# 1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the third season in franchise history. The team traded defenseman Shawn Chambers to the New Jersey Devils and forward Denis Savard to the Chicago Blackhawks; both players went on to have memorable playoff performances in 1995. Brian Bradley and Petr Klima both led the team in goals with 13, while Rob Zamuner led the team with 3 shorthanded goals. By April 21, the Lightning had a 17–22–3 record with only 118 goals against in 42 games. Although they had only scored 109 goals, Darren Puppa's solid goaltending kept the team ahead of the New York Islanders in the Atlantic Division standings. However, the Lightning finished the season with six-straight losses, getting outscored 26–11 to finish 17–28–3 for 37 points. An Islanders' loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on May 2 ensured that the Lightning would not finish last place in the division.

## Regular season
### 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

1994–95 regular season :
January: 3–3–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LJanuary 20, 19953–5Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)0–1–0Recap
2LJanuary 22, 19952–5Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)0–2–0Recap
3WJanuary 25, 19953–2Florida Panthers (1994–95)1–2–0Recap
4LJanuary 26, 19952–4@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)1–3–0Recap
5WJanuary 28, 19954–1@ New York Islanders (1994–95)2–3–0Recap
6WJanuary 31, 19954–1Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)3–3–0Recap :
February: 5–6–2 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–2–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
7TFebruary 2, 19953–3 OT@ New York Rangers (1994–95)3–3–1Recap
8LFebruary 4, 19953–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)3–4–1Recap
9LFebruary 5, 19951–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)3–5–1Recap
10WFebruary 7, 19955–2New York Islanders (1994–95)4–5–1Recap
11WFebruary 10, 19954–3Hartford Whalers (1994–95)5–5–1Recap
12LFebruary 11, 19952–3New York Rangers (1994–95)5–6–1Recap
13LFebruary 14, 19952–5Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)5–7–1Recap
14LFebruary 17, 19951–2Ottawa Senators (1994–95)5–8–1Recap
15WFebruary 18, 19953–1Boston Bruins (1994–95)6–8–1Recap
16LFebruary 20, 19951–3New York Rangers (1994–95)6–9–1Recap
17WFebruary 23, 19954–1@ New York Islanders (1994–95)7–9–1Recap
18WFebruary 24, 19954–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)8–9–1Recap
19TFebruary 26, 19951–1 OT@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)8–9–2Recap :
March: 5–8–0 (home: 2–5–0; road: 3–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
20LMarch 1, 19952–8@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)8–10–2Recap
21WMarch 2, 19953–2 OT@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)9–10–2Recap
22LMarch 4, 19952–3 OT@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)9–11–2Recap
23LMarch 7, 19953–4Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)9–12–2Recap
24LMarch 10, 19952–3New Jersey Devils (1994–95)9–13–2Recap
25LMarch 12, 19951–3@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)9–14–2Recap
26LMarch 13, 19950–3Washington Capitals (1994–95)9–15–2Recap
27WMarch 18, 19952–1@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)10–15–2Recap
28WMarch 19, 19956–1@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)11–15–2Recap
29LMarch 24, 19953–4 OTBoston Bruins (1994–95)11–16–2Recap
30WMarch 27, 19953–2 OTMontreal Canadiens (1994–95)12–16–2Recap
31LMarch 29, 19952–4Washington Capitals (1994–95)12–17–2Recap
32WMarch 31, 19952–0Hartford Whalers (1994–95)13–17–2Recap :
April: 4–10–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–8–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
33LApril 2, 19951–4Florida Panthers (1994–95)13–18–2Recap
34TApril 4, 19951–1 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)13–18–3Recap
35LApril 6, 19954–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)13–19–3Recap
36LApril 8, 19951–5@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)13–20–3Recap
37WApril 9, 19953–0@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)14–20–3Recap
38WApril 11, 19955–2New York Islanders (1994–95)15–20–3Recap
39LApril 14, 19952–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)15–21–3Recap
40LApril 16, 19951–4@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)15–22–3Recap
41WApril 18, 19953–2New Jersey Devils (1994–95)16–22–3Recap
42WApril 20, 19955–2Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)17–22–3Recap
43LApril 22, 19951–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)17–23–3Recap
44LApril 24, 19951–3Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)17–24–3Recap
45LApril 26, 19954–6@ New York Rangers (1994–95)17–25–3Recap
46LApril 27, 19951–6@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)17–26–3Recap
47LApril 29, 19951–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)17–27–3Recap :
May: 0–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
48LMay 3, 19953–4Ottawa Senators (1994–95)17–28–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

## 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 Lightning only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning 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 | Brian Bradley | C | 46 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −6 | 42 |
| 77 | Chris Gratton | C | 46 | 7 | 20 | 27 | −2 | 89 |
| 85 | Petr Klima | LW | 47 | 13 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 26 |
| 14 | John Tucker | C | 46 | 12 | 13 | 25 | −10 | 14 |
| 44 | Roman Hamrlik | D | 48 | 12 | 11 | 23 | −18 | 86 |
| 15 | Paul Ysebaert† | C | 29 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −1 | 12 |
| 18 | Denis Savard‡ | C | 31 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 10 |
| 29 | Alex Selivanov | RW | 43 | 10 | 6 | 16 | −2 | 14 |
| 7 | Rob Zamuner | LW | 43 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −3 | 24 |
| 28 | Marc Bureau | C | 48 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −8 | 30 |
| 22 | Shawn Chambers‡ | D | 24 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| 34 | Mikael Andersson | LW | 36 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −3 | 4 |
| 27 | Alexander Semak† | C | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −3 | 12 |
| 24 | Danton Cole‡ | LW | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
| 25 | Marc Bergevin | D | 44 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −6 | 51 |
| 39 | Enrico Ciccone | D | 41 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 225 |
| 4 | Cory Cross | D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −6 | 41 |
| 3 | Eric Charron | D | 45 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Jason Wiemer | C | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 44 |
| 21 | Bob Halkidis† | D | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −12 | 40 |
| 6 | Adrien Plavsic† | D | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 33 | Brantt Myhres | RW | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 81 |
| 20 | Rudy Poeschek | D | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 92 |
| 16 | Ben Hankinson† | RW | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 27 | Jim Cummins‡ | RW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 41 |
| 49 | Brent Gretzky | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| 93 | Daren Puppa | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 30 | Jean-Claude Bergeron | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 17 | Gerard Gallant | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Chris LiPuma | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Rich Sutter†‡ | RW | 4 | 0 | 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 |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 93 | Daren Puppa | 36 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 946 | 90 | 2.68 | .905 | 1 | 2013 |
| 30 | Jean-Claude Bergeron | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 374 | 49 | 3.33 | .869 | 1 | 883 |

## Awards and records
### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Alexander Selivanov | January 20, 1995 |
| First game | Jason Wiemer | January 22, 1995 |
| First game | Brantt Myhres | March 4, 1995 |

## Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 1 | 8 | Jason Wiemer (C) | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
| 2 | 34 | Colin Cloutier (C) | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
| 3 | 55 | Vadim Epanchintsev (C) | Russia | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
| 4 | 86 | Dmitri Klevakin (LW) | Russia | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
| 6 | 137 | Dan Juden (C) | United States | Governor Dummer Academy (USHS-MA) |
| 6 | 138 | Bryce Salvador (D) | Canada | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
| 7 | 164 | Chris Maillet (D) | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 8 | 190 | Alexei Baranov (D) | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
| 9 | 216 | Yuri Smirnov (C) | Russia | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
| 10 | 242 | Shawn Gervais (C) | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
| 11 | 268 | Brian White (D) | United States | Arlington Catholic High School (USHS-MA) |
| S | 8 | Francois Bouchard (D) | Canada | Northeastern University (Hockey East) |