1994–95 New York Islanders season

After starting the season with a 4–2–1 record, the Islanders fell into a slump from which they could not recover. They would win only 11 of their remaining 41 games, going 11–26–4. The Islanders would finish 12 points out of eighth place and miss the playoffs for the first time since 1992.

Near the end of the season, General Manager Don Maloney decided that the core of players he had left alone for three seasons should be totally revamped, and he undertook a rebuilding project. He traded Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov to Montreal for Kirk Muller and Mathieu Schneider, and Benoit Hogue was sent to Toronto for young goaltender Eric Fichaud. Additionally, Maloney allowed the team's leading scorer, Ray Ferraro, to depart as an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of the season. Fans' displeasure at the GM for trading the popular Turgeon was magnified when Muller balked at joining a rebuilding team. He only played 45 games for the Islanders before being sent to the Maple Leafs.

The Islanders finished the regular season having allowed the most short-handed goals in the NHL, with 11.^[2]

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	48	28	16	4	150	132	60
2	5	New Jersey Devils	48	22	18	8	136	121	52
3	6	Washington Capitals	48	22	18	8	136	120	52
4	8	New York Rangers	48	22	23	3	139	134	47
5	9	Florida Panthers	48	20	22	6	115	127	46
6	12	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	17	28	3	120	144	37
7	13	New York Islanders	48	15	28	5	126	158	35

^[3]

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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	January 21, 1995	2–1	Florida Panthers (1994–95)	1–0–0
2	T	January 22, 1995	3–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	1–0–1
3	W	January 24, 1995	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	2–0–1
4	L	January 27, 1995	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	2–1–1
5	L	January 28, 1995	1–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	2–2–1
6	W	January 31, 1995	5–1	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)	3–2–1
7	W	February 2, 1995	5–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	4–2–1
8	L	February 4, 1995	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	4–3–1
9	L	February 7, 1995	2–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	4–4–1
10	L	February 9, 1995	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	4–5–1
11	W	February 11, 1995	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	5–5–1
12	L	February 14, 1995	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	5–6–1
13	T	February 17, 1995	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	5–6–2
14	W	February 18, 1995	3–2	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	6–6–2
15	L	February 20, 1995	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	6–7–2
16	T	February 22, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	6–7–3
17	L	February 23, 1995	1–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	6–8–3
18	W	February 25, 1995	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	7–8–3
19	W	February 28, 1995	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	8–8–3
20	L	March 2, 1995	3–4	Washington Capitals (1994–95)	8–9–3
21	L	March 5, 1995	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	8–10–3
22	W	March 7, 1995	3–1	Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	9–10–3
23	L	March 9, 1995	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	9–11–3
24	L	March 11, 1995	1–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	9–12–3
25	L	March 14, 1995	4–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	9–13–3
26	L	March 16, 1995	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	9–14–3
27	L	March 18, 1995	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	9–15–3
28	W	March 23, 1995	1–0	New York Rangers (1994–95)	10–15–3
29	L	March 25, 1995	1–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)	10–16–3
30	T	March 26, 1995	5–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	10–16–4
31	L	March 28, 1995	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	10–17–4
32	L	March 30, 1995	2–3	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	10–18–4
33	L	April 1, 1995	1–5	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	10–19–4
34	L	April 4, 1995	4–5	Washington Capitals (1994–95)	10–20–4
35	W	April 7, 1995	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	11–20–4
36	T	April 8, 1995	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1994–95)	11–20–5
37	L	April 11, 1995	2–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	11–21–5
38	W	April 12, 1995	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)	12–21–5
39	L	April 14, 1995	3–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	12–22–5
40	L	April 16, 1995	2–3	New York Rangers (1994–95)	12–23–5
41	W	April 18, 1995	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	13–23–5
42	L	April 20, 1995	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	13–24–5
43	L	April 22, 1995	2–3	Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	13–25–5
44	W	April 24, 1995	5–3	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	14–25–5
45	L	April 26, 1995	5–6	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	14–26–5
46	W	April 28, 1995	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	15–26–5
47	L	April 29, 1995	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	15–27–5
48	L	May 2, 1995	0–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	15–28–5

Playoffs

The Islanders were unable to qualify for the playoffs, thus ending their two season playoff streak.

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ray Ferraro	47	22	21	43	30
Pierre Turgeon	34	13	14	27
Patrick Flatley	45	7	20	27
Steve Thomas	47	11	15	26
Derek King	43	10	16	26
Zigmund Palffy	33	10	7	17
Marty McInnis	41	9	7	16
Travis Green	42	5	7	12	25
Benoit Hogue	33	6	4	10	34
Troy Loney	26	5	4	9	23
Kirk Muller	12	3	5	8	14
Brad Dalgarno	22	3	2	5	14
Chris Marinucci	12	1	4	5	2
Ron Sutter	27	1	4	5	21
Brett Lindros	33	1	3	4	100

^[4]

Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Vladimir Malakhov	26	3	13	16	32
Scott Lachance	26	6	7	13	26
Dennis Vaske	41	1	11	12	53
Mathieu Schneider	13	3	6	9	30
Bob Beers	22	2	7	9	6
Brent Severyn	19	1	3	4	34
Chris Luongo	47	1	3	4	36
Rich Pilon	20	1	1	2	40
Dean Chynoweth	32	0	2	2	77
Darius Kasparaitis	13	0	1	1	22
Jason Widmer	1	0	0	0	0
Milan Tichy	2	0	0	0	2
Gord Dineen	9	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

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

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Tommy Salo	6	358	1	5	0	0	3.02
Tommy Soderstrom	26	1350	8	12	3	1	3.11
Jamie McLennan	21	1185	6	11	2	0	3.39

References

Islanders on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html
↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000521995.html

New York Islanders seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

New York Islanders

Founded in 1972 Based in New York City, New York

Franchise	Team General managers Head coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Records Award winners Seasons Current season

Arenas	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Barclays Center Islanders Iceworks (practice facility)

Personnel	Owner Charles Wang General manager Garth Snow Head coach Jack Capuano Team captain John Tavares Current roster

General managers	Torrey Maloney Milbury Smith Snow

Head coaches	Goyette Ingarfield Arbour Simpson Henning Milbury Bowness Stewart Goring Laviolette Stirling Shaw Nolan Gordon Capuano

Affiliates	AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers ECHL Missouri Mavericks

Retired numbers	5 9 19 22 23 31

Stanley Cup Finals	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Rivalries	New York Rangers

Culture and lore	The Trio Grande Easter Epic Penguins–Islanders brawl The Lighthouse Project Hockey Night Live! 2014 NHL Stadium Series

Media	TV MSG MSG Plus Radio WRHU 88.7 FM Broadcasters Howie Rose Butch Goring

1994–95 NHL season

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh Quebec

Atlantic	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Pacific	Anaheim Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Supplemental Draft Lockout Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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