1994–95 Washington Capitals season
1994–95 Washington Capitals | |
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Division | 3rd Atlantic |
Conference | 6th Eastern |
1994–95 record | 22–18–8 |
Home record | 15–6–3 |
Road record | 7–12–5 |
Goals for | 136 |
Goals against | 120 |
Team information | |
General manager | David Poile |
Coach | Jim Schoenfeld |
Captain | Dale Hunter |
Alternate captains | Calle Johansson Joe Juneau Michal Pivonka |
Arena | USAir Arena |
Average attendance | 14,158 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Portland Pirates Hampton Roads Admirals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Peter Bondra (34) |
Assists | Joe Juneau (38) |
Points | Peter Bondra (43) Joe Juneau |
Penalty minutes | Craig Berube (173) |
Plus/minus | Joe Reekie (+10) |
Wins | Jim Carey (18) |
Goals against average | Jim 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
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Regular season
[edit]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
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Quebec Nordiques | NE | 48 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 185 | 134 | 65 |
2 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 150 | 132 | 60 |
3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 48 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 181 | 158 | 61 |
4 | Boston Bruins | NE | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 150 | 127 | 57 |
5 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 121 | 52 |
6 | Washington Capitals | AT | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 120 | 52 |
7 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 48 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 130 | 119 | 51 |
8 | New York Rangers | AT | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 139 | 134 | 47 |
9 | Florida Panthers | AT | 48 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 115 | 127 | 46 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 48 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 127 | 141 | 43 |
11 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 48 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 125 | 148 | 43 |
12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | AT | 48 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 120 | 144 | 37 |
13 | New York Islanders | AT | 48 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 126 | 158 | 35 |
14 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 48 | 9 | 34 | 5 | 117 | 174 | 23 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Playoffs
[edit]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.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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January: 1–3–1 (home: 1–1–0; road: 0–2–1)
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February: 2–7–4 (home: 2–2–1; road: 0–5–3)
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March: 11–2–2 (home: 6–1–2; road: 5–1–0)
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April: 7–6–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–4–1)
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May: 1–0–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–3
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- 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 Capitals only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
12 | Peter Bondra | RW | 47 | 34 | 9 | 43 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
90 | Joe Juneau | C | 44 | 5 | 38 | 43 | −1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
20 | Michal Pivonka | C | 46 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 3 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
6 | Calle Johansson | D | 46 | 5 | 26 | 31 | −6 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
8 | Dmitri Khristich | LW | 48 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
22 | Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 46 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
10 | Kelly Miller | LW | 48 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
32 | Dale Hunter | C | 45 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −4 | 101 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
26 | Keith Jones | RW | 40 | 14 | 6 | 20 | −2 | 65 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −1 | 22 |
3 | Sylvain Cote | D | 47 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −9 | 2 |
4 | Jim Johnson | D | 47 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
24 | Mark Tinordi | D | 42 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −5 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
9 | Dave Poulin | C | 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
17 | Sergei Gonchar | D | 31 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
29 | Joe Reekie | D | 48 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 97 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
27 | Craig Berube | LW | 43 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −5 | 173 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 29 |
25 | Rob Pearson | RW | 32 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −6 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
2 | Ken Klee | D | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
36 | Mike Eagles† | C | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
14 | Pat Peake | C | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
41 | Jason Allison | C | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Martin Gendron | RW | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | John Slaney | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Kevin Kaminski | C | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 36 |
15 | Jeff Nelson | C | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Rick Tabaracci‡ | G | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
44 | Igor Ulanov† | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
18 | Randy Burridge‡ | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Jim Carey | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
35 | Byron Dafoe | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
[edit]- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
30 | Jim Carey | 28 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 654 | 57 | 2.13 | .913 | 4 | 1604 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 151 | 25 | 4.19 | .834 | 0 | 358 |
37 | Olaf Kolzig | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 305 | 30 | 2.49 | .902 | 0 | 724 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1.35 | .952 | 0 | 44 |
35 | Byron Dafoe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 11 | 3.53 | .863 | 0 | 187 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 | .667 | 0 | 20 |
31 | Rick Tabaracci‡ | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 147 | 16 | 2.44 | .891 | 0 | 394 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Jim Carey (Goaltender) | [5] |
League (in-season) |
NHL Player of the Month | Jim Carey (March) | [6] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Jim Carey (March) | [6] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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600th assist | Dale Hunter | January 27, 1995 | [7] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
[edit]Washington's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.[8]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 10 | Nolan Baumgartner | ![]() |
Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
1 | 15 | Alexander Kharlamov | ![]() |
CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
2 | 41 | Scott Cherrey | ![]() |
North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
4 | 93 | Matt Herr | ![]() |
The Hotchkiss School (USHS-CT) |
5 | 119 | Yanick Jean | ![]() |
Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL) |
6 | 145 | Dmitri Mekeshkin | ![]() |
Avangard Omsk (Russia) |
7 | 171 | Dan Reja | ![]() |
London Knights (OHL) |
8 | 197 | Chris Patrick | ![]() |
Kent School (USHS-CT) |
9 | 223 | John Tuohy | ![]() |
South Kent School (USHS-CT) |
10 | 249 | Richard Zednik | ![]() |
Banska Bystrica (Slovakia) |
11 | 275 | Sergei Tertyshny | ![]() |
Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Washington Capitals 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- "1994-95 Washington Capitals Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ "1994-95 NHL Summary".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1994-95 Washington Capitals Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ a b Hochberg, Len (April 2, 1995). "CAREY SNARES PIECE OF HISTORY". Washington Post. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ Hochberg, Len (January 28, 1995). "CAPITALS BREAK ICE, GET FIRST WIN". Washington Post. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
Captain Dale Hunter registered his 600th career assist.
- ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.