1993–94 New York Islanders season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1993–94
Year:	1993
Team:	New York Islanders
Conference:	Eastern
Conferencerank:	8th
Division:	Atlantic
Divisionrank:	4th
Record:	36–36–12
Homerecord:	23–15–4
Roadrecord:	13–21–8
Goalsfor:	282
Goalsagainst:	264
Generalmanager:	Don Maloney
Coach:	Al Arbour
Captain:	Patrick Flatley
Arena:	Nassau Coliseum
Attendance:	12,091
Minorleague:	Salt Lake Golden Eagles Richmond Renegades
Goalsleader:	Steve Thomas (42)
Assistsleader:	Pierre Turgeon (56)
Pointsleader:	Pierre Turgeon (94)
Pimleader:	Mick Vukota (237)
Plusminusleader:	Marty McInnis (+31)
Winsleader:	Ron Hextall (27)
Gaaleader:	Jamie McLennan (2.84)

The 1993–94 New York Islanders season was the 22nd season in the franchise's history and the final one with Al Arbour as head coach. For the second consecutive year, four Islanders reached the 30-goal plateau.^{[1] [2]} In the playoffs, the Islanders were swept in four straight by their rival New York Rangers enroute to winning the Stanley Cup.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
3	W	October 10, 1993	4–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	1–2–0
4	L	October 12, 1993	5–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	1–3–0
5	L	October 16, 1993	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	1–4–0
6	L	October 19, 1993	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	1–5–0
7	L	October 22, 1993	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	1–6–0
8	T	October 23, 1993	5–5 OT	Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	1–6–1
9	W	October 26, 1993	7–0	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	2–6–1
10	L	October 28, 1993	2–5	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	2–7–1
11	W	October 29, 1993	4–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	3–7–1
12	L	November 2, 1993	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	3–8–1
13	L	November 4, 1993	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	3–9–1
14	W	November 6, 1993	5–3	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	4–9–1
15	L	November 9, 1993	2–5	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	4–10–1
16	L	November 10, 1993	3–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	4–11–1
17	L	November 13, 1993	2–5	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	4–12–1
18	W	November 17, 1993	8–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	5–12–1
19	W	November 18, 1993	5–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	6–12–1
20	W	November 21, 1993	5–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	7–12–1
21	T	November 24, 1993	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	7–12–2
22	W	November 27, 1993	6–4	New York Rangers (1993–94)	8–12–2
23	L	November 28, 1993	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	8–13–2
24	W	November 30, 1993	6–4	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	9–13–2
25	L	December 2, 1993	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	9–14–2
26	L	December 3, 1993	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	9–15–2
27	T	December 7, 1993	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	9–15–3
28	W	December 11, 1993	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	10–15–3
29	W	December 14, 1993	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	11–15–3
30	W	December 17, 1993	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	12–15–3
31	W	December 19, 1993	6–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	13–15–3
32	W	December 22, 1993	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	14–15–3
33	W	December 26, 1993	4–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	15–15–3
34	L	December 28, 1993	0–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	15–16–3
35	L	December 29, 1993	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	15–17–3
36	L	January 1, 1994	3–4	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	15–18–3
37	L	January 4, 1994	3–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	15–19–3
38	W	January 7, 1994	6–2	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	16–19–3
39	L	January 8, 1994	0–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	16–20–3
40	T	January 10, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	16–20–4
41	W	January 14, 1994	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	17–20–4
42	T	January 15, 1994	5–5 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	17–20–5
43	L	January 17, 1994	1–2	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	17–21–5
44	L	January 19, 1994	3–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	17–22–5
45	L	January 26, 1994	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	17–23–5
46	L	January 28, 1994	0–3	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	17–24–5
47	L	January 29, 1994	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	17–25–5
48	W	February 1, 1994	5–4	San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	18–25–5
49	T	February 2, 1994	4–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	18–25–6
50	W	February 5, 1994	3–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	19–25–6
51	L	February 6, 1994	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	19–26–6
52	W	February 8, 1994	3–1	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	20–26–6
53	W	February 10, 1994	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	21–26–6
54	L	February 12, 1994	3–4	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	21–27–6
55	W	February 15, 1994	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	22–27–6
56	L	February 18, 1994	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	22–28–6
57	W	February 19, 1994	4–0	Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	23–28–6
58	W	February 21, 1994	4–0	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	24–28–6
59	L	February 24, 1994	4–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	24–29–6
60	W	February 25, 1994	2–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	25–29–6
61	W	February 27, 1994	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	26–29–6
62	W	March 1, 1994	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	27–29–6
63	T	March 4, 1994	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	27–29–7
64	L	March 5, 1994	4–5	New York Rangers (1993–94)	27–30–7
65	W	March 7, 1994	7–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	28–30–7
66	L	March 9, 1994	4–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	28–31–7
67	L	March 10, 1994	3–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	28–32–7
68	T	March 12, 1994	5–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	28–32–8
69	W	March 15, 1994	3–2	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	29–32–8
70	W	March 17, 1994	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	30–32–8
71	T	March 18, 1994	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	30–32–9
72	L	March 20, 1994	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	30–33–9
73	W	March 22, 1994	5–4 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	31–33–9
74	L	March 26, 1994	1–3	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	31–34–9
75	L	March 27, 1994	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	31–35–9
76	T	March 29, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	31–35–10
77	W	April 1, 1994	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	32–35–10
78	T	April 2, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	32–35–11
79	W	April 5, 1994	4–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	33–35–11
80	T	April 6, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	33–35–12
81	W	April 8, 1994	5–1	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	34–35–12
82	W	April 10, 1994	5–4	New York Rangers (1993–94)	35–35–12
83	W	April 13, 1994	2–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	36–35–12
84	L	April 14, 1994	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	36–36–12

Playoffs

(1) New York Rangers vs. (8) New York Islanders

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 69 38 56 94 18 14 10 4 6 LW 78 42 33 75 139 -9 17 0 5 LW 78 30 40 70 59 18 10 0 7 C 83 36 33 69 73 -7 9 5 3 D 76 10 47 57 80 29 4 0 2 RW 81 25 31 56 24 31 3 5 3 C 82 21 32 53 83 1 5 0 3 RW 64 12 30 42 40 12 2 1 2 C 83 18 22 40 44 16 1 0 2 D 66 9 31 40 47 7 5 0 1 RW 73 11 19 30 62 14 3 0 1 D 41 7 14 21 30 11 3 0 0 W 32 5 9 14 10 0 2 0 0 D 74 3 11 14 70 -5 0 0 1 D 65 2 11 13 76 21 0 0 0 D 76 1 10 11 142 -6 0 0 0 C 71 2 7 9 50 -1 0 0 0 LW 37 0 6 6 74 -6 0 0 0 D 19 1 4 5 16 -13 0 0 0 D 28 1 4 5 75 -4 0 0 0 RW 72 3 1 4 237 -5 0 0 0 D 17 1 3 4 13 -1 0 0 0 D 39 0 4 4 122 3 0 0 0 RW 23 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 G 65 0 3 3 52 0 0 0 0 C 17 1 1 2 49 -2 0 0 0 LW 3 1 0 1 4 -1 0 0 0 G 22 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 RW 12 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 24 0 0 0 30 -7 0 0 0 G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 RW 5 0 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 4 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% 3581 65 27 26 6 184 3.08 5 1801 1617 .898 1287 22 8 7 6 61 2.84 0 639 578 .905 227 7 1 3 0 16 4.23 0 118 102 .864 Team: 5095 84 36 36 12 261 3.07 5 2558 2297 .898

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 4 1 0 1 6 -2 0 0 0 RW 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 LW 4 1 0 1 8 -5 1 0 0 RW 4 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0 C 4 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 0 LW 4 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0 D 4 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 0 C 4 0 1 1 0 -4 0 0 0 D 4 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 C 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 C 4 0 0 0 2 -5 0 0 0 G 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 RW 2 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 D 4 0 0 0 8 -6 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 D 4 0 0 0 6 -5 0 0 0 LW 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 RW 4 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 4 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% 158 3 0 3 16 6.08 0 80 64 .800 82 2 0 1 6 4.39 0 47 41 .872 Team: 240 4 0 4 22 5.50 0 127 105 .827

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Note: Pos = Position; 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

New York's draft picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	23	Todd Bertuzzi		Guelph Storm (OHL)
2	40	Bryan McCabe		Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	66	Vladimir Chebaturkin		Kristall Elektrostal (Russia)
4	92	Warren Luhning		Calgary Royals (AJHL)
5	118	Tommy Salo		VIK Västerås HK (Sweden)
6	144	Peter Leboutillier		Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7	170	Darren Van Impe		Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
8	196	Rod Hinks		Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
9	222	Daniel Johansson		Rögle BK (Sweden)
10	248	Stephane Larocque		Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
11	274	Carl Charland		Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1993–94 New York Islanders Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1992-93 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics.
2. Web site: 1993-94 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics.
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-07-27 . 1993-94 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.