# 1992–93 Boston Bruins season

The 1992–93 Boston Bruins season was the team's 69th season.

## Offseason

On June 8, head coach Rick Bowness was fired. A day later, Brian Sutter was named the team's new head coach.

## Regular season

The team finished second in the regular season behind the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Bruins played well all season long and finished their final 8 regular-season games with a perfect 8–0–0 record. The team had the most shots on goal (2,893) during the regular season of all 24 teams. They also tied the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (8) over 84 games.

### Final standings

Adams Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Boston Bruins | 84 | 51 | 26 | 7 | 109 | 332 | 268 |
| Quebec Nordiques | 84 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 104 | 351 | 300 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 84 | 48 | 30 | 6 | 102 | 326 | 280 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 84 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 86 | 335 | 297 |
| Hartford Whalers | 84 | 26 | 52 | 6 | 58 | 284 | 369 |
| Ottawa Senators | 84 | 10 | 70 | 4 | 24 | 202 | 395 |
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

## Playoffs

Despite being favored to win their first-round matchup against the Buffalo Sabres, the Bruins were eliminated in the Adams Division semifinals by Buffalo in four straight games. Three games were decided in overtime.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1992–93 regular season :
October: 7–2–1 (home: 3–1–1; road: 4–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
1October 8Hartford2–3BostonOTMoog1–0–02Recap
2October 10NY Islanders3–3BostonOTMoog1–0–13Recap
3October 12Ottawa3–6BostonMoog2–0–15Recap
4October 15Boston8–2San JoseMoog3–0–17Recap
5October 17Boston6–8Los AngelesLemelin3–1–17Recap
6October 22Boston4–2CalgaryLemelin4–1–19Recap
7October 23Boston6–3EdmontonMoog5–1–111Recap
8October 25Boston5–3VancouverLemelin6–1–113Recap
9October 29Los Angeles3–8BostonMoog7–1–115Recap
10October 31Chicago3–2BostonMoog7–2–115Recap :
November: 7–5–1 (home: 5–1–1; road: 2–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
11November 5Quebec4–6BostonMoog8–2–117Recap
12November 7NY Rangers2–2BostonOTMoog8–2–218Recap
13November 11Boston2–7BuffaloMoog8–3–218Recap
14November 12Calgary3–5BostonLemelin9–3–220Recap
15November 14Toronto4–1BostonMoog9–4–220Recap
16November 16Boston3–6MontrealMoog9–5–220Recap
17November 19NY Islanders2–5BostonMoog10–5–222Recap
18November 21Philadelphia3–4BostonMoog11–5–224Recap
19November 23Boston3–2OttawaMoog12–5–226Recap
20November 25Boston2–6WashingtonMoog12–6–226Recap
21November 27Hartford4–5BostonOTLemelin13–6–228Recap
22November 28Boston3–4HartfordOTLemelin13–7–228Recap
23November 30Boston4–3QuebecMoog14–7–230Recap :
December: 7–7–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–6–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
24December 3Montreal3–4BostonMoog15–7–232Recap
25December 5Boston4–2New JerseyMoog16–7–234Recap
26December 6Boston7–1PhiladelphiaMoog17–7–236Recap
27December 9Boston2–5BuffaloMoog17–8–236Recap
28December 10Ottawa2–4BostonLemelin18–8–238Recap
29December 12Boston1–5MontrealMoog18–9–238Recap
30December 15Buffalo3–2BostonMoog18–10–238Recap
31December 18Boston1–6DetroitMoog18–11–238Recap
32December 19Washington3–4BostonMoog19–11–240Recap
33December 22Tampa Bay3–5BostonMoog20–11–242Recap
34December 26Boston9–4HartfordMoog21–11–244Recap
35December 27Boston5–6NY RangersMoog21–12–244Recap
36December 29Boston4–5WinnipegLemelin21–13–244Recap
37December 31Boston3–5MinnesotaMoog21–14–244Recap :
January: 8–5–2 (home: 6–3–0; road: 2–2–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
38January 2Hartford2–3BostonOTMoog22–14–246Recap
39January 5Boston2–6PittsburghMoog22–15–246Recap
40January 7Quebec3–2BostonOTBlue22–16–246Recap
41January 9New Jersey6–2BostonBlue22–17–246Recap
42January 12Buffalo2–5BostonBlue23–17–248Recap
43January 14Pittsburgh0–7BostonBlue24–17–250Recap
44January 16Philadelphia5–4BostonMoog24–18–250Recap
45January 18San Jose3–4BostonMoog25–18–252Recap
46January 19Boston2–2NY IslandersOTBlue25–18–353Recap
47January 21Boston5–4PhiladelphiaMoog26–18–355Recap
48January 23New Jersey5–7BostonMoog27–18–357Recap
49January 25Boston2–3MontrealOTBlue27–19–357Recap
50January 26Boston4–4QuebecOTMoog27–19–458Recap
51January 28Winnipeg2–6BostonBlue28–19–460Recap
52January 30Boston6–5NY IslandersBlue29–19–462Recap :
February: 4–3–3 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–2–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
53February 2Edmonton4–3BostonMoog29–20–462Recap
54February 3Boston4–1QuebecBlue30–20–464Recap
55February 8Boston0–4Pittsburgh (played @ Atlanta)Blue30–21–464Recap
56February 9Boston6–1St. LouisBlue31–21–466Recap
57February 11Boston3–6ChicagoBlue31–22–466Recap
58February 14Boston3–3Tampa BayOTBlue31–22–567Recap
59February 17Boston5–2MontrealBlue32–22–569Recap
60February 20Boston4–4TorontoOTBlue32–22–670Recap
61February 25Minnesota3–3BostonOTBlue32–22–771Recap
62February 27Washington4–5BostonOTMoog33–22–773Recap :
March: 11–4–0 (home: 7–3–0; road: 4–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
63March 1Montreal5–2BostonBlue33–23–773Recap
64March 4Vancouver3–4BostonMoog34–23–775Recap
65March 6St. Louis3–4BostonOTMoog35–23–777Recap
66March 9Boston2–3PittsburghBlue35–24–777Recap
67March 11Montreal2–5BostonMoog36–24–779Recap
68March 13Ottawa3–6BostonMoog37–24–781Recap
69March 15Boston3–1NY RangersMoog38–24–783Recap
70March 16New Jersey1–3Boston (played @ Providence)Blue39–24–785Recap
71March 18Boston4–1OttawaMoog40–24–787Recap
72March 20Detroit7–4BostonBlue40–25–787Recap
73March 22Hartford4–5BostonMoog41–25–789Recap
74March 24Boston2–0BuffaloMoog42–25–791Recap
75March 25Montreal0–2BostonMoog43–25–793Recap
76March 27Pittsburgh5–3BostonMoog43–26–793Recap
77March 30Boston3–1HartfordMoog44–26–795Recap :
April: 7–0–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 4–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
78April 3Buffalo2–3BostonMoog45–26–797Recap
79April 4Boston3–0BuffaloMoog46–26–799Recap
80April 6Boston7–1QuebecMoog47–26–7101Recap
81April 8Quebec2–6BostonMoog48–26–7103Recap
82April 10Boston5–1MontrealMoog49–26–7105Recap
83April 11Ottawa2–4BostonBlue50–26–7107Recap
84April 14Boston2–4OttawaMoog51–26–7109Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1993 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Adams Division Semifinals vs. (A4) Buffalo Sabres – Sabres win 4–0
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionSeriesRecap
1April 18Buffalo5–4BostonOTMoog0–1Recap
2April 20Buffalo4–0BostonMoog0–2Recap
3April 22Boston3–4BuffaloOTBlue0–3Recap
4April 24Boston5–6BuffaloOTMoog0–4Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Adam Oates | 84 | 45 | 97 | 142 | 15 | 32 |
| Joe Juneau | 84 | 32 | 70 | 102 | 23 | 33 |
| Ray Bourque | 78 | 19 | 63 | 82 | 38 | 40 |
| Dmitri Kvartalnov | 73 | 30 | 42 | 72 | 9 | 16 |
| Stephen Leach | 79 | 26 | 25 | 51 | -6 | 126 |
| Dave Poulin | 84 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 29 | 62 |
| Vladimír Ruzicka | 60 | 19 | 22 | 41 | -6 | 38 |
| Dave Reid | 65 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 10 |
| Ted Donato | 82 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 2 | 61 |
| Don Sweeney | 84 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 68 |
| Glen Wesley | 64 | 8 | 25 | 33 | -2 | 47 |
| Steve Heinze | 73 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 20 | 24 |
| David Shaw | 77 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 108 |
| Cam Neely | 13 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 25 |
| Gord Murphy | 49 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 62 |
| Gordie Roberts | 65 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 105 |
| Grigori Panteleev | 39 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| Darin Kimble | 55 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 177 |
| Glen Featherstone | 34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 102 |
| Brent Hughes | 62 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 191 |
| C. J. Young † | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| Peter Douris | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Tim Sweeney | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Glen Murray | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| Jim Wiemer | 28 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 48 |
| Stephane Richer † | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 18 |
| Brent Ashton ‡ | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| Andrew McKim | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Smolinski | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Jozef Stumpel | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| Darren Banks | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 64 |
| Chris Winnes | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sergei Zoltoks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Denis Chervyakov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bill Huard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Lavoie † | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 332 | 560 | 892 | — | 1,518 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Adam Oates | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Juneau | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| Cam Neely | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Heinze | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Stephen Leach | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Poulin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 10 |
| Ray Bourque | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| Peter Douris | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Bryan Smolinski | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| Ted Donato | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| Brent Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darin Kimble | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dmitri Kvartalnov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephane Richer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Gordie Roberts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| Don Sweeney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Tim Sweeney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Wesley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Jim Wiemer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 12 | 19 | 31 | — | 56 |

### Goaltending

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Andy Moog | 55 | 55 | 3,193:49 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 168 | 3.16 | 1,357 | .876 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| John Blue | 23 | 21 | 1,322:02 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 2.90 | 597 | .893 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Rejean Lemelin | 10 | 8 | 541:43 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3.43 | 225 | .862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Bales | 1 | 0 | 24:48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.42 | 10 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,082:22 | 51 | 26 | 7 | 264 | 3.12 | 2,189 | .879 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| John Blue | 2 | 1 | 96:02 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.12 | 49 | .898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Moog | 3 | 3 | 160:54 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5.22 | 67 | .791 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 256:56 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 4.44 | 116 | .836 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only. ‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Awards and records

* Ray Bourque, runner up, Norris Trophy
During the postseason awards ceremony, Bruin players finished as runner-up on many of the awards; Bourque for the Norris, Oates for the Art Ross and Lady Byng Trophies, Joe Juneau (who had broken the NHL record for assists in a season by a left-winger, a mark he still holds) for the Calder Trophy, Dave Poulin for the Frank J. Selke Trophy, Moog for the William M. Jennings Trophy, and coach Brian Sutter for the Jack Adams Award. Bourque was named to the NHL All-Star First Team and Juneau to the NHL All-Rookie Team, while Oates finished third in voting among centermen for the All-Star First/Second Teams.

## Transactions
### Waivers

| Date | Player | Team |
| October 4, 1992 (1992-10-04) | Doug Evans | to Philadelphia Flyers in waiver draft |
| October 9, 1992 (1992-10-09) | Bob Sweeney | to Buffalo Sabres |
| November 20, 1992 (1992-11-20) | Dominic Lavoie | from Ottawa Senators |

## Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 16 | Dmitri Kvartalnov | LW | Russia | San Diego Gulls (IHL) |
| 3$^1$ | 55 | Sergei Zholtok | C | Latvia | Riga Stars (Latvia) |
| 5 | 112 | Scott Bailey | G | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
| 6$^2$ | 133 | Jiri Dopita | C | Czechoslovakia | DS Olomouc (Czechoslovakia) |
| 6 | 136 | Grigorijs Pantelejevs | LW | Latvia | Riga Stars (Latvia) |
| 8 | 184 | Kurt Seher | D | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
| 9 | 208 | Mattias Timander | D | Sweden | Modo Hockey (Sweden) |
| 10 | 232 | Chris Crombie | LW | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 11 | 256 | Denis Chervyakov | D | Russia | HK Riga (Latvia) |
| 11$^3$ | 257 | Yevgeni Pavlov | RW | Russia | SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia) |

### Notes

* The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 2, 1992 that sent Garry Galley, Wes Walz and a third-round pick in 1993 to Philadelphia in exchange for Gord Murphy, Brian Dobbin, a fourth-round pick in 1993 and this pick.
* The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on September 11, 1991 that sent Norm Foster to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.
* The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 8, 1992 that sent Steve Bancroft and an eleventh-round pick in 1993 to Chicago in exchange for this pick.
* The Bruins second-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on January 16, 1991 that sent Petri Skriko to Boston in exchange for this pick (40th overall).
* The Bruins third and seventh-round picks (64th and 160th overall) went to the St. Louis Blues as compensation for restricted free agents Glen Featherstone and Dave Thomlinson.
* The Bruins fourth-round pick went to the Minnesota North Stars as the result of a trade on August 21, 1990 that sent Ken Hodge Jr. to Boston in exchange for this pick (88th overall).