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
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)
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Offseason

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).^[1][2] 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.^[3]

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

^[4] 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^[5]

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; in Game 7, played on April 30, 1994, the Sharks edged the Wings 3–2 to advance to the second round.^[6][7][8]

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1993	4–6	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	0–1–0
2	W	October 8, 1993	7–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	1–1–0
3	L	October 9, 1993	3–10	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	1–2–0
4	L	October 13, 1993	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	1–3–0
5	L	October 15, 1993	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	1–4–0
6	L	October 16, 1993	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	1–5–0
7	W	October 18, 1993	6–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	2–5–0
8	W	October 21, 1993	6–2	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	3–5–0
9	L	October 23, 1993	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	3–6–0
10	L	October 25, 1993	3–5	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	3–7–0
11	W	October 27, 1993	8–3	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	4–7–0
12	W	October 30, 1993	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	5–7–0
13	W	November 2, 1993	6–1	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	6–7–0
14	T	November 4, 1993	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	6–7–1
15	L	November 9, 1993	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	6–8–1
16	W	November 13, 1993	7–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	7–8–1
17	L	November 17, 1993	1–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	7–9–1
18	W	November 20, 1993	4–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	8–9–1
19	T	November 21, 1993	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	8–9–2
20	L	November 23, 1993	4–6	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	8–10–2
21	W	November 24, 1993	5–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	9–10–2
22	W	November 27, 1993	10–4	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	10–10–2
23	W	November 28, 1993	4–1	@ New York Islanders (1993–94)	11–10–2
24	L	December 1, 1993	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	11–11–2
25	W	December 3, 1993	8–1	Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	12–11–2
26	L	December 5, 1993	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	12–12–2
27	W	December 6, 1993	6–2	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	13–12–2
28	W	December 9, 1993	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	14–12–2
29	W	December 11, 1993	5–3	San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	15–12–2
30	W	December 14, 1993	5–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	16–12–2
31	W	December 17, 1993	6–4	New York Rangers (1993–94)	17–12–2
32	L	December 18, 1993	1–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	17–13–2
33	W	December 21, 1993	5–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	18–13–2
34	W	December 23, 1993	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	19–13–2
35	W	December 27, 1993	6–0	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	20–13–2
36	T	December 31, 1993	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	20–13–3
37	T	January 4, 1994	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	20–13–4
38	W	January 6, 1994	10–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	21–13–4
39	W	January 8, 1994	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	22–13–4
40	W	January 10, 1994	6–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	23–13–4
41	L	January 12, 1994	2–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	23–14–4
42	W	January 14, 1994	9–3	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	24–14–4
43	W	January 15, 1994	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	25–14–4
44	W	January 17, 1994	6–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	26–14–4
45	T	January 19, 1994	4–4 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	26–14–5
46	L	January 25, 1994	0–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	26–15–5
47	W	January 27, 1994	4–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	27–15–5
48	W	January 29, 1994	7–1	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	28–15–5
49	L	January 30, 1994	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	28–16–5
50	W	February 2, 1994	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	29–16–5
51	L	February 4, 1994	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	29–17–5
52	W	February 5, 1994	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	30–17–5
53	L	February 8, 1994	3–6	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	30–18–5
54	W	February 11, 1994	6–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	31–18–5
55	W	February 12, 1994	5–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	32–18–5
56	L	February 15, 1994	4–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	32–19–5
57	W	February 16, 1994	7–3	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	33–19–5
58	W	February 18, 1994	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	34–19–5
59	W	February 20, 1994	4–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	35–19–5
60	L	February 23, 1994	2–7	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	35–20–5
61	W	February 24, 1994	3–0	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	36–20–5
62	W	February 26, 1994	2–0	San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	37–20–5
63	W	March 1, 1994	5–2	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	38–20–5
64	L	March 4, 1994	5–6 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	38–21–5
65	L	March 6, 1994	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	38–22–5
66	W	March 7, 1994	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	39–22–5
67	W	March 9, 1994	5–1	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	40–22–5
68	L	March 11, 1994	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	40–23–5
69	W	March 15, 1994	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	41–23–5
70	L	March 17, 1994	1–3	New York Islanders (1993–94)	41–24–5
71	L	March 19, 1994	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	41–25–5
72	W	March 22, 1994	3–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	42–25–5
73	L	March 23, 1994	4–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	42–26–5
74	T	March 25, 1994	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	42–26–6
75	W	March 27, 1994	3–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	43–26–6
76	W	March 29, 1994	6–2	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	44–26–6
77	L	March 31, 1994	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	44–27–6
78	T	April 2, 1994	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	44–27–7
79	T	April 3, 1994	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	44–27–8
80	W	April 5, 1994	8–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	45–27–8
81	L	April 9, 1994	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	45–28–8
82	L	April 10, 1994	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	45–29–8
83	W	April 13, 1994	9–0	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	46–29–8
84	L	April 14, 1994	3–4	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	46–30–8

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

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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.

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)

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