1994–95 Washington Capitals season

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1994–95 Washington Capitals
Division3rd Atlantic
Conference6th Eastern
1994–95 record22–18–8
Home record15–6–3
Road record7–12–5
Goals for136
Goals against120
Team information
General managerDavid Poile
CoachJim Schoenfeld
CaptainDale Hunter
Alternate captainsCalle Johansson
Joe Juneau
Michal Pivonka
ArenaUSAir Arena
Team leaders
GoalsPeter Bondra (34)
AssistsJoe Juneau (38)
PointsPeter Bondra (43)
Joe Juneau
Penalty minutesCraig Berube (173)
Plus/minusJoe Reekie (+10)
WinsJim Carey (18)
Goals against averageJim Carey (2.13)

The 1994–95 Washington Capitals season was the team's 21st season of play. After stumbling to a 3–10–5 record by February 28, the Capitals caught a break in bringing up 20-year-old rookie goaltender Jim Carey from the Portland Pirates for their March 2 game against the New York Islanders. The Capitals edged the Islanders 4–3 and Carey made 21 saves. Carey would finish his rookie season with an impressive 18–6–3 record, a 2.13 goals against average (GAA) and four shutouts. With the help of Carey's superb goaltending, Washington would go on to win 19 of their final 30 games and finish in sixth place in the Eastern Conference, with a 22–18–8 record for 52 points. Peter Bondra had an excellent season, leading all NHL skaters in goals (34) and shorthanded goals (6).

Off-season[]

Regular season[]

The Capitals tied the Buffalo Sabres for the most short-handed goals scored (13) and tied the St. Louis Blues for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (2) during the regular season.[1]

Final standings[]

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 2 Philadelphia Flyers 48 28 16 4 150 132 60
2 5 New Jersey Devils 48 22 18 8 136 121 52
3 6 Washington Capitals 48 22 18 8 136 120 52
4 8 New York Rangers 48 22 23 3 139 134 47
5 9 Florida Panthers 48 20 22 6 115 127 46
6 12 Tampa Bay Lightning 48 17 28 3 120 144 37
7 13 New York Islanders 48 15 28 5 126 158 35

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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.


Schedule and results[]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T January 21, 1995 1–1 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 0–0–1
2 L January 24, 1995 1–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 0–1–1
3 L January 25, 1995 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 0–2–1
4 W January 27, 1995 5–2 New York Islanders (1994–95) 1–2–1
5 L January 29, 1995 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 1–3–1
6 L February 2, 1995 0–1 Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 1–4–1
7 W February 4, 1995 3–2 Florida Panthers (1994–95) 2–4–1
8 L February 7, 1995 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 2–5–1
9 L February 8, 1995 4–5 @ New York Rangers (1994–95) 2–6–1
10 T February 11, 1995 1–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 2–6–2
11 L February 13, 1995 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 2–7–2
12 L February 15, 1995 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 2–8–2
13 W February 18, 1995 4–2 Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 3–8–2
14 L February 20, 1995 0–2 New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 3–9–2
15 T February 23, 1995 5–5 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 3–9–3
16 T February 25, 1995 3–3 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 3–9–4
17 T February 26, 1995 1–1 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 3–9–5
18 L February 28, 1995 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 3–10–5
19 W March 2, 1995 4–3 @ New York Islanders (1994–95) 4–10–5
20 W March 4, 1995 5–1 Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 5–10–5
21 W March 5, 1995 4–2 New York Rangers (1994–95) 6–10–5
22 W March 7, 1995 3–1 @ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 7–10–5
23 T March 10, 1995 2–2 OT Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 7–10–6
24 W March 12, 1995 3–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 8–10–6
25 W March 13, 1995 3–0 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 9–10–6
26 L March 16, 1995 1–5 @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 9–11–6
27 W March 18, 1995 4–1 New York Rangers (1994–95) 10–11–6
28 W March 20, 1995 5–0 @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 11–11–6
29 W March 21, 1995 1–0 Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 12–11–6
30 T March 25, 1995 2–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 12–11–7
31 L March 26, 1995 3–4 OT Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 12–12–7
32 W March 29, 1995 4–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 13–12–7
33 W March 31, 1995 6–4 Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 14–12–7
34 W April 2, 1995 2–1 Boston Bruins (1994–95) 15–12–7
35 W April 4, 1995 5–4 @ New York Islanders (1994–95) 16–12–7
36 L April 8, 1995 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 16–13–7
37 L April 11, 1995 1–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 16–14–7
38 L April 12, 1995 1–2 New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 16–15–7
39 W April 14, 1995 3–0 Florida Panthers (1994–95) 17–15–7
40 L April 16, 1995 2–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 17–16–7
41 L April 17, 1995 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 17–17–7
42 W April 21, 1995 6–3 Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 18–17–7
43 W April 22, 1995 2–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 19–17–7
44 L April 24, 1995 4–5 @ New York Rangers (1994–95) 19–18–7
45 W April 26, 1995 6–5 New York Islanders (1994–95) 20–18–7
46 W April 28, 1995 5–1 Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 21–18–7
47 T April 30, 1995 2–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 21–18–8
48 W May 2, 1995 7–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 22–18–8

Playoffs[]

In the first round of the playoffs, the Capitals faced their old rivals from 1991, 1992 and 1994, the Pittsburgh Penguins. Washington had defeated Pittsburgh in the first round one year earlier and were hoping to do the same in 1995. The series started out well for the Capitals, as they defeated the Penguins 5-4 in the opening game. In Game 2, Washington held a 3–1 lead after two periods, but Pittsburgh scored four times in the third period to win 5–3 and tie the series at 1–1. Washington won Games 3 and 4 at home by identical scores of 6–2. The two teams skated to a 5–5 tie in Game 5, and with just 4:30 into the first overtime period, Luc Robitaille scored his fourth of the playoffs to keep the Penguins alive in the series. Peter Bondra, Dale Hunter, Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Stevens each scored twice in the game. Leading three games to two, the Capitals had a chance to eliminate the Penguins on home ice in Game 6, but goaltender Jim Carey struggled, allowing six goals on just 13 shots. Washington got only one shot (by Keith Jones) past Pittsburgh goaltender Ken Wregget, who made 30 saves. The Penguins went on to win the game 7–1 and tied the series at three games apiece. Jaromir Jagr, Luc Robitaille and Tomas Sandstrom each scored twice. In Game 7, Carey played better than he had in Game 6, stopping 15 of 17 shots, but Ken Wregget was solid again and stopped all 33 Washington shots to get the shutout. Troy Murray would add an empty-net goal to give Pittsburgh a 3–0 win and the series victory, four games to three. It was the second time in four years that the Penguins had defeated the Capitals after trailing 3–1 in a playoff series.

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Peter Bondra RW 47 34 9 43 24 9 12 6 3
Joe Juneau C 44 5 38 43 8 -1 3 0 0
Michal Pivonka C 46 10 23 33 50 3 4 2 2
Calle Johansson D 46 5 26 31 35 -6 4 0 2
Dmitri Khristich LW/C 48 12 14 26 41 0 8 0 2
Steve Konowalchuk LW 46 11 14 25 44 7 3 3 3
Kelly Miller LW 48 10 13 23 6 5 2 0 1
Dale Hunter C 45 8 15 23 101 -4 3 0 1
Keith Jones RW 40 14 6 20 65 -2 1 0 4
Sylvain Cote D 47 5 14 19 53 2 1 0 2
Jim Johnson D 47 0 13 13 43 6 0 0 0
Mark Tinordi D 42 3 9 12 71 -5 2 0 1
Dave Poulin C 29 4 5 9 10 2 0 2 0
Sergei Gonchar D 31 2 5 7 22 4 0 0 0
Joe Reekie D 48 1 6 7 97 10 0 0 0
Craig Berube LW 43 2 4 6 173 -5 0 0 0
Rob Pearson RW 32 0 6 6 96 -6 0 0 0
Ken Klee D 23 3 1 4 41 2 0 0 0
Mike Eagles C/LW 13 1 3 4 8 2 0 0 0
Pat Peake C 18 0 4 4 12 -6 0 0 0
Jason Allison C 12 2 1 3 6 -3 2 0 0
Martin Gendron RW 8 2 1 3 2 3 0 0 0
John Slaney D 16 0 3 3 6 -3 0 0 0
Kevin Kaminski C 27 1 1 2 102 -6 0 0 1
Jeff Nelson C 10 1 0 1 2 -2 0 0 0
Rick Tabaracci G 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Igor Ulanov D 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0
Randy Burridge LW 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jim Carey G 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Byron Dafoe G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Olaf Kolzig G 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Jim Carey 1604 28 18 6 3 57 2.13 4 654 597 .913
Olaf Kolzig 724 14 2 8 2 30 2.49 0 305 275 .902
Byron Dafoe 187 4 1 1 1 11 3.53 0 80 69 .863
Rick Tabaracci 394 8 1 3 2 16 2.44 0 147 131 .891
Team: 2909 48 22 18 8 114 2.35 4 1186 1072 .904

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Peter Bondra RW 7 5 3 8 10 2 0 1
Dale Hunter C 7 4 4 8 24 2 0 0
Keith Jones RW 7 4 4 8 22 1 0 0
Joe Juneau C 7 2 6 8 2 0 0 0
Steve Konowalchuk LW 7 2 5 7 12 0 1 0
Dmitri Khristich LW/C 7 1 4 5 0 0 0 0
Michal Pivonka C 7 1 4 5 21 0 0 0
Calle Johansson D 7 3 1 4 0 1 0 0
Sergei Gonchar D 7 2 2 4 2 0 0 1
Sylvain Cote D 7 1 3 4 2 0 0 0
Kelly Miller LW 7 0 3 3 4 0 0 0
Mike Eagles C/LW 7 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
Jim Johnson D 7 0 2 2 8 0 0 0
Rob Pearson RW 3 1 0 1 17 0 0 1
Craig Berube LW 7 0 0 0 29 0 0 0
Jim Carey G 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Byron Dafoe G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Kaminski C 5 0 0 0 36 0 0 0
Ken Klee D 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Olaf Kolzig G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Poulin C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Reekie D 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mark Tinordi D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Igor Ulanov D 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Jim Carey 358 7 2 4 25 4.19 0 151 126 .834
Olaf Kolzig 44 2 1 0 1 1.36 0 21 20 .952
Byron Dafoe 20 1 0 0 1 3.00 0 3 2 .667
Team: 422 7 3 4 27 3.84 0 175 148 .846

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

Draft picks[]

Washington's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 10 Nolan Baumgartner  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
1 15 Alexander Kharlamov  Russia CSKA Moscow (Russia)
2 41 Scott Cherrey  Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4 93 Matt Herr  United States The Hotchkiss School (USHS-CT)
5 119 Yanick Jean  Canada Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
6 145  Russia Avangard Omsk (Russia)
7 171 Dan Reja  Canada London Knights (OHL)
8 197 Chris Patrick  United States Kent School (USHS-CT)
9 223 John Tuohy  United States South Kent School (USHS-CT)
10 249 Richard Zednik  Slovakia Banska Bystrica (Slovakia)
11 275 Sergei Tertyshny  Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1994-95 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  3. ^ "1994-95 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

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