1994–95 St. Louis Blues season

The 1994–95 season started with good fortunes for the Blues, as Mike Keenan, who had coached the 1993–94 New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup, signed with the team in the off-season. The Blues also acquired four players from the Cup-winning Rangers: Glenn Anderson, Greg Gilbert, Doug Lidster and Esa Tikkanen. On April 16, 1995, Captain Brett Hull had his first-ever 4-goal game in a 6-5 win over the Detroit Red Wings.

The Blues played strong all season and finished 3rd in the Conference. They powered their way to 4th place in scoring in the league with 178 goals.

Offseason

The Blues moved from their home in the Arena where they had played since their inception to the newly built Kiel Center. The inaugural game was set to be played against their rivals, the Chicago Blackhawks, but the NHL lockout kept this game from being played. The first official game wasn't played until January 1995. The regular season was shortened to 48 games.

Regular season

The Blues scored 135 even-strength goals during the regular season, the most among all 26 NHL teams and tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (2).^[1]

Final 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	5–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	1–0–0
2	W	January 21, 1995	7–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	2–0–0
3	L	January 24, 1995	4–6	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	2–1–0
4	W	January 26, 1995	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	3–1–0
5	L	January 28, 1995	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	3–2–0
6	W	January 31, 1995	7–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	4–2–0
7	W	February 2, 1995	5–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	5–2–0
8	W	February 4, 1995	7–4	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	6–2–0
9	T	February 7, 1995	5–5 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	6–2–1
10	L	February 9, 1995	0–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	6–3–1
11	L	February 11, 1995	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	6–4–1
12	W	February 13, 1995	4–2	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	7–4–1
13	W	February 17, 1995	4–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	8–4–1
14	L	February 18, 1995	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	8–5–1
15	W	February 20, 1995	4–0	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–5–1
16	W	February 22, 1995	4–3	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	10–5–1
17	W	February 25, 1995	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	11–5–1
18	W	February 27, 1995	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	12–5–1
19	L	March 5, 1995	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	12–6–1
20	W	March 7, 1995	6–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	13–6–1
21	W	March 9, 1995	5–1	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	14–6–1
22	L	March 12, 1995	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	14–7–1
23	L	March 14, 1995	5–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	14–8–1
24	T	March 16, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	14–8–2
25	W	March 19, 1995	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	15–8–2
26	L	March 20, 1995	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	15–9–2
27	L	March 22, 1995	3–4	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	15–10–2
28	W	March 26, 1995	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	16–10–2
29	W	March 27, 1995	3–2	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	17–10–2
30	W	March 29, 1995	3–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	18–10–2
31	W	March 31, 1995	4–1	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	19–10–2
32	T	April 2, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	19–10–3
33	W	April 3, 1995	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	20–10–3
34	W	April 5, 1995	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	21–10–3
35	L	April 9, 1995	2–3	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	21–11–3
36	W	April 11, 1995	7–5	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	22–11–3
37	L	April 13, 1995	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	22–12–3
38	W	April 16, 1995	6–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	23–12–3
39	W	April 18, 1995	4–1	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	24–12–3
40	T	April 19, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	24–12–4
41	W	April 21, 1995	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	25–12–4
42	T	April 23, 1995	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	25–12–5
43	W	April 25, 1995	8–4	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	26–12–5
44	L	April 27, 1995	2–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	26–13–5
45	L	April 28, 1995	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	26–14–5
46	W	April 30, 1995	4–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	27–14–5
47	W	May 1, 1995	5–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	28–14–5
48	L	May 3, 1995	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	28–15–5

Playoffs

With all its firepower and playoff experience, St. Louis was heavily favored to beat 6th place Vancouver in the first round of the 1995 NHL Playoffs. However, after winning game 1, the Blues dropped the next two games and never regained the series lead. After a tough overtime loss in game 5, the Blues fought back in game 6 with an explosive 8–2 victory at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver to tie the series at 3–3. In game 7 at the Kiel Center, the Blues outshot the Canucks 44–22, but Vancouver goaltender Kirk McLean was solid in net, making 41 saves; St. Louis goaltender Curtis Joseph struggled, allowing 4 goals on only 21 shots. Pavel Bure added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Canucks a 5–3 win and the series 4 games to 3.

St. Louis vs. Vancouver
Date	Away	Home
May 7	Vancouver 1	2 St. Louis
May 9	Vancouver 5	3 St. Louis
May 11	St. Louis 1	6 Vancouver
May 13	St. Louis 5	2 Vancouver
May 15	Vancouver 6	5 St. Louis	OT
May 17	St. Louis 8	2 Vancouver
May 19	Vancouver 5	3 St. Louis
Vancouver wins series 4–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	48	29	21	50	10	13	9	3	6
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan	LW	45	20	21	41	136	7	6	2	6
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	47	12	26	38	36	29	1	0	1
Tikkanen, EsaEsa Tikkanen	LW	43	12	23	35	22	13	5	2	1
Creighton, AdamAdam Creighton	C	48	14	20	34	74	17	3	0	1
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	32	8	20	28	43	19	2	0	0
Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere	RW	37	13	14	27	85	12	1	0	1
Anderson, GlennGlenn Anderson	RW	36	12	14	26	37	9	0	0	3
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	46	11	14	25	11	22	0	0	3
Norton, JeffJeff Norton	D	28	2	18	20	33	21	0	0	1
Houlder, BillBill Houlder	D	41	5	13	18	20	16	1	0	0
Chasse, DenisDenis Chasse	RW	47	7	9	16	133	12	1	0	0
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	42	5	11	16	16	11	1	0	1
Tardif, PatricePatrice Tardif	C	27	3	10	13	29	4	1	0	0
Roberts, DavidDavid Roberts	LW	19	6	5	11	10	2	3	0	2
Karamnov, VitaliVitali Karamnov	LW	26	3	7	10	14	7	0	0	0
Lidster, DougDoug Lidster	D	37	2	7	9	12	9	1	0	0
Janney, CraigCraig Janney	C	8	2	5	7	0	3	1	0	0
Miller, KevinKevin Miller	C	15	2	5	7	0	4	0	0	0
Johnson, CraigCraig Johnson	LW	15	3	3	6	6	4	0	0	0
Elik, ToddTodd Elik	C	13	2	4	6	4	5	0	0	0
Zombo, RickRick Zombo	D	23	1	4	5	24	7	0	0	1
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron	D	39	0	5	5	93	9	0	0	0
McRae, BasilBasil McRae	LW	21	0	5	5	72	4	0	0	0
Twist, TonyTony Twist	LW	28	3	0	3	89	0	0	0	1
Dufresne, DonaldDonald Dufresne	D	22	0	3	3	10	2	0	0	0
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	C	6	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	G	36	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sarjeant, GeoffGeoff Sarjeant	G	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Batters, JeffJeff Batters	D	10	0	0	0	21	-5	0	0	0
Bozon, PhilippePhilippe Bozon	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casey, JonJon Casey	G	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Felsner, DennyDenny Felsner	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Hollinger, TerryTerry Hollinger	D	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Laperriere, DanielDaniel Laperriere	D	4	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0
Prokhorov, VitaliVitali Prokhorov	LW	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	1914	36	20	10	1	89	2.79	1	904	815	.902
Casey, JonJon Casey	872	19	7	5	4	40	2.75	0	400	360	.900
Sarjeant, GeoffGeoff Sarjeant	120	4	1	0	0	6	3.00	0	52	46	.885
Team:	2906	48	28	15	5	135	2.79	1	1356	1221	.900

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan	LW	5	4	5	9	14	2	1	0	1
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	7	6	2	8	0	0	2	0	0
Chasse, DenisDenis Chasse	RW	7	1	7	8	23	7	0	0	0
Elik, ToddTodd Elik	C	7	4	3	7	2	1	1	1	0
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	7	1	5	6	10	-3	0	0	0
Tikkanen, EsaEsa Tikkanen	LW	7	2	2	4	20	-1	1	0	1
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	7	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0
Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere	RW	7	0	4	4	21	3	0	0	0
McRae, BasilBasil McRae	LW	7	2	1	3	4	4	0	0	0
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	7	1	2	3	6	3	0	0	0
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	7	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
Creighton, AdamAdam Creighton	C	7	2	0	2	16	-1	1	0	1
Anderson, GlennGlenn Anderson	RW	6	1	1	2	49	0	0	0	0
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron	D	7	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0
Houlder, BillBill Houlder	D	4	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	0
Norton, JeffJeff Norton	D	7	1	1	2	11	1	0	0	0
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	G	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Casey, JonJon Casey	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dufresne, DonaldDonald Dufresne	D	3	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Johnson, CraigCraig Johnson	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Karamnov, VitaliVitali Karamnov	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Lidster, DougDoug Lidster	D	4	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0
Roberts, DavidDavid Roberts	LW	6	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0	0
Twist, TonyTony Twist	LW	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Zombo, RickRick Zombo	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	392	7	3	3	24	3.67	178	154	.865
Casey, JonJon Casey	30	2	0	1	2	4.00	10	8	.800
Team:	422	7	3	4	26	3.70	188	162	.862

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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;

Transactions

July 24, 1994 - Doug Lidster was traded by the New York Rangers, along with Esa Tikkanen, to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Petr Nedvěd.

References

Blues on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html
↑ 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.
↑ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1994-95 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

1994–95 NHL season

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh Quebec

Atlantic	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Pacific	Anaheim Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Supplemental Draft Lockout Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

St. Louis Blues seasons

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1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

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