1994–95 Ottawa Senators season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1994–95
Year:	1994
Team:	Ottawa Senators
Conference:	Eastern
Conferencerank:	14th
Division:	Northeast
Divisionrank:	7th
Record:	9–34–5
Homerecord:	5–16–3
Roadrecord:	4–18–2
Goalsfor:	117
Goalsagainst:	174
Generalmanager:	Randy Sexton
Coach:	Rick Bowness
Captain:	Randy Cunneyworth
Altcaptain:	Chris Dahlquist Troy Murray
Arena:	Ottawa Civic Centre
Attendance:	9,879 (237,106 total)
Minorleague:	Prince Edward Island Senators Thunder Bay Senators
Goalsleader:	Alexei Yashin (21)
Assistsleader:	Alexei Yashin (23)
Pointsleader:	Alexei Yashin (44)
Plusminusleader:	Troy Mallette (+6)
Pimleader:	Randy Cunneyworth (68)
Winsleader:	Don Beaupre (8)
Gaaleader:	Don Beaupre (3.36)

The 1994–95 Ottawa Senators season was 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. This was also the team's final full season at the Ottawa Civic Centre before moving to the Palladium the following season.

Regular season

Alexei Yashin once again proved to be the Senators leader on the ice, scoring 21 goals, along with 23 assists for a team leading 44 points. Alexandre Daigle had another strong season also, putting up 37 points (16 goals, 21 assists) to finish second to Yashin in team scoring.

Don Beaupre led 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 got the first shutout in team history on February 6, when the Senators shutout the Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 at the Civic Centre.

The Sens started slow, going 0–6–2 in their first eight games before their shutout win over Philadelphia. They slumped throughout the first 41 games of the season, as they had a 4–32–5 record but the team finished the year by going 5–2–0 in their last seven games, outscoring their opponents 27-21, 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.

The Senators finished last in wins (9), losses (34), points (23), even-strength goals against (129), and tied the Florida Panthers and Montreal Canadiens for fewest short-handed goals scored (1).^[1]

Season standings

Schedule and results

|- style="text-align:center;"|1||T||January 22, 1995||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1994–95) ||0–0–1||10,311 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|2||L||January 25, 1995||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||0–1–1||8,567 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|3||L||January 27, 1995||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||0–2–1||17,181 || |- style="text-align:center;"|4||T||January 28, 1995||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||0–2–2||10,575 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|5||L||January 30, 1995||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1994–95) ||0–3–2||18,200 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|6||L||February 1, 1995||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||0–4–2||9,663 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|7||L||February 2, 1995||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1994–95) ||0–5–2||13,219 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|8||L||February 4, 1995||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1994–95) ||0–6–2||10,424 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|9||W||February 6, 1995||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||1–6–2||9,267 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|10||L||February 8, 1995||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||1–7–2||10,575 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|11||L||February 11, 1995||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||1–8–2||14,321 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|12||L||February 15, 1995||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||1–9–2||12,072 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|13||W||February 17, 1995||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) ||2–9–2||16,131 || |- style="text-align:center;"|14||T||February 23, 1995||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||2–9–3||9,357 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|15||L||February 25, 1995||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||2–10–3||9,520 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|16||L||February 27, 1995||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1994–95) ||2–11–3||10,242 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|17||L||February 28, 1995||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||2–12–3||9,174 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|18||L||March 2, 1995||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) ||2–13–3||9,114 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|19||W||March 5, 1995||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1994–95) ||3–13–3||9,314 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|20||L||March 6, 1995||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1994–95) ||3–14–3||18,200 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|21||L||March 8, 1995||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||3–15–3||13,609 || |- style="text-align:center;"|22||T||March 10, 1995||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||3–15–4||11,927 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|23||L||March 14, 1995||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||3–16–4||13,234 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|24||L||March 16, 1995||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||3–17–4||10,382 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|25||W||March 18, 1995||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||4–17–4||9,915 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|26||L||March 19, 1995||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||4–18–4||9,804 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|27||L||March 21, 1995||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||4–19–4||10,322 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|28||L||March 25, 1995||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||4–20–4||16,897 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|29||L||March 26, 1995||4–11 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||4–21–4||10,276 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|30||L||March 29, 1995||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||4–22–4||9,582 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|31||L||March 30, 1995||0–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||4–23–4||12,386 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|32||L||April 2, 1995||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||4–24–4||14,335 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|33||L||April 3, 1995||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||4–25–4||10,575 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|34||L||April 5, 1995||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||4–26–4||9,251 || |- style="text-align:center;"|35||T||April 8, 1995||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||4–26–5||10,575 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|36||L||April 10, 1995||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||4–27–5||10,074 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|37||L||April 12, 1995||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||4–28–5||10,509 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|38||L||April 15, 1995||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||4–29–5||16,740 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|39||L||April 16, 1995||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||4–30–5||14,273 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|40||L||April 19, 1995||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||4–31–5||16,321 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|41||L||April 20, 1995||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1994–95) ||4–32–5||10,575 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|42||W||April 22, 1995||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1994–95) ||5–32–5||10,281 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|43||L||April 24, 1995||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||5–33–5||9,164 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|44||W||April 26, 1995||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||6–33–5||17,380 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|45||W||April 27, 1995||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) ||7–33–5||9,291 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|46||W||April 29, 1995||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1994–95) ||8–33–5||10,417 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|47||L||May 1, 1995||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1994–95) ||8–34–5||14,448 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|48||W||May 3, 1995||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) ||9–34–5||21,689 || |-|-| Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Senators only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.

	Regular season
	Player
19		C	47	21	23	44	−20	20
91		C	47	16	21	37	−22	14
61		LW	33	11	8	19	−1	29
74		C	18	8	7	15	−5	6
3		D	45	1	14	15	−11	30
10		RW	36	5	9	14	−16	8
33		C	33	4	10	14	−1	16
49		LW	24	5	8	13	−1	14
26		RW	24	5	6	11	4	51
17		C	43	5	6	11	−26	22
22		D	28	4	7	11	−9	10
76		C	42	3	8	11	−5	28
7		LW	48	5	5	10	−19	68
25		RW	41	3	7	10	−11	51
18		LW	23	3	5	8	6	35
6		D	46	1	7	8	−30	36
29		LW	38	4	3	7	−17	20
78		LW	16	4	3	7	−4	0
5		D	37	2	4	6	−17	46
15		C	14	2	2	4	−7	19
94		D	48	1	3	4	−20	37
21		D	27	0	4	4	0	65
11		LW	3	1	2	3	2	0
20		LW	26	1	1	2	−2	64
24		D	13	1	1	2	−4	0
82		C	6	1	1	2	−1	0
2		D	29	0	2	2	−5	28
23		LW	3	0	1	1	−1	6
56		D	15	0	1	1	−5	6
35		G	1	0	0	0		0
33		G	38	0	0	0		10
44		D	6	0	0	0	3	0
1		G	9	0	0	0		2
46		RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
30		G	5	0	0	0		0
4		D	2	0	0	0	3	0

Goaltending

= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.

	Regular season
	Player
33		38	8	25	3	1167	121	3.36	.896	1	2161
30		5	1	3	0	147	15	3.53	.898	0	255
35		1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	1.000	0	3
1		9	0	6	2	240	32	4.06	.867	0	472

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

May 1994

	Signed free agent Jean-François Labbé from the PEI Senators of the AHL to a 1-year contract.

Source^[3]

June 1994

	Signed free agent Bruce Gardiner from the Peoria Rivermen of the IHL to an entry-level contract. Signed free agent Michel Picard from the Portland Pirates of the AHL to a 2-year, $450,000 (CAD) contract.
	Signed free agent Corey Foster from the Hershey Bears of the AHL to a 1-year contract.
	Signed free agent Pat Elynuik from the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 2-year, $1.23 mil (CAD) contract.
	Signed free agent Lance Pitlick from the Hershey Bears of the AHL to a 1-year, $250,000 (CAD) contract.
	Acquired Jim Paek from the Los Angeles Kings for a 7th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Benoit Larose).
	Acquired Sean Hill and a 9th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Frederic Cassivi from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for a 3rd round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - Vadim Epanchintsev. Mark Michaud, Andrew McBain, Brad Lauer, Dan Quinn, Gord Dineen, Graeme Townshend and Mark LaForest became unrestricted free agents.

Source^[4]

July 1994

	Signed free agent Chris Dahlquist from the Calgary Flames to a 2-year, $790,000 contract. Signed free agent Mike Bales from the Providence Bruins to a 1-year contract.
	Signed free agent Randy Cunneyworth from the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-year, $1.3 mil (CAD) contract.

Source^[5]

September 1994

	Signed free agent Steve Larouche from the Atlanta Knights of the IHL to a 1-year, $225,000 (CAD) contract.

Source^[6]

October 1994

	Acquired Jason Zent from the New York Islanders for a 5th round pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft - (Andy Berenzweig).

Source^[7]

January 1995

	Acquired Don Beaupre from the Washington Capitals for a 5th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Benoit Gratton). Claimed Rob Gaudreau from the San Jose Sharks in the 1994 NHL Waiver Draft. Lost François Leroux to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1994 NHL Waiver Draft.

Source^[8]

March 1995

	Lost free agent Jim Kyte to the San Jose Sharks on a 1-year contract.

Source^[9]

April 1995

	Acquired Martin Straka from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Troy Murray and Norm Maciver. Acquired the rights of Mika Stromberg and a 4th round draft pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Kevin Boyd) from the Quebec Nordiques for Bill Huard. Acquired Daniel Laperrière and a 9th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Erik Kaminski) from the St. Louis Blues for a 9th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Libor Zabransky). Acquired an 8th round draft pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Ray Schultz) from the Boston Bruins for Craig Billington. Lost free agent Steve Konroyd to the Calgary Flames on a 1-year contract.

Source^[10]

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.^[11]

Round		Player	College/junior/club team (league)
1	3		Las Vegas Thunder (IHL)
2	29		HC České Budějovice (Czech.)
4	81	Bryan Masotta	Hotchkiss Academy (US HS)
6	131		LaSalle Academy (US HS)
6	133		Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
7	159	Doug Sproule	Hotchkiss Academy (US HS)
9	210		Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
9	211	Danny Dupont	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
10	237	Steve MacKinnon	Chelmsford High School (US HS)
11	274		Jokerit (SM-liiga)
S	3		Michigan State University (CCHA)

Farm teams

References

Web site: Ottawa Senators 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . September 5, 2023.
Web site: 1994-95 Ottawa Senators Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . September 5, 2023.
Encyclopedia: Total Hockey . Ottawa Senators 1992–93 to Date . Bruce . Garrioch . 1998.
Book: 2006 . Ottawa Senators Media Guide 2007 . Ottawa Senators . Ottawa Senators staff.
Book: NHL staff. National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007. 2006 . NHL.

Notes and References

Web site: 1994-95 NHL Summary.
Ottawa Senators 2014–15 Media Guide, p.162–82
Web site: Transactions . 2023-06-12 . prosportstransactions.com . en.
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Web site: Transactions . 2023-06-12 . prosportstransactions.com . en.
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Web site: 1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . September 4, 2023.