1994–95 Boston Bruins season
The 1994–95 Boston Bruins season was the team's 71st season. The Bruins had a solid season, finishing fourth in the Eastern Conference with 57 points. During the regular season, they had the most shots on goal (1,651) and allowed the fewest shots on goal (1,168) of any team in the league.[1] They also allowed the fewest powerplay goals (24) and had the best penalty-killing % (86.89%) of all 26 teams.[2]
1994–95 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 3rd Northeast |
Conference | 4th Eastern |
1994–95 record | 27–18–3 |
Home record | 15–7–2 |
Road record | 12–11–1 |
Goals for | 150 |
Goals against | 127 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Harry Sinden |
Coach | Brian Sutter |
Captain | Ray Bourque |
Alternate captains | Cam Neely Adam Oates |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Cam Neely (27) |
Assists | Adam Oates (41) |
Points | Adam Oates (53) |
Penalty minutes | Brent Hughes (139) |
Wins | Blaine Lacher (19) |
Goals against average | Blaine Lacher (2.41) |
Offseason
NHL Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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1 | 21 | Evgeni Ryabchikov (G) | Molot Perm (Russia) | |
2 | 47 | Daniel Goneau (LW) | Laval Titan (QMJHL) | |
4 | 99 | Eric Nickulas (RW) | Cushing Academy (USHS-MA) | |
5 | 125 | Darren Wright (D) | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) | |
6 | 151 | Andre Roy (RW) | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) | |
7 | 177 | Jeremy Schaefer (LW) | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | |
9 | 229 | John Grahame (G) | Lake Superior State University (CCHA) | |
10 | 255 | Neil Savary (G) | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) | |
11 | 281 | Andrei Yakhanov (D) | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russia) |
Regular season
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Quebec Nordiques | 48 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 185 | 134 | 65 |
2 | 3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 48 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 181 | 158 | 61 |
3 | 4 | Boston Bruins | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 150 | 127 | 57 |
4 | 7 | Buffalo Sabres | 48 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 130 | 119 | 51 |
5 | 10 | Hartford Whalers | 48 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 127 | 141 | 43 |
6 | 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 125 | 148 | 43 |
7 | 14 | Ottawa Senators | 48 | 9 | 34 | 5 | 117 | 174 | 23 |
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | January 22, 1995 | 4–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) | 1–0–0 |
2 | W | January 23, 1995 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1994–95) | 2–0–0 |
3 | W | January 26, 1995 | 1–0 OT | New Jersey Devils (1994–95) | 3–0–0 |
4 | L | January 28, 1995 | 1–2 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) | 3–1–0 |
5 | L | January 30, 1995 | 1–2 | Florida Panthers (1994–95) | 3–2–0 |
6 | W | February 2, 1995 | 6–4 | Ottawa Senators (1994–95) | 4–2–0 |
7 | W | February 4, 1995 | 5–4 | Hartford Whalers (1994–95) | 5–2–0 |
8 | W | February 7, 1995 | 7–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) | 6–2–0 |
9 | L | February 9, 1995 | 3–4 | Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) | 6–3–0 |
10 | T | February 11, 1995 | 1–1 OT | Washington Capitals (1994–95) | 6–3–1 |
11 | W | February 12, 1995 | 2–1 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) | 7–3–1 |
12 | L | February 14, 1995 | 3–5 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) | 7–4–1 |
13 | W | February 17, 1995 | 5–4 | @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) | 8–4–1 |
14 | L | February 18, 1995 | 1–3 | @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) | 8–5–1 |
15 | L | February 22, 1995 | 2–3 OT | @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) | 8–6–1 |
16 | W | February 23, 1995 | 3–2 | @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) | 9–6–1 |
17 | T | February 25, 1995 | 1–1 OT | @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) | 9–6–2 |
18 | W | February 27, 1995 | 2–0 | @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) | 10–6–2 |
19 | W | March 2, 1995 | 7–2 | New Jersey Devils (1994–95) | 11–6–2 |
20 | L | March 4, 1995 | 3–4 OT | Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) | 11–7–2 |
21 | W | March 5, 1995 | 5–2 | @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) | 12–7–2 |
22 | L | March 7, 1995 | 1–3 | Washington Capitals (1994–95) | 12–8–2 |
23 | L | March 9, 1995 | 2–3 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) | 12–9–2 |
24 | L | March 11, 1995 | 0–2 | Florida Panthers (1994–95) | 12–10–2 |
25 | W | March 16, 1995 | 6–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) | 13–10–2 |
26 | W | March 18, 1995 | 4–3 | New York Islanders (1994–95) | 14–10–2 |
27 | L | March 19, 1995 | 3–4 OT | @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) | 14–11–2 |
28 | L | March 22, 1995 | 2–6 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) | 14–12–2 |
29 | W | March 24, 1995 | 4–3 OT | @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) | 15–12–2 |
30 | W | March 28, 1995 | 5–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) | 16–12–2 |
31 | W | March 30, 1995 | 3–2 | @ New York Islanders (1994–95) | 17–12–2 |
32 | L | April 1, 1995 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1994–95) | 17–13–2 |
33 | L | April 2, 1995 | 1–2 | @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) | 17–14–2 |
34 | T | April 6, 1995 | 1–1 OT | Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) | 17–14–3 |
35 | W | April 8, 1995 | 5–1 | Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) | 18–14–3 |
36 | W | April 9, 1995 | 6–5 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) | 19–14–3 |
37 | L | April 12, 1995 | 0–4 | Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) | 19–15–3 |
38 | L | April 14, 1995 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1994–95) | 19–16–3 |
39 | W | April 15, 1995 | 3–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) | 20–16–3 |
40 | W | April 19, 1995 | 4–1 | Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) | 21–16–3 |
41 | W | April 20, 1995 | 6–5 | @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) | 22–16–3 |
42 | W | April 23, 1995 | 5–4 | New York Rangers (1994–95) | 23–16–3 |
43 | L | April 24, 1995 | 3–5 | @ New York Islanders (1994–95) | 23–17–3 |
44 | W | April 26, 1995 | 1–0 | Hartford Whalers (1994–95) | 24–17–3 |
45 | L | April 28, 1995 | 1–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) | 24–18–3 |
46 | W | April 30, 1995 | 5–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) | 25–18–3 |
47 | W | May 1, 1995 | 5–4 | Ottawa Senators (1994–95) | 26–18–3 |
48 | W | May 3, 1995 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) | 27–18–3 |
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Adam Oates | C | 48 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 8 | -11 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Ray Bourque | D | 46 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
Cam Neely | RW | 42 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 72 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
Bryan Smolinski | C | 44 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 31 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
Mariusz Czerkawski | RW | 47 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mats Naslund | LW | 34 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 4 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Don Sweeney | D | 47 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Ted Donato | LW | 47 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jozef Stumpel | C | 44 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Steve Heinze | RW | 36 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Alexei Kasatonov | D | 44 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 33 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brent Hughes | LW | 44 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 139 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stephen Leach | RW | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 68 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jon Rohloff | D | 34 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Reid | LW | 38 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sandy Moger | C | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Glen Murray | RW | 35 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 46 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
David Shaw | D | 44 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 36 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Gruden | D | 38 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jamie Huscroft | D | 34 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 103 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Knipscheer | C | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mikko Makela | RW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Lacroix | LW | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brett Harkins | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blaine Lacher | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marc Potvin | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Craig Billington | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grigori Panteleev | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vincent Riendeau | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Serowik | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cam Stewart | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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Blaine Lacher | 1965 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 79 | 2.41 | 4 | 805 | 726 | .902 |
Craig Billington | 373 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3.06 | 0 | 140 | 121 | .864 |
Vincent Riendeau | 565 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 2.87 | 0 | 221 | 194 | .878 |
Team: | 2903 | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 125 | 2.58 | 4 | 1166 | 1041 | .893 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Bourque | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cam Neely | RW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mariusz Czerkawski | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mats Naslund | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adam Oates | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
David Shaw | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bryan Smolinski | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Craig Billington | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Donato | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Heinze | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brent Hughes | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jamie Huscroft | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alexei Kasatonov | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Knipscheer | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blaine Lacher | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guy Larose | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glen Murray | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Reid | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Rohloff | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jozef Stumpel | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Sweeney | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blaine Lacher | 283 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2.54 | 0 | 125 | 113 | .904 |
Craig Billington | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.40 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .900 |
Team: | 308 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2.53 | 0 | 135 | 122 | .904 |
- Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
- Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;
Playoffs
The Bruins were favored to win their quarter-final playoff series against the New Jersey Devils, but were shocked by the Devils in the first two games at the Boston Garden by scores of 5–0 and 3–0. The Bruins won game three at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, 3–2, despite being outshot 33 to 17. Boston goaltender Blaine Lacher was solid in net, stopping 31 New Jersey shots. Game four on Friday, May 12 at the Meadowlands started out as a goaltending battle between Lacher and Martin Brodeur. The two teams skated to a 0–0 tie after three regulation periods. This game would prove to be the turning point in the series, as a Boston goal would tie the series at two games apiece and give the Bruins home-ice advantage once again; a New Jersey goal would put the Bruins down three games to one in the series and give the Devils a chance to take the series in game five in Boston. Devils forward Randy McKay ended up scoring the winner at 8:51 of the first overtime period. The Devils closed out the series in game five on Sunday, May 14, in what was the last official NHL game ever played at the Boston Garden.[6][7][8][9][10]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
New Jersey Devils 4, Boston Bruins 1
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Attendance | Record |
1 | May 7 | New Jersey Devils | 5–0 | Boston Bruins | 14,448 | 0–1 |
2 | May 8 | New Jersey Devils | 3–0 | Boston Bruins | 14,448 | 0–2 |
3 | May 10 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | New Jersey Devils | 16,523 | 1–2 |
4 | May 12 | Boston Bruins | 0–1 (OT) | New Jersey Devils | 19,040 | 1–3 |
5 | May 14 | New Jersey Devils | 3–2 | Boston Bruins | 14,448 | 1–4 |
Roster
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Awards and honors
References
- https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1995.html
- https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html
- http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
- Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
- "1994-95 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505070BOS.html
- https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505080BOS.html
- https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505100NJD.html
- https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505120NJD.html
- https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505140BOS.html