1993–94 Vancouver Canucks season

The 1993–94 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 24th NHL season. Vancouver finished the season second in their division and qualified for the playoffs as the number seven seed. In the playoffs, the Canucks pulled several upsets and reached the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in franchise history. In the finals they fell behind the New York Rangers three games to one before making a comeback to force a game seven. Vancouver fell short in its bid to capture the franchise's first Stanley Cup losing game seven by a final of 3–2.

During the regular season, Pavel Bure tied his own club record for goals in a season, originally set in the 1992–93 season. Bure's 60 goals led the NHL and as a result he was named a First Team NHL All-Star. Kirk McLean won a team leading 23 games during the regular season, only 8 more than the 15 he recorded in the post-season games. Jeff Brown officially led the team in assists, but did not join the team till after the trade deadline when he was acquired from St. Louis.

In the playoffs, both Bure and captain Trevor Linden were very productive. Bure led all forwards in playoff scoring finishing second overall to Brian Leetch. However, Bure led the league in playoff goals with Linden tied for second. McLean led the playoffs in minutes played, shots against and saves while he and the Rangers Mike Richter tied for the lead in playoff shutouts. McLean finished fourth in goals against average and save percentage.

Regular season

Schedule and results

Regular season

|1||October 6||Vancouver||5–2||Los Angeles||–||1–0–0||2 ||

|2||October 9||Calgary||5–1||Vancouver||–||1–1–0||2 ||

|3||October 11||Edmonton||1–4||Vancouver||–||2–1–0||4 ||

|4||October 16||Vancouver||3–2||Edmonton||–||3–1–0||6 ||

|5||October 19||Boston||4–5||Vancouver||–||4–1–0||8 ||

|6||October 21||Vancouver||6–3||Calgary||–||5–1–0||10 ||

|7||October 23||Vancouver||6–4||San Jose||–||6–1–0||12 ||

|8||October 24||San Jose||2–3||Vancouver||OT||7–1–0||14 ||

|9||October 27||Washington||3–2||Vancouver||–||7–2–0||14 ||

|10||October 30||Buffalo||6–3||Vancouver||–||7–3–0||14 ||

|11||November 2||Vancouver||2–1||NY Islanders||–||8–3–0||16 ||

|12||November 3||Vancouver||3–6||NY Rangers||–||8–4–0||16 ||

|13||November 5||Vancouver||2–3||Washington||–||8–5–0||16 ||

|14||November 7||Vancouver||5–2||Philadelphia||–||9–5–0||18 ||

|15||November 10||Los Angeles||0–4||Vancouver||–||10–5–0||20 ||

|16||November 13||Vancouver||4–3||Calgary||–||10–6–0||20 ||

|17||November 14||Anaheim||2–3||Vancouver||–||11–6–0||22 ||

|18||November 16||St. Louis||0–3||Vancouver||–||12–6–0||24 ||

|19||November 19||Anaheim||6–3||Vancouver||–||12–7–0||24 ||

|20||November 22||Toronto||5–2||Vancouver||–||12–8–0||24 ||

|21||November 24||Detroit||5–4||Vancouver||OT||12–9–0||24 ||

|22||November 26||Vancouver||5–3||Winnipeg||–||13–9–0||26 ||

|23||November 27||Vancouver||1–2||Edmonton||–||13–10–0||26 ||

|24||November 29||Chicago||1–2||Vancouver||OT||14–10–0||28 ||

|25||December 2||Philadelphia||6–3||Vancouver||–||14–11–0||28 ||

|26||December 4||Vancouver||1–3||Quebec||–||14–12–0||28 ||

|27||December 6||Vancouver||3–4||Montreal||OT||14–13–0||28 ||

|28||December 8||Vancouver||4–1||Hartford||–||15–13–0||30 ||

|29||December 9||Vancouver||3–2||Boston||OT||16–13–0||32 ||

|30||December 14||Vancouver||4–8||Calgary||–||16–14–0||32 ||

|31||December 15||Vancouver||2–7||Edmonton||–||16–15–0||32 ||

|32||December 17||Winnipeg||1–6||Vancouver||–||17–15–0||34 ||

|33||December 19||Dallas||3–1||Vancouver||–||17–16–0||34 ||

|34||December 21||Edmonton||3–6||Vancouver||–||18–16–0||36 ||

|35||December 23||Calgary||3–4||Vancouver||–||19–16–0||38 ||

|36||December 28||Vancouver||5–6||Los Angeles||–||19–17–0||38 ||

|37||December 31||San Jose||3–2||Vancouver||–||19–18–0||38 ||

|38||January 2||Montreal||3–2||Vancouver||–||19–19–0||38 ||

|39||January 5||Vancouver||7–2||Ottawa||–||20–19–0||40 ||

|40||January 8||Vancouver||5–3||Toronto||–||20–20–0||40 ||

|41||January 9||Vancouver||5–3||Buffalo||–||20–21–0||40 ||

|42||January 12||Quebec||3–4||Vancouver||–||21–21–0||42 ||

|43||January 14||Ottawa||2–2||Vancouver||OT||21–21–1||43 ||

|44||January 16||Vancouver||4–3||Anaheim||–||22–21–1||45 ||

|45||January 19||Calgary||4–3||Vancouver||–||22–22–1||45 ||

|46||January 24||Vancouver||5–4||Edmonton||OT||23–22–1||47 ||

|47||January 25||St. Louis||3–3||Vancouver||OT||23–22–2||48 ||

|48||January 27||Dallas||3–2||Vancouver||OT||23–23–2||48 ||

|49||January 29||New Jersey||3–6||Vancouver||–||24–23–2||50 ||

|50||January 31||Los Angeles||1–3||Vancouver||–||25–23–2||52 ||

|51||February 2||Chicago||4–6||Vancouver||–||26–23–2||54 ||

|52||February 4||Vancouver||0–3||Anaheim||–||26–24–2||54 ||

|53||February 6||Hartford||4–2||Vancouver||–||26–25–2||54 ||

|54||February 8||Vancouver||6–3||Detroit||–||27–25–2||56 ||

|55||February 10||Vancouver||3–7||New Jersey||–||27–26–2||56 ||

|56||February 12||Vancouver||3–2||Tampa Bay||–||28–26–2||58 ||

|57||February 13||Vancouver||1–2||Florida||–||28–27–2||58 ||

|58||February 15||Vancouver||2–3||St. Louis||–||28–28–2||58 ||

|59||February 17||Vancouver||4–2||Chicago||–||29–28–2||60 ||

|60||February 22||Calgary||4–4||Vancouver||OT||29–28–3||61 ||

|61||February 26||Tampa Bay||1–3||Vancouver||–||30–28–3||63 ||

|62||March 1||Edmonton||7–4||Vancouver||–||30–29–3||63 ||

|63||March 3||Vancouver||4–0||St. Louis||–||31–29–3||65 ||

|64||March 4||Vancouver||4–1||Dallas||–||32–29–3||67 ||

|65||March 7||Florida||2–1||Vancouver||–||32–30–3||67 ||

|66||March 9||NY Islanders||4–5||Vancouver||–||33–30–3||69 ||

|67||March 11||Vancouver||4–5||Winnipeg||–||34–30–3||71 ||

|68||March 13||Vancouver||2–5||Chicago||–||34–31–3||71 ||

|69||March 15||Vancouver||2–5||Detroit||–||34–32–3||71 ||

|70||March 16||Vancouver||2–5||Toronto||–||35–32–3||73 ||

|71||March 19||Vancouver||4–5||Pittsburgh||–||35–33–3||73 ||

|72||March 20||Vancouver||1–2||Dallas||OT||35–34–3||73 ||

|73||March 23||Vancouver||6–3||Los Angeles||–||36–34–3||75 ||

|74||March 25||NY Rangers||5–2||Vancouver||–||36–35–3||75 ||

|75||March 27||Los Angeles||3–4||Vancouver||–||37–35–3||77 ||

|76||March 28||Toronto||2–3||Vancouver||OT||38–35–3||79 ||

|77||March 30||Pittsburgh||3–1||Vancouver||–||38–36–3||79 ||

|78||April 1||Winnipeg||1–5||Vancouver||–||39–36–3||81 ||

|79||April 2||Vancouver||4–7||San Jose||–||39–37–3||81 ||

|80||April 5||Detroit||8–3||Vancouver||–||39–38–3||81 ||

|81||April 7||San Jose||2–3||Vancouver||–||40–38–3||83 ||

|82||April 9||Anaheim||3–1||Vancouver||–||40–39–3||83 ||

|83||April 10||Vancouver||1–3||San Jose||–||40–40–3||83 ||

|84||April 13||Vancouver||2–1||Anaheim||–||41–40–3||85 ||

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || April 18 || Vancouver || 5 – 0 || Calgary || || McLean || 17,764 || 1 – 0 ||

| 2 || April 20 || Vancouver || 5 – 7 || Calgary || || McLean || 18,318 || 1 – 1 ||

| 3 || April 22 || Calgary || 4 – 2 || Vancouver || || McLean || 16,150 || 1 – 2 ||

| 4 || April 24 || Calgary || 3 – 2 || Vancouver || || McLean || 16,150 || 1 – 3 ||

| 5 || April 26 || Vancouver || 2 – 1 || Calgary || OT || McLean || 19,059 || 2 – 3 ||

| 6 || April 28 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Vancouver || OT || McLean || 16,150 || 3 – 3 ||

| 7 || April 30 || Vancouver || 4 – 3 || Calgary || 2OT || McLean || 20,230 || 4 – 3 ||

| 1 || May 2 || Vancouver || 6 – 4 || Dallas || || McLean || 16,914 || 1 – 0 ||

| 2 || May 4 || Vancouver || 3 – 0 || Dallas || || McLean || 16,914 || 2 – 0 ||

| 3 || May 6 || Dallas || 4 – 3 || Vancouver || || McLean || 16,150 || 2 – 1 ||

| 4 || May 8 || Dallas || 1 – 2 || Vancouver || OT || McLean || 16,150 || 3 – 1 ||

| 5 || May 10 || Dallas || 2 – 4 || Vancouver || || McLean || 16,150 || 4 – 1 ||

| 1 || May 16 || Vancouver || 2 – 3 || Toronto || OT || McLean || 15,728 || 0 – 1 ||

| 2 || May 18 || Vancouver || 4 – 3 || Toronto || || McLean || 15,728 || 1 – 1 ||

| 3 || May 20 || Toronto || 0 – 4 || Vancouver || || McLean || 16,150 || 2 – 1 ||

| 4 || May 22 || Toronto || 0 – 2 || Vancouver || || McLean || 16,150 || 3 – 1 ||

| 5 || May 24 || Toronto || 3 – 4 || Vancouver || 2OT || McLean || 16,150 || 4 – 1 ||

| 1 || May 31 || Vancouver || 3 – 2 || New York || OT || McLean || 18,200 || 1 – 0 ||

| 2 || June 2 || Vancouver || 1 – 3 || New York || || McLean || 18,200 || 1 – 1 ||

| 3 || June 4 || New York || 5 – 1 || Vancouver || || McLean || 16,150 || 1 – 2 ||

| 4 || June 7 || New York || 4 – 2 || Vancouver || || McLean || 16,150 || 1 – 3 ||

| 5 || June 9 || Vancouver || 6 – 3 || New York || || McLean || 18,200 || 2 – 3 ||

| 6 || June 11 || New York || 1 – 4 || Vancouver || || McLean || 16,150 || 3 – 3 ||

| 7 || June 14 || Vancouver || 2 – 3 || New York || || McLean || 18,200 || 3 – 4 ||

Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only. Player Regular season Playoffs 10 RW 76 60 47 107 1 86 24 16 15 31 8 40 14 LW 82 26 44 70 15 123 24 9 10 19 10 51 7 C 76 25 43 68 7 42 24 5 10 15 −2 16 16 RW 84 32 29 61 6 73 24 12 13 25 3 18 32 C 78 15 40 55 5 30 22 4 9 13 10 18 21 D 83 13 42 55 3 50 24 2 11 13 8 16 24 D 78 5 33 38 0 86 8 LW 68 13 24 37 −1 20 23 6 8 14 1 2 44 D 73 4 28 32 0 52 24 3 5 8 4 12 29 LW 76 16 13 29 13 271 10 0 0 0 0 18 27 LW 68 14 13 27 −2 149 24 3 4 7 7 56 5 D 80 6 14 20 4 109 7 0 0 0 −4 4 17 C 34 7 10 17 −13 22 2 0 1 1 1 0 23 RW 33 8 8 16 −6 26 24 5 4 9 −1 14 20 RW 30 7 7 14 −3 49 3 1 0 1 1 4 4 D 55 1 10 11 2 72 24 1 7 8 1 22 6 D 47 1 9 10 −5 6 15 C 62 3 6 9 −9 38 24 0 1 1 −3 16 17 LW 33 6 1 7 −14 37 19 RW 56 3 4 7 −7 171 24 0 0 0 −3 26 36 RW 12 5 1 6 3 9 25 RW 19 2 4 6 −3 18 22 D 11 1 5 6 2 10 24 6 9 15 7 37 22 D 65 2 3 5 18 105 2 D 17 0 5 5 −2 10 23 C 13 1 3 4 0 21 1 G 52 0 4 4 2 24 0 1 1 0 18 LW 55 1 2 3 −11 190 16 0 1 1 −3 36 25 C 11 1 1 2 2 4 20 2 7 9 13 4 25 LW 5 1 1 2 0 6 3 D 8 0 1 1 1 0 24 1 6 7 13 16 28 D 16 0 0 0 −4 12 17 0 3 3 5 10 33 C 4 0 0 0 −1 2 35 G 32 0 0 0 6

Goaltending Player Regular season Playoffs 1 Kirk McLean 52 23 26 3 1430 156 2.99 .891 3 3128 24 15 9 820 59 2.29 .928 4 1544 35 Kay Whitmore 32 18 4 0 848 113 3.53 .867 0 1921 — — — — — — — — —

Awards and records Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Pavel Bure, NHL Leader, Goals (60) Pavel Bure, Club Record, Goals in a Season (60) Pavel Bure, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Vancouver Canucks) Pavel Bure, Cyclone Taylor Award (MVP of the Canucks)

Transactions

Trades June 23, 1993 To Vancouver Canucks John Vanbiesbrouck To New York Rangers Doug Lidster January 8, 1994 To Vancouver Canucks Jimmy Carson To Los Angeles Kings Dixon WardConditional draft pick in 1995. March 14, 1994 To Vancouver Canucks Craig Janney2nd round draft pick in 1994 (Dave Scatchard) To St. Louis Blues compensation for the signing of free agent Petr Nedved March 21, 1994 To Vancouver Canucks Jeff BrownBret HedicanNathan LaFayette To St. Louis Blues Craig Janney March 21, 1994 To Vancouver Canucks 4th round pick in 1994 (Mike Dubinsky) To Chicago Blackhawks Robert Dirk

Expansion draft Vancouver's losses at the 1993 NHL expansion draft in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality Drafted by Drafted from 1 1 John Vanbiesbrouck (G) Florida Panthers Vancouver Canucks 1 37 Anatoli Semenov (C) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Vancouver Canucks

Draft picks Vancouver's picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft in Quebec City, Quebec.