| 1994–95New Jersey Devils | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Eastern Conference champions | |
| Division | 2ndAtlantic |
| Conference | 5thEastern |
| 1994–95 record | 22–18–8 |
| Home record | 14–4–6 |
| Road record | 8–14–2 |
| Goals for | 136 |
| Goals against | 121 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Lou Lamoriello |
| Coach | Jacques Lemaire |
| Captain | Scott Stevens |
| Alternate captains | Bruce Driver John MacLean |
| Arena | Brendan Byrne Arena |
| Average attendance | 16,379 |
| Minor league affiliates | Albany River Rats (AHL) Raleigh IceCaps (ECHL) Flint Generals (UHL) |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Stephane Richer (23) |
| Assists | Neal Broten Scott Stevens (20) |
| Points | Stephane Richer (39) |
| Penalty minutes | Mike Peluso (167) |
| Plus/minus | Scott Niedermayer (+19) |
| Wins | Martin Brodeur (19) |
| Goals against average | Martin Brodeur (2.45) |
The1994–95 New Jersey Devils season was the21st season for theNational Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 13th season since the franchise relocated fromColorado prior to the1982–83 NHL season.[1] Although they played an abbreviated 48-game season, shortened by the1994–95 NHL lockout, the Devils won their firstStanley Cup championship in franchise history.
The Devils entered the1995 Stanley Cup playoffs as the second seed in the Atlantic Division and the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. The Devils eventually swept the heavily favoredDetroit Red Wings in theStanley Cup Finals.
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After a 5–2–2 preseason record, the Devils, along with the rest of NHL players, werelocked-out from October 1, 1994, to January 11, 1995.
During the regular season, the Devils scored the fewest power-play goals (22) and had the fewest power-play opportunities in the NHL, with just 164. They were also the least penalized team, being shorthanded only 149 times.[2]
| No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 1 | 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 150 | 132 | 60 |
| 2 | 5 | New Jersey Devils | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 121 | 52 |
| 3 | 6 | Washington Capitals | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 120 | 52 |
| 4 | 8 | New York Rangers | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 139 | 134 | 47 |
| 5 | 9 | Florida Panthers | 48 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 115 | 127 | 46 |
| 6 | 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 120 | 144 | 37 |
| 7 | 13 | New York Islanders | 48 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 126 | 158 | 35 |
Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
| R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 1 | Quebec Nordiques | NE | 48 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 185 | 134 | 65 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 150 | 132 | 60 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 48 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 181 | 158 | 61 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | NE | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 150 | 127 | 57 |
| 5 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 121 | 52 |
| 6 | Washington Capitals | AT | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 120 | 52 |
| 7 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 48 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 130 | 119 | 51 |
| 8 | New York Rangers | AT | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 139 | 134 | 47 |
| 9 | Florida Panthers | AT | 48 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 115 | 127 | 46 |
| 10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 48 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 127 | 141 | 43 |
| 11 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 48 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 125 | 148 | 43 |
| 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | AT | 48 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 120 | 144 | 37 |
| 13 | New York Islanders | AT | 48 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 126 | 158 | 35 |
| 14 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 48 | 9 | 34 | 5 | 117 | 174 | 23 |
Divisions:AT – Atlantic,NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
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Preseason: 5–2–2 (home: 2–0–1; road: 3–2–1)
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January: 1–3–1 (home: 1–1–2; road: 0–3–1)
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February: 6–4–3 (home: 4–2–3; road: 2–2–0)
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March: 7–6–2 (home: 3–1–1; road: 4–5–1)
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April: 8–4–2 (home: 5–1–2; road: 3–2–0)
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Boston Bruins – Devils win 4–1
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (3) Pittsburgh Penguins – Devils win 4–1
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Eastern Conference Finals vs. (2) Philadelphia Flyers – Devils win 4–2
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| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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| GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
| 44 | Stephane Richer | RW | 45 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | John MacLean | RW | 46 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 13 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | Neal Broten† | C | 30 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 6 |
| 12 | Bill Guerin | RW | 48 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 72 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Scott Stevens | D | 48 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 56 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| 16 | Bobby Holik | C | 48 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 22 | Claude Lemieux | LW | 45 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 86 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 20 |
| 27 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 48 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| 17 | Tom Chorske | LW | 42 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −4 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
| 14 | Brian Rolston | C | 40 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 19 | Bob Carpenter | C | 41 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −1 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
| 23 | Bruce Driver | D | 41 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
| 6 | Tommy Albelin | D | 48 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 18 | Sergei Brylin | C | 26 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | Randy McKay | RW | 33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Mike Peluso | LW | 46 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 167 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | Alexander Semak‡ | C | 19 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Shawn Chambers† | D | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Corey Millen‡ | C | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Jim Dowd | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | Danton Cole† | LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 3 | Ken Daneyko | D | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 25 | Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Chris McAlpine | D | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Martin Brodeur | G | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 28 | Kevin Dean | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | David Emma | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Viacheslav Fetisov‡ | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Ben Hankinson‡ | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Jaroslav Modry | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Reid Simpson | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Jason Smith | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Chris Terreri | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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| GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
| 30 | Martin Brodeur | 40 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 908 | 89 | 2.44 | .902 | 3 | 2,184:25 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 463 | 34 | 1.67 | .927 | 3 | 1,221:58 |
| 31 | Chris Terreri | 15 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 309 | 31 | 2.53 | .900 | 0 | 734:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 7:45 |
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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| League (annual) | Conn Smythe Trophy | Claude Lemieux | [6] |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Martin Brodeur(April 3–9) | [7] |
| Team | Devils' Players' Player | Chris Terreri | [8] |
| Hugh Delano Unsung Hero | Tommy Albelin | [8] | |
| Most Valuable Devil | Stephane Richer | [8] | |
| Three-Star Award | Stephane Richer | [8] |
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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| First game | Chris McAlpine | February 2, 1995 | [9] |
| Brian Rolston | February 5, 1995 | ||
| Sergei Brylin | February 17, 1995 | ||
| Kevin Dean | February 27, 1995 | ||
| 600th assist | Neal Broten | April 4, 1995 | [10] |
| 1,000th game played | Neal Broten | April 28, 1995 | [11] |
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.
| Date | Details | |
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| June 29, 1994 | ToCalgary Flames 1994 3rd-round pick (#77 overall) 1994VAN pick (#91 overall) 1994OTT 5th-round pick (#107 overall) | To New Jersey Devils 1994 3rd-round pick (#71 overall) |
| January 30, 1995 | ToChicago Blackhawks Dean Malkoc | To New Jersey Devils Rob Conn |
| February 27, 1995 | ToDallas Stars Corey Millen | To New Jersey Devils Neal Broten |
| March 14, 1995 | ToTampa Bay Lightning Ben Hankinson Alexander Semak | To New Jersey Devils Shawn Chambers Danton Cole |
| April 3, 1995 | ToDetroit Red Wings Viacheslav Fetisov | ToNew Jersey Devils 1995 3rd-round pick (#78 overall) |
| Date | Player | Team |
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| July 10, 1994 (1994-07-10) | Bryan Helmer | |
| August 26, 1994 (1994-08-26) | Jason Miller | toDetroit Red Wings |
| January 26, 1995 (1995-01-26) | Kent Nilsson | toEdmonton Oilers |
Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the1994 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 1994.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | Pos | College/Junior/Club team (League) | Notes |
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| 1 | 25 | Vadim Sharifijanov | LW | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL) | ||
| 2 | 51 | Patrik Elias | LW | HC Kladno (Czech Extraliga) | ||
| 3 | 71 | Sheldon Souray | D | Tri-City Americans (WHL) | [a](fromCalgary) | |
| 4 | 103 | Zdenek Skorepa | LW | HC Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Extraliga) | ||
| 5 | 129 | Christian Gosselin | D | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) | ||
| 6 | 134 | Ryan Smart | F | Meadville High School (Pennsylvania) | [b](fromWinnipeg) | |
| 6 | 155 | Luciano Caravaggio | G | Michigan Technological University (WCHA) | ||
| 7 | 181 | Jeff Williams | LW | Guelph Storm (OHL) | ||
| 8 | 207 | Eric Bertrand | LW | Granby Bisons (QMJHL) | ||
| 9 | 233 | Steve Sullivan | C | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) | ||
| 10 | 259 | Scott Swanjord | G | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) | ||
| 11 | 269 | Mike Hanson | C | Minot High School (North Dakota) | [c](fromQuebec) |
Television coverage of the season was carried onSportsChannel New York andSportsChannel New York Plus, withMike Emrick andSpencer Ross handling play-by-play duties andPeter McNab providing color commentary. On the radio, the games were broadcast onWABC–AM 770, with Mike Miller describing the play andSherry Ross providing color commentary.
Stephane Richer scored on a deflection with 13 seconds left in the third period, giving Neal Broten his 600th assist
NEAL BROTEN of the Devils was honored before the game for playing in his 1,000th National Hockey League game.