1992–93 New York Islanders season

1992–93 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	Prince of Wales
1992–93 record	40–37–7
Home record	20–19–3
Road record	20–18–4
Goals for	335
Goals against	297
Team information
General manager	Don Maloney
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Patrick Flatley
Alternate captains	Ray Ferraro Steve Thomas
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Pierre Turgeon (58)
Assists	Pierre Turgeon (74)
Points	Pierre Turgeon (132)
Penalty minutes	Mick Vukota (216)
Wins	Glenn Healy (22)
Goals against average	Glenn Healy (3.30)

The 1992-93 New York Islanders season was the 21st season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 3rd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 1.

Off-season

Draft Picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	5.	Darius Kasparaitis	Defense	Lithuania	HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
3	56	Jarrett Deuling
5	104	Tomas Klimt
5	105	Ryan Duthie
5	128	Derek Armstrong	Centre	Canada
7	152	Vladimir Grachev
7	159	Steve O'Rourke
8	176	Jason Widmer
9	200	Daniel Paradis
10	224	David Wainwright
11	248	Andrei Vasilyev		Russia

Regular Season

Four Islanders (Benoit Hogue, Derek King, Steve Thomas and Pierre Turgeon) reached the 30-goal plateau.

Final Standings

Patrick Division

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

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1992	3–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	0–1–0
2	L	October 8, 1992	3–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	0–2–0
3	T	October 10, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	0–2–1
4	W	October 15, 1992	5–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	1–2–1
5	W	October 17, 1992	6–3	New York Rangers (1992–93)	2–2–1
6	L	October 18, 1992	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	2–3–1
7	W	October 20, 1992	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	3–3–1
8	W	October 23, 1992	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	4–3–1
9	W	October 24, 1992	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	5–3–1
10	L	October 27, 1992	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	5–4–1
11	W	October 30, 1992	4–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	6–4–1
12	L	October 31, 1992	3–5	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	6–5–1
13	L	November 3, 1992	0–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	6–6–1
14	L	November 5, 1992	0–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	6–7–1
15	L	November 7, 1992	5–6 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	6–8–1
16	L	November 12, 1992	5–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	6–9–1
17	W	November 14, 1992	7–5	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	7–9–1
18	L	November 19, 1992	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	7–10–1
19	W	November 21, 1992	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	8–10–1
20	T	November 22, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	8–10–2
21	T	November 24, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	8–10–3
22	L	November 27, 1992	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	8–11–3
23	W	November 28, 1992	9–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	9–11–3
24	L	December 1, 1992	3–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	9–12–3
25	T	December 4, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	9–12–4
26	L	December 5, 1992	3–5	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	9–13–4
27	W	December 7, 1992	6–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	10–13–4
28	L	December 10, 1992	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	10–14–4
29	L	December 12, 1992	3–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	10–15–4
30	W	December 13, 1992	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	11–15–4
31	W	December 15, 1992	4–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	12–15–4
32	W	December 17, 1992	9–3	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	13–15–4
33	W	December 19, 1992	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	14–15–4
34	L	December 20, 1992	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	14–16–4
35	W	December 23, 1992	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	15–16–4
36	W	December 26, 1992	6–4	New York Rangers (1992–93)	16–16–4
37	L	December 29, 1992	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	16–17–4
38	L	December 31, 1992	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	16–18–4
39	W	January 2, 1993	3–2	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	17–18–4
40	L	January 5, 1993	1–2	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	17–19–4
41	L	January 8, 1993	5–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	17–20–4
42	L	January 9, 1993	4–5	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	17–21–4
43	W	January 12, 1993	8–2	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	18–21–4
44	L	January 14, 1993	0–3	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	18–22–4
45	W	January 16, 1993	5–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	19–22–4
46	W	January 17, 1993	7–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	20–22–4
47	T	January 19, 1993	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	20–22–5
48	W	January 23, 1993	8–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	21–22–5
49	W	January 26, 1993	8–2	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	22–22–5
50	W	January 28, 1993	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	23–22–5
51	L	January 30, 1993	5–6	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	23–23–5
52	T	February 1, 1993	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1992–93)	23–23–6
53	W	February 3, 1993	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	24–23–6
54	L	February 9, 1993	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	24–24–6
55	L	February 12, 1993	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	24–25–6
56	W	February 13, 1993	5–2	New York Rangers (1992–93)	25–25–6
57	W	February 16, 1993	7–2	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	26–25–6
58	L	February 18, 1993	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	26–26–6
59	W	February 20, 1993	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	27–26–6
60	L	February 23, 1993	2–4	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	27–27–6
61	L	February 25, 1993	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	27–28–6
62	W	February 27, 1993	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	28–28–6
63	W	February 28, 1993	7–6 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	29–28–6
64	W	March 2, 1993	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	30–28–6
65	W	March 7, 1993	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	31–28–6
66	W	March 9, 1993	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	32–28–6
67	L	March 10, 1993	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	32–29–6
68	L	March 14, 1993	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	32–30–6
69	W	March 16, 1993	6–0	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	33–30–6
70	L	March 18, 1993	4–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	33–31–6
71	W	March 20, 1993	7–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	34–31–6
72	L	March 23, 1993	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	34–32–6
73	L	March 25, 1993	2–5	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	34–33–6
74	W	March 27, 1993	7–3	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	35–33–6
75	W	March 30, 1993	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	36–33–6
76	W	April 2, 1993	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	37–33–6
77	L	April 3, 1993	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	37–34–6
78	W	April 6, 1993	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	38–34–6
79	L	April 8, 1993	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	38–35–6
80	L	April 10, 1993	3–5	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	38–36–6
81	W	April 11, 1993	5–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	39–36–6
82	T	April 13, 1993	3–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	39–36–7
83	L	April 14, 1993	4–5 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	39–37–7
84	W	April 16, 1993	8–4	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	40–37–7

Playoffs

New York Islanders 4, Washington Capitals 2

Game 6 of this series was marred by a vicious check on the Islanders' leading scorer, Pierre Turgeon, by the Capitals' Dale Hunter, moments after Turgeon scored a third-period goal to put the game and the series out of reach for Washington. Hunter received a 21-game suspension for the hit, which carried over into the 1993–94 season.

• April 18 - New York Islanders 1 Washington 3
• April 20 - New York Islanders 5 Washington 4 (2OT)
• April 22 - Washington 3 New York Islanders 4 (OT)
• April 24 - Washington 3 New York Islanders 4 (2OT)
• April 26 - New York Islanders 4 Washington 6
• April 28 - Washington 3 New York Islanders 5

New York Islanders 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3

The Isles' improbable upset of the Penguins was capped off by David Volek's series-winning goal at 5:16 of overtime in Game 7.

• May 2 - New York Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 2
• May 4 - New York Islanders 0 Pittsburgh 3
• May 6 - Pittsburgh 3 New York Islanders 1
• May 8 - Pittsburgh 5 New York Islanders 6
• May 10 - New York Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 6
• May 12 - Pittsburgh 5 New York Islanders 7
• May 14 - New York Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens 4, New York Islanders 1

All teams in the Conference Finals were seeded third in their division.

Montreal's win in game three was their eleventh straight, tying the single-playoff record set a year earlier by Pittsburgh and Chicago.

• May 16 - New York Islanders 1 Montreal 4
• May 18 - New York Islanders 3 Montreal 4 (2OT)
• May 20 - Montreal 2 New York Islanders 1 (OT)
• May 22 - Montreal 1 New York Islanders 4
• May 24 - New York Islanders 2 Montreal 5

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon C 83 58 74 132 26 -1 24 0 10 Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas LW 79 37 50 87 111 3 12 0 7 King, DerekDerek King LW 77 38 38 76 47 -4 21 0 7 Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue C 70 33 42 75 108 13 5 3 5 Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 80 13 47 60 63 5 1 2 1 Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov D 64 14 38 52 59 14 7 0 0 Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 66 12 38 50 45 -3 5 0 0 Krupp, UweUwe Krupp D 80 9 29 38 67 6 2 0 2 Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers D 52 8 30 38 38 9 3 0 0 Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen RW 81 18 14 32 28 5 1 0 1 Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno RW 57 15 17 32 62 17 2 0 2 McInnis, MartyMarty McInnis RW 56 10 20 30 24 7 0 1 0 Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro C 46 14 13 27 40 0 3 0 1 Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald RW 77 9 18 27 34 -2 0 3 1 Green, TravisTravis Green C 61 7 18 25 43 4 1 0 0 Lachance, ScottScott Lachance D 75 7 17 24 67 -1 0 1 2 Volek, DavidDavid Volek W 56 8 13 21 34 -1 2 0 1 Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis D 79 4 17 21 166 15 0 0 0 Berg, BillBill Berg LW 22 6 3 9 49 4 0 2 0 Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle C 41 5 3 8 90 -5 0 0 0 Marois, DanielDaniel Marois RW 28 2 5 7 35 -3 0 0 0 Vukota, MickMick Vukota RW 74 2 5 7 216 3 0 0 0 Vaske, DennisDennis Vaske D 27 1 5 6 32 9 0 0 0 Fraser, IainIain Fraser C 7 2 2 4 2 -1 1 0 0 Pilon, RichRich Pilon D 44 1 3 4 164 -4 0 0 0 Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm LW 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 Nylund, GaryGary Nylund D 22 1 1 2 43 -2 0 0 0 Healy, GlennGlenn Healy G 47 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick G 39 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Lorenz, DannyDanny Lorenz G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parks, GregGreg Parks C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Townshend, GraemeGraeme Townshend RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Healy, GlennGlenn Healy 2655 47 22 20 2 146 3.30 1 1316 1170 .889 Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick 2253 39 17 15 5 130 3.46 0 1066 936 .878 Lorenz, DannyDanny Lorenz 157 4 1 2 0 10 3.82 0 78 68 .872 Team: 5065 84 40 37 7 286 3.39 1 2460 2174 .884

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro C 18 13 7 20 18 5 0 0 0 Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas LW 18 9 8 17 37 -1 0 0 0 King, DerekDerek King LW 18 3 11 14 14 3 0 0 0 Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon C 11 6 7 13 0 2 0 0 0 Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue C 18 6 6 12 31 7 0 0 0 Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov D 17 3 6 9 12 -3 0 0 0 Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 15 2 7 9 12 1 0 0 0 Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen RW 18 3 4 7 2 -4 0 0 0 Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald RW 18 2 5 7 18 2 0 0 0 Krupp, UweUwe Krupp D 18 1 5 6 12 2 0 0 0 Vaske, DennisDennis Vaske D 18 0 6 6 14 -3 0 0 0 Volek, DavidDavid Volek W 10 4 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis D 18 0 5 5 31 2 0 0 0 Green, TravisTravis Green C 12 3 1 4 6 -3 0 0 0 Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno RW 18 2 2 4 14 -1 0 0 0 Healy, GlennGlenn Healy G 18 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle C 18 0 3 3 10 -8 0 0 0 Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 10 1 1 2 4 -5 0 0 0 Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers D 12 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 Junker, SteveSteve Junker LW 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 McInnis, MartyMarty McInnis RW 3 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick G 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Parks, GregGreg Parks C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pilon, RichRich Pilon D 15 0 0 0 50 5 0 0 0 Scissons, ScottScott Scissons C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Vukota, MickMick Vukota RW 15 0 0 0 16 -4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Healy, GlennGlenn Healy 1109 18 9 8 59 3.19 0 524 465 .887 Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick 77 3 0 1 4 3.12 0 23 19 .826 Team: 1186 18 9 9 63 3.19 0 547 484 .885

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

• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Pierre Turgeon
• Vladimir Malakhov, Defense, NHL All-Rookie Team

Game Ads

Exhibition @ Albany

References

• Islanders on Hockey Database