# 1992–93 New Jersey Devils season

The 1992–93 New Jersey Devils season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 11th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. The Devils finished fourth in the Patrick Division with a record of 40 wins, 37 losses and seven ties for 87 points. However, they lost the Patrick Division Semifinals to the Presidents' Trophy-winning Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.
The Devils were coached by Herb Brooks, who had led the U.S. men's ice hockey team to victory in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The team was captained by defenseman Scott Stevens.
In 1992–93 the Devils debuted a new color scheme – they kept the red and white, but replaced the green with black. The red, white and black color scheme is still in use today.

## Regular season

The Devils tied the Pittsburgh Penguins for most short-handed goals allowed in the NHL, with 19.

### 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

## Playoffs
### Patrick Division Semifinals

The series opened at Civic Arena. Pittsburgh won Game 1, 6–3, and Game 2, 7–0. Games 3 and 4 were at New Jersey. Pittsburgh won Game 3, 4–3, and the Devils won Game 4, 4–1. Game 5 was played back in Pittsburgh, where the Penguins won 5–3 and won the series 4–1.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1992–93 regular season :
October: 7–5–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 3–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 6, 19924–3New York Islanders1–0–0Recap
2LOctober 9, 19924–6@ Philadelphia Flyers1–1–0Recap
3WOctober 10, 19924–2New York Rangers2–1–0Recap
4WOctober 12, 19924–2Washington Capitals3–1–0Recap
5LOctober 14, 19921–6@ New York Rangers3–2–0Recap
6WOctober 17, 19922–0Philadelphia Flyers4–2–0Recap
7LOctober 20, 19924–5Hartford Whalers4–3–0Recap
8WOctober 22, 19926–5 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks5–3–0Recap
9LOctober 24, 19923–4Pittsburgh Penguins5–4–0Recap
10WOctober 28, 19924–3 OT@ Hartford Whalers6–4–0Recap
11LOctober 30, 19921–4New York Islanders6–5–0Recap
12WOctober 31, 19925–3@ New York Islanders7–5–0Recap :
November: 5–5–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 3–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
13LNovember 5, 19922–5@ Los Angeles Kings7–6–0Recap
14WNovember 7, 19926–1@ San Jose Sharks8–6–0Recap
15LNovember 11, 19923–8Montreal Canadiens8–7–0Recap
16WNovember 13, 19923–0Washington Capitals9–7–0Recap
17WNovember 14, 19924–3 OT@ Washington Capitals10–7–0Recap
18WNovember 18, 19923–2Buffalo Sabres11–7–0Recap
19LNovember 20, 19921–4Pittsburgh Penguins11–8–0Recap
20LNovember 21, 19920–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins11–9–0Recap
21LNovember 25, 19921–3@ Ottawa Senators11–10–0Recap
22WNovember 28, 19926–3@ Quebec Nordiques12–10–0Recap :
December: 6–6–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
23WDecember 1, 19928–3Toronto Maple Leafs13–10–0Recap
24TDecember 3, 19923–3 OT@ Ottawa Senators13–10–1Recap
25LDecember 5, 19922–4Boston Bruins13–11–1Recap
26WDecember 6, 19927–3@ Buffalo Sabres14–11–1Recap
27LDecember 9, 19922–6Washington Capitals14–12–1Recap
28WDecember 11, 19922–1Pittsburgh Penguins15–12–1Recap
29LDecember 12, 19925–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins15–13–1Recap
30LDecember 15, 19923–4@ Winnipeg Jets15–14–1Recap
31WDecember 18, 19922–0@ Tampa Bay Lightning16–14–1Recap
32LDecember 21, 19920–3New York Rangers16–15–1Recap
33WDecember 23, 19925–4 OT@ New York Rangers17–15–1Recap
34WDecember 27, 19926–2Hartford Whalers18–15–1Recap
35LDecember 29, 19921–4@ Quebec Nordiques18–16–1Recap :
January: 6–6–3 (home: 5–1–1; road: 1–5–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
36LJanuary 1, 19932–9@ Washington Capitals18–17–1Recap
37TJanuary 2, 19932–2 OTWinnipeg Jets18–17–2Recap
38TJanuary 4, 19933–3 OT@ New York Rangers18–17–3Recap
39WJanuary 6, 19935–1Minnesota North Stars19–17–3Recap
40WJanuary 8, 19936–4Ottawa Senators20–17–3Recap
41WJanuary 9, 19936–2@ Boston Bruins21–17–3Recap
42WJanuary 12, 19933–2Vancouver Canucks22–17–3Recap
43WJanuary 14, 19937–1Los Angeles Kings23–17–3Recap
44LJanuary 16, 19933–5New York Islanders23–18–3Recap
45LJanuary 20, 19932–3@ Montreal Canadiens23–19–3Recap
46WJanuary 22, 19936–2Montreal Canadiens24–19–3Recap
47LJanuary 23, 19935–7@ Boston Bruins24–20–3Recap
48LJanuary 26, 19932–8@ New York Islanders24–21–3Recap
49LJanuary 28, 19932–4@ Minnesota North Stars24–22–3Recap
50TJanuary 30, 19932–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues24–22–4Recap :
February: 7–4–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
51LFebruary 3, 19934–5Calgary Flames24–23–4Recap
52WFebruary 8, 19935–4New York Rangers25–23–4Recap
53LFebruary 9, 19935–8@ Detroit Red Wings25–24–4Recap
54WFebruary 13, 19936–4Philadelphia Flyers26–24–4Recap
55WFebruary 14, 19935–2@ Philadelphia Flyers27–24–4Recap
56WFebruary 17, 19934–3St. Louis Blues28–24–4Recap
57TFebruary 19, 19933–3 OTBuffalo Sabres28–24–5Recap
58LFebruary 21, 19933–6Quebec Nordiques28–25–5Recap
59WFebruary 23, 19933–1@ Pittsburgh Penguins29–25–5Recap
60LFebruary 25, 19932–6@ Philadelphia Flyers29–26–5Recap
61WFebruary 27, 19935–2Ottawa Senators30–26–5Recap
62WFebruary 28, 19936–3Detroit Red Wings31–26–5Recap :
March: 7–7–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–6–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
63WMarch 3, 19937–4@ Hartford Whalers32–26–5Recap
64TMarch 5, 19931–1 OTChicago Blackhawks32–26–6Recap
65WMarch 7, 19937–3Philadelphia Flyers33–26–6Recap
66LMarch 9, 19932–7@ Vancouver Canucks33–27–6Recap
67LMarch 12, 19934–6@ Edmonton Oilers33–28–6Recap
68LMarch 13, 19933–4@ Calgary Flames33–29–6Recap
69LMarch 16, 19931–3@ Boston Bruins33–30–6Recap
70WMarch 18, 19935–1Edmonton Oilers34–30–6Recap
71LMarch 20, 19931–5Quebec Nordiques34–31–6Recap
72WMarch 21, 19933–2@ Philadelphia Flyers35–31–6Recap
73WMarch 23, 19939–3Tampa Bay Lightning36–31–6Recap
74LMarch 25, 19933–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins36–32–6Recap
75WMarch 27, 19935–2@ Washington Capitals37–32–6Recap
76WMarch 29, 19935–0San Jose Sharks38–32–6Recap
77LMarch 31, 19932–5@ Buffalo Sabres38–33–6Recap :
April: 2–4–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 1–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
78LApril 3, 19930–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs38–34–6Recap
79LApril 4, 19932–5Pittsburgh Penguins38–35–6Recap
80WApril 7, 19935–2New York Rangers39–35–6Recap
81WApril 10, 19935–3@ Washington Capitals40–35–6Recap
82LApril 11, 19934–5New York Islanders40–36–6Recap
83TApril 14, 19936–6 OTPittsburgh Penguins40–36–7Recap
84LApril 16, 19934–8@ New York Islanders40–37–7Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1993 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Patrick Division Semifinals vs. (P1) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 18, 19933–6@ Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguins lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 20, 19930–7@ Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguins lead 2–0Recap
3LApril 22, 19933–4Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguins lead 3–0Recap
4WApril 25, 19934–1Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguins lead 3–1Recap
5LApril 26, 19933–5@ Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguins win 4–1Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Claude Lemieux | RW | 77 | 30 | 51 | 81 | 155 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Alexander Semak | C | 82 | 37 | 42 | 79 | 70 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Stephane Richer | RW | 78 | 38 | 35 | 73 | 44 | -1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 78 | 23 | 41 | 64 | 70 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 81 | 12 | 45 | 57 | 120 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 83 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 66 | -10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| John MacLean | RW | 80 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 102 | -6 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Peter Stastny | C | 62 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 22 | -5 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 80 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Holik | C | 61 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 76 | -6 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Guerin | RW | 65 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | D | 76 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 158 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Randy McKay | RW | 73 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 206 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Scott Pellerin | LW | 45 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 41 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bernie Nicholls | C | 23 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Chorske | LW | 50 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alexei Kasatonov | D | 64 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Barr | RW | 62 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Janne Ojanen | C | 31 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 84 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 236 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zdeno Ciger | LW | 27 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Todd | C | 30 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Troy Mallette | LW | 34 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Albelin | D | 36 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Brown | RW | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Hankinson | RW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrod Skalde | C | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Vilgrain | RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Billington | G | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Sullivan | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Dowd | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Emma | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Miller | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Morris | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles O'Connor | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Terreri | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Craig Billington | 2389 | 42 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 146 | 3.67 | 2 | 1178 | 1032 | .876 |
| Chris Terreri | 2672 | 48 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 151 | 3.39 | 2 | 1324 | 1173 | .886 |
| Team: | 5061 | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 297 | 3.52 | 4 | 2502 | 2205 | .881 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Stephane Richer | RW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Albelin | D | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Claude Lemieux | RW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Guerin | RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Holik | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Semak | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Stastny | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Barr | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John MacLean | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Billington | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Chorske | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexei Kasatonov | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy McKay | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Nicholls | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Terreri | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Chris Terreri | 219 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 4.66 | 0 | 118 | 101 | .856 |
| Craig Billington | 78 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.85 | 0 | 39 | 34 | .872 |
| Team: | 297 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 4.44 | 0 | 157 | 135 | .860 |
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;

## Awards and records
### Awards

Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Scott Niedermayer | NHL All-Rookie Team – Defense | End of regular season |

## Draft picks

The New Jersey Devils' picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft.
| Rd # | Pick # | Player | Nat | Pos | Team (League) |
| 1 | 18 | Jason Smith | Canada | D | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 2 | 42 | Sergei Brylin | Russia | C | CSKA Moscow (Russian Superleague) |
| 3 | 66 | Cale Hulse | Canada | D | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
| 4 | 90 | Vitaly Tomilin | Russia | C | Krylya Sovetov (Russian Superleague) |
| 4 | 94 | Scott McCabe | United States | D | Detroit Midgets |
| 5 | 114 | Ryan Black | Canada | LW | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 6 | 138 | Dan Trebil | United States | D | Bloomington Jefferson H.S. (Minnesota) |
| 7 | 162 | Geordie Kinnear | Canada | D | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 8 | 186 | Stephane Yelle | Canada | C | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
| 9 | 210 | Jeff Toms | Canada | LW | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 10 | 234 | Heath Weenk | Canada | D | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 11 | 258 | Vladislav Yakovenko | Russia | LW | Spartak Moscow (Russian Superleague) |