1992–93 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1992–93 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 77th season of the Toronto NHL franchise. The Leafs finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Los Angeles Kings 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	8. 	Brandon Convery	 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
1 	23.	Grant Marshall 	 	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
==Regular Season==
Grant Fuhr was traded by the Maple Leafs (with conditional pick in 1995 draft) to Buffalo Sabres for LW Dave Andreychuk, G Daren Puppa and first-round draft pick in the 1993 draft (D Kenny Jonsson) on February 2, 1993. 
The 1992-93 season was a triumph for the Maple Leafs. It saw them set franchise records in wins (44) and points (99). The 21-year-old goaltender Felix Potvin played his first full season with the team and was solid, with a 25-15-7 record, a GAA of 2.50, 2 shutouts, and a .910 SV%. In a season that saw 20 of 24 teams average more than 3 goals scored per game, the Maple Leafs goaltending was one of the best in the NHL, allowing only 241 goals in 84 games (only the Chicago Blackhawks allowed fewer goals than Toronto). The Maple Leafs also had a strong defense corps, anchored by Dave Ellett, Todd Gill, Sylvain Lefebvre, Jamie Macoun, Dmitri Mironov and Bob Rouse. Newcomers Dave Andreychuk and Daren Puppa also played very well. In just 31 games with the Leafs, Andreychuk scored 25 goals and had 13 assists for 38 points. Puppa won 6 out of 8 games, had a GAA of 2.25, 2 shutouts, and a .922 SV%. Rookie Nikolai Borschevsky led the team in goals with 34 and would score a very memorable goal in the first round of the playoffs against the Detroit Red Wings; Borschevsky deflected Bob Rouse's shot 2:35 into the first overtime period of game 7 at Joe Louis Arena to give the Leafs a 4-3 win and a 4-games-to-3 series win.
===Doug Gilmour===
Doug Gilmour had a career year in 1992–93. He had a franchise-record 127 points during the 1992–1993 regular season and ranked eighth in league scoring.NHL Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 166. In the playoffs, he played a key role as the Leafs took out the powerhouse Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues, both in seven games. Gilmour finished the postseason with 35 points, behind only Wayne Gretzky. Gilmour was the runner-up for the Hart Trophy as regular-season MVP and won the Selke Trophy as best defensive forward, the first major NHL award that a Leaf player had won since 1967.
One of Gilmour's most memorable goals was scored during the 1993 second round playoffs series against the St. Louis Blues, in the second sudden death overtime period. Many fans remember him skating back and forth behind the St. Louis net multiple times before finally sliding the puck behind a sprawling Curtis Joseph. However, they end up losing to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3 in the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
====October====
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record	Points
1 	October 6 	Washington	5 - 6	Toronto 	 	0-1-0 	0
2 	October 10	Toronto 	2 - 3	Calgary 	 	0-2-0 	0
3 	October 11	Toronto 	3 - 3	Edmonton 	 	0-2-1 	1
4 	October 15	Tampa Bay 	5 - 3	Toronto 	 	1-2-1 	3
5 	October 17	Chicago 	4 - 3	Toronto 	 	2-2-1 	5
6 	October 18	Minnesota 	1 - 5	Toronto 	 	2-3-1 	5
7 	October 20	Ottawa 	5 - 3	Toronto1 	 	3-3-1 	7
8 	October 22	Toronto 	5 - 2	Tampa Bay	 	4-3-1 	9
9 	October 24	San Jose 	5 - 1	Toronto 	 	5-3-1 	11
10 	October 28	Buffalo 	4 - 4	Toronto 	 	5-3-2 	12
11 	October 30	Toronto 	1 - 7	Detroit 	 	5-4-2 	12
12 	October 31	Detroit 	3 - 1	Toronto 	 	6-4-2 	14
1 Played at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario.
====November====
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record	Points
13 	November 5 	Toronto 	0 - 1	Chicago 	 	6-5-2 	14
14 	November 7 	Pittsburgh 	4 - 2	Toronto 	 	7-5-2 	16
15 	November 9 	Toronto 	3 - 1	Ottawa 	 	8-5-2 	18
16 	November 14	Toronto 	4 - 1	Boston 	 	9-5-2 	20
17 	November 16	St. Louis 	2 - 2	Toronto 	OT	9-5-3 	21
18 	November 17	Toronto 	1 - 3	Quebec1 	 	9-6-3 	21
19 	November 19	Toronto 	2 - 0	San Jose 	 	10-6-3	23
20 	November 21	Toronto 	4 - 6	Los Angeles	 	10-7-3	23
21 	November 24	Tampa Bay 	2 - 3	Toronto 	 	10-8-3	23
22 	November 26	Quebec 	4 - 5	Toronto 	OT	10-9-3	23
23 	November 28	Los Angeles	3 - 2	Toronto 	 	11-9-3	25
1 Played at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario.
====December====
Game #	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Points
24 	December 1 	Toronto	3 - 8	New Jersey 	 	11-10-3	25
25 	December 3 	Toronto	3 - 4	Chicago 	 	11-11-3	25
26 	December 5 	Chicago	2 - 2	Toronto 	OT	11-11-4	26
27 	December 6 	Toronto	0 - 6	N.Y. Rangers 	 	11-12-4	26
28 	December 9 	Detroit	5 - 3	Toronto 	 	12-12-4	28
29 	December 11	Calgary	3 - 6	Toronto 	 	12-13-4	28
30 	December 15	Toronto	5 - 6	Minnesota 	 	12-14-4	28
31 	December 19	Ottawa 	5 - 1	Toronto 	 	13-14-4	30
32 	December 20	Toronto	4 - 5	Buffalo 	 	13-15-4	30
33 	December 22	Toronto	4 - 4	Detroit 	OT	13-15-5	31
34 	December 26	Detroit	1 - 5	Toronto 	 	13-16-5	31
35 	December 27	Toronto	6 - 3	St. Louis 	 	14-16-5	33
36 	December 29	Toronto	3 - 2	N.Y. Islanders	 	15-16-5	35
37 	December 31	Toronto	3 - 3	Pittsburgh 	OT	15-16-6	36
====January====
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Points
38 	January 2 	St. Louis 	2 - 2	Toronto 	OT	15-16-7	37
39 	January 4 	Toronto 	4 - 2	Detroit 	 	16-16-7	39
40 	January 6 	Vancouver 	2 - 5	Toronto 	 	16-17-7	39
41 	January 8 	San Jose 	5 - 1	Toronto 	 	17-17-7	41
42 	January 9 	Toronto 	5 - 4	Montreal 	 	18-17-7	43
43 	January 11	Tampa Bay 	4 - 2	Toronto 	 	19-17-7	45
44 	January 13	St. Louis 	4 - 3	Toronto 	 	20-17-7	47
45 	January 16	Chicago 	3 - 5	Toronto 	 	20-18-7	47
46 	January 17	Toronto 	3 - 5	Chicago 	 	20-19-7	47
47 	January 19	Toronto 	5 - 1	St. Louis	 	21-19-7	49
49 	January 21	Toronto 	6 - 1	Tampa Bay	 	22-19-7	51
50 	January 23	Montreal 	4 - 0	Toronto 	 	23-19-7	53
51 	January 26	Minnesota 	1 - 2	Toronto 	 	23-20-7	53
52 	January 30	N.Y. Rangers	3 - 1	Toronto 	 	24-20-7	55
====February====
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Points
53 	February 1 	Toronto 	1 - 1	St. Louis 	OT	24-20-8	56
54 	February 3 	N.Y. Islanders	2 - 3	Toronto 	 	24-21-8	56
55 	February 9 	Toronto 	1 - 3	Tampa Bay 	 	24-22-8	56
56 	February 11	Vancouver 	5 - 2	Toronto 	 	25-22-8	58
57 	February 13	Minnesota 	6 - 1	Toronto 	 	26-22-8	60
58 	February 14	Toronto 	6 - 5	Minnesota 	 	27-22-8	62
59 	February 17	Calgary 	4 - 2	Toronto 	 	28-22-8	64
60 	February 19	Tampa Bay 	4 - 1	Toronto 	 	29-22-8	66
61 	February 20	Boston 	4 - 4	Toronto 	OT	29-22-9	67
62 	February 22	Toronto 	8 - 1	Vancouver 	 	30-22-9	69
63 	February 25	Toronto 	5 - 0	San Jose 	 	31-22-9	71
64 	February 27	Toronto 	5 - 2	Los Angeles	 	32-22-9	73
====March====
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Points
65 	March 3 	Minnesota 	3 - 1	Toronto 	 	33-22-9 	75
66 	March 5 	Toronto 	1 - 5	Detroit 	 	33-23-9 	75
67 	March 6 	Winnipeg 	4 - 2	Toronto 	 	34-23-9 	77
68 	March 9 	Toronto 	1 - 3	Washington	 	34-24-9 	77
68 	March 10	Hartford 	5 - 3	Toronto 	 	35-24-9 	79
69 	March 12	Tampa Bay 	8 - 2	Toronto 	 	36-24-9 	81
70 	March 15	Toronto 	2 - 4	Quebec 	 	36-25-9 	81
71 	March 18	Toronto 	4 - 2	Tampa Bay 	 	37-25-9 	83
72 	March 20	Edmonton 	4 - 2	Toronto 	 	38-25-9 	85
73 	March 23	Toronto 	5 - 4	Winnipeg 	 	39-25-9 	87
74 	March 25	Toronto 	3 - 3	Minnesota 	OT	39-25-10	88
75 	March 27	Toronto 	6 - 2	Edmonton 	 	40-25-10	90
76 	March 28	Toronto 	4 - 0	Calgary 	 	41-25-10	92
77 	March 31	Los Angeles	5 - 5	Toronto 	OT	41-25-11	93
====April====
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Points
78 	April 3 	New Jersey 	1 - 0	Toronto 	 	42-25-11	95
79 	April 4 	Toronto 	0 - 4	Philadelphia	 	42-26-11	95
80 	April 8 	Toronto 	3 - 5	Winnipeg 	 	42-27-11	95
81 	April 10	Philadelphia	0 - 4	Toronto 	 	42-28-11	95
82 	April 11	Toronto 	4 - 2	Hartford 	 	43-28-11	97
83 	April 13	St. Louis 	2 - 1	Toronto 	OT	44-28-11	99
84 	April 15	Toronto 	2 - 3	Chicago 	 	44-29-11	99
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 3===
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, St. Louis Blues 3===
===Los Angeles Kings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	83	32	95	127	100	32 	15 	3 	2
 	78	34	40	74 	28 	33 	12 	0 	4
 	76	22	43	65 	117	19 	11 	0 	3
 	69	11	32	43 	66 	4 	5 	0 	2
 	47	13	28	41 	53 	-8 	10 	0 	1
 	70	6 	34	40 	46 	19 	4 	0 	1
 	84	19	20	39 	62 	3 	6 	2 	3
 	66	17	22	39 	193	2 	2 	0 	5
 	31	25	13	38 	8 	12 	12 	0 	2
 	78	23	14	37 	211	-2 	8 	0 	3
 	70	12	23	35 	24 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	59	7 	24	31 	40 	-1 	4 	0 	1
 	76	12	14	26 	89 	-7 	0 	2 	2
 	41	4 	15	19 	61 	1 	1 	0 	1
 	77	4 	15	19 	55 	3 	2 	0 	1
 	66	14	4 	18 	30 	-18	1 	1 	3
 	55	13	5 	18 	84 	2 	5 	0 	2
 	58	7 	8 	15 	54 	-1 	0 	1 	2
 	82	3 	11	14 	130	7 	0 	1 	1
 	81	2 	12	14 	90 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	23	4 	4 	8 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	12	1 	6 	7 	21 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	18	1 	1 	2 	17 	-9 	0 	0 	1
 	63	1 	0 	1 	155	-11	0 	0 	0
 	19	1 	0 	1 	34 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	48	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	29	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	8 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	16	0 	0 	0 	11 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2781	48	25	15	7 	116	2.50	2 	1286	1170	.910
 	1665	29	13	9 	4 	87 	3.14	1 	826 	739 	.895
 	479 	8 	6 	2 	0 	18 	2.25	2 	232 	214 	.922
 	160 	3 	0 	3 	0 	15 	5.63	0 	91 	76 	.835
Team: 	5085	84	44	29	11	236	2.78	5 	2435	2199	.903
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	21	10	25	35 	30 	4 	0 	1
 	21	10	10	20 	51 	2 	0 	1
 	21	12	7 	19 	35 	4 	0 	3
 	21	7 	11	18 	31 	0 	0 	2
 	21	4 	8 	12 	8 	2 	0 	0
 	21	3 	8 	11 	29 	1 	0 	1
 	21	1 	10	11 	26 	0 	0 	0
 	16	3 	7 	10 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	16	2 	7 	9 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	18	2 	6 	8 	42 	1 	0 	2
 	21	3 	3 	6 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	21	0 	6 	6 	36 	0 	0 	0
 	12	2 	3 	5 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	14	2 	2 	4 	31 	0 	0 	0
 	20	2 	1 	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	10	1 	2 	3 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	14	1 	2 	3 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	21	1 	1 	2 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	19	1 	1 	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	18	1 	0 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	21	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1308	21	11	10	62	2.84	1 	636	574	.903
 	20 	1 	0 	0 	1 	3.00	0 	7 	6 	.857
Team: 	1328	21	11	10	63	2.85	1 	643	580	.902
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==
*Jack Adams Trophy: Pat Burns
*Selke Trophy: Doug Gilmour
* Doug Gilmour, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs).
* Doug Gilmour, franchise record, most points in one season, 127 points.NHL Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 131.
* Doug Gilmour, franchise record, most points by a centre in one season, 127 points.
* Doug Gilmour, franchise record, most assists in one season, 95 assists.
* Doug Gilmour, most assists in one game (6), Toronto club record.
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs made the following transactions during the 1992-93 season.
===Trades===
July 20, 1992 	To Ottawa SenatorsBrad Marsh 	To Toronto Maple LeafsFuture Considerations
July 21, 1992 	To Quebec NordiquesLen Esau 	To Toronto Maple LeafsKen McRae
August 20, 1992 	To Montreal Canadiens3rd round pick in 1994 - Martin Belanger 	To Toronto Maple LeafsSylvain Lefebvre
November 24, 1992	To Hartford Whalers2nd round pick in 1993 - Vlastimil Kroupa 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJohn Cullen
February 2, 1993 	To Buffalo SabresGrant Fuhr 5th round pick in 1995 - Kevin Popp	To Toronto Maple LeafsDave Andreychuk Darren Puppa 1st round pick in 1993 - Kenny Jonsson
February 25, 1993	To Ottawa Senators9th round pick in 1993 - Pavol Demitra 	To Toronto Maple LeafsBrad Miller
===Waivers===
September 9, 1992	From Tampa Bay LightningBob McGill
December 3, 1992 	From New York Islanders Bill Berg
===Expansion Draft===
June 24, 1993	To Florida PanthersDarren Puppa
June 24, 1993	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Joe Sacco
===Free Agents===
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Player 	Former Team
Rudy Poeschek	Winnipeg Jets
==Roster==
						
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*GM: Cliff Fletcher
*Coach: Pat Burns
==Farm Teams==
*The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.
==References==
===Bibliography===
* National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, senior managing editor: Ralph Dinger, published in Canada by Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
==External Links==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
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