1993–94 New York Islanders season

1993–94 New York Islanders
Division4th Atlantic
Conference8th Eastern
1993–94 record36–36–12
Home record23–15–4
Road record13–21–8
Goals for282
Goals against264
Team information
General managerDon Maloney
CoachAl Arbour
CaptainPatrick Flatley
ArenaNassau Coliseum
Average attendance12,091
Minor league affiliate(s)Salt Lake Golden Eagles
Richmond Renegades
Team leaders
GoalsSteve Thomas (42)
AssistsPierre Turgeon (56)
PointsPierre Turgeon (94)
Penalty minutesMick Vukota (237)
Plus/minusMarty McInnis (+31)
WinsRon Hextall (27)
Goals against averageJamie McLennan (2.84)

The 1993–94 New York Islanders season was the 22nd season in the franchise's history and the final one with Al Arbour as head coach. For the second consecutive year, four Islanders reached the 30-goal plateau.[1][2] In the playoffs, the Islanders were swept in four straight by their rival New York Rangers en route to winning the Stanley Cup.

Off-season

Regular season

Final 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

[3] 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[4]
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

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
3 W October 10, 1993 4–3 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 1–2–0
4 L October 12, 1993 5–7 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 1–3–0
5 L October 16, 1993 3–6 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 1–4–0
6 L October 19, 1993 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 1–5–0
7 L October 22, 1993 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 1–6–0
8 T October 23, 1993 5–5 OT Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 1–6–1
9 W October 26, 1993 7–0 Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 2–6–1
10 L October 28, 1993 2–5 @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 2–7–1
11 W October 29, 1993 4–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 3–7–1
12 L November 2, 1993 1–2 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 3–8–1
13 L November 4, 1993 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 3–9–1
14 W November 6, 1993 5–3 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 4–9–1
15 L November 9, 1993 2–5 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 4–10–1
16 L November 10, 1993 3–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 4–11–1
17 L November 13, 1993 2–5 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 4–12–1
18 W November 17, 1993 8–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 5–12–1
19 W November 18, 1993 5–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 6–12–1
20 W November 21, 1993 5–4 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 7–12–1
21 T November 24, 1993 2–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 7–12–2
22 W November 27, 1993 6–4 New York Rangers (1993–94) 8–12–2
23 L November 28, 1993 1–4 Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 8–13–2
24 W November 30, 1993 6–4 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 9–13–2
25 L December 2, 1993 3–7 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 9–14–2
26 L December 3, 1993 2–3 Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 9–15–2
27 T December 7, 1993 4–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 9–15–3
28 W December 11, 1993 5–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 10–15–3
29 W December 14, 1993 4–1 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 11–15–3
30 W December 17, 1993 6–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 12–15–3
31 W December 19, 1993 6–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 13–15–3
32 W December 22, 1993 5–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 14–15–3
33 W December 26, 1993 4–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 15–15–3
34 L December 28, 1993 0–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 15–16–3
35 L December 29, 1993 3–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 15–17–3
36 L January 1, 1994 3–4 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 15–18–3
37 L January 4, 1994 3–6 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 15–19–3
38 W January 7, 1994 6–2 Calgary Flames (1993–94) 16–19–3
39 L January 8, 1994 0–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 16–20–3
40 T January 10, 1994 3–3 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 16–20–4
41 W January 14, 1994 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 17–20–4
42 T January 15, 1994 5–5 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 17–20–5
43 L January 17, 1994 1–2 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 17–21–5
44 L January 19, 1994 3–4 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 17–22–5
45 L January 26, 1994 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 17–23–5
46 L January 28, 1994 0–3 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 17–24–5
47 L January 29, 1994 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 17–25–5
48 W February 1, 1994 5–4 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 18–25–5
49 T February 2, 1994 4–4 OT @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 18–25–6
50 W February 5, 1994 3–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 19–25–6
51 L February 6, 1994 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 19–26–6
52 W February 8, 1994 3–1 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 20–26–6
53 W February 10, 1994 5–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 21–26–6
54 L February 12, 1994 3–4 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 21–27–6
55 W February 15, 1994 2–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 22–27–6
56 L February 18, 1994 1–3 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 22–28–6
57 W February 19, 1994 4–0 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 23–28–6
58 W February 21, 1994 4–0 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 24–28–6
59 L February 24, 1994 4–5 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 24–29–6
60 W February 25, 1994 2–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 25–29–6
61 W February 27, 1994 5–2 Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 26–29–6
62 W March 1, 1994 4–2 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 27–29–6
63 T March 4, 1994 3–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 27–29–7
64 L March 5, 1994 4–5 New York Rangers (1993–94) 27–30–7
65 W March 7, 1994 7–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 28–30–7
66 L March 9, 1994 4–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 28–31–7
67 L March 10, 1994 3–4 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 28–32–7
68 T March 12, 1994 5–5 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 28–32–8
69 W March 15, 1994 3–2 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 29–32–8
70 W March 17, 1994 3–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 30–32–8
71 T March 18, 1994 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 30–32–9
72 L March 20, 1994 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 30–33–9
73 W March 22, 1994 5–4 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 31–33–9
74 L March 26, 1994 1–3 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 31–34–9
75 L March 27, 1994 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 31–35–9
76 T March 29, 1994 2–2 OT @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 31–35–10
77 W April 1, 1994 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 32–35–10
78 T April 2, 1994 3–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 32–35–11
79 W April 5, 1994 4–3 OT @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 33–35–11
80 T April 6, 1994 3–3 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 33–35–12
81 W April 8, 1994 5–1 Dallas Stars (1993–94) 34–35–12
82 W April 10, 1994 5–4 New York Rangers (1993–94) 35–35–12
83 W April 13, 1994 2–0 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 36–35–12
84 L April 14, 1994 1–4 @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 36–36–12

Playoffs

(1) New York Rangers vs. (8) New York Islanders

April 17 New York Islanders 0–6 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden
April 18 New York Islanders 0–6 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden
April 21 New York Rangers 5–1 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum
April 24 New York Rangers 5–2 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum
New York Rangers won series 4–0


Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Pierre Turgeon C 69 38 56 94 18 14 10 4 6
Steve Thomas LW 78 42 33 75 139 -9 17 0 5
Derek King LW 78 30 40 70 59 18 10 0 7
Benoit Hogue C 83 36 33 69 73 -7 9 5 3
Vladimir Malakhov D 76 10 47 57 80 29 4 0 2
Marty McInnis RW 81 25 31 56 24 31 3 5 3
Ray Ferraro C 82 21 32 53 83 1 5 0 3
Pat Flatley RW 64 12 30 42 40 12 2 1 2
Travis Green C 83 18 22 40 44 16 1 0 2
Tom Kurvers D 66 9 31 40 47 7 5 0 1
Brad Dalgarno RW 73 11 19 30 62 14 3 0 1
Uwe Krupp D 41 7 14 21 30 11 3 0 0
David Volek W 32 5 9 14 10 0 2 0 0
Scott Lachance D 74 3 11 14 70 -5 0 0 1
Dennis Vaske D 65 2 11 13 76 21 0 0 0
Darius Kasparaitis D 76 1 10 11 142 -6 0 0 0
Keith Acton C 71 2 7 9 50 -1 0 0 0
David Maley LW 37 0 6 6 74 -6 0 0 0
Wayne McBean D 19 1 4 5 16 -13 0 0 0
Rich Pilon D 28 1 4 5 75 -4 0 0 0
Mick Vukota RW 72 3 1 4 237 -5 0 0 0
Chris Luongo D 17 1 3 4 13 -1 0 0 0
Dean Chynoweth D 39 0 4 4 122 3 0 0 0
Yan Kaminsky RW 23 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 0
Ron Hextall G 65 0 3 3 52 0 0 0 0
Claude Loiselle C 17 1 1 2 49 -2 0 0 0
Dave Chyzowski LW 3 1 0 1 4 -1 0 0 0
Jamie McLennan G 22 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
Dan Plante RW 12 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Derek Armstrong C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Day C 24 0 0 0 30 -7 0 0 0
Tom Draper G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent Grieve LW 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Steve Junker LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob McGill D 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Zigmund Palffy RW 5 0 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0
Scott Scissons C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Simon LW 4 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Ron Hextall 3581 65 27 26 6 184 3.08 5 1801 1617 .898
Jamie McLennan 1287 22 8 7 6 61 2.84 0 639 578 .905
Tom Draper 227 7 1 3 0 16 4.23 0 118 102 .864
Team: 5095 84 36 36 12 261 3.07 5 2558 2297 .898
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Ray Ferraro C 4 1 0 1 6 -2 0 0 0
Dan Plante RW 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Steve Thomas LW 4 1 0 1 8 -5 1 0 0
Brad Dalgarno RW 4 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Benoit Hogue C 4 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 0
Derek King LW 4 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0
Uwe Krupp D 4 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 0
Pierre Turgeon C 4 0 1 1 0 -4 0 0 0
Dennis Vaske D 4 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Keith Acton C 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Dean Chynoweth D 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Dave Chyzowski LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Travis Green C 4 0 0 0 2 -5 0 0 0
Ron Hextall G 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Yan Kaminsky RW 2 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Darius Kasparaitis D 4 0 0 0 8 -6 0 0 0
Tom Kurvers D 3 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Scott Lachance D 3 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0
Vladimir Malakhov D 4 0 0 0 6 -5 0 0 0
David Maley LW 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Marty McInnis RW 4 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0
Jamie McLennan G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mick Vukota RW 4 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Ron Hextall 158 3 0 3 16 6.08 0 80 64 .800
Jamie McLennan 82 2 0 1 6 4.39 0 47 41 .872
Team: 240 4 0 4 22 5.50 0 127 105 .827

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Note: Pos = Position; 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

New York's draft picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 23 Todd Bertuzzi  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
2 40 Bryan McCabe  Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3 66 Vladimir Chebaturkin  Russia Kristall Elektrostal (Russia)
4 92 Warren Luhning  Canada Calgary Royals (AJHL)
5 118 Tommy Salo  Sweden VIK Västerås HK (Sweden)
6 144 Peter Leboutillier  Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7 170 Darren Van Impe  Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
8 196 Rod Hinks  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
9 222 Daniel Johansson  Sweden Rögle BK (Sweden)
10 248 Stephane Larocque  Canada Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
11 274 Carl Charland  Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ "1992-93 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics".
  2. ^ "1993-94 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics".
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "1993-94 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 27, 2009.