The 1993–94 Winnipeg Jets season was the team's 22nd season of operation and their 15th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Jets finished 12th in the Western Conference and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1991.
Off-season With the NHL undergoing a realignment during the 1993 off-season, the Jets were moved from the Smythe Division into the newly created Central Division in the Western Conference. Joining the Jets in the Central Division were the Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and Toronto Maple Leafs. The NHL also changed their playoff format, as the top eight teams in each conference would qualify for the post-season, instead of the top four teams in each division.
On June 11, 1993, the Jets acquired Stephane Beauregard from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for future considerations. Beauregard, who played with Winnipeg from 1989 to 1992, had a 3–9–0 record and a 4.41 goals against average in 16 games in the 1992–93 season with Philadelphia. On the same day, the Jets acquired Paul Ysebaert and Alan Kerr from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Aaron Ward and the Jets' fourth-round pick in the 1993 NHL entry draft. Ysebaert had 34 goals and 62 points in 80 games with the Red Wings in 1992–93, and in 1991–92, Ysebaert had an NHL best +44 rating with the Red Wings. Kerr had 3 goals and 11 points in 58 games with the Red Wings in 1992–93.
At the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26, 1993, the Jets and Florida Panthers made a trade, as Winnipeg acquired the Panthers' second-round pick in the draft for the Jets' second- and third-round pick at the same draft. With their first-round pick, 15th overall, the Jets selected Mats Lindgren from Skellefteå AIK in Sweden. Lindgren had 20 goals and 38 points in 32 games for the club in the 1992–93 season. Another notable pick the club made was Michal Grosek in the sixth round.
On June 30, 1993, the Jets traded Kris Draper to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for future considerations, which turned out to be $1.
During training camp, on September 24, 1993, the club traded Phil Housley to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Nelson Emerson and Stephane Quintal. Emerson had 22 goals and 73 points in 82 games with the Blues during the 1992–93 season, while Quintal had 1 goal and 11 points in 75 games.
Regular season In November, Dean Kennedy was replaced as captain by forward Keith Tkachuk.
On January 19, general manager Mike Smith was fired and replaced by head coach John Paddock.
Final standings
Schedule and results
|1||October 6, 1993||6–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1993–94) ||1–0–0 ||15,363 ||
|2||October 9, 1993||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||1–0–1 ||15,511 ||
|3||October 10, 1993||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||1–1–1 ||17,335 ||
|4||October 12, 1993||4–7 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||1–2–1 ||9,501 ||
|5||October 16, 1993||1–0 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||2–2–1 ||15,442 ||
|6||October 18, 1993||6–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||3–2–1 ||12,082 ||
|7||October 21, 1993||2–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||3–3–1 ||14,694 ||
|8||October 23, 1993||9–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||4–3–1 ||17,160 ||
|9||October 26, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||5–3–1 ||13,171 ||
|10||October 27, 1993||4–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||6–3–1 ||16,006 ||
|11||October 29, 1993||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||6–4–1 ||13,944 ||
|12||October 31, 1993||3–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||6–5–1 ||13,062 ||
|13||November 3, 1993||0–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||6–6–1 ||12,509 ||
|14||November 5, 1993||6–7 OT|| align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||6–7–1 ||12,652 ||
|15||November 7, 1993||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||6–7–2 ||13,396 ||
|16||November 9, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1993–94) ||7–7–2 ||8,556 ||
|17||November 10, 1993||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1993–94) ||7–8–2 ||18,200 ||
|18||November 13, 1993||2–3 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||7–9–2 ||13,394 ||
|19||November 15, 1993||2–7 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||7–10–2 ||18,152 ||
|20||November 17, 1993||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||8–10–2 ||14,394 ||
|21||November 19, 1993||0–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) ||8–11–2 ||14,745 ||
|22||November 20, 1993||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||8–11–3 ||14,416 ||
|23||November 24, 1993||1–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||8–12–3 ||12,147 ||
|24||November 26, 1993||3–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||8–13–3 ||14,434 ||
|25||November 28, 1993||4–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||9–13–3 ||16,521 ||
|26||November 30, 1993||8–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||10–13–3 ||16,005 ||
|27||December 1, 1993||2–5 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||10–14–3 ||17,033 ||
|28||December 3, 1993||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||10–14–4 ||17,190 ||
|29||December 5, 1993||6–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||11–14–4 ||12,199 ||
|30||December 6, 1993||2–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||11–15–4 ||19,634 ||
|31||December 8, 1993||5–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||12–15–4 ||15,723 ||
|32||December 10, 1993||2–5 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||12–16–4 ||12,755 ||
|33||December 12, 1993||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||12–16–5 ||14,300 ||
|34||December 17, 1993||1–6 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||12–17–5 ||15,631 ||
|35||December 18, 1993||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||12–18–5 ||18,599 ||
|36||December 20, 1993||5–7 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||12–19–5 ||14,033 ||
|37||December 23, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||13–19–5 ||12,802 ||
|38||December 27, 1993||0–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||13–20–5 ||14,836 ||
|39||December 29, 1993||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||14–20–5 ||14,887 ||
|40||December 31, 1993||2–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||15–20–5 ||15,567 ||
|41||January 2, 1994||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||15–21–5 ||17,532 ||
|42||January 5, 1994||0–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||15–22–5 ||8,669 ||
|43||January 6, 1994||4–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||15–23–5 ||13,980 ||
|44||January 8, 1994||3–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||16–23–5 ||10,378 ||
|45||January 10, 1994||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) ||16–24–5 ||16,220 ||
|46||January 12, 1994||3–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) ||17–24–5 ||13,336 ||
|47||January 15, 1994||1–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||17–25–5 ||15,344 ||
|48||January 16, 1994||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||17–26–5 ||11,858 ||
|49||January 19, 1994||0–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||17–27–5 ||12,716 ||
|50||January 25, 1994||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||17–27–6 ||15,006 ||
|51||January 26, 1994||1–3 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||17–28–6 ||17,174 ||
|52||January 29, 1994||1–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||17–29–6 ||19,875 ||
|53||February 2, 1994||3–7 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||17–30–6 ||11,728 ||
|54||February 4, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||17–30–7 ||12,363 ||
|55||February 6, 1994||2–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||17–31–7 ||11,742 ||
|56||February 8, 1994||5–6 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||17–32–7 ||16,871 ||
|57||February 9, 1994||2–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||17–33–7 ||16,914 ||
|58||February 11, 1994||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||17–34–7 ||14,337 ||
|59||February 15, 1994||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) ||17–35–7 ||15,765 ||
|60||February 18, 1994||2–7 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||17–36–7 ||13,219 ||
|61||February 20, 1994||2–5 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||17–37–7 ||13,371 ||
|62||February 22, 1994||2–3 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||17–38–7 ||5,000 ||
|63||February 24, 1994||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||17–39–7 ||17,326 ||
|64||February 25, 1994||6–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||17–40–7 ||14,096 ||
|65||February 28, 1994||3–3 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||17–40–8 ||10,908 ||
|66||March 2, 1994||4–2 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||18–40–8 ||11,804 ||
|67||March 4, 1994||6–1 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||19–40–8 ||6,388 ||
|68||March 6, 1994||3–5 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) ||19–41–8 ||13,009 ||
|69||March 7, 1994||2–7 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1993–94) ||19–42–8 ||11,617 ||
|70||March 11, 1994||4–8 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||19–43–8 ||12,361 ||
|71||March 12, 1994||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||19–44–8 ||15,728 ||
|72||March 16, 1994||4–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||20–44–8 ||11,689 ||
|73||March 19, 1994||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||21–44–8 ||13,871 ||
|74||March 23, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) ||22–44–8 ||15,401 ||
|75||March 25, 1994||3–8 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||22–45–8 ||13,816 ||
|76||March 27, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1993–94) ||23–45–8 ||12,793 ||
|77||March 29, 1994||4–9 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||23–46–8 ||17,190 ||
|78||April 1, 1994||1–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||23–47–8 ||15,716 ||
|79||April 4, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||23–47–9 ||13,046 ||
|80||April 6, 1994||3–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||23–48–9 ||10,961 ||
|81||April 9, 1994||4–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||24–48–9 ||15,567 ||
|82||April 10, 1994||0–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||24–49–9 ||15,728 ||
|83||April 12, 1994||3–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) ||24–50–9 ||13,713 ||
|84||April 14, 1994||1–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||24–51–9 ||17,573 ||
Legend:
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG LW 84 41 40 81 255-122233 RW 83 33 41 74 80-38456 C 61 26 45 71 62-20701 LW 77 21 37 58 87-18902 RW 51 25 29 54 22-231102 C 76 19 32 51 32-38601 D 65 7 22 29 96-29500 C 60 9 18 27 18-8100 D 81 8 18 26 119-25111 D 57 5 18 23 28-23401 RW 81 8 11 19 347-8001 C 75 5 13 18 28-11112 D 74 0 17 17 165-11000 C/LW 73 4 8 12 96-20010 LW 83 4 8 12 205-22001 LW 24 4 8 12 6-11300 D 31 2 9 11 24-21200 D 76 2 8 10 164-22001 C 18 5 4 9 8-1200 RW 17 6 2 8 2-2111 RW 15 3 5 8 12-6111 D 18 2 5 7 10-3100 D 59 0 7 7 78-13000 C 40 3 3 6 34-13000 D 13 1 4 5 51-10100 C 31 1 3 4 24-12000 D 20 0 4 4 18-6000 D 18 0 2 2 6-6000 LW 3 1 0 1 0-1000 D 4 0 1 1 17-2000 G 13 0 0 0 00000 LW/C 2 0 0 0 0-2000 G 14 0 0 0 20000 RW 16 0 0 0 6-7000 G 56 0 0 0 60000 C 4 0 0 0 2-1000 RW 1 0 0 0 01000 RW 6 0 0 0 190000 C 6 0 0 0 20000 G 17 0 0 0 00000 D 1 0 0 0 00000 C 8 0 0 0 40000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% 3136 56 19 30 6 201 3.85 117141513.883 788 14 5 8 1 52 3.96 1485433.893 418 13 0 4 1 34 4.88 0211177.839 738 17 0 9 1 51 4.15 0382331.866 Team: 5080 84 24 51 9 338 3.99 227922454.879
Transactions
Trades