Stanley Cup Winners Tournament (1993-Present) Round 2: 1995 Devils vs 1994 Rangers

[blundluntman]

Please pick the team you believe would win in a matchup against each other, not which team was better or had a better playoff campaign.

Matchup #8: 1995 Devils vs 1994 Rangers

1995 New Jersey Devils Roster:

Player	GP	G	A	Points	+/-	PIM
Stephane Richer	19​	6​	15​	21​	9​	2​
Neal Broten	20​	7​	12​	19​	13​	6​
John MacLean	20​	5​	13​	18​	8​	14​
Claude Lemieux	20​	13​	3​	16​	12​	20​
Randy McKay	19​	8​	4​	12​	5​	11​
Bill Guerin	20​	3​	8​	11​	6​	30​
Scott Niedermayer	20​	4​	7​	11​	11​	10​
Shawn Chambers	20​	4​	5​	9​	2​	2​
Scott Stevens	20​	1​	7​	8​	10​	24​
Bobby Holik	20​	4​	4​	8​	7​	22​
Tommy Abelin	20​	1​	7​	8​	5​	2​
Bruce Driver	17​	1​	6​	7​	13​	8​
Tom Chorske	17​	1​	5​	6​	−2​	4​
Bob Carpenter	17​	1​	4​	5​	−1​	6​
Brian Rolston	6​	2​	1​	3​	6​	4​
Sergei Brylin	12​	1​	2​	3​	1​	4​
Mike Peluso	20​	1​	2​	3​	4​	8​
Jim Dowd	11​	2​	1​	3​	3​	8​
Valeri Zelepukin	18​	1​	2​	3​	1​	12​
Ken Daneyko	20​	1​	0​	1​	9​	22​

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	GAA	Sv%	Shutouts
Martin Brodeur	20	20	16	4	1.67	.927	3
Chris Terreri	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.000	0

1994 New York Rangers Roster:

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Brian Leetch	23	11	23	34	6
Mark Messier	23	12	18	30	33
Alexei Kovalev	23	9	12	21	18
Sergei Zubov	22	5	14	19	0
Adam Graves	23	10	7	17	24
Steve Larmer	23	9	7	16	14
Brian Noonan	22	4	7	11	17
Stephane Matteau	23	6	3	9	20
Esa Tikkanen	23	4	4	8	34
Sergei Nemchinov	23	2	5	7	6
Glenn Anderson	23	3	3	6	42
Jeff Beukeboom	22	0	6	6	50
Craig MacTavish	23	1	4	5	22
Greg Gilbert	23	1	3	4	8
Alexander Karpovtsev	17	0	4	4	12
Doug Lidster	9	2	0	2	10
Joe Kocur	20	1	1	2	17
Kevin Lowe	22	1	0	1	20
Nick Kypreos	3	0	0	0	2
Ed Olczyk	1	0	0	0	0
Jay Wells	23	0	0	0	20

Player	GP	W	L	GAA	SV%	SO
Mike Richter	23	16	7	2.07	.921	4
Glenn Healy	2	0	0	0.89	.941	0

Round 2 Matchups:
23 Golden Knights vs 98 Red Wings (Still Active) Thread
16 Penguins vs 08 Red Wings (Still Active) Thread
15 Blackhawks vs 96 Avalanche (Still Active) Thread
13 Blackhawks vs 07 Ducks (Still Active) Thread
03 Devils vs 02 Red Wings (Still Active) Thread
10 Blackhawks vs 01 Avalanche (Still Active) Thread
00 Devils vs 97 Red Wings (Still Active) Thread
95 Devils vs 94 Rangers

Round 1 Results

 

[BHD]

I’m sure this will be civil.

 

[NordiquesForeva]

Coin flip in 7 games. The '95 Devils were improved from their '94 team that took the '94 Rangers to OT in game 7. I honestly don't know.

 

[tabness]

Very close just like in 1994

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

1995 NJ. They swept Detroit in the finals and a worse version of the team took NYR to 7 the year before.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

1995 NJ. They swept Detroit in the finals and a worse version of the team took NYR to 7 the year before.

lol what

That 1994 rangers squad was one of the best teams of the decade.
The 1995 red wings hadn’t learned how to break the trap or play real team defense yet, they were a good team but beating them is like beating the 2017 Washington capitals. They weren’t ready yet.

 

[Sharks1992]

Coin toss.