The 1992–93 Boston Bruins season was the team's 69th season.

Offseason

On June 8, head coach Rick Bowness was fired.[1] A day later, Brian Sutter was named the team's new head coach.[2]

Regular season

The team finished second in the regular season behind the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Bruins played well all season long and finished their final 8 regular-season games with a perfect 8–0–0 record. The team had the most shots on goal (2,893) during the regular season of all 24 teams.[3] They also tied the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (8) over 84 games.[4]

Final standings

Adams Division
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Boston Bruins 84 51 26 7 109 332 268
Quebec Nordiques 84 47 27 10 104 351 300
Montreal Canadiens 84 48 30 6 102 326 280
Buffalo Sabres 84 38 36 10 86 335 297
Hartford Whalers 84 26 52 6 58 284 369
Ottawa Senators 84 10 70 4 24 202 395

[5]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[6]
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


Playoffs

Despite being favored to win their first-round matchup against the Buffalo Sabres, the Bruins were eliminated in the Adams Division semifinals by Buffalo in four straight games. Three games were decided in overtime.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1992–93 regular season[7]
October: 7–2–1 (home: 3–1–1; road: 4–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
1 October 8 Hartford 2–3 Boston OT Moog 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 10 NY Islanders 3–3 Boston OT Moog 1–0–1 3 Recap
3 October 12 Ottawa 3–6 Boston Moog 2–0–1 5 Recap
4 October 15 Boston 8–2 San Jose Moog 3–0–1 7 Recap
5 October 17 Boston 6–8 Los Angeles Lemelin 3–1–1 7 Recap
6 October 22 Boston 4–2 Calgary Lemelin 4–1–1 9 Recap
7 October 23 Boston 6–3 Edmonton Moog 5–1–1 11 Recap
8 October 25 Boston 5–3 Vancouver Lemelin 6–1–1 13 Recap
9 October 29 Los Angeles 3–8 Boston Moog 7–1–1 15 Recap
10 October 31 Chicago 3–2 Boston Moog 7–2–1 15 Recap
November: 7–5–1 (home: 5–1–1; road: 2–4–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
11 November 5 Quebec 4–6 Boston Moog 8–2–1 17 Recap
12 November 7 NY Rangers 2–2 Boston OT Moog 8–2–2 18 Recap
13 November 11 Boston 2–7 Buffalo Moog 8–3–2 18 Recap
14 November 12 Calgary 3–5 Boston Lemelin 9–3–2 20 Recap
15 November 14 Toronto 4–1 Boston Moog 9–4–2 20 Recap
16 November 16 Boston 3–6 Montreal Moog 9–5–2 20 Recap
17 November 19 NY Islanders 2–5 Boston Moog 10–5–2 22 Recap
18 November 21 Philadelphia 3–4 Boston Moog 11–5–2 24 Recap
19 November 23 Boston 3–2 Ottawa Moog 12–5–2 26 Recap
20 November 25 Boston 2–6 Washington Moog 12–6–2 26 Recap
21 November 27 Hartford 4–5 Boston OT Lemelin 13–6–2 28 Recap
22 November 28 Boston 3–4 Hartford OT Lemelin 13–7–2 28 Recap
23 November 30 Boston 4–3 Quebec Moog 14–7–2 30 Recap
December: 7–7–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–6–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
24 December 3 Montreal 3–4 Boston Moog 15–7–2 32 Recap
25 December 5 Boston 4–2 New Jersey Moog 16–7–2 34 Recap
26 December 6 Boston 7–1 Philadelphia Moog 17–7–2 36 Recap
27 December 9 Boston 2–5 Buffalo Moog 17–8–2 36 Recap
28 December 10 Ottawa 2–4 Boston Lemelin 18–8–2 38 Recap
29 December 12 Boston 1–5 Montreal Moog 18–9–2 38 Recap
30 December 15 Buffalo 3–2 Boston Moog 18–10–2 38 Recap
31 December 18 Boston 1–6 Detroit Moog 18–11–2 38 Recap
32 December 19 Washington 3–4 Boston Moog 19–11–2 40 Recap
33 December 22 Tampa Bay 3–5 Boston Moog 20–11–2 42 Recap
34 December 26 Boston 9–4 Hartford Moog 21–11–2 44 Recap
35 December 27 Boston 5–6 NY Rangers Moog 21–12–2 44 Recap
36 December 29 Boston 4–5 Winnipeg Lemelin 21–13–2 44 Recap
37 December 31 Boston 3–5 Minnesota Moog 21–14–2 44 Recap
January: 8–5–2 (home: 6–3–0; road: 2–2–2)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
38 January 2 Hartford 2–3 Boston OT Moog 22–14–2 46 Recap
39 January 5 Boston 2–6 Pittsburgh Moog 22–15–2 46 Recap
40 January 7 Quebec 3–2 Boston OT Blue 22–16–2 46 Recap
41 January 9 New Jersey 6–2 Boston Blue 22–17–2 46 Recap
42 January 12 Buffalo 2–5 Boston Blue 23–17–2 48 Recap
43 January 14 Pittsburgh 0–7 Boston Blue 24–17–2 50 Recap
44 January 16 Philadelphia 5–4 Boston Moog 24–18–2 50 Recap
45 January 18 San Jose 3–4 Boston Moog 25–18–2 52 Recap
46 January 19 Boston 2–2 NY Islanders OT Blue 25–18–3 53 Recap
47 January 21 Boston 5–4 Philadelphia Moog 26–18–3 55 Recap
48 January 23 New Jersey 5–7 Boston Moog 27–18–3 57 Recap
49 January 25 Boston 2–3 Montreal OT Blue 27–19–3 57 Recap
50 January 26 Boston 4–4 Quebec OT Moog 27–19–4 58 Recap
51 January 28 Winnipeg 2–6 Boston Blue 28–19–4 60 Recap
52 January 30 Boston 6–5 NY Islanders Blue 29–19–4 62 Recap
February: 4–3–3 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–2–2)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
53 February 2 Edmonton 4–3 Boston Moog 29–20–4 62 Recap
54 February 3 Boston 4–1 Quebec Blue 30–20–4 64 Recap
55 February 8 Boston 0–4 Pittsburgh
(played @ Atlanta)		 Blue 30–21–4 64 Recap
56 February 9 Boston 6–1 St. Louis Blue 31–21–4 66 Recap
57 February 11 Boston 3–6 Chicago Blue 31–22–4 66 Recap
58 February 14 Boston 3–3 Tampa Bay OT Blue 31–22–5 67 Recap
59 February 17 Boston 5–2 Montreal Blue 32–22–5 69 Recap
60 February 20 Boston 4–4 Toronto OT Blue 32–22–6 70 Recap
61 February 25 Minnesota 3–3 Boston OT Blue 32–22–7 71 Recap
62 February 27 Washington 4–5 Boston OT Moog 33–22–7 73 Recap
March: 11–4–0 (home: 7–3–0; road: 4–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
63 March 1 Montreal 5–2 Boston Blue 33–23–7 73 Recap
64 March 4 Vancouver 3–4 Boston Moog 34–23–7 75 Recap
65 March 6 St. Louis 3–4 Boston OT Moog 35–23–7 77 Recap
66 March 9 Boston 2–3 Pittsburgh Blue 35–24–7 77 Recap
67 March 11 Montreal 2–5 Boston Moog 36–24–7 79 Recap
68 March 13 Ottawa 3–6 Boston Moog 37–24–7 81 Recap
69 March 15 Boston 3–1 NY Rangers Moog 38–24–7 83 Recap
70 March 16 New Jersey 1–3 Boston
(played @ Providence)		 Blue 39–24–7 85 Recap
71 March 18 Boston 4–1 Ottawa Moog 40–24–7 87 Recap
72 March 20 Detroit 7–4 Boston Blue 40–25–7 87 Recap
73 March 22 Hartford 4–5 Boston Moog 41–25–7 89 Recap
74 March 24 Boston 2–0 Buffalo Moog 42–25–7 91 Recap
75 March 25 Montreal 0–2 Boston Moog 43–25–7 93 Recap
76 March 27 Pittsburgh 5–3 Boston Moog 43–26–7 93 Recap
77 March 30 Boston 3–1 Hartford Moog 44–26–7 95 Recap
April: 7–0–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 4–0–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
78 April 3 Buffalo 2–3 Boston Moog 45–26–7 97 Recap
79 April 4 Boston 3–0 Buffalo Moog 46–26–7 99 Recap
80 April 6 Boston 7–1 Quebec Moog 47–26–7 101 Recap
81 April 8 Quebec 2–6 Boston Moog 48–26–7 103 Recap
82 April 10 Boston 5–1 Montreal Moog 49–26–7 105 Recap
83 April 11 Ottawa 2–4 Boston Blue 50–26–7 107 Recap
84 April 14 Boston 2–4 Ottawa Moog 51–26–7 109 Recap

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1993 Stanley Cup playoffs[7]
Adams Division Semifinals vs. (A4) Buffalo Sabres – Sabres win 4–0
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap
1 April 18 Buffalo 5–4 Boston OT Moog 0–1 Recap
2 April 20 Buffalo 4–0 Boston Moog 0–2 Recap
3 April 22 Boston 3–4 Buffalo OT Blue 0–3 Recap
4 April 24 Boston 5–6 Buffalo OT Moog 0–4 Recap

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltending

Regular Season
Player GP GS TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Andy Moog 55 55 3,193:49 37 14 3 168 3.16 1,357 .876 3 0 1 14
John Blue 23 21 1,322:02 9 8 4 64 2.90 597 .893 1 0 2 6
Rejean Lemelin 10 8 541:43 5 4 0 31 3.43 225 .862 0 0 0 4
Mike Bales 1 0 24:48 0 0 0 1 2.42 10 .900 0 0 0 0
Total 5,082:22 51 26 7 264 3.12 2,189 .879 4 0 3 24
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
John Blue 2 1 96:02 0 1 5 3.12 49 .898 0 0 0 0
Andy Moog 3 3 160:54 0 3 14 5.22 67 .791 0 0 0 0
Total 256:56 0 4 19 4.44 116 .836 0 0 0 0

† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

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;

Awards and records

  • Ray Bourque, runner up, Norris Trophy[9]

During the postseason awards ceremony, Bruin players finished as runner-up on many of the awards; Bourque for the Norris, Oates for the Art Ross and Lady Byng Trophies, Joe Juneau (who had broken the NHL record for assists in a season by a left-winger, a mark he still holds) for the Calder Trophy, Dave Poulin for the Frank J. Selke Trophy, Moog for the William M. Jennings Trophy, and coach Brian Sutter for the Jack Adams Award. Bourque was named to the NHL All-Star First Team and Juneau to the NHL All-Rookie Team, while Oates finished third in voting among centermen for the All-Star First/Second Teams. [9]

Transactions

Waivers

Date Player Team
October 4, 1992 (1992-10-04) Doug Evans to Philadelphia Flyers in waiver draft
October 9, 1992 (1992-10-09) Bob Sweeney to Buffalo Sabres
November 20, 1992 (1992-11-20) Dominic Lavoie from Ottawa Senators

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.[10]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
1 16 Dmitri Kvartalnov LW  Russia San Diego Gulls (IHL)
31 55 Sergei Zholtok C  Latvia Riga Stars (Latvia)
5 112 Scott Bailey G  Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
62 133 Jiri Dopita C  Czechoslovakia DS Olomouc (Czechoslovakia)
6 136 Grigorijs Pantelejevs LW  Latvia Riga Stars (Latvia)
8 184 Kurt Seher D  Canada Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
9 208 Mattias Timander D  Sweden Modo Hockey (Sweden)
10 232 Chris Crombie LW  Canada London Knights (OHL)
11 256 Denis Chervyakov D  Russia HK Riga (Latvia)
113 257 Yevgeni Pavlov RW  Russia SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Notes
  1. The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 2, 1992 that sent Garry Galley, Wes Walz and a third-round pick in 1993 to Philadelphia in exchange for Gord Murphy, Brian Dobbin, a fourth-round pick in 1993 and this pick.
  2. The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on September 11, 1991 that sent Norm Foster to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.
  3. The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 8, 1992 that sent Steve Bancroft and an eleventh-round pick in 1993 to Chicago in exchange for this pick.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bruins fire Bowness - UPI Archives". UPI. June 8, 1992. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  2. ^ "BRUINS HIRE EX-BLUES COACH SUTTER". Chicago Tribune. June 10, 1992. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  3. ^ "1992-93 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics".
  4. ^ "1992-93 NHL Summary".
  5. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
  6. ^ "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  7. ^ a b "1992-93 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  8. ^ "1992-93 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  9. ^ a b National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
  10. ^ "1992 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
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