1994–95 Boston Bruins season

1994–95 Boston Bruins
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
Team leaders
Goals Cam Neely (27)
Assists Adam Oates (41)
Penalties in minutes Brent Hughes (139)
Wins Blaine Lacher (19)
Goals against average Blaine Lacher (2.41)
<1993–94 1995–96>

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
11 Quebec Nordiques 48 30 13 5 185 134 65
23 Pittsburgh Penguins 48 29 16 3 181 158 61
34 Boston Bruins 48 27 18 3 150 127 57
47 Buffalo Sabres 48 22 19 7 130 119 51
510 Hartford Whalers 48 19 24 5 127 141 43
611 Montreal Canadiens 48 18 23 7 125 148 43
714 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
1WJanuary 22, 19954–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 1–0–0
2WJanuary 23, 19952–1 @ New York Rangers (1994–95) 2–0–0
3WJanuary 26, 19951–0 OT New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 3–0–0
4LJanuary 28, 19951–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 3–1–0
5LJanuary 30, 19951–2 Florida Panthers (1994–95) 3–2–0
6WFebruary 2, 19956–4 Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 4–2–0
7WFebruary 4, 19955–4 Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 5–2–0
8WFebruary 7, 19957–4 Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 6–2–0
9LFebruary 9, 19953–4 Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 6–3–0
10TFebruary 11, 19951–1 OT Washington Capitals (1994–95) 6–3–1
11WFebruary 12, 19952–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 7–3–1
12LFebruary 14, 19953–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 7–4–1
13WFebruary 17, 19955–4 @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 8–4–1
14LFebruary 18, 19951–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 8–5–1
15LFebruary 22, 19952–3 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 8–6–1
16WFebruary 23, 19953–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 9–6–1
17TFebruary 25, 19951–1 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 9–6–2
18WFebruary 27, 19952–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 10–6–2
19WMarch 2, 19957–2 New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 11–6–2
20LMarch 4, 19953–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 11–7–2
21WMarch 5, 19955–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 12–7–2
22LMarch 7, 19951–3 Washington Capitals (1994–95) 12–8–2
23LMarch 9, 19952–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 12–9–2
24LMarch 11, 19950–2 Florida Panthers (1994–95) 12–10–2
25WMarch 16, 19956–0 Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 13–10–2
26WMarch 18, 19954–3 New York Islanders (1994–95) 14–10–2
27LMarch 19, 19953–4 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 14–11–2
28LMarch 22, 19952–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 14–12–2
29WMarch 24, 19954–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 15–12–2
30WMarch 28, 19955–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 16–12–2
31WMarch 30, 19953–2 @ New York Islanders (1994–95) 17–12–2
32LApril 1, 19952–3 New York Rangers (1994–95) 17–13–2
33LApril 2, 19951–2 @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) 17–14–2
34TApril 6, 19951–1 OT Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 17–14–3
35WApril 8, 19955–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 18–14–3
36WApril 9, 19956–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 19–14–3
37LApril 12, 19950–4 Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 19–15–3
38LApril 14, 19953–5 @ New York Rangers (1994–95) 19–16–3
39WApril 15, 19953–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 20–16–3
40WApril 19, 19954–1 Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 21–16–3
41WApril 20, 19956–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 22–16–3
42WApril 23, 19955–4 New York Rangers (1994–95) 23–16–3
43LApril 24, 19953–5 @ New York Islanders (1994–95) 23–17–3
44WApril 26, 19951–0 Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 24–17–3
45LApril 28, 19951–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 24–18–3
46WApril 30, 19955–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 25–18–3
47WMay 1, 19955–4 Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 26–18–3
48WMay 3, 19954–2 @ 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 8-11412
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque D 46 12 31 43 203902
Neely, CamCam Neely RW 42 27 14 41 7271605
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski C 44 18 13 31 31-3605
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski RW 47 12 14 26 314102
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund LW 34 8 14 22 4-4201
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney D 47 3 19 22 246102
Donato, TedTed Donato LW 47 10 10 20 103101
Stumpel, JozefJozef Stumpel C 44 5 13 18 84102
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze RW 36 7 9 16 230010
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov D 44 2 14 16 33-2010
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes LW 44 6 6 12 1396000
Leach, StephenStephen Leach RW 35 5 6 11 68-3101
Rohloff, JonJon Rohloff D 34 3 8 11 391001
Reid, DaveDave Reid LW 38 5 5 10 108000
Moger, SandySandy Moger C 18 2 6 8 6-1200
Murray, GlenGlen Murray RW 35 5 2 7 46-11002
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw D 44 3 4 7 36-9100
Gruden, JohnJohn Gruden D 38 0 6 6 223000
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft D 34 0 6 6 103-3000
Knipscheer, FredFred Knipscheer C 16 3 1 4 21001
Makela, MikkoMikko Makela RW 11 1 2 3 00100
Lacroix, DanielDaniel Lacroix LW 23 1 0 1 38-2000
Harkins, BrettBrett Harkins LW 1 0 1 1 00000
Lacher, BlaineBlaine Lacher G 35 0 1 1 40000
Potvin, MarcMarc Potvin RW 6 0 1 1 41000
Billington, CraigCraig Billington G 8 0 0 0 20000
Panteleev, GrigoriGrigori Panteleev LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Riendeau, VincentVincent Riendeau G 11 0 0 0 20000
Serowik, JeffJeff Serowik D 1 0 0 0 01000
Stewart, CamCam Stewart LW 5 0 0 0 20000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Lacher, BlaineBlaine Lacher 1965 35 19 11 2 79 2.41 4805726.902
Billington, CraigCraig Billington 373 8 5 1 0 19 3.06 0140121.864
Riendeau, VincentVincent Riendeau 565 11 3 6 1 27 2.87 0221194.878
Team: 2903 48 27 18 3 125 2.58 411661041.893

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque D 5 0 3 3 0-5000
Neely, CamCam Neely RW 5 2 0 2 2-4101
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski RW 5 1 0 1 00000
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund LW 5 1 0 1 0-3000
Oates, AdamAdam Oates C 5 1 0 1 2-6100
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw D 5 0 1 1 4-2000
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski C 5 0 1 1 4-2000
Billington, CraigCraig Billington G 1 0 0 0 00000
Donato, TedTed Donato LW 5 0 0 0 40000
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze RW 5 0 0 0 00000
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes LW 5 0 0 0 4-2000
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft D 5 0 0 0 110000
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov D 5 0 0 0 20000
Knipscheer, FredFred Knipscheer C 4 0 0 0 00000
Lacher, BlaineBlaine Lacher G 5 0 0 0 00000
Larose, GuyGuy Larose C 4 0 0 0 00000
Murray, GlenGlen Murray RW 2 0 0 0 2-1000
Reid, DaveDave Reid LW 5 0 0 0 01000
Rohloff, JonJon Rohloff D 5 0 0 0 6-1000
Stumpel, JozefJozef Stumpel C 5 0 0 0 0-1000
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney D 5 0 0 0 4-4000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Lacher, BlaineBlaine Lacher 283 5 1 4 12 2.54 0125113.904
Billington, CraigCraig Billington 25 1 0 0 1 2.40 0109.900
Team: 308 5 1 4 13 2.53 0135122.904

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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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Wingers

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References

  1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1995.html
  2. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html
  3. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
  4. 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.
  5. "1994-95 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  6. http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505070BOS.html
  7. http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505080BOS.html
  8. http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505100NJD.html
  9. http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505120NJD.html
  10. http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505140BOS.html
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