1992–93 New York Rangers season

The 1992–93 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 67th season.^[1] The Rangers, coming off a Presidents' Trophy-winning 1991–92 season,^[2] finished with a 34–39–11 record in the regular season. The team finished last in the Patrick Division and missed the playoffs.^[3][4]

1992–93 New York Rangers
Division	6th Patrick
Conference	10th Wales
1992–93 record	34–39–11
Home record	20–17–5
Road record	14–22–6
Goals for	304
Goals against	308
Team information
General manager	Neil Smith
Coach	Roger Neilson (Oct.–Jan.) Ron Smith (Jan.–Apr.)
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Adam Graves Brian Leetch Mike Gartner
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	17,585
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Gartner (45)
Assists	Mark Messier (66)
Points	Mark Messier (91)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Beukeboom (153)
Plus/minus	Sergei Nemchinov (+15)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (20)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (3.31)
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Roger Neilson entered his fourth season as Rangers head coach, but was fired midway through the season, in January 1993, and replaced by Ron Smith.^[5]

Regular season

On December 15, 1992, the Rangers were shut-out at home 3–0 by the Calgary Flames. It was the first time the Rangers had been shut out in a regular season game since December 17, 1989, when they lost at home 2–0 to the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to their loss to the Flames, the Rangers had gone 236 consecutive regular-season games without being shutout.^[6][7][8][9]

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the postseason for the first time since 1988.^[1]

Final standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Pittsburgh Penguins	84	56	21	7	119	367	268
Washington Capitals	84	43	34	7	93	325	286
New York Islanders	84	40	37	7	87	335	297
New Jersey Devils	84	40	37	7	87	308	299
Philadelphia Flyers	84	36	37	11	83	319	319
New York Rangers	84	34	39	11	79	304	308

^[10]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^[11]

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

1992–93 regular season[9]
October: 7–4–1 (home: 5–1–1; road: 2–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 1 October 9 @ Washington Capitals 4–2 1–0–0 W 2 October 10 @ New Jersey Devils 4–2 1–1–0 L 3 October 12 Hartford Whalers 6–2 2–1–0 W 4 October 14 New Jersey Devils 6–1 3–1–0 W 5 October 17 @ New York Islanders 6–3 3–2–0 L 6 October 18 New York Islanders 4–3 4–2–0 W 7 October 21 Washington Capitals 2–1 5–2–0 W 8 October 23 Montreal Canadiens 3–3 OT 5–2–1 T 9 October 24 @ Ottawa Senators 3–2 OT 6–2–1 W 10 October 26 Philadelphia Flyers 8–4 7–2–1 W 11 October 29 Quebec Nordiques 6–3 7–3–1 L 12 October 31 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 7–4–1 L
November: 4–6–2 (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–2–2) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 13 November 2 Buffalo Sabres 7–6 OT 8–4–1 W 14 November 4 Philadelphia Flyers 3–1 9–4–1 W 15 November 7 @ Boston Bruins 2–2 OT 9–4–2 T 16 November 9 Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 9–5–2 L 17 November 11 Washington Capitals 7–4 9–6–2 L 18 November 14 @ Quebec Nordiques 6–3 9–7–2 L 19 November 19 @ Philadelphia Flyers 7–3 9–8–2 L 20 November 21 @ Winnipeg Jets 5–4 10–8–2 W 21 November 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 10–9–2 L 22 November 25 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 11–3 11–9–2 W 23 November 27 @ Minnesota North Stars 4–4 OT 11–9–3 T 24 November 30 Minnesota North Stars 4–2 11–10–3 L
December: 8–6–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–4–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 25 December 2 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 12–10–3 W 26 December 4 @ Washington Capitals 8–4 12–11–3 L 27 December 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–0 13–11–3 W 28 December 9 Tampa Bay Lightning 6–5 14–11–3 W 29 December 11 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 5–4 15–11–3 W 30 December 13 Montreal Canadiens 10–5 16–11–3 W 31 December 15 Calgary Flames 3–0 16–12–3 L 32 December 17 @ St. Louis Blues 4–3 17–12–3 W 33 December 19 @ Hartford Whalers 4–4 OT 17–12–4 T 34 December 21 @ New Jersey Devils 3–0 18–12–4 W 35 December 23 New Jersey Devils 5–4 OT 18–13–4 L 36 December 26 @ New York Islanders 6–4 18–14–4 L 37 December 27 Boston Bruins 6–5 19–14–4 W 38 December 29 @ Washington Capitals 4–3 OT 19–15–4 L 39 December 31 @ Buffalo Sabres 11–6 19–16–4 L
January: 4–5–3 (home: 3–0–2; road: 1–5–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 40 January 2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 19–17–4 L 41 January 4 New Jersey Devils 3–3 OT 19–17–5 T 42 January 6 Ottawa Senators 6–2 20–17–5 W 43 January 9 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 20–18–5 L 44 January 11 Vancouver Canucks 3–3 OT 20–18–6 T 45 January 13 Washington Capitals 5–4 21–18–6 W 46 January 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–0 21–19–6 L 47 January 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 OT 21–19–7 T 48 January 23 @ Los Angeles Kings 8–3 22–19–7 W 49 January 27 Winnipeg Jets 5–2 23–19–7 W 50 January 29 @ Buffalo Sabres 6–4 23–20–7 L 51 January 30 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 23–21–7 L
February: 5–4–3 (home: 2–1–1; road: 3–3–2) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 52 February 1 @ New York Islanders 4–4 OT 23–21–8 T 53 February 3 Philadelphia Flyers 2–2 OT 23–21–9 T 54 February 8 @ New Jersey Devils 5–4 23–22–9 L 55 February 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0 23–23–9 L 56 February 12 New York Islanders 4–3 24–23–9 W 57 February 13 @ New York Islanders 5–2 24–24–9 L 58 February 15 St. Louis Blues 4–1 25–24–9 W 59 February 20 @ San Jose Sharks 6–4 26–24–9 W 60 February 22 @ San Jose Sharks 4–0 27–24–9 W 61 February 24 @ Vancouver Canucks 5–4 27–25–9 L 62 February 26 @ Calgary Flames 4–4 OT 27–25–10 T 63 February 27 @ Edmonton Oilers 1–0 28–25–10 W
March: 5–6–1 (home: 3–5–1; road: 2–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 64 March 3 Buffalo Sabres 2–2 OT 28–25–11 T 65 March 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 29–25–11 W 66 March 6 @ Quebec Nordiques 10–2 29–26–11 L 67 March 9 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 30–26–11 W 68 March 11 @ Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 31–26–11 W 69 March 15 Boston Bruins 3–1 31–27–11 L 70 March 17 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 OT 31–28–11 L 71 March 19 San Jose Sharks 8–1 32–28–11 W 72 March 22 @ Ottawa Senators 5–4 33–28–11 W 73 March 24 Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 33–29–11 L 74 March 26 Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 33–30–11 L 75 March 28 Quebec Nordiques 3–2 33–31–11 L
April: 1–8–0 (home: 0–4–0; road: 1–4–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 76 April 2 New York Islanders 3–2 OT 33–32–11 L 77 April 4 @ Washington Capitals 4–0 34–32–11 W 78 April 5 Hartford Whalers 5–4 34–33–11 L 79 April 7 @ New Jersey Devils 5–2 34–34–11 L 80 April 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 10–4 34–35–11 L 81 April 10 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 34–36–11 L 82 April 12 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1–0 34–37–11 L 83 April 14 Washington Capitals 2–0 34–38–11 L 84 April 16 @ Washington Capitals 4–2 34–39–11 L
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player Number GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mark Messier 11 75 25 66 91 −6 72 Tony Amonte 33 83 33 43 76 0 49 Mike Gartner 22 84 45 23 68 −4 59 Adam Graves 9 84 36 29 65 −4 148 Sergei Nemchinov 13 81 23 31 54 15 34 Darren Turcotte 8 71 25 28 53 −3 40 Doug Weight‡ 39 65 15 25 40 4 55 Alexei Kovalev 27 65 20 18 38 −10 79 Brian Leetch 2 36 6 30 36 2 26 Sergei Zubov 21 49 8 23 31 −1 4 Eddie Olczyk† 12 46 13 16 29 9 26 James Patrick 3 60 5 21 26 1 61 Phil Bourque 29 55 6 14 20 −9 39 Jeff Beukeboom 23 82 2 17 19 9 153 Jan Erixon 20 45 5 11 16 11 10 Peter Andersson 5 31 4 11 15 4 18 Kevin Lowe 4 49 3 12 15 −2 58 Paul Broten 37 60 5 9 14 −6 48 Steven King 25 24 7 5 12 4 16 Mark Hardy‡ 14 44 1 10 11 2 85 Jay Wells 24 53 1 9 10 −2 107 Joe Cirella 6 55 3 6 9 1 85 Joe Kocur 26 65 3 6 9 −9 131 Mike Hurlbut 32 23 1 8 9 4 16 Esa Tikkanen† 10 15 2 5 7 −13 18 Randy Gilhen‡ 15 33 3 2 5 −8 8 Kris King‡ 19 30 0 3 3 −1 67 Tie Domi‡ 28 12 2 0 2 −1 95 Par Djoos 44 6 1 1 2 0 2 John McIntyre† 14 11 1 0 1 −1 4 Craig Duncanson 19 3 0 1 1 0 0 Dave Marcinyshyn 42 2 0 0 0 −1 2 Mike Hartman† 18 3 0 0 0 0 6 Joby Messier 28 11 0 0 0 0 6

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	Number	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
John Vanbiesbrouck	34	48	2757	20	18	7	152	3.31	1525	.900	4
Mike Richter	35	38	2105	13	19	3	134	3.82	1180	.886	1
Corey Hirsch	31	4	224	1	2	1	14	3.75	116	.879	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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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;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^[13][14]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	24	Peter Ferraro	C	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
2	48	Mattias Norstrom	D	Sweden	AIK IF (Elitserien)
3	72	Eric Cairns	LW	Canada	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (OHL)
4	85	Chris Ferraro	C	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
5	120	Dmitri Starostenko	RW	Belarus	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
6	144	David Dal Grande	D	Canada	Ottawa Jr. Senators (MOJHL)
7	168	Matt Oates	LW	Canada	Miami University (CCHA)
8	192	Mickey Elick	D	Canada	Calgary Canucks (AJHL)
9	216	Daniel Brierley	D	United States	Choate Rosemary Hall (USHS-CT)
10	240	Vladimir Vorobiev	RW	Russia	Metallurg Cherepovets (CIS)