# 1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 78th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Prior to the 1994–95 season, franchise player and fan favourite Wendel Clark was sent to the Quebec Nordiques in a blockbuster trade. Clark, along with defenceman Sylvain Lefebvre and Toronto's second pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, Landon Wilson, were traded to the Nordiques on June 28, 1994, in exchange for forward Mats Sundin, defenceman Garth Butcher and Quebec's first pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, Todd Warriner. In Clark's absence, the gritty and dependable veteran forward Doug Gilmour was named team captain.
After finishing fourth in 1992–93 and third in 1993–94, the Maple Leafs fell to fifth place in the Western Conference in 1994–95 and, for the first time in three seasons, they allowed more goals than they scored. Throughout the regular season, Toronto never won more than two games in a row, and finished just two games above .500. In addition, no Toronto player recorded a hat trick. To toughen up their lineup, the Leafs signed Warren Rychel from the Los Angeles Kings midway through the regular season, and on April 7, 1995, they traded center Mike Eastwood and a third-round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for right wing Tie Domi.
Toronto was the only Western Conference team to score at least one goal in all 48 of its regular-season games in 1994–95 (the Quebec Nordiques and the Buffalo Sabres were the only Eastern Conference teams to accomplish this feat in 1994–95). The Maple Leafs finished sixth in the league in penalty-killing (84.86%) and allowed the most empty-net goals of any team in the league (8).

## Regular season

The Maple Leafs tied the Dallas Stars and the Hartford Whalers for the lowest shooting percentage during the regular season with just 135 goals on 1,520 shots (8.9%).

### 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

## Playoffs

Although the Maple Leafs were the underdogs against the fourth-place Chicago Blackhawks in the opening round of the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs, they won the first two games of the series at the United Center and went home to Maple Leaf Gardens for game three with two-games-to-none series lead. However, the Blackhawks played determinedly and won Games 3 and 4 in Toronto to regain home-ice advantage in the series. Chicago then won Game 5, 4–2, and looked to clinch the series in Game 6 back in Toronto. The Maple Leafs played a spirited game, going up 4–1 in the third period. The Blackhawks fought back with three consecutive goals to tie the game. At 10:00 of the first overtime period, Randy Wood scored his second goal of the game to give the Maple Leafs a 5–4 win. The victory tied the series at three games apiece and forced game seven back in Chicago. In Game 7, Joe Murphy scored twice and Ed Belfour made 22 saves as Chicago advanced to the second round for the first time in three years with a 5–2 win.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

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

### Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks: Blackhawks win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WMay 7, 19955–3@ Chicago BlackhawksMaple Leafs lead 1–0Recap
2WMay 9, 19953–0@ Chicago BlackhawksMaple Leafs lead 2–0Recap
3LMay 11, 19952–3Chicago BlackhawksMaple Leafs lead 2–1Recap
4LMay 13, 19951–3Chicago BlackhawksSeries tied 2–2Recap
5LMay 15, 19952–4@ Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawks lead 3–2Recap
6WMay 17, 19955–4 OTChicago BlackhawksSeries tied 3–3Recap
7LMay 19, 19952–5@ Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawks win 4–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## 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 Maple Leafs only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs 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 |
| 13 | Mats Sundin | C | 47 | 23 | 24 | 47 | −5 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −2 | 4 |
| 14 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 48 | 22 | 16 | 38 | −7 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Mike Ridley | C | 48 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| 93 | Doug Gilmour | C | 44 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −5 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | Todd Gill | D | 47 | 7 | 25 | 32 | −8 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 6 |
| 24 | Randy Wood | LW | 48 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 6 |
| 11 | Mike Gartner | RW | 38 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | Dmitri Mironov | D | 33 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Dave Ellett | D | 33 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −6 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 0 |
| 9 | Mike Craig | RW | 37 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Mike Eastwood‡ | C | 36 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −12 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Jamie Macoun | D | 46 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −6 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | Kenny Jonsson | D | 39 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 2 | Garth Butcher | D | 45 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −5 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | Warren Rychel† | LW | 26 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 10 | Bill Berg | LW | 32 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −11 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
| 32 | Benoit Hogue† | LW | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 |
| 25 | Terry Yake | RW | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Nikolai Borschevsky‡ | RW | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Rich Sutter† | RW | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
| 12 | Dixon Ward | RW | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Paul DiPietro† | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
| 55 | Drake Berehowsky‡ | D | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −10 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Grant Jennings† | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| 28 | Tie Domi† | RW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| 16 | Darby Hendrickson | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Kent Manderville | LW | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
| 22 | Ken Baumgartner | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | Ken Belanger | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | David Harlock | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Matt Martin | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | Zdenek Nedved | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Felix Potvin | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 1 | Damian Rhodes | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Todd Warriner | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 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 |
| 29 | Felix Potvin | 36 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1120 | 104 | 2.91 | .907 | 0 | 2144 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 253 | 20 | 2.83 | .921 | 1 | 424 |
| 1 | Damian Rhodes | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 404 | 34 | 2.69 | .916 | 0 | 760 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
| League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Kenny Jonsson (Defence) | |
| Team | Molson Cup | Mats Sundin | |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Kenny Jonsson | January 20, 1995 |
| First game | Zdenek Nedved | February 8, 1995 |
| First game | Todd Warriner | February 20, 1995 |
| First game | Ken Belanger | March 4, 1995 |

## Transactions

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

### Trades

| July 11, 1994 | To Los Angeles KingsYanic Perreault | To Toronto Maple Leafs4th round pick in 1996 (Mikael Simons) |
| August 10, 1994 | To Dallas StarsPeter Zezel Grant Marshall | To Toronto Maple LeafsCompensation for Mike Craig |
| September 28, 1994 | To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimDavid Sacco | To Toronto Maple LeafsTerry Yake |
| October 3, 1994 | To Los Angeles KingsEric Lacroix Chris Snell 4th round pick in 1996 (Eric Belanger) | To Toronto Maple LeafsDixon Ward Guy Leveque Shayne Toporowski Kelly Fairchild |
| February 10, 1995 | To Washington Capitals4th round pick in 1995 (Sebastien Charpentier) | To Toronto Maple LeafsWarren Rychel |
| February 17, 1995 | To Detroit Red WingsChris Govedaris | To Toronto Maple LeafsFuture considerations |
| March 13, 1995 | To Tampa Bay LightningCash | To Toronto Maple LeafsRich Sutter |
| April 6, 1995 | To Calgary FlamesNikolai Borschevsky | To Toronto Maple Leafs6th round pick in 1996 (Chris Bogas) |
| April 6, 1995 | To New York IslandersEric Fichaud | To Toronto Maple LeafsBenoit Hogue 3rd round pick in 1995 (Ryan Pepperall) 5th round pick in 1996 (Brandon Sugdon) |
| April 6, 1995 | To Montreal Canadiens4th round pick in 1996 (Kim Staal) | To Toronto Maple LeafsPaul DiPietro |
| April 7, 1995 | To Detroit Red WingsFuture considerations | To Toronto Maple LeafsGord Kruppke |
| April 7, 1995 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsDrake Berehowsky | To Toronto Maple LeafsGrant Jennings |
| April 7, 1995 | To Winnipeg JetsMike Eastwood 3rd round pick in 1995 (Brad Isbister) | To Toronto Maple LeafsTie Domi |
| July 8, 1995 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsDmitri Mironov 2nd round pick in 1996 (Josh DeWolf) | To Toronto Maple LeafsLarry Murphy |
| July 8, 1995 | To Philadelphia Flyers5th round pick in 1996 (Per-Ragnar Bergquist) | To Toronto Maple LeafsRob Zettler |
| July 8, 1995 | To Vancouver CanucksMike Ridley | To Toronto Maple LeafsSergio Momesso |

### Waivers

| January 18, 1995 | From Buffalo SabresRandy Wood |

### Free agents

| Player | Former team |
| Mike Craig | Dallas Stars |
| Jamie Heward | Undrafted free agent |
| Player | New team |
| Mike Krushelnyski | Detroit Red Wings |
| John Cullen | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Mark Greig | Calgary Flames |

## Draft picks

Toronto'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 |
| 1 | 16 | Eric Fichaud (G) | Canada | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
| 2 | 48 | Sean Haggerty (LW) | United States | Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL) |
| 3 | 64 | Fredrik Modin (LW) | Sweden | Timrå IK (Sweden) |
| 5 | 126 | Mark Deyell (C) | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 6 | 152 | Kam White (D) | United States | Newmarket Royals (OHL) |
| 7 | 178 | Tommi Rajamaki (D) | Finland | Ässät (Finland) |
| 8 | 204 | Rob Butler (LW) | Canada | Niagara Falls Canucks (GHJHL) |
| 10 | 256 | Sergei Berezin (LW) | Russia | Khimik Voskresensk (Russia) |
| 11 | 282 | Doug Nolan (LW) | United States | Catholic Memorial High School (USHS–MA) |

## Farm teams

* The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.