1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 1994-95 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the third season in franchise history. The team traded away defenseman Shawn Chambers to the New Jersey Devils and forward Denis Savard to the Chicago Blackhawks; both players went on to have memorable playoff performances in 1995. Brian Bradley and Peter Klima both led the team in goals with 13, while Rob Zamuner led the team with 3 shorthanded goals. By April 21, the Lightning had a 17-22-3 record with only 118 goals against in 42 games. Although they had only scored 109 goals, Darren Puppa's solid goaltending kept the team ahead of the New York Islanders in the Atlantic Division standings. However, the Lightning finished the season with 6 losses in a row, getting outscored 26-11 to finish 17-28-3 for 37 points. An Islanders' loss to Philadelphia on May 2 ensured that the Lightning would not finish last place in the division. 
==Offseason==
===NHL Draft===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	8 	Jason Wiemer (Centre) 	 	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2 	34 	Colin Cloutier (Centre)	 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
 http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
3 	W	January 25, 1995 	3–2 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	1–2–0
7 	T	February 2, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	3–3–1
11 	W	February 10, 1995	4–3 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	5–5–1
12 	L	February 11, 1995	2–3 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	5–6–1
13 	L	February 14, 1995	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	5–7–1
14 	L	February 17, 1995	1–2 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	5–8–1
15 	W	February 18, 1995	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	6–8–1
16 	L	February 20, 1995	1–3 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	6–9–1
17 	W	February 23, 1995	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	7–9–1
18 	W	February 24, 1995	4–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	8–9–1
19 	T	February 26, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	8–9–2
20 	L	March 1, 1995 	2–8 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	8–10–2
21 	W	March 2, 1995 	3–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	9–10–2
22 	L	March 4, 1995 	2–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	9–11–2
23 	L	March 7, 1995 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	9–12–2
24 	L	March 10, 1995 	2–3 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	9–13–2
25 	L	March 12, 1995 	1–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	9–14–2
26 	L	March 13, 1995 	0–3 	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	9–15–2
27 	W	March 18, 1995 	2–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	10–15–2
28 	W	March 19, 1995 	6–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	11–15–2
29 	L	March 24, 1995 	3–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	11–16–2
30 	W	March 27, 1995 	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	12–16–2
31 	L	March 29, 1995 	2–4 	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	12–17–2
32 	W	March 31, 1995 	2–0 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	13–17–2
33 	L	April 2, 1995 	1–4 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	13–18–2
34 	T	April 4, 1995 	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	13–18–3
35 	L	April 6, 1995 	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	13–19–3
36 	L	April 8, 1995 	1–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	13–20–3
37 	W	April 9, 1995 	3–0 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	14–20–3
38 	W	April 11, 1995 	5–2 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	15–20–3
39 	L	April 14, 1995 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	15–21–3
40 	L	April 16, 1995 	1–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	15–22–3
41 	W	April 18, 1995 	3–2 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	16–22–3
42 	W	April 20, 1995 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	17–22–3
43 	L	April 22, 1995 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	17–23–3
44 	L	April 24, 1995 	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	17–24–3
45 	L	April 26, 1995 	4–6 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	17–25–3
46 	L	April 27, 1995 	1–6 	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	17–26–3
47 	L	April 29, 1995 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	17–27–3
48 	L	May 3, 1995 	3–4 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	17–28–3
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	46	13	27	40 	42 	-6 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	46	7 	20	27 	89 	-2 	2 	0 	0
 	W 	47	13	13	26 	26 	-13	4 	0 	3
 	C 	46	12	13	25 	14 	-10	2 	0 	1
 	D 	48	12	11	23 	86 	-18	7 	1 	2
 	C 	29	8 	11	19 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	31	6 	11	17 	10 	-6 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	43	10	6 	16 	14 	-2 	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	43	9 	6 	15 	24 	-3 	0 	3 	1
 	C 	48	2 	12	14 	30 	-8 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	24	2 	12	14 	6 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	36	4 	7 	11 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	22	5 	5 	10 	12 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	C/RW	26	3 	3 	6 	6 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	44	2 	4 	6 	51 	-6 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	41	2 	4 	6 	225	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	43	1 	5 	6 	41 	-6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	45	1 	4 	5 	26 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	36	1 	4 	5 	44 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	1 	3 	4 	40 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	2 	1 	3 	4 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	2 	0 	2 	81 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	RW/D	25	1 	1 	2 	92 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	0 	2 	2 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	1 	0 	1 	41 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	36	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2013	36	14	19	2	90 	2.68	1 	946 	856 	.905
 	883 	17	3 	9 	1	49 	3.33	1 	374 	325 	.869
Team: 	2896	48	17	28	3	139	2.88	2 	1320	1181	.895
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==Transactions==
==References==
*Lightning on Hockey Database
Category:Tampa Bay Lightning seasons
Tampa Bay Lightning season, 1994–95
Tampa Bay Lightning season, 1994–95