# 1992–93 Washington Capitals season

The 1992–93 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals' 19th season of competition.

## Regular season

During the regular season, the Caps set a club record with nine 20-goal scorers, three of whom were defensemen (Sylvain Cote, Kevin Hatcher and Al Iafrate).
Washington tied the Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just 8.
On Friday, November 13, 1992, the Caps lost on the road to the New Jersey Devils by a score of 3-0. It was the first time the Caps had been shut out in a regular-season game since Sunday, October 29, 1989, when they lost on the road to the Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 1-0. Prior to their loss to the Devils, the Caps had gone 245 consecutive regular-season games without being shut out.

### Final standings

Patrick Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 84 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 119 | 367 | 268 |
| Washington Capitals | 84 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 93 | 325 | 286 |
| New York Islanders | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 335 | 297 |
| New Jersey Devils | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 308 | 299 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 84 | 36 | 37 | 11 | 83 | 319 | 319 |
| New York Rangers | 84 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 79 | 304 | 308 |
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

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1992–93 regular season :
October: 4–8–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 2–5–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 6, 19926–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)1–0–0Recap
2LOctober 9, 19922–4New York Rangers (1992–93)1–1–0Recap
3LOctober 10, 19922–4Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)1–2–0Recap
4LOctober 12, 19922–4@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)1–3–0Recap
5WOctober 16, 19925–1Ottawa Senators (1992–93)2–3–0Recap
6WOctober 17, 19926–4Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)3–3–0Recap
7LOctober 21, 19921–2@ New York Rangers (1992–93)3–4–0Recap
8LOctober 23, 19922–5New York Islanders (1992–93)3–5–0Recap
9LOctober 26, 19922–6@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)3–6–0Recap
10LOctober 28, 19923–4@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)3–7–0Recap
11WOctober 30, 19923–1@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)4–7–0Recap
12LOctober 31, 19922–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)4–8–0Recap :
November: 7–5–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
13WNovember 3, 19924–1Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)5–8–0Recap
14TNovember 6, 19922–2 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)5–8–1Recap
15WNovember 7, 19926–2@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)6–8–1Recap
16WNovember 11, 19927–4@ New York Rangers (1992–93)7–8–1Recap
17LNovember 13, 19920–3@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)7–9–1Recap
18LNovember 14, 19923–4 OTNew Jersey Devils (1992–93)7–10–1Recap
19LNovember 18, 19924–5Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)7–11–1Recap
20LNovember 20, 19925–7Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)7–12–1Recap
21WNovember 22, 19926–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)8–12–1Recap
22TNovember 23, 19921–1 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)8–12–2Recap
23WNovember 25, 19926–2Boston Bruins (1992–93)9–12–2Recap
24WNovember 27, 19926–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)10–12–2Recap
25LNovember 28, 19923–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)10–13–2Recap
26WNovember 30, 19924–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)11–13–2Recap :
December: 9–3–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 5–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
27WDecember 4, 19928–4New York Rangers (1992–93)12–13–2Recap
28WDecember 5, 19925–3@ New York Islanders (1992–93)13–13–2Recap
29WDecember 7, 19926–5@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)14–13–2Recap
30WDecember 9, 19926–2@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)15–13–2Recap
31WDecember 11, 19928–6Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)16–13–2Recap
32WDecember 12, 19925–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)17–13–2Recap
33LDecember 16, 19923–6@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)17–14–2Recap
34WDecember 18, 19924–3Hartford Whalers (1992–93)18–14–2Recap
35LDecember 19, 19923–4@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)18–15–2Recap
36WDecember 21, 19924–3@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)19–15–2Recap
37LDecember 23, 19921–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)19–16–2Recap
38TDecember 26, 19925–5 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1992–93)19–16–3Recap
39WDecember 29, 19924–3 OTNew York Rangers (1992–93)20–16–3Recap :
January: 5–5–3 (home: 3–0–3; road: 2–5–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
40WJanuary 1, 19939–2New Jersey Devils (1992–93)21–16–3Recap
41TJanuary 2, 19932–2 OTChicago Blackhawks (1992–93)21–16–4Recap
42LJanuary 7, 19932–8@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)21–17–4Recap
43WJanuary 9, 19934–3Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)22–17–4Recap
44LJanuary 13, 19934–5@ New York Rangers (1992–93)22–18–4Recap
45WJanuary 14, 19933–0@ New York Islanders (1992–93)23–18–4Recap
46WJanuary 17, 19935–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)24–18–4Recap
47LJanuary 21, 19932–6@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)24–19–4Recap
48WJanuary 23, 19936–4Ottawa Senators (1992–93)25–19–4Recap
49LJanuary 26, 19933–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)25–20–4Recap
50LJanuary 27, 19933–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)25–21–4Recap
51TJanuary 29, 19933–3 OTQuebec Nordiques (1992–93)25–21–5Recap
52TJanuary 31, 19932–2 OTPittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)25–21–6Recap :
February: 7–3–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 5–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
53LFebruary 2, 19934–6Calgary Flames (1992–93)25–22–6Recap
54WFebruary 9, 19933–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)26–22–6Recap
55WFebruary 11, 199310–6@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)27–22–6Recap
56WFebruary 13, 199310–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)28–22–6Recap
57WFebruary 16, 19934–3@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)29–22–6Recap
58WFebruary 20, 19937–3Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)30–22–6Recap
59WFebruary 21, 19935–2St. Louis Blues (1992–93)31–22–6Recap
60WFebruary 23, 19934–2@ New York Islanders (1992–93)32–22–6Recap
61LFebruary 27, 19934–5 OT@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)32–23–6Recap
62LFebruary 28, 19932–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)32–24–6Recap :
March: 7–6–1 (home: 5–4–1; road: 2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
63TMarch 2, 19933–3 OTVancouver Canucks (1992–93)32–24–7Recap
64LMarch 5, 19930–3Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)32–25–7Recap
65LMarch 7, 19932–3New York Islanders (1992–93)32–26–7Recap
66WMarch 9, 19933–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)33–26–7Recap
67LMarch 11, 19934–6@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)33–27–7Recap
68WMarch 16, 19934–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)34–27–7Recap
69LMarch 18, 19935–7@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)34–28–7Recap
70WMarch 19, 19935–2Hartford Whalers (1992–93)35–28–7Recap
71WMarch 21, 19935–3San Jose Sharks (1992–93)36–28–7Recap
72WMarch 23, 19935–1Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)37–28–7Recap
73WMarch 25, 19935–2@ New York Islanders (1992–93)38–28–7Recap
74LMarch 27, 19932–5New Jersey Devils (1992–93)38–29–7Recap
75LMarch 28, 19931–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)38–30–7Recap
76WMarch 30, 19934–1Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)39–30–7Recap :
April: 4–4–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
77WApril 2, 19934–0Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)40–30–7Recap
78LApril 4, 19930–4New York Rangers (1992–93)40–31–7Recap
79LApril 6, 19932–3New York Islanders (1992–93)40–32–7Recap
80LApril 8, 19933–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)40–33–7Recap
81LApril 10, 19933–5New Jersey Devils (1992–93)40–34–7Recap
82WApril 12, 19933–2 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)41–34–7Recap
83WApril 14, 19932–0@ New York Rangers (1992–93)42–34–7Recap
84WApril 16, 19934–2New York Rangers (1992–93)43–34–7Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1993 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Patrick Division Semifinals vs. (P3) New York Islanders – Islanders win 4–2
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WApril 18, 19933–1New York IslandersCapitals lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 20, 19934–5 2OTNew York IslandersSeries tied 1–1Recap
3LApril 22, 19933–4 OT@ New York IslandersIslanders lead 2–1Recap
4LApril 24, 19933–4 2OT@ New York IslandersIslanders lead 3–1Recap
5WApril 26, 19936–4New York IslandersIslanders lead 3–2Recap
6LApril 28, 19933–5@ New York IslandersIslanders win 4–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Peter Bondra | RW | 83 | 37 | 48 | 85 | 70 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| Mike Ridley | C | 84 | 26 | 56 | 82 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 83 | 34 | 45 | 79 | 114 | -7 | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| Dale Hunter | C | 84 | 20 | 59 | 79 | 198 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 69 | 21 | 53 | 74 | 66 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Dmitri Khristich | LW/C | 64 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Al Iafrate | D | 81 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 169 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| Pat Elynuik | RW | 80 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 66 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 77 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 34 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Kelly Miller | LW | 84 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 32 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 77 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Carpenter | C | 68 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 65 | -16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Jones | RW | 71 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 124 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Todd Krygier | LW | 77 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 60 | -13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul MacDermid | RW | 72 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 80 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Alan May | RW | 83 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 268 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Cavallini | D | 71 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 36 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shawn Anderson | D | 60 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Savage | C | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hrivnak | G | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Miller | C | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Greenlaw | LW | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Beaupre | G | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Schlegel | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Babcock | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Burridge | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Dafoe | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Hunter | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olaf Kolzig | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Langway | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Tabaracci | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Don Beaupre | 3282 | 58 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 181 | 3.31 | 1 | 1530 | 1349 | .882 |
| Jim Hrivnak | 1421 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 3.50 | 0 | 677 | 594 | .877 |
| Rick Tabaracci | 343 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1.75 | 2 | 162 | 152 | .938 |
| Byron Dafoe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olaf Kolzig | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .714 |
| Team: | 5067 | 84 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 276 | 3.27 | 3 | 2376 | 2100 | .884 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Dale Hunter | C | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Dmitri Khristich | LW/C | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Iafrate | D | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Ridley | C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Bondra | RW | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Elynuik | RW | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Carpenter | C | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly Miller | LW | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Krygier | LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Cavallini | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Burridge | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan May | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Anderson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Beaupre | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Savage | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Jones | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Tabaracci | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Don Beaupre | 119 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4.54 | 0 | 65 | 56 | .862 |
| Rick Tabaracci | 304 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2.76 | 0 | 160 | 146 | .913 |
| Team: | 423 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 3.26 | 0 | 225 | 202 | .898 |
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

Washington'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 | 14 | Sergei Gonchar | Russia | Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia) |
| 2 | 32 | Jim Carey | United States | Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA) |
| 3 | 53 | Stefan Ustorf | Germany | ESV Kaufbeuren (Germany) |
| 3 | 71 | Martin Gendron | Canada | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 119 | John Varga | United States | Tacoma Rockets (WHL) |
| 7 | 167 | Mark Matier | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 8 | 191 | Mike Mathers | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 9 | 215 | Brian Stagg | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 10 | 239 | Greg Callahan | United States | Belmont Hill High School (USHS-MA) |
| 11 | 263 | B. J. MacPherson | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |