1994–95 New Jersey Devils season

The 1994–95 New Jersey Devils season was the franchise's thirteenth season in New Jersey. Although the Devils played an abbreviated 48-game season, shortened by the 1994–95 NHL lockout, the Devils won their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.
The Devils struggled in the first half, going 9–11–4, but improved drastically in the second half, going 13–7–4 to finish with 52 points and fifth place in the Eastern Conference. The Devils eventually swept the heavily-favored Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	Jan 22, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers 	0–0–1
2 	L	Jan 25, 1995	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	0–1–1
3 	L	Jan 26, 1995	0–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins 	0–2–1
4 	L	Jan 28, 1995	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	0–3–1
5 	W	Jan 31, 1995	2–1 	Buffalo Sabres 	1–3–1
6 	W	Feb 2, 1995 	5–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	2–3–1
7 	L	Feb 4, 1995 	0–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	2–4–1
8 	T	Feb 5, 1995 	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2–4–2
9 	W	Feb 9, 1995 	4–1 	New York Rangers 	3–4–2
10	L	Feb 11, 1995	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers 	3–5–2
11	W	Feb 12, 1995	4–2 	@ Florida Panthers 	4–5–2
12	W	Feb 15, 1995	4–2 	Washington Capitals 	5–5–2
13	T	Feb 17, 1995	2–2 OT	New York Islanders 	5–5–3
14	L	Feb 18, 1995	2–3 	@ New York Islanders 	5–6–3
15	W	Feb 20, 1995	2–0 	@ Washington Capitals	6–6–3
16	L	Feb 23, 1995	2–3 	Boston Bruins 	6–7–3
17	T	Feb 25, 1995	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals 	6–7–4
18	W	Feb 27, 1995	6–1 	Montreal Canadiens 	7–7–4
19	L	Mar 2, 1995 	2–7 	@ Boston Bruins 	7–8–4
20	W	Mar 4, 1995 	6–1 	Florida Panthers 	8–8–4
21	L	Mar 6, 1995 	3–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	8–9–4
22	L	Mar 8, 1995 	4–6 	@ New York Rangers 	8–10–4
23	W	Mar 10, 1995	3–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	9–10–4
24	L	Mar 12, 1995	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers	9–11–4
25	W	Mar 14, 1995	4–2 	Ottawa Senators 	10–11–4
26	T	Mar 16, 1995	2–2 OT	Hartford Whalers 	10–11–5
27	L	Mar 18, 1995	1–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	10–12–5
28	W	Mar 19, 1995	4–3 OT	Boston Bruins 	11–12–5
29	W	Mar 22, 1995	5–2 	@ New York Rangers 	12–12–5
30	L	Mar 24, 1995	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	12–13–5
31	T	Mar 26, 1995	5–5 OT	@ New York Islanders 	12–13–6
32	W	Mar 29, 1995	4–2 	@ Ottawa Senators 	13–13–6
33	W	Mar 30, 1995	4–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers	14–13–6
34	W	Apr 1, 1995 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens 	15–13–6
35	T	Apr 4, 1995 	1–1 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning 	15–13–7
36	W	Apr 5, 1995 	2–0 	@ Ottawa Senators 	16–13–7
37	W	Apr 9, 1995 	2–0 	New York Rangers 	17–13–7
38	L	Apr 10, 1995	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	17–14–7
39	W	Apr 12, 1995	2–1 	@ Washington Capitals	18–14–7
40	W	Apr 14, 1995	6–3 	New York Islanders 	19–14–7
41	W	Apr 16, 1995	3–2 	Hartford Whalers 	20–14–7
42	L	Apr 18, 1995	2–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	20–15–7
43	L	Apr 20, 1995	0–1 	@ Florida Panthers 	20–16–7
44	L	Apr 22, 1995	3–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers 	20–17–7
45	T	Apr 26, 1995	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins 	20–17–8
46	W	Apr 28, 1995	3–1 	Florida Panthers 	21–17–8
47	W	Apr 30, 1995	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques 	22–17–8
48	L	May 3, 1995 	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	22–18–8
==Playoffs==
The Devils won the Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus the Boston Bruins, then defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Conference Semi-final in five games, the Philadelphia Flyers in the Conference Final in six to advance to the Stanley Cup Final. In the Final, the Devils swept the series 4-0 against the Detroit Red Wings.
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	45	23	16	39 	10 	8 	1 	2 	5
 	RW 	46	17	12	29 	32 	13 	2 	1 	0
 	C 	30	8 	20	28 	20 	9 	2 	0 	3
 	RW 	48	12	13	25 	72 	6 	4 	0 	3
 	D 	48	2 	20	22 	56 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	48	10	10	20 	18 	9 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	45	6 	13	19 	86 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	48	4 	15	19 	18 	19 	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	42	10	8 	18 	16 	-4 	0 	0 	2
 	C/RW	40	7 	11	18 	17 	5 	2 	0 	3
 	C 	41	5 	11	16 	19 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	41	4 	12	16 	18 	-1 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	48	5 	10	15 	20 	9 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	26	6 	8 	14 	8 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	33	5 	7 	12 	44 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	46	2 	9 	11 	167	5 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	19	2 	6 	8 	13 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	2 	5 	7 	6 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	17	2 	3 	5 	8 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	4 	5 	0 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	C/RW	12	1 	2 	3 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	25	1 	2 	3 	54 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1 	2 	3 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	24	0 	3 	3 	17 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	1 	1 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	0 	0 	27 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2184	40	19	11	6	89 	2.45	3 	908 	819 	.902
 	734 	15	3 	7 	2	31 	2.53	0 	309 	278 	.900
Team: 	2918	48	22	18	8	120	2.47	3 	1217	1097	.901
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	19	6 	15	21 	2 	3 	1 	2
 	C 	20	7 	12	19 	6 	1 	0 	4
 	RW 	20	5 	13	18 	14 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	13	3 	16 	20 	0 	0 	3
 	RW 	19	8 	4 	12 	11 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	20	4 	7 	11 	10 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	20	3 	8 	11 	30 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	20	4 	5 	9 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	20	4 	4 	8 	22 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	20	1 	7 	8 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	1 	7 	8 	24 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	17	1 	6 	7 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	1 	5 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	1 	4 	5 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2 	1 	3 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	C/RW	6 	2 	1 	3 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	1 	2 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	20	1 	2 	3 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	1 	2 	3 	12 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	3 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	1 	0 	1 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1222	20	16	4	34	1.67	3 	463	429	.927
 	8 	1 	0 	0	0 	0.00	0 	2 	2 	1.000
Team: 	1230	20	16	4	34	1.66	3 	465	431	.927
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; 
==Awards and records==
==Transactions==
==Draft picks==
The New Jersey Devils' picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. 
Rd #	Pick #	Player 	Nat	Pos	Team (League) 	Notes
1 	25 	Vadim Sharifijanov	 	LW 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russian Super League)	
2 	51 	Patrik Elias 	 	LW 	HC Kladno (Czech Extraliga) 	
3 	71 	Sheldon Souray 	 	D 	Tri-City Americans (WHL) 	The Devils acquired the 1994 third-round pick from Calgary for the Devils' original third-round pick (used on Chris Clark), Vancouver's 1994 fourth-round pick (used on Ryan Duthie) and Ottawa's 1994 fifth-round pick (used on Nils Ekman) on June 29, 1994.
4 	103 	Zdenek Skorepa 	 	LW 	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Extraliga)	
5 	129 	Christian Gosselin	 	D 	Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) 	
6 	134 	Ryan Smart 	 	F 	Meadville H.S. (Pennsylvania) 	The Devils acquired the 1994 sixth-round pick from Winnipeg for Brent Severyn on September 30, 1993.
6 	155 	Luciano Caravaggio	 	G 	Michigan Technological University (WCHA) 	
7 	181 	Jeff Williams 	 	LW 	Guelph Storm (OHL) 	
8 	207 	Eric Bertrand 	 	LW 	Granby Bisons (QMJHL) 	Bertrand was later traded to Atlanta in a deal involving Jeff Williams, the player selected before Bertrand by the Devils, on November 1, 1999.
9 	233 	Steve Sullivan 	 	C 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 	
10 	259 	Scott Swanjord 	 	G 	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 	
11 	269 	Mike Hanson 	 	C 	Minot H.S. (North Dakota) 	The Devils acquired the 1994 eleventh-round pick from Quebec for Stephane Yelle and the Devils' original eleventh-round pick (used on Steven Low) on June 3, 1994.
==See also==
*1994–95 NHL season
==References==
Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons
Category:New Jersey Devils seasons
New Jersey Devils season, 1994–95
New Jersey Devils season, 1994–95