2000 Stanley Cup playoffs

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2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 12–June 10, 2000
Teams16
Defending champions Dallas Stars
Final positions
Champions New Jersey Devils
Runner-up Dallas Stars
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s) Brett Hull (Stars) (24 points)
MVP Scott Stevens (Devils)
  1999
2001  

The 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), that began on April 12, 2000, and concluded on June 10. The New Jersey Devils defeated the reigning champion Dallas Stars in a six-game series to win their second Stanley Cup title in franchise history.

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Sixteen teams qualified for the playoffs, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series in each round, ending with each conference's champion playing a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup Finals for the Stanley Cup.

The Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks both missed the playoffs this year. This would not happen again until 2014, when all four Western Canadian teams missed the playoffs.

For the first time in history, only two Original Six teams made it to the playoffs (Toronto and Detroit). This would only happen again in 2001 (Toronto and Detroit), 2007 (New York Rangers and Detroit), 2018 (Boston and Toronto), and 2019 (Boston and Toronto).

Also, for the first time in history, both the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens missed the playoffs in the same season.

In addition, both conference finals went to the maximum seven games. This did not happen again until 2015.

The Stanley Cup, awarded to the champion of the NHL. Hhof stanley cup.jpg
The Stanley Cup, awarded to the champion of the NHL.

Playoff seeds

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Eastern Conference

  1. Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 105 points
  2. Washington Capitals, Southeast Division champions – 102 points
  3. Toronto Maple Leafs, Northeast Division champions – 100 points
  4. New Jersey Devils – 103 points
  5. Florida Panthers – 98 points
  6. Ottawa Senators – 95 points
  7. Pittsburgh Penguins – 88 points
  8. Buffalo Sabres – 85 points

Western Conference

  1. St. Louis Blues, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 114 points
  2. Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions – 102 points
  3. Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 96 points
  4. Detroit Red Wings – 108 points
  5. Los Angeles Kings – 94 points
  6. Phoenix Coyotes – 90 points
  7. Edmonton Oilers – 88 points
  8. San Jose Sharks – 87 points

Playoff bracket

Conference quarterfinals Conference semifinals Conference finals Stanley Cup Finals
            
1Philadelphia4
8 Buffalo 1
1Philadelphia4
7 Pittsburgh 2
2 Washington 1
7Pittsburgh4
1 Philadelphia 3
Eastern Conference
4New Jersey4
3Toronto4
6 Ottawa 2
3 Toronto 2
4New Jersey4
4New Jersey4
5 Florida 0
E4New Jersey4
W2 Dallas 2
1 St. Louis 3
8San Jose4
2Dallas4
8 San Jose 1
2Dallas4
7 Edmonton 1
2Dallas4
Western Conference
3 Colorado 3
3Colorado4
6 Phoenix 1
3Colorado4
4 Detroit 1
4Detroit4
5 Los Angeles 0

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference quarterfinals

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Buffalo Sabres

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 1998 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Buffalo won in five games. Philadelphia won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

April 13Buffalo Sabres2–3Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period14:56 – ppKeith Jones (1)
19:52 – shDaymond Langkow (1)
Stu Barnes (1) –pp – 05:53
Miroslav Satan (1) – 12:22
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period05:33 – ppSimon Gagne (1)
Dominik Hasek 27 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Brian Boucher 18 saves / 20 shots
April 14Buffalo Sabres1–2Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Miroslav Satan (2) – 10:40First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period04:53 – ppJohn LeClair (1)
No scoringThird period04:47 – ppEric Desjardins (1)
Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Brian Boucher 30 saves / 31 shots
April 16Philadelphia Flyers2–0Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
John LeClair (2) – pp – 15:30First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Mark Recchi (1) – en – 19:22Third periodNo scoring
Brian Boucher 17 saves / 17 shotsGoalie stats Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 26 shots
April 18Philadelphia Flyers2–3OTBuffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period02:39 – ppCurtis Brown (1)
Rick Tocchet (1) – pp – 13:55
Keith Primeau (1) – 18:25
Second period01:03 – Miroslav Satan (3)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period04:42 – Stu Barnes (2)
Brian Boucher 31 saves / 34 shotsGoalie stats Dominik Hasek 26 saves / 28 shots
April 20Buffalo Sabres2–5Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Richard Smehlik (1) – 08:44First period19:52 – Dan McGillis (1)
No scoringSecond period09:47 – ppJohn LeClair (3)
12:52 – Daymond Langkow (2)
Stu Barnes (3) – pp – 03:34Third period09:55 – ppSimon Gagne
19:59 – pp-en – Daymond Langkow (3)
Dominik Hasek 32 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Brian Boucher 20 saves / 22 shots
Philadelphia won series 4–1

(2) Washington Capitals vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 1996 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Pittsburgh won in six games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

April 13Pittsburgh Penguins7–0Washington Capitals MCI Center Recap  
Janne Laukkanen (1) – 02:30
Robert Lang (1) – pp – 06:34
Martin Straka (1) – pp – 11:26
First periodNo scoring
Jiri Slegr (1) – 03:00
Jan Hrdina (1) – 12:03
Tyler Wright (1) – 13:32
Second periodNo scoring
Janne Laukkanen (2) – pp – 00:33Third periodNo scoring
Ron Tugnutt 32 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Olaf Kolzig 14 saves / 20 shots
Craig Billington 5 saves / 6 shots
April 15Washington Capitals1–2OTPittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Peter Bondra (1) – pp – 17:18First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period14:06 – Jan Hrdina (2)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period05:49 – ppJaromir Jagr (1)
Olaf Kolzig 19 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Ron Tugnutt 37 saves / 38 shots
April 17Washington Capitals3–4Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Chris Simon (1) – 15:39First periodNo scoring
Jeff Halpern (1) – 09:55Second period08:04 – ppJan Hrdina (3)
09:44 – Pat Falloon (1)
Calle Johansson (1) – pp – 14:02Third period02:13 – Jan Hrdina (4)
15:28 – Jiri Slegr (2)
Olaf Kolzig 18 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Ron Tugnutt 24 saves / 27 shots
April 19Pittsburgh Penguins2–3Washington Capitals MCI Center Recap  
John Slaney (1) – pp – 10:18
Jaromir Jagr (2) – 19:39
First period09:57 – shSteve Konowalchuk (1)
No scoringSecond period13:39 – Chris Simon (2)
No scoringThird period12:55 – ppJeff Halpern (2)
Ron Tugnutt 34 saves/ 37 shotsGoalie stats Olaf Kolzig 21 saves / 23 shots
April 21Pittsburgh Penguins2–1Washington Capitals MCI Center Recap  
Tyler Wright (2) – 05:52First period10:01 – Sergei Gonchar (1)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Jaromir Jagr (3) – 07:56Third periodNo scoring
Ron Tugnutt 25 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Olaf Kolzig 15 saves / 17 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–1

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (6) Ottawa Senators

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Ottawa won three of the four games in this year's regular season series. Ottawa won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.

April 12Ottawa Senators0–2Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period08:53 – ppDarcy Tucker (1)
No scoringThird period19:39 – enMats Sundin (1)
Tom Barrasso 19 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 30 shots
April 15Ottawa Senators1–5Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Sami Salo (1) – pp – 19:05Second period00:46 – Darcy Tucker (2)
01:28 – Mats Sundin (2)
03:49 – Steve Thomas (1)
12:46 – Steve Thomas (2)
No scoringThird period05:36 – Sergei Berezin (1)
Tom Barrasso 20 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Curtis Joseph 29 saves / 30 shots
April 17Toronto Maple Leafs3–4Ottawa Senators Corel Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst period05:24 – ppDaniel Alfredsson (1)
Steve Thomas (3) – 10:03Second period09:44 – Rob Zamuner (1)
Dmitri Khristich (1) – 10:18
Jonas Hoglund (1) – 19:42
Third period05:27 – Colin Forbes (1)
14:17 – Rob Zamuner (2)
Curtis Joseph 11 saves / 15 shotsGoalie stats Tom Barrasso 33 saves / 36 shots
April 19Toronto Maple Leafs1–2Ottawa Senators Corel Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period08:15 – Andreas Dackell (1)
Sergei Berezin (2) – 16:10Third period03:23 – Andreas Dackell (2)
Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Tom Barrasso 31 saves / 32 shots
April 22Ottawa Senators1–2OTToronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Joe Juneau (1) – 04:36Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period15:30 – Steve Thomas (4)
No scoringFirst overtime period14:47 – Steve Thomas (5)
Tom Barrasso 29 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Curtis Joseph 37 saves / 38 shots
April 24Toronto Maple Leafs4–2Ottawa Senators Corel Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst period03:45 – Joe Juneau (2)
Steve Thomas (6) – 04:11
Mats Sundin (3) – 07:16
Sergei Berezin (3) – 10:40
Wendel Clark (1) – 18:47
Second period03:59 – Igor Kravchuk (1)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Curtis Joseph 36 saves / 38 shotsGoalie stats Tom Barrasso 20 saves / 24 shots
Toronto won series 4–2

(4) New Jersey Devils vs. (5) Florida Panthers

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. New Jersey won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

April 13Florida Panthers3–4New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Rob Niedermayer (1) – 16:55
Peter Worrell (1) – 19:43
First period01:38 – Scott Stevens (1)
04:02 – Petr Sykora (1)
15:28 – Sergei Brylin (1)
Mike Sillinger (1) – 13:50Second period07:21 – Scott Gomez (1)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Mike Vernon 29 saves / 33 shotsGoalie stats Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 23 shots
April 16Florida Panthers1–2New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Mike Sillinger (2) – 14:45First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period00:56 – shScott Niedermayer (1)
No scoringThird period03:42 – Scott Stevens (2)
Mike Vernon 26 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots
April 18New Jersey Devils2–1Florida Panthers National Car Rental Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period09:19 – Ray Whitney (1)
Alexander Mogilny (1) – pp – 16:25Second periodNo scoring
Brian Rafalski (1) – 03:11Third periodNo scoring
Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Mike Vernon 38 saves / 40 shots
April 20New Jersey Devils4–1Florida Panthers National Car Rental Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period05:17 – ppPavel Bure (1)
Patrik Elias (1) – 04:26
Scott Niedermayer (2) – 15:02
Second periodNo scoring
Sergei Nemchinov (1) – 16:12
Sergei Nemchinov (2) – pp – 18:02
Third periodNo scoring
Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Mike Vernon 31 saves / 35 shots
New Jersey won series 4–0

Western Conference quarterfinals

(1) St. Louis Blues vs. (8) San Jose Sharks

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won this year's five-game regular season series earning nine of ten points.

April 12San Jose Sharks3–5St. Louis Blues Kiel Center Recap  
Dave Lowry (1) – 00:46
Mike Rathje (1) – 18:10
First period05:41 – Jochen Hecht (1)
07:35 – Lubos Bartecko (1)
No scoringSecond period02:29 – Jochen Hecht (2)
Owen Nolan (1) – sh – 14:40Third period03:15 – ppChris Pronger (1)
08:49 – Marty Reasoner (1)
Steve Shields 32 saves / 37 shotsGoalie stats Roman Turek 28 saves / 31 shots
April 15San Jose Sharks4–2St. Louis Blues Kiel Center Recap  
Gary Suter (1) – pp – 17:10First period09:54 – Marty Reasoner (2)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Bryan Marchment (1) – 03:07
Mike Ricci (1) – pp – 14:18
Owen Nolan (2) – en – 18:57
Third period08:35 – Stephane Richer (1)
Steve Shields 18 saves / 20 shotsGoalie stats Roman Turek 15 saves / 18 shots
April 17St. Louis Blues1–2San Jose Sharks San Jose Arena Recap  
Scott Young (1) – pp – 15:14First period05:39 – ppOwen Nolan (3)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period04:40 – Owen Nolan (4)
Roman Turek 20 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Steve Shields 31 saves / 32 shots
April 19St. Louis Blues2–3San Jose Sharks San Jose Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period06:08 – Marco Sturm (1)
Jochen Hecht (3) – pp – 12:54
Mike Eastwood (1) – 13:30
Second period01:37 – Mike Ricci (2)
No scoringThird period11:23 – Gary Suter (2)
Roman Turek 16 saves / 19 shotsGoalie stats Steve Shields 25 saves / 27 shots
April 21San Jose Sharks3–5St. Louis Blues Kiel Center Recap  
Mike Ricci (3) – pp – 18:52First period04:04 – ppLadislav Nagy (1)
04:39 – Al MacInnis (1)
07:13 – Ricard Persson (1)
Jeff Friesen (1) – 12:26
Brad Stuart (1) – pp – 17:03
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period03:34 – ppChris Pronger (2)
19:26 – enScott Young (2)
Steve Shields 28 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Roman Turek 22 saves / 25 shots
April 23St. Louis Blues6–2San Jose Sharks San Jose Arena Recap  
Scott Young (3) – 12:31First periodNo scoring
Scott Young (4) – 00:21
Jochen Hecht (4) – 09:29
Chris Pronger (3) – 11:42
Tyson Nash (1) – 12:51
Scott Young (5)– pp – 14:22
Second period17:13 – ppOwen Nolan (5)
No scoringThird period16:00 – Bryan Marchment (2)
Roman Turek 25 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Steve Shields 8 saves / 14 shots
Evgeni Nabokov 10 saves / 10 shots
April 25San Jose Sharks3–1St. Louis Blues Kiel Center Recap  
Ronnie Stern (1) – 02:51
Owen Nolan (6) – 19:49
First periodNo scoring
Jeff Friesen (2) – 14:14Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period02:09 – ppScott Young (6)
Steve Shields 21 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Roman Turek 16 saves / 19 shots
San Jose won series 4–3

(2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers

This was the fourth consecutive and sixth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with Dallas winning three of the five previous series. Dallas won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in a four-game sweep. Dallas won this year's four-game regular season series earning seven of eight points.

April 12Edmonton Oilers1–2Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period12:32 – Mike Keane (1)
German Titov (1) – 07:00Third period11:31 – Roman Lyashenko (1)
Tommy Salo 30 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 11 saves / 12 shots
April 13Edmonton Oilers0–3Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period15:33 – Kirk Muller (1)
No scoringSecond period17:54 – Brett Hull (1)
No scoringThird period06:22 – Scott Thornton (1)
Tommy Salo 19 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 17 saves / 17 shots
April 16Dallas Stars2–5Edmonton Oilers Skyreach Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst period08:40 – Doug Weight (1)
09:56 – Jim Dowd (1)
17:00 – pp – Doug Weight (2)
Brenden Morrow (1) – pp – 02:32
Mike Modano (1) – 10:59
Second period01:16 – shRyan Smyth (1)
06:13 – pp – Doug Weight (3)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ed Belfour 33 saves / 38 shotsGoalie stats Tommy Salo 26 saves / 28 shots
April 18Dallas Stars4–3Edmonton Oilers Skyreach Centre Recap  
Brett Hull (2) – 05:02
Richard Matvichuk (1) – 05:50
First period09:19 – ppBill Guerin (1)
11:43 – Bill Guerin (2)
Mike Modano (2) – 00:52Second period18:06 – Bill Guerin (3)
Guy Carbonneau (1) – 05:01Third periodNo scoring
Ed Belfour 15 saves / 18 shotsGoalie stats Tommy Salo 20 saves / 24 shots
April 21Edmonton Oilers2–3Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Todd Marchant (1) – 12:45Second period05:35 – ppJamie Langenbrunner (1)
14:12 – Derian Hatcher (1)
Jim Dowd (2) – 01:07Third period14:58 – Brett Hull (3)
Tommy Salo 24 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 24 saves / 26 shots
Dallas won series 4–1

(3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

April 13Phoenix Coyotes3–6Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period04:23 – Shjon Podein (1)
08:10 – Dave Andreychuk (1)
14:08 – Sandis Ozolinsh (1)
18:14 – Sandis Ozolinsh (2)
Travis Green (1) – 01:37
Shane Doan (1) – pp – 04:19
Second period14:18 – Alex Tanguay (1)
Teppo Numminen (1) – 08:18Third period12:11 – Shjon Podein (2)
Sean Burke 32 saves / 38 shotsGoalie stats Patrick Roy 12 saves / 15 shots
April 15Phoenix Coyotes1–3Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period03:31 – ppChris Drury (1)
04:27 – ppAlex Tanguay (2)
Benoit Hogue (1) – 05:42Second period09:32 – ppMilan Hejduk (1)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Sean Burke 32 saves / 35 shotsGoalie stats Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots
April 17Colorado Avalanche4–2Phoenix Coyotes America West Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Shjon Podein (3) – 09:32
Joe Sakic (1) – pp – 14:48
Second period00:49 – ppKeith Tkachuk (1)
Adam Deadmarsh (1) – pp – 06:17
Adam Deadmarsh (2) – en – 19:36
Third period06:17 – ppJeremy Roenick (1)
Patrick Roy 23 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Sean Burke 22 saves / 25 shots
April 19Colorado Avalanche2–3Phoenix Coyotes America West Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period03:31 – Trevor Letowski (1)
17:32 – Travis Green (2)
Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 06:03Second period00:38 –Mikael Renberg (1)
Adam Deadmarsh (3) – 16:02Third periodNo scoring
Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Sean Burke 36 saves / 38 shots
April 21Phoenix Coyotes1–2Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Jeremy Roenick (2) – 12:31Second period18:25 – Sandis Ozolinsh (3)
No scoringThird period05:43 – Peter Forsberg (1)
Sean Burke 29 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Patrick Roy 19 saves / 20 shots
Colorado won series 4–1

(4) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their five-game regular season series.

April 13Los Angeles Kings0–2Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period01:43 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)
No scoringThird period19:47 – enSergei Fedorov (1)
Stephane Fiset 29 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Chris Osgood 19 saves / 19 shots
April 15Los Angeles Kings5–8Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Luc Robitaille (1) – 02:04
Zigmund Palffy (1) – 04:55
Sean O'Donnell (1) – 19:36
First period00:55 – Brendan Shanahan (1)
01:33 – Martin Lapointe (1)
03:32 – Kris Draper (1)
06:56 – Martin Lapointe
Craig Johnson (1) – 11:43Second period03:27 – Kris Draper (2)
09:33 – pp – Martin Lapointe (3)
Zigmund Palffy (2) – 01:11Third period09:18 – ppNicklas Lidstrom (1)
19:23 – en – Nicklas Lidstrom (2)
Stephane Fiset 12 saves / 17 shots
Jamie Storr 23 saves / 25 shots
Goalie stats Chris Osgood 39 saves / 44 shots
April 17Detroit Red Wings2–1Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
Sergei Fedorov (2) – pp – 05:21First periodNo scoring
Tomas Holmstrom (1) – pp – 14:40Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period02:35 – Luc Robitaille (2)
Chris Osgood 21 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Stephane Fiset 22 saves / 24 shots
April 19Detroit Red Wings3–0Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period Pat Verbeek (1) – pp – 17:10
Larry Murphy (1) – pp – 19:41
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period Sergei Fedorov (3) – en – 19:09
Chris Osgood 25 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Stephane Fiset 25 saves / 27 shots
Detroit won series 4–0

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference semifinals

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning both previous series. They last met in the 1997 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Philadelphia won in five games. Philadelphia won this year's five-game regular season series earning nine of ten points.

Game four was the third-longest game in playoff history, as well as the longest since the NHL expanded in 1967. [1]

April 27Pittsburgh Penguins2–0Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Jaromir Jagr (4) – 13:33First periodNo scoring
Martin Straka (2) – 04:46Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ron Tugnutt 28 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Brian Boucher 12 saves / 14 shots
April 29Pittsburgh Penguins4–1Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Robert Lang (2) – pp – 16:57First periodNo scoring
Jaromir Jagr (5) – pp – 14:45
Robert Lang (3) – 16:30
Second periodNo scoring
Jaromir Jagr (6) – 10:59Third period04:34 – Simon Gagne (3)
Ron Tugnutt 44 saves / 45 shotsGoalie stats Brian Boucher 21 saves / 25 shots
May 2Philadelphia Flyers4–3OTPittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Andy Delmore (1) – 14:11
Keith Jones (2) – 16:27
First periodNo Scoring
No scoringSecond period00:40 – Jaromir Jagr (7)
10:24 – Martin Straka (3)
John LeClair (4) – 07:27Third period14:28 – Jaromir Jagr (8)
Andy Delmore (2) – 11:01First overtime periodNo scoring
Brian Boucher 15 saves / 18 shotsGoalie stats Ron Tugnutt 40 saves / 44 shots
May 4Philadelphia Flyers2–15OTPittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period02:22 – Alexei Kovalev (1)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
John LeClair (5) – pp – 04:47Third periodNo scoring
Keith Primeau (2) – 12:01Fifth overtime periodNo scoring
Brian Boucher 57 saves / 58 shotsGoalie stats Ron Tugnutt 70 saves / 72 shots
May 7Pittsburgh Penguins3–6Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period00:23 – Daymond Langkow (4)
03:37 – ppAndy Delmore (3)
Tyler Wright (3) – 15:06Second period00:16 – Dan McGillis (2)
03:47 – ppMark Recchi (2)
17:50 – Andy Delmore (4)
Darius Kasparaitis (1) – 00:40
Rob Brown (1) – 08:42
Third period05:17 – Andy Delmore (5)
Ron Tugnutt 21 saves / 26 shots
Peter Skudra 10 saves / 11 shots
Goalie stats Brian Boucher 29 saves / 32 shots
May 9Philadelphia Flyers2–1Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Mark Recchi (3) – pp – 11:04First periodNo scoring
John LeClair (6) – 00:44Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period10:46 – Rene Corbet (1)
Brian Boucher 27 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Ron Tugnutt 21 saves / 23 shots
Philadelphia won series 4–2

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (4) New Jersey Devils

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Toronto won this year's four-game regular season series earning seven of eight points.

Martin Brodeur set a Stanley Cup playoff record in game six for the least shots against required (6) to record a shutout in a single game. [2]

April 27New Jersey Devils1–2Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Petr Sykora (2) – 05:54Second period01:07 – Dmitri Yushkevich (1)
No scoringThird period01:18 – Darcy Tucker (3)
Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 33 shots
April 29New Jersey Devils1–0Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
Colin White (1) – 06:41First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 20 shotsGoalie stats Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 33 shots
May 1Toronto Maple Leafs1–5New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period09:42 – ppJason Arnott (1)
15:03 – Scott Gomez (2)
17:33 – shPatrik Elias (2)
Kevyn Adams (1) – sh – 15:43Third period04:27 – Petr Sykora (3)
06:01 – ppAlexander Mogilny (2)
Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots
May 3Toronto Maple Leafs3–2New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Jonas Hoglund (2) – 10:01
Darcy Tucker (4) – 16:02
First period01:41 – ppScott Gomez (3)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Tomas Kaberle (1) – 18:25Third period14:14 – Claude Lemieux (1)
Curtis Joseph 34 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 22 shots
May 6New Jersey Devils4–3Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
Patrik Elias (3) – pp – 16:11First period08:55 – Garry Valk (1)
Sergei Nemchinov (3) – 15:59Second period02:19 – Jeff Farkas (1)
Vladimir Malakhov (1) – pp – 07:47
John Madden (1) – 14:07
Third period17:04 – Sergei Berezin (4)
Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Curtis Joseph 28 saves / 32 shots
May 8Toronto Maple Leafs0–3New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period00:18 – Petr Sykora (4)
No scoringSecond period00:25 – Jason Arnott (2)
No scoringThird period19:54 – enJohn Madden (2)
Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Martin Brodeur 6 saves / 6 shots
New Jersey won series 4–2

Western Conference semifinals

(2) Dallas Stars vs. (8) San Jose Sharks

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; with Dallas winning the only previous series. Their only previous meeting was in the 1998 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Dallas won in six games. San Jose won four of the six games in this year's regular season series.

April 28San Jose Sharks0–4Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period05:45 – Aaron Gavey (1)
14:01 – ppMike Modano (3)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period02:48 – ppJoe Nieuwendyk (1)
04:23 – Brenden Morrow (2)
Steve Shields 23 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 18 saves / 18 shots
April 30San Jose Sharks0–1Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period07:26 – Mike Modano (4)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Steve Shields 17 saves / 18 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 19 saves / 19 shots
May 2Dallas Stars1–2San Jose Sharks San Jose Arena Recap  
Mike Modano (5) – pp – 03:35First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period05:42 – ppMike Ricci (4)
14:56 – Owen Nolan (7)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Steve Shields 30 saves / 31 shots
May 5Dallas Stars5–4San Jose Sharks San Jose Arena Recap  
Mike Modano (6) – 01:08
Guy Carbonneau (2) – sh – 10:21
First period08:52 – ppVincent Damphousse (1)
17:34 – Mike Ricci (5)
Sergei Zubov (1) – sh – 00:56
Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 10:52
Joe Nieuwendyk (3) – 18:07
Second period07:48 – shOwen Nolan (8)
14:08 – ppTodd Harvey (1)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ed Belfour 31 saves / 35 shotsGoalie stats Steve Shields 28 saves / 33 shots
May 7San Jose Sharks1–4Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period10:31 – Joe Nieuwendyk (4)
13:34 – Scott Thornton (2)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Patrick Marleau (1) – pp – 08:32Third period04:02 – ppBrett Hull (4)
04:43 – ppSylvain Cote (1)
Steve Shields 26 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 32 saves / 33 shots
Dallas won series 4–1

(3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and fourth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with Colorado winning two of the three previous series. Colorado won last year's Western Conference Semifinals in six games. Detroit won four of the five games in this year's regular season series.

April 27Detroit Red Wings0–2Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period10:13 – Peter Forsberg (2)
No scoringSecond period11:39 – ppSandis Ozolinsh (4)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Chris Osgood 24 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Patrick Roy 25 saves / 25 shots
April 29Detroit Red Wings1–3Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period08:12 – ppMilan Hejduk (2)
15:49 – ppPeter Forsberg (3)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Tomas Holmstrom (2) – 08:12Third period19:01 – enChris Drury (2)
Chris Osgood 30 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Patrick Roy 29 saves / 30 shots
May 1Colorado Avalanche1–3Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period09:38 – ppIgor Larionov (1)
Peter Forsberg (4) – pp – 09:39Second period11:57 – ppSergei Fedorov (4)
No scoringThird period19:19 – enBrendan Shanahan (2)
Patrick Roy 33 saves / 35 shotsGoalie stats Chris Osgood 22 saves / 23 shots
May 3Colorado Avalanche3–2OTDetroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Jon Klemm (1) – 03:37Second period08:46 – Tomas Holmstrom (3)
Dave Andreychuk (3) – 15:33Third period09:20 – ppVyacheslav Kozlov (2)
Chris Drury (3) – 10:21First overtime periodNo scoring
Patrick Roy 30 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Chris Osgood 18 saves / 21 shots
May 5Detroit Red Wings2–4Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Larry Murphy (2) – sh – 12:01Second period02:46 – ppJoe Sakic (2)
10:01 – Stephane Yelle (1)
Brendan Shanahan (3) – 06:13Third period04:40 – Peter Forsberg (5)
09:01 – Shjon Podein (4)
Chris Osgood 21 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Patrick Roy 20 saves / 22 shots
Colorado won series 4–1

Conference finals

Eastern Conference final

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) New Jersey Devils

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals, which New Jersey won in six games. This was Philadelphia's sixth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1997 where they defeated the New York Rangers in five games. This was New Jersey's fourth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1995. New Jersey won four of the five games during this year's regular season series.

The Devils overcame a 3–1 deficit to defeat the Flyers in seven games. In game seven Devils' forward Patrik Elias scored the series-winner at 17:28 of the third period. Eric Lindros suffered a concussion after getting hit by Scott Stevens in the first period of game seven and did not return; as a result of the hit this was the last game he played as a Flyer.

May 14New Jersey Devils4–1Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Scott Niedermayer (3) – 00:55
Petr Sykora (5) – 17:38
Bobby Holik (1) – 18:04
First period08:20 – Mark Recchi (4)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Claude Lemieux (2) – pp – 05:19Third periodNo scoring
Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Brian Boucher 20 saves / 24 shots
May 16New Jersey Devils3–4Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Scott Gomez (4) – 13:23First period01:38 – Rick Tocchet (2)
Jason Arnott (3) – 02:51
Patrik Elias (4) – 14:50
Second period19:21 – Eric Desjardins (2)
No scoringThird period01:06 – Rick Tocchet (3)
01:58 – Daymond Langkow (5)
Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Brian Boucher 30 saves / 33 shots
May 18Philadelphia Flyers4–2New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Mark Recchi (5) – 02:57
Keith Jones (3) – 14:14
First period04:24 – Claude Lemieux (3)
Rick Tocchet (4) – 07:15Second periodNo scoring
Simon Gagne (4) – 18:11Third period15:59 – Scott Niedermayer (4)
Brian Boucher 27 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 21 shots
May 20Philadelphia Flyers3–1New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Mark Recchi (6) – 16:07First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period12:13 – Bobby Holik (2)
Craig Berube (1) – 12:58
Simon Gagne (5) – 16:40
Third periodNo scoring
Brian Boucher 24 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 21 shots
May 22New Jersey Devils4–1Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Jason Arnott (4) – pp – 10:25
Bobby Holik (3) – 15:15
First periodNo scoring
Petr Sykora (6) – 01:47Second period15:45 – ppValeri Zelepukin (1)
Patrik Elias (5) – 00:54Third periodNo scoring
Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Brian Boucher 26 saves / 30 shots
May 24Philadelphia Flyers1–2New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Eric Lindros (1) – 19:31Third period11:26 – Claude Lemieux (4)
16:33 – Alexander Mogilny (3)
Brian Boucher 24 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Martin Brodeur 12 saves / 13 shots
May 26New Jersey Devils2–1Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Patrik Elias (6) – pp – 06:44First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period06:01 – ppRick Tocchet (5)
Patrik Elias (7) – 17:28Third periodNo scoring
Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Brian Boucher 16 saves / 18 shots
New Jersey won series 4–3

Western Conference final

(2) Dallas Stars vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Western Conference Final, which Dallas won in seven games. Dallas made their third consecutive and fifth overall appearance in the Conference Finals; while Colorado made their second consecutive and sixth overall appearance in the Conference Finals. Colorado won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.

May 13Colorado Avalanche2–0Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Milan Hejduk (3) – pp – 08:51
Aaron Miller (1) – 17:32
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Patrick Roy 24 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 16 saves / 18 shots
May 15Colorado Avalanche2–3Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Sandis Ozolinsh (5) – pp – 00:25Second period05:24 – Mike Modano (7)
18:15 – pp – Mike Modano (8)
Peter Forsberg (6) – 14:23Third period05:48 – Brett Hull (5)
Patrick Roy 31 saves / 34 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 20 saves / 22 shots
May 19Dallas Stars0–2Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period01:39 – Shjon Podein (5)
No scoringSecond period14:50 – ppAdam Deadmarsh (4)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ed Belfour 38 saves / 40 shotsGoalie stats Patrick Roy 21 saves / 21 shots
May 21Dallas Stars4–1Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
Joe Nieuwendyk (5) – pp – 07:12
Brett Hull (6) – 17:30
First periodNo scoring
Brett Hull (7) – 07:52Second period01:43 – Dave Reid (1)
Richard Matvichuk (2) – 04:39Third periodNo scoring
Ed Belfour 38 saves / 39 shotsGoalie stats Patrick Roy 11 saves / 15 shots
May 23Colorado Avalanche2–3OTDallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
Jon Klemm (2) – 12:11First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period04:26 – Jere Lehtinen (1)
14:41 – ppBrett Hull (8)
Milan Hejduk (4) – 02:19Third periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period12:10 – Joe Nieuwendyk (6)
Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 28 saves / 31 shots
May 25Dallas Stars1–2Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Brett Hull (9) – pp – 12:37Second period04:30 – Ray Bourque (1)
No scoringThird period16:09 – Chris Drury (4)
Ed Belfour 19 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Patrick Roy 26 saves / 27 shots
May 27Colorado Avalanche2–3Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period06:36 – ppSergei Zubov (2)
19:54 – ppMike Modano (9)
No scoringSecond period05:31 – Roman Lyashenko (2)
Peter Forsberg (7) – sh – 05:25
Milan Hejduk (5) – 08:26
Third periodNo scoring
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots
Dallas won series 4–3

Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Dallas made their second consecutive and fourth overall appearance in the Finals, after defeating the Buffalo Sabres in six games the year before. New Jersey made their second Finals appearance and first since defeating the Detroit Red Wings in four games in 1995. Dallas won both games in this year's regular season series.

May 30Dallas Stars3–7New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Darryl Sydor (1) – 13:13First period07:22 – Jason Arnott (5)
No scoringSecond period02:52 – Ken Daneyko (1)
10:28 – Petr Sykora (7)
16:04 – Scott Stevens (3)
Jon Sim (1) – 07:43
Kirk Muller (2) – 07:55
Third period02:21 – Sergei Brylin (2)
03:02 – Petr Sykora (8)
05:12 – pp – Jason Arnott (6)
Ed Belfour 12 saves / 18 shots
Manny Fernandez 7 saves / 8 shots
Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 18 shots
June 1Dallas Stars2–1New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Brett Hull (10) – 04:25First period12:42 – Alexander Mogilny (4)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Brett Hull (11) – 15:44Third periodNo scoring
Ed Belfour 27 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots
June 3New Jersey Devils2–1Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
Jason Arnott (7) – 18:06First period13:08 – ppSylvain Cote (2)
Petr Sykora (9) – pp – 12:27Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 29 saves / 31 shots
June 5New Jersey Devils3–1Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period18:02 – ppJoe Nieuwendyk (7)
Sergei Brylin (3) – 02:27
John Madden (3) – sh – 04:51
Brian Rafalski (2) – 06:08
Third periodNo scoring
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 17 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 28 saves / 31 shots
June 8Dallas Stars1–03OTNew Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Mike Modano (10) – 06:21Third overtime periodNo scoring
Ed Belfour 48 saves / 48 shotsGoalie stats Martin Brodeur 40 saves / 41 shots
June 10New Jersey Devils2–12OTDallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Scott Niedermayer (5) – sh – 05:18Second period06:27 – Mike Keane (2)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Jason Arnott (8) – 08:20Second overtime periodNo scoring
Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Ed Belfour 43 saves / 45 shots
New Jersey won series 4–2

Playoff statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points. [3]

PlayerTeamGPGAPts+/–PIM
Brett Hull Dallas Stars 23111324+34
Mike Modano Dallas Stars23101323+310
Jason Arnott New Jersey Devils 2381220+718
Patrik Elias New Jersey Devils2371320+99
Mark Recchi Philadelphia Flyers 1861218+36
Petr Sykora New Jersey Devils239817+810
Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins 118816+56
Peter Forsberg Colorado Avalanche 167815+912
Adam Deadmarsh Colorado Avalanche1741115+721
Chris Drury Colorado Avalanche1741014+74

Goaltenders

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. [4]

PlayerTeamGPWLSAGAGAASV%SOTOI
Martin Brodeur New Jersey Devils 23167537391.61.9272
Ron Tugnutt Pittsburgh Penguins 1165398221.77.9452
Patrick Roy Colorado Avalanche 17116431311.79.9283
Ed Belfour Dallas Stars 23149651451.87.9314
Chris Osgood Detroit Red Wings 954237181.97.9242

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  4. NHL.com - Goalie Stats
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