1992–93 Edmonton Oilers season

1992–93 Edmonton Oilers
Division	5th Smythe
Conference	10th Campbell
1992–93 record	26–50–8
Home record	16–21–5
Road record	10–29–3
Goals for	242 (22nd)
Goals against	337 (21st)
Team information
General manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Ted Green
Captain	Craig MacTavish
Alternate captains	Shayne Corson Dave Manson Craig Simpson Esa Tikkanen (Oct-Mar)
Arena	Northlands Coliseum
Average attendance	14,797 (84.5%)
Team leaders
Goals	Petr Klima (32)
Assists	Bernie Nicholls (32)
Points	Petr Klima (48)
Penalty minutes	Dave Manson (210)
Plus/minus	Martin Gelinas (+3)
Wins	Bill Ranford (17)
Goals against average	Bill Ranford (3.84)

The 1992–93 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 14th season in the NHL. The Oilers finished 5th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

Prior to the season, the Oilers traded away their leading scorer from the previous season, Vincent Damphousse, along with their 4th round draft pick in 1993, to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Shayne Corson, Brent Gilchrist, and Vladimir Vujtek. The loss of Damphousse hurt the Oilers offensively, as in 1992–93, they scored a franchise-low 242 goals.

Regular Season

The Oilers would struggle all season long, and by the NHL tradeline, it would pretty certain that the team would fail to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since joining the NHL in 1979. Edmonton traded Esa Tikkanen to the New York Rangers for Doug Weight; Bernie Nicholls to the New Jersey Devils for Zdeno Ciger and Kevin Todd; and Craig Muni to the Chicago Blackhawks for Igor Kravchuk. The team finished the season with a franchise low 26 wins and 60 points, along with a franchise high 50 losses, and missed the playoffs by 27 points.

Offensively, Petr Klima led the Oilers with 32 goals and 48 points, while Shayne Corson chipped in with 16 goals and 47 points. Bernie Nicholls recorded 40 points in 46 games before being traded. On the blueline, Dave Manson would anchor the defense, scoring 15 goals and 45 points, while posting a team high 210 penalty minutes.

In goal, Bill Ranford appeared in 67 games, winning 17 of them, while posting a 3.84 GAA and a shutout. Ron Tugnutt backed him up, winning 9 games with a 4.12 GAA.

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
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: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 6	Vancouver Canucks	5–4	Edmonton Oilers	0–1–0	0
2	October 8	Edmonton Oilers	2–7	Calgary Flames	0–2–0	0
3	October 10	Edmonton Oilers	2–5	Vancouver Canucks	0–3–0	0
4	October 11	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	0–3–1	1
5	October 14	Edmonton Oilers	3–7	Winnipeg Jets	0–4–1	1
6	October 15	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks	1–4–1	3
7	October 17	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	Detroit Red Wings	1–5–1	3
8	October 20	Edmonton Oilers	1–6	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–6–1	3
9	October 23	Boston Bruins	6–3	Edmonton Oilers	1–7–1	3
10	October 25	Calgary Flames	4–0	Edmonton Oilers	1–8–1	3
11	October 28	Minnesota North Stars	2–5	Edmonton Oilers	2–8–1	5
12	October 31	Washington Capitals	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	3–8–1	7
13	November 3	Ottawa Senators	2–5	Edmonton Oilers	4–8–1	9
14	November 6	Edmonton Oilers	6–1	Winnipeg Jets	5–8–1	11
15	November 7	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	Minnesota North Stars	5–8–2	12
16	November 10	Edmonton Oilers	4–4	St. Louis Blues	5–8–3	13
17	November 12	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	San Jose Sharks	6–8–3	15
18	November 14	Edmonton Oilers	2–6	Los Angeles Kings	6–9–3	15
19	November 18	Vancouver Canucks	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	7–9–3	17
20	November 21	Edmonton Oilers	0–9	Vancouver Canucks	7–10–3	17
21	November 22	New York Islanders	5–5	Edmonton Oilers	7–10–4	18
22	November 25	Los Angeles Kings	3–1	Edmonton Oilers	7–11–4	18
23	November 27	Chicago Blackhawks	8–1	Edmonton Oilers	7–12–4	18
24	November 28	Tampa Bay Lightning	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	8–12–4	20
25	December 1	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	San Jose Sharks	9–12–4	22
26	December 3	Edmonton Oilers	1–4	Vancouver Canucks	9–13–4	22
27	December 5	St. Louis Blues	5–1	Edmonton Oilers	9–14–4	22
28	December 7	Edmonton Oilers	3–6	Calgary Flames	9–15–4	22
29	December 8	Calgary Flames	1–3	Edmonton Oilers	10–15–4	24
30	December 10	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	Minnesota North Stars	11–15–4	26
31	December 12	Edmonton Oilers	1–3	Tampa Bay Lightning	11–16–4	26
32	December 13	Edmonton Oilers	1–4	New York Islanders	11–17–4	26
33	December 16	Vancouver Canucks	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	12–17–4	28
34	December 18	Los Angeles Kings	5–5	Edmonton Oilers	12–17–5	29
35	December 21	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Calgary Flames	12–18–5	29
36	December 23	San Jose Sharks	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	13–18–5	31
37	December 27	Calgary Flames	7–3	Edmonton Oilers	13–19–5	31
38	December 29	Montreal Canadiens	6–3	Edmonton Oilers	13–20–5	31
39	December 31	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Winnipeg Jets	13–21–5	31
40	January 2	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	14–21–5	33
41	January 3	Philadelphia Flyers	2–2	Edmonton Oilers	14–21–6	34
42	January 5	Edmonton Oilers	1–6	St. Louis Blues	14–22–6	34
43	January 7	Edmonton Oilers	3–3	Chicago Blackhawks	14–22–7	35
44	January 9	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Washington Capitals	14–23–7	35
45	January 10	Edmonton Oilers	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers	14–24–7	35
46	January 13	Winnipeg Jets	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	14–25–7	35
47	January 15	Hartford Whalers	1–3	Edmonton Oilers	15–25–7	37
48	January 17	Buffalo Sabres	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	16–25–7	39
49	January 19	Los Angeles Kings	5–4	Edmonton Oilers	16–26–7	39
50	January 22	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	17–26–7	41
51	January 23	Edmonton Oilers	5–8	Winnipeg Jets	17–27–7	41
52	January 27	Detroit Red Wings	2–2	Edmonton Oilers	17–27–8	42
53	January 31	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Buffalo Sabres	18–27–8	44
54	February 2	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Boston Bruins	19–27–8	46
55	February 3	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Ottawa Senators	19–28–8	46
56	February 9	Edmonton Oilers	6–3	Los Angeles Kings	20–28–8	48
57	February 12	San Jose Sharks	0–6	Edmonton Oilers	21–28–8	50
58	February 14	Quebec Nordiques	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	21–29–8	50
59	February 16	Edmonton Oilers	2–7	New York Islanders	21–30–8	50
60	February 18	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	22–30–8	52
61	February 20	Edmonton Oilers	3–7	Hartford Whalers	22–31–8	52
62	February 21	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Montreal Canadiens	22–32–8	52
63	February 23	Edmonton Oilers	3–6	Quebec Nordiques	22–33–8	52
64	February 27	New York Rangers	1–0	Edmonton Oilers	22–34–8	52
65	February 28	San Jose Sharks	1–4	Edmonton Oilers	23–34–8	54
66	March 4	Winnipeg Jets	5–3	Edmonton Oilers	23–35–8	54
67	March 6	Edmonton Oilers	1–6	Los Angeles Kings	23–36–8	54
68	March 7	Edmonton Oilers	3–6	San Jose Sharks	23–37–8	54
69	March 10	Detroit Red Wings	6–3	Edmonton Oilers	23–38–8	54
70	March 12	New Jersey Devils	4–6	Edmonton Oilers	24–38–8	56
71	March 14	Chicago Blackhawks	5–4	Edmonton Oilers	24–39–8	56
72	March 17	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	New York Rangers	25–39–8	58
73	March 18	Edmonton Oilers	1–5	New Jersey Devils	25–40–8	58
74	March 20	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	25–41–8	58
75	March 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–4	Edmonton Oilers	25–42–8	58
76	March 26	Los Angeles Kings	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	25–43–8	58
77	March 27	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–2	Edmonton Oilers	25–44–8	58
78	March 31	Minnesota North Stars	2–5	Edmonton Oilers	26–44–8	60
79	April 3	Winnipeg Jets	6–4	Edmonton Oilers	26–45–8	60
80	April 6	Edmonton Oilers	2–5	San Jose Sharks	26–46–8	60
81	April 7	Edmonton Oilers	4–5	Vancouver Canucks	26–47–8	60
82	April 11	Winnipeg Jets	7–5	Edmonton Oilers	26–48–8	60
83	April 13	Calgary Flames	4–2	Edmonton Oilers	26–49–8	60
84	April 15	Edmonton Oilers	0–3	Winnipeg Jets	26–50–8	60

Playoffs

• The Oilers did not qualify for the post season.

Season Stats

Scoring Leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Petr Klima	68	32	16	48	100
Shayne Corson	80	16	31	47	209
Craig Simpson	60	24	22	46	36
Dave Manson	83	15	30	45	210
Bernie Nicholls	46	8	32	40	40

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Bill Ranford	67	3753	17	38	6	240	1	.884	3.84
Ron Tugnutt	26	1338	9	12	2	93	0	.879	4.17

Awards and Records

• The Oilers did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

Trades

June 20, 1992	To New York Rangers 4th round pick in 1992 - Chris Ferraro	To Edmonton Oilers 4th round pick in 1992 - Ralph Intranuovo 8th round pick in 1992 - Colin Schmidt
August 4, 1992	To Minnesota North Stars Collin Bauer	To Edmonton Oilers Future considerations
August 27, 1992	To Montreal Canadiens Vincent Damphousse 4th round pick in 1993 - Adam Wiesel	To Edmonton Oilers Shayne Corson Brent Gilchrist Vladimir Vujtek
September 25, 1992	To Tampa Bay Lightning Future considerations	To Edmonton Oilers Jeff Bloemberg
December 11, 1992	To New York Rangers Kevin Lowe	To Edmonton Oilers Roman Oksiuta 3rd round pick in 1993 - Alexander Kerch
January 13, 1993	To New Jersey Devils Bernie Nicholls	To Edmonton Oilers Kevin Todd Zdeno Ciger
January 16, 1993	To Philadelphia Flyers Greg Hawgood Josef Beranek	To Edmonton Oilers Brian Benning
February 24, 1993	To Chicago Blackhawks Joe Murphy	To Edmonton Oilers Igor Kravchuk Dean McAmmond
March 5, 1993	To Minnesota North Stars Brent Gilchrist	To Edmonton Oilers Todd Elik
March 17, 1993	To New York Rangers Esa Tikkanen	To Edmonton Oilers Doug Weight
March 22, 1993	To Chicago Blackhawks Craig Muni	To Edmonton Oilers Mike Hudson

Free Agents

Player Former Team D Ian Herbers Buffalo Sabres D Brian Curran Buffalo Sabres

Player New Team G Mike Greenlay Tampa Bay Lightning F Stan Drulia Tampa Bay Lightning

Draft Picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	13	Joe Hulbig	United States	St. Sebastian's High School (USHS)
2	37	Martin Reichel	Germany	Freiborg EHC (Germany)
3	61	Simon Roy	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
3	65	Kirk Maltby	Canada	Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
4	96	Ralph Intranuovo	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5	109	Joaquin Gage	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
7	157	Steve Gibson	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
8	181	Kyuin Shim	South Korea	Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL)
8	190	Colin Schmidt	Canada	Regina Midgets (Sask.)
9	205	Marko Tuomainen	Finland	Clarkson University (NCAA)
11	253	Brian Rasmussen	Canada	St. Louis Park High School (USHS)

References

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007