1992–93 New York Rangers season

1992–93 New York Rangers
Division	6th Patrick
Conference	10th Wales
1992–93 record	34–39–11
Home record	20–17–5
Road record	14–22–6
Goals for	304
Goals against	308
Team information
General Manager	Neil Smith
Coach	Roger Neilson; Ron Smith
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Adam Graves; Brian Leetch; Mike Gartner
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	17,585
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Gartner (45)
Assists	Mark Messier (66)
Points	Mark Messier (91)
Penalties in minutes	Jeff Beukeboom (153)
Plus/minus	(+): Sergei Nemchinov (+15); (–): Esa Tikkanen (–13)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (20)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (3.31)

The 1992–93 New York Rangers season was the 67th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers, coming off a season where they won the Presidents' Trophy,^[1] finished with a 34–39–11 record in the regular season. The team finished last in the Patrick Division and missed the playoffs.^[2]^[3]

Roger Neilson entered his fourth season as Rangers head coach, but was fired midway through the season and replaced by Ron Smith.^[4]

Regular season

On Tuesday, December 15, 1992, the Rangers were shut out at home 3–0 by the Calgary Flames. It was the first time the Rangers had been shut out in a regular-season game since December 17, 1989, when they lost at home 2–0 to the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to their loss to the Flames, the Rangers had gone 236 consecutive regular-season games without being shut out.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Pittsburgh Penguins	84	56	21	7	119	367	268
Washington Capitals	84	43	34	7	93	325	286
New York Islanders	84	40	37	7	87	335	297
New Jersey Devils	84	40	37	7	87	308	299
Philadelphia Flyers	84	36	37	11	83	319	319
New York Rangers	84	34	39	11	79	304	308

^[9]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Wales Conference^[10]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	84	56	21	7	367	268	119
2	Boston Bruins	ADM	84	51	26	7	332	268	109
3	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	84	47	27	10	351	300	104
4	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	84	48	30	6	326	280	102
5	Washington Capitals	PTK	84	43	34	7	325	286	93
6	New York Islanders	PTK	84	40	37	7	335	297	87
7	New Jersey Devils	PTK	84	40	37	7	308	299	87
8	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	84	38	36	10	335	297	86
9	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	84	36	37	11	319	319	83
10	New York Rangers	PTK	84	34	39	11	304	308	79
11	Hartford Whalers	ADM	84	26	52	6	284	369	58
12	Ottawa Senators	ADM	84	10	70	4	202	395	24

p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

1992-93 Game Log

October: 7-4-1 (Home: 5-1-1; Road: 2-3-0)

November: 4-6-2 (Home: 2-4-0; Road: 2-2-2)

December: 8-6-1 (Home: 5-2-0; Road: 3-4-1)

January: 4-5-3 (Home: 3-0-2; Road: 1-5-1)

February: 5-4-3 (Home: 2-1-1; Road: 3-3-2)

March: 5-6-1 (Home: 3-5-1; Road: 2-1-0)

April: 1-8-0 (Home: 0-4-0; Road: 1-4-0)

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the postseason for the first time since 1988.^[11]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	Number	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Mark Messier	11	75	25	66	91	-6	72
Tony Amonte	33	83	33	43	76	0	49
Mike Gartner	22	84	45	23	68	-4	59
Adam Graves	9	84	36	29	65	-4	148
Sergei Nemchinov	13	81	23	31	54	15	34
Darren Turcotte	8	71	25	28	53	-3	40
Doug Weight ^‡	39	65	15	25	40	4	55
Alexei Kovalev	27	65	20	18	38	-10	79
Brian Leetch	2	36	6	30	36	2	26
Sergei Zubov	21	49	8	23	31	-1	4
Ed Olczyk^†	12	46	13	16	29	9	26
James Patrick	3	60	5	21	26	1	61
Phil Bourque	29	55	6	14	20	-9	39
Jeff Beukeboom	23	82	2	17	19	9	153
Jan Erixon	20	45	5	11	16	11	10
Peter Andersson	5	31	4	11	15	4	18
Kevin Lowe	4	49	3	12	15	-2	58
Paul Broten	37	60	5	9	14	-6	48
Steven King	25	24	7	5	12	4	16
Mark Hardy^‡	14	44	1	10	11	2	85
Jay Wells	24	53	1	9	10	-2	107
Joe Cirella	6	55	3	6	9	1	85
Joey Kocur	26	65	3	6	9	-9	131
Mike Hurlbut	32	23	1	8	9	4	16
Esa Tikkanen^†	10	15	2	5	7	-13	18
Randy Gilhen^‡	15	33	3	2	5	-8	8
Kris King^‡	19	30	0	3	3	-1	67
Tie Domi^‡	28	12	2	0	2	-1	95
Par Djoos	44	6	1	1	2	0	2
John McIntyre^†	14	11	1	0	1	-1	4
Craig Duncanson	19	3	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Marcinyshyn	42	2	0	0	0	-1	2
Mike Hartman^†	18	3	0	0	0	0	6
Joby Messier	28	11	0	0	0	0	6

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	Number	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
John Vanbiesbrouck	34	48	2757	20	18	7	152	3.31	1525	.900	4
Mike Richter	35	38	2105	13	19	3	134	3.82	1180	.886	1
Corey Hirsch	31	4	224	1	2	1	14	3.75	116	.879	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

^[12]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^[13]^[14]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	24	Peter Ferraro	C	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
2	48	Mattias Norstrom	D	Sweden	AIK (SEL)
3	72	Eric Cairns	LW	Canada	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (OHL)
4	85	Chris Ferraro	C	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
5	120	Dmitri Starostenko	RW	Belarus	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
6	144	David Dal Grande	D	Canada	Ottawa (MOJHL)
7	168	Matt Oates	LW	Canada	Miami University (Ohio) (NCAA)
8	192	Mickey Elick	D	Canada	Calgary (AJHL)
9	216	Daniel Brierley	D	United States	Choate Academy (Connecticut)
10	240	Vladimir Vorobiev	RW	Russia	Mettalurg (CIS)

References

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↑ "1992–93 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
↑ "1992–93 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
↑ "Rangers fire Coach Neilson". Bangor Daily News. Associated Press. 1993-01-05. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
↑ "1989–90 New York Rangers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
↑ "1990–91 New York Rangers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
↑ "1991–92 New York Rangers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
↑ "1992–93 New York Rangers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
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↑ "1992 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2001-01-28. Retrieved 2017-06-16.

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[2] "1992–93 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-08-14.

[3] "1992–93 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2016-01-30.

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[10] "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.

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[12] "1992-93 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-01.

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New York Rangers seasons
1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1992–93 NHL season
Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Tampa Bay Toronto
Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver Winnipeg
Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Quebec
Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals