1992-93 NHL season
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The 1992-93 NHL season was the 76th regular season of the National Hockey League. Each player wore a patch on their jersey throughout the 1992-93 regular season and playoffs to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Stanley Cup. Twenty-four teams played 84 games each.
This was the first season of play for expansion teams the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning.
- 1 Regular season
- 2 Stanley Cup playoffs
- 2.1 Playoff bracket
- 2.2 Division Semifinals
- 2.2.1 Boston vs. Buffalo
- 2.2.2 Quebec vs. Montreal
- 2.2.3 Pittsburgh vs. New Jersey
- 2.2.4 Washington vs. New York Islanders
- 2.2.5 Chicago vs. St. Louis
- 2.2.6 Detroit vs. Toronto
- 2.2.7 Vancouver vs. Winnipeg
- 2.2.8 Calgary vs. Los Angeles
- 2.3 Division Finals
- 2.3.1 Montreal vs. Buffalo
- 2.3.2 Pittsburgh vs. New York Islanders
- 2.3.3 Toronto vs. St. Louis
- 2.3.4 Vancouver vs. Los Angeles
- 2.4 Conference Finals
- 2.5 Stanley Cup Final
- 3 Notable Events
Regular season
Standings
Wales Conference
| Adams Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 84 | 51 | 26 | 7 | 109 | 332 | 268 |
| Quebec Nordiques | 84 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 104 | 351 | 300 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 84 | 48 | 30 | 6 | 102 | 326 | 280 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 84 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 86 | 335 | 297 |
| Hartford Whalers | 84 | 26 | 52 | 6 | 58 | 284 | 369 |
| Ottawa Senators | 84 | 10 | 70 | 4 | 24 | 202 | 395 |
| Patrick Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 84 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 119 | 367 | 268 |
| Washington Capitals | 84 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 93 | 325 | 286 |
| New York Islanders | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 335 | 297 |
| New Jersey Devils | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 308 | 299 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 84 | 36 | 37 | 11 | 83 | 319 | 319 |
| New York Rangers | 84 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 79 | 304 | 308 |
Campbell Conference
| Norris Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Blackhawks | 84 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 106 | 279 | 230 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 84 | 47 | 28 | 9 | 103 | 369 | 280 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 84 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 99 | 288 | 241 |
| St. Louis Blues | 84 | 37 | 36 | 11 | 85 | 282 | 278 |
| Minnesota North Stars | 84 | 36 | 38 | 10 | 82 | 272 | 293 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 84 | 23 | 54 | 7 | 53 | 245 | 332 |
| Smythe Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Canucks | 84 | 46 | 29 | 9 | 101 | 346 | 278 |
| Calgary Flames | 84 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 97 | 322 | 282 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 84 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 88 | 338 | 340 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 322 | 320 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 84 | 26 | 50 | 8 | 60 | 242 | 337 |
| San Jose Sharks | 84 | 11 | 71 | 2 | 24 | 218 | 414 |
Leading Scorers
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh | 60 | 69 | 91 | 160 |
| Pat LaFontaine | Buffalo | 84 | 53 | 95 | 148 |
| Adam Oates | Boston | 84 | 45 | 97 | 142 |
| Steve Yzerman | Detroit | 84 | 58 | 79 | 137 |
| Teemu Selanne | Winnipeg | 84 | 76 | 56 | 132 |
| Pierre Turgeon | NY Islanders | 83 | 58 | 74 | 132 |
| Alexander Mogilny | Buffalo | 77 | 76 | 51 | 127 |
| Doug Gilmour | Toronto | 83 | 32 | 95 | 127 |
| Luc Robitaille | Los Angeles | 84 | 63 | 62 | 125 |
| Mark Recchi | Philadelphia | 84 | 53 | 70 | 123 |
Leading Goaltenders
| Player | Team | GP | MIN | GA | SO | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Potvin | Toronto | 48 | 2781 | 116 | 2 | 2.50 |
| Ed Belfour | Chicago | 71 | 4106 | 177 | 7 | 2.59 |
| Tom Barrasso | Pittsburgh | 63 | 3702 | 186 | 4 | 3.01 |
| Curtis Joseph | St. Louis | 68 | 3890 | 196 | 1 | 3.02 |
| Kay Whitmore | Vancouver | 31 | 1817 | 94 | 1 | 3.10 |
| Dominik Hasek | Buffalo | 28 | 1429 | 75 | 0 | 3.15 |
| Andy Moog | Boston | 55 | 3194 | 168 | 3 | 3.16 |
| Jeff Reese | Calgary | 26 | 1311 | 70 | 1 | 3.20 |
| Patrick Roy | Montreal | 62 | 3595 | 192 | 2 | 3.20 |
| Daren Puppa | Buffalo/Toronto | 32 | 1785 | 96 | 2 | 3.23 |
Stanley Cup playoffs
The 1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs started on April 18, and ended on June 9. The Presidents' Trophy-winning Pittsburgh Penguins, who had won the cup the two previous years, were the favourite to repeat.
Playoff bracket
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border-style:solid;border-color:black;"| |- | height="7"| | rowspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#98A1B2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| | rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| | rowspan="2" align=center style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor=#f9f9f9| |- | height="7"| |- | height="7"| | align=center bgcolor="#98A1B2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| | style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| | align=center style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor=#f9f9f9| | align=center style="border-width:2px 0 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:black;"| |} Division SemifinalsBoston vs. BuffaloBuffalo's 4-0 sweep of the Bruins ended with a memorable overtime goal by Brad May at Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium in the 4th game, leading to Rick Jeanneret's famous call "May Day! May Day! May Day!"
Quebec vs. MontrealCanadiens coach Jacques Demers held himself to a promise he made to goaltender Patrick Roy earlier in the season and kept him as the starting goalie despite a couple of weak goals allowed in the first two games of the series. With the Canadiens staring a potential 3-0 series deficit in the face, overtime in game three was marked by two disputed goals that were reviewed by the video goal judge. The first review ruled that Stephan Lebeau had knocked the puck in with a high stick, but the second upheld Montreal's winning goal, as it was directed in by the skate of Quebec defenceman Alexei Gusarov and not that of a Montreal player.
Pittsburgh vs. New Jersey
Washington vs. New York IslandersGame six of the series was marred by an illegal hit on the New York Islanders leading scorer Pierre Turgeon. Washington's Dale Hunter attacked Turgeon after he scored a goal in the third period to put the game and the series out of reach for the Capitals. Hunter received a 21 game suspension as a result of the incident and it carried over to the start of the 1993-94 season.
Chicago vs. St. LouisThe Blackhawks, on an overtime goal in game 4, were the second Division winning team to be swept in the first round of the playoffs. Chicago goalie Ed Belfour claimed he had been interfered with by St. Louis Blues star Brett Hull on the play but to no avail as the tally stood as the series winner.
Detroit vs. TorontoIn a revival of the heated rivalry, Nikolai Borschevsky's game seven overtime goal gave Toronto the series and made them the sixth club to eliminate a team with a better regular season record in the first round of the 1993 playoffs. This was also Toronto's first win over Detroit since 1964.
Vancouver vs. Winnipeg
Calgary vs. Los Angeles
Division FinalsMontreal vs. Buffalo
Pittsburgh vs. New York IslandersThe improbable upset of the Islanders over the Penguins was capped off by David Volek's series-winning goal at 5:16 of overtime in game seven.
Toronto vs. St. Louis
Vancouver vs. Los Angeles
Conference FinalsMontreal vs. New York IslandersMontreal's win in game three was their eleventh straight, tying the single-playoff record set a year earlier by Pittsburgh and Chicago.
Toronto vs. Los AngelesThis exciting and very heated seven game series has long been remembered by hockey fans. The Toronto Maple Leafs iced a highly competitive team for the first time in years and were hoping to break their 25 year Stanley Cup drought. The Los Angeles Kings, led by Captain Wayne Gretzky, also had high ambitions. With the series tied 2-2, Game 5 was played in Toronto. During the game Los Angeles Kings defenceman, Marty McSorley delivered a serious open ice hit on Toronto's Doug Gilmour. Maple Leafs Captain Wendel Clark took exception to the hit and went after McSorley for striking their star player. Toronto Coach Pat Burns tried scaling the bench to get at Los Angeles Kings Coach Barry Melrose because he thought he ordered the hit on Gilmour. Toronto eventually won Game 5 in overtime to take a 3-2 series lead. Game six went back west to the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles. Game 6 was not without controversy either and it too was decided on an overtime goal. In the 1992-93 NHL season there was a league wide crackdown on high sticking infractions, whether they were accidental or not. In overtime Gilmour was part of controversy once again as Gretzky accidentally clipped him in the face with the blade of his stick. Many thought that referee Kerry Fraser should have called a penalty on the play but Gretzky was not penalized and he went on to score the overtime goal moments later and to even the series at 3-3. It was classic Gretzky in Game 7 at Toronto. He would score three goals in the deciding game to give Los Angeles a berth in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in franchise history. Gretzky has been quoted as saying that his performance in Game seven was the best game of his career.
Stanley Cup FinalThe 1993 Stanley Cup Finals were set and on the 100th anniversary of the Stanley Cup, it seemed right that the NHL's greatest franchise the Montreal Canadiens and the NHL's greatest player Wayne Gretzky would play for Lord Stanley's Cup, even though Gretzky's late heroics would deny Canadian fans the dream matchup of Montreal vs. Toronto (the NHL's two oldest franchises). This would be the last Stanley Cup Finals series to be played in the Montreal Forum, and the last time Gretzky would play in the Finals as well. It was Montreal's first trip to the Finals since 1989, while it was the first-ever trip to the Finals for the Los Angeles franchise in its 26-year history.The most memorable moment of the series came late in the third period of game two. With the Kings leading by a score of 2-1, Canadiens coach Jacques Demers called for a measurement of Kings defenceman Marty McSorley's stick. The stick was deemed illegal, and Montreal's Eric Desjardins scored on the ensuing power play to force overtime. Desjardins scored his third goal of the game 51 seconds into overtime to give Montreal the win and some momentum heading toward games three and four at the Great Western Forum. John Leclair would score overtime goals in both of those games, making him the first player since Maurice Richard in 1951 to score playoff overtime goals in consecutive games, and giving Montreal an NHL record ten consecutive OT wins in the 1993 playoffs. Kirk Muller scored the series-winning goal at home in game five, and Patrick Roy was awarded his second Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP. Montreal vs. Los Angeles
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