# 1992–93 New York Rangers season

The 1992–93 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 67th season. The Rangers, coming off a Presidents' Trophy-winning 1991–92 season, finished with a 34–39–11 record in the regular season. The team finished last in the Patrick Division and missed the playoffs.
Roger Neilson entered his fourth season as Rangers head coach, but was fired midway through the season and replaced by Ron Smith.

## Regular season

On December 15, 1992, the Rangers were shut-out at home 3–0 by the Calgary Flames. It was the first time the Rangers had been shut out in a regular season game since December 17, 1989, when they lost at home 2–0 to the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to their loss to the Flames, the Rangers had gone 236 consecutive regular-season games without being shutout.
The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the postseason for the first time since 1988.

### 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

1992–93 regular season :
October: 7–4–1 (home: 5–1–1; road: 2–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
1October 9@ Washington Capitals4–21–0–0Recap
2October 10@ New Jersey Devils4–21–1–0Recap
3October 12Hartford Whalers6–22–1–0Recap
4October 14New Jersey Devils6–13–1–0Recap
5October 17@ New York Islanders6–33–2–0Recap
6October 18New York Islanders4–34–2–0Recap
7October 21Washington Capitals2–15–2–0Recap
8October 23Montreal Canadiens3–3 OT5–2–1Recap
9October 24@ Ottawa Senators3–2 OT6–2–1Recap
10October 26Philadelphia Flyers8–47–2–1Recap
11October 29Quebec Nordiques6–37–3–1Recap
12October 31@ Montreal Canadiens4–37–4–1Recap :
November: 4–6–2 (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–2–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
13November 2Buffalo Sabres7–6 OT8–4–1Recap
14November 4Philadelphia Flyers3–19–4–1Recap
15November 7@ Boston Bruins2–2 OT9–4–2Recap
16November 9Tampa Bay Lightning5–19–5–2Recap
17November 11Washington Capitals7–49–6–2Recap
18November 14@ Quebec Nordiques6–39–7–2Recap
19November 19@ Philadelphia Flyers7–39–8–2Recap
20November 21@ Winnipeg Jets5–410–8–2Recap
21November 23Pittsburgh Penguins5–210–9–2Recap
22November 25@ Pittsburgh Penguins11–311–9–2Recap
23November 27@ Minnesota North Stars4–4 OT11–9–3Recap
24November 30Minnesota North Stars4–211–10–3Recap :
December: 8–6–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–4–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
25December 2Detroit Red Wings5–312–10–3Recap
26December 4@ Washington Capitals8–412–11–3Recap
27December 6Toronto Maple Leafs6–013–11–3Recap
28December 9Tampa Bay Lightning6–514–11–3Recap
29December 11@ Tampa Bay Lightning5–415–11–3Recap
30December 13Montreal Canadiens10–516–11–3Recap
31December 15Calgary Flames3–016–12–3Recap
32December 17@ St. Louis Blues4–317–12–3Recap
33December 19@ Hartford Whalers4–4 OT17–12–4Recap
34December 21@ New Jersey Devils3–018–12–4Recap
35December 23New Jersey Devils5–4 OT18–13–4Recap
36December 26@ New York Islanders6–418–14–4Recap
37December 27Boston Bruins6–519–14–4Recap
38December 29@ Washington Capitals4–3 OT19–15–4Recap
39December 31@ Buffalo Sabres11–619–16–4Recap :
January: 4–5–3 (home: 3–0–2; road: 1–5–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
40January 2@ Pittsburgh Penguins5–219–17–4Recap
41January 4New Jersey Devils3–3 OT19–17–5Recap
42January 6Ottawa Senators6–220–17–5Recap
43January 9@ Philadelphia Flyers4–320–18–5Recap
44January 11Vancouver Canucks3–3 OT20–18–6Recap
45January 13Washington Capitals5–421–18–6Recap
46January 16@ Montreal Canadiens3–021–19–6Recap
47January 19@ Detroit Red Wings2–2 OT21–19–7Recap
48January 23@ Los Angeles Kings8–322–19–7Recap
49January 27Winnipeg Jets5–223–19–7Recap
50January 29@ Buffalo Sabres6–423–20–7Recap
51January 30@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–123–21–7Recap :
February: 5–4–3 (home: 2–1–1; road: 3–3–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
52February 1@ New York Islanders4–4 OT23–21–8Recap
53February 3Philadelphia Flyers2–2 OT23–21–9Recap
54February 8@ New Jersey Devils5–423–22–9Recap
55February 10Pittsburgh Penguins3–023–23–9Recap
56February 12New York Islanders4–324–23–9Recap
57February 13@ New York Islanders5–224–24–9Recap
58February 15St. Louis Blues4–125–24–9Recap
59February 20@ San Jose Sharks6–426–24–9Recap
60February 22@ San Jose Sharks4–027–24–9Recap
61February 24@ Vancouver Canucks5–427–25–9Recap
62February 26@ Calgary Flames4–4 OT27–25–10Recap
63February 27@ Edmonton Oilers1–028–25–10Recap :
March: 5–6–1 (home: 3–5–1; road: 2–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
64March 3Buffalo Sabres2–2 OT28–25–11Recap
65March 5Pittsburgh Penguins3–129–25–11Recap
66March 6@ Quebec Nordiques10–229–26–11Recap
67March 9Los Angeles Kings4–330–26–11Recap
68March 11@ Chicago Blackhawks4–131–26–11Recap
69March 15Boston Bruins3–131–27–11Recap
70March 17Edmonton Oilers4–3 OT31–28–11Recap
71March 19San Jose Sharks8–132–28–11Recap
72March 22@ Ottawa Senators5–433–28–11Recap
73March 24Philadelphia Flyers5–433–29–11Recap
74March 26Chicago Blackhawks3–133–30–11Recap
75March 28Quebec Nordiques3–233–31–11Recap :
April: 1–8–0 (home: 0–4–0; road: 1–4–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
76April 2New York Islanders3–2 OT33–32–11Recap
77April 4@ Washington Capitals4–034–32–11Recap
78April 5Hartford Whalers5–434–33–11Recap
79April 7@ New Jersey Devils5–234–34–11Recap
80April 9Pittsburgh Penguins10–434–35–11Recap
81April 10@ Pittsburgh Penguins4–234–36–11Recap
82April 12@ Philadelphia Flyers1–034–37–11Recap
83April 14Washington Capitals2–034–38–11Recap
84April 16@ Washington Capitals4–234–39–11Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | Number | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Mark Messier | 11 | 75 | 25 | 66 | 91 | −6 | 72 |
| Tony Amonte | 33 | 83 | 33 | 43 | 76 | 0 | 49 |
| Mike Gartner | 22 | 84 | 45 | 23 | 68 | −4 | 59 |
| Adam Graves | 9 | 84 | 36 | 29 | 65 | −4 | 148 |
| Sergei Nemchinov | 13 | 81 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 15 | 34 |
| Darren Turcotte | 8 | 71 | 25 | 28 | 53 | −3 | 40 |
| Doug Weight$^‡$ | 39 | 65 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 4 | 55 |
| Alexei Kovalev | 27 | 65 | 20 | 18 | 38 | −10 | 79 |
| Brian Leetch | 2 | 36 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 2 | 26 |
| Sergei Zubov | 21 | 49 | 8 | 23 | 31 | −1 | 4 |
| Eddie Olczyk$^†$ | 12 | 46 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 26 |
| James Patrick | 3 | 60 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 61 |
| Phil Bourque | 29 | 55 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −9 | 39 |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 23 | 82 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 153 |
| Jan Erixon | 20 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 10 |
| Peter Andersson | 5 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 18 |
| Kevin Lowe | 4 | 49 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −2 | 58 |
| Paul Broten | 37 | 60 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −6 | 48 |
| Steven King | 25 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Mark Hardy$^‡$ | 14 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 85 |
| Jay Wells | 24 | 53 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −2 | 107 |
| Joe Cirella | 6 | 55 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 85 |
| Joe Kocur | 26 | 65 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −9 | 131 |
| Mike Hurlbut | 32 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 16 |
| Esa Tikkanen$^†$ | 10 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −13 | 18 |
| Randy Gilhen$^‡$ | 15 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −8 | 8 |
| Kris King$^‡$ | 19 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 67 |
| Tie Domi$^‡$ | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 95 |
| Par Djoos | 44 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| John McIntyre$^†$ | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
| Craig Duncanson | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Marcinyshyn | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Mike Hartman$^†$ | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Joby Messier | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | Number | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 34 | 48 | 2757 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 152 | 3.31 | 1525 | .900 | 4 |
| Mike Richter | 35 | 38 | 2105 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 134 | 3.82 | 1180 | .886 | 1 |
| Corey Hirsch | 31 | 4 | 224 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3.75 | 116 | .879 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. $^‡$Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers 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;

## Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 24 | Peter Ferraro | C | United States | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) |
| 2 | 48 | Mattias Norstrom | D | Sweden | AIK IF (Elitserien) |
| 3 | 72 | Eric Cairns | LW | Canada | Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (OHL) |
| 4 | 85 | Chris Ferraro | C | United States | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) |
| 5 | 120 | Dmitri Starostenko | RW | Belarus | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
| 6 | 144 | David Dal Grande | D | Canada | Ottawa Jr. Senators (MOJHL) |
| 7 | 168 | Matt Oates | LW | Canada | Miami University (CCHA) |
| 8 | 192 | Mickey Elick | D | Canada | Calgary Canucks (AJHL) |
| 9 | 216 | Daniel Brierley | D | United States | Choate Rosemary Hall (USHS-CT) |
| 10 | 240 | Vladimir Vorobiev | RW | Russia | Metallurg Cherepovets (CIS) |