1994–95 Buffalo Sabres season

The 1994–95 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' 26th season in the National Hockey League. The season was marked by injuries to star forwards Dale Hawerchuk and Pat LaFontaine, who each missed over half of the lockout-shortened season. Donald Audette, Alexander Mogilny and Wayne Presley filled the offensive hole left by the absence of LaFontaine and Hawerchuk, as Audette led the team in goals (24), Mogilny led in assists (28) and points (47) and Presley led in shorthanded goals (5). Thanks to Presley's contribution in this offensive category, the Sabres tied the Washington Capitals with the most shorthanded goals scored by any team during the regular season (13). Dominik Hasek led all goaltenders in save percentage with .930, goals against average with 2.11 (tied with Rick Tabaracci of the Washington Capitals/Calgary Flames) and shutouts with 5 (tied with Ed Belfour of the Chicago Blackhawks). The Sabres were one of only three teams (the other two being the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Quebec Nordiques) not to be shut out in any of their regular season games or playoff games.^[1]^[2]

On April 4, 1995, the Sabres scored three short-handed goals in a 6–3 home win over the Hartford Whalers.^[3]

The team's playoff run was brief, as they were eliminated in the first round by the Philadelphia Flyers in five games.

Off-season

NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	17	Wayne Primeau (Centre)	Canada	Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
2	43	Curtis Brown (Left wing)	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)

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Regular season

The Sabres scored the fewest even-strength goals during the regular season (72).^[5]

Season standings

Northeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Quebec Nordiques	48	30	13	5	185	134	65
2	3	Pittsburgh Penguins	48	29	16	3	181	158	61
3	4	Boston Bruins	48	27	18	3	150	127	57
4	7	Buffalo Sabres	48	22	19	7	130	119	51
5	10	Hartford Whalers	48	19	24	5	127	141	43
6	11	Montreal Canadiens	48	18	23	7	125	148	43
7	14	Ottawa Senators	48	9	34	5	117	174	23

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Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	January 20, 1995	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	1–0–0
2	W	January 22, 1995	5–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	2–0–0
3	W	January 25, 1995	2–1	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	3–0–0
4	L	January 27, 1995	3–7	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	3–1–0
5	T	January 28, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	3–1–1
6	L	January 31, 1995	1–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	3–2–1
7	W	February 2, 1995	1–0	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	4–2–1
8	L	February 4, 1995	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	4–3–1
9	W	February 5, 1995	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	5–3–1
10	W	February 7, 1995	2–1	Washington Capitals (1994–95)	6–3–1
11	L	February 11, 1995	1–2	@ New York Islanders (1994–95)	6–4–1
12	L	February 12, 1995	1–2	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	6–5–1
13	L	February 15, 1995	1–2	New York Rangers (1994–95)	6–6–1
14	T	February 19, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	6–6–2
15	T	February 22, 1995	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1994–95)	6–6–3
16	W	February 25, 1995	3–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	7–6–3
17	L	February 26, 1995	2–4	New York Rangers (1994–95)	7–7–3
18	W	March 2, 1995	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	8–7–3
19	T	March 4, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	8–7–4
20	W	March 5, 1995	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	9–7–4
21	T	March 8, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	9–7–5
22	L	March 11, 1995	2–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	9–8–5
23	W	March 14, 1995	2–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)	10–8–5
24	W	March 16, 1995	6–3	New York Islanders (1994–95)	11–8–5
25	L	March 18, 1995	3–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	11–9–5
26	L	March 19, 1995	1–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	11–10–5
27	L	March 21, 1995	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	11–11–5
28	W	March 24, 1995	3–0	Florida Panthers (1994–95)	12–11–5
29	L	March 26, 1995	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	12–12–5
30	W	March 28, 1995	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	13–12–5
31	W	March 30, 1995	7–0	Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	14–12–5
32	W	April 1, 1995	5–1	@ New York Islanders (1994–95)	15–12–5
33	W	April 4, 1995	6–3	Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	16–12–5
34	T	April 6, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	16–12–6
35	L	April 8, 1995	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	16–13–6
36	L	April 9, 1995	5–6	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	16–14–6
37	L	April 12, 1995	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	16–15–6
38	L	April 14, 1995	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	16–16–6
39	W	April 16, 1995	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	17–16–6
40	L	April 18, 1995	1–2	Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	17–17–6
41	L	April 19, 1995	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	17–18–6
42	W	April 23, 1995	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	18–18–6
43	W	April 24, 1995	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	19–18–6
44	W	April 26, 1995	5–0	Florida Panthers (1994–95)	20–18–6
45	L	April 28, 1995	1–5	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	20–19–6
46	T	April 29, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	20–19–7
47	W	May 1, 1995	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	21–19–7
48	W	May 3, 1995	5–4	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	22–19–7

Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs

Philadelphia vs. Buffalo
Date	Away	Home	Score	OT
May 7	Buffalo	Philadelphia	4 – 3	OT
May 8	Buffalo	Philadelphia	3 – 1
May 10	Philadelphia	Buffalo	3 – 1
May 12	Philadelphia	Buffalo	4 – 2
May 14	Buffalo	Philadelphia	6 – 4
Philadelphia wins series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny	RW	44	19	28	47	36	0	12	0	2
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette	RW	46	24	13	37	27	-3	13	0	7
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	22	12	15	27	4	2	6	1	3
Khmylev, YuriYuri Khmylev	LW	48	8	17	25	14	8	2	1	1
Plante, DerekDerek Plante	C	47	3	19	22	12	-4	2	0	0
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger	D	44	3	17	20	47	-3	2	0	0
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	46	14	5	19	41	5	0	5	2
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	23	5	11	16	2	-2	2	0	2
Hannan, DaveDave Hannan	C	42	4	12	16	32	3	0	2	0
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	42	7	4	11	19	-6	0	1	2
Simpson, CraigCraig Simpson	LW	24	4	7	11	26	-5	1	0	0
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	39	4	7	11	46	5	0	1	1
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	14	1	9	10	10	4	1	0	0
Sweeney, BobBob Sweeney	C/RW	45	5	4	9	18	-6	1	2	0
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	21	2	5	7	34	-3	1	0	0
May, BradBrad May	LW	33	3	3	6	87	5	1	0	0
Huddy, CharlieCharlie Huddy	D	32	2	4	6	36	-1	1	0	0
Muni, CraigCraig Muni	D	40	0	6	6	36	-4	0	0	0
Boucher, PhilippePhilippe Boucher	D	9	1	4	5	0	6	0	0	0
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	D	26	0	5	5	60	-5	0	0	0
Astley, MarkMark Astley	D	14	2	1	3	12	-2	0	0	0
Pearson, ScottScott Pearson	LW	14	2	1	3	20	-3	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	28	1	2	3	68	1	0	0	0
Sutton, KenKen Sutton	D	12	1	2	3	30	-2	0	0	1
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	4	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	47	0	3	3	173	-4	0	0	0
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby	RW	23	1	1	2	116	-2	0	0	0
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0
Gordiouk, ViktorViktor Gordiouk	LW	10	0	2	2	0	-3	0	0	0
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau	C	1	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	1
Ambroziak, PeterPeter Ambroziak	LW	12	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	41	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
MacDonald, DougDoug MacDonald	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Melanson, DeanDean Melanson	D	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsygurov, DenisDenis Tsygurov	D	4	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	2416	41	19	14	7	85	2.11	5	1221	1136	.930
Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber	317	6	2	3	0	20	3.79	0	150	130	.867
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	180	3	1	2	0	12	4.00	0	85	73	.859
Team:	2913	48	22	19	7	117	2.41	5	1456	1339	.920

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny	RW	5	3	2	5	2	-6	0	0	0
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	5	3	1	4	8	3	0	1	1
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	5	2	2	4	2	-2	1	0	0
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger	D	5	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	5	2	1	3	6	-2	0	0	0
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	4	2	1	3	2	-3	1	0	0
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	5	0	3	3	4	-3	0	0	0
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette	RW	5	1	1	2	4	-2	1	0	0
Hannan, DaveDave Hannan	C	5	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0
Khmylev, YuriYuri Khmylev	LW	5	0	1	1	8	-1	0	0	0
Muni, CraigCraig Muni	D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	5	0	1	1	14	-7	0	0	0
Astley, MarkMark Astley	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Huddy, CharlieCharlie Huddy	D	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
May, BradBrad May	LW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Pearson, ScottScott Pearson	LW	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	5	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Sweeney, BobBob Sweeney	C/RW	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	309	5	1	4	18	3.50	0	131	113	.863
Team:	309	5	1	4	18	3.50	0	131	113	.863

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Note: Pos = Position; 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;

Awards and records

Dominik Hasek, Nominee, Hart Memorial Trophy
Dominik Hasek, Vezina Trophy
Dominik Hasek, NHL First Team All-Star^[8]

References

Sabres on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/1995_games.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199504040BUF.html
↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/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.
↑ "1994-95 Buffalo Sabres Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 237, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

Buffalo Sabres

Founded in 1970 Based in Buffalo, New York

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History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Terrence Pegula President Russ Brandon General Manager Tim Murray Head coach Dan Bylsma Team captain Brian Gionta Current roster

Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium HarborCenter (practice) First Niagara Center

Affiliates	AHL Rochester Americans ECHL Elmira Jackals

Owners	Knox/Knox/Swados/Strawbridge Rigas Golisano/Quinn Pegula

General managers	Imlach Anderson Bowman Meehan Muckler Regier LaFontaine (de facto) Murray

Head coaches	Imlach Smith Crozier Smith Pronovost Inglis Bowman Neilson Roberts Bowman Schoenfeld Bowman Ramsay Sator Dudley Muckler Nolan Ruff Rolston Nolan Bylsma

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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

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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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1994–95 NHL season

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh Quebec

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

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