1992–93 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1992–93 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	4th Campbell
1992–93 record	44–29–11
Home record	25–11–6
Road record	19–18–5
Goals for	288
Goals against	241
Team information
General manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Wendel Clark
Alternate captains	Doug Gilmour Bob Rouse
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Nikolai Borschevsky (34)
Assists	Doug Gilmour (95)
Points	Doug Gilmour (127)
Penalty minutes	Rob Pearson (211)
Wins	Felix Potvin (25)
Goals against average	Daren Puppa (2.25)

The 1992–93 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 77th season of the Toronto NHL franchise. The Leafs finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Los Angeles Kings 4 games to 3.

Off-season

Draft Picks

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	8.	Brandon Convery	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
1	23.	Grant Marshall	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)

Regular Season

Grant Fuhr was traded by the Maple Leafs (with conditional pick in 1995 draft) to Buffalo Sabres for LW Dave Andreychuk, G Daren Puppa and first-round draft pick in the 1993 draft (D Kenny Jonsson) on February 2, 1993.

The 1992-93 season was a triumph for the Maple Leafs. It saw them set franchise records in wins (44) and points (99). The 21-year-old goaltender Felix Potvin played his first full season with the team and was solid, with a 25-15-7 record, a GAA of 2.50, 2 shutouts, and a .910 SV%. In a season that saw 20 of 24 teams average more than 3 goals scored per game, the Maple Leafs goaltending was one of the best in the NHL, allowing only 241 goals in 84 games (only the Chicago Blackhawks allowed fewer goals than Toronto). The Maple Leafs also had a strong defense corps, anchored by Dave Ellett, Todd Gill, Sylvain Lefebvre, Jamie Macoun, Dmitri Mironov and Bob Rouse. Newcomers Dave Andreychuk and Daren Puppa also played very well. In just 31 games with the Leafs, Andreychuk scored 25 goals and had 13 assists for 38 points. Puppa won 6 out of 8 games, had a GAA of 2.25, 2 shutouts, and a .922 SV%. Rookie Nikolai Borschevsky led the team in goals with 34 and would score a very memorable goal in the first round of the playoffs against the Detroit Red Wings; Borschevsky deflected Bob Rouse's shot 2:35 into the first overtime period of game 7 at Joe Louis Arena to give the Leafs a 4-3 win and a 4-games-to-3 series win.

Doug Gilmour

Doug Gilmour had a career year in 1992–93. He had a franchise-record 127 points during the 1992–1993 regular season and ranked eighth in league scoring. In the playoffs, he played a key role as the Leafs took out the powerhouse Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues, both in seven games. Gilmour finished the postseason with 35 points, behind only Wayne Gretzky. Gilmour was the runner-up for the Hart Trophy as regular-season MVP and won the Selke Trophy as best defensive forward, the first major NHL award that a Leaf player had won since 1967.

One of Gilmour's most memorable goals was scored during the 1993 second round playoffs series against the St. Louis Blues, in the second sudden death overtime period. Many fans remember him skating back and forth behind the St. Louis net multiple times before finally sliding the puck behind a sprawling Curtis Joseph. However, they end up losing to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3 in the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals.

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Blackhawks	84	47	25	12	106	279	230
Detroit Red Wings	84	47	28	9	103	369	280
Toronto Maple Leafs	84	44	29	11	99	288	241
St. Louis Blues	84	37	36	11	85	282	278
Minnesota North Stars	84	36	38	10	82	272	293
Tampa Bay Lightning	84	23	54	7	53	245	332

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

October

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Points
1	October 6	Washington	5 - 6	Toronto		0-1-0	0
2	October 10	Toronto	2 - 3	Calgary		0-2-0	0
3	October 11	Toronto	3 - 3	Edmonton		0-2-1	1
4	October 15	Tampa Bay	5 - 3	Toronto		1-2-1	3
5	October 17	Chicago	4 - 3	Toronto		2-2-1	5
6	October 18	Minnesota	1 - 5	Toronto		2-3-1	5
7	October 20	Ottawa	5 - 3	Toronto1		3-3-1	7
8	October 22	Toronto	5 - 2	Tampa Bay		4-3-1	9
9	October 24	San Jose	5 - 1	Toronto		5-3-1	11
10	October 28	Buffalo	4 - 4	Toronto		5-3-2	12
11	October 30	Toronto	1 - 7	Detroit		5-4-2	12
12	October 31	Detroit	3 - 1	Toronto		6-4-2	14

¹ Played at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario.

November

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Points
13	November 5	Toronto	0 - 1	Chicago		6-5-2	14
14	November 7	Pittsburgh	4 - 2	Toronto		7-5-2	16
15	November 9	Toronto	3 - 1	Ottawa		8-5-2	18
16	November 14	Toronto	4 - 1	Boston		9-5-2	20
17	November 16	St. Louis	2 - 2	Toronto	OT	9-5-3	21
18	November 17	Toronto	1 - 3	Quebec1		9-6-3	21
19	November 19	Toronto	2 - 0	San Jose		10-6-3	23
20	November 21	Toronto	4 - 6	Los Angeles		10-7-3	23
21	November 24	Tampa Bay	2 - 3	Toronto		10-8-3	23
22	November 26	Quebec	4 - 5	Toronto	OT	10-9-3	23
23	November 28	Los Angeles	3 - 2	Toronto		11-9-3	25

¹ Played at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario.

December

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Points
24	December 1	Toronto	3 - 8	New Jersey		11-10-3	25
25	December 3	Toronto	3 - 4	Chicago		11-11-3	25
26	December 5	Chicago	2 - 2	Toronto	OT	11-11-4	26
27	December 6	Toronto	0 - 6	N.Y. Rangers		11-12-4	26
28	December 9	Detroit	5 - 3	Toronto		12-12-4	28
29	December 11	Calgary	3 - 6	Toronto		12-13-4	28
30	December 15	Toronto	5 - 6	Minnesota		12-14-4	28
31	December 19	Ottawa	5 - 1	Toronto		13-14-4	30
32	December 20	Toronto	4 - 5	Buffalo		13-15-4	30
33	December 22	Toronto	4 - 4	Detroit	OT	13-15-5	31
34	December 26	Detroit	1 - 5	Toronto		13-16-5	31
35	December 27	Toronto	6 - 3	St. Louis		14-16-5	33
36	December 29	Toronto	3 - 2	N.Y. Islanders		15-16-5	35
37	December 31	Toronto	3 - 3	Pittsburgh	OT	15-16-6	36

January

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Points
38	January 2	St. Louis	2 - 2	Toronto	OT	15-16-7	37
39	January 4	Toronto	4 - 2	Detroit		16-16-7	39
40	January 6	Vancouver	2 - 5	Toronto		16-17-7	39
41	January 8	San Jose	5 - 1	Toronto		17-17-7	41
42	January 9	Toronto	5 - 4	Montreal		18-17-7	43
43	January 11	Tampa Bay	4 - 2	Toronto		19-17-7	45
44	January 13	St. Louis	4 - 3	Toronto		20-17-7	47
45	January 16	Chicago	3 - 5	Toronto		20-18-7	47
46	January 17	Toronto	3 - 5	Chicago		20-19-7	47
47	January 19	Toronto	5 - 1	St. Louis		21-19-7	49
49	January 21	Toronto	6 - 1	Tampa Bay		22-19-7	51
50	January 23	Montreal	4 - 0	Toronto		23-19-7	53
51	January 26	Minnesota	1 - 2	Toronto		23-20-7	53
52	January 30	N.Y. Rangers	3 - 1	Toronto		24-20-7	55

February

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Points
53	February 1	Toronto	1 - 1	St. Louis	OT	24-20-8	56
54	February 3	N.Y. Islanders	2 - 3	Toronto		24-21-8	56
55	February 9	Toronto	1 - 3	Tampa Bay		24-22-8	56
56	February 11	Vancouver	5 - 2	Toronto		25-22-8	58
57	February 13	Minnesota	6 - 1	Toronto		26-22-8	60
58	February 14	Toronto	6 - 5	Minnesota		27-22-8	62
59	February 17	Calgary	4 - 2	Toronto		28-22-8	64
60	February 19	Tampa Bay	4 - 1	Toronto		29-22-8	66
61	February 20	Boston	4 - 4	Toronto	OT	29-22-9	67
62	February 22	Toronto	8 - 1	Vancouver		30-22-9	69
63	February 25	Toronto	5 - 0	San Jose		31-22-9	71
64	February 27	Toronto	5 - 2	Los Angeles		32-22-9	73

March

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Points
65	March 3	Minnesota	3 - 1	Toronto		33-22-9	75
66	March 5	Toronto	1 - 5	Detroit		33-23-9	75
67	March 6	Winnipeg	4 - 2	Toronto		34-23-9	77
68	March 9	Toronto	1 - 3	Washington		34-24-9	77
68	March 10	Hartford	5 - 3	Toronto		35-24-9	79
69	March 12	Tampa Bay	8 - 2	Toronto		36-24-9	81
70	March 15	Toronto	2 - 4	Quebec		36-25-9	81
71	March 18	Toronto	4 - 2	Tampa Bay		37-25-9	83
72	March 20	Edmonton	4 - 2	Toronto		38-25-9	85
73	March 23	Toronto	5 - 4	Winnipeg		39-25-9	87
74	March 25	Toronto	3 - 3	Minnesota	OT	39-25-10	88
75	March 27	Toronto	6 - 2	Edmonton		40-25-10	90
76	March 28	Toronto	4 - 0	Calgary		41-25-10	92
77	March 31	Los Angeles	5 - 5	Toronto	OT	41-25-11	93

April

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Points
78	April 3	New Jersey	1 - 0	Toronto		42-25-11	95
79	April 4	Toronto	0 - 4	Philadelphia		42-26-11	95
80	April 8	Toronto	3 - 5	Winnipeg		42-27-11	95
81	April 10	Philadelphia	0 - 4	Toronto		42-28-11	95
82	April 11	Toronto	4 - 2	Hartford		43-28-11	97
83	April 13	St. Louis	2 - 1	Toronto	OT	44-28-11	99
84	April 15	Toronto	2 - 3	Chicago		44-29-11	99

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	83	32	95	127	100	32	15	3	2
Borschevsky, NikolaiNikolai Borschevsky	78	34	40	74	28	33	12	0	4
Anderson, GlennGlenn Anderson	76	22	43	65	117	19	11	0	3
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	69	11	32	43	66	4	5	0	2
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	47	13	28	41	53	-8	10	0	1
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	70	6	34	40	46	19	4	0	1
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	84	19	20	39	62	3	6	2	3
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	66	17	22	39	193	2	2	0	5
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	31	25	13	38	8	12	12	0	2
Pearson, RobRob Pearson	78	23	14	37	211	-2	8	0	3
Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	70	12	23	35	24	0	0	0	4
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov	59	7	24	31	40	-1	4	0	1
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	76	12	14	26	89	-7	0	2	2
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky	41	4	15	19	61	1	1	0	1
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun	77	4	15	19	55	3	2	0	1
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	66	14	4	18	30	-18	1	1	3
Foligno, MikeMike Foligno	55	13	5	18	84	2	5	0	2
Berg, BillBill Berg	58	7	8	15	54	-1	0	1	2
Rouse, BobBob Rouse	82	3	11	14	130	7	0	1	1
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	81	2	12	14	90	8	0	0	0
Sacco, JoeJoe Sacco	23	4	4	8	8	-4	0	0	0
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	12	1	6	7	21	-2	0	0	0
Manderville, KentKent Manderville	18	1	1	2	17	-9	0	0	1
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	63	1	0	1	155	-11	0	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	19	1	0	1	34	5	0	0	0
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	48	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larose, GuyGuy Larose	9	0	0	0	8	-3	0	0	0
McRae, KenKen McRae	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shannon, DarrylDarryl Shannon	16	0	0	0	11	-5	0	0	0
Tomlinson, DaveDave Tomlinson	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	2781	48	25	15	7	116	2.50	2	1286	1170	.910
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	1665	29	13	9	4	87	3.14	1	826	739	.895
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa	479	8	6	2	0	18	2.25	2	232	214	.922
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	160	3	0	3	0	15	5.63	0	91	76	.835
Team:	5085	84	44	29	11	236	2.78	5	2435	2199	.903

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	21	10	25	35	30	4	0	1
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	21	10	10	20	51	2	0	1
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	21	12	7	19	35	4	0	3
Anderson, GlennGlenn Anderson	21	7	11	18	31	0	0	2
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	21	4	8	12	8	2	0	0
Rouse, BobBob Rouse	21	3	8	11	29	1	0	1
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	21	1	10	11	26	0	0	0
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	16	3	7	10	8	1	0	0
Borschevsky, NikolaiNikolai Borschevsky	16	2	7	9	0	0	0	1
Foligno, MikeMike Foligno	18	2	6	8	42	1	0	2
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	21	3	3	6	20	0	0	0
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun	21	0	6	6	36	0	0	0
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	12	2	3	5	0	1	0	0
Pearson, RobRob Pearson	14	2	2	4	31	0	0	0
Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	20	2	1	3	6	0	0	0
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	10	1	2	3	8	0	0	0
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov	14	1	2	3	2	1	0	0
Berg, BillBill Berg	21	1	1	2	18	0	0	0
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	19	1	1	2	16	0	0	0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Manderville, KentKent Manderville	18	1	0	1	8	0	0	0
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	21	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	1308	21	11	10	62	2.84	1	636	574	.903
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0	7	6	.857
Team:	1328	21	11	10	63	2.85	1	643	580	.902

Note: 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

• Jack Adams Trophy: Pat Burns
• Selke Trophy: Doug Gilmour
• Doug Gilmour, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs).
• Doug Gilmour, franchise record, most points in one season, 127 points.
• Doug Gilmour, franchise record, most points by a centre in one season, 127 points.
• Doug Gilmour, franchise record, most assists in one season, 95 assists.
• Doug Gilmour, most assists in one game (6), Toronto club record.

Transactions

The Maple Leafs made the following transactions during the 1992-93 season.

Trades

July 20, 1992	To Ottawa Senators Brad Marsh	To Toronto Maple Leafs Future Considerations
July 21, 1992	To Quebec Nordiques Len Esau	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ken McRae
August 20, 1992	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd round pick in 1994 - Martin Belanger	To Toronto Maple Leafs Sylvain Lefebvre
November 24, 1992	To Hartford Whalers 2nd round pick in 1993 - Vlastimil Kroupa	To Toronto Maple Leafs John Cullen
February 2, 1993	To Buffalo Sabres Grant Fuhr 5th round pick in 1995 - Kevin Popp	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Andreychuk Darren Puppa 1st round pick in 1993 - Kenny Jonsson
February 25, 1993	To Ottawa Senators 9th round pick in 1993 - Pavol Demitra	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brad Miller

Waivers

September 9, 1992	From Tampa Bay Lightning Bob McGill
December 3, 1992	From New York Islanders Bill Berg

Expansion Draft

June 24, 1993	To Florida Panthers Darren Puppa
June 24, 1993	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Joe Sacco

Free Agents

Player Former Team Rudy Poeschek Winnipeg Jets

Player New Team Andrew McKim Boston Bruins Mark Ferner Ottawa Senators Ric Nattress Philadelphia Flyers

Roster

1992-93 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 1 Darren Puppa  29 Felix Potvin  30 Rick Wamsley  31 Grant Fuhr		Defensemen 2 Sylvain Lefebvre  3 Bob Rouse  - A 4 Dave Ellett  8 Bob McGill  15 Dmitri Mironov  23 Todd Gill  28 Darryl Shannon  34 Jamie Macoun  55 Drake Berehowsky		Wingers 9 Glenn Anderson  10 Bill Berg  12 Rob Pearson  14 Dave Andreychuk  16 Nikolai Borschevsky  17 Wendel Clark  - C 21 Mark Osborne  22 Ken Baumgartner  24 Joe Sacco  71 Mike Foligno		Centres 7 Dave McLlwain  11 Guy Larose  18 Kent Manderville  19 John Cullen  25 Peter Zezel  26 Mike Krushelnyski  32 Mike Eastwood  36 Ken McRae  37 Dave Tomlinson  93 Doug Gilmour  - A GM: Cliff Fletcher Coach: Pat Burns

Farm Teams

• The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.

References

Bibliography

• National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, senior managing editor: Ralph Dinger, published in Canada by Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.

External Links

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database