1993–94 Buffalo Sabres season

1993–94 Buffalo Sabres
Division 4th Northeast
Conference 6th Eastern
1993–94 record 43–32–9
Home record 22–17–3
Road record 21–15–6
Goals for 282
Goals against 218
Team information
General Manager John Muckler
Coach John Muckler
Captain Pat LaFontaine
Alexander Mogilny (interim)
Arena Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Team leaders
Goals Dale Hawerchuk (35)
Assists Dale Hawerchuk (51)
Points Dale Hawerchuk (86)
Penalties in minutes Rob Ray (274)
Wins Dominik Hasek (30)
Goals against average Dominik Hasek (1.95)
<1992–93 1994–95>

The 1993–94 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' 25th season in the National Hockey League. Alex Mogilny became the first European captain of an NHL team.

Regular season

In the course of the regular season, the Sabres allowed the fewest goals (218) and tied the New York Rangers for most power-play goals with 96. They also tied the Boston Bruins and the Tampa Bay Lightning for the fewest power-play goals allowed (58), had the most shutouts (9) and the best penalty-kill percentage (84.74%)[1][2]

Season standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 84 44 27 13 299 285 101
2 4 Boston Bruins 84 42 29 13 289 252 97
3 5 Montreal Canadiens 84 41 29 14 283 248 96
4 6 Buffalo Sabres 84 43 32 9 282 218 95
5 11 Quebec Nordiques 84 34 42 8 277 292 76
6 13 Hartford Whalers 84 27 48 9 227 288 63
7 14 Ottawa Senators 84 14 61 9 201 397 37

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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.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 7, 19935–3 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 1–0–0
2LOctober 9, 19934–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 1–1–0
3LOctober 10, 19932–3 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 1–2–0
4LOctober 12, 19933–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 1–3–0
5LOctober 15, 19932–5 New York Rangers (1993–94) 1–4–0
6LOctober 16, 19933–4 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 1–5–0
7LOctober 18, 19934–6 Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 1–6–0
8LOctober 22, 19932–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 1–7–0
9TOctober 23, 19933–3 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 1–7–1
10WOctober 27, 19935–3 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 2–7–1
11WOctober 29, 19936–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 3–7–1
12WOctober 30, 19936–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 4–7–1
13LNovember 3, 19932–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 4–8–1
14LNovember 7, 19933–4 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 4–9–1
15LNovember 10, 19933–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 4–10–1
16WNovember 13, 19937–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 5–10–1
17LNovember 17, 19930–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 5–11–1
18WNovember 19, 19936–0 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 6–11–1
19WNovember 21, 19936–5 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 7–11–1
20WNovember 22, 19935–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 8–11–1
21LNovember 24, 19933–5 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 8–12–1
22WNovember 26, 19935–2 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 9–12–1
23TNovember 27, 19932–2 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 9–12–2
24WNovember 29, 19933–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 10–12–2
25WDecember 1, 19933–0 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 11–12–2
26LDecember 2, 19931–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 11–13–2
27WDecember 5, 19933–1 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 12–13–2
28WDecember 8, 19933–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 13–13–2
29WDecember 10, 19936–2 Calgary Flames (1993–94) 14–13–2
30WDecember 11, 19933–0 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 15–13–2
31LDecember 13, 19930–2 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 15–14–2
32LDecember 16, 19931–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 15–15–2
33WDecember 17, 19932–0 Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 16–15–2
34TDecember 19, 19933–3 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 16–15–3
35WDecember 23, 19935–0 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 17–15–3
36LDecember 26, 19933–4 OT @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 17–16–3
37LDecember 27, 19930–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 17–17–3
38WDecember 31, 19934–1 New York Rangers (1993–94) 18–17–3
39TJanuary 2, 19943–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 18–17–4
40LJanuary 7, 19943–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 18–18–4
41WJanuary 9, 19945–3 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 19–18–4
42WJanuary 11, 19945–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 20–18–4
43LJanuary 12, 19942–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 20–19–4
44LJanuary 15, 19941–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 20–20–4
45WJanuary 16, 19944–2 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 21–20–4
46TJanuary 19, 19941–1 OT Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 21–20–5
47LJanuary 24, 19940–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 21–21–5
48WJanuary 27, 19947–2 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 22–21–5
49WJanuary 29, 19943–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 23–21–5
50LJanuary 30, 19942–3 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 23–22–5
51WFebruary 2, 19943–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 24–22–5
52WFebruary 4, 19947–2 @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 25–22–5
53WFebruary 6, 19944–1 New York Islanders (1993–94) 26–22–5
54LFebruary 8, 19941–3 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 26–23–5
55TFebruary 10, 19943–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 26–23–6
56WFebruary 11, 19945–1 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 27–23–6
57LFebruary 13, 19943–5 Dallas Stars (1993–94) 27–24–6
58WFebruary 16, 19945–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 28–24–6
59WFebruary 18, 19944–1 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 29–24–6
60TFebruary 20, 19943–3 OT @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 29–24–7
61WFebruary 21, 19942–1 Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 30–24–7
62WFebruary 23, 19944–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 31–24–7
63LFebruary 25, 19941–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 31–25–7
64LFebruary 26, 19943–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 31–26–7
65WMarch 2, 19947–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 32–26–7
66WMarch 4, 19942–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 33–26–7
67WMarch 6, 19943–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 34–26–7
68TMarch 8, 19944–4 OT @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 34–26–8
69WMarch 9, 19943–0 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 35–26–8
70WMarch 12, 19945–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 36–26–8
71LMarch 17, 19941–6 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 36–27–8
72TMarch 18, 19942–2 OT @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 36–27–9
73WMarch 20, 19946–2 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 37–27–9
74LMarch 23, 19942–3 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 37–28–9
75WMarch 25, 19946–3 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 38–28–9
76WMarch 27, 19944–1 New York Islanders (1993–94) 39–28–9
77LMarch 30, 19942–3 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 39–29–9
78WApril 1, 19945–0 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 40–29–9
79WApril 2, 19946–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 41–29–9
80LApril 4, 19944–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 41–30–9
81WApril 8, 19941–0 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 42–30–9
82WApril 10, 19944–1 Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 43–30–9
83LApril 12, 19942–3 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 43–31–9
84LApril 14, 19942–3 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 43–32–9

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player GP W L T SO GAA

Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs On April 27, 1994, the Sabres played the New Jersey Devils in a classic playoff game when the Sabres outlasted the Devils 1-0 in a quadruple-overtime affair that required 70 saves from Hasek. Martin Brodeur, the Devils goalie went toe to toe with Dominik Hasek.[4]

(3) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) Buffalo Sabres

New Jersey won series 4-3

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1994.html
  2. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/1994.html
  3. ↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  4. ↑ http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Detroit/2008/06/09/5824491-cp.html
  5. ↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 237, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5