1994–95 San Jose Sharks season

In the 1994–95 San Jose Sharks season, the Sharks once again qualified for the playoffs and won their first-round series against the Calgary Flames before losing in the second round to the Detroit Red Wings.

Offseason[edit]

The Sharks chose Jeff Friesen with their first-round pick, eleventh overall. Friesen would play for the Sharks for nearly seven seasons.

Regular season[edit]

The Sharks started their lockout-shortened season by winning 5 of their first 6 games. In their first win of the season on January 21, 1995, 18-year-old rookie Jeff Friesen scored his very first National Hockey League goal, a short-handed game-winner against the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Sharks won 3-2. Their streak soon came to an end, and the team lost 5 straight from February 18 to 26. Although he had 4 shutouts, goaltender Artūrs Irbe struggled, going 14-19-3 with a goals against average (GAA) of 3.26 and a save percentage (SV%) of .895. Friesen went on to lead the Sharks in goals with 15. During the season, the team acquired forwards Craig Janney and Kevin Miller in a trade with the St. Louis Blues for forward Todd Elik and defenseman Jeff Norton. Captain Bob Errey is traded to the Detroit Red Wings, and forward Jeff Odgers is named team captain.

The Sharks finished last in shots on goal (1,152) during the regular season.^[1]

Season standings[edit]

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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.

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents’ Trophy

Schedule and results[edit]

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	January 20, 1995	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	0–1–0
2	W	January 21, 1995	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	1–1–0
3	W	January 25, 1995	4–0	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	2–1–0
4	W	January 28, 1995	3–2	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	3–1–0
5	W	January 30, 1995	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	4–1–0
6	W	February 2, 1995	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	5–1–0
7	T	February 4, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	5–1–1
8	L	February 6, 1995	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	5–2–1
9	L	February 7, 1995	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	5–3–1
10	L	February 10, 1995	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	5–4–1
11	T	February 11, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	5–4–2
12	W	February 15, 1995	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	6–4–2
13	W	February 17, 1995	2–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	7–4–2
14	L	February 18, 1995	3–6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	7–5–2
15	L	February 20, 1995	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	7–6–2
16	L	February 22, 1995	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	7–7–2
17	L	February 24, 1995	0–3	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	7–8–2
18	L	February 26, 1995	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	7–9–2
19	W	February 28, 1995	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	8–9–2
20	W	March 2, 1995	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–9–2
21	L	March 4, 1995	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	9–10–2
22	L	March 8, 1995	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–11–2
23	L	March 15, 1995	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–12–2
24	L	March 17, 1995	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–13–2
25	W	March 19, 1995	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	10–13–2
26	L	March 21, 1995	3–7	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	10–14–2
27	L	March 23, 1995	3–6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	10–15–2
28	W	March 25, 1995	3–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	11–15–2
29	L	March 26, 1995	3–7	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	11–16–2
30	W	March 28, 1995	6–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	12–16–2
31	L	March 31, 1995	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	12–17–2
32	L	April 2, 1995	4–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	12–18–2
33	L	April 5, 1995	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	12–19–2
34	W	April 7, 1995	5–0	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	13–19–2
35	W	April 9, 1995	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	14–19–2
36	L	April 10, 1995	3–8	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	14–20–2
37	W	April 12, 1995	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	15–20–2
38	L	April 13, 1995	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	15–21–2
39	W	April 16, 1995	2–0	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	16–21–2
40	L	April 17, 1995	0–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	16–22–2
41	T	April 19, 1995	5–5 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	16–22–3
42	L	April 23, 1995	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	16–23–3
43	L	April 25, 1995	2–3	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	16–24–3
44	W	April 26, 1995	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	17–24–3
45	W	April 28, 1995	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	18–24–3
46	L	April 30, 1995	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	18–25–3
47	W	May 1, 1995	3–1	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	19–25–3
48	T	May 3, 1995	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	19–25–4

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Playoffs[edit]

In the first round of playoffs, the Sharks once again upset the team with the better record, as they edged the Calgary Flames 4 games to 3. The Sharks allowed 5 shorthanded goals and gave up 35 total goals in the series. In the second round, the Sharks faced the Detroit Red Wings, whom they had defeated in 7 games in the first round of the 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This time around, it was no contest, as Detroit blanked San Jose 6-0 in game 1, and won games 2, 3 and 4 by identical scores of 6-2. Detroit forward Vyacheslav Kozlov scored 4 goals and had 5 assists for 9 points in the 4 games. The Red Wings’ special teams dominated the Sharks, scoring 7 power-play goals and adding two shorthanded goals. The Sharks were outscored 24-6 in the series, and were outshot 147-61.

Calgary vs. San Jose Date Away Home May 7 San Jose 5 4 Calgary May 9 San Jose 5 4 Calgary OT May 11 Calgary 9 2 San Jose May 13 Calgary 6 4 San Jose May 15 San Jose 0 5 Calgary May 17 Calgary 3 5 San Jose May 19 San Jose 5 4 Calgary 2OT San Jose wins series 4–3

Detroit vs. San Jose Date Away Home May 21 San Jose 0 6 Detroit May 23 San Jose 2 6 Detroit May 25 Detroit 6 2 San Jose May 27 Detroit 6 2 San Jose Detroit wins series 4–0

Player statistics[edit]

Regular season
Scoring
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Arturs Irbe 2043 38 14 19 3 111 3.26 4 1056 945 .895 Wade Flaherty 852 18 5 6 1 44 3.10 1 455 411 .903 Team: 2895 48 19 25 4 155 3.21 5 1511 1356 .897

Playoffs
Scoring
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Wade Flaherty 377 7 2 3 31 4.93 0 221 190 .860 Arturs Irbe 316 6 2 4 27 5.13 0 184 157 .853 Team: 693 11 4 7 58 5.02 0 405 347 .857

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Note: Pos = Position; 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[edit]

Trade Deadline Transactions[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

References[edit]