1994–95 Buffalo Sabres season

The 1994–95 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' 26th season in the National Hockey League. The season was marked by injuries to star forwards Dale Hawerchuk and Pat LaFontaine, who each missed over half of the lockout-shortened season. Donald Audette, Alexander Mogilny and Wayne Presley filled the offensive hole left by the absence of LaFontaine and Hawerchuk, as Audette led in goals (24), Mogilny led in assists (28) and points (47), and Presley led in shorthanded goals (5). Thanks to Presley's contribution in this offensive category, the Sabres tied the Washington Capitals with the most shorthanded goals scored by any team during the regular season (13). Dominik Hasek led all goaltenders in save percentage with .930, goals against average with 2.11 (tied with Rick Tabaracci of the Washington Capitals/Calgary Flames) and shutouts with 5 (tied with Ed Belfour of the Chicago Blackhawks). The Sabres were one of only three teams (the other two being the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Quebec Nordiques) not to be shut out in any of their regular-season games or playoff games.
The 1995 playoff run was brief for the Sabres, as they were eliminated in the first round by the Philadelphia Flyers in 5 games.
==Offseason==
===NHL Draft===
Round	Pick 	Player 	Nationality 	College/junior/club team
1 	17 	Wayne Primeau (Centre)	 	Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
43 	Curtis Brown (Left wing)	 	Buffalo Sabres	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
 http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	January 20, 1995 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	1–0–0
2 	W	January 22, 1995 	5–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	2–0–0
3 	W	January 25, 1995 	2–1 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	3–0–0
4 	L	January 27, 1995 	3–7 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	3–1–0
5 	T	January 28, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	3–1–1
6 	L	January 31, 1995 	1–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	3–2–1
7 	W	February 2, 1995 	1–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	4–2–1
8 	L	February 4, 1995 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	4–3–1
9 	W	February 5, 1995 	2–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	5–3–1
10 	W	February 7, 1995 	2–1 	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	6–3–1
11 	L	February 11, 1995	1–2 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	6–4–1
12 	L	February 12, 1995	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	6–5–1
13 	L	February 15, 1995	1–2 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	6–6–1
14 	T	February 19, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	6–6–2
15 	T	February 22, 1995	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	6–6–3
16 	W	February 25, 1995	3–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	7–6–3
17 	L	February 26, 1995	2–4 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	7–7–3
18 	W	March 2, 1995 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 	8–7–3
19 	T	March 4, 1995 	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	8–7–4
20 	W	March 5, 1995 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	9–7–4
21 	T	March 8, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	9–7–5
22 	L	March 11, 1995 	2–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	9–8–5
23 	W	March 14, 1995 	2–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	10–8–5
24 	W	March 16, 1995 	6–3 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	11–8–5
25 	L	March 18, 1995 	3–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	11–9–5
26 	L	March 19, 1995 	1–6 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	11–10–5
27 	L	March 21, 1995 	2–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 	11–11–5
28 	W	March 24, 1995 	3–0 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	12–11–5
29 	L	March 26, 1995 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	12–12–5
30 	W	March 28, 1995 	5–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	13–12–5
31 	W	March 30, 1995 	7–0 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	14–12–5
32 	W	April 1, 1995 	5–1 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	15–12–5
33 	W	April 4, 1995 	6–3 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	16–12–5
34 	T	April 6, 1995 	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	16–12–6
35 	L	April 8, 1995 	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	16–13–6
36 	L	April 9, 1995 	5–6 	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	16–14–6
37 	L	April 12, 1995 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	16–15–6
38 	L	April 14, 1995 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	16–16–6
39 	W	April 16, 1995 	2–1 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	17–16–6
40 	L	April 18, 1995 	1–2 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	17–17–6
41 	L	April 19, 1995 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	17–18–6
42 	W	April 23, 1995 	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	18–18–6
43 	W	April 24, 1995 	3–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	19–18–6
44 	W	April 26, 1995 	5–0 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	20–18–6
45 	L	April 28, 1995 	1–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	20–19–6
46 	T	April 29, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	20–19–7
47 	W	May 1, 1995 	2–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	21–19–7
48 	W	May 3, 1995 	5–4 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	22–19–7
==Playoffs==
Philadelphia vs. Buffalo 	Philadelphia vs. Buffalo 	Philadelphia vs. Buffalo 	Philadelphia vs. Buffalo 	Philadelphia vs. Buffalo
Date 	Away 	Home 	Score 	OT
May 7 	Buffalo 	Philadelphia 	4 – 3 	OT
May 8 	Buffalo 	Philadelphia 	3 – 1 	
May 10 	Philadelphia 	Buffalo 	3 – 1 	
May 12 	Philadelphia 	Buffalo 	4 – 2 	
May 14 	Buffalo 	Philadelphia 	6 – 4 	
Philadelphia wins series 4–1	Philadelphia wins series 4–1	Philadelphia wins series 4–1	Philadelphia wins series 4–1	Philadelphia wins series 4–1
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	44	19	28	47 	36 	0 	12 	0 	2
 	RW 	46	24	13	37 	27 	-3 	13 	0 	7
 	C 	22	12	15	27 	4 	2 	6 	1 	3
 	LW 	48	8 	17	25 	14 	8 	2 	1 	1
 	C 	47	3 	19	22 	12 	-4 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	44	3 	17	20 	47 	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	46	14	5 	19 	41 	5 	0 	5 	2
 	C 	23	5 	11	16 	2 	-2 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	42	4 	12	16 	32 	3 	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	42	7 	4 	11 	19 	-6 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	24	4 	7 	11 	26 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	39	4 	7 	11 	46 	5 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	14	1 	9 	10 	10 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C/RW	45	5 	4 	9 	18 	-6 	1 	2 	0
 	D 	21	2 	5 	7 	34 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	33	3 	3 	6 	87 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	32	2 	4 	6 	36 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	40	0 	6 	6 	36 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	1 	4 	5 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	0 	5 	5 	60 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	2 	1 	3 	12 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	2 	1 	3 	20 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	28	1 	2 	3 	68 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	2 	3 	30 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	4 	0 	3 	3 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	47	0 	3 	3 	173	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	1 	1 	2 	116	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	1 	1 	1 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0 	2 	2 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	12	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2416	41	19	14	7	85 	2.11	5 	1221	1136	.930
 	317 	6 	2 	3 	0	20 	3.79	0 	150 	130 	.867
 	180 	3 	1 	2 	0	12 	4.00	0 	85 	73 	.859
Team: 	2913	48	22	19	7	117	2.41	5 	1456	1339	.920
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	5 	3	2	5 	2 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	3	1	4 	8 	3 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	5 	2	2	4 	2 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	4	4 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	1	3 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	2	1	3 	2 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	3	3 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	1	2 	4 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	14 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	5 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	309	5 	1	4	18	3.50	0 	131	113	.863
Team: 	309	5 	1	4	18	3.50	0 	131	113	.863
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==
* Dominik Hasek, Nominee, Hart Trophy
* Dominik Hasek, Vezina Trophy
*Dominik Hasek, NHL First Team All-StarNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 237, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
==References==
* Sabres on Hockey Database
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Buffalo Sabres season, 1994–95
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