1993–94 Los Angeles Kings season explained

League:NHL
Season:1993–94
Year:1993
Team:Los Angeles Kings
Conferencerank:10th
Divisionrank:5th
Record:27–45–12
Homerecord:18–19–5
Roadrecord:9–26–7
Goalsfor:294
Goalsagainst:322
Goalsleader:Luc Robitaille (44)
Assistsleader:Wayne Gretzky (92)
Pointsleader:Wayne Gretzky (130)
Plusminusleader:John Druce (+16)
Pimleader:Warren Rychel (322)
Winsleader:Kelly Hrudey (22)
Gaaleader:Robb Stauber (3.41)

The 1993–94 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 27th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team finished in fifth place in the Pacific Division with a record of 27–45–12 for 66 points and missed the playoffs. The Kings played their home games at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood.

This season saw Kings captain Wayne Gretzky become the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer. He also won his 10th and final Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer with 130 points. Despite Gretzky's achievements, the defending conference champion Kings regressed on the ice. They finished in 10th place in the newly-rebranded Western Conference, 16 points behind the San Jose Sharks, who clinched the eighth and final playoff spot. Notably, the Kings also finished five points behind their new local rivals, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, who were then in their first year of existence.

Offseason

NHL Draft

See also: 1993 NHL Entry Draft.

In the Entry Draft, the Kings first pick, in the second round, was used to choose Shayne Toporowski from the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League. Their first-round pick had been dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in the Wayne Gretzky trade.

RoundPickPlayerNationalityPosGPGAPtsPIM
242RW 3 0 0 0 7
368RW 7 0 0 0 7
494C 5 0 0 0 0
5105G
5117G
5120LW 10 1 3 4 2
6146D 149 8 19 27 97
7172RW
8198LW
9224D 49 5 11 16 46
10250D 1108 117 454 571 654
11276LW

Regular season

Wayne Gretzky's goal scoring record

Schedule and results

No.RDateScoreOpponentRecord
1LOctober 6, 19932–5 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 0–1–0
2WOctober 9, 199310–3 Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 1–1–0
3WOctober 10, 19935–2 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 2–1–0
4WOctober 12, 19937–5 New York Islanders (1993–94) 3–1–0
5TOctober 14, 19934–4 OTEdmonton Oilers (1993–94) 3–1–1
6WOctober 16, 19938–4 Calgary Flames (1993–94) 4–1–1
7TOctober 19, 19932–2 OT@ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 4–1–2
8WOctober 20, 19934–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 5–1–2
9LOctober 22, 19933–6 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 5–2–2
10LOctober 24, 19932–3 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 5–3–2
11LOctober 26, 19930–7 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 5–4–2
12LOctober 27, 19933–8 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 5–5–2
13WOctober 29, 19934–3 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 6–5–2
14WNovember 3, 19933–2 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 7–5–2
15WNovember 6, 19938–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 8–5–2
16LNovember 9, 19932–3 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 8–6–2
17LNovember 10, 19930–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 8–7–2
18WNovember 13, 19936–3 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 9–7–2
19LNovember 18, 19932–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 9–8–2
20LNovember 20, 19931–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 9–9–2
21LNovember 21, 19934–7 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 9–10–2
22LNovember 25, 19936–8 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 9–11–2
23LNovember 27, 19930–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 9–12–2
24LNovember 30, 19936–8 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 9–13–2
25WDecember 2, 19933–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 10–13–2
26LDecember 4, 19934–5 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 10–14–2
27LDecember 8, 19935–6 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 10–15–2
28WDecember 11, 19939–1 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 11–15–2
29LDecember 13, 19932–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 11–16–2
30LDecember 14, 19932–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 11–17–2
31LDecember 17, 19930–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 11–18–2
32LDecember 18, 19931–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 11–19–2
33WDecember 20, 19935–4 OT@ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 12–19–2
34LDecember 23, 19931–2 Dallas Stars (1993–94) 12–20–2
35WDecember 26, 19933–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 13–20–2
36WDecember 28, 19936–5 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 14–20–2
37TDecember 31, 19934–4 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 14–20–3
38WJanuary 1, 19947–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 15–20–3
39WJanuary 4, 19945–1 Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 16–20–3
40LJanuary 8, 19943–6 Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 16–21–3
41TJanuary 11, 19942–2 OT@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 16–21–4
42WJanuary 12, 19946–4 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 17–21–4
43WJanuary 15, 19945–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 18–21–4
44LJanuary 16, 19942–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 18–22–4
45LJanuary 18, 19943–5 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 18–23–4
46TJanuary 24, 19943–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 18–23–5
47TJanuary 25, 19944–4 OTWinnipeg Jets (1993–94) 18–23–6
48LJanuary 27, 19944–5 OTNew York Rangers (1993–94) 18–24–6
49WJanuary 29, 19945–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 19–24–6
50LJanuary 31, 19941–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 19–25–6
51LFebruary 2, 19944–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 19–26–6
52LFebruary 5, 19944–5 OTCalgary Flames (1993–94) 19–27–6
53WFebruary 9, 19944–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 20–27–6
54WFebruary 11, 19945–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 21–27–6
55LFebruary 12, 19941–6 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 21–28–6
56LFebruary 14, 19942–3 OTBoston Bruins (1993–94) 21–29–6
57LFebruary 18, 19943–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 21–30–6
58LFebruary 19, 19943–4 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 21–31–6
59LFebruary 21, 19944–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 21–32–6
60TFebruary 23, 19940–0 OTDallas Stars (1993–94) 21–32–7
61TFebruary 25, 19945–5 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 21–32–8
62LFebruary 26, 19942–4 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 21–33–8
63TFebruary 28, 19943–3 OTMontreal Canadiens (1993–94) 21–33–9
64WMarch 2, 19944–1 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 22–33–9
65LMarch 3, 19944–6 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 22–34–9
66TMarch 6, 19943–3 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 22–34–10
67LMarch 9, 19940–4 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 22–35–10
68LMarch 12, 19943–5 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 22–36–10
69WMarch 15, 19947–0 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 23–36–10
70LMarch 16, 19942–5 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 23–37–10
71WMarch 19, 19942–1 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 24–37–10
72TMarch 20, 19946–6 OT@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 24–37–11
73LMarch 23, 19943–6 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 24–38–11
74WMarch 25, 19944–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 25–38–11
75LMarch 27, 19943–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 25–39–11
76LMarch 30, 19942–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 25–40–11
77LApril 2, 19943–5 Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 25–41–11
78WApril 3, 19946–1 Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 26–41–11
79LApril 5, 19941–2 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 26–42–11
80LApril 7, 19942–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 26–43–11
81LApril 9, 19943–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 26–44–11
82LApril 10, 19941–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 26–45–11
83WApril 13, 19946–4 Calgary Flames (1993–94) 27–45–11
84TApril 14, 19942–2 OTEdmonton Oilers (1993–94) 27–45–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
81 38 92 130 20
83 44 42 86 86
81 31 46 77 48
84 20 48 68 137
81 12 40 52 101
81 21 21 42 34
51 17 24 41 59
84 8 27 35 94
55 14 17 31 50
77 15 13 28 71
49 8 13 21 24
50 7 14 21 150
80 10 9 19 322
32 9 10 19 10
79 5 13 18 71
25 4 7 11 2
12 3 8 11 8
18 4 6 10 55
60 1 9 10 67
34 6 2 8 45
54 2 6 8 165
33 4 3 7 28
56 3 4 7 30
8 3 3 6 2
20 1 3 4 4
16 0 3 3 27
5 1 1 2 0
18 1 1 2 10
31 0 2 2 77
12 1 0 1 20
24 1 0 1 81
64 0 1 1 6
3 0 1 1 0
5 0 1 1 2
8 0 1 1 22
9 0 0 0 10
1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 26
22 0 0 0 18
7 0 0 0 21
Goaltending
Player MIN GPWLTGAGAA SA SV SV%SO
3713 64 22 31 7 228 3.68 2219 1991 .897 1
1144 22 4 11 5 65 3.41 706 641 .908 1
174 4 1 2 0 9 3.10 71 62 .873 0
60 1 0 1 0 7 7.00 37 30 .811 0
Team: 5091 84 27 45 12 309 3.64 3033 2724 .898 2
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Awards and honors

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1993–94 season.[7]

Trades

June 26, 1993To Los Angeles Kings
5th round pick in 1993 - Jason Saal
To New Jersey Devils
Corey Millen
August 27, 1993To Los Angeles Kings
Shawn McEachern
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Marty McSorley
November 2, 1993To Los Angeles Kings
Future considerations
To Edmonton Oilers
Jeff Chychrun
November 3, 1993To Los Angeles Kings
Doug Houda
To Hartford Whalers
Marc Potvin
January 8, 1994To Los Angeles Kings
Dixon Ward
To Vancouver Canucks
Jimmy Carson
January 28, 1994To Los Angeles Kings
Brad Tiley
To New York Rangers
11th round pick in 1994 - Jamie Butt
February 15, 1994To Los Angeles Kings
Marty McSorley
Jim Paek
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Shawn McEachern
Tomas Sandstrom
March 19, 1994To Los Angeles Kings
Donald Dufresne
To Tampa Bay Lightning
6th round pick in 1994 - Dan Juden
March 21, 1994To Los Angeles Kings
Kevin Todd
To Chicago Blackhawks
4th round pick in 1994 - Steve McLaren

Free agent signings

July 15, 1993From Hartford Whalers
Brian Chapman
July 16, 1993From Fort Wayne Komets (IHL)
Bob Jay
July 16, 1993From Edmonton Oilers
Dan Currie
July 16, 1993From Boston Bruins
Dominic Lavoie
July 22, 1993From New York Rangers
Dave Thomlinson
July 29, 1993From New York Rangers
Brian McReynolds
August 2, 1993From Winnipeg Jets
John Druce
August 2, 1993From Ottawa Senators
Rob Murphy
October 13, 1993From Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
Eric Lavigne
November 8, 1993From Fort Wayne Komets (IHL)
Phil Crowe

Lost in expansion draft

June 24, 1993To Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Jim Thomson
June 24, 1993To Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Lonnie Loach

References

Sources
Notes

Notes and References

  1. News: Georgatos. Dennis. Gretzky Ties Howe's Mark with 2 Goals. The Washington Post. 1994-03-21. 2024-03-04.
  2. Web site: Longman. Jere. HOCKEY; Gretzky Ties Howe Mark On No. 801. The New York Times. 1994-03-21. 2024-03-04.
  3. Web site: Dillman. Lisa. No. 99 Gets Goal No. 802 -- Now He's No. 1 on List: Hockey: The Great One Passes Gordie Howe in the second period, but the Kings lose again, 6-3. Los Angeles Times. 1994-03-24. 2024-03-04.
  4. Web site: Privman. Jay. HOCKEY; Great One Becomes N.H.L.'s Greatest. The New York Times. 1994-03-24. 2024-03-04.
  5. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-27 . 1993-94 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
  6. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.425, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada,
  7. Web site: Hockey Transactions Search Results.