1993–94 New York Islanders season

The 1993–94 New York Islanders season was the 22nd season in the franchise's history and the final one with Al Arbour as head coach. For the second consecutive year, four Islanders reached the 30-goal plateau.^[1][2] In the playoffs, the Islanders were swept in four straight by their rival New York Rangers en route to winning the Stanley Cup.

1993–94 New York Islanders
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
1993–94 record	36–36–12
Home record	23–15–4
Road record	13–21–8
Goals for	282
Goals against	264
Team information
General manager	Don Maloney
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Patrick Flatley
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Average attendance	12,091
Minor league affiliate(s)	Salt Lake Golden Eagles Richmond Renegades
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Thomas (42)
Assists	Pierre Turgeon (56)
Points	Pierre Turgeon (94)
Penalty minutes	Mick Vukota (237)
Plus/minus	Marty McInnis (+31)
Wins	Ron Hextall (27)
Goals against average	Jamie McLennan (2.84)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Off-season

Regular season

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

Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs[5]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–0 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 17, 1994 0–6 @ New York Rangers Rangers lead 1–0 L 2 April 18, 1994 0–6 @ New York Rangers Rangers lead 2–0 L 3 April 21, 1994 1–5 New York Rangers Rangers lead 3–0 L 4 April 24, 1994 2–5 New York Rangers Rangers win 4–0 L
Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Pierre Turgeon C 69 38 56 94 18 14 10 4 6 Steve Thomas LW 78 42 33 75 139 -9 17 0 5 Derek King LW 78 30 40 70 59 18 10 0 7 Benoit Hogue C 83 36 33 69 73 -7 9 5 3 Vladimir Malakhov D 76 10 47 57 80 29 4 0 2 Marty McInnis RW 81 25 31 56 24 31 3 5 3 Ray Ferraro C 82 21 32 53 83 1 5 0 3 Pat Flatley RW 64 12 30 42 40 12 2 1 2 Travis Green C 83 18 22 40 44 16 1 0 2 Tom Kurvers D 66 9 31 40 47 7 5 0 1 Brad Dalgarno RW 73 11 19 30 62 14 3 0 1 Uwe Krupp D 41 7 14 21 30 11 3 0 0 David Volek W 32 5 9 14 10 0 2 0 0 Scott Lachance D 74 3 11 14 70 -5 0 0 1 Dennis Vaske D 65 2 11 13 76 21 0 0 0 Darius Kasparaitis D 76 1 10 11 142 -6 0 0 0 Keith Acton C 71 2 7 9 50 -1 0 0 0 David Maley LW 37 0 6 6 74 -6 0 0 0 Wayne McBean D 19 1 4 5 16 -13 0 0 0 Rich Pilon D 28 1 4 5 75 -4 0 0 0 Mick Vukota RW 72 3 1 4 237 -5 0 0 0 Chris Luongo D 17 1 3 4 13 -1 0 0 0 Dean Chynoweth D 39 0 4 4 122 3 0 0 0 Yan Kaminsky RW 23 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 Ron Hextall G 65 0 3 3 52 0 0 0 0 Claude Loiselle C 17 1 1 2 49 -2 0 0 0 Dave Chyzowski LW 3 1 0 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Jamie McLennan G 22 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 Dan Plante RW 12 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0 Derek Armstrong C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Day C 24 0 0 0 30 -7 0 0 0 Tom Draper G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brent Grieve LW 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 Steve Junker LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob McGill D 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 Zigmund Palffy RW 5 0 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0 Scott Scissons C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Simon LW 4 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Ron Hextall 3581 65 27 26 6 184 3.08 5 1801 1617 .898 Jamie McLennan 1287 22 8 7 6 61 2.84 0 639 578 .905 Tom Draper 227 7 1 3 0 16 4.23 0 118 102 .864 Team: 5095 84 36 36 12 261 3.07 5 2558 2297 .898

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Ray Ferraro C 4 1 0 1 6 -2 0 0 0 Dan Plante RW 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Steve Thomas LW 4 1 0 1 8 -5 1 0 0 Brad Dalgarno RW 4 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0 Benoit Hogue C 4 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 0 Derek King LW 4 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0 Uwe Krupp D 4 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 0 Pierre Turgeon C 4 0 1 1 0 -4 0 0 0 Dennis Vaske D 4 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Keith Acton C 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Dean Chynoweth D 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Dave Chyzowski LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Travis Green C 4 0 0 0 2 -5 0 0 0 Ron Hextall G 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Yan Kaminsky RW 2 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Darius Kasparaitis D 4 0 0 0 8 -6 0 0 0 Tom Kurvers D 3 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0 Scott Lachance D 3 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 Vladimir Malakhov D 4 0 0 0 6 -5 0 0 0 David Maley LW 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Marty McInnis RW 4 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 Jamie McLennan G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mick Vukota RW 4 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Ron Hextall 158 3 0 3 16 6.08 0 80 64 .800 Jamie McLennan 82 2 0 1 6 4.39 0 47 41 .872 Team: 240 4 0 4 22 5.50 0 127 105 .827

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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

New York's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.^[7]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	23	Todd Bertuzzi	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
2	40	Bryan McCabe	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	66	Vladimir Chebaturkin	Russia	Kristall Elektrostal (Russia)
4	92	Warren Luhning	Canada	Calgary Royals (AJHL)
5	118	Tommy Salo	Sweden	VIK Västerås HK (Sweden)
6	144	Peter Leboutillier	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7	170	Darren Van Impe	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
8	196	Rod Hinks	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
9	222	Daniel Johansson	Sweden	Rögle BK (Sweden)
10	248	Stephane Larocque	Canada	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
11	274	Carl Charland	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season