1994–95 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1994–95 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division 2nd Northeast
Conference 3rd Eastern
1994–95 record 29–16–3
Home record 18–5–1
Road record 11–11–2
Goals for 181
Goals against 158
Team information
General Manager Craig Patrick
Coach Eddie Johnston
Captain Ron Francis
Alternate captains Ulf Samuelsson
Kevin Stevens
Arena Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals Jaromir Jagr (32)
Assists Ron Francis (48)
Points Jaromir Jagr (70)
Penalties in minutes Francois Leroux (114)
Plus/minus Ron Francis (+30)
Wins Ken Wregget (25)
Goals against average Ken Wregget (3.21)
<1993–94 1995–96>

Despite the absence of Mario Lemieux, the Penguins started the 1994–95 season off strong, winning their first seven games. They remained undefeated in their first 13 games, going 12–0–1. However, after such a red-hot start to the season, the Penguins had a lukewarm record in their final 35 games, going 17–16–2. Jaromir Jagr won the Art Ross Trophy for most points (70), captain Ron Francis led the league in assists (48) and plus/minus (+30), and goaltender Ken Wregget led the league in wins (25). In a 7–3 Penguins' win over the Florida Panthers on February 7, Joe Mullen recorded an assist and became the first American-born NHL player to reach 1,000 points. Nine days later, Luc Robitaille scored four goals in a 5–2 Penguins win over the Hartford Whalers.

Regular season

The Penguins had the highest shooting percentage in the NHL during the regular season, scoring 181 goals on just 1,400 shots (12.9%).[1]

Playoffs

Despite finding themselves in a three-games-to-one series deficit against the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs, the Penguins won Game 5 at home in overtime, 6–5, via Luc Robitaille's goal at 4:30 of the first overtime period. Peter Bondra, Dale Hunter, Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Stevens each scored twice in the game. Pittsburgh went on to win Game 6 in Washington, 7–1, and then closed out the series at home with a 3–0 victory in Game 7. It was the second time in four years that the Penguins had come back to defeat the Capitals after being down three games to one. The Penguins faced the New Jersey Devils in the second round, and won the opening game, 3–2. With only 1:15 remaining in Game 2, Jaromir Jagr tied the game at 2–2. The game seemed certain to head to overtime until a breakaway-goal by Devils captain Scott Stevens with just 29 seconds remaining. Claude Lemieux added an empty-net goal and the Devils tied the series with a 4–2 win. In the final three games of the series, the Penguins managed to score only three goals and were ultimately eliminated at home in Game 5, 4–1.

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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Eastern Conference[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Quebec Nordiques NE 48 30 13 5 185 134 65
2 Philadelphia Flyers AT 48 28 16 4 150 132 60
3 Pittsburgh Penguins NE 48 29 16 3 181 158 61
4 Boston Bruins NE 48 27 18 3 150 127 57
5 New Jersey Devils AT 48 22 18 8 136 121 52
6 Washington Capitals AT 48 22 18 8 136 120 52
7 Buffalo Sabres NE 48 22 19 7 130 119 51
8 New York Rangers AT 48 22 23 3 139 134 47
9 Florida Panthers AT 48 20 22 6 115 127 46
10 Hartford Whalers NE 48 19 24 5 127 141 43
11 Montreal Canadiens NE 48 18 23 7 125 148 43
12 Tampa Bay Lightning AT 48 17 28 3 120 144 37
13 New York Islanders AT 48 15 28 5 126 158 35
14 Ottawa Senators NE 48 9 34 5 117 174 23

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

1994–95 Schedule
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Tie

Suspensions

Player Length Date
Luc Robitaille 2 games February 2, 1995

Injuries

Player Injury Date
Mario Lemieux 1–year leave for Hodgkin's Lymphoma treatment August 29, 1994
Wayne McBean Wrist surgery (Out indefinitely) October 1, 1994
Tom Barrasso Wrist surgery (Out indefinitely) January 20, 1995
Greg Andrusak Separated shoulder (DTD) March 15, 1995
Tom Barrasso Sore wrist (DTD) May 3, 1995
Drake Berehowsky Knee sugery (Out indefinitely) July 1, 1995

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season[4]
Player GP G A Pts +/βˆ’ PIM
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr 48 32 38 70 23 37
Francis, RonRon Francis 44 11 48 59 30 18
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom 47 21 23 44 1 42
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille 46 23 19 42 10 37
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy 48 13 25 38 12 18
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen 45 16 21 37 15 6
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen 46 13 24 37 βˆ’4 66
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens 27 15 12 27 0 51
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern 44 13 13 26 4 22
Straka, MartinMartin Straka‑ 31 4 12 16 0 16
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson 44 1 15 16 11 113
Joseph, ChrisChris Joseph 33 5 10 15 3 46
Barrie, LenLen Barrie 48 3 11 14 βˆ’4 66
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson 40 2 9 11 βˆ’1 34
MacIver, NormNorm MacIver† 13 0 9 9 7 6
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson 41 1 6 7 8 54
Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgood 21 1 4 5 2 25
Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund 14 2 2 4 0 2
Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings‑ 25 0 4 4 2 36
Andrusak, GregGreg Andrusak 7 0 4 4 βˆ’1 6
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie 39 2 1 3 βˆ’7 63
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer 36 2 0 2 0 82
Murray, TroyTroy Murray† 13 0 2 2 βˆ’1 23
Leroux, FrancoisFrancois Leroux 40 0 2 2 7 114
Fitzgerald, RustyRusty Fitzgerald 4 1 0 1 2 0
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti 13 0 1 1 1 12
Park, RichardRichard Park 1 0 1 1 1 2
Christian, JeffJeff Christian 1 0 0 0 0 0
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky† 4 0 0 0 1 13
Total 181 316 497 122 1,010

Playoffs[5]
Player GP G A Pts +/βˆ’ PIM
Francis, RonRon Francis 12 6 13 19 3 4
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr 12 10 5 15 3 6
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy 12 2 13 15 3 0
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille 12 7 4 11 5 26
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens 12 4 7 11 βˆ’5 21
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom 12 3 3 6 βˆ’5 16
MacIver, NormNorm MacIver 12 1 4 5 βˆ’4 8
Murray, TroyTroy Murray 12 2 1 3 βˆ’1 12
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen 12 0 3 3 βˆ’5 4
Joseph, ChrisChris Joseph 10 1 1 2 βˆ’4 12
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern 11 0 2 2 βˆ’2 8
Leroux, FrancoisFrancois Leroux 12 0 2 2 0 14
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen 9 0 2 2 βˆ’4 8
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson 7 0 2 2 2 8
Barrie, LenLen Barrie 4 1 0 1 βˆ’6 8
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson 11 0 1 1 βˆ’4 32
Fitzgerald, RustyRusty Fitzgerald 5 0 0 0 βˆ’1 4
Park, RichardRichard Park 3 0 0 0 βˆ’1 2
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson 11 0 0 0 βˆ’3 6
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti 4 0 0 0 βˆ’3 2
Moran, IanIan Moran 8 0 0 0 0 0
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky 1 0 0 0 βˆ’1 0
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer 4 0 0 0 βˆ’4 18
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie 5 0 0 0 0 4
Total 37 63 100 βˆ’37 223

Goaltenders
Regular Season[6]
Player GP TOI W L T OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Wregget, KenKen Wregget 38 2,208:28 25 9 2 1 118 3.21 1,219 0.903 0 0 0 14
Young, WendellWendell Young† 10 496:38 3 6 0 0 27 3.26 255 0.894 0 0 0 2
De Rouville, PhilippePhilippe De Rouville 1 60:00 1 0 0 0 3 3.00 27 0.889 0 0 0 0
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso 2 125:00 0 1 1 0 8 3.84 75 0.893 0 0 0 0
Total 2,890:06 29 16 3 1 156 3.24 1,576 0.901 0 0 0 16
Playoffs[7]
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Wregget, KenKen Wregget 11 660:35 5 6 1 33 3.00 349 0.905 1 0 0 7
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso 2 80:00 0 1 0 8 6.00 41 0.805 0 0 0 2
Total 740:35 5 7 1 41 3.32 390 0.895 1 0 0 9

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
‑Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Team only.
     – Denotes league leader.

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season:[8]

Trades

July 29, 1994 To Los Angeles Kings:

Rick Tocchet
1995 second-round pick (#50–Pavel Rosa)

To Pittsburgh Penguins:

Luc Robitaille

February 16, 1995 To Tampa Bay Lightning:

Future considerations

To Pittsburgh Penguins:

Wendell Young

April 7, 1995 To Winnipeg Jets:

Cash

To Pittsburgh Penguins:

Greg Brown

April 7, 1995 To Toronto Maple Leafs:

Grant Jennings

To Pittsburgh Penguins:

Drake Berehowsky

April 7, 1995 To Ottawa Senators:

Martin Straka

To Pittsburgh Penguins:

Troy Murray
Norm MacIver

Free agents

Player Acquired from Lost to Date
Jeff Christian New Jersey Devils August 2, 1994
Mike Ramsey Buffalo Sabres August 3, 1994
John Cullen Toronto Maple Leafs August 3, 1994
Len Barrie Florida Panthers August 15, 1994

Signings

Player Date
Joe Dziedzic August 10, 1994
Brian Farrell September 20, 1994
Ryan Savoia April 7, 1995

Other

Name Date Details
Allen Pedersen September 20, 1994 Released
Doug Brown January 18, 1995 Lost in waiver draft (to Detroit Red Wings)
Chris Joseph January 18, 1995 Claimed in waiver draft (from Tampa Bay Lightning)
Francois Leroux January 18, 1995 Claimed in waiver draft (from Ottawa Senators)
Mike Hudson January 18, 1995 Claimed in waiver draft (from New York Rangers)
Wayne McBean January 18, 1995 Claimed in waiver draft (from Winnipeg Jets)
Micah Aivazoff January 18, 1995 Claimed in waiver draft (from Detroit Red Wings)
Micah Aivazoff January 18, 1995 Lost in waiver draft (to Edmonton Oilers)

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.[9]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 24 Chris Wells Center  Canada Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2 50 Richard Park Right Wing  United States Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3 57[a] Sven Butenschon Defense  Germany Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3 73[b] Greg Crozier Left Wing  Canada Lawrence Academy (USHS–MA)
3 76 Alexei Krivchenkov Defense  Russia CSKA Moscow (Russia)
4 102 Tom O'Connor Defense  United States Springfield Olympics (EJHL)
5 128 Clint Johnson Left Wing  United States East High School (Duluth) (USHS–MN)
6 154 Valentin Morozov Center  Russia CSKA Moscow (Russia)
7 161[c] Serge Aubin Center  Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
7 180 Drew Palmer Defense  United States Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
8 206 Boris Zelenko Left Wing  Russia CSKA Moscow (RUssia)
9 232 Jason Godbout Defense  United States Hill-Murray School (USHS–MN)
10 258 Mikhail Kazakevich Center  Russia Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
11 284 Brian Leitza Goaltender  United States Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
Draft notes[10]

See also

References

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