1993–94 New Jersey Devils season

1993–94 New Jersey Devils
1993–94 New Jersey Devils
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	3rd Eastern
1993–94 record	47–25–12
Home record	29–11–2
Road record	18–14–10
Goals for	306
Goals against	220
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Scott Stevens
Alternate captains	Bruce Driver; John MacLean
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
Goals	John MacLean (37)
Assists	Scott Stevens (60)
Points	Scott Stevens (78)
Penalty minutes	Randy McKay (224)
Plus/minus	Scott Stevens (+53)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (27)
Goals against average	Martin Brodeur (2.40)

The 1993–94 New Jersey Devils season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 12th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[1] For the fourth consecutive season, the Devils qualified for the playoffs. In the playoffs, The Devils made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Final where they came within a game of advancing to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. Goaltender Martin Brodeur won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie and new coach Jacques Lemaire won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach.

Regular season

The New Jersey Devils opened the 1993–94 season with 7 consecutive wins. They finished second in scoring and in goaltending. They also set team records in wins (47) and points (106). Captain Scott Stevens led the league in +/- with +53.

During the regular season, the Devils allowed the fewest even-strength goals (141) and had the fewest power-play opportunities (333).[2]

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.

Schedule and results

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	Oct 6, 1993	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–0–0
2	W	Oct 8, 1993	6–3	@ Washington Capitals	2–0–0
3	W	Oct 9, 1993	6–4	Washington Capitals	3–0–0
4	W	Oct 12, 1993	7–4	Winnipeg Jets	4–0–0
5	W	Oct 16, 1993	6–3	@ New York Islanders	5–0–0
6	W	Oct 20, 1993	4–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	6–0–0
7	W	Oct 23, 1993	2–1	Florida Panthers	7–0–0
8	L	Oct 26, 1993	0–2	Montreal Canadiens	7–1–0
9	W	Oct 30, 1993	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers	8–1–0
10	L	Oct 31, 1993	1–4	@ New York Rangers	8–2–0
11	L	Nov 3, 1993	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings	8–3–0
12	W	Nov 5, 1993	6–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	9–3–0
13	W	Nov 7, 1993	2–1	@ San Jose Sharks	10–3–0
14	W	Nov 10, 1993	5–3	New York Islanders	11–3–0
15	W	Nov 11, 1993	5–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers	12–3–0
16	L	Nov 13, 1993	2–4	San Jose Sharks	12–4–0
17	W	Nov 17, 1993	4–0	Buffalo Sabres	13–4–0
18	W	Nov 18, 1993	5–2	@ Ottawa Senators	14–4–0
19	L	Nov 20, 1993	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings	14–5–0
20	T	Nov 23, 1993	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques	14–5–1
21	W	Nov 24, 1993	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres	15–5–1
22	T	Nov 26, 1993	6–6 OT	@ St. Louis Blues	15–5–2
23	L	Nov 30, 1993	1–3	New York Rangers	15–6–2
24	T	Dec 2, 1993	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	15–6–3
25	T	Dec 4, 1993	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks	15–6–4
26	L	Dec 5, 1993	1–2	@ New York Rangers	15–7–4
27	W	Dec 8, 1993	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens	16–7–4
28	L	Dec 9, 1993	2–3	Quebec Nordiques	16–8–4
29	W	Dec 11, 1993	5–2	Edmonton Oilers	17–8–4
30	L	Dec 14, 1993	1–4	@ New York Islanders	17–9–4
31	L	Dec 15, 1993	4–5	Boston Bruins	17–10–4
32	W	Dec 18, 1993	6–2	@ Quebec Nordiques	18–10–4
33	W	Dec 19, 1993	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers	19–10–4
34	L	Dec 22, 1993	3–6	@ Hartford Whalers	19–11–4
35	W	Dec 23, 1993	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	20–11–4
36	L	Dec 26, 1993	3–8	@ New York Rangers	20–12–4
37	W	Dec 28, 1993	4–2	Hartford Whalers	21–12–4
38	W	Jan 1, 1994	7–1	@ Ottawa Senators	22–12–4
39	W	Jan 4, 1994	6–3	New York Islanders	23–12–4
40	W	Jan 7, 1994	4–1	Florida Panthers	24–12–4
41	L	Jan 9, 1994	0–4	Washington Capitals	24–13–4
42	L	Jan 12, 1994	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens	24–14–4
43	W	Jan 14, 1994	5–2	@ Washington Capitals	25–14–4
44	L	Jan 15, 1994	3–5	Los Angeles Kings	25–15–4
45	W	Jan 19, 1994	4–0	@ Winnipeg Jets	26–15–4
46	W	Jan 24, 1994	6–2	@ Dallas Stars	27–15–4
47	T	Jan 26, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers	27–15–5
48	T	Jan 28, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames	27–15–6
49	L	Jan 29, 1994	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks	27–16–6
50	L	Feb 2, 1994	2–3	Buffalo Sabres	27–17–6
51	W	Feb 4, 1994	5–2	Ottawa Senators	28–17–6
52	W	Feb 5, 1994	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	29–17–6
53	W	Feb 10, 1994	7–3	Vancouver Canucks	30–17–6
54	L	Feb 12, 1994	3–5	@ Boston Bruins	30–18–6
55	T	Feb 13, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	30–18–7
56	L	Feb 17, 1994	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	30–19–7
57	W	Feb 19, 1994	5–4	Tampa Bay Lightning	31–19–7
58	T	Feb 20, 1994	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks	31–19–8
59	W	Feb 23, 1994	7–2	@ Detroit Red Wings	32–19–8
60	L	Feb 24, 1994	1–3	New York Rangers	32–20–8
61	T	Feb 26, 1994	1–1 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	32–20–9
62	W	Feb 28, 1994	5–1	St. Louis Blues	33–20–9
63	W	Mar 2, 1994	3–2	@ Florida Panthers	34–20–9
64	W	Mar 3, 1994	5–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	35–20–9
65	W	Mar 5, 1994	6–3	Calgary Flames	36–20–9
66	T	Mar 7, 1994	2–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques	36–20–10
67	W	Mar 10, 1994	4–0	Hartford Whalers	37–20–10
68	W	Mar 12, 1994	2–1	Boston Bruins	38–20–10
69	W	Mar 13, 1994	4–0	Dallas Stars	39–20–10
70	L	Mar 15, 1994	2–3	@ New York Islanders	39–21–10
71	W	Mar 17, 1994	6–1	@ Buffalo Sabres	40–21–10
72	W	Mar 19, 1994	8–6	@ Boston Bruins	41–21–10
73	T	Mar 21, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers	41–21–11
74	W	Mar 24, 1994	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning	42–21–11
75	W	Mar 26, 1994	7–2	Philadelphia Flyers	43–21–11
76	W	Mar 27, 1994	5–2	Quebec Nordiques	44–21–11
77	W	Mar 29, 1994	5–2	Montreal Canadiens	45–21–11
78	L	Apr 1, 1994	1–2	@ Washington Capitals	45–22–11
79	L	Apr 2, 1994	2–4	New York Rangers	45–23–11
80	L	Apr 6, 1994	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	45–24–11
81	W	Apr 8, 1994	7–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	46–24–11
82	T	Apr 10, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers	46–24–12
83	L	Apr 12, 1994	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers	46–25–12
84	W	Apr 14, 1994	4–1	Ottawa Senators	47–25–12

Playoffs

Round 1 (3) New Jersey Devils vs (6) Buffalo Sabres

Game #	Away	Home	Score
1	Buffalo Sabres	New Jersey Devils	2-0
2	Buffalo Sabres	New Jersey Devils	1-2
3	New Jersey Devils	Buffalo Sabres	2-1
4	New Jersey Devils	Buffalo Sabres	3-5
5	Buffalo Sabres	New Jersey Devils	3-5
6	New Jersey Devils	Buffalo Sabres	0-1 (4OT)
7	Buffalo Sabres	New Jersey Devils	1-2

New Jersey Wins Series 4-3

Round 2 (3) New Jersey Devils vs (4) Boston Bruins

Game #	Away	Home	Score
1	Boston Bruins	New Jersey Devils	2-1
2	Boston Bruins	New Jersey Devils	6-5 (OT)
3	New Jersey Devils	Boston Bruins	4-2
4	New Jersey Devils	Boston Bruins	5-4 (OT)
5	Boston Bruins	New Jersey Devils	0-2
6	New Jersey Devils	Boston Bruins	5-3

New Jersey Wins Series 4-2

Round 3 (3) New Jersey Devils vs (1) New York Rangers

Game #	Away	Home	Score
1	New Jersey Devils	New York Rangers	4-3 (2OT)
2	New Jersey Devils	New York Rangers	0-4
3	New York Rangers	New Jersey Devils	3-2 (2OT)
4	New York Rangers	New Jersey Devils	1-3
5	New Jersey Devils	New York Rangers	4-1
6	New York Rangers	New Jersey Devils	4-2
7	New Jersey Devils	New York Rangers	1-2 (2OT)

New Jersey Loses Series 4-3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Scott Stevens	D	83	18	60	78	112	53	5	1	4
Stéphane Richer	RW	80	36	36	72	16	31	7	3	9
John MacLean	RW	80	37	33	70	95	30	8	0	4
Valeri Zelepukin	LW	82	26	31	57	70	36	8	0	0
Corey Millen	C	78	20	30	50	52	24	4	0	3
Bernie Nicholls	C	61	19	27	46	86	24	3	0	1
Scott Niedermayer	D	81	10	36	46	42	34	5	0	2
Bill Guerin	RW	81	25	19	44	101	14	2	0	3
Claude Lemieux	RW	79	18	26	44	86	13	5	0	5
Tom Chorske	LW	76	21	20	41	32	14	1	1	4
Bobby Holík	C	70	13	20	33	72	28	2	0	3
Bob Carpenter	C	76	10	23	33	51	7	0	2	1
Bruce Driver	D	66	8	24	32	63	29	3	1	0
Alexander Semak	C	54	12	17	29	22	6	2	2	2
Randy McKay	RW	78	12	15	27	244	24	0	0	1
Mike Peluso	LW	69	4	16	20	238	19	0	0	0
Tommy Albelin	D	62	2	17	19	36	20	1	0	1
Jaroslav Modrý	D	41	2	15	17	18	10	2	0	0
Jim Dowd	C	15	5	10	15	0	8	2	0	0
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	52	1	14	15	30	14	0	0	0
David Emma	C	15	5	5	10	2	0	1	0	2
Ken Daneyko	D	78	1	9	10	176	27	0	0	1
Jason Smith	D	41	0	5	5	43	7	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	44	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Ben Hankinson	RW	13	1	0	1	23	0	0	0	1
Martin Brodeur	G	47	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Scott Pellerin	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Martin Brodeur	2625	47	27	11	8	105	2.40	3	1238	1133	.915
Chris Terreri	2340	44	20	11	4	106	2.72	2	1141	1035	.907
Peter Sidorkiewicz	130	3	0	3	0	6	2.77	0	55	49	.891
Team:	5095	84	47	25	12	217	2.56	5	2434	2217	.911

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Claude Lemieux	RW	20	7	11	18	44	0	0	2
John MacLean	RW	20	6	10	16	22	2	0	1
Bernie Nicholls	C	16	4	9	13	28	2	1	0
Stéphane Richer	RW	20	7	5	12	6	3	0	2
Scott Stevens	D	20	2	9	11	42	2	0	1
Bruce Driver	D	20	3	5	8	12	2	0	0
Jim Dowd	C	19	2	6	8	8	0	0	0
Bob Carpenter	C	20	1	7	8	20	0	0	0
Valeri Zelepukin	LW	20	5	2	7	14	1	0	0
Tom Chorske	LW	20	4	3	7	0	0	0	1
Tommy Albelin	D	20	2	5	7	14	1	0	1
Scott Niedermayer	D	20	2	2	4	8	1	0	0
Bill Guerin	RW	17	2	1	3	35	0	0	1
Randy McKay	RW	20	1	2	3	24	0	0	0
Bobby Holík	C	20	0	3	3	6	0	0	0
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	14	1	0	1	8	0	0	0
Ben Hankinson	RW	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Corey Millen	C	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
Mike Peluso	LW	17	1	0	1	64	0	0	1
Martin Brodeur	G	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ken Daneyko	D	20	0	1	1	45	0	0	0
Alexander Semak	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Smith	D	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Martin Brodeur	1171	17	8	9	38	1.95	1	531	493	.928
Chris Terreri	200	4	3	0	9	2.70	0	111	102	.919
Team:	1371	20	11	9	47	2.06	1	642	595	.927

[4]

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

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Martin Brodeur	Calder Memorial Trophy	End of regular season
Martin Brodeur	NHL All-Rookie Team - Goaltender	End of regular season
Jacques Lemaire	Jack Adams Trophy	End of regular season
Scott Stevens	NHL Plus-Minus Award	End of regular season
Scott Stevens	NHL First All-Star Team - Defense	End of regular season

Nominations

Regular Season
Player	Award	Place
Scott Stevens	James Norris Memorial Trophy[5]	Runner-Up

Transactions

Draft picks

The New Jersey Devils' picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	13	Denis Pederson	Canada	C	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	32	Jay Pandolfo	United States	LW	Boston University (Hockey East)	[lower-alpha 1]
2	39	Brendan Morrison	Canada	C	Penticton Panthers (BCJHL)
3	65	Krzysztof Oliwa	Poland	LW	Welland Flames (GHJBHL)
4	91	No fourth-round pick				[lower-alpha 2]
5	110	John Guirestante	Canada	RW	London Knights (OHL)	[lower-alpha 3]
6	143	Steve Brule	Canada	RW	St. Jean Lynx (QMJHL)
7	169	Nikolai Zavarukhin	Russia	C	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL)
8	195	Thom Cullen	Canada	D	Wexford Raiders (MJHL)
9	221	Judd Lambert	Canada	G	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCJHL)
10	247	Jimmy Provencher	Canada	RW	St. Jean Lynx (QMJHL)
11	273	Mike Legg	Canada	RW	London (MOJHL)

Notes

The Devils acquired the 1993 second-round pick, Bobby Holik, and a conditional 1994 draft pick from Hartford for Sean Burke and Eric Weinrich on August 28, 1992.
The Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.
The Devils acquired the 1993 fifth-round pick from Hartford for Lee Norwood on October 3, 1991. The Devils had traded their original fifth-round pick (used on Jason Saal) to Los Angeles for Corey Millen on June 26, 1993.

References

"1993-94 National Hockey League Standings". hockeyDB. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2007.
"1993-94 New Jersey Devils player statistics". hockeyDB. Retrieved October 12, 2007.

National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
"1993-94 NHL Season Summary | Hockey-Reference.com". Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
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.
"1993-94 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

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[6] The Devils acquired the 1993 second-round pick, Bobby Holik, and a conditional 1994 draft pick from Hartford for Sean Burke and Eric Weinrich on August 28, 1992.

[7] The Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.

[8] The Devils acquired the 1993 fifth-round pick from Hartford for Lee Norwood on October 3, 1991. The Devils had traded their original fifth-round pick (used on Jason Saal) to Los Angeles for Corey Millen on June 26, 1993.

[1] National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.

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

[nhl-standings-1994-3] 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] "1993-94 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

[5] National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

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1993–94 New Jersey Devils season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Nominations

Transactions

Draft picks

See also

Notes

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