1994–95 Boston Bruins season

The 1994–95 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 70th season. The Bruins finished 4th in the Northeast Division and lost in the Conference Quarter-finals to the New Jersey Devils 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	21 	Evgeni Ryabchikov (Goaltender)	 	Molot Perm (Russia)
2 	47 	Daniel Goneau (Left wing) 	 	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
4 	99 	Eric Nickulas (Right wing) 	 	Cushing Academy (Mass H.S.)
 http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
==Regular Season==
The Bruins had a solid season, finishing fourth in the Eastern Conference with 57 points. During the regular season, they had the most shots on goal (1,651) and allowed the fewest shots on goal (1,168) of any team in the league. They were also the least penalized team in the league (just 182 penalties in 48 games), and they allowed the fewest powerplay goals (24) and had the best penalty-killing % (86.81%) of all 26 teams.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	January 22, 1995 	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	January 23, 1995 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	2–0–0
3 	W 	January 26, 1995 	1–0 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	3–0–0
4 	L 	January 28, 1995 	1–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	3–1–0
5 	L 	January 30, 1995 	1–2 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	February 2, 1995 	6–4 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	4–2–0
7 	W 	February 4, 1995 	5–4 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	5–2–0
8 	W 	February 7, 1995 	7–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	6–2–0
9 	L 	February 9, 1995 	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	6–3–0
10 	T 	February 11, 1995 	1–1 OT 	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	6–3–1
11 	W 	February 12, 1995 	2–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	7–3–1
12 	L 	February 14, 1995 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	7–4–1
13 	W 	February 17, 1995 	5–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	8–4–1
14 	L 	February 18, 1995 	1–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	8–5–1
15 	L 	February 22, 1995 	2–3 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	8–6–1
16 	W 	February 23, 1995 	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	9–6–1
17 	T 	February 25, 1995 	1–1 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	9–6–2
18 	W 	February 27, 1995 	2–0 	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	10–6–2
19 	W 	March 2, 1995 	7–2 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	11–6–2
20 	L 	March 4, 1995 	3–4 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 	11–7–2
21 	W 	March 5, 1995 	5–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	12–7–2
22 	L 	March 7, 1995 	1–3 	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	12–8–2
23 	L 	March 9, 1995 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	12–9–2
24 	L 	March 11, 1995 	0–2 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	12–10–2
25 	W 	March 16, 1995 	6–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	13–10–2
26 	W 	March 18, 1995 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	14–10–2
27 	L 	March 19, 1995 	3–4 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	14–11–2
28 	L 	March 22, 1995 	2–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	14–12–2
29 	W 	March 24, 1995 	4–3 OT 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	15–12–2
30 	W 	March 28, 1995 	5–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	16–12–2
31 	W 	March 30, 1995 	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	17–12–2
32 	L 	April 1, 1995 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	17–13–2
33 	L 	April 2, 1995 	1–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	17–14–2
34 	T 	April 6, 1995 	1–1 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	17–14–3
35 	W 	April 8, 1995 	5–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	18–14–3
36 	W 	April 9, 1995 	6–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	19–14–3
37 	L 	April 12, 1995 	0–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	19–15–3
38 	L 	April 14, 1995 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	19–16–3
39 	W 	April 15, 1995 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	20–16–3
40 	W 	April 19, 1995 	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	21–16–3
41 	W 	April 20, 1995 	6–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	22–16–3
42 	W 	April 23, 1995 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	23–16–3
43 	L 	April 24, 1995 	3–5 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	23–17–3
44 	W 	April 26, 1995 	1–0 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	24–17–3
45 	L 	April 28, 1995 	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	24–18–3
46 	W 	April 30, 1995 	5–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 	25–18–3
47 	W 	May 1, 1995 	5–4 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	26–18–3
48 	W 	May 3, 1995 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	27–18–3
==Playoffs==
===New Jersey Devils 4, Boston Bruins 1===
The Bruins were favored to win their quarter-final playoff series against the New Jersey Devils, but were shocked by the Devils in the first two games at the Boston Garden by scores of 5–0 and 3–0. The Bruins won game three at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, 3–2, despite being outshot 33 to 17. Boston goaltender Blaine Lacher was solid in net, stopping 31 New Jersey shots. Game four on Friday, May 12 at the Meadowlands started out as a goaltending battle between Lacher and Martin Brodeur. The two teams skated to a 0–0 tied after three regulation periods. This game would prove to be the turning point in the series, as a Boston goal would tie the series at two games apiece and give the Bruins home-ice advantage once again; a New Jersey goal would put the Bruins down three games to one in the series and give the Devils a chance to take the series in game five in Boston. Devils forward Randy McKay ended up scoring the winner at 8:51 of the first overtime period. The Devils closed out the series in game five on Sunday, May 14, in what was the last official NHL game ever played at the Boston Garden.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	48	12	41	53 	8 	-11	4 	1 	2
 	D 	46	12	31	43 	20 	3 	9 	0 	2
 	RW 	42	27	14	41 	72 	7 	16 	0 	5
 	C 	44	18	13	31 	31 	-3 	6 	0 	5
 	RW 	47	12	14	26 	31 	4 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	34	8 	14	22 	4 	-4 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	47	3 	19	22 	24 	6 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	47	10	10	20 	10 	3 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	44	5 	13	18 	8 	4 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	36	7 	9 	16 	23 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	44	2 	14	16 	33 	-2 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	44	6 	6 	12 	139	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	35	5 	6 	11 	68 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	34	3 	8 	11 	39 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	38	5 	5 	10 	10 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	18	2 	6 	8 	6 	-1 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	35	5 	2 	7 	46 	-11	0 	0 	2
 	D 	44	3 	4 	7 	36 	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	38	0 	6 	6 	22 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	34	0 	6 	6 	103	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	3 	1 	4 	2 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	11	1 	2 	3 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	23	1 	0 	1 	38 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1965	35	19	11	2	79 	2.41	4 	805 	726 	.902
 	373 	8 	5 	1 	0	19 	3.06	0 	140 	121 	.864
 	565 	11	3 	6 	1	27 	2.87	0 	221 	194 	.878
Team: 	2903	48	27	18	3	125	2.58	4 	1166	1041	.893
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	5 	0	3	3 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	0	2 	2 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	2 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	11 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	283	5 	1	4	12	2.54	0 	125	113	.904
 	25 	1 	0	0	1 	2.40	0 	10 	9 	.900
Team: 	308	5 	1	4	13	2.53	0 	135	122	.904
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 
==Awards and Records==
*Ray Bourque, Defense, NHL Second All-Star Team
==References==
* Bruins on Hockey Database
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Boston Bruins season, 1994–95
Boston Bruins season, 1994–95