1992–93 Washington Capitals season

1992–93 Washington Capitals
Division2nd Patrick
Conference5th Wales
1992–93 record43–34–7
Home record21–15–6
Road record22–19–1
Goals for325
Goals against286
Team information
General managerDavid Poile
CoachTerry Murray
CaptainRod Langway (Oct.–Nov.)
Kevin Hatcher (Nov.–Apr.)
Alternate captainsKevin Hatcher (Oct.–Nov.)
Dale Hunter
Kelly Miller
ArenaCapital Centre
Average attendance15,540
Team leaders
GoalsPeter Bondra (37)
AssistsDale Hunter (59)
PointsPeter Bondra (85)
Penalty minutesAlan May (268)
Plus/minusDmitri Khristich (+29)
WinsDon Beaupre (27)
Goals against averageRick Tabaracci (1.75)

The 1992–93 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals' 19th season of competition.

Offseason

Regular season

During the regular season, the Caps set a club record with nine 20-goal scorers, three of whom were defensemen (Sylvain Cote, Kevin Hatcher and Al Iafrate).[1]

Washington tied the Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just 8.[2]

On Friday, November 13, 1992, the Caps lost on the road to the New Jersey Devils by a score of 3-0. It was the first time the Caps had been shut out in a regular-season game since Sunday, October 29, 1989, when they lost on the road to the Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 1-0. Prior to their loss to the Devils, the Caps had gone 245 consecutive regular-season games without being shut out.[3][4][5][6]

Final standings

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

[7]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[8]
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 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

Regular season

1992–93 regular season[6]
October: 4–8–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 2–5–0)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 October 6, 1992 6–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 1–0–0 W
2 October 9, 1992 2–4 New York Rangers (1992–93) 1–1–0 L
3 October 10, 1992 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 1–2–0 L
4 October 12, 1992 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 1–3–0 L
5 October 16, 1992 5–1 Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 2–3–0 W
6 October 17, 1992 6–4 Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 3–3–0 W
7 October 21, 1992 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1992–93) 3–4–0 L
8 October 23, 1992 2–5 New York Islanders (1992–93) 3–5–0 L
9 October 26, 1992 2–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 3–6–0 L
10 October 28, 1992 3–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 3–7–0 L
11 October 30, 1992 3–1 @ Calgary Flames (1992–93) 4–7–0 W
12 October 31, 1992 2–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 4–8–0 L
November: 7–5–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 4–2–1)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
13 November 3, 1992 4–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 5–8–0 W
14 November 6, 1992 2–2 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) 5–8–1 T
15 November 7, 1992 6–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 6–8–1 W
16 November 11, 1992 7–4 @ New York Rangers (1992–93) 7–8–1 W
17 November 13, 1992 0–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 7–9–1 L
18 November 14, 1992 3–4 OT New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 7–10–1 L
19 November 18, 1992 4–5 Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 7–11–1 L
20 November 20, 1992 5–7 Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 7–12–1 L
21 November 22, 1992 6–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 8–12–1 W
22 November 23, 1992 1–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 8–12–2 T
23 November 25, 1992 6–2 Boston Bruins (1992–93) 9–12–2 W
24 November 27, 1992 6–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 10–12–2 W
25 November 28, 1992 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 10–13–2 L
26 November 30, 1992 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 11–13–2 W
December: 9–3–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 5–3–0)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
27 December 4, 1992 8–4 New York Rangers (1992–93) 12–13–2 W
28 December 5, 1992 5–3 @ New York Islanders (1992–93) 13–13–2 W
29 December 7, 1992 6–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 14–13–2 W
30 December 9, 1992 6–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 15–13–2 W
31 December 11, 1992 8–6 Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 16–13–2 W
32 December 12, 1992 5–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 17–13–2 W
33 December 16, 1992 3–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 17–14–2 L
34 December 18, 1992 4–3 Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 18–14–2 W
35 December 19, 1992 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1992–93) 18–15–2 L
36 December 21, 1992 4–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 19–15–2 W
37 December 23, 1992 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 19–16–2 L
38 December 26, 1992 5–5 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 19–16–3 T
39 December 29, 1992 4–3 OT New York Rangers (1992–93) 20–16–3 W
January: 5–5–3 (home: 3–0–3; road: 2–5–0)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
40 January 1, 1993 9–2 New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 21–16–3 W
41 January 2, 1993 2–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 21–16–4 T
42 January 7, 1993 2–8 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 21–17–4 L
43 January 9, 1993 4–3 Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 22–17–4 W
44 January 13, 1993 4–5 @ New York Rangers (1992–93) 22–18–4 L
45 January 14, 1993 3–0 @ New York Islanders (1992–93) 23–18–4 W
46 January 17, 1993 5–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) 24–18–4 W
47 January 21, 1993 2–6 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 24–19–4 L
48 January 23, 1993 6–4 Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 25–19–4 W
49 January 26, 1993 3–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 25–20–4 L
50 January 27, 1993 3–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 25–21–4 L
51 January 29, 1993 3–3 OT Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 25–21–5 T
52 January 31, 1993 2–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 25–21–6 T
February: 7–3–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 5–1–0)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
53 February 2, 1993 4–6 Calgary Flames (1992–93) 25–22–6 L
54 February 9, 1993 3–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 26–22–6 W
55 February 11, 1993 10–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 27–22–6 W
56 February 13, 1993 10–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93) 28–22–6 W
57 February 16, 1993 4–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 29–22–6 W
58 February 20, 1993 7–3 Los Angeles Kings (1992–93) 30–22–6 W
59 February 21, 1993 5–2 St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 31–22–6 W
60 February 23, 1993 4–2 @ New York Islanders (1992–93) 32–22–6 W
61 February 27, 1993 4–5 OT @ Boston Bruins (1992–93) 32–23–6 L
62 February 28, 1993 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 32–24–6 L
March: 7–6–1 (home: 5–4–1; road: 2–2–0)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
63 March 2, 1993 3–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 32–24–7 T
64 March 5, 1993 0–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 32–25–7 L
65 March 7, 1993 2–3 New York Islanders (1992–93) 32–26–7 L
66 March 9, 1993 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 33–26–7 W
67 March 11, 1993 4–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 33–27–7 L
68 March 16, 1993 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 34–27–7 W
69 March 18, 1993 5–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 34–28–7 L
70 March 19, 1993 5–2 Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 35–28–7 W
71 March 21, 1993 5–3 San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 36–28–7 W
72 March 23, 1993 5–1 Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 37–28–7 W
73 March 25, 1993 5–2 @ New York Islanders (1992–93) 38–28–7 W
74 March 27, 1993 2–5 New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 38–29–7 L
75 March 28, 1993 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 38–30–7 L
76 March 30, 1993 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 39–30–7 W
April: 4–4–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 2–1–0)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
77 April 2, 1993 4–0 Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 40–30–7 W
78 April 4, 1993 0–4 New York Rangers (1992–93) 40–31–7 L
79 April 6, 1993 2–3 New York Islanders (1992–93) 40–32–7 L
80 April 8, 1993 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 40–33–7 L
81 April 10, 1993 3–5 New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 40–34–7 L
82 April 12, 1993 3–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 41–34–7 W
83 April 14, 1993 2–0 @ New York Rangers (1992–93) 42–34–7 W
84 April 16, 1993 4–2 New York Rangers (1992–93) 43–34–7 W

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1993 Stanley Cup playoffs[6]
Patrick Division Semifinals vs. (P3) New York Islanders – Islanders win 4–2
Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap
1 April 18, 1993 3–1 New York Islanders Capitals lead 1–0 W
2 April 20, 1993 4–5 2OT New York Islanders Series tied 1–1 L
3 April 22, 1993 3–4 OT @ New York Islanders Islanders lead 2–1 L
4 April 24, 1993 3–4 2OT @ New York Islanders Islanders lead 3–1 L
5 April 26, 1993 6–4 New York Islanders Islanders lead 3–2 W
6 April 28, 1993 3–5 @ New York Islanders Islanders win 4–2 L

Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Peter Bondra RW 83 37 48 85 70 8 10 0 7
Mike Ridley C 84 26 56 82 44 5 6 2 3
Kevin Hatcher D 83 34 45 79 114 -7 13 1 6
Dale Hunter C 84 20 59 79 198 3 10 0 2
Michal Pivonka C 69 21 53 74 66 14 6 1 5
Dmitri Khristich LW/C 64 31 35 66 28 29 9 1 1
Al Iafrate D 81 25 41 66 169 15 11 1 4
Pat Elynuik RW 80 22 35 57 66 3 8 0 1
Sylvain Cote D 77 21 29 50 34 28 8 2 3
Kelly Miller LW 84 18 27 45 32 -2 3 0 3
Calle Johansson D 77 7 38 45 56 3 6 0 0
Bobby Carpenter C 68 11 17 28 65 -16 2 0 0
Keith Jones RW 71 12 14 26 124 18 0 0 3
Todd Krygier LW 77 11 12 23 60 -13 0 2 0
Paul MacDermid RW 72 9 8 17 80 -13 1 0 3
Alan May RW 83 6 10 16 268 1 0 0 1
Paul Cavallini D 71 5 8 13 46 3 0 0 0
Steve Konowalchuk LW 36 4 7 11 16 4 1 0 1
Shawn Anderson D 60 2 6 8 18 -2 1 0 0
Reggie Savage C 16 2 3 5 12 -4 2 0 0
Jim Hrivnak G 27 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Miller C 10 0 3 3 35 -4 0 0 0
Jeff Greenlaw LW 16 1 1 2 18 -3 0 0 0
Jason Woolley D 26 0 2 2 10 3 0 0 0
Don Beaupre G 58 0 1 1 20 0 0 0 0
Brad Schlegel D 7 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0
Bobby Babcock D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Randy Burridge LW 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Byron Dafoe G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Hunter RW 7 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0
Olaf Kolzig G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Langway D 21 0 0 0 20 -13 0 0 0
Rick Tabaracci G 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Don Beaupre 3282 58 27 23 5 181 3.31 1 1530 1349 .882
Jim Hrivnak 1421 27 13 9 2 83 3.50 0 677 594 .877
Rick Tabaracci 343 6 3 2 0 10 1.75 2 162 152 .938
Byron Dafoe 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Olaf Kolzig 20 1 0 0 0 2 6.00 0 7 5 .714
Team: 5067 84 43 34 7 276 3.27 3 2376 2100 .884

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Dale Hunter C 6 7 1 8 35 4 0 1
Dmitri Khristich LW/C 6 2 5 7 2 1 0 0
Al Iafrate D 6 6 0 6 4 3 0 1
Mike Ridley C 6 1 5 6 0 1 0 0
Peter Bondra RW 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0
Pat Elynuik RW 6 2 3 5 19 0 0 0
Bobby Carpenter C 6 1 4 5 6 0 0 0
Calle Johansson D 6 0 5 5 4 0 0 0
Kelly Miller LW 6 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Sylvain Cote D 6 1 1 2 4 0 0 0
Todd Krygier LW 6 1 1 2 4 0 1 0
Paul Cavallini D 6 0 2 2 18 0 0 0
Michal Pivonka C 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Randy Burridge LW 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kevin Hatcher D 6 0 1 1 14 0 0 0
Steve Konowalchuk LW 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Alan May RW 6 0 1 1 6 0 0 0
Shawn Anderson D 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Beaupre G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Savage C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Jones RW 6 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Rick Tabaracci G 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Don Beaupre 119 2 1 1 9 4.54 0 65 56 .862
Rick Tabaracci 304 4 1 3 14 2.76 0 160 146 .913
Team: 423 6 2 4 23 3.26 0 225 202 .898

[9]

Note: 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

Washington's draft picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.[10]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 14 Sergei Gonchar  Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
2 32 Jim Carey  United States Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA)
3 53 Stefan Ustorf  Germany ESV Kaufbeuren (Germany)
3 71 Martin Gendron  Canada Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
5 119 John Varga  United States Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
7 167 Mark Matier  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
8 191 Mike Mathers  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
9 215 Brian Stagg  Canada Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
10 239 Greg Callahan  United States Belmont Hill High School (USHS-MA)
11 263 B. J. MacPherson  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)

See also

References

  1. ^ "1992-93 Washington Capitals Roster and Statistics".
  2. ^ "1992-93 NHL Summary".
  3. ^ "1989-90 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results".
  4. ^ "1990-91 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results".
  5. ^ "1991-92 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results".
  6. ^ a b c "1992-93 Washington Capitals Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  7. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
  8. ^ "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  9. ^ "1992-93 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  10. ^ "1992 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
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