2000_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
Hockey tournament
The 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), that began on April 12, 2000, and concluded on June 10. The New Jersey Devils defeated the reigning champion Dallas Stars in a six-game series to win their second Stanley Cup title in franchise history.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 12–June 10, 2000 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Dallas Stars |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New Jersey Devils |
| Runner-up | Dallas Stars |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Brett Hull (Stars) (24 points) |
| MVP | Scott Stevens (Devils) |
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Sixteen teams qualified for the playoffs, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series in each round, ending with each conference's champion playing a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup Finals for the Stanley Cup.
The Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks both missed the playoffs this year. This would not happen again until 2014, when all four Western Canadian teams missed the playoffs.
For the first time in history, only two Original Six teams made it to the playoffs (Toronto and Detroit). This would only happen again in 2001 (Toronto and Detroit), 2007 (New York Rangers and Detroit), 2018 (Boston and Toronto), and 2019 (Boston and Toronto).
Also, for the first time in history, both the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens missed the playoffs in the same season.
In addition, both conference finals went to the maximum seven games. This did not happen again until 2015.
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
Eastern Conference
- Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 105 points
- Washington Capitals, Southeast Division champions – 102 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs, Northeast Division champions – 100 points
- New Jersey Devils – 103 points
- Florida Panthers – 98 points
- Ottawa Senators – 95 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins – 88 points
- Buffalo Sabres – 85 points
Western Conference
- St. Louis Blues, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 114 points
- Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions – 102 points
- Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 96 points
- Detroit Red Wings – 108 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 94 points
- Phoenix Coyotes – 90 points
- Edmonton Oilers – 88 points
- San Jose Sharks – 87 points
| Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Buffalo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Washington | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toronto | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ottawa | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toronto | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Florida | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Dallas | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | St. Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | San Jose | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dallas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | San Jose | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dallas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Edmonton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dallas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colorado | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colorado | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Phoenix | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colorado | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Detroit | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Detroit | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Los Angeles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference quarterfinals
(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Buffalo Sabres
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 1998 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Buffalo won in five games. Philadelphia won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
| April 13 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:56 – pp – Keith Jones (1) 19:52 – sh – Daymond Langkow (1) | ||||||
| Stu Barnes (1) –pp – 05:53 Miroslav Satan (1) – 12:22 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:33 – pp – Simon Gagne (1) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Buffalo Sabres | 1–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Miroslav Satan (2) – 10:40 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:53 – pp – John LeClair (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:47 – pp – Eric Desjardins (1) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–0 | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | |||
| John LeClair (2) – pp – 15:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Recchi (1) – en – 19:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 17 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–3 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 02:39 – pp – Curtis Brown (1) | ||||||
| Rick Tocchet (1) – pp – 13:55 Keith Primeau (1) – 18:25 |
Second period | 01:03 – Miroslav Satan (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:42 – Stu Barnes (2) | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–5 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Richard Smehlik (1) – 08:44 | First period | 19:52 – Dan McGillis (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:47 – pp – John LeClair (3) 12:52 – Daymond Langkow (2) | ||||||
| Stu Barnes (3) – pp – 03:34 | Third period | 09:55 – pp – Simon Gagne 19:59 – pp-en – Daymond Langkow (3) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 32 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–1 | |
(2) Washington Capitals vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 1996 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Pittsburgh won in six games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
| April 13 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 7–0 | Washington Capitals | MCI Center | Recap | |||
| Janne Laukkanen (1) – 02:30 Robert Lang (1) – pp – 06:34 Martin Straka (1) – pp – 11:26 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jiri Slegr (1) – 03:00 Jan Hrdina (1) – 12:03 Tyler Wright (1) – 13:32 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Janne Laukkanen (2) – pp – 00:33 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Tugnutt 32 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Olaf Kolzig 14 saves / 20 shots Craig Billington 5 saves / 6 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Washington Capitals | 1–2 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Mellon Arena | Recap | ||
| Peter Bondra (1) – pp – 17:18 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:06 – Jan Hrdina (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 05:49 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (1) | ||||||
| Olaf Kolzig 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Tugnutt 37 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Washington Capitals | 3–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Mellon Arena | Recap | |||
| Chris Simon (1) – 15:39 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Halpern (1) – 09:55 | Second period | 08:04 – pp – Jan Hrdina (3) 09:44 – Pat Falloon (1) | ||||||
| Calle Johansson (1) – pp – 14:02 | Third period | 02:13 – Jan Hrdina (4) 15:28 – Jiri Slegr (2) | ||||||
| Olaf Kolzig 18 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Tugnutt 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–3 | Washington Capitals | MCI Center | Recap | |||
| John Slaney (1) – pp – 10:18 Jaromir Jagr (2) – 19:39 |
First period | 09:57 – sh – Steve Konowalchuk (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:39 – Chris Simon (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:55 – pp – Jeff Halpern (2) | ||||||
| Ron Tugnutt 34 saves/ 37 shots | Goalie stats | Olaf Kolzig 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–1 | Washington Capitals | MCI Center | Recap | |||
| Tyler Wright (2) – 05:52 | First period | 10:01 – Sergei Gonchar (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jaromir Jagr (3) – 07:56 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Tugnutt 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Olaf Kolzig 15 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–1 | |
(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (6) Ottawa Senators
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Ottawa won three of the four games in this year's regular season series. Ottawa won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.
| April 12 | Ottawa Senators | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:53 – pp – Darcy Tucker (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:39 – en – Mats Sundin (1) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Ottawa Senators | 1–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sami Salo (1) – pp – 19:05 | Second period | 00:46 – Darcy Tucker (2) 01:28 – Mats Sundin (2) 03:49 – Steve Thomas (1) 12:46 – Steve Thomas (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:36 – Sergei Berezin (1) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 20 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–4 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:24 – pp – Daniel Alfredsson (1) | ||||||
| Steve Thomas (3) – 10:03 | Second period | 09:44 – Rob Zamuner (1) | ||||||
| Dmitri Khristich (1) – 10:18 Jonas Hoglund (1) – 19:42 |
Third period | 05:27 – Colin Forbes (1) 14:17 – Rob Zamuner (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 11 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 33 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:15 – Andreas Dackell (1) | ||||||
| Sergei Berezin (2) – 16:10 | Third period | 03:23 – Andreas Dackell (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Ottawa Senators | 1–2 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Juneau (1) – 04:36 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:30 – Steve Thomas (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 14:47 – Steve Thomas (5) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 37 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–2 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:45 – Joe Juneau (2) | ||||||
| Steve Thomas (6) – 04:11 Mats Sundin (3) – 07:16 Sergei Berezin (3) – 10:40 Wendel Clark (1) – 18:47 |
Second period | 03:59 – Igor Kravchuk (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 36 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–2 | |
(4) New Jersey Devils vs. (5) Florida Panthers
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. New Jersey won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
| April 13 | Florida Panthers | 3–4 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Rob Niedermayer (1) – 16:55 Peter Worrell (1) – 19:43 |
First period | 01:38 – Scott Stevens (1) 04:02 – Petr Sykora (1) 15:28 – Sergei Brylin (1) | ||||||
| Mike Sillinger (1) – 13:50 | Second period | 07:21 – Scott Gomez (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Vernon 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Florida Panthers | 1–2 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Sillinger (2) – 14:45 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:56 – sh – Scott Niedermayer (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:42 – Scott Stevens (2) | ||||||
| Mike Vernon 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | New Jersey Devils | 2–1 | Florida Panthers | National Car Rental Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 09:19 – Ray Whitney (1) | ||||||
| Alexander Mogilny (1) – pp – 16:25 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Rafalski (1) – 03:11 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 38 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | New Jersey Devils | 4–1 | Florida Panthers | National Car Rental Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:17 – pp – Pavel Bure (1) | ||||||
| Patrik Elias (1) – 04:26 Scott Niedermayer (2) – 15:02 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sergei Nemchinov (1) – 16:12 Sergei Nemchinov (2) – pp – 18:02 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 31 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–0 | |
Western Conference quarterfinals
(1) St. Louis Blues vs. (8) San Jose Sharks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won this year's five-game regular season series earning nine of ten points.
| April 12 | San Jose Sharks | 3–5 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | |||
| Dave Lowry (1) – 00:46 Mike Rathje (1) – 18:10 |
First period | 05:41 – Jochen Hecht (1) 07:35 – Lubos Bartecko (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:29 – Jochen Hecht (2) | ||||||
| Owen Nolan (1) – sh – 14:40 | Third period | 03:15 – pp – Chris Pronger (1) 08:49 – Marty Reasoner (1) | ||||||
| Steve Shields 32 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | San Jose Sharks | 4–2 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | |||
| Gary Suter (1) – pp – 17:10 | First period | 09:54 – Marty Reasoner (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bryan Marchment (1) – 03:07 Mike Ricci (1) – pp – 14:18 Owen Nolan (2) – en – 18:57 |
Third period | 08:35 – Stephane Richer (1) | ||||||
| Steve Shields 18 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 15 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | St. Louis Blues | 1–2 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
| Scott Young (1) – pp – 15:14 | First period | 05:39 – pp – Owen Nolan (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:40 – Owen Nolan (4) | ||||||
| Roman Turek 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Shields 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | St. Louis Blues | 2–3 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:08 – Marco Sturm (1) | ||||||
| Jochen Hecht (3) – pp – 12:54 Mike Eastwood (1) – 13:30 |
Second period | 01:37 – Mike Ricci (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:23 – Gary Suter (2) | ||||||
| Roman Turek 16 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Shields 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | San Jose Sharks | 3–5 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | |||
| Mike Ricci (3) – pp – 18:52 | First period | 04:04 – pp – Ladislav Nagy (1) 04:39 – Al MacInnis (1) 07:13 – Ricard Persson (1) | ||||||
| Jeff Friesen (1) – 12:26 Brad Stuart (1) – pp – 17:03 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:34 – pp – Chris Pronger (2) 19:26 – en – Scott Young (2) | ||||||
| Steve Shields 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | St. Louis Blues | 6–2 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
| Scott Young (3) – 12:31 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Young (4) – 00:21 Jochen Hecht (4) – 09:29 Chris Pronger (3) – 11:42 Tyson Nash (1) – 12:51 Scott Young (5)– pp – 14:22 |
Second period | 17:13 – pp – Owen Nolan (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:00 – Bryan Marchment (2) | ||||||
| Roman Turek 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Shields 8 saves / 14 shots Evgeni Nabokov 10 saves / 10 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | San Jose Sharks | 3–1 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | |||
| Ronnie Stern (1) – 02:51 Owen Nolan (6) – 19:49 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Friesen (2) – 14:14 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:09 – pp – Scott Young (6) | ||||||
| Steve Shields 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 16 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| San Jose won series 4–3 | |
(2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers
This was the fourth consecutive and sixth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with Dallas winning three of the five previous series. Dallas won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in a four-game sweep. Dallas won this year's four-game regular season series earning seven of eight points.
| April 12 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–2 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:32 – Mike Keane (1) | ||||||
| German Titov (1) – 07:00 | Third period | 11:31 – Roman Lyashenko (1) | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 11 saves / 12 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Edmonton Oilers | 0–3 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:33 – Kirk Muller (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:54 – Brett Hull (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:22 – Scott Thornton (1) | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 19 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 17 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Dallas Stars | 2–5 | Edmonton Oilers | Skyreach Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:40 – Doug Weight (1) 09:56 – Jim Dowd (1) 17:00 – pp – Doug Weight (2) | ||||||
| Brenden Morrow (1) – pp – 02:32 Mike Modano (1) – 10:59 |
Second period | 01:16 – sh – Ryan Smyth (1) 06:13 – pp – Doug Weight (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 33 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Tommy Salo 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Dallas Stars | 4–3 | Edmonton Oilers | Skyreach Centre | Recap | |||
| Brett Hull (2) – 05:02 Richard Matvichuk (1) – 05:50 |
First period | 09:19 – pp – Bill Guerin (1) 11:43 – Bill Guerin (2) | ||||||
| Mike Modano (2) – 00:52 | Second period | 18:06 – Bill Guerin (3) | ||||||
| Guy Carbonneau (1) – 05:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 15 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Tommy Salo 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–3 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Todd Marchant (1) – 12:45 | Second period | 05:35 – pp – Jamie Langenbrunner (1) 14:12 – Derian Hatcher (1) | ||||||
| Jim Dowd (2) – 01:07 | Third period | 14:58 – Brett Hull (3) | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Dallas won series 4–1 | |
(3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their four-game regular season series.
| April 13 | Phoenix Coyotes | 3–6 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:23 – Shjon Podein (1) 08:10 – Dave Andreychuk (1) 14:08 – Sandis Ozolinsh (1) 18:14 – Sandis Ozolinsh (2) | ||||||
| Travis Green (1) – 01:37 Shane Doan (1) – pp – 04:19 |
Second period | 14:18 – Alex Tanguay (1) | ||||||
| Teppo Numminen (1) – 08:18 | Third period | 12:11 – Shjon Podein (2) | ||||||
| Sean Burke 32 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 12 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Phoenix Coyotes | 1–3 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:31 – pp – Chris Drury (1) 04:27 – pp – Alex Tanguay (2) | ||||||
| Benoit Hogue (1) – 05:42 | Second period | 09:32 – pp – Milan Hejduk (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sean Burke 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Colorado Avalanche | 4–2 | Phoenix Coyotes | America West Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shjon Podein (3) – 09:32 Joe Sakic (1) – pp – 14:48 |
Second period | 00:49 – pp – Keith Tkachuk (1) | ||||||
| Adam Deadmarsh (1) – pp – 06:17 Adam Deadmarsh (2) – en – 19:36 |
Third period | 06:17 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Sean Burke 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–3 | Phoenix Coyotes | America West Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:31 – Trevor Letowski (1) 17:32 – Travis Green (2) | ||||||
| Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 06:03 | Second period | 00:38 –Mikael Renberg (1) | ||||||
| Adam Deadmarsh (3) – 16:02 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Sean Burke 36 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Phoenix Coyotes | 1–2 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeremy Roenick (2) – 12:31 | Second period | 18:25 – Sandis Ozolinsh (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:43 – Peter Forsberg (1) | ||||||
| Sean Burke 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 19 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–1 | |
(4) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their five-game regular season series.
| April 13 | Los Angeles Kings | 0–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:43 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:47 – en – Sergei Fedorov (1) | ||||||
| Stephane Fiset 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 19 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Los Angeles Kings | 5–8 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Luc Robitaille (1) – 02:04 Zigmund Palffy (1) – 04:55 Sean O'Donnell (1) – 19:36 |
First period | 00:55 – Brendan Shanahan (1) 01:33 – Martin Lapointe (1) 03:32 – Kris Draper (1) 06:56 – Martin Lapointe | ||||||
| Craig Johnson (1) – 11:43 | Second period | 03:27 – Kris Draper (2) 09:33 – pp – Martin Lapointe (3) | ||||||
| Zigmund Palffy (2) – 01:11 | Third period | 09:18 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (1) 19:23 – en – Nicklas Lidstrom (2) | ||||||
| Stephane Fiset 12 saves / 17 shots Jamie Storr 23 saves / 25 shots |
Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 39 saves / 44 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–1 | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| Sergei Fedorov (2) – pp – 05:21 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tomas Holmstrom (1) – pp – 14:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:35 – Luc Robitaille (2) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Stephane Fiset 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–0 | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Pat Verbeek (1) – pp – 17:10 Larry Murphy (1) – pp – 19:41 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Sergei Fedorov (3) – en – 19:09 | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 25 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Stephane Fiset 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–0 | |
Eastern Conference semifinals
(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning both previous series. They last met in the 1997 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Philadelphia won in five games. Philadelphia won this year's five-game regular season series earning nine of ten points.
Game four was the third-longest game in playoff history, as well as the longest since the NHL expanded in 1967.[1]
| April 27 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–0 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Jaromir Jagr (4) – 13:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Straka (2) – 04:46 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Tugnutt 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 12 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Robert Lang (2) – pp – 16:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jaromir Jagr (5) – pp – 14:45 Robert Lang (3) – 16:30 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jaromir Jagr (6) – 10:59 | Third period | 04:34 – Simon Gagne (3) | ||||||
| Ron Tugnutt 44 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 21 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–3 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Mellon Arena | Recap | ||
| Andy Delmore (1) – 14:11 Keith Jones (2) – 16:27 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:40 – Jaromir Jagr (7) 10:24 – Martin Straka (3) | ||||||
| John LeClair (4) – 07:27 | Third period | 14:28 – Jaromir Jagr (8) | ||||||
| Andy Delmore (2) – 11:01 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 15 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Tugnutt 40 saves / 44 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–1 | 5OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Mellon Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 02:22 – Alexei Kovalev (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| John LeClair (5) – pp – 04:47 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Keith Primeau (2) – 12:01 | Fifth overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 57 saves / 58 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Tugnutt 70 saves / 72 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–6 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:23 – Daymond Langkow (4) 03:37 – pp – Andy Delmore (3) | ||||||
| Tyler Wright (3) – 15:06 | Second period | 00:16 – Dan McGillis (2) 03:47 – pp – Mark Recchi (2) 17:50 – Andy Delmore (4) | ||||||
| Darius Kasparaitis (1) – 00:40 Rob Brown (1) – 08:42 |
Third period | 05:17 – Andy Delmore (5) | ||||||
| Ron Tugnutt 21 saves / 26 shots Peter Skudra 10 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Mellon Arena | Recap | |||
| Mark Recchi (3) – pp – 11:04 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| John LeClair (6) – 00:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:46 – Rene Corbet (1) | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Tugnutt 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–2 | |
(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (4) New Jersey Devils
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Toronto won this year's four-game regular season series earning seven of eight points.
Martin Brodeur set a Stanley Cup playoff record in game six for the least shots against required (6) to record a shutout in a single game.[2]
| April 27 | New Jersey Devils | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Petr Sykora (2) – 05:54 | Second period | 01:07 – Dmitri Yushkevich (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:18 – Darcy Tucker (3) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | New Jersey Devils | 1–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Colin White (1) – 06:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–5 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:42 – pp – Jason Arnott (1) 15:03 – Scott Gomez (2) 17:33 – sh – Patrik Elias (2) | ||||||
| Kevyn Adams (1) – sh – 15:43 | Third period | 04:27 – Petr Sykora (3) 06:01 – pp – Alexander Mogilny (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–2 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Jonas Hoglund (2) – 10:01 Darcy Tucker (4) – 16:02 |
First period | 01:41 – pp – Scott Gomez (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tomas Kaberle (1) – 18:25 | Third period | 14:14 – Claude Lemieux (1) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | New Jersey Devils | 4–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Patrik Elias (3) – pp – 16:11 | First period | 08:55 – Garry Valk (1) | ||||||
| Sergei Nemchinov (3) – 15:59 | Second period | 02:19 – Jeff Farkas (1) | ||||||
| Vladimir Malakhov (1) – pp – 07:47 John Madden (1) – 14:07 |
Third period | 17:04 – Sergei Berezin (4) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0–3 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:18 – Petr Sykora (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:25 – Jason Arnott (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:54 – en – John Madden (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 6 saves / 6 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–2 | |
Western Conference semifinals
(2) Dallas Stars vs. (8) San Jose Sharks
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; with Dallas winning the only previous series. Their only previous meeting was in the 1998 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Dallas won in six games. San Jose won four of the six games in this year's regular season series.
| April 28 | San Jose Sharks | 0–4 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:45 – Aaron Gavey (1) 14:01 – pp – Mike Modano (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:48 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) 04:23 – Brenden Morrow (2) | ||||||
| Steve Shields 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 18 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | San Jose Sharks | 0–1 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:26 – Mike Modano (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Shields 17 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 19 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Dallas Stars | 1–2 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Modano (5) – pp – 03:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:42 – pp – Mike Ricci (4) 14:56 – Owen Nolan (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Shields 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Dallas Stars | 5–4 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Modano (6) – 01:08 Guy Carbonneau (2) – sh – 10:21 |
First period | 08:52 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (1) 17:34 – Mike Ricci (5) | ||||||
| Sergei Zubov (1) – sh – 00:56 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 10:52 Joe Nieuwendyk (3) – 18:07 |
Second period | 07:48 – sh – Owen Nolan (8) 14:08 – pp – Todd Harvey (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Shields 28 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | San Jose Sharks | 1–4 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:31 – Joe Nieuwendyk (4) 13:34 – Scott Thornton (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Marleau (1) – pp – 08:32 | Third period | 04:02 – pp – Brett Hull (4) 04:43 – pp – Sylvain Cote (1) | ||||||
| Steve Shields 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Dallas won series 4–1 | |
(3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and fourth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with Colorado winning two of the three previous series. Colorado won last year's Western Conference Semifinals in six games. Detroit won four of the five games in this year's regular season series.
| April 27 | Detroit Red Wings | 0–2 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:13 – Peter Forsberg (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:39 – pp – Sandis Ozolinsh (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 25 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:12 – pp – Milan Hejduk (2) 15:49 – pp – Peter Forsberg (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tomas Holmstrom (2) – 08:12 | Third period | 19:01 – en – Chris Drury (2) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Colorado Avalanche | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 09:38 – pp – Igor Larionov (1) | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (4) – pp – 09:39 | Second period | 11:57 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:19 – en – Brendan Shanahan (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 33 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–2 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jon Klemm (1) – 03:37 | Second period | 08:46 – Tomas Holmstrom (3) | ||||||
| Dave Andreychuk (3) – 15:33 | Third period | 09:20 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (2) | ||||||
| Chris Drury (3) – 10:21 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–4 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Larry Murphy (2) – sh – 12:01 | Second period | 02:46 – pp – Joe Sakic (2) 10:01 – Stephane Yelle (1) | ||||||
| Brendan Shanahan (3) – 06:13 | Third period | 04:40 – Peter Forsberg (5) 09:01 – Shjon Podein (4) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–1 | |
See also: NHL conference finals
Eastern Conference final
(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) New Jersey Devils
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals, which New Jersey won in six games. This was Philadelphia's sixth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1997 where they defeated the New York Rangers in five games. This was New Jersey's fourth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1995. New Jersey won four of the five games during this year's regular season series.
The Devils overcame a 3–1 deficit to defeat the Flyers in seven games. In game seven Devils' forward Patrik Elias scored the series-winner at 17:28 of the third period. Eric Lindros suffered a concussion after getting hit by Scott Stevens in the first period of game seven and did not return; as a result of the hit this was the last game he played as a Flyer.
| May 14 | New Jersey Devils | 4–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Scott Niedermayer (3) – 00:55 Petr Sykora (5) – 17:38 Bobby Holik (1) – 18:04 |
First period | 08:20 – Mark Recchi (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Claude Lemieux (2) – pp – 05:19 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 16 | New Jersey Devils | 3–4 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Scott Gomez (4) – 13:23 | First period | 01:38 – Rick Tocchet (2) | ||||||
| Jason Arnott (3) – 02:51 Patrik Elias (4) – 14:50 |
Second period | 19:21 – Eric Desjardins (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:06 – Rick Tocchet (3) 01:58 – Daymond Langkow (5) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–2 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Mark Recchi (5) – 02:57 Keith Jones (3) – 14:14 |
First period | 04:24 – Claude Lemieux (3) | ||||||
| Rick Tocchet (4) – 07:15 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Simon Gagne (4) – 18:11 | Third period | 15:59 – Scott Niedermayer (4) | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 20 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–1 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Mark Recchi (6) – 16:07 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:13 – Bobby Holik (2) | ||||||
| Craig Berube (1) – 12:58 Simon Gagne (5) – 16:40 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | New Jersey Devils | 4–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Jason Arnott (4) – pp – 10:25 Bobby Holik (3) – 15:15 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Petr Sykora (6) – 01:47 | Second period | 15:45 – pp – Valeri Zelepukin (1) | ||||||
| Patrik Elias (5) – 00:54 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–2 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eric Lindros (1) – 19:31 | Third period | 11:26 – Claude Lemieux (4) 16:33 – Alexander Mogilny (3) | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 12 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| May 26 | New Jersey Devils | 2–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Patrik Elias (6) – pp – 06:44 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:01 – pp – Rick Tocchet (5) | ||||||
| Patrik Elias (7) – 17:28 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–3 | |
Western Conference final
(2) Dallas Stars vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Western Conference Final, which Dallas won in seven games. Dallas made their third consecutive and fifth overall appearance in the Conference Finals; while Colorado made their second consecutive and sixth overall appearance in the Conference Finals. Colorado won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.
| May 13 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–0 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Milan Hejduk (3) – pp – 08:51 Aaron Miller (1) – 17:32 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 24 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 15 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–3 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sandis Ozolinsh (5) – pp – 00:25 | Second period | 05:24 – Mike Modano (7) 18:15 – pp – Mike Modano (8) | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (6) – 14:23 | Third period | 05:48 – Brett Hull (5) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 19 | Dallas Stars | 0–2 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:39 – Shjon Podein (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:50 – pp – Adam Deadmarsh (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 38 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 21 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 21 | Dallas Stars | 4–1 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (5) – pp – 07:12 Brett Hull (6) – 17:30 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (7) – 07:52 | Second period | 01:43 – Dave Reid (1) | ||||||
| Richard Matvichuk (2) – 04:39 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 38 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 11 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| May 23 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–3 | OT | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | ||
| Jon Klemm (2) – 12:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:26 – Jere Lehtinen (1) 14:41 – pp – Brett Hull (8) | ||||||
| Milan Hejduk (4) – 02:19 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 12:10 – Joe Nieuwendyk (6) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 25 | Dallas Stars | 1–2 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (9) – pp – 12:37 | Second period | 04:30 – Ray Bourque (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:09 – Chris Drury (4) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 27 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–3 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:36 – pp – Sergei Zubov (2) 19:54 – pp – Mike Modano (9) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:31 – Roman Lyashenko (2) | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (7) – sh – 05:25 Milan Hejduk (5) – 08:26 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Dallas won series 4–3 | |
Main article: 2000 Stanley Cup Finals
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Dallas made their second consecutive and fourth overall appearance in the Finals, after defeating the Buffalo Sabres in six games the year before. New Jersey made their second Finals appearance and first since defeating the Detroit Red Wings in four games in 1995. Dallas won both games in this year's regular season series.
| May 30 | Dallas Stars | 3–7 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Darryl Sydor (1) – 13:13 | First period | 07:22 – Jason Arnott (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:52 – Ken Daneyko (1) 10:28 – Petr Sykora (7) 16:04 – Scott Stevens (3) | ||||||
| Jon Sim (1) – 07:43 Kirk Muller (2) – 07:55 |
Third period | 02:21 – Sergei Brylin (2) 03:02 – Petr Sykora (8) 05:12 – pp – Jason Arnott (6) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 12 saves / 18 shots Manny Fernandez 7 saves / 8 shots |
Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| June 1 | Dallas Stars | 2–1 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Brett Hull (10) – 04:25 | First period | 12:42 – Alexander Mogilny (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (11) – 15:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| June 3 | New Jersey Devils | 2–1 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| Jason Arnott (7) – 18:06 | First period | 13:08 – pp – Sylvain Cote (2) | ||||||
| Petr Sykora (9) – pp – 12:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| June 5 | New Jersey Devils | 3–1 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:02 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (7) | ||||||
| Sergei Brylin (3) – 02:27 John Madden (3) – sh – 04:51 Brian Rafalski (2) – 06:08 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| June 8 | Dallas Stars | 1–0 | 3OT | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Modano (10) – 06:21 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 48 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 40 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| June 10 | New Jersey Devils | 2–1 | 2OT | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Niedermayer (5) – sh – 05:18 | Second period | 06:27 – Mike Keane (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jason Arnott (8) – 08:20 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 43 saves / 45 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–2 | |
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.[3]
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| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Hull | Dallas Stars | 23 | 11 | 13 | 24 | +3 | 4 |
| Mike Modano | Dallas Stars | 23 | 10 | 13 | 23 | +3 | 10 |
| Jason Arnott | New Jersey Devils | 23 | 8 | 12 | 20 | +7 | 18 |
| Patrik Elias | New Jersey Devils | 23 | 7 | 13 | 20 | +9 | 9 |
| Mark Recchi | Philadelphia Flyers | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | +3 | 6 |
| Petr Sykora | New Jersey Devils | 23 | 9 | 8 | 17 | +8 | 10 |
| Jaromir Jagr | Pittsburgh Penguins | 11 | 8 | 8 | 16 | +5 | 6 |
| Peter Forsberg | Colorado Avalanche | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +9 | 12 |
| Adam Deadmarsh | Colorado Avalanche | 17 | 4 | 11 | 15 | +7 | 21 |
| Chris Drury | Colorado Avalanche | 17 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +7 | 4 |
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Goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[4]
More information Player, Team ...
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 23 | 16 | 7 | 537 | 39 | 1.61 | .927 | 2 | 1450:04 |
| Ron Tugnutt | Pittsburgh Penguins | 11 | 6 | 5 | 398 | 22 | 1.77 | .945 | 2 | 746:03 |
| Patrick Roy | Colorado Avalanche | 17 | 11 | 6 | 431 | 31 | 1.79 | .928 | 3 | 1039:20 |
| Ed Belfour | Dallas Stars | 23 | 14 | 9 | 651 | 45 | 1.87 | .931 | 4 | 1442:56 |
| Chris Osgood | Detroit Red Wings | 9 | 5 | 4 | 237 | 18 | 1.97 | .924 | 2 | 546:54 |
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- "Maple Leafs Can Manage Only Six Shots in a Humbling Defeat". Los Angeles Times. May 9, 2000. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
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