1994–95 Ottawa Senators season

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 per game (237,106 total)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Yashin (21)
Assists	Alexei Yashin (23)
Points	Alexei Yashin (44)
Penalties in minutes	Randy Cunneyworth (68)
Plus/minus	Troy Mallette (+6)
Wins	Don Beaupre (8)
Goals against average	Don Beaupre (3.36)
<1993–94 1995–96>

The 1994–95 Ottawa Senators season, 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.

Regular season

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

Don Beaupre would lead 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 would get the first shutout in team history on February 6, when the Senators shutout the Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 at the Civic Centre.

The Sens would start slow, going 0–6–2 in their first eight games before their shutout win over Philadelphia. They would continue to slump throughout the first 41 games of the season, as they had a 4–32–5 record, but the team would finish 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

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	T	January 22, 1995	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1994–95)	0–0–1	10,311
2	L	January 25, 1995	1–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	0–1–1	8,567
3	L	January 27, 1995	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	0–2–1	17,181
4	T	January 28, 1995	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	0–2–2	10,575
5	L	January 30, 1995	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	0–3–2	18,200
6	L	February 1, 1995	1–2	Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	0–4–2	9,663
7	L	February 2, 1995	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	0–5–2	13,219
8	L	February 4, 1995	1–2	New York Rangers (1994–95)	0–6–2	10,424
9	W	February 6, 1995	3–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	1–6–2	9,267
10	L	February 8, 1995	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	1–7–2	10,575
11	L	February 11, 1995	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	1–8–2	14,321
12	L	February 15, 1995	0–2	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)	1–9–2	12,072
13	W	February 17, 1995	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	2–9–2	16,131
14	T	February 23, 1995	5–5 OT	Washington Capitals (1994–95)	2–9–3	9,357
15	L	February 25, 1995	1–4	Florida Panthers (1994–95)	2–10–3	9,520
16	L	February 27, 1995	0–2	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	2–11–3	10,242
17	L	February 28, 1995	3–6	Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	2–12–3	9,174
18	L	March 2, 1995	2–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	2–13–3	9,114
19	W	March 5, 1995	3–1	New York Islanders (1994–95)	3–13–3	9,314
20	L	March 6, 1995	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	3–14–3	18,200
21	L	March 8, 1995	2–3	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)	3–15–3	13,609
22	T	March 10, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	3–15–4	11,927
23	L	March 14, 1995	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	3–16–4	13,234
24	L	March 16, 1995	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	3–17–4	10,382
25	W	March 18, 1995	4–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	4–17–4	9,915
26	L	March 19, 1995	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	4–18–4	9,804
27	L	March 21, 1995	0–1	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	4–19–4	10,322
28	L	March 25, 1995	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	4–20–4	16,897
29	L	March 26, 1995	4–11	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	4–21–4	10,276
30	L	March 29, 1995	2–4	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	4–22–4	9,582
31	L	March 30, 1995	0–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	4–23–4	12,386
32	L	April 2, 1995	5–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	4–24–4	14,335
33	L	April 3, 1995	4–5	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	4–25–4	10,575
34	L	April 5, 1995	0–2	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	4–26–4	9,251
35	T	April 8, 1995	2–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	4–26–5	10,575
36	L	April 10, 1995	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	4–27–5	10,074
37	L	April 12, 1995	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	4–28–5	10,509
38	L	April 15, 1995	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	4–29–5	16,740
39	L	April 16, 1995	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	4–30–5	14,273
40	L	April 19, 1995	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	4–31–5	16,321
41	L	April 20, 1995	5–6	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	4–32–5	10,575
42	W	April 22, 1995	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1994–95)	5–32–5	10,281
43	L	April 24, 1995	1–5	Florida Panthers (1994–95)	5–33–5	9,164
44	W	April 26, 1995	5–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	6–33–5	17,380
45	W	April 27, 1995	6–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	7–33–5	9,291
46	W	April 29, 1995	4–3	New York Islanders (1994–95)	8–33–5	10,417
47	L	May 1, 1995	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	8–34–5	14,448
48	W	May 3, 1995	4–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	9–34–5	21,689

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yashin, AlexeiAlexei Yashin	C	47	21	23	44	20	-20	11	0	1
Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle	C	47	16	21	37	14	-22	4	1	2
Turgeon, SylvainSylvain Turgeon	LW	33	11	8	19	29	-1	2	0	1
Larouche, SteveSteve Larouche	C	18	8	7	15	6	-5	2	0	2
Hill, SeanSean Hill	D	45	1	14	15	30	-11	0	0	0
Gaudreau, RobRob Gaudreau	RW	36	5	9	14	8	-16	0	0	0
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	33	4	10	14	16	-1	0	0	1
Picard, MichelMichel Picard	LW	24	5	8	13	14	-1	1	0	0
Levins, ScottScott Levins	C/RW	24	5	6	11	51	4	0	0	0
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	C/RW	43	5	6	11	22	-26	1	0	0
Maciver, NormNorm Maciver	D	28	4	7	11	10	-9	0	0	0
Bonk, RadekRadek Bonk	C	42	3	8	11	28	-5	1	0	0
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	48	5	5	10	68	-19	2	0	0
Elynuik, PatPat Elynuik	RW	41	3	7	10	51	-11	0	0	0
Mallette, TroyTroy Mallette	LW	23	3	5	8	35	6	0	0	1
Dahlquist, ChrisChris Dahlquist	D	46	1	7	8	36	-30	1	0	0
Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque	LW	38	4	3	7	20	-17	0	0	0
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	16	4	3	7	0	-4	1	0	0
Huffman, KerryKerry Huffman	D	37	2	4	6	46	-17	2	0	0
Archibald, DaveDave Archibald	C/LW	14	2	2	4	19	-7	0	0	1
Neckar, StanStan Neckar	D	48	1	3	4	37	-20	0	0	0
Vial, DennisDennis Vial	D/LW	27	0	4	4	65	0	0	0	0
Davydov, EvgenyEvgeny Davydov	LW	3	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0
Huard, BillBill Huard	LW	26	1	1	2	64	-2	0	0	0
Laperriere, DanielDaniel Laperriere	D	13	1	1	2	0	-4	1	0	0
Straka, MartinMartin Straka	C	6	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Paek, JimJim Paek	D	29	0	2	2	28	-5	0	0	0
Boivin, ClaudeClaude Boivin	LW	3	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Pitlick, LanceLance Pitlick	D	15	0	1	1	6	-5	0	0	0
Bales, MikeMike Bales	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	G	38	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Bicanek, RadimRadim Bicanek	D	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	G	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Guerard, DanielDaniel Guerard	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Madeley, DarrinDarrin Madeley	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shaw, BradBrad Shaw	D	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	2161	38	8	25	3	121	3.36	1	1167	1046	.896
Madeley, DarrinDarrin Madeley	255	5	1	3	0	15	3.53	0	147	132	.898
Bales, MikeMike Bales	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	1.000
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	472	9	0	6	2	32	4.07	0	240	208	.867
Team:	2891	48	9	34	5	168	3.49	1	1555	1387	.892

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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;

Awards and records

• Molson Cup - Don Beaupre

Transactions

Trades

June 26, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations(Ottawa's seventh-round draft pick, 1995 Entry Draft) (Benoit Larose)	To Ottawa Senators Jim Paek
June 20, 1993	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Ottawa's third-round pick in 1994 Entry Draft (later traded by Anaheim)	To Ottawa Senators Sean Hill Anaheim's ninth-round pick in 1994 Entry Draft (Frederic Cassivi)
June 29, 1994	To New York Islanders Ottawa's fifth-round pick in 1996 Entry Draft (Andy Berenzwig)	To Ottawa Senators Jason Zent
January 18, 1995	To Washington Capitals Ottawa's fifth-round pick 1995 Entry Draft (Benoit Gratton)	To Ottawa Senators Don Beaupre

Waivers

January 18, 1995	From San Jose Sharks Rob Gaudreau

Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 187.

Free agents

Player Former team Jean-François Labbe Undrafted free agent Bruce Gardiner Undrafted free agent Michel Picard Washington Capitals Corey Foster Philadelphia Flyers Pat Elynuik Tampa Bay Lightning Lance Pitlick Quebec Nordiques Chris Dahlquist Calgary Flames Mike Bales Boston Bruins Randy Cunneyworth Chicago Blackhawks Steve Larouche Montreal Canadiens

Player New team Gord Dineen New York Islanders Jim Kyte San Jose Sharks Steve Konroyd Calgary Flames

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Roster

1994-95 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders 1 – Craig Billington  30 – Darrin Madeley  33 – Don Beaupre  35 – Mike Bales		Defencemen 2 – Jim Paek  3 – Sean Hill  4 – Brad Shaw  5 – Kerry Huffman  6 – Chris Dahlquist  21 – Dennis Vial  22 – Norm Maciver  24 – Daniel Laperriere  44 – Radim Bicanek  56 – Lance Pitlick  94 – Stan Neckar		Wingers 7 – Randy Cunneyworth  - C 10 – Rob Gaudreau  11 – Evgeny Davydov  18 – Troy Mallette  23 – Claude Boivin  25 – Pat Elynuik  26 – Scott Levins  28 – Bill Huard  29 – Phil Bourque  46 – Daniel Guerard  49 – Michel Picard  61 – Sylvain Turgeon  78 – Pavol Demitra		Centres 15 – Dave Archibald  17 – Dave McLlwain  19 – Alexei Yashin  33 – Troy Murray  74 – Steve Larouche  76 – Radek Bonk  82 – Martin Straka  91 – Alexandre Daigle  GM: Randy Sexton Coach: Rick Bowness

Draft picks

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

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)

Farm teams

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

See also

• 1994–95 NHL season

References

• Garrioch, Bruce (1998). "Ottawa Senators 1992–93 to Date". Total Hockey.
• Ottawa Senators Media Guide 2007
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

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