# 1992–93 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1992–93 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 61st season, the franchise's 67th. During the 1992–93 season, the Red Wings qualified for the NHL playoffs for the third consecutive season, where they lost their first round series against Toronto in seven games.

## Regular season

In addition to leading all teams with most goals scored during the regular season (369), the Red Wings also scored the most power-play goals (113) and had the best power-play conversion percentage (24.89%). For the second consecutive season, five players reached 30-goals or more.

### Season standings

Norris Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 84 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 106 | 279 | 230 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 84 | 47 | 28 | 9 | 103 | 369 | 280 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 84 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 99 | 288 | 241 |
| St. Louis Blues | 84 | 37 | 36 | 11 | 85 | 282 | 278 |
| Minnesota North Stars | 84 | 36 | 38 | 10 | 82 | 272 | 293 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 84 | 23 | 54 | 7 | 53 | 245 | 332 |
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.

## Playoffs

In the Norris Division Semifinals series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Red Wings outscored the Leafs 30–24 through seven games but lost the deciding game in overtime on Nikolai Borschevsky's famous deflection goal. It was the second overtime loss for Detroit (both came at Joe Louis Arena) in the series.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1992–93 regular season :
October: 7–5–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
1October 6Detroit1 – 4Winnipeg0–1–00Recap
2October 8Detroit5 – 3Los Angeles1–1–02Recap
3October 10Detroit6 – 3San Jose2–1–04Recap
4October 15Quebec4 – 2Detroit2–2–04Recap
5October 17Edmonton2 – 4Detroit3–2–06Recap
6October 20Winnipeg3 – 5Detroit4–2–08Recap
7October 22Detroit6 – 9Pittsburgh4–3–08Recap
8October 24Detroit6 – 1St. Louis5–3–010Recap
9October 25Detroit2 – 8Chicago5–4–010Recap
10October 28San Jose3 – 4Detroit6–4–012Recap
11October 30Toronto1 – 7Detroit7–4–014Recap
12October 31Detroit1 – 3Toronto7–5–014Recap :
November: 7–6–1 (home: 5–4–0; road: 2–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
13November 4Montreal4 – 3Detroit7–6–014Recap
14November 6Hartford2 – 5Detroit8–6–016Recap
15November 7Detroit1 – 5Montreal8–7–016Recap
16November 11Detroit4 – 6Tampa Bay8–8–016Recap
17November 13Pittsburgh0 – 8Detroit9–8–018Recap
18November 14Detroit2 – 0Hartford10–8–020Recap
19November 17Chicago4 – 5Detroit11–8–022Recap
20November 19Winnipeg5 – 3Detroit11–9–022Recap
21November 20Detroit7 – 5Washington12–9–024Recap
22November 23Tampa Bay5 – 10Detroit13–9–026Recap
23November 25St. Louis6 – 11Detroit14–9–028Recap
24November 27Los Angeles5 – 3Detroit14–10–028Recap
25November 28Detroit2 – 2St. Louis*14–10–129Recap
26November 30Washington4 – 1Detroit14–11–129Recap :
December: 7–6–2 (home: 3–4–1; road: 4–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
27December 2Detroit3 – 5NY Rangers14–12–129Recap
28December 3Minnesota4 – 2Detroit14–13–129Recap
29December 5Detroit9 – 7Tampa Bay15–13–131Recap
30December 8Chicago3 – 2Detroit15–14–131Recap
31December 9Detroit3 – 5Toronto15–15–131Recap
32December 11Philadelphia2 – 4Detroit16–15–133Recap
33December 14Calgary3 – 0Detroit16–16–133Recap
34December 15Detroit3 – 2Ottawa*17–16–135Recap
35December 18Boston1 – 6Detroit18–16–137Recap
36December 19Detroit3 – 3Minnesota*18–16–238Recap
37December 22Toronto4 – 4Detroit*18–16–339Recap
38December 26Detroit5 – 1Toronto19–16–341Recap
39December 27Detroit4 – 0Chicago20–16–343Recap
40December 29Chicago6 – 3Detroit20–17–343Recap
41December 31Ottawa4 – 5Detroit*21–17–345Recap :
January: 7–3–3 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–1–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
42January 2Detroit6 – 2Quebec22–17–347Recap
43January 4Toronto4 – 2Detroit22–18–347Recap
44January 8Vancouver3 – 6Detroit23–18–349Recap
45January 11St. Louis1 – 0Detroit23–19–349Recap
46January 13Tampa Bay3 – 5Detroit24–19–351Recap
47January 15San Jose3 – 6Detroit25–19–353Recap
48January 17Detroit7 – 4Philadelphia26–19–355Recap
49January 19NY Rangers2 – 2Detroit*26–19–456Recap
50January 21St. Louis3 – 5Detroit27–19–458Recap
51January 23Detroit3 – 4St. Louis27–20–458Recap
52January 26Detroit9 – 1Calgary28–20–460Recap
53January 27Detroit2 – 2Edmonton*28–20–561Recap
54January 30Detroit4 – 4Vancouver*28–20–662Recap :
February: 5–4–3 (home: 3–1–1; road: 2–3–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
55February 3Chicago0 – 5Detroit29–20–664Recap
56February 9New Jersey5 – 8Detroit30–20–666Recap
57February 11Detroit6 – 6Los Angeles*30–20–767Recap
58February 13Detroit3 – 4St. Louis30–21–767Recap
59February 14Detroit5 – 3Chicago31–21–769Recap
60February 17Tampa Bay1 – 3Detroit32–21–771Recap
61February 19Calgary3 – 3Detroit*32–21–872Recap
62February 21Detroit4 – 1Minnesota33–21–874Recap
63February 22Detroit5 – 5Philadelphia*33–21–975Recap
64February 24Detroit7 – 10Buffalo33–22–975Recap
65February 27Chicago2 – 1Detroit33–23–975Recap
66February 28Detroit3 – 6New Jersey33–24–975Recap :
March: 9–4–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 6–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
67March 2Detroit2 – 3NY Islanders33–25–975Recap
68March 5Toronto1 – 5Detroit34–25–977Recap
69March 7Detroit7 – 1Minnesota35–25–979Recap
70March 10Detroit6 – 3Edmonton36–25–981Recap
71March 11Detroit3 – 6Calgary36–26–981Recap
72March 14Detroit4 – 1San Jose37–26–983Recap
73March 16Washington4 – 2Detroit37–27–983Recap
74March 18Minnesota1 – 5Detroit38–27–985Recap
75March 20Detroit7 – 4Boston39–27–987Recap
76March 21Detroit6 – 2Minnesota40–27–989Recap
77March 23NY Islanders2 – 3Detroit41–27–991Recap
78March 27Detroit8 – 3Tampa Bay42–27–993Recap
79March 29Los Angeles9 – 3Detroit42–28–993Recap :
April: 5–0–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 2–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
80April 1Detroit3 – 1Chicago43–28–995Recap
81April 3Vancouver1 – 5Detroit44–28–997Recap
82April 8Detroit9 – 1Tampa Bay45–28–999Recap
83April 10Buffalo5 – 6Detroit46–28–9101Recap
84April 13Minnesota3 – 5Detroit47–28–9103Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1993 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Norris Division Semifinals vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Maple Leafs win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WApril 19, 19936–3Toronto Maple LeafsRed Wings lead 1–0Recap
2WApril 21, 19936–2Toronto Maple LeafsRed Wings lead 2–0Recap
3LApril 23, 19932–4@ Toronto Maple LeafsRed Wings lead 2–1Recap
4LApril 25, 19932–3@ Toronto Maple LeafsSeries tied 2–2Recap
5LApril 27, 19934–5 OTToronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 3–2Recap
6WApril 29, 19937–3@ Toronto Maple LeafsSeries tied 3–3Recap
7LMay 1, 19933–4 OTToronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs win 4–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## 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 Red Wings only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 19 | Steve Yzerman | C | 84 | 58 | 79 | 137 | 33 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 |
| 22 | Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 82 | 41 | 56 | 97 | 12 | 81 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −6 | 16 |
| 91 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 73 | 34 | 53 | 87 | 33 | 72 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 26 | Ray Sheppard | RW | 70 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Paul Ysebaert | LW | 80 | 34 | 28 | 62 | 19 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Steve Chiasson | D | 79 | 12 | 50 | 62 | 14 | 155 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 19 |
| 12 | Jimmy Carson‡ | C | 52 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 0 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Dallas Drake | LW | 72 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 15 | 93 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 24 | Bob Probert | RW | 80 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −9 | 292 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 10 |
| 5 | Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 84 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| 33 | Yves Racine | D | 80 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 10 | 80 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| 11 | Shawn Burr | LW | 80 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 18 | 74 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | Mark Howe | D | 60 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 55 | Keith Primeau | C | 73 | 15 | 17 | 32 | −6 | 152 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| 15 | Sheldon Kennedy | C | 68 | 19 | 11 | 30 | −1 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Gerard Gallant | LW | 67 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 188 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 4 |
| 77 | Paul Coffey† | D | 30 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −3 | 2 |
| 16 | Vladimir Konstantinov | D | 82 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 137 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 |
| 23 | Mike Sillinger | C | 51 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Brad McCrimmon | D | 60 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | John Ogrodnick | LW | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 14 | Jim Hiller† | RW | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | C | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | Tim Cheveldae | G | 67 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2 |
| 27 | Jim Cummins | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Chris Tancill | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Steve Konroyd† | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 29 | Dennis Vial | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Bobby Dollas | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Gord Kruppke | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Martin Lapointe | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Vincent Riendeau | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Jason York | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 32 | Tim Cheveldae | 67 | 34 | 24 | 7 | 1897 | 210 | 3.25 | .889 | 4 | 3880 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 200 | 24 | 3.40 | .880 | 0 | 423 |
| 37 | Vincent Riendeau | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 522 | 64 | 3.22 | .877 | 0 | 1193 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 22 | Curtis Bowen | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 2 | 46 | Darren McCarty | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
| 3 | 70 | Sylvain Cloutier | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 5 | 118 | Mike Sullivan | United States | Reading High School (USHS-MA) |
| 6 | 142 | Jason MacDonald | Canada | Owen Sound Platers (OHL) |
| 7 | 166 | Greg Scott | Canada | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
| 8 | 183 | Justin Krall | United States | Omaha Lancers (USHL) |
| 8 | 189 | C. J. Denomme | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
| 9 | 214 | Jeff Walker | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 10 | 238 | Dan McGillis | Canada | Hawkesbury Hawks (CJHL) |
| 11 | 262 | Ryan Bach | Canada | Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) |