NHL 2014/15

NHL 2014/15
league	National Hockey League
Period	October 8, 2014 to June 15, 2015
Teams	30th
Games / team	82
Draft
Event	NHL Entry Draft 2014
Top pick	Aaron Ekblad
Elected by	Florida panthers
Regular season
Presidents' Trophy	New York Rangers
MVP	Carey Price (Montréal)
Top scorer	Jamie Benn (Dallas)
Playoffs
Stanley Cup winner	Chicago Blackhawks
finalist	Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoff MVP	Duncan Keith (Chicago)
NHL seasons
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The 2014-15 NHL season was the 98th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season began on October 8, 2014 and ended on 11 April 2015, winning the Presidents' Trophy by the New York Rangers . The most valuable player - both by players and journalists - was voted Carey Price from the Canadiens de Montréal , who was also named the best goalkeeper. The best scorer was the Dallas Stars with Jamie Benn , who scored 87 points. As in the previous two years, Alexander Ovetschkin scored the most goals (53) .

In the subsequent playoffs , the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 in the final , winning their third Stanley Cup in the last six years. Duncan Keith of the Blackhawks received the Conn Smythe Trophy , while Tampa had the top scorer in Tyler Johnson .

League operation

As part of the Entry Draft 2014, the Phoenix Coyotes changed their name to Arizona Coyotes and will henceforth accrue under this. After last year's restructuring, no changes were made to the mode or the distribution of the franchises in the run-up to this season . Rather, an NHL All-Star Game took place again this season after a two-year break ; the 60th game in this series was played on January 25, 2015 in the Nationwide Arena of the Columbus Blue Jackets . The 2015 NHL Winter Classic was played by the Chicago Blackhawks and the Washington Capitals on January 1, 2015 at Nationals Park in Washington, DC In another open-air game , the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles faced each other on February 21 as part of the 2015 NHL Stadium Series Kings opposite.

Rule changes

The following rule changes came into force at the beginning of the 2014/15 season:

• The trapezoids behind each goal in which the goalkeepers can legally play the puck have been widened by approximately 1.2 meters (4 feet ).
• The distance between the hashmarks and the Bully circles has been increased from approx. 0.9 meters (3 feet) to 1.7 meters (5 feet and 7 inches ), thus aligning with international standards.
• At the beginning of overtime , the teams switch sides and the ice is smoothed again . The aim is to produce more goals in overtime with better ice and the longer way to the bank (and thus to change rows) and thus avoid shootouts . At a meeting of the general managers of all teams in November 2014, the smoothing of the ice was abolished because the resulting break was found to be too long.
• The shooters in a shootout no longer have to be determined in advance by the trainer. After each round it can be decided spontaneously which player will be used.
• If a player commits a rule violation after an icing of his team in the subsequent face-off, he will be cautioned and not replaced, as usual, by a teammate. If the same player subsequently violates the rules again, this will be punished with a two-minute penalty for delayed play.
• The NHL Situation Room has been given more leeway to decide when to use video evidence against an allegedly irregularly scored goal. Furthermore, the general managers decided at their meeting in November that the situation room should also be allowed to interrupt a game in progress. This should happen when a regular goal has been scored, this has already been determined in the video evidence, but there has not yet been a regular interruption in the game.
• The spin-o-Rama is from now on in a penalty prohibited and in the shootout.
• The penalties for various fouls have been adjusted or placed in different categories.
• If the puck leaves the playing field by the attacking team in the attacking third, the face-off takes place in this attack zone and not in the neutral zone. This is only true when the puck leaves by a shot on goal on the field while a teammate, the gate or the gang was distracted or the protective glass of the gang to break goes.

Entry Draft

→ Main article : NHL Entry Draft 2014

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 27 and 28, 2014 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . With the first overall draft pick , the Florida Panthers selected Canadian defender Aaron Ekblad . Sam Reinhart and Leon Draisaitl were selected in second and third place . A total of 210 players from twelve nations were drafted from the NHL franchises in seven rounds.

Top 5 picks

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
1.	Aaron Ekblad	Canada	D.	Florida panthers	Barrie Colts ( OHL )
2.	Sam Reinhart	Canada	C.	Buffalo Sabers	Kootenay Ice ( WHL )
3.	Leon Draisaitl	Germany	C.	Edmonton Oilers	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4th	Sam Bennett	Canada	C.	Calgary Flames	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
5.	Michael Dal Colle	Canada	LW	New York Islanders	Oshawa Generals (OHL)

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = defeat after overtime or shootout , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The position within the conference is in brackets; = Playoff qualification, = Division winner, = Conference winner, = Presidents' Trophy winner

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

rank	Atlantic Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Canadiens de Montréal	82	50	22nd	10	221	189	110
2.	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	24	8th	262	211	108
3.	Detroit Red Wings	82	43	25th	14th	235	221	100

Metropolitan Division

rank	Metropolitan Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1.	New York Rangers	82	53	22nd	7th	252	192	113
2.	Washington Capitals	82	45	26th	11	242	203	101
3.	New York Islanders	82	47	28	7th	252	230	101

Wild card teams

rank	Wild card teams	division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Ottawa Senators	ATL	82	43	26th	13	238	215	99
2.	Pittsburgh Penguins	MET	82	43	27	12	221	210	98
3.	Boston Bruins	ATL	82	41	27	14th	213	211	96
4th	Florida panthers	ATL	82	38	29	15th	206	223	91
5.	Columbus Blue Jackets	MET	82	42	35	5	236	250	89
6th	Philadelphia Flyers	MET	82	33	31	18th	215	234	84
7th	New Jersey Devils	MET	82	32	36	14th	181	216	78
8th.	Carolina Hurricanes	MET	82	30th	41	11	188	226	71
9.	Toronto Maple Leafs	ATL	82	30th	44	8th	211	262	68
10.	Buffalo Sabers	ATL	82	23	51	8th	161	274	54

Western Conference

Central Division

rank	Central Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1.	St. Louis Blues	82	51	24	7th	248	201	109
2.	Nashville Predators	82	47	25th	10	232	208	104
3.	Chicago Blackhawks	82	48	28	6th	229	189	102

Pacific Division

	Pacific Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Anaheim Ducks	82	51	24	7th	236	226	109
2.	Vancouver Canucks	82	48	29	5	242	222	101
3.	Calgary Flames	82	45	30th	7th	241	216	97

Wild card teams

rank	Wild card teams	division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Minnesota Wild	CEN	82	46	28	8th	231	201	100
2.	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	82	43	26th	13	230	210	99
3.	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	40	27	15th	220	205	95
4th	Dallas Stars	CEN	82	41	31	10	261	260	92
5.	Colorado Avalanche	CEN	82	39	31	12	219	227	90
6th	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	40	33	9	228	232	89
7th	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	24	44	14th	198	283	62
8th.	Arizona Coyotes	PAC	82	24	50	8th	170	272	56

Best scorer

Jamie Benn , best scorer and winner of the Art Ross Trophy .

With 87 points, Jamie Benn led the scorer list of the NHL, where he only reached this place on the last day of the game with four points scored for the first time. As in the previous two seasons, Alexander Ovetschkin scored the most goals at 53, to which his teammate Nicklas Bäckström , who provided the most assists with 60, played a key role. The plus / minus member and not of led Max Pacioretty and Nikita Kucherov with +39; Nail Jakupow had the worst value in this category with -35. As in the previous year, the most successful defender was Erik Karlsson with 66 points.

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jamie Benn	Dallas Stars	82	35	52	87	+1	64
John Tavares	New York Islanders	82	38	48	86	+5	46
Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	77	28	56	84	+5	47
Alexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	81	53	28	81	+10	58
Jakub Voráček	Philadelphia Flyers	82	22nd	59	81	+1	78
Nicklas Bäckström	Washington Capitals	82	18th	60	78	+5	40
Tyler Seguin	Dallas Stars	71	37	40	77	-1	20th
Jiří Hudler	Calgary Flames	82	20th	56	76	+17	18th
Daniel Sedin	Vancouver Canucks	82	41	38	79	+27	32
Vladimir Tarassenko	St. Louis Blues	77	37	36	73	+27	31

Best goalkeeper

Carey Price performed in almost all relevant goalkeeping statistics.

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime / shootout defeats , GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = Conceded goal; Fat: seasonal best; only goalkeepers with at least 25 appearances are recorded. Sorted by Goals Against Average (GAA).

player	team	GP	TOI	W.	L.	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Carey Price	Canadiens de Montréal	66	3,976	44	16	6th	130	9	93.3	1.96
Devan Dubnyk	Minnesota Wild Arizona Coyotes	58	3,328	36	14th	4th	115	6th	92.9	2.07
Pekka gutter	Nashville Predators	64	3,850	41	17th	6th	140	4th	92.3	2.18
Cam Talbot	New York Rangers	36	2,094	21st	9	4th	77	5	92.6	2.21
Braden Holtby	Washington Capitals	73	4,247	41	20th	10	157	9	92.3	2.22

Marc-André Fleury achieved the most shutouts with ten clean sheets.

Best rookie scorer

Mark Stone , best point collector among all rookies.

With 64 points, Mark Stone led the rookies as the best scorer; In addition, it achieved the best plus / minus statistics with +21 . Similarly reached Johnny Gaudreau 64 points scorer, but scored fewer goals and more templates with 40 most of all rookies. The top scorer was Stones teammate Mike Hoffman with 27 goals. Oscar Klefbom received the most ice age with an average of 21 minutes and 59 seconds per game.

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	+/-	PIM
Mark Stone	Ottawa Senators	80	26th	38	64	+21	14th
Johnny Gaudreau	Calgary Flames	80	24	40	64	+11	14th
Filip Forsberg	Nashville Predators	82	26th	37	63	+15	24
Mike Hoffman	Ottawa Senators	79	27	21st	48	+16	14th
Kevin Hayes	New York Rangers	79	17th	28	45	+15	22nd

Stanley Cup playoffs

→ Main article : Stanley Cup Playoffs 2015

Conference quarterfinals

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

Stanley Cup Final

A1

Canadiens de Montréal

4th

EWC1

Ottawa Senators

2

A1

Canadiens de Montréal

2

Eastern Conference

A2

Tampa Bay Lightning

4th

A2

Tampa Bay Lightning

4th

A3

Detroit Red Wings

3

A2

Tampa Bay Lightning

4th

M1

New York Rangers

3

M1

New York Rangers

4th

EWC2

Pittsburgh Penguins

1

M1

New York Rangers

4th

M2

Washington Capitals

3

M2

Washington Capitals

4th

M3

New York Islanders

3

A2

Tampa Bay Lightning

2

C3

Chicago Blackhawks

4th

C1

St. Louis Blues

2

WWC1

Minnesota Wild

4th

WWC1

Minnesota Wild

0

C3

Chicago Blackhawks

4th

C2

Nashville Predators

2

C3

Chicago Blackhawks

4th

C3

Chicago Blackhawks

4th

P1

Anaheim Ducks

3

P1

Anaheim Ducks

4th

WWC2

Winnipeg Jets

0

P1

Anaheim Ducks

4th

Western Conference

P3

Calgary Flames

1

P2

Vancouver Canucks

2

P3

Calgary Flames

4th

NHL Awards and trophies awarded

→ Main article : NHL Awards 2015

Award		team
Stanley Cup		Chicago Blackhawks
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl		Chicago Blackhawks
Prince of Wales Trophy		Tampa Bay Lightning
Presidents' Trophy		New York Rangers
Award	player	team
Art Ross Trophy	Jamie Benn	Dallas Stars
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Devan Dubnyk	Minnesota Wild
Calder Memorial Trophy	Aaron Ekblad	Florida panthers
Conn Smythe Trophy	Duncan Keith	Chicago Blackhawks
Frank J. Selke Trophy	Patrice Bergeron	Boston Bruins
Hart Memorial Trophy	Carey Price	Canadiens de Montréal
Jack Adams Award	Bob Hartley	Calgary Flames
James Norris Memorial Trophy	Erik Karlsson	Ottawa Senators
King Clancy Memorial Trophy	Henrik Zetterberg	Detroit Red Wings
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Jiří Hudler	Calgary Flames
Lester Patrick Trophy	Jeremy Jacobs Bob Crocker	-
Mark Messier Leadership Award	Jonathan Toews	Chicago Blackhawks
Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy	Alexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals
NHL Foundation Player Award	Brent Burns	San Jose Sharks
NHL General Manager of the Year Award	Steve Yzerman	Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL Plus / Minus Award  (unofficial)	Nikita Kutscherow Max Pacioretty	Tampa Bay Lightning Canadiens de Montréal
Ted Lindsay Award	Carey Price	Canadiens de Montréal
Vezina Trophy	Carey Price	Canadiens de Montréal
William M. Jennings Trophy	Carey Price Corey Crawford	Canadiens de Montréal Chicago Blackhawks

All-star teams

First all-star team
Attack:	Alexander Ovechkin - John Tavares - Jakub Voráček
Defense:	Erik Karlsson - PK Subban
Goal:	Carey Price

Second all-star team
Attack:	Jamie Benn - Sidney Crosby - Wladimir Tarassenko
Defense:	Drew Doughty - Shea Weber
Goal:	Devan Dubnyk

All rookie team

All rookie team
Attack:	Johnny Gaudreau - Filip Forsberg - Mark Stone
Defense:	Aaron Ekblad - John Klingberg
Goal:	Jake Allen

Web links

Commons : NHL 2014/15  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nhl.com: "Columbus to host 2015 NHL All-Star Game" (English, November 3, 2013, accessed July 8, 2014)
2. ↑ nhl.com: "NHL announces rules changes for 2014–2015 season" (English, September 9, 2014, accessed on January 24, 2015)
3. ↑ ^{a b} yahoo.com: "NHL scraps the dry scrape, makes goal review change at GM meetings" (English, November 18, 2014, accessed on January 24, 2015)