1994–95 Boston Bruins season

The 1994–95 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 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]

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	21	Evgeni Ryabchikov (Goaltender)	Russia	Molot Perm (Russia)
2	47	Daniel Goneau (Left wing)	Canada	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
4	99	Eric Nickulas (Right wing)	United States	Cushing Academy [Mass H.S.]

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Regular season

Final standings

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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Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
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
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	48	12	41	53	8	-11	4	1	2
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	46	12	31	43	20	3	9	0	2
Neely, CamCam Neely	RW	42	27	14	41	72	7	16	0	5
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski	C	44	18	13	31	31	-3	6	0	5
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski	RW	47	12	14	26	31	4	1	0	2
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund	LW	34	8	14	22	4	-4	2	0	1
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney	D	47	3	19	22	24	6	1	0	2
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	47	10	10	20	10	3	1	0	1
Stumpel, JozefJozef Stumpel	C	44	5	13	18	8	4	1	0	2
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze	RW	36	7	9	16	23	0	0	1	0
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov	D	44	2	14	16	33	-2	0	1	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	LW	44	6	6	12	139	6	0	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	35	5	6	11	68	-3	1	0	1
Rohloff, JonJon Rohloff	D	34	3	8	11	39	1	0	0	1
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	38	5	5	10	10	8	0	0	0
Moger, SandySandy Moger	C	18	2	6	8	6	-1	2	0	0
Murray, GlenGlen Murray	RW	35	5	2	7	46	-11	0	0	2
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw	D	44	3	4	7	36	-9	1	0	0
Gruden, JohnJohn Gruden	D	38	0	6	6	22	3	0	0	0
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft	D	34	0	6	6	103	-3	0	0	0
Knipscheer, FredFred Knipscheer	C	16	3	1	4	2	1	0	0	1
Makela, MikkoMikko Makela	RW	11	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0
Lacroix, DanielDaniel Lacroix	LW	23	1	0	1	38	-2	0	0	0
Harkins, BrettBrett Harkins	LW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lacher, BlaineBlaine Lacher	G	35	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Potvin, MarcMarc Potvin	RW	6	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Panteleev, GrigoriGrigori Panteleev	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riendeau, VincentVincent Riendeau	G	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Serowik, JeffJeff Serowik	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Stewart, CamCam Stewart	LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Lacher, BlaineBlaine Lacher	1965	35	19	11	2	79	2.41	4	805	726	.902
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	373	8	5	1	0	19	3.06	0	140	121	.864
Riendeau, VincentVincent 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	GWG
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	5	0	3	3	0	-5	0	0
Neely, CamCam Neely	RW	5	2	0	2	2	-4	1	1
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski	RW	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund	LW	5	1	0	1	0	-3	0	0
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	5	1	0	1	2	-6	1	0
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw	D	5	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski	C	5	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze	RW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	LW	5	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft	D	5	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Knipscheer, FredFred Knipscheer	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lacher, BlaineBlaine Lacher	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larose, GuyGuy Larose	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murray, GlenGlen Murray	RW	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rohloff, JonJon Rohloff	D	5	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0
Stumpel, JozefJozef Stumpel	C	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney	D	5	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Lacher, BlaineBlaine Lacher	283	5	1	4	12	2.54	125	113	.904
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	25	1	0	0	1	2.40	10	9	.900
Team:	308	5	1	4	13	2.53	135	122	.904

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Note:

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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References

Bruins on Hockey Database

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Boston Bruins

Founded in 1924 Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	All-time roster Records Award Winners 1956 exhibition game in Newfoundland

Personnel	Owner Jeremy Jacobs President Cam Neely General manager Don Sweeney Head coach Claude Julien Team captain Zdeno Chára Current roster

Arenas	Boston Arena Boston Garden TD Garden

Rivalries	Montreal Canadiens

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General managers	Ross Patrick Emms Schmidt Sinden O'Connell Gorton Chiarelli Sweeney

Head coaches	Ross Denneny Ross Patrick Ross Weiland Ross Clapper Boucher Patrick Schmidt Watson Schmidt Sinden Johnson Guidolin Cherry Creighton Sinden Cheevers Sinden Goring O'Reilly Milbury Bowness Sutter Kasper Burns Keenan Ftorek O'Connell Sullivan Lewis Julien

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Culture	Rene Rancourt The Goal Willie O'Ree North Station The Sports Museum of New England Original Six The Big Bad Bruins The Kraut Line "Time to Go"

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See also	Draft Supplemental Draft Lockout Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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