1993–94 San Jose Sharks season

1993–94 San Jose Sharks
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	8th Western
1993–94 record	33–35–16
Home record	19–13–10
Road record	14–22–6
Goals for	252
Goals against	265
Team information
General manager	Chuck Grillo
Coach	Kevin Constantine
Captain	Bob Errey
Arena	San Jose Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Sergei Makarov (30)
Assists	Todd Elik (41)
Points	Sergei Makarov (68)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (222)
Wins	Arturs Irbe (30)
Goals against average	Arturs Irbe (2.84)

The 1993–94 San Jose Sharks season saw the Sharks finish in third place in the Pacific Division with a record of 33 wins, 35 losses, and 16 ties for 82 points, clinching the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Offseason

The Sharks selected Viktor Kozlov with their first-round pick, sixth over-all.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Calgary Flames	84	42	29	13	302	256	97
2	7	Vancouver Canucks	84	41	40	3	279	276	85
3	8	San Jose Sharks	84	33	35	16	252	265	82
4	9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	84	33	46	5	229	251	71
5	10	Los Angeles Kings	84	27	45	12	294	322	66
6	11	Edmonton Oilers	84	25	45	14	261	305	64

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1993	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	0–1–0
2	L	October 7, 1993	2–6	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	0–2–0
3	L	October 10, 1993	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	0–3–0
4	L	October 14, 1993	1–2	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	0–4–0
5	T	October 16, 1993	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	0–4–1
6	L	October 19, 1993	1–4	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	0–5–1
7	L	October 21, 1993	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	0–6–1
8	L	October 23, 1993	4–6	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	0–7–1
9	L	October 24, 1993	2–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	0–8–1
10	W	October 26, 1993	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	1–8–1
11	W	October 28, 1993	4–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	2–8–1
12	L	October 30, 1993	2–4	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	2–9–1
13	W	October 31, 1993	2–1 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	3–9–1
14	T	November 2, 1993	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	3–9–2
15	W	November 5, 1993	4–2	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	4–9–2
16	L	November 7, 1993	1–2	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	4–10–2
17	T	November 9, 1993	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	4–10–3
18	L	November 11, 1993	0–4	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	4–11–3
19	W	November 13, 1993	4–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	5–11–3
20	T	November 14, 1993	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	5–11–4
21	W	November 16, 1993	2–1	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	6–11–4
22	L	November 18, 1993	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	6–12–4
23	W	November 20, 1993	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	7–12–4
24	L	November 21, 1993	5–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	7–13–4
25	W	November 23, 1993	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	8–13–4
26	W	November 26, 1993	4–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	9–13–4
27	W	November 27, 1993	1–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	10–13–4
28	T	December 3, 1993	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	10–13–5
29	W	December 5, 1993	2–1	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	11–13–5
30	L	December 7, 1993	1–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	11–14–5
31	L	December 11, 1993	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	11–15–5
32	L	December 12, 1993	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	11–16–5
33	L	December 15, 1993	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	11–17–5
34	L	December 17, 1993	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	11–18–5
35	L	December 19, 1993	5–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	11–19–5
36	T	December 22, 1993	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	11–19–6
37	L	December 23, 1993	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	11–20–6
38	T	December 28, 1993	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	11–20–7
39	W	December 31, 1993	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	12–20–7
40	T	January 2, 1994	4–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	12–20–8
41	T	January 4, 1994	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	12–20–9
42	L	January 6, 1994	3–10	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	12–21–9
43	T	January 11, 1994	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	12–21–10
44	W	January 12, 1994	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	13–21–10
45	W	January 15, 1994	8–2	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	14–21–10
46	W	January 17, 1994	3–2	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	15–21–10
47	L	January 25, 1994	3–8	New York Rangers (1993–94)	15–22–10
48	T	January 28, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	15–22–11
49	W	January 29, 1994	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	16–22–11
50	L	February 1, 1994	4–5	@ New York Islanders (1993–94)	16–23–11
51	W	February 3, 1994	3–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	17–23–11
52	L	February 5, 1994	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	17–24–11
53	W	February 6, 1994	7–1	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	18–24–11
54	W	February 8, 1994	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	19–24–11
55	W	February 11, 1994	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	20–24–11
56	W	February 13, 1994	1–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	21–24–11
57	L	February 15, 1994	4–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	21–25–11
58	L	February 17, 1994	2–8	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	21–26–11
59	W	February 19, 1994	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	22–26–11
60	L	February 21, 1994	3–6	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	22–27–11
61	L	February 23, 1994	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	22–28–11
62	L	February 24, 1994	4–6	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	22–29–11
63	L	February 26, 1994	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	22–30–11
64	T	February 28, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	22–30–12
65	W	March 3, 1994	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	23–30–12
66	W	March 6, 1994	6–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	24–30–12
67	T	March 8, 1994	4–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	24–30–13
68	W	March 10, 1994	4–3	New York Islanders (1993–94)	25–30–13
69	L	March 12, 1994	0–2	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	25–31–13
70	L	March 17, 1994	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	25–32–13
71	L	March 19, 1994	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	25–33–13
72	T	March 20, 1994	6–6 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	25–33–14
73	T	March 22, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	25–33–15
74	W	March 24, 1994	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	26–33–15
75	W	March 25, 1994	8–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	27–33–15
76	W	March 27, 1994	4–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	28–33–15
77	W	March 29, 1994	9–4	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	29–33–15
78	W	March 31, 1994	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	30–33–15
79	W	April 2, 1994	7–4	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	31–33–15
80	W	April 5, 1994	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	32–33–15
81	L	April 7, 1994	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	32–34–15
82	L	April 8, 1994	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	32–35–15
83	W	April 10, 1994	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	33–35–15
84	T	April 13, 1994	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	33–35–16

Playoffs

In a Conference Quarter-final series, the Sharks met the #1 seeded Detroit Red Wings, one of the conference's favourites for a Stanley Cup championship. However, in a stunning upset, the Sharks eliminated the Red Wings in seven games. They went on to face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Conference Semi-final, and had a 3-2 series lead. However, the Leafs won the final two games in Toronto to eliminate the Sharks and advance to the Conference Final.

Detroit (1) vs. San Jose (8) Date Away Home OT April 18 San Jose 5 4 Detroit April 20 San Jose 0 4 Detroit April 22 Detroit 3 2 San Jose April 23 Detroit 3 4 San Jose April 26 Detroit 4 6 San Jose April 28 San Jose 1 7 Detroit April 30 San Jose 3 2 Detroit San Jose wins series 4–3.

Toronto (3) vs. San Jose (8) Date Away Home OT May 2 San Jose 3 2 Toronto May 4 San Jose 1 5 Toronto May 6 Toronto 2 5 San Jose May 8 Toronto 8 3 San Jose May 10 Toronto 2 5 San Jose May 12 San Jose 2 3 Toronto OT May 14 San Jose 2 4 Toronto Toronto wins series 4–3.

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Makarov, SergeiSergei Makarov RW 80 30 38 68 78 11 10 0 5 Elik, ToddTodd Elik C 75 25 41 66 89 -3 9 0 4 Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh D 81 26 38 64 24 16 4 0 3 Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov C 60 18 38 56 40 20 3 2 2 Falloon, PatPat Falloon RW 83 22 31 53 18 -3 6 0 1 Garpenlov, JohanJohan Garpenlov LW 80 18 35 53 28 9 7 0 3 Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 61 14 26 40 14 2 1 0 0 Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 64 7 33 40 36 16 1 0 0 Gaudreau, RobRob Gaudreau RW 84 15 20 35 28 -10 6 0 4 Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne LW 84 12 18 30 28 8 0 1 3 Errey, BobBob Errey LW 64 12 18 30 126 -11 5 0 2 Pederson, TomTom Pederson D 74 6 19 25 31 3 3 0 1 Odgers, JeffJeff Odgers RW 81 13 8 21 222 -13 7 0 0 Baker, JamieJamie Baker C 65 12 5 17 38 2 0 0 2 Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen LW 13 6 6 12 0 0 3 0 2 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 47 1 9 10 59 -9 1 0 0 Craigwell, DaleDale Craigwell C 58 3 6 9 16 -13 0 1 0 More, JayJay More D 49 1 6 7 63 -5 0 0 0 Otevrel, JaroslavJaroslav Otevrel LW 9 3 2 5 2 -5 1 0 0 Sykora, MichalMichal Sykora D 22 1 4 5 14 -4 0 0 0 Miller, KipKip Miller C 11 2 2 4 6 -1 0 0 0 Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan C 26 2 2 4 4 -3 0 2 1 Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa D 27 1 3 4 20 -6 0 0 0 Zmolek, DougDoug Zmolek D 68 0 4 4 122 -9 0 0 0 Zettler, RobRob Zettler D 42 0 3 3 65 -7 0 0 0 Butsayev, ViacheslavViacheslav Butsayev C 12 0 2 2 10 -2 0 0 0 Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin D 34 0 2 2 76 2 0 0 0 Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe G 74 0 2 2 16 0 0 0 0 Lalor, MikeMike Lalor D 23 0 2 2 8 -5 0 0 0 Emmons, GaryGary Emmons C 3 1 0 1 0 -4 1 0 0 McLean, JeffJeff McLean C 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Capuano, DaveDave Capuano LW 4 0 1 1 0 -5 0 0 0 Bruce, DavidDavid Bruce LW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Maley, DavidDavid Maley LW 19 0 0 0 30 -1 0 0 0 Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite G 15 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe 4412 74 30 28 16 209 2.84 3 2064 1855 .899 Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite 697 15 3 7 0 50 4.30 0 319 269 .843 Team: 5109 84 33 35 16 259 3.04 3 2383 2124 .891

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov C 14 5 13 18 10 -1 0 0 0 Makarov, SergeiSergei Makarov RW 14 8 2 10 4 2 3 0 2 Elik, ToddTodd Elik C 14 5 5 10 12 -5 1 0 0 Garpenlov, JohanJohan Garpenlov LW 14 4 6 10 6 0 0 0 2 Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh D 14 0 10 10 8 3 0 0 0 Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen LW 14 6 2 8 0 -3 3 0 1 Pederson, TomTom Pederson D 14 1 6 7 2 -7 0 1 0 Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 14 1 5 6 20 4 0 0 0 Baker, JamieJamie Baker C 14 3 2 5 30 -1 0 0 1 Errey, BobBob Errey LW 14 3 2 5 10 -3 1 0 0 Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne LW 14 1 4 5 12 -2 0 0 0 Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 14 0 4 4 8 -4 0 0 0 Falloon, PatPat Falloon RW 14 1 2 3 6 -2 0 0 0 Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa D 14 1 2 3 21 -8 0 0 1 Gaudreau, RobRob Gaudreau RW 14 2 0 2 0 -1 1 1 0 More, JayJay More D 13 0 2 2 32 -3 0 0 0 Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin D 14 1 0 1 20 -4 0 0 0 Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe G 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Odgers, JeffJeff Odgers RW 11 0 0 0 11 -2 0 0 0 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe 806 14 7 7 50 3.72 0 399 349 .875 Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite 40 2 0 0 3 4.50 0 17 14 .824 Team: 846 14 7 7 53 3.76 0 416 363 .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;

Transactions

Trade Deadline Transactions

Traded	Acquired	Acquired From
Doug Zmolek, Mike Lalor	Ulf Dahlen	Dallas Stars

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	6	Viktor Kozlov	Center	Russia	HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
2	28	Shean Donovan	Right Wing	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2	45	Vlastimil Kroupa	Defense	Czechoslovakia	Litvinov Chemopetrol (Czech)
3	58	Ville Peltonen	Left Wing	Finland	HIFK Helsinki (FNL)
4	80	Alexander Osadchy	Defense	Ukraine	HC CSKA Moscow (Russia)
5	106	Andrei Buschan	Defense	Ukraine	Kiev Sokol (Russia)
6	132	Petri Varis	Left Wing	Finland	Assat Pori (FNL)
6	154	Fredrik Oduya	Defense	Sweden	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
7	158	Anatoly Filatov	Forward	Russia	Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo (Russia)
8	184	Todd Holt	Right Wing	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
9	210	Jonas Forsberg	Goalie	Sweden	Djurgardens IF Stockholm (SEL)
10	236	Jeff Salajko	Goalie	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
11	262	Jamie Matthews	Center	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)

NHL Supplemental Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	2	Dean Sylvester	Right Wing	United States	Kent State University (NCAA)

NHL Expansion Draft

#	Player	Drafted from	Drafted by
17	David Williams (D)	San Jose Sharks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
47	Robin Bawa (RW)	San Jose Sharks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

References

• Sharks on Hockey Database