1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1994–95
Year:	1994
Team:	Chicago Blackhawks
Conferencerank:	4th
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	24–19–5
Homerecord:	11–10–3
Roadrecord:	13–9–2
Goalsfor:	156
Goalsagainst:	115
Attendance:	20,832
Goalsleader:	Joe Murphy (23)
Assistsleader:	Bernie Nicholls (29)
Pointsleader:	Bernie Nicholls (51)
Pimleader:	Steve Smith (128)
Plusminusleader:	Chris Chelios (+17)
Winsleader:	Ed Belfour (22)
Gaaleader:	Ed Belfour (2.28)

The 1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 69th season. It was the Blackhawks' first season at United Center, which replaced Chicago Stadium as their home venue. The Hawks ended the regular season on a high note, winning their final five games. They tied the Detroit Red Wings for most power play goals (52) and had the best power play in the league (24.53%). They also allowed the fewest goals (115) and the fewest even-strength goals (76) during the regular season.^[1] It was an inconsistent season for the team, as they had three 5-game winning streaks (February 1 to 9; March 16 to 26; and April 25 to May 3) and one 13-game winless streak from March 29 to April 23. Within their winless streak, they lost 8 games in a row. Points-leader Bernie Nicholls had 3 hat tricks, including two four-goal games (the first one came on February 5 and the second one came on February 28). Nicholls' three-goal game came on March 21 in a 7-3 Blackhawks' win at San Jose.

Regular season

The Blackhawks were one of only 3 teams in 1994–95 to have a better regular-season record on the road than at home (the other 2 teams were the Florida Panthers and the Los Angeles Kings).

Season standings

Playoffs

In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Blackhawks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a tight 7-game series, swept the Vancouver Canucks, and then lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals in 5 games; 3 of those games went into overtime (Detroit won all 3).

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|1||L||January 20, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||0–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|2||L||January 23, 1995||3–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||0–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |3||W||January 25, 1995||5–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||1–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |4||W||January 27, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||2–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |5||W||January 29, 1995||6–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||3–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|6||L||January 30, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||3–3–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |7||W||February 1, 1995||7–0 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||4–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |8||W||February 3, 1995||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||5–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |9||W||February 5, 1995||9–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||6–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |10||W||February 7, 1995||3–0 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||7–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |11||W||February 9, 1995||5–0 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||8–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|12||L||February 13, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||8–4–0 || |- align="center" |13||T||February 16, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||8–4–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |14||W||February 19, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||9–4–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |15||W||February 20, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||10–4–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|16||L||February 23, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||10–5–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |17||W||February 26, 1995||2–1 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||11–5–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |18||W||February 28, 1995||8–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||12–5–1 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|19||L||March 1, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||12–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |20||W||March 3, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||13–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |21||W||March 5, 1995||3–0 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||14–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|22||L||March 7, 1995||3–6 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||14–7–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|23||L||March 9, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||14–8–1 || |- align="center" |24||T||March 11, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||14–8–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|25||L||March 13, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||14–9–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |26||W||March 16, 1995||9–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||15–9–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |27||W||March 19, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||16–9–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |28||W||March 21, 1995||7–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||17–9–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |29||W||March 23, 1995||3–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||18–9–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |30||W||March 26, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||19–9–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|31||L||March 29, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||19–10–2 || |- align="center" |32||T||March 31, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||19–10–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|33||L||April 2, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||19–11–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|34||L||April 4, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||19–12–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|35||L||April 5, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||19–13–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|36||L||April 9, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||19–14–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|37||L||April 12, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||19–15–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|38||L||April 14, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||19–16–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|39||L||April 16, 1995||0–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||19–17–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|40||L||April 17, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||19–18–3 || |- align="center" |41||T||April 19, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||19–18–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|42||L||April 21, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||19–19–4 || |- align="center" |43||T||April 23, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||19–19–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |44||W||April 25, 1995||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||20–19–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |45||W||April 27, 1995||5–1 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||21–19–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |46||W||April 30, 1995||4–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||22–19–5 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |47||W||May 1, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||23–19–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |48||W||May 3, 1995||5–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||24–19–5 || |-|-| Legend:

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 ||L|| May 7, 1995 || 3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Maple Leafs lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 ||L|| May 9, 1995 || 0–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Maple Leafs lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 3 ||W|| May 11, 1995 || 3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Maple Leafs lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 ||W|| May 13, 1995 || 3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Series tied 2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 5 ||W|| May 15, 1995 || 4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Blackhawks lead 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 6 ||L|| May 17, 1995 || 4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Series tied 3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 7 ||W|| May 19, 1995 || 5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Blackhawks win 4–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 1 ||W|| May 21, 1995 || 2–1 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks || Blackhawks lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2 ||W|| May 23, 1995 || 2–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks || Blackhawks lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 3 ||W|| May 25, 1995 || 3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks || Blackhawks lead 3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 ||W|| May 27, 1995 || 4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks || Blackhawks win 4–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 ||L|| June 1, 1995 || 1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 ||L|| June 4, 1995 || 2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 3 ||L|| June 6, 1995 || 3–4 2OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 ||W|| June 8, 1995 || 5–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 5 ||L|| June 11, 1995 || 1–2 2OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings win 4–1 || |-|-| Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
= Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.

	Player
	Player		scope=colgroup colspan=6	Regular season	scope=colgroup colspan=6	Playoffs
92		C	48	22	29	51	4	32	16	1	11	12	0	8
17		RW	40	23	18	41	7	89	16	9	3	12	−1	29
7		D	48	5	33	38	17	72	16	4	7	11	6	12
20		D	48	10	27	37	14	42	12	2	5	7	−1	10
10		RW	48	15	20	35	7	41	16	3	3	6	3	10
27		C	33	10	24	34	5	14	8	1	2	3	−2	16
44		LW	45	15	15	30	13	53	16	4	1	5	1	8
25		LW	41	12	7	19	9	33	10	0	0	0	0	8
11		LW	45	6	12	18	11	33	16	3	1	4	0	2
12		C	47	7	8	15	6	51	16	1	2	3	1	4
33		RW	40	4	9	13	2	42	16	2	3	5	6	8
2		D	48	3	10	13	1	33	16	1	5	6	8	4
5		D	48	1	12	13	6	128	16	0	1	1	2	26
14		LW	15	4	5	9	4	6
18		C	12	4	4	8	3	8	16	7	11	18	12	10
32		LW	16	4	3	7	2	2	16	5	5	10	2	4
22		LW	20	2	5	7	3	6
19		LW	24	1	5	6	2	23
15		RW	27	3	1	4	−3	117	14	1	1	2	3	4
8		D	33	1	3	4	4	88	16	0	3	3	4	8
30		G	42	0	3	3		11	16	0	0	0		6
3		D	22	0	3	3	2	33
55		LW	4	1	1	2	2	2	16	0	1	1	−4	4
4		D	18	1	0	1	−1	11	4	0	1	1	0	0
6		D	13	1	0	1	3	48	16	1	3	4	−4	22
26		D	11	1	0	1	1	6
34		LW	19	0	1	1	−4	25
22		C	16	0	0	0	−5	8
23		LW	5	0	0	0	0	0
31		G	7	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0
29		RW	14	0	0	0	−5	30
23		RW	15	0	0	0	1	28
49		G	2	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

= Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.

	Player
	Player	scope=colgroup colspan=10	Regular season	scope=colgroup colspan=9	Playoffs
30		42	22	15	3	990	93	2.28	.906	5	2450	16	9	7	479	37	2.19	.923	1	1014
49		2	1	1	0	51	5	2.53	.902	0	119	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31		7	1	3	2	150	13	2.38	.913	0	328	2	0	0	11	1	2.28	.909	0	26

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL First All-Star team	Chris Chelios (Defense)	^[2]
	NHL Second All-Star team	Ed Belfour (Goaltender)
	William M. Jennings Trophy	Ed Belfour	^[3]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
25th shutout	Ed Belfour	February 7, 1995	^[4]
First game	Daniel Gauthier	March 3, 1995	^[5]
First game	Eric Daze	April 27, 1995	^[5]

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.^[6]

Round	Pick	Player	College/junior/club team
1	14	Ethan Moreau (LW)	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
2	40	Jean-Yves Leroux (LW)	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
4	85	Steve McLaren (LW)	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
5	118	Marc Dupuis (D)	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
6	144	Jim Ensom (C)	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
7	170	Tyler Prosofsky (C)	Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
8	196	Mike Josephson (LW)	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
9	222	Lubomir Jandera (D)	Chemopetrol Litvinov (Czech)
10	248	Lars Weibel (G)	HC Lugano (Switzerland)
11	263	Rob Mara (RW)	Belmont Hill High School (USHS-MA)

References

Web site: Chicago Blackhawks 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . September 8, 2023.
Web site: 1994-95 Chicago Blackhawks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . September 8, 2023.

Notes and References

Web site: 1994-95 NHL Summary.
Web site: Postseason All-Star Teams . records.nhl.com . September 12, 2023.
Web site: William M. Jennings Trophy . records.nhl.com . September 12, 2023.
Web site: Norwood . Robyn . Chicago Shows How to Grind : Hockey: Playing the style the Ducks covet, the Blackhawks hold Anaheim to 16 shots on goal and win, 3-0. . Los Angeles Times . September 12, 2023 . February 8, 1995 . Chicago’s Ed Belfour recorded his 25th career shutout.
Web site: 1994-95 NHL Debuts . Hockey-Reference.com . October 5, 2024.
Web site: 1994 NHL Entry Draft . hockeydb.como.