1994–95 Florida Panthers season

The 1994–95 Florida Panthers season was the Panthers' second season. For the second straight year, they missed the playoffs by just one point. While the team tied for 6th in the league in goaltending behind the solid tandem of John Vanbiesbrouck and Mark Fitzpatrick, it finished last in the league in scoring with 115 goals. 
The Panthers were one of only three teams in 1994–95 to have a better regular-season record on the road then at home (the other two teams were the Chicago Blackhawks and the Los Angeles Kings).
==Offseason==
===NHL Draft===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	1 	Ed Jovanovski (D) 	 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
2 	27 	Rhett Warrener (Defence) 	 	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2 	31 	Jason Podollan (Right wing)	 	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
2 	36 	Ryan Johnson (Centre) 	 	Thunder Bay Flyers (USHL)
 http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	January 21, 1995 	1–2 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	0–1–0
2 	L	January 23, 1995 	5–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 	0–2–0
3 	L	January 25, 1995 	2–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	0–3–0
4 	W	January 26, 1995 	4–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	1–3–0
5 	W	January 28, 1995 	2–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	2–3–0
6 	W	January 30, 1995 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	3–3–0
7 	L	January 31, 1995 	1–5 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	3–4–0
8 	T	February 2, 1995 	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	3–4–1
9 	L	February 4, 1995 	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	3–5–1
10 	L	February 7, 1995 	3–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	3–6–1
11 	W	February 9, 1995 	3–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	4–6–1
12 	W	February 11, 1995	4–3 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	5–6–1
13 	L	February 12, 1995	2–4 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	5–7–1
14 	W	February 15, 1995	2–0 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	6–7–1
15 	L	February 17, 1995	4–5 	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	6–8–1
16 	L	February 19, 1995	1–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	6–9–1
17 	L	February 21, 1995	3–5 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	6–10–1
18 	L	February 23, 1995	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	6–11–1
19 	W	February 25, 1995	4–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	7–11–1
20 	T	February 28, 1995	0–0 OT	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	7–11–2
21 	T	March 2, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	7–11–3
22 	L	March 4, 1995 	1–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	7–12–3
23 	W	March 8, 1995 	3–2 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	8–12–3
24 	W	March 11, 1995 	2–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	9–12–3
25 	W	March 12, 1995 	4–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	10–12–3
26 	L	March 14, 1995 	1–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	10–13–3
27 	W	March 16, 1995 	5–1 	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	11–13–3
28 	L	March 18, 1995 	3–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	11–14–3
29 	L	March 20, 1995 	4–5 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	11–15–3
30 	W	March 22, 1995 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	12–15–3
31 	L	March 24, 1995 	0–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	12–16–3
32 	W	March 26, 1995 	2–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 	13–16–3
33 	T	March 29, 1995 	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	13–16–4
34 	W	April 2, 1995 	4–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	14–16–4
35 	L	April 5, 1995 	0–5 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	14–17–4
36 	T	April 8, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	14–17–5
37 	L	April 12, 1995 	1–3 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	14–18–5
38 	L	April 14, 1995 	0–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	14–19–5
39 	W	April 16, 1995 	4–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	15–19–5
40 	L	April 18, 1995 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	15–20–5
41 	W	April 20, 1995 	1–0 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	16–20–5
42 	W	April 22, 1995 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	17–20–5
43 	W	April 24, 1995 	5–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	18–20–5
44 	L	April 26, 1995 	0–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	18–21–5
45 	L	April 28, 1995 	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	18–22–5
46 	T	April 30, 1995 	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	18–22–6
47 	W	May 2, 1995 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	19–22–6
48 	W	May 3, 1995 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	20–22–6
==Player stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Jesse Belanger 	47	15	14	29 	18
Stu Barnes 	41	10	19	29 	8
Scott Mellanby 	48	13	12	25 	90
Dave Lowry 	45	10	10	20 	25
Jody Hull 	46	11	8 	19 	8
Bill Lindsay 	48	10	9 	19 	46
Tom Fitzgerald 	48	3 	13	16 	31
Brian Skrudland	47	5 	9 	14 	88
Mike Hough 	48	6 	7 	13 	38
Johan Garpenlov	27	3 	9 	12 	0
Rob Niedermayer	48	4 	6 	10 	36
Bob Kudelski 	26	6 	3 	9 	2
Andrei Lomakin 	31	1 	6 	7 	6
Gaetan Duchesne	13	1 	2 	3 	2
Jeff Daniels 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
Jamie Linden 	4 	0 	0 	0 	17
Dave Tomlinson 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Defencemen===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
Gord Murphy 	46	6	16	22 	24
Jason Woolley 	34	4	9 	13 	18
Brian Benning 	24	1	7 	8 	18
Magnus Svensson	19	2	5 	7 	10
Paul Laus 	37	0	7 	7 	138
Geoff Smith 	47	2	4 	6 	22
Randy Moller 	17	0	3 	3 	16
Robert Svehla 	5 	1	1 	2 	0
Brent Severyn 	9 	1	1 	2 	37
Dallas Eakins 	17	0	1 	1 	35
Joe Cirella 	20	0	1 	1 	21
Stephane Richer	1 	0	0 	0 	2
Keith Brown 	13	0	0 	0 	2
===Goaltending===
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SV% = Save percentage ; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T	SV% 	GAA 	SO
John Vanbiesbrouck	37	14	15	4	.914	2.47	4
Mark Fitzpatrick 	15	6 	7 	2	.900	2.64	2
==Awards and records==
* John Vanbiesbrouck, runner-up, Hart Trophy
* John Vanbiesbrouck, runner-up, Vezina Trophy
==References==
* Panthers on Hockey Database
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