1994–95_Boston_Bruins_season
1994–95 Boston Bruins season
NHL team 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.[1]
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| 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 |
| Average attendance | 14,300 |
| Minor league affiliate(s) | Providence Bruins |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Cam Neely (27) |
| Assists | Adam Oates (41) |
| Points | Adam Oates (53) |
| Penalty minutes | Brent Hughes (139) |
| Plus/minus | Dave Reid (+8) |
| Wins | Blaine Lacher (19) |
| Goals against average | Blaine Lacher (2.41) |
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Final standings
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| 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 |
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| R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 1 | Quebec Nordiques | NE | 48 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 185 | 134 | 65 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 150 | 132 | 60 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 48 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 181 | 158 | 61 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | NE | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 150 | 127 | 57 |
| 5 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 121 | 52 |
| 6 | Washington Capitals | AT | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 120 | 52 |
| 7 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 48 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 130 | 119 | 51 |
| 8 | New York Rangers | AT | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 139 | 134 | 47 |
| 9 | Florida Panthers | AT | 48 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 115 | 127 | 46 |
| 10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 48 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 127 | 141 | 43 |
| 11 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 48 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 125 | 148 | 43 |
| 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | AT | 48 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 120 | 144 | 37 |
| 13 | New York Islanders | AT | 48 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 126 | 158 | 35 |
| 14 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 48 | 9 | 34 | 5 | 117 | 174 | 23 |
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Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
The Bruins were favored to win their quarterfinal 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.[4][5][6][7][8]
Regular season
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January: 3–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–0)
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February: 7–4–2 (home: 3–1–1; road: 4–3–1)
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March: 7–6–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 3–3–0)
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April: 8–6–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 3–4–0)
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May: 2–0–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 1–0–0)
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| Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–1
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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 Bruins only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
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| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 12 | Adam Oates | C | 48 | 12 | 41 | 53 | −11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −6 | 2 |
| 77 | Ray Bourque | D | 46 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −5 | 0 |
| 8 | Cam Neely | RW | 42 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 7 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
| 20 | Bryan Smolinski | LW | 44 | 18 | 13 | 31 | −3 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| 19 | Mariusz Czerkawski | RW | 47 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Mats Naslund† | LW | 34 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| 32 | Don Sweeney | D | 47 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
| 21 | Ted Donato | C | 47 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | Jozef Stumpel | C | 44 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 23 | Steve Heinze | RW | 36 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Alexei Kasatonov | D | 44 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Brent Hughes | LW | 44 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 139 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| 27 | Steve Leach | RW | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −3 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Jon Rohloff | D | 34 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
| 17 | Dave Reid | C | 38 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Sandy Moger | RW | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Glen Murray | LW | 35 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −11 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 34 | David Shaw | D | 44 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −9 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| 36 | John Gruden | D | 38 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Jamie Huscroft | D | 34 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −3 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 48 | Fred Knipscheer | LW | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Mikko Makela | RW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Daniel Lacroix‡ | C | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Brett Harkins | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Blaine Lacher | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Marc Potvin | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Craig Billington† | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Grigori Panteleev | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Vincent Riendeau | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 49 | Jeff Serowik | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Cam Stewart | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Guy Larose | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Goaltending
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
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| No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 31 | Blaine Lacher | 35 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 805 | 79 | 2.41 | .902 | 4 | 1,965:00 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 125 | 12 | 2.55 | .904 | 0 | 282:48 |
| 1 | Craig Billington† | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 19 | 3.05 | .864 | 0 | 373:18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2.40 | .900 | 0 | 25:01 |
| 37 | Vincent Riendeau | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 221 | 27 | 2.86 | .878 | 0 | 565:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Awards
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| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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| League (annual) |
NHL Second All-Star team | Ray Bourque (Defense) | [10] |
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NHL Rookie of the Month | Blaine Lacher (February) | [11] |
| Team | Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy | Cam Neely | [12] |
| Seventh Player Award | Blaine Lacher | [12] | |
| Three Stars Awards | Cam Neely (1st) | [13] | |
| Ray Bourque (2nd) | |||
| Blaine Lacher (3rd) |
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Milestones
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| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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| 600th assist | Adam Oates | April 8, 1995 | [14] |
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Boston's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.[15]
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| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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| 1 | 21 | Evgeni Ryabchikov (G) |  Russia | Molot Perm (Russia) |
| 2 | 47 | Daniel Goneau (LW) |  Canada | Laval Titan (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 99 | Eric Nickulas (RW) |  United States | Cushing Academy (USHS-MA) |
| 5 | 125 | Darren Wright (D) | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 6 | 151 | Andre Roy (RW) |  United States | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
| 7 | 177 | Jeremy Schaefer (LW) | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
| 9 | 229 | John Grahame (G) | United States | Lake Superior State University (CCHA) |
| 10 | 255 | Neil Savary (G) | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 11 | 281 | Andrei Yakhanov (D) | Russia | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russia) |
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- "Boston Bruins 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- "1994-95 Boston Bruins Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- "1994-95 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- 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 Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- "OILERS FACE MONEY WOES". Washington Post. March 4, 1995. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
LACHER HONORED: Bruins G Blaine Lacher, 5-1-1 with a 2.54 goals-against average in February, is NHL rookie of the month.
- Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p.239
- Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p. 239–40
- "Elias Says ..." ESPN.com. January 19, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
Forsberg reached the 600-assist plateau in 670 games, the quickest that any player has done it since Adam Oates hit that milestone on April 8, 1995, in his 663rd game.
- "1994 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.