# 1994–95 Ottawa Senators season

The 1994–95 Ottawa Senators season was the third season of the National Hockey League (NHL) club, was cut short due to the NHL lockout, which postponed the start of the season until late January, and teams only played 48 games that season. This was also the team's final full season at the Ottawa Civic Centre before moving to the Palladium the following season.

## Regular season

Alexei Yashin once again proved to be the Senators leader on the ice, scoring 21 goals, along with 23 assists for a team leading 44 points. Alexandre Daigle had another strong season also, putting up 37 points (16 goals, 21 assists) to finish second to Yashin in team scoring.
Don Beaupre led the team in net, setting the team record for best GAA average in a season (3.36), best save percentage (.896), won 8 of the 9 games the Senators won during the season and got the first shutout in team history on February 6, when the Senators shutout the Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 at the Civic Centre.
The Sens started slow, going 0–6–2 in their first eight games before their shutout win over Philadelphia. They slumped throughout the first 41 games of the season, as they had a 4–32–5 record but the team finished the year by going 5–2–0 in their last seven games, outscoring their opponents 27-21, to finish the season with a 9–34–5 record but failed to avoid finishing in last place in the NHL for the third straight season.
The Senators finished last in wins (9), losses (34), points (23), even-strength goals against (129), and tied the Florida Panthers and Montreal Canadiens for fewest short-handed goals scored (1).

### Season 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 |
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

1994–95 regular season :
January: 0–3–2 (home: 0–0–1; road: 0–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
1TJanuary 22, 19953–3 OT@ New York Islanders (1994–95)0–0–110,311Recap
2LJanuary 25, 19951–4@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)0–1–18,567Recap
3LJanuary 27, 19954–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)0–2–117,181Recap
4TJanuary 28, 19952–2 OTBuffalo Sabres (1994–95)0–2–210,575Recap
5LJanuary 30, 19952–6@ New York Rangers (1994–95)0–3–218,200Recap :
February: 2–9–1 (home: 1–6–1; road: 1–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
6LFebruary 1, 19951–2Hartford Whalers (1994–95)0–4–29,663Recap
7LFebruary 2, 19954–6@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)0–5–213,219Recap
8LFebruary 4, 19951–2New York Rangers (1994–95)0–6–210,424Recap
9WFebruary 6, 19953–0Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)1–6–29,267Recap
10LFebruary 8, 19952–4Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)1–7–210,575Recap
11LFebruary 11, 19952–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)1–8–214,321Recap
12LFebruary 15, 19950–2@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)1–9–212,072Recap
13WFebruary 17, 19952–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)2–9–216,131Recap
14TFebruary 23, 19955–5 OTWashington Capitals (1994–95)2–9–39,357Recap
15LFebruary 25, 19951–4Florida Panthers (1994–95)2–10–39,520Recap
16LFebruary 27, 19950–2Boston Bruins (1994–95)2–11–310,242Recap
17LFebruary 28, 19953–6Hartford Whalers (1994–95)2–12–39,174Recap :
March: 2–11–1 (home: 2–5–0; road: 0–6–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
18LMarch 2, 19952–3 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)2–13–39,114Recap
19WMarch 5, 19953–1New York Islanders (1994–95)3–13–39,314Recap
20LMarch 6, 19953–4@ New York Rangers (1994–95)3–14–318,200Recap
21LMarch 8, 19952–3@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)3–15–313,609Recap
22TMarch 10, 19952–2 OT@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)3–15–411,927Recap
23LMarch 14, 19952–4@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)3–16–413,234Recap
24LMarch 16, 19951–3Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)3–17–410,382Recap
25WMarch 18, 19954–3 OTBuffalo Sabres (1994–95)4–17–49,915Recap
26LMarch 19, 19953–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)4–18–49,804Recap
27LMarch 21, 19950–1@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)4–19–410,322Recap
28LMarch 25, 19951–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)4–20–416,897Recap
29LMarch 26, 19954–11Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)4–21–410,276Recap
30LMarch 29, 19952–4New Jersey Devils (1994–95)4–22–49,582Recap
31LMarch 30, 19950–7@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)4–23–412,386Recap :
April: 4–10–1 (home: 2–5–1; road: 2–5–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
32LApril 2, 19955–7@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)4–24–414,335Recap
33LApril 3, 19954–5Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)4–25–410,575Recap
34LApril 5, 19950–2New Jersey Devils (1994–95)4–26–49,251Recap
35TApril 8, 19952–2 OTQuebec Nordiques (1994–95)4–26–510,575Recap
36LApril 10, 19953–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)4–27–510,074Recap
37LApril 12, 19952–4@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)4–28–510,509Recap
38LApril 15, 19952–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)4–29–516,740Recap
39LApril 16, 19951–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)4–30–514,273Recap
40LApril 19, 19951–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)4–31–516,321Recap
41LApril 20, 19955–6Boston Bruins (1994–95)4–32–510,575Recap
42WApril 22, 19953–2@ New York Islanders (1994–95)5–32–510,281Recap
43LApril 24, 19951–5Florida Panthers (1994–95)5–33–59,164Recap
44WApril 26, 19955–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)6–33–517,380Recap
45WApril 27, 19956–1Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)7–33–59,291Recap
46WApril 29, 19954–3New York Islanders (1994–95)8–33–510,417Recap :
May: 1–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
47LMay 1, 19954–5@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)8–34–514,448Recap
48WMay 3, 19954–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)9–34–521,689Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* 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 Senators only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 19 | Alexei Yashin | C | 47 | 21 | 23 | 44 | −20 | 20 |
| 91 | Alexandre Daigle | C | 47 | 16 | 21 | 37 | −22 | 14 |
| 61 | Sylvain Turgeon | LW | 33 | 11 | 8 | 19 | −1 | 29 |
| 74 | Steve Larouche | C | 18 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −5 | 6 |
| 3 | Sean Hill | D | 45 | 1 | 14 | 15 | −11 | 30 |
| 10 | Rob Gaudreau | RW | 36 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −16 | 8 |
| 33 | Troy Murray‡ | C | 33 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −1 | 16 |
| 49 | Michel Picard | LW | 24 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −1 | 14 |
| 26 | Scott Levins | RW | 24 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 51 |
| 17 | Dave McLlwain | C | 43 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −26 | 22 |
| 22 | Norm Maciver‡ | D | 28 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −9 | 10 |
| 76 | Radek Bonk | C | 42 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −5 | 28 |
| 7 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 48 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −19 | 68 |
| 25 | Pat Elynuik | RW | 41 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −11 | 51 |
| 18 | Troy Mallette | LW | 23 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Chris Dahlquist | D | 46 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −30 | 36 |
| 29 | Phil Bourque | LW | 38 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −17 | 20 |
| 78 | Pavol Demitra | LW | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
| 5 | Kerry Huffman | D | 37 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −17 | 46 |
| 15 | Dave Archibald | C | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −7 | 19 |
| 94 | Stan Neckar | D | 48 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −20 | 37 |
| 21 | Dennis Vial | D | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 65 |
| 11 | Evgeny Davydov | LW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Bill Huard‡ | LW | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 64 |
| 24 | Daniel Laperriere† | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 0 |
| 82 | Martin Straka† | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| 2 | Jim Paek | D | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 28 |
| 23 | Claude Boivin | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
| 56 | Lance Pitlick | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 6 |
| 35 | Mike Bales | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 33 | Don Beaupre | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 10 |
| 44 | Radim Bicanek | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Craig Billington‡ | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 46 | Daniel Guerard | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Darrin Madeley | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 4 | Brad Shaw | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Goaltending

* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 33 | Don Beaupre | 38 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 1167 | 121 | 3.36 | .896 | 1 | 2161 |
| 30 | Darrin Madeley | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 147 | 15 | 3.53 | .898 | 0 | 255 |
| 35 | Mike Bales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Craig Billington‡ | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 240 | 32 | 4.06 | .867 | 0 | 472 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
| Team | Molson Cup | Don Beaupre | |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Radek Bonk | January 22, 1995 |
| First game | Stanislav Neckar | January 22, 1995 |
| First game | Radim Bicanek | January 27, 1995 |
| First game | Lance Pitlick | February 27, 1995 |
| First game | Steve Larouche | February 28, 1995 |
| First game | Daniel Guerard | April 27, 1995 |

## Transactions
### May 1994

| May 12 | Signed free agent Jean-François Labbé from the PEI Senators of the AHL to a 1-year contract. |
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### June 1994

| June 14 | Signed free agent Bruce Gardiner from the Peoria Rivermen of the IHL to an entry-level contract. Signed free agent Michel Picard from the Portland Pirates of the AHL to a 2-year, $450,000 (CAD) contract. |
| June 20 | Signed free agent Corey Foster from the Hershey Bears of the AHL to a 1-year contract. |
| June 21 | Signed free agent Pat Elynuik from the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 2-year, $1.23 mil (CAD) contract. |
| June 22 | Signed free agent Lance Pitlick from the Hershey Bears of the AHL to a 1-year, $250,000 (CAD) contract. |
| June 25 | Acquired Jim Paek from the Los Angeles Kings for a 7th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Benoit Larose). |
| June 28 | Acquired Sean Hill and a 9th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Frederic Cassivi from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for a 3rd round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - Vadim Epanchintsev. Mark Michaud, Andrew McBain, Brad Lauer, Dan Quinn, Gord Dineen, Graeme Townshend and Mark LaForest became unrestricted free agents. |
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### July 1994

| July 4 | Signed free agent Chris Dahlquist from the Calgary Flames to a 2-year, $790,000 contract. Signed free agent Mike Bales from the Providence Bruins to a 1-year contract. |
| July 15 | Signed free agent Randy Cunneyworth from the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-year, $1.3 mil (CAD) contract. |
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### September 1994

| September 11 | Signed free agent Steve Larouche from the Atlanta Knights of the IHL to a 1-year, $225,000 (CAD) contract. |
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### October 1994

| October 15 | Acquired Jason Zent from the New York Islanders for a 5th round pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft - (Andy Berenzweig). |
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### January 1995

| January 18 | Acquired Don Beaupre from the Washington Capitals for a 5th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Benoit Gratton). Claimed Rob Gaudreau from the San Jose Sharks in the 1994 NHL Waiver Draft. Lost François Leroux to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1994 NHL Waiver Draft. |
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### March 1995

| March 30 | Lost free agent Jim Kyte to the San Jose Sharks on a 1-year contract. |
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### April 1995

| April 7 | Acquired Martin Straka from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Troy Murray and Norm Maciver. Acquired the rights of Mika Stromberg and a 4th round draft pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Kevin Boyd) from the Quebec Nordiques for Bill Huard. Acquired Daniel Laperrière and a 9th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Erik Kaminski) from the St. Louis Blues for a 9th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Libor Zabransky). Acquired an 8th round draft pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Ray Schultz) from the Boston Bruins for Craig Billington. Lost free agent Steve Konroyd to the Calgary Flames on a 1-year contract. |
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## Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 3 | Radek Bonk | Czech Republic | Las Vegas Thunder (IHL) |
| 2 | 29 | Stanislav Neckar | Czech Republic | HC České Budějovice (Czech.) |
| 4 | 81 | Bryan Masotta | United States | Hotchkiss Academy (US HS) |
| 6 | 131 | Mike Gaffney | United States | LaSalle Academy (US HS) |
| 6 | 133 | Daniel Alfredsson | Sweden | Frölunda HC (Elitserien) |
| 7 | 159 | Doug Sproule | United States | Hotchkiss Academy (US HS) |
| 9 | 210 | Frederic Cassivi | Canada | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) |
| 9 | 211 | Danny Dupont | Canada | Laval Titan (QMJHL) |
| 10 | 237 | Steve MacKinnon | United States | Chelmsford High School (US HS) |
| 11 | 274 | Antti Tormanen | Finland | Jokerit (SM-liiga) |
| S | 3 | Steve Guolla | Canada | Michigan State University (CCHA) |

## Farm teams

* Prince Edward Island Senators (American Hockey League)
* Thunder Bay Senators (Colonial Hockey League)