1994–95 Washington Capitals season

1994–95 Washington Capitals
Division 3rd Atlantic
Conference 6th Eastern
1994–95 record 22–18–8
Home record 15–6–3
Road record 7–12–5
Goals for 136
Goals against 120
Team information
General Manager David Poile
Coach Jim Schoenfeld
Captain Dale Hunter
Alternate captains Calle Johansson
Joe Juneau
Michal Pivonka
Arena USAir Arena
Team leaders
Goals Peter Bondra (34)
Assists Joe Juneau (38)
Points Peter Bondra (43)
Joe Juneau
Penalties in minutes Craig Berube (173)
Plus/minus Joe Reekie (+10)
Wins Jim Carey (18)
Goals against average Jim Carey (2.13)
<1993–94 1995–96>

The 1994–95 Washington Capitals season was the team's 21st season of play. After stumbling to a 3–10–5 record by February 28, the Capitals caught a break in bringing up 20-year-old rookie goaltender Jim Carey from the Portland Pirates for their March 2 game against the New York Islanders. The Capitals edged the Islanders 4–3 and Carey made 21 saves. Carey would finish his rookie season with an impressive 18–6–3 record, a 2.13 goals against average (GAA) and four shutouts. With the help of Carey's superb goaltending, Washington would go on to win 19 of their final 30 games and finish in sixth place in the Eastern Conference, with a 22–18–8 record for 52 points. Peter Bondra had an excellent season, leading all NHL skaters in goals (34) and shorthanded goals (6).

Regular season

The Capitals tied the Buffalo Sabres for the most short-handed goals scored (13) and tied the St. Louis Blues for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (2) during the regular season.[1]

Final standings

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
12 Philadelphia Flyers 48 28 16 4 150 132 60
25 New Jersey Devils 48 22 18 8 136 121 52
36 Washington Capitals 48 22 18 8 136 120 52
48 New York Rangers 48 22 23 3 139 134 47
59 Florida Panthers 48 20 22 6 115 127 46
612 Tampa Bay Lightning 48 17 28 3 120 144 37
713 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.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TJanuary 21, 19951–1 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 0–0–1
2LJanuary 24, 19951–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 0–1–1
3LJanuary 25, 19950–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 0–2–1
4WJanuary 27, 19955–2 New York Islanders (1994–95) 1–2–1
5LJanuary 29, 19951–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 1–3–1
6LFebruary 2, 19950–1 Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 1–4–1
7WFebruary 4, 19953–2 Florida Panthers (1994–95) 2–4–1
8LFebruary 7, 19951–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 2–5–1
9LFebruary 8, 19954–5 @ New York Rangers (1994–95) 2–6–1
10TFebruary 11, 19951–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 2–6–2
11LFebruary 13, 19953–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 2–7–2
12LFebruary 15, 19952–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 2–8–2
13WFebruary 18, 19954–2 Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 3–8–2
14LFebruary 20, 19950–2 New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 3–9–2
15TFebruary 23, 19955–5 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 3–9–3
16TFebruary 25, 19953–3 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 3–9–4
17TFebruary 26, 19951–1 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 3–9–5
18LFebruary 28, 19952–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 3–10–5
19WMarch 2, 19954–3 @ New York Islanders (1994–95) 4–10–5
20WMarch 4, 19955–1 Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 5–10–5
21WMarch 5, 19954–2 New York Rangers (1994–95) 6–10–5
22WMarch 7, 19953–1 @ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 7–10–5
23TMarch 10, 19952–2 OT Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 7–10–6
24WMarch 12, 19953–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 8–10–6
25WMarch 13, 19953–0 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 9–10–6
26LMarch 16, 19951–5 @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 9–11–6
27WMarch 18, 19954–1 New York Rangers (1994–95) 10–11–6
28WMarch 20, 19955–0 @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 11–11–6
29WMarch 21, 19951–0 Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 12–11–6
30TMarch 25, 19952–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 12–11–7
31LMarch 26, 19953–4 OT Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 12–12–7
32WMarch 29, 19954–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 13–12–7
33WMarch 31, 19956–4 Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 14–12–7
34WApril 2, 19952–1 Boston Bruins (1994–95) 15–12–7
35WApril 4, 19955–4 @ New York Islanders (1994–95) 16–12–7
36LApril 8, 19951–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 16–13–7
37LApril 11, 19951–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 16–14–7
38LApril 12, 19951–2 New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 16–15–7
39WApril 14, 19953–0 Florida Panthers (1994–95) 17–15–7
40LApril 16, 19952–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 17–16–7
41LApril 17, 19952–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 17–17–7
42WApril 21, 19956–3 Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 18–17–7
43WApril 22, 19952–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 19–17–7
44LApril 24, 19954–5 @ New York Rangers (1994–95) 19–18–7
45WApril 26, 19956–5 New York Islanders (1994–95) 20–18–7
46WApril 28, 19955–1 Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 21–18–7
47TApril 30, 19952–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 21–18–8
48WMay 2, 19957–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 22–18–8

Playoffs

In the first round of the playoffs, the Capitals faced their old rivals from 1991, 1992 and 1994, the Pittsburgh Penguins. Washington had defeated Pittsburgh in the first round one year earlier and were hoping to do the same in 1995. The series started out well for the Capitals, as they defeated the Penguins 5-4 in the opening game. In Game 2, Washington held a 3–1 lead after two periods, but Pittsburgh scored four times in the thirs period to win 5–3 and tie the series at 1–1. Washington won Games 3 and 4 at home by identical scores of 6–2. The two teams skated to a 5–5 tie in Game 5, and with just 4:30 into the first overtime period, Luc Robitaille scored his fourth of the playoffs to keep the Penguins alive in the series. Peter Bondra, Dale Hunter, Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Stevens each scored twice in the game. Leading three games to two, the Capitals had a chance to eliminate the Penguins on home ice in Game 6, but goaltender Jim Carey struggled, allowing six goals on just 13 shots. Washington got only one shot (by Keith Jones) past Pittsburgh goaltender Ken Wregget, who made 30 saves. The Penguins went on to win the game 7–1 and tied the series at three games apiece. Jaromir Jagr, Luc Robitaille and Tomas Sandstrom each scored twice. In Game 7, Carey played better than he had in Game 6, stopping 15 of 17 shots, but Ken Wregget was solid again and stopped all 33 Washington shots to get the shutout. Troy Murray would add an empty-net goal to give Pittsburgh a 3–0 win and the series victory, four games to three. It was the second time in four years that the Penguins had defeated the Capitals after trailing 3–1 in a playoff series.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra RW 47 34 9 43 2491263
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau C 44 5 38 43 8-1300
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka C 46 10 23 33 503422
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson D 46 5 26 31 35-6402
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich LW/C 48 12 14 26 410802
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk LW 46 11 14 25 447333
Miller, KellyKelly Miller LW 48 10 13 23 65201
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 45 8 15 23 101-4301
Jones, KeithKeith Jones RW 40 14 6 20 65-2104
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote D 47 5 14 19 532102
Johnson, JimJim Johnson D 47 0 13 13 436000
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi D 42 3 9 12 71-5201
Poulin, DaveDave Poulin C 29 4 5 9 102020
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar D 31 2 5 7 224000
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie D 48 1 6 7 9710000
Berube, CraigCraig Berube LW 43 2 4 6 173-5000
Pearson, RobRob Pearson RW 32 0 6 6 96-6000
Klee, KenKen Klee D 23 3 1 4 412000
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 13 1 3 4 82000
Peake, PatPat Peake C 18 0 4 4 12-6000
Allison, JasonJason Allison C 12 2 1 3 6-3200
Gendron, MartinMartin Gendron RW 8 2 1 3 23000
Slaney, JohnJohn Slaney D 16 0 3 3 6-3000
Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski C 27 1 1 2 102-6001
Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson C 10 1 0 1 2-2000
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci G 8 0 1 1 20000
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov D 3 0 1 1 23000
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge LW 2 0 0 0 20000
Carey, JimJim Carey G 28 0 0 0 00000
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe G 4 0 0 0 00000
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig G 14 0 0 0 40000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Carey, JimJim Carey 1604 28 18 6 3 57 2.13 4654597.913
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig 724 14 2 8 2 30 2.49 0305275.902
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe 187 4 1 1 1 11 3.53 08069.863
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci 394 8 1 3 2 16 2.44 0147131.891
Team: 2909 48 22 18 8 114 2.35 411861072.904

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra RW 7 5 3 8 10201
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 7 4 4 8 24200
Jones, KeithKeith Jones RW 7 4 4 8 22100
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau C 7 2 6 8 2000
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk LW 7 2 5 7 12010
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich LW/C 7 1 4 5 0000
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka C 7 1 4 5 21000
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson D 7 3 1 4 0100
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar D 7 2 2 4 2001
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote D 7 1 3 4 2000
Miller, KellyKelly Miller LW 7 0 3 3 4000
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 7 0 2 2 4000
Johnson, JimJim Johnson D 7 0 2 2 8000
Pearson, RobRob Pearson RW 3 1 0 1 17001
Berube, CraigCraig Berube LW 7 0 0 0 29000
Carey, JimJim Carey G 7 0 0 0 4000
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe G 1 0 0 0 0000
Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski C 5 0 0 0 36000
Klee, KenKen Klee D 7 0 0 0 4000
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig G 2 0 0 0 0000
Poulin, DaveDave Poulin C 2 0 0 0 0000
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie D 7 0 0 0 2000
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi D 1 0 0 0 2000
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov D 2 0 0 0 4000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Carey, JimJim Carey 358 7 2 4 25 4.19 0151126.834
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig 44 2 1 0 1 1.36 02120.952
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe 20 1 0 0 1 3.00 032.667
Team: 422 7 3 4 27 3.84 0175148.846

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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;

Draft picks

Dan Carmody Jake Brennan

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.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.
  3. ↑ "1994-95 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

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