2002 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League began on April 17, 2002.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 17–June 13, 2002 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Colorado Avalanche |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Detroit Red Wings |
| Runner-up | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Peter Forsberg (Avalanche) (27 points) |
| MVP | Nicklas Lidstrom (Red Wings) |
← 2001 2003 → | |
The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes on June 13, 2002, four games to one, to win their tenth championship in their history. The Hurricanes were in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in their 23-year history, which includes their tenure as the Hartford Whalers. Red Wings defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs. It was the ninth championship for Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman, who announced his retirement after the deciding game of the series. The Phoenix Coyotes played their last playoff games at America West Arena and missed the playoffs until 2010, when they played in Glendale.
The Stanley Cup, awarded to the champion of the NHL.
The 16 teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup. A record 25 shutouts were recorded in the 2002 Playoffs and, for the first time since 1991, not a single team was swept in a playoff series. This is the last time that all three Eastern Canada teams made the playoffs together and got past the first round. For the first time since entering the NHL, both teams from the province of Alberta, the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers missed the playoffs in the same season.
Playoff seeds
Eastern Conference
- Boston Bruins, Northeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 101 points
- Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions – 97 points
- Carolina Hurricanes, Southeast Division champions – 91 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 100 points
- New York Islanders – 96 points
- New Jersey Devils – 95 points
- Ottawa Senators – 94 points
- Montreal Canadiens – 87 points
Western Conference
- Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 116 points
- Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 99 points (45 wins)
- San Jose Sharks, Pacific Division champions – 99 points (44 wins)
- St. Louis Blues – 98 points
- Chicago Blackhawks – 96 points
- Phoenix Coyotes – 95 points (40 wins, 7 points head-to-head vs. Los Angeles)
- Los Angeles Kings – 95 points (40 wins, 3 points head-to-head vs. Phoenix)
- Vancouver Canucks – 94 points
Playoff bracket
| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston | 2 | 3 | Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Montreal | 4 | 8 | Montreal | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Philadelphia | 1 | Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ottawa | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carolina | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Toronto | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carolina | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | New Jersey | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Toronto | 4 | 4 | Toronto | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | NY Islanders | 3 | 7 | Ottawa | 3 | |||||||||||||
| E3 | Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Detroit | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 4 | 1 | Detroit | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Vancouver | 2 | 4 | St. Louis | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Colorado | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Los Angeles | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Colorado | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Jose | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Phoenix | 1 | Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | St. Louis | 4 | 2 | Colorado | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Chicago | 1 | 3 | San Jose | 3 | |||||||||||||
- During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.
Conference Quarterfinals
(1) Boston Bruins vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens
The Boston Bruins finished first in the Eastern Conference during the regular season with 101 points. The Montreal Canadiens qualified as the eighth seed earning 87 points during the regular season. This was the twenty-ninth playoff series between the Bruins and the Canadiens, with Montreal winning twenty-one of the twenty-eight previous series. They last met in the 1994 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Boston won in seven games.
| April 18 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–2 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| Saku Koivu (1) – pp – 12:55 | First period | 10:55 – Joe Thornton (1) | ||||||
| Doug Gilmour (1) – 04:44 | Second period | 10:30 – pp – Bill Guerin (1) | ||||||
| Donald Audette (1) – 02:18 Donald Audette (2) – 10:00 Gino Odjick (1) – 17:16 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jose Theodore 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Byron Dafoe 22 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–6 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| Richard Zednik (1) – 14:22 Richard Zednik (2) – 17:39 |
First period | 02:12 – Brian Rolston (1) 09:34 – Glen Murray (1) 10:55 – Bill Guerin (2) 11:49 – pp – Brian Rolston (2) | ||||||
| Patrice Brisebois (1) – 14:01 | Second period | 17:42 – P. J. Axelsson (1) | ||||||
| Doug Gilmour (2) – 15:06 | Third period | 19:26 – en – Joe Thornton (2) | ||||||
| Jose Theodore 38 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Byron Dafoe 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Boston Bruins | 3–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Molson Centre | Recap | |||
| P. J. Axelsson (2) – sh – 08:24 | First period | 04:54 – pp – Yanic Perreault (1) | ||||||
| Bill Guerin (3) – pp – 07:54 Nick Boynton (1) – 09:04 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:04 – Donald Audette (3) 07:57 – Doug Gilmour (3) 11:59 – Saku Koivu (2) 19:59 – en – Joe Juneau (1) | ||||||
| Byron Dafoe 18 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Boston Bruins | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Molson Centre | Recap | |||
| P. J. Stock (1) – 02:49 Bill Guerin (4) – pp – 15:49 Martin Lapointe (1) – pp – 17:17 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Rolston (3) – sh – 15:46 | Second period | 14:16 – pp – Richard Zednik (3) | ||||||
| Sergei Samsonov (1) – 14:20 | Third period | 07:07 – pp – Richard Zednik (4) | ||||||
| Byron Dafoe 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 20 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–1 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| Bill Lindsay (1) – 02:27 Oleg Petrov (1) – 15:25 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:28 – Sergei Samsonov (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jose Theodore 43 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Byron Dafoe 11 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Boston Bruins | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Molson Centre | Recap | |||
| Brian Rolston (4) – 07:57 | First period | 13:56 – pp – Donald Audette (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:39 – pp – Yanic Perreault (2) | ||||||
| Byron Dafoe 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 34 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–2 | |
(2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (7) Ottawa Senators
The Philadelphia Flyers entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Atlantic Division with 97 points. The Ottawa Senators earned the seventh seed with 94 points. This was the first playoff series played between the two franchises. The Flyers scored two goals in this series, which is the lowest total scored by a team in a five-game series in NHL history.
| April 17 | Ottawa Senators | 0–1 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 07:47 – Ruslan Fedotenko (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 35 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Ottawa Senators | 3–0 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Alfredsson (1) – 09:32 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Fisher (1) – 03:53 Jody Hull (1) – 15:57 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 33 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Philadelphia Flyers | 0–3 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:04 – pp – Radek Bonk (1) 19:05 – en – Marian Hossa (1) 19:50 – en – Daniel Alfredsson (2) | ||||||
| Roman Cechmanek 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 0–3 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 19:40 – Wade Redden (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:06 – Sami Salo (1) 08:08 – Marian Hossa (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Roman Cechmanek 16 saves / 19 shots Brian Boucher 6 saves / 6 shots |
Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 28 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Ottawa Senators | 2–1 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | ||
| Daniel Alfredsson (3) – pp – 15:16 | First period | 03:53 – pp – Dan McGillis (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Havlat (1) – pp – 07:33 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| Ottawa won series 4–1 | |
(3) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (6) New Jersey Devils
The Carolina Hurricanes entered the playoffs as the Southeast Division champions earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference with 91 points. The New Jersey Devils earned the sixth seed with 95 points. Although New Jersey finished the season with a better overall record and a higher point total, Carolina won their division so they were automatically placed in the top three seeds in the conference and were granted home ice advantage. This was the second playoff series between these two teams, with the only previous meeting being the 2001 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where New Jersey won in six games.
| April 17 | New Jersey Devils | 1–2 | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:21 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (1) 09:43 – Erik Cole (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrik Elias (1) – pp – 07:31 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 34 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | New Jersey Devils | 1–2 | OT | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bobby Holik (1) – 00:37 | Second period | 15:05 – pp – Erik Cole (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 15:26 – Bates Battaglia (1) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Carolina Hurricanes | 0–4 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:48 – Brian Gionta (1) 09:25 – pp – Brian Rafalski (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:58 – pp – Bobby Holik (2) 02:17 – pp – Brian Rafalski (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 9 saves / 12 shots Kevin Weekes 22 saves / 23 shots |
Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1–3 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:16 – Bobby Holik (3) 17:31 – sh – Brian Gionta (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Aaron Ward (1) – 17:23 | Third period | 06:23 – pp – Brian Rafalski (3) | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 6 saves / 8 shots Kevin Weekes 13 saves / 14 shots |
Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | New Jersey Devils | 2–3 | OT | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bobby Holik (4) – 11:30 | Second period | 13:44 – Martin Gelinas (1) | ||||||
| Patrik Elias (2) – pp – 11:46 | Third period | 18:31 – pp – Jeff O'Neill (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:16 – Josef Vasicek (1) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Kevin Weekes 40 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1–0 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Francis (1) – pp – 10:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Weekes 32 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| Carolina won series 4–2 | |
(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) New York Islanders
The Toronto Maple Leafs entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 100 points. The New York Islanders earned the fifth seed with 96 points. This was the third playoff series between these two teams, the teams split the previous two playoff series. They last met in the 1981 Preliminary Round where New York won in three games.
| April 18 | New York Islanders | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Kenny Jonsson (1) – pp – 05:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:03 – Darcy Tucker (1) 08:39 – Tie Domi (1) 19:20 – en – Mats Sundin (1) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 13 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | New York Islanders | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:10 – Alyn McCauley (1) 19:53 – en – Tomas Kaberle (1) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–6 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Alexander Mogilny (1) – 07:32 | First period | 14:34 – pp – Mark Parrish (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:01 – pp – Brad Isbister (1) 13:33 – Michael Peca (1) 19:19 – pp – Mark Parrish (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:07 – pp – Shawn Bates (1) 04:21 – Dave Scatchard (1) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 33 saves / 39 shots Corey Schwab 5 saves / 5 shots |
Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 34 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Alexander Mogilny (2) – pp – 19:44 | First period | 10:30 – Alexei Yashin (1) | ||||||
| Tomas Kaberle (2) – 19:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shayne Corson (1) – 16:34 | Third period | 13:16 – pp – Kip Miller (1) 14:56 – Roman Hamrlik (1) 17:30 – ps – Shawn Bates (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 19 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | New York Islanders | 3–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Kip Miller (2) – pp – 19:48 | First period | 06:29 – Garry Valk (1) 09:34 – Jonas Hoglund (1) | ||||||
| Trent Hunter (1) – 16:39 | Second period | 07:05 – pp – Bryan McCabe (1) 14:30 – Bryan McCabe (2) 17:18 – Darcy Tucker (2) | ||||||
| Adrian Aucoin (1) – pp – 13:51 | Third period | 11:05 – pp – Jonas Hoglund (2) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 11 saves / 15 shots Garth Snow 17 saves / 19 shots |
Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Wade Belak (1) – 14:23 Jonas Hoglund (3) – pp – 16:42 |
First period | 05:07 – pp – Mariusz Czerkawski (1) 13:26 – Alexei Yashin (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:35 – pp – Adrian Aucoin (2) | ||||||
| Gary Roberts (1) – pp – 06:41 | Third period | 03:11 – Kip Miller (3) 03:49 – Mariusz Czerkawski (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 29 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | New York Islanders | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Alexei Yashin (3) – pp – 03:41 | First period | 13:27 – Gary Roberts (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:37 – Alexander Mogilny (3) 13:48 – Travis Green (1) | ||||||
| Kip Miller (4) – 04:23 | Third period | 19:20 – en – Alexander Mogilny (4) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–3 | |
(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks
The Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the President's trophy winners, the Western Conference Regular season champions and the Central Division champions with 116 points. The Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the eighth seed finishing the season with 94 points. This was the first playoff series between these two teams.
| April 17 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–3 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 17:51 – Luc Robitaille (1) | ||||||
| Todd Warriner (1) – 00:21 Andrew Cassels (1) – pp – 13:11 |
Second period | 08:23 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (1) | ||||||
| Trevor Linden (1) – 10:47 | Third period | 01:55 – Igor Larionov (1) | ||||||
| Henrik Sedin (1) – 13:59 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Cloutier 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Vancouver Canucks | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Todd Bertuzzi (1) – 10:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Cassels (2) – 07:08 Scott Lachance (1) – 13:13 |
Second period | 10:30 – Nicklas Lidstrom (1) | ||||||
| Markus Naslund (1) – 18:08 Matt Cooke (1) – en – 18:49 |
Third period | 10:33 – pp – Steve Yzerman (1) | ||||||
| Dan Cloutier 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 15 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–1 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| Steve Yzerman (2) – pp – 09:07 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nicklas Lidstrom (2) – 19:35 | Second period | 04:38 – pp – Todd Bertuzzi (2) | ||||||
| Brendan Shanahan (1) – 03:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| Jiri Fischer (1) – 03:22 Chris Chelios (1) – pp – 10:12 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:50 – Mattias Ohlund (1) 19:28 – pp – Matt Cooke (2) | ||||||
| Steve Yzerman (3) – 00:56 Kris Draper (1) – en – 19:07 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 11 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Vancouver Canucks | 0–4 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:02 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (1) 13:35 – sh – Mathieu Dandenault (1) 15:32 – Boyd Devereaux (1) 18:31 – Sergei Fedorov (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Cloutier 6 saves / 9 shots Peter Skudra 20 saves / 21 shots |
Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Detroit Red Wings | 6–4 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| Tomas Holmstrom (2) – 01:05 Igor Larionov (2) – 04:23 |
First period | 08:12 – pp – Ed Jovanovski (1) 08:56 – Henrik Sedin (2) | ||||||
| Nicklas Lidstrom (3) – sh – 06:40 Brett Hull (1) – sh – 07:10 Brett Hull (2) – pp – 17:39 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (3) – pp – 13:42 | Third period | 06:55 – Henrik Sedin (3) 17:02 – Matt Cooke (3) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 1 save / 3 shots Peter Skudra 21 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–2 | |
(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings
The Colorado Avalanche entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference by winning the Northwest Division with 99 points. The Los Angeles Kings earned 95 points during the regular season to finish seventh overall (losing the tie-breaker in head-to-head points 7–3 to Phoenix) in the Western Conference. This was the second playoff series between these two teams, they last met in the 2001 Western Conference Semifinals, which Colorado won in seven games.
| April 18 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–4 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 19:51 – Alex Tanguay (1) | ||||||
| Bryan Smolinski (1) – pp – 10:52 Zigmund Palffy (1) – 14:20 |
Second period | 04:22 – Steven Reinprecht (1) | ||||||
| Zigmund Palffy (2) – 03:25 | Third period | 01:06 – pp – Joe Sakic (1) 14:26 – Greg de Vries (1) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–5 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 07:23 Mikko Eloranta (1) – 13:13 |
First period | 07:01 – Joe Sakic (2) 15:37 – pp – Joe Sakic (3) | ||||||
| Jason Allison (1) – 08:43 | Second period | 11:05 – Peter Forsberg (1) 16:45 – Steven Reinprecht (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:45 – Chris Drury (1) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 33 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Colorado Avalanche | 1–3 | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| Brad Larsen (1) – 06:01 | First period | 00:19 – Zigmund Palffy (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:43 – Jason Allison (2) 08:29 – Zigmund Palffy (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 15 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Colorado Avalanche | 1–0 | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steven Reinprecht (3) – 05:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 32 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Los Angeles Kings | 1–0 | OT | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Craig Johnson (1) – 02:19 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 26 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Colorado Avalanche | 1–3 | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:21 – Jason Allison (3) 06:44 – Brad Chartrand (1) | ||||||
| Riku Hahl (1) – 09:37 | Second period | 06:19 – Bryan Smolinski (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Los Angeles Kings | 0–4 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:08 – Chris Drury (2) 06:02 – Alex Tanguay (2) 17:32 – Steven Reinprecht (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:47 – en – Adam Foote (1) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 23 saves / 26 shots Jamie Storr 0 saves / 0 shots |
Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 23 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–3 | |
(3) San Jose Sharks vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes
The San Jose Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division champions earning the third seed in the Western Conference with 99 points, losing the tiebreaker with the Colorado Avalanche in wins (45 to 44). The Phoenix Coyotes earned the sixth seed with 95 points, winning the tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Kings in head-to head points (7 to 3). This was the first and to date only playoff series between these two teams.
| April 17 | Phoenix Coyotes | 1–2 | San Jose Sharks | Compaq Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:48 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (1) | ||||||
| Daniel Briere (1) – 02:53 | Second period | 05:02 – Patrick Marleau (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sean Burke 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Phoenix Coyotes | 3–1 | San Jose Sharks | Compaq Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daymond Langkow (1) – 05:31 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Briere (2) – pp – 01:39 Shane Doan (1) – 14:59 |
Third period | 14:19 – Marco Sturm (1) | ||||||
| Sean Burke 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | San Jose Sharks | 4–1 | Phoenix Coyotes | America West Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:06 – Shane Doan (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Marleau (2) – 03:40 Adam Graves (1) – 05:38 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Thornton (1) – 07:20 Mike Ricci (1) – 07:43 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 35 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Sean Burke 31 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | San Jose Sharks | 2–1 | Phoenix Coyotes | America West Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Rathje (1) – pp – 12:23 Mike Ricci (2) – 14:39 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:27 – Radoslav Suchy (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Sean Burke 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Phoenix Coyotes | 1–4 | San Jose Sharks | Compaq Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Johnson (1) – ps – 19:45 | Second period | 10:24 – Patrick Marleau (3) 13:24 – Adam Graves (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:20 – Vincent Damphousse (2) 15:24 – Marco Sturm (2) | ||||||
| Sean Burke 15 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| San Jose won series 4–1 | |
(4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Chicago Blackhawks
The St. Louis Blues entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 98 points. The Chicago Blackhawks earned the fifth seed with 96 points. This was the tenth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Chicago winning seven of the nine previous series. They last met in the 1993 Norris Division Semifinals, where the Blues swept the series in four games. Chicago won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.
| April 18 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2–1 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kyle Calder (1) – 02:42 | Second period | 01:34 – pp – Pavol Demitra (1) | ||||||
| Alexander Karpovtsev (1) – 16:50 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jocelyn Thibault 34 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Brent Johnson 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Chicago Blackhawks | 0–2 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:53 – pp – Doug Weight (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:48 – Scott Mellanby (1) | ||||||
| Jocelyn Thibault 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Brent Johnson 26 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | St. Louis Blues | 4–0 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
| Jamal Mayers (1) – 01:48 Scott Mellanby (2) – pp – 13:26 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pavol Demitra (2) – pp –
01:03 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brent Johnson 12 saves / 12 shots | Goalie stats | Jocelyn Thibault 13 saves / 17 shots Steve Passmore 6 saves / 6 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | St. Louis Blues | 1–0 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pavol Demitra (3) – 18:43 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brent Johnson 27 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Passmore 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3–5 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 19:43 – pp – Scott Mellanby (3) | ||||||
| Steve Thomas (1) – 04:34 Kyle Calder (2) – pp – 12:43 Steve Sullivan (1) – 13:03 |
Second period | 14:21 – Scott Young (2) 19:57 – Chris Pronger (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:23 – Jamal Mayers (2) 15:56 – Keith Tkachuk (1) | ||||||
| Steve Passmore 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Brent Johnson 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| St. Louis won series 4–1 | |
Conference Semifinals
(3) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens
This was the sixth playoff series between the two teams; with Montreal winning all five previous playoff series. They last met in the 1992 Adams Division Semifinals where Montreal defeated the Hartford Whalers in seven games. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.
| May 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 0–2 | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:49 – Ron Francis (2) 17:42 – Erik Cole (3) | ||||||
| Jose Theodore 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Kevin Weekes 19 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–1 | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| Saku Koivu (3) – 07:25 Andrei Markov (1) – 16:51 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Gilmour (4) – pp – 01:03 | Second period | 19:53 – Rod Brind'Amour (2) | ||||||
| Bill Lindsay (2) – en – 18:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jose Theodore 45 saves / 46 shots | Goalie stats | Kevin Weekes 12 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1–2 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Molson Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:03 – Saku Koivu (4) | ||||||
| Bates Battaglia (2) – 03:24 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:26 – Donald Audette (5) | ||||||
| Kevin Weekes 18 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | 4–3 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Molson Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 10:46 – Andreas Dackell (1) 11:54 – Yanic Perreault (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:55 – Sergei Berezin (1) | ||||||
| Sean Hill (1) – pp – 03:57 Bates Battaglia (3) – 12:43 Erik Cole (4) – 19:19 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Niclas Wallin (1) – 03:14 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Weekes 7 saves / 9 shots Arturs Irbe 10 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 36 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–5 | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:17 – Martin Gelinas (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:13 – Rod Brind'Amour (3) | ||||||
| Karl Dykhuis (1) – 14:32 | Third period | 03:40 – pp – Ron Francis (3) 11:18 – Tommy Westlund (1) 16:13 – Bates Battaglia (4) | ||||||
| Jose Theodore 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | Carolina Hurricanes | 8–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Molson Centre | Recap | |||
| Erik Cole (5) – 00:25 Erik Cole (6) – 03:33 Sean Hill (2) – pp – 07:55 Josef Vasicek (2) – 14:58 Kevyn Adams (1) – 18:15 |
First period | 19:49 – Stephane Quintal (1) | ||||||
| Bates Battaglia (5) – pp – 05:57 Sean Hill (3) – pp – 12:17 Jeff O'Neill (2) – 19:52 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:44 – pp – Donald Audette (6) | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 8 saves / 13 shots Stephane Fiset 16 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| Carolina won series 4–2 | |
(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (7) Ottawa Senators
This was the third consecutive playoff meeting and third postseason match-up between these two teams; with Toronto winning both previous series. Toronto won the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in a four-game sweep. Ottawa won three of the five games in this year's regular season series. This remains the most recent all-Canadian playoff series that was played after the opening round of the playoffs.
| May 2 | Ottawa Senators | 5–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Martin Havlat (2) – pp – 07:44 Radek Bonk (2) – pp – 09:04 Shane Hnidy (1) – 11:44 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Todd White (1) – 01:42 Daniel Alfredsson (4) – pp – 10:39 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 27 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 28 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Ottawa Senators | 2–3 | 3OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 04:46 – Travis Green (2) 08:20 – Darcy Tucker (3) | ||||||
| Sami Salo (2) – 07:52 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Fisher (2) – 02:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third overtime period | 04:30 – Gary Roberts | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 39 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 54 saves / 56 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–3 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:49 – Magnus Arvedson (1) | ||||||
| Gary Roberts (4) – 16:44 Travis Green (3) – 19:26 |
Third period | 10:14 – Magnus Arvedson (2) 16:25 – Daniel Alfredsson (5) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alyn McCauley (2) – 06:17 Alyn McCauley (3) – pp – 17:17 |
Second period | 02:15 – pp – Wade Redden (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Ottawa Senators | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Wade Redden (3) – 07:22 | First period | 19:42 – pp – Gary Roberts (5) | ||||||
| Marian Hossa (3) – pp – 07:13 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Alfredsson (6) – 17:59 Radek Bonk (3) – en – 19:25 |
Third period | 12:34 – Alyn McCauley (4) | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 17 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–3 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| Bryan McCabe (3) – pp – 13:01 Gary Roberts (6) – pp – 17:20 |
First period | 01:05 – Marian Hossa (4) 04:39 – Daniel Alfredsson (7) | ||||||
| Gary Roberts (7) – 13:09 | Second period | 19:35 – Todd White (2) | ||||||
| Alexander Mogilny (5) – 04:28 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 15 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| May 14 | Ottawa Senators | 0–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:49 – pp – Alexander Mogilny (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:14 – Alexander Mogilny (7) 14:04 – Bryan McCabe (4) | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 19 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–3 | |
(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) St. Louis Blues
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams; with Detroit winning four of the six previous series. They last met in the 1998 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Detroit won in six games. Detroit won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.
| May 2 | St. Louis Blues | 0–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:40 – Pavel Datsyuk (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:04 – sh – Brett Hull (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brent Johnson 18 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | St. Louis Blues | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:46 – Steve Yzerman (4) 18:28 – Brett Hull (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:53 – Luc Robitaille (2) | ||||||
| Scott Mellanby (4) – 00:47 Scott Mellanby (5) – 19:19 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brent Johnson 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 35 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–6 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| Pavel Datsyuk (2) – 06:08 | First period | 05:41 – Keith Tkachuk (2) 19:03 – pp – Scott Mellanby | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:22 – pp – Keith Tkachuk (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:53 – Keith Tkachuk (4) 09:26 – sh – Pavol Demitra (4) 15:08 – Jamal Mayers (3) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 11 saves / 16 shots Manny Legace 1 save / 2 shots |
Goalie stats | Brent Johnson 27 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–3 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| Brendan Shanahan (2) – 13:33 Jiri Fischer (2) – 16:05 |
First period | 04:24 – pp – Scott Young (3) | ||||||
| Tomas Holmstrom (3) – 02:35 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Yzerman (5) – pp – 03:05 | Third period | 17:06 – pp – Scott Mellanby (7) 18:30 – Keith Tkachuk (5) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Brent Johnson 19 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | St. Louis Blues | 0–4 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:42 – Jiri Fischer (3) 09:57 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:57 – Brendan Shanahan (3) 19:18 – en – Brendan Shanahan (4) | ||||||
| Brent Johnson 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 16 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–1 | |
(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (3) San Jose Sharks
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1999 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Colorado won in six games. Colorado won this year's four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.
San Jose had a 3-2 series lead until Peter Forsberg scored the OT winner in game six as well as the lone goal in game seven.
| May 1 | San Jose Sharks | 6–3 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| Mike Ricci (3) – 06:13 Teemu Selanne (1) – 10:35 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Teemu Selanne (2) – 11:28 | Second period | 14:33 – pp – Chris Drury (3) 17:57 – Greg de Vries (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Marleau (4) – 12:34 Scott Thornton (2) – 15:20 Bryan Marchment (1) – en – 19:54 |
Third period | 16:33 – Peter Forsberg (2) | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 17 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | San Jose Sharks | 2–8 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:54 – Rob Blake (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Marleau (5) – 15:09 | Second period | 01:38 – Rob Blake (2) 08:36 – Peter Forsberg (3) 10:19 – pp – Joe Sakic (8) 13:50 – Greg de Vries (3) | ||||||
| Stephane Matteau (1) – 03:30 | Third period | 10:21 – pp – Milan Hejduk (1) 11:59 – Eric Messier (1) 12:11 – Dan Hinote (1) | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 28 shots Miikka Kiprusoff 2 saves / 2 shots |
Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Colorado Avalanche | 4–6 | San Jose Sharks | Compaq Center | Recap | |||
| Rob Blake (3) – 00:59 | First period | 14:40 – Scott Thornton (3) | ||||||
| Rob Blake (4) – 08:56 Alex Tanguay (3) – pp – 15:49 Peter Forsberg (4) – 18:49 |
Second period | 03:20 – Owen Nolan (1) 05:36 – Adam Graves (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:31 – pp – Teemu Selanne (3) 13:26 – pp – Patrick Marleau (6) 19:44 – en – Owen Nolan (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 34 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Colorado Avalanche | 4–1 | San Jose Sharks | Compaq Center | Recap | |||
| Rob Blake (5) – 05:26 Joe Sakic (5) – 12:36 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:29 – pp – Teemu Selanne (4) | ||||||
| Joe Sakic (6) – 02:45 Milan Hejduk (2) – en – 18:58 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | San Jose Sharks | 5–3 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marco Sturm (3) – 12:07 Niklas Sundstrom (1) – 15:38 |
Second period | 13:40 – Peter Forsberg (5) 14:57 – Mike Keane (1) 18:05 – Joe Sakic (7) | ||||||
| Mike Ricci (4) – 05:59 Teemu Selanne (5) – 09:04 Owen Nolan (3) – en – 19:57 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 22 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–1 | OT | San Jose Sharks | Compaq Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steven Reinprecht (5) – 15:41 | Second period | 15:17 – Marcus Ragnarsson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (6) – 02:47 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 15 | San Jose Sharks | 0–1 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:50 – Peter Forsberg (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 27 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–3 | |
Conference Finals
(3) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This was Toronto's fourth appearance in the Conference Finals. They last went to the Conference Finals in 1999, which they lost to the Buffalo Sabres in five games. The Hurricanes advanced to the Conference Finals for the first time in their 23rd season (fifth in Carolina) after entering the league in 1979 as the Hartford Whalers. These teams split their four-game regular season series.
As of 2020, this series remains as the lowest scoring six-game playoff series in NHL history.
| May 16 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| Alexander Mogilny (8) – 07:02 | First period | 03:23 – pp – Jeff O'Neill (3) | ||||||
| Jonas Hoglund (4) – pp – 12:45 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 22 saves/ 24 shots | ||||||
| May 19 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 | OT | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alyn McCauley (5) – 19:52 | Third period | 07:31 – Bret Hedican (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 13:42 – Niclas Wallin (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 21 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2–1 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
| Ron Francis (4) – pp – 05:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:26 – pp – Bryan McCabe (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff O'Neill (4) – 06:01 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| May 23 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Jaroslav Svoboda (1) – pp – 19:32 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sami Kapanen (1) – 11:41 Ron Francis (5) – pp – 17:35 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 31 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 12 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| May 25 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–0 | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| Darcy Tucker (4) – pp – 18:32 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 27 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| May 28 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2–1 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff O'Neill (2) – 09:36 | Third period | 19:38 – Mats Sundin (2) | ||||||
| Martin Gelinas (3) – 08:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 35 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 33 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| Carolina won series 4–2 | |
(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Colorado winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 2000 Western Conference Semifinals with Colorado winning in five games. This was Detroit's seventh Conference Finals appearance. They last went to the Conference Finals in 1998, where they defeated the Dallas Stars in six games. This was Colorado's fourth consecutive and eighth appearance in the Conference Finals. They last went to the Conference Finals in the previous year, which they won against the St. Louis Blues in five games. Detroit won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
Game seven of this series, is the most one-sided game seven score in NHL history.
| May 18 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Joe Sakic (8) – pp – 02:48 | First period | 18:48 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (5) | ||||||
| Milan Hejduk (3) – 13:36 | Second period | 16:29 – Brett Hull (6) | ||||||
| Alex Tanguay (4) – pp – 18:00 | Third period | 01:18 – Darren McCarty (1) 12:44 – Darren McCarty (2) 15:55 – Darren McCarty (3) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 25 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Domink Hasek 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 20 | Colorado Avalanche | 4–3 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Alex Tanguay (5) – pp – 02:59 | First period | 09:37 – Boyd Devereaux (2) | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (8) – 07:33 | Second period | 14:08 – sh – Kirk Maltby (1) | ||||||
| Greg de Vries (4) – 05:26 | Third period | 13:25 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (4) | ||||||
| Chris Drury (4) – 02:17 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Domink Hasek 22 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–1 | OT | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 15:54 – Rob Blake (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luc Robitaille (3) – 05:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Fredrik Olausson (1) – 12:44 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Domink Hasek 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 40 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| May 25 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:50 – Steven Reinprecht (6) | ||||||
| Sergei Federov (3) – sh – 06:20 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (7) – 19:57 | Third period | 00:45 – Joe Sakic (9) 16:43 – Chris Drury (5) | ||||||
| Domink Hasek 19 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 27 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–1 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Steven Reinprecht (7) – 17:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:54 – pp – Steve Yzerman (6) | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (9) – 06:24 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Domink Hasek 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 29 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–0 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| Brendan Shanahan (5) – 19:21 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Darren McCarty (4) – 13:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Domink Hasek 24 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 31 | Colorado Avalanche | 0–7 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:57 – Tomas Holmstrom (6) 03:17 – Sergei Federov (4) 10:25 – Luc Robitaille (4) 12:51 – Tomas Holmstrom (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:41 – Brett Hull (8) 06:28 – pp – Fredrik Olausson (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:09 – pp – Pavel Datsyuk (3) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 10 saves / 16 shots David Aebischer 13 saves / 14 shots |
Goalie stats | Domink Hasek 19 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–3 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Detroit made their twenty-second Finals appearance; their most recent appearance came in 1998 where they swept the Washington Capitals in four games. Carolina made their first Finals appearance in their twenty-third season since entering the league in 1979–80. The Hurricanes franchise had last played in a championship series when they were known as the New England Whalers in the WHA in 1978 where they were swept by the Winnipeg Jets. Detroit won both games in this year's regular season series.
| June 4 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3–2 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 15:21 – pp – Sergei Federov (5) | ||||||
| Sean Hill (4) – pp – 03:30 Jeff O'Neill (6) – 19:10 |
Second period | 10:39 – Kirk Maltby (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Francis (6) – 00:58 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| June 6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Rod Brind'Amour (4) – sh – 14:47 | First period | 06:33 – sh – Kirk Maltby (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:52 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (5) 15:05 – Kris Draper (2) | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 16 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| June 8 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–2 | 3OT | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 14:49 – Josef Vasicek (3) | ||||||
| Igor Larionov (3) – 05:33 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (9) – 18:46 | Third period | 07:34 – Jeff O'Neill (7) | ||||||
| Igor Larionov (4) – 14:47 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 41 saves/ 43 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 50 saves / 53 shots | ||||||
| June 10 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–0 | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (10) – 06:32 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Igor Larionov (5) – 03:43 Brendan Shanahan (6) – 14:43 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 17 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| June 13 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff O'Neill (8) – pp – 18:50 | Second period | 04:07 – Tomas Holmstrom (8) 14:04 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:15 – en – Brendan Shanahan (8) | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 16 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–1 | |
Player statistics
Despite getting eliminated by the Red Wings in the Western Conference Final, Colorado forward Peter Forsberg led the playoffs in points with 18 assists and 9 goals. Brett Hull of the Detroit Red Wings led the playoffs with ten goals.
Skaters
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Forsberg | Colorado Avalanche | 20 | 9 | 18 | 27 | +8 | 20 |
| Steve Yzerman | Detroit Red Wings | 23 | 6 | 17 | 23 | +4 | 10 |
| Joe Sakic | Colorado Avalanche | 21 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 4 |
| Brendan Shanahan | Detroit Red Wings | 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | +5 | 20 |
| Gary Roberts | Toronto Maple Leafs | 19 | 7 | 12 | 19 | +6 | 56 |
| Sergei Fedorov | Detroit Red Wings | 23 | 5 | 14 | 19 | +4 | 20 |
| Brett Hull | Detroit Red Wings | 23 | 10 | 8 | 18 | +1 | 4 |
| Ron Francis | Carolina Hurricanes | 23 | 6 | 10 | 16 | –2 | 6 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | Detroit Red Wings | 23 | 5 | 11 | 16 | +6 | 2 |
| Alyn McCauley | Toronto Maple Leafs | 20 | 5 | 10 | 15 | +3 | 4 |
Goaltending
These are the top seven goaltenders based on goals against average with at least four games played.
GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SO = Shutouts
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | TOI | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Lalime | Ottawa Senators | 12 | 7 | 5 | 332 | 18 | 1.39 | .946 | 777:44 | 4 |
| Kevin Weekes | Carolina Hurricanes | 8 | 3 | 2 | 180 | 11 | 1.62 | .939 | 407:34 | 2 |
| Arturs Irbe | Carolina Hurricanes | 18 | 10 | 8 | 480 | 30 | 1.67 | .938 | 1078:17 | 1 |
| Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 6 | 2 | 4 | 145 | 9 | 1.42 | .938 | 381:08 | 1 |
| Roman Cechmanek | Philadelphia Flyers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 109 | 7 | 1.85 | .936 | 226:39 | 1 |
| Brent Johnson | St. Louis Blues | 10 | 5 | 5 | 252 | 18 | 1.83 | .929 | 590:15 | 3 |
| Dominik Hasek | Detroit Red Wings | 23 | 16 | 7 | 562 | 45 | 1.86 | .920 | 1454:42 | 6 |
See also
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