1992–93 Boston Bruins season

1992–93 Boston Bruins
Adams Division champions
Division	1st Adams
Conference	2nd Wales
1992–93 record	51–26–7
Home record	29–10–3
Road record	22–16–4
Goals for	332
Goals against	268
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Ray Bourque
Alternate captains	Cam Neely Adam Oates
Arena	Boston Garden
Average attendance	14,233
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins (AHL) Johnstown Chiefs (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Adam Oates (45)
Assists	Adam Oates (97)
Points	Adam Oates (142)
Penalty minutes	Brent Hughes (191)
Plus/minus	Ray Bourque (+38)
Wins	Andy Moog (37)
Goals against average	John Blue (2.90)

The 1992–93 Boston Bruins season was the team's 69th season.

Regular season

The team finished second in the regular season behind the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Bruins played well all season long and finished their final 8 regular-season games with a perfect 8–0–0 record. The team had the most shots on goal (2,893) during the regular season of all 24 teams. They also tied the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (8) over 84 games.

Final standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Boston Bruins	84	51	26	7	109	332	268
Quebec Nordiques	84	47	27	10	104	351	300
Montreal Canadiens	84	48	30	6	102	326	280
Buffalo Sabres	84	38	36	10	86	335	297
Hartford Whalers	84	26	52	6	58	284	369
Ottawa Senators	84	10	70	4	24	202	395

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Wales Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	84	56	21	7	367	268	119
2	Boston Bruins	ADM	84	51	26	7	332	268	109
3	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	84	47	27	10	351	300	104
4	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	84	48	30	6	326	280	102
5	Washington Capitals	PTK	84	43	34	7	325	286	93
6	New York Islanders	PTK	84	40	37	7	335	297	87
7	New Jersey Devils	PTK	84	40	37	7	308	299	87
8	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	84	38	36	10	335	297	86
9	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	84	36	37	11	319	319	83
10	New York Rangers	PTK	84	34	39	11	304	308	79
11	Hartford Whalers	ADM	84	26	52	6	284	369	58
12	Ottawa Senators	ADM	84	10	70	4	202	395	24

p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

1992-93 game log: 51–26–7 (Home: 29–10–3; Road: 22–16–4)

October: 7-2-1 (Home: 3-1-1 ; Road: 4-1-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 1 October 8 Hartford 2–3 Boston OT Moog 1–0–0 2 2 October 10 NY Islanders 3–3 Boston OT Moog 1–0–1 3 3 October 12 Ottawa 3–6 Boston Moog 2–0–1 5 4 October 15 Boston 8–2 San Jose Moog 3–0–1 7 5 October 17 Boston 6–8 Los Angeles Lemelin 3–1–1 7 6 October 22 Boston 4–2 Calgary Lemelin 4–1–1 9 7 October 23 Boston 6–3 Edmonton Moog 5–1–1 11 8 October 25 Boston 5–3 Vancouver Lemelin 6–1–1 13 9 October 29 Los Angeles 3–8 Boston Moog 7–1–1 15 10 October 31 Chicago 3–2 Boston Moog 7–2–1 15 November: 7-5-1 (Home: 5-1-1 ; Road: 2-4-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 11 November 5 Quebec 4–6 Boston Moog 8–2–1 17 12 November 7 NY Rangers 2–2 Boston OT Moog 8–2–2 18 13 November 11 Boston 2–7 Buffalo Moog 8–3–2 18 14 November 12 Calgary 3–5 Boston Lemelin 9–3–2 20 15 November 14 Toronto 4–1 Boston Moog 9–4–2 20 16 November 16 Boston 3–6 Montreal Moog 9–5–2 20 17 November 19 NY Islanders 2–5 Boston Moog 10–5–2 22 18 November 21 Philadelphia 3–4 Boston Moog 11–5–2 24 19 November 23 Boston 3–2 Ottawa Moog 12–5–2 26 20 November 25 Boston 2–6 Washington Moog 12–6–2 26 21 November 27 Hartford 4–5 Boston OT Lemelin 13–6–2 28 22 November 28 Boston 3–4 Hartford OT Lemelin 13–7–2 28 23 November 30 Boston 4–3 Quebec Moog 14–7–2 30 December: 7-7-0 (Home: 4-1-0 ; Road: 3-6-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 24 December 3 Montreal 3–4 Boston Moog 15–7–2 32 25 December 5 Boston 4–2 New Jersey Moog 16–7–2 34 26 December 6 Boston 7–1 Philadelphia Moog 17–7–2 36 27 December 9 Boston 2–5 Buffalo Moog 17–8–2 36 28 December 10 Ottawa 2–4 Boston Lemelin 18–8–2 38 29 December 12 Boston 1–5 Montreal Moog 18–9–2 38 30 December 15 Buffalo 3–2 Boston Moog 18–10–2 38 31 December 18 Boston 1–6 Detroit Moog 18–11–2 38 32 December 19 Washington 3–4 Boston Moog 19–11–2 40 33 December 22 Tampa Bay 3–5 Boston Moog 20–11–2 42 34 December 26 Boston 9–4 Hartford Moog 21–11–2 44 35 December 27 Boston 5–6 NY Rangers Moog 21–12–2 44 36 December 29 Boston 4–5 Winnipeg Lemelin 21–13–2 44 37 December 31 Boston 3–5 Minnesota Moog 21–14–2 44 January: 8-5-2 (Home: 6-3-0 ; Road: 2-2-2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 38 January 2 Hartford 2–3 Boston OT Moog 22–14–2 46 39 January 5 Boston 2–6 Pittsburgh Moog 22–15–2 46 40 January 7 Quebec 3–2 Boston OT Blue 22–16–2 46 41 January 9 New Jersey 6–2 Boston Blue 22–17–2 46 42 January 12 Buffalo 2–5 Boston Blue 23–17–2 48 43 January 14 Pittsburgh 0–7 Boston Blue 24–17–2 50 44 January 16 Philadelphia 5–4 Boston Moog 24–18–2 50 45 January 18 San Jose 3–4 Boston Moog 25–18–2 52 46 January 19 Boston 2–2 NY Islanders OT Blue 25–18–3 53 47 January 21 Boston 5–4 Philadelphia Moog 26–18–3 55 48 January 23 New Jersey 5–7 Boston Moog 27–18–3 57 49 January 25 Boston 2–3 Montreal OT Blue 27–19–3 57 50 January 26 Boston 4–4 Quebec OT Moog 27–19–4 58 51 January 28 Winnipeg 2–6 Boston Blue 28–19–4 60 52 January 30 Boston 6–5 NY Islanders Blue 29–19–4 62 February: 4-3-3 (Home: 1-1-1 ; Road: 3-2-2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 53 February 2 Edmonton 4–3 Boston Moog 29–20–4 62 54 February 3 Boston 4–1 Quebec Blue 30–20–4 64 55 February 8 Boston 0–4 Pittsburgh (played @ Atlanta) Blue 30–21–4 64 56 February 9 Boston 6–1 St. Louis Blue 31–21–4 66 57 February 11 Boston 3–6 Chicago Blue 31–22–4 66 58 February 14 Boston 3–3 Tampa Bay OT Blue 31–22–5 67 59 February 17 Boston 5–2 Montreal Blue 32–22–5 69 60 February 20 Boston 4–4 Toronto OT Blue 32–22–6 70 61 February 25 Minnesota 3–3 Boston OT Blue 32–22–7 71 62 February 27 Washington 4–5 Boston OT Moog 33–22–7 73 March: 11-4-0 (Home: 7-3-0 ; Road: 4-1-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 63 March 1 Montreal 5–2 Boston Blue 33–23–7 73 64 March 4 Vancouver 3–4 Boston Moog 34–23–7 75 65 March 6 St. Louis 3–4 Boston OT Moog 35–23–7 77 66 March 9 Boston 2–3 Pittsburgh Blue 35–24–7 77 67 March 11 Montreal 2–5 Boston Moog 36–24–7 79 68 March 13 Ottawa 3–6 Boston Moog 37–24–7 81 69 March 15 Boston 3–1 NY Rangers Moog 38–24–7 83 70 March 16 New Jersey 1–3 Boston (played @ Providence) Blue 39–24–7 85 71 March 18 Boston 4–1 Ottawa Moog 40–24–7 87 72 March 20 Detroit 7–4 Boston Blue 40–25–7 87 73 March 22 Hartford 4–5 Boston Moog 41–25–7 89 74 March 24 Boston 2–0 Buffalo Moog 42–25–7 91 75 March 25 Montreal 0–2 Boston Moog 43–25–7 93 76 March 27 Pittsburgh 5–3 Boston Moog 43–26–7 93 77 March 30 Boston 3–1 Hartford Moog 44–26–7 95 April: 7-0-0 (Home: 3-0-0 ; Road: 4-0-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 78 April 3 Buffalo 2–3 Boston Moog 45–26–7 97 79 April 4 Boston 3–0 Buffalo Moog 46–26–7 99 80 April 6 Boston 7–1 Quebec Moog 47–26–7 101 81 April 8 Quebec 2–6 Boston Moog 48–26–7 103 82 April 10 Boston 5–1 Montreal Moog 49–26–7 105 83 April 11 Ottawa 2–4 Boston Blue 50–26–7 107 84 April 14 Boston 2–4 Ottawa Moog 51–26–7 109 Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Adams Division Semifinals vs. (A4) Buffalo Sabres: Buffalo won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series 1 April 18 Buffalo 5–4 Boston OT Moog 0–1 2 April 20 Buffalo 4–0 Boston Moog 0–2 3 April 22 Boston 3–4 Buffalo OT Blue 0–3 4 April 24 Boston 5–6 Buffalo OT Moog 0–4 Legend:   Win   Loss

Playoffs

Despite being favored to win their first-round matchup against the Buffalo Sabres, the Bruins were eliminated in the Adams Division semi-finals by Buffalo in four straight games. Three games were decided in overtime.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Adam Oates	84	45	97	142	15	32
Joe Juneau	84	32	70	102	23	33
Ray Bourque	78	19	63	82	38	40
Dmitri Kvartalnov	73	30	42	72	9	16
Stephen Leach	79	26	25	51	-6	126
Dave Poulin	84	16	33	49	29	62
Vladimír Ruzicka	60	19	22	41	-6	38
Dave Reid	65	20	16	36	12	10
Ted Donato	82	15	20	35	2	61
Don Sweeney	84	7	27	34	34	68
Glen Wesley	64	8	25	33	-2	47
Steve Heinze	73	18	13	31	20	24
David Shaw	77	10	14	24	10	108
Cam Neely	13	11	7	18	4	25
Gord Murphy	49	5	12	17	-13	62
Gordie Roberts	65	5	12	17	23	105
Grigori Panteleev	39	8	6	14	-6	12
Darin Kimble	55	7	3	10	4	177
Glen Featherstone	34	5	5	10	6	102
Brent Hughes	62	5	4	9	-4	191
C. J. Young †	15	4	5	9	1	12
Peter Douris	19	4	4	8	5	4
Tim Sweeney	14	1	7	8	1	6
Glen Murray	27	3	4	7	-6	8
Jim Wiemer	28	1	6	7	1	48
Stephane Richer †	21	1	4	5	-6	18
Brent Ashton ‡	26	2	2	4	0	11
Andrew McKim	7	1	3	4	2	0
Bryan Smolinski	9	1	3	4	3	0
Jozef Stumpel	13	1	3	4	-3	4
Darren Banks	16	2	1	3	5	64
Chris Winnes	5	0	1	1	1	0
Sergei Zoltoks	1	0	1	1	1	0
Denis Chervyakov	2	0	0	0	-1	2
Bill Huard	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dominic Lavoie †	2	0	0	0	-1	2
Total		332	560	892	—	1,518

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Adam Oates	4	0	9	9	0	4
Joe Juneau	4	2	4	6	-1	6
Cam Neely	4	4	1	5	0	4
Steve Heinze	4	1	1	2	-1	2
Stephen Leach	4	1	1	2	0	2
Dave Poulin	4	1	1	2	-3	10
Ray Bourque	4	1	0	1	-2	2
Peter Douris	4	1	0	1	-3	0
Bryan Smolinski	4	1	0	1	-1	2
Ted Donato	4	0	1	1	-7	0
David Shaw	4	0	1	1	-3	6
Brent Hughes	1	0	0	0	0	2
Darin Kimble	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dmitri Kvartalnov	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stephane Richer	3	0	0	0	-2	0
Gordie Roberts	4	0	0	0	-2	6
Don Sweeney	4	0	0	0	-1	4
Tim Sweeney	3	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Wesley	4	0	0	0	-2	0
Jim Wiemer	1	0	0	0	-1	4
Total		12	19	31	—	56

Goaltending

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Andy Moog	55	55	3,193:49	37	14	3	168	3.16	1,357	.876	3	0	1	14
John Blue	23	21	1,322:02	9	8	4	64	2.90	597	.893	1	0	2	6
Rejean Lemelin	10	8	541:43	5	4	0	31	3.43	225	.862	0	0	0	4
Mike Bales	1	0	24:48	0	0	0	1	2.42	10	.900	0	0	0	0
Total			5,082:22	51	26	7	264	3.12	2,189	.879	4	0	3	24

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
John Blue	2	1	96:02	0	1	5	3.12	49	.898	0	0	0	0
Andy Moog	3	3	160:54	0	3	14	5.22	67	.791	0	0	0	0
Total			256:56	0	4	19	4.44	116	.836	0	0	0	0

† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

• Ray Bourque, runner up, Norris Trophy

During the postseason awards ceremony, Bruin players finished as runner-up on many of the awards; Bourque for the Norris, Oates for the Art Ross and Lady Byng Trophies, Joe Juneau (who had broken the NHL record for assists in a season by a left-winger, a mark he still holds) for the Calder Trophy, Dave Poulin for the Frank J. Selke Trophy, Moog for the William M. Jennings Trophy, and coach Brian Sutter for the Jack Adams Award. Bourque was named to the NHL All-Star First Team and Juneau to the NHL All-Rookie Team, while Oates finished third in voting among centermen for the All-Star First/Second Teams.

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details
June 10, 1992 (1992-06-10)	To Winnipeg Jets Daniel Berthiaume	To Boston Bruins Doug Evans
September 2, 1992 (1992-09-02)	To Minnesota North Stars Future Considerations	To Boston Bruins David Shaw
September 4, 1992 (1992-09-04)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Hervey Ken Hodge Jr.	To Boston Bruins Darin Kimble Future Considerations
October 28, 1992 (1992-10-28)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Bob Beers	To Boston Bruins Stephane Richer
February 1, 1993 (1993-02-01)	To Calgary Flames Brent Ashton	To Boston Bruins C.J. Young
March 18, 1993 (1993-03-18)	To New York Islanders 1994 conditional 8th-round pick (#203 overall)	To Boston Bruins Daniel Marois

Free agents

Date	Player	Team
June 30, 1992 (1992-06-30)	Bobby Carpenter	to Washington Capitals
July 16, 1992 (1992-07-16)	Darren Banks
July 23, 1992 (1992-07-23)	Darryl Olsen
July 23, 1992 (1992-07-23)	Jamie Huscroft
July 23, 1992 (1992-07-23)	Andrew McKim	from Toronto Maple Leafs
July 23, 1992 (1992-07-23)	Gordie Roberts	from Pittsburgh Penguins
September 4, 1992 (1992-09-04)	Dave Thomlinson	to New York Rangers
September 16, 1992 (1992-09-16)	Tim Sweeney
October 5, 1992 (1992-10-05)	Allan Stewart
November 11, 1992 (1992-11-11)	Andy Brickley	to Winnipeg Jets
December 4, 1992 (1992-12-04)	Bill Huard	from New Jersey Devils
February 26, 1993 (1993-02-26)	Darryl Olsen	to San Diego Gulls (IHL)
April 30, 1993 (1993-04-30)	Fred Knipscheer

Waivers

Date	Player	Team
October 4, 1992 (1992-10-04)	Doug Evans	to Philadelphia Flyers in waiver draft
October 9, 1992 (1992-10-09)	Bob Sweeney	to Buffalo Sabres
November 20, 1992 (1992-11-20)	Dominic Lavoie	from Ottawa Senators

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	16	Dmitri Kvartalnov	LW	Russia	San Diego Gulls (IHL)
31	55	Sergei Zholtok	C	Latvia	Riga Stars (Latvia)
5	112	Scott Bailey	G	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
62	133	Jiri Dopita	C	Czechoslovakia	DS Olomouc (Czechoslovakia)
6	136	Grigorijs Pantelejevs	LW	Latvia	Riga Stars (Latvia)
8	184	Kurt Seher	D	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
9	208	Mattias Timander	D	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Sweden)
10	232	Chris Crombie	LW	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
11	256	Denis Chervyakov	D	Russia	HK Riga (Latvia)
113	257	Yevgeni Pavlov	RW	Russia	SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Notes

1. The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 2, 1992 that sent Garry Galley, Wes Walz and a third-round pick in 1993 to Philadelphia in exchange for Gord Murphy, Brian Dobbin, a fourth-round pick in 1993 and this pick.
2. The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on September 11, 1991 that sent Norm Foster to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.
3. The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 8, 1992 that sent Steve Bancroft and an eleventh-round pick in 1993 to Chicago in exchange for this pick.

• The Bruins second-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on January 16, 1991 that sent Petri Skriko to Boston in exchange for this pick (40th overall).
• The Bruins third and seventh-round picks (64th and 160th overall) went to the St. Louis Blues as compensation for restricted free agents Glen Featherstone and Dave Thomlinson.
• The Bruins fourth-round pick went to the Minnesota North Stars as the result of a trade on August 21, 1990 that sent Ken Hodge Jr. to Boston in exchange for this pick (88th overall).

See also

• 1992–93 NHL season

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database