1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the team's inaugural season in the National Hockey League (NHL). They finished sixth in the Norris Division with a record of 23 wins, 54 losses, and 7 ties for 53 points.
==Offseason==
===Manon Rheaume===
On September 23, 1992, Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play in an NHL exhibition game as the Tampa Bay Lightning played against the St. Louis Blues.
===Expansion draft===
# 	Player 	Drafted from 	Drafted by
1. 	Wendell Young G 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Tampa Bay Lightning
4. 	Frederic Chabot (G) 	Montreal Canadiens 	Tampa Bay Lightning
6. 	Joe Reekie (D) 	New York Islanders 	Tampa Bay Lightning
7. 	Shawn Chambers (D) 	Washington Capitals 	Tampa Bay Lightning
9. 	Peter Taglianetti (D)	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Tampa Bay Lightning
12.	Bob McGill (D) 	Detroit Red Wings 	Tampa Bay Lightning
14.	Jeff Bloemberg (D) 	New York Rangers 	Tampa Bay Lightning
15.	Doug Crossman (D) 	Quebec Nordiques 	Tampa Bay Lightning
17.	Rob Ramage (D) 	Minnesota North Stars	Tampa Bay Lightning
19.	Michel Mongeau (C) 	St. Louis Blues 	Tampa Bay Lightning
22.	Anatoli Semenov (C) 	Edmonton Oilers 	Tampa Bay Lightning
24.	Mike Hartman (LW) 	Winnipeg Jets 	Tampa Bay Lightning
26.	Basil McRae (LW) 	Minnesota North Stars	Tampa Bay Lightning
28.	Rob DiMaio (RW) 	New York Islanders 	Tampa Bay Lightning
30.	Steve Maltais (W) 	Quebec Nordiques 	Tampa Bay Lightning
32.	Dan Vincelette (LW) 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Tampa Bay Lightning
34.	Tim Bergland (RW) 	Washington Capitals 	Tampa Bay Lightning
36.	Brian Bradley (C) 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Tampa Bay Lightning
38.	Keith Osborne (RW) 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Tampa Bay Lightning
40.	Shayne Stevenson (C) 	Boston Bruins 	Tampa Bay Lightning
42.	Tim Hunter (F) 	Calgary Flames 	Tampa Bay Lightning
===NHL draft===
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 7, 1992 	7–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 10, 1992 	1–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	1–1–0
3 	T	October 11, 1992 	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	1–1–1
4 	W	October 13, 1992 	2–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 	2–1–1
5 	L	October 15, 1992 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	2–2–1
6 	L	October 16, 1992 	4–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 	2–3–1
7 	W	October 20, 1992 	6–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	3–3–1
8 	L	October 22, 1992 	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	3–4–1
9 	W	October 24, 1992 	3–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 	4–4–1
10 	L	October 27, 1992 	3–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 	4–5–1
11 	L	October 28, 1992 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 	4–6–1
12 	L	October 30, 1992 	1–2 	San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	4–7–1
13 	L	November 1, 1992 	4–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 	4–8–1
14 	W	November 3, 1992 	6–4 	St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 	5–8–1
15 	T	November 6, 1992 	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93) 	5–8–2
16 	W	November 7, 1992 	6–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1992–93) 	6–8–2
17 	W	November 9, 1992 	5–1 	@ New York Rangers (1992–93) 	7–8–2
18 	W	November 11, 1992	6–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	8–8–2
19 	W	November 13, 1992	1–0 	Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 	9–8–2
20 	L	November 14, 1992	3–5 	Calgary Flames (1992–93) 	9–9–2
21 	L	November 17, 1992	5–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	9–10–2
22 	L	November 19, 1992	1–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 	9–11–2
23 	L	November 21, 1992	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 	9–12–2
24 	L	November 23, 1992	5–10 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	9–13–2
25 	W	November 24, 1992	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	10–13–2
26 	L	November 27, 1992	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93) 	10–14–2
27 	L	November 28, 1992	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	10–15–2
28 	L	December 5, 1992 	7–9 	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	10–16–2
29 	L	December 7, 1992 	1–6 	New York Islanders (1992–93) 	10–17–2
30 	L	December 9, 1992 	5–6 	@ New York Rangers (1992–93) 	10–18–2
31 	L	December 11, 1992	4–5 	New York Rangers (1992–93) 	10–19–2
32 	W	December 12, 1992	3–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	11–19–2
33 	W	December 15, 1992	3–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93) 	12–19–2
34 	W	December 16, 1992	5–4 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	13–19–2
35 	L	December 18, 1992	0–2 	New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 	13–20–2
36 	W	December 20, 1992	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 	14–20–2
37 	L	December 22, 1992	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93) 	14–21–2
38 	L	December 23, 1992	1–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 	14–22–2
39 	L	December 31, 1992	0–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	14–23–2
40 	L	January 2, 1993 	1–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	14–24–2
41 	L	January 4, 1993 	0–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	14–25–2
42 	W	January 6, 1993 	6–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93) 	15–25–2
43 	L	January 9, 1993 	4–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	15–26–2
44 	L	January 11, 1993 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	15–27–2
45 	L	January 13, 1993 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	15–28–2
46 	L	January 16, 1993 	3–5 	St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 	15–29–2
47 	L	January 17, 1993 	3–5 	Washington Capitals (1992–93) 	15–30–2
48 	L	January 19, 1993 	2–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 	15–31–2
49 	L	January 21, 1993 	1–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	15–32–2
50 	W	January 23, 1993 	5–1 	San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	16–32–2
51 	T	January 24, 1993 	2–2 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 	16–32–3
52 	L	January 28, 1993 	2–4 	St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 	16–33–3
53 	W	January 30, 1993 	4–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	17–33–3
54 	W	February 1, 1993 	5–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	18–33–3
55 	L	February 3, 1993 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	18–34–3
56 	W	February 9, 1993 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	19–34–3
57 	L	February 11, 1993	0–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 	19–35–3
58 	T	February 14, 1993	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1992–93) 	19–35–4
59 	L	February 17, 1993	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	19–36–4
60 	L	February 19, 1993	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	19–37–4
61 	L	February 20, 1993	2–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 	19–38–4
62 	L	February 22, 1993	2–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1992–93) 	19–39–4
63 	L	February 25, 1993	1–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	19–40–4
64 	T	February 27, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 	19–40–5
65 	W	March 3, 1993 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 	20–40–5
66 	W	March 6, 1993 	7–4 	Calgary Flames (1992–93) 	21–40–5
67 	L	March 9, 1993 	2–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	21–41–5
68 	L	March 12, 1993 	2–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	21–42–5
69 	L	March 14, 1993 	1–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	21–43–5
70 	L	March 16, 1993 	3–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 	21–44–5
71 	L	March 18, 1993 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	21–45–5
72 	L	March 20, 1993 	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 	21–46–5
73 	L	March 21, 1993 	2–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	21–47–5
74 	L	March 23, 1993 	3–9 	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 	21–48–5
75 	W	March 25, 1993 	3–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 	22–48–5
76 	L	March 27, 1993 	3–8 	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	22–49–5
77 	L	April 1, 1993 	3–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	22–50–5
78 	L	April 3, 1993 	2–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 	22–51–5
79 	T	April 6, 1993 	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 	22–51–6
80 	L	April 8, 1993 	1–9 	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	22–52–6
81 	L	April 10, 1993 	2–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	22–53–6
82 	T	April 11, 1993 	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	22–53–7
83 	W	April 13, 1993 	5–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	23–53–7
84 	L	April 15, 1993 	5–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 	23–54–7
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	42	44	86 	92 	-24	16 	0 	6
 	C 	78	17	39	56 	69 	-12	5 	1 	1
 	LW/C	66	27	24	51 	12 	-7 	12 	1 	3
 	LW 	84	15	28	43 	74 	-25	1 	0 	0
 	C 	83	19	20	39 	110	-19	7 	1 	0
 	D 	55	10	29	39 	36 	-21	5 	0 	1
 	D 	64	12	24	36 	70 	-25	7 	0 	0
 	C 	63	10	21	31 	111	-12	1 	2 	1
 	D 	40	8 	21	29 	18 	-4 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	77	16	11	27 	14 	-14	3 	2 	4
 	C/RW	67	12	15	27 	23 	-2 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	54	9 	15	24 	62 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	67	6 	15	21 	71 	-21	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	63	7 	13	20 	35 	-20	4 	0 	1
 	D 	66	5 	12	17 	138	-21	5 	0 	0
 	D 	78	2 	12	14 	66 	-16	0 	0 	0
 	D 	42	2 	11	13 	69 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	25	2 	7 	9 	2 	-6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	61	1 	8 	9 	150	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	58	4 	4 	8 	154	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	47	3 	4 	7 	18 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	27	3 	3 	6 	11 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	3 	3 	6 	4 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	2 	3 	5 	71 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	C/LW	13	2 	3 	5 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	5 	5 	34 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	4 	4 	38 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	24	2 	1 	3 	10 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	8 	1 	1 	2 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1 	1 	2 	2 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1 	1 	2 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1 	1 	2 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	11	0 	2 	2 	6 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	2 	2 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	2 	2 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	1 	1 	7 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	11 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1163	21	8 	10	1	71 	3.66	0 	574 	503 	.876
 	2268	43	8 	24	4	150	3.97	1 	1194	1044	.874
 	1591	31	7 	19	2	97 	3.66	0 	758 	661 	.872
 	45 	1 	0 	1 	0	7 	9.33	0 	21 	14 	.667
Team: 	5067	84	23	54	7	325	3.85	1 	2547	2222	.872
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; 
==References==
*Lightning on Hockey Database
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