1992–93 New York Islanders season

The 1992-93 New York Islanders season was the 21st season in the franchise's history. This involved the Islanders participating in the Prince of Wales Conference finals.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	5	Darius Kasparaitis	Defense	Lithuania	HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
3	56	Jarrett Deuling
5	104	Tomas Klimt
5	105	Ryan Duthie
5	128	Derek Armstrong	Centre	Canada
7	152	Vladimir Grachev
7	159	Steve O'Rourke
8	176	Jason Widmer
9	200	Daniel Paradis
10	224	David Wainwright
11	248	Andrei Vasilyev		Russia

Regular season

Four Islanders (Benoit Hogue, Derek King, Steve Thomas and Pierre Turgeon) reached the 30-goal plateau.^[1] The team was the least penalized team during the regular season, being shorthanded only 375 times.^[2] The Islanders also tied the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed during the regular season, with just 8.^[2]

Season standings

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

^[3]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^[4]
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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1992	3–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	0–1–0
2	L	October 8, 1992	3–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	0–2–0
3	T	October 10, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	0–2–1
4	W	October 15, 1992	5–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	1–2–1
5	W	October 17, 1992	6–3	New York Rangers (1992–93)	2–2–1
6	L	October 18, 1992	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	2–3–1
7	W	October 20, 1992	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	3–3–1
8	W	October 23, 1992	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	4–3–1
9	W	October 24, 1992	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	5–3–1
10	L	October 27, 1992	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	5–4–1
11	W	October 30, 1992	4–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	6–4–1
12	L	October 31, 1992	3–5	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	6–5–1
13	L	November 3, 1992	0–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	6–6–1
14	L	November 5, 1992	0–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	6–7–1
15	L	November 7, 1992	5–6 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	6–8–1
16	L	November 12, 1992	5–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	6–9–1
17	W	November 14, 1992	7–5	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	7–9–1
18	L	November 19, 1992	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	7–10–1
19	W	November 21, 1992	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	8–10–1
20	T	November 22, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	8–10–2
21	T	November 24, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	8–10–3
22	L	November 27, 1992	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	8–11–3
23	W	November 28, 1992	9–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	9–11–3
24	L	December 1, 1992	3–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	9–12–3
25	T	December 4, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	9–12–4
26	L	December 5, 1992	3–5	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	9–13–4
27	W	December 7, 1992	6–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	10–13–4
28	L	December 10, 1992	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	10–14–4
29	L	December 12, 1992	3–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	10–15–4
30	W	December 13, 1992	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	11–15–4
31	W	December 15, 1992	4–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	12–15–4
32	W	December 17, 1992	9–3	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	13–15–4
33	W	December 19, 1992	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	14–15–4
34	L	December 20, 1992	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	14–16–4
35	W	December 23, 1992	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	15–16–4
36	W	December 26, 1992	6–4	New York Rangers (1992–93)	16–16–4
37	L	December 29, 1992	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	16–17–4
38	L	December 31, 1992	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	16–18–4
39	W	January 2, 1993	3–2	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	17–18–4
40	L	January 5, 1993	1–2	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	17–19–4
41	L	January 8, 1993	5–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	17–20–4
42	L	January 9, 1993	4–5	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	17–21–4
43	W	January 12, 1993	8–2	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	18–21–4
44	L	January 14, 1993	0–3	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	18–22–4
45	W	January 16, 1993	5–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	19–22–4
46	W	January 17, 1993	7–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	20–22–4
47	T	January 19, 1993	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	20–22–5
48	W	January 23, 1993	8–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	21–22–5
49	W	January 26, 1993	8–2	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	22–22–5
50	W	January 28, 1993	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	23–22–5
51	L	January 30, 1993	5–6	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	23–23–5
52	T	February 1, 1993	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1992–93)	23–23–6
53	W	February 3, 1993	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	24–23–6
54	L	February 9, 1993	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	24–24–6
55	L	February 12, 1993	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	24–25–6
56	W	February 13, 1993	5–2	New York Rangers (1992–93)	25–25–6
57	W	February 16, 1993	7–2	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	26–25–6
58	L	February 18, 1993	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	26–26–6
59	W	February 20, 1993	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	27–26–6
60	L	February 23, 1993	2–4	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	27–27–6
61	L	February 25, 1993	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	27–28–6
62	W	February 27, 1993	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	28–28–6
63	W	February 28, 1993	7–6 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	29–28–6
64	W	March 2, 1993	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	30–28–6
65	W	March 7, 1993	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	31–28–6
66	W	March 9, 1993	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	32–28–6
67	L	March 10, 1993	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	32–29–6
68	L	March 14, 1993	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	32–30–6
69	W	March 16, 1993	6–0	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	33–30–6
70	L	March 18, 1993	4–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	33–31–6
71	W	March 20, 1993	7–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	34–31–6
72	L	March 23, 1993	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	34–32–6
73	L	March 25, 1993	2–5	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	34–33–6
74	W	March 27, 1993	7–3	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	35–33–6
75	W	March 30, 1993	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	36–33–6
76	W	April 2, 1993	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	37–33–6
77	L	April 3, 1993	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	37–34–6
78	W	April 6, 1993	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	38–34–6
79	L	April 8, 1993	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	38–35–6
80	L	April 10, 1993	3–5	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	38–36–6
81	W	April 11, 1993	5–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	39–36–6
82	T	April 13, 1993	3–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	39–36–7
83	L	April 14, 1993	4–5 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	39–37–7
84	W	April 16, 1993	8–4	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	40–37–7

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon	C	83	58	74	132	26	-1	24	0	10
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	79	37	50	87	111	3	12	0	7
King, DerekDerek King	LW	77	38	38	76	47	-4	21	0	7
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	C	70	33	42	75	108	13	5	3	5
Flatley, PatPat Flatley	RW	80	13	47	60	63	5	1	2	1
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov	D	64	14	38	52	59	14	7	0	0
Norton, JeffJeff Norton	D	66	12	38	50	45	-3	5	0	0
Krupp, UweUwe Krupp	D	80	9	29	38	67	6	2	0	2
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers	D	52	8	30	38	38	9	3	0	0
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	RW	81	18	14	32	28	5	1	0	1
Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno	RW	57	15	17	32	62	17	2	0	2
McInnis, MartyMarty McInnis	RW	56	10	20	30	24	7	0	1	0
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	C	46	14	13	27	40	0	3	0	1
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	RW	77	9	18	27	34	-2	0	3	1
Green, TravisTravis Green	C	61	7	18	25	43	4	1	0	0
Lachance, ScottScott Lachance	D	75	7	17	24	67	-1	0	1	2
Volek, DavidDavid Volek	W	56	8	13	21	34	-1	2	0	1
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	D	79	4	17	21	166	15	0	0	0
Berg, BillBill Berg	LW	22	6	3	9	49	4	0	2	0
Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle	C	41	5	3	8	90	-5	0	0	0
Marois, DanielDaniel Marois	RW	28	2	5	7	35	-3	0	0	0
Vukota, MickMick Vukota	RW	74	2	5	7	216	3	0	0	0
Vaske, DennisDennis Vaske	D	27	1	5	6	32	9	0	0	0
Fraser, IainIain Fraser	C	7	2	2	4	2	-1	1	0	0
Pilon, RichRich Pilon	D	44	1	3	4	164	-4	0	0	0
Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm	LW	1	1	2	3	0	3	0	0	0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund	D	22	1	1	2	43	-2	0	0	0
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	G	47	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick	G	39	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Lorenz, DannyDanny Lorenz	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parks, GregGreg Parks	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Townshend, GraemeGraeme Townshend	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	2655	47	22	20	2	146	3.30	1	1316	1170	.889
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick	2253	39	17	15	5	130	3.46	0	1066	936	.878
Lorenz, DannyDanny Lorenz	157	4	1	2	0	10	3.82	0	78	68	.872
Team:	5065	84	40	37	7	286	3.39	1	2460	2174	.884

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	C	18	13	7	20	18	5	0
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	18	9	8	17	37	-1	0
King, DerekDerek King	LW	18	3	11	14	14	3	0
Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon	C	11	6	7	13	0	2	0
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	C	18	6	6	12	31	7	0
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov	D	17	3	6	9	12	-3	0
Flatley, PatPat Flatley	RW	15	2	7	9	12	1	0
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	RW	18	3	4	7	2	-4	0
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	RW	18	2	5	7	18	2	0
Krupp, UweUwe Krupp	D	18	1	5	6	12	2	0
Vaske, DennisDennis Vaske	D	18	0	6	6	14	-3	0
Volek, DavidDavid Volek	W	10	4	1	5	2	1	1
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	D	18	0	5	5	31	2	0
Green, TravisTravis Green	C	12	3	1	4	6	-3	0
Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno	RW	18	2	2	4	14	-1	0
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	G	18	0	3	3	0	0	0
Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle	C	18	0	3	3	10	-8	0
Norton, JeffJeff Norton	D	10	1	1	2	4	-5	0
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers	D	12	0	2	2	6	0	0
Junker, SteveSteve Junker	LW	3	0	1	1	0	1	0
McInnis, MartyMarty McInnis	RW	3	0	1	1	0	-1	0
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Parks, GregGreg Parks	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pilon, RichRich Pilon	D	15	0	0	0	50	5	0
Scissons, ScottScott Scissons	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Vukota, MickMick Vukota	RW	15	0	0	0	16	-4	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	1109	18	9	8	59	3.19	524	465	.887
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick	77	3	0	1	4	3.12	23	19	.826
Team:	1186	18	9	9	63	3.19	547	484	.885

^[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;

Playoffs

Patrick Division Semi-finals

Washington vs. New York Islanders

Game 6 of this series was marred by a vicious check on the Islanders' leading scorer, Pierre Turgeon, by the Capitals' Dale Hunter, moments after Turgeon scored a third-period goal to put the game and the series out of reach for Washington. Hunter received a 21-game suspension for the hit, which carried over into the 1993–94 season.

April 18 - New York Islanders 1 Washington 3
April 20 - New York Islanders 5 Washington 4 (2OT)
April 22 - Washington 3 New York Islanders 4 (OT)

GWG: Ray Ferraro

April 24 - Washington 3 New York Islanders 4 (2OT)
April 26 - New York Islanders 4 Washington 6
April 28 - Washington 3 New York Islanders 5

NYI win best-of-seven series 4–2

Patrick Division Finals

Pittsburgh vs. New York Islanders

The Isles' improbable upset of the Penguins was capped off by David Volek's series-winning goal at 5:16 of overtime in Game 7.

May 2 - New York Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 2
May 4 - New York Islanders 0 Pittsburgh 3
May 6 - Pittsburgh 3 New York Islanders 1
May 8 - Pittsburgh 5 New York Islanders 6
May 10 - New York Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 6
May 12 - Pittsburgh 5 New York Islanders 7
May 14 - New York Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT)

New York Islanders win best-of-seven series 4–3

Prince of Wales Conference Finals

Montreal vs. New York Islanders

All teams in the Conference Finals were seeded third in their division.

Montreal's win in game three was their eleventh straight, tying the single-playoff record set a year earlier by Pittsburgh and Chicago.

May 16 - New York Islanders 1 Montreal 4
May 18 - New York Islanders 3 Montreal 4 (2OT)
May 20 - Montreal 2 New York Islanders 1 (OT)
May 22 - Montreal 1 New York Islanders 4
May 24 - New York Islanders 2 Montreal 5

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1

Awards and records

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Pierre Turgeon
Vladimir Malakhov, Defense, NHL All-Rookie Team

References

Islanders on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYI/1993.html
1 2 http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1993.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
↑ "1992-93 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

New York Islanders seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

New York Islanders

Founded in 1972 Based in New York City, New York

Franchise	Team General managers Head coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Records Award winners Seasons Current season

Arenas	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Barclays Center Islanders Iceworks (practice facility)

Personnel	Owner Charles Wang General manager Garth Snow Head coach Jack Capuano Team captain John Tavares Current roster

General managers	Torrey Maloney Milbury Smith Snow

Head coaches	Goyette Ingarfield Arbour Simpson Henning Milbury Bowness Stewart Goring Laviolette Stirling Shaw Nolan Gordon Capuano

Affiliates	AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers ECHL Missouri Mavericks

Retired numbers	5 9 19 22 23 31

Stanley Cup Finals	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Rivalries	New York Rangers

Culture and lore	The Trio Grande Easter Epic Penguins–Islanders brawl The Lighthouse Project Hockey Night Live! 2014 NHL Stadium Series

Media	TV MSG MSG Plus Radio WRHU 88.7 FM Broadcasters Howie Rose Butch Goring

1992–93 NHL season

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Tampa Bay Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver Winnipeg

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Quebec

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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