1991–92 Winnipeg Jets season

1991–92 Winnipeg Jets
Division	4th Smythe
1991–92 record	33–32–15
Goals for	251
Goals against	244
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith
Coach	John Paddock
Captain	Troy Murray
Team leaders
Goals	Ed Olczyk (32)
Assists	Phil Housley (63)
Points	Phil Housley (86)
Penalty minutes	Shawn Cronin (271)
Wins	Bob Essensa (21)
Goals against average	Bob Essensa (2.88)

The 1991–92 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets' twenty seventh season, nineteenth in the NHL. The Jets finished 1st in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 3.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Vancouver Canucks	80	42	26	12	285	250	96
Los Angeles Kings	80	35	31	14	287	296	84
Edmonton Oilers	80	36	34	10	295	297	82
Winnipeg Jets	80	33	32	15	251	244	81
Calgary Flames	80	31	37	12	296	305	74
San Jose Sharks	80	17	58	5	219	359	39

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 4, 1991	3–6	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	0–1–0
2	W	October 6, 1991	5–3	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	1–1–0
3	L	October 8, 1991	2–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	1–2–0
4	W	October 10, 1991	5–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	2–2–0
5	T	October 12, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	2–2–1
6	L	October 16, 1991	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	2–3–1
7	W	October 19, 1991	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	3–3–1
8	T	October 22, 1991	1–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1991–92)	3–3–2
9	W	October 23, 1991	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	4–3–2
10	W	October 25, 1991	2–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	5–3–2
11	W	October 27, 1991	6–5	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	6–3–2
12	L	October 29, 1991	2–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	6–4–2
13	L	October 30, 1991	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	6–5–2
14	L	November 1, 1991	6–7 OT	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	6–6–2
15	T	November 3, 1991	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	6–6–3
16	T	November 5, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	6–6–4
17	L	November 8, 1991	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	6–7–4
18	W	November 11, 1991	6–2	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	7–7–4
19	L	November 14, 1991	1–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	7–8–4
20	W	November 16, 1991	1–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	8–8–4
21	W	November 17, 1991	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	9–8–4
22	W	November 20, 1991	3–1	New York Islanders (1991–92)	10–8–4
23	W	November 23, 1991	4–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	11–8–4
24	T	November 25, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	11–8–5
25	W	November 27, 1991	3–2	New York Rangers (1991–92)	12–8–5
26	W	December 1, 1991	3–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	13–8–5
27	W	December 4, 1991	5–4	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	14–8–5
28	T	December 6, 1991	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	14–8–6
29	W	December 8, 1991	4–3	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	15–8–6
30	T	December 10, 1991	3–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	15–8–7
31	L	December 12, 1991	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	15–9–7
32	L	December 14, 1991	5–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	15–10–7
33	L	December 17, 1991	4–7	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	15–11–7
34	L	December 19, 1991	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	15–12–7
35	W	December 21, 1991	7–2	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	16–12–7
36	L	December 23, 1991	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	16–13–7
37	L	December 26, 1991	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	16–14–7
38	T	December 27, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	16–14–8
39	L	December 29, 1991	3–6	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	16–15–8
40	L	December 31, 1991	2–5	New York Rangers (1991–92)	16–16–8
41	W	January 2, 1992	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	17–16–8
42	L	January 4, 1992	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	17–17–8
43	L	January 6, 1992	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1991–92)	17–18–8
44	W	January 8, 1992	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	18–18–8
45	W	January 10, 1992	6–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	19–18–8
46	L	January 12, 1992	3–4	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	19–19–8
47	L	January 14, 1992	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	19–20–8
48	T	January 21, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	19–20–9
49	W	January 23, 1992	1–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	20–20–9
50	L	January 25, 1992	1–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	20–21–9
51	L	January 26, 1992	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	20–22–9
52	W	January 28, 1992	4–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	21–22–9
53	T	January 31, 1992	4–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	21–22–10
54	W	February 2, 1992	6–0	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	22–22–10
55	T	February 4, 1992	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	22–22–11
56	W	February 7, 1992	4–1	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	23–22–11
57	L	February 13, 1992	1–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	23–23–11
58	W	February 15, 1992	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	24–23–11
59	L	February 17, 1992	4–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1991–92)	24–24–11
60	L	February 19, 1992	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	24–25–11
61	W	February 21, 1992	6–4	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	25–25–11
62	L	February 23, 1992	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	25–26–11
63	L	February 26, 1992	1–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	25–27–11
64	L	February 28, 1992	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	25–28–11
65	L	March 1, 1992	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	25–29–11
66	W	March 3, 1992	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	26–29–11
67	T	March 6, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	26–29–12
68	L	March 8, 1992	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	26–30–12
69	W	March 11, 1992	3–0	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	27–30–12
70	L	March 13, 1992	0–1	Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	27–31–12
71	T	March 15, 1992	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	27–31–13
72	L	March 17, 1992	4–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	27–32–13
73	T	March 20, 1992	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	27–32–14
74	W	March 22, 1992	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	28–32–14
75	T	March 25, 1992	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	28–32–15
76	W	March 27, 1992	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	29–32–15
77	W	March 29, 1992	6–5	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	30–32–15
78	W	April 12, 1992	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	31–32–15
79	W	April 14, 1992	6–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	32–32–15
80	W	April 16, 1992	5–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	33–32–15

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Housley, PhilPhil Housley	D	74	23	63	86	92	-5	11	0	4
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	64	32	33	65	67	11	12	0	7
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	77	20	42	62	34	-31	13	1	2
Elynuik, PatPat Elynuik	RW	60	25	25	50	65	-2	9	0	1
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	74	17	30	47	69	-13	5	2	1
Shannon, DarrinDarrin Shannon	LW	68	13	26	39	41	5	3	0	3
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	80	5	34	39	32	15	4	0	1
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	38	13	25	38	29	5	10	0	0
Borsato, LucianoLuciano Borsato	C	56	15	21	36	45	-6	5	0	1
MacDermid, PaulPaul MacDermid	RW	59	10	11	21	151	-8	2	0	2
Barnes, StuStu Barnes	C	46	8	9	17	26	-2	4	0	0
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles	C/LW	65	7	10	17	118	-17	0	1	0
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	43	4	12	16	65	-8	0	0	0
Evans, DougDoug Evans	LW	30	7	7	14	68	2	1	0	0
Cole, DantonDanton Cole	C/RW	52	7	5	12	32	-15	1	2	0
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov	D	27	2	9	11	67	5	0	0	0
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	66	1	9	10	54	4	0	0	0
Broten, AaronAaron Broten	LW/C	25	4	5	9	14	2	0	0	3
Hartman, MikeMike Hartman	LW	75	4	4	8	264	-10	0	0	1
Romaniuk, RussellRussell Romaniuk	LW	27	3	5	8	18	2	2	0	1
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	17	3	5	8	28	0	2	0	0
LeBlanc, JohnJohn LeBlanc	RW	16	6	1	7	6	-6	5	0	1
Davydov, EvgenyEvgeny Davydov	LW	12	4	3	7	8	7	2	0	0
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes	LW	52	4	2	6	72	-12	0	0	2
Erickson, BryanBryan Erickson	RW	10	2	4	6	0	9	0	0	1
Kennedy, DeanDean Kennedy	D	18	2	4	6	21	2	0	0	1
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor	D	15	2	3	5	14	11	0	0	0
Skriko, PetriPetri Skriko	RW	15	2	3	5	4	-1	0	0	0
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	34	1	3	4	34	-8	0	1	0
Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin	D	65	0	4	4	271	-11	0	0	0
Mantha, MoeMoe Mantha	D	12	0	4	4	6	0	0	0	0
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	C	11	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	1
Barber, DonDon Barber	W	11	0	3	3	4	2	0	0	0
Draper, KrisKris Draper	C	10	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	C/RW	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	G	47	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton	LW	7	1	0	1	4	-3	0	0	0
Murray, RobRob Murray	C	9	0	1	1	18	-2	0	0	0
Joyce, BobBob Joyce	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cirone, JasonJason Cirone	C	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly	D	4	0	0	0	11	-5	0	0	0
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek	RW/D	4	0	0	0	17	-5	0	0	0
Paynter, KentKent Paynter	D	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
O'Neill, MikeMike O'Neill	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci	G	18	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Beauregard, StephaneStephane Beauregard	G	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	2627	47	21	17	6	126	2.88	5	1407	1281	.910
Beauregard, StephaneStephane Beauregard	1267	26	6	8	6	61	2.89	2	611	550	.900
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci	966	18	6	7	3	52	3.23	0	470	418	.889
O'Neill, MikeMike O'Neill	13	1	0	0	0	1	4.62	0	7	6	.857
Team:	4873	80	33	32	15	240	2.96	7	2495	2255	.904

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	7	2	4	6	2	2	0	0
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	7	1	5	6	4	1	0	0
Housley, PhilPhil Housley	D	7	1	4	5	0	1	0	1
Broten, AaronAaron Broten	LW/C	7	2	2	4	12	0	0	0
Davydov, EvgenyEvgeny Davydov	LW	7	2	2	4	2	1	0	0
Elynuik, PatPat Elynuik	RW	7	2	2	4	4	2	0	0
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	7	3	0	3	30	0	0	0
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	6	2	1	3	4	0	0	1
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	5	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	C	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
Shannon, DarrinDarrin Shannon	LW	7	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes	LW	7	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Borsato, LucianoLuciano Borsato	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evans, DougDoug Evans	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Hartman, MikeMike Hartman	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Kennedy, DeanDean Kennedy	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Draper, KrisKris Draper	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin	D	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor	D	7	0	0	0	19	0	0	0
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles	C/LW	7	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov	D	7	0	0	0	39	0	0	0
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci	387	7	3	4	26	4.03	0	212	186	.877
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	33	1	0	0	3	5.45	0	17	14	.824
Team:	420	7	3	4	29	4.14	0	229	200	.873

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

• The Jets did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

Trades

July 22, 1991	To Chicago Blackhawks Bryan Marchment Jeff Norton	To Winnipeg Jets Troy Murray Warren Rychel
October 11, 1991	To Buffalo Sabres Dave McLlwain Gord Donnelly 5th round pick in 1992 - Yuri Khmylev Future Considerations	To Winnipeg Jets Darrin Shannon Dean Kennedy Mike Hartman
October 15, 1991	To Minnesota North Stars Tony Joseph	To Winnipeg Jets Tyler Larter
October 22, 1991	To Quebec Nordiques Sergei Kharin	To Winnipeg Jets Shawn Anderson
October 23, 1991	To Washington Capitals Shawn Anderson	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
October 29, 1991	To Boston Bruins Brent Ashton	To Winnipeg Jets Petri Skriko
November 22, 1991	To Boston Bruins Scott Arniel	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
November 26, 1991	To St. Louis Blues 8th round pick in 1992 - Igor Boldin	To Winnipeg Jets Mario Marois
December 30, 1991	To Minnesota North Stars Warren Rychel	To Winnipeg Jets Tony Joseph Future Considerations
February 27, 1992	To Philadelphia Flyers Moe Mantha	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
March 2, 1992	To Washington Capitals Paul MacDermid	To Winnipeg Jets Mike Lalor
March 10, 1992	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mark Osborne	To Winnipeg Jets Lucien DeBlois
June 10, 1992	To Boston Bruins Doug Evans	To Winnipeg Jets Daniel Berthiaume
June 15, 1992	To Buffalo Sabres Stephane Beauregard	To Winnipeg Jets Christian Ruuttu Future Considerations
June 19, 1992	To Tampa Bay Lightning Danton Cole	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
June 20, 1992	To St. Louis Blues 11th round pick in 1993 - Christer Olsson	To Winnipeg Jets 11th round pick in 1992 - Ivan Vologjaninov
June 20, 1992	To Chicago Blackhawks 1st round pick in 1992 - Sergei Krivokrasov 2nd round pick in 1992 - Jeff Shantz	To Winnipeg Jets 1st round pick in 1992 - Sergei Bautin 2nd round pick in 1992 - Boris Mironov

Waivers

November 12, 1991

To Quebec Nordiques Don Barber

Free Agents

Player Former Team Anatoli Fedotov Undrafted Free Agent Rob Cowie Undrafted Free Agent Aaron Broten Toronto Maple Leafs Player Former Team Matt Hervey Boston Bruins Draft Picks Farm Teams See Also 1991–92 NHL season References