1991–92 Hartford Whalers season

The 1991–92 Hartford Whalers season was the Whalers' 13th season in the National Hockey League. The Whalers finished 4th in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 5, 1991 	2–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	0–1–0
2 	T	October 8, 1991 	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	0–1–1
3 	W	October 12, 1991 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	1–1–1
4 	W	October 14, 1991 	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	2–1–1
5 	W	October 16, 1991 	3–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	3–1–1
6 	W	October 19, 1991 	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	4–1–1
7 	W	October 23, 1991 	3–0 	San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	5–1–1
8 	L	October 26, 1991 	2–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	5–2–1
9 	L	October 27, 1991 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	5–3–1
10 	T	October 30, 1991 	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 	5–3–2
11 	L	November 1, 1991 	5–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	5–4–2
12 	W	November 2, 1991 	6–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	6–4–2
13 	L	November 6, 1991 	2–3 	Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	6–5–2
14 	W	November 9, 1991 	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	7–5–2
15 	L	November 10, 1991	0–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	7–6–2
16 	W	November 12, 1991	5–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	8–6–2
17 	T	November 14, 1991	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	8–6–3
18 	L	November 16, 1991	4–5 OT	Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	8–7–3
19 	W	November 17, 1991	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	9–7–3
20 	L	November 22, 1991	2–8 	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	9–8–3
21 	L	November 23, 1991	2–3 	Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	9–9–3
22 	L	November 25, 1991	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	9–10–3
23 	W	November 27, 1991	7–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	10–10–3
24 	W	November 30, 1991	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	11–10–3
25 	L	December 1, 1991 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	11–11–3
26 	L	December 4, 1991 	0–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	11–12–3
27 	T	December 7, 1991 	6–6 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	11–12–4
28 	W	December 13, 1991	8–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	12–12–4
29 	L	December 14, 1991	2–6 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	12–13–4
30 	L	December 17, 1991	2–4 	New York Islanders (1991–92) 	12–14–4
31 	L	December 19, 1991	1–4 	New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	12–15–4
32 	L	December 21, 1991	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	12–16–4
33 	W	December 23, 1991	4–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	13–16–4
34 	L	December 26, 1991	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	13–17–4
35 	L	December 28, 1991	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	13–18–4
36 	W	December 29, 1991	6–4 	New York Islanders (1991–92) 	14–18–4
37 	W	January 2, 1992 	4–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	15–18–4
38 	T	January 4, 1992 	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	15–18–5
39 	L	January 9, 1992 	1–2 	@ New York Islanders (1991–92) 	15–19–5
40 	L	January 11, 1992 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	15–20–5
41 	L	January 15, 1992 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	15–21–5
42 	L	January 16, 1992 	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	15–22–5
43 	T	January 21, 1992 	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	15–22–6
44 	T	January 25, 1992 	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	15–22–7
45 	L	January 26, 1992 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	15–23–7
46 	L	January 28, 1992 	3–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 	15–24–7
47 	L	January 31, 1992 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	15–25–7
48 	T	February 1, 1992 	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	15–25–8
49 	L	February 4, 1992 	5–6 	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	15–26–8
50 	T	February 6, 1992 	5–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 	15–26–9
51 	T	February 9, 1992 	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 	15–26–10
52 	W	February 11, 1992	5–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	16–26–10
53 	L	February 13, 1992	1–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	16–27–10
54 	L	February 15, 1992	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	16–28–10
55 	L	February 16, 1992	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	16–29–10
56 	T	February 19, 1992	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	16–29–11
57 	W	February 22, 1992	4–0 	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	17–29–11
58 	L	February 23, 1992	0–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	17–30–11
59 	L	February 25, 1992	2–5 	St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	17–31–11
60 	W	February 27, 1992	8–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	18–31–11
61 	W	February 29, 1992	5–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	19–31–11
62 	L	March 1, 1992 	4–9 	@ New York Rangers (1991–92) 	19–32–11
63 	W	March 3, 1992 	4–0 	Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	20–32–11
64 	L	March 5, 1992 	4–10 	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	20–33–11
65 	L	March 7, 1992 	1–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	20–34–11
66 	L	March 9, 1992 	0–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	20–35–11
67 	W	March 11, 1992 	4–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 	21–35–11
68 	W	March 13, 1992 	1–0 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	22–35–11
69 	L	March 14, 1992 	1–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	22–36–11
70 	W	March 16, 1992 	4–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	23–36–11
71 	L	March 18, 1992 	2–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	23–37–11
72 	L	March 21, 1992 	4–5 	San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	23–38–11
73 	T	March 22, 1992 	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	23–38–12
74 	W	March 24, 1992 	8–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	24–38–12
75 	L	March 26, 1992 	2–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	24–39–12
76 	L	March 28, 1992 	1–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	24–40–12
77 	T	March 29, 1992 	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	24–40–13
78 	W	April 12, 1992 	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	25–40–13
79 	L	April 13, 1992 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	25–41–13
80 	W	April 15, 1992 	4–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	26–41–13
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Hartford Whalers 3===
Russ Courtnall scored in Game 7 at the Montreal Forum to end Hartford's season. This was the final time that the Whalers made the playoffs before moving to North Carolina.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	77	26	51	77 	141	-28	10 	0 	4
 	RW 	76	22	35	57 	243	-16	10 	0 	3
 	D 	79	20	37	57 	120	-7 	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	61	24	30	54 	38 	-4 	8 	4 	1
 	LW 	74	18	29	47 	14 	18 	1 	3 	1
 	C 	76	21	24	45 	44 	4 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	67	11	30	41 	18 	3 	2 	2 	3
 	RW 	42	16	15	31 	39 	-14	13 	0 	2
 	LW 	64	13	18	31 	18 	5 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	62	3 	22	25 	44 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	66	9 	15	24 	93 	-16	4 	0 	1
 	D 	75	7 	17	24 	64 	-13	4 	1 	1
 	RW 	63	10	13	23 	159	-8 	5 	0 	0
 	LW 	38	12	8 	20 	36 	5 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	39	7 	10	17 	71 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	33	2 	10	12 	32 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	30	4 	6 	10 	10 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	74	1 	9 	10 	127	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	56	3 	6 	9 	125	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	25	3 	5 	8 	6 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	67	5 	1 	6 	87 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	4 	2 	6 	23 	-6 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	17	0 	5 	5 	6 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	2 	2 	4 	0 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	W 	25	1 	3 	4 	61 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	4 	4 	19 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	0 	3 	3 	19 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	24	0 	3 	3 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	2 	0 	2 	18 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	1 	1 	2 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	0 	2 	2 	48 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	1 	1 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	0 	0 	0 	2 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2567	45	14	21	6 	155	3.62	3 	1292	1137	.880
 	1995	35	9 	19	6 	111	3.34	2 	940 	829 	.882
 	306 	5 	3 	1 	1 	12 	2.35	0 	156 	144 	.923
Team: 	4868	80	26	41	13	278	3.43	5 	2388	2110	.884
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	7 	3	3	6 	6 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	7 	2	4	6 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	3	2	5 	18 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	2	3	5 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	3	0	3 	9 	1 	1 	1
 	C 	7 	2	1	3 	12 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	7 	2	1	3 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	3	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	2	2 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0	1	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	425	7 	3	4	19	2.68	0 	244	225	.922
 	19 	1 	0	0	1 	3.16	0 	5 	4 	.800
Team: 	444	7 	3	4	20	2.70	0 	249	229	.920
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==
*The Whalers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1991–92 NHL season
==References==
*1991-92 Hartford Whalers at Hockey Reference
1991–92
Category:1991 in hockey
Category:1992 in hockey