1993–94 New Jersey Devils season

The 1993–94 New Jersey Devils season was the franchise's twentieth season, twelfth in New Jersey. For the fourth consecutive season, the Devils qualified for the playoffs. In the playoffs, The Devils made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Final where they came within a game of advancing to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. Goaltender Martin Brodeur won the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie and new coach Jacques Lemaire won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach.
==Regular season==
The New Jersey Devils opened the 1993–94 season with 7 consecutive wins. They finished second in scoring and in goaltending. They also set team records in wins (47) and points (106). Captain Scott Stevens led the league in +/- with +53. 
===Final standings===
===Game log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	Oct 6, 1993 	2–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1–0–0
2 	W	Oct 8, 1993 	6–3 	@ Washington Capitals 	2–0–0
3 	W	Oct 9, 1993 	6–4 	Washington Capitals 	3–0–0
4 	W	Oct 12, 1993	7–4 	Winnipeg Jets 	4–0–0
5 	W	Oct 16, 1993	6–3 	@ New York Islanders 	5–0–0
6 	W	Oct 20, 1993	4–0 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	6–0–0
7 	W	Oct 23, 1993	2–1 	Florida Panthers 	7–0–0
8 	L	Oct 26, 1993	0–2 	Montreal Canadiens 	7–1–0
9 	W	Oct 30, 1993	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers 	8–1–0
10	L	Oct 31, 1993	1–4 	@ New York Rangers 	8–2–0
11	L	Nov 3, 1993 	2–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	8–3–0
12	W	Nov 5, 1993 	6–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	9–3–0
13	W	Nov 7, 1993 	2–1 	@ San Jose Sharks 	10–3–0
14	W	Nov 10, 1993	5–3 	New York Islanders 	11–3–0
15	W	Nov 11, 1993	5–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	12–3–0
16	L	Nov 13, 1993	2–4 	San Jose Sharks 	12–4–0
17	W	Nov 17, 1993	4–0 	Buffalo Sabres 	13–4–0
18	W	Nov 18, 1993	5–2 	@ Ottawa Senators 	14–4–0
19	L	Nov 20, 1993	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings 	14–5–0
20	T	Nov 23, 1993	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques 	14–5–1
21	W	Nov 24, 1993	5–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	15–5–1
22	T	Nov 26, 1993	6–6 OT	@ St. Louis Blues 	15–5–2
23	L	Nov 30, 1993	1–3 	New York Rangers 	15–6–2
24	T	Dec 2, 1993 	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	15–6–3
25	T	Dec 4, 1993 	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks 	15–6–4
26	L	Dec 5, 1993 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers 	15–7–4
27	W	Dec 8, 1993 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	16–7–4
28	L	Dec 9, 1993 	2–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	16–8–4
29	W	Dec 11, 1993	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers 	17–8–4
30	L	Dec 14, 1993	1–4 	@ New York Islanders 	17–9–4
31	L	Dec 15, 1993	4–5 	Boston Bruins 	17–10–4
32	W	Dec 18, 1993	6–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	18–10–4
33	W	Dec 19, 1993	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	19–10–4
34	L	Dec 22, 1993	3–6 	@ Hartford Whalers 	19–11–4
35	W	Dec 23, 1993	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	20–11–4
36	L	Dec 26, 1993	3–8 	@ New York Rangers 	20–12–4
37	W	Dec 28, 1993	4–2 	Hartford Whalers 	21–12–4
38	W	Jan 1, 1994 	7–1 	@ Ottawa Senators 	22–12–4
39	W	Jan 4, 1994 	6–3 	New York Islanders 	23–12–4
40	W	Jan 7, 1994 	4–1 	Florida Panthers 	24–12–4
41	L	Jan 9, 1994 	0–4 	Washington Capitals 	24–13–4
42	L	Jan 12, 1994	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	24–14–4
43	W	Jan 14, 1994	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals 	25–14–4
44	L	Jan 15, 1994	3–5 	Los Angeles Kings 	25–15–4
45	W	Jan 19, 1994	4–0 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	26–15–4
46	W	Jan 24, 1994	6–2 	@ Dallas Stars 	27–15–4
47	T	Jan 26, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers 	27–15–5
48	T	Jan 28, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames 	27–15–6
49	L	Jan 29, 1994	3–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	27–16–6
50	L	Feb 2, 1994 	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres 	27–17–6
51	W	Feb 4, 1994 	5–2 	Ottawa Senators 	28–17–6
52	W	Feb 5, 1994 	7–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	29–17–6
53	W	Feb 10, 1994	7–3 	Vancouver Canucks 	30–17–6
54	L	Feb 12, 1994	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins 	30–18–6
55	T	Feb 13, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	30–18–7
56	L	Feb 17, 1994	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	30–19–7
57	W	Feb 19, 1994	5–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	31–19–7
58	T	Feb 20, 1994	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	31–19–8
59	W	Feb 23, 1994	7–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	32–19–8
60	L	Feb 24, 1994	1–3 	New York Rangers 	32–20–8
61	T	Feb 26, 1994	1–1 OT	@ Hartford Whalers 	32–20–9
62	W	Feb 28, 1994	5–1 	St. Louis Blues 	33–20–9
63	W	Mar 2, 1994 	3–2 	@ Florida Panthers 	34–20–9
64	W	Mar 3, 1994 	5–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	35–20–9
65	W	Mar 5, 1994 	6–3 	Calgary Flames 	36–20–9
66	T	Mar 7, 1994 	2–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques 	36–20–10
67	W	Mar 10, 1994	4–0 	Hartford Whalers 	37–20–10
68	W	Mar 12, 1994	2–1 	Boston Bruins 	38–20–10
69	W	Mar 13, 1994	4–0 	Dallas Stars 	39–20–10
70	L	Mar 15, 1994	2–3 	@ New York Islanders 	39–21–10
71	W	Mar 17, 1994	6–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	40–21–10
72	W	Mar 19, 1994	8–6 	@ Boston Bruins 	41–21–10
73	T	Mar 21, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers 	41–21–11
74	W	Mar 24, 1994	2–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	42–21–11
75	W	Mar 26, 1994	7–2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	43–21–11
76	W	Mar 27, 1994	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques 	44–21–11
77	W	Mar 29, 1994	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens 	45–21–11
78	L	Apr 1, 1994 	1–2 	@ Washington Capitals 	45–22–11
79	L	Apr 2, 1994 	2–4 	New York Rangers 	45–23–11
80	L	Apr 6, 1994 	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	45–24–11
81	W	Apr 8, 1994 	7–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	46–24–11
82	T	Apr 10, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers 	46–24–12
83	L	Apr 12, 1994	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	46–25–12
84	W	Apr 14, 1994	4–1 	Ottawa Senators 	47–25–12
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	83	18	60	78 	112	53 	5 	1 	4
 	RW 	80	36	36	72 	16 	31 	7 	3 	9
 	RW 	80	37	33	70 	95 	30 	8 	0 	4
 	LW 	82	26	31	57 	70 	36 	8 	0 	0
 	C 	78	20	30	50 	52 	24 	4 	0 	3
 	C 	61	19	27	46 	86 	24 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	81	10	36	46 	42 	34 	5 	0 	2
 	RW 	81	25	19	44 	101	14 	2 	0 	3
 	RW 	79	18	26	44 	86 	13 	5 	0 	5
 	LW 	76	21	20	41 	32 	14 	1 	1 	4
 	C 	70	13	20	33 	72 	28 	2 	0 	3
 	C 	76	10	23	33 	51 	7 	0 	2 	1
 	D 	66	8 	24	32 	63 	29 	3 	1 	0
 	C 	54	12	17	29 	22 	6 	2 	2 	2
 	RW 	78	12	15	27 	244	24 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	69	4 	16	20 	238	19 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	62	2 	17	19 	36 	20 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	41	2 	15	17 	18 	10 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	15	5 	10	15 	0 	8 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	52	1 	14	15 	30 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	5 	5 	10 	2 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	78	1 	9 	10 	176	27 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	41	0 	5 	5 	43 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	44	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	1 	0 	1 	23 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	47	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2625	47	27	11	8 	105	2.40	3 	1238	1133	.915
 	2340	44	20	11	4 	106	2.72	2 	1141	1035	.907
 	130 	3 	0 	3 	0 	6 	2.77	0 	55 	49 	.891
Team: 	5095	84	47	25	12	217	2.56	5 	2434	2217	.911
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	20	7	11	18 	44 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	20	6	10	16 	22 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	16	4	9 	13 	28 	2 	1 	0
 	RW 	20	7	5 	12 	6 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	20	2	9 	11 	42 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	20	3	5 	8 	12 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	19	2	6 	8 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	1	7 	8 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	20	5	2 	7 	14 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	20	4	3 	7 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	20	2	5 	7 	14 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	20	2	2 	4 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	2	1 	3 	35 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	20	1	2 	3 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	0	3 	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1	0 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	1	0 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	0 	1 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	17	1	0 	1 	64 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	17	0	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0	1 	1 	45 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1171	17	8 	9	38	1.95	1 	531	493	.928
 	200 	4 	3 	0	9 	2.70	0 	111	102	.919
Team: 	1371	20	11	9	47	2.06	1 	642	595	.927
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==
* Martin Brodeur, Calder Trophy
* Jacques Lemaire, Jack Adams Trophy
* Scott Stevens, Runner-Up, Norris Trophy National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
==Transactions==
==Draft picks==
The New Jersey Devils' picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.
Rd #	Pick #	Player 	Nat 	Pos 	Team (League) 	Notes 	 	 	
1 	13 	Denis Pederson 	 	C 	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 	 	 	 	
2 	32 	Jay Pandolfo 	 	LW 	Boston University (Hockey East) 	The Devils acquired the 1993 second-round pick, Bobby Holik, and a conditional 1994 draft pick from Hartford for Sean Burke and Eric Weinrich on August 28, 1992. 	 	 	
2 	39 	Brendan Morrison 	 	C 	Penticton Panthers (BCJHL) 	 	 	 	
3 	65 	Krzysztof Oliwa 	 	LW 	Welland Flames (GHJBHL) 	 	 	 	
4 	91 	No fourth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.	No fourth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.	No fourth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.	No fourth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.	No fourth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.	No fourth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.	No fourth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.	No fourth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1993 fourth-round pick (used on Cosmo Dupual), along with Craig Billington and Troy Mallette to Ottawa for Peter Sidorkiewicz and future considerations (later became Mike Peluso) on June 20, 1993.
5 	110 	John Guirestante 	 	RW 	London Knights (OHL) 	The Devils acquired the 1993 fifth-round pick from Hartford for Lee Norwood on October 3, 1991. The Devils had traded their original fifth-round pick (used on Jason Saal) to Los Angeles for Corey Millen on June 26, 1993. 	 	 	
6 	143 	Steve Brule 	 	RW 	St. Jean Lynx (QMJHL) 	 	 	 	
7 	169 	Nikolai Zavarukhin 	 	C 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russian Super League) 	 	 	 	
8 	195 	Thom Cullen 	 	D 	Wexford Raiders (MJHL) 	 	 	 	
9 	221 	Judd Lambert 	 	G 	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCJHL) 	 	 	 	
10 	247 	Jimmy Provencher 	 	RW 	St. Jean Lynx (QMJHL) 	 	 	 	
11 	273 	Mike Legg 	 	RW 	London (MOJHL) 	 	 	 	
==See also==
*1993–94 NHL season
==References==
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