1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

The 1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 63rd season, the franchise's 69th. The Red Wings started the 1994–95 season strong, and finished it strong, going 33–11–4 for 70 points in 48 games. Having the league's best regular-season record, they were awarded the Presidents' Trophy. They tied the Chicago Blackhawks for most power play goals with 52 and had the second-best power-play in the league (24.64%). Veteran forward Ray Sheppard scored 30 goals on just 125 shots.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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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.

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

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

Playoffs

The Red Wings dominated the first three rounds of the 1995 NHL playoffs, going 12–2 and outscoring their opponents 54–28 during that span. On Sunday June 11, the Red Wings advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, their first Finals appearance since 1966 with a 2–1 double-overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks in game five of the 1995 Western Conference Finals. Forward Vyacheslav Kozlov scored the game-winner at 2:25 of the second overtime period.

The Red Wings were stunned in the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals in a four-game sweep at the hands of the underdog New Jersey Devils, whose neutral-zone trap system held Detroit to just seven goals in the series.

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

• 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 Red Wings only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.^[8]

Notes

1. York wore number 40 in his first five games.
2. Ferner wore number 21 in his first two games.

References

• "Detroit Red Wings 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
• "1994-95 Detroit Red Wings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

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2. "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
3. "1994-95 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
4. "James Norris Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
5. "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
6. Clark, Cammy (February 26, 1995). "Why sign Naslund? Goal hopes". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved September 12, 2023. Maple Leaf Gardens has seen two players reach their 1,000th games within nine days. Right winger Jari Kurri of the Kings hit the milestone Feb. 11 against the Leafs, followed by Detroit defenseman Mike Ramsey on Feb. 20. Ramsey was the 99th player in league history to reach 1,000.^{[dead link]}
7. "NHL / Bruins Defeat Flyers; Gretzky Still On Fire". sfgate.com. March 29, 1995. Retrieved September 12, 2023. Detroit's Dino Ciccarelli became the 100th NHL player to play in 1,000 career games.
8. "1994 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.