1994–95 Los Angeles Kings season

1994–95 Los Angeles Kings
1994–95 Los Angeles Kings
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	9th Western
1994–95 record	16–23–9
Home record	7–11–6
Road record	9–12–3
Goals for	142
Goals against	174
Team information
General manager	Sam McMaster
Coach	Barry Melrose and Rogatien Vachon
Captain	Wayne Gretzky
Alternate captains	Rob Blake; Rick Tocchet
Arena	Great Western Forum
Average attendance	15,397
Minor league affiliate(s)	Phoenix Roadrunners; Knoxville Cherokees; Muskegon Fury
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Tocchet (18)
Assists	Wayne Gretzky (37)
Points	Wayne Gretzky (48)
Penalty minutes	Michel Petit (84)
Plus/minus	Tony Granato (+9)
Wins	Kelly Hrudey (14)
Goals against average	Kelly Hrudey (3.14)
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 28th season in the National Hockey League. It saw the Kings finish fifth in the Pacific Division with a record of 16–23–9, for 41 points. Defense proved to be problematic for the Kings, as they allowed a league-high 1,668 shots (34.8 per game) and finished tied for 23rd overall in goals allowed, with 174. Their offense was more reliable, as the Kings averaged nearly 3 goals scored per game. Despite missing a quarter of the season, Rick Tocchet still led the team in goals with 18.

On May 2, the Dallas Stars were in 7th place in the Western Conference with 42 points while the Kings were tied with the San Jose Sharks for 8th place with 41 points (16–22–9). However, the Kings lost the final game of the season on May 3 to the Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 5–1. This meant that the Kings finished in 9th place and therefore miss the playoffs and both San Jose and Dallas clinch playoff berths. After that, the Sharks came from behind to tie the Vancouver Canucks 3–3 in their final game of the season and, in doing so, jumped up to 7th place while the Stars fell to 8th place.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Calgary Flames	48	24	17	7	163	135	55
2	6	Vancouver Canucks	48	18	18	12	153	148	48
3	7	San Jose Sharks	48	19	25	4	129	161	42
4	9	Los Angeles Kings	48	16	23	9	142	174	41
5	11	Edmonton Oilers	48	17	27	4	136	183	38
6	12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	48	16	27	5	125	164	37

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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.

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

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	January 20, 1995	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	0–0–1
2	L	January 22, 1995	3–4	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	0–1–1
3	L	January 24, 1995	2–4	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	0–2–1
4	L	January 26, 1995	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	0–3–1
5	W	January 28, 1995	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	1–3–1
6	L	January 29, 1995	3–6	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	1–4–1
7	W	February 4, 1995	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	2–4–1
8	L	February 5, 1995	2–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	2–5–1
9	T	February 7, 1995	5–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	2–5–2
10	W	February 11, 1995	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	3–5–2
11	T	February 12, 1995	4–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	3–5–3
12	W	February 15, 1995	3–1	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	4–5–3
13	L	February 17, 1995	0–2	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	4–6–3
14	L	February 18, 1995	2–6	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	4–7–3
15	L	February 20, 1995	2–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	4–8–3
16	T	February 23, 1995	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	4–8–4
17	W	February 25, 1995	4–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	5–8–4
18	L	February 28, 1995	4–8	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	5–9–4
19	L	March 4, 1995	4–5	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	5–10–4
20	L	March 6, 1995	2–8	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	5–11–4
21	W	March 9, 1995	4–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	6–11–4
22	W	March 11, 1995	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	7–11–4
23	W	March 13, 1995	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	8–11–4
24	L	March 14, 1995	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	8–12–4
25	T	March 16, 1995	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	8–12–5
26	L	March 18, 1995	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	8–13–5
27	W	March 20, 1995	5–3	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	9–13–5
28	T	March 21, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	9–13–6
29	L	March 25, 1995	1–3	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	9–14–6
30	W	March 26, 1995	7–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	10–14–6
31	W	March 28, 1995	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	11–14–6
32	L	March 29, 1995	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	11–15–6
33	T	April 1, 1995	7–7 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	11–15–7
34	W	April 3, 1995	7–2	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	12–15–7
35	W	April 6, 1995	3–2	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	13–15–7
36	L	April 7, 1995	4–7	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	13–16–7
37	L	April 9, 1995	1–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	13–17–7
38	L	April 12, 1995	1–4	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	13–18–7
39	L	April 16, 1995	0–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	13–19–7
40	L	April 17, 1995	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	13–20–7
41	L	April 19, 1995	0–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	13–21–7
42	T	April 21, 1995	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	13–21–8
43	T	April 23, 1995	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	13–21–9
44	W	April 25, 1995	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	14–21–9
45	L	April 28, 1995	0–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	14–22–9
46	W	April 30, 1995	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	15–22–9
47	W	May 2, 1995	2–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	16–22–9
48	L	May 3, 1995	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	16–23–9

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Wayne Gretzky	48	11	37	48	6
Rick Tocchet	36	18	17	35	70
Dan Quinn	44	14	17	31	32
Jari Kurri	38	10	19	29	24
Tony Granato	33	13	11	24	68
John Druce	43	15	5	20	20
Randy Burridge	38	4	15	19	8
Eric Lacroix	45	9	7	16	54
Pat Conacher	48	7	9	16	12
Robert Lang	36	4	8	12	4
Kevin Todd	33	3	8	11	12
Gary Shuchuk	22	3	6	9	6
Yanic Perreault	26	2	5	7	20
Kevin Brown	23	2	3	5	18
Rob Brown	2	0	0	0	0
Warren Rychel	7	0	0	0	19

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Defensemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Darryl Sydor	48	4	9	13	36
Marty McSorley	41	3	18	21	83
Michel Petit	40	5	12	17	84
Rob Blake	24	4	7	11	38
Chris Snell	32	2	7	9	22
Rob Cowie	32	2	7	9	20
Alexei Zhitnik	11	2	5	7	27
Tim Watters	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	GAA
Pauli Jaks	1	40	0	0	0	3.00
Kelly Hrudey	35	1894	14	13	5	3.14
Jamie Storr	5	263	1	3	1	3.88
Grant Fuhr	14	698	1	7	3	4.04
Robb Stauber	1	16	0	0	0	7.50

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.^[4]

Trades

June 25, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings 7th round pick in 1995 – Benoit Larose	To Ottawa Senators Jim Paek
July 11, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings Yanic Perreault	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1996 – Mikael Simons
July 26, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings Sean O'Donnell	To Buffalo Sabres Doug Houda
July 29, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings Rick Tocchet 2nd round pick in 1995 – Pavel Rosa	To Pittsburgh Penguins Luc Robitaille
August 8, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings Ruslan Batyrshin 2nd round pick in 1996 – Marian Ciser 6th round pick in 1996 – Brian Willsie	To Winnipeg Jets Brent Thompson 6th round pick in 1996 – Robert Esche
October 3, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings Eric Lacroix Chris Snell 4th round pick in 1996 – Eric Belanger	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dixon Ward Guy Leveque Shayne Toporowski Kelly Fairchild
February 10, 1995	To Los Angeles Kings Randy Burridge	To Washington Capitals Warren Rychel
February 14, 1995	To Los Angeles Kings Philippe Boucher Denis Tsygurov Grant Fuhr	To Buffalo Sabres Alexei Zhitnik Robb Stauber Charlie Huddy 5th round pick in 1995 – Marian Menhart
February 17, 1995	To Los Angeles Kings 4th round pick in 1996 – Justin Davis	To Dallas Stars Mike Donnelly 7th round pick in 1996 – Eoin McInerney
March 27, 1995	To Los Angeles Kings Arto Blomsten	To Winnipeg Jets 8th round pick in 1995 – Fredrik Lovén

Free agent signings

June 7, 1994	From Moncton Hawks (AHL) Dan Bylsma
June 14, 1994	From Calgary Flames Michel Petit
June 14, 1994	From Dallas Stars Rob Brown
July 7, 1994	From Adirondack Red Wings (AHL) Barry Potomski
July 8, 1994	From New York Islanders Rob Cowie
August 31, 1994	From Detroit Red Wings Troy Crowder
September 3, 1994	From Ottawa Senators Dan Quinn
September 22, 1994	From Montreal Canadiens André Racicot

Free agents lost

July 20, 1994	To Detroit Vipers (IHL) Bob Jay
September 6, 1994	To Hartford Whalers Bob Wren

Waivers

January 18, 1995	To St. Louis Blues Donald Dufresne

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	7	Jamie Storr (G)	Canada	Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
2	33	Matt Johnson (LW)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
3	59	Vitali Yachmenev (RW)	Russia	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
5	111	Chris Schmidt (C)	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7	163	Luc Gagne (RW)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
8	189	Andrew Dale (C)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
9	215	Jan Nemecek (D)	Czech Republic	HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
10	241	Sergei Shalamai (LW)	Russia	HC Irkutsk (Russia)
S	7	Quinn Fair (D)	Canada	Kent State University (NCAA)

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References

Kings on Hockey Database

^ 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.
^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000401995.html ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html ^{[bare URL]}

[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] ttp://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000401995.html ^{[bare URL]}

[4] "Hockey Transactions Search Results".

[5] ttp://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html ^{[bare URL]}

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