# 1994–95 New Jersey Devils season

The 1994–95 New Jersey Devils season was the 21st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 13th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. Although they played an abbreviated 48-game season, shortened by the 1994–95 NHL lockout, the Devils won their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.
The Devils entered the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs as the second seed in the Atlantic Division and the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. The Devils eventually swept the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals.

## Preseason

After a 5–2–2 preseason record, the Devils, along with the rest of NHL players, were locked-out from October 1, 1994, to January 11, 1995.

## Regular season

During the regular season, the Devils scored the fewest power-play goals (22) and had the fewest power-play opportunities in the NHL, with just 164. They were also the least penalized team, being shorthanded only 149 times.

### 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
### Preseason

1994 preseason :
Pre-season: 5–2–2 (home: 2–0–1; road: 3–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
1September 11New Jersey5–4Philadelphia1–0–0
2September 12New Jersey1–3Pittsburgh1–1–0
3September 15New Jersey3–2Boston2–1–0
4September 16New Jersey3–4N.Y. Rangers2–2–0
5September 20New Jersey4–1N.Y. Islanders3–2–0
6September 21Philadelphia1–4New Jersey4–2–0
7September 23N.Y. Islanders1–4New Jersey5–2–0
8September 25New Jersey3–3HartfordOT5–1–0
9September 27N.Y. Rangers2–2New JerseyOT5–2–2
Notes:
$^a$ Game was played at Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York. :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Regular season

1994–95 regular season :
January: 1–3–1 (home: 1–1–2; road: 0–3–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
1January 22New Jersey2–2HartfordOTBrodeur12,0540–0–11Recap
2January 25New Jersey1–2BuffaloBrodeur16,2320–1–11Recap
3January 26New Jersey0–1BostonOTTerreri13,8420–2–11Recap
4January 28New Jersey1–5MontrealBrodeur16,3540–3–11Recap
5January 31Buffalo1–2New JerseyBrodeur16,3111–3–13Recap :
February: 6–4–3 (home: 4–2–3; road: 2–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
6February 2Quebec4–5New JerseyBrodeur12,0962–3–15Recap
7February 4New Jersey0–2QuebecTerreri13,2202–4–15Recap
8February 5Pittsburgh3–3New JerseyOTBrodeur15,2802–4–26Recap
9February 9N.Y. Rangers1–4New JerseyBrodeur19,0403–4–28Recap
10February 11Philadelphia3–1New JerseyTerreri19,0403–5–28Recap
11February 12New Jersey4–2FloridaBrodeur14,3754–5–210Recap
12February 15Washington2–4New JerseyBrodeur11,9705–5–212Recap
13February 17N.Y. Islanders2–2New JerseyOTBrodeur18,5015–5–313Recap
14February 18New Jersey2–3N.Y. IslandersTerreri15,6715–6–313Recap
15February 20New Jersey2–0WashingtonBrodeur10,7616–6–315Recap
16February 23Boston3–2New JerseyBrodeur15,4116–7–315Recap
17February 25Washington3–3New JerseyOTBrodeur16,8326–7–416Recap
18February 27Montreal1–6New JerseyTerreri14,0057–7–418Recap :
March: 7–6–2 (home: 3–1–1; road: 4–5–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
19March 2New Jersey2–7BostonTerreri14,4487–8–418Recap
20March 4Florida1–6New JerseyBrodeur18,0058–8–420Recap
21March 6New Jersey3–6QuebecBrodeur13,1788–9–420Recap
22March 8New Jersey4–6N.Y. RangersBrodeur18,2008–10–420Recap
23March 10New Jersey3–2Tampa BayBrodeur23,6499–10–422Recap
24March 12New Jersey3–4PhiladelphiaBrodeur17,3809–11–422Recap
25March 14Ottawa2–4New JerseyBrodeur13,23410–11–424Recap
26March 16Hartford2–2New JerseyOTBrodeur16,03210–11–525Recap
27March 18Tampa Bay2–1New JerseyBrodeur17,69010–12–525Recap
28March 19Boston3–4New JerseyOTTerreri16,17211–12–527Recap
29March 22New Jersey5–2N.Y. RangersBrodeur18,20012–12–529Recap
30March 24New Jersey2–5PittsburghBrodeur17,18112–13–529Recap
31March 26New Jersey5–5N.Y. IslandersOTTerreri15,41812–13–630Recap
32March 29New Jersey4–2OttawaBrodeur9,58213–13–632Recap
33March 30New Jersey4–3PhiladelphiaBrodeur17,38014–13–634Recap :
April: 8–4–2 (home: 5–1–2; road: 3–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
34April 1Montreal1–4New JerseyBrodeur19,04015–13–636Recap
35April 4Tampa Bay1–1New JerseyOTTerreri13,73515–13–737Recap
36April 5New Jersey2–0OttawaBrodeur9,25116–13–739Recap
37April 9N.Y. Rangers0–2New JerseyBrodeur19,04017–13–741Recap
38April 10New Jersey1–2MontrealBrodeur16,47917–14–741Recap
39April 12New Jersey2–1WashingtonBrodeur13,24818–14–743Recap
40April 14N.Y. Islanders3–6New JerseyBrodeur19,04019–14–745Recap
41April 16Hartford2–3New JerseyBrodeur13,61320–14–747Recap
42April 18New Jersey2–3Tampa BayTerreri18,20220–15–747Recap
43April 20New Jersey0–1FloridaBrodeur14,38920–16–747Recap
44April 22Philadelphia4–3New JerseyOTBrodeur19,04020–17–747Recap
45April 26Pittsburgh3–3New JerseyOTBrodeur17,17420–17–848Recap
46April 28Florida1–3New JerseyBrodeur16,67621–17–850Recap
47April 30Quebec2–4New JerseyBrodeur16,12922–17–852Recap :
May: 0–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
48May 3New Jersey4–5BuffaloTerreri15,30422–18–852Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Boston Bruins – Devils win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 7New Jersey5–0BostonBrodeur14,448Devils lead 1–0Recap
2May 8New Jersey3–0BostonBrodeur14,448Devils lead 2–0Recap
3May 10Boston3–2New JerseyBrodeur16,523Devils lead 2–1Recap
4May 12Boston0–1New JerseyOTBrodeur19,040Devils lead 3–1Recap
5May 14New Jersey3–2BostonBrodeur14,448Devils win 4–1Recap :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (3) Pittsburgh Penguins – Devils win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 20New Jersey2–3PittsburghBrodeur16,643Penguins lead 1–0Recap
2May 22New Jersey4–2PittsburghBrodeur16,817Series tied 1–1Recap
3May 24Pittsburgh1–5New JerseyBrodeur18,139Devils lead 2–1Recap
4May 26Pittsburgh1–2New JerseyOTBrodeur19,040Devils lead 3–1Recap
5May 28New Jersey4–1PittsburghBrodeur17,187Devils win 4–1Recap :
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (2) Philadelphia Flyers – Devils win 4–2
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1June 3New Jersey4–1PhiladelphiaBrodeur17,380Devils lead 1–0Recap
2June 5New Jersey5–2PhiladelphiaBrodeur17,380Devils lead 2–0Recap
3June 7Philadelphia3–2New JerseyOTBrodeur19,040Devils lead 2–1Recap
4June 10Philadelphia4–2New JerseyBrodeur19,040Series tied 2–2Recap
5June 11New Jersey3–2PhiladelphiaBrodeur17,380Devils lead 3–2Recap
6June 13Philadelphia2–4New JerseyBrodeur19,040Devils win 4–2Recap :
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W1) Detroit Red Wings – Devils win 4–0
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1June 17New Jersey2–1DetroitBrodeur19,875Devils lead 1–0Recap
2June 20New Jersey4–2DetroitBrodeur19,875Devils lead 2–0Recap
3June 22Detroit2–5New JerseyBrodeur19,040Devils lead 3–0Recap
4June 24Detroit2–5New JerseyBrodeur19,040Devils win 4–0Recap :
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 Devils only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils 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 |
| 44 | Stephane Richer | RW | 45 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | John MacLean | RW | 46 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 13 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | Neal Broten† | C | 30 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 6 |
| 12 | Bill Guerin | RW | 48 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 72 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Scott Stevens | D | 48 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 56 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| 16 | Bobby Holik | C | 48 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 22 | Claude Lemieux | LW | 45 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 86 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 20 |
| 27 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 48 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| 17 | Tom Chorske | LW | 42 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −4 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
| 14 | Brian Rolston | C | 40 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 19 | Bob Carpenter | C | 41 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −1 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
| 23 | Bruce Driver | D | 41 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
| 6 | Tommy Albelin | D | 48 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 18 | Sergei Brylin | C | 26 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | Randy McKay | RW | 33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Mike Peluso | LW | 46 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 167 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | Alexander Semak‡ | C | 19 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Shawn Chambers† | D | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Corey Millen‡ | C | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Jim Dowd | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | Danton Cole† | LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 3 | Ken Daneyko | D | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 25 | Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Chris McAlpine | D | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Martin Brodeur | G | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 6 |
| 28 | Kevin Dean | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | David Emma | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Viacheslav Fetisov‡ | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Ben Hankinson‡ | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Jaroslav Modry | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Reid Simpson | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Jason Smith | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Chris Terreri | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 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 |
| 30 | Martin Brodeur | 40 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 908 | 89 | 2.44 | .902 | 3 | 2,184:25 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 463 | 34 | 1.67 | .927 | 3 | 1,221:58 |
| 31 | Chris Terreri | 15 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 309 | 31 | 2.53 | .900 | 0 | 734:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 7:45 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Conn Smythe Trophy | Claude Lemieux |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Martin Brodeur (April 3–9) |
| Team | Devils' Players' Player | Chris Terreri |
| Team | Hugh Delano Unsung Hero | Tommy Albelin |
| Team | Most Valuable Devil | Stephane Richer |
| Team | Three-Star Award | Stephane Richer |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Chris McAlpine | February 2, 1995 |
| First game | Brian Rolston | February 5, 1995 |
| First game | Sergei Brylin | February 17, 1995 |
| First game | Kevin Dean | February 27, 1995 |
| 600th assist | Neal Broten | April 4, 1995 |
| 1,000th game played | Neal Broten | April 28, 1995 |

## Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 29, 1994 | To Calgary Flames 1994 3rd-round pick (#77 overall) 1994 VAN pick (#91 overall) 1994 OTT 5th-round pick (#107 overall) | To New Jersey Devils 1994 3rd-round pick (#71 overall) |
| January 30, 1995 | To Chicago Blackhawks Dean Malkoc | To New Jersey Devils Rob Conn |
| February 27, 1995 | To Dallas Stars Corey Millen | To New Jersey Devils Neal Broten |
| March 14, 1995 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Ben Hankinson Alexander Semak | To New Jersey Devils Shawn Chambers Danton Cole |
| April 3, 1995 | To Detroit Red Wings Viacheslav Fetisov | To New Jersey Devils 1995 3rd-round pick (#78 overall) |

### Free agents

| Date | Player | Team |
| July 10, 1994 (1994-07-10) | Bryan Helmer | |
| August 26, 1994 (1994-08-26) | Jason Miller | to Detroit Red Wings |
| January 26, 1995 (1995-01-26) | Kent Nilsson | to Edmonton Oilers |

## Draft picks

Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 1994.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | Pos | College/Junior/Club team (League) | Notes |
| 1 | 25 | Vadim Sharifijanov | Russia | LW | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL) | |
| 2 | 51 | Patrik Elias | Czech Republic | LW | HC Kladno (Czech Extraliga) | |
| 3 | 71 | Sheldon Souray | Canada | D | Tri-City Americans (WHL) | (from Calgary) |
| 4 | 103 | Zdenek Skorepa | Czech Republic | LW | HC Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Extraliga) | |
| 5 | 129 | Christian Gosselin | Canada | D | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) | |
| 6 | 134 | Ryan Smart | United States | F | Meadville High School (Pennsylvania) | (from Winnipeg) |
| 6 | 155 | Luciano Caravaggio | Canada | G | Michigan Technological University (WCHA) | |
| 7 | 181 | Jeff Williams | Canada | LW | Guelph Storm (OHL) | |
| 8 | 207 | Eric Bertrand | Canada | LW | Granby Bisons (QMJHL) | |
| 9 | 233 | Steve Sullivan | Canada | C | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) | |
| 10 | 259 | Scott Swanjord | United States | G | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) | |
| 11 | 269 | Mike Hanson | United States | C | Minot High School (North Dakota) | (from Quebec) |

## Media

Television coverage of the season was carried on SportsChannel New York and SportsChannel New York Plus, with Mike Emrick and Spencer Ross handling play-by-play duties and Peter McNab providing color commentary. On the radio, the games were broadcast on WABC–AM 770, with Mike Miller describing the play and Sherry Ross providing color commentary.