| 1994–95Edmonton Oilers | |
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| Division | 5thPacific |
| Conference | 11thWestern |
| 1994–95 record | 17–27–4 |
| Home record | 11–12–1 |
| Road record | 6–15–3 |
| Goals for | 136 |
| Goals against | 183 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Glen Sather |
| Coach | George Burnett(Jan.–Apr.) Ron Low(Apr.–May) |
| Captain | Shayne Corson(Jan.–Apr.) Vacant(Apr.–May) |
| Alternate captains | Kelly Buchberger Luke Richardson |
| Arena | Northlands Coliseum |
| Average attendance | 13,123 (76.7%) |
| Minor league affiliates | Cape Breton Oilers (AHL) Wheeling Thunderbirds (ECHL) |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | David Oliver (16) |
| Assists | Doug Weight (33) |
| Points | Doug Weight (40) |
| Penalty minutes | Bryan Marchment (184) |
| Plus/minus | Dean Kennedy (+2) |
| Wins | Bill Ranford (15) |
| Goals against average | Bill Ranford (3.62) |
The1994–95Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers'16thseason in theNHL, and they were coming off a tough1993–94 season, when they finished the year 25–45–14, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the 2nd straight season.
The 1994–95 season was nearly cancelled due to alockout, however, on January 11, 1995, an agreement was made between the NHL owners and the players, and a shortened 48 game schedule was used for the season.
The Oilers namedGeorge Burnett as head coach of the club, as Burnett coached the Oilers AHL affiliate, theCape Breton Oilers for the previous 2 seasons, including leading the team to theCalder Cup in 1993. Edmonton got off to a solid start, and 27 games into the season, the Oilers sat in 2nd place in the Pacific Division with 26 points, only 3 behind the division leadingCalgary Flames. The Oilers then went on a 10-game winless streak, costing Burnett his job, as former Oilers goaltenderRon Low replaced him.[1] It was too little too late, as Edmonton would finish the season 17–27–4, earning 38 points, and missed the playoffs for the 3rd straight season.
Offensively,Doug Weight led the team with 40 points, whileDavid Oliver was the Oilers goal scoring leader with 16.Jason Arnott had another solid season, scoring 15 goals and earning 37 points. DefensemanIgor Kravchuk led the blueline with 18 points in 36 games, whileBryan Marchment had a club high 184 penalty minutes.
In goal,Bill Ranford played in 40 games, winning 15 of them, with a 3.62 GAA and 2 shutouts along the way. However, the Oilers allowed a league-high 183 goals and Oilers goaltenders combined for a league-low .877 save percentage.
The Oilers had the most power-play opportunities during the regular season, with 259. They also allowed the most power-play goals, with 52.[2]
| No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Calgary Flames | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 163 | 135 | 55 |
| 2 | 6 | Vancouver Canucks | 48 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 153 | 148 | 48 |
| 3 | 7 | San Jose Sharks | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 129 | 161 | 42 |
| 4 | 9 | Los Angeles Kings | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 142 | 174 | 41 |
| 5 | 11 | Edmonton Oilers | 48 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 136 | 183 | 38 |
| 6 | 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 48 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 125 | 164 | 37 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | p –Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 48 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 180 | 117 | 70 |
| 2 | x –Calgary Flames | PAC | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 163 | 135 | 55 |
| 3 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 48 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 178 | 135 | 61 |
| 4 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 156 | 115 | 53 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 135 | 146 | 50 |
| 6 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 48 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 153 | 148 | 48 |
| 7 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 129 | 161 | 42 |
| 8 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 48 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 136 | 135 | 42 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 142 | 174 | 41 |
| 10 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 157 | 177 | 39 |
| 11 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 48 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 136 | 183 | 38 |
| 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 48 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 125 | 164 | 37 |
Divisions:CEN – Central,PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs;x – Won division;p – WonPresidents' Trophy
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January: 2–4–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–3–0)
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February: 5–6–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–4–1)
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March: 5–7–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–3–1)
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April: 5–8–1 (home: 2–4–0; road: 3–4–1)
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Legend:W Win (2 points)L Loss (0 points)T Tie (1 point) |
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
| 39 | Doug Weight | C | 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | −17 | 69 |
| 7 | Jason Arnott | C | 42 | 15 | 22 | 37 | −14 | 128 |
| 9 | Shayne Corson | LW | 48 | 12 | 24 | 36 | −17 | 86 |
| 20 | David Oliver | RW | 44 | 16 | 14 | 30 | −11 | 20 |
| 26 | Todd Marchant | C | 45 | 13 | 14 | 27 | −3 | 32 |
| 16 | Kelly Buchberger | RW | 48 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 82 |
| 17 | Scott Thornton | LW | 47 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −4 | 89 |
| 21 | Igor Kravchuk | D | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −15 | 29 |
| 25 | Mike Stapleton | RW | 46 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −12 | 21 |
| 28 | Roman Oksiuta‡ | RW | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | −14 | 8 |
| 22 | Luke Richardson | D | 46 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −6 | 40 |
| 18 | Kirk Maltby | RW | 47 | 8 | 3 | 11 | −11 | 49 |
| 32 | Dean Kennedy | D | 40 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 15 | Fredrik Olausson | D | 33 | 0 | 10 | 10 | −4 | 20 |
| 2 | Boris Mironov | D | 29 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −9 | 40 |
| 27 | Peter White | C | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Bryan Marchment | D | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −11 | 184 |
| 28 | Jiri Slegr† | D | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −5 | 14 |
| 34 | Len Esau‡ | D | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −8 | 15 |
| 33 | Scott Pearson‡ | RW | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −11 | 54 |
| 6[a] | Ken Sutton† | D | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −1 | 12 |
| 8 | Zdeno Ciger | LW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
| 38 | Iain Fraser† | C | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Louie DeBrusk | LW | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 93 |
| 6 | Gord Mark | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −9 | 35 |
| 30 | Bill Ranford | G | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 23 | Jason Bonsignore | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| 14 | Kent Nilsson† | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
| 19 | Tyler Wright | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 12 | Micah Aivazoff | LW | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| 1 | Joaquin Gage | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 36 | Ralph Intranuovo | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Dennis Bonvie | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Fred Brathwaite | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Dean McAmmond | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 34 | Ryan McGill† | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 8 |
| 10 | Ryan Smyth | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 33 | Marko Tuomainen | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
| 30 | Bill Ranford | 40 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1134 | 133 | 3.62 | .883 | 2 | 2203 |
| 31 | Fred Brathwaite | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 292 | 40 | 4.00 | .863 | 0 | 601 |
| 1 | Joaquin Gage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 4.25 | .825 | 0 | 99 |
| Regular Season | |||||||||
| Player | Milestone | Reached | |||||||
| David Oliver | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | January 20, 1995 | |||||||
| Igor Kravchuk | 100th NHL Game | January 22, 1995 | |||||||
| Ryan Smyth | 1st NHL Game | ||||||||
| Todd Marchant | 1st NHL Goal | January 28, 1995 | |||||||
| Dean Kennedy | 1,100th NHL PIM | January 30, 1995 | |||||||
| Shayne Corson | 400th NHL Point | February 19, 1995 | |||||||
| Bryan Marchment | 800th NHL PIM | ||||||||
| Mike Stapleton | 300th NHL Game | February 22, 1995 | |||||||
| Jason Arnott | 200th NHL PIM | February 25, 1995 | |||||||
| Scott Thornton | |||||||||
| Scott Pearson | 500th NHL PIM | ||||||||
| Dean Kennedy | 700th NHL Game | March 8, 1995 | |||||||
| Jason Arnott | 100th NHL Game | March 12, 1995 | |||||||
| Jason Arnott | 1st NHLHat-trick | March 20, 1995 | |||||||
| David Oliver | 1st NHL Hat-trick | March 22, 1995 | |||||||
| Luke Richardson | 100th NHL Point | ||||||||
| Boris Mironov | 100th NHL Game | March 23, 1995 | |||||||
| Bryan Marchment | 900th NHL PIM | March 26, 1995 | |||||||
| Ralph Intranuovo | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | March 27, 1995 | |||||||
| Kirk Maltby | 100th NHL Game 100th NHL PIM | April 1, 1995 | |||||||
| Kelly Buchberger | 1,200th NHL PIM | April 3, 1995 | |||||||
| Shayne Corson | 600th NHL Game | April 7, 1995 | |||||||
| Marko Tuomainen | 1st NHL Game | April 19, 1995 | |||||||
| Louie DeBrusk | 600th NHL PIM | April 15, 1995 | |||||||
| Jason Arnott | 100th NHL Point | April 17, 1995 | |||||||
| Dennis Bonvie | 1st NHL Game | April 19, 1995 | |||||||
| Bill Ranford | 10th NHL Shutout | ||||||||
| Doug Weight | 200th NHL PIM | April 21, 1995 | |||||||
| Shayne Corson | 1,300th NHL PIM | April 22, 1995 | |||||||
| Joaquin Gage | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | May 1, 1995 | |||||||
| Jason Bonsignore | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point | May 3, 1995 | |||||||
| March 13, 1995 | ToPhiladelphia Flyers Brad Zavisha 6th round pick in1995 | ToEdmonton Oilers Ryan McGill |
| April 7, 1995 | ToBuffalo Sabres Scott Pearson | ToEdmonton Oilers Ken Sutton |
| April 7, 1995 | ToVancouver Canucks Roman Oksiuta | ToEdmonton Oilers Jiri Slegr |
| Date | Player | Former team |
|---|---|---|
| August 25, 1994 (1994-08-25) | Dennis Bonvie | Cape Breton Oilers (AHL) |
| January 26, 1995 (1995-01-26) | Kent Nilsson | Vålerenga Ishockey (Eliteserien) |
| Date | Player | New team |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1994 (1994-05-27) | Jeff Chychrun | Hartford Whalers |
| July 7, 1994 (1994-07-07) | Brent Grieve | Chicago Blackhawks |
| July 27, 1994 (1994-07-27) | Shjon Podein | Philadelphia Flyers |
| August 18, 1994 (1994-08-18) | Steven Rice | Hartford Whalers |
| August 29, 1994 (1994-08-29) | Bob Beers | New York Islanders |
| September 18, 1994 (1994-09-18) | Ilya Byakin | San Jose Sharks |
| November 17, 1994 (1994-11-17) | Tim Tisdale | Fredericton Canadiens (AHL) |
| Date | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| January 18, 1995 (1995-01-18) | Micah Aivazoff | fromPittsburgh Penguins |
| Len Esau | fromCalgary Flames | |
| Dean Kennedy | fromWinnipeg Jets | |
| March 3, 1995 (1995-03-03) | Iain Fraser | fromDallas Stars |
| March 7, 1995 (1995-03-07) | Len Esau | to Calgary Flames |
Edmonton's draft picks at the1994 NHL entry draft held at theHartford Civic Center inHartford,Connecticut.[7]
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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| 1 | 4 | Jason Bonsignore |  United States | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
| 1 | 6 | Ryan Smyth |  Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
| 2 | 32 | Mike Watt | Canada | Stratford Cullitons (MOJHL) |
| 3 | 53 | Corey Neilson | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
| 3 | 60 | Brad Symes | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
| 4 | 79 | Adam Copeland | Canada | Burlington Cougars (OPJHL) |
| 4 | 95 | Jussi Tarvainen |  Finland | KalPa (Finland) |
| 5 | 110 | Jon Gaskins | United States | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) |
| 6 | 136 | Terry Marchant | United States | Niagara Scenics (NAJHL) |
| 7 | 160 | Curtis Sheptak | Canada | Olds Grizzlys (AJHL) |
| 7 | 162 | Dmitri Sulga |  Belarus | Tivali Minsk (Russia) |
| 7 | 179 | Chris Wickenheiser | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 8 | 185 | Rob Guinn | Canada | Newmarket Royals (OHL) |
| 8 | 188 | Jason Reid | Canada | St. Andrew's College (High school) |
| 9 | 214 | Jeremy Jablonski | Canada | Victoria Cougars (WHL) |
| 11 | 266 | Ladislav Benýšek |  Czech Republic | Sigma Olomouc (Czech Republic) |
| S | 6 | Chad Dameworth | United States | Northern Michigan University (CCHA) |
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