1989–90 Washington Capitals season
The 1989–90 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 16th season in the National Hockey League. The team reached the Prince of Wales Conference Finals for the first time, losing to the Bruins 4 games to 0.Offseason
NHL Draft
Regular season
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Round 2: (P1) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals
Conference Finals: (A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 80 | 41 | 38 | 79 | 122 | -5 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| LW | 80 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 104 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 74 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| C | 77 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 54 | -7 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 80 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 233 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| D | 80 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 102 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| LW | 80 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 49 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| D | 56 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 154 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 70 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 70 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 104 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 38 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 70 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 123 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 77 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 339 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| LW | 50 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 50 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 24 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 41 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 45 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 52 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 28 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 31 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 58 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 27 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 58 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 59 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 291 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 2793 | 48 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 150 | 3.22 | 2 | 1362 | 1212 | .890 |
| 609 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 3.55 | 0 | 293 | 257 | .877 |
| 478 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2.13 | 1 | 217 | 200 | .922 |
| 822 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 48 | 3.50 | 0 | 389 | 341 | .877 |
| 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 63 | 51 | .810 |
| Team: | 4822 | 80 | 36 | 38 | 6 | 263 | 3.27 | 3 | 2324 | 2061 | .887 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 15 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| LW | 15 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 15 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 11 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 401 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 2.69 | 0 | 187 | 169 | .904 |
| 507 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 3.31 | 0 | 223 | 195 | .874 |
| Team: | 908 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 3.04 | 0 | 410 | 364 | .888 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;Roster
