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2001 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 11–June 9, 2001
Teams16
Defending championsNew Jersey Devils
Final positions
ChampionsColorado Avalanche
Runner-upNew Jersey Devils
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Joe Sakic (Avalanche) (26 points)
MVPPatrick Roy (Avalanche)
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The 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), began on April 11, 2001, and ended on June 9, 2001, when the Western Conference champion Colorado Avalanche defeated the defending champion New Jersey Devils to win their second Stanley Cup.

Defenceman Ray Bourque, who had a 21-year tenure in Boston, won his first Stanley Cup in his final professional year. Joe Sakic, Swedish center Peter Forsberg, defenceman Rob Blake, and goalkeeper Patrick Roy claimed the Stanley Cup for the final time in their careers. Roy was also awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy, his third, the most by any player. No hat tricks were scored in the 2001 playoffs and goaltenders combined for a record 19 shutouts.[1] This was the first of ten consecutive seasons in which the Florida Panthers missed the playoffs, which became the longest playoff drought in NHL history (later equaled by the Edmonton Oilers); the record stood until the Buffalo Sabres surpassed it in 2022. This was also the most recent season in which the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning missed the playoffs in the same year. To date, this is also the last season in which the two top seeds overall from each Conference made it to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Playoff seeds

The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. The top three seeds in each conference were awarded to the division winners; while the five remaining spots were awarded to the highest finishers in their respective conferences.

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Eastern Conference

  1. New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 111 points[2]
  2. Ottawa Senators, Northeast Division champions – 109 points
  3. Washington Capitals, Southeast Division champions – 96 points
  4. Philadelphia Flyers – 100 points
  5. Buffalo Sabres – 98 points
  6. Pittsburgh Penguins – 96 points
  7. Toronto Maple Leafs – 90 points
  8. Carolina Hurricanes – 88 points

Western Conference

  1. Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 118 points[2]
  2. Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions – 111 points
  3. Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions – 106 points
  4. St. Louis Blues – 103 points
  5. San Jose Sharks – 95 points
  6. Edmonton Oilers – 93 points
  7. Los Angeles Kings – 92 points
  8. Vancouver Canucks – 90 points

Playoff bracket

In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top eight teams in each conference made the playoffs, with the three division winners seeded 1–3 based on regular season record, and the five remaining teams seeded 4–8.

The NHL used "re-seeding" instead of a fixed bracket playoff system. During the first three rounds, the highest remaining seed in each conference was matched against the lowest remaining seed, the second-highest remaining seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, and so forth. The higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, where home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.

Conference quarterfinals Conference semifinals Conference finals Stanley Cup Finals
            
1 New Jersey 4
8 Carolina 2
1 New Jersey 4
7 Toronto 3
2 Ottawa 0
7 Toronto 4
1 New Jersey 4
Eastern Conference
6 Pittsburgh 1
3 Washington 2
6 Pittsburgh 4
5 Buffalo 3
6 Pittsburgh 4
4 Philadelphia 2
5 Buffalo 4
E1 New Jersey 3
W1 Colorado 4
1 Colorado 4
8 Vancouver 0
1 Colorado 4
7 Los Angeles 3
2 Detroit 2
7 Los Angeles 4
1 Colorado 4
Western Conference
4 St. Louis 1
3 Dallas 4
6 Edmonton 2
3 Dallas 0
4 St. Louis 4
4 St. Louis 4
5 San Jose 2

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference quarterfinals

(1) New Jersey Devils vs. (8) Carolina Hurricanes

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

In their next four playoff appearances the Hurricanes did not lose a series in the first two rounds of the playoffs again until 2020.


April 12 Carolina Hurricanes 1–5 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 18:52 – Sergei Brylin (1)
No scoring Second period 01:25 – Bobby Holik (1)
15:20 – Bobby Holik (2)
Josef Vasicek (1) – 11:27 Third period 05:06 – Petr Sykora (1)
07:01 – Patrik Elias (1)
Arturs Irbe 31 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 18 shots
April 15 Carolina Hurricanes 0–2 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 04:16 – Alexander Mogilny (1)
No scoring Second period 02:32 – Sean O'Donnell (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Arturs Irbe 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 18 shots
April 17 New Jersey Devils 4–0 Carolina Hurricanes Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena Recap  
Bobby Holik (3) – 04:44
Scott Gomez (1) – 07:20 		First period No scoring
Randy McKay (1) – 01:35
Brian Rafalski (1) – 04:37 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots Goalie stats Arturs Irbe 20 saves / 24 shots
April 18 New Jersey Devils 2–3 OT Carolina Hurricanes Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena Recap  
Jason Arnott (1) – pp – 13:10 First period 02:00 – pp – Sami Kapanen (1)
No scoring Second period 08:23 – pp – David Tanabe (1)
Petr Sykora (2) – sh – 09:31 Third period No scoring
First overtime period 00:46 – Rod Brind'Amour (1)
Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Arturs Irbe 32 saves / 34 shots
April 20 Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Josef Vasicek (2) – 10:53
Sami Kapanen (2) – 15:09 		First period 11:41 – Scott Gomez (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jeff O'Neill (1) – 05:47 Third period 19:40 – Bobby Holik (4)
Arturs Irbe 37 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 11 saves / 14 shots
April 22 New Jersey Devils 5–1 Carolina Hurricanes Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena Recap  
Patrik Elias (2) – pp – 14:30
Sergei Brylin (2) – 15:51 		First period No scoring
Randy McKay (2) – 17:57 Second period 05:18 – pp – David Tanabe (2)
Randy McKay (3) – 06:00
Alexander Mogilny (2) – 14:27 		Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 15 shots Goalie stats Arturs Irbe 34 saves / 39 shots
New Jersey won series 4–2


(2) Ottawa Senators vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. Their only previous series was in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Toronto won in six games. Ottawa won all five games during this year's regular season series.


April 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 OT Ottawa Senators Corel Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mats Sundin (1) – 10:49 First overtime period No scoring
Curtis Joseph 36 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 27 shots
April 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 Ottawa Senators Corel Centre Recap  
Sergei Berezin (1) – 02:49 First period No scoring
Gary Roberts (1) – 09:15 Second period No scoring
Gary Roberts (2) – 07:12 Third period No scoring
Curtis Joseph 37 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Patrick Lalime 20 saves / 23 shots
April 16 Ottawa Senators 2–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 07:12 – pp – Mats Sundin (2)
No scoring Second period 08:18 – pp – Nik Antropov (1)
Marian Hossa (1) – 16:51
Daniel Alfredsson (1) – 19:24 		Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 02:16 – Cory Cross (1)
Patrick Lalime 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 28 shots
April 18 Ottawa Senators 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
Chris Phillips (1) – 02:30 First period 08:56 – pp – Yanic Perreault (1)
18:07 – Yanic Perreault (2)
No scoring Second period 10:19 – Bryan McCabe (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Patrick Lalime 20 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 21 saves / 22 shots
Toronto won series 4–0


(3) Washington Capitals vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the second consecutive postseason meeting and the seventh playoff match-up between these two rivals; with Pittsburgh winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Pittsburgh won in five games. These teams split this year's four-game regular season series.


April 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–1 Washington Capitals MCI Center Recap  
No scoring First period 00:35 – pp – Peter Bondra (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Johan Hedberg 26 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Olaf Kolzig 16 saves / 16 shots
April 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 Washington Capitals MCI Center Recap  
Kevin Stevens (1) – pp – 07:13
Mario Lemieux (1) – 16:34 		First period 09:25 – pp – Peter Bondra (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Johan Hedberg 17 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Olaf Kolzig 25 saves / 27 shots
April 16 Washington Capitals 0–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 09:23 – Kevin Stevens (2)
No scoring Third period 04:59 – Alexei Kovalev (1)
07:37 – Jan Hrdina (1)
Olaf Kolzig 21 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Johan Hedberg 34 saves / 34 shots
April 18 Washington Capitals 4–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Steve Konowalchuk (1) – pp – 07:49 First period No scoring
Brendan Witt (1) – pp – 19:16 Second period 01:15 – Mario Lemieux (2)
Steve Konowalchuk (2) – pp – 09:09 Third period 11:14 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (1)
13:50 – pp – Janne Laukkanen (1)
Jeff Halpern (1) – 04:01 First overtime period No scoring
Olaf Kolzig 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Johan Hedberg 25 saves / 29 shots
April 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 Washington Capitals MCI Center Recap  
Andrew Ference (1) – 06:35
Mario Lemieux (3) – 07:06 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 10:01 – pp – Sergei Gonchar (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Johan Hedberg 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Olaf Kolzig 16 saves / 18 shots
April 23 Washington Capitals 3–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 07:21 – pp – Mario Lemieux (4)
08:59 – Robert Lang (1)
Brendan Witt (2) – 14:07
Jeff Halpern (2) – pp – 17:28 		Second period 19:59 – pp – Alexei Kovalev (2)
Calle Johansson (1) – 17:20 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 13:04 – Martin Straka (1)
Olaf Kolzig 32 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Johan Hedberg 28 saves / 31 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–2


(4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and seventh postseason match-up between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals which Philadelphia won in five games. Philadelphia won all four games during this year's regular season series.

In the first period of game one, Dominik Hasek made a save on Mark Recchi's penalty shot opportunity.


April 11 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Chris Gratton (1) – 04:09
Doug Gilmour (1) – 18:04 		First period 14:00 – Eric Desjardins (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Dominik Hasek 31 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Roman Cechmanek 24 saves / 26 shots
April 14 Buffalo Sabres 4–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
No scoring First period 13:13 – pp – Daymond Langkow (1)
Miroslav Satan (1) – pp – 00:47
Alexei Zhitnik (1) – 09:40 		Second period 13:52 – John LeClair (1)
15:33 – Mark Recchi (1)
Curtis Brown (1) – 03:09 Third period No scoring
Jay McKee (1) – 18:02 First overtime period No scoring
Dominik Hasek 32 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Roman Cechmanek 37 saves / 41 shots
April 16 Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 03:53 – pp – Chris Gratton (2)
Kent Manderville (1) – 02:37
Simon Gagne (1) – pp – 11:23 		Second period 04:12 – pp – Steve Heinze (1)
Andy Delmore (1) – 11:06 Third period No scoring
Roman Cechmanek 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 16 saves / 19 shots
April 17 Philadelphia Flyers 3–4 OT Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
Daymond Langkow (2) – 14:16 First period 01:28 – Miroslav Satan (2)
02:18 – Donald Audette (1)
Simon Gagne (2) – 00:48 Second period 15:30 – Chris Gratton (3)
Dan McGillis (1) – sh – 10:16 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 06:13 – Curtis Brown (2)
. 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 33 shots
April 19 Buffalo Sabres 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
No scoring First period 14:53 – pp – Simon Gagne (3)
Maxim Afinogenov (1) – 09:00 Second period 16:02 – pp – Mark Recchi (2)
No scoring Third period 03:17 – Chris Therien (1)
Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Roman Cechmanek 25 saves / 26 shots
April 21 Philadelphia Flyers 0–8 Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 02:23 – Chris Gratton (4)
13:20 – pp – Doug Gilmour (2)
17:49 – Donald Audette (2)
18:46 – pp – Dave Andreychuk (1)
No scoring Second period 03:25 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (1)
06:38 – pp – Steve Heinze (2)
No scoring Third period 02:20 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (2)
16:51 – Chris Gratton (5)
Roman Cechmanek 4 saves / 9 shots
Brian Boucher 14 saves / 17 shots 		Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 24 shots
Buffalo won series 4–2


Western Conference quarterfinals

(1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1996 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Colorado won in six games. Colorado won three of the five games during this year's regular season series. This was Vancouver's first playoff appearance since 1996.[3]


April 12 Vancouver Canucks 4–5 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
Mattias Ohlund (1) – pp – 08:26 First period 15:11 – pp – Joe Sakic (1)
16:36 – pp – Rob Blake (1)
Trent Klatt (1) – 00:46
Todd Bertuzzi (1) – 16:33 		Second period 05:35 – Chris Drury (1)
18:55 – pp – Joe Sakic (2)
Ed Jovanovski (1) – 10:17 Third period 18:53 – Chris Drury (2)
Dan Cloutier 23 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 19 saves / 23 shots
April 14 Vancouver Canucks 1–2 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Brendan Morrison (1) – pp – 00:35 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:22 – Ville Nieminen (1)
03:04 – Milan Hejduk (1)
Bob Essensa 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 18 saves / 19 shots
April 16 Colorado Avalanche 4–3 OT Vancouver Canucks General Motors Place Recap  
Joe Sakic (3) – 17:18 First period 06:13 – pp – Trent Klatt (2)
Chris Drury (3) – 08:37 Second period 01:37 – Daniel Sedin (1)
Adam Foote (1) – pp – 09:52 Third period 05:32 – Todd Bertuzzi (2)
Peter Forsberg (1) – 02:50 First overtime period No scoring
Patrick Roy 20 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Bob Essensa 29 saves / 33 shots
April 18 Colorado Avalanche 5–1 Vancouver Canucks General Motors Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Chris Drury (4) – pp – 17:30 Second period No scoring
Peter Forsberg (2) – 09:11
Joe Sakic (4) – 09:28
Eric Messier (1) – 09:49
Alex Tanguay (1) – en – 17:25 		Third period 13:27 – pp – Trent Klatt (3)
Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Dan Cloutier 25 saves / 29 shots
Colorado won series 4–0


(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the previous year's Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Detroit won in a four-game sweep. These teams split this year's three-game regular season series.


April 11 Los Angeles Kings 3–5 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:23 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (1)
08:51 – Sergei Fedorov (1)
13:24 – Brendan Shanahan (1)
Kelly Buchberger (1) – 02:21
Zigmund Palffy (1) – 07:47
Luc Robitaille (1) – 17:40 		Second period 02:41 – Brendan Shanahan (2)
12:05 – pp – Igor Larionov (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Felix Potvin 26 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 27 saves / 30 shots
April 14 Los Angeles Kings 0–4 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 02:16 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (2)
09:12 – pp – Steve Duchesne (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 06:04 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)
13:31 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (2)
Felix Potvin 28 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 20 saves / 20 shots
April 15 Detroit Red Wings 1–2 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Nicklas Lidstrom (1) – 18:02 Second period 08:21 – Luc Robitaille (2)
No scoring Third period 13:33 – Jozef Stumpel (1)
Chris Osgood 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 22 saves / 23 shots
April 18 Detroit Red Wings 3–4 OT Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
Pat Verbeek (1) – pp – 13:57 First period No scoring
Steve Duchesne (2) – pp – 01:19
Vyacheslav Kozlov (3) – pp – 02:51 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 13:53 – pp – Scott Thomas (1)
17:33 – pp – Jozef Stumpel (2)
19:07 – Bryan Smolinski (1)
No scoring First overtime period 02:36 – Eric Belanger (1)
Chris Osgood 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 20 saves / 23 shots
April 21 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Zigmund Palffy (2) – 01:15 First period No scoring
Ian Laperriere (1) – 01:15 Second period No scoring
Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 01:38 Third period 00:33 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (4)
12:46 – Chris Chelios (1)
Felix Potvin 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 22 saves / 25 shots
April 23 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 OT Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
No scoring First period 02:19 – pp – Jozef Stumpel (3)
Pat Verbeek (2) – pp – 04:20
Darren McCarty (1) – 06:42 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 10:17 – Adam Deadmarsh (2)
No scoring First overtime period 04:48 – Adam Deadmarsh (3)
Chris Osgood 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 26 saves / 28 shots
Los Angeles won series 4–2


(3) Dallas Stars vs. (6) Edmonton Oilers

This was the fifth consecutive playoff meeting and seventh overall postseason match-up between these two teams; with Dallas winning four of the six previous series. Dallas won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in five games. Dallas won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.


April 11 Edmonton Oilers 1–2 OT Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Ryan Smyth (1) – 06:51 Second period 18:14 – pp – Mike Modano (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 02:08 – Jamie Langenbrunner (1)
Tommy Salo 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 21 saves / 22 shots
April 14 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
Daniel Cleary (1) – pp – 09:37
Georges Laraque (1) – 11:34
Rem Murray (1) – pp – 18:14 		First period 00:26 – Mike Keane (1)
11:12 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (1)
Anson Carter (1) – pp – 13:32 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:18 – pp – Darryl Sydor (1)
Tommy Salo 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 27 saves / 31 shots
April 15 Dallas Stars 3–2 OT Edmonton Oilers Skyreach Centre Recap  
Sergei Zubov (1) – 03:06 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Mike Modano (2) – pp – 05:51 Third period 18:57 – Ryan Smyth (2)
19:53 – Rem Murray (2)
Benoit Hogue (1) – 19:48 First overtime period No scoring
Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Tommy Salo 37 saves / 40 shots
April 17 Dallas Stars 1–2 OT Edmonton Oilers Skyreach Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 14:24 – Anson Carter (1)
Mike Keane (2) – 13:15 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 17:19 – pp – Mike Comrie (1)
Ed Belfour 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Tommy Salo 34 saves / 35 shots
April 19 Edmonton Oilers 3–4 OT Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:02 – Jere Lehtinen (1)
No scoring Second period 01:12 – Jamie Langenbrunner (2)
Anson Carter (3) – 02:32
Doug Weight (1) – 03:04
Eric Brewer (1) – pp – 05:29 		Third period 15:38 – John MacLean (1)
No scoring First overtime period 08:01 – Kirk Muller (1)
Tommy Salo 30 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 15 saves / 18 shots
April 21 Dallas Stars 3–1 Edmonton Oilers Skyreach Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 04:44 – Ryan Smyth (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Brett Hull (1) – 08:57
Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 17:07
Mike Modano (3) – en – 19:16 		Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 20 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Tommy Salo 23 saves / 25 shots
Dallas won series 4–2


(4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) San Jose Sharks

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. San Jose won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in seven games. St. Louis won the four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.


April 12 San Jose Sharks 1–3 St. Louis Blues Savvis Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 17:10 – Pierre Turgeon (1)
Patrick Marleau (1) – 11:15 Third period 00:38 – Scott Young (1)
07:00 – pp – Al MacInnis (1)
Evgeni Nabokov 21 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 21 saves / 22 shots
April 14 San Jose Sharks 1–0 St. Louis Blues Savvis Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Scott Thornton (1) – 13:52 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 18 saves / 19 shots
April 16 St. Louis Blues 6–3 San Jose Sharks Compaq Center Recap  
Scott Mellanby (1) – pp – 02:31
Jochen Hecht (1) – 04:16
Cory Stillman (1) – 13:49 		First period 16:19 – Scott Thornton (2)
Dallas Drake (1) – sh – 06:17
Pierre Turgeon (2) – pp – 17:12 		Second period 12:30 – sh – Vincent Damphousse (1)
Dallas Drake (2) – en – 19:21 Third period 03:13 – Tony Granato (1)
Roman Turek 35 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 21 shots
April 17 St. Louis Blues 2–3 San Jose Sharks Compaq Center Recap  
Keith Tkachuk (1) – pp – 19:59 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 00:58 – Vincent Damphousse (2)
06:49 – Scott Thornton (3)
12:32 – Owen Nolan (1)
Dallas Drake (3) – 19:35 Third period No scoring
Roman Turek 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Miikka Kiprusoff 39 saves / 41 shots
April 19 San Jose Sharks 2–3 OT St. Louis Blues Savvis Center Recap  
Stephane Matteau (1) – 08:54 First period 07:07 – Scott Young (2)
Patrick Marleau (2) – 11:56 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 17:12 – Dallas Drake (4)
No scoring First overtime period 09:54 – Bryce Salvador (1)
Miikka Kiprusoff 35 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 24 saves / 26 shots
April 21 St. Louis Blues 2–1 San Jose Sharks Compaq Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Cory Stillman (2) – pp – 15:20
Pavol Demitra (1) – 16:12 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 12:31 – Brad Stuart (1)
Roman Turek 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 30 shots
St. Louis won series 4–2


Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference semifinals

(1) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. New Jersey won last year's Eastern Conference Semifinals in six games. These teams split this year's three-game regular season series.

In game one, Nik Antropov scored the game-winning goal in the second period, while Curtis Joseph saved all 32 shots by the Devils. In game two, the Leafs led by one goal going into the second period. The Devils scored four consecutive goals against Joseph, one each by Gomez, Rafalski, Mogilny and Madden. The Maple Leafs' Sundin scored a short-handed goal 29 seconds into the third period, and the Devils' Mogilny scored a power-play goal 38 seconds after that. The Leafs' Thomas and Sundin combined to score three goals, and the game required overtime, during which the Devils' Randy McKay scored the game-winning goal. In game three, Rafalski scored the game-winning goal off a deflection in overtime. The Devils recorded 17 more shots than Toronto. In game four, Toronto's Corson scored in the first period, and Berezin and Mats Sundin scored in the second. The Devils' Elias scored a power-play goal in the second period. Maple Leafs' forward Tie Domi checked Devils defenceman Scott Niedermayer, who left the ice rink on a stretcher. In game five, Leafs' defenceman Cory Cross initiated scoring early in the second period, and Devils' right winger Petr Sykora and center Jason Arnott scored one goal each. In the third period, Toronto's Tomas Kaberle scored a goal. In game six, Brian Rafalski scored the game-winning goal for the Devils. In game seven, the Devils' Patrik Elias scored two goals in the second period.


April 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Nik Antropov (2) – 03:16
Steve Thomas (1) – pp – 09:02 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots
April 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–6 OT New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Danny Markov (1) – 08:30 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:58 – Scott Gomez (3)
05:25 – Brian Rafalski (2)
09:27 – Alexander Mogilny (3)
15:04 – John Madden (1)
Mats Sundin (3) – sh – 00:29
Steve Thomas (2) – 05:59
Mats Sundin (4) – 09:33
Steve Thomas (3) – 19:37 		Third period 01:07 – pp – Alexander Mogilny (4)
No scoring First overtime period 05:31 – Randy McKay (4)
Curtis Joseph 27 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 21 shots
May 1 New Jersey Devils 3–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
Bobby Holik (5) – pp – 09:21 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 08:52 – Garry Valk (1)
11:26 – pp – Steve Thomas (4)
Scott Gomez (4) – 01:34 Third period No scoring
Brian Rafalski (3) – 07:00 First overtime period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 42 saves / 45 shots
May 3 New Jersey Devils 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 14:38 – Shayne Corson (1)
Patrik Elias (3) – 09:21 Second period 01:21 – Sergei Berezin (2)
10:43 – Mats Sundin (5)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 23 saves / 24 shots
May 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Bryan McCabe (2) – pp – 09:30 First period No scoring
Cory Cross (2) – 04:33 Second period 12:43 – Petr Sykora (3)
16:50 – pp – Jason Arnott (2)
Tomas Kaberle (1) – 19:30 Third period No scoring
Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur17 saves / 20 shots
May 7 New Jersey Devils 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
Petr Sykora (4) – 04:54 First period No scoring
Randy McKay (5) – pp – 15:18
Brian Rafalski (4) – 19:52 		Second period 05:07 – pp – Steve Thomas (5)
Jason Arnott (3) – 05:58 Third period 02:17 – pp – Mats Sundin (6)
Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 22 saves / 26 shots
May 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–5 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Steve Thomas (6) – pp – 09:06 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:32 – Sergei Nemchinov (1)
07:13 – pp – Patrik Elias (4)
09:12 – Patrik Elias (5)
14:41 – Scott Stevens (1)
No scoring Third period 10:50 – John Madden (2)
Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 16 shots
New Jersey won series 4–3


(5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning the only previous meeting in the 1979 Preliminary Round in three games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

In game one, Penguins centre Mario Lemieux scored the game-winning goal in the first period. Centres Wayne Primeau and Jan Hrdina also scored. Penguins winger Jaromir Jagr, who assisted on the Lemieux goal in the first period, injured his leg in the third period and did not play in game two. In game two, the Penguins' Robert Lang, Ference and Kovalev scored goals. Sabres centre Stu Barnes scored. In game three, Sabres defenceman Jason Woolley scored the game-winning goal. His teammates Curtis Brown, Miroslav Satan and James Patrick also scored. In game four, Stu Barnes scored two goals, including the game-winning goal. Buffalo's Jean-Pierre Dumont and Curtis Brown also scored. The Penguins' Martin Straka and Janne Laukkanen scored. In game five, Stu Barnes scored the game-winning goal in overtime. His teammates Chris Gratton and Curtis Brown also scored goals. The Penguins' Jaromir Jagr and Aleksey Morozov scored. Martin Straka had an unsuccessful penalty shot. In game six, Martin Straka scored the game-winning goal in overtime. His teammates Mario Lemieux and Alexei Kovalev also scored. Buffalo's Maxim Afinogenov and Donald Audette scored for the Sabres. In game seven, Penguins defenceman Darius Kasparaitis scored the game-winning goal in overtime. Pittsburgh's Andrew Ference and Robert Lang also scored. Buffalo's Jean-Pierre Dumont and Steve Heinze scored for the Sabres.


April 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0 Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
Mario Lemieux (5) – 05:07 First period No scoring
Jan Hrdina (2) – 14:02 Second period No scoring
Wayne Primeau (1) – 17:40 Third period No scoring
Johan Hedberg 25 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 29 saves / 32 shots
April 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Robert Lang (2) – 10:11 Second period 14:44 – pp – Stu Barnes (1)
Andrew Ference (2) – 08:09
Alexei Kovalev (3) – en – 19:57 		Third period No scoring
Johan Hedberg 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 12 saves / 14 shots
April 30 Buffalo Sabres 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Curtis Brown (3) – 13:04 Second period 05:34 – pp – Kevin Stevens (3)
Jason Woolley (1) – 09:51
Miroslav Satan (3) – 13:03
James Patrick (1) – en – 19:39 		Third period No scoring
Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Johan Hedberg 26 saves / 29 shots
May 2 Buffalo Sabres 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Jean-Pierre Dumont (3) – 01:28
Curtis Brown (4) – sh – 19:13 		First period 11:10 – pp – Martin Straka (2)
No scoring Second period 05:24 – Janne Laukkanen (2)
Stu Barnes (2) – 04:44
Vladimir Tsyplakov (1) – 14:24
Stu Barnes (3) – pp – 18:09 		Third period No scoring
Dominik Hasek 15 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Johan Hedberg 23 saves / 28 shots
May 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 OT Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
Jaromir Jagr (2) – pp – 14:51 First period No scoring
Aleksey Morozov (1) – 02:36 Second period 09:54 – pp – Chris Gratton (6)
No scoring Third period 11:16 – sh – Curtis Brown (5)
No scoring First overtime period 08:34 – Stu Barnes (4)
Johan Hedberg 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 27 shots
May 8 Buffalo Sabres 2–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Maxim Afinogenov (2) – 09:26 First period No scoring
Donald Audette (3) – 15:12 Second period 05:14 – Alexei Kovalev (4)
No scoring Third period 18:42 – Mario Lemieux (6)
No scoring First overtime period 11:29 – Martin Straka (3)
Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Johan Hedberg 16 saves / 18 shots
May 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 OT Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Andrew Ference (3) – pp – 08:19 Second period 01:50 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (4)
Robert Lang (3) – 09:00 Third period 00:32 – pp – Steve Heinze (3)
Darius Kasparaitis (1) – 13:01 First overtime period No scoring
Johan Hedberg 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 28 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–3


Western Conference semifinals

(1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split this year's four-game regular season series.

In game one, the Avalanche took two minor penalties, one of which led to the game-winning power play goal by Kings defenceman Jaroslav Modry. In game three, Avalanche centre Joe Sakic injured his shoulder and would sit out part of the series. Game six featured 65 shots and one goal, scored by Kings winger Glen Murray in the second overtime.


April 26 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 OT Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
Glen Murray (1) – 09:20 First period 15:59 – Chris Drury (5)
Nelson Emerson (1) – 09:29 Second period 02:40 – Rob Blake (2)
Glen Murray (2) – 13:00 Third period 15:30 – pp – Peter Forsberg (3)
Jaroslav Modry – pp – 14:23 First overtime period No scoring
Felix Potvin 34 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 21 saves / 25 shots
April 28 Los Angeles Kings 0–2 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:29 – pp – Ville Nieminen (2)
No scoring Third period 15:13 – Joe Sakic (5)
Felix Potvin 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 20 saves / 20 shots
April 30 Colorado Avalanche 4–3 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
Rob Blake (3) – 04:33 First period 16:17 – pp – Luc Robitaille (3)
Peter Forsberg (4) – 10:43 Second period No scoring
Milan Hejduk (2) – 08:21
Jon Klemm (1) – 10:33 		Third period 10:00 – pp – Glen Murray (3)
19:20 – Zigmund Palffy (3)
Patrick Roy 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 17 saves / 21 shots
May 2 Colorado Avalanche 3–0 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Alex Tanguay (2) – 03:55
Milan Hejduk (3) – pp – 16:27
Chris Drury (6) – 18:13 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 21 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 18 saves / 21 shots
May 4 Los Angeles Kings 1–0 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Luc Robitaille (4) – 10:05 Third period No scoring
Felix Potvin 20 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots
May 6 Colorado Avalanche 0–1 2OT Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 02:41 – Glen Murray (4)
Patrick Roy 31 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 33 saves / 33 shots
May 9 Los Angeles Kings 1–5 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 18:29 – pp – Rob Blake (4)
Nelson Emerson (2) – 18:31 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 03:03 – Chris Drury (7)
06:22 – pp – Ville Nieminen (3)
11:07 – Shjon Podein (1)
16:25 – en – Milan Hejduk (4)
Felix Potvin 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots
Colorado won series 4–3


(3) Dallas Stars vs. (4) St. Louis Blues

This was the twelfth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Dallas winning six of the eleven previous series. They last met in the 1999 Western Conference Semifinals, which Dallas won in six games. St. Louis won this year's three-game regular season series earning four of six points.

Dallas was swept for the first time since relocating from Minnesota; the franchise had not been swept since 1984 when the Minnesota North Stars were swept by the Edmonton Oilers.[4] Game two was the last game played in the Reunion Arena.


April 27 St. Louis Blues 4–2 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
Pavol Demitra (2) – 09:02
Marty Reasoner (1) – 15:08 		First period 09:55 – John MacLean (2)
Marty Reasoner (2) – 03:30
Pierre Turgeon (3) – 08:46 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 12:22 – Brad Lukowich (1)
Roman Turek 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 17 saves / 21 shots
April 29 St. Louis Blues 2–1 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
Marty Reasoner (3) – 01:25
Scott Young (3) – sh – 09:32 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:08 – Joe Nieuwendyk (3)
Roman Turek 28 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 22 saves / 24 shots
May 1 Dallas Stars 2–3 2OT St. Louis Blues Savvis Center Recap  
Mike Keane (3) – 05:29 First period No scoring
Brett Hull (2) – pp – 07:53 Second period 17:59 – Jochen Hecht (2)
No scoring Third period 17:45 – Alexander Khavanov (1)
No scoring Second overtime period 09:26 – Cory Stillman (3)
Ed Belfour 45 saves / 48 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 25 saves / 27 shots
May 3 Dallas Stars 1–4 St. Louis Blues Savvis Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Joe Nieuwendyk (4) – 16:40 Second period 09:28 – Alexander Khavanov (2)
14:37 – pp – Keith Tkachuk (2)
No scoring Third period 16:11 – Chris Pronger (1)
18:36 – en – Scott Young (4)
Ed Belfour 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 32 saves / 33 shots
St. Louis won series 4–0


Conference finals

See also: NHL conference finals

Eastern Conference final

(1) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 1999 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Pittsburgh won in seven games. This was New Jersey's second consecutive and fifth overall appearance in the Conference Finals; they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games in the previous year's Eastern Conference Final. This was Pittsburgh's fourth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1996, where they lost to the Florida Panthers in seven games. Pittsburgh won this year's five-game regular season series by earning seven of ten points.

Game three was Martin Brodeur's eleventh career postseason shutout, and it was also the first home shutout loss for the Penguins since 1975. In game four, Martin Brodeur recorded his twelfth career playoff shutout.


May 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Martin Straka (4) – pp – 03:06 First period 14:09 – pp – Randy McKay (6)
No scoring Second period 17:04 – pp – Petr Sykora (5)
No scoring Third period 01:20 – Petr Sykora (6)
Johan Hedberg 18 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 15 shots
May 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 08:52 – Jay Pandolfo (1)
16:34 – sh – Petr Sykora (7)
Aleksey Morozov (2) – sh – 09:20
Alexei Kovalev (5) – 12:17
Rene Corbet (1) – 15:55 		Second period No scoring
Robert Lang (4) – 05:19 Third period No scoring
Johan Hedberg 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 23 shots
May 17 New Jersey Devils 3–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Brian Rafalski (5) – 08:42
Jason Arnott (4) – pp – 12:37 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Patrik Elias (6) – 01:27 Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Johan Hedberg 33 saves / 36 shots
May 19 New Jersey Devils 5–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Patrik Elias (7) – 18:11 First period No scoring
Brian Rafalski (6) – 07:58
Petr Sykora (8) – 15:34 		Second period No scoring
Jason Arnott (5) – 04:17
Brian Rafalski (7) – pp – 13:14 		Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Johan Hedberg 25 saves / 30 shots
May 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Aleksey Morozov (3) – 16:38 First period 00:57 – Jason Arnott (6)
Martin Straka (5) – pp – 13:09 Second period 07:31 – pp – Jason Arnott (7)
12:23 – Bobby Holik (6)
No scoring Third period 03:32 – John Madden (3)
Johan Hedberg 19 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 20 shots
New Jersey won series 4–1


Western Conference final

(1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (4) St. Louis Blues

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This was Colorado's third consecutive and seventh overall appearance in the Conference Finals; they lost to the Dallas Stars in seven games during the previous year's Western Conference Final. St. Louis made their second Conference Finals appearance; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1986 where they lost to the Calgary Flames in seven games. Colorado won this year's four-game regular season series by earning six of eight points.

In game one, Joe Sakic's penalty shot goal was awarded when Blues goaltender Roman Turek was ruled to have thrown his stick.[5]


May 12 St. Louis Blues 1–4 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 04:32 – pp – Milan Hejduk (5)
Scott Young (5) – sh – 00:25 Second period 06:45 – ps – Joe Sakic (6)
No scoring Third period 05:18 – Joe Sakic (7)
14:00 – pp – Milan Hejduk (6)
Roman Turek 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 30 saves / 31 shots
May 14 St. Louis Blues 2–4 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 13:22 – pp – Ray Bourque (1)
Scott Mellanby (2) – pp – 08:27 Second period 18:04 – Adam Foote (2)
Al MacInnis (2) – pp – 15:52 Third period 13:21 – Shjon Podein (2)
19:52 – en – Chris Drury (8)
Roman Turek 16 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 28 saves / 30 shots
May 16 Colorado Avalanche 3–4 2OT St. Louis Blues Savvis Center Recap  
Ray Bourque (2) – pp – 06:46
Dan Hinote (1) – 08:36 		First period 05:54 – pp – Alexander Khavanov (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Eric Messier (2) – 12:40 Third period 10:13 – Scott Mellanby (3)
14:17 – Jamal Mayers (1)
No scoring Second overtime period 10:27 – Scott Young (6)
Patrick Roy 56 saves / 60 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 30 saves / 33 shots
May 18 Colorado Avalanche 4–3 OT St. Louis Blues Savvis Center Recap  
Steve Reinprecht (1) – 14:13
Joe Sakic (8) – 15:17
Ray Bourque (3) – 15:31 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 04:40 – Pierre Turgeon (4)
09:24 – Pierre Turgeon (5)
No scoring Third period 00:58 – Jamal Mayers (2)
Stephane Yelle (1) – 04:23 First overtime period No scoring
Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 23 saves / 27 shots
May 21 St. Louis Blues 1–2 OT Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Bryce Salvador (2) – 13:31 Second period 11:20 – pp – Milan Hejduk (7)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 00:24 – pp – Joe Sakic (9)
Brent Johnson 34 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 28 saves / 29 shots
Colorado won series 4–1


Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 2001 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Colorado made its second Finals appearance and first since defeating the Florida Panthers in a four-game sweep in 1996. New Jersey made its second consecutive and third overall Finals appearance after defeating the Dallas Stars the year before. It was the first Finals match-up to feature both regular season conference champions since 1989. New Jersey won both games in this year's regular season series. The Colorado Avalanche did not win the Stanley Cup again until 2022.


May 26 New Jersey Devils 0–5 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 11:07 – Joe Sakic (10)
No scoring Second period 09:35 – Chris Drury (9)
15:06 – Joe Sakic (11)
No scoring Third period 05:36 – pp – Rob Blake (5)
17:36 – Steve Reinprecht (2)
Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 25 saves / 25 shots
May 29 New Jersey Devils 2–1 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
Bob Corkum (1) – 14:29
Turner Stevenson (1) – 17:20 		First period 05:58 – pp – Joe Sakic (12)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 18 saves / 20 shots
May 31 Colorado Avalanche 3–1 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Martin Skoula (1) – 10:38 First period 03:16 – pp – Jason Arnott (8)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Ray Bourque (4) – pp – 00:31
Dan Hinote (2) – 06:28 		Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 21 shots
June 2 Colorado Avalanche 2–3 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Rob Blake (6) – 03:58 First period No scoring
Chris Drury (10) – 13:54 Second period 03:42 – sh – Patrik Elias (8)
No scoring Third period 08:09 – Scott Gomez (5)
17:23 – Petr Sykora (9)
Patrick Roy 32 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 10 saves / 12 shots
June 4 New Jersey Devils 4–1 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
Patrik Elias (9) – 03:09
Alexander Mogilny (5) – 18:47 		First period 10:09 – pp – Alex Tanguay (3)
Sergei Brylin (3) – pp – 04:39 Second period No scoring
John Madden (4) – 18:05 Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 22 saves / 26 shots
June 7 Colorado Avalanche 4–0 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Adam Foote (3) – 18:02 First period No scoring
Ville Nieminen (4) – pp – 02:26
Chris Drury (11) – 18:27 		Second period No scoring
Alex Tanguay (4) – 13:46 Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 24 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 18 shots
June 9 New Jersey Devils 1–3 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 07:58 – Alex Tanguay (5)
Petr Sykora (10) – pp – 09:33 Second period 04:57 – Alex Tanguay (6)
06:16 – pp – Joe Sakic (13)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots
Colorado won series 4–3


Playoff statistics

Skaters

Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic led the playoffs in scoring for the second time in his career. Patrik Elias of the New Jersey Devils finished second in playoff scoring with 23 points. The table lists the top 10 point producers.[6][7]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Joe Sakic Colorado Avalanche 21 13 13 26 +6 6
Patrik Elias New Jersey Devils 25 9 14 23 +11 10
Milan Hejduk Colorado Avalanche 23 7 16 23 +8 6
Petr Sykora New Jersey Devils 25 10 12 22 +15 12
Alex Tanguay Colorado Avalanche 23 6 15 21 +13 8
Rob Blake Colorado Avalanche 23 6 13 19 +6 16
Brian Rafalski New Jersey Devils 25 7 11 18 +10 7
Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 18 6 11 17 +4 4
Chris Drury Colorado Avalanche 23 11 5 16 +5 4
Bobby Holik New Jersey Devils 25 6 10 16 +1 37
Alexander Mogilny New Jersey Devils 25 5 11 16 +3 8

Goaltenders

The following table lists goaltenders with at least 420 minutes.[8]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Patrick Roy Colorado Avalanche 23 16 7 622 41 1.70 .934 4 1450:56
Roman Turek St. Louis Blues 14 9 5 382 31 2.05 .919 0 908:26
Martin Brodeur New Jersey Devils 25 15 10 507 52 2.07 .897 4 1504:43
Dominik Hasek Buffalo Sabres 13 7 6 347 29 2.09 .916 1 833:00
Curtis Joseph Toronto Maple Leafs 11 7 4 329 24 2.10 .927 3 684:56

See also

References

  1. ^ "2000-01 NHL Season Schedule and Results". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "2000-01 NHL Standings". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Vancouver Canucks Franchise Index". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Stars fall in four". May 4, 2001. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  5. ^ "Avs more game-ready than rested Blues". May 12, 2001. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "2001 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Leaders". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "Statistics". nhl.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  8. ^ "Statistics". nhl.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
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