1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the third season in franchise history. The team traded defenseman Shawn Chambers to the New Jersey Devils and forward Denis Savard to the Chicago Blackhawks; both players went on to have memorable playoff performances in 1995. Brian Bradley and Petr Klima both led the team in goals with 13, while Rob Zamuner led the team with 3 shorthanded goals. By April 21, the Lightning had a 17–22–3 record with only 118 goals against in 42 games. Although they had only scored 109 goals, Darren Puppa's solid goaltending kept the team ahead of the New York Islanders in the Atlantic Division standings. However, the Lightning finished the season with six-straight losses, getting outscored 26–11 to finish 17–28–3 for 37 points. An Islanders' loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on May 2 ensured that the Lightning would not finish last place in the division. Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||January 20, 1995||3–5 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||0–1–0 ||

|2||January 22, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||0–2–0 ||

|3||January 25, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||1–2–0 ||

|4||January 26, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||1–3–0 ||

|5||January 28, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1994–95) ||2–3–0 ||

|6||January 31, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||3–3–0 ||

|7||February 2, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1994–95) ||3–3–1 ||

|8||February 4, 1995||3–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||3–4–1 ||

|9||February 5, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||3–5–1 ||

|10||February 7, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1994–95) ||4–5–1 ||

|11||February 10, 1995||4–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||5–5–1 ||

|12||February 11, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1994–95) ||5–6–1 ||

|13||February 14, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||5–7–1 ||

|14||February 17, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1994–95) ||5–8–1 ||

|15||February 18, 1995||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1994–95) ||6–8–1 ||

|16||February 20, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1994–95) ||6–9–1 ||

|17||February 23, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1994–95) ||7–9–1 ||

|18||February 24, 1995||4–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||8–9–1 ||

|19||February 26, 1995||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||8–9–2 ||

|20||March 1, 1995||2–8 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||8–10–2 ||

|21||March 2, 1995||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) ||9–10–2 ||

|22||March 4, 1995||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||9–11–2 ||

|23||March 7, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||9–12–2 ||

|24||March 10, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||9–13–2 ||

|25||March 12, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||9–14–2 ||

|26||March 13, 1995||0–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||9–15–2 ||

|27||March 18, 1995||2–1 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||10–15–2 ||

|28||March 19, 1995||6–1 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||11–15–2 ||

|29||March 24, 1995||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1994–95) ||11–16–2 ||

|30||March 27, 1995||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||12–16–2 ||

|31||March 29, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1994–95) ||12–17–2 ||

|32||March 31, 1995||2–0 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||13–17–2 ||

|33||April 2, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||13–18–2 ||

|34||April 4, 1995||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||13–18–3 ||

|35||April 6, 1995||4–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||13–19–3 ||

|36||April 8, 1995||1–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1994–95) ||13–20–3 ||

|37||April 9, 1995||3–0 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||14–20–3 ||

|38||April 11, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1994–95) ||15–20–3 ||

|39||April 14, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) ||15–21–3 ||

|40||April 16, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) ||15–22–3 ||

|41||April 18, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1994–95) ||16–22–3 ||

|42||April 20, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||17–22–3 ||

|43||April 22, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||17–23–3 ||

|44||April 24, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) ||17–24–3 ||

|45||April 26, 1995||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1994–95) ||17–25–3 ||

|46||April 27, 1995||1–6 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) ||17–26–3 ||

|47||April 29, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||17–27–3 ||

|48||May 3, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1994–95) ||17–28–3 ||

Legend:

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 Lightning only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only. Player Regular season 19 C 46 13 27 40 −6 42 77 C 46 7 20 27 −2 89 85 LW 47 13 13 26 −13 26 14 C 46 12 13 25 −10 14 44 D 48 12 11 23 −18 86 15 C 29 8 11 19 −1 12 18 C 31 6 11 17 −6 10 29 RW 43 10 6 16 −2 14 7 LW 43 9 6 15 −3 24 28 C 48 2 12 14 −8 30 22 D 24 2 12 14 0 6 34 LW 36 4 7 11 −3 4 27 C 22 5 5 10 −3 12 24 LW 26 3 3 6 −1 6 25 D 44 2 4 6 −6 51 39 D 41 2 4 6 3 225 4 D 43 1 5 6 −6 41 3 D 45 1 4 5 1 26 9 C 36 1 4 5 −2 44 21 D 27 1 3 4 −12 40 6 D 15 2 1 3 5 4 33 RW 15 2 0 2 −2 81 20 D 25 1 1 2 0 92 16 RW 18 0 2 2 1 6 27 RW 10 1 0 1 −3 41 49 C 3 0 1 1 −2 0 93 G 36 0 1 1 2 30 G 17 0 0 0 2 17 LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 D 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 RW 4 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending Player Regular season 93 Daren Puppa 36 14 19 2 946 90 2.68 .905 1 2013 30 Jean-Claude Bergeron 17 3 9 1 374 49 3.33 .869 1 883

Awards and records

Milestones MilestonePlayerDateRef First game Alexander Selivanov January 20, 1995 Jason Wiemer January 22, 1995 Brantt Myhres March 4, 1995 Draft picks Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft in Hartford, Connecticut.

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team 1 8 Jason Wiemer (C) Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) 2 34 Colin Cloutier (C) Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)355Vadim Epanchintsev (C)Spartak Moscow (Russia)486Dmitri Klevakin (LW)Spartak Moscow (Russia)6137Dan Juden (C)Governor Dummer Academy (USHS-MA)6138Bryce Salvador (D)Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)7164Chris Maillet (D)Red Deer Rebels (WHL)8190Alexei Baranov (D)Dynamo Moscow (Russia)9216Yuri Smirnov (C)Spartak Moscow (Russia)10242Shawn Gervais (C)Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)11268Brian White (D)Arlington Catholic High School (USHS-MA)S 8 Francois Bouchard (D) Northeastern University (Hockey East)

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