The 1994–95

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season was the Red Wings' 63rd

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, the franchise's 69th. The Red Wings started the 1994–95 season strong, and finished it strong, going 33–11–4 for 70 points in 48 games. Having the league's best regular-season record, they were awarded the

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. They tied the

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for most power play goals with 52 and had the second-best power-play in the league (24.64%). Veteran forward

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scored 30 goals on just 125 shots.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

The Red Wings dominated the first three rounds of the 1995 NHL playoffs, going 12–2 and outscoring their opponents 54–28 during that span. On Sunday June 11, the Red Wings advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, their first Finals appearance since 1966 with a 2–1 double-overtime victory against the

in game five of the 1995 Western Conference Finals. Forward

Vyacheslav Kozlov Vyacheslav Anatolevich "Slava" Kozlov (russian: Вячеслав Анатольевич Козлов; born May 3, 1972) is a Russian former professional ice hockey left winger. Kozlov was a member of the Stanley Cup winning Detroit Red Wings t ...

scored the game-winner at 2:25 of the second overtime period. The Red Wings were stunned in the

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in four-game sweep at the hands of the underdog

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, whose neutral-zone trap system held Detroit to just seven goals in the series.

Stanley Cup Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring ;Goaltending

Playoffs

;Scoring ;Goaltending Note: 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

Trades

Draft picks

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database
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