# 1992–93 Calgary Flames season

The 1992–93 Calgary Flames season was the 13th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The Flames rebounded from their disappointing 1991–92 season, finishing 2nd in the Smythe Division, four points behind the Vancouver Canucks.
The Flames met the Los Angeles Kings in the Smythe Division semifinals. The series was an offensive showdown, with the Flames setting team records for most goals scored in a six-game series (28) and most goals against (33). The Flames once again failed to win a playoff series, falling in six games.
Two Flames represented the Campbell Conference at the 1993 All-Star Game: Forward Gary Roberts and goaltender Mike Vernon.
On February 10, 1993, the Flames set numerous franchise and league records in a 13–1 victory over the San Jose Sharks. In addition to being a team record for goals scored at 13, the score also represents the largest margin of victory in team history (12). Calgary set a new team mark for fastest four goals scored (1:21). Jeff Reese set an NHL record for points in one game by a goaltender with 3 assists, while Theoren Fleury set a league record by going +9 in this game. All of these records remain today.
Four Flames (Theoren Fleury, Joe Nieuwendyk, Robert Reichel and Gary Roberts) reached the 30-goal plateau.
Prior to the season, the Flames lost two players in the 1992 NHL expansion draft, as left winger Chris Lindberg was selected by the Ottawa Senators 35th overall, and forward Tim Hunter went to the Tampa Bay Lightning 42nd overall.

## Regular season
### Season standings

Smythe Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Vancouver Canucks | 84 | 46 | 29 | 9 | 101 | 346 | 278 |
| Calgary Flames | 84 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 97 | 322 | 282 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 84 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 88 | 338 | 340 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 322 | 320 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 84 | 26 | 50 | 8 | 60 | 242 | 337 |
| San Jose Sharks | 84 | 11 | 71 | 2 | 24 | 218 | 414 |
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.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1992–93 regular season :
October: 8–4–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 4–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
1October 6Los Angeles5 – 4Calgary0–1–00Recap
2October 8Edmonton2 – 7Calgary1–1–02Recap
3October 10Toronto2 – 3Calgary2–1–04Recap
4October 13 (at Saskatoon, SK)Calgary4 – 3Minnesota3–1–06Recap
5October 15Calgary0 – 4Los Angeles3–2–06Recap
6October 17Calgary6 – 2San Jose4–2–08Recap
7October 20Los Angeles2 – 6Calgary5–2–010Recap
8October 22Boston4 – 2Calgary5–3–010Recap
9October 25Calgary4 – 0Edmonton6–3–012Recap
10October 28Calgary7 – 5Winnipeg7–3–014Recap
11October 30Washington3 – 1Calgary7–4–014Recap
12October 31Minnesota3 – 5Calgary8–4–016Recap :
November: 6–5–2 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–2–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
13November 2Vancouver3 – 5Calgary9–4–018Recap
14November 4Calgary5 – 5VancouverOT9–4–119Recap
15November 5Ottawa4 – 8Calgary10–4–121Recap
16November 8Calgary5 – 5QuebecOT10–4–222Recap
17November 9Calgary2 – 5Montreal10–5–222Recap
18November 11Calgary4 – 3Hartford11–5–224Recap
19November 12Calgary3 – 5Boston11–6–224Recap
20November 14Calgary5 – 3Tampa Bay12–6–226Recap
21November 19Vancouver3 – 4Calgary13–6–228Recap
22November 21NY Islanders4 – 3Calgary13–7–228Recap
23November 25San Jose4 – 3CalgaryOT13–8–228Recap
24November 27Tampa Bay2 – 3CalgaryOT14–8–230Recap
25November 28Chicago5 – 2Calgary14–9–230Recap :
December: 10–1–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 5–1–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
26December 2Winnipeg3 – 3CalgaryOT14–9–331Recap
27December 4St. Louis3 – 5Calgary15–9–333Recap
28December 7Edmonton3 – 6Calgary16–9–335Recap
29December 8Calgary1 – 3Edmonton16–10–335Recap
30December 11Calgary6 – 3Toronto17–10–337Recap
31December 12Calgary1 – 1OttawaOT17–10–438Recap
32December 14Calgary3 – 0Detroit18–10–440Recap
33December 15Calgary3 – 0NY Rangers19–10–442Recap
34December 19Los Angeles3 – 5Calgary20–10–444Recap
35December 21Edmonton2 – 3CalgaryOT21–10–446Recap
36December 23Calgary4 – 3Winnipeg22–10–448Recap
37December 27Calgary7 – 3Edmonton23–10–450Recap
38December 31Montreal3 – 5Calgary24–10–452Recap :
January: 3–9–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 2–5–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
39January 2Philadelphia3 – 7Calgary25–10–454Recap
40January 5Winnipeg4 – 2Calgary25–11–454Recap
41January 7Calgary2 – 3St. LouisOT25–12–454Recap
42January 9Calgary2 – 3Pittsburgh25–13–454Recap
43January 10Calgary3 – 5Buffalo25–14–454Recap
44January 12Calgary2 – 8NY Islanders25–15–454Recap
45January 14Calgary4 – 4PhiladelphiaOT25–15–555Recap
46January 16Calgary2 – 4Minnesota25–16–555Recap
47January 19Los Angeles3 – 2CalgaryOT25–17–555Recap
48January 22Winnipeg4 – 4CalgaryOT25–17–656Recap
49January 23Pittsburgh4 – 3Calgary25–18–656Recap
50January 26Detroit9 – 1Calgary25–19–656Recap
51January 28Calgary2 – 1Los Angeles26–19–658Recap
52January 30Calgary5 – 4San Jose27–19–660Recap :
February: 6–2–4 (home: 3–0–3; road: 3–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
53February 2Calgary6 – 4Washington28–19–662Recap
54February 3Calgary5 – 4New Jersey29–19–664Recap
55February 10San Jose1 – 13Calgary30–19–666Recap
56February 12Quebec4 – 4CalgaryOT30–19–767Recap
57February 13Hartford3 – 4Calgary31–19–769Recap
58February 16 (at Cincinnati, OH)Philadelphia4 – 4CalgaryOT31–19–870Recap
59February 17Calgary2 – 4Toronto31–20–870Recap
60February 19Calgary3 – 3DetroitOT31–20–971Recap
61February 21Calgary3 – 4Chicago31–21–971Recap
62February 23Calgary6 – 3San Jose32–21–973Recap
63February 26NY Rangers4 – 4CalgaryOT32–21–1074Recap
64February 27San Jose4 – 5Calgary33–21–1076Recap :
March: 4–8–0 (home: 3–4–0; road: 1–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
65March 2Calgary2 – 6Los Angeles33–22–1076Recap
66March 4Calgary1 – 2St. Louis33–23–1076Recap
67March 6Calgary4 – 7Tampa Bay33–24–1076Recap
68March 11Detroit3 – 6Calgary34–24–1078Recap
69March 13New Jersey3 – 4Calgary35–24–1080Recap
70March 14Vancouver2 – 3Calgary36–24–1082Recap
71March 16Chicago1 – 0Calgary36–25–1082Recap
72March 21Calgary2 – 4Winnipeg36–26–1082Recap
73March 24St. Louis4 – 2Calgary36–27–1082Recap
74March 26Calgary3 – 1Vancouver37–27–1084Recap
75March 28Toronto4 – 0Calgary37–28–1084Recap
76March 30Winnipeg5 – 4Calgary37–29–1084Recap :
April: 6–1–1 (home: 3–0–0; road: 3–1–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
77April 1Minnesota3 – 5Calgary38–29–1086Recap
78April 3Calgary3 – 2San JoseOT39–29–1088Recap
79April 4Calgary4 – 3San Jose40–29–1090Recap
80April 6Calgary3 – 3Los AngelesOT40–29–1191Recap
81April 9Vancouver1 – 8Calgary41–29–1193Recap
82April 11Calgary3 – 6Vancouver41–30–1193Recap
83April 13Calgary4 – 2Edmonton42–30–1195Recap
84April 15San Jose3 – 7Calgary43–30–1197Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1993 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Smythe Division Semifinals vs. Los Angeles Kings (7) – Los Angeles wins 4–2
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 18Los Angeles6 – 3Calgary18,605Los Angeles leads 1–0Recap
2April 21Los Angeles4 – 9Calgary19,169Series tied 1–1Recap
3April 23Calgary5 – 2Los Angeles16,005Calgary leads 2–1Recap
4April 25Calgary1 – 3Los Angeles16,005Series tied 2–2Recap
5April 27Los Angeles9 – 4Calgary19,304Los Angeles leads 3–2Recap
6April 29Calgary6 – 9Los Angeles16,005Los Angeles wins 4–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Player | # | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Theoren Fleury | 14 | 83 | 34 | 66 | 100 | 88 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 |
| Robert Reichel | 26 | 80 | 40 | 48 | 88 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Gary Suter | 20 | 81 | 23 | 58 | 81 | 112 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Gary Roberts | 10 | 58 | 38 | 41 | 79 | 172 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 43 |
| Joe Nieuwendyk | 25 | 79 | 38 | 37 | 75 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Sergei Makarov | 42 | 71 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al MacInnis | 2 | 50 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| Joel Otto | 29 | 75 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 150 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Paul Ranheim | 28 | 83 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Stern | 22 | 70 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 207 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Chris Lindberg | 32/11 | 62 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Roger Johansson | 34 | 77 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brent Ashton$^↑$ | 15 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Trent Yawney | 18 | 63 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 67 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Frank Musil | 3 | 80 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 131 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Gary Leeman | 11 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Craig Berube | 16 | 77 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 209 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Michel Petit | 7 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carey Wilson | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kevin Dahl | 4 | 61 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Chris Dahlquist | 5 | 74 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Greg Paslawski$^†$ | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Alexander Godynyuk | 21 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brian Skrudland$^†$ | 39 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| C.J. Young | 23 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Todd Harkins | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Kruse | 12 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Reese | 35 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Smyth | 6 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 95 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tomas Forslund | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Vernon | 30 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Patrick Lebeau | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shawn Heaphy | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andrei Trefilov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
| | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Player | # | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | SO | GAA | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | GAA |
| Jeff Reese | 35 | 26 | 1311 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 3.20 | 4 | 209 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 4.88 |
| Mike Vernon | 30 | 64 | 3732 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 203 | 2 | 3.26 | 4 | 150 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Andrei Trefilov | 1 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

## Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1992–93 season.

## Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft, held in Montreal, Quebec.
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics |
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1 | 6 | Cory Stillman | Canada | C | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) | 1025 | 278 | 449 | 727 | 489 |
| 2 | 30 | Chris O'Sullivan | United States | D | N/A | 62 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 16 |
| 3 | 54 | Mathias Johansson | Sweden | LW | Färjestads BK (SEL) | 58 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| 4 | 78 | Robert Svehla | Czechoslovakia | D | N/A | 655 | 68 | 267 | 335 | 649 |
| 5 | 102 | Sami Helenius | Finland | D | N/A | 155 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 260 |
| 6 | 126 | Ravil Yakubov | Russia | D | HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL | | | | | |
| 6 | 129 | Joel Bouchard | Canada | D | Verdun Collège Français (QMJHL) | 364 | 22 | 53 | 75 | 264 |
| 7 | 150 | Pavel Rajnoha | Czechoslovakia | D | N/A | | | | | |
| 8 | 174 | Ryan Mulhern | United States | RW | N/A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 198 | Brandon Carper | United States | D | Bowling Green (NCAA) | | | | | |
| 10 | 222 | Jonas Hoglund | Sweden | LW | Färjestads BK (SEL) | 545 | 117 | 145 | 262 | 112 |
| 11 | 246 | Andrei Potaichuk | Russia | RW | Krylja Sovetov (RSL) | | | | | |
| S | 6 | Jamie O'Brien | United States | D | N/A | | | | | |