The 1993–94 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 77th season of play for the Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL). It saw the Leafs finish in second place in the Central Division with a record of 43 wins, 29 losses and 12 ties for 98 points. The team opened the regular season with ten consecutive wins and reached the Conference Finals for the second straight year. They defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in six games in the Conference Quarterfinals, then eliminated the San Jose Sharks in a seven-game Conference Semifinal series. However, they lost the Western Conference Finals in five games to the Vancouver Canucks.
Off-season
The NHL re-organized in the off-season, and the Leafs were placed in the new Central Division.
Preseason
The Leafs played a pair of preseason games at Wembley Arena in London versus the New York Rangers on September 12 and 13, 1993.[1] The Leafs lost both games and the prize money of $50,000.[2]
Date | Venue | Team | Team | Score |
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September 11 | Wembley Arena, London | Toronto Maple Leafs | New York Rangers | 3–5 |
September 12 | New York Rangers | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–1 |
Regular season
The Leafs started the season with a ten-game winning streak, an NHL record they currently share with the 2006–07 Buffalo Sabres.
Doug Gilmour ranked fourth in the NHL in scoring with 111 points.[3]
During the regular season, the Maple Leafs had the most power-play opportunities (459) out of all 26 teams.[4]
Season standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 84 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 356 | 275 | 100 |
2 | 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 84 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 280 | 243 | 98 |
3 | 4 | Dallas Stars | 84 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 286 | 265 | 97 |
4 | 5 | St. Louis Blues | 84 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 270 | 283 | 91 |
5 | 6 | Chicago Blackhawks | 84 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 254 | 240 | 87 |
6 | 12 | Winnipeg Jets | 84 | 24 | 51 | 9 | 245 | 344 | 57 |
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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | y- Detroit Red Wings * | CEN | 84 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 356 | 275 | 100 |
2 | x- Calgary Flames * | PAC | 84 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 302 | 256 | 97 |
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 84 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 280 | 243 | 98 |
4 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 84 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 286 | 265 | 97 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 84 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 270 | 283 | 91 |
6 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 84 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 254 | 240 | 87 |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 84 | 41 | 40 | 3 | 279 | 276 | 85 |
8 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 84 | 33 | 35 | 16 | 252 | 265 | 82 |
9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 84 | 33 | 46 | 5 | 229 | 251 | 71 |
10 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 84 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 294 | 322 | 66 |
11 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 84 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 261 | 305 | 64 |
12 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 84 | 24 | 51 | 9 | 245 | 344 | 57 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); * – Division leader
Playoffs
The Maple Leafs entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Western Conference beginning their playoff run against number six Chicago Blackhawks. After defeating Chicago, the Leafs would go on to play the eighth seed San Jose Sharks in the conference semifinals. With the win in game seven against San Jose, Toronto would go on to play the Vancouver Canucks, who would end their playoff run.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 10–1–0 (home: 5–0–0; road: 5–1–0)
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November: 7–4–4 (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–2–3)
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December: 4–7–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 1–4–1)
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January: 7–2–4 (home: 4–2–2; road: 3–0–2)
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February: 6–5–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–2–1)
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March: 6–7–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 2–3–1)
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April: 3–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 2–2–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points)
Loss (0 points)
Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Chicago Blackhawks – Maple Leafs win 4–2
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (8) San Jose Sharks: Maple Leafs win 4–3
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Western Conference Finals vs. (7) Vancouver Canucks: Canucks win 4–1
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Legend:
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Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Doug Gilmour | 83 | 27 | 84 | 111 | 105 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
Dave Andreychuk | 83 | 53 | 46 | 99 | 98 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 8 |
Wendel Clark | 64 | 46 | 30 | 76 | 115 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 8 |
Dave Ellett | 68 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Dmitri Mironov | 76 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 78 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Glenn Anderson | 73 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 50 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Nikolai Borschevsky | 45 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
John Cullen | 53 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 67 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Rob Pearson | 67 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 189 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Jamie Macoun | 82 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 115 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Todd Gill | 45 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Mark Osborne | 73 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 145 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bill Berg | 83 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 93 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Eastwood | 54 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Peter Zezel | 41 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kent Manderville | 67 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Rouse | 63 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 101 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mike Gartner | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Krushelnyski | 54 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 28 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sylvain Lefebvre | 84 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 79 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drake Berehowsky | 49 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 63 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ken Baumgartner | 64 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 185 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yanic Perreault | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Govedaris | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Greig | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Felix Potvin | 66 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guy Larose | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken McRae | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
David Sacco | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Alexei Kudashov | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Martin | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Smyth | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Patrik Augusta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Bialowas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Foligno | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
David Harlock | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Lacroix | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Damian Rhodes | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Snell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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Felix Potvin | 3883 | 66 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 187 | 2.89 | 3 | 2010 | 1823 | .907 |
Damian Rhodes | 1213 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 2.62 | 0 | 541 | 488 | .902 |
Team: | 5096 | 84 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 240 | 2.83 | 3 | 2551 | 2311 | .906 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Doug Gilmour | 18 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Ellett | 18 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Wendel Clark | 18 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Dmitri Mironov | 18 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Gartner | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Dave Andreychuk | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Mark Osborne | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Peter Zezel | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Todd Gill | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Eastwood | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Nikolai Borschevsky | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Berg | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sylvain Lefebvre | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Rouse | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jamie Macoun | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kent Manderville | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rob Pearson | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Baumgartner | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Cullen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Govedaris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darby Hendrickson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Krushelnyski | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Lacroix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken McRae | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Felix Potvin | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Damian Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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Felix Potvin | 1124 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 2.46 | 3 | 520 | 474 | .912 |
Damian Rhodes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team: | 1125 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 2.45 | 3 | 520 | 474 | .912 |
- 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
- Doug Gilmour, runner-up, Selke Trophy.[9]
- Doug Gilmour, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs).
Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1993-94 season.
Trades
Waivers
October 3, 1993 | To Ottawa Senators Dave McLlwain |
January 1, 1994 | To Calgary Flames Guy Larose |
January 8, 1994 | To Chicago Blackhawks Greg Smyth |
Free agents
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Draft picks
Toronto's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.[10]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 12 | Kenny Jonsson | ![]() |
Rögle BK (Sweden) |
1 | 19 | Landon Wilson | ![]() |
Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) |
5 | 123 | Zdenek Nedved | ![]() |
Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
6 | 149 | Paul Vincent | ![]() |
Cushing Academy (USHS–MA) |
7 | 175 | Jeff Andrews | ![]() |
North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
8 | 201 | David Brumby | ![]() |
Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
10 | 253 | Kyle Ferguson | ![]() |
Michigan Technological University (WCHA) |
11 | 279 | Mikhail Lapin | ![]() |
Western Michigan University (CCHA) |
Farm teams
- The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.
References
Notes
- ^ "NHL overseas history". NHL. NHL. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ Commito, Mike. "The Time the Leafs Got Their London Broiled". The Leafs Nation. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ NHL Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 166.
- ^ "1993-94 NHL Season Summary | Hockey-Reference.com". Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
- ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
- ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
- ^ a b "1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
- ^ "1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ NHL Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 221.
- ^ "1993 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
Bibliography
- National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
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