# 1994–95 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1994–95 Winnipeg Jets season was the team's 23rd season in Winnipeg and their 16th season in the National Hockey League. Despite missing the playoffs for the second year in a row, the Jets featured the second-best forward line in the NHL that season, as Keith Tkachuk, Teemu Selanne and Alexei Zhamnov scored a collective 74 goals in 48 games. This total was second only to the Philadelphia Flyers' top-line total of 80 (scored collectively by the "Legion of Doom").

## Regular season

Two major highlights of the regular season occurred in April. On April 1, 1995, Alexei Zhamnov tied a franchise record by scoring five goals in the Jets' 7–7 tie with Los Angeles Kings. Six days later, the Jets established an NHL record by scoring four short-handed goals in a 7–4 win against the Vancouver Canucks.
General manager John Paddock resigned as head coach on April 5. Assistant coach Terry Simpson was named interim head coach.

### Season standings

Central Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 180 | 117 | 70 |
| 2 | 2 | St. Louis Blues | 48 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 178 | 135 | 61 |
| 3 | 4 | Chicago Blackhawks | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 156 | 115 | 53 |
| 4 | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 135 | 146 | 50 |
| 5 | 8 | Dallas Stars | 48 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 136 | 135 | 42 |
| 6 | 10 | Winnipeg Jets | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 157 | 177 | 39 |
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.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 48 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 180 | 117 | 70 |
| 2 | x – Calgary Flames | PAC | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 163 | 135 | 55 |
| 3 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 48 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 178 | 135 | 61 |
| 4 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 156 | 115 | 53 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 135 | 146 | 50 |
| 6 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 48 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 153 | 148 | 48 |
| 7 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 129 | 161 | 42 |
| 8 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 48 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 136 | 135 | 42 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 142 | 174 | 41 |
| 10 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 157 | 177 | 39 |
| 11 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 48 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 136 | 183 | 38 |
| 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 48 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 125 | 164 | 37 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

## Schedule and results

1994–95 regular season :
January: 1–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 0–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
1TJanuary 20, 19953–3 OTCalgary Flames (1994–95)0–0–113,382Recap
2LJanuary 21, 19953–4Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)0–1–19,725Recap
3WJanuary 23, 19955–3Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)1–1–18,794Recap
4LJanuary 25, 19950–4@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)1–2–117,190Recap
5LJanuary 27, 19952–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)1–3–117,174Recap
6LJanuary 28, 19952–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)1–4–115,115Recap :
February: 5–6–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
7LFebruary 2, 19954–5 OTSt. Louis Blues (1994–95)1–5–113,611Recap
8TFebruary 4, 19953–3 OTSan Jose Sharks (1994–95)1–5–213,525Recap
9WFebruary 6, 19955–4@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)2–5–217,706Recap
10TFebruary 8, 19953–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)2–5–310,308Recap
11LFebruary 9, 19951–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)2–6–310,630Recap
12WFebruary 11, 19953–2@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)3–6–320,262Recap
13WFebruary 13, 19957–4@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)4–6–315,379Recap
14LFebruary 15, 19951–5Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)4–7–312,299Recap
15LFebruary 17, 19953–4St. Louis Blues (1994–95)4–8–312,770Recap
16WFebruary 22, 19954–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)5–8–316,072Recap
17WFebruary 24, 19954–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)6–8–312,843Recap
18LFebruary 25, 19952–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)6–9–315,746Recap
19LFebruary 28, 19950–4Dallas Stars (1994–95)6–10–310,573Recap :
March: 3–8–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 0–6–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
20LMarch 2, 19951–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)6–11–319,875Recap
21WMarch 4, 19954–2San Jose Sharks (1994–95)7–11–311,217Recap
22WMarch 5, 19953–2Calgary Flames (1994–95)8–11–311,197Recap
23WMarch 10, 19954–3Dallas Stars (1994–95)9–11–311,603Recap
24LMarch 11, 19952–4Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)9–12–315,255Recap
25TMarch 14, 19953–3 OTVancouver Canucks (1994–95)9–12–415,556Recap
26LMarch 17, 19954–8@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)9–13–418,781Recap
27LMarch 19, 19952–3Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)9–14–412,005Recap
28LMarch 22, 19953–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)9–15–419,807Recap
29LMarch 24, 19952–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)9–16–415,746Recap
30TMarch 25, 19953–3 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)9–16–515,397Recap
31LMarch 28, 19955–6 OT@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)9–17–517,190Recap
32LMarch 30, 19951–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)9–18–517,174Recap :
April: 7–5–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–3–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
33TApril 1, 19957–7 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)9–18–616,005Recap
34WApril 5, 19954–1Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)10–18–611,334Recap
35WApril 7, 19957–4Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)11–18–615,565Recap
36LApril 8, 19953–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)11–19–615,746Recap
37LApril 11, 19955–7@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)11–20–618,969Recap
38WApril 13, 19955–2St. Louis Blues (1994–95)12–20–613,250Recap
39WApril 15, 19955–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)13–20–615,261Recap
40LApril 17, 19955–6Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)13–21–614,501Recap
41TApril 19, 19955–5 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)13–21–719,875Recap
42WApril 21, 19952–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)14–21–721,213Recap
43LApril 23, 19952–5@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)14–22–716,924Recap
44LApril 25, 19953–5Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)14–23–712,994Recap
45WApril 27, 19954–3Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)15–23–714,081Recap
46WApril 29, 19955–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)16–23–715,219Recap :
May: 0–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
47LMay 1, 19952–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)16–24–719,403Recap
48LMay 2, 19951–2Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)16–25–715,562Recap :
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 Jets only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 10 | Alexei Zhamnov | C | 48 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Keith Tkachuk | LW | 48 | 22 | 29 | 51 | −4 | 152 |
| 8 | Teemu Selanne | RW | 45 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Nelson Emerson | RW | 48 | 14 | 23 | 37 | −12 | 26 |
| 23 | Igor Korolev | C | 45 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 10 |
| 18 | Dallas Drake | RW | 43 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −6 | 30 |
| 4 | Stephane Quintal | D | 43 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 78 |
| 27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 42 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 16 |
| 3 | Dave Manson | D | 44 | 3 | 15 | 18 | −20 | 139 |
| 25 | Thomas Steen | C | 31 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −13 | 14 |
| 24 | Darryl Shannon | D | 40 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 48 |
| 15 | Randy Gilhen | C | 44 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −17 | 52 |
| 16 | Ed Olczyk† | C | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| 32 | Mike Eastwood† | C | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| 34 | Darrin Shannon | LW | 19 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −6 | 14 |
| 20 | Tie Domi‡ | RW | 31 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −6 | 128 |
| 17 | Kris King | LW | 48 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 85 |
| 2 | Neil Wilkinson | D | 40 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −26 | 75 |
| 75 | Michal Grosek | LW | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 21 |
| 5 | Igor Ulanov‡ | D | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 27 |
| 36 | Mike Eagles‡ | C | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −13 | 40 |
| 36 | Greg Brown† | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 42 | Oleg Mikulchik | D | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 12 | Rob Murray | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Tim Cheveldae | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 4 |
| 28 | Craig Martin | RW | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 19 |
| 55 | Arto Blomsten‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Luciano Borsato | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 47 | Tavis Hansen | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | John LeBlanc | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Russ Romaniuk | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| 22 | Brent Thompson | D | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | 78 |

### Goaltending

| 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 |
| 29 | Tim Cheveldae | 30 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 818 | 97 | 3.70 | .881 | 0 | 1571 |
| 35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 26 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 723 | 76 | 3.41 | .895 | 0 | 1339 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star team | Keith Tkachuk (Left Wing) |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star team | Alexei Zhamnov (Centre) |
| Team | Molson Cup | Alexei Zhamnov |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Nikolai Khabibulin | January 21, 1995 |
| First game | Craig Martin | February 24, 1995 |
| First game | Tavis Hansen | April 7, 1995 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| July 8, 1994 | To Buffalo SabresKevin McClelland | To Winnipeg JetsFuture Considerations |
| August 8, 1994 | To Los Angeles KingsRuslan Batyrshin 6th round pick in 1995 (Brian Willsie) 2nd round pick in 1996 (Marian Cisar) | To Winnipeg JetsBrent Thompson 6th round pick in 1995 (Robert Esche) Cash |
| March 27, 1995 | To Los Angeles KingsArto Blomsten | To Winnipeg Jets8th round pick in 1995 (Fredrik Loven) |
| April 7, 1995 | To Washington CapitalsMike Eagles Igor Ulanov | To Winnipeg Jets3rd round pick in 1995 (Sergei Gusev) 5th round pick in 1995 (Brian Elder) |
| April 7, 1995 | To New York Rangers5th round pick in 1995 (Alexei Vasiliev) | To Winnipeg JetsEd Olczyk |
| April 7, 1995 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsCash | To Winnipeg JetsGreg Brown |
| April 7, 1995 | To Toronto Maple LeafsTie Domi | To Winnipeg JetsMike Eastwood 3rd round pick in 1995 (Brad Isbister) |
| June 27, 1995 | To Philadelphia FlyersRuss Romaniuk | To Winnipeg JetsJeff Finley |
| July 8, 1995 | To Montreal CanadiensStephane Quintal | To Winnipeg Jets2nd round pick in 1995 (Jason Doig) |
| July 8, 1995 | To Dallas Stars3rd round pick in 1995 (Sergei Gusev) | To Winnipeg Jets2nd round pick in 1996 (Remi Royer) |

### Waivers

| January 18, 1995 | To Edmonton OilersDean Kennedy |
| January 18, 1995 | To Calgary FlamesSheldon Kennedy |
| January 18, 1995 | From St. Louis BluesIgor Korolev |
| January 20, 1995 | From Detroit Red WingsCraig Martin |

### Free agents

| Player | New Team |
| Andy Brickley | New York Islanders |

## Draft picks

Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 2 | 30 | Deron Quint (D) | United States | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
| 3 | 56 | Dorian Anneck (C) | Canada | Victoria Cougars (WHL) |
| 3 | 58 | Tavis Hansen (RW) | Canada | Tacoma Rockets (WHL) |
| 4 | 82 | Steve Cheredaryk (D) | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
| 5 | 108 | Craig Mills (RW) | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
| 6 | 143 | Steve Vezina (G) | Canada | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 146 | Chris Kibermanis (D) | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (MJHL) |
| 8 | 186 | Ramil Saifullin (C) | Russia | Avangard Omsk (Russia) |
| 9 | 212 | Henrik Smangs (G) | Sweden | Leksands IF (Sweden) |
| 10 | 238 | Mike Mader (RW) | United States | Loomis Chaffee School (USHS-MA) |
| 11 | 264 | Jason Issel (LW) | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| S | 4 | Randy Stevens (RW) | United States | Michigan Technological University (WCHA) |