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1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning season

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The 1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the third season in franchise history. The team traded defenseman Shawn Chambers to the New Jersey Devils and forward Denis Savard to the Chicago Blackhawks; both players went on to have memorable playoff performances in 1995. Brian Bradley and Petr Klima both led the team in goals with 13, while Rob Zamuner led the team with 3 shorthanded goals. By April 21, the Lightning had a 17–22–3 record with only 118 goals against in 42 games. Although they had only scored 109 goals, Darren Puppa's solid goaltending kept the team ahead of the New York Islanders in the Atlantic Division standings. However, the Lightning finished the season with six-straight losses, getting outscored 26–11 to finish 17–28–3 for 37 points. An Islanders' loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on May 2 ensured that the Lightning would not finish last place in the division.

Division6th Atlantic
Conference12th Eastern
1994–95 record17–28–3
Home record10–14–0
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1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division6th Atlantic
Conference12th Eastern
1994–95 record17–28–3
Home record10–14–0
Road record7–14–3
Goals for120
Goals against144
Team information
General managerPhil Esposito
CoachTerry Crisp
CaptainVacant
ArenaThunderDome
Average attendance19,932
Minor league affiliatesAtlanta Knights
Nashville Knights
Team leaders
GoalsBrian Bradley, Petr Klima (13)
AssistsBrian Bradley (27)
PointsBrian Bradley (40)
Penalty minutesEnrico Ciccone (225)
Plus/minusAdrien Plavsic (+5)
WinsDaren Puppa (14)
Goals against averageDaren Puppa (2.68)
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Regular season

Final standings

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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

Schedule and results

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1994–95 regular season[3]
January: 3–3–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1January 20, 19953–5Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)0–1–0L
2January 22, 19952–5Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)0–2–0L
3January 25, 19953–2Florida Panthers (1994–95)1–2–0W
4January 26, 19952–4@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)1–3–0L
5January 28, 19954–1@ New York Islanders (1994–95)2–3–0W
6January 31, 19954–1Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)3–3–0W
February: 5–6–2 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–2–2)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
7February 2, 19953–3 OT@ New York Rangers (1994–95)3–3–1T
8February 4, 19953–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)3–4–1L
9February 5, 19951–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)3–5–1L
10February 7, 19955–2New York Islanders (1994–95)4–5–1W
11February 10, 19954–3Hartford Whalers (1994–95)5–5–1W
12February 11, 19952–3New York Rangers (1994–95)5–6–1L
13February 14, 19952–5Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)5–7–1L
14February 17, 19951–2Ottawa Senators (1994–95)5–8–1L
15February 18, 19953–1Boston Bruins (1994–95)6–8–1W
16February 20, 19951–3New York Rangers (1994–95)6–9–1L
17February 23, 19954–1@ New York Islanders (1994–95)7–9–1W
18February 24, 19954–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)8–9–1W
19February 26, 19951–1 OT@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)8–9–2T
March: 5–8–0 (home: 2–5–0; road: 3–3–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
20March 1, 19952–8@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)8–10–2L
21March 2, 19953–2 OT@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)9–10–2W
22March 4, 19952–3 OT@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)9–11–2L
23March 7, 19953–4Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)9–12–2L
24March 10, 19952–3New Jersey Devils (1994–95)9–13–2L
25March 12, 19951–3@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)9–14–2L
26March 13, 19950–3Washington Capitals (1994–95)9–15–2L
27March 18, 19952–1@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)10–15–2W
28March 19, 19956–1@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)11–15–2W
29March 24, 19953–4 OTBoston Bruins (1994–95)11–16–2L
30March 27, 19953–2 OTMontreal Canadiens (1994–95)12–16–2W
31March 29, 19952–4Washington Capitals (1994–95)12–17–2L
32March 31, 19952–0Hartford Whalers (1994–95)13–17–2W
April: 4–10–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–8–1)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
33April 2, 19951–4Florida Panthers (1994–95)13–18–2L
34April 4, 19951–1 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)13–18–3T
35April 6, 19954–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)13–19–3L
36April 8, 19951–5@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)13–20–3L
37April 9, 19953–0@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)14–20–3W
38April 11, 19955–2New York Islanders (1994–95)15–20–3W
39April 14, 19952–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)15–21–3L
40April 16, 19951–4@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)15–22–3L
41April 18, 19953–2New Jersey Devils (1994–95)16–22–3W
42April 20, 19955–2Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)17–22–3W
43April 22, 19951–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)17–23–3L
44April 24, 19951–3Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)17–24–3L
45April 26, 19954–6@ New York Rangers (1994–95)17–25–3L
46April 27, 19951–6@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)17–26–3L
47April 29, 19951–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)17–27–3L
May: 0–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
48May 3, 19953–4Ottawa Senators (1994–95)17–28–3L

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

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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 Lightning only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
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No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
19Brian BradleyC46132740−642
77Chris GrattonC4672027−289
85Petr KlimaLW47131326−1326
14John TuckerC46121325−1014
44Roman HamrlikD48121123−1886
15Paul Ysebaert†C2981119−112
18Denis Savard‡C3161117−610
29Alex SelivanovRW4310616−214
7Rob ZamunerLW439615−324
28Marc BureauC4821214−830
22Shawn Chambers‡D242121406
34Mikael AnderssonLW364711−34
27Alexander Semak†C225510−312
24Danton Cole‡LW26336−16
25Marc BergevinD44246−651
39Enrico CicconeD412463225
4Cory CrossD43156−641
3Eric CharronD45145126
9Jason WiemerC36145−244
21Bob Halkidis†D27134−1240
6Adrien Plavsic†D1521354
33[a]Brantt MyhresRW15202−281
20Rudy PoeschekD25112092
16[b]Ben Hankinson†RW1802216
27Jim Cummins‡RW10101−341
49Brent GretzkyC3011−20
93Daren PuppaG360112
30Jean-Claude BergeronG170002
17Gerard GallantLW100000
26Chris LiPumaD100020
23Rich Sutter†‡RW400000
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Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
93Daren Puppa3614192946902.68.90512013
30Jean-Claude Bergeron17391374493.33.8691883
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Awards and records

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Alexander Selivanov January 20, 1995 [4]
Jason Wiemer January 22, 1995
Brantt Myhres March 4, 1995
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Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft in Hartford, Connecticut.[5]

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Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
18Jason Wiemer (C) CanadaPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)
234Colin Cloutier (C) CanadaBrandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
355Vadim Epanchintsev (C) RussiaSpartak Moscow (Russia)
486Dmitri Klevakin (LW) RussiaSpartak Moscow (Russia)
6137Dan Juden (C) United StatesGovernor Dummer Academy (USHS-MA)
6138Bryce Salvador (D) CanadaLethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
7164Chris Maillet (D) CanadaRed Deer Rebels (WHL)
8190Alexei Baranov (D) RussiaDynamo Moscow (Russia)
9216Yuri Smirnov (C) RussiaSpartak Moscow (Russia)
10242Shawn Gervais (C) CanadaSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
11268Brian White (D) United StatesArlington Catholic High School (USHS-MA)
S8Francois Bouchard (D) CanadaNortheastern University (Hockey East)
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Myhres wore number 27 in his first game.
  2. [b]
    Hankinson wore number 23 in his first two games.

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