1993–94 Montreal Canadiens season

Ice hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1993–94 1993 Eastern 5th Northeast 3rd 41–29–14 26–12–4 15–17–10 283 248 Serge Savard Jacques Demers Guy Carbonneau J. J. DaigneaultKirk Muller Montreal Forum Fredericton CanadiensWheeling Thunderbirds Vincent Damphousse (40) Vincent Damphousse (51) Vincent Damphousse (91) John LeClair (+17) Lyle Odelein (276) Patrick Roy (35) Patrick Roy (2.50)The 1993–94 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 85th season of play. The defending Stanley Cup champions could not repeat, being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals by the Boston Bruins four games to three. It was the last time at the Forum that the playoffs were played. In addition, it was the first time in eleven years that the Canadiens did not advance past the first round of the playoffs.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.333, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, 978-0-470-15616-2 2 Off-season In the off-season, Patrick Roy signed a new four-year, $16 million contract.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.317, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, 978-0-470-15616-2 Regular season For the season, Roy had 35 wins, 17 losses and 11 ties. Without him in net, the Canadiens had 6 wins, 12 losses and 3 ties.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.320, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, 978-0-470-15616-2 The Canadiens ended the season on a sour note. They had 3 wins and 9 losses in their last 12 games, including a 9–0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.321, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, 978-0-470-15616-2 Vincent Damphousse finished the season with 40 goals, the last time a Canadiens player achieved the feat before Cole Caufield in 2026. Season standings MTL MTL Schedule and results Regular season background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1993–94 regular season1993-94 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1994_games.html Hockey-Reference.com February 9, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October: 7–3–2 (home: 5–1–0; road: 2–2–2) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |1||October 6, 1993||4–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||1–0–0 || 1993020006 W |- |2||October 7, 1993||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||1–1–0 || 1993020013 L |- |3||October 9, 1993||7–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||2–1–0 || 1993020024 W |- |4||October 11, 1993||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||2–1–1 || 1993020038 T |- |5||October 13, 1993||3–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||2–2–1 || 1993020046 L |- |6||October 16, 1993||2–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||2–3–1 || 1993020061 L |- |7||October 18, 1993||4–2 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||3–3–1 || 1993020075 W |- |8||October 20, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| Dallas Stars||4–3–1 || 1993020085 W |- |9||October 23, 1993||4–1 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim||5–3–1 || 1993020102 W |- |10||October 26, 1993||2–0 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils||6–3–1 || 1993020119 W |- |11||October 28, 1993||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||6–3–2 || 1993020131 T |- |12||October 30, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||7–3–2 || 1993020143 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November: 4–6–1 (home: 3–4–1; road: 1–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |13||November 3, 1993||1–0 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning||8–3–2 || 1993020164 W |- |14||November 6, 1993||3–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||8–4–2 || 1993020180 L |- |15||November 10, 1993||1–3 || align="left"| Florida Panthers||8–5–2 || 1993020203 L |- |16||November 13, 1993||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Ottawa Senators||8–6–2 || 1993020217 L |- |17||November 15, 1993||4–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators||9–6–2 || 1993020231 W |- |18||November 17, 1993||3–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||10–6–2 || 1993020240 W |- |19Note1 a a||November 18, 1993||1–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders||10–7–2 || 1993020248 L |- |20||November 20, 1993||2–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||10–7–3 || 1993020258 T |- |21||November 23, 1993||4–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||10–8–3 || 1993020275 L |- |22||November 24, 1993||2–9 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||10–9–3 || 1993020281 L |- |23||November 27, 1993||4–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings||11–9–3 || 1993020300 W |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| Notes: Note1 a a Neutral site game played at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December: 5–6–3 (home: 2–4–0; road: 3–2–3) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |24||December 1, 1993||3–6 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators||11–10–3 || 1993020321 L |- |25||December 3, 1993||2–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||11–10–4 || 1993020333 T |- |26||December 4, 1993||8–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||12–10–4 || 1993020336 W |- |27||December 6, 1993||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||13–10–4 || 1993020352 W |- |28||December 8, 1993||2–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils||13–11–4 || 1993020362 L |- |29||December 11, 1993||3–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||13–12–4 || 1993020376 L |- |30||December 14, 1993||1–1 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning||13–12–5 || 1993020395 T |- |31||December 15, 1993||3–3 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers||13–12–6 || 1993020401 T |- |32||December 18, 1993||8–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||14–12–6 || 1993020417 W |- |33||December 22, 1993||3–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders||14–13–6 || 1993020440 L |- |34||December 23, 1993||0–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||14–14–6 || 1993020446 L |- |35||December 27, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues||15–14–6 || 1993020466 W |- |36||December 29, 1993||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers||15–15–6 || 1993020481 L |- |37||December 31, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames||16–15–6 || 1993020491 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January: 8–4–2 (home: 5–2–1; road: 3–2–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |38||January 2, 1994||3–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks||17–15–6 || 1993020506 W |- |39||January 4, 1994||2–2 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks||17–15–7 || 1993020513 T |- |40Note2 b b||January 5, 1994||4–0 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||18–15–7 || 1993020517 W |- |41||January 8, 1994||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||19–15–7 || 1993020533 W |- |42||January 10, 1994||4–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets||20–15–7 || 1993020545 W |- |43||January 12, 1994||3–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils||21–15–7 || 1993020555 W |- |44||January 14, 1994||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||21–16–7 || 1993020566 L |- |45||January 15, 1994||2–5 || align="left"| Florida Panthers||21–17–7 || 1993020574 L |- |46||January 17, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||22–17–7 || 1993020588 W |- |47||January 19, 1994||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||22–17–8 || 1993020599 T |- |48||January 24, 1994||3–8 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers||22–18–8 || 1993020608 L |- |49||January 26, 1994||3–0 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||23–18–8 || 1993020620 W |- |50||January 29, 1994||2–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||23–19–8 || 1993020639 L |- |51||January 30, 1994||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||24–19–8 || 1993020650 W |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| Notes: Note2 b b Neutral site game played at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February: 9–3–1 (home: 5–0–0; road: 4–3–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |52||February 2, 1994||9–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||25–19–8 || 1993020661 W |- |53||February 4, 1994||4–0 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||26–19–8 || 1993020674 W |- |54||February 5, 1994||4–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators||27–19–8 || 1993020681 W |- |55||February 7, 1994||4–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||28–19–8 || 1993020694 W |- |56||February 9, 1994||4–3 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers||29–19–8 || 1993020704 W |- |57||February 11, 1994||1–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||29–20–8 || 1993020714 L |- |58||February 12, 1994||5–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||30–20–8 || 1993020724 W |- |59||February 17, 1994||3–4 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning||30–21–8 || 1993020751 L |- |60||February 19, 1994||4–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||31–21–8 || 1993020765 W |- |61||February 21, 1994||7–8 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||31–22–8 || 1993020779 L |- |62||February 23, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks||32–22–8 || 1993020785 W |- |63||February 26, 1994||3–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||33–22–8 || 1993020808 W |- |64||February 28, 1994||3–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||33–22–9 || 1993020821 T |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March: 6–3–4 (home: 5–0–1; road: 1–3–3) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |65||March 2, 1994||5–2 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim||34–22–9 || 1993020832 W |- |66||March 6, 1994||2–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars||34–22–10 || 1993020855 T |- |67||March 9, 1994||7–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues||35–22–10 || 1993020870 W |- |68||March 10, 1994||4–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||35–22–11 || 1993020880 T |- |69||March 12, 1994||4–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||35–22–12 || 1993020890 T |- |70||March 14, 1994||5–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||36–22–12 || 1993020902 W |- |71||March 16, 1994||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks||37–22–12 || 1993020910 W |- |72||March 19, 1994||5–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||38–22–12 || 1993020929 W |- |73||March 23, 1994||1–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets||38–23–12 || 1993020954 L |- |74||March 24, 1994||5–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks||38–23–13 || 1993020962 T |- |75||March 26, 1994||3–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||38–24–13 || 1993020969 L |- |76||March 28, 1994||3–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators||39–24–13 || 1993020985 W |- |77||March 29, 1994||2–5 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils||39–25–13 || 1993020988 L |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; April: 2–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 1–3–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |78||April 1, 1994||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||39–26–13 || 1993021006 L |- |79||April 2, 1994||3–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders||39–26–14 || 1993021012 T |- |80||April 6, 1994||1–3 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning||39–27–14 || 1993021037 L |- |81||April 8, 1994||0–1 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||39–28–14 || 1993021045 L |- |82||April 9, 1994||9–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||40–28–14 || 1993021053 W |- |83||April 11, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||41–28–14 || 1993021068 W |- |84||April 13, 1994||0–9 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||41–29–14 || 1993021079 L |- |- | 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:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Boston Bruins – Bruins win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap |- |1|| April 16, 1994 || 2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins || Bruins lead 1–0 || 1993030141 L |- |2|| April 18, 1994 || 3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins || Series tied 1–1 || 1993030142 W |- |3|| April 21, 1994 || 3–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins || Bruins lead 2–1 || 1993030143 L |- |4|| April 23, 1994 || 5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins || Series tied 2–2 || 1993030144 W |- |5|| April 25, 1994 || 2–1 OT || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins || Canadiens lead 3–2 || 1993030145 W |- |6|| April 27, 1994 || 2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins || Series tied 3–3 || 1993030146 L |- |7|| April 29, 1994 || 3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins || Bruins win 4–3 || 1993030147 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 Vincent Damphousse C 84 40 51 91 75013010 Brian Bellows LW 77 33 38 71 3691302 Kirk Muller LW 76 23 34 57 96-1923 Mathieu Schneider D 75 20 32 52 62151104 Mike Keane RW 80 16 30 46 1196622 Gilbert Dionne LW 74 19 26 45 31-9305 John LeClair LW 74 19 24 43 3217101 Lyle Odelein D 79 11 29 40 2768602 Guy Carbonneau C 79 14 24 38 4816001 Eric Desjardins Éric Desjardins D 84 12 23 35 97-1613 Paul DiPietro C 70 13 20 33 37-2200 Benoit Brunet Benoît Brunet LW 71 10 20 30 2014031 Oleg Petrov RW 55 12 15 27 27101 Patrice Brisebois D 53 2 21 23 635100 Stephan Lebeau Stéphan Lebeau C 34 9 7 16 81402 Gary Leeman RW 31 4 11 15 175000 Ed Ronan RW 61 6 8 14 423001 J. J. Daigneault D 68 2 12 14 7316001 Peter Popovic D 47 2 12 14 2610100 Kevin Haller D 68 4 9 13 1183001 Ron Wilson ice hockey, born 1956 C 48 2 10 12 12-2000 Pierre Sevigny Pierre Sévigny (ice hockey) LW 43 4 5 9 426101 Donald Brashear LW 14 2 2 4 340000 Bryan Fogarty D 13 1 2 3 10-4000 Christian Proulx D 7 1 2 3 200000 Mario Roberge LW 28 1 2 3 55-2000 Brian Savage LW 3 1 0 1 00000 Craig Ferguson ice hockey C 2 0 1 1 01000 Rob Ramage D 6 0 1 1 2-1000 Patrick Roy G 68 0 1 1 300000 Frederic Chabot Frédéric Chabot G 1 0 0 0 00000 Gerry Fleming LW 5 0 0 0 25-4000 Les Kuntar G 6 0 0 0 20000 Andre Racicot André Racicot G 11 0 0 0 00000 Turner Stevenson RW 2 0 0 0 2-2000 Ron Tugnutt G 8 0 0 0 00000 Lindsay Vallis D 1 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Patrick Roy 3867 68 35 17 11 161 2.50 719561795.918 Les Kuntar 302 6 2 2 0 16 3.18 0130114.877 Andre Racicot André Racicot 500 11 2 6 2 37 4.44 0246209.850 Ron Tugnutt 378 8 2 3 1 24 3.81 0172148.860 Frederic Chabot Frédéric Chabot 60 1 0 1 0 5 5.00 02419.792 Team: 5107 84 41 29 14 243 2.85 725282285.904 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Kirk Muller LW 7 6 2 8 4302 Paul DiPietro C 7 2 4 6 2201 Benoit Brunet Benoît Brunet LW 7 1 4 5 16000 Mike Keane RW 6 3 1 4 4000 Guy Carbonneau C 7 1 3 4 4000 Patrice Brisebois D 7 0 4 4 6000 John LeClair LW 7 2 1 3 8100 Brian Bellows LW 6 1 2 3 2000 Vincent Damphousse C 7 1 2 3 8000 Gilbert Dionne LW 5 1 2 3 0000 Kevin Haller D 7 1 1 2 19000 Eric Desjardins Éric Desjardins D 7 0 2 2 4000 Brian Savage LW 3 0 2 2 0000 Turner Stevenson RW 3 0 2 2 0000 Ed Ronan RW 7 1 0 1 0000 J. J. Daigneault D 7 0 1 1 12000 Peter Popovic D 6 0 1 1 0000 Pierre Sevigny Pierre Sévigny (ice hockey) LW 3 0 1 1 0000 Donald Brashear LW 2 0 0 0 0000 Gary Leeman RW 1 0 0 0 0000 Lyle Odelein D 7 0 0 0 17000 Oleg Petrov RW 2 0 0 0 0000 Patrick Roy G 6 0 0 0 0000 Mathieu Schneider D 1 0 0 0 0000 Ron Tugnutt G 1 0 0 0 0000 Ron Wilson ice hockey, born 1956 C 4 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Patrick Roy 375 6 3 3 16 2.56 0228212.930 Ron Tugnutt 59 1 0 1 5 5.08 02520.800 Team: 434 7 3 4 21 2.90 0253232.917 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1993-94 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1994.html Transactions February 20, 1994 To Montreal Canadiens Ron Tugnutt To Anaheim Ducks Stephan LebeauPatrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.320, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, 978-0-470-15616-2 Draft picks Montreal'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 9, 2025 Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team 1 21 Saku Koivu Centre TPS (Finland) 2 47 Rory Fitzpatrick Defence Sudbury Wolves (OHL) 3 73 Sebastien Bordeleau Centre Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) 4 85 Adam Wiesel Defence Springfield Olympics (NEJHL) 4 99 Jean-Francois Houle Left wing Northwood Prep. (USHS-NY) 5 113 Jeff Lank Defence Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 5 125 Dion Darling Defence Spokane Chiefs (WHL) 6 151 Darcy Tucker Right wing Kamloops Blazers (WHL) 7 177 David Ruhly Left wing Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN) 8 203 Alan Letang Defence Newmarket Royals (OHL) 9 229 Alexandre Duchesne Left wing Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) 10 255 Brian Larochelle Goaltender Phillips Exeter Academy (USHS-NH) 11 281 Russell Guzior Centre Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN) See also 1993–94 NHL season References Canadiens on Hockey Database Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons M M Category:1993 in Montreal Category:1993 in sports in Quebec Category:1994 in sports in Quebec Category:1994 in Montreal