1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season

Prior to the 1994–95 season, franchise player and fan favorite 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. The Maple Leafs appeared to be affected considerably by the loss of Clark. 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).
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 three and four in Toronto to regain home-ice advantage in the series. Chicago then won game five, 4–2, and looked to clinch the series in game six 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 seven, 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. 
==Offseason==
===NHL draft===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	16 	Eric Fichaud (G) 	 	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
2 	48 	Sean Haggerty (Left wing)	 	Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL)
 http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	January 20, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	0–0–1
2 	L	January 21, 1995 	2–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	0–1–1
3 	W	January 25, 1995 	6–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	1–1–1
4 	L	January 27, 1995 	1–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	1–2–1
5 	W	January 28, 1995 	2–1 	Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	2–2–1
6 	W	January 30, 1995 	2–1 	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	3–2–1
7 	T	February 1, 1995 	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	3–2–2
8 	L	February 3, 1995 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	3–3–2
9 	L	February 4, 1995 	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	3–4–2
10 	W	February 6, 1995 	7–3 	San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	4–4–2
11 	T	February 8, 1995 	3–3 OT	Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	4–4–3
12 	W	February 10, 1995	2–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	5–4–3
13 	L	February 11, 1995	2–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	5–5–3
14 	W	February 13, 1995	4–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	6–5–3
15 	L	February 15, 1995	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	6–6–3
16 	W	February 18, 1995	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	7–6–3
17 	L	February 20, 1995	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	7–7–3
18 	L	February 22, 1995	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	7–8–3
19 	W	February 23, 1995	3–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 	8–8–3
20 	W	February 25, 1995	5–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	9–8–3
21 	L	February 27, 1995	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	9–9–3
22 	L	March 2, 1995 	3–4 	San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	9–10–3
23 	W	March 4, 1995 	3–2 	Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	10–10–3
24 	W	March 8, 1995 	3–2 	Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	11–10–3
25 	T	March 11, 1995 	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	11–10–4
26 	L	March 13, 1995 	1–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	11–11–4
27 	W	March 15, 1995 	2–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	12–11–4
28 	T	March 17, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	12–11–5
29 	W	March 18, 1995 	5–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	13–11–5
30 	L	March 21, 1995 	1–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	13–12–5
31 	W	March 24, 1995 	3–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	14–12–5
32 	T	March 25, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	14–12–6
33 	W	March 27, 1995 	4–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	15–12–6
34 	T	March 31, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	15–12–7
35 	L	April 3, 1995 	2–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	15–13–7
36 	L	April 5, 1995 	4–6 	St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	15–14–7
37 	L	April 7, 1995 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	15–15–7
38 	W	April 8, 1995 	4–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	16–15–7
39 	W	April 14, 1995 	2–1 	Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	17–15–7
40 	L	April 15, 1995 	1–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	17–16–7
41 	W	April 17, 1995 	3–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	18–16–7
42 	W	April 19, 1995 	3–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 	19–16–7
43 	L	April 21, 1995 	1–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	19–17–7
44 	L	April 22, 1995 	4–6 	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	19–18–7
45 	W	April 26, 1995 	5–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	20–18–7
46 	T	April 29, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	20–18–8
47 	W	May 1, 1995 	6–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	21–18–8
48 	L	May 3, 1995 	1–6 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	21–19–8
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	47	23	24	47 	14 	-5 	9 	0 	4
 	48	22	16	38 	34 	-7 	8 	0 	2
 	48	10	27	37 	14 	1 	2 	2 	1
 	44	10	23	33 	26 	-5 	3 	0 	1
 	47	7 	25	32 	64 	-8 	3 	1 	2
 	48	13	11	24 	34 	7 	1 	1 	2
 	38	12	8 	20 	6 	0 	2 	1 	1
 	33	5 	12	17 	28 	6 	2 	0 	0
 	33	5 	10	15 	26 	-6 	3 	0 	1
 	37	5 	5 	10 	12 	-21	1 	0 	1
 	36	5 	5 	10 	32 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	46	2 	8 	10 	75 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	39	2 	7 	9 	16 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	45	1 	7 	8 	59 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	26	1 	6 	7 	101	1 	0 	0 	0
 	32	5 	1 	6 	26 	-11	0 	0 	2
 	12	3 	3 	6 	0 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	19	3 	2 	5 	2 	1 	1 	0 	2
 	19	0 	5 	5 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	18	0 	3 	3 	10 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	22	0 	3 	3 	31 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	12	1 	1 	2 	6 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	25	0 	2 	2 	15 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	10	0 	2 	2 	7 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	9 	0 	1 	1 	31 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	8 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	36	0 	1 	1 	22 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	15	0 	0 	0 	13 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	36	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	13	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2144	36	15	13	7	104	2.91	0 	1120	1016	.907
 	760 	13	6 	6 	1	34 	2.68	0 	404 	370 	.916
Team: 	2904	48	21	19	8	138	2.85	0 	1524	1386	.909
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	7 	5	4	9 	4 	2 	0 	1
 	7 	0	6	6 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	3	2	5 	25 	2 	0 	0
 	7 	3	1	4 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	5 	2	2	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	6 	2	1	3 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	7 	1	2	3 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0	3	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	2	0	2 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	7 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	424	7 	3	4	20	2.83	1 	253	233	.921
Team: 	424	7 	3	4	20	2.83	1 	253	233	.921
Note: 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==
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 Anaheim Mighty DucksDavid 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-Ragna 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===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Mike Craig 	Dallas Stars
Jamie Heward	Undrafted Free Agent
==Playoffs==
Chicago vs. Toronto 	Chicago vs. Toronto 	Chicago vs. Toronto 	Chicago vs. Toronto
Date 	Away 	Home 	
May 7 	Toronto 5 	3 Chicago 	
May 9 	Toronto 3 	0 Chicago 	
May 11 	Chicago 3 	2 Toronto 	
May 13 	Chicago 3 	1 Toronto 	
May 15 	Toronto 2 	4 Chicago 	
May 17 	Chicago 4 	5 Toronto 	OT
May 19 	Toronto 2 	5 Chicago 	
Chicago wins series 4–3	Chicago wins series 4–3	Chicago wins series 4–3	Chicago wins series 4–3
==Awards and records==
* Kenny Jonsson, Defence, NHL All-Rookie Team
* Mats Sundin, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
==Farm Teams==
*The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.
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*GM: Cliff Fletcher
*Coach: Pat Burns
==References==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1994–95
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1994–95