# 1993–94 New Jersey Devils season

The 1993–94 New Jersey Devils season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 12th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. For the fourth consecutive season, the Devils qualified for the playoffs. In the playoffs, the Devils made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Final where they came within a game of advancing to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. Goaltender Martin Brodeur won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie and new coach Jacques Lemaire won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach.

## Regular season

The New Jersey Devils opened the 1993–94 season with 7 consecutive wins. They finished second in scoring and in goaltending. They also set team records in wins (47) and points (106). Captain Scott Stevens led the league in +/- with +53.
During the regular season, the Devils allowed the fewest even-strength goals (141) and had the fewest power-play opportunities (333).

### 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: 8–2–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 6, 19932–1Tampa Bay Lightning1–0–0Recap
2WOctober 8, 19936–3@ Washington Capitals2–0–0Recap
3WOctober 9, 19936–4Washington Capitals3–0–0Recap
4WOctober 12, 19937–4Winnipeg Jets4–0–0Recap
5WOctober 16, 19936–3@ New York Islanders5–0–0Recap
6WOctober 20, 19934–0Mighty Ducks of Anaheim6–0–0Recap
7WOctober 23, 19932–1Florida Panthers7–0–0Recap
8LOctober 26, 19930–2Montreal Canadiens7–1–0Recap
9WOctober 30, 19935–3Philadelphia Flyers8–1–0Recap
10LOctober 31, 19931–4@ New York Rangers8–2–0Recap :
November: 7–4–2 (home: 2–3–0; road: 5–1–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
11LNovember 3, 19932–3@ Los Angeles Kings8–3–0Recap
12WNovember 5, 19936–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim9–3–0Recap
13WNovember 7, 19932–1@ San Jose Sharks10–3–0Recap
14WNovember 10, 19935–3New York Islanders11–3–0Recap
15WNovember 11, 19935–3@ Philadelphia Flyers12–3–0Recap
16LNovember 13, 19932–4San Jose Sharks12–4–0Recap
17WNovember 17, 19934–0Buffalo Sabres13–4–0Recap
18WNovember 18, 19935–2@ Ottawa Senators14–4–0Recap
19LNovember 20, 19933–4 OTDetroit Red Wings14–5–0Recap
20TNovember 23, 19931–1 OT@ Quebec Nordiques14–5–1Recap
21WNovember 24, 19935–3@ Buffalo Sabres15–5–1Recap
22TNovember 26, 19936–6 OT@ St. Louis Blues15–5–2Recap
23LNovember 30, 19931–3New York Rangers15–6–2Recap :
December: 6–6–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–4–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
24TDecember 2, 19932–2 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins15–6–3Recap
25TDecember 4, 19932–2 OTChicago Blackhawks15–6–4Recap
26LDecember 5, 19931–2@ New York Rangers15–7–4Recap
27WDecember 8, 19934–2@ Montreal Canadiens16–7–4Recap
28LDecember 9, 19932–3Quebec Nordiques16–8–4Recap
29WDecember 11, 19935–2Edmonton Oilers17–8–4Recap
30LDecember 14, 19931–4@ New York Islanders17–9–4Recap
31LDecember 15, 19934–5Boston Bruins17–10–4Recap
32WDecember 18, 19936–2@ Quebec Nordiques18–10–4Recap
33WDecember 19, 19934–2Philadelphia Flyers19–10–4Recap
34LDecember 22, 19933–6@ Hartford Whalers19–11–4Recap
35WDecember 23, 19933–2Toronto Maple Leafs20–11–4Recap
36LDecember 26, 19933–8@ New York Rangers20–12–4Recap
37WDecember 28, 19934–2Hartford Whalers21–12–4Recap :
January: 6–4–2 (home: 2–2–0; road: 4–2–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
38WJanuary 1, 19947–1@ Ottawa Senators22–12–4Recap
39WJanuary 4, 19946–3New York Islanders23–12–4Recap
40WJanuary 7, 19944–1Florida Panthers24–12–4Recap
41LJanuary 9, 19940–4Washington Capitals24–13–4Recap
42LJanuary 12, 19942–3@ Montreal Canadiens24–14–4Recap
43WJanuary 14, 19945–2@ Washington Capitals25–14–4Recap
44LJanuary 15, 19943–5Los Angeles Kings25–15–4Recap
45WJanuary 19, 19944–0@ Winnipeg Jets26–15–4Recap
46WJanuary 24, 19946–2@ Dallas Stars27–15–4Recap
47TJanuary 26, 19943–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers27–15–5Recap
48TJanuary 28, 19942–2 OT@ Calgary Flames27–15–6Recap
49LJanuary 29, 19943–6@ Vancouver Canucks27–16–6Recap :
February: 6–4–3 (home: 5–2–0; road: 1–2–3)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
50LFebruary 2, 19942–3Buffalo Sabres27–17–6Recap
51WFebruary 4, 19945–2Ottawa Senators28–17–6Recap
52WFebruary 5, 19947–3Pittsburgh Penguins29–17–6Recap
53WFebruary 10, 19947–3Vancouver Canucks30–17–6Recap
54LFebruary 12, 19943–5@ Boston Bruins30–18–6Recap
55TFebruary 13, 19943–3 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning30–18–7Recap
56LFebruary 17, 19941–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs30–19–7Recap
57WFebruary 19, 19945–4Tampa Bay Lightning31–19–7Recap
58TFebruary 20, 19941–1 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks31–19–8Recap
59WFebruary 23, 19947–2@ Detroit Red Wings32–19–8Recap
60LFebruary 24, 19941–3New York Rangers32–20–8Recap
61TFebruary 26, 19941–1 OT@ Hartford Whalers32–20–9Recap
62WFebruary 28, 19945–1St. Louis Blues33–20–9Recap :
March: 12–1–2 (home: 8–0–1; road: 4–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
63WMarch 2, 19943–2@ Florida Panthers34–20–9Recap
64WMarch 3, 19945–4 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning35–20–9Recap
65WMarch 5, 19946–3Calgary Flames36–20–9Recap
66TMarch 7, 19942–2 OTQuebec Nordiques36–20–10Recap
67WMarch 10, 19944–0Hartford Whalers37–20–10Recap
68WMarch 12, 19942–1Boston Bruins38–20–10Recap
69WMarch 13, 19944–0Dallas Stars39–20–10Recap
70LMarch 15, 19942–3@ New York Islanders39–21–10Recap
71WMarch 17, 19946–1@ Buffalo Sabres40–21–10Recap
72WMarch 19, 19948–6@ Boston Bruins41–21–10Recap
73TMarch 21, 19943–3 OT@ Florida Panthers41–21–11Recap
74WMarch 24, 19942–1Tampa Bay Lightning42–21–11Recap
75WMarch 26, 19947–2Philadelphia Flyers43–21–11Recap
76WMarch 27, 19945–2Quebec Nordiques44–21–11Recap
77WMarch 29, 19945–2Montreal Canadiens45–21–11Recap :
April: 2–4–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
78LApril 1, 19941–2@ Washington Capitals45–22–11Recap
79LApril 2, 19942–4New York Rangers45–23–11Recap
80LApril 6, 19941–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins45–24–11Recap
81WApril 8, 19947–2Pittsburgh Penguins46–24–11Recap
82TApril 10, 19942–2 OT@ Florida Panthers46–24–12Recap
83LApril 12, 19942–4@ Philadelphia Flyers46–25–12Recap
84WApril 14, 19944–1Ottawa Senators47–25–12Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Buffalo Sabres – Devils win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 17, 19940–2Buffalo SabresSabres lead 1–0Recap
2WApril 19, 19942–1Buffalo SabresSeries tied 1–1Recap
3WApril 21, 19942–1@ Buffalo SabresDevils lead 2–1Recap
4LApril 23, 19943–5@ Buffalo SabresSeries tied 2–2Recap
5WApril 25, 19945–3Buffalo SabresDevils lead 3–2Recap
6LApril 27, 19940–1 4OT@ Buffalo SabresSeries tied 3–3Recap
7WApril 29, 19942–1Buffalo SabresDevils win 4–3Recap :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Boston Bruins – Devils win 4–2
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LMay 1, 19941–2Boston BruinsBruins lead 1–0Recap
2LMay 3, 19945–6 OTBoston BruinsBruins lead 2–0Recap
3WMay 5, 19944–2@ Boston BruinsBruins lead 2–1Recap
4WMay 7, 19945–4 OT@ Boston BruinsSeries tied 2–2Recap
5WMay 9, 19942–0Boston BruinsDevils win 3–2Recap
6WMay 11, 19945–3@ Boston BruinsDevils win 4–2Recap :
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (1) New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WMay 15, 19944–3 2OT@ New York RangersDevils lead 1–0Recap
2LMay 17, 19940–4@ New York RangersSeries tied 1–1Recap
3LMay 19, 19942–3 2OTNew York RangersRangers lead 2–1Recap
4WMay 21, 19943–1New York RangersSeries tied 2–2Recap
5WMay 23, 19944–1@ New York RangersDevils lead 3–2Recap
6LMay 25, 19942–4New York RangersSeries tied 3–3Recap
7LMay 27, 19941–2 2OT@ New York RangersRangers win 4–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Scott Stevens | D | 83 | 18 | 60 | 78 | 112 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Stephane Richer | RW | 80 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| John MacLean | RW | 80 | 37 | 33 | 70 | 95 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 82 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 70 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Millen | C | 78 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 52 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Bernie Nicholls | C | 61 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 86 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 81 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Guerin | RW | 81 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 101 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Claude Lemieux | RW | 79 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 86 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Tom Chorske | LW | 76 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Bobby Holík | C | 70 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 72 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 76 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 66 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 63 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Alexander Semak | C | 54 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Randy McKay | RW | 78 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 244 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Peluso | LW | 69 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 238 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Albelin | D | 62 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jaroslav Modrý | D | 41 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Dowd | C | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | D | 52 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Emma | C | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 78 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 176 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Smith | D | 41 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Terreri | G | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Hankinson | RW | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Brodeur | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Pellerin | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Martin Brodeur | 2625 | 47 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 105 | 2.40 | 3 | 1238 | 1133 | .915 |
| Chris Terreri | 2340 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 106 | 2.72 | 2 | 1141 | 1035 | .907 |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | 130 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.77 | 0 | 55 | 49 | .891 |
| Team: | 5095 | 84 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 217 | 2.56 | 5 | 2434 | 2217 | .911 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Claude Lemieux | RW | 20 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John MacLean | RW | 20 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bernie Nicholls | C | 16 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephane Richer | RW | 20 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 20 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Dowd | C | 19 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Chorske | LW | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy Albelin | D | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Guerin | RW | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy McKay | RW | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Holík | C | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | D | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Hankinson | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Millen | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Peluso | LW | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Brodeur | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Semak | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Smith | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Terreri | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Martin Brodeur | 1171 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 1.95 | 1 | 531 | 493 | .928 |
| Chris Terreri | 200 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2.70 | 0 | 111 | 102 | .919 |
| Team: | 1371 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 2.06 | 1 | 642 | 595 | .927 |
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
### Awards

Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Martin Brodeur | Calder Memorial Trophy | End of regular season |
| Martin Brodeur | NHL All-Rookie Team – Goaltender | End of regular season |
| Jacques Lemaire | Jack Adams Trophy | End of regular season |
| Scott Stevens | NHL Plus-Minus Award | End of regular season |
| Scott Stevens | NHL First All-Star Team – Defense | End of regular season |

### Nominations

Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Place |
| Scott Stevens | James Norris Memorial Trophy | Runner-Up |

## Draft picks

New Jersey's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.
| Rd # | Pick # | Player | Nat | Pos | Team (League) |
| 1 | 13 | Denis Pederson | Canada | C | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 2 | 32 | Jay Pandolfo | United States | LW | Boston University (Hockey East) |
| 2 | 39 | Brendan Morrison | Canada | C | Penticton Panthers (BCJHL) |
| 3 | 65 | Krzysztof Oliwa | Poland | LW | Welland Flames (GHJBHL) |
| 4 | 91 | No fourth-round pick | No fourth-round pick | No fourth-round pick | No fourth-round pick |
| 5 | 110 | John Guirestante | Canada | RW | London Knights (OHL) |
| 6 | 143 | Steve Brule | Canada | RW | St. Jean Lynx (QMJHL) |
| 7 | 169 | Nikolai Zavarukhin | Russia | C | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL) |
| 8 | 195 | Thom Cullen | Canada | D | Wexford Raiders (MJHL) |
| 9 | 221 | Judd Lambert | Canada | G | Chilliwack Chiefs (BCJHL) |
| 10 | 247 | Jimmy Provencher | Canada | RW | St. Jean Lynx (QMJHL) |
| 11 | 273 | Mike Legg | Canada | RW | London (MOJHL) |