1993-94 NHL season

The 1993–94 NHL season was the 77th regular season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-six teams each played 84 games. The New York Rangers were the Stanley Cup champions. It was the Rangers' fourth championship. In addition, the final game started the 1994 Stanley Cup riots in Downtown Vancouver.

The play of Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils and Dominik Hasek of the Buffalo Sabres brought in a new era of goaltending dominance in the NHL. Only three teams reached the 300-goal plateau, and only one team, the Detroit Red Wings, averaged more than four goals scored per game. Goaltenders combined for 99 shutouts during the regular season.

Regular season
This was the first and only season (as of the 2007-08 season) that all 4 former WHA teams (Edmonton, Hartford, Quebec, Winnipeg) missed the playoffs since joining in 1979.

Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Note: x = clinched playoff berth, y = clinched division title, z = won Presidents' Trophy

Scoring leaders

Stanley Cup Playoffs

Playoff bracket

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

Finals

NHL Awards
The NHL Awards presentation took place on June 16, 1994.

All-Star teams

First games
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1993–94 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
Mariusz Czerkawski, Boston Bruins
Chris Osgood, Detroit Red Wings
Darren McCarty, Detroit Red Wings
Greg Johnson, Detroit Red Wings
Jason Arnott, Edmonton Oilers
Kirk Maltby, Edmonton Oilers
Rob Niedermayer, Florida Panthers
Chris Pronger, Hartford Whalers
Donald Brashear, Montreal Canadiens
Jason Smith, New Jersey Devils
Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
Zigmund Palffy, New York Islanders
Mattias Norstrom, New York Rangers
Todd Marchant, New York Rangers
Alexandre Daigle, Ottawa Senators
Alexei Yashin, Ottawa Senators
Pavol Demitra, Ottawa Senators
Mikael Renberg, Philadelphia Flyers
Markus Naslund, Pittsburgh Penguins
Jocelyn Thibault, Quebec Nordiques
Ian Laperriere, St. Louis Blues
Chris Gratton, Tampa Bay Lightning
Yanic Perreault, Toronto Maple Leafs
Mike Peca, Vancouver Canucks
Jason Allison, Washington Capitals

Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1993–94 (listed with their last team):
Gordie Roberts, Boston Bruins
Dave Christian, Chicago Blackhawks
Michel Goulet, Chicago Blackhawks
Mike Foligno, Florida Panthers
Brian Propp, Hartford Whalers
Dave Taylor, Los Angeles Kings
Mark Hardy, Los Angeles Kings
Keith Acton, New York Islanders
Rob Ramage, Philadelphia Flyers
Bryan Trottier, Pittsburgh Penguins

1994 Trading Deadline
 Trading Deadline: MARCH 21, 1994 
March 19, 1994: Donald Dufresne traded from Tampa Bay to Los Angeles for Los Angeles's 6th round pick in 1994 Entry Draft.
March 19, 1994: Jeff Daniels traded from Pittsburgh to Florida for Greg Hawgood.
March 19, 1994: Doug Zmolek and Mike Lalor traded from San Jose to Dallas for Ulf Dahlen.
March 21, 1994: Joe Juneau traded from Boston to Washington for Al Iafrate.
March 21, 1994: Craig Janney traded from Vancouver to St. Louis for Jeff Brown, Bret Hedican and Nathan Lafayette.
March 21, 1994: Jim Johnson traded from Dallas to Washington for Alan May and Washington's 7th round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
March 21, 1994: Joe Reekie traded from Tampa Bay to Washington for Enrico Ciccone and Washington's 3rd round pick in 1994 Entry Draft and a conditional draft pick.
March 21, 1994: Steve Konroyd traded from Detroit to Ottawa for Daniel Berthiaume.
March 21, 1994: Phil Bourque traded from NY Rangers to Ottawa for future considerations.
March 21, 1994: Tony Amonte and the rights to Matt Oates traded from NY Rangers to Chicago for Stephane Matteau and Brian Noonan.
March 21, 1994: Peter Andersson traded from NY Rangers to Florida for future considerations.
March 21, 1994: Robert Dirk traded from Vancouver to Chicago for Chicago's 4th round pick in 1994 Entry Draft.
March 21, 1994: Mike Gartner traded from NY Rangers to Toronto for Glenn Anderson, the rights to Scott Malone and Toronto's 4th round pick in 1994 Entry Draft.
March 21, 1994: Craig MacTavish traded from Edmonton to NY Rangers for Todd Marchant.
March 21, 1994: Paul Ysebaert traded from Winnipeg to Chicago for Chicago's 3rd round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
March 21, 1994: Alexei Kasatonov traded from Anaheim to St. Louis for Maxim Bets and St. Louis's 6th round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
March 21, 1994: Mike Needham traded from Pittsburgh to Dallas for Jim McKenzie.
March 21, 1994: Kevin Todd traded from Chicago to Los Angeles for Los Angeles's 4th round pick in 1994 Entry Draft.
March 21, 1994: Pelle Eklund traded from Philadelphia to Dallas for future considerations.
March 21, 1994: Roy Mitchell and Reid Simpson traded from Dallas to New Jersey for future considerations.
March 21, 1994: Steve Passmore traded from Quebec to Edmonton for Brad Werenka.

Complete List of Neutral-Site Games

References

Other websites
Hockey Database
http://nhl.com/