1994–95_New_York_Islanders_season
1994–95 New York Islanders season
NHL hockey team season
The 1994–95 New York Islanders season was the 23rd season in the franchise's history. The Islanders were unable to qualify for the playoffs, thus ending their two-season playoff streak.
Quick Facts New York Islanders, Division ...
| 1994–95 New York Islanders | |
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| Division | 7th Atlantic |
| Conference | 13th Eastern |
| 1994–95 record | 15–28–5 |
| Home record | 10–11–3 |
| Road record | 5–17–2 |
| Goals for | 126 |
| Goals against | 158 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Don Maloney |
| Coach | Lorne Henning |
| Captain | Patrick Flatley |
| Arena | Nassau Coliseum |
| Average attendance | 12,573 |
| Minor league affiliate(s) | Denver Grizzlies Tallahassee Tiger Sharks |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Ray Ferraro (22) |
| Assists | Ray Ferraro (21) |
| Points | Ray Ferraro (43) |
| Penalty minutes | Mick Vukota (109) |
| Plus/minus | Dean Chynoweth (+9) Patrick Flatley (+9) |
| Wins | Tommy Soderstrom (8) |
| Goals against average | Tommy Soderstrom (3.11) |
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Longtime head coach Al Arbour announced his retirement from coaching and was named the team's vice president of hockey operations on June 1.[1] Assistant coach Lorne Henning was named his successor on June 20.[2]
After starting the season with a 4–2–1 record, the Islanders fell into a slump from which they could not recover. They would win only 11 of their remaining 41 games, going 11–26–4. The Islanders would finish 12 points out of eighth place and miss the playoffs for the first time since 1992.
Near the end of the season, General Manager Don Maloney decided that the core of players he had left alone for three seasons should be totally revamped, and he undertook a rebuilding project. He traded Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov to Montreal for Kirk Muller and Mathieu Schneider, and Benoit Hogue was sent to Toronto for young goaltender Eric Fichaud. Additionally, Maloney allowed the team's leading scorer, Ray Ferraro, to depart as an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of the season. Fans' displeasure at the GM for trading the popular Turgeon was magnified when Muller balked at joining a rebuilding team. He only played 45 games for the Islanders before being sent to the Maple Leafs.
The Islanders finished the regular season having allowed the most short-handed goals in the NHL, with 11.[3]
Season standings
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| No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 1 | 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 150 | 132 | 60 |
| 2 | 5 | New Jersey Devils | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 121 | 52 |
| 3 | 6 | Washington Capitals | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 120 | 52 |
| 4 | 8 | New York Rangers | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 139 | 134 | 47 |
| 5 | 9 | Florida Panthers | 48 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 115 | 127 | 46 |
| 6 | 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 120 | 144 | 37 |
| 7 | 13 | New York Islanders | 48 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 126 | 158 | 35 |
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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
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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
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January: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–1–0)
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February: 5–6–2 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–3–2)
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March: 2–10–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 0–8–0)
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April: 5–9–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 3–5–0)
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May: 0–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
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Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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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 Islanders only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
More information Regular season, No. ...
| Regular season | ||||||||
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| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 20 | Ray Ferraro | C | 47 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 1 | 30 |
| 77 | Pierre Turgeon‡ | C | 34 | 13 | 14 | 27 | −12 | 10 |
| 26 | Patrick Flatley | RW | 45 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 12 |
| 32 | Steve Thomas | RW | 47 | 11 | 15 | 26 | −14 | 60 |
| 27 | Derek King | LW | 43 | 10 | 16 | 26 | −5 | 41 |
| 68 | Zigmund Palffy | LW | 33 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | Marty McInnis | LW | 41 | 9 | 7 | 16 | −1 | 8 |
| 92[lower-alpha 1] | Vladimir Malakhov‡ | D | 26 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −1 | 32 |
| 7 | Scott Lachance | D | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 39 | Travis Green | C | 42 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −10 | 25 |
| 37 | Dennis Vaske | D | 41 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 53 |
| 33 | Benoit Hogue‡ | LW | 33 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 34 |
| 24 | Troy Loney‡ | LW | 26 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 72 | Mathieu Schneider† | D | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −5 | 30 |
| 2 | Bob Beers | D | 22 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −8 | 6 |
| 9 | Kirk Muller† | C | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 15 | Brad Dalgarno | RW | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −8 | 14 |
| 17 | Chris Marinucci | C | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 14 | Ron Sutter | C | 27 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −8 | 21 |
| 75 | Brett Lindros | RW | 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −8 | 100 |
| 6 | Chris Luongo | D | 47 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 36 |
| 24[lower-alpha 2] | Brent Severyn† | D | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 34 |
| 25 | Paul Stanton† | D | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 9 |
| 28[lower-alpha 3] | Chris Taylor | C | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Yan Kaminsky | LW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Rich Pilon | D | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 40 |
| 3 | Dean Chynoweth | D | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 77 |
| 12 | Mick Vukota | RW | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 109 |
| 11 | Darius Kasparaitis | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −11 | 22 |
| 10 | Kip Miller | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Tommy Salo | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Dave Chyzowski | LW | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 11 |
| 10 | Craig Darby† | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 8 | Gord Dineen | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
| 29 | Jamie McLennan | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 30 | Tommy Soderstrom | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 34 | Milan Tichy | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 38 | Andrei Vasilyev | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Jason Widmer | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
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Goaltending
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| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 30 | Tommy Soderstrom | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 717 | 70 | 3.11 | .902 | 1 | 1350 |
| 29 | Jamie McLennan | 21 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 539 | 67 | 3.39 | .876 | 0 | 1185 |
| 35 | Tommy Salo | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 189 | 18 | 3.02 | .905 | 0 | 358 |
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New York's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.[7]
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| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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| 1 | 9 | Brett Lindros (RW) |  Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 2 | 38 | Jason Holland (D) | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 3 | 63 | Jason Strudwick (D) | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 4 | 90 | Brad Lukowich (D) | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 5 | 112 | Mark McArthur (G) | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 5 | 116 | Albie O'Connell (LW) |  United States | Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA) |
| 6 | 142 | Jason Stewart (C) | United States | Simley High School (USHS-MA) |
| 8 | 194 | Mike Loach (C) | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 8 | 203 | Peter Hogardh (C) |  Sweden | Västra Frölunda HC (Sweden) |
| 9 | 220 | Gord Walsh (LW) | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 10 | 246 | Kirk DeWaele (D) | Canada | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
| 11 | 272 | Dick Tarnstrom (D) | Sweden | AIK IF (Sweden) |
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- "New York Islanders 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- "1994-95 New York Islanders Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- "Islanders coach Arbour returns to front office". Tampa Bay Times. June 2, 1994. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- "HENNING REPLACES ARBOUR AS ISLANDERS COACH". Deseret News. June 21, 1994. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- "1994-95 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- 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 New York Islanders Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 12, 2021.