1992–93 Winnipeg Jets season

1992–93 Winnipeg Jets
Division	4th Smythe
Conference	Campbell
1992–93 record	40–37–7
Home record	23-16-3
Road record	17–21–4
Goals for	322
Goals against	320
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith
Coach	John Paddock
Captain	Troy Murray (Oct–Feb) Dean Kennedy (Feb–Apr)
Alternate captains	Phil Housley Thomas Steen
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Average attendance	13,550
Team leaders
Goals	Teemu Selanne (76)
Assists	Phil Housley (79)
Points	Teemu Selanne (132)
Penalty minutes	Tie Domi (249)
Plus/minus	Teemu Selanne (+8)
Wins	Bob Essensa (33)
Goals against average	Bob Essensa (3.53)

The 1992–93 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets' 21st season, their 14th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Jets qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round. Winnipeg was not shut out in any of their regular-season games or playoff games.

Offseason

On June 20, 1992, the Jets and Chicago Blackhawks made a trade at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, as the Jets acquired the Blackhawks 17th and 27th overall picks for the Jets 12th and 36th overall picks. With their first round, 17th overall pick at the draft, Winnipeg selected Sergei Bautin from Dynamo Moscow. Bautin, a defenceman, had 1 goal and 4 points in 37 games with Dynamo. Other notable players the Jets selected in the draft included Boris Mironov in the second round, and Nikolai Khabibulin in the ninth round.

The club announced 1988 NHL Entry Draft first-round draft pick Teemu Selanne would join the Jets for the 1992–93 season. He had 39 goals and 62 points in 44 games with Jokerit of the Finnish SM-liiga in 1991–92. He also played for Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, scoring 8 goals and 11 points in 7 games.

On August 24, 1992, Winnipeg traded defenceman Shawn Cronin to the Quebec Nordiques in exchange for Dan Lambert. Lambert had 6 goals and 15 points in 28 games with the Nordiques in the 1991–92 season.

Late in training camp, on October 1, 1992, the Jets traded goaltender Stephane Beauregard to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for future considerations. The same day, Winnipeg traded Pat Elyniuk to the Washington Capitals in exchange for John Druce and the Capitals' fourth-round pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Druce had 19 goals and 37 points in 67 games with the Capitals in 1991–92, while Elyniuk was coming off a 25-goal and 50-points in 60 games with Winnipeg in 1991–92.

Regular season

Troy Murray was traded in February, and replaced as captain by defenceman Dean Kennedy.

The Jets scored the fewest short-handed goals in the NHL, with three.

Final standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Vancouver Canucks	84	46	29	9	101	346	278
Calgary Flames	84	43	30	11	97	322	282
Los Angeles Kings	84	39	35	10	88	338	340
Winnipeg Jets	84	40	37	7	87	322	320
Edmonton Oilers	84	26	50	8	60	242	337
San Jose Sharks	84	11	71	2	24	218	414

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.

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Jets faced the Smythe Division champion, the Vancouver Canucks in the Division Semi-Finals. The Canucks defeated the Jets in six games.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Teemu Selanne	RW	84	76	56	132	45	8	24	0	7
Phil Housley	D	80	18	79	97	52	-14	6	0	2
Alexei Zhamnov	C	68	25	47	72	58	7	6	1	4
Thomas Steen	C	80	22	50	72	75	-8	6	0	6
Darrin Shannon	LW	84	20	40	60	91	-4	12	0	2
Fredrik Olausson	D	68	16	41	57	22	-4	11	0	3
Keith Tkachuk	LW	83	28	23	51	201	-13	12	0	2
Evgeny Davydov	LW	79	28	21	49	66	-2	7	0	2
Teppo Numminen	D	66	7	30	37	33	4	3	1	0
Luciano Borsato	C	67	15	20	35	38	-1	1	1	3
Mike Eagles	C/LW	84	8	18	26	131	-1	1	0	1
Sergei Bautin	D	71	5	18	23	96	-2	0	0	0
Stu Barnes	C	38	12	10	22	10	-3	3	0	3
Eddie Olczyk	C	25	8	12	20	26	-11	2	0	0
John Druce	RW	50	6	14	20	37	-4	0	0	0
Kris King	LW	48	8	8	16	136	5	0	0	1
Bryan Erickson	RW	41	4	12	16	14	2	2	0	1
Igor Ulanov	D	56	2	14	16	124	6	0	0	0
Tie Domi	RW	49	3	10	13	249	2	0	0	0
Mike Lalor	D	64	1	8	9	76	-10	0	0	0
Dean Kennedy	D	78	1	7	8	105	-3	0	0	1
Troy Murray	C	29	3	4	7	34	-15	1	0	0
Bob Essensa	G	67	0	5	5	2	0	0	0	0
Russell Romaniuk	LW	28	3	1	4	22	0	0	0	1
Randy Carlyle	D	22	1	1	2	14	-6	0	0	0
Andy Brickley	LW/C	12	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dallas Eakins	D	14	0	2	2	38	2	0	0	0
Anatoli Fedotov	D	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
Rob Murray	C	10	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	1
Mark Osiecki	D	4	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0
Alan Kerr	RW	7	0	1	1	2	-4	0	0	0
Scott Levins	C/RW	9	0	1	1	18	-2	0	0	0
Kris Draper	C	7	0	0	0	2	-6	0	0	0
Jim Hrivnak	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Joyce	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John LeBlanc	RW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Mike O'Neill	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Tabaracci	G	19	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Bob Essensa	3855	67	33	26	6	227	3.53	2	2119	1892	.893
Rick Tabaracci	959	19	5	10	0	70	4.38	0	496	426	.859
Jim Hrivnak	180	3	2	1	0	13	4.33	0	96	83	.865
Mike O'Neill	73	2	0	0	1	6	4.93	0	34	28	.824
Team:	5067	84	40	37	7	316	3.74	2	2745	2429	.885

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Phil Housley	D	6	0	7	7	2	0	0	0
Teemu Selanne	RW	6	4	2	6	2	2	0	2
Darrin Shannon	LW	6	2	4	6	6	1	0	0
Keith Tkachuk	LW	6	4	0	4	14	1	0	0
Stu Barnes	C	6	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
Thomas Steen	C	6	1	3	4	2	1	0	0
Andy Brickley	LW/C	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Kris King	LW	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Teppo Numminen	D	6	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
Mike Lalor	D	4	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Fredrik Olausson	D	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Alexei Zhamnov	C	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Luciano Borsato	C	6	1	0	1	4	0	1	0
Tie Domi	RW	6	1	0	1	23	0	0	0
Mike Eagles	C/LW	5	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Sergei Bautin	D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Evgeny Davydov	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Druce	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Erickson	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Essensa	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dean Kennedy	D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Russell Romaniuk	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Igor Ulanov	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Bob Essensa	367	6	2	4	20	3.27	0	183	163	.891
Team:	367	6	2	4	20	3.27	0	183	163	.891

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;

Transactions

Trades

August 10, 1992	To Chicago Blackhawks Christian Ruuttu	To Winnipeg Jets Stephane Beauregard
August 24, 1992	To Quebec Nordiques Shawn Cronin	To Winnipeg Jets Dan Lambert
October 1, 1992	To Philadelphia Flyers Stephane Beauregard	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
October 1, 1992	To Washington Capitals Pat Elynuik	To Winnipeg Jets John Druce 4th round pick in 1993 (John Jakopin)
December 28, 1992	To New York Rangers Ed Olczyk	To Winnipeg Jets Tie Domi Kris King
February 21, 1993	To Chicago Blackhawks Troy Murray	To Winnipeg Jets Steve Bancroft 11th round pick in 1993 (Russ Hewson)
February 22, 1993	To New York Islanders Rick Hayward	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
March 4, 1993	To Ottawa Senators Dmitri Filimonov	To Winnipeg Jets 4th round pick in 1993 (Ruslan Batyrshin)
March 20, 1993	To Minnesota North Stars Mark Osiecki 10th round pick in 1993 (Bill Lang)	To Winnipeg Jets 9th round pick in 1993 (Vladimir Potapov)
March 22, 1993	To Vancouver Canucks Dan Ratushny	To Winnipeg Jets 9th round pick in 1993 (Harijs Vitolinsh)
March 22, 1993	To Washington Capitals Rick Tabaracci	To Winnipeg Jets Jim Hrivnak 2nd round pick in 1993 (Alexei Budayev)
June 11, 1993	To Detroit Red Wings Aaron Ward 4th round pick in 1993 (John Jakopin)	To Winnipeg Jets Paul Ysebaert Alan Kerr
June 11, 1993	To Philadelphia Flyers Future Considerations	To Winnipeg Jets Stephane Beauregard
June 26, 1993	To Florida Panthers 2nd round pick in 1993 (Kevin Weekes) 3rd round pick in 1993 (Mikael Tjallden)	To Winnipeg Jets 2nd round pick in 1993 (Scott Langkow)

Waivers

February 20, 1993

From Ottawa Senators Mark Osiecki

Free agents

Player Former Team Rick Hayward Los Angeles Kings Alan Stewart Boston Bruins Andy Brickley Boston Bruins

Draft picks

Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	17	Sergei Bautin	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
2	27	Boris Mironov	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
3	60	Jeremy Stevenson	United States	Cornwall Royals (OHL)
4	84	Mark Visheau	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
6	132	Alexander Alexeyev	Ukraine	Sokil Kiev (Ukraine)
7	155	Artur Oktyabrev	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
7	156	Andrei Raisky	Kazakhstan	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan)
9	204	Nikolai Khabibulin	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
10	228	Evgeny Garanin	Russia	Khimik Voskresensk (Russia)
10	229	Teemu Numminen	Finland	Stoneham High School (USHS-MA)
11	252	Andrei Karpovtsev	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
11	254	Ivan Vologjaninov	Russia	Sokil Kiev (Ukraine)

See also

• 1992–93 NHL season