1992–93 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1992–93
Year:	1992
Team:	Boston Bruins
Conferencerank:	2nd
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	51–26–7
Homerecord:	29–10–3
Roadrecord:	22–16–4
Goalsfor:	332
Goalsagainst:	268
Attendance:	14,233
Minorleague:	Providence Bruins (AHL) Johnstown Chiefs (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Adam Oates (45)
Assistsleader:	Adam Oates (97)
Pointsleader:	Adam Oates (142)
Plusminusleader:	Ray Bourque (+38)
Pimleader:	Brent Hughes (191)
Winsleader:	Andy Moog (37)
Gaaleader:	John Blue (2.90)
Divisionwin:	Yes

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

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

Schedule and results

Playoffs

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

Skaters

Regular Season^[3]

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	84	45	97	142	15	32
	84	32	70	102	23	33
	78	19	63	82	38	40
	73	30	42	72	9	16
	79	26	25	51	-6	126
	84	16	33	49	29	62
	60	19	22	41	-6	38
	65	20	16	36	12	10
	82	15	20	35	2	61
	84	7	27	34	34	68
	64	8	25	33	-2	47
	73	18	13	31	20	24
	77	10	14	24	10	108
	13	11	7	18	4	25
	49	5	12	17	-13	62
	65	5	12	17	23	105
	39	8	6	14	-6	12
	55	7	3	10	4	177
	34	5	5	10	6	102
	62	5	4	9	-4	191
†	15	4	5	9	1	12
	19	4	4	8	5	4
	14	1	7	8	1	6
	27	3	4	7	-6	8
	28	1	6	7	1	48
†	21	1	4	5	-6	18
‡	26	2	2	4	0	11
	7	1	3	4	2	0
	9	1	3	4	3	0
	13	1	3	4	-3	4
	16	2	1	3	5	64
	5	0	1	1	1	0
	1	0	1	1	1	0
	2	0	0	0	-1	2
	2	0	0	0	0	0
†	2	0	0	0	-1	2
Total		332	560	892	—	1,518

Playoffs

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	4	0	9	9	0	4
	4	2	4	6	-1	6
	4	4	1	5	0	4
	4	1	1	2	-1	2
	4	1	1	2	0	2
	4	1	1	2	-3	10
	4	1	0	1	-2	2
	4	1	0	1	-3	0
	4	1	0	1	-1	2
	4	0	1	1	-7	0
	4	0	1	1	-3	6
	1	0	0	0	0	2
	4	0	0	0	0	2
	4	0	0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0	-2	0
	4	0	0	0	-2	6
	4	0	0	0	-1	4
	3	0	0	0	0	0
	4	0	0	0	-2	0
	1	0	0	0	-1	4
Total		12	19	31	—	56

Goaltending

Regular Season

Player
	55	55	3,193:49	37	14	3	168	3.16	1,357	.876	3	0	1	14
	23	21	1,322:02	9	8	4	64	2.90	597	.893	1	0	2	6
	10	8	541:43	5	4	0	31	3.43	225	.862	0	0	0	4
	1	0	24:48	0	0	0	1	2.42	10	.900	0	0	0	0
Total			5,082:22	51	26	7	264	3.12	2,189	.879	4	0	3	24

Playoffs

Player
	2	1	96:02	0	1	5	3.12	49	.898	0	0	0	0
	3	3	160:54	0	3	14	5.22	67	.791	0	0	0	0
Total			256:56	0	4	19	4.44	116	.836	0	0	0	0

† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

Awards and records

• Ray Bourque, runner up, Norris Trophy^[4]

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.^[4]

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details
	To Winnipeg Jets Daniel Berthiaume	To Boston Bruins Doug Evans
	To Minnesota North Stars Future Considerations	To Boston Bruins David Shaw
	To Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Hervey Ken Hodge Jr.	To Boston Bruins Darin Kimble Future Considerations
	To Tampa Bay Lightning Bob Beers	To Boston Bruins Stéphane Richer
	To Calgary Flames Brent Ashton	To Boston Bruins C.J. Young
	To New York Islanders 1994 conditional 8th-round pick (#203 overall)	To Boston Bruins Daniel Marois

Free agents

Date	Player	Team
		to Washington Capitals
		to Winnipeg Jets
		to San Diego Gulls (IHL)

Waivers

Date	Player	Team
		to Philadelphia Flyers in waiver draft
		to Buffalo Sabres
		from Ottawa Senators

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	LW		San Diego Gulls (IHL)
3^1	55	Sergei Zholtok	C		Riga Stars (Latvia)
5	112	Scott Bailey	G		Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6^2	133	Jiri Dopita	C		DS Olomouc (Czechoslovakia)
6	136	Grigorijs Pantelejevs	LW		Riga Stars (Latvia)
8	184	Kurt Seher	D		Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
9	208	Mattias Timander	D		Modo Hockey (Sweden)
10	232	Chris Crombie	LW		London Knights (OHL)
11	256	Denis Chervyakov	D		HK Riga (Latvia)
11^3	257	Yevgeni Pavlov	RW		SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Notes

1. The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 2, 1992 that sent Garry Galley, Wes Walz and a third-round pick in 1993 to Philadelphia in exchange for Gord Murphy, Brian Dobbin, a fourth-round pick in 1993 and this pick.
2. The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on September 11, 1991 that sent Norm Foster to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.
3. The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 8, 1992 that sent Steve Bancroft and an eleventh-round pick in 1993 to Chicago in exchange for this pick.

• The Bruins second-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on January 16, 1991 that sent Petri Skriko to Boston in exchange for this pick (40th overall).
• The Bruins third and seventh-round picks (64th and 160th overall) went to the St. Louis Blues as compensation for restricted free agents Glen Featherstone and Dave Thomlinson.
• The Bruins fourth-round pick went to the Minnesota North Stars as the result of a trade on August 21, 1990 that sent Ken Hodge Jr. to Boston in exchange for this pick (88th overall).

See also

• 1992–93 NHL season

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1992-93 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics.
2. Web site: 1992-93 NHL Summary.
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-05 . 1992-93 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
4. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, .