1992–93 Calgary Flames season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1992–93
Year:	1992
Team:	Calgary Flames
Conferencerank:	5th
Divisionrank:	2nd
Record:	43–30–11
Homerecord:	23–14–5
Roadrecord:	20–16–6
Goalsfor:	322 (11th)
Goalsagainst:	282 (9th)
Attendance:	19,529
Goalsleader:	Robert Reichel (40)
Assistsleader:	Theoren Fleury (66)
Pointsleader:	Theoren Fleury (100)
Plusminusleader:	Gary Roberts (+32)
Pimleader:	Craig Berube (209)
Winsleader:	Mike Vernon (29)
Gaaleader:	Jeff Reese (3.20)

The 1992–93 Calgary Flames season was the 13th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The Flames rebounded from their disappointing 1991–92 season, finishing 2nd in the Smythe Division, four points behind the Vancouver Canucks.

The Flames met the Los Angeles Kings in the Smythe Division semi-finals. The series was an offensive showdown, with the Flames setting team records for most goals scored in a six-game series (28) and most goals against (33).^[1] The Flames once again failed to win a playoff series, falling in six games.

Two Flames represented the Campbell Conference at the 1993 All-Star Game: Forward Gary Roberts and goaltender Mike Vernon.^[2]

On February 10, 1993, the Flames set numerous franchise and league records in a 13–1 victory over the San Jose Sharks. In addition to being a team record for goals scored at 13, the score also represents the largest margin of victory in team history (12). Calgary set a new team mark for fastest four goals scored (1:21). Jeff Reese set an NHL record for points in one game by a goaltender with 3 assists, while Theoren Fleury set a league record by going +9 in this game.^[3] All of these records remain today.

Four Flames (Theoren Fleury, Joe Nieuwendyk, Robert Reichel and Gary Roberts) reached the 30-goal plateau.^[4]

Prior to the season, the Flames lost two players in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft, as Left Winger Chris Lindberg was selected by the Ottawa Senators 35th overall, and forward Tim Hunter went to the Tampa Bay Lightning 42nd overall.

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

1992–93 Game Log
October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 1 October 6 5 – 4 Calgary 0–1–0 0 2 October 8 2 – 7 Calgary 1–1–0 2 3 October 10 2 – 3 Calgary 2–1–0 4 4 October 13 (at Saskatoon, SK) Calgary 4 – 3 3–1–0 6 5 October 15 Calgary 0 – 4 Los Angeles 3–2–0 6 6 October 17 Calgary 6 – 2 4–2–0 8 7 October 20 Los Angeles 2 – 6 Calgary 5–2–0 10 8 October 22 4 – 2 Calgary 5–3–0 10 9 October 25 Calgary 4 – 0 Edmonton 6–3–0 12 10 October 28 Calgary 7 – 5 7–3–0 14 11 October 30 3 – 1 Calgary 7–4–0 14 12 October 31 Minnesota 3 – 5 Calgary 8–4–0 16
November: 6–5–2 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 2–2–2) Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 13 November 2 3 – 5 Calgary 9–4–0 18 14 November 4 Calgary 5 – 5 Vancouver OT 9–4–1 19 15 November 6 4 – 8 Calgary 10–4–1 21 16 November 8 Calgary 5 – 5 OT 10–4–2 22 17 November 9 Calgary 2 – 5 10–5–2 22 18 November 11 Calgary 4 – 3 11–5–2 24 19 November 12 Calgary 3 – 5 Boston 11–6–2 24 20 November 14 Calgary 5 – 3 12–6–2 26 21 November 19 Vancouver 3 – 4 Calgary 13–6–2 28 22 November 21 4 – 3 Calgary 13–7–2 28 23 November 25 San Jose 4 – 3 Calgary OT 13–8–2 28 24 November 27 Tampa Bay 2 – 3 Calgary OT 14–8–2 30 25 November 28 5 – 2 Calgary 14–9–2 30
December: 10–1–2 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 5–1–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 26 December 2 Winnipeg 3 – 3 Calgary OT 14–9–3 31 27 December 4 3 – 5 Calgary 15–9–3 33 28 December 7 Edmonton 3 – 6 Calgary 16–9–3 35 29 December 8 Calgary 1 – 3 Edmonton 16–10–3 35 30 December 11 Calgary 6 – 3 Toronto 17–10–3 37 31 December 12 Calgary 1 – 1 Ottawa OT 17–10–4 38 32 December 14 Calgary 3 – 0 18–10–4 40 33 December 15 Calgary 3 – 0 19–10–4 42 34 December 19 Los Angeles 3 – 5 Calgary 20–10–4 44 35 December 21 Edmonton 2 – 3 Calgary OT 21–10–4 46 36 December 23 Calgary 4 – 3 Winnipeg 22–10–4 48 37 December 27 Calgary 7 – 3 Edmonton 23–10–4 50 38 December 31 Montreal 3 – 5 Calgary 24–10–4 52
January: 3–9–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 2–5–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 39 January 2 3 – 7 Calgary 25–10–4 54 40 January 5 Winnipeg 4 – 2 Calgary 25–11–4 54 41 January 7 Calgary 2 – 3 St. Louis OT 25–12–4 54 42 January 9 Calgary 2 – 3 25–13–4 54 43 January 10 Calgary 3 – 5 25–14–4 54 44 January 12 Calgary 2 – 8 NY Islanders 25–15–4 54 45 January 14 Calgary 4 – 4 Philadelphia OT 25–15–5 55 46 January 16 Calgary 2 – 4 Minnesota 25–16–5 55 47 January 19 Los Angeles 3 – 2 Calgary OT 25–17–5 55 48 January 22 Winnipeg 4 – 4 Calgary OT 25–17–6 56 49 January 23 Pittsburgh 4 – 3 Calgary 25–18–6 56 50 January 26 Detroit 9 – 1 Calgary 25–19–6 56 51 January 28 Calgary 2 – 1 Los Angeles 26–19–6 58 52 January 30 Calgary 5 – 4 San Jose 27–19–6 60
February: 6–2–4 (Home: 3–0–3; Road: 3–2–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 53 February 2 Calgary 6 – 4 Washington 28–19–6 62 54 February 3 Calgary 5 – 4 29–19–6 64 55 February 10 San Jose 1 – 13 Calgary 30–19–6 66 56 February 12 Quebec 4 – 4 Calgary OT 30–19–7 67 57 February 13 Hartford 3 – 4 Calgary 31–19–7 69 58 February 16 (at Cincinnati, OH) Philadelphia 4 – 4 Calgary OT 31–19–8 70 59 February 17 Calgary 2 – 4 Toronto 31–20–8 70 60 February 19 Calgary 3 – 3 Detroit OT 31–20–9 71 61 February 21 Calgary 3 – 4 Chicago 31–21–9 71 62 February 23 Calgary 6 – 3 San Jose 32–21–9 73 63 February 26 NY Rangers 4 – 4 Calgary OT 32–21–10 74 64 February 27 San Jose 4 – 5 Calgary 33–21–10 76
March: 4–8–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 1–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 65 March 2 Calgary 2 – 6 Los Angeles 33–22–10 76 66 March 4 Calgary 1 – 2 St. Louis 33–23–10 76 67 March 6 Calgary 4 – 7 Tampa Bay 33–24–10 76 68 March 11 Detroit 3 – 6 Calgary 34–24–10 78 69 March 13 New Jersey 3 – 4 Calgary 35–24–10 80 70 March 14 Vancouver 2 – 3 Calgary 36–24–10 82 71 March 16 Chicago 1 – 0 Calgary 36–25–10 82 72 March 21 Calgary 2 – 4 Winnipeg 36–26–10 82 73 March 24 St. Louis 4 – 2 Calgary 36–27–10 82 74 March 26 Calgary 3 – 1 Vancouver 37–27–10 84 75 March 28 Toronto 4 – 0 Calgary 37–28–10 84 76 March 30 Winnipeg 5 – 4 Calgary 37–29–10 84
April: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 3–1–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 77 April 1 Minnesota 3 – 5 Calgary 38–29–10 86 78 April 3 Calgary 3 – 2 San Jose OT 39–29–10 88 79 April 4 Calgary 4 – 3 San Jose 40–29–10 90 80 April 6 Calgary 3 – 3 Los Angeles OT 40–29–11 91 81 April 9 Vancouver 1 – 8 Calgary 41–29–11 93 82 April 11 Calgary 3 – 6 Vancouver 41–30–11 93 83 April 13 Calgary 4 – 2 Edmonton 42–30–11 95 84 April 15 San Jose 3 – 7 Calgary 43–30–11 97

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player			GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	14		83	34	66	100	88		6	5	7	12	27
	26		80	40	48	88	54		6	2	4	6	2
	20		81	23	58	81	112		6	2	3	5	8
	10		58	38	41	79	172		5	1	6	7	43
	25		79	38	37	75	52		6	3	6	9	10
	42		71	18	39	57	40		-	-	-	-	-
	2		50	11	43	54	61		6	1	6	7	10
	29		75	19	33	52	150		6	4	2	6	4
	28		83	21	22	43	26		6	0	1	1	0
	22		70	10	15	25	207		6	0	0	0	43
	32/11		62	9	12	21	18		2	0	1	1	2
	34		77	4	16	20	62		5	0	1	1	2
Brent Ashton^↑	15		32	8	11	19	41		6	0	3	3	2
	18		63	1	16	17	67		6	3	2	5	6
	3		80	6	10	16	131		6	1	1	2	7
	11		30	9	5	14	10		-	-	-	-	-
	16		77	4	8	12	209		6	0	0	0	21
	7		35	3	9	12	54		-	-	-	-	-
	33		22	4	7	11	8		-	-	-	-	-
	4		61	2	9	11	56		6	0	2	2	8
	5		74	3	7	10	66		6	3	1	4	4
Greg Paslawski^†	23		13	4	5	9	0		6	3	0	3	0
	21		27	3	4	7	19		-	-	-	-	-
Brian Skrudland^†	39		16	2	4	6	10		6	0	3	3	12
	23		28	3	2	5	20		-	-	-	-	-
	19		15	2	3	5	22		-	-	-	-	-
	12		27	2	3	5	41		-	-	-	-	-
	35		26	0	4	4	4		4	0	0	0	0
	6		35	1	2	3	95		-	-	-	-	-
	27		6	0	2	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
	30		64	0	2	2	42		4	0	0	0	2
	38		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
	13		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
	1		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player			GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
	35		26	1311	14	4	1	70	1	3.20		4	209	1	3	17	1	4.88
	30		64	3732	29	26	9	203	2	3.26		4	150	1	1	14	0	6.00
	1		1	65	0	0	1	5	0	4.62		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1992–93 season.

Trades

Date	Details
	To Ottawa Senators Mark Osiecki	To Calgary Flames Chris Lindberg
	To Montreal Canadiens Future Considerations	To Calgary Flames Patrick Lebeau
	To Quebec Nordiques Bryan Deasley	To Calgary Flames Future Considerations
	To Washington Capitals Future Considerations	To Calgary Flames Ken Sabourin
	To Montreal Canadiens Gary Leeman	To Calgary Flames Brian Skrudland
	To Boston Bruins C.J. Young	To Calgary Flames Brent Ashton
	To Philadelphia Flyers 1993 9th-round pick (#226 overall)	To Calgary Flames Greg Paslawski

Waivers

Draft picks

See main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks.

Calgary's picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, held in Montreal, Quebec.^[5]

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	6	Cory Stillman		C	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)	1025	278	449	727	489
2	30	Chris O'Sullivan		D	N/A	62	2	17	19	16
3	54	Mathias Johansson		LW	Färjestads BK (SEL)	58	5	10	15	15
4	78	Robert Svehla		D	N/A	655	68	267	335	649
5	102	Sami Helenius		D	N/A	155	2	4	6	260
6	126	Ravil Yakubov		D	HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL
6	129	Joel Bouchard		D	Verdun Collège Français (QMJHL)	364	22	53	75	264
7	150	Pavel Rajnoha		D	N/A
8	174	Ryan Mulhern		RW	N/A	3	0	0	0	0
9	198	Brandon Carper		D	Bowling Green (NCAA)
10	222	Jonas Hoglund		LW	Färjestads BK (SEL)	545	117	145	262	112
11	246	Andrei Potaichuk		RW	Krylja Sovetov (RSL)
S	6	Jamie O'Brien		D	N/A

See also

• 1992–93 NHL season

References

• Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 119
• Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 137
• Team standings: 1992–93 NHL standings @hockeydb.com
• Trades:

Notes and References

1. Playoff team records, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg. 224
2. All-star selections, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg. 22
3. Flames Records, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pgs. 211–214
4. Web site: 1992-93 Calgary Flames Roster and Statistics.
5. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr000043.html Calgary Flames draft history