# 1994–95 San Jose Sharks season

In the 1994–95 San Jose Sharks season, the Sharks once again qualified for the playoffs and won their first-round series against the Calgary Flames before losing in the second round to the Detroit Red Wings.

## Offseason

The Sharks chose Jeff Friesen with their first-round pick, eleventh overall. Friesen would play for the Sharks for nearly seven seasons.

## Regular season

The Sharks started their lockout-shortened season by winning 5 of their first 6 games. In their first win of the season on January 21, 1995, 18-year-old rookie Jeff Friesen scored his very first National Hockey League goal, a short-handed game-winner against the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Sharks won 3-2. Their streak soon came to an end, and the team lost 5 straight from February 18 to 26. Although he had 4 shutouts, goaltender Arturs Irbe struggled, going 14-19-3 with a goals against average (GAA) of 3.26 and a save percentage (SV%) of .895. Friesen went on to lead the Sharks in goals with 15. During the season, the team acquired forwards Craig Janney and Kevin Miller in a trade with the St. Louis Blues for forward Todd Elik and defenseman Jeff Norton. Captain Bob Errey is traded to the Detroit Red Wings, and forward Jeff Odgers is named team captain.
The Sharks finished last in shots on goal (1,152) during the regular season.

### Season standings

Pacific Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | Calgary Flames | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 163 | 135 | 55 |
| 2 | 6 | Vancouver Canucks | 48 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 153 | 148 | 48 |
| 3 | 7 | San Jose Sharks | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 129 | 161 | 42 |
| 4 | 9 | Los Angeles Kings | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 142 | 174 | 41 |
| 5 | 11 | Edmonton Oilers | 48 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 136 | 183 | 38 |
| 6 | 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 48 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 125 | 164 | 37 |
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

## Playoffs

In the first round of playoffs, the Sharks once again upset the team with the better record, as they edged the Calgary Flames 4 games to 3. The Sharks allowed 5 shorthanded goals and gave up 35 total goals in the series. In the second round, the Sharks faced the Detroit Red Wings, whom they had defeated in 7 games in the first round of the 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This time around, it was no contest, as Detroit blanked San Jose 6–0 in game 1, and won games 2, 3 and 4 by identical scores of 6–2. Detroit forward Vyacheslav Kozlov scored 4 goals and had 5 assists for 9 points in the 4 games. The Red Wings' special teams dominated the Sharks, scoring 7 power-play goals and adding two shorthanded goals. The Sharks were outscored 24–6 in the series, and were outshot 147–61.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1994–95 regular season :
January: 4–1–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LJanuary 20, 19952–5St. Louis Blues (1994–95)0–1–0Recap
2WJanuary 21, 19953–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)1–1–0Recap
3WJanuary 25, 19954–0Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)2–1–0Recap
4WJanuary 28, 19953–2Dallas Stars (1994–95)3–1–0Recap
5WJanuary 30, 19952–1Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)4–1–0Recap :
February: 4–8–2 (home: 1–3–0; road: 3–5–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
6WFebruary 2, 19952–1@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)5–1–0Recap
7TFebruary 4, 19953–3 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)5–1–1Recap
8LFebruary 6, 19953–7@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)5–2–1Recap
9LFebruary 7, 19950–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)5–3–1Recap
10LFebruary 10, 19951–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)5–4–1Recap
11TFebruary 11, 19951–1 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)5–4–2Recap
12WFebruary 15, 19953–1Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)6–4–2Recap
13WFebruary 17, 19952–0@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)7–4–2Recap
14LFebruary 18, 19953–6Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)7–5–2Recap
15LFebruary 20, 19952–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)7–6–2Recap
16LFebruary 22, 19953–4@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)7–7–2Recap
17LFebruary 24, 19950–3Calgary Flames (1994–95)7–8–2Recap
18LFebruary 26, 19951–5Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)7–9–2Recap
19WFebruary 28, 19954–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)8–9–2Recap :
March: 4–8–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 3–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
20WMarch 2, 19954–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)9–9–2Recap
21LMarch 4, 19952–4@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)9–10–2Recap
22LMarch 8, 19952–5Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)9–11–2Recap
23LMarch 15, 19951–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)9–12–2Recap
24LMarch 17, 19953–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)9–13–2Recap
25WMarch 19, 19955–3@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)10–13–2Recap
26LMarch 21, 19953–7Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)10–14–2Recap
27LMarch 23, 19953–6Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)10–15–2Recap
28WMarch 25, 19953–1@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)11–15–2Recap
29LMarch 26, 19953–7Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)11–16–2Recap
30WMarch 28, 19956–5 OTWinnipeg Jets (1994–95)12–16–2Recap
31LMarch 31, 19951–4@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)12–17–2Recap :
April: 6–8–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 3–4–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
32LApril 2, 19954–5@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)12–18–2Recap
33LApril 5, 19953–5Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)12–19–2Recap
34WApril 7, 19955–0Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)13–19–2Recap
35WApril 9, 19955–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)14–19–2Recap
36LApril 10, 19953–8@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)14–20–2Recap
37WApril 12, 19953–2@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)15–20–2Recap
38LApril 13, 19950–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)15–21–2Recap
39WApril 16, 19952–0Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)16–21–2Recap
40LApril 17, 19950–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)16–22–2Recap
41TApril 19, 19955–5 OT@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)16–22–3Recap
42LApril 23, 19951–5Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)16–23–3Recap
43LApril 25, 19952–3Calgary Flames (1994–95)16–24–3Recap
44WApril 26, 19955–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)17–24–3Recap
45WApril 28, 19954–0Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)18–24–3Recap
46LApril 30, 19953–4St. Louis Blues (1994–95)18–25–3Recap :
May: 1–0–1 (home: 1–0–1; road: 0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
47WMay 1, 19953–1Dallas Stars (1994–95)19–25–3Recap
48TMay 3, 19953–3 OTVancouver Canucks (1994–95)19–25–4Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Calgary Flames – Sharks win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WMay 7, 19955–4@ Calgary FlamesSharks lead 1–0Recap
2WMay 9, 19955–4 OT@ Calgary FlamesSharks lead 2–0Recap
3LMay 11, 19952–9Calgary FlamesSharks lead 2–1Recap
4LMay 13, 19954–6Calgary FlamesSeries tied 2–2Recap
5LMay 15, 19950–5@ Calgary FlamesFlames lead 3–2Recap
6WMay 17, 19955–3Calgary FlamesSeries tied 3–3Recap
7WMay 19, 19955–4 2OT@ Calgary FlamesSharks win 4–3Recap :
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–0
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LMay 21, 19950–6@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 1–0Recap
2LMay 23, 19952–6@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 2–0Recap
3LMay 25, 19952–6Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 3–0Recap
4LMay 27, 19952–6Detroit Red WingsRed Wings 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 Sharks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks 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 |
| 22 | Ulf Dahlen | LW | 46 | 11 | 23 | 34 | −2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −13 | 0 |
| 39 | Jeff Friesen | LW | 48 | 15 | 10 | 25 | −8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −9 | 4 |
| 14 | Ray Whitney | LW | 39 | 13 | 12 | 25 | −7 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
| 6 | Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 48 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −6 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −13 | 6 |
| 24 | Sergei Makarov | RW | 43 | 10 | 14 | 24 | −4 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 |
| 7 | Igor Larionov | C | 33 | 4 | 20 | 24 | −3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −4 | 2 |
| 15 | Craig Janney† | C | 27 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −13 | 4 |
| 17 | Pat Falloon | RW | 46 | 12 | 7 | 19 | −4 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −6 | 0 |
| 27 | Todd Elik‡ | C | 22 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Tom Pederson | D | 47 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −14 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −14 | 8 |
| 18 | Chris Tancill | C | 26 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −7 | 8 |
| 8 | Kevin Miller† | C | 21 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
| 13 | Jamie Baker | C | 43 | 7 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −7 | 12 |
| 8 | Jeff Norton‡ | D | 20 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Gaetan Duchesne‡ | LW | 33 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Mike Rathje | D | 42 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −1 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −15 | 4 |
| 23 | Andrei Nazarov | LW | 26 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −1 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 36 | Jeff Odgers | RW | 48 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −8 | 117 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| 2 | Jim Kyte† | D | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −7 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 14 |
| 4 | Jay More | D | 45 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Ilja Byakin | D | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −9 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Bob Errey‡ | LW | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Michal Sykora | D | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Vyacheslav Butsayev | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 47 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Johan Garpenlov‡ | LW | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Dody Wood | C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Shawn Cronin | D | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
| 31 | Wade Flaherty | G | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 42 | Shean Donovan | RW | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
| 32 | Arturs Irbe | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 10 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | 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 |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 32 | Arturs Irbe | 38 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 1056 | 111 | 3.26 | .895 | 4 | 2043 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 184 | 27 | 5.13 | .853 | 0 | 316 |
| 31 | Wade Flaherty | 18 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 455 | 44 | 3.10 | .903 | 1 | 852 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 221 | 31 | 4.93 | .860 | 0 | 377 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Lester Patrick Trophy | Brian Mullen |
| League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Jeff Friesen (Forward) |
| Team | Sharks Player of the Year | Ulf Dahlen |
| Team | Sharks Rookie of the Year | Jeff Friesen |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Jeff Friesen | January 20, 1995 |
| First game | Shean Donovan | February 6, 1995 |
| First game | Viktor Kozlov | February 18, 1995 |
| 1,000th game played | Gaetan Duchesne | February 26, 1995 |

## Transactions
### Trade Deadline Transactions

| Traded | Acquired | Acquired From |
| Gaetan Duchesne | 1995 6th round draft pick (FLA) | Florida Panthers |

## Draft picks

San Jose's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
| 1 | 11 | Jeff Friesen | Left Wing | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 2 | 37 | Angel Nikolov | Defense | Czech Republic | Litvinov CHP HC (Czech) |
| 3 | 66 | Alexei Yegorov | Right Wing | Russia | St. Petersburg SKA (Russia) |
| 4 | 89 | Václav Varaďa | Left Wing | Czech Republic | Vitkovice HC (Czech) |
| 5 | 115 | Brian Swanson | Center | United States | Omaha Lancers (USHL) |
| 6 | 141 | Alexander Korolyuk | Right Wing | Russia | Krylja Sovetov (Russia) |
| 7 | 167 | Sergei Gorbachev | Forward | Russia | HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
| 8 | 193 | Eric Landry | Right Wing | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 9 | 219 | Evgeni Nabokov | Goalie | Kazakhstan | Kamenogorsk (Russia) |
| 10 | 240 | Tomas Pisa | Left Wing | Czech Republic | Pardubice HC (Czech) |
| 10 | 245 | Aniket Dhadphale | Left Wing | United States | Notre Dame (NCAA) |
| 11 | 271 | David Beauregard | Left Wing | Canada | St. Hyacinthe Lasers (QMJHL) |