# 1993–94 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 1993–94 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 68th season of operation of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League and the final season for the Blackhawks at Chicago Stadium.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Central Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 84 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 356 | 275 | 100 |
| 2 | 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 84 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 280 | 243 | 98 |
| 3 | 4 | Dallas Stars | 84 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 286 | 265 | 97 |
| 4 | 5 | St. Louis Blues | 84 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 270 | 283 | 91 |
| 5 | 6 | Chicago Blackhawks | 84 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 254 | 240 | 87 |
| 6 | 12 | Winnipeg Jets | 84 | 24 | 51 | 9 | 245 | 344 | 57 |
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.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | y- Detroit Red Wings * | CEN | 84 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 356 | 275 | 100 |
| 2 | x- Calgary Flames * | PAC | 84 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 302 | 256 | 97 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 84 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 280 | 243 | 98 |
| 4 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 84 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 286 | 265 | 97 |
| 5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 84 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 270 | 283 | 91 |
| 6 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 84 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 254 | 240 | 87 |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 84 | 41 | 40 | 3 | 279 | 276 | 85 |
| 8 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 84 | 33 | 35 | 16 | 252 | 265 | 82 |
| 9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 84 | 33 | 46 | 5 | 229 | 251 | 71 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 84 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 294 | 322 | 66 |
| 11 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 84 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 261 | 305 | 64 |
| 12 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 84 | 24 | 51 | 9 | 245 | 344 | 57 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); * – Division leader

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1993–94 regular season :
October: 4–7–2 (home: 4–4–1; road: 0–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1TOctober 6, 19934–4 OTFlorida Panthers (1993–94)0–0–1Recap
2LOctober 9, 19931–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)0–1–1Recap
3WOctober 10, 19934–3 OTWinnipeg Jets (1993–94)1–1–1Recap
4TOctober 12, 19933–3 OT@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)1–1–2Recap
5LOctober 14, 19932–6Hartford Whalers (1993–94)1–2–2Recap
6LOctober 16, 19930–1 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)1–3–2Recap
7LOctober 18, 19933–5Dallas Stars (1993–94)1–4–2Recap
8WOctober 21, 19933–2Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)2–4–2Recap
9WOctober 23, 19934–2Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)3–4–2Recap
10WOctober 26, 19939–2St. Louis Blues (1993–94)4–4–2Recap
11LOctober 28, 19932–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)4–5–2Recap
12LOctober 30, 19933–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)4–6–2Recap
13LOctober 31, 19936–9Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)4–7–2Recap :
November: 8–2–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 4–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
14WNovember 4, 19934–2New York Islanders (1993–94)5–7–2Recap
15WNovember 7, 19933–0Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)6–7–2Recap
16WNovember 11, 19934–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)7–7–2Recap
17WNovember 13, 19933–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)8–7–2Recap
18WNovember 14, 19934–1Dallas Stars (1993–94)9–7–2Recap
19WNovember 18, 19933–2@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)10–7–2Recap
20LNovember 20, 19933–4@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)10–8–2Recap
21WNovember 24, 19933–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)11–8–2Recap
22WNovember 26, 19936–3@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)12–8–2Recap
23LNovember 29, 19931–2 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)12–9–2Recap :
December: 6–5–2 (home: 4–1–0; road: 2–4–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
24TDecember 4, 19932–2 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)12–9–3Recap
25LDecember 7, 19932–3@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)12–10–3Recap
26WDecember 11, 19935–4@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)13–10–3Recap
27WDecember 12, 19932–1San Jose Sharks (1993–94)14–10–3Recap
28WDecember 15, 19933–2@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)15–10–3Recap
29TDecember 18, 19932–2 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)15–10–4Recap
30WDecember 19, 19932–0Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)16–10–4Recap
31LDecember 21, 19931–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)16–11–4Recap
32WDecember 23, 19935–3San Jose Sharks (1993–94)17–11–4Recap
33LDecember 26, 19932–3@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)17–12–4Recap
34WDecember 27, 19935–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)18–12–4Recap
35LDecember 29, 19932–3@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)18–13–4Recap
36LDecember 31, 19932–5Dallas Stars (1993–94)18–14–4Recap :
January: 5–6–2 (home: 2–5–1; road: 3–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
37WJanuary 2, 19945–1Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)19–14–4Recap
38WJanuary 4, 19942–1 OT@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)20–14–4Recap
39LJanuary 6, 19942–6Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)20–15–4Recap
40LJanuary 8, 19941–4@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)20–16–4Recap
41LJanuary 9, 19942–4Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)20–17–4Recap
42LJanuary 11, 19942–5Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)20–18–4Recap
43WJanuary 13, 19941–0Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)21–18–4Recap
44TJanuary 15, 19945–5 OT@ New York Islanders (1993–94)21–18–5Recap
45LJanuary 16, 19941–5New York Rangers (1993–94)21–19–5Recap
46WJanuary 25, 19945–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)22–19–5Recap
47LJanuary 27, 19943–4 OTDetroit Red Wings (1993–94)22–20–5Recap
48TJanuary 29, 19943–3 OTOttawa Senators (1993–94)22–20–6Recap
49WJanuary 31, 19941–0@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)23–20–6Recap :
February: 6–7–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 5–5–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
50LFebruary 2, 19944–6@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)23–21–6Recap
51WFebruary 4, 19943–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)24–21–6Recap
52WFebruary 6, 19943–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)25–21–6Recap
53LFebruary 8, 19943–4@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)25–22–6Recap
54LFebruary 9, 19942–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)25–23–6Recap
55LFebruary 11, 19943–4@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)25–24–6Recap
56LFebruary 13, 19940–1@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)25–25–6Recap
57WFebruary 14, 19944–2@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)26–25–6Recap
58LFebruary 17, 19942–4Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)26–26–6Recap
59WFebruary 18, 19947–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)27–26–6Recap
60TFebruary 20, 19941–1 OTNew Jersey Devils (1993–94)27–26–7Recap
61WFebruary 24, 19946–3Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)28–26–7Recap
62WFebruary 25, 19943–1@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)29–26–7Recap
63LFebruary 27, 19940–4Boston Bruins (1993–94)29–27–7Recap :
March: 6–7–2 (home: 3–3–2; road: 3–4–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
64WMarch 3, 19944–2Calgary Flames (1993–94)30–27–7Recap
65TMarch 6, 19943–3 OTLos Angeles Kings (1993–94)30–27–8Recap
66WMarch 8, 19943–0Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)31–27–8Recap
67WMarch 9, 19944–0@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)32–27–8Recap
68WMarch 11, 19943–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)33–27–8Recap
69WMarch 13, 19945–2Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)34–27–8Recap
70LMarch 14, 19941–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)34–28–8Recap
71LMarch 16, 19943–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)34–29–8Recap
72WMarch 18, 19947–3@ New York Rangers (1993–94)35–29–8Recap
73LMarch 20, 19943–4 OTSt. Louis Blues (1993–94)35–30–8Recap
74LMarch 22, 19941–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)35–31–8Recap
75TMarch 24, 19945–5 OTMontreal Canadiens (1993–94)35–31–9Recap
76LMarch 27, 19941–3Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)35–32–9Recap
77LMarch 30, 19942–3 OT@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)35–33–9Recap
78LMarch 31, 19943–6Washington Capitals (1993–94)35–34–9Recap :
April: 4–2–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
79WApril 3, 19942–1Calgary Flames (1993–94)36–34–9Recap
80LApril 5, 19941–5@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)36–35–9Recap
81WApril 8, 19946–1St. Louis Blues (1993–94)37–35–9Recap
82WApril 10, 19942–1Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)38–35–9Recap
83WApril 12, 19944–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)39–35–9Recap
84LApril 14, 19944–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)39–36–9Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs win 4–2
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 18, 19941–5@ Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 20, 19940–1 OT@ Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 2–0Recap
3WApril 23, 19945–4Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 2–1Recap
4WApril 24, 19944–3 OTToronto Maple LeafsSeries tied 2–2Recap
5LApril 26, 19940–1@ Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 3–2Recap
6LApril 28, 19940–1Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 4–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Jeremy Roenick | C | 84 | 46 | 61 | 107 | 125 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 5 |
| Joe Murphy | RW | 81 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 111 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Chris Chelios | D | 76 | 16 | 44 | 60 | 212 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Brent Sutter | C | 73 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Noonan | RW | 64 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 57 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Dirk Graham | W | 67 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Stephane Matteau | LW | 65 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Michel Goulet | LW | 56 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 54 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 68 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Smith | D | 57 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 174 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rich Sutter | RW | 83 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 108 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eric Weinrich | D | 54 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Patrick Poulin | C | 58 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jocelyn Lemieux | RW | 66 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frantisek Kucera | D | 60 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Shantz | C | 52 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 72 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 116 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Todd | C | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Ysebaert | C | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Carney | D | 30 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Dubinsky | C | 27 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Russell | D | 67 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 200 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darin Kimble | RW | 65 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Suter | D | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Marchment | D | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 42 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Amonte | RW | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Belfour | G | 70 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Muni | D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Christian | RW | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergei Krivokrasov | RW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Droppa | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Hackett | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Murray | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Dirk | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Horacek | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Smyth | D | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Soucy | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Ed Belfour | 3998 | 70 | 37 | 24 | 6 | 178 | 2.67 | 7 | 1892 | 1714 | .906 |
| Jeff Hackett | 1084 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 62 | 3.43 | 0 | 566 | 504 | .890 |
| Christian Soucy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team: | 5085 | 84 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 240 | 2.83 | 7 | 2458 | 2218 | .902 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Jeremy Roenick | C | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Amonte | RW | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Suter | D | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Murphy | RW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Chelios | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Weinrich | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Carney | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dirk Graham | W | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Belfour | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Christian | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Dirk | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Dubinsky | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darin Kimble | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Poulin | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Shantz | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Smyth | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Sutter | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Sutter | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Ysebaert | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Ed Belfour | 360 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | 191 | 176 | .921 |
| Team: | 360 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | 191 | 176 | .921 |
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

Chicago'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 | 24 | Eric Lecompte | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 2 | 50 | Eric Manlow | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
| 3 | 54 | Bogdan Savenko | Russia | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
| 3 | 76 | Ryan Huska | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 4 | 90 | Eric Daze | Canada | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 102 | Patrik Pysz | Poland | Augsburger Panther (Germany) |
| 5 | 128 | Jonni Vauhkonen | Finland | Reipas Lahti (Finland) |
| 7 | 180 | Tom White | United States | Westminster School (USHS-CT) |
| 8 | 206 | Sergei Petrov | Russia | Cloquet High School (USHS-MN) |
| 9 | 232 | Mike Rusk | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 10 | 258 | Mike McGhan | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 11 | 284 | Tom Noble | United States | Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA) |