1994–95 Florida Panthers season

1994–95 Florida Panthers
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	9th Eastern
1994–95 record	20–22–6
Home record	9–12–3
Road record	11–10–3
Goals for	115
Goals against	127
Team information
General Manager	Bryan Murray
Coach	Roger Neilson
Captain	Brian Skrudland
Alternate captains	Scott Mellanby Gord Murphy
Arena	Miami Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Jesse Belanger (15)
Assists	Stu Barnes (19)
Points	Jesse Belanger (29)
Penalties in minutes	Paul Laus (138)
Plus/minus	Jesse Belanger (+7)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (14)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (2.47)
<1993–94	1995–96>

The 1994–95 Florida Panthers season was the Panthers' second season. For the second straight year, they missed the playoffs by just one point. While the team tied for 6th in the league in goaltending behind the solid tandem of John Vanbiesbrouck and Mark Fitzpatrick and finished first in most shutouts (6), it finished last in the league in scoring with 115 goals and was shut out 5 times. The Panthers tied the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators for fewest shorthanded goals scored (1).^[1]

The Panthers were one of only three teams in 1994–95 to have a better regular-season record on the road then at home (the other two teams were the Chicago Blackhawks and the Los Angeles Kings).

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	1	Ed Jovanovski (D)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
2	27	Rhett Warrener (Defence)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2	31	Jason Podollan (Right wing)	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
2	36	Ryan Johnson (Centre)	Canada	Thunder Bay Flyers (USHL)

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Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	48	28	16	4	150	132	60
2	5	New Jersey Devils	48	22	18	8	136	121	52
3	6	Washington Capitals	48	22	18	8	136	120	52
4	8	New York Rangers	48	22	23	3	139	134	47
5	9	Florida Panthers	48	20	22	6	115	127	46
6	12	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	17	28	3	120	144	37
7	13	New York Islanders	48	15	28	5	126	158	35

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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	January 21, 1995	1–2	@ New York Islanders (1994–95)	0–1–0
2	L	January 23, 1995	5–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	0–2–0
3	L	January 25, 1995	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	0–3–0
4	W	January 26, 1995	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	1–3–0
5	W	January 28, 1995	2–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	2–3–0
6	W	January 30, 1995	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	3–3–0
7	L	January 31, 1995	1–5	New York Islanders (1994–95)	3–4–0
8	T	February 2, 1995	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	3–4–1
9	L	February 4, 1995	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	3–5–1
10	L	February 7, 1995	3–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	3–6–1
11	W	February 9, 1995	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	4–6–1
12	W	February 11, 1995	4–3	Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	5–6–1
13	L	February 12, 1995	2–4	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	5–7–1
14	W	February 15, 1995	2–0	Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	6–7–1
15	L	February 17, 1995	4–5	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	6–8–1
16	L	February 19, 1995	1–4	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	6–9–1
17	L	February 21, 1995	3–5	New York Rangers (1994–95)	6–10–1
18	L	February 23, 1995	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	6–11–1
19	W	February 25, 1995	4–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	7–11–1
20	T	February 28, 1995	0–0 OT	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	7–11–2
21	T	March 2, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	7–11–3
22	L	March 4, 1995	1–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	7–12–3
23	W	March 8, 1995	3–2	Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	8–12–3
24	W	March 11, 1995	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	9–12–3
25	W	March 12, 1995	4–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	10–12–3
26	L	March 14, 1995	1–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	10–13–3
27	W	March 16, 1995	5–1	Washington Capitals (1994–95)	11–13–3
28	L	March 18, 1995	3–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	11–14–3
29	L	March 20, 1995	4–5 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	11–15–3
30	W	March 22, 1995	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	12–15–3
31	L	March 24, 1995	0–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	12–16–3
32	W	March 26, 1995	2–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	13–16–3
33	T	March 29, 1995	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	13–16–4
34	W	April 2, 1995	4–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	14–16–4
35	L	April 5, 1995	0–5	New York Rangers (1994–95)	14–17–4
36	T	April 8, 1995	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1994–95)	14–17–5
37	L	April 12, 1995	1–3	New York Islanders (1994–95)	14–18–5
38	L	April 14, 1995	0–3	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	14–19–5
39	W	April 16, 1995	4–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	15–19–5
40	L	April 18, 1995	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	15–20–5
41	W	April 20, 1995	1–0	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	16–20–5
42	W	April 22, 1995	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	17–20–5
43	W	April 24, 1995	5–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	18–20–5
44	L	April 26, 1995	0–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	18–21–5
45	L	April 28, 1995	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	18–22–5
46	T	April 30, 1995	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1994–95)	18–22–6
47	W	May 2, 1995	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	19–22–6
48	W	May 3, 1995	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	20–22–6

Player stats

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jesse Belanger	47	15	14	29	18
Stu Barnes	41	10	19	29	8
Scott Mellanby	48	13	12	25	90
Dave Lowry	45	10	10	20	25
Jody Hull	46	11	8	19	8
Bill Lindsay	48	10	9	19	46
Tom Fitzgerald	48	3	13	16	31
Brian Skrudland	47	5	9	14	88
Mike Hough	48	6	7	13	38
Johan Garpenlov	27	3	9	12	0
Rob Niedermayer	48	4	6	10	36
Bob Kudelski	26	6	3	9	2
Andrei Lomakin	31	1	6	7	6
Gaetan Duchesne	13	1	2	3	2
Jeff Daniels	3	0	0	0	0
Jamie Linden	4	0	0	0	17
Dave Tomlinson	5	0	0	0	0

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gord Murphy	46	6	16	22	24
Jason Woolley	34	4	9	13	18
Brian Benning	24	1	7	8	18
Magnus Svensson	19	2	5	7	10
Paul Laus	37	0	7	7	138
Geoff Smith	47	2	4	6	22
Randy Moller	17	0	3	3	16
Robert Svehla	5	1	1	2	0
Brent Severyn	9	1	1	2	37
Dallas Eakins	17	0	1	1	35
Joe Cirella	20	0	1	1	21
Stephane Richer	1	0	0	0	2
Keith Brown	13	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SV% = Save percentage ; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts

Player	GP	W	L	T	SV%	GAA	SO
John Vanbiesbrouck	37	14	15	4	.914	2.47	4
Mark Fitzpatrick	15	6	7	2	.900	2.64	2

Awards and records

• John Vanbiesbrouck, runner-up, Hart Trophy
• John Vanbiesbrouck, runner-up, Vezina Trophy

References

• Panthers on Hockey Database

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