1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning season

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.

1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division6th Atlantic
Conference12th Eastern
1994–95 record17–28–3
Home record10–14–0
Road record7–14–3
Goals for120
Goals against144
Team information
General managerPhil Esposito
CoachTerry Crisp
CaptainVacant
ArenaThunderDome
Average attendance19,932
Minor league affiliate(s)Atlanta Knights
Nashville Knights
Team leaders
GoalsBrian Bradley, Petr Klima (13)
AssistsBrian Bradley (27)
PointsBrian Bradley (40)
Penalty minutesEnrico Ciccone (225)
Plus/minusAdrien Plavsic (+5)
WinsDaren Puppa (14)
Goals against averageDaren Puppa (2.68)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
12Philadelphia Flyers482816415013260
25New Jersey Devils482218813612152
36Washington Capitals482218813612052
48New York Rangers482223313913447
59Florida Panthers482022611512746
612Tampa Bay Lightning481728312014437
713New York Islanders481528512615835

[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.

Eastern Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1Quebec NordiquesNE483013518513465
2Philadelphia FlyersAT482816415013260
3Pittsburgh PenguinsNE482916318115861
4Boston BruinsNE482718315012757
5New Jersey DevilsAT482218813612152
6Washington CapitalsAT482218813612052
7Buffalo SabresNE482219713011951
8New York RangersAT482223313913447
9Florida PanthersAT482022611512746
10Hartford WhalersNE481924512714143
11Montreal CanadiensNE481823712514843
12Tampa Bay LightningAT481728312014437
13New York IslandersAT481528512615835
14Ottawa SenatorsNE48934511717423

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)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LJanuary 20, 19953–5Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)0–1–0Recap
2LJanuary 22, 19952–5Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)0–2–0Recap
3WJanuary 25, 19953–2Florida Panthers (1994–95)1–2–0Recap
4LJanuary 26, 19952–4@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)1–3–0Recap
5WJanuary 28, 19954–1@ New York Islanders (1994–95)2–3–0Recap
6WJanuary 31, 19954–1Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)3–3–0Recap
February: 5–6–2 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–2–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
7TFebruary 2, 19953–3 OT@ New York Rangers (1994–95)3–3–1Recap
8LFebruary 4, 19953–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)3–4–1Recap
9LFebruary 5, 19951–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)3–5–1Recap
10WFebruary 7, 19955–2New York Islanders (1994–95)4–5–1Recap
11WFebruary 10, 19954–3Hartford Whalers (1994–95)5–5–1Recap
12LFebruary 11, 19952–3New York Rangers (1994–95)5–6–1Recap
13LFebruary 14, 19952–5Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)5–7–1Recap
14LFebruary 17, 19951–2Ottawa Senators (1994–95)5–8–1Recap
15WFebruary 18, 19953–1Boston Bruins (1994–95)6–8–1Recap
16LFebruary 20, 19951–3New York Rangers (1994–95)6–9–1Recap
17WFebruary 23, 19954–1@ New York Islanders (1994–95)7–9–1Recap
18WFebruary 24, 19954–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)8–9–1Recap
19TFebruary 26, 19951–1 OT@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)8–9–2Recap
March: 5–8–0 (home: 2–5–0; road: 3–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
20LMarch 1, 19952–8@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)8–10–2Recap
21WMarch 2, 19953–2 OT@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)9–10–2Recap
22LMarch 4, 19952–3 OT@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)9–11–2Recap
23LMarch 7, 19953–4Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)9–12–2Recap
24LMarch 10, 19952–3New Jersey Devils (1994–95)9–13–2Recap
25LMarch 12, 19951–3@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)9–14–2Recap
26LMarch 13, 19950–3Washington Capitals (1994–95)9–15–2Recap
27WMarch 18, 19952–1@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)10–15–2Recap
28WMarch 19, 19956–1@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)11–15–2Recap
29LMarch 24, 19953–4 OTBoston Bruins (1994–95)11–16–2Recap
30WMarch 27, 19953–2 OTMontreal Canadiens (1994–95)12–16–2Recap
31LMarch 29, 19952–4Washington Capitals (1994–95)12–17–2Recap
32WMarch 31, 19952–0Hartford Whalers (1994–95)13–17–2Recap
April: 4–10–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–8–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
33LApril 2, 19951–4Florida Panthers (1994–95)13–18–2Recap
34TApril 4, 19951–1 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)13–18–3Recap
35LApril 6, 19954–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)13–19–3Recap
36LApril 8, 19951–5@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)13–20–3Recap
37WApril 9, 19953–0@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)14–20–3Recap
38WApril 11, 19955–2New York Islanders (1994–95)15–20–3Recap
39LApril 14, 19952–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)15–21–3Recap
40LApril 16, 19951–4@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)15–22–3Recap
41WApril 18, 19953–2New Jersey Devils (1994–95)16–22–3Recap
42WApril 20, 19955–2Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)17–22–3Recap
43LApril 22, 19951–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)17–23–3Recap
44LApril 24, 19951–3Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)17–24–3Recap
45LApril 26, 19954–6@ New York Rangers (1994–95)17–25–3Recap
46LApril 27, 19951–6@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)17–26–3Recap
47LApril 29, 19951–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)17–27–3Recap
May: 0–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
48LMay 3, 19953–4Ottawa Senators (1994–95)17–28–3Recap
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
19Brian BradleyC46132740−642
77Chris GrattonC4672027−289
85Petr KlimaLW47131326−1326
14John TuckerC46121325−1014
44Roman HamrlikD48121123−1886
15Paul Ysebaert†C2981119−112
18Denis Savard‡C3161117−610
29Alex SelivanovRW4310616−214
7Rob ZamunerLW439615−324
28Marc BureauC4821214−830
22Shawn Chambers‡D242121406
34Mikael AnderssonLW364711−34
27Alexander Semak†C225510−312
24Danton Cole‡LW26336−16
25Marc BergevinD44246−651
39Enrico CicconeD412463225
4Cory CrossD43156−641
3Eric CharronD45145126
9Jason WiemerC36145−244
21Bob Halkidis†D27134−1240
6Adrien Plavsic†D1521354
33[lower-alpha 1]Brantt MyhresRW15202−281
20Rudy PoeschekD25112092
16[lower-alpha 2]Ben Hankinson†RW1802216
27Jim Cummins‡RW10101−341
49Brent GretzkyC3011−20
93Daren PuppaG360112
30Jean-Claude BergeronG170002
17Gerard GallantLW100000
26Chris LiPumaD100020
23Rich Sutter†‡RW400000

Goaltending
Regular season
No. Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
93Daren Puppa3614192946902.68.90512013
30Jean-Claude Bergeron17391374493.33.8691883

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
18Jason Wiemer (C) CanadaPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)
234Colin Cloutier (C) CanadaBrandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
355Vadim Epanchintsev (C) RussiaSpartak Moscow (Russia)
486Dmitri Klevakin (LW) RussiaSpartak Moscow (Russia)
6137Dan Juden (C) United StatesGovernor Dummer Academy (USHS-MA)
6138Bryce Salvador (D) CanadaLethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
7164Chris Maillet (D) CanadaRed Deer Rebels (WHL)
8190Alexei Baranov (D) RussiaDynamo Moscow (Russia)
9216Yuri Smirnov (C) RussiaSpartak Moscow (Russia)
10242Shawn Gervais (C) CanadaSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
11268Brian White (D) United StatesArlington Catholic School (USHS-MA)
S8Francois Bouchard (D) CanadaNortheastern University (Hockey East)

Notes
  1. Myhres wore number 27 in his first game.
  2. Hankinson wore number 23 in his first two games.

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.
  1. 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.
  2. "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  3. "1994-95 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  4. "1994 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.
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