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1994–95 New York Islanders season

The 1994–95 New York Islanders season was the 23rd season in the franchise's history. The Islanders were unable to qualify for the playoffs, thus ending their two-season playoff streak.

1994–95 New York Islanders
Division7th Atlantic
Conference13th Eastern
1994–95 record15–28–5
Home record10–11–3
Road record5–17–2
Goals for126
Goals against158
Team information
General managerDon Maloney
CoachLorne Henning
CaptainPatrick Flatley
ArenaNassau Coliseum
Average attendance12,573
Minor league affiliatesDenver Grizzlies
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
Team leaders
GoalsRay Ferraro (22)
AssistsRay Ferraro (21)
PointsRay Ferraro (43)
Penalty minutesMick Vukota (109)
Plus/minusDean Chynoweth (+9)
Patrick Flatley (+9)
WinsTommy Soderstrom (8)
Goals against averageTommy Soderstrom (3.11)

Offseason

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Longtime head coach Al Arbour announced his retirement from coaching and was named the team's vice president of hockey operations on June 1.[1] Assistant coach Lorne Henning was named his successor on June 20.[2]

Regular season

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After starting the season with a 4–2–1 record, the Islanders fell into a slump from which they could not recover. They would win only 11 of their remaining 41 games, going 11–26–4. The Islanders would finish 12 points out of eighth place and miss the playoffs for the first time since 1992.

Near the end of the season, General Manager Don Maloney decided that the core of players he had left alone for three seasons should be totally revamped, and he undertook a rebuilding project. He traded Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov to Montreal for Kirk Muller and Mathieu Schneider, and Benoit Hogue was sent to Toronto for young goaltender Eric Fichaud. Additionally, Maloney allowed the team's leading scorer, Ray Ferraro, to depart as an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of the season. Fans' displeasure at the GM for trading the popular Turgeon was magnified when Muller balked at joining a rebuilding team. He only played 45 games for the Islanders before being sent to the Maple Leafs.

The Islanders finished the regular season having allowed the most short-handed goals in the NHL, with 11.[3]

Season standings

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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

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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.

Eastern Conference[5]
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

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1994–95 regular season[6]
January: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–1–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1January 21, 19952–1Florida Panthers (1994–95)1–0–0W
2January 22, 19953–3 OTOttawa Senators (1994–95)1–0–1T
3January 24, 19954–3Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)2–0–1W
4January 27, 19952–5@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)2–1–1L
5January 28, 19951–4Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)2–2–1L
6January 31, 19955–1@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)3–2–1W
February: 5–6–2 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–3–2)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
7February 2, 19955–4 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)4–2–1W
8February 4, 19952–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)4–3–1L
9February 7, 19952–5@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)4–4–1L
10February 9, 19952–5Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)4–5–1L
11February 11, 19952–1Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)5–5–1W
12February 14, 19952–3Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)5–6–1L
13February 17, 19952–2 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)5–6–2T
14February 18, 19953–2New Jersey Devils (1994–95)6–6–2W
15February 20, 19952–3 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)6–7–2L
16February 22, 19953–3 OT@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)6–7–3T
17February 23, 19951–4Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)6–8–3L
18February 25, 19953–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)7–8–3W
19February 28, 19952–1Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)8–8–3W
March: 2–10–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 0–8–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
20March 2, 19953–4Washington Capitals (1994–95)8–9–3L
21March 5, 19951–3@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)8–10–3L
22March 7, 19953–1Hartford Whalers (1994–95)9–10–3W
23March 9, 19952–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)9–11–3L
24March 11, 19951–2@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)9–12–3L
25March 14, 19954–6@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)9–13–3L
26March 16, 19953–6@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)9–14–3L
27March 18, 19953–4@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)9–15–3L
28March 23, 19951–0New York Rangers (1994–95)10–15–3W
29March 25, 19951–5@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)10–16–3L
30March 26, 19955–5 OTNew Jersey Devils (1994–95)10–16–4T
31March 28, 19953–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)10–17–4L
32March 30, 19952–3Boston Bruins (1994–95)10–18–4L
April: 5–9–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 3–5–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
33April 1, 19951–5Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)10–19–4L
34April 4, 19954–5Washington Capitals (1994–95)10–20–4L
35April 7, 19954–3@ New York Rangers (1994–95)11–20–4W
36April 8, 19952–2 OTFlorida Panthers (1994–95)11–20–5T
37April 11, 19952–5@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)11–21–5L
38April 12, 19953–1@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)12–21–5W
39April 14, 19953–6@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)12–22–5L
40April 16, 19952–3New York Rangers (1994–95)12–23–5L
41April 18, 19955–2Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)13–23–5W
42April 20, 19951–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)13–24–5L
43April 22, 19952–3Ottawa Senators (1994–95)13–25–5L
44April 24, 19955–3Boston Bruins (1994–95)14–25–5W
45April 26, 19955–6@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)14–26–5L
46April 28, 19954–2@ New York Rangers (1994–95)15–26–5W
47April 29, 19953–4@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)15–27–5L
May: 0–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
48May 2, 19950–2Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)15–28–5L

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • 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 Islanders only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
20Ray FerraroC47222143130
77Pierre Turgeon‡C34131427−1210
26Patrick FlatleyRW4572027912
32Steve ThomasRW47111526−1460
27Derek KingLW43101626−541
68Zigmund PalffyLW331071736
18Marty McInnisLW419716−18
92[a]Vladimir Malakhov‡D2631316−132
7Scott LachanceD266713226
39Travis GreenC425712−1025
37Dennis VaskeD4111112353
33Benoit Hogue‡LW336410034
24Troy Loney‡LW26549023
72Mathieu Schneider†D13369−530
2Bob BeersD22279−86
9Kirk Muller†C12358314
15Brad DalgarnoRW22325−814
17Chris MarinucciC12145−12
14Ron SutterC27145−821
75Brett LindrosRW33134−8100
6Chris LuongoD47134−236
24[b]Brent Severyn†D19134134
25Paul Stanton†D18044−69
28[c]Chris TaylorC1003312
34Yan KaminskyLW211220
47Rich PilonD20112−340
3Dean ChynowethD32022977
12Mick VukotaRW390221109
11Darius KasparaitisD13011−1122
10Kip MillerC801110
35Tommy SaloG60110
9Dave ChyzowskiLW13000−211
10Craig Darby†C3000−10
8Gord DineenD9000−52
29Jamie McLennanG210002
30Tommy SoderstromG260002
34Milan TichyD2000−12
38Andrei VasilyevLW200002
36Jason WidmerD1000−10

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
30Tommy Soderstrom268123717703.11.90211350
29Jamie McLennan216112539673.39.87601185
35Tommy Salo6150189183.02.9050358

Awards and records

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Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Brett Lindros January 21, 1995 [7]
Chris Taylor January 31, 1995
Chris Marinucci March 30, 1995
Tommy Salo April 11, 1995
Andrei Vasilyev April 26, 1995
Jason Widmer May 2, 1995

Draft picks

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New York's draft picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft in Hartford, Connecticut.[8]

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
19Brett Lindros (RW) CanadaKingston Frontenacs (OHL)
238Jason Holland (D) CanadaKamloops Blazers (WHL)
363Jason Strudwick (D) CanadaKamloops Blazers (WHL)
490Brad Lukowich (D) CanadaKamloops Blazers (WHL)
5112Mark McArthur (G) CanadaGuelph Storm (OHL)
5116Albie O'Connell (LW) United StatesSaint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA)
6142Jason Stewart (C) United StatesSimley High School (USHS-MA)
8194Mike Loach (C) CanadaWindsor Spitfires (OHL)
8203Peter Hogardh (C) SwedenVästra Frölunda HC (Sweden)
9220Gord Walsh (LW) CanadaKingston Frontenacs (OHL)
10246Kirk DeWaele (D) CanadaLethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
11272Dick Tarnstrom (D) SwedenAIK IF (Sweden)

Notes

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  1. ↑ Malakhov wore number 23 in his first ten games.
  2. ↑ Severyn wore number 4 in his first eight games.
  3. ↑ Taylor wore number 25 in his first two games.

References

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  1. ↑ "Islanders coach Arbour returns to front office". Tampa Bay Times. June 2, 1994. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ "HENNING REPLACES ARBOUR AS ISLANDERS COACH". Deseret News. June 21, 1994. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1994-95 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  6. ↑ "1994-95 New York Islanders Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ "1994-95 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  8. ↑ "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
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