1992–93 Washington Capitals season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1992–93
Year:	1992
Team:	Washington Capitals
Record:	43–34–7
Homerecord:	21-15-6
Roadrecord:	22-19-1
Divisionrank:	2nd
Goalsfor:	325
Goalsagainst:	286
Captain:	Rod Langway (Oct-Nov) Kevin Hatcher (Nov-Apr)
Attendance:	15,540
Goalsleader:	Peter Bondra (37)
Assistsleader:	Dale Hunter (59)
Pointsleader:	Peter Bondra (85)
Plusminusleader:	(+): Dmitri Khristich (+29) (−): Bobby Carpenter (−16)
Pimleader:	Alan May (268)
Winsleader:	Don Beaupre (27)
Gaaleader:	Rick Tabaracci (1.75)

The 1992–93 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals' 19th season of competition.

Regular season

During the regular season, the Caps set a club record with nine 20-goal scorers, three of whom were defensemen (Sylvain Cote, Kevin Hatcher and Al Iafrate).^[1]

Washington tied the Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just 8.^[2]

On Friday, November 13, 1992, the Caps lost on the road to the New Jersey Devils by a score of 3-0. It was the first time the Caps had been shut out in a regular-season game since Sunday, October 29, 1989, when they lost on the road to the Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 1-0. Prior to their loss to the Devils, the Caps had gone 245 consecutive regular-season games without being shut out.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Final standings

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

Round 1: New York Islanders vs. Washington Capitals

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	83	37	48	85	70	8	10	0	7
	C	84	26	56	82	44	5	6	2	3
	D	83	34	45	79	114	-7	13	1	6
	C	84	20	59	79	198	3	10	0	2
	C	69	21	53	74	66	14	6	1	5
	LW/C	64	31	35	66	28	29	9	1	1
	D	81	25	41	66	169	15	11	1	4
	RW	80	22	35	57	66	3	8	0	1
	D	77	21	29	50	34	28	8	2	3
	LW	84	18	27	45	32	-2	3	0	3
	D	77	7	38	45	56	3	6	0	0
	C	68	11	17	28	65	-16	2	0	0
	RW	71	12	14	26	124	18	0	0	3
	LW	77	11	12	23	60	-13	0	2	0
	RW	72	9	8	17	80	-13	1	0	3
	RW	83	6	10	16	268	1	0	0	1
	D	71	5	8	13	46	3	0	0	0
	LW	36	4	7	11	16	4	1	0	1
	D	60	2	6	8	18	-2	1	0	0
	C	16	2	3	5	12	-4	2	0	0
	G	27	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
	C	10	0	3	3	35	-4	0	0	0
	LW	16	1	1	2	18	-3	0	0	0
	D	26	0	2	2	10	3	0	0	0
	G	58	0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0
	D	7	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	7	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	21	0	0	0	20	-13	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	3282	58	27	23	5	181	3.31	1	1530	1349	.882
	1421	27	13	9	2	83	3.50	0	677	594	.877
	343	6	3	2	0	10	1.75	2	162	152	.938
	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
	20	1	0	0	0	2	6.00	0	7	5	.714
Team:	5067	84	43	34	7	276	3.27	3	2376	2100	.884

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	6	7	1	8	35	4	0	1
	LW/C	6	2	5	7	2	1	0	0
	D	6	6	0	6	4	3	0	1
	C	6	1	5	6	0	1	0	0
	RW	6	0	6	6	0	0	0	0
	RW	6	2	3	5	19	0	0	0
	C	6	1	4	5	6	0	0	0
	D	6	0	5	5	4	0	0	0
	LW	6	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
	D	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
	LW	6	1	1	2	4	0	1	0
	D	6	0	2	2	18	0	0	0
	C	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	1	1	14	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	RW	6	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	119	2	1	1	9	4.54	0	65	56	.862
	304	4	1	3	14	2.76	0	160	146	.913
Team:	423	6	2	4	23	3.26	0	225	202	.898

^[7]

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;

Draft picks

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

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	14	Sergei Gonchar		Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
2	32	Jim Carey		Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA)
3	53	Stefan Ustorf		ESV Kaufbeuren (Germany)
3	71	Martin Gendron		Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
5	119	John Varga		Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
7	167	Mark Matier		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
8	191	Mike Mathers		Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
9	215	Brian Stagg		Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
10	239	Greg Callahan		Belmont Hill High School (USHS-MA)
11	263	B. J. MacPherson		Oshawa Generals (OHL)

See also

• 1992–93 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1992–93 Washington Capitals Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1992-93 Washington Capitals Roster and Statistics.
2. Web site: 1992-93 NHL Summary.
3. Web site: 1989-90 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results.
4. Web site: 1990-91 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results.
5. Web site: 1991-92 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results.
6. Web site: 1992-93 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results.
7. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-01 . 1992-93 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.