1994–95 Dallas Stars season

The 1994–95 Dallas Stars season was the twenty-eighth season in franchise history and the second in Dallas, Texas. Injuries to forward Mike Modano caused him to miss 18 games, more than a third of the 48-game regular season, and finished with 29 points (12 goals, 17 assists). As a result the Stars didn't have the same offensive power they had had in 1993-94, when Modano scored a career-high 50 goals and relied on Dave Gagner to pick up the slack, which he did, leading the team in goals, assists and points. Despite finishing the season on a 4-game losing streak for a 17-23-8 record, Dallas still scored more goals (136) than they allowed (135). 
In the playoffs, the Stars faced the best team in the NHL, the Detroit Red Wings. The Stars found themselves in a hole early, trailing 3 games to none prior to game 4 on May 14. After Dallas won a spirited game 4 by a score of 4-1, the two teams rushed back to Detroit for game 5 on May 15, which the Red Wings won 3-1 to take the series 4 games to 1.
==Offseason==
===NHL Draft===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	20 	Jason Botterill (Left wing)	 	University of Michigan (NCAA)
2 	46 	Lee Jinman (Centre) 	 	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
 http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	January 20, 1995 	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	0–0–1
2 	W	January 24, 1995 	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	1–0–1
3 	W	January 25, 1995 	4–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	2–0–1
4 	L	January 28, 1995 	2–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	2–1–1
5 	L	January 30, 1995 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	2–2–1
6 	W	February 1, 1995 	9–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 	3–2–1
7 	L	February 2, 1995 	1–2 	San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	3–3–1
8 	L	February 4, 1995 	4–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	3–4–1
9 	T	February 8, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	3–4–2
10 	L	February 11, 1995	0–6 	Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	3–5–2
11 	L	February 13, 1995	4–7 	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	3–6–2
12 	L	February 15, 1995	1–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	3–7–2
13 	L	February 18, 1995	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	3–8–2
14 	W	February 20, 1995	2–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	4–8–2
15 	L	February 22, 1995	1–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	4–9–2
16 	T	February 24, 1995	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	4–9–3
17 	L	February 26, 1995	1–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	4–10–3
18 	W	February 28, 1995	4–0 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	5–10–3
19 	W	March 1, 1995 	5–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	6–10–3
20 	W	March 3, 1995 	4–0 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 	7–10–3
21 	W	March 5, 1995 	2–1 	St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	8–10–3
22 	W	March 6, 1995 	8–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	9–10–3
23 	L	March 8, 1995 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	9–11–3
24 	L	March 10, 1995 	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	9–12–3
25 	T	March 12, 1995 	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	9–12–4
26 	W	March 13, 1995 	4–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	10–12–4
27 	L	March 16, 1995 	4–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	10–13–4
28 	T	March 22, 1995 	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	10–13–5
29 	W	March 23, 1995 	2–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	11–13–5
30 	L	March 27, 1995 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	11–14–5
31 	L	March 30, 1995 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	11–15–5
32 	L	April 1, 1995 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	11–16–5
33 	W	April 2, 1995 	2–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	12–16–5
34 	T	April 4, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	12–16–6
35 	L	April 6, 1995 	2–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	12–17–6
36 	W	April 7, 1995 	2–0 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	13–17–6
37 	W	April 9, 1995 	3–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	14–17–6
38 	L	April 11, 1995 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	14–18–6
39 	L	April 14, 1995 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	14–19–6
40 	W	April 16, 1995 	2–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	15–19–6
41 	T	April 17, 1995 	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	15–19–7
42 	T	April 19, 1995 	5–5 OT	San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	15–19–8
43 	W	April 22, 1995 	6–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	16–19–8
44 	W	April 23, 1995 	5–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	17–19–8
45 	L	April 25, 1995 	4–8 	St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	17–20–8
46 	L	April 27, 1995 	1–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	17–21–8
47 	L	April 29, 1995 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	17–22–8
48 	L	May 1, 1995 	1–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	17–23–8
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	48	14	28	42 	42 	2 	7 	0 	2
 	C 	30	12	17	29 	8 	7 	4 	1 	0
 	D 	47	10	19	29 	66 	-4 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	35	11	14	25 	29 	3 	3 	0 	3
 	RW 	47	12	10	22 	26 	-2 	5 	0 	3
 	RW/C	40	11	9 	20 	67 	-3 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	44	6 	12	18 	33 	4 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	38	5 	13	18 	20 	6 	4 	0 	0
 	C 	28	3 	15	18 	28 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	32	7 	10	17 	13 	-8 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	47	7 	9 	16 	36 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	43	5 	11	16 	105	3 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	47	8 	7 	15 	48 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	32	9 	4 	13 	16 	-3 	1 	3 	1
 	D 	44	1 	11	12 	28 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	30	6 	5 	11 	19 	-6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	47	2 	7 	9 	61 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	3 	3 	6 	4 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	42	0 	5 	5 	67 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	27	1 	3 	4 	186	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	17	0 	4 	4 	4 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	27	1 	1 	2 	106	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1 	1 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	2 	2 	14 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	1 	0 	1 	52 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	1 	1 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	0 	0 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1770	31	10	12	7	72 	2.44	2 	846 	774 	.915
 	754 	15	4 	8 	0	40 	3.18	2 	341 	301 	.883
 	327 	6 	3 	2 	1	18 	3.30	0 	172 	154 	.895
 	59 	1 	0 	1 	0	3 	3.05	0 	27 	24 	.889
Team: 	2910	48	17	23	8	133	2.74	4 	1386	1253	.904
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	5 	2	1	3 	2 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	5 	1	2	3 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	2	3 	12 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	5 	2	0	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	1	2 	4 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	2 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	20 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/C	5 	0	0	0 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	9 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	277	5 	1	4	16	3.47	0 	169	153	.905
 	20 	1 	0	0	1 	3.00	0 	9 	8 	.889
Team: 	297	5 	1	4	17	3.43	0 	178	161	.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; 
==Transactions==
*April 7, 1995: RW Russ Courtnall traded from Dallas to Vancouver for LW Greg Adams and RW Dan Kesa and Vancouver's fifth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out
==Playoffs==
Detroit vs. Dallas 	Detroit vs. Dallas 	Detroit vs. Dallas 	Detroit vs. Dallas
Date 	Away 	Home 	
May 7 	Dallas 3 	4 Detroit 	
May 9 	Dallas 1 	4 Detroit 	
May 11 	Detroit 5 	1 Dallas 	
May 14 	Detroit 1 	4 Dallas 	
May 15 	Dallas 1 	3 Detroit 	
Detroit wins series 4–1	Detroit wins series 4–1	Detroit wins series 4–1	Detroit wins series 4–1
==References==
* Stars on Hockey Database
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