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Tom Barrasso's 1990-1991 season

Wins
27
NHL#5
Save pct
.896
NHL#17
GAA
3.59
NHL#41
Shutouts
1
NHL#12
Games
48
60%
60% of 80

Goaltender Tom Barrasso was 25 years old when the 1990-1991 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 48 games and won 27 of them, at .896. The season ended with Tom Barrasso winning the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh Penguins against Minnesota North Stars.

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

1990-1991Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Tom Barrasso plays the 1990-1991 season for Pittsburgh Penguins

    Tom was 25 years old when the 1990-1991 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PIT7–4WSH
      W
      game 1/801
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .833
    • The game
      NJD4–7PIT
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .840
    • The game
      PIT1–4CHI
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .871
    • The game
      PHI5–1PIT
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .848
    • The game
      NYR4–3PIT
      L
      game 8/801
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA59:55TOIL
      .889
    • The game
      MTL5–4PIT
      L
      game 9/80
      His night
      .868SV%
      33SV38SA5GA58:54TOIL
      .868
    • The game
      PIT5–7NJD
      L
      game 11/802
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA40:00TOI
      .871
    • November 1990
    • The game
      CGY5–6PIT
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      .963SV%in relief
      26SV27SA1GA40:00TOIW
      in relief
    • The game
      STL3–2PIT
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA59:34TOIL
      .921
    • The game
      PIT3–3BOS
      game 17/80
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA65:00TOI
      .921
    • The game
      PIT6–4WIN
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      .913SV%
      42SV46SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .913
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8010 of 20 started
      4
      wins
      NHL#21
      .888
      SV%
      NHL#18
      3.9
      GAA
      NHL#28
      PIT
      10-8-0W-L-OT22Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI5–4PIT
      L
      game 21/802
      His night
      .833SV%
      25SV30SA5GA59:00TOIL
      .833
    • The game
      HFD6–4PIT
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      .833SV%
      25SV30SA5GA59:54TOIL
      .833
    • December 1990
    • The game
      PIT9–4NYR
      W
      game 27/80
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .889
    • The game
      DET1–4PIT
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      .976SV%
      40SV41SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .976
    • The game
      WIN2–9PIT
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      PIT4–3NYI
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • The game
      PIT7–3WSH
      W
      game 39/801
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
    • The game
      DET0–5PIT
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8018 of 40 started
      10
      wins
      NHL#11
      .897
      SV%
      NHL#12
      3.5
      GAA
      NHL#20
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#5
      PIT
      20-17-0W-L-OT43Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–4PIT
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .923
    • The game
      NYR7–5PIT
      L
      game 43/80
      His night
      .760SV%
      19SV25SA6GA40:00TOIL
      .760
    • The game
      NJD2–5PIT
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
    • The game
      EDM1–6PIT
      W
      game 46/80
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
    • The game
      CGY1–5PIT
      W
      game 47/80
      His night
      .974SV%
      37SV38SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .974
    • The game
      PIT4–5PHI
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      .878SV%
      36SV41SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .878
    • The game
      PIT6–5TOR
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      .853SV%
      29SV34SA5GA63:31TOIW
      .853
    • The game
      NJD3–5PIT
      W
      game 50/802
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .921
    • February 1991
    • The game
      PIT2–6WIN
      L
      game 56/802
      His night
      .783SV%
      18SV23SA5GA40:00TOIL
      .783
    • The game
      PIT5–7EDM
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      .848SV%
      39SV46SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .848
    • The game
      NYI2–5PIT
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
    • The game
      PIT3–4NYI
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      .911SV%
      41SV45SA4GA59:42TOIL
      .911
    • The game
      BUF3–6PIT
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      .927SV%
      38SV41SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .927
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8031 of 60 started
      18
      wins
      NHL#9
      .897
      SV%
      NHL#11
      3.6
      GAA
      NHL#22
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      PIT
      31-26-0W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–11PIT
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      .902SV%
      37SV41SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .902
    • The game
      PIT2–5NJD
      L
      game 62/802
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA40:00TOIL
      .828
    • The game
      PIT5–5WSH
      game 63/801
      His night
      .846SV%
      11SV13SA2GA20:00TOI
      .846
    • March 1991
    • The game
      PIT2–6CGY
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      .854SV%
      35SV41SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .854
    • The game
      VAN1–4PIT
      W
      game 67/802
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
    • The game
      LAK2–3PIT
      W
      game 68/802
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
    • The game
      PIT5–2HFD
      W
      game 69/802
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
    • The game
      PIT4–3NYI
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
    • The game
      MTL4–4PIT
      game 71/801
      His night
      .892SV%
      33SV37SA4GA65:00TOI
      .892
    • The game
      QUE3–6PIT
      W
      game 72/802
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .870
    • The game
      PIT4–2NYR
      W
      game 73/802
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
    • The game
      PIT4–5NJD
      L
      game 74/803
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA58:33TOIL
      .848
    • The game
      NYR4–5PIT
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA60:13TOIW
      .840
    • The game
      CHI7–5PIT
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      .833SV%
      30SV36SA6GA59:35TOIL
      .833
    • The game
      PIT3–1PHI
      W
      game 77/803
      His night
      .980SV%
      48SV49SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .980
    • The game
      PHI4–4PIT
      game 79/803
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA65:00TOI
      .875
    The season in numbers

    Tom Barrasso closes the 1990-1991 season with 27 wins

    Wins
    27
    Games
    48of 80
    60%
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .896
    GAA
    3.59
    Starts
    47
    Events
    7 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet New Jersey Devils

    PITvsNJD
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    • Game 1
      NJD3–1PIT
      L
      3
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .914
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      NJD4–5PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      .900SV%
      36SV40SA4GA68:52TOIW
      .900
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      PIT4–3NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      PIT1–4NJD
      L
      1
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .882
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare2–2withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      NJD4–2PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA59:03TOIL
      .870
    First round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock New Jersey Devils out 4–3

    PIT4–3NJD
    Advance
    5Games2Wins.899SV%3.3GAA
    2 days later
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet Washington Capitals

    PITvsWSH
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    • Game 3
      PIT3–1WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      PIT3–1WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      .974SV%
      38SV39SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .974
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      WSH1–4PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      .971SV%
      33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Washington Capitals out 4–1

    PIT4–1WSH
    Advance
    3Games3Wins.970SV%1.0GAA
    6 days later
    Conference final

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet Boston Bruins

    PITvsBOS
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PIT3–6BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      .739SV%
      17SV23SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .739
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT4–5BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      .833SV%
      25SV30SA5GA68:14TOIL
      .833
    • Boston Bruinslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      BOS1–4PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      BOS1–4PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare2–2withBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      PIT7–2BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      BOS3–5PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
    Conference final

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    PIT4–2BOS
    Advance
    6Games4Wins.897SV%2.9GAA
    4 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Pittsburgh Penguins play the Stanley Cup Final against Minnesota North Stars

    PITvsMNS
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
    • Game 1
      MNS5–4PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA59:14TOIL
      .828
    • Minnesota North Starslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      MNS1–4PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      .975SV%
      39SV40SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .975
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare1–1withMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 3
      PIT1–3MNS
      L
      2
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .909
    • Minnesota North Starslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      PIT5–3MNS
      W
      2
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .921
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare2–2withMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 5
      MNS4–6PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      .857SV%
      6SV7SA1GA20:00TOI
      .857
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 6
      PIT8–0MNS
      W
      2
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      39SV39SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Pittsburgh Penguins

    beat Minnesota North Stars 4–2 in the final

    6Games3Wins.930SV%2.4GAA
    The run in numbers

    Tom Barrasso ends the 1990-1991 playoffs with 12 wins

    Wins
    12
    Games
    20
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .919
    GAA
    2.60
    Starts
    20
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    1
    First playoff shutout
    NJD4–3→WSH4–1→BOS4–2→MNS4–2