1993–94 Washington Capitals season

Ice hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1993–94 1993 Washington Capitals Eastern 7th Atlantic 3rd 39–35–10 17–16–9 22–19–1 277 263 David Poile Terry Murray (Oct.–Jan.)Jim Schoenfeld (Jan.–May) Kevin Hatcher USAir Arena 14,527 Portland PiratesHampton Roads Admirals Dmitri Khristich (29) Mike Ridley (44) Mike Ridley (70) Sylvain Cote (+30) Craig Berube (305) Don Beaupre (24) Don Beaupre (2.84) The 1993–94 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals' 20th season of play. Until 2018, this season was notable as the only time the Washington Capitals ever defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a playoff series, as the Capitals would lose to the Penguins in 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2016, and 2017 before finally beating the Penguins in 2018 on their way to their first Stanley Cup. 2 Regular season On January 27, head coach Terry Murray was fired and replaced by Jim Schoenfeld.WASHINGTON CAPITALS FIRE COACH https://greensboro.com/washington-capitals-fire-coach/article_f1b30494-4691-5ad4-a121-5a1b7e0d02d7.html Greensboro News and Record February 11, 2025 January 27, 1994 Final standings WAS WSH Schedule and results Regular season background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 5px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 5px solid; 1993–94 regular season1993-94 Washington Capitals Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/1994_games.html Hockey-Reference.com February 11, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; October: 6–7–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 4–5–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |1||October 6, 1993||4–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||0–1–0 || 1993020009 L |- |2||October 8, 1993||3–6 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||0–2–0 || 1993020018 L |- |3||October 9, 1993||4–6 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||0–3–0 || 1993020025 L |- |4||October 11, 1993||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1993–94) ||0–4–0 || 1993020039 L |- |5||October 13, 1993||1–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||0–5–0 || 1993020048 L |- |6||October 15, 1993||0–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||0–6–0 || 1993020057 L |- |7||October 16, 1993||4–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) ||1–6–0 || 1993020064 W |- |8||October 22, 1993||6–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||2–6–0 || 1993020097 W |- |9||October 24, 1993||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||3–6–0 || 1993020112 W |- |10||October 25, 1993||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||3–7–0 || 1993020116 L |- |11||October 27, 1993||4–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||4–7–0 || 1993020128 W |- |12||October 29, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||5–7–0 || 1993020139 W |- |13||October 30, 1993||4–2 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||6–7–0 || 1993020150 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; November: 4–6–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 1–4–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |14||November 5, 1993||3–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||7–7–0 || 1993020175 W |- |15||November 9, 1993||2–1 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||8–7–0 || 1993020195 W |- |16||November 11, 1993||4–1 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||9–7–0 || 1993020210 W |- |17||November 13, 1993||0–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1993–94) ||9–8–0 || 1993020221 L |- |18||November 16, 1993||1–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||9–9–0 || 1993020235 L |- |19||November 18, 1993||2–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) ||9–10–0 || 1993020246 L |- |20||November 20, 1993||3–4 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||9–11–0 || 1993020262 L |- |21||November 24, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||10–11–0 || 1993020282 W |- |22||November 26, 1993||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) ||10–11–1 || 1993020293 T |- |23||November 28, 1993||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1993–94) ||10–12–1 || 1993020309 L |- |24||November 30, 1993||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1993–94) ||10–13–1 || 1993020316 L |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; December: 7–4–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 4–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |25||December 3, 1993||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) ||10–13–2 || 1993020333 T |- |26||December 4, 1993||6–1 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||11–13–2 || 1993020338 W |- |27||December 7, 1993||1–6 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||11–14–2 || 1993020356 L |- |28||December 9, 1993||4–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||12–14–2 || 1993020369 W |- |29||December 11, 1993||5–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) ||13–14–2 || 1993020376 W |- |30||December 13, 1993||3–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||13–15–2 || 1993020391 L |- |31||December 17, 1993||11–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||14–15–2 || 1993020410 W |- |32||December 18, 1993||1–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||14–16–2 || 1993020416 L |- |33||December 21, 1993||4–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||15–16–2 || 1993020436 W |- |34||December 23, 1993||0–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1993–94) ||15–17–2 || 1993020450 L |- |35||December 26, 1993||7–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) ||16–17–2 || 1993020459 W |- |36||December 28, 1993||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||16–17–3 || 1993020473 T |- |37||December 30, 1993||3–0 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||17–17–3 || 1993020483 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; January: 5–7–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 3–4–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |38||January 1, 1994||5–5 OT|| align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||17–17–4 || 1993020495 T |- |39||January 2, 1994||2–8 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||17–18–4 || 1993020498 L |- |40||January 8, 1994||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||18–18–4 || 1993020534 W |- |41||January 9, 1994||4–0 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||19–18–4 || 1993020540 W |- |42||January 11, 1994||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||19–19–4 || 1993020550 L |- |43||January 14, 1994||2–5 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||19–20–4 || 1993020568 L |- |44||January 15, 1994||4–0 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||20–20–4 || 1993020575 W |- |45||January 17, 1994||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) ||20–21–4 || 1993020588 L |- |46||January 19, 1994||1–5 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||20–22–4 || 1993020602 L |- |47||January 25, 1994||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||20–23–4 || 1993020615 L |- |48||January 27, 1994||2–7 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) ||20–24–4 || 1993020627 L |- |49||January 29, 1994||4–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||21–24–4 || 1993020640 W |- |50||January 30, 1994||6–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||22–24–4 || 1993020651 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; February: 9–2–2 (home: 3–1–2; road: 6–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |51||February 2, 1994||5–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||23–24–4 || 1993020664 W |- |52||February 4, 1994||0–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) ||23–25–4 || 1993020674 L |- |53||February 5, 1994||6–3 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||24–25–4 || 1993020684 W |- |54||February 7, 1994||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1993–94) ||25–25–4 || 1993020695 W |- |55||February 10, 1994||4–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||26–25–4 || 1993020713 W |- |56||February 12, 1994||6–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||27–25–4 || 1993020730 W |- |57||February 15, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||27–25–5 || 1993020742 T |- |58||February 18, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1993–94) ||28–25–5 || 1993020757 W |- |59||February 20, 1994||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) ||28–25–6 || 1993020770 T |- |60||February 21, 1994||0–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1993–94) ||28–26–6 || 1993020777 L |- |61||February 24, 1994||2–1 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||29–26–6 || 1993020795 W |- |62||February 26, 1994||4–2 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||30–26–6 || 1993020807 W |- |63||February 27, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||31–26–6 || 1993020813 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; March: 4–6–4 (home: 1–4–3; road: 3–2–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |64||March 1, 1994||3–4 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||31–27–6 || 1993020824 L |- |65||March 4, 1994||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||31–27–7 || 1993020841 T |- |66||March 6, 1994||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||31–27–8 || 1993020851 T |- |67||March 7, 1994||3–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||31–28–8 || 1993020858 L |- |68||March 9, 1994||5–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1993–94) ||31–29–8 || 1993020871 L |- |69||March 12, 1994||3–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||31–30–8 || 1993020892 L |- |70||March 15, 1994||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) ||32–30–8 || 1993020905 W |- |71||March 18, 1994||2–6 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||32–31–8 || 1993020926 L |- |72||March 20, 1994||3–0 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||33–31–8 || 1993020936 W |- |73||March 22, 1994||4–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||34–31–8 || 1993020946 W |- |74||March 25, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||34–31–9 || 1993020964 T |- |75||March 27, 1994||4–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||34–32–9 || 1993020978 L |- |76||March 29, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (1993–94) ||34–32–10 || 1993020990 T |- |77||March 31, 1994||6–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||35–32–10 || 1993021002 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; April: 4–3–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |78||April 1, 1994||2–1 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||36–32–10 || 1993021008 W |- |79||April 3, 1994||3–6 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||36–33–10 || 1993021021 L |- |80||April 5, 1994||3–4 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (1993–94) ||36–34–10 || 1993021029 L |- |81||April 6, 1994||5–6 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||36–35–10 || 1993021036 L |- |82||April 9, 1994||8–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||37–35–10 || 1993021054 W |- |83||April 12, 1994||4–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||38–35–10 || 1993021073 W |- |84||April 14, 1994||3–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) ||39–35–10 || 1993021084 W |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black W #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black L #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black T Playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 5px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 5px solid; 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Pittsburgh Penguins – Capitals win 4–2 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap |- | 1 || April 17, 1994 || 5–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Capitals lead 1–0 || 1993030121 W |- | 2 || April 19, 1994 || 1–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Series tied 1–1 || 1993030122 L |- | 3 || April 21, 1994 || 2–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Capitals lead 2–1 || 1993030123 W |- | 4 || April 23, 1994 || 4–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Capitals lead 3–1 || 1993030124 W |- | 5 || April 25, 1994 || 2–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Capitals lead 3–2 || 1993030125 L |- | 6 || April 27, 1994 || 6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Capitals win 4–2 || 1993030126 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (1) New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–1 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap |- | 1 || May 1, 1994 || 3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers || Rangers lead 1–0 || 1993030211 L |- | 2 || May 3, 1994 || 2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers || Rangers lead 2–0 || 1993030212 L |- | 3 || May 5, 1994 || 0–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers || Rangers lead 3–0 || 1993030213 L |- | 4 || May 7, 1994 || 4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers || Rangers lead 3–1 || 1993030214 W |- | 5 || May 9, 1994 || 3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers || Rangers win 4–1 || 1993030215 L |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black W #fcc Loss 1px solid black L Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Mike Ridley C 81 26 44 70 24151024 Dmitri Khristich LW/C 83 29 29 58 73-21004 Sylvain Cote D 84 16 35 51 6630322 Michal Pivonka C 82 14 36 50 382504 Al Iafrate D 67 10 35 45 14310403 Peter Bondra RW 69 24 19 43 4022402 Randy Burridge LW 78 25 17 42 73-1815 Calle Johansson D 84 9 33 42 593401 Kevin Hatcher D 72 16 24 40 108-13603 Kelly Miller ice hockey, born 1963 LW 84 14 25 39 328013 Dale Hunter C 52 9 29 38 131-4101 Keith Jones ice hockey RW 68 16 19 35 1494501 Todd Krygier LW 66 12 18 30 60-4013 Pat Peake C 49 11 18 29 391301 Steve Konowalchuk LW 62 12 14 26 339000 Dave Poulin C 63 6 19 25 52-1010 John Slaney D 47 7 9 16 273301 Craig Berube LW 84 7 7 14 305-4000 Joe Juneau C 11 5 8 13 60200 Alan May RW 43 4 7 11 97-2000 Shawn Anderson D 50 0 9 9 12-1000 Kevin Kaminski C 13 0 5 5 872000 Joe Reekie D 12 0 5 5 297000 Jason Woolley D 10 1 2 3 42000 Enrico Ciccone D 46 1 1 2 174-2000 Pat Elynuik RW 4 1 1 2 0-3100 Brian Curran D 26 1 0 1 61-2000 Todd Nelson ice hockey D 2 1 0 1 21101 Jason Allison C 2 0 1 1 01000 Don Beaupre G 53 0 1 1 160000 Keith Acton C 6 0 0 0 21-4000 Tim Bergland RW 3 0 0 0 4-1000 Byron Dafoe G 5 0 0 0 00000 Jim Johnson ice hockey, born 1962 D 8 0 0 0 12-1000 Olaf Kolzig G 7 0 0 0 00000 Rick Tabaracci G 32 0 0 0 60000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% Don Beaupre 2853 53 24 16 8 135 2.84 21122987.880 Rick Tabaracci 1770 32 13 14 2 91 3.08 2817726.889 Byron Dafoe 230 5 2 2 0 13 3.39 010188.871 Olaf Kolzig 224 7 0 3 0 20 5.36 0128108.844 Team: 5077 84 39 35 10 259 3.06 421681909.881 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Mike Ridley C 11 4 6 10 6000 Joe Juneau C 11 4 5 9 6201 Kelly Miller ice hockey, born 1963 LW 11 2 7 9 0110 Sylvain Cote D 9 1 8 9 6000 Michal Pivonka C 7 4 4 8 4100 Kevin Hatcher D 11 3 4 7 37010 Peter Bondra RW 9 2 4 6 4001 Dmitri Khristich LW/C 11 2 3 5 10000 Dave Poulin C 11 2 2 4 19000 Calle Johansson D 6 1 3 4 4001 Joe Reekie D 11 2 1 3 29011 Dale Hunter C 7 0 3 3 14000 Todd Krygier LW 5 2 0 2 10000 John Slaney D 11 1 1 2 2100 Randy Burridge LW 11 0 2 2 12000 Shawn Anderson D 8 1 0 1 12000 Jason Woolley D 4 1 0 1 4001 Keith Jones ice hockey RW 11 0 1 1 36000 Steve Konowalchuk LW 11 0 1 1 10000 Pat Peake C 8 0 1 1 8000 Don Beaupre G 8 0 0 0 2000 Craig Berube LW 8 0 0 0 21000 Byron Dafoe G 2 0 0 0 0000 Todd Nelson ice hockey D 4 0 0 0 0000 Rick Tabaracci G 2 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SOSASVSV% Don Beaupre 429 8 5 2 21 2.94 1191170.890 Byron Dafoe 118 2 0 2 5 2.54 03934.872 Rick Tabaracci 111 2 0 2 6 3.24 05044.880 Team: 658 11 5 6 32 2.92 1280248.886 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-01 1993-94 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/1994.html 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; Draft picks Washington's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.1993 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1993e.html www.hockeydb.com February 11, 2025 Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)111Brendan WittSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)117Jason AllisonLondon Knights (OHL)369Patrick BoileauLaval Titan (QMJHL)6147Frank BanhamSaskatoon Blades (WHL)7173Dan HendricksonSt. Paul Vulcans (USHL)7174Andrew BrunetteHampton Roads Admirals (ECHL)8199Joel PoirierSudbury Wolves (OHL)9225Jason GladneyKitchener Rangers (OHL)10251Marc SeligerStarbulls Rosenheim (Germany)11277Dany BousquetPenticton Panthers (BCJHL) See also 1993–94 NHL season References W Category:Washington Capitals seasons Cap Cap