# 1993–94 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1993–94 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in first place in the Central Division with a record of 46 wins, 30 losses, and 8 ties for 100 points. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the San Jose Sharks in seven games.

## Offseason

On June 15, Scotty Bowman was named the team's new head coach.

## Regular season

The Red Wings led the NHL in goals (356), even-strength goals (249), short-handed goals (22) and shots on goal (2,990). Four Red Wings reached the 30-goal plateau and six reached the 70-point plateau. On Friday, February 11, 1994, the Red Wings scored three short-handed goals in a 6–3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

### 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

## Playoffs

The Red Wings, having finished 1st in the Western Conference and first in the NHL in scoring, were heavily favored to win in their first-round matchup against the eighth-seeded San Jose Sharks, who were making their first playoff appearance in franchise history. Despite outshooting San Jose 218–153 and outscoring them 27–21 in the series, the Red Wings were upset in seven games for the second consecutive playoff year, becoming the first top-seeded team in North American sports history to ever lose to an eighth seed. In Game 7, played on April 30, 1994, the Sharks edged the Wings 3–2 to advance to the second round.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1993–94 regular season :
October: 5–7–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 3–4–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 5, 19934–6@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)0–1–0Recap
2WOctober 8, 19937–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)1–1–0Recap
3LOctober 9, 19933–10@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)1–2–0Recap
4LOctober 13, 19932–5St. Louis Blues (1993–94)1–3–0Recap
5LOctober 15, 19933–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)1–4–0Recap
6LOctober 16, 19931–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)1–5–0Recap
7WOctober 18, 19936–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)2–5–0Recap
8WOctober 21, 19936–2Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)3–5–0Recap
9LOctober 23, 19932–4@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)3–6–0Recap
10LOctober 25, 19933–5Dallas Stars (1993–94)3–7–0Recap
11WOctober 27, 19938–3Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)4–7–0Recap
12WOctober 30, 19935–3@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)5–7–0Recap :
November: 6–3–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
13WNovember 2, 19936–1Boston Bruins (1993–94)6–7–0Recap
14TNovember 4, 19933–3 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)6–7–1Recap
15LNovember 9, 19932–4Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)6–8–1Recap
16WNovember 13, 19937–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)7–8–1Recap
17LNovember 17, 19931–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)7–9–1Recap
18WNovember 20, 19934–3 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)8–9–1Recap
19TNovember 21, 19932–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)8–9–2Recap
20LNovember 23, 19934–6@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)8–10–2Recap
21WNovember 24, 19935–4 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)9–10–2Recap
22WNovember 27, 199310–4Dallas Stars (1993–94)10–10–2Recap
23WNovember 28, 19934–1@ New York Islanders (1993–94)11–10–2Recap :
December: 9–3–1 (home: 7–0–1; road: 2–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
24LDecember 1, 19933–5@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)11–11–2Recap
25WDecember 3, 19938–1Ottawa Senators (1993–94)12–11–2Recap
26LDecember 5, 19934–6@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)12–12–2Recap
27WDecember 6, 19936–2Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)13–12–2Recap
28WDecember 9, 19933–2St. Louis Blues (1993–94)14–12–2Recap
29WDecember 11, 19935–3San Jose Sharks (1993–94)15–12–2Recap
30WDecember 14, 19935–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)16–12–2Recap
31WDecember 17, 19936–4New York Rangers (1993–94)17–12–2Recap
32LDecember 18, 19931–8@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)17–13–2Recap
33WDecember 21, 19935–1Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)18–13–2Recap
34WDecember 23, 19933–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)19–13–2Recap
35WDecember 27, 19936–0@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)20–13–2Recap
36TDecember 31, 19934–4 OTLos Angeles Kings (1993–94)20–13–3Recap :
January: 8–3–2 (home: 2–2–1; road: 6–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
37TJanuary 4, 19944–4 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)20–13–4Recap
38WJanuary 6, 199410–3@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)21–13–4Recap
39WJanuary 8, 19946–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)22–13–4Recap
40WJanuary 10, 19946–4@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)23–13–4Recap
41LJanuary 12, 19942–4Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)23–14–4Recap
42WJanuary 14, 19949–3Dallas Stars (1993–94)24–14–4Recap
43WJanuary 15, 19943–2@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)25–14–4Recap
44WJanuary 17, 19946–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)26–14–4Recap
45TJanuary 19, 19944–4 OTMighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)26–14–5Recap
46LJanuary 25, 19940–5Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)26–15–5Recap
47WJanuary 27, 19944–3 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)27–15–5Recap
48WJanuary 29, 19947–1Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)28–15–5Recap
49LJanuary 30, 19943–6@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)28–16–5Recap :
February: 9–4–0 (home: 5–3–0; road: 4–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
50WFebruary 2, 19943–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)29–16–5Recap
51LFebruary 4, 19943–6Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)29–17–5Recap
52WFebruary 5, 19944–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)30–17–5Recap
53LFebruary 8, 19943–6Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)30–18–5Recap
54WFebruary 11, 19946–3Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)31–18–5Recap
55WFebruary 12, 19945–4 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)32–18–5Recap
56LFebruary 15, 19944–5 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)32–19–5Recap
57WFebruary 16, 19947–3Florida Panthers (1993–94)33–19–5Recap
58WFebruary 18, 19945–1Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)34–19–5Recap
59WFebruary 20, 19944–3 OT@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)35–19–5Recap
60LFebruary 23, 19942–7New Jersey Devils (1993–94)35–20–5Recap
61WFebruary 24, 19943–0Hartford Whalers (1993–94)36–20–5Recap
62WFebruary 26, 19942–0San Jose Sharks (1993–94)37–20–5Recap :
March: 7–7–1 (home: 4–4–1; road: 3–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
63WMarch 1, 19945–2Calgary Flames (1993–94)38–20–5Recap
64LMarch 4, 19945–6 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)38–21–5Recap
65LMarch 6, 19942–3Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)38–22–5Recap
66WMarch 7, 19946–3@ New York Rangers (1993–94)39–22–5Recap
67WMarch 9, 19945–1@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)40–22–5Recap
68LMarch 11, 19942–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)40–23–5Recap
69WMarch 15, 19945–2Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)41–23–5Recap
70LMarch 17, 19941–3New York Islanders (1993–94)41–24–5Recap
71LMarch 19, 19942–4@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)41–25–5Recap
72WMarch 22, 19943–1Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)42–25–5Recap
73LMarch 23, 19944–5@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)42–26–5Recap
74TMarch 25, 19942–2 OTWashington Capitals (1993–94)42–26–6Recap
75WMarch 27, 19943–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)43–26–6Recap
76WMarch 29, 19946–2Hartford Whalers (1993–94)44–26–6Recap
77LMarch 31, 19942–4Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)44–27–6Recap :
April: 2–3–2 (home: 1–0–2; road: 1–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
78TApril 2, 19943–3 OTCalgary Flames (1993–94)44–27–7Recap
79TApril 3, 19943–3 OTSt. Louis Blues (1993–94)44–27–8Recap
80WApril 5, 19948–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)45–27–8Recap
81LApril 9, 19942–4@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)45–28–8Recap
82LApril 10, 19943–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)45–29–8Recap
83WApril 13, 19949–0Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)46–29–8Recap
84LApril 14, 19943–4@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)46–30–8Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) San Jose Sharks: Sharks win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LApril 18, 19944–5San Jose SharksSharks lead 1–0Recap
2WApril 20, 19944–0San Jose SharksSeries tied 1–1Recap
3WApril 22, 19943–2@ San Jose SharksRed Wings lead 2–1Recap
4LApril 23, 19943–4@ San Jose SharksSeries tied 2–2Recap
5LApril 26, 19944–6@ San Jose SharksSharks lead 3–2Recap
6WApril 28, 19947–1San Jose SharksSeries tied 3–3Recap
7LApril 30, 19942–3San Jose SharksSharks win 4–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Sergei Fedorov | C | 82 | 56 | 64 | 120 | 34 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 10 |
| Ray Sheppard | RW | 82 | 52 | 41 | 93 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| Steve Yzerman | C | 58 | 24 | 58 | 82 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Paul Coffey | D | 80 | 14 | 63 | 77 | 106 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 77 | 34 | 39 | 73 | 50 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Keith Primeau | C | 78 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 173 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 66 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 73 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 84 | 10 | 46 | 56 | 26 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Steve Chiasson | D | 82 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 122 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Vladimir Konstantinov | D | 80 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 138 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Dallas Drake | RW | 47 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Sillinger | C | 62 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Darren McCarty | RW | 67 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 181 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Howe | D | 44 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Burr | LW/C | 51 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Probert | LW | 66 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 275 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Johnson | C | 52 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 22 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Martin Lapointe | RW | 50 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Kennedy | RW | 61 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 30 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kris Draper | C | 39 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Micah Aivazoff | C | 59 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 38 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Carkner | D | 68 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 130 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Halkidis | D | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 93 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason York | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Essensa | G | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Taylor | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Ward | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Cheveldae | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Maltais | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergei Bautin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Ing | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Konroyd | D | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Kruppke | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Osgood | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Pederson | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Riendeau | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Chris Osgood | 2206 | 41 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 105 | 2.86 | 2 | 999 | 894 | .895 |
| Tim Cheveldae | 1572 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 91 | 3.47 | 1 | 727 | 636 | .875 |
| Bob Essensa | 778 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 2.62 | 1 | 337 | 303 | .899 |
| Vincent Riendeau | 345 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4.00 | 0 | 131 | 108 | .824 |
| Peter Ing | 170 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5.29 | 0 | 102 | 87 | .853 |
| Team: | 5071 | 84 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 268 | 3.17 | 4 | 2296 | 2028 | .883 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Sergei Fedorov | C | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Coffey | D | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Chiasson | D | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kris Draper | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Johnson | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren McCarty | RW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Yzerman | C | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Sheppard | RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Kennedy | RW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Burr | LW/C | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Probert | LW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Konstantinov | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Primeau | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Howe | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Carkner | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Essensa | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Halkidis | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Lapointe | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Osgood | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Chris Osgood | 307 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2.35 | 1 | 110 | 98 | .891 |
| Bob Essensa | 109 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.95 | 0 | 43 | 34 | .791 |
| Team: | 416 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 3.03 | 1 | 153 | 132 | .863 |
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

Detroit'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 | 22 | Anders Eriksson | Sweden | MODO (Sweden) |
| 2 | 48 | Jon Coleman | United States | Andover Academy (USHS-MA) |
| 3 | 74 | Kevin Hilton | United States | University of Michigan (CCHA) |
| 4 | 97 | John Jakopin | Canada | St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL) |
| 4 | 100 | Benoit Larose | Canada | Laval Titan (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 126 | Norm Maracle | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 6 | 152 | Tim Spitzig | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
| 7 | 178 | Yuri Yeresko | Russia | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
| 8 | 204 | Vitezslav Skuta | Czech Republic | TJ Vitkovice (Czech Republic) |
| 9 | 230 | Ryan Shanahan | United States | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 10 | 256 | Jamie Kosecki | United States | Berkshire School (USHS-MA) |
| 11 | 282 | Gordy Hunt | United States | Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL) |