1999 Stanley Cup playoffs
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 21–June 19, 1999 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Dallas Stars |
| Runner-up | Buffalo Sabres |
| Semifinalists | |
The 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs, the championship of the National Hockey League (NHL), began on April 21, 1999, following the 1998–99 NHL season. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for conference quarter-finals, semi-finals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup. This was the last time all four WHA teams and teams with losing records (San Jose and Edmonton the 7th and 8th seeds in the Western Conference, respectively) made the playoffs.
Despite his team being eliminated Colorado Avalanche forward Peter Forsberg's postseason scoring totals with 24 points in 19 games, were not surpassed for the rest of the 1999 playoffs. This made him the first player to lead all playoff scorers despite not making the Stanley Cup Finals since the 1986 playoffs where Doug Gilmour and Bernie Federko each tallied 21 points in 19 postseason games for St. Louis who was also eliminated in the conference finals.
The playoffs ended on June 19, 1999, with the Dallas Stars defeating the Buffalo Sabres to win their first Stanley Cup championship in their history. Brett Hull scored the controversial overtime goal in game six for Dallas, while Joe Nieuwendyk was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs.
Playoff seeds
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
Eastern Conference
- New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 105 points
- Ottawa Senators, Northeast Division champions – 103 points
- Carolina Hurricanes, Southeast Division champions – 86 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 97 points
- Philadelphia Flyers – 93 points
- Boston Bruins – 91 points (39 wins)
- Buffalo Sabres – 91 points (37 wins)
- Pittsburgh Penguins – 90 points
Western Conference
- Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 114 points
- Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 98 points
- Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions – 93 points
- Phoenix Coyotes – 90 points
- St. Louis Blues – 87 points
- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim – 83 points
- San Jose Sharks – 80 points
- Edmonton Oilers – 78 points
Playoff bracket
Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
(1) New Jersey Devils vs. (8) Pittsburgh Penguins
| April 22 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–3 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Jan Hrdina (1) – 07:20 | First period | 07:35 – Petr Sykora (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:55 – Petr Sykora (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:29 – en – Jay Pandolfo (1) | ||||||
| Tom Barasso 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–1 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Alexei Morozov (1) – 07:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Andrusak (1) – 03:19 Martin Straka (1) – 12:55 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alexei Kovalev (1) – 01:41 | Third period | 11:41 – Dave Andreychuk (1) | ||||||
| Tom Barasso 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 13 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | New Jersey Devils | 2–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Sergei Brylin (1) – pp – 12:51 | First period | 05:56 – pp – Martin Straka (2) | ||||||
| Jason Arnott (1) – pp – 15:43 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:13 – Martin Straka (3) 00:40 – Alex Kovalev (2) 19:43 – en – Martin Straka (4) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barasso 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | New Jersey Devils | 4–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Brian Rolston (1) – sh – 01:38 Randy McKay (1) – 19:18 |
First period | 02:50 – pp – Jan Hrdina (2) | ||||||
| Sergei Brylin (2) – 00:51 | Second period | 07:28 – pp – Rob Brown | ||||||
| Scott Stevens (1) – pp – 02:50 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barasso 35 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–4 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 16:02 – pp – Scott Stevens (2) | ||||||
| Kevin Hatcher (1) – 16:08 Alex Kovalev (3) – 16:21 |
Second period | 11:47 – Randy McKay (2) | ||||||
| Kip Miller (1) – pp – 19:13 | Third period | 01:42 – Petr Sykora (3) 14:04 – Randy McKay (3) | ||||||
| Tom Barasso 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | New Jersey Devils | 2–3 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| Sergei Brylin (3) – 12:04 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:44 – Martin Straka (5) | ||||||
| Scott Niedermayer (1) – pp – 04:34 | Third period | 17:48 – Jaromir Jagr (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:59 – Jaromir Jagr (2) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barasso 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–2 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| German Titov (1) – 03:06 Alex Kovalev (4) – 17:04 Jan Hrdina (3) – 19:43 |
Second period | 06:22 – Jason Arnott (2) | ||||||
| Martin Straka (6) – 14:30 | Third period | 07:24 – Dave Andreychuk (2) | ||||||
| Tom Barasso 18 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 9 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–3 | |
(2) Ottawa Senators vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres
| April 21 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–1 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| Michael Peca (1) – 04:32 | First period | 14:46 – pp – Wade Redden (1) | ||||||
| Curtis Brown (1) – pp – 11:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 40 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Tugnutt 13 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–2 | 2OT | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | ||
| Joe Juneau (1) – 00:58 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:53 – pp – Shawn McEachern (1) 12:04 – pp – Daniel Alfredsson (1) | ||||||
| Miroslav Satan (1) – pp – 06:43 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Miroslav Satan (2) – 10:35 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 45 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Damian Rhodes 36 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Ottawa Senators | 0–3 | Buffalo Sabres | Marine Midland Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:03 – Dixon Ward (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:47 – Brian Holzinger (1) 12:33 – pp – Brian Holzinger (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Damian Rhodes 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 31 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Ottawa Senators | 3–4 | Buffalo Sabres | Marine Midland Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:29 – Erik Rasmussen (1) 10:17 – Vaclav Varada (1) | ||||||
| Jason York (1) – 06:24 Shawn McEachern (2) – 10:32 |
Second period | 09:30 – Vaclav Varada (2) | ||||||
| Nelson Emerson (1) – 14:24 | Third period | 06:44 – pp – Alexei Zhitnik (1) | ||||||
| Ron Tugnutt 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 40 saves / 43 shots | ||||||
| Buffalo won series 4–0 | |
(3) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (6) Boston Bruins
This was the third playoff series between these two teams, with Boston winning both previous series. They last met in the 1991 Division Semifinals where Boston defeated the Hartford Whalers in six games. This was the first playoff series for the Whalers/Hurricanes franchise since moving to Carolina in 1997.
| April 22 | Boston Bruins | 2–0 | Carolina Hurricanes | Greensboro Coliseum Complex | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rob DiMaio (1) – 01:50 Ken Belanger (1) – 07:37 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Byron Dafoe 19 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | OT | Carolina Hurricanes | Greensboro Coliseum Complex | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sergei Samsonov (1) – 02:56 | Second period | 08:24 – Ray Sheppard (1) | ||||||
| Steve Heinze (1) – 08:32 | Third period | 14:28 – Robert Kron (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 17:05 – Ray Sheppard (2) | ||||||
| Byron Dafoe 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3–2 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| Gary Roberts (1) – 01:05 | First period | 09:48 – Sergei Samsonov (2) | ||||||
| Ray Sheppard (3) – pp – 15:20 | Second period | 13:07 – pp – Anson Carter (1) | ||||||
| Robert Kron (2) – 02:54 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Byron Dafoe 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1–4 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| Ray Sheppard (4) – 04:21 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:18 – Don Sweeney (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:54 – pp – Landon Wilson (1) 11:16 – Steve Heinze (2) 19:23 – en – Rob DiMaio (2) | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Byron Dafoe 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Boston Bruins | 4–3 | 2OT | Carolina Hurricanes | Greensboro Coliseum Complex | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 03:49 – pp – Steve Chiasson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 15:19 – Ray Sheppard (5) | ||||||
| Ray Bourque (1) – 00:34 Darren Van Impe (1) – pp – 01:59 P. J. Axelsson (1) – 02:26 |
Third period | 18:15 – Sami Kapanen (1) | ||||||
| Anson Carter (2) – 14:45 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Byron Dafoe 37 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 48 saves / 52 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | 0–2 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:58 – pp – Joe Thornton (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:13 – Anson Carter (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Byron Dafoe 31 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 4–2 | |
(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers
| April 22 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Valeri Zelepukin (1) – 15:32 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| John LeClair (1) – pp – 11:32 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eric Desjardins (1) – en – 19:43 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Vanbiesbrouck 25 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Keith Jones (1) – 11:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:01 – Steve Thomas (1) 19:07 – Mats Sundin (1) | ||||||
| John Vanbiesbrouck 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Mike Johnson (1) – 16:26 | First period | 16:16 – Karl Dykhuis (1) | ||||||
| Steve Thomas (2) – pp – 00:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 40 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | John Vanbiesbrouck 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–5 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Sergei Berezin (1) – pp – 09:47 Steve Sullivan (1) – pp – 12:22 |
First period | 06:28 – Craig Berube (1) 11:44 – pp – John LeClair (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:19 – pp – Eric Desjardins (2) 17:57 – John LeClair (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:38 – en – Rod Brind'Amour (1) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 36 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | John Vanbiesbrouck 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–2 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
| Keith Jones (2) – 01:52 | First period | 09:16 – pp – Dmitry Yushkevich (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 11:51 – Yanic Perreault (1) | ||||||
| John Vanbiesbrouck 32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–0 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sergei Berezin (2) – pp – 19:00 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | John Vanbiesbrouck 19 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–2 | |
Western Conference Quarterfinals
(1) Dallas Stars vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers
| April 21 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–2 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rem Murray (1) – 18:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:13 – Jere Lehtinen (1) 13:07 – Guy Carbonneau (1) | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 12 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–3 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:34 – Guy Carbonneau (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Grier (1) – 08:32 Doug Weight (1) – 16:49 |
Third period | 10:20 – Jere Lehtinen (2) 14:22 – Jamie Langenbrunner (1) | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 17 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Dallas Stars | 3–2 | Edmonton Oilers | Skyreach Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:25 – pp – Ryan Smyth (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Keane (1) – 06:15 Mike Modano (1) –10:20 Joe Nieuwendyk (1) – 12:32 |
Third period | 00:24 – pp – Ryan Smyth (3) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Tommy Salo 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Dallas Stars | 3–2 | 3OT | Edmonton Oilers | Skyreach Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – pp – 19:22 | Second period | 04:47 – Ryan Smyth (3) | ||||||
| Jamie Langenbrunner (2) – pp – 11:05 | Third period | 06:33 – Todd Marchant (1) | ||||||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (3) – 17:34 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 37 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Tommy Salo 53 saves / 56 shots | ||||||
| Dallas won series 4–0 | |
(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) San Jose Sharks
The Colorado Avalanche entered the playoffs as the Northwest Division champions, earning the second seed in the Western Conference with 98 points. The San Jose Sharks qualified as the seventh seed earning 80 points during the regular season. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Colorado won three of the four games during this year's regular season series. Due to the Columbine High School massacre games one and two were played in San Jose, while games three and four were played in Colorado.[1]
| April 24 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–1 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
| Joe Sakic (1) – pp – 16:16 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sandis Ozolinsh (1) – pp – 14:39 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Sakic (2) – 02:26 | Third period | 14:05 – pp – Jeff Friesen (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 42 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–1 | OT | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Foote (1) – pp – 14:20 | Third period | 03:02 – Vincent Damphousse (1) | ||||||
| Milan Hejduk (1) 07:53 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 34 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | San Jose Sharks | 4–2 | Colorado Avalanche | McNichols Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Ricci (1) – pp – 15:18 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:08 – Peter Forsberg (1) | ||||||
| Marco Sturm (1) – 09:52 Marco Sturm (2) – 13:08 Owen Nolan (1) – en – 19:21 |
Third period | 18:09 – pp – Adam Deadmarsh (1) | ||||||
| Mike Vernon 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | San Jose Sharks | 7–3 | Colorado Avalanche | McNichols Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:27 – Adam Deadmarsh (2) | ||||||
| Tony Granato (1) – 09:38 Bill Houlder (1) – pp – 10:06 Patrick Marleau (1) – pp – 18:01 |
Second period | 04:53 – Adam Foote (2) 15:35 – Milan Hejduk (2) | ||||||
| Alexander Korolyuk (1) – 01:54 Vincent Damphousse (2) – sh – 04:17 Mike Ricci (2) – 08:55 Vincent Damphousse (3) – sh – 12:01 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Vernon 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 19 saves / 25 shots Craig Billington 5 saves / 6 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | San Jose Sharks | 2–6 | Colorado Avalanche | McNichols Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:31 – pp – Peter Forsberg (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:15 – pp – Theoren Fleury (1) 12:55 – Joe Sakic (3) 13:44 – Claude Lemieux (1) 19:58 – pp – Adam Deadmarsh (3) | ||||||
| Patrick Marleau (2) – pp – 04:35 Bill Houlder (2) – pp – 19:36 |
Third period | 08:27 – Theoren Fleury (2) | ||||||
| Steve Shields 30 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–2 | OT | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Theoren Fleury (3) – 12:52 | Second period | 16:29 – pp – Bill Houlder (3) | ||||||
| Sandis Ozolinsh (2) – pp – 13:29 | Third period | 11:51 – Jeff Friesen (2) | ||||||
| Milan Hejduk (3) – 13:12 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–2 | |
(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
| April 21 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Marty McInnis (1) – pp – 06:41 | First period | 11:06 – Steve Yzerman (1) 17:30 – Wendel Clark (1) | ||||||
| Paul Kariya (1) – 01:45 | Second period | 00:31 – pp – Steve Yzerman (2) 16:49 – Doug Brown (1) | ||||||
| Teemu Selanne (1) – 13:03 | Third period | 18:42 – en – Steve Yzerman (3) | ||||||
| Guy Hebert 23 saves / 26 shots Tom Askey 9 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 1–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:00 – Brendan Shanahan (1) 10:14 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (2) 13:43 – Tomas Holmstrom (1) 19:17 – Doug Brown (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:42 – pp – Steve Yzerman (4) | ||||||
| Teemu Selanne (2) – pp – 09:11 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Guy Hebert 31 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | |||
| Sergei Fedorov (1) – 01:43 | First period | 09:33 – pp – Marty McInnis (2) 15:14 – pp – Jason Marshall (1) | ||||||
| Tomas Holmstrom (2) – pp – 01:51 Steve Yzerman (5) – pp – 4:24 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vyacheslav Kozlov (1) – 01:54 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Guy Hebert 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–0 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tomas Holmstrom (3) – pp – 16:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brendan Shanahan (3) – 11:51 Vyacheslav Kozlov (2) – 14:57 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 31 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Guy Hebert 35 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–0 | |
(4) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (5) St. Louis Blues
| April 22 | St. Louis Blues | 3–1 | Phoenix Coyotes | America West Arena | Recap | |||
| Al MacInnis (1) – 02:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jamie Rivers (1) – pp – 17:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Pellerin (1) – en – 19:18 | Third period | 18:08 – Robert Reichel (1) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | St. Louis Blues | 3–4 | OT | Phoenix Coyotes | America West Arena | Recap | ||
| Al MacInnis (2) –pp – 05:31 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pierre Turgeon (1) – 12:43 | Second period | 05:53 – Dallas Drake (1) | ||||||
| Pavol Demitra (1) – pp – 16:42 | Third period | 02:15 – pp – Teppo Numminen (1) 14:26 – Keith Carney (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:58 – Shane Doan (1) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Phoenix Coyotes | 5–4 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | |||
| Dallas Drake (2) – 03:46 Keith Tkachuk (1) – pp – 07:19 Louie DeBrusk (1) – 08:31 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Louie DeBrusk (2) – 02:35 | Second period | 16:43 – pp – Pavol Demitra (2) 16:55 – pp – Terry Yake (1) | ||||||
| Shane Doan (2) – en – 19:09 | Third period | 05:51 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (1) 19:45 – Blair Atcheynum (1) | ||||||
| Nikolai Khabibulin 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 6 saves / 10 shots Jamie McLennan 7 saves / 7 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Phoenix Coyotes | 2–1 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Adams (1) – 11:00 Dallas Drake (3) – pp – 19:25 |
Second period | 05:58 – Pascal Rheaume (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nikolai Khabibulin 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | St. Louis Blues | 2–1 | OT | Phoenix Coyotes | America West Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:25 – pp – Dallas Drake (4) | ||||||
| Al MacInnis (3) – pp – 11:50 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Young (1) – 05:43 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 41 saves / 43 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Phoenix Coyotes | 3–5 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | |||
| Mike Stapleton (1) – 02:20 | First period | 02:56 – Craig Conroy (1) 08:25 – pp – Scott Young (2) | ||||||
| Stephen Leach (1) – 12:18 Teppo Numminen (2) – pp – 13:51 |
Second period | 17:00 – pp – Chris Pronger (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:59 – Jeff Finley (1) 15:49 – Craig Conroy (2) | ||||||
| Nikolai Khabibulin 29 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | St. Louis Blues | 1–0 | OT | Phoenix Coyotes | America West Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 17:59 – Pierre Turgeon (2) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 35 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| St. Louis won series 4–3 | |
Conference Semifinals
Eastern Conference Semifinals
(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (8) Pittsburgh Penguins
| May 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Dan Kesa (1) – pp – 10:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| German Titov (2) – en – 19:23 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barasso 20 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 17 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:06 – Lonny Bohonos (1) 14:41 – pp – Mats Sundin (2) | ||||||
| Kip Miller (2) – 09:12 | Second period | 11:49 – Mats Sundin (3) | ||||||
| German Titov (3) – 12:42 | Third period | 16:50 – Steve Thomas (3) | ||||||
| Tom Barasso 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Johnson (2) – 08:21 Derek King (1) – 12:19 Adam Mair (1) – 12:58 |
Second period | 10:42 – pp – Kevin Hatcher (2) 12:45 – Bobby Dollas (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:03 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (3) 10:43 – Jiri Slegr (1) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 17 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barasso 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–2 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 05:00 – Jaromir Jagr (4) | ||||||
| Mats Sundin (4) – 16:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lonny Bohonos (2) – 05:28 | Third period | 07:10 – Brad Werenka (1) | ||||||
| Sergei Berezin (3) – 02:18 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 12 saves / 14 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barasso 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 15 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:04 – Sylvain Cote (1) 10:48 – Mike Johnson (3) | ||||||
| Jan Hrdina (4) – 14:13 | Second period | 13:44 – Steve Thomas (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:00 – Sergei Berezin (4) | ||||||
| Tom Barasso 16 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–3 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 05:04 – pp – Rob Brown (2) 14:06 – Alexei Kovalev (5) | ||||||
| Lonny Bohonos (3) – 03:26 Garry Valk (1) – 03:52 Sergei Berezin (5) – 11:43 |
Second period | 14:41 – Jaromir Jagr (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Garry Valk (2) – 01:57 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barasso 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–2 | |
(6) Boston Bruins vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres
| May 6 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–4 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:59 – pp – Jason Allison (1) | ||||||
| Alexei Zhitnik (2) – pp – 18:29 | Second period | 15:21 – Dmitri Khristich (1) 19:46 – pp – Joe Thornton (2) | ||||||
| Jason Woolley (1) – 09:37 | Third period | 19:48 – en – Dmitri Khristich (2) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Byron Dafoe 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–1 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| Michael Peca (2) – 01:51 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Brown (2) – pp – 05:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dixon Ward (2) – en – 19:23 | Third period | 14:03 – pp – Don Sweeney (2) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Byron Dafoe 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | Buffalo Sabres | Marine Midland Arena | Recap | |||
| Steve Heinze (3) – pp – 08:47 Anson Carter (4) – 12:48 |
First period | 01:37 – Jason Woolley (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:44 – Rhett Warrener (1) 09:38 – Dixon Ward (3) | ||||||
| Byron Dafoe 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 14 | Boston Bruins | 0–3 | Buffalo Sabres | Marine Midland Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:20 – pp – Alexei Zhitnik (3) 19:43 – Vaclav Varada (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:39 – sh – Michael Peca (3) | ||||||
| Byron Dafoe 36 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 16 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–5 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| Curtis Brown (3) – pp – 00:37 | First period | 09:01 – Don Sweeney (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 1:15 – Sergei Samsonov (3) 10:19 – Mattias Timander (1) 13:34 – Dmitri Khristich (3) | ||||||
| Wayne Primeau (1) – 04:58 Joe Juneau (2) – 13:25 |
Third period | 19:17 – Jason Allison (2) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 26 shots Dwayne Roloson 7 saves / 8 shots |
Goalie stats | Byron Dafoe 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | Buffalo Sabres | Marine Midland Arena | Recap | |||
| Steve Heinze (4) – pp – 12:49 | First period | 05:15 – pp – Michael Peca (4) 17:29 – Wayne Primeau (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:08 – Curtis Brown (4) | ||||||
| Joe Thornton (3) – 18:57 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Byron Dafoe 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Buffalo won series 4–2 | |
Western Conference Semifinals
(1) Dallas Stars vs. (5) St. Louis Blues
| May 6 | St. Louis Blues | 0–3 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:25 – Pat Verbeek (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:49 – Brett Hull (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:28 – sh-en – Mike Modano (2) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 23 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | St. Louis Blues | 4–5 | OT | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | ||
| Pavol Demitra (3) – 19:27 | First period | 07:50 – Jamie Langenbrunner (3) | ||||||
| Scott Young (3) – 00:53 Pierre Turgeon (3) – 14:23 Pavol Demitra (4) – pp – 17:29 |
Second period | 05:35 – Joe Nieuwendyk (4) 09:54 – Mike Keane (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:22 – Jere Lehtinen (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:22 – Joe Nieuwendyk (5) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Dallas Stars | 2–3 | OT | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | ||
| Brett Hull (2) – pp – 03:07 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:58 – Mike Eastwood (1) | ||||||
| Darryl Sydor (1) – 09:08 | Third period | 04:52 – Jochen Hecht (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:43 – Pavol Demitra (5) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Dallas Stars | 2–3 | OT | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | ||
| Mike Modano (3) – 00:59 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:02 – Jochen Hecht (2) 07:41 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (2) | ||||||
| Jere Lehtinen (4) – 00:40 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 05:52 – Pierre Turgeon (4) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 15 | St. Louis Blues | 1–3 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:47 – sh – Jere Lehtinen (5) 09:43 – pp – Jamie Langenbrunner (4) | ||||||
| Scott Young (4) – 11:29 | Second period | 10:52 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 13 saves / 16 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | Dallas Stars | 2–1 | OT | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:51 – Al MacInnis (4) | ||||||
| Derek Plante (1) – 13:58 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Modano (4) – 02:21 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Dallas won series 4–2 | |
(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings
| May 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–2 | OT | Colorado Avalanche | McNichols Sports Arena | Recap | ||
| Steve Yzerman (6) – pp – 03:54 | First period | 10:51 – pp – Theoren Fleury (4) 12:34 – Adam Deadmarsh (4) | ||||||
| Vyacheslav Kozlov (3) – pp – 16:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kirk Maltby (1) – 04:18 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 37 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–0 | Colorado Avalanche | McNichols Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| Steve Yzerman (7) – 06:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Yzerman (8) – 05:35 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nicklas Lidstrom (1) – pp – 10:45 Wendel Clark (2) – pp – 11:23 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Colorado Avalanche | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Claude Lemieux (2) – pp – 11:00 Theoren Fleury (5) – 16:59 |
First period | 07:07 – Steve Yzerman (9) | ||||||
| Dale Hunter (1) – 02:50 Chris Drury (1) – 03:42 Aaron Miller (1) – 05:05 |
Second period | 09:09 – Tomas Holmstrom (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:25 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (4) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 44 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 19 saves / 24 shots Norm Maracle 7 saves / 7 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | Colorado Avalanche | 6–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Chris Drury (2) – 01:28 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Deadmarsh (5) – 07:07 Milan Hejduk (4) – pp – 14:04 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (3) – 08:21 Valeri Kamensky (1) – pp – 11:28 Adam Deadmarsh (6) – 16:36 |
Third period | 14:40 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (5) 19:17 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (6) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 11 saves / 14 shots Norm Maracle 7 saves / 10 shots | ||||||
| May 16 | Detroit Red Wings | 0–3 | Colorado Avalanche | McNichols Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:06 – Jeff Odgers (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:23 – Adam Deadmarsh (7) 07:19 – pp – Peter Forsberg (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 36 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | Colorado Avalanche | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Peter Forsberg (5) – 16:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Milan Hejduk (5) – 04:12 Chris Drury (3) – 05:46 Joe Sakic (4) – sh – 08:14 |
Second period | 17:24 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (2) 17:53 – Darren McCarty (1) | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (6) – 13:31 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 26 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–2 | |
Conference Finals
Eastern Conference Final
(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres
This was the first and to date only playoff series between these two teams. Toronto made their third appearance in the conference finals and first since losing to Vancouver in five games in 1994. Buffalo made their second consecutive and second overall appearance in the conference finals after losing to Washington in six games the year before.
In game one the Sabres backup goaltender Dwayne Roloson filled in for the injured Dominik Hasek. Leading 3–2 midway through the game Toronto appeared to be in control, but Stu Barnes tied the game for Buffalo at 14:37 of the second period. The Sabres went on to score twice in the third period on goals by Curtis Brown at 5:21 and Geoff Sanderson at 11:02, as Buffalo held on to win 5–4. In game two the Maple Leafs got two goals 18 seconds apart in the first period as Steve Sullivan scored at 10:28 followed by Sylvain Cote at 10:46. With just over ten minutes to go in the game Toronto held a 4–3 lead with Buffalo pressing. Steve Thomas' goal with 7:43 to go gave the Maple Leafs a 5–3 lead and Garry Valk sealed the 6–3 win with an empty-net goal at 19:30. With series tied at 1–1 the two teams traveled south to Buffalo for games three and four. Dominik Hasek returned for the Sabres in game three but it was the away team that netted the first goal as Maple Leafs forward Yanic Perreault scored at 16:08 of the first period. Buffalo was not to be denied and they scored three goals in the first 7 minutes and 38 seconds of the second period. Curtis Brown iced the game with an empty-net goal at 19:31 of the third period and the Sabres won 4–2.
Buffalo came out flying again in game four holding a 5–0 lead after two periods. Hasek's shutout bid was erased when Mats Sundin scored on a penalty shot at 6:59. Buffalo won the game 5–2, as Dominik Hasek made 31 saves in the victory. In game five the Sabres looked to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1975. After a scoreless first period Steve Sullivan got Toronto on the board first, scoring a goal just 33 seconds into the second period. After goals by Curtis Brown, Kris King and Vaclav Varada the game was tied 2–2 after two periods. Erik Rasmussen broke the tie with a goal at 11:35 of the third period. Dixon Ward added a shorthanded empty net goal with 1:02 remaining as the Sabres went on to win 4–2 and take the series four games to one.
| May 23 | Buffalo Sabres | 5–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Vaclav Varada (4) – 04:23 Dixon Ward (4) – 07:28 |
First period | 04:32 – Mats Sundin (5) | ||||||
| Stu Barnes (1) – pp – 14:37 | Second period | 05:47 – pp – Mats Sundin (6) 10:30 – pp – Bryan Berard (1) | ||||||
| Curtis Brown (5) – 05:21 Geoff Sanderson (1) – 11:02 |
Third period | 13:59 – pp – Steve Thomas (5) | ||||||
| Dwayne Roloson 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 25 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:28 – Steve Sullivan (2) 10:46 – Sylvain Cote (2) | ||||||
| Jason Woolley (3) – pp – 10:03 | Second period | 15:25 – Sergei Berezin (6) | ||||||
| Stu Barnes (2) – pp – 06:53 Stu Barnes (3) – pp – 09:47 |
Third period | 01:57 – Yanic Perreault (2) 12:17 – pp – Steve Thomas (6) 19:30 – en – Garry Valk (3) | ||||||
| Dwayne Roloson 22 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 27 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–4 | Buffalo Sabres | Marine Midland Arena | Recap | |||
| Yanic Perreault (3) – 16:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alexander Karpovtsev (1) – pp – 13:09 | Second period | 03:07 – Miroslav Satan (3) 03:45 – sh – Joe Juneau (3) 07:38 – pp – Stu Barnes (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:31 – en – Curtis Brown (6) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 29 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–5 | Buffalo Sabres | Marine Midland Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 16:15 – sh – Dixon Ward (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:51 – Brian Holzinger (3) 05:04 – Rob Ray (1) 05:26 – Geoff Sanderson (2) 14:10 – Geoff Sanderson (3) | ||||||
| Mats Sundin (7) – 06:59 Mats Sundin (8) – pp – 18:03 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 22 saves / 27 shots Glenn Healy 5 saves / 5 shots |
Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 31 | Buffalo Sabres | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Brown (7) – 07:14 Vaclav Varada (5) – pp – 16:44 |
Second period | 00:33 – pp – Steve Sullivan (3) 12:54 – Kris King (1) | ||||||
| Erik Rasmussen (2) – 11:35 Dixon Ward (6) – sh-en – 18:58 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| Buffalo won series 4–1 | |
Western Conference Final
(1) Dallas Stars vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche
This was the first playoff series between these two teams. Dallas made their fourth conference finals appearance and second consecutive appearance after losing to Detroit in six games the year before. Colorado made their third conference final appearance in four years and their fifth appearance overall, they lost in six games to Detroit in 1997.
In game one the Stars jumped out to a 1–0 lead on Brett Hull's goal at 8:42 of the first period. The Avalanche came back to tie the game in the second period on Peter Forsberg's goal at 14:07. Valeri Kamensky scored the go ahead goal with 5:58 remaining in the game, as Colorado hung on to win 2–1. With the score tied at 2–2 in game two Joe Nieuwendyk gave Dallas a 3–2 lead with a goal at 11:52 of the third period. Mike Modano added a power-play goal with 3:32 remaining as the Stars won 4–2 to tie the series at 1–1. In game three Ed Belfour stopped all 34 Colorado shots he faced and Dallas won 3–0. The Avalanche came back in game four and led 2–1 with under five minutes remaining in the third period until Brett Hull scored at 16:07 to tie the score and send the game into overtime. In the extra period 22-year-old rookie Chris Drury scored at 19:29 to give Colorado a 3–2 win and tie the series at two games apiece.
Game five was the highest scoring game in the series as the two teams combined for 12 goals on just 56 shots. Chris Drury and Valeri Kamensky both scored twice as the Avalanche won 7–5. In game six Claude Lemieux got the Avalanche on the board first at 19:25 of the first period. The Stars responded early in the second on Jere Lehtinen's goal at 1:55. In the third period Jamie Langenbrunner scored twice at 6:49 and again at 17:15, 14 seconds later Richard Matvichuk scored to give Dallas a 4–1 lead which they hung on to. Ed Belfour stopped 26 of 27 Colorado shots (game six was the last NHL game to be played at the McNichols Arena as the Avalanche moved into the new Pepsi Center at the start of next season). The Stars dominated game seven building a 4–0 lead in the first 46 minutes and 18 seconds of the game. Mike Keane scored twice and Jamie Langenbrunner and Jere Lehtinen both had goals. Joe Sakic scored for Colorado with a goal at 13:58 of the third period. Dallas hung on and won the game 4–1 and the series four games to three. With the win the Stars advanced to the Cup Finals for the first time since 1991 when they were the Minnesota North Stars.
| May 22 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–1 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:42 – Brett Hull (3) | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (7) – 14:07 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Valeri Kamensky (2) – 14:02 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 24 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–4 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| Sandis Ozolinsh (3) – pp – 10:32 | First period | 14:11 – Dave Reid (1) | ||||||
| Milan Hejduk (6) – 14:59 | Second period | 04:56 – Sergei Zubov (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:52 – Joe Nieuwendyk (7) 16:28 – pp – Mike Modano (5) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 41 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 17 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| May 26 | Dallas Stars | 3–0 | Colorado Avalanche | McNichols Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (8) – 02:22 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jamie Langenbrunner (5) – 10:44 Dave Reid (2) – 16:05 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 34 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 28 | Dallas Stars | 2–3 | OT | Colorado Avalanche | McNichols Sports Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 04:06 – Joe Sakic (5) 04:54 – Shjon Podein (1) | ||||||
| Jamie Langenbrunner (6) – pp – 09:48 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (4) – 16:07 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 19:29 – Chris Drury (4) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 42 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 43 saves / 45 shots | ||||||
| May 30 | Colorado Avalanche | 7–5 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| Valeri Kamensky (3) – 03:28 Sandis Ozolinsh (4) – 19:27 |
First period | 12:00 – sh – Mike Keane (3) 15:05 – Darryl Sydor (2) | ||||||
| Chris Drury (5) – 03:25 Adam Deadmarsh (8) – pp – 10:25 |
Second period | 01:51 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (9) | ||||||
| Valeri Kamensky (4) – 07:26 Chris Drury (6) – 13:16 Peter Forsberg (8) – en – 19:26 |
Third period | 09:32 – pp – Brett Hull (5) 10:57 – Pat Verbeek (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 25 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 19 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| June 1 | Dallas Stars | 4–1 | Colorado Avalanche | McNichols Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 19:25 – Claude Lemieux (3) | ||||||
| Jere Lehtinen (6) – 01:55 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jamie Langenbrunner (7) – 06:49 Jamie Langenbrunner (8) – pp – 17:15 Richard Matvichuk (1) – 17:29 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 36 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| June 4 | Colorado Avalanche | 1–4 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:25 – Jamie Langenbrunner (9) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:13 – Mike Keane (4) 15:18 – Mike Keane (5) | ||||||
| Joe Sakic (6) – 13:58 | Third period | 06:18 – Jere Lehtinen (7) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| Dallas won series 4–3 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
| June 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–2 | OT | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 10:17 – pp – Brett Hull (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stu Barnes (5) – 08:33 Wayne Primeau (3) – pp – 13:37 |
Third period | 19:11 – Jere Lehtinen (8) | ||||||
| Jason Woolley (4) – 15:30 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| June 10 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–4 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michael Peca (5) – pp – 07:27 | Second period | 18:26 – Jamie Langenbrunner (10) | ||||||
| Alexei Zhitnik (4) – pp – 05:36 | Third period | 04:25 – Craig Ludwig (1) 17:10 – Brett Hull (7) 19:34 – en – Derian Hatcher (1) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| June 12 | Dallas Stars | 2–1 | Buffalo Sabres | Marine Midland Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (10) – 15:33 | Second period | 07:51 – Stu Barnes (6) | ||||||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (11) – 09:35 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 11 saves / 12 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 27 shots / 29 saves | ||||||
| June 15 | Dallas Stars | 1–2 | Buffalo Sabres | Marine Midland Arena | Recap | |||
| Jere Lehtinen (9) – pp – 10:14 | First period | 08:09 – Geoff Sanderson (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:37 – Dixon Ward (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| June 17 | Buffalo Sabres | 0–2 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:23 – pp – Darryl Sydor (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:21 – Pat Verbeek (3) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 23 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| June 19 | Dallas Stars | 2–1 | 3OT | Buffalo Sabres | Marine Midland Arena | Recap | ||
| Jere Lehtinen (10) – 08:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:21 – Stu Barnes (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (8) – 14:51 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 53 saves / 54 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 48 saves / 50 shots | ||||||
| Dallas won series 4–2 | |
See also
References
- ^ "Columbine remembered by Avs, Sharks before playoff game". April 20, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
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