1994–95 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1994–95 1994 Eastern 11th Northeast 6th 18–23–7 15–5–4 3–18–3 125 148 Serge Savard Jacques Demers Kirk Muller (Oct.–Apr.)Mike Keane (Apr.–May) J. J. DaigneaultVincent DamphousseMike Keane (Oct.–Apr.) Montreal Forum 16,964 Fredericton CanadiensWheeling Thunderbirds Mark Recchi (14) Vincent Damphousse (30) Mark Recchi (43) Vincent Damphousse (+15) Lyle Odelein (152) Patrick Roy (17) Patrick Roy (2.97)The 1994–95 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 86th season of play and the last full season in the Montreal Forum before moving to the new Molson Centre. For the first time since the 1969–70 season (and only the third time since 1939–40 season, 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 regular season was 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.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.338, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, 978-0-470-15616-2 Already gone at the season's debut were several important members of the 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 the only season of his NHL playing career that his team 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.https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html 1994-95 NHL Summary Final standings MTL MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1994–95 regular season1994-95 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1995_games.html Hockey-Reference.com September 4, 2023 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January: 2–2–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 0–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |1||January 21, 1995||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers||0–1–0 || 1994020011 L |- |2||January 25, 1995||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals||1–1–0 || 1994020033 W |- |3||January 28, 1995||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils||2–1–0 || 1994020052 W |- |4||January 29, 1995||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers||2–1–1 || 1994020061 T |- |5||January 31, 1995||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning||2–2–1 || 1994020071 L |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February: 5–6–3 (home: 3–1–1; road: 2–5–2) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |6||February 2, 1995||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Florida Panthers||2–2–2 || 1994020085 T |- |7||February 4, 1995||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders||3–2–2 || 1994020094 W |- |8||February 7, 1995||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins||3–3–2 || 1994020110 L |- |9||February 8, 1995||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Ottawa Senators||4–3–2 || 1994020119 W |- |10||February 11, 1995||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||4–4–2 || 1994020134 L |- |11||February 13, 1995||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers||4–4–3 || 1994020148 T |- |12||February 15, 1995||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers||4–5–3 || 1994020156 L |- |13||February 16, 1995||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers||4–5–4 || 1994020165 T |- |14||February 18, 1995||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers||5–5–4 || 1994020176 W |- |15||February 20, 1995||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders||6–5–4 || 1994020187 W |- |16||February 23, 1995||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Florida Panthers||7–5–4 || 1994020207 W |- |17||February 25, 1995||0–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers||7–6–4 || 1994020218 L |- |18||February 27, 1995||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils||7–7–4 || 1994020232 L |- |19||February 28, 1995||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders||7–8–4 || 1994020235 L |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March: 4–7–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 0–6–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |20||March 4, 1995||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals||7–9–4 || 1994020261 L |- |21||March 5, 1995||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres||7–10–4 || 1994020266 L |- |22||March 8, 1995||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres||7–10–5 || 1994020284 T |- |23||March 11, 1995||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers||8–10–5 || 1994020301 W |- |24||March 13, 1995||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||8–11–5 || 1994020312 L |- |25||March 15, 1995||8–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins||9–11–5 || 1994020322 W |- |26||March 16, 1995||0–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins||9–12–5 || 1994020326 L |- |27||March 18, 1995||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques||10–12–5 || 1994020341 W |- |28||March 20, 1995||4–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||10–13–5 || 1994020354 L |- |29||March 22, 1995||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers||10–14–5 || 1994020363 L |- |30||March 25, 1995||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Ottawa Senators||11–14–5 || 1994020379 W |- |31||March 27, 1995||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning||11–15–5 || 1994020394 L |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; April: 7–6–2 (home: 6–2–1; road: 1–4–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |32||April 1, 1995||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils||11–16–5 || 1994020423 L |- |33||April 3, 1995||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Ottawa Senators||12–16–5 || 1994020434 W |- |34||April 5, 1995||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques||13–16–5 || 1994020444 W |- |35||April 6, 1995||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques||13–17–5 || 1994020450 L |- |36||April 8, 1995||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins||14–17–5 || 1994020462 W |- |37||April 10, 1995||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils||15–17–5 || 1994020475 W |- |38||April 12, 1995||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||15–18–5 || 1994020485 L |- |39||April 14, 1995||3–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers||15–19–5 || 1994020494 L |- |40||April 15, 1995||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins||15–20–5 || 1994020503 L |- |41||April 17, 1995||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals||16–20–5 || 1994020516 W |- |42||April 19, 1995||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Ottawa Senators||17–20–5 || 1994020529 W |- |43||April 22, 1995||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning||18–20–5 || 1994020547 W |- |44||April 24, 1995||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers||18–21–5 || 1994020561 L |- |45||April 26, 1995||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques||18–21–6 || 1994020573 T |- |46||April 29, 1995||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres||18–21–7 || 1994020592 T |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; May: 0–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |47||May 1, 1995||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres||18–22–7 || 1994020606 L |- |48||May 3, 1995||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins||18–23–7 || 1994020617 L |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black W #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black L #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black T Player statistics Scoring 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 Canadiens only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only. No. Jersey number Player Pos Position Regular season GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalties in minutes 8 Mark Recchi RW 39 14 29 43 −3 16 25 Vincent Damphousse C 48 10 30 40 15 42 22 Benoit Brunet Benoît Brunet LW 45 7 18 25 7 16 77 Pierre Turgeon C 15 11 9 20 12 4 12 Mike Keane RW 48 10 10 20 5 15 27 Mathieu Schneider D 30 5 15 20 −3 49 49 Brian Savage LW 37 12 7 19 5 27 11 Kirk Muller LW 33 8 11 19 −21 33 23 Brian Bellows LW 41 8 8 16 −7 8 43 Patrice Brisebois D 35 4 8 12 −2 26 29 Yves Racine D 47 4 7 11 −1 42 24 Lyle Odelein D 48 3 7 10 −13 152 15 Paul DiPietro C 22 4 5 9 −3 4 48 J. J. Daigneault D 45 3 5 8 2 40 30 Turner Stevenson RW 41 6 1 7 0 86 44 Bryan Fogarty D 21 5 2 7 −3 34 28 Eric Desjardins Éric Desjardins D 9 0 6 6 2 2 6 Oleg Petrov RW 12 2 3 5 −7 4 17 John LeClair LW 9 1 4 5 −1 10 38 Vladimir Malakhov ice hockey D 14 1 4 5 −2 14 31 Ed Ronan RW 30 1 4 5 −7 12 34 Peter Popovic D 33 0 5 5 −10 8 18 Valeri Bure RW 24 3 1 4 −1 6 45 Gilbert Dionne LW 6 0 3 3 −3 2 35 Donald Brashear LW 20 1 1 2 −5 63 14 Craig Darby C 10 0 2 2 −5 0 28 Craig Conroy C 6 1 0 1 −1 0 17 Mark Lamb C 39 1 0 1 −13 18 52 Craig Rivet D 5 0 1 1 2 5 33 Patrick Roy G 43 0 1 1 20 26 Yves Sarault LW 8 0 1 1 −1 0 46 Craig Ferguson ice hockey C 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 Gerry Fleming LW 6 0 0 0 −1 17 26 Jim Montgomery ice hockey C 5 0 0 0 −2 2 57 Chris Murray ice hockey, born 1974 RW 3 0 0 0 0 4 32 Mario Roberge LW 9 0 0 0 −2 34 20 Pierre Sevigny ice hockey LW 19 0 0 0 −5 15 1 Ron Tugnutt G 7 0 0 0 0 56 David Wilkie ice hockey D 1 0 0 0 0 0 Goaltending No. Jersey number Player Regular season GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties SA Shots against GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts TOI Time on ice 33 Patrick Roy 43 17 20 6 1357 127 2.97 .906 1 2566 1 Ron Tugnutt 7 1 3 1 172 18 3.12 .895 0 346 Awards and records Awards TypeAward/honourRecipientRef Team Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy Benoit BrunetMontreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.553 Molson Cup Patrick RoyMontreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.552 Milestones MilestonePlayerDateRef First game Craig Darby February 8, 19951994-95 NHL Debuts https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995_debut.html Hockey-Reference.com October 5, 2024 Craig Conroy February 15, 1995 Valeri Bure February 28, 1995 Yves Sarault March 25, 1995 Chris Murray April 12, 1995 David Wilkie April 14, 1995 Craig Rivet April 15, 1995 500th game played Patrick Roy February 20, 1995Patrick Roy https://hockeygoalies.org/bio/roy.html hockeygoalies.org September 11, 2023 Played in 500th National Hockey League game (vs. NY Islanders), February 20, 1995. Transactions February 9, 1995: Montreal traded John LeClair, Eric Desjardins and Gilbert Dionne to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Mark Recchi and Philadelphia's third-round pick in the 1995 NHL entry draft (used to select (Martin Hohenberger). LeClair gelled immediately with new Flyers line-mate Eric Lindros and quickly became one of the NHL's most feared goal-scorers. April 5, 1995: Montreal acquired Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov from the New York Islanders in exchange for Kirk Muller, Mathieu Schneider and Craig Darby.NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out https://web.archive.org/web/20090216033716/http://habsinsideout.com/main/3969 2009-02-16 Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft in Hartford, Connecticut.1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html www.hockeydb.com September 4, 2023 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 TPS (Finland) 3 74 Martin Belanger Defence Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL) 4 96 Arto Kuki Centre 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 HC Kladno (Czech Republic) 10 252 Chris Aldous Defence United StatesNorthwood School (USHS-NY) 11 278 Ross Parsons Defence Canada Regina Pats (WHL) See also 1994–95 NHL season References Montreal Canadiens 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000451995.html www.hockeydb.com September 4, 2023 1994-95 Montreal Canadiens Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1995.html Hockey-Reference.com September 4, 2023 Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Canadiens season, 1994-95 Montreal Category:1994 in Montreal Category:1995 in Montreal Category:1994 in sports in Quebec Category:1995 in sports in Quebec