1993–94 Ottawa Senators season

The 1993–94 Ottawa Senators season was the National Hockey League (NHL) club's second season. It was an improvement by the club, as they finished with 13 more points than in the 1992–93 expansion season, as the club ended the season with a 14–61–9 record for 37 points, however, they would finish with the worst record in hockey for the second consecutive year.
==Regular season==
Alexei Yashin, the Senators first pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, had a very promising rookie season, setting franchise records with 30 goals, 49 assists, and 79 points. Alexandre Daigle, whom the Senators drafted with the first overall pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, also had a very solid rookie season, recording 20 goals, 31 assists and 51 points to finish second to Yashin in team scoring.
Midway through the season, the Senators traded Bob Kudelski, who was having the best season on the team, registering 41 points (26 goals and 15 assists) in 42 games, to the Florida Panthers for Evgeny Davydov and Scott Levins. The trade hurt the Senators as Davydov struggled with the team, while Levins production also dropped after the deal.
Craig Billington played the majority of games in the Senators net, as he was acquired from the New Jersey Devils in a deal that sent Peter Sidorkiewicz to New Jersey, and Billington would go on and set the team record for wins in a season with 11.
===Final 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 	T 	October 6, 1993 	5–5 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 9, 1993 	5–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 	0–1–1
3 	L 	October 14, 1993 	4–5 	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 	0–2–1
4 	L 	October 16, 1993 	1–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 	0–3–1
5 	L 	October 21, 1993 	5–6 OT 	Dallas Stars (1993–94) 	0–4–1
6 	T 	October 23, 1993 	5–5 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1993–94) 	0–4–2
7 	W 	October 25, 1993 	4–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 	1–4–2
8 	L 	October 27, 1993 	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 	1–5–2
9 	L 	October 28, 1993 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	1–6–2
10 	W 	October 30, 1993 	5–4 OT 	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 	2–6–2
11 	W 	November 3, 1993 	7–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 	3–6–2
12 	W 	November 5, 1993 	7–6 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 	4–6–2
13 	L 	November 10, 1993 	3–4 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 	4–7–2
14 	L 	November 11, 1993 	4–5 	Florida Panthers (1993–94) 	4–8–2
15 	W 	November 13, 1993 	3–2 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	5–8–2
16 	L 	November 15, 1993 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	5–9–2
17 	L 	November 17, 1993 	1–8 	New York Islanders (1993–94) 	5–10–2
18 	L 	November 18, 1993 	2–5 	New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 	5–11–2
19 	L 	November 22, 1993 	2–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	5–12–2
20 	L 	November 24, 1993 	1–7 	New York Rangers (1993–94) 	5–13–2
21 	L 	November 26, 1993 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	5–14–2
22 	T 	November 27, 1993 	2–2 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	5–14–3
23 	L 	November 29, 1993 	2–4 	Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 	5–15–3
24 	W 	December 1, 1993 	6–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	6–15–3
25 	L 	December 3, 1993 	1–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 	6–16–3
26 	L 	December 4, 1993 	1–6 	Washington Capitals (1993–94) 	6–17–3
27 	L 	December 6, 1993 	1–6 	Calgary Flames (1993–94) 	6–18–3
28 	L 	December 8, 1993 	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	6–19–3
29 	L 	December 9, 1993 	1–6 	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 	6–20–3
30 	L 	December 11, 1993 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	6–21–3
31 	W 	December 13, 1993 	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 	7–21–3
32 	L 	December 15, 1993 	3–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 	7–22–3
33 	L 	December 17, 1993 	2–11 	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 	7–23–3
34 	L 	December 19, 1993 	3–6 	@ New York Rangers (1993–94) 	7–24–3
35 	W 	December 21, 1993 	2–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	8–24–3
36 	L 	December 23, 1993 	1–2 	Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 	8–25–3
37 	L 	December 26, 1993 	2–3 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 	8–26–3
38 	L 	December 27, 1993 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	8–27–3
39 	L 	December 30, 1993 	0–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 	8–28–3
40 	L 	January 1, 1994 	1–7 	New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 	8–29–3
41 	L 	January 3, 1994 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	8–30–3
42 	L 	January 5, 1994 	2–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 	8–31–3
43 	L 	January 6, 1994 	3–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 	8–32–3
44 	L 	January 8, 1994 	2–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 	8–33–3
45 	T 	January 10, 1994 	3–3 OT 	New York Islanders (1993–94) 	8–33–4
46 	L 	January 11, 1994 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 	8–34–4
47 	T 	January 14, 1994 	2–2 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 	8–34–5
48 	L 	January 15, 1994 	0–10 	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 	8–35–5
49 	W 	January 18, 1994 	4–3 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 	9–35–5
50 	L 	January 25, 1994 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	9–36–5
51 	T 	January 27, 1994 	1–1 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 	9–36–6
52 	T 	January 29, 1994 	3–3 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 	9–36–7
53 	L 	January 31, 1994 	0–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 	9–37–7
54 	L 	February 2, 1994 	1–4 	Florida Panthers (1993–94) 	9–38–7
55 	L 	February 4, 1994 	2–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 	9–39–7
56 	L 	February 5, 1994 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	9–40–7
57 	T 	February 8, 1994 	3–3 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 	9–40–8
58 	L 	February 10, 1994 	2–6 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 	9–41–8
59 	L 	February 12, 1994 	3–4 OT 	New York Rangers (1993–94) 	9–42–8
60 	L 	February 18, 1994 	0–3 	@ New York Rangers (1993–94) 	9–43–8
61 	L 	February 19, 1994 	0–4 	@ New York Islanders (1993–94) 	9–44–8
62 	W 	February 24, 1994 	6–4 	San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 	10–44–8
63 	L 	February 26, 1994 	1–11 	St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 	10–45–8
64 	L 	February 28, 1994 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 	10–46–8
65 	L 	March 2, 1994 	2–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	10–47–8
66 	L 	March 4, 1994 	1–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 	10–48–8
67 	L 	March 5, 1994 	1–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	10–49–8
68 	L 	March 8, 1994 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	10–50–8
69 	L 	March 10, 1994 	2–8 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 	10–51–8
70 	L 	March 13, 1994 	1–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	10–52–8
71 	L 	March 15, 1994 	0–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 	10–53–8
72 	W 	March 17, 1994 	2–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 	11–53–8
73 	L 	March 20, 1994 	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	11–54–8
74 	W 	March 23, 1994 	5–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 	12–54–8
75 	L 	March 24, 1994 	1–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	12–55–8
76 	L 	March 28, 1994 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	12–56–8
77 	W 	March 30, 1994 	6–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	13–56–8
78 	T 	April 2, 1994 	2–2 OT 	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 	13–56–9
79 	W 	April 6, 1994 	6–5 	Washington Capitals (1993–94) 	14–56–9
80 	L 	April 7, 1994 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	14–57–9
81 	L 	April 9, 1994 	4–8 	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 	14–58–9
82 	L 	April 11, 1994 	0–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	14–59–9
83 	L 	April 13, 1994 	0–8 	Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	14–60–9
84 	L 	April 14, 1994 	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 	14–61–9
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	83	30	49	79 	22 	-49	11 	2 	3
 	C 	84	20	31	51 	40 	-45	4 	0 	2
 	C/RW	66	17	26	43 	48 	-40	1 	1 	1
 	RW 	42	26	15	41 	14 	-25	12 	0 	1
 	C 	66	11	18	29 	56 	-41	4 	1 	1
 	LW 	47	11	15	26 	52 	-25	7 	0 	2
 	LW 	82	7 	16	23 	166	-33	0 	0 	0
 	D 	66	4 	19	23 	59 	-41	1 	0 	0
 	D 	53	3 	20	23 	26 	-26	0 	0 	0
 	D 	77	0 	21	21 	89 	-52	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	55	11	8 	19 	64 	-41	8 	0 	0
 	C/LW	33	10	8 	18 	14 	-7 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	42	5 	13	18 	14 	-21	4 	0 	0
 	D 	70	6 	9 	15 	116	-50	0 	0 	0
 	D 	48	2 	13	15 	41 	-15	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	40	5 	7 	12 	38 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	34	4 	8 	12 	12 	-30	2 	1 	0
 	C/RW	33	3 	5 	8 	93 	-26	2 	0 	0
 	C 	13	7 	0 	7 	6 	0 	2 	0 	3
 	LW 	30	2 	5 	7 	6 	-15	0 	1 	0
 	D/LW	55	2 	5 	7 	214	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	28	1 	5 	6 	14 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	2 	3 	5 	0 	-2 	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	23	2 	3 	5 	6 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	2 	3 	5 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	30	1 	4 	5 	18 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	63	2 	2 	4 	162	-19	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	2 	2 	4 	8 	-16	1 	0 	0
 	D 	27	1 	2 	3 	22 	-20	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	44	0 	3 	3 	52 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	1 	1 	2 	4 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	2 	2 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	1 	0 	1 	38 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	0 	1 	1 	70 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	1 	1 	8 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	63	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	32	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	29	0 	0 	0 	52 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0 	0 	0 	15 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	0 	0 	0 	9 	-7 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3319	63	11	41	4	254	4.59 	0 	1801	1547	.859
 	1583	32	3 	18	5	115	4.36 	0 	868 	753 	.868
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0	2 	120.00	0 	2 	0 	.000
 	182 	5 	0 	2 	0	17 	5.60 	0 	96 	79 	.823
Team: 	5085	84	14	61	9	388	4.58 	0 	2767	2379	.860
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; 
==Awards and records==
* Molson Cup - Alexei Yashin
* NHL All-Star Game selection - Alexei Yashin
* 1994 Olympic Games selection - Derek Mayer (Canada)
==Transactions==
===Trades===
May 7, 1993 	To New York RangersOttawa's 11th round draft pick, 1993 Entry Draft (Pavel Komarov)	To Ottawa SenatorsRobert Burakovsky
June 20, 1993 	To New Jersey Devils
Peter Sidorkiewicz,future considerations (Mike Peluso) 	To Ottawa SenatorsCraig Billington,Troy Mallette, New Jersey's fourth-round pick, 1993 Entry Draft (Cosmo Dupaul)
June 30, 1993 	To New York IslandersChris Luongo 	To Ottawa SenatorsJeff Finley
September 15, 1993	To Edmonton OilersOttawa's eighth-round pick 1994 Entry Draft (Rob Guinn) 	To Ottawa SenatorsBrian Glynn
January 6, 1994 	To Florida PanthersBob Kudelski 	To Ottawa SenatorsScott Levins,Evgeny Davydov
March 5, 1994 	To Philadelphia FlyersMark Lamb 	To Ottawa SenatorsClaude Boivin,Kirk Daubenspeck
March 11, 1994 	To Chicago BlackhawksOttawa's 11th-round pick 1994 Entry Draft (Rob Mara) 	To Ottawa SenatorsTroy MurrayChicago's 11th-round pick 1994 Entry Draft (Antti Tormanen)
March 21, 1994 	To New York Rangersfuture considerations 	To Ottawa SenatorsPhil Bourque
March 21, 1994 	To Detroit Red WingsDaniel Berthiaume 	To Ottawa SenatorsSteve Konroyd
===Waivers===
October 3, 1993 	From Toronto Maple LeafsDave McLlwain
October 6, 1993 	From Edmonton OilersFrancois Leroux
January 15, 1994	From Quebec NordiquesKerry Huffman
January 18, 1994	To Pittsburgh PenguinsFrancois Leroux
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===Free agents===
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Player 	Former team
Hank Lammens 	Canadian National Hockey Team
Bill Huard 	Boston Bruins
Vladimir Ruzicka	Boston Bruins
Jarmo Kekalainen	Boston Bruins
Brad Lauer 	Chicago Blackhawks
Derek Mayer 	Canadian National Hockey Team
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==Roster==
						
Goaltenders
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Defensemen
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* - C
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Wingers
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Centres
* - C
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*GM: Randy Sexton
*Coach: Rick Bowness
==Draft picks==
Ottawa's draft picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in Quebec City, Quebec.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	1 	Alexandre Daigle 	 	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
2 	27 	Radim Bicanek 	 	Dukla Jihlava (Czech.)
3 	53 	Patrick Charbonneau	 	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
4 	91 	Cosmo Dupaul 	 	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
6 	131	Rick Bodkin 	 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7 	157	Sergei Polischuk 	 	Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
8 	183	Jason Disher 	 	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
9 	209	Toby Kvalevog 	 	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
9 	227	Pavol Demitra 	 	Dukla Trencin (Czech.)
10 	235	Rick Schuhwerk 	 	Hingham High School (US HS)
==Farm teams==
* Prince Edward Island Senators (American Hockey League)
* Thunder Bay Senators (Colonial Hockey League)
==See also==
*1993–94 NHL season
==References==
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