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1994–95 New Jersey Devils
Stanley Cup champions
Eastern Conference champions
Division2nd Atlantic
Conference5th Eastern
1994–95 record22–18–8
Home record14–4–6
Road record8–14–2
Goals for136
Goals against121
Team information
General managerLou Lamoriello
CoachJacques Lemaire
CaptainScott Stevens
Alternate captainsBruce Driver
John MacLean
ArenaBrendan Byrne Arena
Average attendance16,379
Total: 393,106 (24 games)
Team leaders
GoalsStephane Richer (23)
AssistsNeal Broten
Scott Stevens (20)
PointsStephane Richer (39)
Penalty minutesMike Peluso (167)
Plus/minusScott Niedermayer (+19)
WinsMartin Brodeur (19)
Goals against averageMartin Brodeur (2.45)
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The 1994–95 New Jersey Devils season was the franchise's 13th season in New Jersey. Although the Devils played an abbreviated 48-game season, shortened by the 1994–95 NHL lockout, the Devils won their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.

The Devils struggled in the first half, going 9–11–4, but improved drastically in the second half, going 13–7–4 to finish with 52 points and fifth place in the Eastern Conference. The Devils eventually swept the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Off-season

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Preseason

After a 5–2–2 preseason record, the Devils along with the rest of NHL went on Lockout that lasted from October 1, 1994 to January 11, 1995.

Regular season

During the regular season, the Devils scored the fewest power-play goals (22) and had the fewest power-play opportunities in the NHL, with just 164. They were also the least penalized team, being shorthanded only 149 times.

Final standings

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 2 Philadelphia Flyers 48 28 16 4 150 132 60
2 5 New Jersey Devils 48 22 18 8 136 121 52
3 6 Washington Capitals 48 22 18 8 136 120 52
4 8 New York Rangers 48 22 23 3 139 134 47
5 9 Florida Panthers 48 20 22 6 115 127 46
6 12 Tampa Bay Lightning 48 17 28 3 120 144 37
7 13 New York Islanders 48 15 28 5 126 158 35

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.

Eastern Conference
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

Pre-season

Pre-season game log: 5–2–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 11 New Jersey 5–4 Philadelphia 1–0–0
2 September 12 New Jersey 1–3 Pittsburgh 1–1–0
3 September 15 New Jersey 3–2 Boston 2–1–0
4 September 16 New Jersey 3–4 N.Y. Rangers 2–2–0
5 September 20 New Jersey 4–1 N.Y. Islanders 3–2–0
6 September 21 Philadelphia 1–4 New Jersey 4–2–0
7 September 23 N.Y. Islanders 1–4 New Jersey 5–2–0
8 September 25 New Jersey 3–3 Hartford OT 5–1–0
9 September 27 N.Y. Rangers 2–2 New Jersey OT 5–2–2

Notes:
Game was played at Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.

Legend:   Win   Loss   Tie

Regular season

Game log
January: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 0–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 January 22 New Jersey 2–2 Hartford OT Brodeur 12,054 0–0–1 1 Recap
2 January 25 New Jersey 1–2 Buffalo Brodeur 16,232 0–1–1 1 Recap
3 January 26 New Jersey 0–1 Boston OT Terreri 13,842 0–2–1 1 Recap
4 January 28 New Jersey 1–5 Montreal Brodeur 16,354 0–3–1 1 Recap
5 January 31 Buffalo 1–2 New Jersey Brodeur 16,311 1–3–1 3 Recap
February: 6–4–3 (Home: 4–2–3 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
6 February 2 Quebec 4–5 New Jersey Brodeur 12,096 2–3–1 5 Recap
7 February 4 New Jersey 0–2 Quebec Terreri 13,220 2–4–1 5 Recap
8 February 5 Pittsburgh 3–3 New Jersey OT Brodeur 15,280 2–4–2 6 Recap
9 February 9 N.Y. Rangers 1–4 New Jersey Brodeur 19,040 3–4–2 8 Recap
10 February 11 Philadelphia 3–1 New Jersey Terreri 19,040 3–5–2 8 Recap
11 February 12 New Jersey 4–2 Florida Brodeur 14,375 4–5–2 10 Recap
12 February 15 Washington 2–4 New Jersey Brodeur 11,970 5–5–2 12 Recap
13 February 17 N.Y. Islanders 2–2 New Jersey OT Brodeur 18,501 5–5–3 13 Recap
14 February 18 New Jersey 2–3 N.Y. Islanders Terreri 15,671 5–6–3 13 Recap
15 February 20 New Jersey 2–0 Washington Brodeur 10,761 6–6–3 15 Recap
16 February 23 Boston 3–2 New Jersey Brodeur 15,411 6–7–3 15 Recap
17 February 25 Washington 3–3 New Jersey OT Brodeur 16,832 6–7–4 16 Recap
18 February 27 Montreal 1–6 New Jersey Terreri 14,005 7–7–4 18 Recap
March: 7–6–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 4–5–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
19 March 2 New Jersey 2–7 Boston Terreri 14,448 7–8–4 18 Recap
20 March 4 Florida 1–6 New Jersey Brodeur 18,005 8–8–4 20 Recap
21 March 6 New Jersey 3–6 Quebec Brodeur 13,178 8–9–4 20 Recap
22 March 8 New Jersey 4–6 N.Y. Rangers Brodeur 18,200 8–10–4 20 Recap
23 March 10 New Jersey 3–2 Tampa Bay Brodeur 23,649 9–10–4 22 Recap
24 March 12 New Jersey 3–4 Philadelphia Brodeur 17,380 9–11–4 22 Recap
25 March 14 Ottawa 2–4 New Jersey Brodeur 13,234 10–11–4 24 Recap
26 March 16 Hartford 2–2 New Jersey OT Brodeur 16,032 10–11–5 25 Recap
27 March 18 Tampa Bay 2–1 New Jersey Brodeur 17,690 10–12–5 25 Recap
28 March 19 Boston 3–4 New Jersey OT Terreri 16,172 11–12–5 27 Recap
29 March 22 New Jersey 5–2 N.Y. Rangers Brodeur 18,200 12–12–5 29 Recap
30 March 24 New Jersey 2–5 Pittsburgh Brodeur 17,181 12–13–5 29 Recap
31 March 26 New Jersey 5–5 N.Y. Islanders OT Terreri 15,418 12–13–6 30 Recap
32 March 29 New Jersey 4–2 Ottawa Brodeur 9,582 13–13–6 32 Recap
33 March 30 New Jersey 4–3 Philadelphia Brodeur 17,380 14–13–6 34 Recap
April: 8–4–2 (Home: 5–1–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
34 April 1 Montreal 1–4 New Jersey Brodeur 19,040 15–13–6 36 Recap
35 April 4 Tampa Bay 1–1 New Jersey OT Terreri 13,735 15–13–7 37 Recap
36 April 5 New Jersey 2–0 Ottawa Brodeur 9,251 16–13–7 39 Recap
37 April 9 N.Y. Rangers 0–2 New Jersey Brodeur 19,040 17–13–7 41 Recap
38 April 10 New Jersey 1–2 Montreal Brodeur 16,479 17–14–7 41 Recap
39 April 12 New Jersey 2–1 Washington Brodeur 13,248 18–14–7 43 Recap
40 April 14 N.Y. Islanders 3–6 New Jersey Brodeur 19,040 19–14–7 45 Recap
41 April 16 Hartford 2–3 New Jersey Brodeur 13,613 20–14–7 47 Recap
42 April 18 New Jersey 2–3 Tampa Bay Terreri 18,202 20–15–7 47 Recap
43 April 20 New Jersey 0–1 Florida Brodeur 14,389 20–16–7 47 Recap
44 April 22 Philadelphia 4–3 New Jersey OT Brodeur 19,040 20–17–7 47 Recap
45 April 26 Pittsburgh 3–3 New Jersey OT Brodeur 17,174 20–17–8 48 Recap
46 April 28 Florida 1–3 New Jersey Brodeur 16,676 21–17–8 50 Recap
47 April 30 Quebec 2–4 New Jersey Brodeur 16,129 22–17–8 52 Recap
May: 0–1–0 (Road: 0–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
48 May 3 New Jersey 4–5 Buffalo Terreri 15,304 22–18–8 52 Recap

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

Playoffs

Main articles: 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs and 1995 Stanley Cup Finals
1995 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (4) Boston Bruins – Devils win series 4-1
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 May 7 New Jersey 5–0 Boston Brodeur 14,448 Devils lead 1-0 Recap
2 May 8 New Jersey 3–0 Boston Brodeur 14,448 Devils lead 2-0 Recap
3 May 10 Boston 3–2 New Jersey Brodeur 16,523 Devils lead 2-1 Recap
4 May 12 Boston 0–1 New Jersey OT Brodeur 19,040 Devils lead 3-1 Recap
5 May 14 New Jersey 3–2 Boston Brodeur 14,448 Devils win 4-1 Recap
Eastern Conference Semifinals: vs. (3) Pittsburgh Penguins – Devils win series 4-1
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 May 20 New Jersey 2–3 Pittsburgh Brodeur 16,643 Penguins lead 1-0 Recap
2 May 22 New Jersey 4–2 Pittsburgh Brodeur 16,817 Series tied 1-1 Recap
3 May 24 Pittsburgh 1–5 New Jersey Brodeur 18,139 Devils lead 2-1 Recap
4 May 26 Pittsburgh 1–2 New Jersey OT Brodeur 19,040 Devils lead 3-1 Recap
5 May 28 New Jersey 4–1 Pittsburgh Brodeur 17,187 Devils win 4-1 Recap
Eastern Conference Finals: vs. (2) Philadelphia Flyers – Devils win series 4-2
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 June 3 New Jersey 4–1 Philadelphia Brodeur 17,380 Devils lead 1-0 Recap
2 June 5 New Jersey 5–2 Philadelphia Brodeur 17,380 Devils lead 2-0 Recap
3 June 7 Philadelphia 3–2 New Jersey OT Brodeur 19,040 Devils lead 2-1 Recap
4 June 10 Philadelphia 4–2 New Jersey Brodeur 19,040 Series tied 2-2 Recap
5 June 11 New Jersey 3–2 Philadelphia Brodeur 17,380 Devils lead 3-2 Recap
6 June 13 Philadelphia 2–4 New Jersey Brodeur 19,040 Devils win 4-2 Recap
Stanley Cup Finals: vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Devils win series 4-0
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 June 17 New Jersey 2–1 Detroit Brodeur 19,875 Devils lead 1-0 Recap
2 June 20 New Jersey 4–2 Detroit Brodeur 19,875 Devils lead 2-0 Recap
3 June 22 Detroit 2–5 New Jersey Brodeur 19,040 Devils lead 3-0 Recap
4 June 24 Detroit 2–5 New Jersey Brodeur 19,040 Devils win 4-0 Recap

Legend:   Win   Loss

Media

Television coverage of the season was carried on SportsChannel New York and SportsChannel New York Plus, with Mike Emrick and Spencer Ross handling play-by-play duties and Peter McNab providing color commentary. On the radio, the games were broadcast on WABC–AM 770, with Mike Miller describing the play and Sherry Ross providing color commentary.

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG = Power Play Goals; SHG = Short Handed Goals; GWG = Game Winning Goals

Regular season
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Stephane Richer RW 45 23 16 39 10 8 1 2 5
John MacLean RW 46 17 12 29 32 13 2 1 0
Neal Broten C 30 8 20 28 20 9 2 0 3
Bill Guerin RW 48 12 13 25 72 6 4 0 3
Scott Stevens D 48 2 20 22 56 4 1 0 1
Bobby Holik C 48 10 10 20 18 9 0 0 2
Claude Lemieux RW 45 6 13 19 86 2 1 0 1
Scott Niedermayer D 48 4 15 19 18 19 4 0 0
Tom Chorske LW 42 10 8 18 16 -4 0 0 2
Brian Rolston C/RW 40 7 11 18 17 5 2 0 3
Bob Carpenter C 41 5 11 16 19 -1 0 0 0
Bruce Driver D 41 4 12 16 18 -1 1 0 1
Tommy Albelin D 48 5 10 15 20 9 2 0 0
Sergei Brylin LW 26 6 8 14 8 12 0 0 0
Randy McKay RW 33 5 7 12 44 10 0 0 0
Mike Peluso LW 46 2 9 11 167 5 0 0 1
Alexander Semak C 19 2 6 8 13 -4 0 0 0
Shawn Chambers D 21 2 5 7 6 2 1 0 0
Corey Millen C 17 2 3 5 8 2 0 0 0
Jim Dowd C 10 1 4 5 0 -5 1 0 0
Danton Cole C/RW 12 1 2 3 8 0 0 0 0
Ken Daneyko D 25 1 2 3 54 4 0 0 0
Valeri Zelepukin LW 4 1 2 3 6 3 0 0 0
Chris McAlpine D 24 0 3 3 17 4 0 0 0
Martin Brodeur G 40 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Kevin Dean D 17 0 1 1 4 6 0 0 0
David Emma C 6 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0
Viacheslav Fetisov D 4 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0
Ben Hankinson RW 8 0 0 0 7 -6 0 0 0
Jaroslav Modry D 11 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Reid Simpson LW 9 0 0 0 27 -1 0 0 0
Jason Smith D 2 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Chris Terreri G 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Playoffs
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Stephane Richer RW 19 6 15 21 2 3 1 2
Neal Broten C 20 7 12 19 6 1 0 4
John MacLean RW 20 5 13 18 14 2 0 0
Claude Lemieux RW 20 13 3 16 20 0 0 3
Randy McKay RW 19 8 4 12 11 2 0 2
Scott Niedermayer D 20 4 7 11 10 2 0 1
Bill Guerin RW 20 3 8 11 30 1 0 0
Shawn Chambers D 20 4 5 9 2 2 0 0
Bobby Holik C 20 4 4 8 22 2 0 1
Tommy Albelin D 20 1 7 8 2 0 0 0
Scott Stevens D 20 1 7 8 24 0 0 1
Bruce Driver D 17 1 6 7 8 1 0 0
Tom Chorske LW 17 1 5 6 4 0 0 0
Bob Carpenter C 17 1 4 5 6 1 0 0
Jim Dowd C 11 2 1 3 8 0 0 1
Brian Rolston C/RW 6 2 1 3 4 1 0 0
Sergei Brylin LW 12 1 2 3 4 0 0 0
Mike Peluso LW 20 1 2 3 8 0 0 0
Valeri Zelepukin LW 18 1 2 3 12 0 0 1
Kevin Dean D 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Ken Daneyko D 20 1 0 1 22 0 0 0
Martin Brodeur G 20 0 1 1 6 0 0 0
Danton Cole C/RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Terreri G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Note: MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage

Regular season
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Martin Brodeur 2184 40 19 11 6 89 2.45 3 908 819 .902
Chris Terreri 734 15 3 7 2 31 2.53 0 309 278 .900
Team: 2918 48 22 18 8 120 2.47 3 1217 1097 .901
Playoffs
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Martin Brodeur 1222 20 16 4 34 1.67 3 463 429 .927
Chris Terreri 8 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 1.000
Team: 1230 20 16 4 34 1.66 3 465 431 .927

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded
Martin Brodeur NHL Player of the Week April 3–9 1995
Playoffs
Player Award Awarded
Claude Lemieux Conn Smythe Trophy June 1995

Records

Player Record (Amount) Achieved

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

Trades

Date
Details
June 3, 1994 To Quebec
#11 1994 pick 		To New Jersey Devils
#11 1994 pick
To Vancouver
Jeff Toms 		To New Jersey Devils
#4 1994 pick via Tampa Bay
June 29, 1994 To Calgary
#3 1994 pick (Chris Clark) 		To New Jersey Devils
Sheldon Souray
To Vancouver
#4 1994 pick (Ryan Duthie) 		To New Jersey Devils
Sheldon Souray
To Ottawa
#5 1994 pick (Nils Ekman) 		To New Jersey Devils
Sheldon Souray
February 27, 1995 To Dallas
Corey Millen 		To New Jersey Devils
Neal Broten
March 14, 1995 To Tampa Bay
Ben Hankinson
Alexander Semak 		To New Jersey Devils
Shawn Chambers
Danton Cole
April 3, 1995 To Detroit
Viacheslav Fetisov 		To New Jersey Devils
#3 1995 pick

Roster

1994–95 New Jersey Devils
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

Front office

Coaches

Draft picks

The New Jersey Devils' picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.

Rd # Pick # Player Nat Pos Team (League) Notes
1 25 Vadim Sharifijanov  Russia LW Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL)
2 51 Patrik Elias  Czech Republic LW HC Kladno (Czech Extraliga)
3 71 Sheldon Souray  Canada D Tri-City Americans (WHL) (from Calgary)
4 103 Zdenek Skorepa  Czech Republic LW HC Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Extraliga)
5 129 Christian Gosselin  Canada D Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
6 134 Ryan Smart  United States F Meadville High School (Pennsylvania) (from Winnipeg)
6 155 Luciano Caravaggio  Canada G Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
7 181 Jeff Williams  Canada LW Guelph Storm (OHL)
8 207 Eric Bertrand  Canada LW Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
9 233 Steve Sullivan  Canada C Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
10 259 Scott Swanjord  United States G Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
11 269 Mike Hanson  United States C Minot High School (North Dakota) (from Quebec)

See also

References

  1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html
  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. "1994-95 New Jersey Devils Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  5. "Devils' Award Winners" (PDF). devilsmedia.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/new-jersey-devils-2014-15-media-guide.pdf. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  6. "Devils' Award Winners" (PDF). devilsmedia.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/new-jersey-devils-2014-15-media-guide.pdf. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  7. https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/1995.html
  8. The Devils acquired the 1994 third-round pick from Calgary for the Devils' original third-round pick (used on Chris Clark), Vancouver's 1994 fourth-round pick (used on Ryan Duthie) and Ottawa's 1994 fifth-round pick (used on Nils Ekman) on June 29, 1994.
  9. The Devils acquired the 1994 sixth-round pick from Winnipeg for Brent Severyn on September 30, 1993.
  10. Bertrand was later traded to Atlanta in a deal involving Jeff Williams, the player selected before Bertrand by the Devils, on November 1, 1999.
  11. The Devils acquired the 1994 eleventh-round pick from Quebec for Stephane Yelle and the Devils' original eleventh-round pick (used on Steven Low) on June 3, 1994.
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