1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins season
| 1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins | |
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Presidents' Trophy winners
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Patrick Division champions
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| Division | 1st Patrick |
| Conference | 1st Wales |
| 1992–93 record | 56–21–7 |
| Home record | 32–6–4 |
| Road record | 24–15–3 |
| Goals for | 367 |
| Goals against | 268 |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | Craig Patrick |
| Coach | Scotty Bowman |
| Captain | Mario Lemieux |
| Alternate captains |
Larry Murphy Kevin Stevens |
| Arena | Pittsburgh Civic Arena |
| Average attendance | 16,105 |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Mario Lemieux (69) |
| Assists | Mario Lemieux (91) |
| Points | Mario Lemieux (160) |
| Penalties in minutes | (252) |
| Plus/minus |
(+): Mario Lemieux (+55) (–): Mike Stapleton (–8) |
| Wins | Tom Barrasso (43) |
| Goals against average | Tom Barrasso (3.01) |
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. Four players reached the 100-point plateau and, for the second consecutive season, five reached the 30-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.
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Pittsburgh allowed the most short-handed goals (19) during the regular season of all 24 teams. 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%).
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), he could have scored 97 goals and tallied 128 assists for 225 points had he played all 84 games. Had he achieved these totals, he would have broken Wayne Gretzky's all-time records for most goals in a season (92) and most points in a season (215). In recognition of his dedication and his achievements, Lemieux was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's MVP during the regular season.
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.
p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs
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.
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