1993–94 NHL season

The 1993–94 NHL season was the 77th regular season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-six teams each played 84 games. The New York Rangers were the Stanley Cup champions. It was the Rangers' fourth championship. In addition, the final game started the 1994 Stanley Cup riots in Downtown Vancouver.

1993–94 NHL season
League	National Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	October 5, 1993 – June 14, 1994
Number of games	84
Number of teams	26
TV partner(s)	CBC, TSN, SRC (Canada) ESPN, ABC, NBC[a] (United States)
Draft
Top draft pick	Alexandre Daigle
Picked by	Ottawa Senators
Regular season
Presidents' Trophy	New York Rangers
Season MVP	Sergei Fedorov (Red Wings)
Top scorer	Wayne Gretzky (Kings)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Brian Leetch (Rangers)
Stanley Cup
Champions	New York Rangers
Runners-up	Vancouver Canucks

The play of Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils and Dominik Hasek of the Buffalo Sabres brought in a new era of goaltending dominance in the NHL. Only three teams reached the 300-goal plateau, and only one team, the Detroit Red Wings, averaged more than four goals scored per game. Goaltenders combined for 99 shutouts during the regular season.

Regular season

This was the first and only season (as of the 2007-08 season) that all 4 former WHA teams (Edmonton, Hartford, Quebec, Winnipeg) missed the playoffs since joining in 1979.

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division Team GP W L T Pts GF GA y - Pittsburgh Penguins 84 44 27 13 101 299 285 x - Boston Bruins 84 42 29 13 97 289 252 x - Montreal Canadiens 84 41 29 14 96 283 248 x - Buffalo Sabres 84 43 32 9 95 282 218 Quebec Nordiques 84 34 42 8 76 277 292 Hartford Whalers 84 27 48 9 63 227 288 Ottawa Senators 84 14 61 9 37 201 397

Atlantic Division Team GP W L T Pts GF GA z - New York Rangers 84 52 24 8 112 299 231 x - New Jersey Devils 84 47 25 12 106 306 220 x - Washington Capitals 84 39 35 10 88 277 263 x - New York Islanders 84 36 36 12 84 282 264 Florida Panthers 84 33 34 17 83 233 233 Philadelphia Flyers 84 35 39 10 80 294 314 Tampa Bay Lightning 84 30 43 11 71 224 251

Western Conference

Central Division Team GP W L T Pts GF GA y - Detroit Red Wings 84 46 30 8 100 356 275 x - Toronto Maple Leafs 84 43 29 12 98 280 243 x - Dallas Stars 84 42 29 13 97 286 265 x - St. Louis Blues 84 40 33 11 91 270 283 x - Chicago Blackhawks 84 39 36 9 87 254 240 Winnipeg Jets 84 24 51 9 57 245 344

Pacific Division Team GP W L T Pts GF GA y - Calgary Flames 84 42 29 13 97 302 256 x - Vancouver Canucks 84 41 40 3 85 279 276 x - San Jose Sharks 84 33 35 16 82 252 265 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 84 33 46 5 71 229 251 Los Angeles Kings 84 27 45 12 66 294 322 Edmonton Oilers 84 25 45 14 64 261 305

Note: x = clinched playoff berth, y = clinched division title, z = won Presidents' Trophy

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles	81	38	92	130
Sergei Fedorov	Detroit	82	56	64	120
Adam Oates	Boston	77	32	80	112
Doug Gilmour	Toronto	83	27	84	111
Jeremy Roenick	Chicago	84	46	61	107
Pavel Bure	Vancouver	74	60	47	107
Mark Recchi	Philadelphia	84	40	67	107
Brendan Shanahan	St. Louis	81	52	50	102
Jaromir Jagr	Pittsburgh	80	32	67	99
Dave Andreychuk	Toronto	83	53	46	99

Stanley Cup Playoffs

Playoff bracket

	Conference Quarterfinals					Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					Stanley Cup Finals
	1	New York Rangers	4
	8	New York Islanders	0
						1	New York Rangers	4
						7	Washington Capitals	1
	2	Pittsburgh Penguins	2
	7	Washington Capitals	4
											1	New York Rangers	4
	Eastern Conference
										3	New Jersey Devils	3
	3	New Jersey Devils	4
	6	Buffalo Sabres	3
						3	New Jersey Devils	4
						4	Boston Bruins	2
	4	Boston Bruins	4
	5	Montreal Canadiens	3
																E1	New York Rangers	4
															W7	Vancouver Canucks	3
	1	Detroit Red Wings	3
	8	San Jose Sharks	4
						3	Toronto Maple Leafs	4
						8	San Jose Sharks	3
	2	Calgary Flames	3
	7	Vancouver Canucks	4
											3	Toronto Maple Leafs	1
	Western Conference
										7	Vancouver Canucks	4
	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	4
	6	Chicago Blackhawks	2
						4	Dallas Stars	1
						7	Vancouver Canucks	4
	4	Dallas Stars	4
	5	St. Louis Blues	0

The Stanley Cup at the Hockey Hall of Fame

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

NY Rangers (1) vs. NY Islanders (8) Date Away Home OT April 17 NY Islanders 0 6 NY Rangers April 18 NY Islanders 0 6 NY Rangers April 21 NY Rangers 5 1 NY Islanders April 24 NY Rangers 5 2 NY Islanders NY Rangers wins series 4–0

Pittsburgh (2) vs. Washington (7) Date Away Home OT April 17 Washington 5 3 Pittsburgh April 19 Washington 1 2 Pittsburgh April 21 Pittsburgh 0 2 Washington April 23 Pittsburgh 1 4 Washington April 25 Washington 2 3 Pittsburgh April 27 Pittsburgh 3 6 Washington Washington wins series 4–2

New Jersey (3) vs. Buffalo (6) Date Away Home OT April 17 Buffalo 2 0 New Jersey April 19 Buffalo 1 2 New Jersey April 21 New Jersey 2 1 Buffalo April 23 New Jersey 3 5 Buffalo April 25 Buffalo 3 5 New Jersey April 27 New Jersey 0 1 Buffalo 4 OT April 29 Buffalo 1 2 New Jersey New Jersey wins series 4–3

Boston (4) vs. Montreal (5) Date Away Home OT April 16 Montreal 2 3 Boston April 18 Montreal 3 2 Boston April 21 Boston 6 3 Montreal April 23 Boston 2 5 Montreal April 25 Montreal 2 1 Boston OT April 27 Boston 3 2 Montreal April 29 Montreal 3 5 Boston Boston wins series 4–3

Western Conference

Detroit (1) vs. San Jose (8) Date Away Home OT April 18 San Jose 5 4 Detroit April 20 San Jose 0 4 Detroit April 22 Detroit 3 2 San Jose April 23 Detroit 3 4 San Jose April 26 Detroit 4 6 San Jose April 28 San Jose 1 7 Detroit April 30 San Jose 3 2 Detroit San Jose wins series 4–3

Calgary (2) vs. Vancouver (7) Date Away Home OT April 18 Vancouver 5 0 Calgary April 20 Vancouver 5 7 Calgary April 22 Calgary 4 2 Vancouver April 24 Calgary 3 2 Vancouver April 26 Vancouver 2 1 Calgary OT April 28 Calgary 2 3 Vancouver OT April 30 Vancouver 4 3 Calgary 2 OT Vancouver wins series 4–3

Toronto (3) vs. Chicago (6) Date Away Home OT April 18 Chicago 1 5 Toronto April 20 Chicago 0 1 Toronto OT April 22 Toronto 4 5 Chicago April 24 Toronto 3 4 Chicago OT April 26 Chicago 0 1 Toronto April 28 Toronto 1 0 Chicago Toronto wins series 4–2

Dallas (4) vs. St. Louis (5) Date Away Home OT April 17 St. Louis 3 5 Dallas April 20 St. Louis 2 4 Dallas April 22 Dallas 5 4 St. Louis OT April 24 Dallas 2 1 St. Louis Dallas wins series 4–0

Conference Semifinals

NY Rangers (1) vs. Washington (7) Date Away Home OT May 1 Washington 3 6 NY Rangers May 3 Washington 2 5 NY Rangers May 5 NY Rangers 3 0 Washington May 7 NY Rangers 2 4 Washington May 9 Washington 3 4 NY Rangers NY Rangers win series 4–1

New Jersey (3) vs. Boston (4) Date Away Home OT May 1 Boston 2 1 New Jersey May 3 Boston 6 5 New Jersey OT May 5 New Jersey 4 2 Boston May 7 New Jersey 5 4 Boston OT May 9 Boston 0 2 New Jersey May 11 New Jersey 5 3 Boston New Jersey wins series 4–2

Toronto (3) vs. San Jose (8) Date Away Home OT May 2 San Jose 3 2 Toronto May 4 San Jose 1 5 Toronto May 6 Toronto 2 5 San Jose May 8 Toronto 8 3 San Jose May 10 Toronto 2 5 San Jose May 12 San Jose 2 3 Toronto OT May 14 San Jose 2 4 Toronto Toronto wins series 4–3

Dallas (4) vs. Vancouver (7) Date Away Home OT May 2 Vancouver 6 4 Dallas May 4 Vancouver 3 0 Dallas May 6 Dallas 4 3 Vancouver May 8 Dallas 1 2 Vancouver OT May 10 Dallas 2 4 Vancouver Vancouver wins series 4–1

Conference Finals

NY Rangers (1) vs. New Jersey (3) Date Away Home OT May 15 New Jersey 4 3 NY Rangers 2 OT May 17 New Jersey 0 4 NY Rangers May 19 NY Rangers 3 2 New Jersey 2 OT May 21 NY Rangers 1 3 New Jersey May 23 New Jersey 4 1 NY Rangers May 25 NY Rangers 4 2 New Jersey May 27 New Jersey 1 2 NY Rangers 2 OT NY Rangers wins series 4–3 and Prince of Wales Trophy

Toronto (3) vs. Vancouver (7) Date Away Home OT May 16 Vancouver 2 3 Toronto OT May 18 Vancouver 4 3 Toronto May 20 Toronto 0 4 Vancouver May 22 Toronto 0 2 Vancouver May 24 Toronto 3 4 Vancouver 2OT Vancouver wins series 4–1 and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Finals

NY Rangers (1) vs. Vancouver (7) Date Away Score Home Score OT May 31 Vancouver 3 New York 2 OT June 2 Vancouver 1 New York 3 June 4 New York 5 Vancouver 1 June 7 New York 4 Vancouver 2 June 9 Vancouver 6 New York 3 June 11 New York 1 Vancouver 4 June 14 Vancouver 2 New York 3 New York Rangers wins series 4–3 and Stanley Cup Brian Leetch (NY Rangers) wins Conn Smythe Trophy

NHL Awards

The NHL Awards presentation took place on June 16, 1994.

1993–94 NHL Awards
Presidents' Trophy:	New York Rangers
Prince of Wales Trophy:	New York Rangers
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	Vancouver Canucks
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Cam Neely, Boston Bruins
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Brian Leetch, New York Rangers
Frank J. Selke Trophy:	Sergei Fedorov, Detroit Red Wings
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Sergei Fedorov, Detroit Red Wings
Jack Adams Award:	Jacques Lemaire, New Jersey Devils
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins
King Clancy Memorial Trophy:	Adam Graves, New York Rangers
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Sergei Fedorov, Detroit Red Wings
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Scott Stevens, New Jersey Devils
Vezina Trophy:	Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres
William M. Jennings Trophy:	Dominik Hasek and Grant Fuhr, Buffalo Sabres
Lester Patrick Trophy:	Wayne Gretzky

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres	G	John Vanbiesbrouck, Florida Panthers
Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins	D	Al MacInnis, Calgary Flames
Scott Stevens, New Jersey Devils	D	Brian Leetch, New York Rangers
Sergei Fedorov, Detroit Red Wings	C	Ron Francis, Pittsburgh Penguins
Pavel Bure, Vancouver Canucks	RW	Cam Neely, Boston Bruins
Brendan Shanahan, St. Louis Blues	LW	Adam Graves, New York Rangers

First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1993–94 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):

• Mariusz Czerkawski, Boston Bruins
• Chris Osgood, Detroit Red Wings
• Darren McCarty, Detroit Red Wings
• Greg Johnson, Detroit Red Wings
• Jason Arnott, Edmonton Oilers
• Kirk Maltby, Edmonton Oilers
• Rob Niedermayer, Florida Panthers
• Chris Pronger, Hartford Whalers
• Donald Brashear, Montreal Canadiens
• Jason Smith, New Jersey Devils
• Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
• Zigmund Palffy, New York Islanders
• Mattias Norstrom, New York Rangers
• Todd Marchant, New York Rangers
• Alexandre Daigle, Ottawa Senators
• Alexei Yashin, Ottawa Senators
• Pavol Demitra, Ottawa Senators
• Mikael Renberg, Philadelphia Flyers
• Markus Naslund, Pittsburgh Penguins
• Jocelyn Thibault, Quebec Nordiques
• Ian Laperriere, St. Louis Blues
• Chris Gratton, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Yanic Perreault, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Mike Peca, Vancouver Canucks
• Jason Allison, Washington Capitals

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1993–94 (listed with their last team):

• Gordie Roberts, Boston Bruins
• Dave Christian, Chicago Blackhawks
• Michel Goulet, Chicago Blackhawks
• Mike Foligno, Florida Panthers
• Brian Propp, Hartford Whalers
• Dave Taylor, Los Angeles Kings
• Mark Hardy, Los Angeles Kings
• Keith Acton, New York Islanders
• Rob Ramage, Philadelphia Flyers
• Bryan Trottier, Pittsburgh Penguins

1994 Trading Deadline

• Trading Deadline: MARCH 21, 1994 ^[1]
• March 19, 1994: Donald Dufresne traded from Tampa Bay to Los Angeles for Los Angeles's 6th round pick in 1994 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 1994: Jeff Daniels traded from Pittsburgh to Florida for Greg Hawgood.
• March 19, 1994: Doug Zmolek and Mike Lalor traded from San Jose to Dallas for Ulf Dahlen.
• March 21, 1994: Joe Juneau traded from Boston to Washington for Al Iafrate.
• March 21, 1994: Craig Janney traded from Vancouver to St. Louis for Jeff Brown, Bret Hedican and Nathan Lafayette.
• March 21, 1994: Jim Johnson traded from Dallas to Washington for Alan May and Washington's 7th round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
• March 21, 1994: Joe Reekie traded from Tampa Bay to Washington for Enrico Ciccone and Washington's 3rd round pick in 1994 Entry Draft and a conditional draft pick.
• March 21, 1994: Steve Konroyd traded from Detroit to Ottawa for Daniel Berthiaume.
• March 21, 1994: Phil Bourque traded from NY Rangers to Ottawa for future considerations.
• March 21, 1994: Tony Amonte and the rights to Matt Oates traded from NY Rangers to Chicago for Stephane Matteau and Brian Noonan.
• March 21, 1994: Peter Andersson traded from NY Rangers to Florida for future considerations.
• March 21, 1994: Robert Dirk traded from Vancouver to Chicago for Chicago's 4th round pick in 1994 Entry Draft.
• March 21, 1994: Mike Gartner traded from NY Rangers to Toronto for Glenn Anderson, the rights to Scott Malone and Toronto's 4th round pick in 1994 Entry Draft.
• March 21, 1994: Craig MacTavish traded from Edmonton to NY Rangers for Todd Marchant.
• March 21, 1994: Paul Ysebaert traded from Winnipeg to Chicago for Chicago's 3rd round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
• March 21, 1994: Alexei Kasatonov traded from Anaheim to St. Louis for Maxim Bets and St. Louis's 6th round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
• March 21, 1994: Mike Needham traded from Pittsburgh to Dallas for Jim McKenzie.
• March 21, 1994: Kevin Todd traded from Chicago to Los Angeles for Los Angeles's 4th round pick in 1994 Entry Draft.
• March 21, 1994: Pelle Eklund traded from Philadelphia to Dallas for future considerations.
• March 21, 1994: Roy Mitchell and Reid Simpson traded from Dallas to New Jersey for future considerations.
• March 21, 1994: Steve Passmore traded from Quebec to Edmonton for Brad Werenka.

Complete List of Neutral-Site Games

Date	Score	City	Arena	Attendance
October 21, 1993	St. Louis Blues 5, San Jose Sharks 2	Sacramento, CA	ARCO Arena	7,144
October 30, 1993	New York Rangers 4, New Jersey Devils 1	Halifax, N.S.	Halifax Metro Centre	8,200
November 3, 1993	Pittsburgh Penguins 6, Buffalo Sabres 2	Sacramento, CA	ARCO Arena	10,117
November 9, 1993	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4, Dallas Stars 2	Phoenix, AZ	America West Arena	8,143
November 18, 1993	New York Islanders 5, Montréal Canadiens 1	Hamilton, ON	Copps Coliseum	17,008
December 9, 1993	Dallas Stars 6, Ottawa Senators 1	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center	14,058
December 23, 1993	Vancouver Canucks 4, Calgary Flames 3	Saskatoon, Sask.	SaskPlace	11,429*
December 31, 1993	Philadelphia Flyers 4, Boston Bruins 3	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center	10,855
January 4, 1994	Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 0	Hamilton, ON	Copps Coliseum	17,526*
January 5, 1994	Montréal Canadiens 2, Québec Nordiques 0	Phoenix, AZ	America West Arena	11,393
January 6, 1994	St. Louis Blues 2, Hartford Whalers 1	Cleveland, OH	Richfield Coliseum	6,956
January 16, 1994	Detroit Red Wings 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center	8,764
January 23, 1994	Vancouver Canucks 5, Edmonton Oilers 4 (OT)	Saskatoon, Sask.	SaskPlace	-
January 24, 1994	Los Angeles Kings 3, Calgary Flames 3 (OT)	Phoenix, AZ	America West Arena	14,864
February 2, 1994	Washington Capitals 5, Philadelphia Flyers 2	Cleveland, OH	Richfield Coliseum	8,312
February 8, 1994	San Jose Sharks 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3	Sacramento, CA	ARCO Arena	14,182*
February 22, 1994	Florida Panthers 3, Winnipeg Jets 2	Hamilton, ON	Copps Coliseum	6,291
February 24, 1994	Detroit Red Wings 3, Hartford Whalers 0	Cleveland, OH	Richfield Coliseum	11,621
March 4, 1994	Winnipeg Jets 6, Ottawa Senators 1	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center	6,388
March 8, 1994	Chicago Blackhawks 3, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 0	Phoenix, AZ	America West Arena	13,847
March 9, 1994	New York Rangers 7, Washington Capitals 5	Halifax, N.S.	Halifax Metro Centre	9,200*
March 18, 1994	New York Islanders 2, Buffalo Sabres 2	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center	8,016
March 23, 1994	Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Florida Panthers 1 (OT)	Hamilton, ON	Copps Coliseum	17,096*
March 27, 1994	New Jersey Devils 5, Quebec Nordiques 2	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center	6,222
April 3, 1994	Pittsburgh Penguins 6, Boston Bruins 2	Cleveland, OH	Richfield Coliseum	17,224
April 3, 1994	Los Angeles Kings 6, Edmonton Oilers 1	Sacramento, CA	ARCO Arena	10,363

Notes

1. NBC only televised the All-Star Game.