# 1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers season was the team's 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers added Eric Lindros in a blockbuster trade, but the team failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth-straight season.

## Off-season

In June 1992, the Flyers won the arbitration battle for 1991 first-overall pick Eric Lindros over the New York Rangers. It was determined that the Quebec Nordiques had made a deal with the Flyers before making a deal with the Rangers. In order to acquire Lindros' rights, the Flyers parted with six players, trading Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, the rights to Peter Forsberg, two first-round draft picks and $15 million to Quebec.

## Regular season

The trio of Lindros, Mark Recchi and Brent Fedyk formed the "Crazy Eights" line in Lindros' first two years in the league, the eights being the player's jersey numbers (88, 8 and 18 respectively). Recchi set the franchise record for points in a season with 123 (53 goals, 70 assists) and Lindros scored 41 goals in 61 games. Rod Brind'Amour added 86 points (37 goals, 49 assists) of his own. Four Flyers reached the 30-goal plateau and goaltender Tommy Soderstrom finished with five shutouts: second in the NHL only to Ed Belfour of the Chicago Blackhawks. The Flyers did not name a replacement captain after Rick Tocchet was traded the previous season and instead chose to go with three alternate captains. After struggling early the Flyers made a run at the playoffs, winning their final eight regular-season games, but came four points short of the last spot.
The Flyers had the fewest power play opportunities during the regular season, with 399.
On May 24, 1993, the Flyers announced that Terry Simpson was replacing Bill Dineen as head coach.

### Season standings

Patrick Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 84 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 119 | 367 | 268 |
| Washington Capitals | 84 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 93 | 325 | 286 |
| New York Islanders | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 335 | 297 |
| New Jersey Devils | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 308 | 299 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 84 | 36 | 37 | 11 | 83 | 319 | 319 |
| New York Rangers | 84 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 79 | 304 | 308 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Wales Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Pittsburgh Penguins | PTK | 84 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 367 | 268 | 119 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | ADM | 84 | 51 | 26 | 7 | 332 | 268 | 109 |
| 3 | Quebec Nordiques | ADM | 84 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 351 | 300 | 104 |
| 4 | Montreal Canadiens | ADM | 84 | 48 | 30 | 6 | 326 | 280 | 102 |
| 5 | Washington Capitals | PTK | 84 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 325 | 286 | 93 |
| 6 | New York Islanders | PTK | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 335 | 297 | 87 |
| 7 | New Jersey Devils | PTK | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 308 | 299 | 87 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | ADM | 84 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 335 | 297 | 86 |
| 9 | Philadelphia Flyers | PTK | 84 | 36 | 37 | 11 | 319 | 319 | 83 |
| 10 | New York Rangers | PTK | 84 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 304 | 308 | 79 |
| 11 | Hartford Whalers | ADM | 84 | 26 | 52 | 6 | 284 | 369 | 58 |
| 12 | Ottawa Senators | ADM | 84 | 10 | 70 | 4 | 202 | 395 | 24 |
p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division) Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs

## Schedule and results

1992–93 regular season :
October: 3–7–3, 9 points (home: 2–2–1; road: 1–5–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
1October 6@ Pittsburgh Penguins3–3 OT0–0–11Recap
2October 9New Jersey Devils6–41–0–13Recap
3October 10@ Washington Capitals4–22–0–15Recap
4October 13@ Quebec Nordiques3–62–1–15Recap
5October 15New York Islanders4–52–2–15Recap
6October 17@ New Jersey Devils0–22–3–15Recap
7October 18Winnipeg Jets5–43–3–17Recap
8October 20@ New York Islanders3–43–4–17Recap
9October 22Vancouver Canucks4–4 OT3–4–28Recap
10October 24Montreal Canadiens6–73–5–28Recap
11October 26@ New York Rangers4–83–6–28Recap
12October 29@ Chicago Blackhawks5–5 OT3–6–39Recap
13October 31@ St. Louis Blues4–63–7–39Recap :
November: 6–3–1, 13 points (home: 5–0–1; road: 1–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
14November 4@ New York Rangers1–33–8–39Recap
15November 7St. Louis Blues4–24–8–311Recap
16November 12New York Islanders8–55–8–313Recap
17November 14@ Montreal Canadiens4–3 OT6–8–315Recap
18November 15Ottawa Senators7–27–8–317Recap
19November 19New York Rangers7–38–8–319Recap
20November 21@ Boston Bruins3–48–9–319Recap
21November 22Buffalo Sabres4–4 OT8–9–420Recap
22November 27New York Islanders6–39–9–422Recap
23November 28@ New York Islanders3–99–10–422Recap :
December: 4–8–1, 9 points (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–4–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
24December 3Quebec Nordiques3–2 OT10–10–424Recap
25December 5@ Ottawa Senators2–310–11–424Recap
26December 6Boston Bruins1–710–12–424Recap
27December 11@ Detroit Red Wings2–410–13–424Recap
28December 12Washington Capitals2–510–14–424Recap
29December 15@ Pittsburgh Penguins2–610–15–424Recap
30December 17Pittsburgh Penguins4–5 OT10–16–424Recap
31December 19Chicago Blackhawks3–111–16–426Recap
32December 20@ Tampa Bay Lightning1–411–17–426Recap
33December 23Pittsburgh Penguins0–411–18–426Recap
34December 26@ Washington Capitals5–5 OT11–18–527Recap
35December 29@ Los Angeles Kings10–212–18–529Recap
36December 30@ San Jose Sharks6–213–18–531Recap :
January: 5–8–2, 12 points (home: 4–4–1; road: 1–4–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
37January 2@ Calgary Flames3–713–19–531Recap
38January 3@ Edmonton Oilers2–2 OT13–19–632Recap
39January 7Washington Capitals8–214–19–634Recap
40January 9New York Rangers4–315–19–636Recap
41January 10Edmonton Oilers4–016–19–638Recap
42January 14Calgary Flames4–4 OT16–19–739Recap
43January 16@ Boston Bruins5–417–19–741Recap
44January 17Detroit Red Wings4–717–20–741Recap
45January 21Boston Bruins4–517–21–741Recap
46January 23@ New York Islanders4–817–22–741Recap
47January 24Hartford Whalers5–4 OT18–22–743Recap
48January 26Buffalo Sabres3–4 OT18–23–743Recap
49January 28Quebec Nordiques3–618–24–743Recap
50January 30@ Pittsburgh Penguins2–418–25–743Recap
51January 31@ Montreal Canadiens4–618–26–743Recap :
February: 4–4–4, 12 points (home: 2–2–2; road: 2–2–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
52February 3@ New York Rangers2–2 OT18–26–844Recap
53February 9Ottawa Senators8–119–26–846Recap
54February 11Montreal Canadiens0–0 OT19–26–947Recap
55February 13@ New Jersey Devils4–619–27–947Recap
56February 14New Jersey Devils2–519–28–947Recap
57February 16@ Calgary Flames4–4 OT19–28–1048Recap
58February 18@ Vancouver Canucks3–220–28–1050Recap
59February 20@ Minnesota North Stars2–520–29–1050Recap
60February 22Detroit Red Wings5–5 OT20–29–1151Recap
61February 24@ Hartford Whalers5–221–29–1153Recap
62February 25New Jersey Devils6–222–29–1155Recap
63February 27New York Islanders2–322–30–1155Recap
Notes:
$^a$ Neutral site game played at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio. $^b$ Neutral site game played at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Township, Ohio. :
March: 6–6–0, 12 points (home: 4–1–0; road: 2–5–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
64March 2Pittsburgh Penguins5–423–30–1157Recap
65March 5@ Washington Capitals3–024–30–1159Recap
66March 7@ New Jersey Devils3–724–31–1159Recap
67March 9@ New York Islanders2–424–32–1159Recap
68March 11Washington Capitals6–425–32–1161Recap
69March 16Minnesota North Stars4–326–32–1163Recap
70March 20@ Pittsburgh Penguins3–926–33–1163Recap
71March 21New Jersey Devils2–326–34–1163Recap
72March 24@ New York Rangers5–427–34–1165Recap
73March 25San Jose Sharks5–228–34–1167Recap
74March 27@ Quebec Nordiques3–828–35–1167Recap
75March 30@ New York Islanders1–228–36–1167Recap :
April: 8–1–0, 16 points (home: 4–1–0; road: 4–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
76April 1Los Angeles Kings1–328–37–1167Recap
77April 3Tampa Bay Lightning6–229–37–1169Recap
78April 4Toronto Maple Leafs4–030–37–1171Recap
79April 6@ Winnipeg Jets4–231–37–1173Recap
80April 8Washington Capitals4–332–37–1175Recap
81April 10@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–033–37–1177Recap
82April 12New York Rangers1–034–37–1179Recap
83April 15@ Buffalo Sabres7–435–37–1181Recap
84April 16@ Hartford Whalers5–4 OT36–37–1183Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 8 | Mark Recchi | RW | 84 | 53 | 70 | 123 | 1 | 95 |
| 17 | Rod Brind'Amour | C | 81 | 37 | 49 | 86 | −8 | 89 |
| 88 | Eric Lindros | C | 61 | 41 | 34 | 75 | 28 | 147 |
| 11 | Kevin Dineen | RW | 83 | 35 | 28 | 63 | 14 | 201 |
| 3 | Garry Galley | D | 83 | 13 | 49 | 62 | 18 | 115 |
| 18 | Brent Fedyk | LW | 74 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 14 | 48 |
| 9 | Pelle Eklund | LW | 55 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 12 | 16 |
| 12 | Greg Paslawski‡ | RW | 60 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Dmitri Yushkevich | D | 82 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 71 |
| 20 | Greg Hawgood† | D | 40 | 6 | 22 | 28 | −7 | 39 |
| 19 | Brian Benning‡ | D | 37 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 93 |
| 42 | Josef Beranek† | RW | 40 | 13 | 12 | 25 | −1 | 50 |
| 25 | Keith Acton | C | 83 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −10 | 51 |
| 15 | Doug Evans | LW | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −9 | 70 |
| 23 | Andrei Lomakin | LW | 51 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 34 |
| 29 | Terry Carkner | D | 83 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 150 |
| 5 | Ric Nattress | D | 44 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 22 | Vyacheslav Butsayev | C | 52 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 61 |
| 27 | Ryan McGill | D | 72 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 238 |
| 10 | Claude Boivin | LW | 30 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 76 |
| 26 | Gord Hynes | D | 37 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 16 |
| 14 | Mark Pederson‡ | LW | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −2 | 6 |
| 46 | Al Conroy | C | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 17 |
| 34 | Len Barrie | C | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 36 | Andre Faust | LW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 11 | Steve Kasper‡ | C | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 2 |
| 44 | Shawn Cronin | D | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
| 21 | Dave Brown | RW | 70 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 78 |
| 33 | Dominic Roussel | G | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 11 |
| 14 | Dave Snuggerud†‡ | RW | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Tommy Soderstrom | G | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| 28 | Jason Bowen | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 | Stephane Beauregard | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 |
| 41 | Glenn Mulvenna | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 30 | Tommy Soderstrom | 44 | 41 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 1327 | 143 | 3.42 | .892 | 5 | 2,512 |
| 33 | Dominic Roussel | 34 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 933 | 111 | 3.76 | .881 | 1 | 1,769 |
| 35 | Stephane Beauregard | 16 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 405 | 59 | 4.41 | .854 | 0 | 802 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Eric Lindros (Forward) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Mark Recchi |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Mark Recchi (November 16) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Tommy Soderstrom (January 11) |
| Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Garry Galley |
| Team | Bobby Clarke Trophy | Mark Recchi |
| Team | Class Guy Award | Mark Recchi |

### Records

Among the team records set during the 1992–93 season was Eric Lindros scoring the fastest goal from the start of a period (five seconds) in team history on November 12. On April 15, Kevin Dineen tied team records for most shorthanded goals scored during a game (2) and most points in a single period (4). On the season, Mark Recchi registered a team record 123 points in his first full season with the Flyers, surpassing Bobby Clarke’s 119 points in 1975–76. Lindros set a team rookie record with 41 goals scored. The 319 goals against by the Flyers during the season is a franchise high.

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Vyacheslav Butsayev | October 6, 1992 |
| First game | Eric Lindros | October 6, 1992 |
| First game | Dmitri Yushkevich | October 6, 1992 |
| First game | Tommy Soderstrom | December 17, 1992 |
| First game | Andre Faust | January 17, 1993 |
| First game | Jason Bowen | April 4, 1993 |

## Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 2, 1992, the day after the deciding game of the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 1993, the day of the deciding game of the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 20, 1992 (1992-06-20) | To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Eric Lindros | To Quebec Nordiques Steve DuchesneRon HextallKerry HuffmanMike RicciChris SimonRights to Peter Forsberg1st-round pick in 19931st-round pick in 1994$15 million |
| October 1, 1992 (1992-10-01) | To Philadelphia Flyers Brent Fedyk | To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 1993 |
| October 1, 1992 (1992-10-01) | To Philadelphia Flyers Stephane Beauregard | To Winnipeg Jets 3rd-round pick in 19935th-round pick in 1994 |
| December 8, 1992 (1992-12-08) | To Philadelphia Flyers Dan Vincelette | To Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Kasper |
| December 19, 1992 (1992-12-19) | To Philadelphia Flyers Dave Snuggerud | To San Jose Sharks Mark Pederson |
| January 16, 1993 (1993-01-16) | To Philadelphia Flyers Josef BeranekGreg Hawgood | To Edmonton Oilers Brian Benning |
| February 2, 1993 (1993-02-02) | To Philadelphia Flyers Bob Wilkie | To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations |
| February 7, 1993 (1993-02-07) | To Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia's 3rd-round pick in 1993Future considerations | To Winnipeg Jets Stephane Beauregard |
| March 18, 1993 (1993-03-18) | To Philadelphia Flyers 9th-round pick in 1993 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Greg Paslawski |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 11, 1992 (1992-07-11) | Glenn Mulvenna | Pittsburgh Penguins | | Free agency |
| August 20, 1992 (1992-08-20) | Ric Nattress | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-year | Free agency |
| August 26, 1992 (1992-08-26) | Gord Hynes | Boston Bruins | | Free agency |
| August 26, 1992 (1992-08-26) | Greg Paslawski | Quebec Nordiques | | Free agency |
| October 4, 1992 (1992-10-04) | Shawn Cronin | Quebec Nordiques | | Waiver draft |
| October 4, 1992 (1992-10-04) | Doug Evans | Quebec Nordiques | | Waiver draft |
| October 5, 1992 (1992-10-05) | Andre Faust | Princeton University (ECAC) | | Free agency |
| December 14, 1992 (1992-12-14) | Daniel Dore | Quebec Nordiques | | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| N/A | Rod Dallman | | Retirement |
| N/A | Martin Hostak | Modo Hockey (Elitserien) | Free agency |
| June 18, 1992 (1992-06-18) | Mark Freer | Ottawa Senators | Expansion draft |
| June 18, 1992 (1992-06-18) | Darren Rumble | Ottawa Senators | Expansion draft |
| July 8, 1992 (1992-07-08) | Mark Howe | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency |
| August 4, 1992 (1992-08-04) | Brad Jones | | Buyout |
| October 5, 1992 (1992-10-05) | Dan Quinn | Minnesota North Stars | Free agency |
| October 1992 (1992-10) | Moe Mantha | | Retirement |
| November 1992 (1992-11) | Dale Kushner | Capital District Islanders (AHL) | Release |
| December 14, 1992 (1992-12-14) | Reid Simpson | Minnesota North Stars | Free agency |
| January 25, 1993 (1993-01-25) | Kimbi Daniels | | Buyout |
| February 12, 1993 (1993-02-12) | Dave Snuggerud | | Retirement |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term |
| July 1, 1992 (1992-07-01) | Tommy Soderstrom | |
| July 14, 1992 (1992-07-14) | Eric Lindros | 6-year |
| August 4, 1992 (1992-08-04) | Corey Foster | |
| August 4, 1992 (1992-08-04) | Scott LaGrand | |
| August 4, 1992 (1992-08-04) | Ryan McGill | |
| August 4, 1992 (1992-08-04) | Mark Pederson | |
| August 6, 1992 (1992-08-06) | Claude Boivin | 4-year |
| September 9, 1992 (1992-09-09) | Dmitri Yushkevich | |
| September 21, 1992 (1992-09-21) | Vyacheslav Butsayev | |
| September 22, 1992 (1992-09-22) | Jason Bowen | |
| October 7, 1992 (1992-10-07) | Dominic Roussel | 3-year |
| December 8, 1992 (1992-12-08) | Rod Brind'Amour | 4-year |
| December 9, 1992 (1992-12-09) | Kevin Dineen | 3-year |
| March 4, 1993 (1993-03-04) | Greg Hawgood | multi-year |
| April 6, 1993 (1993-04-06) | Aris Brimanis | |

## Draft picks
### NHL entry draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, on June 20, 1992. The Flyers traded their third-round pick, 55th overall, Brian Dobbin, Gord Murphy, and their 1993 fourth-round pick to the Boston Bruins for Garry Galley, Wes Walz and the Bruins' 1993 third-round pick on January 2, 1992. They also traded their fourth-round pick, 79th overall, and Murray Craven to the Hartford Whalers for Kevin Dineen on November 13, 1991.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
| 1 | 7 | Ryan Sittler | Left wing | Canada | Nichols School (USHS-NY) |
| 1 | 15 | Jason Bowen | Left wing | Canada | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
| 2 | 31 | Denis Metlyuk | Left wing | Russia | Lada Togliatti (Russia) |
| 5 | 103 | Vladislav Bulin | Defense | Russia | Dizel Penza (Russia) |
| 6 | 127 | Roman Zolotov | Defense | Russia | Moscow Dynamo (Russia) |
| 7 | 151 | Kirk Daubenspeck | Goaltender | United States | Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN) |
| 8 | 175 | Claude Jutras | Right wing | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 9 | 199 | Jonas Hakansson | Left wing | Sweden | Malmö IF (Elitserien) |
| 10 | 223 | Chris Herperger | Center | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 11 | 247 | Patrice Paquin | Left wing | Canada | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |

### NHL supplemental draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1992 NHL supplemental draft on June 19, 1992.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
| 1 | 7 | Garett MacDonald | Defense | Canada | Northern Michigan University (CCHA) |

## Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. Led by Tim Tookey's 108-point season, Hershey finished 5th in their division and missed the playoffs.