# 1993–94 Quebec Nordiques season

The 1993–94 Quebec Nordiques season was the Nordiques' 22nd season of operation and its 15th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Nordiques failed to qualify for the 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final 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 |
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

1993–94 regular season :
October: 5–6–1 (home: 2–3–0; road: 3–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
1TOctober 6, 19935–5@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)0–0–110,525Recap
2LOctober 9, 19933–7@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)0–1–113,633Recap
3WOctober 10, 19937–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)1–1–114,731Recap
4LOctober 13, 19934–6@ New York Rangers (1993–94)1–2–116,451Recap
5WOctober 16, 19935–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)2–2–117,959Recap
6LOctober 18, 19932–4Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)2–3–114,892Recap
7WOctober 20, 19935–2@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)3–3–17,315Recap
8LOctober 21, 19932–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)3–4–116,876Recap
9WOctober 23, 19933–2Dallas Stars (1993–94)4–4–114,149Recap
10LOctober 26, 19932–4Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)4–5–114,787Recap
11WOctober 28, 19937–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)5–5–117,097Recap
12LOctober 30, 19933–5Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)5–6–114,098Recap :
November: 3–6–3 (home: 2–3–3; road: 1–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
13WNovember 2, 19938–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)6–6–113,635Recap
14LNovember 4, 19931–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)6–7–117,301Recap
15LNovember 6, 19932–4New York Rangers (1993–94)6–8–114,602Recap
16LNovember 7, 19931–3Florida Panthers (1993–94)6–9–114,726Recap
17LNovember 9, 19931–2@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)6–10–110,267Recap
18LNovember 13, 19933–4@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)6–11–119,691Recap
19WNovember 14, 19935–2@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)7–11–112,735Recap
20TNovember 20, 19935–5 OTWinnipeg Jets (1993–94)7–11–214,416Recap
21TNovember 23, 19931–1 OTNew Jersey Devils (1993–94)7–11–314,120Recap
22WNovember 25, 19938–6Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)8–11–314,897Recap
23TNovember 27, 19932–2 OTBuffalo Sabres (1993–94)8–11–414,043Recap
24LNovember 30, 19932–5Boston Bruins (1993–94)8–12–414,885Recap :
December: 8–5–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 3–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
25WDecember 3, 19933–2@ New York Islanders (1993–94)9–12–49,225Recap
26WDecember 4, 19933–1Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)10–12–414,549Recap
27TDecember 7, 19934–4 OTCalgary Flames (1993–94)10–12–514,228Recap
28WDecember 9, 19933–2@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)11–12–510,892Recap
29WDecember 11, 19935–2Ottawa Senators (1993–94)12–12–514,707Recap
30WDecember 13, 19935–3Washington Capitals (1993–94)13–12–514,832Recap
31LDecember 16, 19932–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)13–13–517,091Recap
32LDecember 18, 19932–6New Jersey Devils (1993–94)13–14–515,004Recap
33WDecember 19, 19937–5San Jose Sharks (1993–94)14–14–514,729Recap
34LDecember 21, 19931–2@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)14–15–510,503Recap
35LDecember 23, 19932–5@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)14–16–512,802Recap
36LDecember 28, 19931–4Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)14–17–514,646Recap
37WDecember 29, 19935–3New York Islanders (1993–94)15–17–515,264Recap
38WDecember 31, 19935–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)16–17–517,537Recap :
January: 4–8–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–6–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
39WJanuary 2, 19946–4@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)17–17–515,207Recap
40LJanuary 4, 19941–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)17–18–516,005Recap
41LJanuary 5, 19940–4Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)17–19–511,393Recap
42LJanuary 7, 19944–6@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)17–20–515,057Recap
43LJanuary 11, 19940–1@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)17–21–518,560Recap
44LJanuary 12, 19943–4@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)17–22–515,640Recap
45LJanuary 15, 19940–4Washington Capitals (1993–94)17–23–514,198Recap
46WJanuary 18, 19946–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)18–23–514,229Recap
47WJanuary 25, 19946–4Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)19–23–513,949Recap
48LJanuary 27, 19940–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)19–24–516,234Recap
49WJanuary 29, 19943–2@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)20–24–511,743Recap
50LJanuary 31, 19943–4@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)20–25–513,961Recap :
February: 4–8–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 3–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
51LFebruary 1, 19941–2Hartford Whalers (1993–94)20–26–515,023Recap
52WFebruary 3, 19944–3@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)21–26–516,947Recap
53LFebruary 5, 19942–3New York Islanders (1993–94)21–27–515,049Recap
54LFebruary 8, 19941–6Boston Bruins (1993–94)21–28–515,038Recap
55LFebruary 12, 19942–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)21–29–517,959Recap
56LFebruary 14, 19942–4New York Rangers (1993–94)21–30–515,029Recap
57WFebruary 17, 19948–2@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)22–30–516,886Recap
58WFebruary 18, 19941–0@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)23–30–517,174Recap
59LFebruary 21, 19941–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)23–31–513,601Recap
60WFebruary 24, 19946–0St. Louis Blues (1993–94)24–31–514,630Recap
61LFebruary 26, 19943–6Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)24–32–515,032Recap
62LFebruary 27, 19942–5@ New York Islanders (1993–94)24–33–511,545Recap :
March: 7–6–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 2–5–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
63LMarch 2, 19942–5@ New York Rangers (1993–94)24–34–518,200Recap
64WMarch 5, 19944–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)25–34–515,399Recap
65TMarch 7, 19942–2 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)25–34–616,620Recap
66WMarch 8, 19945–2Ottawa Senators (1993–94)26–34–614,584Recap
67TMarch 10, 19944–4 OTMontreal Canadiens (1993–94)26–34–715,399Recap
68WMarch 12, 19944–3@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)27–34–717,362Recap
69WMarch 14, 19945–1Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)28–34–714,014Recap
70WMarch 17, 19944–1Hartford Whalers (1993–94)29–34–714,131Recap
71LMarch 19, 19942–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)29–35–717,959Recap
72LMarch 20, 19943–5Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)29–36–714,236Recap
73WMarch 22, 19945–3Boston Bruins (1993–94)30–36–714,293Recap
74LMarch 26, 19943–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)30–37–715,728Recap
75LMarch 27, 19942–5@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)30–38–76,222Recap
76LMarch 30, 19944–6@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)30–39–710,546Recap
77WMarch 31, 19944–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)31–39–719,875Recap :
April: 3–3–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
78LApril 2, 19942–6Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)31–40–715,097Recap
79WApril 4, 19946–4Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)32–40–714,674Recap
80TApril 5, 19943–3 OTFlorida Panthers (1993–94)32–40–815,049Recap
81WApril 7, 19945–2Hartford Whalers (1993–94)33–40–815,324Recap
82LApril 10, 19941–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)33–41–814,910Recap
83WApril 12, 19945–2@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)34–41–814,704Recap
84LApril 14, 19942–5@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)34–42–821,094Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

## Player statistics

Regular season :
Scoring :
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Joe Sakic | C | 84 | 28 | 64 | 92 | 18 | -8 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Mats Sundin | C | 84 | 32 | 53 | 85 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Valeri Kamensky | LW | 76 | 28 | 37 | 65 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Ricci | C | 83 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 113 | -9 | 13 | 3 | 6 |
| Scott Young | RW | 76 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 14 | -4 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Iain Fraser | C | 60 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 23 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrei Kovalenko | RW | 58 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 46 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Martin Rucinsky | LW | 60 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Claude Lapointe | LW/C | 59 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alexei Gusarov | D | 76 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Sutter | C | 37 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 72 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 65 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Bassen | C | 37 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 55 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Karpa | D | 60 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 148 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn | D | 80 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 159 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Wolanin | D | 63 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 80 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McKee | LW | 48 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Lindberg | LW | 37 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Gelinas | LW | 31 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garth Butcher | D | 34 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 67 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tommy Sjodin | D | 22 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Simon | LW | 37 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 132 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Foote | D | 45 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Savage | C | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Werenka | D | 11 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Huffman | D | 28 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul MacDermid | RW | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 35 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Nolan | RW | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Twist | LW | 49 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 101 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephane Fiset | G | 50 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rene Corbet | LW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Norris | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Ward | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Cloutier | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alain Cote | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hurlbut | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Klemm | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Miller | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paxton Schulte | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garth Snow | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending :
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Stephane Fiset | 2798 | 50 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 158 | 3.39 | 2 | 1434 | 1276 | .890 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | 1504 | 29 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 83 | 3.31 | 0 | 768 | 685 | .892 |
| Jacques Cloutier | 475 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 3.03 | 0 | 232 | 208 | .897 |
| Garth Snow | 279 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3.44 | 0 | 127 | 111 | .874 |
| Team: | 5056 | 84 | 34 | 42 | 8 | 281 | 3.33 | 2 | 2561 | 2280 | .890 |
    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;

## Transactions

The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1993–94 season.

### Trades

| September 7, 1993 | To New York RangersAlexander Karpovtsev | To Quebec NordiquesMike Hurlbut |
| January 23, 1994 | To St. Louis BluesSteve Duchesne Denis Chasse | To Quebec NordiquesBob Bassen Garth Butcher Ron Sutter |
| February 13, 1994 | To Dallas StarsManny Fernandez | To Quebec NordiquesTommy Sjodin 3rd round pick in 1994 (Chris Drury) |
| March 21, 1994 | To Edmonton OilersSteve Passmore | To Quebec NordiquesBrad Werenka |
| June 3, 1994 | To New Jersey Devils11th round pick in 1994 (Mike Hanson) | To Quebec NordiquesStephane Yelle 11th round pick in 1994 (Steven Low) |
| June 28, 1994 | To Toronto Maple LeafsMats Sundin Garth Butcher Todd Warriner 1st round pick in 1994 (Nolan Baumgartner) | To Quebec NordiquesWendel Clark Sylvain Lefebvre Landon Wilson 1st round pick in 1994 (Jeff Kealty) |
| June 28, 1994 | To New York IslandersRon Sutter 1st round pick in 1994 (Brett Lindros) | To Quebec NordiquesUwe Krupp 1st round pick in 1994 (Wade Belak) |

### Waivers

| January 15, 1994 | To Ottawa SenatorsKerry Huffman |
| January 15, 1994 | To Vancouver CanucksMartin Gelinas |

### Free agents

| Player | Former Team |
| Alain Cote | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Iain Fraser | New York Islanders |
| Chris Lindberg | Calgary Flames |
| Player | New Team |
| Mikhail Tatarinov | Boston Bruins |
| Len Esau | Calgary Flames |
| Gino Cavallini | Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) |

## Draft picks

Quebec'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 | 10 | Jocelyn Thibault | Canada | Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL) |
| 1 | 14 | Adam Deadmarsh | United States | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
| 2 | 49 | Ashley Buckberger | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 3 | 75 | Bill Pierce | United States | Lawrence Academy (USHS-MA) |
| 4 | 101 | Ryan Tocher | Canada | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
| 5 | 127 | Anders Myrvold | Norway | Färjestad BK (Sweden) |
| 6 | 137 | Nicholas Checco | United States | Bloomington Jefferson High School (USHS-MN) |
| 6 | 153 | Christian Matte | Canada | Granby Bisons (QMJHL) |
| 7 | 179 | David Ling | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 8 | 205 | Petr Franek | Czech Republic | Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Republic) |
| 9 | 231 | Vincent Auger | Canada | Hawkesbury Hawks (CJHL) |
| 10 | 257 | Mark Pivetz | Canada | Saskatoon Titans (SJHL) |
| 11 | 283 | John Hillman | United States | St. Paul Vulcans (USHL) |