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1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins season

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The Pittsburgh Penguins were the best team in the NHL during the 1992–93 regular season. Their 56 wins and 119 points earned them the Presidents' Trophy's as the League's top team. Six players reached the 85-point plateau and eight reached the 22-goal plateau. Despite missing over a quarter of the regular season due to Hodgkin's Disease, Mario Lemieux returned later in the year to help the Penguins put together a 17-game winning streak, an NHL record still standing today. They also scored 367 goals in the regular season, which is a team record.

Division1st Patrick
Conference1st Wales
1992–93 record56–21–7
Home record32–6–4
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1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins
Patrick Division champions
Division1st Patrick
Conference1st Wales
1992–93 record56–21–7
Home record32–6–4
Road record24–15–3
Goals for367
Goals against268
Team information
General managerCraig Patrick
CoachScotty Bowman
CaptainMario Lemieux
Alternate captainsLarry Murphy
Kevin Stevens
ArenaPittsburgh Civic Arena
Average attendance16,105
Team leaders
GoalsMario Lemieux (69)
AssistsMario Lemieux (91)
PointsMario Lemieux (160)
Penalty minutesRick Tocchet (252)
Plus/minusMario Lemieux (+55)
WinsTom Barrasso (43)
Goals against averageTom Barrasso (3.01)
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New logo

The Penguins began a process of rebranding the team under previous owner Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr., culminating in a new logo and uniforms for the 1992–93 season. The Pittsburgh design firm Vance Wright Adams was hired to create the new look, and went through many design variations which included options of changing the Penguins' shade of gold to a metallic gold, a color that would eventually be adopted by the team as Vegas gold in 2000.

The final logo featured the bust of a left-facing penguin, drawn in a stylized but more realistic style compared to the cartoony skating penguin of the previous logo. The penguin's wing is stylized into the shape of a striped triangle, and the body and wing are part of a triangle that is completed by a Pittsburgh gold field to the left of the chest, tying the new logo back to the original and its reference to Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle. Fans would come to refer to the new logo as either the "robo-penguin" (or "robopen" for short) or the "pigeon".

The new uniform designs came down to two sets of finalists - one set featuring the new logo on the front, with pointed yellow shoulders, and the other featuring the logo on the shoulders and diagonal text across the front, recalling the "PITTSBURGH" that appeared across the Penguins' inaugural uniforms, with "PENGUINS" on the white home jersey and "PITTSBURGH" on the black road jersey. The waist and sleeve striping would end up being identical on the final versions of both sets, with the black jerseys' waist stripes being identical to the outgoing jersey's design of a thick white stripe over a thick gold stripe with a thin black stripe in between; the white jerseys featured matching stripes that reversed the black and white stripes. The sleeve stripes were arranged diagonally, pointing downward from the sleeve numbers to the cuff.

The Penguins sought permission to use both sets of jerseys, but were denied by the NHL, so the team opted to split the difference, adopting the white home jersey featuring the logo on front and the black road jersey featuring the diagonal "PITTSBURGH" text. Three decades later, when Adidas and the NHL introduced the Reverse Retro jersey program, the Penguins' retro jerseys would recall the unused prototypes from this redesign, with their 2020–21 uniforms resembling the unused white jersey with some changes, while the 2022–23 uniforms being a straight recreation of the unused black jersey, adapted to the Adizero jersey template.

Regular season

Pittsburgh allowed the most short-handed goals (19) during the regular season of all 24 teams.[1] In addition to tying the Buffalo Sabres for most hat-tricks during the regular season, with ten, the Penguins finished second in shooting percentage, scoring 367 goals on 2,725 shots (13.5%).[2] The Penguins also achieved a feat of 3 goals in 29 seconds during a home game on January 26, 1993.

Mario Lemieux

It was announced during the regular season that Mario Lemieux had been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease. Despite missing 24 regular season games and the 1993 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal on February 6, 1993, Lemieux led the League in plus-minus with +55 and led in scoring with 160 points (a total for which he would win the Art Ross Trophy). At the pace he was scoring goals (1.15 per game) and earning up assists (1.52 per game). In recognition of his dedication and his achievements, Lemieux was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's MVP during the regular season.

Season standings

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Patrick Division
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh Penguins8456217119367268
Washington Capitals844334793325286
New York Islanders844037787335297
New Jersey Devils844037787308299
Philadelphia Flyers8436371183319319
New York Rangers8434391179304308
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[3]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

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Wales Conference[4]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Pittsburgh PenguinsPTK8456217367268119
2Boston BruinsADM8451267332268109
3Quebec NordiquesADM84472710351300104
4Montreal CanadiensADM8448306326280102
5Washington CapitalsPTK844334732528693
6New York IslandersPTK844037733529787
7New Jersey DevilsPTK844037730829987
8Buffalo SabresADM8438361033529786
9Philadelphia FlyersPTK8436371131931983
10New York RangersPTK8434391130430879
11Hartford WhalersADM842652628436958
12Ottawa SenatorsADM841070420239524
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p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals

The Devils had been a struggling team prior to the 1992–93 season, and in the first round of the playoffs, they met the Presidents' Trophy winners from Pittsburgh. The Penguins entered the series on an 11-game playoff winning streak, which they extended to a record 14 games in this series.

Patrick Division Finals

The Isles' improbable upset of the Penguins was capped off by David Volek's series-winning goal at 5:16 of overtime in Game 7.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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1992–93 regular season[5]
October: 8–1–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 3–1–1), 18 points
#OctVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
16Philadelphia Flyers3–3 OTPittsburgh Penguins0–0–11T
28New York Islanders3–7Pittsburgh Penguins1–0–13W
310Pittsburgh Penguins3–3 OTMontreal Canadiens1–0–24T
413Buffalo Sabres5–6Pittsburgh Penguins2–0–26W
515Montreal Canadiens2–5Pittsburgh Penguins3–0–28W
617Pittsburgh Penguins7–3Hartford Whalers4–0–210W
720Vancouver Canucks1–5Pittsburgh Penguins5–0–212W
822Detroit Red Wings6–9Pittsburgh Penguins6–0–214W
924Pittsburgh Penguins4–3New Jersey Devils7–0–216W
1027Pittsburgh Penguins7–2Ottawa Senators8–0–218W
1129Pittsburgh Penguins4–6St. Louis Blues8–1–218L
November: 9–5–1 (home: 5–1–1; road: 4–4–0), 19 points
#NovVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
121Pittsburgh Penguins5–4Tampa Bay Lightning9–1–220W
133New York Islanders0–2Pittsburgh Penguins10–1–222W
145St. Louis Blues4–8Pittsburgh Penguins11–1–224W
157Pittsburgh Penguins2–4Toronto Maple Leafs11–2–224L
168Pittsburgh Penguins2–7Chicago Blackhawks11–3–224L
1710Pittsburgh Penguins4–1Minnesota North Stars12–3–226W
1812Quebec Nordiques4–4 OTPittsburgh Penguins12–3–327T
1913Pittsburgh Penguins0–8Detroit Red Wings12–4–327L
2017Buffalo Sabres2–4Pittsburgh Penguins13–4–329W
2120Pittsburgh Penguins4–1New Jersey Devils14–4–331W
2221New Jersey Devils0–2Pittsburgh Penguins15–4–333W
2323Pittsburgh Penguins5–2New York Rangers16–4–335W
2425New York Rangers11–3Pittsburgh Penguins16–5–335L
2527Pittsburgh Penguins4–6Washington Capitals16–6–335L
2628Washington Capitals3–5Pittsburgh Penguins17–6–337W
December: 9–3–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 5–2–0), 19 points
#DecVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
271Pittsburgh Penguins7–3New York Islanders18–6–339W
283Pittsburgh Penguins3–5Los Angeles Kings18–7–339L
295Pittsburgh Penguins9–4San Jose Sharks19–7–341W
308Winnipeg Jets2–5Pittsburgh Penguins20–7–343W
3111Pittsburgh Penguins1–2New Jersey Devils20–8–343L
3212New Jersey Devils5–6Pittsburgh Penguins21–8–345W
3315Philadelphia Flyers2–6Pittsburgh Penguins22–8–347W
3417Pittsburgh Penguins5–4 OTPhiladelphia Flyers23–8–349W
3519New York Islanders4–3Pittsburgh Penguins23–9–349L
3621Quebec Nordiques4–7Pittsburgh Penguins24–9–351W
3723Pittsburgh Penguins4–0Philadelphia Flyers25–9–353W
3827Pittsburgh Penguins4–2Buffalo Sabres26–9–355W
3931Toronto Maple Leafs3–3 OTPittsburgh Penguins26–9–456T
January: 8–5–1 (home: 6–2–0; road: 2–3–1), 17 points
#JanVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
402New York Rangers2–5Pittsburgh Penguins27–9–458W
415Boston Bruins2–6Pittsburgh Penguins28–9–460W
427Minnesota North Stars6–3Pittsburgh Penguins28–10–460L
439Calgary Flames2–3Pittsburgh Penguins29–10–462W
4410Pittsburgh Penguins2–3Winnipeg Jets29–11–462L
4514Pittsburgh Penguins0–7Boston Bruins29–12–462L
4616Ottawa Senators1–6Pittsburgh Penguins30–12–464W
4719Pittsburgh Penguins5–2Vancouver Canucks31–12–466W
4822Pittsburgh Penguins1–2Edmonton Oilers31–13–466L
4923Pittsburgh Penguins4–3Calgary Flames32–13–468W
5026Washington Capitals3–6Pittsburgh Penguins33–13–470W
5128New York Islanders5–2Pittsburgh Penguins33–14–470L
5230Philadelphia Flyers2–4Pittsburgh Penguins34–14–472W
5331Pittsburgh Penguins2–2 OTWashington Capitals34–14–573T
February: 5–5–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 3–3–0), 11 points
#FebVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
548Boston Bruins0–4Pittsburgh Penguins35–14–575W
5510Pittsburgh Penguins3–0New York Rangers36–14–577W
5613Chicago Blackhawks1–4Pittsburgh Penguins37–14–579W
5714Pittsburgh Penguins4–7Buffalo Sabres37–15–579L
5818Edmonton Oilers5–4Pittsburgh Penguins37–16–579L
5920Pittsburgh Penguins2–4New York Islanders37–17–579L
6021Pittsburgh Penguins4–3Hartford Whalers38–17–581W
6123New Jersey Devils3–1Pittsburgh Penguins38–18–581L
6225Pittsburgh Penguins1–2Ottawa Senators38–19–581L
6327Tampa Bay Lightning3–3 OTPittsburgh Penguins38–19–682T
6428Pittsburgh Penguins4–2Washington Capitals39–19–684W
March: 11–2–0 (home: 7–0–0; road: 4–2–0), 22 points
#MarVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
652Pittsburgh Penguins4–5Philadelphia Flyers39–20–684L
665Pittsburgh Penguins1–3New York Rangers39–21–684L
679Boston Bruins2–3Pittsburgh Penguins40–21–686W
6811Los Angeles Kings3–4 OTPittsburgh Penguins41–21–688W
6914Pittsburgh Penguins3–2New York Islanders42–21–690W
7018Washington Capitals5–7Pittsburgh Penguins43–21–692W
7120Philadelphia Flyers3–9Pittsburgh Penguins44–21–694W
7221Pittsburgh Penguins6–4Edmonton Oilers45–21–696W
7323San Jose Sharks2–7Pittsburgh Penguins46–21–698W
7425New Jersey Devils3–4Pittsburgh Penguins47–21–6100W
7527Pittsburgh Penguins5–3Boston Bruins48–21–6102W
7628Pittsburgh Penguins4–1Washington Capitals49–21–6104W
7730Ottawa Senators4–6Pittsburgh Penguins50–21–6106W
April: 6–0–1 (home: 3–0–0; road: 3–0–1), 13 points
#AprVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
781Hartford Whalers2–10Pittsburgh Penguins51–21–6108W
793Pittsburgh Penguins5–3Quebec Nordiques52–21–6110W
804Pittsburgh Penguins5–2New Jersey Devils53–21–6112W
817Montreal Canadiens3–4 OTPittsburgh Penguins54–21–6114W
829Pittsburgh Penguins10–4New York Rangers55–21–6116W
8310New York Rangers2–4Pittsburgh Penguins56–21–6118W
8414Pittsburgh Penguins6–6 OTNew Jersey Devils56–21–7119T

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

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Playoffs

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1993 Stanley Cup playoffs[5]
Patrick Division Semifinals vs. (P4) New Jersey Devils – Penguins win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeSeriesRecap
1April 18New Jersey Devils3–6Pittsburgh Penguins1–0W
2April 20New Jersey Devils0–7Pittsburgh Penguins2–0W
3April 22Pittsburgh Penguins4–3New Jersey Devils3–0W
4April 25Pittsburgh Penguins1–4New Jersey Devils3–1L
5April 26New Jersey Devils3–5Pittsburgh Penguins4–1W
Patrick Division Finals vs. (P3) New York Islanders – Islanders win 4–3
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeSeriesRecap
1May 2New York Islanders3–2Pittsburgh Penguins0–1L
2May 4New York Islanders0–3Pittsburgh Penguins1–1W
3May 6Pittsburgh Penguins3–1New York Islanders2–1W
4May 8Pittsburgh Penguins5–6New York Islanders2–2L
5May 10New York Islanders3–6Pittsburgh Penguins3–2W
6May 12Pittsburgh Penguins5–7New York Islanders3–3L
7May 14New York Islanders4–3 OTPittsburgh Penguins3–4L

Legend: W Win L Loss

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Player statistics

Skaters
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Goaltenders
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Regular Season[8]
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Tom Barrasso633701:46431451863.0118850.90140824
Ken Wregget251367:431372783.426920.8870016
Total5069:29562172643.1225770.89840930
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Playoffs[9]
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Tom Barrasso12721:4175352.913700.9052034
Total721:4175352.913700.9052034
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†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Awards and records

  • Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 1100 points for the Penguins. He did so in a 5–4 win over Philadelphia on December 17.
  • Troy Loney set the franchise record for penalty minutes (980). He broke the previous high of 959 set by Rod Buskas in 1990.

Awards

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PlayerAward
Tom BarrassoNHL Second All-Star Team
Ron FrancisUnsung Hero Award
Mario LemieuxFoodland Leading Point Scorer Award
Pittsburgh Penguins Masterton Nominee
Player's Player Award
Booster Club Award
Hart Memorial Trophy
Art Ross Trophy
Lester B. Pearson Award
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
NHL First All-Star Team
NHL Plus/Minus Award
ESPY Award for NHL Player of the Year
Shawn McEachernEdward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Award
Larry MurphyNHL Second All-Star Team
Jim PaekEdward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Kevin StevensBaz Bastein Memorial "Good Guy" Award
NHL Second All-Star Team
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Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1992–93 season:[10]

Trades

November 6, 1992 To Los Angeles Kings

Jeff Chychrun

To Pittsburgh Penguins

Peter Ahola

February 26, 1993 To San Jose Sharks

Peter Ahola

To Pittsburgh Penguins

future considerations

March 22, 1993 To Tampa Bay Lightning

1993 3rd round pick

To Pittsburgh Penguins

Peter Taglianetti

March 22, 1993 To Buffalo Sabres

Bob Errey

To Pittsburgh Penguins

Mike Ramsey

Free agents

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Player Acquired from Lost to Date
Glenn MulvennaPhiladelphia FlyersJuly 11, 1992
Gordie RobertsBoston BruinsJuly 23, 1992
Dave TippettWashington CapitalsAugust 24, 1992
Phil BourqueNew York RangersAugust 30, 1992
Gord DineenOttawa SenatorsAugust 31, 1992
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Waivers

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Player Claimed from Lost to Date
Jamie LeachHartford WhalersNovember 21, 1992
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Signings

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Player Date Contract terms
Tom BarrassoSeptember 3, 19925-year contract
Joe MullenSeptember 27, 1992Re-signed
Mike StapletonSeptember 30, 1992Signed
Mario LemieuxOctober 5, 1992Re-signed to a 7-year/$42 million contract
Justin DubermanNovember 2, 1992Signed
Troy LoneyMay 25, 1993Re-signed to a multi-year contract
Bryan TrottierJune 22, 1993Signed
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Other

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Name Date Details
Scotty BowmanMay 28, 1993Replaced as head coach
Jack KelleyJune 15, 1993Hired as president
Bryan TrottierJune 22, 1993Hired as assistant coach
Eddie JohnstonJune 22, 1993Hired as head coach
Paul LausJune 24, 1993Lost in expansion draft to Florida Panthers
Troy LoneyJune 24, 1993Lost in expansion draft to Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
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Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft.[11]

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Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 19 Martin Straka Center  Czechoslovakia Skoda Plzen (Czech)
2 43 Marc Hussey Defense  Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
3 67 Travis Thiessen Defense  Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
4 91 Todd Klassen Defense  Canada Tri-City Americans (WHL)
5 115 Philippe De Rouville Goaltender  Canada Verdun College-Francais (QMJHL)
6 139 Artem Kopot Defense  Russia Chelyabinsk Traktor (Russia)
7 163 Jan Alinc Left wing  Czechoslovakia Litvinov Chemopetrol (Czech)
8 187 Fran Bussey Center  United States Duluth East H.S. (Minn.)
9 211 Brian Bonin Center  United States White Bear Lake H.S. (Minn.)
10 235 Brian Callahan Center  United States Belmont Hill H.S. (Mass.)
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Draft notes[12]
  • The Pittsburgh Penguins' 11th-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of an October 2, 1990, trade that sent Gordie Roberts to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.

Farm teams

The Cleveland Lumberjacks relocated from Muskegon for the 1992–93 season. They finished second in the International Hockey League (IHL)'s Atlantic Division which earned them a playoff spot. They lost in the first round of the playoffs to the eventual Turner Cup champion Fort Wayne Komets.

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