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1993–94 St. Louis Blues season

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1993–94 St. Louis Blues
Division4th Central
Conference5th Western
1993–94 record40–33–11
Home record22–11–8
Road record18–22–3
Goals for270
Goals against283
Team information
General managerRon Caron
CoachBob Berry
CaptainBrett Hull
Alternate captainsRon Sutter (Oct-Jan)
Garth Butcher (Oct-Jan)
Brendan Shanahan
ArenaSt. Louis Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Peoria Rivermen (IHL)
Team leaders
GoalsBrett Hull (57)
AssistsCraig Janney (68)
PointsBrendan Shanahan (102)
Penalty minutesKelly Chase (278)
Plus/minusKevin Miller (+6)
WinsCurtis Joseph (36)
Goals against averageCurtis Joseph (3.10)

The 1993–94 St. Louis Blues season was the 27th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri, and the final season for the Blues at the St. Louis Arena. The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 40 wins, 33 losses and 11 ties, good for 91 points, and a trip to the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they were swept by the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Quarterfinals. For the second consecutive year, the Blues had two 50-goal scorers (Brett Hull and Brendan Shanahan).[1][2]

Off-season

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Regular season

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Final standings

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Central Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
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

[3] 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.

Western Conference[4]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
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


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 7, 1993 5–3 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 1–0–0
2 W October 9, 1993 7–5 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 2–0–0
3 W October 13, 1993 5–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 3–0–0
4 L October 16, 1993 0–4 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 3–1–0
5 W October 19, 1993 4–1 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 4–1–0
6 W October 21, 1993 5–2 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 5–1–0
7 T October 23, 1993 3–3 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 5–1–1
8 L October 26, 1993 2–9 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 5–2–1
9 W October 28, 1993 2–1 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 6–2–1
10 W October 30, 1993 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 7–2–1
11 W November 1, 1993 4–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 8–2–1
12 W November 3, 1993 3–0 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 9–2–1
13 W November 6, 1993 6–5 OT Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 10–2–1
14 T November 9, 1993 3–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 10–2–2
15 W November 11, 1993 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 11–2–2
16 L November 13, 1993 3–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 11–3–2
17 L November 16, 1993 0–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 11–4–2
18 T November 18, 1993 3–3 OT Calgary Flames (1993–94) 11–4–3
19 W November 20, 1993 4–1 Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 12–4–3
20 T November 21, 1993 2–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 12–4–4
21 L November 24, 1993 2–5 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 12–5–4
22 T November 26, 1993 6–6 OT New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 12–5–5
23 L November 28, 1993 3–4 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 12–6–5
24 L December 1, 1993 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 12–7–5
25 L December 2, 1993 4–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 12–8–5
26 W December 4, 1993 4–3 Dallas Stars (1993–94) 13–8–5
27 W December 7, 1993 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 14–8–5
28 L December 9, 1993 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 14–9–5
29 L December 11, 1993 1–9 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 14–10–5
30 L December 12, 1993 1–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 14–11–5
31 W December 15, 1993 3–1 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 15–11–5
32 W December 17, 1993 4–3 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 16–11–5
33 W December 19, 1993 4–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 17–11–5
34 W December 23, 1993 7–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 18–11–5
35 W December 26, 1993 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 19–11–5
36 L December 27, 1993 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 19–12–5
37 L December 29, 1993 3–4 New York Rangers (1993–94) 19–13–5
38 L December 31, 1993 1–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 19–14–5
39 W January 2, 1994 4–3 OT Calgary Flames (1993–94) 20–14–5
40 T January 4, 1994 4–4 OT Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 20–14–6
41 W January 6, 1994 2–1 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 21–14–6
42 L January 8, 1994 3–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 21–15–6
43 L January 9, 1994 1–2 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 21–16–6
44 W January 13, 1994 6–4 Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 22–16–6
45 W January 15, 1994 2–1 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 23–16–6
46 L January 18, 1994 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 23–17–6
47 L January 19, 1994 3–8 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 23–18–6
48 W January 24, 1994 3–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 24–18–6
49 T January 25, 1994 3–3 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 24–18–7
50 W January 28, 1994 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 25–18–7
51 W January 29, 1994 5–3 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 26–18–7
52 T February 1, 1994 4–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 26–18–8
53 L February 3, 1994 3–4 Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 26–19–8
54 W February 5, 1994 4–3 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 27–19–8
55 W February 8, 1994 6–5 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 28–19–8
56 L February 10, 1994 3–4 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 28–20–8
57 L February 12, 1994 4–5 OT Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 28–21–8
58 W February 15, 1994 3–2 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 29–21–8
59 W February 18, 1994 3–1 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 30–21–8
60 W February 20, 1994 4–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 31–21–8
61 L February 24, 1994 0–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 31–22–8
62 W February 26, 1994 11–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 32–22–8
63 L February 28, 1994 1–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 32–23–8
64 L March 1, 1994 2–4 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 32–24–8
65 L March 3, 1994 0–4 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 32–25–8
66 W March 7, 1994 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 33–25–8
67 L March 9, 1994 2–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 33–26–8
68 T March 12, 1994 5–5 OT New York Islanders (1993–94) 33–26–9
69 L March 16, 1994 0–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 33–27–9
70 L March 18, 1994 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 33–28–9
71 W March 20, 1994 4–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 34–28–9
72 L March 22, 1994 3–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 34–29–9
73 W March 23, 1994 3–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 35–29–9
74 W March 25, 1994 5–3 Dallas Stars (1993–94) 36–29–9
75 L March 27, 1994 3–4 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 36–30–9
76 W March 30, 1994 3–1 @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 37–30–9
77 L April 1, 1994 3–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 37–31–9
78 T April 3, 1994 3–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 37–31–10
79 W April 5, 1994 5–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 38–31–10
80 W April 7, 1994 6–2 Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 39–31–10
81 L April 8, 1994 1–6 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 39–32–10
82 T April 10, 1994 2–2 OT Dallas Stars (1993–94) 39–32–11
83 L April 12, 1994 5–9 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 39–33–11
84 W April 14, 1994 3–1 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 40–33–11

Playoffs

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The Blues got swept by the Stars in 4 games

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Brendan Shanahan LW 81 52 50 102 211 -9 15 7 8
Brett Hull RW 81 57 40 97 38 -3 25 3 6
Craig Janney C 69 16 68 84 24 -14 8 0 7
Jeff Brown D 63 13 47 60 46 -13 7 0 3
Kevin Miller C 75 23 25 48 83 6 6 3 5
Steve Duchesne D 36 12 19 31 14 1 8 0 1
Vitali Prokhorov LW 55 15 10 25 20 -6 3 0 1
Philippe Bozon LW 80 9 16 25 42 4 0 1 1
Phil Housley D 26 7 15 22 12 -5 4 0 1
Vitali Karamnov LW 59 9 12 21 51 -3 2 0 1
Jim Montgomery C 67 6 14 20 44 -1 0 0 1
Petr Nedved C 19 6 14 20 8 2 2 0 0
Ron Sutter C 36 6 12 18 46 -1 1 0 2
Igor Korolev C 73 6 10 16 40 -12 0 0 1
Peter Stastny C 17 5 11 16 4 -2 2 0 1
Murray Baron D 77 5 9 14 123 -14 0 0 0
Tony Hrkac C 36 6 5 11 8 -11 1 1 1
Bret Hedican D 61 0 11 11 64 -8 0 0 0
Rick Zombo D 74 2 8 10 85 -15 0 0 0
Bob Bassen C 46 2 7 9 44 -14 0 1 0
Doug Crossman D 50 2 7 9 10 1 1 0 0
Tom Tilley D 48 1 7 8 32 3 0 0 0
Kelly Chase RW 68 2 5 7 278 -5 0 0 0
Garth Butcher D 43 1 6 7 76 -6 0 1 0
Nathan LaFayette C 38 2 3 5 14 -9 0 0 0
David Mackey LW 30 2 3 5 56 -4 0 0 0
Daniel Laperriere D 20 1 3 4 8 -1 1 0 0
Basil McRae LW 40 1 2 3 103 -7 0 0 0
Curtis Joseph G 71 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0
Alexei Kasatonov D 8 0 2 2 19 5 0 0 0
Denny Felsner LW 6 1 0 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Denis Chasse RW 3 0 1 1 15 1 0 0 0
Jim Hrivnak G 23 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Kevin Miehm C 14 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 0
Jeff Batters D 6 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0
Terry Hollinger D 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ian Laperriere RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Roberts LW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Curtis Joseph 4127 71 36 23 11 213 3.10 1 2382 2169 .911
Jim Hrivnak 970 23 4 10 0 69 4.27 0 563 494 .877
Team: 5097 84 40 33 11 282 3.32 1 2945 2663 .904

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Brendan Shanahan LW 4 2 5 7 4 6 0 0 0
Craig Janney C 4 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 0
Phil Housley D 4 2 1 3 4 -3 2 0 0
Brett Hull RW 4 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 0
Alexei Kasatonov D 4 2 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0
Steve Duchesne D 4 0 2 2 2 -1 0 0 0
Kevin Miller C 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0
Kelly Chase RW 4 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
Petr Nedved C 4 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Tom Tilley D 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Murray Baron D 4 0 0 0 10 -1 0 0 0
Philippe Bozon LW 4 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0
Tony Hrkac C 4 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Curtis Joseph G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igor Korolev C 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
David Mackey LW 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Basil McRae LW 2 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
Vitali Prokhorov LW 4 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0
David Roberts LW 3 0 0 0 12 -1 0 0 0
Peter Stastny C 4 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Rick Zombo D 4 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Curtis Joseph 246 4 0 4 15 3.66 0 158 143 .905
Team: 246 4 0 4 15 3.66 0 158 143 .905

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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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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St. Louis's draft picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 37 Maxim Bets  Russia Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3 63 Jamie Rivers  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
4 89 Jamal Mayers  Canada Western Michigan University (CCHA)
6 141 Todd Kelman  Canada Vernon Lakers (BCJHL)
7 167 Mike Buzak  Canada Michigan State University (CCHA)
8 193 Eric Boguniecki  United States Westminster School (USHS-CT)
9 219 Mike Grier  United States Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA)
10 245 Libor Prochazka  Czech Republic Poldi SONP Kladno (Czech Republic)
11 271 Alexander Vasilevski  Russia Victoria Cougars (WHL)
11 275 Christer Olsson  Sweden Brynäs IF (Sweden)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1992-93 St. Louis Blues Roster and Statistics".
  2. ^ "1993-94 St. Louis Blues Roster and Statistics".
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "1993-94 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.