1994–95 St. Louis Blues season

The 1994–95 season started with good fortunes for the Blues, as Mike Keenan, who had coached the 1993–94 New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup, signed with the team in the off-season. The Blues also acquired four players from the Cup-winning Rangers: Glenn Anderson, Greg Gilbert, Doug Lidster and Esa Tikkanen. On April 16, 1995, Captain Brett Hull had his first-ever 4-goal game in a 6-5 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
The Blues played strong all season and finished 3rd in the Conference. They powered their way to 4th place in scoring in the league with 178 goals. With all its fire power and playoff experience, St. Louis was heavily favored to beat 6th place Vancouver in the first round of the 1995 NHL Playoffs. However, after winning game 1, the Blues dropped the next two games and never regained the series lead. After a tough overtime loss in game 5, the Blues fought back in game 6 with an explosive 8–2 victory at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver to tie the series at 3–3. In game 7 at the Kiel Center, the Blues outshot the Canucks 44–22, but Vancouver goaltender Kirk McLean was solid in net, making 41 saves; St. Louis goaltender Curtis Joseph struggled, allowing 4 goals on only 21 shots. Pavel Bure added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Canucks a 5–3 win and the series 4 games to 3.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	January 20, 1995 	5–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	1–0–0
2 	W	January 21, 1995 	7–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	2–0–0
3 	L	January 24, 1995 	4–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	2–1–0
4 	W	January 26, 1995 	3–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	3–1–0
5 	L	January 28, 1995 	1–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	3–2–0
6 	W	January 31, 1995 	7–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 	4–2–0
7 	W	February 2, 1995 	5–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	5–2–0
8 	W	February 4, 1995 	7–4 	Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	6–2–0
9 	T	February 7, 1995 	5–5 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	6–2–1
10 	L	February 9, 1995 	0–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	6–3–1
11 	L	February 11, 1995	2–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	6–4–1
12 	W	February 13, 1995	4–2 	Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	7–4–1
13 	W	February 17, 1995	4–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	8–4–1
14 	L	February 18, 1995	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	8–5–1
15 	W	February 20, 1995	4–0 	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	9–5–1
16 	W	February 22, 1995	4–3 	San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	10–5–1
17 	W	February 25, 1995	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	11–5–1
18 	W	February 27, 1995	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	12–5–1
19 	L	March 5, 1995 	1–2 	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	12–6–1
20 	W	March 7, 1995 	6–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 	13–6–1
21 	W	March 9, 1995 	5–1 	Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	14–6–1
22 	L	March 12, 1995 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	14–7–1
23 	L	March 14, 1995 	5–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	14–8–1
24 	T	March 16, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	14–8–2
25 	W	March 19, 1995 	4–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	15–8–2
26 	L	March 20, 1995 	3–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	15–9–2
27 	L	March 22, 1995 	3–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	15–10–2
28 	W	March 26, 1995 	5–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	16–10–2
29 	W	March 27, 1995 	3–2 	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	17–10–2
30 	W	March 29, 1995 	3–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	18–10–2
31 	W	March 31, 1995 	4–1 	San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	19–10–2
32 	T	April 2, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	19–10–3
33 	W	April 3, 1995 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	20–10–3
34 	W	April 5, 1995 	6–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	21–10–3
35 	L	April 9, 1995 	2–3 	Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	21–11–3
36 	W	April 11, 1995 	7–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	22–11–3
37 	L	April 13, 1995 	2–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	22–12–3
38 	W	April 16, 1995 	6–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	23–12–3
39 	W	April 18, 1995 	4–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	24–12–3
40 	T	April 19, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	24–12–4
41 	W	April 21, 1995 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	25–12–4
42 	T	April 23, 1995 	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	25–12–5
43 	W	April 25, 1995 	8–4 	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	26–12–5
44 	L	April 27, 1995 	2–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	26–13–5
45 	L	April 28, 1995 	1–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	26–14–5
46 	W	April 30, 1995 	4–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 	27–14–5
47 	W	May 1, 1995 	5–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	28–14–5
48 	L	May 3, 1995 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	28–15–5
==Playoffs==
St. Louis vs. Vancouver 	St. Louis vs. Vancouver 	St. Louis vs. Vancouver 	St. Louis vs. Vancouver
Date 	Away 	Home 	
May 7 	Vancouver 1 	2 St. Louis 	
May 9 	Vancouver 5 	3 St. Louis 	
May 11 	St. Louis 1 	6 Vancouver 	
May 13 	St. Louis 5 	2 Vancouver 	
May 15 	Vancouver 6 	5 St. Louis 	OT
May 17 	St. Louis 8 	2 Vancouver 	
May 19 	Vancouver 5 	3 St. Louis 	
Vancouver wins series 4–3	Vancouver wins series 4–3	Vancouver wins series 4–3	Vancouver wins series 4–3
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	48	29	21	50 	10 	13 	9 	3 	6
 	LW 	45	20	21	41 	136	7 	6 	2 	6
 	D 	47	12	26	38 	36 	29 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	43	12	23	35 	22 	13 	5 	2 	1
 	C 	48	14	20	34 	74 	17 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	32	8 	20	28 	43 	19 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	13	14	27 	85 	12 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	36	12	14	26 	37 	9 	0 	0 	3
 	LW 	46	11	14	25 	11 	22 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	28	2 	18	20 	33 	21 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	41	5 	13	18 	20 	16 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	47	7 	9 	16 	133	12 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	42	5 	11	16 	16 	11 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	27	3 	10	13 	29 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	6 	5 	11 	10 	2 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	26	3 	7 	10 	14 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	37	2 	7 	9 	12 	9 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	2 	5 	7 	0 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	15	2 	5 	7 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	3 	3 	6 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	2 	4 	6 	4 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	1 	4 	5 	24 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	39	0 	5 	5 	93 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	0 	5 	5 	72 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	28	3 	0 	3 	89 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	22	0 	3 	3 	10 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	36	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	0 	0 	21 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	15 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1914	36	20	10	1	89 	2.79	1 	904 	815 	.902
 	872 	19	7 	5 	4	40 	2.75	0 	400 	360 	.900
 	120 	4 	1 	0 	0	6 	3.00	0 	52 	46 	.885
Team: 	2906	48	28	15	5	135	2.79	1 	1356	1221	.900
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	5 	4	5	9 	14 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	7 	6	2	8 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1	7	8 	23 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	4	3	7 	2 	1 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	7 	1	5	6 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2	2	4 	20 	-1 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	0	4	4 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	4	4 	21 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2	1	3 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	2	3 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	3	3 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	2	0	2 	16 	-1 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	6 	1	1	2 	49 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	1	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	1	2 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	1	2 	11 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	392	7 	3	3	24	3.67	0 	178	154	.865
 	30 	2 	0	1	2 	4.00	0 	10 	8 	.800
Team: 	422	7 	3	4	26	3.70	0 	188	162	.862
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==
==Transactions==
*July 24, 1994 - Doug Lidster was traded by the New York Rangers, along with Esa Tikkanen, to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Petr Nedvěd.
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==References==
* Blues on Hockey Database
St. Louis Blues season, 1994–95
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