1993–94 New York Rangers season

1993–94 New York Rangers
1993–94 New York Rangers
Stanley Cup champions
Presidents' Trophy winners
Eastern Conference champions
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
1993–94 record	52–24–8
Home record	28–8–6
Road record	24–16–2
Goals for	299
Goals against	231
Team information
General manager	Neil Smith
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Adam Graves; Kevin Lowe; Brian Leetch; Steve Larmer
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,001 (98.9%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Binghamton Rangers (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Adam Graves (52)
Assists	Sergei Zubov (77)
Points	Sergei Zubov (89)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Beukeboom (170)
Plus/minus	Brian Leetch (+28)
Wins	Mike Richter (42)
Goals against average	Mike Richter (2.57)
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The 1993–94 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 68th season. The highlight of the season was winning the Stanley Cup and hosting the NHL All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers clinched their second Presidents' Trophy and sixth division title by finishing with the best record in the NHL at 52–24–8, setting a then-franchise record with 112 points.

This marked the last season in which the Rangers were under the control of Paramount Communications. Toward the end of the season, Paramount was taken over by Viacom. Shortly thereafter, Viacom divested itself of all of Paramount's interests in Madison Square Garden, including the Rangers, and sold them to ITT Corporation and Cablevision. A couple of years later, ITT would sell their share to Cablevision, who owned the Rangers until 2010, when the MSG properties became their own company. As of 2024, this remains the most recent season the Rangers won the Stanley Cup.

Off season

On April 17, 1993, the New York Rangers named Mike Keenan as their head coach. Keenan was hired to replace Ron Smith, who the team decided not to retain after he coached the second half of the season in place of the fired Roger Neilson. Keenan had taken the 1992–93 season off after spending four years as the head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, where he led the team to the Stanley Cup Finals in his last year.

Pre-season

During the 1993 pre-season, the Rangers had a record of 7–2–0.

Regular season

The 1993–94 season was a magical one for Rangers fans, as head coach Mike Keenan led the Rangers to their first Stanley Cup championship in 54 years. Two years prior, they acquired center Mark Messier, who was an integral part of the Edmonton Oilers' Cup-winning teams. Adam Graves, who also defected from the Oilers, joined the Rangers as well. Other ex-Oilers on the Blueshirts included trade deadline acquisitions Craig MacTavish and Glenn Anderson. Brian Leetch and Sergei Zubov were a solid "1–2 punch" on defense. In fact, Zubov led the team in scoring that season with 89 points, and continued to be an All-Star defenseman throughout his career. Graves would set a team record with 52 goals, breaking the old record of 50 held by Vic Hadfield. This record would later be broken by Jaromir Jagr on April 8, 2006, against the Boston Bruins. New York was not shut-out in any of their 84 regular-season games.^[1] The Rangers led the NHL in wins (52), points (112) and power-play goals (96, tied with the Buffalo Sabres) and power play percentage (23.02%). They also allowed the fewest shorthanded goals (5) of all 26 teams.^[2]

On February 21, 1994, Tony Amonte scored just eight seconds into the overtime period to win the game to give the Rangers a 4–3 home win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.^[3] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 1993–94 regular season.^[4]

All-Star Game

The 1994 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 22, 1994, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The final score was East 9, West 8.

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New York Rangers	84	52	24	8	299	231	112
2	3	New Jersey Devils	84	47	25	12	306	220	106
3	7	Washington Capitals	84	39	35	10	277	263	88
4	8	New York Islanders	84	36	36	12	282	264	84
5	9	Florida Panthers	84	33	34	17	233	233	83
6	10	Philadelphia Flyers	84	35	39	10	294	314	80
7	12	Tampa Bay Lightning	84	30	43	11	224	251	71

^[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.

Eastern Conference^[6]
R		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division); * – Division leader

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

In the opening round, the Rangers faced their crosstown rivals the New York Islanders, this series would turn out to be an extremely one sided affair as the Rangers outscored their rivals 22–3 in a four-game sweep.

Eastern Conference Semi-finals

Next, the Rangers faced the Washington Capitals who were coming off a shocking six game win over the second seeded Pittsburgh Penguins. The Rangers appeared to have the series in hand after they won the first three games, although the Capitals avoided the sweep with a Game 4 win, the Rangers got back in control and won the series in five games.

Eastern Conference Finals

After going down in the Eastern Conference Finals 3–2 to the New Jersey Devils, Rangers' captain Mark Messier made one of the most famous guarantees in sports history, saying the Rangers would win Game 6 in New Jersey to tie the series 3–3. Not only did the Rangers back up Messier's guarantee, Messier scored a hat-trick in the Rangers' 4–2 win, sending the game back to New York for Game 7.^[7] In Game 7, the Rangers held a 1–0 lead after a second period goal by Brian Leetch. The lead would hold up until 7.7 seconds remaining, when Valeri Zelepukin was able to beat Mike Richter to send the game to overtime. In double overtime, Stephane Matteau scored his second overtime goal of the series to send the Rangers to the Finals. The series-winning goal prompted the famous call of "Matteau, Matteau, Matteau!" by Rangers radio announcer Howie Rose.^[8]

Stanley Cup Finals

The Rangers won their first Stanley Cup in 54 years, dating back to 1940, beating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games.

The Rangers winning this Stanley Cup drew 4.957 million viewers to Hockey Night in Canada, making it the highest-rated single CBC Sports program in history until the 10.6 million viewers for the men's ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics, when Canada won its first Olympic ice hockey gold medal since the 1952 Winter Olympics.^[9]^[10] CBC commentator Bob Cole, who called both games, said Game 7 was one of his most memorable TV games.^[11]^[9]

MSG Network broadcaster Al Trautwig said that this Stanley Cup win by the Rangers was seen as the coming of age of the NHL's influence in Europe.^[12] It marked the first time that the Russians got their names on the Stanley Cup and there were four who got that honor – Alexander Karpovtsev, Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Nemchinov and Sergei Zubov—giving a huge European television audience, including those watching on the brand-new television screens across the former Soviet Union, a Stanley Cup story to remember.^[12]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

1993 pre-season game log: 7–2–0, 14 Points (home: 4–0–0; road: 3–2–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	PTS	Location
1	September 11, 1993	Toronto	5–3	1–0–0	2	Wembley Arena
2	September 12, 1993	@ Toronto	3–1	2–0–0	4	Wembley Arena
3	September 22, 1993	@ Pittsburgh	4–6	2–1–0	4	Civic Arena
4	September 23, 1993	@ N.Y. Islanders	2–4	2–2–0	4	Nassau Coliseum
5	September 25, 1993	@ Hartford	5–3	3–2–0	6	Hartford Civic Center
6	September 27, 1993	N.Y. Islanders	6–3	4–2–0	8	Madison Square Garden
7	September 29, 1993	Pittsburgh	5–4	5–2–0	10	Madison Square Garden
8	September 30, 1993	@ New Jersey	3–2	6–2–0	12	Brendan Byrne Arena
9	October 1, 1993	New Jersey	4–1	7–2–0	14	Madison Square Garden
Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Regular season

1993–94 Game Log: 52–24–8, 112 Points (home: 28–8–6; road: 24–16–2)

October: 7–5–1, 15 Points (home: 5–2–1; road: 2–3–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Record	PTS	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	October 5, 1993	Boston	3–4		Richter (L)	0–1–0	0	Madison Square Garden	18,200	L1
2	October 7, 1993	Tampa Bay	5–4		Healy (W)	1–1–0	2	Madison Square Garden	16,596	W1
3	October 9, 1993	@ Pittsburgh	2–3		Richter (L)	1–2–0	2	Civic Arena	16,994	L1
4	October 11, 1993	Washington	5–2		Healy (W)	2–2–0	4	Madison Square Garden	16,834	W1
5	October 13, 1993	Quebec	6–4		Healy (W)	3–2–0	6	Madison Square Garden	16,451	W2
6	October 15, 1993	@ Buffalo	5–2		Healy (W)	4–2–0	8	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	15,200	W3
7	October 16, 1993	@ Philadelphia	3–4		Healy (L)	4–3–0	8	The Spectrum	17,308	L1
8	October 19, 1993	Anaheim	2–4		Richter (L)	4–4–0	8	Madison Square Garden	17,643	L2
9	October 22, 1993	@ Tampa Bay	1–4		Richter (L)	4–5–0	8	Thunderdome	18,667	L3
10	October 24, 1993	Los Angeles	3–2		Richter (W)	5–5–0	10	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
11	October 28, 1993	Montreal	3–3	OT	Richter (T)	5–5–1	11	Madison Square Garden	17,811	T1
12	October 30, 1993	@ Hartford	4–1		Richter (W)	6–5–1	13	Hartford Civic Center	13,183	W1
13	October 31, 1993	New Jersey	4–1		Richter (W)	7–5–1	15	Halifax Metro Centre	8,200	W2

November: 11–1–1, 23 Points (home: 5–0–1; road: 6–1–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Record	PTS	Location	Attendance	Recap
14	November 3, 1993	Vancouver	6–3		Richter (W)	8–5–1	17	Madison Square Garden	18,001	W3
15	November 6, 1993	@ Quebec	4–2		Richter (W)	9–5–1	19	Colisée de Québec	14,603	W4
16	November 8, 1993	Tampa Bay	6–3		Richter (W)	10–5–1	21	Madison Square Garden	16,618	W5
17	November 10, 1993	Winnipeg	2–1		Richter (W)	11–5–1	23	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W6
18	November 13, 1993	@ Washington	2–0		Richter (W)	12–5–1	25	USAir Arena	17,519	W7
19	November 14, 1993	San Jose	3–3	OT	Richter (T)	12–5–2	26	Madison Square Garden	18,200	T1
20	November 16, 1993	@ Florida	4–2		Healy (W)	13–5–2	28	Miami Arena	14,021	W1
21	November 19, 1993	@ Tampa Bay	5–3		Richter (W)	14–5–2	30	Thunderdome	19,993	W2
22	November 23, 1993	Montreal	5–4		Richter (W)	15–5–2	32	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W3
23	November 24, 1993	@ Ottawa	7–1		Healy (W)	16–5–2	34	Ottawa Civic Centre	10,411	W4
24	November 27, 1993	@ N.Y. Islanders	4–6		Healy (L)	16–6–2	34	Nassau Coliseum	16,297	L1
25	November 28, 1993	Washington	3–1		Richter (W)	17–6–2	36	Madison Square Garden	17,941	W1
26	November 30, 1993	@ New Jersey	3–1		Richter (W)	18–6–2	38	Brendan Byrne Arena	19,040	W2

December: 8–3–1, 17 Points (home: 5–0–1; road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Record	PTS	Location	Attendance	Recap
27	December 4, 1993	@ Toronto	4–3		Richter (W)	19–6–2	40	Maple Leaf Gardens	15,728	W3
28	December 5, 1993	New Jersey	2–1		Richter (W)	20–6–2	42	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W4
29	December 8, 1993	Edmonton	1–1	OT	Richter (T)	20–6–3	43	Madison Square Garden	18,200	T1
30	December 13, 1993	Buffalo	2–0		Richter (W)	21–6–3	45	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
31	December 15, 1993	Hartford	5–2		Richter (W)	22–6–3	47	Madison Square Garden	17,967	W2
32	December 17, 1993	@ Detroit	4–6		Healy (L)	22–7–3	47	Joe Louis Arena	19,875	L1
33	December 19, 1993	Ottawa	6–3		Richter (W)	23–7–3	49	Madison Square Garden	17,935	W1
34	December 22, 1993	@ Florida	2–3		Richter (L)	23–8–3	49	Miami Arena	14,706	L1
35	December 23, 1993	@ Washington	1–0		Healy (W)	24–8–3	51	USAir Arena	15,772	W1
36	December 26, 1993	New Jersey	8–3		Healy (W)	25–8–3	53	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W2
37	December 29, 1993	@ St. Louis	4–3		Richter (W)	26–8–3	55	St. Louis Arena	18,163	W3
38	December 31, 1993	@ Buffalo	1–4		Healy (L)	26–9–3	55	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	16,284	L1

January: 7–4–0, 14 Points (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–2–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Record	PTS	Location	Attendance	Recap
39	January 3, 1994	Florida	3–2		Richter (W)	27-9–3	57	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
40	January 5, 1994	Calgary	1–4		Richter (L)	27–10–3	57	Madison Square Garden	18,200	L1
41	January 8, 1994	@ Montreal	2–3		Healy (L)	27–11–3	57	Montreal Forum	17,425	L2
42	January 10, 1994	Tampa Bay	2–5		Healy (L)	27–12–3	57	Madison Square Garden	17,993	L3
43	January 14, 1994	Philadelphia	5–2		Richter (W)	28–12–3	59	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
44	January 16, 1994	@ Chicago	5–1		Richter (W)	29–12–3	61	Chicago Stadium	18,472	W2
45	January 18, 1994	St. Louis	4–1		Richter (W)	30–12–3	63	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W3
46	January 25, 1994	@ San Jose	8–3		Richter (W)	31–12–3	65	San Jose Arena	17,190	W4
47	January 27, 1994	@ Los Angeles	5–4	OT 4:58	Richter (W)	32–12–3	67	Great Western Forum	16,005	W5
48	January 28, 1994	@ Anaheim	2–3		Healy (L)	32–13–3	67	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	17,174	L1
49	January 31, 1994	Pittsburgh	5–3		Richter (W)	33–13–3	69	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1

February: 7–5–1, 15 Points (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–3–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Record	PTS	Location	Attendance	Recap
50	February 2, 1994	N.Y. Islanders	4–4	OT	Richter (T)	33–13–4	70	Madison Square Garden	18,200	T1
51	February 3, 1994	@ Boston	3–0		Healy (W)	34–13–4	72	Boston Garden	14,448	W1
52	February 7, 1994	Washington	1–4		Richter (L)	34–14–4	72	Madison Square Garden	18,200	L1
53	February 9, 1994	@ Montreal	3–4	OT 1:27	Healy (L)	34–15–4	72	Montreal Forum	16,725	L2
	February 11, 1994		Quebec	Postponed (snow); rescheduled for March 2					Madison Square Garden
54	February 12, 1994	@ Ottawa	4–3	OT 2:37	Richter (W)	35–15–4	74	Ottawa Civic Centre	10,575	W1
55	February 14, 1994	@ Quebec	4–2		Richter (W)	36–15–4	76	Colisée de Québec	15,029	W2
56	February 18, 1994	Ottawa	3–0		Richter (W)	37–15–4	78	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W3
57	February 19, 1994	@ Hartford	2–4		Richter (L)	37–16–4	78	Hartford Civic Center	15,635	L1
58	February 21, 1994	Pittsburgh	4–3	OT :08	Richter (W)	38–16–4	80	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
59	February 23, 1994	Boston	3–6		Healy (L)	38–17–4	80	Madison Square Garden	18,200	L1
60	February 24, 1994	@ New Jersey	3–1		Richter (W)	39–17–4	82	Brendan Byrne Arena	19,040	W1
61	February 26, 1994	@ Dallas	1–3		Richter (L)	39–18–4	82	Reunion Arena	16,914	L1
62	February 28, 1994	Philadelphia	4–1		Richter (W)	40–18–4	84	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1

March: 7–5–3, 17 Points (home: 2–2–1; road: 5–3–2)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Record	PTS	Location	Attendance	Recap
63	March 2, 1994	Quebec	5–2		Richter (W)	41–18–4	86	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W2
64	March 4, 1994	N.Y. Islanders	3–3	OT	Richter (T)	41–18–5	87	Madison Square Garden	18,200	T1
65	March 5, 1994	@ N.Y. Islanders	5–4		Richter (W)	42–18–5	89	Nassau Coliseum	16,297	W1
66	March 7, 1994	Detroit	3–6		Richter (L)	42–19–5	89	Madison Square Garden	18,200	L1
67	March 9, 1994	@ Washington	7–5		Healy (W)	43–19–5	91	Halifax Metro Centre	9,200	W1
68	March 10, 1994	@ Boston	2–2	OT	Healy (T)	43–19–6	92	Boston Garden	14,448	T1
69	March 12, 1994	@ Pittsburgh	2–6		Healy (L)	43–20–6	92	Civic Arena	17,537	L1
70	March 14, 1994	@ Florida	1–2		Richter (L)	43–21–6	92	Miami Arena	14,704	L2
71	March 16, 1994	Hartford	4–0		Richter (W)	44–21–6	94	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
72	March 18, 1994	Chicago	3–7		Richter (L)	44–22–6	94	Madison Square Garden	18,200	L1
73	March 22, 1994	@ Calgary	4–4	OT	Healy (T)	44–22–7	95	Olympic Saddledome	20,230	T1
74	March 23, 1994	@ Edmonton	5–3		Richter (W)	45–22–7	97	Northlands Coliseum	14,186	W1
75	March 25, 1994	@ Vancouver	5–2		Richter (W)	46–22–7	99	Pacific Coliseum	16,150	W2
76	March 27, 1994	@ Winnipeg	1–3		Healy (L)	46–23–7	99	Winnipeg Arena	12,793	L1
77	March 29, 1994	@ Philadelphia	4–3		Richter (W)	47–23–7	101	The Spectrum	17,380	W1

April: 5–1–1, 11 Points (home: 4–0–1; road: 1–1–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Record	PTS	Location	Attendance	Recap
78	April 1, 1994	Dallas	3–0		Richter (W)	48–23–7	103	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W2
79	April 2, 1994	@ New Jersey	4–2		Richter (W)	49–23–7	105	Brendan Byrne Arena	19,040	W3
80	April 4, 1994	Florida	3–2		Richter (W)	50–23–7	107	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W4
81	April 8, 1994	Toronto	5–3		Richter (W)	51–23–7	109	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W5
82	April 10, 1994	@ N.Y. Islanders	4–5		Healy (L)	51–24–7	109	Nassau Coliseum	16,297	L1
83	April 12, 1994	Buffalo	3–2		Richter (W)	52–24–7	111	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
84	April 14, 1994	Philadelphia	2–2	OT	Richter (T)	52–24–8	112	Madison Square Garden	18,200	T1

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Detailed records

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Florida Panthers	2–0–0	1–2–0	3–2–0	6	13	11
New Jersey Devils	3–0–0	3–0–0	6–0–0	12	24	9
New York Islanders	0–0–2	1–2–0	1–2–2	4	20	22
New York Rangers	–	–	–	–	–	–
Philadelphia Flyers	2–0–1	1–1–0	3–1–1	7	18	12
Tampa Bay Lightning	2–1–0	1–1–0	3–2–0	6	19	19
Washington Capitals	2–1–0	3–0–0	5–1–0	10	19	12
	11–2–3	10–6–0	21–8–3	45	113	85
Northeast Division
Boston Bruins	0–2–0	1–0–1	1–2–1	3	11	12
Buffalo Sabres	2–0–0	1–1–0	3–1–0	6	11	8
Hartford Whalers	2–0–0	1–1–0	3–1–0	6	15	7
Montreal Canadiens	1–0–1	0–2–0	1–2–1	3	13	14
Ottawa Senators	2–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	8	20	6
Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0–0	0–2–0	2–2–0	4	13	15
Quebec Nordiques	2–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	8	19	10
	11–2–1	7–6–1	18–8–2	38	102	72

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Western Conference
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	8	8
Dallas Stars	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	4	3
Detroit Red Wings	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	7	12
St. Louis Blues	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	8	4
Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	6
Winnipeg Jets	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	3	4
	4–2–0	3–3–0	7–5–0	14	39	37
Pacific Division
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	4	7
Calgary Flames	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–1–1	1	5	8
Edmonton Oilers	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	6	4
Los Angeles Kings	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	8	6
San Jose Sharks	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	11	6
Vancouver Canucks	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	11	5
	2–2–2	4–1–1	6–3–3	15	45	36

Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (E8) New York Islanders – Rangers won series 4–0
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Series	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	April 17, 1994	N.Y. Islanders	6–0		Richter (W)	Rangers lead 1–0	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
2	April 18, 1994	N.Y. Islanders	6–0		Richter (W)	Rangers lead 2–0	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W2
3	April 21, 1994	@ N.Y. Islanders	5–1		Richter (W)	Rangers lead 3–0	Nassau Coliseum	16,297	W3
4	April 24, 1994	@ N.Y. Islanders	5–2		Richter (W)	Rangers win 4–0	Nassau Coliseum	16,287	W4

Eastern Conference Semi-finals vs. (E7) Washington Capitals – Rangers won series 4–1
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Series	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	May 1, 1994	Washington	6–3		Richter (W)	Rangers lead 1–0	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
2	May 3, 1994	Washington	5–2		Richter (W)	Rangers lead 2–0	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W2
3	May 5, 1994	@ Washington	3–0		Richter (W)	Rangers lead 3–0	USAir Arena	18,130	W3
4	May 7, 1994	@ Washington	2–4		Richter (L)	Rangers lead 3–1	USAir Arena	18,130	L1
5	May 9, 1994	Washington	4–3		Richter (W)	Rangers win 4–1	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1

Eastern Conference Finals vs. (E3) New Jersey Devils – Rangers won series 4–3
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Series	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	May 15, 1994	New Jersey	3–4	2OT 36:23	Richter (L)	Devils lead 1–0	Madison Square Garden	18,200	L1
2	May 17, 1994	New Jersey	4–0		Richter (W)	Series tied 1–1	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
3	May 19, 1994	@ New Jersey	3–2	2OT 26:13	Richter (W)	Rangers lead 2–1	Brendan Byrne Arena	19,040	W2
4	May 21, 1994	@ New Jersey	1–3		Richter (L)	Series tied 2–2	Brendan Byrne Arena	19,040	L1
5	May 23, 1994	New Jersey	1–4		Richter (L)	Devils lead 3–2	Madison Square Garden	18,200	L2
6	May 25, 1994	@ New Jersey	4–2		Richter (W)	Series tied 3–3	Brendan Byrne Arena	19,040	W1
7	May 27, 1994	New Jersey	2–1	2OT 24:24	Richter (W)	Rangers win 4–3	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W2

Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W7) Vancouver Canucks – Rangers won series 4–3
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Series	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	May 31, 1994	Vancouver	2–3	OT 19:28	Richter (L)	Canucks lead 1–0	Madison Square Garden	18,200	L1
2	June 2, 1994	Vancouver	3–1		Richter (W)	Series tied 1–1	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1
3	June 4, 1994	@ Vancouver	5–1		Richter (W)	Rangers lead 2–1	Pacific Coliseum	16,150	W2
4	June 7, 1994	@ Vancouver	4–2		Richter (W)	Rangers lead 3–1	Pacific Coliseum	16,150	W3
5	June 9, 1994	Vancouver	3–6		Richter (L)	Rangers lead 3–2	Madison Square Garden	18,200	L1
6	June 11, 1994	@ Vancouver	1–4		Richter (L)	Series tied 3–3	Pacific Coliseum	16,150	L2
7	June 14, 1994	Vancouver	3–2		Richter (W)	Rangers win 4–3	Madison Square Garden	18,200	W1

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Sergei Zubov	78	12	77	89	20	39
Mark Messier	76	26	58	84	25	76
Adam Graves	84	52	27	79	27	127
Brian Leetch	84	23	56	79	28	67
Steve Larmer	68	21	39	60	14	41
Alexei Kovalev	76	23	33	56	18	154
Esa Tikkanen	83	22	32	54	5	114
Mike Gartner^‡	71	28	24	52	11	58
Sergei Nemchinov	76	22	27	49	13	36
Tony Amonte^‡	72	16	22	38	5	31
Kevin Lowe	71	5	14	19	4	70
Alexander Karpovtsev	67	3	15	18	12	58
Jeff Beukeboom	68	8	8	16	18	170
Greg Gilbert	76	4	11	15	−3	29
Mike Hudson	48	4	7	11	−5	47
Jay Wells	79	2	7	9	4	110
Ed Olczyk	37	3	5	8	−1	28
Nick Kypreos^†	46	3	5	8	−8	102
Stephane Matteau^†	12	4	3	7	5	2
Brian Noonan^†	12	4	2	6	5	12
Glenn Anderson^†	12	4	2	6	1	12
Craig MacTavish^†	12	4	2	6	6	11
Darren Turcotte^‡	13	2	4	6	−2	13
Joe Kocur	71	2	1	3	−9	129
James Patrick^‡	6	0	3	3	1	2
Peter Andersson^‡	8	1	1	2	−3	2
Mike Hartman	35	1	1	2	−5	70
Joby Messier	4	0	2	2	−1	0
Mattias Norstrom	9	0	2	2	0	6
Doug Lidster	34	0	2	2	−12	33
Phil Bourque^‡	16	0	1	1	−2	8
Todd Marchant^‡	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Jim Hiller	2	0	0	0	1	7
Daniel Lacroix	4	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Brian Leetch	23	11	23	34	6
Mark Messier	23	12	18	30	33
Alexei Kovalev	23	9	12	21	18
Sergei Zubov	22	5	14	19	0
Adam Graves	23	10	7	17	24
Steve Larmer	23	9	7	16	14
Brian Noonan	22	4	7	11	17
Stephane Matteau	23	6	3	9	20
Esa Tikkanen	23	4	4	8	34
Sergei Nemchinov	23	2	5	7	6
Glenn Anderson	23	3	3	6	42
Jeff Beukeboom	22	0	6	6	50
Craig MacTavish	23	1	4	5	22
Greg Gilbert	23	1	3	4	8
Alexander Karpovtsev	17	0	4	4	12
Doug Lidster	9	2	0	2	10
Joe Kocur	20	1	1	2	17
Kevin Lowe	22	1	0	1	20
Nick Kypreos	3	0	0	0	2
Ed Olczyk	1	0	0	0	0
Jay Wells	23	0	0	0	20

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Mike Richter	68	3710	42	12	6	159	2.57	1758	.910	5
Glenn Healy	29	1368	10	12	2	69	3.03	567	.878	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Mike Richter	23	1417	16	7	49	2.07	623	.921	4
Glenn Healy	2	68	0	0	1	0.89	17	.941	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Media

Ranger games were carried on the MSG Network, with some games broadcast on MSG II due to conflicts with New York Knicks National Basketball Association and New York Yankees Major League Baseball games. The broadcast crew included Sam Rosen, Bruce Beck, John Davidson, and Al Trautwig.

The games were also broadcast on radio station WFAN-AM; the broadcast team included Marv Albert, Howie Rose, Sal Messina, and Steve Somers. Some games were broadcast on WEVD-AM due to conflicts with New York Knicks National Basketball Association games and New York Jets National Football League games.

Transactions

June 25, 1993: Doug Lidster was traded by the Vancouver Canucks to the New York Rangers in exchange for John Vanbiesbrouck.
November 2, 1993: Nick Kypreos traded from Hartford Whalers with Barry Richter, Steve Larmer and round 6 pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft (Yuri Litvinov) to New York Rangers for Darren Turcotte and James Patrick.
March 21, 1994:
- Phil Bourque traded from NY Rangers to Ottawa for future considerations.
- Tony Amonte and the rights to Matt Oates traded from NY Rangers to Chicago for Stephane Matteau and Brian Noonan.
- Peter Andersson traded from NY Rangers to Florida for future considerations.
- 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.^[14]
- Craig MacTavish traded from Edmonton to NY Rangers for Todd Marchant.

Awards and records

Brian Leetch, Conn Smythe Trophy
Most wins by goaltender, season – Mike Richter (1993–94) – 42
Mike Richter, MVP of 45th NHL All-Star Game

45th NHL All-Star Game

New York Rangers NHL All-Star representatives at the 45th NHL All-Star Game in New York City, New York at Madison Square Garden.

Players

#	Player	Position	Conference	Goals	Assists	Points
9	Adam Graves	LW	(Eastern Conference All-Stars)		2	2
2	Brian Leetch	D, Starter	(Eastern Conference All-Stars)
11	Mark Messier	C, Starter	(Eastern Conference All-Stars) Captain	1	2	3

Goaltenders

#	Player	Position	Conference	Saves	Shots against
35	Mike Richter	G	(Eastern Conference All-Stars) MVP of 45th NHL All-Star Game	16	18

Trainers

Name	Position	Conference
Joe Murphy	Trainer	(Eastern Conference All-Stars)
Dave Smith	Trainer	(Eastern Conference All-Stars)

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, at the Colisée de Québec.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	8	Niklas Sundstrom	LW	Sweden	MODO (SEL)
2	34	Lee Sorochan	D	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
3	61	Maxim Galanov	D	Russia	HC Lada Togliatti (Russia)
4	86	Sergei Olympiev	LW	Belarus	Dinamo Minsk (Russia)
5	112	Gary Roach	D	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6	138	Dave Trofimenkoff	G	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
7	162	Sergei Kondrashkin	LW	Russia	Cherepovets Metallurg (Russia)
7	164	Todd Marchant	LW	United States	Clarkson University (NCAA)
8	190	Ed Campbell	D	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
9	216	Ken Shepard	G	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
10	242	Andrei Kudinov	C	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
11	261	Pavel Komarov	D	Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Russia)
11	268	Maxim Smelnitsky	LW	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)

Expansion Draft

New York's losses at the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	Drafted by	Drafted from
1	12	Joe Cirella	Canada	Florida Panthers	New York Rangers
1	23	Steven King	United States	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	New York Rangers

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1993 NHL Supplemental Draft.

Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
Wayne Strachan	RW	Canada	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)

References

^ "1993-94 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics".
^ "1993-94 NHL Season Summary | Hockey-Reference.com". Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
^ Lapointe, Joe (February 22, 1994). "HOCKEY; Rangers Leave Penguins One Short". The New York Times.
^ "1993-94 NHL Schedule and Results".
^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
^ Greatest NHL Playoff Moments: Messier Guarantees Win
^ "Howie Rose". MSG.com. Madison Square Garden, LP. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
^ ^a ^b McKay, John (February 22, 2002). "Despite Some Critics, CBC Enjoys Praise and More Than Six million Olympics Viewers". Canadian Press. The women's gold medal game was a huge ratings hit, drawing...4.54 million...The CBC says its highest rated sports program was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks. That averaged 4.97 million.
^ Ohler, Shawn (February 26, 2002). "Lucky Loonie Stunt Pays Off". The Calgary Herald. p. A1. A record-busting average of 8.7 million Canadians watched on television as the men's hockey team snatched gold from the United States in Salt Lake City...The audience actually peaked at 10.6 million, the CBC said...CBC says that prior to Sunday, its highest-rated sports show was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, which attracted an average of 4.97 million viewers.
^ Houston, William (November 6, 1997). "Cole's Close Call". The Globe and Mail. p. S4. Cole's three most memorable TV games: 1. Game 7 of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals (Edmonton 3, Philadelphia 1). The Oilers at their peak. 2. Game 3 of 1996 World Cup of Hockey Final (United States 5, Canada 2). 'I was devastated.' 3. Game 7, 1994 Stanley Cup Finals (New York Rangers 3, Vancouver 2). 'A great series.'
^ ^a ^b Kalinsky, George (2004). Garden of Dreams. New York: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. p. 171. ISBN 1-58479-343-0.
^ "1993-94 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
^ NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

Kalinsky, George (2004). Garden of Dreams. New York: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. ISBN 1-58479-343-0.

External links

Rangers on Hockey Database

[1] "1993-94 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics".

[2] "1993-94 NHL Season Summary | Hockey-Reference.com". Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.

[3] Lapointe, Joe (February 22, 1994). "HOCKEY; Rangers Leave Penguins One Short". The New York Times.

[4] "1993-94 NHL Schedule and Results".

[nhl-standings-1994-5] Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

[6] "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

[7] Greatest NHL Playoff Moments: Messier Guarantees Win

[8] "Howie Rose". MSG.com. Madison Square Garden, LP. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2011.

[SLCWomensIceHockey-9] McKay, John (February 22, 2002). "Despite Some Critics, CBC Enjoys Praise and More Than Six million Olympics Viewers". Canadian Press. The women's gold medal game was a huge ratings hit, drawing...4.54 million...The CBC says its highest rated sports program was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks. That averaged 4.97 million.

[10] Ohler, Shawn (February 26, 2002). "Lucky Loonie Stunt Pays Off". The Calgary Herald. p. A1. A record-busting average of 8.7 million Canadians watched on television as the men's hockey team snatched gold from the United States in Salt Lake City...The audience actually peaked at 10.6 million, the CBC said...CBC says that prior to Sunday, its highest-rated sports show was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, which attracted an average of 4.97 million viewers.

[11] Houston, William (November 6, 1997). "Cole's Close Call". The Globe and Mail. p. S4. Cole's three most memorable TV games: 1. Game 7 of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals (Edmonton 3, Philadelphia 1). The Oilers at their peak. 2. Game 3 of 1996 World Cup of Hockey Final (United States 5, Canada 2). 'I was devastated.' 3. Game 7, 1994 Stanley Cup Finals (New York Rangers 3, Vancouver 2). 'A great series.'

[Europe-12] Kalinsky, George (2004). Garden of Dreams. New York: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. p. 171. ISBN 1-58479-343-0.

[13] "1993-94 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2010.

[14] NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

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1993–94 New York Rangers season

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All-Star Game

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45th NHL All-Star Game

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