1993–94 San Jose Sharks season

1993–94 San Jose Sharks
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	8th Western
1993–94 record	33–35–16
Home record	19–13–10
Road record	14–22–6
Goals for	252
Goals against	265
Team information
General manager	Chuck Grillo Dean Lombardi
Coach	Kevin Constantine
Captain	Bob Errey
Arena	San Jose Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Sergei Makarov (30)
Assists	Todd Elik (41)
Points	Sergei Makarov (68)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (222)
Wins	Arturs Irbe (30)
Goals against average	Arturs Irbe (2.84)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 San Jose Sharks season saw the Sharks finish in third place in the Pacific Division with a record of 33 wins, 35 losses, and 16 ties for 82 points, clinching the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Offseason[]

The Sharks selected Viktor Kozlov with their first-round pick, sixth over-all.

Newly acquired forward Bob Errey, is named team captain. He replaces the retired Doug Wilson.

Regular season[]

The Sharks had the fewest shots on goal (2,101) out of all 26 teams during the regular season.^[1]

Season standings[]

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Calgary Flames	84	42	29	13	302	256	97
2	7	Vancouver Canucks	84	41	40	3	279	276	85
3	8	San Jose Sharks	84	33	35	16	252	265	82
4	9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	84	33	46	5	229	251	71
5	10	Los Angeles Kings	84	27	45	12	294	322	66
6	11	Edmonton Oilers	84	25	45	14	261	305	64

^[2] 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^[3]

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[]

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

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Playoffs[]

In a Conference Quarter-final series, the Sharks met the #1 seeded Detroit Red Wings, one of the conference's favourites for a Stanley Cup championship. However, in a stunning upset, the Sharks eliminated the Red Wings in seven games. They went on to face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Conference Semi-final, and had a 3-2 series lead. However, the Leafs won the final two games in Toronto to eliminate the Sharks and advance to the Conference Final.

Detroit (1) vs. San Jose (8) Date Away Home OT April 18 San Jose 5 4 Detroit April 20 San Jose 0 4 Detroit April 22 Detroit 3 2 San Jose April 23 Detroit 3 4 San Jose April 26 Detroit 4 6 San Jose April 28 San Jose 1 7 Detroit April 30 San Jose 3 2 Detroit San Jose wins series 4–3.

Toronto (3) vs. San Jose (8) Date Away Home OT May 2 San Jose 3 2 Toronto May 4 San Jose 1 5 Toronto May 6 Toronto 2 5 San Jose May 8 Toronto 8 3 San Jose May 10 Toronto 2 5 San Jose May 12 San Jose 2 3 Toronto OT May 14 San Jose 2 4 Toronto Toronto wins series 4–3.

Player statistics[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Sergei Makarov RW 80 30 38 68 78 11 10 0 5 Todd Elik C 75 25 41 66 89 -3 9 0 4 Sandis Ozolinsh D 81 26 38 64 24 16 4 0 3 Igor Larionov C 60 18 38 56 40 20 3 2 2 Pat Falloon RW 83 22 31 53 18 -3 6 0 1 Johan Garpenlov LW 80 18 35 53 28 9 7 0 3 Ray Whitney LW 61 14 26 40 14 2 1 0 0 Jeff Norton D 64 7 33 40 36 16 1 0 0 Rob Gaudreau RW 84 15 20 35 28 -10 6 0 4 Gaetan Duchesne LW 84 12 18 30 28 8 0 1 3 Bob Errey LW 64 12 18 30 126 -11 5 0 2 Tom Pederson D 74 6 19 25 31 3 3 0 1 Jeff Odgers RW 81 13 8 21 222 -13 7 0 0 Jamie Baker C 65 12 5 17 38 2 0 0 2 Ulf Dahlen LW 13 6 6 12 0 0 3 0 2 Mike Rathje D 47 1 9 10 59 -9 1 0 0 Dale Craigwell C 58 3 6 9 16 -13 0 1 0 Jay More D 49 1 6 7 63 -5 0 0 0 Jaroslav Otevrel LW 9 3 2 5 2 -5 1 0 0 Michal Sykora D 22 1 4 5 14 -4 0 0 0 Kip Miller C 11 2 2 4 6 -1 0 0 0 Mike Sullivan C 26 2 2 4 4 -3 0 2 1 Vlastimil Kroupa D 27 1 3 4 20 -6 0 0 0 Doug Zmolek D 68 0 4 4 122 -9 0 0 0 Rob Zettler D 42 0 3 3 65 -7 0 0 0 Viacheslav Butsayev C 12 0 2 2 10 -2 0 0 0 Shawn Cronin D 34 0 2 2 76 2 0 0 0 Arturs Irbe G 74 0 2 2 16 0 0 0 0 Mike Lalor D 23 0 2 2 8 -5 0 0 0 Gary Emmons C 3 1 0 1 0 -4 1 0 0 Jeff McLean C 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Dave Capuano LW 4 0 1 1 0 -5 0 0 0 David Bruce LW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 David Maley LW 19 0 0 0 30 -1 0 0 0 Andrei Nazarov LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Waite G 15 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Arturs Irbe 4412 74 30 28 16 209 2.84 3 2064 1855 .899 Jimmy Waite 697 15 3 7 0 50 4.30 0 319 269 .843 Team: 5109 84 33 35 16 259 3.04 3 2383 2124 .891

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Igor Larionov C 14 5 13 18 10 -1 0 0 0 Sergei Makarov RW 14 8 2 10 4 2 3 0 2 Todd Elik C 14 5 5 10 12 -5 1 0 0 Johan Garpenlov LW 14 4 6 10 6 0 0 0 2 Sandis Ozolinsh D 14 0 10 10 8 3 0 0 0 Ulf Dahlen LW 14 6 2 8 0 -3 3 0 1 Tom Pederson D 14 1 6 7 2 -7 0 1 0 Jeff Norton D 14 1 5 6 20 4 0 0 0 Jamie Baker C 14 3 2 5 30 -1 0 0 1 Bob Errey LW 14 3 2 5 10 -3 1 0 0 Gaetan Duchesne LW 14 1 4 5 12 -2 0 0 0 Ray Whitney LW 14 0 4 4 8 -4 0 0 0 Pat Falloon RW 14 1 2 3 6 -2 0 0 0 Vlastimil Kroupa D 14 1 2 3 21 -8 0 0 1 Rob Gaudreau RW 14 2 0 2 0 -1 1 1 0 Jay More D 13 0 2 2 32 -3 0 0 0 Shawn Cronin D 14 1 0 1 20 -4 0 0 0 Arturs Irbe G 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Jeff Odgers RW 11 0 0 0 11 -2 0 0 0 Mike Rathje D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jimmy Waite G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Arturs Irbe 806 14 7 7 50 3.72 0 399 349 .875 Jimmy Waite 40 2 0 0 3 4.50 0 17 14 .824 Team: 846 14 7 7 53 3.76 0 416 363 .873

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions[]

Trades[]

June 18, 1993	To Chicago Blackhawks Future Considerations	To San Jose Sharks Jimmy Waite
June 19, 1993	To Tampa Bay Lightning Peter Ahola	To San Jose Sharks Dave Capuano
June 20, 1993	To Dallas Stars 1993 6th round pick (Petri Varis)	To San Jose Sharks Gaetan Duchesne
June 20, 1993	To New York Islanders 1994 3rd round pick (Jason Strudwick) Future Considerations	To San Jose Sharks Jeff Norton
June 26, 1993	To Hartford Whalers 1993 1st round pick (Chris Pronger)	To San Jose Sharks Sergei Makarov 1993 1st round pick (Viktor Kozlov) 1993 2nd round pick (Vlastimil Kroupa) 1993 3rd round pick (Ville Peltonen)
June 26, 1993	To Dallas Stars Dean Evason	To San Jose Sharks 1993 6th round pick (Petri Varis)
July 13, 1993	To Chicago Blackhawks Jeff Hackett	To San Jose Sharks 1994 3rd round pick (Alexei Yegorov)
August 5, 1993	To Philadelphia Flyers Future Considerations	To San Jose Sharks Shawn Cronin
September 10, 1993	To Edmonton Oilers Link Gaetz	To San Jose Sharks 1994 10th round pick (Tomas Pisa)
October 28, 1993	To Boston Bruins Jon Morris	To San Jose Sharks Future Considerations
November 5, 1993	To Boston Bruins Dave Capuano	To San Jose Sharks Cash
January 23, 1994	To New York Islanders David Maley	To San Jose Sharks Cash
February 1, 1994	To Philadelphia Flyers Rob Zettler	To San Jose Sharks Vyacheslav Butsayev
March 19, 1994	To Dallas Stars Mike Lalor Doug Zmolek Cash	To San Jose Sharks Ulf Dahlen 1995 7th round pick (Brad Mehalko)

Free agency[]

Date	Player	Previous team
August 10, 1993	Kip Miller	Kalamazoo Wings (IHL)
August 16, 1993	Mike Lalor	Winnipeg Jets
August 17, 1993	Bob Errey	Buffalo Sabres
August 18, 1993	Jamie Baker	Ottawa Senators
October 18, 1993	Gary Emmons	Kansas City Blades (IHL)

Waivers[]

Date	Player	Team
October 26, 1993	Todd Elik	from Edmonton Oilers
January 6, 1994	Mike Sullivan	to Calgary Flames

Departures[]

Date	Player	Via	New Team
June 10, 1993	Perry Berezan	Free agency
June 10, 1993	Brian Hayward	Free agency
June 10, 1993	Hubie McDonough	Free agency	San Diego Gulls (IHL)
June 10, 1993	J. F. Quintin	Free agency	Kansas City Blades (IHL)
June 24, 1993	Robin Bawa	Expansion Draft	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
June 24, 1993	David Williams	Expansion Draft	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
July 1, 1993	John Carter	Free agency	Providence Bruins (AHL)
July 1, 1993	Larry DePalma	Free agency	Atlanta Knights (IHL)
July 1, 1993	Kelly Kisio	Free agency	Calgary Flames
July 1, 1993	Dean Kolstad	Free agency	Binghamton Rangers (AHL)
July 1, 1993	Pat MacLeod	Free agency	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
July 1, 1993	Michel Picard	Free agency	Portland Pirates (AHL)
July 1, 1993	Claudio Scremin	Free agency	Kansas City Blades (IHL)
August 10, 1993	Mark Pederson	Release	Detroit Red Wings
September 10, 1993	Doug Wilson	Retirement
November 1, 1993	Gary Emmons	Release	Kansas City Blades (IHL)

Draft picks[]

NHL Entry Draft[]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	6	Viktor Kozlov	Center	Russia	HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
2	28	Shean Donovan	Right Wing	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2	45	Vlastimil Kroupa	Defense	Czech Republic	Litvinov Chemopetrol (Czech)
3	58	Ville Peltonen	Left Wing	Finland	HIFK (SM-liiga)
4	80		Defense	Ukraine	HC CSKA Moscow (Russia)
5	106		Defense	Ukraine	Kiev Sokol (Russia)
6	132	Petri Varis	Left Wing	Finland	Ässät (SM-liiga)
6	154	Fredrik Oduya	Defense	Sweden	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
7	158	Anatoli Filatov	Forward	Russia	Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo (Russia)
8	184	Todd Holt	Right Wing	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
9	210		Goalie	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
10	236	Jeff Salajko	Goalie	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
11	262	Jamie Matthews	Center	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)

NHL Supplemental Draft[]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	2	Dean Sylvester	Right Wing	United States	Kent State University (NCAA)

NHL Expansion Draft[]

#	Player	Drafted from	Drafted by
17	David Williams (D)	San Jose Sharks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
47	Robin Bawa (RW)	San Jose Sharks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

References[]

• 2021–22 San Jose Sharks Media Guide
• Sharks on Hockey Database