1994–95 Ottawa Senators season

The 1994–95 Ottawa Senators season, the third season of the National Hockey League (NHL) club, was cut short due to the NHL lockout, which postponed the start of the season until late January, and teams only played 48 games that season.
==Regular season==
Alexei Yashin would once again prove to be the Senators leader on the ice, scoring 21 goals, along with 23 assists for a team leading 44 points. Alexandre Daigle would have another strong season also, putting up 37 points (16 goals, 21 assists) to finish second to Yashin in team scoring.
Don Beaupre would lead the team in net, setting the team record for best GAA average in a season (3.36), best save percentage (.896), won 8 of the 9 games the Senators won during the season, and would get the first shutout in team history on February 6, when the Senators shutout the Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 at the Civic Centre.
The Sens would start slow, going 0–6–2 in their first eight games before their shutout win over Philadelphia. They would continue to slump throughout the first 41 games of the season, as they had a 4–32–5 record, but the team would finish the year by going 5–2–0 in their last seven games, to finish the season with a 9–34–5 record, but failed to avoid finishing in last place in the NHL for the third straight season.
===Season standings===
===Game log===
Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule 	Regular season schedule
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T 	January 22, 1995 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	January 25, 1995 	1–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	0–1–1
3 	L 	January 27, 1995 	4–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	0–2–1
4 	T 	January 28, 1995 	2–2 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	0–2–2
5 	L 	January 30, 1995 	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	0–3–2
6 	L 	February 1, 1995 	1–2 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	0–4–2
7 	L 	February 2, 1995 	4–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	0–5–2
8 	L 	February 4, 1995 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	0–6–2
9 	W 	February 6, 1995 	3–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	1–6–2
10 	L 	February 8, 1995 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	1–7–2
11 	L 	February 11, 1995 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	1–8–2
12 	L 	February 15, 1995 	0–2 	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	1–9–2
13 	W 	February 17, 1995 	2–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	2–9–2
14 	T 	February 23, 1995 	5–5 OT 	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	2–9–3
15 	L 	February 25, 1995 	1–4 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	2–10–3
16 	L 	February 27, 1995 	0–2 	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	2–11–3
17 	L 	February 28, 1995 	3–6 	Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	2–12–3
18 	L 	March 2, 1995 	2–3 OT 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	2–13–3
19 	W 	March 5, 1995 	3–1 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	3–13–3
20 	L 	March 6, 1995 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	3–14–3
21 	L 	March 8, 1995 	2–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	3–15–3
22 	T 	March 10, 1995 	2–2 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	3–15–4
23 	L 	March 14, 1995 	2–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	3–16–4
24 	L 	March 16, 1995 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	3–17–4
25 	W 	March 18, 1995 	4–3 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	4–17–4
26 	L 	March 19, 1995 	3–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 	4–18–4
27 	L 	March 21, 1995 	0–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	4–19–4
28 	L 	March 25, 1995 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	4–20–4
29 	L 	March 26, 1995 	4–11 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	4–21–4
30 	L 	March 29, 1995 	2–4 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	4–22–4
31 	L 	March 30, 1995 	0–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	4–23–4
32 	L 	April 2, 1995 	5–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	4–24–4
33 	L 	April 3, 1995 	4–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	4–25–4
34 	L 	April 5, 1995 	0–2 	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	4–26–4
35 	T 	April 8, 1995 	2–2 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	4–26–5
36 	L 	April 10, 1995 	3–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 	4–27–5
37 	L 	April 12, 1995 	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 	4–28–5
38 	L 	April 15, 1995 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	4–29–5
39 	L 	April 16, 1995 	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	4–30–5
40 	L 	April 19, 1995 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	4–31–5
41 	L 	April 20, 1995 	5–6 	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	4–32–5
42 	W 	April 22, 1995 	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	5–32–5
43 	L 	April 24, 1995 	1–5 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	5–33–5
44 	W 	April 26, 1995 	5–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	6–33–5
45 	W 	April 27, 1995 	6–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	7–33–5
46 	W 	April 29, 1995 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	8–33–5
47 	L 	May 1, 1995 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	8–34–5
48 	W 	May 3, 1995 	4–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	9–34–5
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	47	21	23	44 	20 	-20	11 	0 	1
 	C 	47	16	21	37 	14 	-22	4 	1 	2
 	LW 	33	11	8 	19 	29 	-1 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	18	8 	7 	15 	6 	-5 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	45	1 	14	15 	30 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	36	5 	9 	14 	8 	-16	0 	0 	0
 	C 	33	4 	10	14 	16 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	24	5 	8 	13 	14 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	C/RW	24	5 	6 	11 	51 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	43	5 	6 	11 	22 	-26	1 	0 	0
 	D 	28	4 	7 	11 	10 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	42	3 	8 	11 	28 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	48	5 	5 	10 	68 	-19	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	41	3 	7 	10 	51 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	23	3 	5 	8 	35 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	46	1 	7 	8 	36 	-30	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	38	4 	3 	7 	20 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	4 	3 	7 	0 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	37	2 	4 	6 	46 	-17	2 	0 	0
 	C/LW	14	2 	2 	4 	19 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	48	1 	3 	4 	37 	-20	0 	0 	0
 	D/LW	27	0 	4 	4 	65 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1 	2 	3 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	26	1 	1 	2 	64 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1 	1 	2 	0 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	29	0 	2 	2 	28 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	1 	1 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	38	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2161	38	8	25	3	121	3.36	1 	1167	1046	.896
 	255 	5 	1	3 	0	15 	3.53	0 	147 	132 	.898
 	3 	1 	0	0 	0	0 	0.00	0 	1 	1 	1.000
 	472 	9 	0	6 	2	32 	4.07	0 	240 	208 	.867
Team: 	2891	48	9	34	5	168	3.49	1 	1555	1387	.892
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==
* Molson Cup - Don Beaupre
==Transactions==
===Trades===
June 26, 1994 	To Los Angeles KingsFuture considerations(Ottawa's seventh-round draft pick, 1995 Entry Draft) (Benoit Larose)	To Ottawa SenatorsJim Paek
June 20, 1993 	To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimOttawa's third-round pick in 1994 Entry Draft(later traded by Anaheim) 	To Ottawa SenatorsSean HillAnaheim's ninth-round pick in 1994 Entry Draft (Frederic Cassivi)
June 29, 1994 	To New York IslandersOttawa's fifth-round pick in 1996 Entry Draft (Andy Berenzwig) 	To Ottawa SenatorsJason Zent
January 18, 1995	To Washington CapitalsOttawa's fifth-round pick 1995 Entry Draft (Benoit Gratton) 	To Ottawa SenatorsDon Beaupre
===Waivers===
January 18, 1995	From San Jose SharksRob Gaudreau
Source: 
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former team
Jean-Francois Labbe	Undrafted free agent
Bruce Gardiner 	Undrafted free agent
Michel Picard 	Washington Capitals
Corey Foster 	Philadelphia Flyers
Pat Elynuik 	Tampa Bay Lightning
Lance Pitlick 	Quebec Nordiques
Chris Dahlquist 	Calgary Flames
Mike Bales 	Boston Bruins
Randy Cunneyworth 	Chicago Blackhawks
Steve Larouche 	Montreal Canadiens
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==Roster==
						
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*GM: Randy Sexton
*Coach: Rick Bowness
==Draft picks==
Ottawa's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	3 	Radek Bonk 	 	Las Vegas Thunder (IHL)
2 	29 	Stanislav Neckar 	 	HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech.)
4 	81 	Bryan Masotta 	 	Hotchkiss Academy (US HS)
6 	131	Mike Gaffney 	 	LaSalle Academy (US HS)
6 	133	Daniel Alfredsson	 	Frölunda HC Gothenburg (Elitserien)
7 	159	Doug Sproule 	 	Hotchkiss Academy (US HS)
9 	210	Frederic Cassivi 	 	Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
9 	211	Danny Dupont 	 	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
10 	237	Steve MacKinnon 	 	Chelmsford High School (US HS)
11 	274	Antti Tormanen 	 	Jokerit Helsinki (SM-liiga)
==Farm teams==
* Prince Edward Island Senators (American Hockey League)
* Thunder Bay Senators (Colonial Hockey League)
==See also==
*1994–95 NHL season
==References==
*Ottawa Senators Media Guide 2007
*The Internet Hockey Database
*National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
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Ottawa Senators season, 1994–95
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