Ron Francis's 1994-1995 season
Centre Ron Francis was 31 years old when the 1994-1995 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 44 of a possible 48 games and scored 11 goals and 48 assists for 59 points, 1.34 points per game. The season was cut to 48 games by the lockout. In the playoffs he played 12 games for 19 points. He won Frank J. Selke Trophy, the first Swede ever to do it. He also won Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, the first since Mats Näslund in 1988.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
- Year 199531 years agoSeason opener
Ron Francis plays the 1994-1995 season for Pittsburgh Penguins
Ron was 31 years old when the 1994-1995 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 14th NHL season in all.
- +2 assistsThe gamePIT5–3TBLWgame 1/48
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His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG - +2 assistsThe gamePIT6–5FLAWgame 2/48
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His night+2P+2A0+/-4SOG - +1 assistThe gamePIT3–2NYRWgame 3/48
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His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG - +1 assistThe gameOTT4–5PITWgame 4/48
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His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP - +1 goalThe gamePIT4–1WSHWgame 5/48
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His night+1P+1G+2+/-2SOG - February 1995
- +1 goalThe gameNYR3–4PITWgame 6/48
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His night+1P+1G+1+/-1SOG - +3 assistsThe gamePIT3–3NJDgame 8/48
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His night+3P+3A0+/-0SOG3PPP
MilestoneRon Francis reaches 750 career assists
in the game against New Jersey Devils · February 5
- +1 assistThe gameFLA3–7PITWgame 9/48
4
His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG - +2 assistsThe gameMTL1–3PITWgame 11/48
3
His night+2P+2A+1+/-7SOG - +1 goalThe gameBOS3–5PITWgame 12/48
4
His night+1P+1G+2+/-1SOG1PPP - Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 12 of 4820pointsNHL#25goalsNHL#2615assistsNHL#1PIT11-0-0W-L-OT23Points1st in the Northeast·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL - The gamePIT2–4HFDLgame 14/48
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His nightNo points0+/-3SOG - +1 assistThe gamePIT7–5QUEWgame 19/48
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His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG - March 1995
- +1 assistThe gamePIT3–6BUFLgame 20/48
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His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG1PPP - The gamePIT2–6PHILgame 22/48
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His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG - The gameQUE5–4PITLgame 23/48
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His nightNo points0+/-4SOG - The gameNYI2–4PITWgame 24/48
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His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG - Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 24 of 4820 of 24 played27pointsNHL#95goalsNHL#9722assistsNHL#1PIT16-6-0W-L-OT34Points2nd in the Northeast·2nd in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL - +2 pointsThe gameBUF2–6PITWgame 25/48
3
His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-3SOG2PPP - +3 assistsThe gameMTL2–4PITWgame 26/48
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His night+3P+3A+2+/-3SOG1PPP - +1 goalThe gamePIT5–8MTLLgame 27/48
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His night+1P+1G+1+/-4SOG - +2 assistsThe gamePIT2–3QUELgame 28/48
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His night+2P+2A+2+/-0SOG - The gamePIT3–2BUFWgame 30/48
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His nightNo points0+/-1SOG - +1 assistThe gameNJD2–5PITWgame 31/48
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His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP - The gamePIT0–2FLALgame 32/48
3
His nightNo points0+/-4SOG - +2 assistsThe gameNYI3–6PITWgame 33/48
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His night+2P+2A+1+/-3SOG1PPP - April 1995
- +2 pointsThe gamePHI2–3PITWgame 34/48
5
His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-2SOG2PPP - The gamePIT1–2MTLLgame 36/48
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His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG - Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 36 of 4832 of 36 played43pointsNHL#89goalsNHL#8934assistsNHL#1PIT23-11-0W-L-OT48PointsPlayoff spot2nd in the Northeast·2nd in the Eastern Conference·3rd in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gamePIT4–3OTTWgame 37/48
2
His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG - +2 assistsThe gameWSH1–3PITWgame 38/48
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His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP - +1 assistThe gameOTT2–5PITWgame 39/48
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His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP - +1 assistThe gamePIT3–4PHILgame 40/48
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His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG
MilestoneRon Francis reaches 1,000 NHL games
in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · April 16
- The gameWSH2–1PITLgame 42/48
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His nightNo points0+/-3SOG - +1 assistThe gamePIT4–2HFDWgame 43/48
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His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG - +2 assistsThe gamePIT3–3NJDgame 44/48
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His night+2P+2A+1+/-1SOG1PPP - +2 assistsThe gameBOS1–4PITWgame 45/48
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His night+2P+2A+2+/-0SOG - +2 assistsThe gamePIT2–5BOSLgame 46/48
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His night+2P+2A+1+/-1SOG1PPP - May 1995
- The gameFLA4–3PITLgame 48/48
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His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG
The season in numbersRon Francis closes the 1994-1995 season with 59 points
Points59NHL#5Games44of 4892%Goals11NHL#110Assists48NHL#1P/GP1.34NHL#4+/-+30NHL#1Events1,000NHL games750career assists13 i radgames with a point · 23 pts3 days laterPlayoffsPittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs
First roundPittsburgh Penguins meet Washington Capitals
PITvsWSHSwedes on Pittsburgh PenguinsSwedes on Washington Capitals- +1 assistGame 1WSH5–4PITL
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His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG - Washington Capitalslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
- +4 assistsGame 2WSH3–5PITW
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His night+4P+4A+3+/-2SOG1PPP - Pittsburgh Penguinsare1–1withWashington Capitals
- +1 goalGame 3PIT2–6WSHL
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His night+1P+1G-1+/-4SOG1PPP - Washington Capitalslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
- +1 assistGame 4PIT2–6WSHL
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His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG - Washington Capitalslead3–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 6PIT7–1WSHW
4
His nightNo points+1+/-0SOG - Pittsburgh Penguinsare3–3withWashington Capitals
- +2 pointsGame 7WSH0–3PITW
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His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-1SOG1PPP
First roundPittsburgh Penguins knock Washington Capitals out 4–3
PIT4–3WSHAdvanceHe did not play in this round2 days laterSecond roundPittsburgh Penguins meet New Jersey Devils
PITvsNJDSwedes on Pittsburgh PenguinsSwedes on New Jersey Devils- +2 pointsGame 1NJD2–3PITW
2
His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP - Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
- +1 assistGame 2NJD4–2PITL
3
His night+1P+1A-1+/-5SOG - Pittsburgh Penguinsare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
- +1 goalGame 3PIT1–5NJDL
3
His night+1P+1G-1+/-2SOG - New Jersey Devilslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
- New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 5NJD4–1PITL
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His nightNo points-2+/-6SOG
Second roundNew Jersey Devils knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–1
PIT1–4NJDEliminatedHe did not play in this roundThe run in numbersRon Francis ends the 1994-1995 playoffs with 19 points
Points19NHL#3Games12Goals6NHL#13Assists13NHL#3P/GP1.58NHL#2+/-+3NHL#53Events100playoff points100playoff games5 i radgames with a point5 pointsbest gameWSH4–3→NJD1–4HonoursRon Francis won Frank J. Selke Trophy and Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for 1994-1995