# 1994–95 St. Louis Blues season

The 1994–95 St. Louis Blues season was the 28th in franchise history. The season started with good fortunes for the Blues, as Mike Keenan, who had coached the 1993–94 New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup, signed with the team in the off-season. The Blues also acquired four players from the Cup-winning Rangers: Glenn Anderson, Greg Gilbert, Doug Lidster and Esa Tikkanen. On April 16, 1995, captain Brett Hull had his first-ever four-goal game in a 6–5 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
The Blues played strong all season and finished third in the Conference. They powered their way to fourth place in scoring in the league with 178 goals.

## Off-season

The Blues moved from their home in the arena where they had played since their inception to the newly built Kiel Center. The inaugural game was set to be played against their rivals, the Chicago Blackhawks, but the NHL lockout kept this game from being played. The first official game wasn't played until January 1995. The regular season was shortened to 48 games.

## Regular season

The Blues scored 135 even-strength goals during the regular season, the most among all 26 NHL teams and tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (2).

### Final 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

## Playoffs

With all its firepower and playoff experience, St. Louis was heavily favored to beat 6th place Vancouver in the first round of the 1995 NHL playoffs. However, after winning game 1, the Blues dropped the next two games and never regained the series lead. After a tough overtime loss in game 5, the Blues fought back in game 6 with an explosive 8–2 victory at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver to tie the series at 3–3. In game 7 at the Kiel Center, the Blues outshot the Canucks 44–22, but Vancouver goaltender Kirk McLean was solid in net, making 41 saves; St. Louis goaltender Curtis Joseph struggled, allowing 4 goals on only 21 shots. Pavel Bure added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Canucks a 5–3 win and the series 4 games to 3.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1994–95 regular season :
January: 4–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WJanuary 20, 19955–2@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)1–0–0Recap
2WJanuary 21, 19957–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)2–0–0Recap
3LJanuary 24, 19954–6@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)2–1–0Recap
4WJanuary 26, 19953–1Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)3–1–0Recap
5LJanuary 28, 19951–3Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)3–2–0Recap
6WJanuary 31, 19957–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)4–2–0Recap :
February: 8–3–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
7WFebruary 2, 19955–4 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)5–2–0Recap
8WFebruary 4, 19957–4Dallas Stars (1994–95)6–2–0Recap
9TFebruary 7, 19955–5 OTLos Angeles Kings (1994–95)6–2–1Recap
10LFebruary 9, 19950–5Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)6–3–1Recap
11LFebruary 11, 19952–3Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)6–4–1Recap
12WFebruary 13, 19954–2Calgary Flames (1994–95)7–4–1Recap
13WFebruary 17, 19954–3@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)8–4–1Recap
14LFebruary 18, 19951–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)8–5–1Recap
15WFebruary 20, 19954–0Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)9–5–1Recap
16WFebruary 22, 19954–3San Jose Sharks (1994–95)10–5–1Recap
17WFebruary 25, 19953–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)11–5–1Recap
18WFebruary 27, 19953–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)12–5–1Recap :
March: 7–5–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–4–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
19LMarch 5, 19951–2@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)12–6–1Recap
20WMarch 7, 19956–3Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)13–6–1Recap
21WMarch 9, 19955–1Calgary Flames (1994–95)14–6–1Recap
22LMarch 12, 19951–2Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)14–7–1Recap
23LMarch 14, 19955–6@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)14–8–1Recap
24TMarch 16, 19952–2 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)14–8–2Recap
25WMarch 19, 19954–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)15–8–2Recap
26LMarch 20, 19953–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)15–9–2Recap
27LMarch 22, 19953–4@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)15–10–2Recap
28WMarch 26, 19955–1Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)16–10–2Recap
29WMarch 27, 19953–2@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)17–10–2Recap
30WMarch 29, 19953–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)18–10–2Recap
31WMarch 31, 19954–1San Jose Sharks (1994–95)19–10–2Recap :
April: 8–4–3 (home: 5–1–1; road: 3–3–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
32TApril 2, 19953–3 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)19–10–3Recap
33WApril 3, 19955–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)20–10–3Recap
34WApril 5, 19956–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)21–10–3Recap
35LApril 9, 19952–3Dallas Stars (1994–95)21–11–3Recap
36WApril 11, 19957–5Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)22–11–3Recap
37LApril 13, 19952–5@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)22–12–3Recap
38WApril 16, 19956–5Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)23–12–3Recap
39WApril 18, 19954–1Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)24–12–3Recap
40TApril 19, 19952–2 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)24–12–4Recap
41WApril 21, 19953–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)25–12–4Recap
42TApril 23, 19952–2 OTChicago Blackhawks (1994–95)25–12–5Recap
43WApril 25, 19958–4@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)26–12–5Recap
44LApril 27, 19952–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)26–13–5Recap
45LApril 28, 19951–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)26–14–5Recap
46WApril 30, 19954–3@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)27–14–5Recap :
May: 1–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
47WMay 1, 19955–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)28–14–5Recap
48LMay 3, 19952–3Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)28–15–5Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks – Canucks win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WMay 7, 19952–1Vancouver CanucksBlues lead 1–0Recap
2LMay 9, 19953–5Vancouver CanucksSeries tied 1–1Recap
3LMay 11, 19951–6@ Vancouver CanucksCanucks lead 2–1Recap
4WMay 13, 19955–2@ Vancouver CanucksSeries tied 2–2Recap
5LMay 15, 19955–6 OTVancouver CanucksCanucks lead 3–2Recap
6WMay 17, 19958–2@ Vancouver CanucksSeries tied 3–3Recap
7LMay 19, 19953–5Vancouver CanucksCanucks win 4–3Recap :
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 Blues only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues 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 |
| 16 | Brett Hull | RW | 48 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 45 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 7 | 136 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 28 | Steve Duchesne | D | 47 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 29 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Esa Tikkanen | LW | 43 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 20 |
| 20 | Adam Creighton | C | 48 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 74 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 16 |
| 2 | Al MacInnis | D | 32 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 19 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −3 | 10 |
| 22 | Ian Laperriere | RW | 37 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 12 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Glenn Anderson† | RW | 36 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| 7 | Greg Gilbert | LW | 46 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Jeff Norton† | D | 28 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 33 | Bill Houlder | D | 41 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | Denis Chasse | RW | 47 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 133 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 21 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 42 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | Patrice Tardif | C | 27 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | David Roberts | LW | 19 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 4 |
| 12 | Vitali Karamnov | LW | 26 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Doug Lidster | D | 37 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 15 | Craig Janney‡ | C | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Kevin Miller‡ | C | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Craig Johnson | LW | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Todd Elik† | C | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Rick Zombo | D | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 34 | Murray Baron | D | 39 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Basil McRae | LW | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | Tony Twist | LW | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | Donald Dufresne | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
| 26 | Peter Stastny | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Curtis Joseph | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 |
| 29 | Geoff Sarjeant | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Jeff Batters | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Philippe Bozon | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Jon Casey | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 9 | Denny Felsner | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Terry Hollinger | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Daniel Laperriere‡ | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Vitali Prokhorov | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### 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 |
| 31 | Curtis Joseph | 36 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 904 | 89 | 2.79 | .902 | 1 | 1914 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 178 | 24 | 3.68 | .865 | 0 | 392 |
| 30 | Jon Casey | 19 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 400 | 40 | 2.75 | .900 | 0 | 872 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4.02 | .800 | 0 | 30 |
| 29 | Geoff Sarjeant | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 3.00 | .885 | 0 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
| League (annual) | Lester Patrick Trophy | Joe Mullen | |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Craig Johnson | January 21, 1995 |
| First game | Patrice Tardif | January 21, 1995 |
| First game | Geoff Sarjeant | January 28, 1995 |

## Transactions

* July 24, 1994 – Doug Lidster was traded by the New York Rangers, along with Esa Tikkanen, to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Petr Nedved.

## Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 3 | 68 | Stephane Roy | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 94 | Tyler Harlton | Canada | Vernon Lakers (BCHL) |
| 5 | 120 | Edvin Frylen | Sweden | VIK Västerås HK (Sweden) |
| 7 | 172 | Roman Vopat | Czech Republic | Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Republic) |
| 8 | 198 | Steve Noble | Canada | Stratford Cullitons (MOJHL) |
| 9 | 224 | Marc Stephan | Canada | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
| 10 | 250 | Kevin Harper | Canada | Wexford Raiders (OJHL) |
| 11 | 276 | Scott Fankhouser | United States | University of Massachusetts (Hockey East) |