1992–93 Washington Capitals season

1992–93 Washington Capitals
Division2nd Patrick
ConferenceWales
1992–93 record43–34–7
Home record21-15-6
Road record22-19-1
Goals for325
Goals against286
Team information
General managerDavid Poile
CoachTerry Murray
CaptainRod Langway (Oct-Nov)
Kevin Hatcher (Nov-Apr)
Alternate captainsKevin Hatcher (Oct-Nov)
Dale Hunter
Kelly Miller
ArenaCapital Centre
Average attendance15,540
Team leaders
GoalsPeter Bondra (37)
AssistsDale Hunter (59)
PointsPeter Bondra (85)
Penalty minutesAlan May (268)
Plus/minus(+): Dmitri Khristich (+29)
(−): Bobby Carpenter (−16)
WinsDon Beaupre (27)
Goals against averageRick Tabaracci (1.75)

The 1992–93 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals' 19th season of competition.

Offseason

Regular season

During the regular season, the Caps set a club record with nine 20-goal scorers, three of whom were defensemen (Sylvain Cote, Kevin Hatcher and Al Iafrate).[1]

Washington tied the Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just 8.[2]

On Friday, November 13, 1992, the Caps lost on the road to the New Jersey Devils by a score of 3-0. It was the first time the Caps had been shut out in a regular-season game since Sunday, October 29, 1989, when they lost on the road to the Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 1-0. Prior to their loss to the Devils, the Caps had gone 245 consecutive regular-season games without being shut out.[3][4][5][6]

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

[7]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[8]
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

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 6, 1992 6–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 1–0–0
2 L October 9, 1992 2–4 New York Rangers (1992–93) 1–1–0
3 L October 10, 1992 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 1–2–0
4 L October 12, 1992 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 1–3–0
5 W October 16, 1992 5–1 Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 2–3–0
6 W October 17, 1992 6–4 Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 3–3–0
7 L October 21, 1992 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1992–93) 3–4–0
8 L October 23, 1992 2–5 New York Islanders (1992–93) 3–5–0
9 L October 26, 1992 2–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 3–6–0
10 L October 28, 1992 3–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 3–7–0
11 W October 30, 1992 3–1 @ Calgary Flames (1992–93) 4–7–0
12 L October 31, 1992 2–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 4–8–0
13 W November 3, 1992 4–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 5–8–0
14 T November 6, 1992 2–2 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) 5–8–1
15 W November 7, 1992 6–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 6–8–1
16 W November 11, 1992 7–4 @ New York Rangers (1992–93) 7–8–1
17 L November 13, 1992 0–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 7–9–1
18 L November 14, 1992 3–4 OT New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 7–10–1
19 L November 18, 1992 4–5 Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 7–11–1
20 L November 20, 1992 5–7 Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 7–12–1
21 W November 22, 1992 6–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 8–12–1
22 T November 23, 1992 1–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 8–12–2
23 W November 25, 1992 6–2 Boston Bruins (1992–93) 9–12–2
24 W November 27, 1992 6–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 10–12–2
25 L November 28, 1992 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 10–13–2
26 W November 30, 1992 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 11–13–2
27 W December 4, 1992 8–4 New York Rangers (1992–93) 12–13–2
28 W December 5, 1992 5–3 @ New York Islanders (1992–93) 13–13–2
29 W December 7, 1992 6–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 14–13–2
30 W December 9, 1992 6–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 15–13–2
31 W December 11, 1992 8–6 Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 16–13–2
32 W December 12, 1992 5–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 17–13–2
33 L December 16, 1992 3–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 17–14–2
34 W December 18, 1992 4–3 Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 18–14–2
35 L December 19, 1992 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1992–93) 18–15–2
36 W December 21, 1992 4–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 19–15–2
37 L December 23, 1992 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 19–16–2
38 T December 26, 1992 5–5 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 19–16–3
39 W December 29, 1992 4–3 OT New York Rangers (1992–93) 20–16–3
40 W January 1, 1993 9–2 New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 21–16–3
41 T January 2, 1993 2–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 21–16–4
42 L January 7, 1993 2–8 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 21–17–4
43 W January 9, 1993 4–3 Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 22–17–4
44 L January 13, 1993 4–5 @ New York Rangers (1992–93) 22–18–4
45 W January 14, 1993 3–0 @ New York Islanders (1992–93) 23–18–4
46 W January 17, 1993 5–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) 24–18–4
47 L January 21, 1993 2–6 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 24–19–4
48 W January 23, 1993 6–4 Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 25–19–4
49 L January 26, 1993 3–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 25–20–4
50 L January 27, 1993 3–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 25–21–4
51 T January 29, 1993 3–3 OT Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 25–21–5
52 T January 31, 1993 2–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 25–21–6
53 L February 2, 1993 4–6 Calgary Flames (1992–93) 25–22–6
54 W February 9, 1993 3–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 26–22–6
55 W February 11, 1993 10–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 27–22–6
56 W February 13, 1993 10–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93) 28–22–6
57 W February 16, 1993 4–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 29–22–6
58 W February 20, 1993 7–3 Los Angeles Kings (1992–93) 30–22–6
59 W February 21, 1993 5–2 St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 31–22–6
60 W February 23, 1993 4–2 @ New York Islanders (1992–93) 32–22–6
61 L February 27, 1993 4–5 OT @ Boston Bruins (1992–93) 32–23–6
62 L February 28, 1993 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 32–24–6
63 T March 2, 1993 3–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 32–24–7
64 L March 5, 1993 0–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 32–25–7
65 L March 7, 1993 2–3 New York Islanders (1992–93) 32–26–7
66 W March 9, 1993 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 33–26–7
67 L March 11, 1993 4–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 33–27–7
68 W March 16, 1993 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 34–27–7
69 L March 18, 1993 5–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 34–28–7
70 W March 19, 1993 5–2 Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 35–28–7
71 W March 21, 1993 5–3 San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 36–28–7
72 W March 23, 1993 5–1 Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 37–28–7
73 W March 25, 1993 5–2 @ New York Islanders (1992–93) 38–28–7
74 L March 27, 1993 2–5 New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 38–29–7
75 L March 28, 1993 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 38–30–7
76 W March 30, 1993 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 39–30–7
77 W April 2, 1993 4–0 Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 40–30–7
78 L April 4, 1993 0–4 New York Rangers (1992–93) 40–31–7
79 L April 6, 1993 2–3 New York Islanders (1992–93) 40–32–7
80 L April 8, 1993 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 40–33–7
81 L April 10, 1993 3–5 New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 40–34–7
82 W April 12, 1993 3–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 41–34–7
83 W April 14, 1993 2–0 @ New York Rangers (1992–93) 42–34–7
84 W April 16, 1993 4–2 New York Rangers (1992–93) 43–34–7

Playoffs

Round 1: New York Islanders vs. Washington Capitals

April 18 New York Islanders 1–3 Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
Ray Ferraro (1) – 05:56 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 03:18 – Dale Hunter (1)
07:01 – pp – Dale Hunter (2)
15:25 – ppDmitri Khristich (1)
Glenn Healy 24 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Rick Tabaracci 22 saves / 23 shots
April 20 New York Islanders 5–4 2OT Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
Pierre Turgeon (1) – 13:14 First period No scoring
Pierre Turgeon (2) – 12:36 Second period 06:33 – Dale Hunter (3)
16:51 – pp – Dale Hunter (4)
Benoit Hogue (1) – 03:31
Ray Ferraro (2) – 14:50
Third period 07:16 – Dmitri Khristich (2)
19:57 – pp – Dale Hunter (5)
Brian Mullen (1) – 14:50 Second overtime period No scoring
Glenn Healy 41 saves / 45 shots Goalie stats Rick Tabaracci 56 saves / 61 shots
April 22 Washington Capitals 3–4 OT New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
Randy Burridge (1) – 18:58 First period 16:37 – Steve Thomas (1)
Bobby Carpenter (1) – 06:18 Second period No scoring
Pat Elynuik (1) – 06:15 Third period 11:11 – Steve Thomas (2)
19:17 – Pierre Turgeon (3)
No scoring First overtime period 04:46 – Ray Ferraro (3)
Rick Tabaracci 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Glenn Healy 22 saves / 25 shots
April 24 Washington Capitals 3–4 2OT New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
Al Iafrate (1) – pp – 03:22 First period No scoring
Mike Ridley (1) – pp – 04:37
Al Iafrate (2) – 05:54
Second period 07:17 – ppVladimir Malakhov (1)
No scoring Third period 12:54 – Travis Green (1)
14:14 – Patrick Flatley (1)
No scoring Second overtime period 05:40 – Ray Ferraro (4)
Rick Tabaracci 42 saves / 46 shots Goalie stats Glenn Healy 37 saves / 40 shots
April 26 New York Islanders 4–6 Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
Ray Ferraro (5) – pp – 04:37 First period 01:15 – Sylvain Cote (1)
14:48 – ppAl Iafrate (3)
16:41 – Al Iafrate (4)
No scoring Second period 12:42 – Pat Elynuik (2)
Ray Ferraro (6) – 09:54
Ray Ferraro (7) – 14:22
Ray Ferraro (8) – 17:45
Third period 08:49 – Al Iafrate (5)
19:52 – ppDale Hunter (6)
Mark Fitzpatrick 12 saves / 14 shots
Glenn Healy 8 saves / 11 shots
Goalie stats Don Beaupre 28 saves / 32 shots
April 28 Washington Capitals 3–5 New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
Dale Hunter (7) – 09:58 First period 15:46 – Steve Thomas (3)
No scoring Second period 02:41 – shBenoit Hogue (2)
19:46 – Brad Dalgarno (1)
Todd Krygier (1) – sh – 15:19
Al Iafrate (6) – pp – 16:30
Third period 09:58 – Travis Green (2)
11:29 – Pierre Turgeon (4)
Don Beaupre 28 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Glenn Healy 23 saves / 26 shots
New York won series 4–2


Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Peter Bondra RW 83 37 48 85 70 8 10 0 7
Mike Ridley C 84 26 56 82 44 5 6 2 3
Kevin Hatcher D 83 34 45 79 114 -7 13 1 6
Dale Hunter C 84 20 59 79 198 3 10 0 2
Michal Pivonka C 69 21 53 74 66 14 6 1 5
Dmitri Khristich LW/C 64 31 35 66 28 29 9 1 1
Al Iafrate D 81 25 41 66 169 15 11 1 4
Pat Elynuik RW 80 22 35 57 66 3 8 0 1
Sylvain Cote D 77 21 29 50 34 28 8 2 3
Kelly Miller LW 84 18 27 45 32 -2 3 0 3
Calle Johansson D 77 7 38 45 56 3 6 0 0
Bobby Carpenter C 68 11 17 28 65 -16 2 0 0
Keith Jones RW 71 12 14 26 124 18 0 0 3
Todd Krygier LW 77 11 12 23 60 -13 0 2 0
Paul MacDermid RW 72 9 8 17 80 -13 1 0 3
Alan May RW 83 6 10 16 268 1 0 0 1
Paul Cavallini D 71 5 8 13 46 3 0 0 0
Steve Konowalchuk LW 36 4 7 11 16 4 1 0 1
Shawn Anderson D 60 2 6 8 18 -2 1 0 0
Reggie Savage C 16 2 3 5 12 -4 2 0 0
Jim Hrivnak G 27 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Miller C 10 0 3 3 35 -4 0 0 0
Jeff Greenlaw LW 16 1 1 2 18 -3 0 0 0
Jason Woolley D 26 0 2 2 10 3 0 0 0
Don Beaupre G 58 0 1 1 20 0 0 0 0
Brad Schlegel D 7 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0
Bobby Babcock D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Randy Burridge LW 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Byron Dafoe G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Hunter RW 7 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0
Olaf Kolzig G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Langway D 21 0 0 0 20 -13 0 0 0
Rick Tabaracci G 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Don Beaupre 3282 58 27 23 5 181 3.31 1 1530 1349 .882
Jim Hrivnak 1421 27 13 9 2 83 3.50 0 677 594 .877
Rick Tabaracci 343 6 3 2 0 10 1.75 2 162 152 .938
Byron Dafoe 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Olaf Kolzig 20 1 0 0 0 2 6.00 0 7 5 .714
Team: 5067 84 43 34 7 276 3.27 3 2376 2100 .884

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Dale Hunter C 6 7 1 8 35 4 0 1
Dmitri Khristich LW/C 6 2 5 7 2 1 0 0
Al Iafrate D 6 6 0 6 4 3 0 1
Mike Ridley C 6 1 5 6 0 1 0 0
Peter Bondra RW 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0
Pat Elynuik RW 6 2 3 5 19 0 0 0
Bobby Carpenter C 6 1 4 5 6 0 0 0
Calle Johansson D 6 0 5 5 4 0 0 0
Kelly Miller LW 6 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Sylvain Cote D 6 1 1 2 4 0 0 0
Todd Krygier LW 6 1 1 2 4 0 1 0
Paul Cavallini D 6 0 2 2 18 0 0 0
Michal Pivonka C 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Randy Burridge LW 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kevin Hatcher D 6 0 1 1 14 0 0 0
Steve Konowalchuk LW 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Alan May RW 6 0 1 1 6 0 0 0
Shawn Anderson D 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Beaupre G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Savage C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Jones RW 6 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Rick Tabaracci G 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Don Beaupre 119 2 1 1 9 4.54 0 65 56 .862
Rick Tabaracci 304 4 1 3 14 2.76 0 160 146 .913
Team: 423 6 2 4 23 3.26 0 225 202 .898

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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

Transactions

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 14 Sergei Gonchar  Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
2 32 Jim Carey  United States Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA)
3 53 Stefan Ustorf  Germany ESV Kaufbeuren (Germany)
3 71 Martin Gendron  Canada Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
5 119 John Varga  United States Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
7 167 Mark Matier  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
8 191 Mike Mathers  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
9 215 Brian Stagg  Canada Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
10 239 Greg Callahan  United States Belmont Hill High School (USHS-MA)
11 263 B. J. MacPherson  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ "1992-93 Washington Capitals Roster and Statistics".
  2. ^ "1992-93 NHL Summary".
  3. ^ "1989-90 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results".
  4. ^ "1990-91 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results".
  5. ^ "1991-92 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results".
  6. ^ "1992-93 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results".
  7. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
  8. ^ "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  9. ^ "1992-93 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2009.