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1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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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 affiliate(s)St. 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)

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

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).

Offseason

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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
1 1 Detroit Red Wings 48 33 11 4 180 117 70
2 2 St. Louis Blues 48 28 15 5 178 135 61
3 4 Chicago Blackhawks 48 24 19 5 156 115 53
4 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 48 21 19 8 135 146 50
5 8 Dallas Stars 48 17 23 8 136 135 42
6 10 Winnipeg Jets 48 16 25 7 157 177 39

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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
1 p – Detroit Red Wings CEN 48 33 11 4 180 117 70
2 x – Calgary Flames PAC 48 24 17 7 163 135 55
3 St. Louis Blues CEN 48 28 15 5 178 135 61
4 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 48 24 19 5 156 115 53
5 Toronto Maple Leafs CEN 48 21 19 8 135 146 50
6 Vancouver Canucks PAC 48 18 18 12 153 148 48
7 San Jose Sharks PAC 48 19 25 4 129 161 42
8 Dallas Stars CEN 48 17 23 8 136 135 42
9 Los Angeles Kings PAC 48 16 23 9 142 174 41
10 Winnipeg Jets CEN 48 16 25 7 157 177 39
11 Edmonton Oilers PAC 48 17 27 4 136 183 38
12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 48 16 27 5 125 164 37

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)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 T January 20, 1995 3–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 0–0–1 Recap
2 L January 21, 1995 2–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 0–1–1 Recap
3 W January 25, 1995 6–2 Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 1–1–1 Recap
4 L January 27, 1995 1–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 1–2–1 Recap
5 W January 28, 1995 2–1 Calgary Flames (1994–95) 2–2–1 Recap
6 W January 30, 1995 2–1 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 3–2–1 Recap
February: 6–7–2 (home: 5–3–1; road: 1–4–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
7 T February 1, 1995 4–4 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 3–2–2 Recap
8 L February 3, 1995 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 3–3–2 Recap
9 L February 4, 1995 1–4 @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 3–4–2 Recap
10 W February 6, 1995 7–3 San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 4–4–2 Recap
11 T February 8, 1995 3–3 OT Dallas Stars (1994–95) 4–4–3 Recap
12 W February 10, 1995 2–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 5–4–3 Recap
13 L February 11, 1995 2–5 Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 5–5–3 Recap
14 W February 13, 1995 4–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 6–5–3 Recap
15 L February 15, 1995 1–4 Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 6–6–3 Recap
16 W February 18, 1995 3–1 St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 7–6–3 Recap
17 L February 20, 1995 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 7–7–3 Recap
18 L February 22, 1995 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 7–8–3 Recap
19 W February 23, 1995 3–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 8–8–3 Recap
20 W February 25, 1995 5–2 Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 9–8–3 Recap
21 L February 27, 1995 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 9–9–3 Recap
March: 6–3–4 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–1–3)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
22 L March 2, 1995 3–4 San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 9–10–3 Recap
23 W March 4, 1995 3–2 Calgary Flames (1994–95) 10–10–3 Recap
24 W March 8, 1995 3–2 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 11–10–3 Recap
25 T March 11, 1995 2–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 11–10–4 Recap
26 L March 13, 1995 1–4 Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 11–11–4 Recap
27 W March 15, 1995 2–1 @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 12–11–4 Recap
28 T March 17, 1995 3–3 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 12–11–5 Recap
29 W March 18, 1995 5–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 13–11–5 Recap
30 L March 21, 1995 1–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 13–12–5 Recap
31 W March 24, 1995 3–2 Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 14–12–5 Recap
32 T March 25, 1995 3–3 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 14–12–6 Recap
33 W March 27, 1995 4–3 Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 15–12–6 Recap
34 T March 31, 1995 3–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 15–12–7 Recap
April: 5–6–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–4–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
35 L April 3, 1995 2–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 15–13–7 Recap
36 L April 5, 1995 4–6 St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 15–14–7 Recap
37 L April 7, 1995 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 15–15–7 Recap
38 W April 8, 1995 4–3 Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 16–15–7 Recap
39 W April 14, 1995 2–1 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 17–15–7 Recap
40 L April 15, 1995 1–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 17–16–7 Recap
41 W April 17, 1995 3–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 18–16–7 Recap
42 W April 19, 1995 3–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 19–16–7 Recap
43 L April 21, 1995 1–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 19–17–7 Recap
44 L April 22, 1995 4–6 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 19–18–7 Recap
45 W April 26, 1995 5–2 Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 20–18–7 Recap
46 T April 29, 1995 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 20–18–8 Recap
May: 1–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
47 W May 1, 1995 6–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 21–18–8 Recap
48 L May 3, 1995 1–6 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 21–19–8 Recap
Legend:

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

Playoffs

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1995 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks: Blackhawks win 4–3
Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap
1 W May 7, 1995 5–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks Maple Leafs lead 1–0 Recap
2 W May 9, 1995 3–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks Maple Leafs lead 2–0 Recap
3 L May 11, 1995 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks Maple Leafs lead 2–1 Recap
4 L May 13, 1995 1–3 Chicago Blackhawks Series tied 2–2 Recap
5 L May 15, 1995 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks Blackhawks lead 3–2 Recap
6 W May 17, 1995 5–4 OT Chicago Blackhawks Series tied 3–3 Recap
7 L May 19, 1995 2–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks Blackhawks win 4–3 Recap
Legend:

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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
13 Mats Sundin C 47 23 24 47 −5 14 7 5 4 9 −2 4
14 Dave Andreychuk LW 48 22 16 38 −7 34 7 3 2 5 3 25
7 Mike Ridley C 48 10 27 37 1 14 7 3 1 4 −3 2
93 Doug Gilmour C 44 10 23 33 −5 26 7 0 6 6 2 6
23 Todd Gill D 47 7 25 32 −8 64 7 0 3 3 −4 6
24 Randy Wood LW 48 13 11 24 7 34 7 2 0 2 −2 6
11 Mike Gartner RW 38 12 8 20 0 6 5 2 2 4 4 2
15 Dmitri Mironov D 33 5 12 17 6 28 6 2 1 3 −1 2
4 Dave Ellett D 33 5 10 15 −6 26 7 0 2 2 −5 0
9 Mike Craig RW 37 5 5 10 −21 12 2 0 1 1 0 2
32 Mike Eastwood C 36 5 5 10 −12 32
34 Jamie Macoun D 46 2 8 10 −6 75 7 1 2 3 0 8
19 Kenny Jonsson D 39 2 7 9 −8 16 4 0 0 0 −2 0
2 Garth Butcher D 45 1 7 8 −5 59 7 0 0 0 0 8
21 Warren Rychel LW 26 1 6 7 1 101 3 0 0 0 −2 0
10 Bill Berg LW 32 5 1 6 −11 26 7 0 1 1 −3 4
32[a] Benoit Hogue LW 12 3 3 6 0 0 7 0 0 0 −4 6
25 Terry Yake RW 19 3 2 5 1 2
16 Nikolai Borschevsky RW 19 0 5 5 3 0
20 Rich Sutter RW 18 0 3 3 −7 10 4 0 0 0 −3 2
12 Dixon Ward RW 22 0 3 3 −4 31
25 Paul DiPietro C 12 1 1 2 −6 6 7 1 1 2 −3 0
55 Drake Berehowsky D 25 0 2 2 −10 15
3 Grant Jennings D 10 0 2 2 −6 7 4 0 0 0 −3 0
28[b] Tie Domi RW 9 0 1 1 1 31 7 1 0 1 −2 0
16[c] Darby Hendrickson C 8 0 1 1 0 4
18 Kent Manderville LW 36 0 1 1 −2 22 7 0 0 0 −3 6
22 Ken Baumgartner LW 2 0 0 0 0 5
43 Ken Belanger LW 3 0 0 0 0 9
28 David Harlock D 1 0 0 0 −1 0
33 Matt Martin D 15 0 0 0 2 13
45 Zdenek Nedved RW 1 0 0 0 0 2
29 Felix Potvin G 36 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0
1 Damian Rhodes G 13 0 0 0 4
8 Todd Warriner LW 5 0 0 0 −3 0

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
29 Felix Potvin 36 15 13 7 1120 104 2.91 .907 0 2144 7 3 4 253 20 2.83 .921 1 424
1 Damian Rhodes 13 6 6 1 404 34 2.69 .916 0 760

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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Player Former team
Mike Craig Dallas Stars
Jamie Heward Undrafted free agent
Player New team
Mike Krushelnyski Detroit Red Wings
John Cullen Pittsburgh Penguins
Mark Greig Calgary Flames

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
1 16 Eric Fichaud (G)  Canada Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
2 48 Sean Haggerty (LW)  United States Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL)
3 64 Fredrik Modin (LW)  Sweden Timrå IK (Sweden)
5 126 Mark Deyell (C)  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6 152 Kam White (D)  United States Newmarket Royals (OHL)
7 178 Tommi Rajamaki (D)  Finland Ässät (Finland)
8 204 Rob Butler (LW)  Canada Niagara Falls Canucks (GHJHL)
10 256 Sergei Berezin (LW)  Russia Khimik Voskresensk (Russia)
11 282 Doug Nolan (LW)  United States Catholic 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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  • "Toronto Maple Leafs 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  • "1994-95 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  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. ^ a b "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.