1992–93 New York Rangers season

1992–93 New York Rangers
Division6th Patrick
Conference10th Wales
1992–93 record34–39–11
Home record20–17–5
Road record14–22–6
Goals for304
Goals against308
Team information
General managerNeil Smith
CoachRoger Neilson
Ron Smith
CaptainMark Messier
Alternate captainsAdam Graves
Brian Leetch
Mike Gartner
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Average attendance17,585
Team leaders
GoalsMike Gartner (45)
AssistsMark Messier (66)
PointsMark Messier (91)
Penalty minutesJeff Beukeboom (153)
Plus/minus(+): Sergei Nemchinov (+15)
(−): Esa Tikkanen (−13)
WinsJohn Vanbiesbrouck (20)
Goals against averageJohn Vanbiesbrouck (3.31)

The 1992–93 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 67th season.[1] The Rangers, coming off a Presidents' Trophy-winning 1991–92 season,[2] finished with a 34–39–11 record in the regular season. The team finished last in the Patrick Division and missed the playoffs.[3][4]

Roger Neilson entered his fourth season as Rangers head coach, but was fired midway through the season and replaced by Ron Smith.[5]

Regular season

On December 15, 1992, the Rangers were shut-out at home 3–0 by the Calgary Flames. It was the first time the Rangers had been shut out in a regular season game since December 17, 1989, when they lost at home 2–0 to the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to their loss to the Flames, the Rangers had gone 236 consecutive regular-season games without being shutout.[6][7][8][9]

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

[10]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[11]
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

1992–93 Game Log
October: 7–4–1 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 2–3–0)
Game October Opponent Score Record
1 9 @ Washington Capitals 4–2 1–0–0
2 10 @ New Jersey Devils 4–2 1–1–0
3 12 Hartford Whalers 6–2 2–1–0
4 14 New Jersey Devils 6–1 3–1–0
5 17 @ New York Islanders 6–3 3–2–0
6 18 New York Islanders 4–3 4–2–0
7 21 Washington Capitals 2–1 5–2–0
8 23 Montreal Canadiens 3–3 OT 5–2–1
9 24 @ Ottawa Senators 3–2 OT 6–2–1
10 26 Philadelphia Flyers 8–4 7–2–1
11 29 Quebec Nordiques 6–3 7–3–1
12 31 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 7–4–1
November: 4–6–2 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 2–2–2)
Game November Opponent Score Record
13 2 Buffalo Sabres 7–6 OT 8–4–1
14 4 Philadelphia Flyers 3–1 9–4–1
15 7 @ Boston Bruins 2–2 OT 9–4–2
16 9 Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 9–5–2
17 11 Washington Capitals 7–4 9–6–2
18 14 @ Quebec Nordiques 6–3 9–7–2
19 19 @ Philadelphia Flyers 7–3 9–8–2
20 21 @ Winnipeg Jets 5–4 10–8–2
21 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 10–9–2
22 25 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 11–3 11–9–2
23 27 @ Minnesota North Stars 4–4 OT 11–9–3
24 30 Minnesota North Stars 4–2 11–10–3
December: 8–6–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–4–1)
Game December Opponent Score Record
25 2 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 12–10–3
26 4 @ Washington Capitals 8–4 12–11–3
27 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–0 13–11–3
28 9 Tampa Bay Lightning 6–5 14–11–3
29 11 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 5–4 15–11–3
30 13 Montreal Canadiens 10–5 16–11–3
31 15 Calgary Flames 3–0 16–12–3
32 17 @ St. Louis Blues 4–3 17–12–3
33 19 @ Hartford Whalers 4–4 OT 17–12–4
34 21 @ New Jersey Devils 3–0 18–12–4
35 23 New Jersey Devils 5–4 OT 18–13–4
36 26 @ New York Islanders 6–4 18–14–4
37 27 Boston Bruins 6–5 19–14–4
38 29 @ Washington Capitals 4–3 OT 19–15–4
39 31 @ Buffalo Sabres 11–6 19–16–4
January: 4–5–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 1–5–1)
Game January Opponent Score Record
40 2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 19–17–4
41 4 New Jersey Devils 3–3 OT 19–17–5
42 6 Ottawa Senators 6–2 20–17–5
43 9 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 20–18–5
44 11 Vancouver Canucks 3–3 OT 20–18–6
45 13 Washington Capitals 5–4 21–18–6
46 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–0 21–19–6
47 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 OT 21–19–7
48 23 @ Los Angeles Kings 8–3 22–19–7
49 27 Winnipeg Jets 5–2 23–19–7
50 29 @ Buffalo Sabres 6–4 23–20–7
51 30 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 23–21–7
February: 5–4–3 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 3–3–2)
Game February Opponent Score Record
52 1 @ New York Islanders 4–4 OT 23–21–8
53 3 Philadelphia Flyers 2–2 OT 23–21–9
54 8 @ New Jersey Devils 5–4 23–22–9
55 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0 23–23–9
56 12 New York Islanders 4–3 24–23–9
57 13 @ New York Islanders 5–2 24–24–9
58 15 St. Louis Blues 4–1 25–24–9
59 20 @ San Jose Sharks 6–4 26–24–9
60 22 @ San Jose Sharks 4–0 27–24–9
61 24 @ Vancouver Canucks 5–4 27–25–9
62 26 @ Calgary Flames 4–4 OT 27–25–10
63 27 @ Edmonton Oilers 1–0 28–25–10
March: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–5–1; Road: 2–1–0)
Game March Opponent Score Record
64 3 Buffalo Sabres 2–2 OT 28–25–11
65 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 29–25–11
66 6 @ Quebec Nordiques 10–2 29–26–11
67 9 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 30–26–11
68 11 @ Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 31–26–11
69 15 Boston Bruins 3–1 31–27–11
70 17 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 OT 31–28–11
71 19 San Jose Sharks 8–1 32–28–11
72 22 @ Ottawa Senators 5–4 33–28–11
73 24 Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 33–29–11
74 26 Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 33–30–11
75 28 Quebec Nordiques 3–2 33–31–11
April: 1–8–0 (Home: 0–4–0; Road: 1–4–0)
Game April Opponent Score Record
76 2 New York Islanders 3–2 OT 33–32–11
77 4 @ Washington Capitals 4–0 34–32–11
78 5 Hartford Whalers 5–4 34–33–11
79 7 @ New Jersey Devils 5–2 34–34–11
80 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 10–4 34–35–11
81 10 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 34–36–11
82 12 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1–0 34–37–11
83 14 Washington Capitals 2–0 34–38–11
84 16 @ Washington Capitals 4–2 34–39–11

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the postseason for the first time since 1988.[1]

Player statistics

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player Number GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO
John Vanbiesbrouck 34 48 2757 20 18 7 152 3.31 1525 .900 4
Mike Richter 35 38 2105 13 19 3 134 3.82 1180 .886 1
Corey Hirsch 31 4 224 1 2 1 14 3.75 116 .879 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;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.[13][14]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 24 Peter Ferraro C  United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
2 48 Mattias Norstrom D  Sweden AIK IF (Elitserien)
3 72 Eric Cairns LW  Canada Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (OHL)
4 85 Chris Ferraro C  United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
5 120 Dmitri Starostenko RW  Belarus CSKA Moscow (Russia)
6 144 David Dal Grande D  Canada Ottawa Jr. Senators (MOJHL)
7 168 Matt Oates LW  Canada Miami University (CCHA)
8 192 Mickey Elick D  Canada Calgary Canucks (AJHL)
9 216 Daniel Brierley D  United States Choate Rosemary Hall (USHS-CT)
10 240 Vladimir Vorobiev RW  Russia Metallurg Cherepovets (CIS)

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