# 1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 69th season. It was the Blackhawks' first season at United Center, which replaced Chicago Stadium as their home venue. The Hawks ended the regular season on a high note, winning their final five games. They tied the Detroit Red Wings for most power play goals (52) and had the best power play in the league (24.53%). They also allowed the fewest goals (115) and the fewest even-strength goals (76) during the regular season. It was an inconsistent season for the team, as they had three 5-game winning streaks (February 1 to 9; March 16 to 26; and April 25 to May 3) and one 13-game winless streak from March 29 to April 23. Within their winless streak, they lost 8 games in a row. Points-leader Bernie Nicholls had 3 hat tricks, including two four-goal games (the first one came on February 5 and the second one came on February 28). Nicholls' three-goal game came on March 21 in a 7-3 Blackhawks' win at San Jose.

## Regular season

The Blackhawks were one of only 3 teams in 1994–95 to have a better regular-season record on the road than at home (the other 2 teams were the Florida Panthers and the Los Angeles Kings).

### 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

In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Blackhawks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a tight 7-game series, swept the Vancouver Canucks, and then lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals in 5 games; 3 of those games went into overtime (Detroit won all 3).

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1994–95 regular season :
January: 3–3–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LJanuary 20, 19951–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)0–1–0Recap
2LJanuary 23, 19953–5@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)0–2–0Recap
3WJanuary 25, 19955–1Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)1–2–0Recap
4WJanuary 27, 19954–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)2–2–0Recap
5WJanuary 29, 19956–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)3–2–0Recap
6LJanuary 30, 19951–2@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)3–3–0Recap :
February: 9–2–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 7–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
7WFebruary 1, 19957–0@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)4–3–0Recap
8WFebruary 3, 19954–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)5–3–0Recap
9WFebruary 5, 19959–4@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)6–3–0Recap
10WFebruary 7, 19953–0@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)7–3–0Recap
11WFebruary 9, 19955–0@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)8–3–0Recap
12LFebruary 13, 19952–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)8–4–0Recap
13TFebruary 16, 19952–2 OTCalgary Flames (1994–95)8–4–1Recap
14WFebruary 19, 19954–1Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)9–4–1Recap
15WFebruary 20, 19953–2San Jose Sharks (1994–95)10–4–1Recap
16LFebruary 23, 19952–4Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)10–5–1Recap
17WFebruary 26, 19952–1@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)11–5–1Recap
18WFebruary 28, 19958–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)12–5–1Recap :
March: 7–5–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
19LMarch 1, 19951–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)12–6–1Recap
20WMarch 3, 19955–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)13–6–1Recap
21WMarch 5, 19953–0Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)14–6–1Recap
22LMarch 7, 19953–6Calgary Flames (1994–95)14–7–1Recap
23LMarch 9, 19953–4Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)14–8–1Recap
24TMarch 11, 19952–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)14–8–2Recap
25LMarch 13, 19952–4@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)14–9–2Recap
26WMarch 16, 19959–2Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)15–9–2Recap
27WMarch 19, 19953–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)16–9–2Recap
28WMarch 21, 19957–3@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)17–9–2Recap
29WMarch 23, 19953–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)18–9–2Recap
30WMarch 26, 19955–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)19–9–2Recap
31LMarch 29, 19951–3St. Louis Blues (1994–95)19–10–2Recap
32TMarch 31, 19953–3 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)19–10–3Recap :
April: 3–9–2 (home: 2–6–1; road: 1–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
33LApril 2, 19951–2Dallas Stars (1994–95)19–11–3Recap
34LApril 4, 19952–3@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)19–12–3Recap
35LApril 5, 19951–4@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)19–13–3Recap
36LApril 9, 19951–4Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)19–14–3Recap
37LApril 12, 19952–3San Jose Sharks (1994–95)19–15–3Recap
38LApril 14, 19951–3Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)19–16–3Recap
39LApril 16, 19950–2@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)19–17–3Recap
40LApril 17, 19951–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)19–18–3Recap
41TApril 19, 19952–2 OTSt. Louis Blues (1994–95)19–18–4Recap
42LApril 21, 19951–2Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)19–19–4Recap
43TApril 23, 19952–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)19–19–5Recap
44WApril 25, 19954–3 OTVancouver Canucks (1994–95)20–19–5Recap
45WApril 27, 19955–1Dallas Stars (1994–95)21–19–5Recap
46WApril 30, 19954–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)22–19–5Recap :
May: 2–0–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
47WMay 1, 19953–2Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)23–19–5Recap
48WMay 3, 19955–1Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)24–19–5Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) Toronto Maple Leafs – Blackhawks win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LMay 7, 19953–5Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 1–0Recap
2LMay 9, 19950–3Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 2–0Recap
3WMay 11, 19953–2@ Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 2–1Recap
4WMay 13, 19953–1@ Toronto Maple LeafsSeries tied 2–2Recap
5WMay 15, 19954–2Toronto Maple LeafsBlackhawks lead 3–2Recap
6LMay 17, 19954–5 OT@ Toronto Maple LeafsSeries tied 3–3Recap
7WMay 19, 19955–2Toronto Maple LeafsBlackhawks win 4–3Recap :
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks – Blackhawks win 4–0
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WMay 21, 19952–1 OTVancouver CanucksBlackhawks lead 1–0Recap
2WMay 23, 19952–0Vancouver CanucksBlackhawks lead 2–0Recap
3WMay 25, 19953–2 OT@ Vancouver CanucksBlackhawks lead 3–0Recap
4WMay 27, 19954–3 OT@ Vancouver CanucksBlackhawks win 4–0Recap :
Western Conference Finals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LJune 1, 19951–2 OT@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 1–0Recap
2LJune 4, 19952–3@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 2–0Recap
3LJune 6, 19953–4 2OTDetroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 3–0Recap
4WJune 8, 19955–2Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 3–1Recap
5LJune 11, 19951–2 2OT@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings win 4–1Recap :
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 Blackhawks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks 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 |
| 92 | Bernie Nicholls | C | 48 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | Joe Murphy | RW | 40 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 7 | 89 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 12 | −1 | 29 |
| 7 | Chris Chelios | D | 48 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 72 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 |
| 20 | Gary Suter | D | 48 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −1 | 10 |
| 10 | Tony Amonte | RW | 48 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 27 | Jeremy Roenick | C | 33 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 16 |
| 44 | Patrick Poulin | LW | 45 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 53 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 25 | Sergei Krivokrasov | LW | 41 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Jeff Shantz | LW | 45 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Brent Sutter | C | 47 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 51 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 | Dirk Graham | RW | 40 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Eric Weinrich | D | 48 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| 5 | Steve Smith | D | 48 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 128 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| 14 | Paul Ysebaert‡ | LW | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Denis Savard† | C | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 10 |
| 32 | Murray Craven† | LW | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Christian Ruuttu‡ | LW | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Brent Grieve | LW | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Jim Cummins† | RW | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 117 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Cam Russell | D | 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 30 | Ed Belfour | G | 42 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 6 |
| 3 | Greg Smyth | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 55 | Eric Daze | LW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 |
| 4 | Keith Carney | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Gerald Diduck† | D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 22 |
| 26 | Roger Johansson | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Tony Horacek | LW | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Steve Dubinsky | C | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Daniel Gauthier | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Jeff Hackett | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 29 | Darin Kimble | RW | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Rich Sutter‡ | RW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | Jimmy Waite† | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
| 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 |
| 30 | Ed Belfour | 42 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 990 | 93 | 2.28 | .906 | 5 | 2450 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 479 | 37 | 2.19 | .923 | 1 | 1014 |
| 49 | Jimmy Waite† | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 2.53 | .902 | 0 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Jeff Hackett | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 150 | 13 | 2.38 | .913 | 0 | 328 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2.28 | .909 | 0 | 26 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star team | Chris Chelios (Defense) |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star team | Ed Belfour (Goaltender) |
| League (annual) | William M. Jennings Trophy | Ed Belfour |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| 25th shutout | Ed Belfour | February 7, 1995 |
| First game | Daniel Gauthier | March 3, 1995 |
| First game | Eric Daze | April 27, 1995 |

## Draft picks

Chicago'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 | 14 | Ethan Moreau (LW) | Canada | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
| 2 | 40 | Jean-Yves Leroux (LW) | Canada | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 85 | Steve McLaren (LW) | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
| 5 | 118 | Marc Dupuis (D) | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
| 6 | 144 | Jim Ensom (C) | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
| 7 | 170 | Tyler Prosofsky (C) | Canada | Tacoma Rockets (WHL) |
| 8 | 196 | Mike Josephson (LW) | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 9 | 222 | Lubomir Jandera (D) | Czech Republic | Chemopetrol Litvinov (Czech) |
| 10 | 248 | Lars Weibel (G) | Switzerland | HC Lugano (Switzerland) |
| 11 | 263 | Rob Mara (RW) | United States | Belmont Hill High School (USHS-MA) |