1993–94 New Jersey Devils season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1993–94
Year:	1993
Team:	New Jersey Devils
Conference:	Eastern
Conferencerank:	3rd
Division:	Atlantic
Divisionrank:	2nd
Record:	47–25–12
Homerecord:	29–11–2
Roadrecord:	18–14–10
Goalsfor:	306
Goalsagainst:	220
Generalmanager:	Lou Lamoriello
Coach:	Jacques Lemaire
Captain:	Scott Stevens
Altcaptain:	Bruce Driver John MacLean
Arena:	Brendan Byrne Arena
Goalsleader:	John MacLean (37)
Assistsleader:	Scott Stevens (60)
Pointsleader:	Scott Stevens (78)
Pimleader:	Randy McKay (224)
Plusminusleader:	Scott Stevens (+53)
Winsleader:	Martin Brodeur (27)
Gaaleader:	Martin Brodeur (2.40)

The 1993–94 New Jersey Devils season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 12th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[1] For the fourth consecutive season, the Devils qualified for the playoffs. In the playoffs, the Devils made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Final where they came within a game of advancing to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. Goaltender Martin Brodeur won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie and new coach Jacques Lemaire won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach.

Regular season

The New Jersey Devils opened the 1993–94 season with 7 consecutive wins. They finished second in scoring and in goaltending. They also set team records in wins (47) and points (106). Captain Scott Stevens led the league in +/- with +53.

During the regular season, the Devils allowed the fewest even-strength goals (141) and had the fewest power-play opportunities (333).^[2]

Final standings

Schedule and results

	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	Oct 6, 1993	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–0–0
2	W	Oct 8, 1993	6–3	@ Washington Capitals	2–0–0
3	W	Oct 9, 1993	6–4	Washington Capitals	3–0–0
4	W	Oct 12, 1993	7–4	Winnipeg Jets	4–0–0
5	W	Oct 16, 1993	6–3	@ New York Islanders	5–0–0
6	W	Oct 20, 1993	4–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	6–0–0
7	W	Oct 23, 1993	2–1	Florida Panthers	7–0–0
8	L	Oct 26, 1993	0–2	Montreal Canadiens	7–1–0
9	W	Oct 30, 1993	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers	8–1–0
10	L	Oct 31, 1993	1–4	@ New York Rangers	8–2–0
11	L	Nov 3, 1993	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings	8–3–0
12	W	Nov 5, 1993	6–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	9–3–0
13	W	Nov 7, 1993	2–1	@ San Jose Sharks	10–3–0
14	W	Nov 10, 1993	5–3	New York Islanders	11–3–0
15	W	Nov 11, 1993	5–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers	12–3–0
16	L	Nov 13, 1993	2–4	San Jose Sharks	12–4–0
17	W	Nov 17, 1993	4–0	Buffalo Sabres	13–4–0
18	W	Nov 18, 1993	5–2	@ Ottawa Senators	14–4–0
19	L	Nov 20, 1993	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings	14–5–0
20	T	Nov 23, 1993	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques	14–5–1
21	W	Nov 24, 1993	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres	15–5–1
22	T	Nov 26, 1993	6–6 OT	@ St. Louis Blues	15–5–2
23	L	Nov 30, 1993	1–3	New York Rangers	15–6–2
24	T	Dec 2, 1993	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	15–6–3
25	T	Dec 4, 1993	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks	15–6–4
26	L	Dec 5, 1993	1–2	@ New York Rangers	15–7–4
27	W	Dec 8, 1993	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens	16–7–4
28	L	Dec 9, 1993	2–3	Quebec Nordiques	16–8–4
29	W	Dec 11, 1993	5–2	Edmonton Oilers	17–8–4
30	L	Dec 14, 1993	1–4	@ New York Islanders	17–9–4
31	L	Dec 15, 1993	4–5	Boston Bruins	17–10–4
32	W	Dec 18, 1993	6–2	@ Quebec Nordiques	18–10–4
33	W	Dec 19, 1993	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers	19–10–4
34	L	Dec 22, 1993	3–6	@ Hartford Whalers	19–11–4
35	W	Dec 23, 1993	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	20–11–4
36	L	Dec 26, 1993	3–8	@ New York Rangers	20–12–4
37	W	Dec 28, 1993	4–2	Hartford Whalers	21–12–4
38	W	Jan 1, 1994	7–1	@ Ottawa Senators	22–12–4
39	W	Jan 4, 1994	6–3	New York Islanders	23–12–4
40	W	Jan 7, 1994	4–1	Florida Panthers	24–12–4
41	L	Jan 9, 1994	0–4	Washington Capitals	24–13–4
42	L	Jan 12, 1994	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens	24–14–4
43	W	Jan 14, 1994	5–2	@ Washington Capitals	25–14–4
44	L	Jan 15, 1994	3–5	Los Angeles Kings	25–15–4
45	W	Jan 19, 1994	4–0	@ Winnipeg Jets	26–15–4
46	W	Jan 24, 1994	6–2	@ Dallas Stars	27–15–4
47	T	Jan 26, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers	27–15–5
48	T	Jan 28, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames	27–15–6
49	L	Jan 29, 1994	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks	27–16–6
50	L	Feb 2, 1994	2–3	Buffalo Sabres	27–17–6
51	W	Feb 4, 1994	5–2	Ottawa Senators	28–17–6
52	W	Feb 5, 1994	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	29–17–6
53	W	Feb 10, 1994	7–3	Vancouver Canucks	30–17–6
54	L	Feb 12, 1994	3–5	@ Boston Bruins	30–18–6
55	T	Feb 13, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	30–18–7
56	L	Feb 17, 1994	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	30–19–7
57	W	Feb 19, 1994	5–4	Tampa Bay Lightning	31–19–7
58	T	Feb 20, 1994	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks	31–19–8
59	W	Feb 23, 1994	7–2	@ Detroit Red Wings	32–19–8
60	L	Feb 24, 1994	1–3	New York Rangers	32–20–8
61	T	Feb 26, 1994	1–1 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	32–20–9
62	W	Feb 28, 1994	5–1	St. Louis Blues	33–20–9
63	W	Mar 2, 1994	3–2	@ Florida Panthers	34–20–9
64	W	Mar 3, 1994	5–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	35–20–9
65	W	Mar 5, 1994	6–3	Calgary Flames	36–20–9
66	T	Mar 7, 1994	2–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques	36–20–10
67	W	Mar 10, 1994	4–0	Hartford Whalers	37–20–10
68	W	Mar 12, 1994	2–1	Boston Bruins	38–20–10
69	W	Mar 13, 1994	4–0	Dallas Stars	39–20–10
70	L	Mar 15, 1994	2–3	@ New York Islanders	39–21–10
71	W	Mar 17, 1994	6–1	@ Buffalo Sabres	40–21–10
72	W	Mar 19, 1994	8–6	@ Boston Bruins	41–21–10
73	T	Mar 21, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers	41–21–11
74	W	Mar 24, 1994	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning	42–21–11
75	W	Mar 26, 1994	7–2	Philadelphia Flyers	43–21–11
76	W	Mar 27, 1994	5–2	Quebec Nordiques	44–21–11
77	W	Mar 29, 1994	5–2	Montreal Canadiens	45–21–11
78	L	Apr 1, 1994	1–2	@ Washington Capitals	45–22–11
79	L	Apr 2, 1994	2–4	New York Rangers	45–23–11
80	L	Apr 6, 1994	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	45–24–11
81	W	Apr 8, 1994	7–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	46–24–11
82	T	Apr 10, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers	46–24–12
83	L	Apr 12, 1994	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers	46–25–12
84	W	Apr 14, 1994	4–1	Ottawa Senators	47–25–12

Playoffs

Round 1 (Eastern Conference Quarterfinals)
(3) New Jersey Devils vs (6) Buffalo Sabres

Game #	Away	Home	Score
1	Buffalo Sabres	New Jersey Devils	2-0
2	Buffalo Sabres	New Jersey Devils	1-2
3	New Jersey Devils	Buffalo Sabres	2-1
4	New Jersey Devils	Buffalo Sabres	3-5
5	Buffalo Sabres	New Jersey Devils	3-5
6	New Jersey Devils	Buffalo Sabres	0-1 (4OT)
7	Buffalo Sabres	New Jersey Devils	1-2

New Jersey Wins Series 4-3

Round 2 (Eastern Conference Semifinals)
(3) New Jersey Devils vs (4) Boston Bruins

Game #	Away	Home	Score
1	Boston Bruins	New Jersey Devils	2-1
2	Boston Bruins	New Jersey Devils	6-5 (OT)
3	New Jersey Devils	Boston Bruins	4-2
4	New Jersey Devils	Boston Bruins	5-4 (OT)
5	Boston Bruins	New Jersey Devils	0-2
6	New Jersey Devils	Boston Bruins	5-3

New Jersey Wins Series 4-2

Round 3 (Eastern Conference Finals)
(3) New Jersey Devils vs (1) New York Rangers

Game #	Away	Home	Score
1	New Jersey Devils	New York Rangers	4-3 (2OT)
2	New Jersey Devils	New York Rangers	0-4
3	New York Rangers	New Jersey Devils	3-2 (2OT)
4	New York Rangers	New Jersey Devils	1-3
5	New Jersey Devils	New York Rangers	4-1
6	New York Rangers	New Jersey Devils	4-2
7	New Jersey Devils	New York Rangers	1-2 (2OT)

New Jersey Loses Series 4-3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	D	83	18	60	78	112	53	5	1	4
	RW	80	36	36	72	16	31	7	3	9
	RW	80	37	33	70	95	30	8	0	4
	LW	82	26	31	57	70	36	8	0	0
	C	78	20	30	50	52	24	4	0	3
	C	61	19	27	46	86	24	3	0	1
	D	81	10	36	46	42	34	5	0	2
	RW	81	25	19	44	101	14	2	0	3
	RW	79	18	26	44	86	13	5	0	5
	LW	76	21	20	41	32	14	1	1	4
	C	70	13	20	33	72	28	2	0	3
	C	76	10	23	33	51	7	0	2	1
	D	66	8	24	32	63	29	3	1	0
	C	54	12	17	29	22	6	2	2	2
	RW	78	12	15	27	244	24	0	0	1
	LW	69	4	16	20	238	19	0	0	0
	D	62	2	17	19	36	20	1	0	1
	D	41	2	15	17	18	10	2	0	0
	C	15	5	10	15	0	8	2	0	0
	D	52	1	14	15	30	14	0	0	0
	C	15	5	5	10	2	0	1	0	2
	D	78	1	9	10	176	27	0	0	1
	D	41	0	5	5	43	7	0	0	0
	G	44	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
	RW	13	1	0	1	23	0	0	0	1
	G	47	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2625	47	27	11	8	105	2.40	3	1238	1133	.915
	2340	44	20	11	4	106	2.72	2	1141	1035	.907
	130	3	0	3	0	6	2.77	0	55	49	.891
Team:	5095	84	47	25	12	217	2.56	5	2434	2217	.911

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	20	7	11	18	44	0	0	2
	RW	20	6	10	16	22	2	0	1
	C	16	4	9	13	28	2	1	0
	RW	20	7	5	12	6	3	0	2
	D	20	2	9	11	42	2	0	1
	D	20	3	5	8	12	2	0	0
	C	19	2	6	8	8	0	0	0
	C	20	1	7	8	20	0	0	0
	LW	20	5	2	7	14	1	0	0
	LW	20	4	3	7	0	0	0	1
	D	20	2	5	7	14	1	0	1
	D	20	2	2	4	8	1	0	0
	RW	17	2	1	3	35	0	0	1
	RW	20	1	2	3	24	0	0	0
	C	20	0	3	3	6	0	0	0
	D	14	1	0	1	8	0	0	0
	RW	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
	C	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
	LW	17	1	0	1	64	0	0	1
	G	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	D	20	0	1	1	45	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	1171	17	8	9	38	1.95	1	531	493	.928
	200	4	3	0	9	2.70	0	111	102	.919
Team:	1371	20	11	9	47	2.06	1	642	595	.927

^[3]

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;

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season! Player !! Award !! Awarded

	Calder Memorial Trophy	End of regular season
Martin Brodeur	NHL All-Rookie Team – Goaltender	End of regular season
	Jack Adams Trophy	End of regular season
	NHL Plus-Minus Award	End of regular season
Scott Stevens	NHL First All-Star Team – Defense	End of regular season

Nominations

Regular Season! Player !! Award !! Place

Scott Stevens

James Norris Memorial Trophy^[4]

Runner-Up

Draft picks

The New Jersey Devils' picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	13	Denis Pederson		C	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	32	Jay Pandolfo		LW	Boston University (Hockey East)
2	39	Brendan Morrison		C	Penticton Panthers (BCJHL)
3	65	Krzysztof Oliwa		LW	Welland Flames (GHJBHL)
4	91	No fourth-round pick
5	110	John Guirestante		RW	London Knights (OHL)
6	143	Steve Brule		RW	St. Jean Lynx (QMJHL)
7	169	Nikolai Zavarukhin		C	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL)
8	195	Thom Cullen		D	Wexford Raiders (MJHL)
9	221	Judd Lambert		G	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCJHL)
10	247	Jimmy Provencher		RW	St. Jean Lynx (QMJHL)
11	273	Mike Legg		RW	London (MOJHL)

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1993-94 National Hockey League Standings. hockeyDB. 2007-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20071011025446/http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/nhl19271994.html. 11 October 2007 . live.
• Web site: 1993-94 New Jersey Devils player statistics. hockeyDB. 2007-10-12.

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League . The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011 . 2010 . Triumph Books . 83 . 978-1-60078-422-4.
2. Web site: 1993-94 NHL Season Summary | Hockey-Reference.com . 2013-11-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929125153/http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1994.html . 2013-09-29 .
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-02 . 1993-94 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
4. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario,