1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1994–95
Year:	1994
Team:	Tampa Bay Lightning
Conferencerank:	12th
Divisionrank:	6th
Record:	17–28–3
Homerecord:	10–14–0
Roadrecord:	7–14–3
Goalsfor:	120
Goalsagainst:	144
Captain:	Vacant
Attendance:	19,932
Goalsleader:	Brian Bradley, Petr Klima (13)
Assistsleader:	Brian Bradley (27)
Pointsleader:	Brian Bradley (40)
Pimleader:	Enrico Ciccone (225)
Plusminusleader:	Adrien Plavsic (+5)
Winsleader:	Daren Puppa (14)
Gaaleader:	Daren Puppa (2.68)

The 1994-95 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the third season in franchise history. The team traded away defenseman Shawn Chambers to the New Jersey Devils and forward Denis Savard to the Chicago Blackhawks; both players went on to have memorable playoff performances in 1995. Brian Bradley and Peter Klima both led the team in goals with 13, while Rob Zamuner led the team with 3 shorthanded goals. By April 21, the Lightning had a 17–22–3 record with only 118 goals against in 42 games. Although they had only scored 109 goals, Darren Puppa's solid goaltending kept the team ahead of the New York Islanders in the Atlantic Division standings. However, the Lightning finished the season with 6 losses in a row, getting outscored 26–11 to finish 17–28–3 for 37 points. An Islanders' loss to Philadelphia on May 2 ensured that the Lightning would not finish last place in the division.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" |1||L||January 20, 1995||3–5 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||0–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" |2||L||January 22, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||0–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |3||W||January 25, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||1–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" |4||L||January 26, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||1–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |5||W||January 28, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1994–95) ||2–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |6||W||January 31, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||3–3–0 || |-|- align="center" |7||T||February 2, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1994–95) ||3–3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" |8||L||February 4, 1995||3–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||3–4–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" |9||L||February 5, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||3–5–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |10||W||February 7, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1994–95) ||4–5–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |11||W||February 10, 1995||4–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||5–5–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|12||L||February 11, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1994–95) ||5–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|13||L||February 14, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||5–7–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|14||L||February 17, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1994–95) ||5–8–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |15||W||February 18, 1995||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1994–95) ||6–8–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|16||L||February 20, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1994–95) ||6–9–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |17||W||February 23, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1994–95) ||7–9–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |18||W||February 24, 1995||4–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||8–9–1 || |- align="center" |19||T||February 26, 1995||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||8–9–2 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|20||L||March 1, 1995||2–8 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||8–10–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |21||W||March 2, 1995||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) ||9–10–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|22||L||March 4, 1995||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||9–11–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|23||L||March 7, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||9–12–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|24||L||March 10, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||9–13–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|25||L||March 12, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||9–14–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|26||L||March 13, 1995||0–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||9–15–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |27||W||March 18, 1995||2–1 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||10–15–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |28||W||March 19, 1995||6–1 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||11–15–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|29||L||March 24, 1995||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1994–95) ||11–16–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |30||W||March 27, 1995||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||12–16–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|31||L||March 29, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||12–17–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |32||W||March 31, 1995||2–0 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||13–17–2 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|33||L||April 2, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||13–18–2 || |- align="center" |34||T||April 4, 1995||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||13–18–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|35||L||April 6, 1995||4–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||13–19–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|36||L||April 8, 1995||1–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1994–95) ||13–20–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |37||W||April 9, 1995||3–0 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||14–20–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |38||W||April 11, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1994–95) ||15–20–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|39||L||April 14, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||15–21–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|40||L||April 16, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||15–22–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |41||W||April 18, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||16–22–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |42||W||April 20, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||17–22–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|43||L||April 22, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||17–23–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|44||L||April 24, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||17–24–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|45||L||April 26, 1995||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1994–95) ||17–25–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|46||L||April 27, 1995||1–6 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) ||17–26–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|47||L||April 29, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||17–27–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|48||L||May 3, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1994–95) ||17–28–3 || |-|-| 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 Lightning only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.

	Player
	Player		scope=colgroup colspan=6	Regular season
19		C	46	13	27	40	−6	42
77		C	46	7	20	27	−2	89
85		LW	47	13	13	26	−13	26
14		C	46	12	13	25	−10	14
44		D	48	12	11	23	−18	86
15		C	29	8	11	19	−1	12
18		C	31	6	11	17	−6	10
29		RW	43	10	6	16	−2	14
7		LW	43	9	6	15	−3	24
28		C	48	2	12	14	−8	30
22		D	24	2	12	14	0	6
34		LW	36	4	7	11	−3	4
27		C	22	5	5	10	−3	12
24		LW	26	3	3	6	−1	6
25		D	44	2	4	6	−6	51
39		D	41	2	4	6	3	225
4		D	43	1	5	6	−6	41
3		D	45	1	4	5	1	26
9		C	36	1	4	5	−2	44
21		D	27	1	3	4	−12	40
6		D	15	2	1	3	5	4
33		RW	15	2	0	2	−2	81
20		D	25	1	1	2	0	92
16		RW	18	0	2	2	1	6
27		RW	10	1	0	1	−3	41
49		C	3	0	1	1	−2	0
93		G	36	0	1	1		2
30		G	17	0	0	0		2
17		LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
26		D	1	0	0	0	2	0
23		RW	4	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

	Player
	Player	scope=colgroup colspan=10	Regular season
93		36	14	19	2	946	90	2.68	.905	1	2013
30		17	3	9	1	374	49	3.33	.869	1	883

Awards and records

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Alexander Selivanov	January 20, 1995	^[1]
	Jason Wiemer	January 22, 1995
	Brantt Myhres	March 4, 1995

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.^[2]

Round	Pick	Player	College/junior/club team
1	8	Jason Wiemer (C)	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	34	Colin Cloutier (C)	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	55	Vadim Epanchintsev (C)	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
4	86	Dmitri Klevakin (LW)	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
6	137	Dan Juden (C)	Governor Dummer Academy (USHS-MA)
6	138	Bryce Salvador (D)	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
7	164	Chris Maillet (D)	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
8	190	Alexei Baranov (D)	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
9	216	Yuri Smirnov (C)	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
10	242	Shawn Gervais (C)	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
11	268	Brian White (D)	Arlington Catholic School (USHS-MA)
S	8	Francois Bouchard (D)	Northeastern University (Hockey East)

References

Web site: Tampa Bay Lightning 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . September 7, 2023.
Web site: 1994-95 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . September 7, 2023.

Notes and References

Web site: 1994-95 NHL Debuts . Hockey-Reference.com . October 5, 2024.
Web site: 1994 NHL Entry Draft . hockeydb.com.