# 1992–93 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 1992–93 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 67th season of operation of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League.

## Off-season

After reaching the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals, the Blackhawks did not stand pat and again made several moves. The most significant move was arguably head coach Mike Keenan replacing himself in the position with his hand-picked successor, Darryl Sutter. The other significant off-season move was trading future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hasek to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Stephane Beauregard, who never ultimately played for the Blackhawks, and a fourth-round draft pick in 1993 with which Chicago selected future player Eric Daze.

## Regular season

On November 6, general manager Mike Keenan was fired and replaced by Bob Pulford.
Over the regular season, the Blackhawks led the NHL in most shutouts for (9), fewest goals against (230) and fewest even-strength goals against (139). They also had the most power-play opportunities (510). Goaltender Ed Belfour led all goaltenders in games (71), shutouts (7) and minutes played (4,106).

### Final 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

The Blackhawks fell in the first round to St. Louis 4 games to 0.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1992–93 regular season :
October: 4–5–2 (home: 2–2–2; road: 2–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 7, 19923–7@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)0–1–0Recap
2WOctober 10, 19923–0@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)1–1–0Recap
3TOctober 11, 19924–4 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)1–1–1Recap
4LOctober 15, 19923–4 OTEdmonton Oilers (1992–93)1–2–1Recap
5LOctober 17, 19923–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)1–3–1Recap
6WOctober 18, 19923–1Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)2–3–1Recap
7LOctober 21, 19921–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)2–4–1Recap
8LOctober 22, 19925–6 OTNew Jersey Devils (1992–93)2–5–1Recap
9WOctober 25, 19928–2Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)3–5–1Recap
10TOctober 29, 19925–5 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1992–93)3–5–2Recap
11WOctober 31, 19923–2@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)4–5–2Recap :
November: 8–5–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 4–5–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
12TNovember 1, 19924–4 OTSan Jose Sharks (1992–93)4–5–3Recap
13LNovember 3, 19921–4@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)4–6–3Recap
14WNovember 5, 19921–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)5–6–3Recap
15WNovember 7, 19927–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)6–6–3Recap
16WNovember 8, 19927–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)7–6–3Recap
17WNovember 12, 19921–0St. Louis Blues (1992–93)8–6–3Recap
18LNovember 14, 19920–3@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)8–7–3Recap
19WNovember 15, 19922–1Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)9–7–3Recap
20LNovember 17, 19924–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)9–8–3Recap
21LNovember 19, 19921–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)9–9–3Recap
22WNovember 21, 19922–1@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)10–9–3Recap
23LNovember 23, 19922–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)10–10–3Recap
24WNovember 27, 19928–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)11–10–3Recap
25WNovember 28, 19925–2@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)12–10–3Recap :
December: 10–4–1 (home: 6–3–0; road: 4–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
26LDecember 1, 19923–6Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)12–11–3Recap
27WDecember 3, 19924–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)13–11–3Recap
28TDecember 5, 19922–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)13–11–4Recap
29WDecember 6, 19922–0Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)14–11–4Recap
30WDecember 8, 19923–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)15–11–4Recap
31WDecember 10, 19925–3New York Islanders (1992–93)16–11–4Recap
32WDecember 12, 19923–0@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)17–11–4Recap
33WDecember 17, 19925–1Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)18–11–4Recap
34LDecember 19, 19921–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)18–12–4Recap
35WDecember 20, 19924–0Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)19–12–4Recap
36WDecember 23, 19924–2@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)20–12–4Recap
37LDecember 26, 19922–3 OTSt. Louis Blues (1992–93)20–13–4Recap
38LDecember 27, 19920–4Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)20–14–4Recap
39WDecember 29, 19926–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)21–14–4Recap
40WDecember 31, 19925–0Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)22–14–4Recap :
January: 9–3–4 (home: 5–1–1; road: 4–2–3)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
41TJanuary 2, 19932–2 OT@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)22–14–5Recap
42WJanuary 3, 19934–1Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)23–14–5Recap
43TJanuary 7, 19933–3 OTEdmonton Oilers (1992–93)23–14–6Recap
44LJanuary 9, 19931–4@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)23–15–6Recap
45LJanuary 10, 19934–5Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)23–16–6Recap
46WJanuary 12, 19933–1@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)24–16–6Recap
47WJanuary 14, 19933–1Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)25–16–6Recap
48WJanuary 16, 19935–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)26–16–6Recap
49WJanuary 17, 19935–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)27–16–6Recap
50LJanuary 19, 19932–5@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)27–17–6Recap
51WJanuary 21, 19936–2Washington Capitals (1992–93)28–17–6Recap
52WJanuary 23, 19936–2@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)29–17–6Recap
53WJanuary 24, 19936–2Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)30–17–6Recap
54TJanuary 27, 19934–4 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)30–17–7Recap
55WJanuary 29, 19934–2@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)31–17–7Recap
56TJanuary 30, 19932–2 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)31–17–8Recap :
February: 5–4–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
57LFebruary 3, 19930–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)31–18–8Recap
58WFebruary 11, 19936–3Boston Bruins (1992–93)32–18–8Recap
59LFebruary 13, 19931–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)32–19–8Recap
60LFebruary 14, 19933–5Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)32–20–8Recap
61WFebruary 18, 19937–2Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)33–20–8Recap
62WFebruary 21, 19934–3Calgary Flames (1992–93)34–20–8Recap
63WFebruary 25, 19935–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)35–20–8Recap
64WFebruary 27, 19932–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)36–20–8Recap
65LFebruary 28, 19931–7St. Louis Blues (1992–93)36–21–8Recap :
March: 6–3–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
66TMarch 4, 19933–3 OTQuebec Nordiques (1992–93)36–21–9Recap
67TMarch 5, 19931–1 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)36–21–10Recap
68WMarch 7, 19934–2Ottawa Senators (1992–93)37–21–10Recap
69LMarch 11, 19931–4New York Rangers (1992–93)37–22–10Recap
70WMarch 14, 19935–4 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)38–22–10Recap
71WMarch 16, 19931–0@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)39–22–10Recap
72LMarch 20, 19932–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)39–23–10Recap
73WMarch 21, 19933–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)40–23–10Recap
74LMarch 25, 19934–6Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)40–24–10Recap
75WMarch 26, 19933–1@ New York Rangers (1992–93)41–24–10Recap
76WMarch 28, 19933–0Hartford Whalers (1992–93)42–24–10Recap :
April: 5–1–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 3–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
77LApril 1, 19931–3Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)42–25–10Recap
78TApril 3, 19933–3 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)42–25–11Recap
79WApril 4, 19935–4St. Louis Blues (1992–93)43–25–11Recap
80WApril 8, 19933–2@ New York Islanders (1992–93)44–25–11Recap
81WApril 10, 19934–2@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)45–25–11Recap
82TApril 11, 19933–3 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)45–25–12Recap
83WApril 13, 19933–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)46–25–12Recap
84WApril 15, 19933–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)47–25–12Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1993 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Norris Division Semifinals vs. (N4) St. Louis Blues – Blues win 4–0
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 18, 19933–4St. Louis BluesBlues lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 21, 19930–2St. Louis BluesBlues lead 2–0Recap
3LApril 23, 19930–3@ St. Louis BluesBlues lead 3–0Recap
4LApril 25, 19933–4 OT@ St. Louis BluesBlues win 4–0Recap :
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 Blackhawks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks 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 |
| 27 | Jeremy Roenick | C | 84 | 50 | 57 | 107 | 15 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Chris Chelios | D | 84 | 15 | 58 | 73 | 14 | 282 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 14 |
| 28 | Steve Larmer | RW | 84 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 23 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Steve Smith | D | 78 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 12 | 214 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 10 |
| 12 | Brent Sutter | C | 65 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 10 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | Christian Ruuttu | C | 84 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 14 | 134 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 16 | Michel Goulet | LW | 63 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| 33 | Dirk Graham | RW | 80 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 139 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 32 | Stephane Matteau | LW | 79 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 14 | Greg Gilbert | LW | 77 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Jocelyn Lemieux | RW | 81 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 5 | 111 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Brian Noonan | RW | 63 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 82 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Bryan Marchment | D | 78 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 313 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Frantisek Kucera | D | 71 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Dave Christian | C | 60 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Joe Murphy† | RW | 19 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8 |
| 3 | Igor Kravchuk‡ | D | 38 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Keith Brown | D | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Rob Brown | RW | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Mike Hudson‡ | C | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −6 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Cam Russell | D | 67 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 151 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Karl Dykhuis | D | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Troy Murray† | C | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Ed Belfour | G | 71 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 23 | Stu Grimson | LW | 78 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 193 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 47 | Adam Bennett | D | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Brad Lauer | LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | Milan Tichy | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 56 | Alexander Andrievsky | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | Steve Bancroft‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Rod Buskas | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 59 | Sergei Krivokrasov | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Craig Muni† | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 68 | Stephen Tepper | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Jimmy Waite | G | 20 | 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 |
| 30 | Ed Belfour | 71 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 1880 | 177 | 2.59 | .906 | 7 | 4106 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 13 | 3.13 | .866 | 0 | 249 |
| 29 | Jimmy Waite | 20 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 411 | 49 | 2.95 | .881 | 2 | 996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records

* Ed Belfour, Vezina Trophy

## Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 12 | Sergei Krivokrasov | Russia | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
| 2 | 36 | Jeff Shantz | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 2 | 41 | Sergei Klimovich | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
| 4 | 89 | Andy MacIntyre | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 5 | 113 | Tim Hogan | Canada | University of Michigan (CCHA) |
| 6 | 137 | Gerry Skrypec | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 7 | 161 | Mike Prokopec | Canada | Cornwall Royals (OHL) |
| 8 | 185 | Layne Roland | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
| 9 | 209 | David Hymovitz | United States | Thayer Academy (USHS-MA) |
| 10 | 233 | Richard Raymond | Canada | Cornwall Royals (OHL) |