# 1993–94 Washington Capitals season

The 1993–94 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals' 20th season of play.
Until 2018, this season was notable as the only time the Washington Capitals ever defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a playoff series, as the Capitals would lose to the Penguins in 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2016, and 2017 before finally beating the Penguins in 2018 on their way to their first Stanley Cup.

## Regular season

On January 27, head coach Terry Murray was fired and replaced by Jim Schoenfeld.

### 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: 6–7–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 4–5–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 6, 19934–6@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)0–1–0Recap
2LOctober 8, 19933–6New Jersey Devils (1993–94)0–2–0Recap
3LOctober 9, 19934–6@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)0–3–0Recap
4LOctober 11, 19932–5@ New York Rangers (1993–94)0–4–0Recap
5LOctober 13, 19931–7@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)0–5–0Recap
6LOctober 15, 19930–3Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)0–6–0Recap
7WOctober 16, 19934–3Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)1–6–0Recap
8WOctober 22, 19936–3Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)2–6–0Recap
9WOctober 24, 19933–2 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)3–6–0Recap
10LOctober 25, 19932–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)3–7–0Recap
11WOctober 27, 19934–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)4–7–0Recap
12WOctober 29, 19935–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)5–7–0Recap
13WOctober 30, 19934–2@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)6–7–0Recap :
November: 4–6–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 1–4–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
14WNovember 5, 19933–2Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)7–7–0Recap
15WNovember 9, 19932–1Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)8–7–0Recap
16WNovember 11, 19934–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)9–7–0Recap
17LNovember 13, 19930–2New York Rangers (1993–94)9–8–0Recap
18LNovember 16, 19931–2San Jose Sharks (1993–94)9–9–0Recap
19LNovember 18, 19932–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)9–10–0Recap
20LNovember 20, 19933–4@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)9–11–0Recap
21WNovember 24, 19935–2St. Louis Blues (1993–94)10–11–0Recap
22TNovember 26, 19934–4 OTPittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)10–11–1Recap
23LNovember 28, 19931–3@ New York Rangers (1993–94)10–12–1Recap
24LNovember 30, 19934–6@ New York Islanders (1993–94)10–13–1Recap :
December: 7–4–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 4–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
25TDecember 3, 19932–2 OTMontreal Canadiens (1993–94)10–13–2Recap
26WDecember 4, 19936–1@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)11–13–2Recap
27LDecember 7, 19931–6Hartford Whalers (1993–94)11–14–2Recap
28WDecember 9, 19934–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)12–14–2Recap
29WDecember 11, 19935–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)13–14–2Recap
30LDecember 13, 19933–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)13–15–2Recap
31WDecember 17, 199311–2Ottawa Senators (1993–94)14–15–2Recap
32LDecember 18, 19931–4@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)14–16–2Recap
33WDecember 21, 19934–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)15–16–2Recap
34LDecember 23, 19930–1New York Rangers (1993–94)15–17–2Recap
35WDecember 26, 19937–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)16–17–2Recap
36TDecember 28, 19933–3 OTFlorida Panthers (1993–94)16–17–3Recap
37WDecember 30, 19933–0Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)17–17–3Recap :
January: 5–7–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 3–4–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
38TJanuary 1, 19945–5 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)17–17–4Recap
39LJanuary 2, 19942–8@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)17–18–4Recap
40WJanuary 8, 19944–1Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)18–18–4Recap
41WJanuary 9, 19944–0@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)19–18–4Recap
42LJanuary 11, 19941–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)19–19–4Recap
43LJanuary 14, 19942–5New Jersey Devils (1993–94)19–20–4Recap
44WJanuary 15, 19944–0@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)20–20–4Recap
45LJanuary 17, 19941–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)20–21–4Recap
46LJanuary 19, 19941–5@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)20–22–4Recap
47LJanuary 25, 19941–3Boston Bruins (1993–94)20–23–4Recap
48LJanuary 27, 19942–7@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)20–24–4Recap
49WJanuary 29, 19944–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)21–24–4Recap
50WJanuary 30, 19946–3Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)22–24–4Recap :
February: 9–2–2 (home: 3–1–2; road: 6–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
51WFebruary 2, 19945–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)23–24–4Recap
52LFebruary 4, 19940–4Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)23–25–4Recap
53WFebruary 5, 19946–3Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)24–25–4Recap
54WFebruary 7, 19944–1@ New York Rangers (1993–94)25–25–4Recap
55WFebruary 10, 19944–3@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)26–25–4Recap
56WFebruary 12, 19946–1@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)27–25–4Recap
57TFebruary 15, 19942–2 OTEdmonton Oilers (1993–94)27–25–5Recap
58WFebruary 18, 19943–1New York Islanders (1993–94)28–25–5Recap
59TFebruary 20, 19943–3 OTBuffalo Sabres (1993–94)28–25–6Recap
60LFebruary 21, 19940–4@ New York Islanders (1993–94)28–26–6Recap
61WFebruary 24, 19942–1@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)29–26–6Recap
62WFebruary 26, 19944–2Florida Panthers (1993–94)30–26–6Recap
63WFebruary 27, 19943–1@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)31–26–6Recap :
March: 4–6–4 (home: 1–4–3; road: 3–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
64LMarch 1, 19943–4Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)31–27–6Recap
65TMarch 4, 19943–3 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1993–94)31–27–7Recap
66TMarch 6, 19944–4 OTCalgary Flames (1993–94)31–27–8Recap
67LMarch 7, 19943–6@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)31–28–8Recap
68LMarch 9, 19945–7New York Rangers (1993–94)31–29–8Recap
69LMarch 12, 19943–4Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)31–30–8Recap
70WMarch 15, 19945–4 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)32–30–8Recap
71LMarch 18, 19942–6@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)32–31–8Recap
72WMarch 20, 19943–0@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)33–31–8Recap
73WMarch 22, 19944–1Hartford Whalers (1993–94)34–31–8Recap
74TMarch 25, 19942–2 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)34–31–9Recap
75LMarch 27, 19944–6Boston Bruins (1993–94)34–32–9Recap
76TMarch 29, 19942–2 OTNew York Islanders (1993–94)34–32–10Recap
77WMarch 31, 19946–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)35–32–10Recap :
April: 4–3–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
78WApril 1, 19942–1New Jersey Devils (1993–94)36–32–10Recap
79LApril 3, 19943–6Dallas Stars (1993–94)36–33–10Recap
80LApril 5, 19943–4 OTNew York Islanders (1993–94)36–34–10Recap
81LApril 6, 19945–6@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)36–35–10Recap
82WApril 9, 19948–4Ottawa Senators (1993–94)37–35–10Recap
83WApril 12, 19944–3Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)38–35–10Recap
84WApril 14, 19943–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)39–35–10Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Pittsburgh Penguins – Capitals win 4–2
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WApril 17, 19945–3@ Pittsburgh PenguinsCapitals lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 19, 19941–2@ Pittsburgh PenguinsSeries tied 1–1Recap
3WApril 21, 19942–0Pittsburgh PenguinsCapitals lead 2–1Recap
4WApril 23, 19944–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCapitals lead 3–1Recap
5LApril 25, 19942–3@ Pittsburgh PenguinsCapitals lead 3–2Recap
6WApril 27, 19946–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCapitals win 4–2Recap :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (1) New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LMay 1, 19943–6@ New York RangersRangers lead 1–0Recap
2LMay 3, 19942–5@ New York RangersRangers lead 2–0Recap
3LMay 5, 19940–3New York RangersRangers lead 3–0Recap
4WMay 7, 19944–2New York RangersRangers lead 3–1Recap
5LMay 9, 19943–4@ New York RangersRangers win 4–1Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Mike Ridley | C | 81 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| Dmitri Khristich | LW/C | 83 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 73 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 84 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 66 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 82 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Al Iafrate | D | 67 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 143 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Peter Bondra | RW | 69 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 40 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Randy Burridge | LW | 78 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 73 | -1 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 84 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 72 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 108 | -13 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Kelly Miller | LW | 84 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dale Hunter | C | 52 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 131 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Jones | RW | 68 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 149 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Todd Krygier | LW | 66 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 60 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pat Peake | C | 49 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 62 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Poulin | C | 63 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 52 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Slaney | D | 47 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Berube | LW | 84 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 305 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Juneau | C | 11 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan May | RW | 43 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 97 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Anderson | D | 50 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Kaminski | C | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Reekie | D | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enrico Ciccone | D | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 174 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Elynuik | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Curran | D | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Nelson | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Allison | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Beaupre | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Acton | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bergland | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Dafoe | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Johnson | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olaf Kolzig | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Tabaracci | G | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Don Beaupre | 2853 | 53 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 135 | 2.84 | 2 | 1122 | 987 | .880 |
| Rick Tabaracci | 1770 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 91 | 3.08 | 2 | 817 | 726 | .889 |
| Byron Dafoe | 230 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3.39 | 0 | 101 | 88 | .871 |
| Olaf Kolzig | 224 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5.36 | 0 | 128 | 108 | .844 |
| Team: | 5077 | 84 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 259 | 3.06 | 4 | 2168 | 1909 | .881 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Mike Ridley | C | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Juneau | C | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kelly Miller | LW | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 9 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Bondra | RW | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dmitri Khristich | LW/C | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Poulin | C | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Reekie | D | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dale Hunter | C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Krygier | LW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Slaney | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Burridge | LW | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Anderson | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Jones | RW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Peake | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Beaupre | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Berube | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Dafoe | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Nelson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Tabaracci | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Don Beaupre | 429 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 2.94 | 1 | 191 | 170 | .890 |
| Byron Dafoe | 118 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.54 | 0 | 39 | 34 | .872 |
| Rick Tabaracci | 111 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.24 | 0 | 50 | 44 | .880 |
| Team: | 658 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 2.92 | 1 | 280 | 248 | .886 |
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;

## Draft picks

Washington'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 | 11 | Brendan Witt | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
| 1 | 17 | Jason Allison | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 3 | 69 | Patrick Boileau | Canada | Laval Titan (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 147 | Frank Banham | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 7 | 173 | Dan Hendrickson | United States | St. Paul Vulcans (USHL) |
| 7 | 174 | Andrew Brunette | Canada | Hampton Roads Admirals (ECHL) |
| 8 | 199 | Joel Poirier | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 9 | 225 | Jason Gladney | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
| 10 | 251 | Marc Seliger | Germany | Starbulls Rosenheim (Germany) |
| 11 | 277 | Dany Bousquet | Canada | Penticton Panthers (BCJHL) |