1993–94 New Jersey Devils season

1993–94 New Jersey Devils
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	3rd Eastern
1993–94 record	47–25–12
Home record	29–11–2
Road record	18–14–10
Goals for	306
Goals against	220
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Scott Stevens
Alternate captains	Bruce Driver John MacLean
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
Minor league affiliates	Albany River Rats Raleigh IceCaps
Team leaders
Goals	John MacLean (37)
Assists	Scott Stevens (60)
Points	Scott Stevens (78)
Penalty minutes	Randy McKay (224)
Plus/minus	Scott Stevens (+53)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (27)
Goals against average	Martin Brodeur (2.40)
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The 1993–94 New Jersey Devils season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) 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

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New York Rangers	84	52	24	8	299	231	112
2	3	New Jersey Devils	84	47	25	12	306	220	106
3	7	Washington Capitals	84	39	35	10	277	263	88
4	8	New York Islanders	84	36	36	12	282	264	84
5	9	Florida Panthers	84	33	34	17	233	233	83
6	10	Philadelphia Flyers	84	35	39	10	294	314	80
7	12	Tampa Bay Lightning	84	30	43	11	224	251	71

^[3] Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference ^[4]

R		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p-New York Rangers *	84	52	24	8	299	231	112
2	x-Pittsburgh Penguins *	84	44	27	13	299	285	101
3	New Jersey Devils	84	47	25	12	306	220	106
4	Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	289	252	97
5	Montreal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	283	248	96
6	Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	282	218	95
7	Washington Capitals	84	39	35	10	277	263	88
8	New York Islanders	84	36	36	12	282	264	84
9	Florida Panthers	84	33	34	17	233	233	83
10	Philadelphia Flyers	84	35	39	10	294	314	80
11	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	277	292	76
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	84	30	43	11	224	251	71
13	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	227	288	63
14	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	201	397	37

Final standings

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division); * – Division leader

Schedule and results

Regular season

1993–94 regular season [5]
October: 8–2–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 October 6, 1993 2–1 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–0–0 W 2 October 8, 1993 6–3 @ Washington Capitals 2–0–0 W 3 October 9, 1993 6–4 Washington Capitals 3–0–0 W 4 October 12, 1993 7–4 Winnipeg Jets 4–0–0 W 5 October 16, 1993 6–3 @ New York Islanders 5–0–0 W 6 October 20, 1993 4–0 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 6–0–0 W 7 October 23, 1993 2–1 Florida Panthers 7–0–0 W 8 October 26, 1993 0–2 Montreal Canadiens 7–1–0 L 9 October 30, 1993 5–3 Philadelphia Flyers 8–1–0 W 10 October 31, 1993 1–4 @ New York Rangers 8–2–0 L
November: 7–4–2 (home: 2–3–0; road: 5–1–2) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 11 November 3, 1993 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings 8–3–0 L 12 November 5, 1993 6–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 9–3–0 W 13 November 7, 1993 2–1 @ San Jose Sharks 10–3–0 W 14 November 10, 1993 5–3 New York Islanders 11–3–0 W 15 November 11, 1993 5–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers 12–3–0 W 16 November 13, 1993 2–4 San Jose Sharks 12–4–0 L 17 November 17, 1993 4–0 Buffalo Sabres 13–4–0 W 18 November 18, 1993 5–2 @ Ottawa Senators 14–4–0 W 19 November 20, 1993 3–4 OT Detroit Red Wings 14–5–0 L 20 November 23, 1993 1–1 OT @ Quebec Nordiques 14–5–1 T 21 November 24, 1993 5–3 @ Buffalo Sabres 15–5–1 W 22 November 26, 1993 6–6 OT @ St. Louis Blues 15–5–2 T 23 November 30, 1993 1–3 New York Rangers 15–6–2 L
December: 6–6–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–4–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 24 December 2, 1993 2–2 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins 15–6–3 T 25 December 4, 1993 2–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks 15–6–4 T 26 December 5, 1993 1–2 @ New York Rangers 15–7–4 L 27 December 8, 1993 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens 16–7–4 W 28 December 9, 1993 2–3 Quebec Nordiques 16–8–4 L 29 December 11, 1993 5–2 Edmonton Oilers 17–8–4 W 30 December 14, 1993 1–4 @ New York Islanders 17–9–4 L 31 December 15, 1993 4–5 Boston Bruins 17–10–4 L 32 December 18, 1993 6–2 @ Quebec Nordiques 18–10–4 W 33 December 19, 1993 4–2 Philadelphia Flyers 19–10–4 W 34 December 22, 1993 3–6 @ Hartford Whalers 19–11–4 L 35 December 23, 1993 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 20–11–4 W 36 December 26, 1993 3–8 @ New York Rangers 20–12–4 L 37 December 28, 1993 4–2 Hartford Whalers 21–12–4 W
January: 6–4–2 (home: 2–2–0; road: 4–2–2) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 38 January 1, 1994 7–1 @ Ottawa Senators 22–12–4 W 39 January 4, 1994 6–3 New York Islanders 23–12–4 W 40 January 7, 1994 4–1 Florida Panthers 24–12–4 W 41 January 9, 1994 0–4 Washington Capitals 24–13–4 L 42 January 12, 1994 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens 24–14–4 L 43 January 14, 1994 5–2 @ Washington Capitals 25–14–4 W 44 January 15, 1994 3–5 Los Angeles Kings 25–15–4 L 45 January 19, 1994 4–0 @ Winnipeg Jets 26–15–4 W 46 January 24, 1994 6–2 @ Dallas Stars 27–15–4 W 47 January 26, 1994 3–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers 27–15–5 T 48 January 28, 1994 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames 27–15–6 T 49 January 29, 1994 3–6 @ Vancouver Canucks 27–16–6 L
February: 6–4–3 (home: 5–2–0; road: 1–2–3) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 50 February 2, 1994 2–3 Buffalo Sabres 27–17–6 L 51 February 4, 1994 5–2 Ottawa Senators 28–17–6 W 52 February 5, 1994 7–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 29–17–6 W 53 February 10, 1994 7–3 Vancouver Canucks 30–17–6 W 54 February 12, 1994 3–5 @ Boston Bruins 30–18–6 L 55 February 13, 1994 3–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning 30–18–7 T 56 February 17, 1994 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 30–19–7 L 57 February 19, 1994 5–4 Tampa Bay Lightning 31–19–7 W 58 February 20, 1994 1–1 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks 31–19–8 T 59 February 23, 1994 7–2 @ Detroit Red Wings 32–19–8 W 60 February 24, 1994 1–3 New York Rangers 32–20–8 L 61 February 26, 1994 1–1 OT @ Hartford Whalers 32–20–9 T 62 February 28, 1994 5–1 St. Louis Blues 33–20–9 W
March: 12–1–2 (home: 8–0–1; road: 4–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 63 March 2, 1994 3–2 @ Florida Panthers 34–20–9 W 64 March 3, 1994 5–4 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning 35–20–9 W 65 March 5, 1994 6–3 Calgary Flames 36–20–9 W 66 March 7, 1994 2–2 OT Quebec Nordiques 36–20–10 T 67 March 10, 1994 4–0 Hartford Whalers 37–20–10 W 68 March 12, 1994 2–1 Boston Bruins 38–20–10 W 69 March 13, 1994 4–0 Dallas Stars 39–20–10 W 70 March 15, 1994 2–3 @ New York Islanders 39–21–10 L 71 March 17, 1994 6–1 @ Buffalo Sabres 40–21–10 W 72 March 19, 1994 8–6 @ Boston Bruins 41–21–10 W 73 March 21, 1994 3–3 OT @ Florida Panthers 41–21–11 T 74 March 24, 1994 2–1 Tampa Bay Lightning 42–21–11 W 75 March 26, 1994 7–2 Philadelphia Flyers 43–21–11 W 76 March 27, 1994 5–2 Quebec Nordiques 44–21–11 W 77 March 29, 1994 5–2 Montreal Canadiens 45–21–11 W
April: 2–4–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–3–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 78 April 1, 1994 1–2 @ Washington Capitals 45–22–11 L 79 April 2, 1994 2–4 New York Rangers 45–23–11 L 80 April 6, 1994 1–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 45–24–11 L 81 April 8, 1994 7–2 Pittsburgh Penguins 46–24–11 W 82 April 10, 1994 2–2 OT @ Florida Panthers 46–24–12 T 83 April 12, 1994 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers 46–25–12 L 84 April 14, 1994 4–1 Ottawa Senators 47–25–12 W
Legend: W Win (2 points)L Loss (0 points)T Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs [5]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Buffalo Sabres – Devils win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 17, 1994 0–2 Buffalo Sabres Sabres lead 1–0 L 2 April 19, 1994 2–1 Buffalo Sabres Series tied 1–1 W 3 April 21, 1994 2–1 @ Buffalo Sabres Devils lead 2–1 W 4 April 23, 1994 3–5 @ Buffalo Sabres Series tied 2–2 L 5 April 25, 1994 5–3 Buffalo Sabres Devils lead 3–2 W 6 April 27, 1994 0–1 4OT @ Buffalo Sabres Series tied 3–3 L 7 April 29, 1994 2–1 Buffalo Sabres Devils win 4–3 W
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Boston Bruins – Devils win 4–2 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 May 1, 1994 1–2 Boston Bruins Bruins lead 1–0 L 2 May 3, 1994 5–6 OT Boston Bruins Bruins lead 2–0 L 3 May 5, 1994 4–2 @ Boston Bruins Bruins lead 2–1 W 4 May 7, 1994 5–4 OT @ Boston Bruins Series tied 2–2 W 5 May 9, 1994 2–0 Boston Bruins Devils win 3–2 W 6 May 11, 1994 5–3 @ Boston Bruins Devils win 4–2 W
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (1) New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 May 15, 1994 4–3 2OT @ New York Rangers Devils lead 1–0 W 2 May 17, 1994 0–4 @ New York Rangers Series tied 1–1 L 3 May 19, 1994 2–3 2OT New York Rangers Rangers lead 2–1 L 4 May 21, 1994 3–1 New York Rangers Series tied 2–2 W 5 May 23, 1994 4–1 @ New York Rangers Devils lead 3–2 W 6 May 25, 1994 2–4 New York Rangers Series tied 3–3 L 7 May 27, 1994 1–2 2OT @ New York Rangers Rangers win 4–3 L
Legend: W WinL Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Scott Stevens	D	83	18	60	78	112	53	5	1	4
Stephane Richer	RW	80	36	36	72	16	31	7	3	9
John MacLean	RW	80	37	33	70	95	30	8	0	4
Valeri Zelepukin	LW	82	26	31	57	70	36	8	0	0
Corey Millen	C	78	20	30	50	52	24	4	0	3
Bernie Nicholls	C	61	19	27	46	86	24	3	0	1
Scott Niedermayer	D	81	10	36	46	42	34	5	0	2
Bill Guerin	RW	81	25	19	44	101	14	2	0	3
Claude Lemieux	RW	79	18	26	44	86	13	5	0	5
Tom Chorske	LW	76	21	20	41	32	14	1	1	4
Bobby Holík	C	70	13	20	33	72	28	2	0	3
Bob Carpenter	C	76	10	23	33	51	7	0	2	1
Bruce Driver	D	66	8	24	32	63	29	3	1	0
Alexander Semak	C	54	12	17	29	22	6	2	2	2
Randy McKay	RW	78	12	15	27	244	24	0	0	1
Mike Peluso	LW	69	4	16	20	238	19	0	0	0
Tommy Albelin	D	62	2	17	19	36	20	1	0	1
Jaroslav Modrý	D	41	2	15	17	18	10	2	0	0
Jim Dowd	C	15	5	10	15	0	8	2	0	0
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	52	1	14	15	30	14	0	0	0
David Emma	C	15	5	5	10	2	0	1	0	2
Ken Daneyko	D	78	1	9	10	176	27	0	0	1
Jason Smith	D	41	0	5	5	43	7	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	44	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Ben Hankinson	RW	13	1	0	1	23	0	0	0	1
Martin Brodeur	G	47	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Scott Pellerin	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Martin Brodeur	2625	47	27	11	8	105	2.40	3	1238	1133	.915
Chris Terreri	2340	44	20	11	4	106	2.72	2	1141	1035	.907
Peter Sidorkiewicz	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
Claude Lemieux	RW	20	7	11	18	44	0	0	2
John MacLean	RW	20	6	10	16	22	2	0	1
Bernie Nicholls	C	16	4	9	13	28	2	1	0
Stephane Richer	RW	20	7	5	12	6	3	0	2
Scott Stevens	D	20	2	9	11	42	2	0	1
Bruce Driver	D	20	3	5	8	12	2	0	0
Jim Dowd	C	19	2	6	8	8	0	0	0
Bob Carpenter	C	20	1	7	8	20	0	0	0
Valeri Zelepukin	LW	20	5	2	7	14	1	0	0
Tom Chorske	LW	20	4	3	7	0	0	0	1
Tommy Albelin	D	20	2	5	7	14	1	0	1
Scott Niedermayer	D	20	2	2	4	8	1	0	0
Bill Guerin	RW	17	2	1	3	35	0	0	1
Randy McKay	RW	20	1	2	3	24	0	0	0
Bobby Holík	C	20	0	3	3	6	0	0	0
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	14	1	0	1	8	0	0	0
Ben Hankinson	RW	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Corey Millen	C	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
Mike Peluso	LW	17	1	0	1	64	0	0	1
Martin Brodeur	G	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ken Daneyko	D	20	0	1	1	45	0	0	0
Alexander Semak	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Smith	D	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

^[6]

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
Martin Brodeur	Calder Memorial Trophy	End of regular season
Martin Brodeur	NHL All-Rookie Team – Goaltender	End of regular season
Jacques Lemaire	Jack Adams Trophy	End of regular season
Scott Stevens	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 [7]	Runner-Up

Draft picks

New Jersey's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec. ^[8]

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

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season

Notes

1. The Devils acquired the 1993 second-round pick, Bobby Holik, and a conditional 1994 draft pick from Hartford for Sean Burke and Eric Weinrich on August 28, 1992.
2. The Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.
3. The Devils acquired the 1993 fifth-round pick from Hartford for Lee Norwood on October 3, 1991. The Devils had traded their original fifth-round pick (used on Jason Saal) to Los Angeles for Corey Millen on June 26, 1993.

References

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