1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks season

National Hockey League team season

1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	3rd Central
Conference	4th Western
1994–95 record	24–19–5
Home record	11–10–3
Road record	13–9–2
Goals for	156
Goals against	115
Team information
General manager	Bob Pulford
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Dirk Graham
Alternate captains	Chris Chelios Jeremy Roenick
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	20,832
Minor league affiliate(s)	Indianapolis Ice Flint Generals
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Murphy (23)
Assists	Bernie Nicholls (29)
Points	Bernie Nicholls (51)
Penalty minutes	Steve Smith (128)
Plus/minus	Chris Chelios (+17)
Wins	Ed Belfour (22)
Goals against average	Ed Belfour (2.28)
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 69th season. It was the Blackhawks' first season at United Center, which replaced Chicago Stadium as their home venue. The Hawks ended the regular season on a high note, winning their final five games. They tied the Detroit Red Wings for most power play goals (52) and had the best power play in the league (24.53%). They also allowed the fewest goals (115) and the fewest even-strength goals (76) during the regular season. It was an inconsistent season for the team, as they had three 5-game winning streaks (February 1 to 9; March 16 to 26; and April 25 to May 3) and one 13-game winless streak from March 29 to April 23. Within their winless streak, they lost 8 games in a row. Points-leader Bernie Nicholls had 3 hat tricks, including two four-goal games (the first one came on February 5 and the second one came on February 28). Nicholls' three-goal game came on March 21 in a 7-3 Blackhawks' win at San Jose.

Offseason

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Regular season

The Blackhawks were one of only 3 teams in 1994–95 to have a better regular-season record on the road than at home (the other 2 teams were the Florida Panthers and the Los Angeles Kings).

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

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
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

In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Blackhawks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a tight 7-game series, swept the Vancouver Canucks, and then lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals in 5 games; 3 of those games went into overtime (Detroit won all 3).

Schedule and results

Regular season

1994–95 regular season

January: 3–3–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	L	January 20, 1995	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	0–1–0	Recap
2	L	January 23, 1995	3–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	0–2–0	Recap
3	W	January 25, 1995	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	1–2–0	Recap
4	W	January 27, 1995	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	2–2–0	Recap
5	W	January 29, 1995	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	3–2–0	Recap
6	L	January 30, 1995	1–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	3–3–0	Recap

February: 9–2–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 7–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
7	W	February 1, 1995	7–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	4–3–0	Recap
8	W	February 3, 1995	4–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	5–3–0	Recap
9	W	February 5, 1995	9–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	6–3–0	Recap
10	W	February 7, 1995	3–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	7–3–0	Recap
11	W	February 9, 1995	5–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	8–3–0	Recap
12	L	February 13, 1995	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	8–4–0	Recap
13	T	February 16, 1995	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	8–4–1	Recap
14	W	February 19, 1995	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–4–1	Recap
15	W	February 20, 1995	3–2	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	10–4–1	Recap
16	L	February 23, 1995	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	10–5–1	Recap
17	W	February 26, 1995	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	11–5–1	Recap
18	W	February 28, 1995	8–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	12–5–1	Recap

March: 7–5–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 4–2–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
19	L	March 1, 1995	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	12–6–1	Recap
20	W	March 3, 1995	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	13–6–1	Recap
21	W	March 5, 1995	3–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	14–6–1	Recap
22	L	March 7, 1995	3–6	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	14–7–1	Recap
23	L	March 9, 1995	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	14–8–1	Recap
24	T	March 11, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	14–8–2	Recap
25	L	March 13, 1995	2–4	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	14–9–2	Recap
26	W	March 16, 1995	9–2	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	15–9–2	Recap
27	W	March 19, 1995	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	16–9–2	Recap
28	W	March 21, 1995	7–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	17–9–2	Recap
29	W	March 23, 1995	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	18–9–2	Recap
30	W	March 26, 1995	5–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	19–9–2	Recap
31	L	March 29, 1995	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	19–10–2	Recap
32	T	March 31, 1995	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	19–10–3	Recap

April: 3–9–2 (home: 2–6–1; road: 1–3–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
33	L	April 2, 1995	1–2	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	19–11–3	Recap
34	L	April 4, 1995	2–3	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	19–12–3	Recap
35	L	April 5, 1995	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	19–13–3	Recap
36	L	April 9, 1995	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	19–14–3	Recap
37	L	April 12, 1995	2–3	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	19–15–3	Recap
38	L	April 14, 1995	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	19–16–3	Recap
39	L	April 16, 1995	0–2	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	19–17–3	Recap
40	L	April 17, 1995	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	19–18–3	Recap
41	T	April 19, 1995	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	19–18–4	Recap
42	L	April 21, 1995	1–2	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	19–19–4	Recap
43	T	April 23, 1995	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	19–19–5	Recap
44	W	April 25, 1995	4–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	20–19–5	Recap
45	W	April 27, 1995	5–1	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	21–19–5	Recap
46	W	April 30, 1995	4–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	22–19–5	Recap

May: 2–0–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 0–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
47	W	May 1, 1995	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	23–19–5	Recap
48	W	May 3, 1995	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	24–19–5	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) Toronto Maple Leafs – Blackhawks win 4–3

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	L	May 7, 1995	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leafs lead 1–0	Recap
2	L	May 9, 1995	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leafs lead 2–0	Recap
3	W	May 11, 1995	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leafs lead 2–1	Recap
4	W	May 13, 1995	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	Series tied 2–2	Recap
5	W	May 15, 1995	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	Blackhawks lead 3–2	Recap
6	L	May 17, 1995	4–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	Series tied 3–3	Recap
7	W	May 19, 1995	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	Blackhawks win 4–3	Recap

Western Conference Semifinals vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks – Blackhawks win 4–0

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	W	May 21, 1995	2–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks	Blackhawks lead 1–0	Recap
2	W	May 23, 1995	2–0	Vancouver Canucks	Blackhawks lead 2–0	Recap
3	W	May 25, 1995	3–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks	Blackhawks lead 3–0	Recap
4	W	May 27, 1995	4–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks	Blackhawks win 4–0	Recap

Western Conference Finals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–1

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	L	June 1, 1995	1–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 1–0	Recap
2	L	June 4, 1995	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 2–0	Recap
3	L	June 6, 1995	3–4 2OT	Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 3–0	Recap
4	W	June 8, 1995	5–2	Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 3–1	Recap
5	L	June 11, 1995	1–2 2OT	@ Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings win 4–1	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

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

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
92	Bernie Nicholls	C	48	22	29	51	4	32	16	1	11	12	0	8
17	Joe Murphy	RW	40	23	18	41	7	89	16	9	3	12	−1	29
7	Chris Chelios	D	48	5	33	38	17	72	16	4	7	11	6	12
20	Gary Suter	D	48	10	27	37	14	42	12	2	5	7	−1	10
10	Tony Amonte	RW	48	15	20	35	7	41	16	3	3	6	3	10
27	Jeremy Roenick	C	33	10	24	34	5	14	8	1	2	3	−2	16
44	Patrick Poulin	LW	45	15	15	30	13	53	16	4	1	5	1	8
25	Sergei Krivokrasov	LW	41	12	7	19	9	33	10	0	0	0	0	8
11	Jeff Shantz	LW	45	6	12	18	11	33	16	3	1	4	0	2
12	Brent Sutter	C	47	7	8	15	6	51	16	1	2	3	1	4
33	Dirk Graham	RW	40	4	9	13	2	42	16	2	3	5	6	8
2	Eric Weinrich	D	48	3	10	13	1	33	16	1	5	6	8	4
5	Steve Smith	D	48	1	12	13	6	128	16	0	1	1	2	26
14	Paul Ysebaert‡	LW	15	4	5	9	4	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Denis Savard†	C	12	4	4	8	3	8	16	7	11	18	12	10
32	Murray Craven†	LW	16	4	3	7	2	2	16	5	5	10	2	4
22	Christian Ruuttu‡	LW	20	2	5	7	3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Brent Grieve	LW	24	1	5	6	2	23	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Jim Cummins†	RW	27	3	1	4	−3	117	14	1	1	2	3	4
8	Cam Russell	D	33	1	3	4	4	88	16	0	3	3	4	8
30	Ed Belfour	G	42	0	3	3		11	16	0	0	0		6
3	Greg Smyth	D	22	0	3	3	2	33	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	Eric Daze	LW	4	1	1	2	2	2	16	0	1	1	−4	4
4	Keith Carney	D	18	1	0	1	−1	11	4	0	1	1	0	0
6	Gerald Diduck†	D	13	1	0	1	3	48	16	1	3	4	−4	22
26	Roger Johansson	D	11	1	0	1	1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Tony Horacek	LW	19	0	1	1	−4	25	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Steve Dubinsky	C	16	0	0	0	−5	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Daniel Gauthier	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Jeff Hackett	G	7	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0
29	Darin Kimble	RW	14	0	0	0	−5	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Rich Sutter‡	RW	15	0	0	0	1	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Jimmy Waite†	G	2	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Ed Belfour	42	22	15	3	990	93	2.28	.906	5	2450	16	9	7	479	37	2.19	.923	1	1014
49	Jimmy Waite†	2	1	1	0	51	5	2.53	.902	0	119	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Jeff Hackett	7	1	3	2	150	13	2.38	.913	0	328	2	0	0	11	1	2.28	.909	0	26

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient
League (annual)	NHL First All-Star team	Chris Chelios (Defense)
	NHL Second All-Star team	Ed Belfour (Goaltender)
	William M. Jennings Trophy	Ed Belfour

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date
25th shutout	Ed Belfour	February 7, 1995
First game	Daniel Gauthier	March 3, 1995
First game	Eric Daze	April 27, 1995

Draft picks

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

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	14	Ethan Moreau (LW)	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
2	40	Jean-Yves Leroux (LW)	Canada	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
4	85	Steve McLaren (LW)	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
5	118	Marc Dupuis (D)	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
6	144	Jim Ensom (C)	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
7	170	Tyler Prosofsky (C)	Canada	Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
8	196	Mike Josephson (LW)	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
9	222	Lubomir Jandera (D)	Czech Republic	Chemopetrol Litvinov (Czech)
10	248	Lars Weibel (G)	Switzerland	HC Lugano (Switzerland)
11	263	Rob Mara (RW)	United States	Belmont Hill High School (USHS-MA)

Notes

Dubinsky wore number 32 in his first four games.

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