CALGARY      4-3 W    12  6  5  1  45  46  13 0.542 Adams scores a pair of goals   
OCT 31  H  NEW JERSEY   4-3 W    13  7  5  1  49  49  15 0.577 Bozek scores winner late       
NOV  3  H  WINNIPEG     2-3 L    14  7  6  1  51  52  15 0.536 Larionov in on both goals      
NOV  5  H  PITTSBURGH   5-3 W    15  8  6  1  56  55  17 0.567 Sandlak scores two, winner     
NOV  8  A  WINNIPEG     2-3 L OT 16  8  7  1  58  58  17 0.531 Lidster, Sandlak score         
NOV 10  A  BUFFALO      2-4 L    17  8  8  1  60  62  17 0.500 Adams, Butcher score           
NOV 11  A  QUEBEC       2-3 L    18  8  9  1  62  65  17 0.472 Krutov, Adams score            
NOV 14  H  WASHINGTON   4-4 T OT 19  8  9  2  66  69  18 0.474 Canucks trail 4-2 in second    
NOV 16  H  CHICAGO      4-3 W    20  9  9  2  70  72  20 0.500 Bradley records two points     
NOV 19  H  BUFFALO      2-2 T OT 21  9  9  3  72  74  21 0.500 Larionov in on both goals      
NOV 21  A  EDMONTON     3-4 L    22  9 10  3  75  78  21 0.477 Game tied at three in third    
NOV 25  A  LOS ANGELES  4-7 L    23  9 11  3  79  85  21 0.457 King Robitaille gets hat trick 
NOV 26  H  LOS ANGELES  3-3 T OT 24  9 11  4  82  88  22 0.458 McLean plays 100th game        
NOV 29  H  TORONTO      2-3 L OT 25  9 12  4  84  91  22 0.440 McLean faces 40 shots          
DEC  1  H  NY RANGERS   3-4 L    26  9 13  4  87  95  22 0.423 Lenardon makes Canuck debut    
DEC  3  H  MINNESOTA    6-5 W    27 10 13  4  93 100  24 0.444 Linden records four points     
DEC  6  A  LOS ANGELES  4-5 L OT 28 10 14  4  97 105  24 0.429 Tanti scores a pair of goals   
DEC  9  A  ST. LOUIS    4-6 L    29 10 15  4 101 111  24 0.414 Adams has a three point night  
DEC 10  A  CHICAGO      1-7 L    30 10 16  4 102 118  24 0.400 Adams misses on penalty shot   
DEC 12  A  MINNESOTA    4-2 W    31 11 16  4 106 120  26 0.419 Pederson records three points  
DEC 13  A  WINNIPEG     3-3 T OT 32 11 16  5 109 123  27 0.422 Reinhart ties game in third    
DEC 15  H  WINNIPEG     3-3 T OT 33 11 16  6 112 126  28 0.424 Adams in on all three goals    
DEC 17  H  QUEBEC       2-2 T OT 34 11 16  7 114 128  29 0.426 Tanti scores both goals        
DEC 19  H  CALGARY      1-2 L    35 11 17  7 115 130  29 0.414 Butcher scores lone goal       
DEC 20  A  CALGARY      1-2 L OT 36 11 18  7 116 132  29 0.403 Sandlak nets lone marker       
DEC 23  A  LOS ANGELES  1-4 L    37 11 19  7 117 136  29 0.392 Skriko gets the goal tonight   
DEC 27  H  MONTREAL     2-1 W    38 12 19  7 119 137  31 0.408 Weeks' shutout lasts 59:58     
DEC 31  H  PHILADELPHIA 2-2 T OT 39 12 19  8 121 139  32 0.410 Bradley, Sutter get goals      
JAN  2  A  DETROIT      1-4 L    40 12 20  8 122 143  32 0.400 Tanti only Canuck to score     
JAN  4  A  PITTSBURGH   3-4 L    41 12 21  8 125 147  32 0.390 Adams fractures cheekbone      
JAN  5  A  WASHINGTON   5-2 W    42 13 21  8 130 149  34 0.405 Skriko records three points    
JAN  7  A  MONTREAL     3-5 L    43 13 22  8 133 154  34 0.395 Last game as Canuck for Tanti  
JAN 10  H  HARTFORD     1-3 L    44 13 23  8 134 157  34 0.386 McBain and Quinn debut         
JAN 12  H  ST. LOUIS    2-5 L    45 13 24  8 136 162  34 0.378 Lidster assists on both goals  
JAN 13  H  BUFFALO      3-5 L    46 13 25  8 139 167  34 0.370 Daryl Stanley injures finger   
JAN 16  A  NY ISLANDERS 0-3 L    47 13 26  8 139 170  34 0.362 Canucks fire 51 shots at Isles 
JAN 18  A  PHILADELPHIA 3-2 W OT 48 14 26  8 142 172  36 0.375 Quinn scores in overtime       
JAN 19  A  CHICAGO      2-5 L    49 14 27  8 144 177  36 0.367 Canucks down 5-0 in third      
JAN 23  H  LOS ANGELES  3-3 T OT 50 14 27  9 147 180  37 0.370 Canucks up 3-1 after first     
JAN 26  H  MINNESOTA    3-6 L    51 14 28  9 150 186  37 0.363 Kevan Guy scores rare goal     
JAN 27  A  EDMONTON     2-6 L    52 14 29  9 152 192  37 0.356 Bradley, Linden score          
JAN 30  H  CALGARY      2-7 L    53 14 30  9 154 199  37 0.349 Canucks up 2-0 in first        
FEB  1  A  CALGARY      3-4 L OT 54 14 31  9 157 203  37 0.343 Quinn scores a pair of goals   
FEB  2  A  WINNIPEG     1-8 L    55 14 32  9 158 211  37 0.336 Quinn scores lone goal         
FEB  4  H  NEW JERSEY   4-2 W    56 15 32  9 162 213  39 0.348 Capuano scores first NHL goal  
FEB  6  H  WINNIPEG     5-3 W    57 16 32  9 167 216  41 0.360 Bozek scores last two goals    
FEB  9  A  HARTFORD     4-1 W    58 17 32  9 171 217  43 0.371 Murphy gets winner in third    
FEB 11  A  BOSTON       4-2 W    59 18 32  9 175 219  45 0.381 Sandlak scores game winner     
FEB 13  A  QUEBEC       3-5 L    60 18 33  9 178 224  45 0.375 Reinhart records two points    
FEB 14  A  MONTREAL     1-10L    61 18 34  9 179 234  45 0.369 Valentine's Day Massacre       
FEB 16  H  EDMONTON     2-2 T OT 62 18 34 10 181 236  46 0.371 Lidster in one both goals      
FEB 18  H  BOSTON       2-7 L    63 18 35 10 183 243  46 0.365 Adams, Bradley score in second 
FEB 20  H  EDMONTON     2-4 L    64 18 36 10 185 247  46 0.359 Sandlak, Linden score          
FEB 24  A  LOS ANGELES  6-4 W    65 19 36 10 191 251  48 0.369 Dan Quinn gets the hat trick   
FEB 26  H  TORONTO      5-2 W    66 20 36 10 196 253  50 0.379 McLean makes 28 saves          
FEB 28  H  PHILADELPHIA 7-7 T OT 67 20 36 11 203 260  51 0.381 Linden records 100th point     
MAR  3  A  CALGARY      1-5 L    68 20 37 11 204 265  51 0.375 Reinhart scores lone goal      
MAR  4  A  EDMONTON     3-6 L    69 20 38 11 207 271  51 0.370 Oiler Gelinas gets hat trick   
MAR  9  H  CALGARY      4-4 T OT 70 20 38 12 211 275  52 0.371 Plavsic, Lumme debut as Canucks
MAR 11  H  PITTSBURGH   5-3 W    71 21 38 12 216 278  54 0.380 Krutov scores the game winner  
MAR 13  H  HARTFORD     0-1 L    72 21 39 12 216 279  54 0.375 McLean makes 18 saves in loss  
MAR 15  A  ST. LOUIS    6-5 W OT 73 22 39 12 222 284  56 0.384 Canucks trail 5-3 late in third
MAR 17  A  WASHINGTON   3-1 W    74 23 39 12 225 285  58 0.392 McLean wins 50th game as Canuck
MAR 18  A  NY RANGERS   2-5 L    75 23 40 12 227 290  58 0.387 Eliminated from playoff race   
MAR 20  A  DETROIT      4-4 T OT 76 23 40 13 231 294  59 0.388 Greg Adams records three points
MAR 23  A  WINNIPEG     4-2 W    77 24 40 13 235 296  61 0.396 Adams has another three pointer
MAR 25  H  WINNIPEG     3-3 T OT 78 24 40 14 238 299  62 0.397 Canucks trail 3-0 late in third
MAR 27  H  EDMONTON     1-4 L    79 24 41 14 239 303  62 0.392 Lumme scores lone goal         
MAR 31  H  LOS ANGELES  6-3 W    80 25 41 14 245 306  64 0.400 Bradley records 100th point    

                  Canucks finish fifth in Smythe Division (out of the playoffs)