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1994–95 Montreal Canadiens
Division6th Northeast
Conference11th Eastern
1994–95 record18–23–7
Home record15–5–4
Road record3–18–3
Goals for125
Goals against148
Team information
General managerSerge Savard
CoachJacques Demers
CaptainKirk Muller (Oct.–Apr.)
Mike Keane (Apr.)
Alternate captainsJ. J. Daigneault
Vincent Damphousse
Mike Keane (Oct.–Apr.)
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsMark Recchi (14)
AssistsVincent Damphousse (30)
PointsMark Recchi (43)
Penalty minutesLyle Odelein (152)
Plus/minusVincent Damphousse (+15)
WinsPatrick Roy (17)
Goals against averagePatrick Roy (2.97)

The 1994–95 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 86th season of play. For the first time since the 1969–70 season (and only the second time since 1947–48), the Canadiens failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Off-season

In the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, the Canadiens selected defenceman Brad Brown with their first-round pick, 18th overall. The Canadiens were more fortunate with their second-round pick, selecting Jose Theodore 44th overall.

In August 1994, captain Guy Carbonneau was traded to the St. Louis Blues. Kirk Muller was named his replacement as captain.

Regular season

The season started later and was abbreviated by a lockout of the players by the NHL owners. The Canadiens played only 48 games. It was a forgettable season for the Canadiens and their fans, as the team missed the playoffs for the first time in 25 years. The Canadiens only won 3 of 24 games on the road.[1] Already gone at the season's debut were members of the formidable 1992–93 Stanley Cup champion team, including Guy Carbonneau, Kevin Haller, Stephan Lebeau and Denis Savard. On February 9, more players from the 1992–93 team departed, as Eric Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair were traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Mark Recchi. Another major trade nearly two months later on April 5 would send Craig Darby, Mathieu Schneider and fan favourite Kirk Muller to the New York Islanders in exchange for Vladimir Malakhov and Pierre Turgeon. The team subsequently named forward Mike Keane as its new captain. After a 7–5–4 start, Montreal won only 11 of its final 32 games, going 11–18–3. It was the first and only season of goaltender Patrick Roy's NHL playing career in which he lost more games than he won, and his only season of his NHL playing career that he did not make the playoffs.

The Canadiens tied the Florida Panthers and the Ottawa Senators for the fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season with one.[2]

Final 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

# R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L Jan 21, 1995 2–5 @ New York Rangers 0–1–0
2 W Jan 25, 1995 2–0 Washington Capitals 1–1–0
3 W Jan 28, 1995 5–1 New Jersey Devils 2–1–0
4 T Jan 29, 1995 2–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers 2–1–1
5 L Jan 31, 1995 1–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 2–2–1
6 T Feb 2, 1995 1–1 OT @ Florida Panthers 2–2–2
7 W Feb 4, 1995 4–2 New York Islanders 3–2–2
8 L Feb 7, 1995 4–7 @ Boston Bruins 3–3–2
9 W Feb 8, 1995 4–2 @ Ottawa Senators 4–3–2
10 L Feb 11, 1995 1–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–4–2
11 T Feb 13, 1995 2–2 OT Hartford Whalers 4–4–3
12 L Feb 15, 1995 1–4 @ Hartford Whalers 4–5–3
13 T Feb 16, 1995 2–2 OT @ New York Rangers 4–5–4
14 W Feb 18, 1995 5–2 New York Rangers 5–5–4
15 W Feb 20, 1995 3–2 OT New York Islanders 6–5–4
16 W Feb 23, 1995 5–2 @ Florida Panthers 7–5–4
17 L Feb 25, 1995 0–7 Philadelphia Flyers 7–6–4
18 L Feb 27, 1995 1–6 @ New Jersey Devils 7–7–4
19 L Feb 28, 1995 1–2 @ New York Islanders 7–8–4
20 L Mar 4, 1995 1–5 @ Washington Capitals 7–9–4
21 L Mar 5, 1995 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres 7–10–4
22 T Mar 8, 1995 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres 7–10–5
23 W Mar 11, 1995 3–1 New York Rangers 8–10–5
24 L Mar 13, 1995 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 8–11–5
25 W Mar 15, 1995 8–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 9–11–5
26 L Mar 16, 1995 0–6 @ Boston Bruins 9–12–5
27 W Mar 18, 1995 5–4 Quebec Nordiques 10–12–5
28 L Mar 20, 1995 4–8 @ Philadelphia Flyers 10–13–5
29 L Mar 22, 1995 2–3 Florida Panthers 10–14–5
30 W Mar 25, 1995 3–1 Ottawa Senators 11–14–5
31 L Mar 27, 1995 2–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning 11–15–5
32 L Apr 1, 1995 1–4 @ New Jersey Devils 11–16–5
33 W Apr 3, 1995 5–4 @ Ottawa Senators 12–16–5
34 W Apr 5, 1995 6–5 Quebec Nordiques 13–16–5
35 L Apr 6, 1995 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques 13–17–5
36 W Apr 8, 1995 2–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 14–17–5
37 W Apr 10, 1995 2–1 New Jersey Devils 15–17–5
38 L Apr 12, 1995 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers 15–18–5
39 L Apr 14, 1995 3–4 OT @ Hartford Whalers 15–19–5
40 L Apr 15, 1995 2–3 Boston Bruins 15–20–5
41 W Apr 17, 1995 5–2 Washington Capitals 16–20–5
42 W Apr 19, 1995 4–1 Ottawa Senators 17–20–5
43 W Apr 22, 1995 3–1 Tampa Bay Lightning 18–20–5
44 L Apr 24, 1995 3–4 Hartford Whalers 18–21–5
45 T Apr 26, 1995 1–1 OT @ Quebec Nordiques 18–21–6
46 T Apr 29, 1995 3–3 OT Buffalo Sabres 18–21–7
47 L May 1, 1995 0–2 @ Buffalo Sabres 18–22–7
48 L May 3, 1995 2–4 Boston Bruins 18–23–7

Playoffs

The Canadiens did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1969-70 season, ending a 25-year playoff streak.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mark Recchi RW 39 14 29 43 16 -3 8 0 1
Vincent Damphousse C 48 10 30 40 42 15 4 0 4
Benoit Brunet LW 45 7 18 25 16 7 1 1 2
Pierre Turgeon C 15 11 9 20 4 12 2 0 2
Mike Keane RW 48 10 10 20 15 5 1 0 0
Mathieu Schneider D 30 5 15 20 49 -3 2 0 0
Brian Savage LW 37 12 7 19 27 5 0 0 0
Kirk Muller LW 33 8 11 19 33 -21 3 0 1
Brian Bellows LW 41 8 8 16 8 -7 1 0 1
Patrice Brisebois D 35 4 8 12 26 -2 0 0 2
Yves Racine D 47 4 7 11 42 -1 2 0 1
Lyle Odelein D 48 3 7 10 152 -13 0 0 0
Paul DiPietro C 22 4 5 9 4 -3 0 0 1
J. J. Daigneault D 45 3 5 8 40 2 0 0 0
Turner Stevenson RW 41 6 1 7 86 0 0 0 1
Bryan Fogarty D 21 5 2 7 34 -3 3 0 0
Eric Desjardins D 9 0 6 6 2 2 0 0 0
Oleg Petrov RW 12 2 3 5 4 -7 0 0 0
John LeClair LW 9 1 4 5 10 -1 1 0 0
Vladimir Malakhov D 14 1 4 5 14 -2 0 0 0
Ed Ronan RW 30 1 4 5 12 -7 0 0 0
Peter Popovic D 33 0 5 5 8 -10 0 0 0
Valeri Bure RW 24 3 1 4 6 -1 0 0 1
Gilbert Dionne LW 6 0 3 3 2 -3 0 0 0
Donald Brashear LW 20 1 1 2 63 -5 0 0 1
Craig Darby C 10 0 2 2 0 -5 0 0 0
Craig Conroy C 6 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Mark Lamb C 39 1 0 1 18 -13 0 0 0
Craig Rivet D 5 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 0
Patrick Roy G 43 0 1 1 20 0 0 0 0
Yves Sarault LW 8 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Craig Ferguson C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Fleming LW 6 0 0 0 17 -1 0 0 0
Jim Montgomery C 5 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Chris Murray RW 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Mario Roberge LW 9 0 0 0 34 -2 0 0 0
Pierre Sevigny LW 19 0 0 0 15 -5 0 0 0
Ron Tugnutt G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Wilkie D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Patrick Roy 2566 43 17 20 6 127 2.97 1 1357 1230 .906
Ron Tugnutt 346 7 1 3 1 18 3.12 0 172 154 .895
Team: 2912 48 18 23 7 145 2.99 1 1529 1384 .905

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
1 18 Brad Brown Defence  Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
2 44 Jose Theodore Goaltender  Canada Saint-Jean Lynx (QMJHL)
3 54 Chris Murray Right wing  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3 70 Marko Kiprusoff Defence  Finland TPS (Finland)
3 74 Martin Belanger Defence  Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
4 96 Arto Kuki Centre  Finland Espoo Blues (Finland)
5 122 Jimmy Drolet Defence  Canada Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
6 148 Joel Irving Centre  Canada Regina Pat Canadiens (Midget AAA)
7 174 Jessie Rezansoff Right wing  Canada Regina Pats (WHL)
8 200 Peter Strom Left wing  Sweden Frölunda HC (Sweden)
9 226 Tomas Vokoun Goaltender  Czech Republic HC Kladno (Czech Republic)
10 252 Chris Aldous Defence  United States Northwood School (USHS-NY)
11 278 Ross Parsons Defence  Canada Regina Pats (WHL)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.338, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  2. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "1994-95 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  5. ^ NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
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