1994–95 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1994–95 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 86th season of play. This was the first season since 1969–70 that the Canadiens failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

In the entry draft, the Canadiens selected Brad Brown a defenceman with their first-round pick, eighteenth over-all. The Canadiens were more fortunate with their second-round pick, selecting Jose Theodore forty-fourth over-all.

Captain Guy Carbonneau is traded to the St. Louis Blues in August 1994. Kirk Muller is named captain.

Regular season

The season started later and was abbreviated by a lockout of the players by the NHL owners. The Canadiens played 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 members of the formidable 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 favorite Kirk Muller to the New York Islanders in exchange for Vladimir Malakhov and Pierre Turgeon. After a 7-5-4 start, Montreal won only 11 of its final 32 games, going 11-18-3. It was the first season of Patrick Roy's career in which he lost more games than he won.

The Canadiens tied the Florida Panthers and the Ottawa Senators for the fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season (1).^[2]

Final standings

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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Schedule and results

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	Jan 21, 1995	2–5	@ New York Rangers	0–1–0
2	W	Jan 25, 1995	2–0	Washington Capitals	1–1–0
3	W	Jan 28, 1995	5–1	New Jersey Devils	2–1–0
4	T	Jan 29, 1995	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	2–1–1
5	L	Jan 31, 1995	1–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	2–2–1
6	T	Feb 2, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers	2–2–2
7	W	Feb 4, 1995	4–2	New York Islanders	3–2–2
8	L	Feb 7, 1995	4–7	@ Boston Bruins	3–3–2
9	W	Feb 8, 1995	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators	4–3–2
10	L	Feb 11, 1995	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4–4–2
11	T	Feb 13, 1995	2–2 OT	Hartford Whalers	4–4–3
12	L	Feb 15, 1995	1–4	@ Hartford Whalers	4–5–3
13	T	Feb 16, 1995	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers	4–5–4
14	W	Feb 18, 1995	5–2	New York Rangers	5–5–4
15	W	Feb 20, 1995	3–2 OT	New York Islanders	6–5–4
16	W	Feb 23, 1995	5–2	@ Florida Panthers	7–5–4
17	L	Feb 25, 1995	0–7	Philadelphia Flyers	7–6–4
18	L	Feb 27, 1995	1–6	@ New Jersey Devils	7–7–4
19	L	Feb 28, 1995	1–2	@ New York Islanders	7–8–4
20	L	Mar 4, 1995	1–5	@ Washington Capitals	7–9–4
21	L	Mar 5, 1995	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	7–10–4
22	T	Mar 8, 1995	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres	7–10–5
23	W	Mar 11, 1995	3–1	New York Rangers	8–10–5
24	L	Mar 13, 1995	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	8–11–5
25	W	Mar 15, 1995	8–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	9–11–5
26	L	Mar 16, 1995	0–6	@ Boston Bruins	9–12–5
27	W	Mar 18, 1995	5–4	Quebec Nordiques	10–12–5
28	L	Mar 20, 1995	4–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers	10–13–5
29	L	Mar 22, 1995	2–3	Florida Panthers	10–14–5
30	W	Mar 25, 1995	3–1	Ottawa Senators	11–14–5
31	L	Mar 27, 1995	2–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	11–15–5
32	L	Apr 1, 1995	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils	11–16–5
33	W	Apr 3, 1995	5–4	@ Ottawa Senators	12–16–5
34	W	Apr 5, 1995	6–5	Quebec Nordiques	13–16–5
35	L	Apr 6, 1995	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques	13–17–5
36	W	Apr 8, 1995	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	14–17–5
37	W	Apr 10, 1995	2–1	New Jersey Devils	15–17–5
38	L	Apr 12, 1995	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers	15–18–5
39	L	Apr 14, 1995	3–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	15–19–5
40	L	Apr 15, 1995	2–3	Boston Bruins	15–20–5
41	W	Apr 17, 1995	5–2	Washington Capitals	16–20–5
42	W	Apr 19, 1995	4–1	Ottawa Senators	17–20–5
43	W	Apr 22, 1995	3–1	Tampa Bay Lightning	18–20–5
44	L	Apr 24, 1995	3–4	Hartford Whalers	18–21–5
45	T	Apr 26, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques	18–21–6
46	T	Apr 29, 1995	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres	18–21–7
47	L	May 1, 1995	0–2	@ Buffalo Sabres	18–22–7
48	L	May 3, 1995	2–4	Boston Bruins	18–23–7

Playoffs

The Canadiens did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1969-70 season, ending a 25 year playoff streak.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	RW	39	14	29	43	16	-3	8	0	1
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	48	10	30	40	42	15	4	0	4
Brunet, BenoitBenoit Brunet	LW	45	7	18	25	16	7	1	1	2
Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon	C	15	11	9	20	4	12	2	0	2
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	48	10	10	20	15	5	1	0	0
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	D	30	5	15	20	49	-3	2	0	0
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	37	12	7	19	27	5	0	0	0
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	LW	33	8	11	19	33	-21	3	0	1
Bellows, BrianBrian Bellows	LW	41	8	8	16	8	-7	1	0	1
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois	D	35	4	8	12	26	-2	0	0	2
Racine, YvesYves Racine	D	47	4	7	11	42	-1	2	0	1
Odelein, LyleLyle Odelein	D	48	3	7	10	152	-13	0	0	0
DiPietro, PaulPaul DiPietro	C	22	4	5	9	4	-3	0	0	1
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	D	45	3	5	8	40	2	0	0	0
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson	RW	41	6	1	7	86	0	0	0	1
Fogarty, BryanBryan Fogarty	D	21	5	2	7	34	-3	3	0	0
Desjardins, EricEric Desjardins	D	9	0	6	6	2	2	0	0	0
Petrov, OlegOleg Petrov	RW	12	2	3	5	4	-7	0	0	0
LeClair, JohnJohn LeClair	LW	9	1	4	5	10	-1	1	0	0
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov	D	14	1	4	5	14	-2	0	0	0
Ronan, EdEd Ronan	RW	30	1	4	5	12	-7	0	0	0
Popovic, PeterPeter Popovic	D	33	0	5	5	8	-10	0	0	0
Bure, ValeriValeri Bure	RW	24	3	1	4	6	-1	0	0	1
Dionne, GilbertGilbert Dionne	LW	6	0	3	3	2	-3	0	0	0
Brashear, DonaldDonald Brashear	LW	20	1	1	2	63	-5	0	0	1
Darby, CraigCraig Darby	C	10	0	2	2	0	-5	0	0	0
Conroy, CraigCraig Conroy	C	6	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Lamb, MarkMark Lamb	C	39	1	0	1	18	-13	0	0	0
Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet	D	5	0	1	1	5	2	0	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	43	0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0
Sarault, YvesYves Sarault	LW	8	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Ferguson, CraigCraig Ferguson	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fleming, GerryGerry Fleming	LW	6	0	0	0	17	-1	0	0	0
Montgomery, JimJim Montgomery	C	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Murray, ChrisChris Murray	RW	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Roberge, MarioMario Roberge	LW	9	0	0	0	34	-2	0	0	0
Sevigny, PierrePierre Sevigny	LW	19	0	0	0	15	-5	0	0	0
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wilkie, DavidDavid Wilkie	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	2566	43	17	20	6	127	2.97	1	1357	1230	.906
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt	346	7	1	3	1	18	3.12	0	172	154	.895
Team:	2912	48	18	23	7	145	2.99	1	1529	1384	.905

^[4]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

February 9, 1995: Montreal Canadiens traded John LeClair, along with Éric Desjardins and Gilbert Dionne to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Mark Recchi and Philadelphia's 3rd round choice (Martin Hohenberger) in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. LeClair gelled immediately with new line-mate Eric Lindros and quickly became one of the NHL's most feared goal scorers.
April 5, 1995: Montreal Canadiens obtain Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov from the New York Islanders for Kirk Muller, Mathieu Schneider and Craig Darby.^[5]

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	18	Brad Brown	Defenceman	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
2	44	Jose Theodore	Goalie	Canada	St-Jean Lynx (QMJHL)
3	54	Chris Murray	Right Wing	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3	70	Marko Kiprusoff	Defenceman	Finland	TPS (Finland)
3	74	Martin Belanger	Defence	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
4	96	Arto Kuki	Center	Finland	Espoo Blues (FIN)
5	122	Jimmy Drolet	Defenceman	Canada	St. Hyacinthe Lasers (QMJHL)
6	148	Joel Irving	Center	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	Goalie	Czechoslovakia	Kladno (Czech)
10	252	Chris Aldous	Defence	United States	Northwood Prep. (N.Y)
11	278	Ross Parsons	Defenceman	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)

References

↑ 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
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html
↑ 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.
↑ "1994-95 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
↑ NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps; Laval Rocket (beginning in 2017–18)

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 690 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1994–95 NHL season

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh Quebec

Atlantic	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Pacific	Anaheim Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Supplemental Draft Lockout Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1994–95 Montreal Canadiens season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Transactions

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

See also

References