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The 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, the championships of the National Hockey League, was played from April until June. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes four games to one to clinch the 10th championship in their history. It was the Hurricanes first ever appearance in the championship round. Red Wings defenseman 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 would play their last playoff games at America West Arena and would miss the playoffs until 2010 when they played in Glendale.

The Stanley Cup, awarded to the champion of the NHL.

The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-7 series for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-7 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 3 Eastern Canada teams made the playoffs together and got past 1st round.

For the first time in history, both teams from the province of Alberta, the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers missed the playoffs in the same season.

Playoff seeds

A total of 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Detroit Red Wings were the Presidents' Trophy winners with 116 points.

Eastern Conference

  1. Boston Bruins – Northeast Division and Eastern Conference regular season champions, 101 points
  2. Philadelphia Flyers – Atlantic Division champions, 97 points
  3. Carolina Hurricanes – Southeast Division champions, 91 points
  4. Toronto Maple Leafs – 100 points
  5. New York Islanders – 96 points
  6. New Jersey Devils – 95 points
  7. Ottawa Senators – 94 points
  8. Montreal Canadiens – 87 points

Western Conference

  1. Detroit Red Wings – Central Division and Western Conference regular season champions, 116 points
  2. Colorado Avalanche – Northwest Division champions, 99 points (45 wins)
  3. San Jose Sharks – Pacific Division champions, 99 points (44 wins)
  4. St. Louis Blues – 98 points
  5. Chicago Blackhawks – 96 points
  6. Phoenix Coyotes – 95 points (40 wins, 7 points head–to–head vs. Los Angeles)
  7. Los Angeles Kings – 95 points (40 wins, 3 points head-to-head vs. Phoenix)
  8. Vancouver Canucks – 94 points

Playoff bracket

Template:NHLBracket

Note: All dates in 2002.

Conference quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens

After not qualifying for the 2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Bruins finished 1st in the Conference during the regular season with 101 points. The Habs, who also did not qualify in 2001, squeezed into the 2002 playoffs finishing the season with 87 points, just two points ahead of the ninth place Washington Capitals. This was the 28th playoff series played between the Bruins and the Canadiens, and first since the 1994 Eastern Conference Quarter-finals, which was won by Boston in seven games.


April 18 Boston Bruins 2-5 Montreal Canadiens FleetCenter Recap  
(Zamuner, Lapointe) Thornton 1 – 10:55 First period 12:55 - pp – Koivu 1 (Perreault, Rivet)
(Thornton, Lapointe) Guerin 1 - pp – 10:30 Second period 4:44 - Gilmour 1 (Zednik)
No scoring Third period 2:18 – Audette 1 (Markov, Perreault)
10:00 – Audette 2 (Koivu, Perreault)
17:16 – Odjick 1 (Lindsay, Van Allen)
Byron Dafoe 22 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Jose Theodore 30 saves / 32 shots
April 21 Boston Bruins 6-4 Montreal Canadiens FleetCenter Recap  
(Zamuner, Gill) Rolston 1 – 2:12
(Samsonov, Boynton) Murray 1 – 9:34
(O’Donnell) Guerin 2 – 10:55
(Murray, Guerin) Rolston 2 - pp – 11:49 		First period 14:22 – Zednik 1 (Gilmour, Petrov)
17:39 – Zednik 2 (Rivet, Gilmour)
(Thornton, Guerin) Axelsson 1 – 17:42 Second period 14:01 – Brisebois 1 (Zednik, Petrov)
(Sweeney, Axelsson) Thornton 2 - en – 19:26 Third period 15:06 – Gilmour 2 (Zednik, Petrov)
Byron Dafoe 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Jose Theodore 38 saves / 43 shots
April 23 Montreal Canadiens 5-3 Boston Bruins Molson Centre Recap  
(Koivu, Audette) Perreault 1 - pp – 4:54 First period 8:24 – pp - Axelsson 2 (Rolston)
No scoring Second period 7:54 - pp – Guerin 3 (Thornton, O’Donnell)
9:04 – Boynton 1 (Murray, Samsonov)
(Koivu) Audette 3 – 7:04
(Petrov, Souray) Gilmour 3 – 7:57
(Audette, Markov) Koivu 2 – 11:59
(Dackell, Zednik) Juneau 1 - en – 19:59 		Third period No scoring
Jose Theodore 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Byron Dafoe 18 saves / 22 shots
April 25 Montreal Canadiens 2-5 Boston Bruins Molson Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 2:49 – Stock 1 (McInnis)
15:49 - pp – Guerin 4
17:17 - pp – Lapointe (Thornton)
(Petrov, Juneau) Zednik 3 - pp – 14:14 Second period 15:46 – sh - Rolston 3
(Gilmour, Juneau) Zednik 4 - pp – 7:07 Third period 14:20 – Samsonov 1 (Murray, Stumpel)
Jose Theodore 20 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Byron Dafoe 26 saves / 28 shots
April 27 Boston Bruins 1-2 Montreal Canadiens FleetCenter Recap  
No scoring First period 2:27 – Lindsay 1 (Asham)
15:25 – Petrov 1 (Gilmour)
(Murray, Stumpel) Samsonov 2 – 10:28 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Byron Dafoe 11 saves / 13 shots Goalie stats Jose Theodore 43 saves / 44 shots
April 29 Montreal Canadiens 2-1 Boston Bruins Molson Centre Recap  
(Perreault, Koivu) Audette 4 - pp – 13:56 First period 7:57 – Rolston 4 (Boynton)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Koivu, Rivet) Perreault 2 - pp – 0:39 Third period No scoring
Jose Theodore 34 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Byron Dafoe 16 saves / 18 shots
Montreal won series 4–2


(2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (7) Ottawa Senators

The Flyers entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Atlantic Division with 97 points. The Senators earned the seventh seed with 94 points. This was the first playoff series played between the two franchises.


April 17 Philadelphia Flyers 1-0 OT Ottawa Senators First Union Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Murray, Oates) Fedotenko 1 – 7:47 First overtime period No scoring
Roman Cechmanek 35 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Patrick Lalime 23 saves / 27 shots
April 20 Philadelphia Flyers 0-3 Ottawa Senators First Union Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 9:32 – Alfredsson 1 (Bonk, Hossa)
No scoring Third period 3:53 – Fisher 1
15:57 – Hull 1 (Alfredsson, Ylonen)
Roman Cechmanek 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Patrick Lalime 33 saves / 33 shots
April 22 Ottawa Senators 3-0 Philadelphia Flyers Corel Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Havlat, Alfredsson) Bonk 1 - pp – 2:04
Hossa 1 - en – 19:05
Alfredsson 2 - en – 19:50 		Third period No scoring
Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Roman Cechmanek 28 saves / 29 shots
April 24 Ottawa Senators 3-0 Philadelphia Flyers Corel Centre Recap  
(Alfredsson, Brunet) Redden 1 – 19:40 First period No scoring
(McEachern, White) Salo 1 – 6:06
(McEachern, Bonk) Hossa 2 – 8:08 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Patrick Lalime 28 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Roman Cechmanek 16 saves / 19 shots
Brian Boucher 6 saves / 6 shots
April 26 Philadelphia Flyers 1-2 OT Ottawa Senators First Union Center Recap  
(Desjardins, Oates) McGillis 1 - pp – 3:53 First period 15:16 - pp – Alfredsson 3 (Bonk, Hossa)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 7:33 - pp – Havlat 1 (Hossa, Bonk)
Brian Boucher 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Patrick Lalime 25 saves / 26 shots
Ottawa won series 4–1


(3) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (6) New Jersey Devils

The Hurricanes entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Southeast Division with just 91 points. The 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 played between the two franchises, as they met in the 2001 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. New Jersey won the previous series in six games.


April 17 Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 New Jersey Devils Raleigh Entertainment Arena Recap  
(Battaglia, Tanabe) Brind’Amour 1 - pp – 8:21
(Hedican) Cole 1 – 9:43 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 7:31 - pp – Elias 1 (Rafalski, Niedermayer)
Arturs Irbe 34 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots
April 19 Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 OT New Jersey Devils Raleigh Entertainment Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Battaglia, Francis) Cole 2 - pp – 15:05 Second period 0:37 – Holik 1
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Malik) Battaglia 1 – 15:26 First overtime period No scoring
Arturs Irbe 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots
April 21 New Jersey Devils 4-0 Carolina Hurricanes Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
(Holik, Niedermayer) Gionta 1 – 7:48
(Sykora, Elias) Rafalski 1 - pp – 9:25 		First period No scoring
(Elias, Gionta) Holik 2 - pp – 0:58
(Nieuwendyk, Elias) Rafalski 2 – 2:17 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots Goalie stats Arturs Irbe 9 saves / 12 shots
Kevin Weekes 22 saves / 23 shots
April 23 New Jersey Devils 3-1 Carolina Hurricanes Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
(Brylin) Holik 3 – 1:16
Gionta 2 - sh – 17:31 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Elias, Gionta) Rafalski 3 - pp – 6:23 Third period 17:23 – Ward 1 (O’Neill)
Martin Brodeur 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Arturs Irbe 6 saves / 8 shots
Kevin Weekes 13 saves / 14 shots
April 24 Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 OT New Jersey Devils Raleigh Entertainment Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Vasicek, Svoboda) Gelinas 1 – 13:44 Second period 11:30 – Holik 4 (Solomonsson, Brylin)
(Brind’Amour, Francis) O’Neill 1 - pp – 18:31 Third period 11:46 – Elias 2 (Rafalski, Langenbrunner)
(Svoboda, Gelinas) Vasicek 1 – 8:16 First overtime period No scoring
Kevin Weekes 40 saves / 42 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 38 shots
April 27 New Jersey Devils 0-1 Carolina Hurricanes Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period (Svoboda, Kapanen) Francis 1 - pp – 10:29
No scoring Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Kevin Weekes 32 saves / 32 shots
Carolina won series 4–2


(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) New York Islanders

The Leafs entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, even though they finished with 100 points, 9 points higher than the third seed Carolina Hurricanes. The Islanders earned the fifth seed with 96 points. This was the third playoff series played between the two franchises, and first since 1981. The teams split the previous two playoff series 1-1.


April 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 New York Islanders Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 5:57 - pp - Jonsson 1 (Yashin, Bates)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Green) Tucker 1 - 4:03
(Kaberle, McCabe) Domi 1 - 8:39
(Corson) Sundin 1 - en - 19:20 		Third period No scoring
Curtis Joseph 13 saves / 14 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 28 saves / 30 shots
April 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 New York Islanders Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Sundin, Domi) McCauley 1 - 3:10
(Sundin, Corson) Kaberle 1 - en - 19:43 		Third period No scoring
Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 24 saves / 25 shots
April 23 New York Islanders 6-1 Toronto Maple Leafs Nassau Coliseum Recap  
(Hamrlik, Yashin) Parrish 1 - pp - 14:34 First period 7:32 - Mogilny 1 (Kaberle, Tucker)
(Aucoin, Czerkawski) Isbister 1 - pp - 6:01
(Blake) Peca 1 - 13:33
(Jonsson, Aucoin) Parrish 2 - pp - 19:19 		Second period No scoring
(Van Impe, Yashin) Bates 1 - pp - 4:07
(Isbister) Scatchard 1 - 4:21 		Third period No scoring
Chris Osgood 34 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 33 saves / 39 shots
Corey Schwab 5 saves / 5 shots
April 24 New York Islanders 4-3 Toronto Maple Leafs Nassau Coliseum Recap  
(Parrish, Aucoin) Yashin 1 - 10:30 First period 19:44 - pp - Mogilny 2 (Roberts, Reichel)
No scoring Second period 19:19 - Kaberle 2 (Roberts, McCabe)
(Czerkawski, Jonsson) Miller 1 - pp - 13:16
(Yashin) Hamrlik 1 - 14:56
Bates 2 - ps - 17:30 		Third period 16:34 - Corson 1 (Healey, McCauley)
Chris Osgood 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 19 saves / 23 shots
April 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 New York Islanders Air Canada Centre Recap  
(Green, Kaberle) Valk 1 - 6:29
(Roberts, Corson) Hoglund 1 - 9:34 		First period 19:48 - pp - Miller 2 (Aucoin, Van Impe)
(Hoglund, McCauley) McCabe 1 - pp - 7:05
(Tucker) McCabe 2 - 14:30
(Pilar, Mogilny) Tucker 2 - 17:18 		Second period 16:39 - Hunter 1 (Bates, Van Impe)
(Roberts, McCauley) Hoglund 2 - pp - 11:05 Third period 13:51 - Aucoin 1 (Bates, Hamrlik)
Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 11 saves / 15 shots
Garth Snow 17 saves / 19 shots
April 28 New York Islanders 5-3 Toronto Maple Leafs Nassau Coliseum Recap  
(Hamrlik, Miller) Czerkawski 1 - pp - 5:07
(Kvasha, Van Impe) Yashin 2 - 13:26 		First period 14:23 - Belak 1 (Green, Corson)
16:42 - pp - Hoglund 3 (McCauley, Pilar)
(Bates, Hamrlik) Aucoin 2 - pp - 1:35 Second period No scoring
(Hunter) Miller 3 - 3:11
(Miller) Czerkawski 2 - 3:49 		Third period 6:41 - pp - Roberts 1 (McCauley, Hoglund)
Chris Osgood 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 29 saves / 34 shots
April 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 New York Islanders Air Canada Centre Recap  
(Domi, Kaberle) Roberts 2 - 13:27 First period 3:41 - pp - Yashin 3 (Aucoin, Hamrlik)
(Reichel, Tucker) Mogilny 3 - 2:37
Green 1 - 13:48 		Second period No scoring
(Roberts, McCauley) Mogilny 4 - en - 19:20 Third period 4:23 - Miller 4 (Scatchard, Hamrlik)
Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 26 saves / 29 shots
Toronto won series 4-3


Western Conference

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks

The Red Wings finished first in the league, winning the President's Trophy earning 116 points, with a colossal 17-point gap between them and the second place Colorado Avalanche. The Canucks, squeezed into the 2002 playoffs finishing the season with 94 points, just two points ahead of the ninth place Edmonton Oilers. This was the first playoff series to be played between the two teams.


April 17 Detroit Red Wings 3-4 OT Vancouver Canucks Joe Louis Arena Recap  
(Yzerman, Dandenault) Robitaille 1 - 17:51 First period No scoring
(Lidstrom, Shanahan) Fedorov 1 - pp - 8:23 Second period 0:21 - Warriner (Cooke, Sopel)
13:11 - pp - Cassels 1 (Jovanovski)
(Duchesne, McCarty) Larionov 1 - 1:55 Third period 10:47 - Linden 1 (Chubarov, Hlavac)
No scoring First overtime period 13:59 - H. Sedin 1
Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Dan Cloutier 32 saves / 35 shots
April 19 Detroit Red Wings 2-5 Vancouver Canucks Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 10:14 - Bertuzzi 1 (Morrison, Lachance)
(Yzerman, Datsyuk) Lidstrom 1 - 10:30 Second period 7:08 - Cassels 2 (Jovanovski, Linden)
13:13 - Lachance 1
(Shanahan, Lidstrom) Yzerman 1 - pp - 10:33 Third period 18:08 - Naslund 1 (Morrison, Bertuzzi)
18:49 - en - Cooke 1 (Linden)
Dominik Hasek 15 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Dan Cloutier 34 saves / 36 shots
April 21 Vancouver Canucks 1-3 Detroit Red Wings General Motors Place Recap  
No scoring First period 10:41 - pp - Yzerman 2 (Dechesne, Shanahan)
(Cassels) Bertuzzi 2 - pp - 4:38 Second period 19:35 - Lidstrom 2 (Chelios, Draper)
No scoring Third period 3:18 - Shanahan 1 (Yzerman, Fedorov)
Dan Cloutier 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 23 shots
April 23 Vancouver Canucks 2-4 Detroit Red Wings General Motors Place Recap  
No scoring First period 3:22 - Fischer 1
10:12 - pp - Chelios 1 (Shanahan, Yzerman)
(Letowski, Cooke) Ohlund 1 - 9:50
(Sopel, Ohlund) Cooke 2 - pp - 19:28 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 0:56 - Yzerman 3 (Fedorov, Shanahan)
19:07 - en - Draper 1 (McCarty, Maltby)
Dan Cloutier 11 saves / 14 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 24 shots
April 25 Detroit Red Wings 4-0 Vancouver Canucks Joe Louis Arena Recap  
(Fedorov, Shanahan) Holmstrom 1 - pp - 4:02
(Fedorov, Shanahan) Dandenault 1 - sh - 13:35
(Hull, Lidstrom) Devereaux 1 - 15:32
(Hull, Fischer) Fedorov 3 - 18:31 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Dan Cloutier 6 saves / 9 shots
Peter Skudra 20 saves / 21 shots
April 27 Vancouver Canucks 4-6 Detroit Red Wings General Motors Place Recap  
(Naslund, Bertuzzi) Jovanovski 1 – pp - 8:12
(D. Sedin, Baron) H. Sedin 2 - 8:56 		First period 1:05 – Holmstrom 2 (Larionov)
4:23 – Larionov 2
No scoring Second period 6:40 - sh - Lidstrom 3 (Draper, Chelios)
7:10 - sh - Hull 1 (Chelios, Yzerman)
17:39 - pp - Hull 2 (Larionov, Chelios)
(Jovanovski, Linden) H. Sedin 3 - 6:55
(Linden, Jovanovski) Cooke 3 - 17:02 		Third period 13:42 - pp - Hull 3 (Larionov, Chelios)
Dan Cloutier 1 save / 3 shots
Peter Skudra 21 saves / 25 shots 		Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 29 shots
Detroit won series 4–2


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

The Avalanche entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference with 99 points, 17 points back of the first place Detroit Red Wings. The Kings earned the seventh seed with 95 points, tied with the sixth place Phoenix Coyotes, who gained more points on games between the two clubs. This was the second playoff series played between the two franchises as they also met in the 2001 Western Conference semifinals, which was won by Colorado in 7 games. This would be the last playoff series that Los Angeles would play in until the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs.


April 18 Colorado Avalanche 4-3 Los Angeles Kings Pepsi Center Recap  
(Drury) Tanguay 1 - 19:51 First period No scoring
(Skoula, Forsberg) Reinprecht 1 - 4:22 Second period 10:52 - pp - Smolinski 1 (Ronning, Modry)
14:20 - Palffy 1 (Allison, Johnson)
(Forsberg, Drury) Sakic 1 - pp - 1:06
(Keane, Messier) de Vries 1 - 14:26 		Third period 3:25 - Palffy 2 (Deadmarsh)
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 27 saves / 31 shots
April 20 Colorado Avalanche 5-3 Los Angeles Kings Pepsi Center Recap  
(Tanguay, de Vries) Sakic 2 - 7:01
(Forsberg, Tanguay) Sakic 3 - pp - 15:37 		First period 7:23 - Deadmarsh 1 (Palffy, Boucher)
13:13 - Eloranta 1 (Chartrand, Johnson)
(Reinprecht, de Vries) Forsberg 1 - 11:05
(Sakic, Blake) Reinprecht 2 - 16:45 		Second period 8:43 - Allison 1 (Palffy, Deadmarsh)
(Forsberg) Drury 1 - 8:45 Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 33 saves / 38 shots
April 22 Los Angeles Kings 3-1 Colorado Avalanche Staples Center Recap  
(Allison) Palffy 3 - 0:19 First period 6:01 - Larsen 1 (Foote, Hinote)
(Palffy) Allison 2 - 0:43
(Allison, Deadmarsh) Palffy 4 - 8:29 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Felix Potvin 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 15 saves / 18 shots
April 23 Los Angeles Kings 0-1 Colorado Avalanche Staples Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 5:57 - Reinprecht 3 (Drury, Forsberg)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Felix Potvin 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 32 saves / 32 shots
April 25 Colorado Avalanche 0-1 OT Los Angeles Kings Pepsi 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 2:19 - Johnson 1 (Modry, Palffy)
Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 26 saves / 26 shots
April 27 Los Angeles Kings 3-1 Colorado Avalanche Staples Center Recap  
(Palffy, Schneider) Allison 3 - 1:21
(Eloranta, Laperriere) Chartrand 1 - 6:44 		First period No scoring
(Visnovsky, Emerson) Smolinski 2 - 6:19 Second period 9:37 - Hahl 1 (Blake)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Felix Potvin 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shots
April 29 Colorado Avalanche 4-0 Los Angeles Kings Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Forsberg, Roy) Drury 2 - 5:08
(Hejduk, de Vries) Tanguay 2 - 6:02
(de Vries, Keane) Reinprecht 4 - 17:32 		Second period No scoring
Foote 1 - en - 16:47 Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 23 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 23 saves / 26 shots
Jamie Storr 0 saves / 0 shots
Colorado won series 4-3


(3) San Jose Sharks vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes

The Sharks entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Western Conference with 99 points, tied in points with the second place Colorado Avalanche, however the Sharks earned one less win. The Coyotes earned the sixth seed with 95 points, tied with the seventh place Los Angeles Kings, but went ahead on points earned between teams. This was the first playoff series played between the two franchises, and the last playoff series to be played in Phoenix, as the Coyotes did not qualify again for the postseason until the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs, after the team moved to suburban Glendale.


April 17 San Jose Sharks 2-1 Phoenix Coyotes Compaq Center at San Jose Recap  
(Nolan, Suter) Damphousse 1 - pp - 6:48 First period No scoring
(Selanne, Marchment) Marleau 1 - 5:02 Second period 2:53 - Briere 1 (Focht, Doan)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Sean Burke 25 saves / 27 shots
April 20 San Jose Sharks 1-3 Phoenix Coyotes Compaq Center at San Jose Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 5:31 - Langkow 1 (Doan, Pederson)
(Marleau, Selanne) Sturm 1 - 14:19 Third period 1:39 - pp - Briere 2 (Berehowsky, Burke)
14:59 - Doan 1 (Pederson, Simpson)
Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Sean Burke 27 saves / 28 shots
April 22 Phoenix Coyotes 1-4 San Jose Sharks America West Arena Recap  
(Simpson, Burke) Doan 2 - 1:06 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 3:40 - Marleau 2 (Hannan, Rathje)
5:38 - Graves 1 (Damphousse, Hannan)
No scoring Third period 7:20 - Thornton 1 (Ricci, Harvey)
7:43 - Ricci 1 (Thornton)
Sean Burke 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 35 saves / 36 shots
April 24 Phoenix Coyotes 1-2 San Jose Sharks America West Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:23 - pp - Rathje 1 (Marleau, Thornton)
14:39 - Ricci 2 (Graves, Sundstrom)
(Briere, Johnson) Suchy 1 - 9:27 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Sean Burke 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 29 saves / 30 shots
April 26 San Jose Sharks 4-1 Phoenix Coyotes Compaq Center at San Jose Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Harvey, Matteau) Marleau 3 - 10:24
(Nolan, Marleau) Graves 2 - 13:24 		Second period 19:45 - ps - Johnson 1
(Matteau) Damphousse 2 - 5:20
(Sundstrom, Nabokov) Sturm 2 - 15:24 		Third period No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 22 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Sean Burke 15 saves / 19 shots
San Jose won series 4-1


(4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Chicago Blackhawks

(4)St. Louis vs. (5)Chicago
Date Away Home
April 18 Chicago 2 1 St. Louis
April 20 Chicago 0 2 St. Louis
April 21 St. Louis 4 0 Chicago
April 23 St. Louis 1 0 Chicago
April 25 Chicago 3 5 St. Louis
St. Louis wins series 4–1

Conference semi-finals

Eastern Conference
(3)Carolina vs. (8)Montreal
Date Away Home
May 3 Montreal 0 2 Carolina
May 5 Montreal 4 1 Carolina
May 7 Carolina 1 2 Montreal OT
May 9 Carolina 4 3 Montreal OT
May 12 Montreal 1 5 Carolina
May 13 Carolina 8 2 Montreal
Carolina wins series 4–2
(4)Toronto vs. (7)Ottawa
Date Away Home
May 2 Ottawa 5 0 Toronto
May 4 Ottawa 2 3 Toronto 3OT
May 6 Toronto 2 3 Ottawa
May 8 Toronto 2 1 Ottawa
May 10 Ottawa 4 2 Toronto
May 12 Toronto 4 3 Ottawa
May 14 Ottawa 0 3 Toronto
Toronto wins series 4–3
Western Conference
(1)Detroit vs. (4)St. Louis
Date Away Home
May 2 St. Louis 0 2 Detroit
May 4 St. Louis 2 3 Detroit
May 7 Detroit 1 6 St. Louis
May 9 Detroit 4 3 St. Louis
May 11 St. Louis 0 4 Detroit
Detroit wins series 4–1
(2)Colorado vs. (3)San Jose
Date Away Home
May 1 San Jose 6 3 Colorado
May 4 San Jose 2 8 Colorado
May 6 Colorado 4 6 San Jose
May 8 Colorado 4 1 San Jose
May 11 San Jose 5 3 Colorado
May 13 Colorado 2 1 San Jose OT
May 15 San Jose 0 1 Colorado
Colorado wins series 4–3

Conference finals

Eastern Conference
(3)Carolina vs. (4)Toronto
Date Away Home
May 16 Toronto 2 1 Carolina
May 19 Toronto 1 2 Carolina OT
May 21 Carolina 2 1 Toronto OT
May 23 Carolina 3 0 Toronto
May 25 Toronto 1 0 Carolina
May 28 Carolina 2 1 Toronto OT
Carolina wins series 4–2 and
Prince of Wales Trophy
Western Conference
(1)Detroit vs. (2)Colorado
Date Away Home
May 18 Colorado 3 5 Detroit
May 20 Colorado 4 3 Detroit OT
May 22 Detroit 2 1 Colorado OT
May 25 Detroit 2 3 Colorado
May 27 Colorado 2 1 Detroit OT
May 29 Detroit 2 0 Colorado
May 31 Colorado 0 7 Detroit
Detroit wins series 4–3 and
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 2002 Stanley Cup Finals
(W1)Detroit vs. (E3)Carolina
Date Away Home
June 4 Carolina 3 2 Detroit OT
June 6 Carolina 1 3 Detroit
June 8 Detroit 3 2 Carolina 3OT1
June 10 Detroit 3 0 Carolina
June 13 Carolina 1 3 Detroit
Detroit wins series 4–1
and Stanley Cup
Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit)
wins Conn Smythe Trophy

1As of 2008, the playoff game on June 8, 2002 between Detroit and Carolina is the 18th longest NHL overtime game. 54 minutes and 47 seconds of overtime were played before Igor Larionov of Detroit scored the game-winning goal. It is also the longest home debut in Stanley Cup Finals history. Larionov had just broken his own record for oldest player to score a final-round goal, set less than 2 hours previous. He was 42 years and 172 days old at the time.

Playoff Awards

Conn Smythe Trophy: Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit)

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 six goaltenders based on either 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

See also

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External links

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