1994–95_Ottawa_Senators_season

1994–95 Ottawa Senators season

NHL hockey team season

The 1994–95 Ottawa Senators season was the third season of the National Hockey League (NHL) club, was cut short due to the NHL lockout, which postponed the start of the season until late January, and teams only played 48 games that season. This was also the team's final full season at the Ottawa Civic Centre before moving to the Palladium the following season.

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1994–95 Ottawa Senators
Division	7th Northeast
Conference	14th Eastern
1994–95 record	9–34–5
Home record	5–16–3
Road record	4–18–2
Goals for	117
Goals against	174
Team information
General manager	Randy Sexton
Coach	Rick Bowness
Captain	Randy Cunneyworth
Alternate captains	Chris Dahlquist Troy Murray
Arena	Ottawa Civic Centre
Average attendance	9,879 (237,106 total)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Prince Edward Island Senators Thunder Bay Senators
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Yashin (21)
Assists	Alexei Yashin (23)
Points	Alexei Yashin (44)
Penalty minutes	Randy Cunneyworth (68)
Plus/minus	Troy Mallette (+6)
Wins	Don Beaupre (8)
Goals against average	Don Beaupre (3.36)
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Regular season

Bruins

Sabres

Whalers

Canadiens

Senators

Penguins

Nordiques

Northeast Division Teams

Alexei Yashin once again proved to be the Senators leader on the ice, scoring 21 goals, along with 23 assists for a team leading 44 points. Alexandre Daigle had another strong season also, putting up 37 points (16 goals, 21 assists) to finish second to Yashin in team scoring.

Don Beaupre led the team in net, setting the team record for best GAA average in a season (3.36), best save percentage (.896), won 8 of the 9 games the Senators won during the season and got the first shutout in team history on February 6, when the Senators shutout the Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 at the Civic Centre.

The Sens started slow, going 0–6–2 in their first eight games before their shutout win over Philadelphia. They slumped throughout the first 41 games of the season, as they had a 4–32–5 record but the team finished the year by going 5–2–0 in their last seven games, outscoring their opponents 27-21, to finish the season with a 9–34–5 record but failed to avoid finishing in last place in the NHL for the third straight season.

The Senators finished last in wins (9), losses (34), points (23), even-strength goals against (129), and tied the Florida Panthers and Montreal Canadiens for fewest short-handed goals scored (1).^[1]

Season standings

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Northeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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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Eastern Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

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1994–95 regular season^[4]

January: 0–3–2 (home: 0–0–1; road: 0–3–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
1	T	January 22, 1995	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1994–95)	0–0–1	10,311	Recap
2	L	January 25, 1995	1–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	0–1–1	8,567	Recap
3	L	January 27, 1995	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	0–2–1	17,181	Recap
4	T	January 28, 1995	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	0–2–2	10,575	Recap
5	L	January 30, 1995	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	0–3–2	18,200	Recap

February: 2–9–1 (home: 1–6–1; road: 1–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
6	L	February 1, 1995	1–2	Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	0–4–2	9,663	Recap
7	L	February 2, 1995	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	0–5–2	13,219	Recap
8	L	February 4, 1995	1–2	New York Rangers (1994–95)	0–6–2	10,424	Recap
9	W	February 6, 1995	3–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	1–6–2	9,267	Recap
10	L	February 8, 1995	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	1–7–2	10,575	Recap
11	L	February 11, 1995	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	1–8–2	14,321	Recap
12	L	February 15, 1995	0–2	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)	1–9–2	12,072	Recap
13	W	February 17, 1995	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	2–9–2	16,131	Recap
14	T	February 23, 1995	5–5 OT	Washington Capitals (1994–95)	2–9–3	9,357	Recap
15	L	February 25, 1995	1–4	Florida Panthers (1994–95)	2–10–3	9,520	Recap
16	L	February 27, 1995	0–2	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	2–11–3	10,242	Recap
17	L	February 28, 1995	3–6	Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	2–12–3	9,174	Recap

March: 2–11–1 (home: 2–5–0; road: 0–6–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
18	L	March 2, 1995	2–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	2–13–3	9,114	Recap
19	W	March 5, 1995	3–1	New York Islanders (1994–95)	3–13–3	9,314	Recap
20	L	March 6, 1995	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	3–14–3	18,200	Recap
21	L	March 8, 1995	2–3	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)	3–15–3	13,609	Recap
22	T	March 10, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	3–15–4	11,927	Recap
23	L	March 14, 1995	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	3–16–4	13,234	Recap
24	L	March 16, 1995	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	3–17–4	10,382	Recap
25	W	March 18, 1995	4–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	4–17–4	9,915	Recap
26	L	March 19, 1995	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	4–18–4	9,804	Recap
27	L	March 21, 1995	0–1	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	4–19–4	10,322	Recap
28	L	March 25, 1995	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	4–20–4	16,897	Recap
29	L	March 26, 1995	4–11	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	4–21–4	10,276	Recap
30	L	March 29, 1995	2–4	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	4–22–4	9,582	Recap
31	L	March 30, 1995	0–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	4–23–4	12,386	Recap

April: 4–10–1 (home: 2–5–1; road: 2–5–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
32	L	April 2, 1995	5–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	4–24–4	14,335	Recap
33	L	April 3, 1995	4–5	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	4–25–4	10,575	Recap
34	L	April 5, 1995	0–2	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	4–26–4	9,251	Recap
35	T	April 8, 1995	2–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	4–26–5	10,575	Recap
36	L	April 10, 1995	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	4–27–5	10,074	Recap
37	L	April 12, 1995	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	4–28–5	10,509	Recap
38	L	April 15, 1995	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	4–29–5	16,740	Recap
39	L	April 16, 1995	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	4–30–5	14,273	Recap
40	L	April 19, 1995	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	4–31–5	16,321	Recap
41	L	April 20, 1995	5–6	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	4–32–5	10,575	Recap
42	W	April 22, 1995	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1994–95)	5–32–5	10,281	Recap
43	L	April 24, 1995	1–5	Florida Panthers (1994–95)	5–33–5	9,164	Recap
44	W	April 26, 1995	5–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	6–33–5	17,380	Recap
45	W	April 27, 1995	6–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	7–33–5	9,291	Recap
46	W	April 29, 1995	4–3	New York Islanders (1994–95)	8–33–5	10,417	Recap

May: 1–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
47	L	May 1, 1995	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	8–34–5	14,448	Recap
48	W	May 3, 1995	4–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	9–34–5	21,689	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Senators only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.

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			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Alexei Yashin	C	47	21	23	44	−20	20
91	Alexandre Daigle	C	47	16	21	37	−22	14
61	Sylvain Turgeon	LW	33	11	8	19	−1	29
74	Steve Larouche	C	18	8	7	15	−5	6
3	Sean Hill	D	45	1	14	15	−11	30
10	Rob Gaudreau	RW	36	5	9	14	−16	8
33	Troy Murray‡	C	33	4	10	14	−1	16
49	Michel Picard	LW	24	5	8	13	−1	14
26	Scott Levins	RW	24	5	6	11	4	51
17	Dave McLlwain	C	43	5	6	11	−26	22
22	Norm Maciver‡	D	28	4	7	11	−9	10
76	Radek Bonk	C	42	3	8	11	−5	28
7	Randy Cunneyworth	LW	48	5	5	10	−19	68
25	Pat Elynuik	RW	41	3	7	10	−11	51
18	Troy Mallette	LW	23	3	5	8	6	35
6	Chris Dahlquist	D	46	1	7	8	−30	36
29	Phil Bourque	LW	38	4	3	7	−17	20
78	Pavol Demitra	LW	16	4	3	7	−4	0
5	Kerry Huffman	D	37	2	4	6	−17	46
15	Dave Archibald	C	14	2	2	4	−7	19
94	Stan Neckar	D	48	1	3	4	−20	37
21	Dennis Vial	D	27	0	4	4	0	65
11	Evgeny Davydov	LW	3	1	2	3	2	0
20	Bill Huard‡	LW	26	1	1	2	−2	64
24	Daniel Laperriere†	D	13	1	1	2	−4	0
82	Martin Straka†	C	6	1	1	2	−1	0
2	Jim Paek	D	29	0	2	2	−5	28
23	Claude Boivin	LW	3	0	1	1	−1	6
56	Lance Pitlick	D	15	0	1	1	−5	6
35	Mike Bales	G	1	0	0	0		0
33^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Don Beaupre	G	38	0	0	0		10
44	Radim Bicanek	D	6	0	0	0	3	0
1	Craig Billington‡	G	9	0	0	0		2
46	Daniel Guerard	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	Darrin Madeley	G	5	0	0	0		0
4	Brad Shaw	D	2	0	0	0	3	0

Goaltending

‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Don Beaupre	38	8	25	3	1167	121	3.36	.896	1	2161
30	Darrin Madeley	5	1	3	0	147	15	3.53	.898	0	255
35	Mike Bales	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	1.000	0	3
1	Craig Billington‡	9	0	6	2	240	32	4.06	.867	0	472

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
Team	Molson Cup	Don Beaupre	^[5]

Transactions

May 1994

May 12	Signed free agent Jean-François Labbé from the PEI Senators of the AHL to a 1-year contract.

Source^[6]

June 1994

June 14	Signed free agent Bruce Gardiner from the Peoria Rivermen of the IHL to an entry-level contract. Signed free agent Michel Picard from the Portland Pirates of the AHL to a 2-year, $450,000 (CAD) contract.
June 20	Signed free agent Corey Foster from the Hershey Bears of the AHL to a 1-year contract.
June 21	Signed free agent Pat Elynuik from the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 2-year, $1.23 mil (CAD) contract.
June 22	Signed free agent Lance Pitlick from the Hershey Bears of the AHL to a 1-year, $250,000 (CAD) contract.
June 25	Acquired Jim Paek from the Los Angeles Kings for a 7th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Benoit Larose).
June 28	Acquired Sean Hill and a 9th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Frederic Cassivi from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for a 3rd round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - Vadim Epanchintsev. Mark Michaud, Andrew McBain, Brad Lauer, Dan Quinn, Gord Dineen, Graeme Townshend and Mark LaForest became unrestricted free agents.

Source^[7]

July 1994

July 4	Signed free agent Chris Dahlquist from the Calgary Flames to a 2-year, $790,000 contract. Signed free agent Mike Bales from the Providence Bruins to a 1-year contract.
July 15	Signed free agent Randy Cunneyworth from the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-year, $1.3 mil (CAD) contract.

Source^[8]

September 1994

September 11	Signed free agent Steve Larouche from the Atlanta Knights of the IHL to a 1-year, $225,000 (CAD) contract.

Source^[9]

October 1994

October 15	Acquired Jason Zent from the New York Islanders for a 5th round pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft - (Andy Berenzweig).

Source^[10]

January 1995

January 18	Acquired Don Beaupre from the Washington Capitals for a 5th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Benoit Gratton). Claimed Rob Gaudreau from the San Jose Sharks in the 1994 NHL Waiver Draft. Lost François Leroux to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1994 NHL Waiver Draft.

Source^[11]

March 1995

March 30	Lost free agent Jim Kyte to the San Jose Sharks on a 1-year contract.

Source^[12]

April 1995

April 7	Acquired Martin Straka from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Troy Murray and Norm Maciver. Acquired the rights of Mika Stromberg and a 4th round draft pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Kevin Boyd) from the Quebec Nordiques for Bill Huard. Acquired Daniel Laperrière and a 9th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Erik Kaminski) from the St. Louis Blues for a 9th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Libor Zabransky). Acquired an 8th round draft pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Ray Schultz) from the Boston Bruins for Craig Billington. Lost free agent Steve Konroyd to the Calgary Flames on a 1-year contract.

Source^[13]

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.^[14]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	3	Radek Bonk	Czech Republic	Las Vegas Thunder (IHL)
2	29	Stanislav Neckar	Czech Republic	HC České Budějovice (Czech.)
4	81	Bryan Masotta	United States	Hotchkiss Academy (US HS)
6	131	Mike Gaffney	United States	LaSalle Academy (US HS)
6	133	Daniel Alfredsson	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
7	159	Doug Sproule	United States	Hotchkiss Academy (US HS)
9	210	Frederic Cassivi	Canada	Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
9	211	Danny Dupont	Canada	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
10	237	Steve MacKinnon	United States	Chelmsford High School (US HS)
11	274	Antti Tormanen	Finland	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
S	3	Steve Guolla	Canada	Michigan State University (CCHA)

Farm teams

Prince Edward Island Senators (American Hockey League)
Thunder Bay Senators (Colonial Hockey League)

Notes

Beaupre wore number 31 through April 16.

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