1995–96 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1995–96 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 79th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1995–96 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division3rd Central
Conference4th Western
1995–96 record34–36–12
Home record19–15–7
Road record15–21–5
Goals for247
Goals against252
Team information
General ManagerCliff Fletcher
CoachPat Burns
Nick Beverley
CaptainDoug Gilmour
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsMike Gartner (35)
AssistsMats Sundin (50)
PointsMats Sundin (83)
Penalty minutesTie Domi (297)
WinsFelix Potvin (30)
Goals against averageDamian Rhodes (2.79)

Regular season

The Leafs headed into the 1995–96 regular season with high hopes considering the fact the club reached the playoffs for the last three years. Pat Burns was the head coach until an eight-game losing streak (and a miserable run of 3–16–3 over January and February) led to his termination. General manager Cliff Fletcher felt that Nick Beverley could get the job done for the rest of the season and named him interim coach. The team under Beverley went an impressive 9–6–2 and clinched a playoff spot on the final day of their regular season.

Offseason

NHL draft

Toronto's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
115Jeff Ware (D) CanadaOshawa Generals (OHL)
354Ryan Pepperall (RW) CanadaKitchener Rangers (OHL)
6139Doug Bonner (G) United StatesSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
6145Yannick Tremblay (D) CanadaBeauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
7171Marek Melenovsky (C) Czech RepublicHC Dukla Jihlava Jr. (Czech Republic)
8197Mark Murphy (LW) United StatesStratford Cullitons (MWJBHL)
9223Danny Markov (D) RussiaSpartak Moscow (Russia)

Regular season
  • December 11, 1995: Patrick Roy earned his first victory in net as a member of the Colorado Avalanche.[1] It was a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  • December 30, 1995: Mats Sundin scored just 6 seconds into the overtime period to give the Maple Leafs a 4-3 road win over the St. Louis Blues.[2][3] It would prove to be the fastest regular-season overtime goal ever scored and has been matched twice since.[4][5]

Season standings
Central Division
No. GP W L T GF GA Pts
1Detroit Red Wings8262137325181131
2Chicago Blackhawks8240281427322094
3Toronto Maple Leafs8234361224725280
4St. Louis Blues8232341621924880
5Winnipeg Jets823640627529178
6Dallas Stars8226421422728066

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[6]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Detroit Red WingsCEN8262137325181131
2Colorado AvalanchePAC82472510326240104
3Chicago BlackhawksCEN8240281427322094
4Toronto Maple LeafsCEN8234361224725280
5St. Louis BluesCEN8232341621924880
6Calgary FlamesPAC8234371124124079
7Vancouver CanucksPAC8232351527827879
8Winnipeg JetsCEN823640627529178
9Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC823539823424778
10Edmonton OilersPAC823044824030468
11Dallas StarsCEN8226421422728066
12Los Angeles KingsPAC8224401825630266
13San Jose SharksPAC822055725235747

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 7, 19953–8@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)0–1–0
2WOctober 10, 19957–3New York Islanders (1995–96)1–1–0
3LOctober 14, 19950–2New York Rangers (1995–96)1–2–0
4WOctober 17, 19957–2San Jose Sharks (1995–96)2–2–0
5WOctober 20, 19954–3 OTCalgary Flames (1995–96)3–2–0
6LOctober 21, 19953–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)3–3–0
7LOctober 24, 19951–6Florida Panthers (1995–96)3–4–0
8WOctober 26, 19952–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)4–4–0
9TOctober 28, 19952–2 OTLos Angeles Kings (1995–96)4–4–1
10LOctober 29, 19952–3@ New York Rangers (1995–96)4–5–1
11WNovember 1, 19954–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)5–5–1
12TNovember 3, 19954–4 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)5–5–2
13TNovember 4, 19953–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)5–5–3
14WNovember 7, 19956–3Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)6–5–3
15WNovember 10, 19956–1Washington Capitals (1995–96)7–5–3
16WNovember 11, 19953–1@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)8–5–3
17LNovember 14, 19952–5@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)8–6–3
18WNovember 16, 19955–4 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)9–6–3
19WNovember 18, 19952–1Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)10–6–3
20WNovember 21, 19955–2St. Louis Blues (1995–96)11–6–3
21LNovember 24, 19950–4Hartford Whalers (1995–96)11–7–3
22TNovember 25, 19952–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)11–7–4
23LNovember 28, 19953–4@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)11–8–4
24LNovember 30, 19952–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)11–9–4
25TDecember 2, 19954–4 OTMighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)11–9–5
26WDecember 5, 19954–1Ottawa Senators (1995–96)12–9–5
27WDecember 7, 19952–1@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)13–9–5
28WDecember 9, 19953–1Dallas Stars (1995–96)14–9–5
29LDecember 11, 19951–5Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)14–10–5
30WDecember 14, 19954–1@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)15–10–5
31WDecember 16, 19956–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)16–10–5
32WDecember 17, 19953–2 OT@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)17–10–5
33LDecember 20, 19952–4Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)17–11–5
34TDecember 21, 19953–3 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)17–11–6
35WDecember 23, 19956–1Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)18–11–6
36LDecember 27, 19950–4@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)18–12–6
37LDecember 29, 19952–3@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)18–13–6
38WDecember 30, 19954–3 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)19–13–6
39WJanuary 1, 19961–0@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)20–13–6
40TJanuary 3, 19964–4 OTBoston Bruins (1995–96)20–13–7
41LJanuary 5, 19961–3@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)20–14–7
42WJanuary 6, 19965–2Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)21–14–7
43WJanuary 10, 19965–4Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)22–14–7
44LJanuary 11, 19963–4@ New York Islanders (1995–96)22–15–7
45LJanuary 13, 19962–5Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)22–16–7
46LJanuary 17, 19962–4Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)22–17–7
47TJanuary 24, 19962–2 OTChicago Blackhawks (1995–96)22–17–8
48TJanuary 27, 19962–2 OT@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)22–17–9
49LJanuary 30, 19962–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)22–18–9
50LJanuary 31, 19960–4St. Louis Blues (1995–96)22–19–9
51LFebruary 3, 19961–4Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)22–20–9
52LFebruary 5, 19964–6@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)22–21–9
53WFebruary 7, 19962–1@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)23–21–9
54LFebruary 8, 19963–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)23–22–9
55TFebruary 10, 19962–2 OTBuffalo Sabres (1995–96)23–22–10
56WFebruary 12, 19964–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)24–22–10
57WFebruary 14, 19964–3San Jose Sharks (1995–96)25–22–10
58LFebruary 16, 19963–4@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)25–23–10
59LFebruary 18, 19962–3Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)25–24–10
60LFebruary 21, 19962–3 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)25–25–10
61LFebruary 22, 19963–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)25–26–10
62LFebruary 24, 19962–3Dallas Stars (1995–96)25–27–10
63LFebruary 28, 19963–4@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)25–28–10
64LMarch 2, 19961–5@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)25–29–10
65LMarch 3, 19960–4@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)25–30–10
66TMarch 6, 19962–2 OTNew Jersey Devils (1995–96)25–30–11
67LMarch 8, 19964–7@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)25–31–11
68WMarch 9, 19964–3Calgary Flames (1995–96)26–31–11
69TMarch 13, 19963–3 OTWinnipeg Jets (1995–96)26–31–12
70WMarch 15, 19963–0Dallas Stars (1995–96)27–31–12
71WMarch 17, 19964–2Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)28–31–12
72LMarch 19, 19965–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)28–32–12
73LMarch 20, 19963–4 OTDetroit Red Wings (1995–96)28–33–12
74LMarch 23, 19960–4Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)28–34–12
75WMarch 25, 19964–2@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)29–34–12
76WMarch 27, 19966–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)30–34–12
77WMarch 30, 19964–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)31–34–12
78LApril 3, 19962–5Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)31–35–12
79WApril 4, 19963–1@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)32–35–12
80WApril 6, 19965–1St. Louis Blues (1995–96)33–35–12
81LApril 11, 19962–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)33–36–12
82WApril 13, 19966–3Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)34–36–12

Playoffs

Round 1: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. St. Louis Blues
St. Louis won series 4–2

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mats Sundin76335083468767
Doug Gilmour8132407277-51023
Larry Murphy8212496134-2801
Mike Gartner823519545251504
Dave Andreychuk6120244454-111223
Benoit Hogue44122537686305
Kenny Jonsson50422262212301
Kirk Muller369162542-3701
Todd Gill7471825116-15102
Dave Gagner287152259-2101
Dave Ellett803192259-10110
Mike Craig708122042-8101
Randy Wood46791636-4100
Wendel Clark138715167201
Sergio Momesso547815112-11401
Todd Warriner57781526-11100
Tie Domi727613297-3001
Darby Hendrickson46661247-2000
Dmitry Yushkevich691101154-14100
Paul DiPietro204484-3100
Jamie Macoun82088872000
Brandon Convery115274-7301
Mathieu Schneider1325710-2000
Ken Baumgartner60235152-5001
Mark Kolesar21224140000
Wayne Presley1922414-4100
Mike Hudson2720229-5000
Bill Berg2311233-6000
Nick Kypreos19112300000
Zdenek Nedved71126-1000
Kelly Fairchild101121000
Rob Zettler2901148-1000
Don Beaupre8000140000
Sean Haggerty100000000
David Harlock100000000
Jamie Heward50000-1000
Matt Martin1300014-1000
Felix Potvin6900040000
Damian Rhodes1100000000
Peter White100000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Felix Potvin4009693026111922.87221351943.910
Damian Rhodes62411451292.790301272.904
Don Beaupre3368050264.640170144.847
Team:4969823436122472.98226062359.905

Playoffs
Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Doug Gilmour617812100
Mike Gartner64154201
Kirk Muller63250200
Mats Sundin63144201
Wendel Clark62242100
Mathieu Schneider60448000
Todd Warriner61122000
Tie Domi60224000
Dave Gagner60226000
Jamie Macoun60228000
Larry Murphy60224000
Mark Kolesar31012010
Don Beaupre20000000
Brandon Convery50002000
Mike Craig600018000
Dave Ellett60004000
Todd Gill600024000
Nick Kypreos50004000
Felix Potvin60002000
Wayne Presley50002000
Dmitry Yushkevich40000000
Rob Zettler20000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Felix Potvin350624193.260198179.904
Don Beaupre2020026.0001311.846
Team:370624213.410211190.900

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1995-96 season.

Trades
August 30, 1995 To Philadelphia Flyers
1st round pick in 1996 – Dainius Zubrus
4th round pick in 1996 – Mikael Simons
2nd round pick in 1997 – Jean-Marc Pelletier		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dmitry Yushkevich
2nd round pick in 1996 – Francis Larivee
October 2, 1995 To Colorado Avalanche
Warren Rychel		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
7th round pick in 1997 – Shawn Thornton
December 4, 1995 To Edmonton Oilers
Kent Manderville		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Peter White
4th round pick in 1996 – Jason Sessa
January 23, 1996 To New York Islanders
Damian Rhodes
Ken Belanger		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Don Beaupre
Kirk Muller
January 28, 1996 To Dallas Stars
Randy Wood
Benoit Hogue		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dave Gagner
6th round pick in 1996 – Dmitri Yakushin
January 29, 1996 To Chicago Blackhawks
Cash		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Mike Pomichter
February 29, 1996 To New York Rangers
Sergio Momesso
Bill Berg		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Nick Kypreos
Wayne Presley
March 13, 1996 To New Jersey Devils
Dave Andreychuk		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
2nd round pick in 1996 – Marek Posmyk
4th round pick in 1998 – Kristian Antila
March 13, 1996 To New York Islanders
Darby Hendrickson
Sean Haggerty
Kenny Jonsson
1st round pick in 1997 – Roberto Luongo		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Wendel Clark
Mathieu Schneider
D. J. Smith
March 20, 1996 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Ken Baumgartner		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
4th round pick in 1996 – Kim Staal
June 14, 1996 To San Jose Sharks
Todd Gill		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jamie Baker
5th round pick in 1996 – Peter Cava
June 22, 1996 To Phoenix Coyotes
Mike Gartner		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
4th round pick in 1996 – Vladimir Antipov
June 22, 1996 To Calgary Flames
Dave Gagner		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
3rd round pick in 1996 – Mike Lankshear

Waivers
October 2, 1995 To St. Louis Blues
Pat Jablonski
January 4, 1996 To St. Louis Blues
Mike Hudson

Free agents
PlayerFormer Team
Mike HudsonPittsburgh Penguins
PlayerNew Team
Grant JenningsBuffalo Sabres

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs played their last playoff series at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Toronto vs. St. Louis
DateAwayHome
April 16St. Louis 31 Toronto
April 18St. Louis 45 TorontoOT
April 21Toronto 23 St. LouisOT
April 23Toronto 15 St. Louis
April 25St. Louis 45 TorontoOT
April 27Toronto 12 St. Louis
St. Louis wins series 4–2

Awards and records

Farm teams
  • The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Roster
1995-96 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

References
  1. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.382, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199512300STL.html
  3. http://m.spokesman.com/stories/1995/dec/31/quick-start-carries-penguins/
  4. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200603090VAN.html
  5. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200612150ATL.html
  6. "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  7. "1995-96 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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