# 1993–94 New York Islanders season

The 1993–94 New York Islanders season was the 22nd season in the franchise's history and the final one with Al Arbour as head coach. For the second consecutive year, four Islanders reached the 30-goal plateau. In the playoffs, the Islanders were swept in four straight by their rival New York Rangers en route to winning the Stanley Cup.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Atlantic Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | New York Rangers | 84 | 52 | 24 | 8 | 299 | 231 | 112 |
| 2 | 3 | New Jersey Devils | 84 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 306 | 220 | 106 |
| 3 | 7 | Washington Capitals | 84 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 277 | 263 | 88 |
| 4 | 8 | New York Islanders | 84 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 282 | 264 | 84 |
| 5 | 9 | Florida Panthers | 84 | 33 | 34 | 17 | 233 | 233 | 83 |
| 6 | 10 | Philadelphia Flyers | 84 | 35 | 39 | 10 | 294 | 314 | 80 |
| 7 | 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 84 | 30 | 43 | 11 | 224 | 251 | 71 |
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.
Eastern Conference :
| R | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p-New York Rangers * | 84 | 52 | 24 | 8 | 299 | 231 | 112 |
| 2 | x-Pittsburgh Penguins * | 84 | 44 | 27 | 13 | 299 | 285 | 101 |
| 3 | New Jersey Devils | 84 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 306 | 220 | 106 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 84 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 289 | 252 | 97 |
| 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 84 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 283 | 248 | 96 |
| 6 | Buffalo Sabres | 84 | 43 | 32 | 9 | 282 | 218 | 95 |
| 7 | Washington Capitals | 84 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 277 | 263 | 88 |
| 8 | New York Islanders | 84 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 282 | 264 | 84 |
| 9 | Florida Panthers | 84 | 33 | 34 | 17 | 233 | 233 | 83 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Flyers | 84 | 35 | 39 | 10 | 294 | 314 | 80 |
| 11 | Quebec Nordiques | 84 | 34 | 42 | 8 | 277 | 292 | 76 |
| 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 84 | 30 | 43 | 11 | 224 | 251 | 71 |
| 13 | Hartford Whalers | 84 | 27 | 48 | 9 | 227 | 288 | 63 |
| 14 | Ottawa Senators | 84 | 14 | 61 | 9 | 201 | 397 | 37 |
* Final standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division); * – Division leader

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1993–94 regular season :
October: 3–7–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–5–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 5, 19931–2@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)0–1–0Recap
2LOctober 8, 19931–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)0–2–0Recap
3WOctober 10, 19934–3 OT@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)1–2–0Recap
4LOctober 12, 19935–7@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)1–3–0Recap
5LOctober 16, 19933–6New Jersey Devils (1993–94)1–4–0Recap
6LOctober 19, 19932–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)1–5–0Recap
7LOctober 22, 19933–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)1–6–0Recap
8TOctober 23, 19935–5 OTOttawa Senators (1993–94)1–6–1Recap
9WOctober 26, 19937–0Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)2–6–1Recap
10LOctober 28, 19932–5@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)2–7–1Recap
11WOctober 29, 19934–2@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)3–7–1Recap :
November: 6–6–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 3–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
12LNovember 2, 19931–2Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)3–8–1Recap
13LNovember 4, 19932–4@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)3–9–1Recap
14WNovember 6, 19935–3Hartford Whalers (1993–94)4–9–1Recap
15LNovember 9, 19932–5Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)4–10–1Recap
16LNovember 10, 19933–5@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)4–11–1Recap
17LNovember 13, 19932–5Boston Bruins (1993–94)4–12–1Recap
18WNovember 17, 19938–1@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)5–12–1Recap
19WNovember 18, 19935–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)6–12–1Recap
20WNovember 21, 19935–4 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)7–12–1Recap
21TNovember 24, 19932–2 OT@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)7–12–2Recap
22WNovember 27, 19936–4New York Rangers (1993–94)8–12–2Recap
23LNovember 28, 19931–4Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)8–13–2Recap
24WNovember 30, 19936–4Washington Capitals (1993–94)9–13–2Recap :
December: 6–4–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
25LDecember 2, 19933–7@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)9–14–2Recap
26LDecember 3, 19932–3Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)9–15–2Recap
27TDecember 7, 19934–4 OTEdmonton Oilers (1993–94)9–15–3Recap
28WDecember 11, 19935–2Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)10–15–3Recap
29WDecember 14, 19934–1New Jersey Devils (1993–94)11–15–3Recap
30WDecember 17, 19936–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)12–15–3Recap
31WDecember 19, 19936–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)13–15–3Recap
32WDecember 22, 19935–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)14–15–3Recap
33WDecember 26, 19934–3 OTBuffalo Sabres (1993–94)15–15–3Recap
34LDecember 28, 19930–3Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)15–16–3Recap
35LDecember 29, 19933–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)15–17–3Recap :
January: 2–8–2 (home: 2–3–1; road: 0–5–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
36LJanuary 1, 19943–4Hartford Whalers (1993–94)15–18–3Recap
37LJanuary 4, 19943–6@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)15–19–3Recap
38WJanuary 7, 19946–2Calgary Flames (1993–94)16–19–3Recap
39LJanuary 8, 19940–6@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)16–20–3Recap
40TJanuary 10, 19943–3 OT@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)16–20–4Recap
41WJanuary 14, 19945–2Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)17–20–4Recap
42TJanuary 15, 19945–5 OTChicago Blackhawks (1993–94)17–20–5Recap
43LJanuary 17, 19941–2Florida Panthers (1993–94)17–21–5Recap
44LJanuary 19, 19943–4 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)17–22–5Recap
45LJanuary 26, 19943–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)17–23–5Recap
46LJanuary 28, 19940–3Boston Bruins (1993–94)17–24–5Recap
47LJanuary 29, 19941–2@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)17–25–5Recap :
February: 9–4–1 (home: 7–1–0; road: 2–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
48WFebruary 1, 19945–4San Jose Sharks (1993–94)18–25–5Recap
49TFebruary 2, 19944–4 OT@ New York Rangers (1993–94)18–25–6Recap
50WFebruary 5, 19943–2@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)19–25–6Recap
51LFebruary 6, 19941–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)19–26–6Recap
52WFebruary 8, 19943–1Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)20–26–6Recap
53WFebruary 10, 19945–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)21–26–6Recap
54LFebruary 12, 19943–4Florida Panthers (1993–94)21–27–6Recap
55WFebruary 15, 19942–1Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)22–27–6Recap
56LFebruary 18, 19941–3@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)22–28–6Recap
57WFebruary 19, 19944–0Ottawa Senators (1993–94)23–28–6Recap
58WFebruary 21, 19944–0Washington Capitals (1993–94)24–28–6Recap
59LFebruary 24, 19944–5 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)24–29–6Recap
60WFebruary 25, 19942–0Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)25–29–6Recap
61WFebruary 27, 19945–2Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)26–29–6Recap :
March: 5–6–4 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–3–3)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
62WMarch 1, 19944–2St. Louis Blues (1993–94)27–29–6Recap
63TMarch 4, 19943–3 OT@ New York Rangers (1993–94)27–29–7Recap
64LMarch 5, 19944–5New York Rangers (1993–94)27–30–7Recap
65WMarch 7, 19947–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)28–30–7Recap
66LMarch 9, 19944–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)28–31–7Recap
67LMarch 10, 19943–4@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)28–32–7Recap
68TMarch 12, 19945–5 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)28–32–8Recap
69WMarch 15, 19943–2New Jersey Devils (1993–94)29–32–8Recap
70WMarch 17, 19943–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)30–32–8Recap
71TMarch 18, 19942–2 OTBuffalo Sabres (1993–94)30–32–9Recap
72LMarch 20, 19941–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)30–33–9Recap
73WMarch 22, 19945–4 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)31–33–9Recap
74LMarch 26, 19941–3Florida Panthers (1993–94)31–34–9Recap
75LMarch 27, 19941–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)31–35–9Recap
76TMarch 29, 19942–2 OT@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)31–35–10Recap :
April: 5–1–2 (home: 3–0–0; road: 2–1–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
77WApril 1, 19945–2Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)32–35–10Recap
78TApril 2, 19943–3 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)32–35–11Recap
79WApril 5, 19944–3 OT@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)33–35–11Recap
80TApril 6, 19943–3 OT@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)33–35–12Recap
81WApril 8, 19945–1Dallas Stars (1993–94)34–35–12Recap
82WApril 10, 19945–4New York Rangers (1993–94)35–35–12Recap
83WApril 13, 19942–0@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)36–35–12Recap
84LApril 14, 19941–4@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)36–36–12Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–0
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 17, 19940–6@ New York RangersRangers lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 18, 19940–6@ New York RangersRangers lead 2–0Recap
3LApril 21, 19941–5New York RangersRangers lead 3–0Recap
4LApril 24, 19942–5New York RangersRangers win 4–0Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics

Regular season :
Scoring :
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 69 | 38 | 56 | 94 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Steve Thomas | LW | 78 | 42 | 33 | 75 | 139 | -9 | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| Derek King | LW | 78 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 59 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| Benoit Hogue | C | 83 | 36 | 33 | 69 | 73 | -7 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | D | 76 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 80 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Marty McInnis | RW | 81 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 24 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 82 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 83 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Flatley | RW | 64 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Travis Green | C | 83 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 44 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Kurvers | D | 66 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Dalgarno | RW | 73 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 62 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 41 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| David Volek | W | 32 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Lachance | D | 74 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 70 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis Vaske | D | 65 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 76 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 76 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 142 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Acton | C | 71 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 50 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Maley | LW | 37 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 74 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne McBean | D | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Pilon | D | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 75 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mick Vukota | RW | 72 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 237 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Luongo | D | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Chynoweth | D | 39 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yan Kaminsky | RW | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Hextall | G | 65 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Loiselle | C | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 49 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Chyzowski | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie McLennan | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Plante | RW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Armstrong | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Day | C | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Draper | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Grieve | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Junker | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob McGill | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zigmund Palffy | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Scissons | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Simon | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending :
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Ron Hextall | 3581 | 65 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 184 | 3.08 | 5 | 1801 | 1617 | .898 |
| Jamie McLennan | 1287 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 2.84 | 0 | 639 | 578 | .905 |
| Tom Draper | 227 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4.23 | 0 | 118 | 102 | .864 |
| Team: | 5095 | 84 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 261 | 3.07 | 5 | 2558 | 2297 | .898 |
Playoffs :
Scoring :
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Plante | RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Thomas | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Dalgarno | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benoit Hogue | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek King | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Vaske | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Acton | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Chynoweth | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Chyzowski | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Green | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Hextall | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yan Kaminsky | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Kurvers | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Lachance | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Maley | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty McInnis | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie McLennan | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mick Vukota | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending :
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Ron Hextall | 158 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6.08 | 0 | 80 | 64 | .800 |
| Jamie McLennan | 82 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4.39 | 0 | 47 | 41 | .872 |
| Team: | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 127 | 105 | .827 |
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;

## Draft picks

New York's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 23 | Todd Bertuzzi | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 2 | 40 | Bryan McCabe | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
| 3 | 66 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | Russia | Kristall Elektrostal (Russia) |
| 4 | 92 | Warren Luhning | Canada | Calgary Royals (AJHL) |
| 5 | 118 | Tommy Salo | Sweden | VIK Västerås HK (Sweden) |
| 6 | 144 | Peter Leboutillier | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 7 | 170 | Darren Van Impe | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 8 | 196 | Rod Hinks | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 9 | 222 | Daniel Johansson | Sweden | Rögle BK (Sweden) |
| 10 | 248 | Stephane Larocque | Canada | Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL) |
| 11 | 274 | Carl Charland | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |