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1994–95 Boston Bruins season
NHL team season
NHL team season
| Field | Value |
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| League | NHL |
| Season | 1994–95 |
| year | 1994 |
| Team | Boston Bruins |
| Conference | Eastern |
| ConferenceRank | 4th |
| Division | Northeast |
| DivisionRank | 3rd |
| Record | 27–18–3 |
| HomeRecord | 15–7–2 |
| RoadRecord | 12–11–1 |
| GoalsFor | 150 |
| GoalsAgainst | 127 |
| GeneralManager | Harry Sinden |
| Coach | Brian Sutter |
| Captain | Ray Bourque |
| AltCaptain | Cam Neely |
| Adam Oates | |
| Arena | Boston Garden |
| Attendance | 14,300 |
| MinorLeague | Providence Bruins |
| GoalsLeader | Cam Neely (27) |
| AssistsLeader | Adam Oates (41) |
| PointsLeader | Adam Oates (53) |
| PIMLeader | Brent Hughes (139) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Dave Reid (+8) |
| WinsLeader | Blaine Lacher (19) |
| GAALeader | Blaine Lacher (2.41) |
Adam Oates 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. They also allowed the fewest powerplay goals (24) and had the best penalty-killing % (86.89%) of all 26 teams.
Regular season
This season was the last at the historic Boston Garden for the Bruins before its closure as the team moved to the Fleet Center (now TD Garden) the following year.
Final standings
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. The Devils would go on to win their first Stanley Cup.
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- |1||January 22, 1995||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||1–0–0 || |- |2||January 23, 1995||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1994–95) ||2–0–0 || |- |3||January 26, 1995||1–0 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||3–0–0 || |- |4||January 28, 1995||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||3–1–0 || |- |5||January 30, 1995||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||3–2–0 ||
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Playoffs
|- |1|| May 7, 1995 || 0–5 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || 14,448 || Devils lead 1–0 || |- |2|| May 8, 1995 || 0–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || 14,448 || Devils lead 2–0 || |- |3|| May 10, 1995 || 3–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || 16,523 || Devils lead 2–1 || |- |4|| May 12, 1995 || 0–1 OT || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || 19,040 || Devils lead 3–1 || |- |5|| May 14, 1995 || 2–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || 14,448 || Devils win 4–1 ||
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | C | 48 | 12 | 41 | 53 | −11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −6 | 2 | |||
| 77 | D | 46 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −5 | 0 | |||
| 8 | RW | 42 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 7 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 2 | |||
| 20 | LW | 44 | 18 | 13 | 31 | −3 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | |||
| 19 | RW | 47 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | LW | 34 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 | |||
| 32 | D | 47 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | |||
| 21 | C | 47 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 22 | C | 44 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 23 | RW | 36 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | D | 44 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 18 | LW | 44 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 139 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | |||
| 27 | RW | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −3 | 68 | |||||||||
| 38 | D | 34 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | |||
| 17 | C | 38 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 45 | RW | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 44 | LW | 35 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −11 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 34 | D | 44 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −9 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | |||
| 36 | D | 38 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | |||||||||
| 28 | D | 34 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −3 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |||
| 48 | LW | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 42 | RW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 40 | C | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 38 | |||||||||
| 40 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1 | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 37 | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 49 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 41 | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
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| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref | League | ||
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| (annual) | League | |||||
| (in-season) | Team | |||||
| NHL Second All-Star team | Ray Bourque (Defense) | |||||
| NHL Rookie of the Month | Blaine Lacher (February) | |||||
| Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy | Cam Neely | |||||
| Seventh Player Award | Blaine Lacher | |||||
| Three Stars Awards | Cam Neely (1st) | |||||
| Ray Bourque (2nd) | ||||||
| Blaine Lacher (3rd) |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game | 600th assist |
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| Blaine Lacher | January 22, 1995 | ||||
| Jon Rohloff | January 30, 1995 | ||||
| Sandy Moger | March 22, 1995 | ||||
| Brett Harkins | April 24, 1995 | ||||
| Adam Oates | April 8, 1995 |
Draft picks
Boston's draft picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft in Hartford, Connecticut.
| 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) | 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) |
References
References
- "1994-95 NHL Summary".
- "New Jersey Devils at Boston Bruins Box Score — May 7, 1995".
- "New Jersey Devils at Boston Bruins Box Score — May 8, 1995".
- "Boston Bruins at New Jersey Devils Box Score — May 10, 1995".
- "Boston Bruins at New Jersey Devils Box Score — May 12, 1995".
- "New Jersey Devils at Boston Bruins Box Score — May 14, 1995".
- "1994-95 Boston Bruins Schedule".
- "Postseason All-Star Teams".
- (March 4, 1995). "OILERS FACE MONEY WOES".
- Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p.239
- Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p. 239–40
- "1994-95 NHL Debuts".
- (January 19, 2007). "Elias Says ...".
- "1994 NHL Entry Draft".
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