In NHL 95 were added game modes exhibition, training, shootout and the possibility to change individual players in teams.

As is traditional with EA Sports, the NHL series boxes feature live action photos instead of drawings.

This photo is surrounded by eight small portraits of players (Steve Yzerman, Andy Moog, Pat LaFontaine, Brian Leetch, Ray Bourque, Patrick Roy, Jeremy Roenick, and Rick Tocchet).

This changed with NHL 94, which featured a goal situation for Tomas Sandstrom (Los Angeles Kings) against Andy Moog (Boston Bruins).

NHL 95 featured an in-goal camera during a goal scored by Alexei Kovalev of the New York Rangers during the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals against Kirk McLean of the Vancouver Canucks.

However, on August 12, 2015, EA announced that Kane would not be appearing on the cover or participating in any promotional activities for the game in light of a criminal investigation he was involved in.

[21] In NHLPA '93 and NHL '94, Emmy award-winning[25] sportscaster Ron Barr gives a pre-game scouting report prior to each game.

In the Genesis version of NHL 95, KNBR radio sportscaster John Shrader replaced Ron Barr in that duty.

EA Sports has openly denied the existence of any such mechanism, instead saying that winning is a product of skill and the quality of the team's roster.

However, EA once published a document about a feature called "Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment", which was interpreted by some as confirming the existence of ice tilt.