1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season


The 1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 63rd season, the franchise's 69th. The Red Wings started the 1994–95 season strong, and finished it strong, going 33–11–4 for 70 points in 48 games. Having the league's best regular-season record, they were awarded the Presidents' Trophy. They tied the Chicago Blackhawks for most power play goals with 52 and had the second-best power-play in the league. Veteran forward Ray Sheppard scored 30 goals on just 125 shots.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

The Red Wings dominated the first three rounds of the 1995 NHL Playoffs, going 12–2 and outscoring their opponents 54–28 during that span. On Sunday June 11, the Red Wings advanced to the Stanley Cup Final, their first Finals appearance since 1966 with a 2–1 double-overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks in game five of the 1995 Western Conference Final. Forward Vyacheslav Kozlov scored the game-winner at 2:25 of the second overtime period.
The Red Wings were stunned in the 1995 Stanley Cup Final in four-game sweep at the hands of the underdog New Jersey Devils, whose neutral-zone trap system held Detroit to just seven goals in the series.

Stanley Cup Final

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring
PlayerPosGPGAPtsPIM+/-PPGSHGGWG
D451444587218412
C42203050246735
RW421627433912603
C451527429917103
RW4330104017111105
C47122638406401
LW461320334512503
D43101626615700
RW45912211614112
LW3061117319001
LW/C4268146013003
D143111423300
D473111410110000
RW315813885102
RW394610731001
C22358141200
C36268221000
C1326823000
D481783614001
D1815610-3001
LW/C2023563000
C22044163000
D20123217000
D331232311000
D1012320000
D401162000
D101121000
D300000000
LW1100037-4000
C200020000
G1900020000
G3000080000

;Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLTGAGAASOSASVSV%
1807301964762.521710634.893
1087191450412.261496455.917
Team:289448331141172.43212061089.903

Playoffs

;Scoring
PlayerPosGPGAPtsPIMPPGSHGGWG
C17717246300
D186121810210
LW18971610104
D18412168302
RW1848122011
C1548120201
RW16921122602
C1745945200
D1808814000
RW174375200
LW1815630100
C1841512011
RW1832514000
D180338000
D1811222001
LW/C160226000
LW1110126000
RW20118000
D150114000
C601112000
D30000000
C10000000
LW/C80000000
G20000000
G180000000

;Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLGAGAASOSASVSV%
106318126412.311370329.889
6820021.7602523.920
Team:113118126432.281395352.891

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;

Transactions

Trades