1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 63rd season, the franchise's 69th. The Red Wings started the 1994–95 season strong, and finished it strong, going 33–11–4 for 70 points in 48 games. Having the league's best regular-season record, they were awarded the Presidents' Trophy. They tied the Chicago Blackhawks for most power play goals with 52 and had the second-best power-play in the league (24.64%). Veteran forward Ray Sheppard scored 30 goals on just 125 shots.

1994–95 Detroit Red Wings
Presidents' Trophy winners
Western Conference champions
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
1994–95 record	33–11–4
Home record	17–4–3
Road record	16–7–1
Goals for	180
Goals against	117
Team information
General manager	Scotty Bowman (interim) Jim Devellano (interim) Ken Holland (interim)
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Dino Ciccarelli Paul Coffey Sergei Fedorov Mark Howe Bob Rouse
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	19,779
Minor league affiliate(s)	Adirondack Red Wings Toledo Storm Detroit Falcons
Team leaders
Goals	Ray Sheppard (30)
Assists	Paul Coffey (44)
Points	Paul Coffey (58)
Penalty minutes	Vladimir Konstantinov (101)
Plus/minus	Paul Coffey (+18)
Wins	Mike Vernon (19)
Goals against average	Chris Osgood (2.26)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season 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

^[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.

Western Conference^[2]

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

Playoffs

The Red Wings dominated the first three rounds of the 1995 NHL playoffs, going 12–2 and outscoring their opponents 54–28 during that span. On Sunday June 11, the Red Wings advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, their first Finals appearance since 1966 with a 2–1 double-overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks in game five of the 1995 Western Conference Finals. Forward Vyacheslav Kozlov scored the game-winner at 2:25 of the second overtime period.

The Red Wings were stunned in the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals in a four-game sweep at the hands of the underdog New Jersey Devils, whose neutral-zone trap system held Detroit to just seven goals in the series.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1994–95 regular season^[3]
January: 5–1–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W January 20, 1995 4–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 1–0–0 Recap 2 L January 22, 1995 1–4 Calgary Flames (1994–95) 1–1–0 Recap 3 W January 24, 1995 6–3 Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 2–1–0 Recap 4 W January 26, 1995 5–1 Calgary Flames (1994–95) 3–1–0 Recap 5 W January 28, 1995 5–2 Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 4–1–0 Recap 6 W January 30, 1995 4–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 5–1–0 Recap
February: 7–4–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 7 L February 1, 1995 1–2 @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 5–2–0 Recap 8 W February 3, 1995 5–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 6–2–0 Recap 9 L February 4, 1995 3–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 6–3–0 Recap 10 W February 7, 1995 6–0 San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 7–3–0 Recap 11 L February 10, 1995 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 7–4–0 Recap 12 T February 12, 1995 4–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 7–4–1 Recap 13 W February 15, 1995 5–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 8–4–1 Recap 14 W February 17, 1995 4–2 Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 9–4–1 Recap 15 W February 20, 1995 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 10–4–1 Recap 16 W February 22, 1995 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 11–4–1 Recap 17 W February 23, 1995 4–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 12–4–1 Recap 18 L February 25, 1995 2–3 St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 12–5–1 Recap
March: 10–2–1 (home: 7–0–0; road: 3–2–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 19 W March 2, 1995 6–1 Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 13–5–1 Recap 20 L March 5, 1995 2–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 13–6–1 Recap 21 W March 6, 1995 5–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 14–6–1 Recap 22 T March 9, 1995 4–4 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 14–6–2 Recap 23 W March 12, 1995 2–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 15–6–2 Recap 24 W March 14, 1995 5–2 Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 16–6–2 Recap 25 W March 16, 1995 5–4 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 17–6–2 Recap 26 W March 17, 1995 3–1 Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 18–6–2 Recap 27 W March 22, 1995 6–3 Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 19–6–2 Recap 28 L March 24, 1995 2–3 @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 19–7–2 Recap 29 W March 25, 1995 2–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 20–7–2 Recap 30 W March 28, 1995 6–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 21–7–2 Recap 31 W March 30, 1995 3–2 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 22–7–2 Recap
April: 10–4–2 (home: 3–1–2; road: 7–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 32 W April 1, 1995 3–2 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 23–7–2 Recap 33 T April 2, 1995 3–3 OT St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 23–7–3 Recap 34 W April 5, 1995 5–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 24–7–3 Recap 35 W April 7, 1995 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 25–7–3 Recap 36 W April 9, 1995 4–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 26–7–3 Recap 37 W April 11, 1995 4–1 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 27–7–3 Recap 38 W April 13, 1995 3–0 San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 28–7–3 Recap 39 W April 14, 1995 3–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 29–7–3 Recap 40 L April 16, 1995 5–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 29–8–3 Recap 41 T April 19, 1995 5–5 OT Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 29–8–4 Recap 42 W April 21, 1995 6–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 30–8–4 Recap 43 W April 23, 1995 5–1 @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 31–8–4 Recap 44 L April 25, 1995 1–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 31–9–4 Recap 45 L April 27, 1995 3–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 31–10–4 Recap 46 W April 29, 1995 4–2 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 32–10–4 Recap 47 L April 30, 1995 0–4 Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 32–11–4 Recap
May: 1–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 48 W May 3, 1995 3–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 33–11–4 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs^[3]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) Dallas Stars: Detroit won 4–1 Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W May 7, 1995 4–3 Dallas Stars Red Wings lead 1–0 Recap 2 W May 9, 1995 4–1 Dallas Stars Red Wings lead 2–0 Recap 3 W May 11, 1995 5–1 @ Dallas Stars Red Wings lead 3–0 Recap 4 L May 14, 1995 1–4 @ Dallas Stars Red Wings lead 3–1 Recap 5 W May 15, 1995 3–1 Dallas Stars Red Wings win 4–1 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (7) San Jose Sharks: Detroit won 4–0 Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W May 21, 1995 6–0 San Jose Sharks Red Wings lead 1–0 Recap 2 W May 23, 1995 6–2 San Jose Sharks Red Wings lead 2–0 Recap 3 W May 25, 1995 6–2 @ San Jose Sharks Red Wings lead 3–0 Recap 4 W May 27, 1995 6–2 @ San Jose Sharks Red Wings win 4–0 Recap
Western Conference Finals vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks: Detroit won 4–1 Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W June 1, 1995 2–1 OT Chicago Blackhawks Red Wings lead 1–0 Recap 2 W June 4, 1995 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks Red Wings lead 2–0 Recap 3 W June 6, 1995 4–3 2OT @ Chicago Blackhawks Red Wings lead 3–0 Recap 4 L June 8, 1995 2–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks Red Wings lead 3–1 Recap 5 W June 11, 1995 2–1 2OT Chicago Blackhawks Red Wings win 4–1 Recap
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (E5) New Jersey Devils: New Jersey won 4–0 Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 L June 17, 1995 1–2 New Jersey Devils Devils lead 1–0 Recap 2 L June 20, 1995 2–4 New Jersey Devils Devils lead 2–0 Recap 3 L June 22, 1995 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils Devils lead 3–0 Recap 4 L June 24, 1995 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils Devils win 4–0 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

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 Red Wings only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
77	Paul Coffey	D	45	14	44	58	18	72	18	6	12	18	4	10
91	Sergei Fedorov	C	42	20	30	50	6	24	17	7	17	24	13	6
22	Dino Ciccarelli	RW	42	16	27	43	12	39	16	9	2	11	−4	22
55	Keith Primeau	C	45	15	27	42	17	99	17	4	5	9	−2	45
26	Ray Sheppard	RW	43	30	10	40	11	17	17	4	3	7	−6	5
19	Steve Yzerman	C	47	12	26	38	6	40	15	4	8	12	−2	0
13	Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	46	13	20	33	12	45	18	9	7	16	12	10
5	Nicklas Lidstrom	D	43	10	16	26	15	6	18	4	12	16	4	8
17	Doug Brown	RW	45	9	12	21	14	16	18	4	8	12	14	2
21	Bob Errey†	LW	30	6	11	17	9	31	18	1	5	6	0	30
11	Shawn Burr	LW	42	6	8	14	13	60	16	0	2	2	−2	6
44	Viacheslav Fetisov†	D	14	3	11	14	3	2	18	0	8	8	1	14
16	Vladimir Konstantinov	D	47	3	11	14	10	101	18	1	1	2	6	22
25	Darren McCarty	RW	31	5	8	13	5	88	18	3	2	5	3	14
20	Martin Lapointe	RW	39	4	6	10	1	73	2	0	1	1	1	8
23	Greg Johnson	C	22	3	5	8	1	14	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	Kris Draper	C	36	2	6	8	1	22	18	4	1	5	−2	12
12	Mike Sillinger‡	C	13	2	6	8	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Bob Rouse	D	48	1	7	8	14	36	18	0	3	3	2	8
4	Mark Howe	D	18	1	5	6	−3	10	3	0	0	0	2	0
18	Mike Krushelnyski	LW	20	2	3	5	3	6	8	0	0	0	1	0
37	Tim Taylor	C	22	0	4	4	3	16	6	0	1	1	−4	12
2	Terry Carkner	D	20	1	2	3	7	21	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Mike Ramsey	D	33	1	2	3	11	23	15	0	1	1	2	4
27^[a]	Jason York‡	D	10	1	2	3	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Bob Halkidis‡	D	4	0	1	1	2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Aaron Ward	D	1	0	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
27^[b]	Mark Ferner†	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Stu Grimson†	LW	11	0	0	0	−4	37	11	1	0	1	0	26
14	Andrew McKim	C	2	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Chris Osgood	G	19	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0		0
29	Mike Vernon	G	30	0	0	0		8	18	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
29	Mike Vernon	30	19	6	4	710	76	2.52	.893	1	1807	18	12	6	370	41	2.31	.889	1	1063
30	Chris Osgood	19	14	5	0	496	41	2.26	.917	1	1087	2	0	0	25	2	1.78	.920	0	68

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	James Norris Memorial Trophy	Paul Coffey	^[4]
	NHL First All-Star team	Paul Coffey (Defense)	^[5]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Mike Ramsey	February 20, 1995	^[6]
	Dino Ciccarelli	March 28, 1995	^[7]

Transactions

Trades

June 29, 1994

To Calgary Flames Steve Chiasson

To Detroit Red Wings Mike Vernon

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.^[8]

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	23	Yan Golubovsky (D)	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
2	49	Mathieu Dandenault (RW)	Canada	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
3	75	Sean Gillam (D)	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
5	114	Frederic Deschenes (G)	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
5	127	Doug Battaglia (LW)	Canada	Brockville Braves (CJHL)
6	153	Pavel Agarkov (RW)	Russia	Krylya Sovetov (Russia)
8	205	Jason Elliott (G)	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)
9	231	Jeff Mikesch (C)	United States	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
10	257	Tomas Holmstrom (LW)	Sweden	Bodens BK (Sweden)
11	283	Toivo Suursoo (RW)	Estonia	Krylya Sovetov (Russia)

Notes

1. York wore number 40 in his first five games.
2. Ferner wore number 21 in his first two games.

References

• "Detroit Red Wings 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
• "1994-95 Detroit Red Wings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

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