1993–94 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 1993–94 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 68th season of operation of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League and the final season for the Blackhawks at Chicago Stadium.

1993–94 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	5th Central
Conference	6th Western
1993–94 record	39–36–9
Home record	21–16–5
Road record	18–20–4
Goals for	254
Goals against	240
Team information
General manager	Bob Pulford
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Dirk Graham
Alternate captains	Chris Chelios Jeremy Roenick
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Average attendance	17,683[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Indianapolis Ice Columbus Chill
Team leaders
Goals	Jeremy Roenick (46)
Assists	Jeremy Roenick (61)
Points	Jeremy Roenick (107)
Penalty minutes	Chris Chelios (212)
Plus/minus	Jeremy Roenick (+21)
Wins	Ed Belfour (37)
Goals against average	Ed Belfour (2.67)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	84	46	30	8	356	275	100
2	2	Toronto Maple Leafs	84	43	29	12	280	243	98
3	4	Dallas Stars	84	42	29	13	286	265	97
4	5	St. Louis Blues	84	40	33	11	270	283	91
5	6	Chicago Blackhawks	84	39	36	9	254	240	87
6	12	Winnipeg Jets	84	24	51	9	245	344	57

^[2] 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.

Western Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	y- Detroit Red Wings *	CEN	84	46	30	8	356	275	100
2	x- Calgary Flames *	PAC	84	42	29	13	302	256	97
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	84	43	29	12	280	243	98
4	Dallas Stars	CEN	84	42	29	13	286	265	97
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	84	40	33	11	270	283	91
6	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	84	39	36	9	254	240	87
7	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	84	41	40	3	279	276	85
8	San Jose Sharks	PAC	84	33	35	16	252	265	82
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	84	33	46	5	229	251	71
10	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	84	27	45	12	294	322	66
11	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	84	25	45	14	261	305	64
12	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	84	24	51	9	245	344	57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); * – Division leader

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs win 4–2 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 18, 1994 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leafs lead 1–0 L 2 April 20, 1994 0–1 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leafs lead 2–0 L 3 April 23, 1994 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leafs lead 2–1 W 4 April 24, 1994 4–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Series tied 2–2 W 5 April 26, 1994 0–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leafs lead 3–2 L 6 April 28, 1994 0–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leafs lead 4–2 L
Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jeremy Roenick	C	84	46	61	107	125	21	24	5	5
Joe Murphy	RW	81	31	39	70	111	1	7	4	4
Chris Chelios	D	76	16	44	60	212	12	7	1	2
Brent Sutter	C	73	9	29	38	43	17	3	2	0
Brian Noonan	RW	64	14	21	35	57	2	8	0	3
Dirk Graham	W	67	15	18	33	45	13	0	2	5
Stephane Matteau	LW	65	15	16	31	55	10	2	0	2
Michel Goulet	LW	56	16	14	30	26	1	3	0	6
Christian Ruuttu	C	54	9	20	29	68	-4	1	1	1
Steve Smith	D	57	5	22	27	174	-5	1	0	1
Rich Sutter	RW	83	12	14	26	108	-8	0	0	2
Eric Weinrich	D	54	3	23	26	31	6	1	0	2
Patrick Poulin	C	58	12	13	25	40	0	1	0	3
Jocelyn Lemieux	RW	66	12	8	20	63	5	0	0	0
Frantisek Kucera	D	60	4	13	17	34	9	2	0	0
Jeff Shantz	C	52	3	13	16	30	-14	0	0	0
Neil Wilkinson	D	72	3	9	12	116	2	1	0	0
Kevin Todd	C	35	5	6	11	16	-2	1	0	1
Paul Ysebaert	C	11	5	3	8	8	1	2	0	1
Keith Carney	D	30	3	5	8	35	15	0	0	0
Steve Dubinsky	C	27	2	6	8	16	1	0	0	0
Cam Russell	D	67	1	7	8	200	10	0	0	0
Randy Cunneyworth	LW	16	4	3	7	13	1	0	0	1
Darin Kimble	RW	65	4	2	6	133	2	0	0	0
Gary Suter	D	16	2	3	5	18	-9	2	0	0
Bryan Marchment	D	13	1	4	5	42	-2	0	0	0
Tony Amonte	RW	7	1	3	4	6	-5	1	0	0
Ed Belfour	G	70	0	4	4	61	0	0	0	0
Craig Muni	D	9	0	4	4	4	3	0	0	0
Dave Christian	RW	9	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sergei Krivokrasov	RW	9	1	0	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Ivan Droppa	D	12	0	1	1	12	2	0	0	0
Jeff Hackett	G	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Troy Murray	C	12	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0
Robert Dirk	D	6	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0
Tony Horacek	LW	7	0	0	0	53	1	0	0	0
Greg Smyth	D	38	0	0	0	108	-2	0	0	0
Christian Soucy	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Ed Belfour	3998	70	37	24	6	178	2.67	7	1892	1714	.906
Jeff Hackett	1084	22	2	12	3	62	3.43	0	566	504	.890
Christian Soucy	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Team:	5085	84	39	36	9	240	2.83	7	2458	2218	.902

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jeremy Roenick	C	6	1	6	7	2	4	0	0	1
Tony Amonte	RW	6	4	2	6	4	4	1	0	1
Gary Suter	D	6	3	2	5	6	0	2	0	0
Joe Murphy	RW	6	1	3	4	25	2	0	0	0
Chris Chelios	D	6	1	1	2	8	0	1	0	0
Eric Weinrich	D	6	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	0
Keith Carney	D	6	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0
Dirk Graham	W	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Ed Belfour	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Christian	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Cunneyworth	LW	6	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0
Robert Dirk	D	2	0	0	0	15	-1	0	0	0
Steve Dubinsky	C	6	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0
Darin Kimble	RW	1	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Patrick Poulin	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Ruuttu	C	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Jeff Shantz	C	6	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0
Greg Smyth	D	6	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Brent Sutter	C	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Rich Sutter	RW	6	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Neil Wilkinson	D	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Paul Ysebaert	C	6	0	0	0	8	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Ed Belfour	360	6	2	4	15	2.50	0	191	176	.921
Team:	360	6	2	4	15	2.50	0	191	176	.921

^[5]

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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.^[6]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	24	Eric Lecompte	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
2	50	Eric Manlow	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3	54	Bogdan Savenko	Russia	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
3	76	Ryan Huska	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	90	Eric Daze	Canada	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
4	102	Patrik Pysz	Poland	Augsburger Panther (Germany)
5	128	Jonni Vauhkonen	Finland	Reipas Lahti (Finland)
7	180	Tom White	United States	Westminster School (USHS-CT)
8	206	Sergei Petrov	Russia	Cloquet High School (USHS-MN)
9	232	Mike Rusk	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
10	258	Mike McGhan	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
11	284	Tom Noble	United States	Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA)

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season