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Don Sweeney's 1990-1991 season

Points
21
NHL#274
Goals
8
NHL#242
Assists
13
NHL#269
Plus/minus
+2
NHL#192
Games
77
96%
96% of 80

Defenceman Don Sweeney was 24 years old when the 1990-1991 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 77 of a possible 80 games and scored 8 goals and 13 assists for 21 points, 0.27 points per game. In the playoffs he played 19 games for 3 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1990-1991Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Don Sweeney plays the 1990-1991 season for Boston Bruins

    Don was 24 years old when the 1990-1991 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHI1–4BOS
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE1–7BOS
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS5–2QUE
      W
      game 3/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–2WIN
      W
      game 4/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3MNS
      game 5/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–7LAK
      L
      game 6/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3VAN
      L
      game 7/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–8EDM
      L
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–8CGY
      L
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–4BOS
      W
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–5BOS
      W
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3BUF
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • November 1990
    • The game
      STL2–3BOS
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–1BOS
      L
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2NYR
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–0MTL
      W
      game 16/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3BOS
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3WSH
      W
      game 18/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3HFD
      L
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE0–6BOS
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      5
      points
      NHL#257
      1
      goals
      NHL#268
      4
      assists
      NHL#203
      -2
      +/-
      NHL#108
      BOS
      11-6-0W-L-OT25Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL1–1BOS
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–2TOR
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–3BOS
      L
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3HFD
      W
      game 24/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM2–4BOS
      W
      game 25/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • December 1990
    • The game
      NYR5–4BOS
      L
      game 26/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–4DET
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–4BOS
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–7MTL
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2BUF
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–1HFD
      W
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–8BOS
      W
      game 32/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–1BOS
      game 33/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–8NJD
      L
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4BOS
      W
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–6BOS
      W
      game 36/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–5NYR
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–3BUF
      game 38/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS0–6WIN
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4MNS
      game 40/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      12
      points
      NHL#247
      4
      goals
      NHL#234
      8
      assists
      NHL#221
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#50
      BOS
      20-12-0W-L-OT48Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN3–8BOS
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–3BOS
      L
      game 42/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–5BOS
      W
      game 43/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS2–4QUE
      L
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–5BOS
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–1BOS
      L
      game 46/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET1–6BOS
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–4NYI
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–5BOS
      W
      game 49/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–6BUF
      L
      game 50/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD0–3BOS
      W
      game 51/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CGY2–5BOS
      W
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–1MTL
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–5BOS
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      +4+/-0SOG
    • February 1991
    • The game
      BOS2–6PIT
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM5–6BOS
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CGY4–1BOS
      L
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–5BOS
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS7–4QUE
      W
      game 60/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8059 of 60 played
      18
      points
      NHL#238
      6
      goals
      NHL#243
      12
      assists
      NHL#220
      +7
      +/-
      NHL#45
      BOS
      34-18-0W-L-OT76Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS7–4MTL
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–4LAK
      W
      game 62/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS1–4CHI
      L
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–9STL
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–5BOS
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1991
    • The game
      BUF7–4BOS
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–1NJD
      W
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–6TOR
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL5–5BOS
      game 69/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR0–2BOS
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET5–3BOS
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–1PHI
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–1HFD
      game 74/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3WSH
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–4QUE
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5NYI
      L
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–7BOS
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Don Sweeney closes the 1990-1991 season with 21 points

    Points
    21
    NHL#274
    Games
    77of 80
    96%
    Goals
    8
    NHL#242
    Assists
    13
    NHL#269
    P/GP
    0.27
    NHL#325
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#192
    Events
    8
    career best in goals
    100
    NHL games
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Boston Bruins meet Hartford Whalers

    BOSvsHFD
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Hartford Whalers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      HFD5–2BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Hartford Whalerslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      HFD3–4BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withHartford Whalers
    • Game 3
      BOS6–3HFD
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 4
      BOS3–4HFD
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withHartford Whalers
    • Game 5
      HFD1–6BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 6
      BOS3–1HFD
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    First round

    Boston Bruins knock Hartford Whalers out 4–2

    BOS4–2HFD
    Advance
    6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    4 days later
    Second round

    Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens

    BOSvsMTL
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      MTL1–2BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL4–3BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      BOS3–2MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      BOS2–6MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL1–4BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      BOS2–3MTL
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • Boston Bruinsare3–3withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 7
      MTL1–2BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    Second round

    Boston Bruins knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–3

    BOS4–3MTL
    Advance
    7Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    2 days later
    Conference final

    Boston Bruins meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    BOSvsPIT
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 1
      PIT3–6BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT4–5BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      BOS1–4PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      BOS1–4PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT7–2BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      BOS3–5PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    Conference final

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    BOS2–4PIT
    Eliminated
    6Games2Points2Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Don Sweeney ends the 1990-1991 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#150
    Games
    19
    Goals
    3
    NHL#52
    Assists
    0
    NHL#252
    P/GP
    0.16
    NHL#119
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#277
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    HFD4–2→MTL4–3→PIT2–4