The 1993–94 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in first place in the Central Division with a record of 46 wins, 30 losses, and 8 ties for 100 points. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the San Jose Sharks in seven games.
Offseason On June 15, Scotty Bowman was named the team's new head coach.
Regular season The Red Wings led the NHL in goals (356), even-strength goals (249), short-handed goals (22) and shots on goal (2,990). Four Red Wings reached the 30-goal plateau and six reached the 70-point plateau. On Friday, February 11, 1994, the Red Wings scored three short-handed goals in a 6–3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Final standings
Playoffs The Red Wings, having finished 1st in the Western Conference and first in the NHL in scoring, were heavily favored to win in their first-round matchup against the eighth-seeded San Jose Sharks, who were making their first playoff appearance in franchise history. Despite outshooting San Jose 218–153 and outscoring them 27–21 in the series, the Red Wings were upset in seven games for the second consecutive playoff year, becoming the first top-seeded team in North American sports history to ever lose to an eighth seed. In Game 7, played on April 30, 1994, the Sharks edged the Wings 3–2 to advance to the second round.
Schedule and results
Regular season
|1||October 5, 1993||4–6 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||0–1–0 ||
|2||October 8, 1993||7–2 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||1–1–0 ||
|3||October 9, 1993||3–10 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||1–2–0 ||
|4||October 13, 1993||2–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||1–3–0 ||
|5||October 15, 1993||3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||1–4–0 ||
|6||October 16, 1993||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||1–5–0 ||
|7||October 18, 1993||6–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) ||2–5–0 ||
|8||October 21, 1993||6–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||3–5–0 ||
|9||October 23, 1993||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||3–6–0 ||
|10||October 25, 1993||3–5 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||3–7–0 ||
|11||October 27, 1993||8–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||4–7–0 ||
|12||October 30, 1993||5–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||5–7–0 ||
|13||November 2, 1993||6–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||6–7–0 ||
|14||November 4, 1993||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||6–7–1 ||
|15||November 9, 1993||2–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||6–8–1 ||
|16||November 13, 1993||7–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) ||7–8–1 ||
|17||November 17, 1993||1–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||7–9–1 ||
|18||November 20, 1993||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||8–9–1 ||
|19||November 21, 1993||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||8–9–2 ||
|20||November 23, 1993||4–6 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||8–10–2 ||
|21||November 24, 1993||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||9–10–2 ||
|22||November 27, 1993||10–4 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||10–10–2 ||
|23||November 28, 1993||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1993–94) ||11–10–2 ||
|24||December 1, 1993||3–5 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||11–11–2 ||
|25||December 3, 1993||8–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||12–11–2 ||
|26||December 5, 1993||4–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||12–12–2 ||
|27||December 6, 1993||6–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||13–12–2 ||
|28||December 9, 1993||3–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||14–12–2 ||
|29||December 11, 1993||5–3 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||15–12–2 ||
|30||December 14, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||16–12–2 ||
|31||December 17, 1993||6–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1993–94) ||17–12–2 ||
|32||December 18, 1993||1–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) ||17–13–2 ||
|33||December 21, 1993||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||18–13–2 ||
|34||December 23, 1993||3–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||19–13–2 ||
|35||December 27, 1993||6–0 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||20–13–2 ||
|36||December 31, 1993||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||20–13–3 ||
|37||January 4, 1994||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||20–13–4 ||
|38||January 6, 1994||10–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||21–13–4 ||
|39||January 8, 1994||6–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||22–13–4 ||
|40||January 10, 1994||6–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||23–13–4 ||
|41||January 12, 1994||2–4 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||23–14–4 ||
|42||January 14, 1994||9–3 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||24–14–4 ||
|43||January 15, 1994||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||25–14–4 ||
|44||January 17, 1994||6–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||26–14–4 ||
|45||January 19, 1994||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||26–14–5 ||
|46||January 25, 1994||0–5 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||26–15–5 ||
|47||January 27, 1994||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||27–15–5 ||
|48||January 29, 1994||7–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||28–15–5 ||
|49||January 30, 1994||3–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) ||28–16–5 ||
|50||February 2, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||29–16–5 ||
|51||February 4, 1994||3–6 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) ||29–17–5 ||
|52||February 5, 1994||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||30–17–5 ||
|53||February 8, 1994||3–6 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||30–18–5 ||
|54||February 11, 1994||6–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||31–18–5 ||
|55||February 12, 1994||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||32–18–5 ||
|56||February 15, 1994||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||32–19–5 ||
|57||February 16, 1994||7–3 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||33–19–5 ||
|58||February 18, 1994||5–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||34–19–5 ||
|59||February 20, 1994||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||35–19–5 ||
|60||February 23, 1994||2–7 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||35–20–5 ||
|61||February 24, 1994||3–0 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||36–20–5 ||
|62||February 26, 1994||2–0 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||37–20–5 ||
|63||March 1, 1994||5–2 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||38–20–5 ||
|64||March 4, 1994||5–6 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||38–21–5 ||
|65||March 6, 1994||2–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) ||38–22–5 ||
|66||March 7, 1994||6–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1993–94) ||39–22–5 ||
|67||March 9, 1994||5–1 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||40–22–5 ||
|68||March 11, 1994||2–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||40–23–5 ||
|69||March 15, 1994||5–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||41–23–5 ||
|70||March 17, 1994||1–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1993–94) ||41–24–5 ||
|71||March 19, 1994||2–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||41–25–5 ||
|72||March 22, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||42–25–5 ||
|73||March 23, 1994||4–5 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||42–26–5 ||
|74||March 25, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (1993–94) ||42–26–6 ||
|75||March 27, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||43–26–6 ||
|76||March 29, 1994||6–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||44–26–6 ||
|77||March 31, 1994||2–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||44–27–6 ||
|78||April 2, 1994||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||44–27–7 ||
|79||April 3, 1994||3–3 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||44–27–8 ||
|80||April 5, 1994||8–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||45–27–8 ||
|81||April 9, 1994||2–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||45–28–8 ||
|82||April 10, 1994||3–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||45–29–8 ||
|83||April 13, 1994||9–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) ||46–29–8 ||
|84||April 14, 1994||3–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||46–30–8 ||
Legend:
Playoffs
|1||April 18, 1994||4–5 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks ||Sharks lead 1–0 ||
|2||April 20, 1994||4–0 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks ||Series tied 1–1 ||
|3||April 22, 1994||3–2 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks ||Red Wings lead 2–1 ||
|4||April 23, 1994||3–4 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks ||Series tied 2–2 ||
|5||April 26, 1994||4–6 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks ||Sharks lead 3–2 ||
|6||April 28, 1994||7–1 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks ||Series tied 3–3 ||
|7||April 30, 1994||2–3 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks ||Sharks win 4–3 ||
Legend:
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 82 56 64 120 344813410 RW 82 52 41 93 26131905 C 58 24 58 82 3611733 D 80 14 63 77 10628503 LW 77 34 39 73 5027826 C 78 31 42 73 17334734 RW 66 28 29 57 73101201 D 84 10 46 56 2643403 D 82 13 33 46 12217412 D 80 12 21 33 13830133 RW 47 10 22 32 375012 C 62 8 21 29 102011 RW 67 9 17 26 18112002 D 44 4 20 24 816100 LW/C 51 10 12 22 3112011 LW 66 7 10 17 275-1100 C 52 6 11 17 22-7110 RW 50 8 8 16 557200 RW 61 6 7 13 30-2010 C 39 5 8 13 3111010 C 59 4 4 8 38-1000 D 68 1 6 7 13013000 D 28 1 4 5 93-1000 D 7 1 2 3 20000 G 13 0 2 2 00000 C 1 1 0 1 0-1000 D 5 1 0 1 42000 G 30 0 1 1 00000 LW 4 0 1 1 0-1000 D 1 0 0 0 01000 G 3 0 0 0 00000 D 19 0 0 0 101000 D 9 0 0 0 12-4000 G 41 0 0 0 20000 LW 2 0 0 0 2-1000 G 8 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 2206 41 23 8 5 105 2.86 2999894.895 1572 30 16 9 1 91 3.47 1727636.875 778 13 4 7 2 34 2.62 1337303.899 345 8 2 4 0 23 4.00 0131108.824 170 3 1 2 0 15 5.29 010287.853 Team: 5071 84 46 30 8 268 3.17 422962028.883
Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 7 1 7 8 6000 RW 7 5 2 7 14100 LW 7 2 5 7 12000 D 7 1 6 7 8000 D 7 3 2 5 0110 D 7 2 3 5 2201 C 7 2 2 4 4010 C 7 2 2 4 2100 RW 7 2 2 4 8000 C 3 1 3 4 0000 RW 7 2 1 3 4000 RW 7 1 2 3 0000 LW/C 7 2 0 2 6002 LW 7 1 1 2 8000 D 7 0 2 2 4000 C 7 0 2 2 6000 D 6 0 1 1 0000 D 7 0 0 0 4000 G 2 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 2000 RW 4 0 0 0 6000 G 6 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 307 6 3 2 12 2.35 111098.891 109 2 0 2 9 4.95 04334.791 Team: 416 7 3 4 21 3.03 1153132.863
Note: 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;
Draft picks Detroit'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)122Anders ErikssonMODO (Sweden)248Jon ColemanAndover Academy (USHS-MA)374Kevin HiltonUniversity of Michigan (CCHA)497John JakopinSt. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL)4100Benoit LaroseLaval Titan (QMJHL)5126Norm MaracleSaskatoon Blades (WHL)6152Tim SpitzigKitchener Rangers (OHL)7178Yuri YereskoCSKA Moscow (Russia)8204Vitezslav SkutaTJ Vitkovice (Czech Republic)9230Ryan ShanahanSudbury Wolves (OHL)10256Jamie KoseckiBerkshire School (USHS-MA)11282Gordy HuntDetroit Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL)
References Red Wings on Hockey Database