1994–95 Pittsburgh Penguins season

Despite the absence of Mario Lemieux, the Penguins started the 1994–95 season off strong, winning their first seven games. They remained undefeated in their first 13 games, going 12–0–1. However, after such a red-hot start to the season, the Penguins had a lukewarm record in their final 35 games, going 17–16–2. Jaromir Jagr won the Art Ross Trophy for most points (70), captain Ron Francis led the league in assists (48) and plus/minus (+30), and goaltender Ken Wregget led the league in wins (25). In a 7-3 Penguins' win over the Florida Panthers on February 7, Joe Mullen recorded an assist and became the first American-born NHL player to reach 1,000 points. Nine days later, Luc Robitaille scored 4 goals in a 5-2 Penguins' win over the Hartford Whalers.
Despite finding themselves in a three-games-to-one series deficit against the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs, the Penguins won game five at home in overtime, 6–5, on Luc Robitaille's goal at 4:30 of the first overtime period. Peter Bondra, Dale Hunter, Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Stevens each scored twice in the game. Pittsburgh went on to win game six in Washington, 7–1, and then closed out the series at home with a 3–0 victory in game seven. It was the second time in four years that the Penguins had come back to defeat the Capitals after being down three games to one. The Penguins faced the New Jersey Devils in the second round, and won the opening game, 3–2. With only 1:15 remaining in game two, Jaromir Jagr tied the game at 2–2. The game seemed certain to head to overtime until a breakaway-goal by Devils captain Scott Stevens with just 29 seconds remaining. Claude Lemieux added an empty-net goal and the Devils tied the series with a 4–2 win. In the final three games of the series, the Penguins managed to score only three goals, and were eliminated at home in game five, by a score of 4–1. 
==Offseason==
===NHL draft===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	24 	Chris Wells (Centre) 	 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2 	50 	Richard Park (Centre)	 	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
 http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	January 20, 1995 	5–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	1–0–0
2 	W	January 23, 1995 	6–5 	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	2–0–0
3 	W	January 25, 1995 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	3–0–0
4 	W	January 27, 1995 	5–4 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	4–0–0
5 	W	January 29, 1995 	4–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	5–0–0
6 	W	February 1, 1995 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	6–0–0
7 	W	February 4, 1995 	6–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	7–0–0
8 	T	February 5, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	7–0–1
9 	W	February 7, 1995 	7–3 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	8–0–1
10 	W	February 9, 1995 	5–2 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	9–0–1
11 	W	February 11, 1995	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	10–0–1
12 	W	February 14, 1995	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	11–0–1
13 	W	February 16, 1995	5–2 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	12–0–1
14 	L	February 18, 1995	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	12–1–1
15 	T	February 19, 1995	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	12–1–2
16 	W	February 21, 1995	5–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	13–1–2
17 	L	February 24, 1995	2–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	13–2–2
18 	L	February 25, 1995	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	13–3–2
19 	W	February 27, 1995	7–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	14–3–2
20 	L	March 2, 1995 	3–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	14–4–2
21 	W	March 4, 1995 	4–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	15–4–2
22 	L	March 5, 1995 	2–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	15–5–2
23 	L	March 7, 1995 	4–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	15–6–2
24 	W	March 9, 1995 	4–2 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	16–6–2
25 	W	March 11, 1995 	6–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	17–6–2
26 	W	March 13, 1995 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	18–6–2
27 	L	March 15, 1995 	5–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	18–7–2
28 	L	March 16, 1995 	2–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	18–8–2
29 	W	March 19, 1995 	4–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	19–8–2
30 	W	March 21, 1995 	3–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	20–8–2
31 	W	March 24, 1995 	5–2 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	21–8–2
32 	L	March 26, 1995 	0–2 	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	21–9–2
33 	W	March 28, 1995 	6–3 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	22–9–2
34 	W	April 1, 1995 	3–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	23–9–2
35 	L	April 5, 1995 	4–8 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	23–10–2
36 	L	April 8, 1995 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	23–11–2
37 	W	April 10, 1995 	4–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	24–11–2
38 	W	April 11, 1995 	3–1 	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	25–11–2
39 	W	April 15, 1995 	5–2 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	26–11–2
40 	L	April 16, 1995 	3–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	26–12–2
41 	W	April 18, 1995 	6–5 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	27–12–2
42 	L	April 22, 1995 	1–2 	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	27–13–2
43 	W	April 23, 1995 	4–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	28–13–2
44 	T	April 26, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	28–13–3
45 	W	April 28, 1995 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	29–13–3
46 	L	April 30, 1995 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	29–14–3
47 	L	May 2, 1995 	2–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	29–15–3
48 	L	May 3, 1995 	3–4 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	29–16–3
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Jaromir Jagr 	48	32	38	70 	37
Ron Francis 	44	11	48	59 	18
Tomas Sandstrom 	47	21	23	44 	42
Luc Robitaille 	46	23	19	42 	37
Larry Murphy 	48	13	25	38 	18
John Cullen 	46	13	24	37 	66
Joe Mullen 	45	16	21	37 	6
Kevin Stevens 	27	15	12	27 	51
Shawn McEachern 	44	13	13	26 	22
Ulf Samuelsson 	44	1 	15	16 	113
Martin Straka 	31	4 	12	16 	16
Chris Joseph 	33	5 	10	15 	46
Len Barrie 	48	3 	11	14 	66
Mike Hudson 	40	2 	9 	11 	34
Norm Maciver 	13	0 	9 	9 	6
Kjell Samuelsson 	41	1 	6 	7 	54
Greg Hawgood 	21	1 	4 	5 	25
Grant Jennings 	25	0 	4 	4 	36
Greg Andrusak 	7 	0 	4 	4 	6
Markus Naslund 	14	2 	2 	4 	2
Jim McKenzie 	39	2 	1 	3 	63
Francois Leroux 	40	0 	2 	2 	114
Troy Murray 	13	0 	2 	2 	23
Chris Tamer 	36	2 	0 	2 	82
Peter Taglianetti 	13	0 	1 	1 	12
Richard Park 	1 	0 	1 	1 	2
Rusty Fitzgerald 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0
Drake Berehowsky 	4 	0 	0 	0 	13
Philippe DeRouville	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Jeff Christian 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltending===
Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average
Player 	GP	W 	L	T	SO	GAA
Tom Barrasso 	2 	0 	1	1	0 	3.84
Philippe DeRouville	1 	1 	0	0	0 	3.00
Ken Wregget 	38	25	9	2	0 	3.21
Wendell Young 	10	3 	6	0	0 	3.26
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*1994–95 NHL season
==References==
* 
*Penguins on Hockey Database
Category:Pittsburgh Penguins seasons
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