1993–94 Washington Capitals season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1993–94
Year:	1993
Team:	Washington Capitals
Conferencerank:	7th
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	39–35–10
Homerecord:	17–16–9
Roadrecord:	22–19–1
Goalsfor:	277
Goalsagainst:	263
Attendance:	14,527
Goalsleader:	Dmitri Khristich (29)
Assistsleader:	Mike Ridley (44)
Pointsleader:	Mike Ridley (70)
Plusminusleader:	Sylvain Cote (+30)
Pimleader:	Craig Berube (305)
Winsleader:	Don Beaupre (24)
Gaaleader:	Don Beaupre (2.84)

The 1993–94 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals' 20th season of play.

Until 2018, this season was notable as the only time the Washington Capitals ever defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a playoff series, as the Capitals would lose to the Penguins in 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2016, and 2017 before finally beating the Penguins in 2018 on their way to their first Stanley Cup.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

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Away	Home	OT
April 17	Washington 5	3 Pittsburgh
April 19	Washington 1	2 Pittsburgh
April 21	Pittsburgh 0	2 Washington
April 23	Pittsburgh 1	4 Washington
April 25	Washington 2	3 Pittsburgh
April 27	Pittsburgh 3	6 Washington
Washington wins series 4–2

Semi-finals

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Away	Home	OT
May 1	Washington 3	6 NY Rangers
May 3	Washington 2	5 NY Rangers
May 5	NY Rangers 3	0 Washington
May 7	NY Rangers 2	4 Washington
May 9	Washington 3	4 NY Rangers
NY Rangers win series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	81	26	44	70	24	15	10	2	4
	LW/C	83	29	29	58	73	-2	10	0	4
	D	84	16	35	51	66	30	3	2	2
	C	82	14	36	50	38	2	5	0	4
	D	67	10	35	45	143	10	4	0	3
	RW	69	24	19	43	40	22	4	0	2
	LW	78	25	17	42	73	-1	8	1	5
	D	84	9	33	42	59	3	4	0	1
	D	72	16	24	40	108	-13	6	0	3
	LW	84	14	25	39	32	8	0	1	3
	C	52	9	29	38	131	-4	1	0	1
	RW	68	16	19	35	149	4	5	0	1
	LW	66	12	18	30	60	-4	0	1	3
	C	49	11	18	29	39	1	3	0	1
	LW	62	12	14	26	33	9	0	0	0
	C	63	6	19	25	52	-1	0	1	0
	D	47	7	9	16	27	3	3	0	1
	LW	84	7	7	14	305	-4	0	0	0
	C	11	5	8	13	6	0	2	0	0
	RW	43	4	7	11	97	-2	0	0	0
	D	50	0	9	9	12	-1	0	0	0
	C	13	0	5	5	87	2	0	0	0
	D	12	0	5	5	29	7	0	0	0
	D	10	1	2	3	4	2	0	0	0
	D	46	1	1	2	174	-2	0	0	0
	RW	4	1	1	2	0	-3	1	0	0
	D	26	1	0	1	61	-2	0	0	0
	D	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	1
	C	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
	G	53	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	0
	C	6	0	0	0	21	-4	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	12	-1	0	0	0
	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	32	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2853	53	24	16	8	135	2.84	2	1122	987	.880
	1770	32	13	14	2	91	3.08	2	817	726	.889
	230	5	2	2	0	13	3.39	0	101	88	.871
	224	7	0	3	0	20	5.36	0	128	108	.844
Team:	5077	84	39	35	10	259	3.06	4	2168	1909	.881

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	11	4	6	10	6	0	0	0
	C	11	4	5	9	6	2	0	1
	LW	11	2	7	9	0	1	1	0
	D	9	1	8	9	6	0	0	0
	C	7	4	4	8	4	1	0	0
	D	11	3	4	7	37	0	1	0
	RW	9	2	4	6	4	0	0	1
	LW/C	11	2	3	5	10	0	0	0
	C	11	2	2	4	19	0	0	0
	D	6	1	3	4	4	0	0	1
	D	11	2	1	3	29	0	1	1
	C	7	0	3	3	14	0	0	0
	LW	5	2	0	2	10	0	0	0
	D	11	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
	LW	11	0	2	2	12	0	0	0
	D	8	1	0	1	12	0	0	0
	D	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	1
	RW	11	0	1	1	36	0	0	0
	LW	11	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
	C	8	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
	G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	LW	8	0	0	0	21	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	429	8	5	2	21	2.94	1	191	170	.890
	118	2	0	2	5	2.54	0	39	34	.872
	111	2	0	2	6	3.24	0	50	44	.880
Team:	658	11	5	6	32	2.92	1	280	248	.886

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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 1993 NHL Entry Draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	11	Brendan Witt		Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
1	17	Jason Allison		London Knights (OHL)
3	69	Patrick Boileau		Laval Titan (QMJHL)
6	147	Frank Banham		Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
7	173	Dan Hendrickson		St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)
7	174	Andrew Brunette		Hampton Roads Admirals (ECHL)
8	199	Joel Poirier		Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
9	225	Jason Gladney		Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
10	251	Marc Seliger		Starbulls Rosenheim (Germany)
11	277	Dany Bousquet		Penticton Panthers (BCJHL)

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1993–94 Washington Capitals Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-01 . 1993-94 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.