1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers season

Off-season

In June 1992, the Flyers won the arbitration battle for 1991 first-overall pick Eric Lindros over the New York Rangers. It was determined that the Quebec Nordiques had made a deal with the Flyers before making a deal with the Rangers. In order to acquire Lindros' rights, the Flyers parted with six players, trading Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, the rights to Peter Forsberg, two first-round draft picks and $15 million to Quebec.

Regular season

The trio of Lindros, Mark Recchi and Brent Fedyk formed the "Crazy Eights" line in Lindros' first two years in the league, the eights being the player's jersey numbers (88, 8 and 18 respectively). Recchi set the franchise record for points in a season with 123 (53 goals, 70 assists) and Lindros scored 41 goals in 61 games. Rod Brind'Amour added 86 points (37 goals, 49 assists) of his own. Four Flyers reached the 30-goal plateau and goaltender Tommy Soderstrom finished with five shutouts: second in the NHL only to Ed Belfour of the Chicago Blackhawks. The Flyers did not name a replacement captain after Rick Tocchet was traded the previous season and instead chose to go with three alternate captains. After struggling early the Flyers made a run at the playoffs, winning their final eight regular-season games, but came four points short of the last spot.

On March 13, the Flyers game against the Los Angeles Kings was postponed after one period after high winds from the 1993 Storm of the Century smashed a large window at the Spectrum. It was the first in-progress game in NHL history to be postponed due to weather. The game was restarted from the beginning on April 1. The game originally scheduled for that date against the Toronto Maple Leafs was moved to April 4.

The Flyers had the fewest power play opportunities during the regular season, with 399.

Season standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 6 || 3–3 OT || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Roussel || 0–0–1 || 1 || |- | 2 || October 9 || 6–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || Roussel || 1–0–1 || 3 || |- | 3 || October 10 || 4–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals || Roussel || 2–0–1 || 5 || |- | 4 || October 13 || 3–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques || Roussel || 2–1–1 || 5 || |- | 5 || October 15 || 4–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders || Roussel || 2–2–1 || 5 || |- | 6 || October 17 || 0–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || Beauregard || 2–3–1 || 5 || |- | 7 || October 18 || 5–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets || Roussel || 3–3–1 || 7 || |- | 8 || October 20 || 3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders || Beauregard || 3–4–1 || 7 || |- | 9 || October 22 || 4–4 OT || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks || Roussel || 3–4–2 || 8 || |- | 10 || October 24 || 6–7 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens || Roussel || 3–5–2 || 8 || |- | 11 || October 26 || 4–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers || Roussel || 3–6–2 || 8 || |- | 12 || October 29 || 5–5 OT || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks || Roussel || 3–6–3 || 9 || |- | 13 || October 31 || 4–6 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Roussel || 3–7–3 || 9 ||

Neutral site game played at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio. Neutral site game played at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Township, Ohio.

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Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Flyers only.*
• • = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.*

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Among the team records set during the 1992–93 season was Eric Lindros scoring the fastest goal from the start of a period (five seconds) in team history on November 12. On April 15, Kevin Dineen tied team records for most shorthanded goals scored during a game (2) and most points in a single period (4). On the season, Mark Recchi registered a team record 123 points in his first full season with the Flyers, surpassing Bobby Clarke’s 119 points in 1975–76. Lindros set a team rookie record with 41 goals scored. The 319 goals against by the Flyers during the season is a franchise high.

Milestones

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 2, 1992, the day after the deciding game of the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 1993, the day of the deciding game of the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

NHL entry draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, on June 20, 1992. The Flyers traded their third-round pick, 55th overall, Brian Dobbin, Gord Murphy, and their 1993 fourth-round pick to the Boston Bruins for Garry Galley, Wes Walz and the Bruins' 1993 third-round pick on January 2, 1992. They also traded their fourth-round pick, 79th overall, and Murray Craven to the Hartford Whalers for Kevin Dineen on November 13, 1991.

NHL supplemental draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1992 NHL supplemental draft on June 19, 1992.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. Led by Tim Tookey's 108-point season, Hershey finished 5th in their division and missed the playoffs.

Notes

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