2003 Stanley Cup playoffs
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 9–June 9, 2003 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Detroit Red Wings |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New Jersey Devils |
| Runner-up | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Jamie Langenbrunner (Devils) (18 points) |
| MVP | Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Mighty Ducks) |
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The 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), began on April 9, 2003, following the 2002–03 regular season. The playoffs concluded on June 9, 2003, with the New Jersey Devils defeating the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in seven games.
The 16 qualifying teams played best-of-seven series in the conference quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. Each conference champion proceeded to the Stanley Cup Finals. These playoffs marked the first time the Minnesota Wild qualified, in only their third season in the NHL. The Minnesota Wild, a sixth-seed, made an unlikely advance to the Western Conference Final as underdogs after being down three games to one in two consecutive rounds. This, along with the Canucks' comeback against the Blues, made for three 3-1 series comebacks in the playoffs, the second time this had happened in NHL playoff history.
Despite losing to the Devils in the Stanley Cup Finals, Mighty Ducks goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player during the playoffs, marking only the fifth time that the Trophy had ever been awarded to a player on the losing team.
Playoff seeds[]
Eastern Conference[]
- Ottawa Senators, Northeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 113 points
- New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division champions – 108 points
- Tampa Bay Lightning, Southeast Division champions – 93 points
- Philadelphia Flyers – 107 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 98 points
- Washington Capitals – 92 points
- Boston Bruins – 87 points
- New York Islanders – 83 points
Western Conference[]
- Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – 111 points
- Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions – 110 points
- Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 105 points
- Vancouver Canucks – 104 points
- St. Louis Blues – 99 points
- Minnesota Wild – 95 points (42 wins)
- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim – 95 points (40 wins)
- Edmonton Oilers – 92 points
Playoff bracket[]
| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ottawa | 4 | 1 | Ottawa | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | NY Islanders | 1 | 4 | Philadelphia | 2 |
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| 2 | New Jersey | 4 | Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Boston | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ottawa | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Jersey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tampa Bay | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Washington | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Philadelphia | 4 | 2 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Toronto | 3 | 3 | Tampa Bay | 1 |
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| E2 | New Jersey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| W7 | Anaheim | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Dallas | 4 | 1 | Dallas | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Edmonton | 2 | 7 | Anaheim | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Detroit | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Anaheim | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Anaheim | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Minnesota | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colorado | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Minnesota | 4 | Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vancouver | 4 | 4 | Vancouver | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Louis | 3 | 6 | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||||||||
- During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.
Conference Quarterfinals[]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals[]
(1) Ottawa Senators vs. (8) New York Islanders[]
The Ottawa Senators finished as the first overall seed in the Eastern Conference with 113 points. The New York Islanders earned 83 points during the regular season to finish eighth overall in the Eastern Conference. This was the first playoff series between these two teams. Ottawa won the four game regular season series by earning five of eight points in their matchup.
The Senators defeated the Islanders in five games. In game one, Roman Hamrlik assisted on two of the three goals and Islanders goalie Garth Snow shut out the Senators stopping all 25 shots he faced in a 3–0 victory.[1] The Senators responded in game two by shutting out the Islanders 3–0; goalie Patrick Lalime stopped all 16 shots he faced.[2] Overtime was required in game three with both teams tied at two at the end of the third period. At 2:25 of the second overtime, Todd White scored his second goal of the game to give the Senators a 3–2 victory.[3] In game four, Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist to help the Senators take a 3–1 series lead in a 3–1 win.[4] In game five, Todd White's goal at 11:05 of the second period proved to be the game-winner and series-winner for the Senators with Radek Bonk providing two insurance goals in a 4–1 victory.[5]
| April 9 | New York Islanders | 3–0 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| Dave Scatchard (1) – 07:59 Alexei Yashin (1) – 11:35 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shawn Bates (1) – pp – 09:06 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Garth Snow 25 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | New York Islanders | 0–3 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:43 – Marian Hossa (1) 08:24 – Vaclav Varada (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:25 – pp – Marian Hossa (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Garth Snow 28 saves / 31 shots Rick DiPietro 3 saves / 3 shots |
Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 16 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Ottawa Senators | 3–2 | 2OT | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Todd White (1) – pp – 18:42 | First period | 08:14 – Alexei Yashin (2) 19:06 – pp – Randy Robitaille (1) | ||||||
| Chris Phillips (1) – 19:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Todd White (2) – 02:25 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Garth Snow 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Ottawa Senators | 3–1 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Mike Fisher (1) – 00:28 Anton Volchenkov (1) – 04:12 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marian Hossa (3) – pp – 08:01 | Second period | 02:48 – Adrian Aucoin (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Garth Snow 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | New York Islanders | 1–4 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:53 – pp – Martin Havlat (1) | ||||||
| Mark Parrish (1) – pp – 06:48 | Second period | 11:05 – Todd White (3) 18:13 – Radek Bonk (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:45 – en – Radek Bonk (2) | ||||||
| Garth Snow 15 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| Ottawa won series 4–1 | |
(2) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Boston Bruins[]
The New Jersey Devils entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference and won the Atlantic Division title with 108 points. The Boston Bruins finished seventh overall in the Eastern Conference with 87 points. This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams with New Jersey winning two of three previous series. They last met in the 1995 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals which New Jersey won in five games. New Jersey won this year's four game regular season series earning five of eight points.
The Devils defeated the Bruins in five games. In game one, Jamie Langenbrunner scored both New Jersey goals before Boston came within one goal in the third period. New Jersey hung on for a 2–1 win.[6] Jamie Langenbrunner had a goal and two assists in game two to help the Devils achieve a 4–2 victory and a 2–0 series lead.[7] In game three, goalie Martin Brodeur shut out the Bruins, stopping all 29 shots in a 3–0 victory.[8] The Boston Bruins forced a fifth game on two goals by Dan McGillis as well as two assists provided by Mike Knuble and Brian Rolston in a 5–1 win.[9] The Devils closed out the series in game five with Jamie Langenbrunner scoring twice and Martin Brodeur stopping all 28 shots he faced in a 3–0 win.[10]
| April 9 | Boston Bruins | 1–2 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 15:35 – Jamie Langenbrunner (1) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 11:38 – Jamie Langenbrunner (2) | ||||||
| Bryan Berard (1) – 03:29 | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Steve Shields 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Boston Bruins | 2–4 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Glen Murray (1) – 08:52 | First period | 14:17 – Jeff Friesen (1) 19:34 – pp – Brian Rafalski (1) | ||||||
| Dan McGillis (1) – pp – 13:59 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 00:15 – pp – Jamie Langenbrunner (3) 14:24 – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) | ||||||
| Steve Shields 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | New Jersey Devils | 3–0 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Scott Stevens (1) – 01:11 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Jay Pandolfo (1) – 12:00 John Madden (1) – en – 18:54 |
Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 29 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Jeff Hackett 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | New Jersey Devils | 1–5 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 19:47 – pp – Joe Thornton (1) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 02:24 – pp – Dan McGillis (2) 17:15 – Dan McGillis (3) | ||||||
| Scott Niedermayer (1) – 01:37 | Third period | 01:45 – Martin Lapointe (1) 03:37 – Marty McInnis (1) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 24 shots Corey Schwab 6 saves / 6 shots |
Goalie stats | Jeff Hackett 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Boston Bruins | 0–3 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:31 – pp – John Madden (2) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 07:41 – Jamie Langenbrunner (4) 19:08 – en – Jamie Langenbrunner (5) | ||||||
| Jeff Hackett 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 29 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–1 | |
(3) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (6) Washington Capitals[]
The Tampa Bay Lightning entered the playoffs for only the second time in their history as the third seed in the Eastern Conference and won the Southeast Division title with 93 points. The Washington Capitals finished sixth overall in the Eastern Conference with 92 points. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Washington won three of the five games in this year's regular season series.
The Lightning came back from 2–0 down to defeat the Capitals in six games. Robert Lang provided two goals and Olaf Kolzig stopped all 28 shots to give the Capitals a 3–0 victory in game one.[11] Game two saw Jaromir Jagr score two goals and two assists in a 6–3 win for Washington.[12] The Lightning scored three times in game three; each time though Washington tied the score. Finally in overtime, Vincent Lecavalier scored a power-play goal to give Tampa Bay a 4–3 victory.[13] With a chance to tie the series in game four, Martin St. Louis scored twice to help the Lightning earn a 3–1 victory.[14] In game five, St. Louis contributed a goal and an assist to aid the Lightning in a 2–1 win and took a 3–2 series lead.[15] The Capitals tried to avoid elimination in game six by sending the game into overtime, however, St. Louis' power-play goal at 4:03 of the third overtime ended Washington's season despite putting up 61 shots against goalie Nikolai Khabibulin. The Lightning won the game 2–1.[16]
| April 10 | Washington Capitals | 3–0 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
| Robert Lang (1) – 16:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Lang (2) – 17:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michael Nylander (1) – 01:02 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Olaf Kolzig 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 19 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Washington Capitals | 6–3 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
| Jaromir Jagr (1) – 04:47 Peter Bondra (1) – pp – 07:22 Jaromir Jagr (2) – pp – 18:24 |
First period | 11:48 – Vaclav Prospal (1) | ||||||
| Michael Nylander (2) – pp – 01:39 | Second period | 18:48 – Fredrik Modin (1) | ||||||
| Peter Bondra (2) – 03:09 Mike Grier (1) – en – 19:18 |
Third period | 10:44 – Dave Andreychuk (1) | ||||||
| Olaf Kolzig 40 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 25 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4–3 | OT | Washington Capitals | MCI Center | Recap | ||
| Vincent Lecavalier (1) – 03:46 | First period | 14:21 – pp – Dainius Zubrus (1) | ||||||
| Vaclav Prospal (2) – 03:44 | Second period | 10:25 – Dainius Zubrus (2) | ||||||
| Martin St. Louis (1) – 11:13 | Third period | 17:04 – Brendan Witt (1) | ||||||
| Vincent Lecavalier (2) – pp – 02:29 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nikolai Khabibulin 16 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Olaf Kolzig 24 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3–1 | Washington Capitals | MCI Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin St. Louis (2) – 11:55 Martin St. Louis (3) – sh – 17:40 |
Second period | 15:39 – Peter Bondra (3) | ||||||
| Vincent Lecavalier (3) – 01:24 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nikolai Khabibulin 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Olaf Kolzig 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Washington Capitals | 1–2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:52 – pp – Vaclav Prospal (3) | ||||||
| Michael Nylander (3) – 17:01 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:53 – Martin St. Louis (4) | ||||||
| Olaf Kolzig 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2–1 | 3OT | Washington Capitals | MCI Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:34 – pp – Peter Bondra (4) | ||||||
| Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 15:54 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin St. Louis (5) – pp – 04:03 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nikolai Khabibulin 60 saves / 61 shots | Goalie stats | Olaf Kolzig 44 saves / 46 shots | ||||||
| Tampa Bay won series 4–2 | |
(4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Toronto Maple Leafs[]
The Philadelphia Flyers finished as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 107 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs finished as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference with 98 points. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams with Philadelphia winning three of the previous four series. They last met in the 1999 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal, which Toronto won in six games. The teams split this year's four game regular season series.
The Flyers defeated the Maple Leafs in seven games. In game one, Alexander Mogilny scored a hat trick to give Toronto a 5–3 victory.[17] The Flyers responded to the loss with a 4–1 win in game two with John LeClair, Mark Recchi, and Simon Gagne all contributing a goal and an assist.[18] In game three, Toronto came back from an early two-goal deficit to win the game in double overtime on a goal by Tomas Kaberle, his second of the game.[19] Game four showcased a triple overtime game in which Philadelphia nearly doubled the shots Toronto took. On the 75th shot for the Flyers, at 13:54 of the third overtime Mark Recchi scored his second goal of the game to help the Flyers take a 3–2 win.[20] Sami Kapanen scored two power play goals in game five to assist the Flyers in a 4–1 win and took a 3–2 series lead.[21] In game six, Ed Belfour helped Toronto force a seventh game with 35 saves in a double overtime 2–1 victory.[22] The Flyers routed the Maple Leafs in game seven 6–1 with Mark Recchi scoring two goals and an assist and Justin Williams and Claude Lapointe both scoring a goal and two assists.[23]
| April 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| Alexander Mogilny (1) – sh – 08:10 Alexander Mogilny (2) – 12:10 |
First period | 09:12 – pp – Eric Weinrich (1) | ||||||
| Tie Domi (1) – 03:12 | Second period | 05:54 – Donald Brashear (1) 06:56 – Eric Desjardins (1) | ||||||
| Mikael Renberg (1) – pp – 14:21 Alexander Mogilny (3) – en – 19:08 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 10 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–4 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:09 – sh – Simon Gagne (1) 17:47 – Jeremy Roenick (1) | ||||||
| Alexander Mogilny (4) – 04:38 | Second period | 06:20 – Mark Recchi (1) 10:34 – pp – John LeClair (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 32 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 16 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–4 | 2OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
| Eric Weinrich (2) – 04:02 Eric Desjardins (2) – 08:02 |
First period | 08:39 – Robert Reichel (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:18 – pp – Tomas Kaberle (1) 16:00 – Alexander Mogilny (5) | ||||||
| Mark Recchi (2) – 02:59 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 07:20 – Tomas Kaberle (2) | ||||||
| Roman Cechmanek 37 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 36 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–2 | 3OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
| Mark Recchi (3) – 01:16 | First period | 04:06 – sh – Travis Green (1) | ||||||
| Jeremy Roenick (2) – 00:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:51 – pp – Mats Sundin (1) | ||||||
| Mark Recchi (4) – 13:54 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Roman Cechmanek 36 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 72 saves / 75 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–4 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| Aki Berg (1) – 02:34 | First period | 14:30 – pp – Sami Kapanen (1) 16:25 – Dmitri Yushkevich (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:35 – Simon Gagne (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:41 – pp – Sami Kapanen (2) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–2 | 2OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 10:35 – Robert Reichel (2) | ||||||
| Jeremy Roenick (3) – 15:23 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 10:51 – Travis Green (2) | ||||||
| Roman Cechmanek 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 35 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–6 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 16:23 – Simon Gagne (3) 19:08 – Justin Williams (1) | ||||||
| Gary Roberts (1) – 13:50 | Second period | 08:18 – Keith Primeau (1) 16:16 – Mark Recchi (5) 19:22 – pp – Mark Recchi (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:28 – Claude Lapointe (1) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 30 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–3 | |
Western Conference Quarterfinals[]
(1) Dallas Stars vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers[]
The Dallas Stars finished first in the Western Conference with 111 points. The Edmonton Oilers finished as the eighth seed in the Western Conference with 92 points. This was the sixth playoff meeting within the last seven years and the eighth overall between these two teams; Dallas won five of the previous seven playoff series. They last met in the 2001 Western Conference Quarterfinals which Dallas won in six games. Dallas won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
In game one, Edmonton scored two goals in the second period 3:48 apart to take the lead and then win the game 2–1.[24] Dallas controlled game two by allowing only 13 shots on goal, and five different players scored in a 6–1 victory including Scott Young who had two goals and an assist.[25] In game three, Edmonton scored three times within 3:05 to take a 3–2 lead early in the third period to win the game. Eric Brewer assisted on two of the goals.[26] The Stars evened the series in game four by scoring 23 seconds apart in the third period taking a 3–1 victory as a result.[27] In game five, Sergei Zubov scored two goals in a 5–2 win for the Stars.[28] Although Edmonton tied the game in the second period after being down two goals, Mike Modano's goal at 13:08 of the third period proved to be the series-winner.[29]
| April 9 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–1 | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:52 – pp – Mike Modano (1) | ||||||
| Ryan Smyth (1) – sh – 03:22 Shawn Horcoff (1) – 07:10 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Marty Turco 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–6 | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | |||
| Marty Reasoner (1) – pp – 06:35 | First period | 10:03 – pp – Sergei Zubov (1) 14:12 – pp – Scott Young (1) 19:10 – Scott Young (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:52 – Jason Arnott (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:21 – Mike Modano (2) 06:39 – pp – Ulf Dahlen (1) | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 24 saves / 29 shots Jussi Markkanen 11 saves / 12 shots |
Goalie stats | Marty Turco 12 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Dallas Stars | 2–3 | Edmonton Oilers | Skyreach Centre | Recap | |||
| Jason Arnott (2) – pp – 10:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jere Lehtinen (1) – 03:23 | Third period | 02:33 – Georges Laraque (1) 04:40 – Fernando Pisani (1) 05:38 – Radek Dvorak (1) | ||||||
| Marty Turco 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Tommy Salo 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Dallas Stars | 3–1 | Edmonton Oilers | Skyreach Centre | Recap | |||
| Sergei Zubov (2) – 01:18 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stu Barnes (1) – 05:52 Niko Kapanen (1) – 06:15 |
Third period | 02:07 – Shawn Horcoff (2) | ||||||
| Marty Turco 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Tommy Salo 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–5 | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 09:02 – pp – Scott Young (3) 09:55 – pp – Sergei Zubov (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:34 – Mike Modano (3) | ||||||
| Mike Comrie (1) – 09:58 Eric Brewer (1) – 18:08 |
Third period | 05:39 – Sergei Zubov (4) 19:33 – en – Manny Malhotra (1) | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Marty Turco 15 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Dallas Stars | 3–2 | Edmonton Oilers | Skyreach Centre | Recap | |||
| Scott Young (4) – 00:43 Philippe Boucher (1) – 10:39 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:22 – Ryan Smyth (2) 08:34 – Shawn Horcoff (3) | ||||||
| Mike Modano (4) – 13:08 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marty Turco 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Tommy Salo 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| Dallas won series 4–2 | |
(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim[]
The Detroit Red Wings finished as the second seed in the Western Conference, winning the Central Division with 110 points. The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim finished as the seventh seed with 95 points (losing the tiebreaker with Minnesota in total wins). This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Detroit winning both previous series via four-game sweeps. They last met in the 1999 Western Conference Quarterfinals which Detroit won in four games. Detroit won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
For the first time in their history, Anaheim won a series in a four-game sweep. In game one, the score remained tied 1–1 through three periods of play. In the first overtime, Luc Robitaille appeared to score the game-winner with most Detroit players heading down the locker room when replay actually showed the puck hit the crossbar and post but stayed out.[30] Finally in the third overtime, Paul Kariya scored at 3:18 to end the game; Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 63 saves in the 2–1 win for the Mighty Ducks.[31] Rob Niedermayer had two assists in the Mighty Ducks' 3–2 victory in game two.[32] Detroit almost tied the game in game three cutting the deficit to one goal late in the third period, however the Mighty Ducks would reign victorious in a 2–1 triumph with J.S. Giguere making 36 saves in the process.[33] Anaheim ended Detroit's season in the first overtime of game four on Steve Rucchin's goal.[34] The Red Wings became only the second defending Stanley Cup champions to be swept in four games the following year in a first round series, the other being the 1952 Toronto Maple Leafs.
| April 10 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 2–1 | 3OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Adam Oates (1) – 15:33 | First period | 04:15 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Kariya (1) – 03:18 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 63 saves / 64 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 42 saves / 44 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Stanislav Chistov (1) – 07:17 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:14 – Jason Woolley (1) 06:39 – Luc Robitaille (1) | ||||||
| Jason Krog (1) – 13:34 Steve Thomas (1) – 15:46 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–2 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:31 – Samuel Pahlsson (1) | ||||||
| Tomas Holmstrom (1) – pp – 13:44 | Third period | 01:44 – Stanislav Chistov (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 36 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | OT | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | ||
| Henrik Zetterberg (1) – 13:23 | First period | 15:08 – Paul Kariya (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sergei Fedorov (1) – 17:45 | Third period | 04:35 – Jason Krog (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 06:53 – Steve Rucchin (1) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| Anaheim won series 4–0 | |
(3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (6) Minnesota Wild[]
The Colorado Avalanche finished as the third seed in the Western Conference, winning the Northwest Division with 105 points. The Minnesota Wild finished as the sixth seed in the Western Conference with 95 points (winning the tiebreaker with Anaheim in total wins). This was the Wild's first playoff appearance since joining the League in 2000. This was also the first time since 1992 that an NHL team from Minnesota made the playoffs. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Colorado won this year's four game regular season series earning six of eight points.
The Minnesota Wild came back from a 3–1 deficit to defeat the Colorado Avalanche in seven games. In game one, Minnesota scored three goals in the second period, two on the power play, to win the game 4–2.[35] Colorado vanquished the Wild in game two with defenceman Rob Blake assisting twice in a 3–2 victory.[36] Patrick Roy earned his 23rd and final playoff shutout in game three stopping all 18 shots he faced in a 3–0 win for the Avalanche.[37] In game four, Minnesota Wild head coach Jacques Lemaire replaced goaltender Dwayne Roloson who had given up two goals, both to Joe Sakic, on four shots with Manny Fernandez. The switch did not help the Wild as they fell to the Avalanche in a 3–1 loss.[38] Minnesota gained a 3–0 lead within the first two periods of game five before they had to withstand a comeback by the Avalanche in the third period notching the score within one goal. The Wild forced a sixth game with a 3–2 victory.[39] Game six was a scoreless affair until the third period in which both teams each scored twice with Greg de Vries scoring the tying goal for the Avalanche with 1:32 left in the third period. In overtime, Richard Park scored his second goal of the game for the Wild to force a seventh game.[40] In game seven, the Avalanche twice had one goal leads before the Wild tied the game a minute and a half later. Finally in overtime, Minnesota completed the comeback with Andrew Brunette's goal to send the Wild to the conference semifinals.[41] This game was also Patrick Roy's last NHL game as he announced his retirement during the offseason.
| April 10 | Minnesota Wild | 4–2 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Filip Kuba (1) – pp – 05:33 Marian Gaborik (1) – pp – 09:28 Wes Walz (1) – 09:53 |
Second period | 13:22 – Joe Sakic (1) | ||||||
| Andrew Brunette (1) – 16:00 | Third period | 17:01 – Milan Hejduk (1) | ||||||
| Dwayne Roloson 39 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Minnesota Wild | 2–3 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| Wes Walz (2) – sh – 08:09 | First period | 04:22 – pp – Milan Hejduk (2) 14:41 – Greg de Vries (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Brunette (1) – pp – 19:24 | Third period | 05:49 – Brian Willsie (1) | ||||||
| Dwayne Roloson 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–0 | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| Alex Tanguay (1) – 03:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Sakic (2) – 13:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (1) – pp – 07:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 18 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Dwayne Roloson 15 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–1 | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| Joe Sakic (3) – 06:10 Joe Sakic (4) – pp – 08:04 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Hinote (1) – 18:41 | Third period | 17:20 – pp – Marian Gaborik (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Dwayne Roloson 2 saves / 4 shots Manny Fernandez 16 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Minnesota Wild | 3–2 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| Willie Mitchell (1) – 03:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Filip Kuba (2) – pp – 03:45 Pascal Dupuis (1) – 18:42 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:01 – Steven Reinprecht (1) 19:32 – Rob Blake (1) | ||||||
| Manny Fernandez 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–3 | OT | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Sakic (5) – 16:34 Greg de Vries (2) – 18:28 |
Third period | 01:45 – Richard Park (1) 12:06 – Marian Gaborik (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:22 – Richard Park (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Manny Fernandez 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Minnesota Wild | 3–2 | OT | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pascal Dupuis (2) – pp – 07:38 | Second period | 06:16 – Peter Forsberg (2) | ||||||
| Marian Gaborik (4) – pp – 15:32 | Third period | 13:15 – pp – Joe Sakic (6) | ||||||
| Andrew Brunette (3) – 03:25 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Manny Fernandez 43 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 4–3 | |
(4) Vancouver Canucks vs. (5) St. Louis Blues[]
The Vancouver Canucks finished as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 104 points. The St. Louis Blues finished as the fifth seed in the Western Conference with 99 points. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous series was during the 1995 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Vancouver won in seven games. Vancouver won this year's four game regular season series earning five of eight points.
The Vancouver Canucks became the first team in league history to come back from a 3–1 series deficit for the third time in team history, defeating St. Louis in seven games. In game one, goaltender Chris Osgood stopped all 20 shots and Alexander Khavanov scored twice for the Blues in a 6–0 win.[42] Game two saw both Trent Klatt and Ed Jovanovski score power-play goals for the Canucks in a 2–1 victory.[43] Doug Weight scored twice and added an assist for the Blues' 3–1 win in game three.[44] In game four, Martin Rucinsky scored twice and recorded an assist for the Blues in their 4–1 win against the Canucks.[45] Five players scored in the Canucks' 5–3 victory in game five.[46] Markus Naslund helped the Canucks force a seventh game by scoring a goal and two assists in a 4–3 win in game six.[47] The Canucks finished the comeback in game seven with help from goaltender Dan Cloutier, who made 33 saves and both Trevor Linden and Brendan Morrison scored a goal and an assist in a 4–1 victory.[48]
| April 10 | St. Louis Blues | 6–0 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| Cory Stillman (1) – pp – 01:30 Tyson Nash (1) – 02:01 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Keith Tkachuk (1) – 01:38 Alexander Khavanov (1) – pp – 15:05 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alexander Khavanov (2) – 10:10 Doug Weight (1) – pp – 16:18 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 20 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 23 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | St. Louis Blues | 1–2 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:33 – pp – Trent Klatt (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:54 – pp – Ed Jovanovski (1) | ||||||
| Pavol Demitra (1) – pp – 19:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–3 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marek Malik (1) – pp – 18:53 | Second period | 01:44 – Pavol Demitra (2) 10:07 – pp– Doug Weight (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:41 – pp-en – Doug Weight (3) | ||||||
| Dan Cloutier 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 13 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–4 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| Markus Naslund (1) – 11:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:35 – Chris Pronger (1) 15:07 – Dallas Drake (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:09 – Martin Rucinsky (1) 15:46 – Martin Rucinsky (2) | ||||||
| Dan Cloutier 16 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | St. Louis Blues | 3–5 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:15 – Brent Sopel (1) | ||||||
| Tyson Nash (2) – 07:02 | Second period | 08:36 – Todd Bertuzzi (1) 16:24 – Brendan Morrison (1) 18:28 – pp – Markus Naslund (2) | ||||||
| Cory Stillman (2) – pp – 07:57 Martin Rucinsky (3) – 19:04 |
Third period | 19:11 – Sami Salo (1) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–3 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| Markus Naslund (3) – 03:49 Mattias Ohlund (1) – 14:25 |
First period | 10:42 – pp – Doug Weight (4) | ||||||
| Henrik Sedin (1) – pp – 08:52 Ed Jovanovski (2) – pp – 16:12 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:21 – pp – Eric Boguniecki (1) 10:13 – pp – Doug Weight (5) | ||||||
| Dan Cloutier 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 22 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | St. Louis Blues | 1–4 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| Martin Rucinsky (4) – 01:00 | First period | 11:54 – Henrik Sedin (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:20 – Brendan Morrison (2) 12:25 – pp – Markus Naslund (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:28 – sh – Trevor Linden (1) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| Vancouver won series 4–3 | |
Conference Semifinals[]
Eastern Conference Semifinals[]
(1) Ottawa Senators vs. (4) Philadelphia Flyers[]
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second overall between these two teams; Ottawa won in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in five games. The teams split this year's four game regular season series.
The Senators defeated the Flyers in six games. In game one, Ottawa came back from a two-goal deficit in the first period to win 4–2.[49] The Flyers shutout the Senators in game two 2–0; goaltender Roman Cechmanek made 33 saves in the effort.[50] In overtime of game three, Wade Redden scored to give the Senators a 3–2 win over the Flyers.[51] Michal Handzus scored the only goal in the Flyers' 1–0 win in game four with Cechmanek stopping all 28 shots he faced.[52] In game five, Marian Hossa had two assists in the Senators 5–2 victory.[53] In game six, Ottawa limited the Flyers to just one goal while the Senators themselves laid five goals on Philadelphia each from different players. Ottawa won the game 5–1 and advanced to the Conference Finals for the first time in their history.[54]
| April 25 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–4 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| Tony Amonte (1) – 01:19 Sami Kapanen (3) – 10:48 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:34 – Martin Havlat (2) 05:33 – Marian Hossa (4) 09:32 – pp – Daniel Alfredsson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:49 – Zdeno Chara (1) | ||||||
| Roman Cechmanek 13 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–0 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| Simon Gagne (4) – 06:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Recchi (7) – 13:02 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Roman Cechmanek 33 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Ottawa Senators | 3–2 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 04:35 – John LeClair (2) | ||||||
| Daniel Alfredsson (2) – pp – 01:06 | Second period | 12:46 – Sami Kapanen (4) | ||||||
| Marian Hossa (5) – pp – 00:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Wade Redden (1) – 06:43 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Ottawa Senators | 0–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:06 – Michal Handzus (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 28 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–5 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| Claude Lapointe (2) – 00:21 | First period | 07:15 – Bryan Smolinski (1) 15:24 – pp – Daniel Alfredsson (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:07 – Martin Havlat (3) 09:56 – pp – Radek Bonk (3) | ||||||
| Radovan Somik (1) – 07:55 | Third period | 06:59 – sh – Peter Schaefer (1) | ||||||
| Roman Cechmanek 12 saves / 16 shots Robert Esche 13 saves / 14 shots |
Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 17 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Ottawa Senators | 5–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| Peter Schaefer (2) – 02:41 Mike Fisher (2) – sh – 07:00 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Alfredsson (4) – pp – 14:06 Bryan Smolinski (2) – 16:27 |
Second period | 18:07 – Michal Handzus (2) | ||||||
| Martin Havlat (4) – 13:37 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 18 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 25 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Ottawa won series 4–2 | |
(2) New Jersey Devils vs. (3) Tampa Bay Lightning[]
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.
The Devils defeated the Lightning in five games. In game one, Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur stopped all 15 shots he faced in a 3–0 win.[55] Although the Lightning led twice in game two, the Devils were able to tie the score twice and in overtime Jamie Langenbrunner's goal at 2:09 gave New Jersey a 3–2 victory.[56] In game three, Tampa Bay built a 3–0 lead in the first period until New Jersey tied it up in the second period. In the third period, Dave Andreychuk scored the game-winning goal for the Lightning; Tampa Bay won 4–3.[57] Scott Gomez scored a goal and an assist for the Devils in their 3–1 victory over the Lightning in game four.[58] After the teams each scored once in the first period of game five, neither team scored for four consecutive periods, including two overtime periods. Finally at 11:12 of the third overtime, Grant Marshall scored the series winner for the Devils in a 2–1 victory.[59]
| April 24 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 0–3 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 07:41 – Jamie Langenbrunner (6) 11:28 – John Madden (3) 17:09 – Turner Stevenson (1) | ||||||
| Nikolai Khabibulin 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2–3 | OT | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | ||
| Chris Dingman (1) – 12:25 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Martin St. Louis (6) – sh – 19:38 | Second period | 19:26 – pp – Brian Rafalski (2) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 10:26 – Grant Marshall (1) | ||||||
| No Scoring | First overtime period | 02:09 – Jamie Langenbrunner (7) | ||||||
| Nikolai Khabibulin 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | New Jersey Devils | 3–4 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 04:19 – pp – Vaclav Prospal (4) 09:21 – Martin St. Louis (7) 16:16 – Fredrik Modin (2) | ||||||
| John Madden (4) – pp – 06:38 Grant Marshall (2) – 07:34 Jeff Friesen (2) – 15:06 |
Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 06:08 – Dave Andreychuk (3) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | New Jersey Devils | 3–1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
| Scott Gomez (1) – 04:52 Patrik Elias (1) – 16:33 |
First period | 11:30 – Jassen Cullimore (1) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Scott Stevens (2) – pp – 13:13 | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1–2 | 3OT | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | ||
| Nikita Alexeev (1) – 11:18 | First period | 13:27 – pp – Scott Niedermayer (2) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third overtime period | 11:12 – Grant Marshall (3) | ||||||
| John Grahame 46 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 38 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–1 | |
Western Conference Semifinals[]
(1) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim[]
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Dallas won three of the five games in this year's regular season series. Game one is the fourth longest playoff game in NHL history.[60]
The Mighty Ducks defeated the Stars in six games. In game one, Anaheim gained a 3–1 lead midway through the second period, until Dallas tied the score with 2:47 left in the third period. After four scoreless overtime periods, Petr Sykora scored 48 seconds into the fifth overtime to give the Mighty Ducks a 4–3 victory.[61] Sykora continued his point streak in game two, assisting on all three goals in a 3–2 overtime win for Anaheim.[62] Jere Lehtinen scored twice for Dallas in game three, closing out a 2–1 win on Marty Turco's 31-save performance.[63] In game four, J.S. Giguere stopped all 28 shots he faced and Mike Leclerc scored the only goal in a 1–0 affair for the Mighty Ducks.[64] The Dallas Stars stayed alive in game five, forcing a sixth game with two goals from Niko Kapanen.[65] In game six, the Mighty Ducks closed out the series and were able to move onto the Conference Finals on Sandis Ozolinsh's goal which gave Anaheim a 4–3 lead with 1:06 left in the third period.[66]
| April 24 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 4–3 | 5OT | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | ||
| Jason Krog (3) – 13:08 | First period | 17:39 – Derian Hatcher (1) | ||||||
| Rob Niedermayer (1) – sh – 04:04 Steve Rucchin (2) – 08:58 |
Second period | 16:32 – Jason Arnott (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:13 – Brenden Morrow (1) | ||||||
| Petr Sykora (1) – 00:48 | Fifth overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 60 saves / 63 shots | Goalie stats | Marty Turco 50 saves / 54 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 3–2 | OT | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | ||
| Adam Oates (2) – pp – 10:17 | First period | 19:58 – pp – Brenden Morrow (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:39 – Mike Modano (5) | ||||||
| Rob Niedermayer (2) – 18:51 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Leclerc (1) – 01:44 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 29 saves / 31 shots Martin Gerber 0 saves / 0 shots |
Goalie stats | Marty Turco 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Dallas Stars | 2–1 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | |||
| Jere Lehtinen (2) – 02:24 | First period | 16:09 – pp – Steve Rucchin (3) | ||||||
| Jere Lehtinen (3) – pp – 03:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marty Turco 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Dallas Stars | 0–1 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:13 – pp – Mike Leclerc (2) | ||||||
| Marty Turco 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 28 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 1–4 | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 09:20 – Rob DiMaio (1) 14:20 – Stu Barnes (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:10 – sh – Niko Kapanen (2) | ||||||
| Paul Kariya (3) – 04:02 | Third period | 15:12 – Niko Kapanen (3) | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 16 saves / 19 shots Martin Gerber 5 saves / 6 shots |
Goalie stats | Marty Turco 14 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Dallas Stars | 3–4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | |||
| Kirk Muller (1) – 05:10 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Niko Kapanen (4) – 14:20 | Second period | 02:25 – pp – Steve Thomas (2) 04:23 – Stanislav Chistov (3) | ||||||
| Brenden Morrow (3) – pp – 14:49 | Third period | 03:22 – Ruslan Salei (1) 18:54 – Sandis Ozolinsh (1) | ||||||
| Marty Turco 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Anaheim won series 4–2 | |
(4) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Minnesota Wild[]
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The teams split this year's five-game regular season series. Both teams had come off of 3–1 comebacks in the first round, and fittingly enough, the same thing happened in this series.
The Minnesota Wild became the first team in NHL history to come back from being down 3–1 twice in one playoff season to win both series in seven games. In game one, Markus Naslund and Trent Klatt each had a goal an assist in Vancouver's 4–3 victory.[67] Minnesota tied the series in game two via Pascal Dupuis's two assists and Marian Gaborik's goal and assist.[68] In game three, Markus Naslund assisted on two of Vancouver's goals.[69] Brent Sopel scored the game-winner in overtime in game four as the Canucks took a 3–1 series lead.[70] Minnesota began their comeback in game five outscoring Vancouver 7–2 with Cliff Ronning scoring two of those goals.[71] Minnesota continued to outscore Vancouver into game six, with Ronning assisting thrice on the Wild's 5–1 effort.[72] In game seven, Vancouver took a 2–0 lead midway through the second period, however, Minnesota's three goals in the third period sealed their fate. Minnesota won the game 4–2 and moved onto the Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history.[73]
| April 25 | Minnesota Wild | 3–4 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | ||
| Sergei Zholtok (1) – 17:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:33 – sh – Ed Jovanovski (3) | ||||||
| Wes Walz (3) – 02:58 Wes Walz (4) – 08:11 |
Third period | 11:12 – Markus Naslund (5) 19:58 – Matt Cooke (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 03:42 – pp – Trent Klatt (2) | ||||||
| Manny Fernandez 35 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Minnesota Wild | 3–2 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marian Gaborik (5) – 04:40 | Second period | 17:18 – Ed Jovanovski (4) | ||||||
| Sergei Zholtok (2) – 01:02 Wes Walz (5) – 02:05 |
Third period | 18:28 – Mattias Ohlund (2) | ||||||
| Dwayne Roloson 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 15 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–2 | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| Brendan Morrison (3) – pp – 06:25 | First period | 11:47 – pp – Filip Kuba (3) | ||||||
| Ed Jovanovski (5) – pp – 04:34 Daniel Sedin (1) – pp – 12:33 |
Second period | 10:08 – pp – Marian Gaborik (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Cloutier 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Dwayne Roloson 10 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–2 | OT | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 19:22 – Marian Gaborik (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Cooke (2) – 02:09 Ed Jovanovski (6) – 17:54 |
Third period | 03:14 – Marian Gaborik (8) | ||||||
| Brent Sopel (2) – pp – 15:52 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Cloutier 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Manny Fernandez 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Minnesota Wild | 7–2 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| Richard Park (3) – 03:20 | First period | 18:13 – Brendan Morrison (4) | ||||||
| Cliff Ronning (1) – pp – 01:08 Jason Marshall (1) – 07:44 Andrew Brunette (4) – 10:16 Marian Gaborik (9) – 12:47 Cliff Ronning (2) – 16:07 |
Second period | 19:17 – Henrik Sedin (3) | ||||||
| Wes Walz (6) – sh – 16:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dwayne Roloson 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 15 saves / 21 shots Alex Auld 4 saves / 5 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–5 | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:22 – pp – Andrew Brunette (5) 15:31 – pp – Lubomir Sekeras (1) | ||||||
| Ed Jovanovski (7) – pp – 08:57 | Third period | 06:57 – Darby Hendrickson (1) 09:25 – Antti Laaksonen (1) 10:37 – pp – Andrew Brunette (6) | ||||||
| Dan Cloutier 18 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Dwayne Roloson 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Minnesota Wild | 4–2 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pascal Dupuis (3) – 15:30 | Second period | 11:29 – Mattias Ohlund (3) 12:30 – Todd Bertuzzi (2) | ||||||
| Wes Walz (7) – 08:05 Darby Hendrickson (2) – 14:48 Pascal Dupuis (4) – pp – 17:27 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dwayne Roloson 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 12 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 4–3 | |
Conference Finals[]
Eastern Conference Final[]
(1) Ottawa Senators vs. (2) New Jersey Devils[]
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous series was during the 1998 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals which Ottawa won in six games. Ottawa won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
The Devils defeated the Senators in seven games after giving up a 3–1 series lead. After giving up a 2–0 lead in game one, the Senators won in overtime on Shaun Van Allen's goal giving Ottawa a 3–2 win.[74] In game two, Jay Pandolfo scored a goal and an assist to help the Devils win 4–1.[75] Game three was a low-scoring affair as Sergei Brylin had the only goal in the Devils' 1–0 victory; Martin Brodeur stopped all 24 shots he faced.[76] New Jersey scored three times in the third period to take game four 5–2 and extend their home winning streak to eight games.[77] Jason Spezza had a goal and an assist during game five in the Senators' 3–1 victory forcing a sixth game.[78] In overtime of game six, both teams were deadlocked at one goal each until Chris Phillips scored the game-winner for the Senators becoming the fourth team this season to force a seventh game after facing a 3–1 series deficit.[79] In game seven, Ottawa scored the first goal, but Jamie Langenbrunner, who did not score a goal in this series up until this game, scored twice in the second period. Ottawa tied it up early in the third period on Radek Bonk's goal. The game looked like it was going into overtime, until Jeff Friesen of the Devils gave New Jersey the lead with 2:14 left in the third period. New Jersey hung on for a 3–2 victory, moving onto the Stanley Cup Finals for the fourth time in franchise history, and avoiding the same fates as St. Louis, Colorado, and Vancouver.[80]
| May 10 | New Jersey Devils | 2–3 | OT | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 06:10 – Chris Neil (1) 07:23 – Todd White (4) | ||||||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 14:19 Jay Pandolfo (2) – 16:51 |
Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | First overtime period | 03:08 – Shaun Van Allen (1) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | New Jersey Devils | 4–1 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| Tommy Albelin (1) – 04:15 Jeff Friesen (3) – 17:21 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| John Madden (5) – 16:33 | Second period | 02:02 – Radek Bonk (4) | ||||||
| Jay Pandolfo (3) – 14:29 | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 17 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 15 | Ottawa Senators | 0–1 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:48 – Sergei Brylin (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | Ottawa Senators | 2–5 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Karel Rachunek (1) – 19:45 | First period | 07:25 – pp – Grant Marshall (4) | ||||||
| Vaclav Varada (2) – 07:08 | Second period | 16:43 – Jay Pandolfo (4) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 00:41 – pp – Jeff Friesen (4) 04:17 – Patrik Elias (2) 07:35 – sh – John Madden (6) | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 15 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 19 | New Jersey Devils | 1–3 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Scott Stevens (3) – 06:19 | Second period | 03:59 – sh – Todd White (5) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 07:59 – Martin Havlat (5) 12:28 – pp – Jason Spezza (1) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 21 | Ottawa Senators | 2–1 | OT | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Radek Bonk (5) – pp – 17:49 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 02:41 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) | ||||||
| Chris Phillips (2) – 15:51 | First overtime period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 23 | New Jersey Devils | 3–2 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 03:33 – Magnus Arvedson (1) | ||||||
| Jamie Langenbrunner (8) – 03:52 Jamie Langenbrunner (9) – 05:46 |
Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Friesen (5) – 17:46 | Third period | 01:53 – Radek Bonk (6) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–3 | |
Western Conference Final[]
(6) Minnesota Wild vs. (7) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim[]
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This was the first Western Conference Final since 1994 to not feature either the Detroit Red Wings or Colorado Avalanche. This was the first Conference Finals appearance for both teams; the Mighty Ducks made the Conference Finals in their tenth season, while the Wild did so in their third season; the teams entered the NHL in 1993 and 2000, respectively. Anaheim won this year's four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.
Anaheim earned their second four-game sweep this playoffs season. Anaheim also only allowed one goal in the four games they played against Minnesota setting an NHL record for the fewest goals allowed by one team in a playoff series. In game one, Petr Sykora scored the only goal of the game in the second overtime period. Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped all 39 shots he faced.[81] Kurt Sauer and Rob Niedermayer both scored short-handed goals in game two as the Mighty Ducks shut out the Wild again, this time 2–0.[82] Paul Kariya scored twice in game three, and J.S. Giguere shut out the Wild for the third time this series, stopping 35 shots, bringing his total consecutive shutout time to 213 minutes and 17 seconds.[83] Determined to score, Minnesota got on the board for the first time since game seven of the Conference Semifinals when Andrew Brunette scored on a power-play. However, Anaheim followed up by scoring two power-play goals themselves, both by Adam Oates. The score remained 2–1 as the Mighty Ducks moved onto the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in their history.[84]
| May 10 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 1–0 | 2OT | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Petr Sykora (2) – 08:06 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 39 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Manny Fernandez 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 2–0 | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kurt Sauer (1) – sh – 07:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rob Niedermayer (3) – sh – 08:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 24 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Dwayne Roloson 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 14 | Minnesota Wild | 0–4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:59 – Steve Rucchin (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:20 – Paul Kariya (4) 12:16 – Stanislav Chistov (4) 13:51 – Paul Kariya (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dwayne Roloson 13 saves / 16 shots Manny Fernandez 15 saves / 16 shots |
Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 35 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| May 16 | Minnesota Wild | 1–2 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | |||
| Andrew Brunette (7) – pp – 04:37 | First period | 08:30 – pp – Adam Oates (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:31 – pp – Adam Oates (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Manny Fernandez 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Anaheim won series 4–0 | |
Stanley Cup Finals[]
This was the first playoff series between these two teams. New Jersey made their fourth appearance in the Finals, they last made the Finals in 2001, where they lost to the Colorado Avalanche in seven games. Anaheim made their first Finals appearance in their tenth season since entering the league in 1993–94. New Jersey won both games during this year's two-game regular season series.
This was only the third time in NHL history and the first time since 1965 that the home team won all the games in the Stanley Cup finals. [85]
| May 27 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 0–3 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 01:45 – Jeff Friesen (6) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 05:34 – Grant Marshall (5) 19:38 – en – Jeff Friesen (7) | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| May 29 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 0–3 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 04:42 – pp – Patrik Elias (3) 12:11 – Scott Gomez (2) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 04:22 – Jeff Friesen (8) | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| May 31 | New Jersey Devils | 2–3 | OT | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Patrik Elias (4) – 14:02 | Second period | 03:39 – Marc Chouinard (1) 14:47 – Sandis Ozolinsh (2) | ||||||
| Scott Gomez (3) – 09:11 | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | First overtime period | 06:59 – Ruslan Salei (2) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| June 2 | New Jersey Devils | 0–1 | OT | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | First overtime period | 00:39 – Steve Thomas (3) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 26 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| June 5 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 3–6 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Petr Sykora (3) – 00:42 Steve Rucchin (5) – 12:50 |
First period | 03:35 – Pascal Rheaume (1) 07:45 – pp – Patrik Elias (5) | ||||||
| Samuel Pahlsson (2) – 06:35 | Second period | 03:12 – Brian Gionta (1) 09:02 – Jay Pandolfo (5) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 05:39 – Jamie Langenbrunner (10) 12:52 – Jamie Langenbrunner (11) | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 31 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| June 7 | New Jersey Devils | 2–5 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 04:26 – Steve Rucchin (6) 13:42 – Steve Rucchin (7) 15:59 – pp – Steve Thomas (4) | ||||||
| Jay Pandolfo (6) – 02:18 | Second period | 17:15 – Paul Kariya (6) | ||||||
| Grant Marshall (6) – pp – 10:46 | Third period | 03:57 – pp – Petr Sykora (4) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 22 shots Corey Schwab 2 saves / 2 shots |
Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| June 9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 0–3 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 02:22 – Michael Rupp (1) 12:18 – Jeff Friesen (9) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 16:16 – Jeff Friesen (10) | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–3 | |
Player statistics[]
There was a tie for the playoff point lead between Jamie Langenbrunner and Scott Niedermayer, both of the New Jersey Devils and both with 18 points. Langenbrunner led the playoffs with 11 goals and Niedermayer led the playoffs with 16 assists. The 18 points to lead the playoffs was the lowest total since the 1968–69 season.
Skaters[]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Langenbrunner | New Jersey Devils | 24 | 11 | 7 | 18 | +11 | 16 |
| Scott Niedermayer | New Jersey Devils | 24 | 2 | 16 | 18 | +11 | 16 |
| Marian Gaborik | Minnesota Wild | 18 | 9 | 8 | 17 | +2 | 6 |
| John Madden | New Jersey Devils | 24 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +10 | 2 |
| Marian Hossa | Ottawa Senators | 18 | 5 | 11 | 16 | –1 | 6 |
| Mike Modano | Dallas Stars | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | +2 | 4 |
| Jeff Friesen | New Jersey Devils | 24 | 10 | 4 | 14 | +10 | 6 |
| Markus Naslund | Vancouver Canucks | 14 | 5 | 9 | 14 | –6 | 18 |
| Sergei Zubov | Dallas Stars | 12 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +2 | 4 |
Goaltending[]
These are the top six goaltenders based on either goals against average or save percentage with at least four games played.
GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | TOI | Sv% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 21 | 15 | 6 | 697 | 38 | 1.62 | 1407:02 | .945 | 5 |
| Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 24 | 16 | 8 | 622 | 41 | 1.65 | 1490:34 | .934 | 7 |
| Manny Fernandez | Minnesota Wild | 9 | 3 | 4 | 253 | 18 | 1.96 | 552:22 | .929 | 0 |
| Olaf Kolzig | Washington Capitals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 192 | 14 | 2.08 | 403:55 | .927 | 1 |
| Patrick Lalime | Ottawa Senators | 18 | 11 | 7 | 449 | 34 | 1.82 | 1122:22 | .924 | 1 |
| Marty Turco | Dallas Stars | 12 | 6 | 6 | 310 | 25 | 1.88 | 798:16 | .919 | 0 |
See also[]
- 2002–03 NHL season
- 2003 in sports
- List of NHL seasons
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