1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the team's inaugural season in the National Hockey League (NHL). They finished sixth in the Norris Division with a record of 23 wins, 54 losses, and 7 ties for 53 points.

Offseason

Manon Rheaume

On September 23, 1992, Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play in an NHL exhibition game as the Tampa Bay Lightning played against the St. Louis Blues.

Expansion draft

#	Player	Drafted from	Drafted by
1.	Wendell Young G	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tampa Bay Lightning
4.	Frederic Chabot (G)	Montreal Canadiens	Tampa Bay Lightning
6.	Joe Reekie (D)	New York Islanders	Tampa Bay Lightning
7.	Shawn Chambers (D)	Washington Capitals	Tampa Bay Lightning
9.	Peter Taglianetti (D)	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tampa Bay Lightning
12.	Bob McGill (D)	Detroit Red Wings	Tampa Bay Lightning
14.	Jeff Bloemberg (D)	New York Rangers	Tampa Bay Lightning
15.	Doug Crossman (D)	Quebec Nordiques	Tampa Bay Lightning
17.	Rob Ramage (D)	Minnesota North Stars	Tampa Bay Lightning
19.	Michel Mongeau (C)	St. Louis Blues	Tampa Bay Lightning
22.	Anatoli Semenov (C)	Edmonton Oilers	Tampa Bay Lightning
24.	Mike Hartman (LW)	Winnipeg Jets	Tampa Bay Lightning
26.	Basil McRae (LW)	Minnesota North Stars	Tampa Bay Lightning
28.	Rob DiMaio (RW)	New York Islanders	Tampa Bay Lightning
30.	Steve Maltais (W)	Quebec Nordiques	Tampa Bay Lightning
32.	Dan Vincelette (LW)	Chicago Blackhawks	Tampa Bay Lightning
34.	Tim Bergland (RW)	Washington Capitals	Tampa Bay Lightning
36.	Brian Bradley (C)	Toronto Maple Leafs	Tampa Bay Lightning
38.	Keith Osborne (RW)	Toronto Maple Leafs	Tampa Bay Lightning
40.	Shayne Stevenson (C)	Boston Bruins	Tampa Bay Lightning
42.	Tim Hunter (F)	Calgary Flames	Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season

The Lightning finished last in penalty-kill % during the regular season (74.43%).^[1]

In the Lightning's very first NHL game on Wednesday, October 7, 1992, Chris Kontos scored the first hat trick in Lightning history as Tampa Bay defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 (the 7 goals would be the most that the Blackhawks would allow in a regular-season game that year).^[2]^[3]

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Chicago Blackhawks	84	47	25	12	106	279	230
Detroit Red Wings	84	47	28	9	103	369	280
Toronto Maple Leafs	84	44	29	11	99	288	241
St. Louis Blues	84	37	36	11	85	282	278
Minnesota North Stars	84	36	38	10	82	272	293
Tampa Bay Lightning	84	23	54	7	53	245	332

^[4]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.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1992	7–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	1–0–0
2	L	October 10, 1992	1–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	1–1–0
3	T	October 11, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	1–1–1
4	W	October 13, 1992	2–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	2–1–1
5	L	October 15, 1992	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	2–2–1
6	L	October 16, 1992	4–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	2–3–1
7	W	October 20, 1992	6–1	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	3–3–1
8	L	October 22, 1992	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	3–4–1
9	W	October 24, 1992	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	4–4–1
10	L	October 27, 1992	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	4–5–1
11	L	October 28, 1992	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	4–6–1
12	L	October 30, 1992	1–2	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	4–7–1
13	L	November 1, 1992	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	4–8–1
14	W	November 3, 1992	6–4	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	5–8–1
15	T	November 6, 1992	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	5–8–2
16	W	November 7, 1992	6–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1992–93)	6–8–2
17	W	November 9, 1992	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	7–8–2
18	W	November 11, 1992	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	8–8–2
19	W	November 13, 1992	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	9–8–2
20	L	November 14, 1992	3–5	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	9–9–2
21	L	November 17, 1992	5–6	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	9–10–2
22	L	November 19, 1992	1–4	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	9–11–2
23	L	November 21, 1992	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	9–12–2
24	L	November 23, 1992	5–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	9–13–2
25	W	November 24, 1992	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	10–13–2
26	L	November 27, 1992	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	10–14–2
27	L	November 28, 1992	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	10–15–2
28	L	December 5, 1992	7–9	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	10–16–2
29	L	December 7, 1992	1–6	New York Islanders (1992–93)	10–17–2
30	L	December 9, 1992	5–6	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	10–18–2
31	L	December 11, 1992	4–5	New York Rangers (1992–93)	10–19–2
32	W	December 12, 1992	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	11–19–2
33	W	December 15, 1992	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	12–19–2
34	W	December 16, 1992	5–4 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	13–19–2
35	L	December 18, 1992	0–2	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	13–20–2
36	W	December 20, 1992	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	14–20–2
37	L	December 22, 1992	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	14–21–2
38	L	December 23, 1992	1–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	14–22–2
39	L	December 31, 1992	0–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	14–23–2
40	L	January 2, 1993	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	14–24–2
41	L	January 4, 1993	0–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	14–25–2
42	W	January 6, 1993	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	15–25–2
43	L	January 9, 1993	4–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	15–26–2
44	L	January 11, 1993	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	15–27–2
45	L	January 13, 1993	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	15–28–2
46	L	January 16, 1993	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	15–29–2
47	L	January 17, 1993	3–5	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	15–30–2
48	L	January 19, 1993	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	15–31–2
49	L	January 21, 1993	1–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	15–32–2
50	W	January 23, 1993	5–1	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	16–32–2
51	T	January 24, 1993	2–2 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	16–32–3
52	L	January 28, 1993	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	16–33–3
53	W	January 30, 1993	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	17–33–3
54	W	February 1, 1993	5–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	18–33–3
55	L	February 3, 1993	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	18–34–3
56	W	February 9, 1993	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	19–34–3
57	L	February 11, 1993	0–1	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	19–35–3
58	T	February 14, 1993	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	19–35–4
59	L	February 17, 1993	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	19–36–4
60	L	February 19, 1993	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	19–37–4
61	L	February 20, 1993	2–5	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	19–38–4
62	L	February 22, 1993	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	19–39–4
63	L	February 25, 1993	1–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	19–40–4
64	T	February 27, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	19–40–5
65	W	March 3, 1993	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	20–40–5
66	W	March 6, 1993	7–4	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	21–40–5
67	L	March 9, 1993	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	21–41–5
68	L	March 12, 1993	2–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	21–42–5
69	L	March 14, 1993	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	21–43–5
70	L	March 16, 1993	3–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	21–44–5
71	L	March 18, 1993	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	21–45–5
72	L	March 20, 1993	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	21–46–5
73	L	March 21, 1993	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	21–47–5
74	L	March 23, 1993	3–9	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	21–48–5
75	W	March 25, 1993	3–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	22–48–5
76	L	March 27, 1993	3–8	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	22–49–5
77	L	April 1, 1993	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	22–50–5
78	L	April 3, 1993	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	22–51–5
79	T	April 6, 1993	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	22–51–6
80	L	April 8, 1993	1–9	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	22–52–6
81	L	April 10, 1993	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	22–53–6
82	T	April 11, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	22–53–7
83	W	April 13, 1993	5–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	23–53–7
84	L	April 15, 1993	5–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	23–54–7

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bradley, BrianBrian Bradley	C	80	42	44	86	92	-24	16	0	6
Tucker, JohnJohn Tucker	C	78	17	39	56	69	-12	5	1	1
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	LW/C	66	27	24	51	12	-7	12	1	3
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner	LW	84	15	28	43	74	-25	1	0	0
Creighton, AdamAdam Creighton	C	83	19	20	39	110	-19	7	1	0
Chambers, ShawnShawn Chambers	D	55	10	29	39	36	-21	5	0	1
Beers, BobBob Beers	D	64	12	24	36	70	-25	7	0	0
Bureau, MarcMarc Bureau	C	63	10	21	31	111	-12	1	2	1
Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	D	40	8	21	29	18	-4	2	0	1
Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson	LW	77	16	11	27	14	-14	3	2	4
Cole, DantonDanton Cole	C/RW	67	12	15	27	23	-2	0	1	1
DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio	RW	54	9	15	24	62	0	2	0	0
Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik	D	67	6	15	21	71	-21	1	0	1
Maltais, SteveSteve Maltais	LW	63	7	13	20	35	-20	4	0	1
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	66	5	12	17	138	-21	5	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	78	2	12	14	66	-16	0	0	0
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie	D	42	2	11	13	69	2	0	0	0
Hodge, Jr., KenKen Hodge, Jr.	C/RW	25	2	7	9	2	-6	0	0	1
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	D	61	1	8	9	150	8	0	0	0
Hartman, MikeMike Hartman	LW	58	4	4	8	154	-7	0	0	0
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper	C	47	3	4	7	18	-13	0	0	0
Bergland, TimTim Bergland	RW	27	3	3	6	11	-5	0	0	0
Lafreniere, JasonJason Lafreniere	C	11	3	3	6	4	-6	1	0	0
McRae, BasilBasil McRae	LW	14	2	3	5	71	-3	1	0	0
Semenov, AnatoliAnatoli Semenov	C/LW	13	2	3	5	4	-5	0	0	0
LiPuma, ChrisChris LiPuma	D	15	0	5	5	34	1	0	0	0
Hervey, MattMatt Hervey	D	17	0	4	4	38	-6	0	0	0
Drulia, StanStan Drulia	RW	24	2	1	3	10	1	0	0	1
Callander, JockJock Callander	RW	8	1	1	2	2	-5	0	0	0
Capuano, DaveDave Capuano	LW	6	1	1	2	2	-4	1	0	0
Mongeau, MichelMichel Mongeau	C	4	1	1	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Osborne, KeithKeith Osborne	RW	11	1	1	2	8	-1	0	0	1
Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen	C	11	0	2	2	6	-6	0	0	0
Jablonski, PatPat Jablonski	G	43	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	0
Rivers, ShawnShawn Rivers	D	4	0	2	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Young, WendellWendell Young	G	31	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Bergeron, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Bergeron	G	21	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Stevenson, ShayneShayne Stevenson	RW	8	0	1	1	7	-5	0	0	0
Cote, AlainAlain Cote	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Littman, DavidDavid Littman	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raglan, HerbHerb Raglan	RW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	D	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Ruff, JasonJason Ruff	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Simard, MartinMartin Simard	RW	7	0	0	0	11	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Bergeron, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Bergeron	1163	21	8	10	1	71	3.66	0	574	503	.876
Jablonski, PatPat Jablonski	2268	43	8	24	4	150	3.97	1	1194	1044	.874
Young, WendellWendell Young	1591	31	7	19	2	97	3.66	0	758	661	.872
Littman, DavidDavid Littman	45	1	0	1	0	7	9.33	0	21	14	.667
Team:	5067	84	23	54	7	325	3.85	1	2547	2222	.872

^[5]

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;

All Season Trades

trades listed are from June 1, 1992 to June 1, 1993.

Date	Traded	Acquired	Acquired From
June 18	Frederic Chabot	Jean-Claude Bergeron	Montreal Canadiens
June 19	Tim Hunter	future considerations	Quebec Nordiques
June 19	1995 5th rd pick, 1996 6th rd pick, future considerations	Pat Jablonski, Darin Kimble, Rob Robinson, Steve Tuttle	St. Louis Blues
June 19	future considerations	Danton Cole	Winnipeg Jets
Sept 4	Darin Kimble, future considerations	Matt Hervey, Ken Hodge Jr	Boston Bruins
Sept 25	future considerations	Jeff Bloemberg	Edmonton Oilers
Oct 5	1994 5th rd. pick	Adam Creighton	New York Islanders
Oct 28	Stephane Richer	Bob Beers	Boston Bruins
Nov 3	Anatoli Semenov	Dave Capuano, 1994 4th rd. pick	Vancouver Canucks
Dec 8	Dan Vincelette	Steve Kasper	Philadelphia Flyers
Jan 28	Doug Crossman, Basil McRae, 1996 4th rd. pick	Jason Ruff, 1995 5th rd. pick, 1996 6th rd. pick, future considerations	St. Louis Blues
Feb 12	Michel Mongeau, Martin Simand, Steve Tuttle	Herb Raglan	Quebec Nordiques
Mar 20	Rob Ramage	Eric Charron, Alain Cote, Donald Dufrene	Montreal Canadiens
Mar 22	Mike Hartman	Randy Gilhen	New York Rangers
Mar 22	1993 3rd rd. pick	Peter Taglianetti	Pittsburgh Penguins

References

Lightning on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1993.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199210070TBL.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/CHI/1993_games.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1992-93 Tampa Bay Lightning Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Founded in 1992 Based in Tampa, Florida

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Awards

Personnel	Owners Tampa Bay Sports and Entertainment (Jeffrey Vinik, chairman) General manager Steve Yzerman Head coach Jon Cooper Team captain Steven Stamkos Current roster

Arenas	Expo Hall Thunderdome Amalie Arena

Affiliates	AHL Syracuse Crunch

General managers	Esposito Demers Dudley Feaster Lawton Kurvers Yzerman

Head coaches	Crisp Paterson Demers Ludzik Tortorella Melrose Tocchet Boucher Cooper

Media	TV Sun Sports CW 44 Radio 620 WDAE

Culture/lore	Thunderbug

Tampa Bay Lightning seasons

1990s	1990–91 . 1991–92 . 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1992–93 NHL season

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Tampa Bay Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver Winnipeg

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Quebec

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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