1992–93 New Jersey Devils season

The 1992–93 New Jersey Devils season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 11th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[1] The Devils finished fourth in the Patrick Division with a record of 40 wins, 37 losses and seven ties for 87 points. However, they lost the Patrick Division Semi-final to the Presidents' Trophy-winning Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.

1992–93 New Jersey Devils
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	5th Wales
1992–93 record	40–37–7
Home record	24–14–4
Road record	16–23–3
Goals for	308
Goals against	299
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Herb Brooks
Captain	Scott Stevens
Alternate captains	Bruce Driver John MacLean
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
Average attendance	13,658
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Semak (37)
Assists	Claude Lemieux (51)
Points	Claude Lemieux (81)
Penalty minutes	Ken Daneyko (236)
Plus/minus	Alexander Semak (+24)
Wins	Craig Billington (21)
Goals against average	Chris Terreri (3.39)
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The Devils were coached by Herb Brooks, who had led the U.S. men's ice hockey team to victory in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The team was captained by defenseman Scott Stevens.

In 1992–93 the Devils debuted a new color scheme – they kept the red and white, but replaced the green with black. The red, white and black color scheme is still in use today.

Regular season

The Devils tied the Pittsburgh Penguins for most short-handed goals allowed in the NHL, with 19.^[2]

Final standings

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

^[3]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Wales Conference^[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	84	56	21	7	367	268	119
2	Boston Bruins	ADM	84	51	26	7	332	268	109
3	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	84	47	27	10	351	300	104
4	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	84	48	30	6	326	280	102
5	Washington Capitals	PTK	84	43	34	7	325	286	93
6	New York Islanders	PTK	84	40	37	7	335	297	87
7	New Jersey Devils	PTK	84	40	37	7	308	299	87
8	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	84	38	36	10	335	297	86
9	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	84	36	37	11	319	319	83
10	New York Rangers	PTK	84	34	39	11	304	308	79
11	Hartford Whalers	ADM	84	26	52	6	284	369	58
12	Ottawa Senators	ADM	84	10	70	4	202	395	24

p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	Oct 6, 1992	4–3	New York Islanders	1–0–0
2	L	Oct 9, 1992	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers	1–1–0
3	W	Oct 10, 1992	4–2	New York Rangers	2–1–0
4	W	Oct 12, 1992	4–2	Washington Capitals	3–1–0
5	L	Oct 14, 1992	1–6	@ New York Rangers	3–2–0
6	W	Oct 17, 1992	2–0	Philadelphia Flyers	4–2–0
7	L	Oct 20, 1992	4–5	Hartford Whalers	4–3–0
8	W	Oct 22, 1992	6–5 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks	5–3–0
9	L	Oct 24, 1992	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–4–0
10	W	Oct 28, 1992	4–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	6–4–0
11	L	Oct 30, 1992	1–4	New York Islanders	6–5–0
12	W	Oct 31, 1992	5–3	@ New York Islanders	7–5–0
13	L	Nov 5, 1992	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings	7–6–0
14	W	Nov 7, 1992	6–1	@ San Jose Sharks	8–6–0
15	L	Nov 11, 1992	3–8	Montreal Canadiens	8–7–0
16	W	Nov 13, 1992	3–0	Washington Capitals	9–7–0
17	W	Nov 14, 1992	4–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals	10–7–0
18	W	Nov 18, 1992	3–2	Buffalo Sabres	11–7–0
19	L	Nov 20, 1992	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	11–8–0
20	L	Nov 21, 1992	0–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	11–9–0
21	L	Nov 25, 1992	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators	11–10–0
22	W	Nov 28, 1992	6–3	@ Quebec Nordiques	12–10–0
23	W	Dec 1, 1992	8–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	13–10–0
24	T	Dec 3, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators	13–10–1
25	L	Dec 5, 1992	2–4	Boston Bruins	13–11–1
26	W	Dec 6, 1992	7–3	@ Buffalo Sabres	14–11–1
27	L	Dec 9, 1992	2–6	Washington Capitals	14–12–1
28	W	Dec 11, 1992	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	15–12–1
29	L	Dec 12, 1992	5–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	15–13–1
30	L	Dec 15, 1992	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets	15–14–1
31	W	Dec 18, 1992	2–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	16–14–1
32	L	Dec 21, 1992	0–3	New York Rangers	16–15–1
33	W	Dec 23, 1992	5–4 OT	@ New York Rangers	17–15–1
34	W	Dec 27, 1992	6–2	Hartford Whalers	18–15–1
35	L	Dec 29, 1992	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques	18–16–1
36	L	Jan 1, 1993	2–9	@ Washington Capitals	18–17–1
37	T	Jan 2, 1993	2–2 OT	Winnipeg Jets	18–17–2
38	T	Jan 4, 1993	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers	18–17–3
39	W	Jan 6, 1993	5–1	Minnesota North Stars	19–17–3
40	W	Jan 8, 1993	6–4	Ottawa Senators	20–17–3
41	W	Jan 9, 1993	6–2	@ Boston Bruins	21–17–3
42	W	Jan 12, 1993	3–2	Vancouver Canucks	22–17–3
43	W	Jan 14, 1993	7–1	Los Angeles Kings	23–17–3
44	L	Jan 16, 1993	3–5	New York Islanders	23–18–3
45	L	Jan 20, 1993	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens	23–19–3
46	W	Jan 22, 1993	6–2	Montreal Canadiens	24–19–3
47	L	Jan 23, 1993	5–7	@ Boston Bruins	24–20–3
48	L	Jan 26, 1993	2–8	@ New York Islanders	24–21–3
49	L	Jan 28, 1993	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars	24–22–3
50	T	Jan 30, 1993	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues	24–22–4
51	L	Feb 3, 1993	4–5	Calgary Flames	24–23–4
52	W	Feb 8, 1993	5–4	New York Rangers	25–23–4
53	L	Feb 9, 1993	5–8	@ Detroit Red Wings	25–24–4
54	W	Feb 13, 1993	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers	26–24–4
55	W	Feb 14, 1993	5–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers	27–24–4
56	W	Feb 17, 1993	4–3	St. Louis Blues	28–24–4
57	T	Feb 19, 1993	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres	28–24–5
58	L	Feb 21, 1993	3–6	Quebec Nordiques	28–25–5
59	W	Feb 23, 1993	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	29–25–5
60	L	Feb 25, 1993	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers	29–26–5
61	W	Feb 27, 1993	5–2	Ottawa Senators	30–26–5
62	W	Feb 28, 1993	6–3	Detroit Red Wings	31–26–5
63	W	Mar 3, 1993	7–4	@ Hartford Whalers	32–26–5
64	T	Mar 5, 1993	1–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks	32–26–6
65	W	Mar 7, 1993	7–3	Philadelphia Flyers	33–26–6
66	L	Mar 9, 1993	2–7	@ Vancouver Canucks	33–27–6
67	L	Mar 12, 1993	4–6	@ Edmonton Oilers	33–28–6
68	L	Mar 13, 1993	3–4	@ Calgary Flames	33–29–6
69	L	Mar 16, 1993	1–3	@ Boston Bruins	33–30–6
70	W	Mar 18, 1993	5–1	Edmonton Oilers	34–30–6
71	L	Mar 20, 1993	1–5	Quebec Nordiques	34–31–6
72	W	Mar 21, 1993	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers	35–31–6
73	W	Mar 23, 1993	9–3	Tampa Bay Lightning	36–31–6
74	L	Mar 25, 1993	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	36–32–6
75	W	Mar 27, 1993	5–2	@ Washington Capitals	37–32–6
76	W	Mar 29, 1993	5–0	San Jose Sharks	38–32–6
77	L	Mar 31, 1993	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres	38–33–6
78	L	Apr 3, 1993	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	38–34–6
79	L	Apr 4, 1993	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	38–35–6
80	W	Apr 7, 1993	5–2	New York Rangers	39–35–6
81	W	Apr 10, 1993	5–3	@ Washington Capitals	40–35–6
82	L	Apr 11, 1993	4–5	New York Islanders	40–36–6
83	T	Apr 14, 1993	6–6 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	40–36–7
84	L	Apr 16, 1993	4–8	@ New York Islanders	40–37–7

Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals

(P4) New Jersey Devils vs. (P1) Pittsburgh Penguins

The series opened at Civic Arena. Pittsburgh won Game 1, 6–3, and Game 2, 7–0. Games 3 and 4 were at New Jersey. Pittsburgh won Game 3, 4–3, and the Devils won Game 4, 4–1. Game 5 was played back in Pittsburgh, where the Penguins won 5–3 and won the series 4–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Claude Lemieux	RW	77	30	51	81	155	3	13	0	3
Alexander Semak	C	82	37	42	79	70	24	4	1	6
Stephane Richer	RW	78	38	35	73	44	-1	7	1	7
Valeri Zelepukin	LW	78	23	41	64	70	19	5	1	2
Scott Stevens	D	81	12	45	57	120	14	8	0	1
Bruce Driver	D	83	14	40	54	66	-10	6	0	0
John MacLean	RW	80	24	24	48	102	-6	7	1	3
Peter Stastny	C	62	17	23	40	22	-5	7	0	3
Scott Niedermayer	D	80	11	29	40	47	8	5	0	0
Bobby Holik	C	61	20	19	39	76	-6	7	0	4
Bill Guerin	RW	65	14	20	34	63	14	0	0	2
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	76	4	23	27	158	7	1	1	0
Randy McKay	RW	73	11	11	22	206	0	1	0	2
Scott Pellerin	LW	45	10	11	21	41	-1	1	2	0
Bernie Nicholls	C	23	5	15	20	40	3	1	0	0
Tom Chorske	LW	50	7	12	19	25	-1	0	0	1
Alexei Kasatonov	D	64	3	14	17	57	4	0	0	0
Dave Barr	RW	62	6	8	14	61	1	0	1	1
Janne Ojanen	C	31	4	9	13	14	-2	1	0	1
Ken Daneyko	D	84	2	11	13	236	4	0	0	0
Zdeno Ciger	LW	27	4	8	12	2	-8	2	0	1
Kevin Todd	C	30	5	5	10	16	-4	0	0	2
Troy Mallette	LW	34	4	3	7	56	3	0	0	0
Tommy Albelin	D	36	1	5	6	14	0	1	0	1
Doug Brown	RW	15	0	5	5	2	3	0	0	0
Ben Hankinson	RW	4	2	1	3	9	2	0	0	0
Jarrod Skalde	C	11	0	2	2	4	-3	0	0	0
Claude Vilgrain	RW	4	0	2	2	0	-3	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	42	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Brian Sullivan	RW	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Jim Dowd	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
David Emma	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Miller	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Jon Morris	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Myles O'Connor	D	7	0	0	0	9	-4	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	48	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Craig Billington	2389	42	21	16	4	146	3.67	2	1178	1032	.876
Chris Terreri	2672	48	19	21	3	151	3.39	2	1324	1173	.886
Team:	5061	84	40	37	7	297	3.52	4	2502	2205	.881

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Stephane Richer	RW	5	2	2	4	2	1	0	0
Scott Stevens	D	5	2	2	4	10	1	0	0
Bruce Driver	D	5	1	3	4	4	0	1	0
Scott Niedermayer	D	5	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Tommy Albelin	D	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	1
Claude Lemieux	RW	5	2	0	2	19	1	0	0
Bill Guerin	RW	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Bobby Holik	C	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	0
Alexander Semak	C	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	5	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Peter Stastny	C	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Valeri Zelepukin	LW	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Barr	RW	5	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
John MacLean	RW	5	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Chorske	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Daneyko	D	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Alexei Kasatonov	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy McKay	RW	5	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
Bernie Nicholls	C	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Terreri	219	4	1	3	17	4.66	0	118	101	.856
Craig Billington	78	2	0	1	5	3.85	0	39	34	.872
Team:	297	5	1	4	22	4.44	0	157	135	.860

^[5]

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 records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Scott Niedermayer	NHL All-Rookie Team - Defense	End of regular season

Transactions

Draft picks

The New Jersey Devils' picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	18	Jason Smith	Canada	D	Regina Pats (WHL)
2	42	Sergei Brylin	Russia	C	CSKA Moscow (Russian Superleague)
3	66	Cale Hulse	Canada	D	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
4	90	Vitaly Tomilin	Russia	C	Krylya Sovetov (Russian Superleague)
4	94	Scott McCabe	United States	D	Detroit Midgets	^[a]
5	114	Ryan Black	Canada	LW	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
6	138	Dan Trebil	United States	D	Bloomington Jefferson H.S. (Minnesota)
7	162	Geordie Kinnear	Canada	D	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
8	186	Stephane Yelle	Canada	C	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
9	210	Jeff Toms	Canada	LW	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
10	234	Heath Weenk	Canada	D	Regina Pats (WHL)
11	258	Vladislav Yakovenko	Russia	LW	Spartak Moscow (Russian Superleague)

See also

• 1992–93 NHL season

Notes

1. The Devils acquired the 1992 fourth-round pick, along with Lee Norwood, from Detroit for Paul Ysebaert on November 27, 1990.

References

• "1992-93 National Hockey League Standings". hockeyDB. Retrieved October 12, 2007.
• "1992-93 New Jersey Devils player statistics". hockeyDB. Retrieved October 12, 2007.

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2. "1992-93 NHL Summary".
3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
4. "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
5. "1992-93 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.