1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning season
1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning | |
---|---|
Division | 6th Atlantic |
Conference | 12th Eastern |
1994–95 record | 17–28–3 |
Home record | 10–14–0 |
Road record | 7–14–3 |
Goals for | 120 |
Goals against | 144 |
Team information | |
General manager | Phil Esposito |
Coach | Terry Crisp |
Captain | Vacant |
Arena | ThunderDome |
Average attendance | 19,932 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Atlanta Knights Nashville Knights |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Brian Bradley, Petr Klima (13) |
Assists | Brian Bradley (27) |
Points | Brian Bradley (40) |
Penalty minutes | Enrico Ciccone (225) |
Plus/minus | Adrien Plavsic (+5) |
Wins | Daren Puppa (14) |
Goals against average | Daren Puppa (2.68) |
The 1994-95 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the third season in franchise history. The team traded away defenseman Shawn Chambers to the New Jersey Devils and forward Denis Savard to the Chicago Blackhawks; both players went on to have memorable playoff performances in 1995. Brian Bradley and Peter Klima both led the team in goals with 13, while Rob Zamuner led the team with 3 shorthanded goals. By April 21, the Lightning had a 17–22–3 record with only 118 goals against in 42 games. Although they had only scored 109 goals, Darren Puppa's solid goaltending kept the team ahead of the New York Islanders in the Atlantic Division standings. However, the Lightning finished the season with 6 losses in a row, getting outscored 26–11 to finish 17–28–3 for 37 points. An Islanders' loss to Philadelphia on May 2 ensured that the Lightning would not finish last place in the division.
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 150 | 132 | 60 |
2 | 5 | New Jersey Devils | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 121 | 52 |
3 | 6 | Washington Capitals | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 120 | 52 |
4 | 8 | New York Rangers | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 139 | 134 | 47 |
5 | 9 | Florida Panthers | 48 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 115 | 127 | 46 |
6 | 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 120 | 144 | 37 |
7 | 13 | New York Islanders | 48 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 126 | 158 | 35 |
[1]
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.
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 regular season[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January: 3–3–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–1–0)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
February: 5–6–2 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–2–2)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March: 5–8–0 (home: 2–5–0; road: 3–3–0)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April: 4–10–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–8–1)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
May: 0–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
Regular season | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
19 | Brian Bradley | C | 46 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −6 | 42 |
77 | Chris Gratton | C | 46 | 7 | 20 | 27 | −2 | 89 |
85 | Petr Klima | LW | 47 | 13 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 26 |
14 | John Tucker | C | 46 | 12 | 13 | 25 | −10 | 14 |
44 | Roman Hamrlik | D | 48 | 12 | 11 | 23 | −18 | 86 |
15 | Paul Ysebaert† | C | 29 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −1 | 12 |
18 | Denis Savard‡ | C | 31 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 10 |
29 | Alex Selivanov | RW | 43 | 10 | 6 | 16 | −2 | 14 |
7 | Rob Zamuner | LW | 43 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −3 | 24 |
28 | Marc Bureau | C | 48 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −8 | 30 |
22 | Shawn Chambers‡ | D | 24 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
34 | Mikael Andersson | LW | 36 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −3 | 4 |
27 | Alexander Semak† | C | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −3 | 12 |
24 | Danton Cole‡ | LW | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
25 | Marc Bergevin | D | 44 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −6 | 51 |
39 | Enrico Ciccone | D | 41 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 225 |
4 | Cory Cross | D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −6 | 41 |
3 | Eric Charron | D | 45 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
9 | Jason Wiemer | C | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 44 |
21 | Bob Halkidis† | D | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −12 | 40 |
6 | Adrien Plavsic† | D | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
33[a] | Brantt Myhres | RW | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 81 |
20 | Rudy Poeschek | D | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 92 |
16[b] | Ben Hankinson† | RW | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
27 | Jim Cummins‡ | RW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 41 |
49 | Brent Gretzky | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
93 | Daren Puppa | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
30 | Jean-Claude Bergeron | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
17 | Gerard Gallant | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Chris LiPuma | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
23 | Rich Sutter†‡ | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
Regular season | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
93 | Daren Puppa | 36 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 946 | 90 | 2.68 | .905 | 1 | 2013 |
30 | Jean-Claude Bergeron | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 374 | 49 | 3.33 | .869 | 1 | 883 |
Transactions
Draft picks
Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.[4]
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | Jason Wiemer (C) | ![]() | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
2 | 34 | Colin Cloutier (C) | ![]() | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
3 | 55 | Vadim Epanchintsev (C) | ![]() | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
4 | 86 | Dmitri Klevakin (LW) | ![]() | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
6 | 137 | Dan Juden (C) | ![]() | Governor Dummer Academy (USHS-MA) |
6 | 138 | Bryce Salvador (D) | ![]() | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
7 | 164 | Chris Maillet (D) | ![]() | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
8 | 190 | Alexei Baranov (D) | ![]() | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
9 | 216 | Yuri Smirnov (C) | ![]() | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
10 | 242 | Shawn Gervais (C) | ![]() | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
11 | 268 | Brian White (D) | ![]() | Arlington Catholic School (USHS-MA) |
S | 8 | Francois Bouchard (D) | ![]() | Northeastern University (Hockey East) |
Notes
References
- "Tampa Bay Lightning 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- "1994-95 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ 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 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.
- v
- t
- e
- Founded in 1992
- Based in Tampa, Florida
- Owner(s)
- Tampa Bay Sports and Entertainment (Jeffrey Vinik, chairman)
- General manager
- Julien BriseBois
- Head coach
- Jon Cooper
- Team captain
- Steven Stamkos
- Current roster
- AHL
- Syracuse Crunch
- ECHL
- Orlando Solar Bears
- TV
- Bally Sports Sun
- Radio
- 102.5 The Bone
Category
Commons