1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season

1994–95 Detroit Red Wings
Presidents' Trophy Winners
Western Conference Champions
Central Division Champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
1994–95 record	33–11–4
Home record	17–4–3
Road record	16–7–1
Goals for	180
Goals against	117
Team information
General Manager	Scotty Bowman (inteirm) Jim Devellano (interim) Ken Holland (interim)
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Paul Coffey Sergei Fedorov Dino Ciccarelli
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Ray Sheppard (30)
Assists	Paul Coffey (44)
Points	Paul Coffey (58)
Penalties in minutes	Vladimir Konstantinov (101)
Plus/minus	Paul Coffey (18)
Wins	Mike Vernon (19)
Goals against average	Chris Osgood (2.26)
<1993–94 1995–96>

The 1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 72nd season. The Red Wings started the 1994–95 season strong, and finished it strong, going 33–11–4 for 70 points in 48 games. Having the league's best regular-season record, they were awarded the Presidents' Trophy. They tied the Chicago Blackhawks for most power play goals with 52 and had the second-best power-play in the league (24.64%). Veteran forward Ray Sheppard scored 30 goals on just 125 shots.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	23	Yan Golubovsky (Defence)	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
2	49	Mathieu Dandenault (Right wing)	Canada	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)

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Regular season

Season standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	48	33	11	4	180	117	70
2	2	St. Louis Blues	48	28	15	5	178	135	61
3	4	Chicago Blackhawks	48	24	19	5	156	115	53
4	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	21	19	8	135	146	50
5	8	Dallas Stars	48	17	23	8	136	135	42
6	10	Winnipeg Jets	48	16	25	7	157	177	39

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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.

Western Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	48	33	11	4	180	117	70
2	x – Calgary Flames	PAC	48	24	17	7	163	135	55
3	St. Louis Blues	CEN	48	28	15	5	178	135	61
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	48	24	19	5	156	115	53
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	48	21	19	8	135	146	50
6	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	48	18	18	12	153	148	48
7	San Jose Sharks	PAC	48	19	25	4	129	161	42
8	Dallas Stars	CEN	48	17	23	8	136	135	42
9	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	48	16	23	9	142	174	41
10	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	48	16	25	7	157	177	39
11	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	48	17	27	4	136	183	38
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	48	16	27	5	125	164	37

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	January 20, 1995	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	1–0–0
2	L	January 22, 1995	1–4	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	1–1–0
3	W	January 24, 1995	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	2–1–0
4	W	January 26, 1995	5–1	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	3–1–0
5	W	January 28, 1995	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	4–1–0
6	W	January 30, 1995	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	5–1–0
7	L	February 1, 1995	1–2	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	5–2–0
8	W	February 3, 1995	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	6–2–0
9	L	February 4, 1995	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	6–3–0
10	W	February 7, 1995	6–0	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	7–3–0
11	L	February 10, 1995	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	7–4–0
12	T	February 12, 1995	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	7–4–1
13	W	February 15, 1995	5–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	8–4–1
14	W	February 17, 1995	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–4–1
15	W	February 20, 1995	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	10–4–1
16	W	February 22, 1995	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	11–4–1
17	W	February 23, 1995	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	12–4–1
18	L	February 25, 1995	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	12–5–1
19	W	March 2, 1995	6–1	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	13–5–1
20	L	March 5, 1995	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	13–6–1
21	W	March 6, 1995	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	14–6–1
22	T	March 9, 1995	4–4 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	14–6–2
23	W	March 12, 1995	2–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	15–6–2
24	W	March 14, 1995	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	16–6–2
25	W	March 16, 1995	5–4	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	17–6–2
26	W	March 17, 1995	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	18–6–2
27	W	March 22, 1995	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	19–6–2
28	L	March 24, 1995	2–3	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	19–7–2
29	W	March 25, 1995	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	20–7–2
30	W	March 28, 1995	6–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	21–7–2
31	W	March 30, 1995	3–2	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	22–7–2
32	W	April 1, 1995	3–2	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	23–7–2
33	T	April 2, 1995	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	23–7–3
34	W	April 5, 1995	5–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	24–7–3
35	W	April 7, 1995	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	25–7–3
36	W	April 9, 1995	4–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	26–7–3
37	W	April 11, 1995	4–1	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	27–7–3
38	W	April 13, 1995	3–0	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	28–7–3
39	W	April 14, 1995	3–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	29–7–3
40	L	April 16, 1995	5–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	29–8–3
41	T	April 19, 1995	5–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	29–8–4
42	W	April 21, 1995	6–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	30–8–4
43	W	April 23, 1995	5–1	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	31–8–4
44	L	April 25, 1995	1–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	31–9–4
45	L	April 27, 1995	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	31–10–4
46	W	April 29, 1995	4–2	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	32–10–4
47	L	April 30, 1995	0–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	32–11–4
48	W	May 3, 1995	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	33–11–4

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Playoffs

The Red Wings dominated the first three rounds of the 1995 NHL Playoffs, going 12–2 and outscoring their opponents 54–28 during that span. On Sunday June 11, the Red Wings advanced to the Stanley Cup Final, their first Finals appearance since 1966 with a 2–1 double-overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks in game five of the 1995 Western Conference Final. Forward Vyacheslav Kozlov scored the game-winner at 2:25 of the second overtime period.

The Red Wings were stunned in the 1995 Stanley Cup Final in four-game sweep at the hands of the underdog New Jersey Devils, whose neutral-zone trap system held Detroit to just seven goals in the series.

Detroit vs. Dallas
Date	Away	Home
May 7	Dallas 3	4 Detroit
May 9	Dallas 1	4 Detroit
May 11	Detroit 5	1 Dallas
May 14	Detroit 1	4 Dallas
May 15	Dallas 1	3 Detroit
Detroit wins series 4–1

Detroit vs. San Jose
Date	Away	Home
May 21	San Jose 0	6 Detroit
May 23	San Jose 2	6 Detroit
May 25	Detroit 6	2 San Jose
May 27	Detroit 6	2 San Jose
Detroit wins series 4–0

Western Conference

Detroit vs. Chicago
Date	Away	Home
June 1	Chicago 1	2 Detroit	OT
June 4	Chicago 2	3 Detroit
June 6	Detroit 4	3 Chicago	2OT
June 8	Detroit 2	5 Chicago
June 11	Chicago 1	2 Detroit	2OT
Detroit wins series 4–1 and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Stanley Cup Final

Detroit vs. New Jersey
Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
June 17	New Jersey	2	Detroit	1
June 20	New Jersey	4	Detroit	2
June 22	Detroit	2	New Jersey	5
June 24	Detroit	2	New Jersey	5
New Jersey wins series 4–0 and Stanley Cup
Claude Lemieux (New Jersey) wins Conn Smythe Trophy

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey	D	45	14	44	58	72	18	4	1	2
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	C	42	20	30	50	24	6	7	3	5
Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli	RW	42	16	27	43	39	12	6	0	3
Primeau, KeithKeith Primeau	C	45	15	27	42	99	17	1	0	3
Sheppard, RayRay Sheppard	RW	43	30	10	40	17	11	11	0	5
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	47	12	26	38	40	6	4	0	1
Kozlov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Kozlov	LW	46	13	20	33	45	12	5	0	3
Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidstrom	D	43	10	16	26	6	15	7	0	0
Brown, DougDoug Brown	RW	45	9	12	21	16	14	1	1	2
Errey, BobBob Errey	LW	30	6	11	17	31	9	0	0	1
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	LW/C	42	6	8	14	60	13	0	0	3
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov	D	14	3	11	14	2	3	3	0	0
Konstantinov, VladimirVladimir Konstantinov	D	47	3	11	14	101	10	0	0	0
McCarty, DarrenDarren McCarty	RW	31	5	8	13	88	5	1	0	2
Lapointe, MartinMartin Lapointe	RW	39	4	6	10	73	1	0	0	1
Johnson, GregGreg Johnson	C	22	3	5	8	14	1	2	0	0
Draper, KrisKris Draper	C	36	2	6	8	22	1	0	0	0
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger	C	13	2	6	8	2	3	0	0	0
Rouse, BobBob Rouse	D	48	1	7	8	36	14	0	0	1
Howe, MarkMark Howe	D	18	1	5	6	10	-3	0	0	1
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	LW/C	20	2	3	5	6	3	0	0	0
Taylor, TimTim Taylor	C	22	0	4	4	16	3	0	0	0
Carkner, TerryTerry Carkner	D	20	1	2	3	21	7	0	0	0
Ramsey, MikeMike Ramsey	D	33	1	2	3	23	11	0	0	0
York, JasonJason York	D	10	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
Halkidis, BobBob Halkidis	D	4	0	1	1	6	2	0	0	0
Ward, AaronAaron Ward	D	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Ferner, MarkMark Ferner	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grimson, StuStu Grimson	LW	11	0	0	0	37	-4	0	0	0
McKim, AndrewAndrew McKim	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	G	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Vernon, MikeMike Vernon	G	30	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Vernon, MikeMike Vernon	1807	30	19	6	4	76	2.52	1	710	634	.893
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	1087	19	14	5	0	41	2.26	1	496	455	.917
Team:	2894	48	33	11	4	117	2.43	2	1206	1089	.903

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	C	17	7	17	24	6	3	0	0
Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey	D	18	6	12	18	10	2	1	0
Kozlov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Kozlov	LW	18	9	7	16	10	1	0	4
Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidstrom	D	18	4	12	16	8	3	0	2
Brown, DougDoug Brown	RW	18	4	8	12	2	0	1	1
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	15	4	8	12	0	2	0	1
Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli	RW	16	9	2	11	22	6	0	2
Primeau, KeithKeith Primeau	C	17	4	5	9	45	2	0	0
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov	D	18	0	8	8	14	0	0	0
Sheppard, RayRay Sheppard	RW	17	4	3	7	5	2	0	0
Errey, BobBob Errey	LW	18	1	5	6	30	1	0	0
Draper, KrisKris Draper	C	18	4	1	5	12	0	1	1
McCarty, DarrenDarren McCarty	RW	18	3	2	5	14	0	0	0
Rouse, BobBob Rouse	D	18	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
Konstantinov, VladimirVladimir Konstantinov	D	18	1	1	2	22	0	0	1
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	LW/C	16	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Grimson, StuStu Grimson	LW	11	1	0	1	26	0	0	0
Lapointe, MartinMartin Lapointe	RW	2	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Ramsey, MikeMike Ramsey	D	15	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Taylor, TimTim Taylor	C	6	0	1	1	12	0	0	0
Howe, MarkMark Howe	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnson, GregGreg Johnson	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	LW/C	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vernon, MikeMike Vernon	G	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Vernon, MikeMike Vernon	1063	18	12	6	41	2.31	1	370	329	.889
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	68	2	0	0	2	1.76	0	25	23	.920
Team:	1131	18	12	6	43	2.28	1	395	352	.891

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Transactions

Trades

June 29, 1994	To Calgary Flames Steve Chiasson	To Detroit Red Wings Mike Vernon

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database

1. ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
2. ↑ 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.  CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link)
3. ↑ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL. 
4. ↑ "1994–95 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-03. 
5. ↑ "1994-95 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02. 

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