Temporada da NHL de 1993–94

A temporada da NHL de 1992–93 foi a 76.ª temporada da National Hockey League (NHL). A liga teve uma expansão para 26 equipes com a entrada de Mighty Ducks of Anaheim e Florida Panthers. O New York Rangers foi o campeão da Copa Stanley. Foi a quarta conquista da equipe, a primeira em 54 temportadas, desde 1939–40.

A performance espetacular de Dominik Hasek do Buffalo Sabres inaugurou uma nova era de dominância dos goleiros na NHL. Apenas três equipes atingiram a marca de 300 gols, e apenas um, o Detroit Red Wings, teve média de mais de quatro gols por partida.^[1] Os goleiros conseguiram 99 partidas sem serem vazados durante a temporada regular,^[2] uma marca que quebrou a marca de 85 jogos de 1974–75.^[3]

Negócios da Liga

Para esta temporada, os nomes das conferências foram alterados de Campbell e Wales para Oeste e Leste respectivamente, e as divisões foram renomeadas de Adams, Patrick, Norris, e Smythe para Nordeste, Atlântico, Central, e Pacífico respectivamente.^[4] Cada divisão teve mudanças. A Divisão Nordeste recebeu o Pittsburgh Penguins, anteriormente na Divisão Patrick. A Divisão do Atlântico ficou com o estreante Florida Panthers e o Tampa Bay Lightning, que estava na Divisão Norris. A Divisão Central recebeu o Winnipeg Jets da Divisão Smythe. A Divisão do Pacífico teve a adição do Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. O novo comissário da Liga Gary Bettman, que trabalhou anteriormente na National Basketball Association (NBA), considerou os nomes confusos para torcedores não tradicionais e acreditou que uma mudança na nomeação para divisões geográficas, como usada em outras grandes ligas, seria mais compreensível para novos torcedores.

Além disso, o formato de play-off foi modificado para uma classificação beaseada na conferência, em vez de chaveamentos por divisão. Os vencedores das divisões foram classificados em primeiro e segundo pela ordem de pontos, enquanto os seis classificados remanescentes na conferência foram ordenados de terceiro a oitavo.^[4] Todavia, diferentemente da NBA, a NHL colocou as equipes de maior pontuação contra os de menor pontuação na segunda fase.Para reduzir o número de viagens para a Costa Oeste, quando uma equipe da Divisão Central enfrentou uma do Pacífico nos play-offs, o formato foi de 2–3–2, em vez do tradicional 2–2–1–1–1, o que ocorreu apenas nesta temporada.

Mudanças de franquias

O Mighty Ducks of Anaheim e o Florida Panthers estrearam nesta temporada.
O Minnesota North Stars foi realocado para Dallas, Texas, para virar o Dallas Stars. Foi a primeira realocação de franquia na NHL desde que o Colorado Rockies se tornou o New Jersey Devils em 1982–83.
Esta foi a primeira temporada em que o San Jose Sharks realmente jogou em San José, indo para o a nova San Jose Arena depois de jogar nos dois primeiros anos no Cow Palace em Daly City.
Foi a última temporada em que o Saint Louis Blues jogou na Saint Louis Arena e que o Chicago Blackhawks mandou suas partidas no Chicago Stadium.

Temporada regular

Os Panters e os Mighty Ducks estabeleceram novas marcas para equipes estreantes. Ambos terminaram com 33 vitórias, passando os 31 triunfos do Philadelphia Flyers e do Los Angeles Kings em 1967–68. Essa marca se manteria até a trigésima quarta vitória do Vegas Golden Knights em sua temporada inaugural em 1 de fevereiro de 2018, terminando com 51 vitórias.^[5] Os Panters também estabeleceram um recorde de 83 pontos, passando o recorde de 73 pontos dos Flyers em 1968. Os Golden Knights despedaçaram este recorde por 26 pontos, ao marcarem 109 pontos em 2017-18.

Os campeões das divisões classificaram-se aos play-offs como primeiro e segundo cabeças-de-chave. Os outros seis classificados foram os melhores desempenhos da conferência que não ganharam divisões.

Classificação final

Times que se classificaram aos playoffs estão destacados em negrito

Conferência Leste

Posição		Jogos	Vitórias	Derrotas	Empates	Gols pró	Gols contra	Pontos
1	p-New York Rangers *	84	52	24	8	299	231	112
2	x-Pittsburgh Penguins *	84	44	27	13	299	285	101
3	New Jersey Devils	84	47	25	12	306	220	106
4	Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	289	252	97
5	Montreal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	283	248	96
6	Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	282	218	95
7	Washington Capitals	84	39	35	10	277	263	88
8	New York Islanders	84	36	36	12	282	264	84

9	Florida Panthers	84	33	34	17	233	233	83
10	Philadelphia Flyers	84	35	39	10	294	314	80
11	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	277	292	76
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	84	30	43	11	224	251	71
13	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	227	288	63
14	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	201	397	37

Final standings

Conferência Oeste

Posição		Jogos	Vitórias	Derrotas	Empates	Gols pró	Gols contra	Pontos
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
Final standings

Playoffs

Predefinição:Main article For the first time, all four former WHA teams (Edmonton, Hartford, Quebec, and Winnipeg) failed to make the playoffs in the same season.

Final

Predefinição:Main article

The Final pitted the New York Rangers, seeking to win their first Cup since Predefinição:Scfy, versus the Vancouver Canucks, looking for their first-ever Cup win. The series was hard-fought and went the full seven games. The Rangers took a 3–1 series lead, but the Canucks won the next two to force a game seven in New York. The Rangers won the game 3–2 to win their fourth Stanley Cup.

**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.

Playoff bracket

Predefinição:1994 Stanley Cup playoffs

Prêmios

A cerimônia de premiação NHL awards aconteceu em 16 de julho de 1994.

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

Equipes do Jogo das estrelas

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	Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
Pavel Bure, Vancouver Canucks	RW	Cam Neely, Boston Bruins
Brendan Shanahan, St. Louis Blues	LW	Adam Graves, New York Rangers

Player statistics

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
Pavel Bure	Vancouver	76	60	47	107
Jeremy Roenick	Chicago	84	46	61	107
Mark Recchi	Philadelphia	84	40	67	107
Brendan Shanahan	St. Louis	81	52	50	102
Dave Andreychuk	Toronto	83	53	46	99
Jaromir Jagr	Pittsburgh	80	32	67	99

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Leading goaltenders

Player	Team	GP	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
Dominik Hasek	Buffalo	58	3358	109	7	1.95
Martin Brodeur	New Jersey	47	2625	105	3	2.40
Patrick Roy	Montreal	68	3867	161	7	2.50
John Vanbiesbrouck	Florida	57	3440	145	1	2.53
Mike Richter	New York Rangers	68	3710	159	5	2.57
Darcy Wakaluk	Dallas	36	2000	88	3	2.64
Ed Belfour	Chicago	70	3998	178	7	2.67
Daren Puppa	Tampa Bay	63	3653	165	4	2.71
Chris Terreri	New Jersey	44	2340	106	2	2.72
Mark Fitzpatrick	Florida	15	819	36	2	2.73

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Milestones

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1993–94 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut 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
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
Michael Peca, Vancouver Canucks
Pat Peake, Washington Capitals
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
Mike McPhee, Dallas Stars
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
Brian Curran, Washington Capitals

Trading deadline

Trading deadline: March 21, 1994.^[8]

March 19, 1994: Donald Dufresne traded from Tampa Bay to Los Angeles for Los Angeles's sixth 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 seventh round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
March 21, 1994: Joe Reekie traded from Tampa Bay to Washington for Enrico Ciccone and Washington's third 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 fourth 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 fourth 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 third round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
March 21, 1994: Alexei Kasatonov traded from Anaheim to St. Louis for Maxim Bets and St. Louis' sixth 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 fourth round pick in the 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.

Neutral site games

As a part of the 1992 strike settlement, the NHL and Bruce McNall's Multivision Marketing and Public Relations Co. organized 26 regular season games in cities without a franchise as a litmus test for future expansion.

The Stars played a neutral-site game in their previous market of Minnesota at the Target Center in Minneapolis, where they were greeted enthusiastically. The Minnesota North Stars' tradition of playing on New Year's Eve and holding a post-game skate on the ice was also continued with a game between the Flyers and Bruins.

The Lightning vs. Red Wings contest in Minneapolis was scheduled for Martin Luther King Day, a Monday, necessitating an afternoon face-off at 2:05 PM. However, due to an error on the NHL's part, the Lightning believed themselves to be playing at 7:35 PM, an error that was only discovered two weeks prior to the game by reporters. The Lightning ended up playing an 8:05 PM game in Winnipeg, flying back to the U.S., and playing again 18 hours later in Minneapolis.

The Panthers, in the midst of a playoff race, played a March "home" game against the Maple Leafs 30 miles from Toronto, at Hamilton.

Complete list of neutral-site games

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score	OT	City	State/Province	Arena	Attendance
01 !October 21, 1993	St. Louis	5	San Jose	2		Sacramento	CA	ARCO Arena	07144 !7,144
02 !October 31, 1993	NY Rangers	4	New Jersey	1		Halifax	NS	Halifax Metro Centre	08200 !8,200
03 !November 3, 1993	Pittsburgh	6	Buffalo	2		Sacramento	CA	ARCO Arena	10117 !10,117
04 !November 9, 1993	Anaheim	4	Dallas	2		Phoenix	AZ	America West Arena	08143 !8,143
05 !November 18, 1993	NY Islanders	5	Montréal	1		Hamilton	ON	Copps Coliseum	17008 !17,008
06 !December 9, 1993	Dallas	6	Ottawa	1		Minneapolis	MN	Target Center	14058 !14,058
07 !December 23, 1993	Vancouver	4	Calgary	3		Saskatoon	SK	Saskatchewan Place	11429 !11,429*
08 !December 31, 1993	Philadelphia	4	Boston	3		Minneapolis	MN	Target Center	10855 !10,855
09 !January 4, 1994	Tampa Bay	1	Toronto	0		Hamilton	ON	Copps Coliseum	17526 !17,526*
10 !January 5, 1994	Montréal	2	Québec	0		Phoenix	AZ	America West Arena	11393 !11,393
11 !January 6, 1994	St. Louis	2	Hartford	1		Cleveland	OH	Richfield Coliseum	06956 !6,956
12 !January 17, 1994	Detroit	6	Tampa Bay	3		Minneapolis	MN	Target Center	08764 !8,764
13 !January 23, 1994	Vancouver	5	Edmonton	4	(OT)	Saskatoon	SK	Saskatchewan Place	N/A
14 !January 24, 1994	Calgary	3	Los Angeles	3	(OT)	Phoenix	AZ	America West Arena	14864 !14,864
15 !February 2, 1994	Washington	5	Philadelphia	2		Cleveland	OH	Richfield Coliseum	08312 !8,312
16 !February 8, 1994	San Jose	4	Chicago	3		Sacramento	CA	ARCO Arena	14182 !14,182*
17 !February 22, 1994	Florida	3	Winnipeg	2		Hamilton	ON	Copps Coliseum	06291 !6,291
18 !February 24, 1994	Detroit	3	Hartford	0		Cleveland	OH	Richfield Coliseum	11621 !11,621
19 !March 4, 1994	Winnipeg	6	Ottawa	1		Minneapolis	MN	Target Center	06388 !6,388
20 !March 8, 1994	Chicago	3	Anaheim	0		Phoenix	AZ	America West Arena	13847 !13,847
21 !March 9, 1994	NY Rangers	7	Washington	5		Halifax	NS	Halifax Metro Centre	09200 !9,200*
22 !March 18, 1994	Buffalo	2	NY Islanders	2	(OT)	Minneapolis	MN	Target Center	08016 !8,016
23 !March 23, 1994	Florida	1	Toronto	1	(OT)	Hamilton	ON	Copps Coliseum	17096 !17,096*
24 !March 27, 1994	New Jersey	5	Quebec	2		Minneapolis	MN	Target Center	06222 !6,222
25 !April 3, 1994	Pittsburgh	6	Boston	2		Cleveland	OH	Richfield Coliseum	17224 !17,224
26 !April 3, 1994	Los Angeles	6	Edmonton	1		Sacramento	CA	ARCO Arena	10363 !10,363

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Team	Coach	Comments
Boston Bruins	Brian Sutter
Buffalo Sabres	John Muckler
Florida Panthers	Roger Neilson
Hartford Whalers	Pierre McGuire	Replaced midseason by Paul Holmgren
Montreal Canadiens	Jacques Demers
New Jersey Devils	Jacques Lemaire
New York Islanders	Al Arbour
New York Rangers	Mike Keenan
Ottawa Senators	Rick Bowness
Philadelphia Flyers	Terry Simpson
Pittsburgh Penguins	Eddie Johnston
Quebec Nordiques	Pierre Page
Tampa Bay Lightning	Terry Crisp
Washington Capitals	Terry Murray	Replaced late in the season by Jim Schoenfeld

Western Conference

Team	Coach	Comments
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Ron Wilson
Calgary Flames	Dave King
Chicago Blackhawks	Darryl Sutter
Dallas Stars	Bob Gainey
Detroit Red Wings	Scotty Bowman
Edmonton Oilers	Ted Green	Replaced early in the season by Glen Sather
Los Angeles Kings	Barry Melrose
St. Louis Blues	Bob Berry
San Jose Sharks	Kevin Constantine
Toronto Maple Leafs	Pat Burns
Vancouver Canucks	Pat Quinn
Winnipeg Jets	John Paddock

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