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1994–95 New York Rangers season

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The 1994–95 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 69th season. The season was shortened to 48 games due to the 1994–95 NHL lockout.

Division4th Atlantic
Conference8th Eastern
1994–95 record22–23–3
Home record11–10–3
Quick facts New York Rangers, Division ...
1994–95 New York Rangers
Division4th Atlantic
Conference8th Eastern
1994–95 record22–23–3
Home record11–10–3
Road record11–13–0
Goals for139
Goals against134
Team information
General managerNeil Smith
CoachColin Campbell
CaptainMark Messier
Alternate captainsAdam Graves
Brian Leetch
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Average attendance18,194 (99.9%)
Minor league affiliateBinghamton Rangers
Team leaders
GoalsAdam Graves (17)
AssistsMark Messier (39)
PointsMark Messier (53)
Penalty minutesNick Kypreos (93)
Plus/minusAdam Graves (+9)
WinsMike Richter (14)
Goals against averageGlenn Healy (2.36)
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For the third time in as many years, the Rangers started the season with a different head coach. Mike Keenan, who had led the team to the Stanley Cup one year earlier, left to become head coach and general manager of the St. Louis Blues under controversial circumstances. Colin Campbell was hired to replace him and the Blues sent Petr Nedved to the Rangers as compensation for Keenan, with Doug Lidster and Esa Tikkanen sent to St. Louis with their former coach.

The Rangers barely qualified for the playoffs in the shortened season, finishing one point ahead of the Florida Panthers for the last spot in the Eastern Conference. The team advanced to the second round of the playoffs, where they fell in a sweep to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Regular season

Final standings

More information No., CR ...
Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
12Philadelphia Flyers482816415013260
25New Jersey Devils482218813612152
36Washington Capitals482218813612052
48New York Rangers482223313913447
59Florida Panthers482022611512746
612Tampa Bay Lightning481728312014437
713New York Islanders481528512615835
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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.

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Eastern Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1Quebec NordiquesNE483013518513465
2Philadelphia FlyersAT482816415013260
3Pittsburgh PenguinsNE482916318115861
4Boston BruinsNE482718315012757
5New Jersey DevilsAT482218813612152
6Washington CapitalsAT482218813612052
7Buffalo SabresNE482219713011951
8New York RangersAT482223313913447
9Florida PanthersAT482022611512746
10Hartford WhalersNE481924512714143
11Montreal CanadiensNE481823712514843
12Tampa Bay LightningAT481728312014437
13New York IslandersAT481528512615835
14Ottawa SenatorsNE48934511717423
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Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

Main article: 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Rangers faced the first-place Quebec Nordiques in the first round of the playoffs. They narrowly lost Game 1, 5–4, as the Nordiques were powered by Joe Sakic's hat-trick. New York came back in game 2, winning 8–3. Sergei Nemchinov and Petr Nedved each scored twice. After edging the Nordiques 4–3 in Game 3, the Rangers found themselves trailing 2–0 in Game 4. They would tie it up on goals by Brian Leetch and Alexei Kovalev. Steve Larmer scored the winner at 8:09 of the first overtime period. Facing elimination, the Nordiques played a determined Game 5 at home and won 4–2 to cut New York's lead in the series to 3–2. The Rangers, at home for Game 6, built up a 4–0 lead and ended up winning 4–2, to eliminate the Nordiques four games to two. The Nordiques moved to Colorado almost immediately, as the announcement came on May 25, 1995.

In the second round, the Rangers faced a determined Philadelphia Flyers team that was led by the "Legion of Doom" line. In Game 1, the Rangers jumped out to a 2–0 lead after the first period on power-play goals by Brian Leetch and Petr Nedved. With the help of John LeClair's hat trick, the Flyers took a 4–3 lead in the third period. With only 19 seconds remaining, Pat Verbeek tied the game at 4–4. However, it was the Flyers who would ultimately win the game, as Eric Desjardins scored at 7:03 of the first overtime period. Game 2 started nearly identically to Game 1, as New York led 2–0 after the first period on power-play goals. Both were scored by Brian Leetch. Philadelphia re-gained control of the game as they had in Game 1, leading 3–2 midway through the third period. With under eight minutes to go, Leetch completed his hat trick to tie the score at 3–3. This game also went into overtime, and the Flyers needed only 25 seconds to win it, as defenseman Kevin Haller scored his 3rd of the playoffs to give Philadelphia a 2–0 lead in the series. The Flyers went on to dominate Games 3 and 4 at Madison Square Garden in New York, winning 5–2 and 4–1 to complete the sweep.

Schedule and results

Regular season

More information Game, Date ...
1994–95 regular season[3]
January: 2–4–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 0–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
1January 20, 1995Buffalo Sabres2–10–1–0L
2January 21, 1995Montreal Canadiens5–21–1–0W
3January 23, 1995Boston Bruins2–11–2–0L
4January 25, 1995Pittsburgh Penguins3–21–3–0L
5January 28, 1995@ Quebec Nordiques2–01–4–0L
6January 30, 1995Ottawa Senators6–22–4–0W
February: 7–4–3 (home: 1–1–3; road: 6–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
7February 1, 1995@ Pittsburgh Penguins4–32–5–0L
8February 2, 1995Tampa Bay Lightning3–3 OT2–5–1T
9February 4, 1995@ Ottawa Senators2–13–5–1W
10February 8, 1995Washington Capitals5–44–5–1W
11February 9, 1995@ New Jersey Devils4–14–6–1L
12February 11, 1995@ Tampa Bay Lightning3–25–6–1W
13February 15, 1995@ Buffalo Sabres2–16–6–1W
14February 16, 1995Montreal Canadiens2–2 OT6–6–2T
15February 18, 1995@ Montreal Canadiens5–26–7–2L
16February 20, 1995@ Tampa Bay Lightning3–17–7–2W
17February 21, 1995@ Florida Panthers5–38–7–2W
18February 24, 1995Hartford Whalers2–18–8–2L
19February 26, 1995@ Buffalo Sabres4–29–8–2W
20February 28, 1995Florida Panthers0–0 OT9–8–3T
March: 4–8–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 1–5–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
21March 1, 1995@ Hartford Whalers5–210–8–3W
22March 3, 1995Philadelphia Flyers5–311–8–3W
23March 5, 1995@ Washington Capitals4–211–9–3L
24March 6, 1995Ottawa Senators4–312–9–3W
25March 8, 1995New Jersey Devils6–413–9–3W
26March 11, 1995@ Montreal Canadiens3–113–10–3L
27March 15, 1995Philadelphia Flyers4–313–11–3L
28March 18, 1995@ Washington Capitals4–113–12–3L
29March 22, 1995New Jersey Devils5–213–13–3L
30March 23, 1995@ New York Islanders1–013–14–3L
31March 25, 1995@ Quebec Nordiques2–113–15–3L
32March 30, 1995Quebec Nordiques5–413–16–3L
April: 9–6–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–4–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
33April 1, 1995@ Boston Bruins3–214–16–3W
34April 2, 1995@ Philadelphia Flyers4–214–17–3L
35April 5, 1995@ Florida Panthers5–015–17–3W
36April 7, 1995New York Islanders4–315–18–3L
37April 9, 1995@ New Jersey Devils2–015–19–3L
38April 12, 1995Buffalo Sabres3–116–19–3W
39April 14, 1995Boston Bruins5–317–19–3W
40April 16, 1995@ New York Islanders3–218–19–3W
41April 18, 1995@ Pittsburgh Penguins6–518–20–3L
42April 20, 1995Hartford Whalers3–219–20–3W
43April 23, 1995@ Boston Bruins5–419–21–3L
44April 24, 1995Washington Capitals5–420–21–3W
45April 26, 1995Tampa Bay Lightning6–421–21–3W
46April 28, 1995New York Islanders4–221–22–3L
47April 30, 1995@ Philadelphia Flyers2–022–22–3W
May: 0–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
48May 2, 1995Florida Panthers4–322–23–3L

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

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Playoffs

More information 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs, Game ...
1995 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Quebec Nordiques – Rangers win 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1May 6, 1995@ Quebec Nordiques5–4Nordiques lead 1–0L
2May 8, 1995@ Quebec Nordiques8–3Series tied 1–1W
3May 10, 1995Quebec Nordiques4–3Rangers lead 2–1W
4May 12, 1995Quebec Nordiques3–2 OTRangers lead 3–1W
5May 14, 1995@ Quebec Nordiques4–2Rangers lead 3–2L
6May 16, 1995Quebec Nordiques4–2Rangers win 4–2W
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (2) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–0
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1May 21, 1995@ Philadelphia Flyers5–4 OTFlyers lead 1–0L
2May 22, 1995@ Philadelphia Flyers4–3 OTFlyers lead 2–0L
3May 24, 1995Philadelphia Flyers5–2Flyers lead 3–0L
4May 26, 1995Philadelphia Flyers4–1Flyers win 4–0L

Legend: W Win L Loss

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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 Rangers only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
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No. Player Pos Regular season Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
11Mark MessierC461439538401031013−118
2Brian LeetchD4893241018106814−18
21Sergei ZubovD38102636−218103811−92
9Adam GravesLW4717143195110448−138
28Steve LarmerRW4714152981610224−56
27Alexei KovalevC48131528−630104711210
16Brian NoonanRW45141327−326500008
10Petr NedvedC46111223−12610325−46
17Pat Verbeek†RW1910515−218104610−820
13Sergei NemchinovLW477613−6161045962
25Alexander KarpovtsevD474812−4308101−10
24Jay WellsD4327903610000−48
32Stephane MatteauLW41358−8259011−110
4Kevin LoweD44178−25810011−512
23Jeff BeukeboomD441343709000110
19Nick KypreosLW401340931002236
20Mark OsborneLW37134−219710112
12Eddie Olczyk‡LW20213−24——————
26Joe KocurRW48123−4711000008
5Mattias NorstromD9033223000−10
15Darren LangdonLW18112062——————
30Glenn HealyG17022250000
29Joby MessierD10022218——————
6Glen Featherstone‡D6101018——————
39Shawn McCoshC510112——————
8Jean-Yves RoyRW3101−12——————
18Mike HartmanLW100004——————
37Daniel Lacroix†C100000——————
22Nathan LaFayette†C12000108000−12
14Troy Loney†LW4000−20100000
35Mike RichterG35000270000
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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
35Mike Richter3514172884972.92.89021993725189233.60.8780384
30Glenn Healy17861377352.36.907188852193133.39.8600230
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Awards and records

Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)		 Lester Patrick Trophy Brian Mullen [4]
Team Ceil Saidel Memorial Award Adam Graves [5]
"Crumb Bum" Award Mark Messier [5]
Frank Boucher Trophy Mark Messier [5]
Good Guy Award Kevin Lowe [5]
Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award Mattias Norstrom [5]
Players' Player Award Adam Graves [5]
Rangers MVP Mark Messier [5]
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award Mark Messier [5]
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Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Jean-Yves Roy January 25, 1995 [6]
Darren Langdon February 18, 1995
1,000th point Steve Larmer March 8, 1995 [7]
1,000th game played Steve Larmer April 20, 1995 [8]
Jay Wells April 30, 1995 [9]
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Transactions

  • July 24, 1994 – Doug Lidster was traded by the New York Rangers, along with Esa Tikkanen, to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Petr Nedved.
  • March 23, 1995 – Hartford obtained D Glen Featherstone, D Michael Stewart and a first-round pick in the 1995 Entry Draft (Jean-Sebastien Giguere) and a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft in exchange for RW Pat Verbeek.

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft in Hartford, Connecticut, at the Hartford Civic Center.[10]

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Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 26 Dan Cloutier G Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2 52 Rudolf Vercik LW Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (Slovak Extraliga)
3 78 Adam Smith D Canada Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
4 100 Alexander Korobolin D Russia Chelyabinsk Mechel (Rus-1)
4 104 Sylvain Blouin LW Canada Laval Titan (QMJHL)
5 130 Martin Ethier D Canada Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
6 135 Yuri Litvinov C Russia PHC Krylya Sovetov (Russia)
6 156 David Brosseau RW Canada Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
7 182 Alexei Lazarenko RW Ukraine CSKA Moscow (Russia)
8 208 Craig Anderson D United States Park Center Senior High School (USHS-MN)
9 209 Vitali Yeremeyev G Kazakhstan HC Kamenogorsk (Russia)
9 234 Eric Boulton LW Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
10 260 Radoslav Kropac F Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
11 267 Jamie Butt LW Canada Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
11 286 Kim Johnsson D Sweden Malmö IF (SEL)
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