1990–91 Minnesota North Stars season

The 1990–91 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 24th season. The most striking aspect of the season was that despite qualifying for the playoffs with an under–.500 (or "losing") regular-season record, the team reached the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals as the Clarence Campbell Conference champions. Minnesota had beaten Chicago and St. Louis (each in six games), teams that had finished nearly 40 points ahead of them in the regular season, before becoming the first Norris Division team to reach the Stanley Cup Finals since the league had re-aligned a decade earlier when they eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in five games — a classic "Cinderella" postseason. The North Stars finally saw their playoff run end in game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals when they lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–0 in front of their home fans in the Met Center.

1990–91 Minnesota North Stars
Campbell Conference champions
Division4th Norris
Conference7th Campbell
1990–91 record27–39–14
Home record19–15–6
Road record8–24–8
Goals for256
Goals against266
Team information
General managerBob Clarke
CoachBob Gainey
CaptainCurt Giles
Alternate captainsNeal Broten
Dave Gagner
Basil McRae
ArenaMet Center
Team leaders
GoalsDave Gagner (40)
AssistsNeal Broten (56)
PointsDave Gagner (82)
Penalty minutesShane Churla (286)
Plus/minusJim Johnson and Dave Gagner (+9)
WinsJon Casey (21)
Goals against averageJon Casey (2.98)
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