1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 78th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	4th Central
Conference	5th Western
1994–95 record	21–19–8
Home record	15–7–2
Road record	6–12–6
Goals for	135
Goals against	146
Team information
General manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Doug Gilmour
Alternate captains	Dave Andreychuk Dave Ellett
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Average attendance	15,744
Minor league affiliate(s)	St. John's Maple Leafs
Team leaders
Goals	Mats Sundin (23)
Assists	Mike Ridley (27)
Points	Mats Sundin (47)
Penalty minutes	Warren Rychel (101)
Plus/minus	Randy Wood (+7)
Wins	Felix Potvin (15)
Goals against average	Damian Rhodes (2.68)
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

Prior to the 1994–95 season, franchise player and fan favourite Wendel Clark was sent to the Quebec Nordiques in a blockbuster trade. Clark, along with defenceman Sylvain Lefebvre and Toronto's second pick in the 1993 NHL entry draft, Landon Wilson, were traded to the Nordiques on June 28, 1994, in exchange for forward Mats Sundin, defenceman Garth Butcher and Quebec's first pick in the 1992 NHL entry draft, Todd Warriner. In Clark's absence, the gritty and dependable veteran forward Doug Gilmour was named team captain.

After finishing fourth in 1992–93 and third in 1993–94, the Maple Leafs fell to fifth place in the Western Conference in 1994–95 and, for the first time in three seasons, they allowed more goals than they scored. Throughout the regular season, Toronto never won more than two games in a row, and finished just two games above .500. In addition, no Toronto player recorded a hat trick. To toughen up their lineup, the Leafs signed Warren Rychel from the Los Angeles Kings midway through the regular season, and on April 7, 1995, they traded center Mike Eastwood and a third-round pick in the 1995 NHL entry draft to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for right wing Tie Domi.

Toronto was the only Western Conference team to score at least one goal in all 48 of its regular-season games in 1994–95 (the Quebec Nordiques and the Buffalo Sabres were the only Eastern Conference teams to accomplish this feat in 1994–95). The Maple Leafs finished sixth in the league in penalty-killing (84.86%) and allowed the most empty-net goals of any team in the league (8).

Offseason

Regular season

The Maple Leafs tied the Dallas Stars and the Hartford Whalers for the lowest shooting percentage during the regular season with just 135 goals on 1,520 shots (8.9%).^[1]

Season standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	48	33	11	4	180	117	70
2	2	St. Louis Blues	48	28	15	5	178	135	61
3	4	Chicago Blackhawks	48	24	19	5	156	115	53
4	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	21	19	8	135	146	50
5	8	Dallas Stars	48	17	23	8	136	135	42
6	10	Winnipeg Jets	48	16	25	7	157	177	39

^[2]

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.

Western Conference^[3]

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 – Won Presidents' Trophy

Playoffs

Although the Maple Leafs were the underdogs against the fourth-place Chicago Blackhawks in the opening round of the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs, they won the first two games of the series at the United Center and went home to Maple Leaf Gardens for game three with two-games-to-none series lead. However, the Blackhawks played determinedly and won Games 3 and 4 in Toronto to regain home-ice advantage in the series. Chicago then won Game 5, 4–2, and looked to clinch the series in Game 6 back in Toronto. The Maple Leafs played a spirited game, going up 4–1 in the third period. The Blackhawks fought back with three consecutive goals to tie the game. At 10:00 of the first overtime period, Randy Wood scored his second goal of the game to give the Maple Leafs a 5–4 win. The victory tied the series at three games apiece and forced game seven back in Chicago. In Game 7, Joe Murphy scored twice and Ed Belfour made 22 saves as Chicago advanced to the second round for the first time in three years with a 5–2 win.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1994–95 regular season[4]
January: 3–2–1 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–2–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 January 20, 1995 3–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 0–0–1 T 2 January 21, 1995 2–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 0–1–1 L 3 January 25, 1995 6–2 Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 1–1–1 W 4 January 27, 1995 1–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 1–2–1 L 5 January 28, 1995 2–1 Calgary Flames (1994–95) 2–2–1 W 6 January 30, 1995 2–1 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 3–2–1 W
February: 6–7–2 (home: 5–3–1; road: 1–4–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 7 February 1, 1995 4–4 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 3–2–2 T 8 February 3, 1995 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 3–3–2 L 9 February 4, 1995 1–4 @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 3–4–2 L 10 February 6, 1995 7–3 San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 4–4–2 W 11 February 8, 1995 3–3 OT Dallas Stars (1994–95) 4–4–3 T 12 February 10, 1995 2–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 5–4–3 W 13 February 11, 1995 2–5 Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 5–5–3 L 14 February 13, 1995 4–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 6–5–3 W 15 February 15, 1995 1–4 Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 6–6–3 L 16 February 18, 1995 3–1 St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 7–6–3 W 17 February 20, 1995 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 7–7–3 L 18 February 22, 1995 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 7–8–3 L 19 February 23, 1995 3–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 8–8–3 W 20 February 25, 1995 5–2 Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 9–8–3 W 21 February 27, 1995 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 9–9–3 L
March: 6–3–4 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–1–3) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 22 March 2, 1995 3–4 San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 9–10–3 L 23 March 4, 1995 3–2 Calgary Flames (1994–95) 10–10–3 W 24 March 8, 1995 3–2 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 11–10–3 W 25 March 11, 1995 2–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 11–10–4 T 26 March 13, 1995 1–4 Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 11–11–4 L 27 March 15, 1995 2–1 @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 12–11–4 W 28 March 17, 1995 3–3 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 12–11–5 T 29 March 18, 1995 5–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 13–11–5 W 30 March 21, 1995 1–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 13–12–5 L 31 March 24, 1995 3–2 Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 14–12–5 W 32 March 25, 1995 3–3 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 14–12–6 T 33 March 27, 1995 4–3 Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 15–12–6 W 34 March 31, 1995 3–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 15–12–7 T
April: 5–6–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–4–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 35 April 3, 1995 2–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 15–13–7 L 36 April 5, 1995 4–6 St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 15–14–7 L 37 April 7, 1995 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 15–15–7 L 38 April 8, 1995 4–3 Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 16–15–7 W 39 April 14, 1995 2–1 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 17–15–7 W 40 April 15, 1995 1–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 17–16–7 L 41 April 17, 1995 3–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 18–16–7 W 42 April 19, 1995 3–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 19–16–7 W 43 April 21, 1995 1–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 19–17–7 L 44 April 22, 1995 4–6 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 19–18–7 L 45 April 26, 1995 5–2 Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 20–18–7 W 46 April 29, 1995 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 20–18–8 T
May: 1–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 47 May 1, 1995 6–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 21–18–8 W 48 May 3, 1995 1–6 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 21–19–8 L
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks: Blackhawks win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 May 7, 1995 5–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks Maple Leafs lead 1–0 W 2 May 9, 1995 3–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks Maple Leafs lead 2–0 W 3 May 11, 1995 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks Maple Leafs lead 2–1 L 4 May 13, 1995 1–3 Chicago Blackhawks Series tied 2–2 L 5 May 15, 1995 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks Blackhawks lead 3–2 L 6 May 17, 1995 5–4 OT Chicago Blackhawks Series tied 3–3 W 7 May 19, 1995 2–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks Blackhawks win 4–3 L
Legend: W Win L Loss

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

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
13	Mats Sundin	C	47	23	24	47	−5	14	7	5	4	9	−2	4
14	Dave Andreychuk	LW	48	22	16	38	−7	34	7	3	2	5	3	25
7	Mike Ridley	C	48	10	27	37	1	14	7	3	1	4	−3	2
93	Doug Gilmour	C	44	10	23	33	−5	26	7	0	6	6	2	6
23	Todd Gill	D	47	7	25	32	−8	64	7	0	3	3	−4	6
24	Randy Wood	LW	48	13	11	24	7	34	7	2	0	2	−2	6
11	Mike Gartner	RW	38	12	8	20	0	6	5	2	2	4	4	2
15	Dmitri Mironov	D	33	5	12	17	6	28	6	2	1	3	−1	2
4	Dave Ellett	D	33	5	10	15	−6	26	7	0	2	2	−5	0
9	Mike Craig	RW	37	5	5	10	−21	12	2	0	1	1	0	2
32	Mike Eastwood‡	C	36	5	5	10	−12	32	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Jamie Macoun	D	46	2	8	10	−6	75	7	1	2	3	0	8
19	Kenny Jonsson	D	39	2	7	9	−8	16	4	0	0	0	−2	0
2	Garth Butcher	D	45	1	7	8	−5	59	7	0	0	0	0	8
21	Warren Rychel†	LW	26	1	6	7	1	101	3	0	0	0	−2	0
10	Bill Berg	LW	32	5	1	6	−11	26	7	0	1	1	−3	4
32[a]	Benoit Hogue†	LW	12	3	3	6	0	0	7	0	0	0	−4	6
25	Terry Yake	RW	19	3	2	5	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Nikolai Borschevsky‡	RW	19	0	5	5	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Rich Sutter†	RW	18	0	3	3	−7	10	4	0	0	0	−3	2
12	Dixon Ward	RW	22	0	3	3	−4	31	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Paul DiPietro†	C	12	1	1	2	−6	6	7	1	1	2	−3	0
55	Drake Berehowsky‡	D	25	0	2	2	−10	15	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Grant Jennings†	D	10	0	2	2	−6	7	4	0	0	0	−3	0
28[b]	Tie Domi†	RW	9	0	1	1	1	31	7	1	0	1	−2	0
16[c]	Darby Hendrickson	C	8	0	1	1	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Kent Manderville	LW	36	0	1	1	−2	22	7	0	0	0	−3	6
22	Ken Baumgartner	LW	2	0	0	0	0	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Ken Belanger	LW	3	0	0	0	0	9	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	David Harlock	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Matt Martin	D	15	0	0	0	2	13	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	Zdenek Nedved	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Felix Potvin	G	36	0	0	0		4	7	0	0	0		0
1	Damian Rhodes	G	13	0	0	0		4	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Todd Warriner	LW	5	0	0	0	−3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
29	Felix Potvin	36	15	13	7	1120	104	2.91	.907	0	2144	7	3	4	253	20	2.83	.921	1	424
1	Damian Rhodes	13	6	6	1	404	34	2.69	.916	0	760	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Kenny Jonsson (Defence)	[5]
Team	Molson Cup	Mats Sundin	[6]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Kenny Jonsson	January 20, 1995	[7]
	Zdenek Nedved	February 8, 1995
	Todd Warriner	February 20, 1995
	Ken Belanger	March 4, 1995

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

Trades

July 11, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings Yanic Perreault	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1996 (Mikael Simons)
August 10, 1994	To Dallas Stars Peter Zezel Grant Marshall	To Toronto Maple Leafs Compensation for Mike Craig
September 28, 1994	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim David Sacco	To Toronto Maple Leafs Terry Yake
October 3, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings Eric Lacroix Chris Snell 4th round pick in 1996 (Eric Belanger)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dixon Ward Guy Leveque Shayne Toporowski Kelly Fairchild
February 10, 1995	To Washington Capitals 4th round pick in 1995 (Sebastien Charpentier)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Warren Rychel
February 17, 1995	To Detroit Red Wings Chris Govedaris	To Toronto Maple Leafs Future considerations
March 13, 1995	To Tampa Bay Lightning Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rich Sutter
April 6, 1995	To Calgary Flames Nikolai Borschevsky	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th round pick in 1996 (Chris Bogas)
April 6, 1995	To New York Islanders Eric Fichaud	To Toronto Maple Leafs Benoit Hogue 3rd round pick in 1995 (Ryan Pepperall) 5th round pick in 1996 (Brandon Sugdon)
April 6, 1995	To Montreal Canadiens 4th round pick in 1996 (Kim Staal)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Paul DiPietro
April 7, 1995	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	To Toronto Maple Leafs Gord Kruppke
April 7, 1995	To Pittsburgh Penguins Drake Berehowsky	To Toronto Maple Leafs Grant Jennings
April 7, 1995	To Winnipeg Jets Mike Eastwood 3rd round pick in 1995 (Brad Isbister)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tie Domi
July 8, 1995	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dmitri Mironov 2nd round pick in 1996 (Josh DeWolf)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Larry Murphy
July 8, 1995	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th round pick in 1996 (Per-Ragnar Bergquist)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rob Zettler
July 8, 1995	To Vancouver Canucks Mike Ridley	To Toronto Maple Leafs Sergio Momesso

Waivers

January 18, 1995

From Buffalo Sabres Randy Wood

Free agents

Player Former team Mike Craig Dallas Stars Jamie Heward Undrafted free agent

Player New team Mike Krushelnyski Detroit Red Wings John Cullen Pittsburgh Penguins Mark Greig Calgary Flames

Draft picks

Toronto's draft picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.^[8]

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	16	Eric Fichaud (G)	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
2	48	Sean Haggerty (LW)	United States	Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL)
3	64	Fredrik Modin (LW)	Sweden	Timrå IK (Sweden)
5	126	Mark Deyell (C)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	152	Kam White (D)	United States	Newmarket Royals (OHL)
7	178	Tommi Rajamaki (D)	Finland	Ässät (Finland)
8	204	Rob Butler (LW)	Canada	Niagara Falls Canucks (GHJHL)
10	256	Sergei Berezin (LW)	Russia	Khimik Voskresensk (Russia)
11	282	Doug Nolan (LW)	United States	Catholic Memorial High School (USHS–MA)

Farm teams

• The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Notes

1. Hogue wore number 28 in his first two games.
2. Domi wore number 8 in his first two games.
3. Hendrickson wore number 37 in his first six games.