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1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 78th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division4th Central
Conference5th Western
1994–95 record21–19–8
Home record15–7–2
Road record6–12–6
Goals for135
Goals against146
Team information
General managerCliff Fletcher
CoachPat Burns
CaptainDoug Gilmour
Alternate captainsDave Andreychuk
Dave Ellett
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Average attendance15,744
Minor league affiliateSt. John's Maple Leafs
Team leaders
GoalsMats Sundin (23)
AssistsMike Ridley (27)
PointsMats Sundin (47)
Penalty minutesWarren Rychel (101)
Plus/minusRandy Wood (+7)
WinsFelix Potvin (15)
Goals against averageDamian Rhodes (2.68)

Prior to the 1994–95 season, franchise player and fan favourite Wendel Clark was sent to the Quebec Nordiques in a blockbuster trade. Clark, along with defenceman Sylvain Lefebvre and Toronto's second pick in the 1993 NHL entry draft, Landon Wilson, were traded to the Nordiques on June 28, 1994, in exchange for forward Mats Sundin, defenceman Garth Butcher and Quebec's first pick in the 1992 NHL entry draft, Todd Warriner. In Clark's absence, the gritty and dependable veteran forward Doug Gilmour was named team captain.

After finishing fourth in 1992–93 and third in 1993–94, the Maple Leafs fell to fifth place in the Western Conference in 1994–95 and, for the first time in three seasons, they allowed more goals than they scored. Throughout the regular season, Toronto never won more than two games in a row, and finished just two games above .500. In addition, no Toronto player recorded a hat trick. To toughen up their lineup, the Leafs signed Warren Rychel from the Los Angeles Kings midway through the regular season, and on April 7, 1995, they traded center Mike Eastwood and a third-round pick in the 1995 NHL entry draft to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for right wing Tie Domi.

Toronto was the only Western Conference team to score at least one goal in all 48 of its regular-season games in 1994–95 (the Quebec Nordiques and the Buffalo Sabres were the only Eastern Conference teams to accomplish this feat in 1994–95). The Maple Leafs finished sixth in the league in penalty-killing (84.86%) and allowed the most empty-net goals of any team in the league (8).

The team qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive year.

Regular season

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The Maple Leafs tied the Dallas Stars and the Hartford Whalers for the lowest shooting percentage during the regular season with just 135 goals on 1,520 shots (8.9%).[1]

Season standings

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Central Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
11Detroit Red Wings483311418011770
22St. Louis Blues482815517813561
34 Chicago Blackhawks482419515611553
45Toronto Maple Leafs482119813514650
58Dallas Stars481723813613542
610Winnipeg Jets481625715717739

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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[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Detroit Red WingsCEN483311418011770
2x – Calgary FlamesPAC482417716313555
3St. Louis BluesCEN482815517813561
4Chicago BlackhawksCEN482419515611553
5Toronto Maple LeafsCEN482119813514650
6Vancouver CanucksPAC4818181215314848
7San Jose SharksPAC481925412916142
8Dallas StarsCEN481723813613542
9Los Angeles KingsPAC481623914217441
10Winnipeg JetsCEN481625715717739
11Edmonton OilersPAC481727413618338
12Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC481627512516437

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Playoffs

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Although the Maple Leafs were the underdogs against the fourth-place Chicago Blackhawks in the opening round of the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs, they won the first two games of the series at the United Center and went home to Maple Leaf Gardens for game three with two-games-to-none series lead. However, the Blackhawks played determinedly and won Games 3 and 4 in Toronto to regain home-ice advantage in the series. Chicago then won Game 5, 4–2, and looked to clinch the series in Game 6 back in Toronto. The Maple Leafs played a spirited game, going up 4–1 in the third period. The Blackhawks fought back with three consecutive goals to tie the game. At 10:00 of the first overtime period, Randy Wood scored his second goal of the game to give the Maple Leafs a 5–4 win. The victory tied the series at three games apiece and forced game seven back in Chicago. In Game 7, Joe Murphy scored twice and Ed Belfour made 22 saves as Chicago advanced to the second round for the first time in three years with a 5–2 win.

Schedule and results

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Regular season

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1994–95 regular season[4]
January: 3–2–1 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–2–1)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1January 20, 19953–3 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)0–0–1T
2January 21, 19952–3@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)0–1–1L
3January 25, 19956–2Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)1–1–1W
4January 27, 19951–4@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)1–2–1L
5January 28, 19952–1Calgary Flames (1994–95)2–2–1W
6January 30, 19952–1@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)3–2–1W
February: 6–7–2 (home: 5–3–1; road: 1–4–1)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
7February 1, 19954–4 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)3–2–2T
8February 3, 19953–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)3–3–2L
9February 4, 19951–4@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)3–4–2L
10February 6, 19957–3San Jose Sharks (1994–95)4–4–2W
11February 8, 19953–3 OTDallas Stars (1994–95)4–4–3T
12February 10, 19952–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)5–4–3W
13February 11, 19952–5Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)5–5–3L
14February 13, 19954–2Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)6–5–3W
15February 15, 19951–4Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)6–6–3L
16February 18, 19953–1St. Louis Blues (1994–95)7–6–3W
17February 20, 19952–4Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)7–7–3L
18February 22, 19951–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)7–8–3L
19February 23, 19953–1Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)8–8–3W
20February 25, 19955–2Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)9–8–3W
21February 27, 19952–3@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)9–9–3L
March: 6–3–4 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–1–3)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
22March 2, 19953–4San Jose Sharks (1994–95)9–10–3L
23March 4, 19953–2Calgary Flames (1994–95)10–10–3W
24March 8, 19953–2Dallas Stars (1994–95)11–10–3W
25March 11, 19952–2 OTChicago Blackhawks (1994–95)11–10–4T
26March 13, 19951–4Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)11–11–4L
27March 15, 19952–1@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)12–11–4W
28March 17, 19953–3 OT@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)12–11–5T
29March 18, 19955–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)13–11–5W
30March 21, 19951–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)13–12–5L
31March 24, 19953–2Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)14–12–5W
32March 25, 19953–3 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)14–12–6T
33March 27, 19954–3Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)15–12–6W
34March 31, 19953–3 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)15–12–7T
April: 5–6–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–4–1)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
35April 3, 19952–5@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)15–13–7L
36April 5, 19954–6St. Louis Blues (1994–95)15–14–7L
37April 7, 19952–4Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)15–15–7L
38April 8, 19954–3Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)16–15–7W
39April 14, 19952–1Dallas Stars (1994–95)17–15–7W
40April 15, 19951–5@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)17–16–7L
41April 17, 19953–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)18–16–7W
42April 19, 19953–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)19–16–7W
43April 21, 19951–3@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)19–17–7L
44April 22, 19954–6@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)19–18–7L
45April 26, 19955–2Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)20–18–7W
46April 29, 19952–2 OT@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)20–18–8T
May: 1–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
47May 1, 19956–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)21–18–8W
48May 3, 19951–6@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)21–19–8L

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

Playoffs

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1995 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks: Blackhawks win 4–3
GameDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1May 7, 19955–3@ Chicago BlackhawksMaple Leafs lead 1–0W
2May 9, 19953–0@ Chicago BlackhawksMaple Leafs lead 2–0W
3May 11, 19952–3Chicago BlackhawksMaple Leafs lead 2–1L
4May 13, 19951–3Chicago BlackhawksSeries tied 2–2L
5May 15, 19952–4@ Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawks lead 3–2L
6May 17, 19955–4 OTChicago BlackhawksSeries tied 3–3W
7May 19, 19952–5@ Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawks win 4–3L

Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Maple Leafs only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.
No. Player Pos Regular season Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
13Mats SundinC47232447−5147549−24
14Dave AndreychukLW48221638−7347325325
7Mike RidleyC481027371147314−32
93Doug GilmourC44102333−526706626
23Todd GillD4772532−8647033−46
24Randy WoodLW481311247347202−26
11Mike GartnerRW381282006522442
15Dmitri MironovD33512176286213−12
4Dave EllettD3351015−6267022−50
9Mike CraigRW375510−2112201102
32Mike Eastwood‡C365510−1232——————
34Jamie MacounD462810−675712308
19Kenny JonssonD39279−8164000−20
2Garth ButcherD45178−559700008
21Warren Rychel†LW2616711013000−20
10Bill BergLW32516−11267011−34
32[a]Benoit Hogue†LW12336007000−46
25Terry YakeRW1932512——————
16Nikolai Borschevsky‡RW1905530——————
20Rich Sutter†RW18033−7104000−32
12Dixon WardRW22033−431——————
25Paul DiPietro†C12112−667112−30
55Drake Berehowsky‡D25022−1015——————
3Grant Jennings†D10022−674000−30
28[b]Tie Domi†RW90111317101−20
16[c]Darby HendricksonC801104——————
18Kent MandervilleLW36011−2227000−36
22Ken BaumgartnerLW200005——————
43Ken BelangerLW300009——————
28David HarlockD1000−10——————
33Matt MartinD15000213——————
45Zdenek NedvedRW100002——————
29Felix PotvinG36000470000
1Damian RhodesG130004——————
8Todd WarrinerLW5000−30——————

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season Playoffs
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
29Felix Potvin361513711201042.91.90702144734253202.83.9211424
1Damian Rhodes13661404342.69.9160760—————————

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honour Recipient Ref
League
(annual)		 NHL All-Rookie Team Kenny Jonsson (Defence) [5]
Team Molson Cup Mats Sundin [6]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Kenny Jonsson January 20, 1995 [7]
Zdenek Nedved February 8, 1995
Todd Warriner February 20, 1995
Ken Belanger March 4, 1995

Transactions

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The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

Trades

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July 11, 1994 To Los Angeles Kings
Yanic Perreault		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
4th round pick in 1996 (Mikael Simons)
August 10, 1994 To Dallas Stars
Peter Zezel
Grant Marshall		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Compensation for Mike Craig
September 28, 1994 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
David Sacco		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Terry Yake
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 Washington Capitals
4th round pick in 1995 (Sebastien Charpentier)		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Warren Rychel
February 17, 1995 To Detroit Red Wings
Chris Govedaris		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Future considerations
March 13, 1995 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Cash		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rich Sutter
April 6, 1995 To Calgary Flames
Nikolai Borschevsky		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
6th round pick in 1996 (Chris Bogas)
April 6, 1995 To New York Islanders
Eric Fichaud		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Benoit Hogue
3rd round pick in 1995 (Ryan Pepperall)
5th round pick in 1996 (Brandon Sugdon)
April 6, 1995 To Montreal Canadiens
4th round pick in 1996 (Kim Staal)		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Paul DiPietro
April 7, 1995 To Detroit Red Wings
Future considerations		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Gord Kruppke
April 7, 1995 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Drake Berehowsky		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Grant Jennings
April 7, 1995 To Winnipeg Jets
Mike Eastwood
3rd round pick in 1995 (Brad Isbister)		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Tie Domi
July 8, 1995 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Dmitri Mironov
2nd round pick in 1996 (Josh DeWolf)		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Larry Murphy
July 8, 1995 To Philadelphia Flyers
5th round pick in 1996 (Per-Ragnar Bergquist)		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rob Zettler
July 8, 1995 To Vancouver Canucks
Mike Ridley		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Sergio Momesso

Waivers

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January 18, 1995 From Buffalo Sabres
Randy Wood

Free agents

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Draft picks

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Toronto'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
116Eric Fichaud (G) CanadaChicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
248Sean Haggerty (LW) United StatesDetroit Junior Red Wings (OHL)
364Fredrik Modin (LW) SwedenTimrå IK (Sweden)
5126Mark Deyell (C) CanadaSaskatoon Blades (WHL)
6152Kam White (D) United StatesNewmarket Royals (OHL)
7178Tommi Rajamaki (D) FinlandÄssät (Finland)
8204Rob Butler (LW) CanadaNiagara Falls Canucks (GHJHL)
10256Sergei Berezin (LW) RussiaKhimik Voskresensk (Russia)
11282Doug Nolan (LW) United StatesCatholic Memorial High School (USHS–MA)

Farm teams

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Hogue wore number 28 in his first two games.
  2. ↑ Domi wore number 8 in his first two games.
  3. ↑ Hendrickson wore number 37 in his first six games.

References

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  1. ↑ "1994-95 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. 1 2 "1994-95 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ Toronto Maple Leafs 2015–16 Media Guide, p.373
  7. ↑ "1994-95 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  8. ↑ "1994 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.
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