1994–95 St. Louis Blues season

1994–95 St. Louis Blues
Division	2nd Central
Conference	3rd Western
1994–95 record	28–15–5
Home record	16–6–2
Road record	12–9–3
Goals for	178
Goals against	135
Team information
General manager	Mike Keenan
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Brett Hull
Arena	Kiel Center
Average attendance	19,469
Minor league affiliate(s)	Peoria Rivermen Dayton Bombers
Team leaders
Goals	Brett Hull (29)
Assists	Steve Duchesne (26)
Points	Brett Hull (50)
Penalty minutes	Brendan Shanahan (136)
Plus/minus	Steve Duchesne (+29)
Wins	Curtis Joseph (20)
Goals against average	Jon Casey (2.75)

The 1994–95 St. Louis Blues season was the 28th in franchise history. The season started with good fortunes for the Blues, as Mike Keenan, who had coached the 1993–94 New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup, signed with the team in the off-season. The Blues also acquired four players from the Cup-winning Rangers: Glenn Anderson, Greg Gilbert, Doug Lidster and Esa Tikkanen. On April 16, 1995, captain Brett Hull had his first-ever four-goal game in a 6–5 win over the Detroit Red Wings.

The Blues played strong all season and finished third in the Conference. They powered their way to fourth place in scoring in the league with 178 goals.

Off-season

The Blues moved from their home in the arena where they had played since their inception to the newly built Kiel Center. The inaugural game was set to be played against their rivals, the Chicago Blackhawks, but the NHL lockout kept this game from being played. The first official game wasn't played until January 1995. The regular season was shortened to 48 games.

Regular season

The Blues scored 135 even-strength goals during the regular season, the most among all 26 NHL teams and tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (2).

Final 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

With all its firepower and playoff experience, St. Louis was heavily favored to beat 6th place Vancouver in the first round of the 1995 NHL playoffs. However, after winning game 1, the Blues dropped the next two games and never regained the series lead. After a tough overtime loss in game 5, the Blues fought back in game 6 with an explosive 8–2 victory at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver to tie the series at 3–3. In game 7 at the Kiel Center, the Blues outshot the Canucks 44–22, but Vancouver goaltender Kirk McLean was solid in net, making 41 saves; St. Louis goaltender Curtis Joseph struggled, allowing 4 goals on only 21 shots. Pavel Bure added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Canucks a 5–3 win and the series 4 games to 3.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1994–95 regular season
January: 4–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W January 20, 1995 5–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 1–0–0 Recap 2 W January 21, 1995 7–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 2–0–0 Recap 3 L January 24, 1995 4–6 @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 2–1–0 Recap 4 W January 26, 1995 3–1 Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 3–1–0 Recap 5 L January 28, 1995 1–3 Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 3–2–0 Recap 6 W January 31, 1995 7–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 4–2–0 Recap
February: 8–3–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 3–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 7 W February 2, 1995 5–4 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 5–2–0 Recap 8 W February 4, 1995 7–4 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 6–2–0 Recap 9 T February 7, 1995 5–5 OT Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 6–2–1 Recap 10 L February 9, 1995 0–5 Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 6–3–1 Recap 11 L February 11, 1995 2–3 Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 6–4–1 Recap 12 W February 13, 1995 4–2 Calgary Flames (1994–95) 7–4–1 Recap 13 W February 17, 1995 4–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 8–4–1 Recap 14 L February 18, 1995 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 8–5–1 Recap 15 W February 20, 1995 4–0 Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 9–5–1 Recap 16 W February 22, 1995 4–3 San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 10–5–1 Recap 17 W February 25, 1995 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 11–5–1 Recap 18 W February 27, 1995 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 12–5–1 Recap
March: 7–5–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–4–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 19 L March 5, 1995 1–2 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 12–6–1 Recap 20 W March 7, 1995 6–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 13–6–1 Recap 21 W March 9, 1995 5–1 Calgary Flames (1994–95) 14–6–1 Recap 22 L March 12, 1995 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 14–7–1 Recap 23 L March 14, 1995 5–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 14–8–1 Recap 24 T March 16, 1995 2–2 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 14–8–2 Recap 25 W March 19, 1995 4–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 15–8–2 Recap 26 L March 20, 1995 3–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 15–9–2 Recap 27 L March 22, 1995 3–4 @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 15–10–2 Recap 28 W March 26, 1995 5–1 Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 16–10–2 Recap 29 W March 27, 1995 3–2 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 17–10–2 Recap 30 W March 29, 1995 3–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 18–10–2 Recap 31 W March 31, 1995 4–1 San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 19–10–2 Recap
April: 8–4–3 (home: 5–1–1; road: 3–3–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 32 T April 2, 1995 3–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 19–10–3 Recap 33 W April 3, 1995 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 20–10–3 Recap 34 W April 5, 1995 6–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 21–10–3 Recap 35 L April 9, 1995 2–3 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 21–11–3 Recap 36 W April 11, 1995 7–5 Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 22–11–3 Recap 37 L April 13, 1995 2–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 22–12–3 Recap 38 W April 16, 1995 6–5 Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 23–12–3 Recap 39 W April 18, 1995 4–1 Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 24–12–3 Recap 40 T April 19, 1995 2–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 24–12–4 Recap 41 W April 21, 1995 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 25–12–4 Recap 42 T April 23, 1995 2–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 25–12–5 Recap 43 W April 25, 1995 8–4 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 26–12–5 Recap 44 L April 27, 1995 2–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 26–13–5 Recap 45 L April 28, 1995 1–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 26–14–5 Recap 46 W April 30, 1995 4–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 27–14–5 Recap
May: 1–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 47 W May 1, 1995 5–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 28–14–5 Recap 48 L May 3, 1995 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 28–15–5 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks – Canucks win 4–3 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 W May 7, 1995 2–1 Vancouver Canucks Blues lead 1–0 Recap 2 L May 9, 1995 3–5 Vancouver Canucks Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 L May 11, 1995 1–6 @ Vancouver Canucks Canucks lead 2–1 Recap 4 W May 13, 1995 5–2 @ Vancouver Canucks Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 L May 15, 1995 5–6 OT Vancouver Canucks Canucks lead 3–2 Recap 6 W May 17, 1995 8–2 @ Vancouver Canucks Series tied 3–3 Recap 7 L May 19, 1995 3–5 Vancouver Canucks Canucks win 4–3 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 Blues only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
16	Brett Hull	RW	48	29	21	50	13	10	7	6	2	8	0	0
19	Brendan Shanahan	LW	45	20	21	41	7	136	5	4	5	9	2	14
28	Steve Duchesne	D	47	12	26	38	29	36	7	0	4	4	0	2
10	Esa Tikkanen	LW	43	12	23	35	13	22	7	2	2	4	−1	20
20	Adam Creighton	C	48	14	20	34	17	74	7	2	0	2	−1	16
2	Al MacInnis	D	32	8	20	28	19	43	7	1	5	6	−3	10
22	Ian Laperriere	RW	37	13	14	27	12	85	7	0	4	4	3	21
9	Glenn Anderson†	RW	36	12	14	26	9	37	6	1	1	2	0	49
7	Greg Gilbert	LW	46	11	14	25	22	11	7	0	3	3	0	6
5	Jeff Norton†	D	28	2	18	20	21	33	7	1	1	2	1	11
33	Bill Houlder	D	41	5	13	18	16	20	4	1	1	2	6	0
27	Denis Chasse	RW	47	7	9	16	12	133	7	1	7	8	7	23
21	Guy Carbonneau	C	42	5	11	16	11	16	7	1	2	3	3	6
25	Patrice Tardif	C	27	3	10	13	4	29	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	David Roberts	LW	19	6	5	11	2	10	6	0	0	0	−5	4
12	Vitali Karamnov	LW	26	3	7	10	7	14	2	0	0	0	0	2
6	Doug Lidster	D	37	2	7	9	9	12	4	0	0	0	6	2
15	Craig Janney‡	C	8	2	5	7	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Kevin Miller‡	C	15	2	5	7	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Craig Johnson	LW	15	3	3	6	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	2
14	Todd Elik†	C	13	2	4	6	5	4	7	4	3	7	1	2
4	Rick Zombo	D	23	1	4	5	7	24	3	0	0	0	−1	2
34	Murray Baron	D	39	0	5	5	9	93	7	1	1	2	2	2
17	Basil McRae	LW	21	0	5	5	4	72	7	2	1	3	4	4
18	Tony Twist	LW	28	3	0	3	0	89	1	0	0	0	0	6
32	Donald Dufresne	D	22	0	3	3	2	10	3	0	0	0	−1	4
26	Peter Stastny	C	6	1	1	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Curtis Joseph	G	36	0	1	1		0	7	0	1	1		0
29	Geoff Sarjeant	G	4	0	1	1		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Jeff Batters	D	10	0	0	0	−5	21	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Philippe Bozon	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Jon Casey	G	19	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0
9	Denny Felsner	LW	3	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Terry Hollinger	D	5	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Daniel Laperriere‡	D	4	0	0	0	1	15	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Vitali Prokhorov	LW	2	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
31	Curtis Joseph	36	20	10	1	904	89	2.79	.902	1	1914	7	3	3	178	24	3.68	.865	0	392
30	Jon Casey	19	7	5	4	400	40	2.75	.900	0	872	2	0	1	10	2	4.02	.800	0	30
29	Geoff Sarjeant	4	1	0	0	52	6	3.00	.885	0	120	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Lester Patrick Trophy	Joe Mullen

Transactions

• July 24, 1994 – Doug Lidster was traded by the New York Rangers, along with Esa Tikkanen, to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Petr Nedved.

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
3	68	Stephane Roy	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4	94	Tyler Harlton	Canada	Vernon Lakers (BCHL)
5	120	Edvin Frylen	Sweden	VIK Västerås HK (Sweden)
7	172	Roman Vopat	Czech Republic	Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Republic)
8	198	Steve Noble	Canada	Stratford Cullitons (MOJHL)
9	224	Marc Stephan	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
10	250	Kevin Harper	Canada	Wexford Raiders (OJHL)
11	276	Scott Fankhouser	United States	University of Massachusetts (Hockey East)

References

• "St. Louis Blues 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
• "1994-95 St. Louis Blues Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.