1994–95 Pittsburgh Penguins season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=1994–95
Team=Pittsburgh Penguins
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=3rd
Division=Northeast
DivisionRank=2nd
Record=29–16–3
HomeRecord=18–5–1
RoadRecord=11–11–2
GoalsFor=181
GoalsAgainst=158
GeneralManager=Craig Patrick
Coach=Eddie Johnston
Captain=Ron Francis
AltCaptain=
Arena=Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Attendance=
GoalsLeader=Jaromir Jagr (32)
AssistsLeader=Ron Francis (48)
PointsLeader=Jaromir Jagr (70)
PlusMinusLeader=Ron Francis (+30)
PIMLeader=Francois Leroux (114)
WinsLeader=Ken Wregget (25)
GAALeader=Ken Wregget (3.21)

Despite the absence of Mario Lemieux, the Penguins started the 1994–95 season off strong, winning their first seven games. They remained undefeated in their first 13 games, going 12–0–1. However, after such a red-hot start to the season, the Penguins had a lukewarm record in their final 35 games, going 17–16–2. Jaromir Jagr won the Art Ross Trophy for most points (70), captain Ron Francis led the league in assists (48) and plus/minus (+30), and goaltender Ken Wregget led the league in wins (25).

Despite finding themselves in a three-games-to-one series deficit against the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs, the Penguins won game five at home in overtime, 6–5, on Luc Robitaille's goal at 4:30 of the first overtime period. Pittsburgh went on to win game six in Washington, 7–1, and then closed out the series at home with a 3–0 victory in game seven. It was the second time in four years that the Penguins had come back to defeat the Capitals after being down three games to one. The Penguins faced the New Jersey Devils in the second round, and won the opening game, 3–2. With only 1:15 remaining in game two, Jaromir Jagr tied the game at 2–2. The game seemed certain to head to overtime until a breakaway-goal by Devils captain Scott Stevens with just 29 seconds remaining. Claude Lemieux added an empty-net goal and the Devils tied the series with a 4–2 win. In the final three games of the series, the Penguins managed to score only three goals, and were eliminated at home in game five, by a score of 4–1.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Regular season

eason standings

Goaltending

"Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against"

References

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000501995.html Penguins on Hockey Database]