1992–93 New York Rangers season

The 1992–93 New York Rangers season was the 67th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers, coming off a season where they won the Presidents' Trophy,^[1] finished with a 34–39–11 record in the regular season. The team finished last in the Patrick Division and missed the playoffs.^[2]^[3]

Roger Neilson entered his fourth season as Rangers head coach, but was fired midway through the season and replaced by Ron Smith.^[4]

Regular season

On Tuesday, December 15, 1992, the Rangers were shut out at home 3–0 by the Calgary Flames. It was the first time the Rangers had been shut out in a regular-season game since December 17, 1989, when they lost at home 2–0 to the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to their loss to the Flames, the Rangers had gone 236 consecutive regular-season games without being shut out.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Final 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

^[9]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^[10]
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

1992-93 Game Log

October: 7-4-1 (Home: 5-1-1; Road: 2-3-0)

November: 4-6-2 (Home: 2-4-0; Road: 2-2-2)

December: 8-6-1 (Home: 5-2-0; Road: 3-4-1)

January: 4-5-3 (Home: 3-0-2; Road: 1-5-1)

February: 5-4-3 (Home: 2-1-1; Road: 3-3-2)

March: 5-6-1 (Home: 3-5-1; Road: 2-1-0)

April: 1-8-0 (Home: 0-4-0; Road: 1-4-0)

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[11]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Messier, MarkMark Messier	75	25	66	91	-6	72
Amonte, TonyTony Amonte	83	33	43	76	0	49
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	84	45	23	68	-4	59
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	84	36	29	65	-4	148
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov	81	23	31	54	15	34
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	71	25	28	53	-3	40
Weight, DougDoug Weight^‡	65	15	25	40	4	55
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev	65	20	18	38	-10	79
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	36	6	30	36	2	26
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	49	8	23	31	-1	4
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk^†	46	13	16	29	9	26
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	60	5	21	26	1	61
Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque	55	6	14	20	-9	39
Beukeboom, JeffJeff Beukeboom	82	2	17	19	9	153
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	45	5	11	16	11	10
Andersson, PeterPeter Andersson	31	4	11	15	4	18
Lowe, KevinKevin Lowe	49	3	12	15	-2	58
Broten, PaulPaul Broten	60	5	9	14	-6	48
King, StevenSteven King	24	7	5	12	4	16
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy^‡	44	1	10	11	2	85
Wells, JayJay Wells	53	1	9	10	-2	107
Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella	55	3	6	9	1	85
Kocur, JoeyJoey Kocur	65	3	6	9	-9	131
Hurlbut, MikeMike Hurlbut	23	1	8	9	4	16
Tikkanen, EsaEsa Tikkanen^†	15	2	5	7	-13	18
Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen^‡	33	3	2	5	-8	8
King, KrisKris King^‡	30	0	3	3	-1	67
Domi, TieTie Domi^‡	12	2	0	2	-1	95
Djoos, ParPar Djoos	6	1	1	2	0	2
McIntyre, JohnJohn McIntyre^†	11	1	0	1	-1	4
Duncanson, CraigCraig Duncanson	3	0	1	1	0	0
Marcinyshyn, DaveDave Marcinyshyn	2	0	0	0	-1	2
Hartman, MikeMike Hartman^†	3	0	0	0	0	6
Messier, JobyJoby Messier	11	0	0	0	0	6

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	48	2757	20	18	7	152	3.31	1525	.900	4
Richter, MikeMike Richter	38	2105	13	19	3	134	3.82	1180	.886	1
Hirsch, CoreyCorey Hirsch	4	224	1	2	1	14	3.75	116	.879	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^[13]^[14]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	24	Peter Ferraro	C	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
2	48	Mattias Norstrom	D	Sweden	AIK (SEL)
3	72	Eric Cairns	LW	Canada	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (OHL)
4	85	Chris Ferraro	C	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
5	120	Dmitri Starostenko	RW	Belarus	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
6	144	David Dal Grande	D	Canada	Ottawa (MOJHL)
7	168	Matt Oates	LW	Canada	Miami University (Ohio) (NCAA)
8	192	Mickey Elick	D	Canada	Calgary (AJHL)
9	216	Daniel Brierley	D	United States	Choate Academy (Connecticut)
10	240	Vladimir Vorobiev	RW	Russia	Mettalurg (CIS)

References

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↑ "1992–93 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
↑ "1992–93 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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↑ "1989–90 New York Rangers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
↑ "1990–91 New York Rangers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
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↑ "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
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New York Rangers seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

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

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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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