1992–93 St. Louis Blues season explained

The 1992–93 St. Louis Blues season witnessed the Blues finish fourth in the Norris Division with a record of 37 wins, 36 losses and 11 ties for 85 points. In the playoffs, they pulled off a shocking upset of the division champion Chicago Blackhawks in the Norris Division Semifinals. However, their run ended in the Norris Division Finals, which they lost in seven games to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Blues endured a coaching change early in the season, when head coach Bob Plager resigned after only 11 games. He was replaced by assistant general manager Bob Berry.

Offseason

Forward Brett Hull is named team captain, replacing defenceman Garth Butcher.

NHL draft

See main article: 1992 NHL Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/club team
2	38	Igor Korolev	Center	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
3	62	Vitali Karamnov	Left wing	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
3	64	Vitali Prokhorov	Left wing	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
4	86	Lee Leslie	Left wing	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6	134	Bob Lachance	Right wing	Springfield Olympics (EJHL)
7	158	Ian Laperriere	Right wing	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
7	160	Lance Burns	Center	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
8	180	Igor Boldin	Center	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
8	182	Nick Naumenko	Defense	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
9	206	Todd Harris	Defense	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
10	230	Yuri Gunko	Defense	Sokil Kyiv (Ukraine)
11	259	Wade Salzman	Goaltender	East High School (Duluth) (USHS-MN)

Regular season

The Blues finished with the best penalty kill in the league (83.68%), allowing only 70 goals in 429 short-handed situations.^[1]

Final standings

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Blackhawks (1)

Clarance Campbell Conference Division Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (3)

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	84	24	82	106	12
	80	54	47	101	41
	71	51	43	94	174
	82	22	51	73	62
	72	24	22	46	65
	84	13	14	27	100
	74	4	23	27	20
	59	12	15	27	99
	53	9	10	19	63
	78	8	11	19	44
	58	5	8	13	101
	54	6	6	12	55
	49	2	5	7	204
	15	1	4	5	23
	26	4	1	5	15
	33	1	3	4	98
	8	1	3	4	4
	6	0	3	3	2
	7	2	1	3	8
	7	0	1	1	0

Defensemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	71	25	53	78	58
	71	0	15	15	78
	84	5	10	15	211
	75	1	10	11	100
	32	3	7	10	63
	19	2	7	9	10
	42	0	8	8	30
	11	1	4	5	10
	53	2	2	4	59
	48	0	4	4	40
	5	0	1	1	0

Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA	Sv%
	68	29	28	9	1	3.02	.911
	24	8	8	2	1	3.67	.883

References

• Blues on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1992-93 NHL Summary.