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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.–May)
Alternate captainsJ. J. Daigneault
Vincent Damphousse
Mike Keane (Oct.–Apr.)
ArenaMontreal Forum
Average attendance16,964
Minor league affiliate(s)Fredericton Canadiens
Wheeling Thunderbirds
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 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 second time since 1947–48), the Canadiens failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Off-season

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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

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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.[1] 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.[2]

Final standings

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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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Eastern Conference[4]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Quebec Nordiques NE 48 30 13 5 185 134 65
2 Philadelphia Flyers AT 48 28 16 4 150 132 60
3 Pittsburgh Penguins NE 48 29 16 3 181 158 61
4 Boston Bruins NE 48 27 18 3 150 127 57
5 New Jersey Devils AT 48 22 18 8 136 121 52
6 Washington Capitals AT 48 22 18 8 136 120 52
7 Buffalo Sabres NE 48 22 19 7 130 119 51
8 New York Rangers AT 48 22 23 3 139 134 47
9 Florida Panthers AT 48 20 22 6 115 127 46
10 Hartford Whalers NE 48 19 24 5 127 141 43
11 Montreal Canadiens NE 48 18 23 7 125 148 43
12 Tampa Bay Lightning AT 48 17 28 3 120 144 37
13 New York Islanders AT 48 15 28 5 126 158 35
14 Ottawa Senators NE 48 9 34 5 117 174 23

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs


Schedule and results

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1994–95 regular season[5]
January: 2–2–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 0–2–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 L January 21, 1995 2–5 @ New York Rangers 0–1–0 Recap
2 W January 25, 1995 2–0 Washington Capitals 1–1–0 Recap
3 W January 28, 1995 5–1 New Jersey Devils 2–1–0 Recap
4 T January 29, 1995 2–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers 2–1–1 Recap
5 L January 31, 1995 1–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 2–2–1 Recap
February: 5–6–3 (home: 3–1–1; road: 2–5–2)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
6 T February 2, 1995 1–1 OT @ Florida Panthers 2–2–2 Recap
7 W February 4, 1995 4–2 New York Islanders 3–2–2 Recap
8 L February 7, 1995 4–7 @ Boston Bruins 3–3–2 Recap
9 W February 8, 1995 4–2 @ Ottawa Senators 4–3–2 Recap
10 L February 11, 1995 1–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–4–2 Recap
11 T February 13, 1995 2–2 OT Hartford Whalers 4–4–3 Recap
12 L February 15, 1995 1–4 @ Hartford Whalers 4–5–3 Recap
13 T February 16, 1995 2–2 OT @ New York Rangers 4–5–4 Recap
14 W February 18, 1995 5–2 New York Rangers 5–5–4 Recap
15 W February 20, 1995 3–2 OT New York Islanders 6–5–4 Recap
16 W February 23, 1995 5–2 @ Florida Panthers 7–5–4 Recap
17 L February 25, 1995 0–7 Philadelphia Flyers 7–6–4 Recap
18 L February 27, 1995 1–6 @ New Jersey Devils 7–7–4 Recap
19 L February 28, 1995 1–2 @ New York Islanders 7–8–4 Recap
March: 4–7–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 0–6–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
20 L March 4, 1995 1–5 @ Washington Capitals 7–9–4 Recap
21 L March 5, 1995 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres 7–10–4 Recap
22 T March 8, 1995 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres 7–10–5 Recap
23 W March 11, 1995 3–1 New York Rangers 8–10–5 Recap
24 L March 13, 1995 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 8–11–5 Recap
25 W March 15, 1995 8–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 9–11–5 Recap
26 L March 16, 1995 0–6 @ Boston Bruins 9–12–5 Recap
27 W March 18, 1995 5–4 Quebec Nordiques 10–12–5 Recap
28 L March 20, 1995 4–8 @ Philadelphia Flyers 10–13–5 Recap
29 L March 22, 1995 2–3 Florida Panthers 10–14–5 Recap
30 W March 25, 1995 3–1 Ottawa Senators 11–14–5 Recap
31 L March 27, 1995 2–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning 11–15–5 Recap
April: 7–6–2 (home: 6–2–1; road: 1–4–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
32 L April 1, 1995 1–4 @ New Jersey Devils 11–16–5 Recap
33 W April 3, 1995 5–4 @ Ottawa Senators 12–16–5 Recap
34 W April 5, 1995 6–5 Quebec Nordiques 13–16–5 Recap
35 L April 6, 1995 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques 13–17–5 Recap
36 W April 8, 1995 2–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 14–17–5 Recap
37 W April 10, 1995 2–1 New Jersey Devils 15–17–5 Recap
38 L April 12, 1995 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers 15–18–5 Recap
39 L April 14, 1995 3–4 OT @ Hartford Whalers 15–19–5 Recap
40 L April 15, 1995 2–3 Boston Bruins 15–20–5 Recap
41 W April 17, 1995 5–2 Washington Capitals 16–20–5 Recap
42 W April 19, 1995 4–1 Ottawa Senators 17–20–5 Recap
43 W April 22, 1995 3–1 Tampa Bay Lightning 18–20–5 Recap
44 L April 24, 1995 3–4 Hartford Whalers 18–21–5 Recap
45 T April 26, 1995 1–1 OT @ Quebec Nordiques 18–21–6 Recap
46 T April 29, 1995 3–3 OT Buffalo Sabres 18–21–7 Recap
May: 0–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
47 L May 1, 1995 0–2 @ Buffalo Sabres 18–22–7 Recap
48 L May 3, 1995 2–4 Boston Bruins 18–23–7 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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 Canadiens only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
8 Mark Recchi† RW 39 14 29 43 −3 16
25 Vincent Damphousse C 48 10 30 40 15 42
22 Benoit 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‡ 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† 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 C 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 Gerry Fleming LW 6 0 0 0 −1 17
26 Jim Montgomery‡ C 5 0 0 0 −2 2
57 Chris Murray RW 3 0 0 0 0 4
32 Mario Roberge LW 9 0 0 0 −2 34
20 Pierre Sevigny LW 19 0 0 0 −5 15
1 Ron Tugnutt G 7 0 0 0 0
56 David Wilkie D 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
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

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Awards

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Type Award/honour Recipient Ref
Team Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy Benoit Brunet [6]
Molson Cup Patrick Roy [7]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Craig Darby February 8, 1995 [8]
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, 1995 [9]

Transactions

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Draft picks

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Montreal's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.[11]

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)

See also

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References

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  • "Montreal Canadiens 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  • "1994-95 Montreal Canadiens Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  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. ^ "1994-95 NHL Summary".
  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. ^ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  5. ^ "1994-95 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  6. ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.553
  7. ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.552
  8. ^ "1994-95 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  9. ^ "Patrick Roy". hockeygoalies.org. Retrieved September 11, 2023. Played in 500th National Hockey League game (vs. NY Islanders), February 20, 1995.
  10. ^ NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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