1993–94 San Jose Sharks season

The 1993–94 San Jose Sharks season saw the Sharks finish in third place in the Pacific Division with a record of 33 wins, 35 losses, and 16 ties for 82 points, clinching the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
==Offseason==
The Sharks selected Viktor Kozlov with their first-round pick, sixth over-all.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule 	Regular season schedule
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 6, 1993 	2–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 7, 1993 	2–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 10, 1993 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 	0–3–0
4 	L 	October 14, 1993 	1–2 	Calgary Flames (1993–94) 	0–4–0
5 	T 	October 16, 1993 	1–1 OT 	Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	0–4–1
6 	L 	October 19, 1993 	1–4 	St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 	0–5–1
7 	L 	October 21, 1993 	2–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 	0–6–1
8 	L 	October 23, 1993 	4–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 	0–7–1
9 	L 	October 24, 1993 	2–3 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 	0–8–1
10 	W 	October 26, 1993 	3–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 	1–8–1
11 	W 	October 28, 1993 	4–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 	2–8–1
12 	L 	October 30, 1993 	2–4 	Washington Capitals (1993–94) 	2–9–1
13 	W 	October 31, 1993 	2–1 OT 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	3–9–1
14 	T 	November 2, 1993 	3–3 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	3–9–2
15 	W 	November 5, 1993 	4–2 	Dallas Stars (1993–94) 	4–9–2
16 	L 	November 7, 1993 	1–2 	New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 	4–10–2
17 	T 	November 9, 1993 	2–2 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 	4–10–3
18 	L 	November 11, 1993 	0–4 	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 	4–11–3
19 	W 	November 13, 1993 	4–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 	5–11–3
20 	T 	November 14, 1993 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1993–94) 	5–11–4
21 	W 	November 16, 1993 	2–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 	6–11–4
22 	L 	November 18, 1993 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	6–12–4
23 	W 	November 20, 1993 	3–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 	7–12–4
24 	L 	November 21, 1993 	5–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	7–13–4
25 	W 	November 23, 1993 	6–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 	8–13–4
26 	W 	November 26, 1993 	4–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	9–13–4
27 	W 	November 27, 1993 	1–0 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 	10–13–4
28 	T 	December 3, 1993 	3–3 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 	10–13–5
29 	W 	December 5, 1993 	2–1 	Florida Panthers (1993–94) 	11–13–5
30 	L 	December 7, 1993 	1–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 	11–14–5
31 	L 	December 11, 1993 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 	11–15–5
32 	L 	December 12, 1993 	1–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 	11–16–5
33 	L 	December 15, 1993 	1–3 	St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 	11–17–5
34 	L 	December 17, 1993 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 	11–18–5
35 	L 	December 19, 1993 	5–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	11–19–5
36 	T 	December 22, 1993 	2–2 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 	11–19–6
37 	L 	December 23, 1993 	3–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 	11–20–6
38 	T 	December 28, 1993 	3–3 OT 	Calgary Flames (1993–94) 	11–20–7
39 	W 	December 31, 1993 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 	12–20–7
40 	T 	January 2, 1994 	4–4 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 	12–20–8
41 	T 	January 4, 1994 	2–2 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	12–20–9
42 	L 	January 6, 1994 	3–10 	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 	12–21–9
43 	T 	January 11, 1994 	2–2 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 	12–21–10
44 	W 	January 12, 1994 	5–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	13–21–10
45 	W 	January 15, 1994 	8–2 	Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 	14–21–10
46 	W 	January 17, 1994 	3–2 	Calgary Flames (1993–94) 	15–21–10
47 	L 	January 25, 1994 	3–8 	New York Rangers (1993–94) 	15–22–10
48 	T 	January 28, 1994 	3–3 OT 	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 	15–22–11
49 	W 	January 29, 1994 	2–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 	16–22–11
50 	L 	February 1, 1994 	4–5 	@ New York Islanders (1993–94) 	16–23–11
51 	W 	February 3, 1994 	3–2 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 	17–23–11
52 	L 	February 5, 1994 	3–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 	17–24–11
53 	W 	February 6, 1994 	7–1 	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 	18–24–11
54 	W 	February 8, 1994 	4–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 	19–24–11
55 	W 	February 11, 1994 	4–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 	20–24–11
56 	W 	February 13, 1994 	1–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 	21–24–11
57 	L 	February 15, 1994 	4–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 	21–25–11
58 	L 	February 17, 1994 	2–8 	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	21–26–11
59 	W 	February 19, 1994 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 	22–26–11
60 	L 	February 21, 1994 	3–6 	Dallas Stars (1993–94) 	22–27–11
61 	L 	February 23, 1994 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	22–28–11
62 	L 	February 24, 1994 	4–6 	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 	22–29–11
63 	L 	February 26, 1994 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 	22–30–11
64 	T 	February 28, 1994 	3–3 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 	22–30–12
65 	W 	March 3, 1994 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 	23–30–12
66 	W 	March 6, 1994 	6–0 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 	24–30–12
67 	T 	March 8, 1994 	4–4 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	24–30–13
68 	W 	March 10, 1994 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1993–94) 	25–30–13
69 	L 	March 12, 1994 	0–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 	25–31–13
70 	L 	March 17, 1994 	1–2 	Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 	25–32–13
71 	L 	March 19, 1994 	1–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 	25–33–13
72 	T 	March 20, 1994 	6–6 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 	25–33–14
73 	T 	March 22, 1994 	2–2 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	25–33–15
74 	W 	March 24, 1994 	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 	26–33–15
75 	W 	March 25, 1994 	8–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 	27–33–15
76 	W 	March 27, 1994 	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 	28–33–15
77 	W 	March 29, 1994 	9–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 	29–33–15
78 	W 	March 31, 1994 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 	30–33–15
79 	W 	April 2, 1994 	7–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 	31–33–15
80 	W 	April 5, 1994 	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 	32–33–15
81 	L 	April 7, 1994 	2–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 	32–34–15
82 	L 	April 8, 1994 	2–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 	32–35–15
83 	W 	April 10, 1994 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 	33–35–15
84 	T 	April 13, 1994 	2–2 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 	33–35–16
==Playoffs==
In a Conference Quarter-final series, the Sharks met the #1 seeded Detroit Red Wings, one of the conference's favourites for a Stanley Cup championship. However, in a stunning upset, the Sharks eliminated the Red Wings in seven games. They went on to face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Conference Semi-final, and had a 3-2 series lead. However, the Leafs won the final two games in Toronto to eliminate the Sharks and advance to the Conference Final.
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"	Date 	Away 	Home 	OT
April 18 	San Jose 5 	4 Detroit 	 	
April 20 	San Jose 0 	4 Detroit 	 	
April 22 	Detroit 3 	2 San Jose 	 	
April 23 	Detroit 3 	4 San Jose 	 	
April 26 	Detroit 4 	6 San Jose 	 	
April 28 	San Jose 1 	7 Detroit 	 	
April 30 	San Jose 3 	2 Detroit 	 	
San Jose wins series 4–3.	San Jose wins series 4–3.	San Jose wins series 4–3.	San Jose wins series 4–3.	
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	30	38	68 	78 	11 	10 	0 	5
 	C 	75	25	41	66 	89 	-3 	9 	0 	4
 	D 	81	26	38	64 	24 	16 	4 	0 	3
 	C 	60	18	38	56 	40 	20 	3 	2 	2
 	RW 	83	22	31	53 	18 	-3 	6 	0 	1
 	LW 	80	18	35	53 	28 	9 	7 	0 	3
 	LW 	61	14	26	40 	14 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	64	7 	33	40 	36 	16 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	84	15	20	35 	28 	-10	6 	0 	4
 	LW 	84	12	18	30 	28 	8 	0 	1 	3
 	LW 	64	12	18	30 	126	-11	5 	0 	2
 	D 	74	6 	19	25 	31 	3 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	81	13	8 	21 	222	-13	7 	0 	0
 	C 	65	12	5 	17 	38 	2 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	13	6 	6 	12 	0 	0 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	47	1 	9 	10 	59 	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	58	3 	6 	9 	16 	-13	0 	1 	0
 	D 	49	1 	6 	7 	63 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	3 	2 	5 	2 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	22	1 	4 	5 	14 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2 	2 	4 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	26	2 	2 	4 	4 	-3 	0 	2 	1
 	D 	27	1 	3 	4 	20 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	68	0 	4 	4 	122	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	42	0 	3 	3 	65 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	0 	2 	2 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	34	0 	2 	2 	76 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	74	0 	2 	2 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	0 	2 	2 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	0 	0 	0 	30 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	14	5	13	18 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	8	2 	10 	4 	2 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	14	5	5 	10 	12 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	4	6 	10 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	14	0	10	10 	8 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	6	2 	8 	0 	-3 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	14	1	6 	7 	2 	-7 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	14	1	5 	6 	20 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	3	2 	5 	30 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	14	3	2 	5 	10 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	1	4 	5 	12 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0	4 	4 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	1	2 	3 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1	2 	3 	21 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	14	2	0 	2 	0 	-1 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	13	0	2 	2 	32 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1	0 	1 	20 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	14	0	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	0	0 	0 	11 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; 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; 
==Transactions==
===Trade Deadline Transactions===
Traded 	Acquired 	Acquired From
Doug Zmolek, Mike Lalor	Ulf Dahlen	Dallas Stars
==Draft picks==
===NHL Entry Draft===
Round	# 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	6 	Viktor Kozlov 	Center 	 	HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
2 	28 	Shean Donovan 	Right Wing	 	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2 	45 	Vlastimil Kroupa 	Defense 	 	Litvinov Chemopetrol (Czech)
3 	58 	Ville Peltonen 	Left Wing 	 	HIFK Helsinki (FNL)
4 	80 	Alexander Osadchy	Defense 	 	HC CSKA Moscow (Russia)
5 	106	Andrei Buschan 	Defense 	 	Kiev Sokol (Russia)
6 	132	Petri Varis 	Left Wing 	 	Assat Pori (FNL)
6 	154	Fredrik Oduya 	Defense 	 	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
7 	158	Anatoly Filatov 	Forward 	 	Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo (Russia)
8 	184	Todd Holt 	Right Wing	 	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
9 	210	Jonas Forsberg 	Goalie 	 	Djurgardens IF Stockholm (SEL)
10 	236	Jeff Salajko 	Goalie 	 	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
11 	262	Jamie Matthews 	Center 	 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
===NHL Supplemental Draft===
Round	#	Player 	Position 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	2	Dean Sylvester	Right Wing	 	Kent State University (NCAA)
===NHL Expansion Draft===
# 	Player 	Drafted from 	Drafted by
17	David Williams (D)	San Jose Sharks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
47	Robin Bawa (RW) 	San Jose Sharks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
==References==
* Sharks on Hockey Database
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