1993–94 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1993–94 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in first place in the Central Division with a record of 46 wins, 30 losses, and 8 ties for 100 points. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the San Jose Sharks in seven games.

1993–94 Detroit Red Wings
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
1993–94 record	46–30–8
Home record	23–13–6
Road record	23–17–2
Goals for	356
Goals against	275
Team information
General manager	Bryan Murray
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Steve Chiasson Paul Coffey Bob Probert
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Adirondack Red Wings Toledo Storm Detroit Falcons
Team leaders
Goals	Sergei Fedorov (56)
Assists	Sergei Fedorov (64)
Points	Sergei Fedorov (120)
Penalty minutes	Bob Probert (275)
Plus/minus	Sergei Fedorov (48)
Wins	Chris Osgood (23)
Goals against average	Bob Essensa (2.62)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Offseason

On June 15, Scotty Bowman was named the team's new head coach.^[1]

Regular season

The Red Wings led the NHL in goals (356), even-strength goals (249), short-handed goals (22) and shots on goal (2,990).^[2][3] Four Red Wings reached the 30-goal plateau and six reached the 70-point plateau. On Friday, February 11, 1994, the Red Wings scored three short-handed goals in a 6–3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.^[4]

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	84	46	30	8	356	275	100
2	2	Toronto Maple Leafs	84	43	29	12	280	243	98
3	4	Dallas Stars	84	42	29	13	286	265	97
4	5	St. Louis Blues	84	40	33	11	270	283	91
5	6	Chicago Blackhawks	84	39	36	9	254	240	87
6	12	Winnipeg Jets	84	24	51	9	245	344	57

^[5] Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Western Conference^[6]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	y- Detroit Red Wings *	CEN	84	46	30	8	356	275	100
2	x- Calgary Flames *	PAC	84	42	29	13	302	256	97
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	84	43	29	12	280	243	98
4	Dallas Stars	CEN	84	42	29	13	286	265	97
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	84	40	33	11	270	283	91
6	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	84	39	36	9	254	240	87
7	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	84	41	40	3	279	276	85
8	San Jose Sharks	PAC	84	33	35	16	252	265	82
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	84	33	46	5	229	251	71
10	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	84	27	45	12	294	322	66
11	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	84	25	45	14	261	305	64
12	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	84	24	51	9	245	344	57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); * – Division leader

Playoffs

The Red Wings, having finished 1st in the Western Conference and first in the NHL in scoring, were heavily favored to win in their first-round matchup against the eighth-seeded San Jose Sharks, who were making their first playoff appearance in franchise history. Despite outshooting San Jose 218–153 and outscoring them 27–21 in the series, the Red Wings were upset in seven games for the second consecutive playoff year, becoming the first top-seeded team in North American sports history to ever lose to an eighth seed.^[7] In Game 7, played on April 30, 1994, the Sharks edged the Wings 3–2 to advance to the second round.^[8][9][10]

Schedule and results

Regular season

1993–94 regular season[11]
October: 5–7–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 3–4–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 L October 5, 1993 4–6 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 0–1–0 Recap 2 W October 8, 1993 7–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 1–1–0 Recap 3 L October 9, 1993 3–10 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 1–2–0 Recap 4 L October 13, 1993 2–5 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 1–3–0 Recap 5 L October 15, 1993 3–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 1–4–0 Recap 6 L October 16, 1993 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 1–5–0 Recap 7 W October 18, 1993 6–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 2–5–0 Recap 8 W October 21, 1993 6–2 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 3–5–0 Recap 9 L October 23, 1993 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 3–6–0 Recap 10 L October 25, 1993 3–5 Dallas Stars (1993–94) 3–7–0 Recap 11 W October 27, 1993 8–3 Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 4–7–0 Recap 12 W October 30, 1993 5–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 5–7–0 Recap
November: 6–3–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 4–2–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 13 W November 2, 1993 6–1 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 6–7–0 Recap 14 T November 4, 1993 3–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 6–7–1 Recap 15 L November 9, 1993 2–4 Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 6–8–1 Recap 16 W November 13, 1993 7–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 7–8–1 Recap 17 L November 17, 1993 1–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 7–9–1 Recap 18 W November 20, 1993 4–3 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 8–9–1 Recap 19 T November 21, 1993 2–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 8–9–2 Recap 20 L November 23, 1993 4–6 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 8–10–2 Recap 21 W November 24, 1993 5–4 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 9–10–2 Recap 22 W November 27, 1993 10–4 Dallas Stars (1993–94) 10–10–2 Recap 23 W November 28, 1993 4–1 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 11–10–2 Recap
December: 9–3–1 (home: 7–0–1; road: 2–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 24 L December 1, 1993 3–5 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 11–11–2 Recap 25 W December 3, 1993 8–1 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 12–11–2 Recap 26 L December 5, 1993 4–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 12–12–2 Recap 27 W December 6, 1993 6–2 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 13–12–2 Recap 28 W December 9, 1993 3–2 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 14–12–2 Recap 29 W December 11, 1993 5–3 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 15–12–2 Recap 30 W December 14, 1993 5–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 16–12–2 Recap 31 W December 17, 1993 6–4 New York Rangers (1993–94) 17–12–2 Recap 32 L December 18, 1993 1–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 17–13–2 Recap 33 W December 21, 1993 5–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 18–13–2 Recap 34 W December 23, 1993 3–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 19–13–2 Recap 35 W December 27, 1993 6–0 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 20–13–2 Recap 36 T December 31, 1993 4–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 20–13–3 Recap
January: 8–3–2 (home: 2–2–1; road: 6–1–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 37 T January 4, 1994 4–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 20–13–4 Recap 38 W January 6, 1994 10–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 21–13–4 Recap 39 W January 8, 1994 6–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 22–13–4 Recap 40 W January 10, 1994 6–4 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 23–13–4 Recap 41 L January 12, 1994 2–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 23–14–4 Recap 42 W January 14, 1994 9–3 Dallas Stars (1993–94) 24–14–4 Recap 43 W January 15, 1994 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 25–14–4 Recap 44 W January 17, 1994 6–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 26–14–4 Recap 45 T January 19, 1994 4–4 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 26–14–5 Recap 46 L January 25, 1994 0–5 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 26–15–5 Recap 47 W January 27, 1994 4–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 27–15–5 Recap 48 W January 29, 1994 7–1 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 28–15–5 Recap 49 L January 30, 1994 3–6 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 28–16–5 Recap
February: 9–4–0 (home: 5–3–0; road: 4–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 50 W February 2, 1994 3–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 29–16–5 Recap 51 L February 4, 1994 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 29–17–5 Recap 52 W February 5, 1994 4–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 30–17–5 Recap 53 L February 8, 1994 3–6 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 30–18–5 Recap 54 W February 11, 1994 6–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 31–18–5 Recap 55 W February 12, 1994 5–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 32–18–5 Recap 56 L February 15, 1994 4–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 32–19–5 Recap 57 W February 16, 1994 7–3 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 33–19–5 Recap 58 W February 18, 1994 5–1 Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 34–19–5 Recap 59 W February 20, 1994 4–3 OT @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 35–19–5 Recap 60 L February 23, 1994 2–7 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 35–20–5 Recap 61 W February 24, 1994 3–0 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 36–20–5 Recap 62 W February 26, 1994 2–0 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 37–20–5 Recap
March: 7–7–1 (home: 4–4–1; road: 3–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 63 W March 1, 1994 5–2 Calgary Flames (1993–94) 38–20–5 Recap 64 L March 4, 1994 5–6 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 38–21–5 Recap 65 L March 6, 1994 2–3 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 38–22–5 Recap 66 W March 7, 1994 6–3 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 39–22–5 Recap 67 W March 9, 1994 5–1 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 40–22–5 Recap 68 L March 11, 1994 2–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 40–23–5 Recap 69 W March 15, 1994 5–2 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 41–23–5 Recap 70 L March 17, 1994 1–3 New York Islanders (1993–94) 41–24–5 Recap 71 L March 19, 1994 2–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 41–25–5 Recap 72 W March 22, 1994 3–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 42–25–5 Recap 73 L March 23, 1994 4–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 42–26–5 Recap 74 T March 25, 1994 2–2 OT Washington Capitals (1993–94) 42–26–6 Recap 75 W March 27, 1994 3–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 43–26–6 Recap 76 W March 29, 1994 6–2 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 44–26–6 Recap 77 L March 31, 1994 2–4 Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 44–27–6 Recap
April: 2–3–2 (home: 1–0–2; road: 1–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 78 T April 2, 1994 3–3 OT Calgary Flames (1993–94) 44–27–7 Recap 79 T April 3, 1994 3–3 OT St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 44–27–8 Recap 80 W April 5, 1994 8–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 45–27–8 Recap 81 L April 9, 1994 2–4 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 45–28–8 Recap 82 L April 10, 1994 3–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 45–29–8 Recap 83 W April 13, 1994 9–0 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 46–29–8 Recap 84 L April 14, 1994 3–4 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 46–30–8 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs[11]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) San Jose Sharks: Sharks win 4–3 Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 L April 18, 1994 4–5 San Jose Sharks Sharks lead 1–0 Recap 2 W April 20, 1994 4–0 San Jose Sharks Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 W April 22, 1994 3–2 @ San Jose Sharks Red Wings lead 2–1 Recap 4 L April 23, 1994 3–4 @ San Jose Sharks Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 L April 26, 1994 4–6 @ San Jose Sharks Sharks lead 3–2 Recap 6 W April 28, 1994 7–1 San Jose Sharks Series tied 3–3 Recap 7 L April 30, 1994 2–3 San Jose Sharks Sharks win 4–3 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sergei Fedorov	C	82	56	64	120	34	48	13	4	10
Ray Sheppard	RW	82	52	41	93	26	13	19	0	5
Steve Yzerman	C	58	24	58	82	36	11	7	3	3
Paul Coffey	D	80	14	63	77	106	28	5	0	3
Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	77	34	39	73	50	27	8	2	6
Keith Primeau	C	78	31	42	73	173	34	7	3	4
Dino Ciccarelli	RW	66	28	29	57	73	10	12	0	1
Nicklas Lidstrom	D	84	10	46	56	26	43	4	0	3
Steve Chiasson	D	82	13	33	46	122	17	4	1	2
Vladimir Konstantinov	D	80	12	21	33	138	30	1	3	3
Dallas Drake	RW	47	10	22	32	37	5	0	1	2
Mike Sillinger	C	62	8	21	29	10	2	0	1	1
Darren McCarty	RW	67	9	17	26	181	12	0	0	2
Mark Howe	D	44	4	20	24	8	16	1	0	0
Shawn Burr	LW/C	51	10	12	22	31	12	0	1	1
Bob Probert	LW	66	7	10	17	275	-1	1	0	0
Greg Johnson	C	52	6	11	17	22	-7	1	1	0
Martin Lapointe	RW	50	8	8	16	55	7	2	0	0
Sheldon Kennedy	RW	61	6	7	13	30	-2	0	1	0
Kris Draper	C	39	5	8	13	31	11	0	1	0
Micah Aivazoff	C	59	4	4	8	38	-1	0	0	0
Terry Carkner	D	68	1	6	7	130	13	0	0	0
Bob Halkidis	D	28	1	4	5	93	-1	0	0	0
Jason York	D	7	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Essensa	G	13	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Taylor	C	1	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Aaron Ward	D	5	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	0
Tim Cheveldae	G	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Maltais	LW	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Sergei Bautin	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Peter Ing	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Konroyd	D	19	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0
Gord Kruppke	D	9	0	0	0	12	-4	0	0	0
Chris Osgood	G	41	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Mark Pederson	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Vincent Riendeau	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Osgood	2206	41	23	8	5	105	2.86	2	999	894	.895
Tim Cheveldae	1572	30	16	9	1	91	3.47	1	727	636	.875
Bob Essensa	778	13	4	7	2	34	2.62	1	337	303	.899
Vincent Riendeau	345	8	2	4	0	23	4.00	0	131	108	.824
Peter Ing	170	3	1	2	0	15	5.29	0	102	87	.853
Team:	5071	84	46	30	8	268	3.17	4	2296	2028	.883

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sergei Fedorov	C	7	1	7	8	6	0	0	0
Dino Ciccarelli	RW	7	5	2	7	14	1	0	0
Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	7	2	5	7	12	0	0	0
Paul Coffey	D	7	1	6	7	8	0	0	0
Nicklas Lidstrom	D	7	3	2	5	0	1	1	0
Steve Chiasson	D	7	2	3	5	2	2	0	1
Kris Draper	C	7	2	2	4	4	0	1	0
Greg Johnson	C	7	2	2	4	2	1	0	0
Darren McCarty	RW	7	2	2	4	8	0	0	0
Steve Yzerman	C	3	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
Ray Sheppard	RW	7	2	1	3	4	0	0	0
Sheldon Kennedy	RW	7	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Shawn Burr	LW/C	7	2	0	2	6	0	0	2
Bob Probert	LW	7	1	1	2	8	0	0	0
Vladimir Konstantinov	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Keith Primeau	C	7	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Mark Howe	D	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Terry Carkner	D	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Bob Essensa	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Halkidis	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Martin Lapointe	RW	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Chris Osgood	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Osgood	307	6	3	2	12	2.35	1	110	98	.891
Bob Essensa	109	2	0	2	9	4.95	0	43	34	.791
Team:	416	7	3	4	21	3.03	1	153	132	.863

^[12]

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;

Awards and honors

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.^[13]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	22	Anders Eriksson	Sweden	MODO (Sweden)
2	48	Jon Coleman	United States	Andover Academy (USHS-MA)
3	74	Kevin Hilton	United States	University of Michigan (CCHA)
4	97	John Jakopin	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL)
4	100	Benoit Larose	Canada	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
5	126	Norm Maracle	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	152	Tim Spitzig	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	178	Yuri Yeresko	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
8	204	Vitezslav Skuta	Czech Republic	TJ Vitkovice (Czech Republic)
9	230	Ryan Shanahan	United States	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
10	256	Jamie Kosecki	United States	Berkshire School (USHS-MA)
11	282	Gordy Hunt	United States	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL)