# 1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 28th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers made the playoffs for the first time since 1989, also winning their division for the first time since 1987, and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing in six games to the New Jersey Devils.

## Off-season

Bob Clarke was named president and general manager of the Flyers on June 15, 1994, replacing Russ Farwell. The Florida Panthers received the Flyers' 1994 second-round pick and cash, believed to be around $500,000, as compensation since Clarke had to be released from his contract. On June 24, Clarke hired Terry Murray to replace Terry Simpson as head coach. A former Flyers player, Murray had mostly recently coached the Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League after being fired midway through the 1993–94 season as the Washington Capitals head coach. Prior to the start of training camp, the team announced Eric Lindros was replacing Kevin Dineen as team captain.
The Flyers made three major player transactions during the off-season prior to the beginning of the 1994–95 NHL lockout. On June 29, the Flyers swapped defensemen with the Montreal Canadiens, sending Yves Racine to Montreal for Kevin Haller. On July 6, unrestricted free agent centerman Craig MacTavish, formerly of the Stanley Cup champion New York Rangers, was signed to a two-year, $1.6 million contract. On September 22, the Flyers re-acquired goaltender Ron Hextall, whom they had traded in 1992 to the Quebec Nordiques in the Lindros trade, from the New York Islanders for goaltender Tommy Soderstrom.

## Regular season

After a 3–6–1 start to the season, including a shutout loss to Ottawa on February 6, Clarke dealt high-scoring winger Mark Recchi to the Montreal Canadiens for Eric Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair. In the following game, at home against Florida, the team lost 3–0, but Lindros and LeClair was placed on a line with sophomore forward Mikael Renberg to form the "Legion of Doom" line, a mix of scoring talent and physical intimidation. The line registered its first point on Saturday, February 11, 1995, in a game against the New Jersey Devils at the Meadowlands. The line made an immediate impact, as it helped the Flyers defeat the Devils 3–1.
Less than two weeks later, on Thursday, February 23, Lindros recorded a hat trick in what would be his final game in Quebec City against the Nordiques, but the Flyers wasted a three-goal lead into a 6–6 tie. Two nights later in Montreal, LeClair blitzed his former club in his return with a hat-trick in a 7–0 rout which saw the Flyers score five times in the third period. LeClair's previous hat trick had come just 11 days earlier in a 5–2 Flyers' win at Tampa Bay. Lindros recorded two more hat tricks during the regular season, and both came in consecutive games; his second one on March 18 in a 4–3 Flyers' overtime win in Florida, and the third on March 20 in an 8–4 Flyers' win over the Montreal Canadiens. Josef Beranek had the other Flyers' regular-season hat trick in a 5–4 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on February 2.
During the season, the Flyers had two long winning streaks: one was eight games from March 5–20, the other was nine games from April 2–22. The final contest in that streak, on April 22 at New Jersey, saw LeClair net the overtime winner which clinched the Atlantic Division. Even though it was scored 54 seconds into the overtime period, it would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored in the lockout-shortened regular season.
The end of the season saw Lindros go down with an eye injury in the penultimate game against the New York Rangers, as a shot he took ricocheted off Rangers defenseman Jeff Beukeboom and struck him in the face.
The playoff drought was finally over as the Flyers won their first division title in eight years and clinched the No.2 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Lindros, who scored 70 points, came in second to Jaromir Jagr by a tiebreaker in the race for the Art Ross Trophy, the NHL scoring championship, but was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP.

### Season 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

## Playoffs

Lindros missed the first three games of the Flyers' Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Buffalo Sabres. Karl Dykhuis netted the overtime winner in Game 1 and the club took a 2–0 series lead on the road. Following a narrow Game 3 defeat at The Aud, Lindros returned and the reunited Legion led the club to a 4–2 win. In Game 5, Philly rolled to leads of 4–0 and 5–2 before closing with a 6–4 victory.
More overtime magic came in the semifinal series with the defending Stanley Cup champion Rangers, who upset the Nordiques in the first round. Game 1 at the Spectrum saw New York race out to a 3–1 lead, only to see the Flyers storm back to go up 4–3. A late goal from Pat Verbeek sent the game into an extra session, where Desjardins won it with a right-circle shot.
The next night, Brian Leetch recorded a hat-trick but Kevin Haller struck with under 30 seconds played in OT off a feed from Renberg to give the Flyers a 4–3 win and 2–0 series edge. The Flyers capitalized on multiple mistakes and turnovers in Games 3 and 4 at Madison Square Garden, recording 5-2 and 4-1 victories to sweep the series.
The Flyers advanced to the conference finals against the Devils. Jersey controlled long stretches of the first two games, winning 4–1 in Game 1 and overcoming an early deficit with a four-goal blitz to take Game 2, 5–2. The Devils were on the verge of going up three games to none at the Meadowlands, but a Rod Brind'Amour floater in the third period and Lindros' wrister in overtime brought the Flyers back. Philly controlled Game 4 and coasted to a 4–2 win, but the Devils continued to use the neutral zone trap to control the Legion in Game 5. Although Dineen scored early in the third to tie the game, Claude Lemieux's 50-foot blast got by Hextall and gave New Jersey the shocking 3–2 win and left the Devils one win away from the Cup finals.
In Game 6, Jim Montgomery got the Flyers on the board early in the first period, but the Devils stormed back with four consecutive scores to ice the game and the series 4–2.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1994–95 regular season :
January: 2–4–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–3–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1January 21Quebec3 – 1PhiladelphiaHextall17,3800–1–00Recap
2January 22Philadelphia1 – 4BostonRoussel14,4480–2–00Recap
3January 24Philadelphia3 – 4NY IslandersHextall11,4870–3–00Recap
4January 26Hartford2 – 3PhiladelphiaRoussel16,5571–3–02Recap
5January 28Boston1 – 2PhiladelphiaRoussel17,2602–3–04Recap
6January 29Philadelphia2 – 2MontrealOTHextall16,1522–3–15Recap
7January 31Philadelphia2 – 5QuebecHextall14,1412–4–15Recap :
February: 6–4–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–1–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
8February 2NY Islanders5 – 4PhiladelphiaOTRoussel16,5192–5–15Recap
9February 4Buffalo2 – 4PhiladelphiaRoussel16,7783–5–17Recap
10February 6Philadelphia0 – 3OttawaRoussel9,2673–6–17Recap
11February 9Florida3 – 0PhiladelphiaRoussel16,2293–7–17Recap
12February 11Philadelphia3 – 1New JerseyRoussel19,0404–7–19Recap
13February 13Washington3 – 5PhiladelphiaHextall16,8155–7–111Recap
14February 14Philadelphia5 – 2Tampa BayRoussel16,6996–7–113Recap
15February 16Quebec4 – 2PhiladelphiaHextall17,0656–8–113Recap
16February 23Philadelphia6 – 6QuebecOTHextall13,3016–8–214Recap
17February 25Philadelphia7 – 0MontrealHextall17,8007–8–216Recap
18February 28Washington2 – 4PhiladelphiaHextall17,3808–8–218Recap :
March: 9–4–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 4–3–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
19March 2Florida2 – 2PhiladelphiaOTHextall16,6808–8–319Recap
20March 3Philadelphia3 – 5NY RangersHextall18,2008–9–319Recap
21March 5Pittsburgh2 – 6PhiladelphiaHextall17,3809–9–321Recap
22March 7Philadelphia4 – 3Tampa BayHextall21,82710–9–323Recap
23March 9Boston2 – 3PhiladelphiaHextall17,38011–9–325Recap
24March 12New Jersey3 – 4PhiladelphiaHextall17,38012–9–327Recap
25March 15Philadelphia4 – 3NY RangersRoussel18,20013–9–329Recap
26March 16Philadelphia3 – 1OttawaHextall10,38214–9–331Recap
27March 18Philadelphia4 – 3FloridaOTRoussel14,70315–9–333Recap
28March 20Montreal4 – 8PhiladelphiaHextall17,38016–9–335Recap
29March 22Philadelphia3 – 4HartfordHextall10,14916–10–335Recap
30March 25Philadelphia2 – 2WashingtonOTHextall16,72116–10–436Recap
31March 26Buffalo1 – 3PhiladelphiaRoussel17,38017–10–438Recap
32March 28Philadelphia1 – 5BostonRoussel14,44817–11–438Recap
33March 30New Jersey4 – 3PhiladelphiaHextall17,38017–12–438Recap :
April: 10–4–0 (home: 6–2–0; road: 4–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
34April 1Philadelphia2 – 3PittsburghHextall17,18117–13–438Recap
35April 2NY Rangers2 – 4PhiladelphiaHextall17,38018–13–440Recap
36April 6Tampa Bay4 – 5PhiladelphiaHextall17,24519–13–442Recap
37April 8Philadelphia3 – 1WashingtonHextall18,13020–13–444Recap
38April 12Montreal2 – 3PhiladelphiaHextall17,38021–13–446Recap
39April 14Tampa Bay2 – 3PhiladelphiaRoussel17,38022–13–448Recap
40April 16Pittsburgh3 – 4PhiladelphiaOTHextall17,38023–13–450Recap
41April 18Philadelphia3 – 1FloridaHextall14,70324–13–452Recap
42April 20NY Islanders1 – 2PhiladelphiaHextall17,38025–13–454Recap
43April 22Philadelphia4 – 3New JerseyOTRoussel19,04026–13–456Recap
44April 23Philadelphia2 – 4BuffaloHextall16,23026–14–456Recap
45April 26Ottawa5 – 2PhiladelphiaHextall17,38026–15–456Recap
46April 28Philadelphia4 – 3HartfordHextall15,55027–15–458Recap
47April 30NY Rangers2 – 0PhiladelphiaRoussel17,38027–16–458Recap :
May: 1–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
48May 2Philadelphia2 – 0NY IslandersRoussel12,62128–16–460Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Flyers win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 7Buffalo3 – 4PhiladelphiaOTHextall17,380Flyers lead 1–0Recap
2May 8Buffalo1 – 3PhiladelphiaHextall17,380Flyers lead 2–0Recap
3May 10Philadelphia1 – 3BuffaloHextall13,256Flyers lead 2–1Recap
4May 12Philadelphia4 – 2BuffaloHextall16,230Flyers lead 3–1Recap
5May 14Buffalo4 – 6PhiladelphiaHextall17,380Flyers win 4–1Recap :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. New York Rangers – Flyers win 4–0
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 21NY Rangers4 – 5PhiladelphiaOTHextall17,380Flyers lead 1–0Recap
2May 22NY Rangers3 – 4PhiladelphiaOTHextall17,380Flyers lead 2–0Recap
3May 24Philadelphia5 – 2NY RangersHextall18,200Flyers lead 3–0Recap
4May 26Philadelphia4 – 1NY RangersHextall18,200Flyers win 4–0Recap :
Eastern Conference Finals vs. New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1June 3New Jersey4 – 1PhiladelphiaHextall17,380Devils lead 1–0Recap
2June 5New Jersey5 – 2PhiladelphiaHextall17,380Devils lead 2–0Recap
3June 7Philadelphia3 – 2New JerseyOTHextall19,040Devils lead 2–1Recap
4June 10Philadelphia4 – 2New JerseyHextall19,040Series tied 2–2Recap
5June 11New Jersey3 – 2PhiladelphiaHextall17,380Devils lead 3–2Recap
6June 13Philadelphia2 – 4New JerseyHextall19,040Devils win 4–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## 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 Flyers only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 88 | Eric Lindros | C | 46 | 29 | 41 | 70 | 27 | 60 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 8 |
| 19 | Mikael Renberg | RW | 47 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | John LeClair† | LW | 37 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| 17 | Rod Brind'Amour | C | 48 | 12 | 27 | 39 | −4 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 8 |
| 37 | Eric Desjardins† | D | 34 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Garry Galley‡ | D | 33 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Dmitri Yushkevich | D | 40 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −4 | 47 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −2 | 12 |
| 11 | Kevin Dineen | RW | 40 | 8 | 5 | 13 | −1 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Chris Therien | D | 48 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 38 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 10 |
| 18 | Brent Fedyk | RW | 30 | 8 | 4 | 12 | −2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | Craig MacTavish | C | 45 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −3 | 20 |
| 42 | Josef Beranek‡ | C | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Shjon Podein | LW | 44 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −2 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Kevin Haller | D | 36 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| 24 | Karl Dykhuis† | D | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Patrik Juhlin | RW | 42 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −13 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 45 | Gilbert Dionne† | LW | 20 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
| 8 | Mark Recchi‡ | RW | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Rob DiMaio | LW | 36 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Dave Brown | RW | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Anatoli Semenov† | C | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Petr Svoboda† | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 22 | Jim Montgomery† | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Mark Lamb‡ | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Rob Zettler | D | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | Shawn Anderson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Shawn Antoski† | LW | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 28 | Jason Bowen | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Yanick Dupre | LW | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Ron Hextall | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 4 |
| 23 | Stewart Malgunas | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Ryan McGill‡ | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Dominic Roussel | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 27 | Ron Hextall | 31 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 801 | 88 | 2.90 | .890 | 1 | 1,824 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 437 | 42 | 2.81 | .904 | 0 | 897 |
| 30 | Dominic Roussel | 19 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 486 | 42 | 2.34 | .914 | 1 | 1,075 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 23 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Hart Memorial Trophy | Eric Lindros |
| League (annual) | Lester B. Pearson Award | Eric Lindros |
| League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Chris Therien (Defense) |
| League (annual) | NHL first All-Star team | John LeClair (Left wing) |
| League (annual) | NHL first All-Star team | Eric Lindros (Center) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | John LeClair (February 27) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Eric Lindros (March 20) |
| Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Eric Desjardins |
| Team | Bobby Clarke Trophy | Eric Lindros |
| Team | Class Guy Award | Mikael Renberg |
| Team | Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy | John LeClair |
| Miscellaneous | Viking Award | Mikael Renberg |

### Records

The Flyers qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1989, ending a franchise record five-year playoff drought. Goaltender Ron Hextall tied a team record for consecutive playoff wins (6) from May 12 to May 26. The team's five consecutive road wins from May 12 to June 10 set a team playoff record (subsequently tied).

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
| First game | Patrik Juhlin | January 21, 1995 | |
| First game | Chris Therien | January 21, 1995 | |

## Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 15, 1994, the day after the deciding game of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 24, 1995, the day of the deciding game of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 15, 1994 (1994-06-15) | To Philadelphia Flyers Bobby Clarke | To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 1994cash |
| June 29, 1994 (1994-06-29) | To Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Haller | To Montreal Canadiens Yves Racine |
| September 6, 1994 (1994-09-06) | To Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia's 4th-round pick in 1995 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Rights to Alexander Selivanov |
| September 22, 1994 (1994-09-22) | To Philadelphia Flyers Ron Hextall6th-round pick in 1995 | To New York Islanders Tommy Soderstrom |
| February 2, 1995 (1995-02-02) | To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Greenlay | To Tampa Bay Lightning Scott LaGrand |
| February 9, 1995 (1995-02-09) | To Philadelphia Flyers Eric DesjardinsGilbert DionneJohn LeClair | To Montreal Canadiens Mark Recchi3rd-round pick in 1995 |
| February 10, 1995 (1995-02-10) | To Philadelphia Flyers cash | To Montreal Canadiens Mark Lamb |
| February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15) | To Philadelphia Flyers Shawn Antoski | To Vancouver Canucks Josef Beranek |
| February 16, 1995 (1995-02-16) | To Philadelphia Flyers Karl Dykhuis | To Chicago Blackhawks Bob Wilkie5th-round pick in 1997 |
| March 8, 1995 (1995-03-08) | To Philadelphia Flyers Anatoli Semenov | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Milos Holan |
| March 13, 1995 (1995-03-13) | To Philadelphia Flyers Brad Zavisha6th-round pick in 1995 | To Edmonton Oilers Ryan McGill |
| April 7, 1995 (1995-04-07) | To Philadelphia Flyers Petr Svoboda | To Buffalo Sabres Garry Galley |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 6, 1994 (1994-07-06) | Craig MacTavish | New York Rangers | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 19, 1994 (1994-07-19) | Phil Crowe | Los Angeles Kings | | Free agency |
| July 27, 1994 (1994-07-27) | Shjon Podein | Edmonton Oilers | | Free agency |
| August 16, 1994 (1994-08-16) | Shawn Anderson | Washington Capitals | | Free agency |
| February 10, 1995 (1995-02-10) | Jim Montgomery | Montreal Canadiens | | Waivers |
| March 5, 1995 (1995-03-05) | Les Kuntar | Hershey Bears (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 20, 1994 (1994-06-20) | Corey Foster | Ottawa Senators | Free agency |
| June 22, 1994 (1994-06-22) | Lance Pitlick | Ottawa Senators | Free agency |
| June 27, 1994 (1994-06-27) | Todd Hlushko | Calgary Flames | Free agency |
| July 26, 1994 (1994-07-26) | Rob Ramage | | Retirement |
| August 1994 (1994-08) | Dave Tippett | Houston Aeros (IHL) | Free agency |
| August 11, 1994 (1994-08-11) | Frederic Chabot | Florida Panthers | Free agency |
| N/A | Eric Dandenault | HC Fassa (Serie A) | Free agency |
| N/A | Toni Porkka | Lukko (Liiga) | Free agency |
| N/A | Claude Vilgrain | SC Herisau (NLB) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| August 16, 1994 (1994-08-16) | Brent Fedyk | | Re-signing |
| August 23, 1994 (1994-08-23) | Dan Kordic | | Re-signing |
| September 2, 1994 (1994-09-02) | Ryan Sittler | 3-year | Signing |
| January 30, 1995 (1995-01-30) | Garry Galley | 3-year | Re-signing |

## Draft picks
### NHL entry draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, on June 28, 1994. The Flyers traded their first-round picks in 1993 and 1994, 10th overall, along with Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, the rights to Peter Forsberg, and $15 million to the Quebec Nordiques for the rights to Eric Lindros on June 30, 1992. Their second-round pick, 36th overall, was given to the Florida Panthers as compensation for the Flyers hiring Bob Clarke as their general manager. They also traded their fifth-round pick, 114th overall, and Greg Johnson to the Detroit Red Wings for Jim Cummins and the Red Wings' 1993 fourth-round pick on June 20, 1993.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
| 3 | 62 | Artem Anisimov | Defense | Russia | Itil Kazan (Russia) |
| 4 | 88 | Adam Magarrell | Defense | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
| 4 | 101 | Sebastien Vallee | Left wing | Canada | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 140 | Alexander Selivanov | Right wing | Russia | Spartak Moscow (RUS) |
| 7 | 166 | Colin Forbes | Left wing | Canada | Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL) |
| 8 | 192 | Derek Diener | Defense | Canada | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
| 8 | 202 | Ray Giroux | Defense | Canada | Powassan Hawks (NOJHL) |
| 9 | 218 | Johan Hedberg | Goaltender | Sweden | Leksands IF (Elitserien) |
| 10 | 244 | Andre Payette | Left wing | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 11 | 270 | Jan Lipiansky | Forward | Slovakia | Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) |

### NHL supplemental draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1994 NHL supplemental draft on June 28, 1994.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
| 1 | 10 | Kirk Nielsen | Right wing | United States | Harvard University (ECAC) |

## Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League and the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL. Mitch Lamoureux led the Bears with 85 points as Hershey finished 2nd in their division and lost in six games to the Cornwall Aces in the first round. Johnstown finished 4th in their division and lost in the first round to the South Carolina Stingrays.