1992–93 Boston Bruins season

The 1992–93 Boston Bruins season was the team's 69th season.

1992–93 Boston Bruins
Adams Division champions
Division	1st Adams
Conference	2nd Wales
1992–93 record	51–26–7
Home record	29–10–3
Road record	22–16–4
Goals for	332
Goals against	268
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Ray Bourque
Alternate captains	Cam Neely Adam Oates
Arena	Boston Garden
Average attendance	14,233
Team leaders
Goals	Adam Oates (45)
Assists	Adam Oates (97)
Points	Adam Oates (142)
Penalty minutes	Brent Hughes (191)
Plus/minus	Ray Bourque (+38)
Wins	Andy Moog (37)
Goals against average	John Blue (2.90)

Regular season

The team finished second in the regular season behind the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Bruins played well all season long and finished their final 8 regular-season games with a perfect 8–0–0 record. The Bruins had the most shots on goal (2,893) during the regular season of all 24 teams.[1] They also tied the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (8) over 84 games.[2]

Final standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Boston Bruins	84	51	26	7	109	332	268
Quebec Nordiques	84	47	27	10	104	351	300
Montreal Canadiens	84	48	30	6	102	326	280
Buffalo Sabres	84	38	36	10	86	335	297
Hartford Whalers	84	26	52	6	58	284	369
Ottawa Senators	84	10	70	4	24	202	395

[3]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[4]

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

Regular season schedule

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

Playoffs

Despite being favored to win their first-round matchup against the Buffalo Sabres, the Bruins were eliminated in the Adams Division semi-finals by Buffalo in four straight games. Three games were decided in overtime.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Adam Oates	C	84	45	97	142	32	15	24	1	11
Joé Juneau	C	84	32	70	102	33	23	9	0	3
Ray Bourque	D	78	19	63	82	40	38	8	0	7
Dmitri Kvartalnov	LW	73	30	42	72	16	9	11	0	4
Stephen Leach	RW	79	26	25	51	126	-6	9	0	4
Dave Poulin	C	84	16	33	49	62	29	0	5	0
Vladimír Růžička	C	60	19	22	41	38	-6	7	0	2
Dave Reid	LW	65	20	16	36	10	12	1	5	2
Ted Donato	LW	82	15	20	35	61	2	3	2	5
Don Sweeney	D	84	7	27	34	68	34	0	1	0
Glen Wesley	D	64	8	25	33	47	-2	4	1	0
Steve Heinze	RW	73	18	13	31	24	20	0	2	4
David Shaw	D	77	10	14	24	108	10	1	1	1
Cam Neely	RW	13	11	7	18	25	4	6	0	1
Gord Murphy	D	49	5	12	17	62	-13	3	0	2
Gordie Roberts	D	65	5	12	17	105	23	0	0	1
Grigori Panteleev	LW	39	8	6	14	12	-6	2	0	1
Darin Kimble	RW	55	7	3	10	177	4	0	0	0
Glen Featherstone	D	34	5	5	10	102	6	1	0	0
Brent Hughes	LW	62	5	4	9	191	-4	0	0	0
C. J. Young	RW	15	4	5	9	12	1	0	0	1
Peter Douris	RW	19	4	4	8	4	5	0	1	0
Tim Sweeney	LW	14	1	7	8	6	1	0	0	0
Glen Murray	RW	27	3	4	7	8	-6	2	0	1
Jim Wiemer	D	28	1	6	7	48	1	0	0	0
Stéphane Richer	D	21	1	4	5	18	-6	0	0	1
Brent Ashton	LW	26	2	2	4	11	0	0	0	0
Andrew McKim	C	7	1	3	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bryan Smolinski	C	9	1	3	4	0	3	0	0	0
Jozef Stümpel	C	13	1	3	4	4	-3	0	0	0
Darren Banks	LW	16	2	1	3	64	5	0	0	0
John Blue	G	23	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	55	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Chris Winnes	RW	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sergejs Žoltoks	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Bales	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denis Chervyakov	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Bill Huard	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominic Lavoie	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Réjean Lemelin	G	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Andy Moog	3194	55	37	14	3	168	3.16	3	1357	1189	.876
John Blue	1322	23	9	8	4	64	2.90	1	597	533	.893
Réjean Lemelin	542	10	5	4	0	31	3.43	0	225	194	.862
Mike Bales	25	1	0	0	0	1	2.40	0	10	9	.900
Team:	5083	84	51	26	7	264	3.12	4	2189	1925	.879

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Adam Oates	C	4	0	9	9	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Juneau	C	4	2	4	6	6	-1	2	0	0
Cam Neely	RW	4	4	1	5	4	0	1	0	0
Steve Heinze	RW	4	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0
Stephen Leach	RW	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Poulin	C	4	1	1	2	10	-3	0	1	0
Ray Bourque	D	4	1	0	1	2	-2	1	0	0
Peter Douris	RW	4	1	0	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Bryan Smolinski	C	4	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Ted Donato	LW	4	0	1	1	0	-7	0	0	0
David Shaw	D	4	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0
John Blue	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Hughes	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Darin Kimble	RW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dmitri Kvartalnov	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stephane Richer	D	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	D	4	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0
Don Sweeney	D	4	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Tim Sweeney	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Wesley	D	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Jim Wiemer	D	1	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
John Blue	96	2	0	1	5	3.12	0	49	44	.898
Andy Moog	161	3	0	3	14	5.22	0	67	53	.791
Team:	257	4	0	4	19	4.44	0	116	97	.836

[5]

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;

Awards and records

• Ray Bourque, runner up, Norris Trophy[6]

During the postseason awards ceremony, Bruin players finished as runner-up on many of the awards; Bourque for the Norris, Oates for the Art Ross and Lady Byng Trophies, Joe Juneau (who had broken the NHL record for assists in a season by a left-winger, a mark he still holds) for the Calder Trophy, Dave Poulin for the Frank J. Selke Trophy, Moog for the William M. Jennings Trophy, and coach Brian Sutter for the Jack Adams Award. Bourque was named to the NHL All-Star First Team and Juneau to the NHL All-Rookie Team, while Oates finished third in voting among centermen for the All-Star First/Second Teams. [6]

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Player	Former team

Claimed from waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	16	Dmitri Kvartalnov	Left wing	Russia	San Diego Gulls (IHL)
3	55	Sergei Zholtok	Center	Latvia	Riga Stars (Latvia)
5	112	Scott Bailey	Goaltender	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6	133	Jiri Dopita	Center	Czechoslovakia	DS Olomouc (Czechoslovakia)
6	136	Grigorijs Pantelejevs	Left wing	Latvia	Riga Stars (Latvia)
8	184	Kurt Seher	Defense	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
9	208	Mattias Timander	Defense	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Sweden)
10	232	Chris Crombie	Left wing	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
11	256	Denis Chervyakov	Defense	Russia	HK Riga (Latvia)
11	257	Yevgeni Pavlov	Right wing	Russia	SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia)

See also

• 1992–93 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1993.html
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1993.html
3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
4. "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
5. "1992-93 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
6. 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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