Despite the absence of Mario Lemieux, the Penguins started the 1994β95 season off strong, winning their first seven games. They remained undefeated in their first 13 games, going 12β0β1. However, after such a red-hot start to the season, the Penguins had a lukewarm record in their final 35 games, going 17β16β2. 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 7β3 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 5β2 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, 6β5, 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, 7β1, and then closed out the series at home with a 3β0 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, 3β2. With only 1:15 remaining in Game 2, Jaromir Jagr tied the game at 2β2. 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 4β2 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, 4β1.
Final standings
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Divisions: AT β Atlantic, NE β Northeast
bold β Qualified for playoffs
Schedule and results
1994β95 Schedule |
January: 5β0β0 (Home: 1β0β0 ; Road: 4β0β0), 10 Points
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February: 9β3β2 (Home: 7β1β1 ; Road: 2β2β1), 20 Points
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March: 8β6β0 (Home: 5β1β0 ; Road: 3β5β0), 16 Points
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April: 7β5β1 (Home: 5β2β0 ; Road: 2β3β1), 15 Points
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May: 0β2β0 (Home: 0β1β0 ; Road: 0β1β0), 0 Points
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
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Suspensions
Injuries
Player statistics
- Skaters
Regular Season[4]
Player |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
+/β |
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 | β4 | 66 |
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens | 27 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 51 |
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern | 44 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 22 |
Straka, MartinMartin Strakaβ‘ | 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 | β4 | 66 |
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson | 40 | 2 | 9 | 11 | β1 | 34 |
MacIver, NormNorm MacIverβ | 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 Jenningsβ‘ | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
Andrusak, GregGreg Andrusak | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | β1 | 6 |
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | β7 | 63 |
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 82 |
Murray, TroyTroy Murrayβ | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | β1 | 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 Berehowskyβ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
Total | 181 | 316 | 497 | 122 | 1,010 |
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Playoffs[5]
Player |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
+/β |
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 | β5 | 21 |
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | β5 | 16 |
MacIver, NormNorm MacIver | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | β4 | 8 |
Murray, TroyTroy Murray | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | β1 | 12 |
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | β5 | 4 |
Joseph, ChrisChris Joseph | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | β4 | 12 |
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | β2 | 8 |
Leroux, FrancoisFrancois Leroux | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | β4 | 8 |
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Barrie, LenLen Barrie | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | β6 | 8 |
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β4 | 32 |
Fitzgerald, RustyRusty Fitzgerald | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 4 |
Park, RichardRichard Park | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 2 |
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β3 | 6 |
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β3 | 2 |
Moran, IanIan Moran | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 0 |
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β4 | 18 |
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Total | 37 | 63 | 100 | β37 | 223 |
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- 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 Youngβ | 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 |
β Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
β‘Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Team only.
β Denotes league leader.
Transactions
The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1994β95 season:[8]
Trades
Free agents
Signings
Other
Draft picks
Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.[9]
- Draft notes[10]
- a The Hartford Whalers' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a March 10, 1992 trade that sent Frank Pietrangelo to the Whalers in exchange for a seventh-round pick and this pick.
- b The Boston Bruins' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of an October 8, 1993 trade that sent Paul Stanton to the Bruins in exchange for this pick.
- c The Hartford Whalers' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a March 10, 1992 trade that sent Frank Pietrangelo to the Whalers in exchange for a third-round pick and this pick.
See also
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