1992–93 Edmonton Oilers season

1992–93 Edmonton Oilers
Division	5th Smythe
Conference	10th Campbell
1992–93 record	26–50–8
Home record	16–21–5
Road record	10–29–3
Goals for	242 (22nd)
Goals against	337 (21st)
Team information
General Manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Ted Green
Captain	Craig MacTavish
Alternate captains	Shayne Corson Dave Manson Craig Simpson Esa Tikkanen (Oct-Mar)
Arena	Northlands Coliseum
Average attendance	14,855 (84.9%)
Team leaders
Goals	Petr Klima (32)
Assists	Bernie Nicholls (32)
Points	Petr Klima (48)
Penalties in minutes	Dave Manson (210)
Plus/minus	Martin Gelinas (+3)
Wins	Bill Ranford (17)
Goals against average	Bill Ranford (3.84)
<1991–92	1993–94>

The 1992–93 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 14th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 3rd round playoff appearance in 1991–92, losing to the Chicago Blackhawks in the Campbell Conference finals.

Prior to the season, the Oilers would trade away their leading scorer from the previous season, Vincent Damphousse, along with their 4th round draft pick in 1993, to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Shayne Corson, Brent Gilchrist, and Vladimir Vujtek. The loss of Damphousse hurt the Oilers offensively, as in 1992–93, they would score a franchise-low 242 goals.

The Oilers would struggle all season long, and by the NHL tradeline, it would pretty certain that the team would fail to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since joining the NHL in 1979. Edmonton would trade Esa Tikkanen to the New York Rangers for Doug Weight, Bernie Nicholls to the New Jersey Devils for Zdeno Ciger, and Kevin Todd, and Craig Muni to the Chicago Blackhawks for Igor Kravchuk. The team would finish the season with a franchise low 26 wins and 60 points, along with a franchise high 50 losses, and missed the playoffs by 27 points.

The Oilers finished last in power-play goals, tied with the Ottawa Senators and San Jose Sharks, with 66.^[1]

Offensively, Petr Klima would lead the Oilers with 32 goals and 48 points, while Shayne Corson chipped in with 16 goals and 47 points. Bernie Nicholls would record 40 points in 46 games before being traded. On the blueline, Dave Manson would anchor the defense, scoring 15 goals and 45 points, while posting a team high 210 penalty minutes.

In goal, Bill Ranford would appear in 67 games, winning 17 of them, while posting a 3.84 GAA and a shutout. Ron Tugnutt would back him up, winning 9 games with a 4.12 GAA.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 Game log 3 Season stats 3.1 Scoring leaders 3.2 Goaltending 4 Awards and records 4.1 Awards 4.2 Milestones 5 Transactions 5.1 Trades 5.2 Free agents 5.3 Draft picks 6 Roster 7 References

Season standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Vancouver Canucks	84	46	29	9	101	346	278
Calgary Flames	84	43	30	11	97	322	282
Los Angeles Kings	84	39	35	10	88	338	340
Winnipeg Jets	84	40	37	7	87	322	320
Edmonton Oilers	84	26	50	8	60	242	337
San Jose Sharks	84	11	71	2	24	218	414

^[2]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.

Game log

1992–93 Game Log
October: 3–8–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 6 Vancouver Canucks 5 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 14,094 0–1–0 0 [3] 2 October 8 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 7 Calgary Flames Ranford 18,995 0–2–0 0 [4] 3 October 10 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 5 Vancouver Canucks Ranford 14,879 0–3–0 0 [5] 4 October 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Tugnutt 14,504 0–3–1 1 [6] 5 October 14 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 7 Winnipeg Jets Ranford 12,340 0–4–1 1 [7] 6 October 15 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 3 Chicago Blackhawks OT Ranford 17,331 1–4–1 3 [8] 7 October 17 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Detroit Red Wings Ranford 19,635 1–5–1 3 [9] 8 October 20 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 6 Tampa Bay Lightning Ranford 9,114 1–6–1 3 [10] 9 October 23 Boston Bruins 6 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 15,984 1–7–1 3 [11] 10 October 25 Calgary Flames 4 – 0 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 15,046 1–8–1 3 [12] 11 October 28 Minnesota North Stars 2 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 12,614 2–8–1 5 [13] 12 October 31 Washington Capitals 2 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 13,462 3–8–1 7 [14]
November: 5–4–3 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 3 Ottawa Senators 2 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Tugnutt 12,738 4–8–1 9 [15] 14 November 6 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 1 Winnipeg Jets Ranford 14,825 5–8–1 11 [16] 15 November 7 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 2 Minnesota North Stars OT Ranford 12,955 5–8–2 12 [17] 16 November 10 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 4 St. Louis Blues OT Ranford 15,404 5–8–3 13 [18] 17 November 12 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 3 San Jose Sharks Tugnutt 11,089 6–8–3 15 [19] 18 November 14 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 6 Los Angeles Kings Tugnutt 16,035 6–9–3 15 [20] 19 November 18 Vancouver Canucks 2 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Tugnutt 13,476 7–9–3 17 [21] 20 November 21 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 9 Vancouver Canucks Ranford 15,960 7–10–3 17 [22] 21 November 22 New York Islanders 5 – 5 Edmonton Oilers OT Ranford 13,484 7–10–4 18 [23] 22 November 25 Los Angeles Kings 3 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 13,636 7–11–4 18 [24] 23 November 27 Chicago Blackhawks 8 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 14,545 7–12–4 18 [25] 24 November 28 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 – 4 Edmonton Oilers OT Tugnutt 14,210 8–12–4 20 [26]
December: 5–9–1 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 1 San Jose Sharks Tugnutt 11,039 9–12–4 22 [27] 26 December 3 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 4 Vancouver Canucks Tugnutt 15,589 9–13–4 22 [28] 27 December 5 St. Louis Blues 5 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 13,894 9–14–4 22 [29] 28 December 7 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 6 Calgary Flames Ranford 19,922 9–15–4 22 [30] 29 December 8 Calgary Flames 1 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 13,681 10–15–4 24 [31] 30 December 10 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 2 Minnesota North Stars Ranford 13,076 11–15–4 26 [32] 31 December 12 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Tampa Bay Lightning Ranford 10,425 11–16–4 26 [33] 32 December 13 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 4 New York Islanders Tugnutt 11,110 11–17–4 26 [34] 33 December 16 Vancouver Canucks 2 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 14,011 12–17–4 28 [35] 34 December 18 Los Angeles Kings 5 – 5 Edmonton Oilers OT Ranford 15,257 12–17–5 29 [36] 35 December 21 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 Calgary Flames OT Ranford 20,214 12–18–5 29 [37] 36 December 23 San Jose Sharks 2 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 14,457 13–18–5 31 [38] 37 December 27 Calgary Flames 7 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 17,503 13–19–5 31 [39] 38 December 29 Montreal Canadiens 6 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 17,503 13–20–5 31 [40] 39 December 31 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 Winnipeg Jets Ranford 15,554 13–21–5 31 [41]
January: 5–6–3 (Home: 4–2–2 ; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Tampa Bay Lightning 1 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 14,361 14–21–5 33 [42] 41 January 3 Philadelphia Flyers 2 – 2 Edmonton Oilers OT Ranford 15,210 14–21–6 34 [43] 42 January 5 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 6 St. Louis Blues Ranford 16,863 14–22–6 34 [44] 43 January 7 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 3 Chicago Blackhawks OT Ranford 17,558 14–22–7 35 [45] 44 January 9 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Washington Capitals Ranford 15,691 14–23–7 35 [46] 45 January 10 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 4 Philadelphia Flyers Tugnutt 17,218 14–24–7 35 [47] 46 January 13 Winnipeg Jets 4 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 13,132 14–25–7 35 [48] 47 January 15 Hartford Whalers 1 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 12,675 15–25–7 37 [49] 48 January 17 Buffalo Sabres 2 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Tugnutt 13,135 16–25–7 39 [50] 49 January 19 Los Angeles Kings 5 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 16,686 16–26–7 39 [51] 50 January 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 1 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Tugnutt 17,185 17–26–7 41 [52] 51 January 23 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 8 Winnipeg Jets Ranford 15,052 17–27–7 41 [53] 52 January 27 Detroit Red Wings 2 – 2 Edmonton Oilers OT Tugnutt 14,713 17–27–8 42 [54] 53 January 31 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 4 Buffalo Sabres OT Tugnutt 14,455 18–27–8 44 [55]
February: 5–7–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 2 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 3 Boston Bruins Tugnutt 14,101 19–27–8 46 [56] 55 February 3 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 Ottawa Senators Tugnutt 10,425 19–28–8 46 [57] 56 February 9 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 3 Los Angeles Kings Ranford 16,005 20–28–8 48 [58] 57 February 12 San Jose Sharks 0 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 15,089 21–28–8 50 [59] 58 February 14 Quebec Nordiques 3 – 2 Edmonton Oilers OT Ranford 17,503 21–29–8 50 [60] 59 February 16 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 7 New York Islanders Tugnutt 9,166 21–30–8 50 [61] 60 February 18 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 4 Pittsburgh Penguins Ranford 16,075 22–30–8 52 [62] 61 February 20 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 7 Hartford Whalers Ranford 11,676 22–31–8 52 [63] 62 February 21 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Montreal Canadiens Ranford 16,628 22–32–8 52 [64] 63 February 23 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 6 Quebec Nordiques Ranford 14,012 22–33–8 52 [65] 64 February 27 New York Rangers 1 – 0 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 17,503 22–34–8 54 [66] 65 February 28 San Jose Sharks 1 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 13,214 23–34–8 56 [67]
March: 3–10–0 (Home: 2–6–0 ; Road: 1–4–0) 66 March 4 Winnipeg Jets 5 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 15,180 23–35–8 56 [68] 67 March 6 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 6 Winnipeg Jets Ranford 16,005 23–36–8 56 [69] 68 March 7 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 6 San Jose Sharks Tugnutt 11,089 23–37–8 56 [70] 69 March 10 Detroit Red Wings 6 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 14,093 23–38–8 56 [71] 70 March 12 New Jersey Devils 4 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 14,410 24–38–8 58 [72] 71 March 14 Chicago Blackhawks 5 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 15,123 24–39–8 58 [73] 72 March 17 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 3 New York Rangers OT Ranford 18,034 25–39–8 60 [74] 73 March 18 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 5 New Jersey Devils Ranford 12,236 25–40–8 60 [75] 74 March 20 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Toronto Maple Leafs OT Ranford 15,720 25–41–8 60 [76] 75 March 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 6 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Tugnutt 18,782 25–42–8 60 [77] 76 March 26 Los Angeles Kings 4 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 17,501 25–43–8 60 [78] 77 March 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 6 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 16,005 25–44–8 60 [79] 78 March 31 Minnesota North Stars 2 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 12,924 26–44–8 60 [80]
April: 0–6–0 (Home: 0–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0) 79 April 3 Winnipeg Jets 6 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Ranford 15,139 26–45–8 60 [81] 80 April 6 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 5 San Jose Sharks Ranford 10,855 26–46–8 60 [82] 81 April 7 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 5 Vancouver Canucks OT Tugnutt 15,858 26–47–8 60 [83] 82 April 11 Winnipeg Jets 7 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Tugnutt 14,852 26–48–8 60 [84] 83 April 13 Calgary Flames 4 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Tugnutt 15,433 26–49–8 60 [85] 84 April 15 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 3 Winnipeg Jets Ranford 12,229 26–50–8 60 [86] Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

Season stats

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Petr Klima	68	32	16	48	100
Shayne Corson	80	16	31	47	209
Craig Simpson	60	24	22	46	36
Dave Manson	83	15	30	45	210
Bernie Nicholls	46	8	32	40	40

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Bill Ranford	67	3753	17	38	6	240	1	.884	3.84
Ron Tugnutt	26	1338	9	12	2	93	0	.879	4.17

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Dave Manson	1,400th NHL PIM	October 8, 1992
Tyler Wright	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	October 10, 1992
Shayne Corson	900th NHL PIM	October 14, 1992
Tyler Wright	1st NHL Assist	October 17, 1992
Scott Mellanby	900th NHL PIM	October 23, 1992
Martin Gélinas	200th NHL Game	October 28, 1992
David Maley	800th NHL PIM
Vladimír Vůjtek	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point
Vladimír Vůjtek	1st NHL Assist	October 31, 1992
Greg Hawgood	100th NHL Point	November 3, 1992
Martin Gélinas	100th NHL Point	November 6, 1992
Esa Tikkanen	700th NHL PIM	November 10, 1992
Kelly Buchberger	300th NHL Game	November 12, 1992
Greg Hawgood	200th NHL PIM	November 21, 1992
Luke Richardson	700th NHL PIM
Petr Klíma	500th NHL Game	November 27, 1992
Craig Simpson	500th NHL PIM
Shayne Corson	300th NHL Point	November 28, 1992
Shaun Van Allen	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	December 1, 1992
Craig MacTavish	600th NHL PIM	December 3, 1992
Craig MacTavish	800th NHL Game	December 10, 1992
Shaun Van Allen	1st NHL Goal
Petr Klíma	400th NHL PIM	December 12, 1992
Shayne Corson	1,000th NHL PIM	December 16, 1992
Louie DeBrusk	200th NHL PIM	December 18, 1992
Petr Klíma	400th NHL Point
Dave Manson	200th NHL Point	December 31, 1992
Dave Manson	1,500th NHL PIM	January 7, 1993
Brad Werenka	1st NHL Game
Shjon Podein	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	January 9, 1993
Bill Ranford	300th NHL Game
Brad Werenka	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point
Bernie Nicholls	800th NHL Game	January 10, 1993
Brad Werenka	1st NHL Goal	January 13, 1993
Scott Mellanby	1,000th NHL PIM	January 15, 1993
Craig MacTavish	400th NHL Point	January 17, 1993
Luke Richardson	400th NHL Game
Esa Tikkanen	500th NHL Game
Shjon Podein	1st NHL Assist	January 22, 1993
Kelly Buchberger	??? NHL Hat-trick	January 31, 1993
Zdeno Ciger	100th NHL Game	February 2, 1993
Craig Muni	500th NHL Game	February 20, 1993
Bill McDougall	1st NHL Goal	March 18, 1993
Brian Benning	200th NHL Assist	March 20, 1993
Luke Richardson	800th NHL PIM	March 21, 1993
Kelly Buchberger	100th NHL Point	March 31, 1993
Louie DeBrusk	300th NHL PIM	April 3, 1993
Scott Mellanby	500th NHL Game	April 6, 1993
Brian Benning	800th NHL PIM	April 7, 1993
Dave Manson	1,600th NHL PIM	April 11, 1993
Shayne Corson	1,100th NHL PIM	April 13, 1993
Shayne Corson	500th NHL Game	April 15, 1993

Transactions

Trades

June 20, 1992	To New York Rangers 4th round pick in 1992 - Chris Ferraro	To Edmonton Oilers 4th round pick in 1992 - Ralph Intranuovo 8th round pick in 1992 - Colin Schmidt
August 4, 1992	To Minnesota North Stars Collin Bauer	To Edmonton Oilers Future considerations
August 27, 1992	To Montreal Canadiens Vincent Damphousse 4th round pick in 1993 - Adam Wiesel	To Edmonton Oilers Shayne Corson Brent Gilchrist Vladimir Vujtek
September 25, 1992	To Tampa Bay Lightning Future considerations	To Edmonton Oilers Jeff Bloemberg
December 11, 1992	To New York Rangers Kevin Lowe	To Edmonton Oilers Roman Oksiuta 3rd round pick in 1993 - Alexander Kerch
January 13, 1993	To New Jersey Devils Bernie Nicholls	To Edmonton Oilers Kevin Todd Zdeno Ciger
January 16, 1993	To Philadelphia Flyers Greg Hawgood Josef Beranek	To Edmonton Oilers Brian Benning
February 24, 1993	To Chicago Blackhawks Joe Murphy	To Edmonton Oilers Igor Kravchuk Dean McAmmond
March 5, 1993	To Minnesota North Stars Brent Gilchrist	To Edmonton Oilers Todd Elik
March 17, 1993	To New York Rangers Esa Tikkanen	To Edmonton Oilers Doug Weight
March 22, 1993	To Chicago Blackhawks Craig Muni	To Edmonton Oilers Mike Hudson

Free agents

Player Former Team D Ian Herbers Buffalo Sabres D Brian Curran Buffalo Sabres

Player New Team G Mike Greenlay Tampa Bay Lightning F Stan Drulia Tampa Bay Lightning

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	13	Joe Hulbig	United States	St. Sebastian's High School (USHS)
2	37	Martin Reichel	Germany	Freiborg EHC (Germany)
3	61	Simon Roy	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
3	65	Kirk Maltby	Canada	Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
4	96	Ralph Intranuovo	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5	109	Joaquin Gage	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
7	157	Steve Gibson	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
8	181	Kyuin Shim	South Korea	Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL)
8	190	Colin Schmidt	Canada	Regina Midgets (Sask.)
9	205	Marko Tuomainen	Finland	Clarkson University (NCAA)
11	253	Brian Rasmussen	Canada	St. Louis Park High School (USHS)

Roster

Goaltenders 1 Ron Tugnutt  30 Bill Ranford		Defensemen 2 Chris Joseph  6 Brian Glynn  15 Greg Hawgood  19 Brian Benning  21 Igor Kravchuk  22 Luke Richardson  24 Dave Manson  25 Geoff Smith  28 Craig Muni  35 Francois Leroux  36 Brad Werenka		Wingers 7 Martin Gelinas  8 Zdeno Ciger  9 Shayne Corson  10 Esa Tikkanen  12 David Maley  12 Steven Rice  16 Kelly Buchberger  18 Craig Simpson  23 Vladimir Vujtek  26 Dan Currie  27 Scott Mellanby  29 Louie DeBrusk  42 Josef Beranek  85 Petr Klima		Centres 9 Bernie Nicholls  14 Craig MacTavish  - C 15 Kevin Todd  17 Scott Thornton  19 Tyler Wright  20 Mike Hudson  20 Shaun Van Allen  26 Shjon Podein  34 Todd Elik  41 Brent Gilchrist  41 Bill McDougall  42 Doug Weight  GM: Glen Sather Coach: Ted Green

References

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

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