The 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League began on April 7, 2004, following the 2003–04 regular season. The playoffs ended with the Tampa Bay Lightning winning the Stanley Cup with a seven-game series win over the Calgary Flames on June 7. It was Tampa Bay's first Stanley Cup championship. It was the Flames' third final appearance, losing to the Montreal Canadiens in 1986 and beating the Canadiens in the 1989 rematch. These playoffs ended up being the last playoff tournament until 2006 due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout that resulted in the cancellation of the following season. The 16 qualified teams, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven games for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. The winner of each conference proceeded to the Stanley Cup Finals. The format was identical to the one introduced for the 1999 playoffs.
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | April 7–June 7, 2004 |
Teams | 16 |
Defending champions | New Jersey Devils |
Final positions | |
Champions | Tampa Bay Lightning |
Runner-up | Calgary Flames |
Tournament statistics | |
Scoring leader(s) | Brad Richards (Lightning) (26 points) |
MVP | Brad Richards (Lightning) |
These playoffs marked the first time the Nashville Predators qualified, being in their sixth season in the NHL.[1] This would be the last time that all eastern Canadian teams would make the playoffs together until 2013. This was the last time until 2019 that both Southern California teams, the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks, missed the playoffs.
The Flames tied the 1987 Philadelphia Flyers for the most games played (26) in one playoff year (later matched by the 2014 Los Angeles Kings, 2015 Tampa Bay Lightning, and 2019 St. Louis Blues), all under a four-round playoff format. The record was subsequently broken by the Dallas Stars during the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, albeit due to the expanded playoff format.
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Playoff seeds
editThe top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. The top three seeds in each conference were awarded to the division winners; while the five remaining spots were awarded to the highest finishers in their respective conferences.
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
Eastern Conference
edit- Tampa Bay Lightning, Southeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 106 points
- Boston Bruins, Northeast Division champions – 104 points
- Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions – 101 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 103 points
- Ottawa Senators – 102 points
- New Jersey Devils – 100 points
- Montreal Canadiens – 93 points
- New York Islanders – 91 points
Western Conference
edit- Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 109 points
- San Jose Sharks, Pacific Division champions – 104 points
- Vancouver Canucks, Northwest Division champions – 101 points
- Colorado Avalanche – 100 points
- Dallas Stars – 97 points
- Calgary Flames – 94 points
- St. Louis Blues – 91 points (39 wins)
- Nashville Predators – 91 points (38 wins)
Map of playoff teams
editPlayoff bracket
editIn each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top eight teams in each conference made the playoffs, with the three division winners seeded 1–3 based on regular season record, and the five remaining teams seeded 4–8.
The NHL used "re-seeding" instead of a fixed bracket playoff system. During the first three rounds, the highest remaining seed in each conference was matched against the lowest remaining seed, the second-highest remaining seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, and so forth. The higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, where home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.
Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Tampa Bay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | NY Islanders | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Tampa Bay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Montreal | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Montreal | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Tampa Bay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Philadelphia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | New Jersey | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Toronto | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Toronto | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Ottawa | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Tampa Bay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W6 | Calgary | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Detroit | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Nashville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Detroit | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Calgary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | San Jose | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | St. Louis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Calgary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | San Jose | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Vancouver | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Calgary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | San Jose | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Colorado | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Colorado | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Dallas | 1 |
Conference quarterfinals
editEastern Conference quarterfinals
edit(1) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (8) New York Islanders
editThe Tampa Bay Lightning entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference regular season and Southeast Division champions with 106 points. New York qualified as the eighth seed earning 91 points during the regular season. This was the first playoff series between these two teams. The Islanders won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
Tampa Bay defeated the Islanders in five games. Games one and two saw goaltenders Nikolai Khabibulin of the Lightning and Rick DiPietro of the Islanders trade 3–0 shutouts, with Tampa Bay winning game one and New York winning game two.[2][3] In games three and four, Khabibulin shut-out the Islanders winning both games by a score of 3–0.[4][5] In game five, Martin St. Louis scored the game-winner four minutes into overtime.[6]
April 8 | New York Islanders | 0–3 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 05:07 – André Roy (1) 11:06 – Fredrik Modin (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 10:59 – pp – Fredrik Modin (2) | ||||||
Rick DiPietro 15 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 30 saves / 30 shots |
April 10 | New York Islanders | 3–0 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
Janne Niinimaa (1) – pp – 11:42 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jason Blake (1) – 03:36 Jason Blake (2) – en – 19:05 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Rick DiPietro 22 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 22 saves / 25 shots |
April 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3–0 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
Brad Richards (1) – pp – 03:40 Martin St. Louis (1) – 06:32 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Martin St. Louis (2) – en – 19:50 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Nikolai Khabibulin 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Rick DiPietro 21 saves / 23 shots |
April 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3–0 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
Martin St. Louis (3) – sh – 10:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Ruslan Fedotenko (1) – 18:03 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Fredrik Modin (3) – 01:34 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Nikolai Khabibulin 33 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Rick DiPietro 17 saves / 20 shots |
April 16 | New York Islanders | 2–3 | OT | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | ||
Oleg Kvasha (1) – pp – 10:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 16:18 – Tim Taylor (1) 18:22 – Ruslan Fedotenko (2) | ||||||
Mark Parrish (1) – 07:28 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 04:07 – Martin St. Louis (4) | ||||||
Rick DiPietro 34 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 24 saves / 26 shots |
Tampa Bay won series 4–1 | |
(2) Boston Bruins vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens
editThe Boston Bruins entered the playoffs as the Northeast Division champions, earning the second seed in the Eastern Conference with 104 points. Montreal qualified as the seventh seed, earning 93 points during the regular season. This was the thirtieth playoff series between these two rivals, with Montreal winning twenty-two of the twenty-nine previous series. They last met in the 2002 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, where Montreal won in six games. Boston won the season series earning seven of ten points during this year's five game regular season series.
The Canadiens overcame a 3–1 series deficit to eliminate the Bruins in seven games. In game one, the Bruins won a low scoring game 3–0, behind a 31-save shutout from goaltender Andrew Raycroft.[7] In game two, Raycroft allowed one goal and Boston won the game 2–1.[8] Montreal won game three, 3–2.[9] The Canadiens were pushed to the brink of elimination with a 4–3 double-overtime loss in game four.[10] Montreal won game five by a score of 5–1, scoring three third period goals to break open a close game.[11] Montreal forced a seventh game with a 5–2 victory in game six.[12] Montreal completed the comeback with a 2–0 victory in game seven, Richard Zednik scored both goals. Goaltender Jose Theodore shut-out the Bruins making 32 saves.[13]
April 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 0–3 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 05:12 – pp – Sergei Gonchar (1) 19:01 – Michael Nylander (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 18:24 – pp – Mike Knuble (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jose Theodore 36 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Andrew Raycroft 31 saves / 31 shots |
April 9 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–2 | OT | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 15:22 – Michael Nylander (2) | ||||||
Patrice Brisebois (1) – pp – 15:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 01:26 – Patrice Bergeron (1) | ||||||
Jose Theodore 17 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Andrew Raycroft 25 saves / 26 shots |
April 11 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
Andy Hilbert (1) – 06:34 | First period | 02:16 – Alexei Kovalev (1) 15:24 – Alexei Kovalev (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 13:32 – Andrei Markov (1) | ||||||
Brian Rolston (1) – 03:35 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Andrew Raycroft 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 21 saves / 23 shots |
April 13 | Boston Bruins | 4–3 | 2OT | Montreal Canadiens | Bell Centre | Recap | ||
Michael Nylander (3) – 16:25 | First period | 04:41 – Mike Ribeiro (1) 19:55 – Alexei Kovalev (3) | ||||||
Jiri Slegr (1) – 11:30 | Second period | 01:48 – Mike Ribeiro (2) | ||||||
Mike Knuble (2) – 19:29 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Glen Murray (1) – 09:27 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Andrew Raycroft 42 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 40 saves / 44 shots |
April 15 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–1 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
Yanic Perreault (1) – 05:43 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Alexei Kovalev (4) – 07:39 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Richard Zednik (1) – 03:25 Saku Koivu (1) – pp – 11:16 Craig Rivet (1) – pp – 13:26 |
Third period | 08:23 – Glen Murray (2) | ||||||
Jose Theodore 43 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Andrew Raycroft 25 saves / 30 shots |
April 17 | Boston Bruins | 2–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
Sergei Samsonov (1) – 07:16 | First period | 12:37 – Darren Langdon (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 06:03 – Saku Koivu (2) 14:23 – Yanic Perreault (2) | ||||||
Sergei Samsonov (2) – 04:36 | Third period | 19:19 – en – Alexei Kovalev (5) 19:56 – en – Jan Bulis (1) | ||||||
Andrew Raycroft 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 22 saves / 24 shots |
April 19 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–0 | Boston Bruins | FleetCenter | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Richard Zednik (2) – 10:52 Richard Zednik (3) – en – 19:52 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jose Theodore 32 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Andrew Raycroft 24 saves / 25 shots |
Montreal won series 4–3 | |
(3) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (6) New Jersey Devils
editThe Philadelphia Flyers entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division champions, earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference with 101 points. New Jersey qualified as the sixth seed earning 100 points during the regular season. This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams with New Jersey winning two of the three previous series. They last met in the 2000 Eastern Conference Final where New Jersey won in seven games. Philadelphia won the season series earning seven of twelve points during this year's six game regular season series.
Philadelphia defeated New Jersey in five games. Keith Primeau scored the game-winning goal in game one as the Flyers hung on to win by a score of 3–2.[14] In game two Mark Recchi gave the Flyers the lead on a power-play goal in the first period, the teams traded goals in the final two periods as Philadelphia won again 3–2.[15] New Jersey scored three times on the power-play in game three as they won the game 4–2.[16] Goaltender Robert Esche stopped 35 shots in game four to earn a 3–0 shutout victory for the Flyers.[17] Danny Markov scored the series winning goal at 14:37 of the third period in game five as the Flyers defeated the Devils with a 3–1 victory.[18]
April 8 | New Jersey Devils | 2–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 10:19 – Simon Gagne (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 03:55 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (1) | ||||||
Patrick Elias (1) – 03:53 Jan Hrdina (1) – 04:28 |
Third period | 03:31 – Keith Primeau (1) | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Robert Esche 37 saves / 39 shots |
April 10 | New Jersey Devils | 2–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 14:49 – pp – Mark Recchi (1) | ||||||
Jan Hrdina (2) – 04:44 | Second period | 07:24 – Alexei Zhamnov (1) | ||||||
Brian Gionta (1) – 14:35 | Third period | 10:31 – Mattias Timander (1) | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Robert Esche 24 saves / 26 shots |
April 12 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–4 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
Jeremy Roenick (2) – pp – 08:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Tony Amonte (1) – pp – 03:13 | Second period | 01:26 – Patrick Elias (2) 04:55 – pp – Paul Martin (1) 17:28 – pp – Patrik Elias (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 07:00 – pp – Brian Gionta (2) | ||||||
Robert Esche 19 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 23 saves / 25 shots |
April 14 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–0 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
Kim Johnsson (1) – 01:18 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Alexei Zhamnov (2) – 04:45 Keith Primeau (2) – 16:02 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Robert Esche 35 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 25 shots |
April 17 | New Jersey Devils | 1–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:38 – Alexei Zhamnov (3) | ||||||
Scott Niedermayer (1) – 13:36 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 14:37 – Danny Markov (1) 19:52 – en – Sami Kapanen (1) | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 37 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Robert Esche 31 saves / 32 shots |
Philadelphia won series 4–1 | |
(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Ottawa Senators
editThe Toronto Maple Leafs entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 103 points. Ottawa qualified as the fifth seed earning 102 points during the regular season. This was the fourth playoff series in five years between these two teams, and the fourth series overall, Toronto won all three previous meetings. They last met in the 2002 Eastern Conference semifinals where Toronto won in seven games. Toronto won this year's six game regular season series earning nine of twelve points during the season.
The Maple Leafs eliminated the Senators in seven games. Ed Belfour had three shutouts in the series against the Senators. In game one Ottawa scored two power-play goals 38 seconds apart in the second period to pull out a 4–2 victory.[19] The Maple Leafs came through with 2–0 win on the strength of a 31-save shutout by Belfour in game two.[20] Toronto won game three 2–0 as Ed Belfour shutout Ottawa again.[21] Ottawa finally scored late in the first period of game four and they would add three more goals to win the game 4–1.[22] Tie Domi scored the game-winning goal in game five and Ed Belfour posted his third shutout of the series in yet another 2–0 Toronto victory.[23] Ottawa won game six 2–1 in double-overtime as Mike Fisher scored at 1:47.[24] In game seven, Ottawa goaltender Patrick Lalime gave up two goals to Joe Nieuwendyk before being pulled after the first period and replaced by backup Martin Prusek, as Toronto earned a series-clinching 4–1 win.[25] This was the Maple Leafs' last postseason series win until 2023, and remains the last time they won the seventh game of a playoff series.[26][27][28]
April 8 | Ottawa Senators | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
Bryan Smolinski (1) – 05:05 | First period | 03:15 – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) 18:33 – pp – Bryan McCabe (1) | ||||||
Wade Redden (1) – pp – 10:02 Marian Hossa (1) – pp – 10:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Marian Hossa (2) – 01:39 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Patrick Lalime 15 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 26 saves / 30 shots |
April 10 | Ottawa Senators | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 10:40 – Gary Roberts (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 06:02 – pp – Gary Roberts (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Patrick Lalime 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 31 saves / 31 shots |
April 12 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–0 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 01:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Mats Sundin (1) – 14:16 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Ed Belfour 37 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 15 saves / 17 shots |
April 14 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–4 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
Gary Roberts (3) – pp – 16:53 | First period | 19:24 – Daniel Alfredsson (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 13:15 – Marian Hossa (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 03:37 – Todd White (1) 08:00 – pp – Chris Phillips (1) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 32 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 23 saves / 24 shots |
April 16 | Ottawa Senators | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 01:43 – Tie Domi (1) 15:18 – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) | ||||||
Patrick Lalime 14 saves / 16 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 21 saves / 21 shots |
April 18 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 | 2OT | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | ||
Bryan McCabe (2) – pp – 04:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 04:55 – Zdeno Chara (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second overtime period | 01:47 – Mike Fisher (1) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 44 saves / 46 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 27 saves / 28 shots |
April 20 | Ottawa Senators | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 06:19 – Chad Kilger (1) 07:41 – Joe Nieuwendyk (4) 19:39 – Joe Nieuwendyk (5) | ||||||
Vaclav Varada (1) – 00:22 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 07:59 – Bryan McCabe (3) | ||||||
Patrick Lalime 8 saves / 11 shots Martin Prusek 14 saves / 15 shots |
Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 36 saves / 37 shots |
Toronto won series 4–3 | |
Western Conference quarterfinals
edit(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Nashville Predators
editThis was the first playoff meeting between the Red Wings and Predators. The Red Wings entered the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Western Conference regular season and Central Division champions, with 109 points. The Predators qualified as the eighth seed earning 91 points (losing the tiebreaker to St. Louis by having fewer wins) during the regular season. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The Predators qualified for the playoffs for the first time since entering the league in the 1998–99 season. Nashville won the season series earning seven of twelve points during this year's six game regular season series.
Detroit defeated Nashville in six games. In Game 1, the Red Wings scored three times in the third period and posted a 3–1 victory.[29] Mathieu Schneider scored the game-winning goal late in third period on the power-play in game two.[30] Nashville struck twice in the first period of game three and Tomas Vokoun made 41 saves in the Predators first playoff victory in franchise history.[31] Detroit heavily out-shot Nashville in game four as Predators' goaltender Tomas Vokoun posted a 41 save shutout in a 3–0 Nashville win.[32] In game five, Curtis Joseph started in goal for the Red Wings, and Henrik Zetterberg scored a goal and an assist in the first six minutes of the game as the Red Wings dominated the Predators, winning 4–1.[33] Detroit scored two goals 30 seconds apart in game six and Curtis Joseph posted a shutout as the Red Wings closed out the series with a 2–0 win.[34]
April 7 | Nashville Predators | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
Adam Hall (1) – 00:16 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 00:37 – Kris Draper (1) 04:55 – Tomas Holmstrom (1) 18:15 – Robert Lang (1) | ||||||
Tomas Vokoun 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Manny Legace 23 saves / 24 shots |
April 10 | Nashville Predators | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Vladimir Orszagh (1) – 12:41 | Second period | 05:45 – Robert Lang (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 17:15 – pp – Mathieu Schneider (1) | ||||||
Tomas Vokoun 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Manny Legace 27 saves / 28 shots |
April 11 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | Nashville Predators | Gaylord Entertainment Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 18:23 – sh – David Legwand (1) 19:45 – Adam Hall (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Brett Hull (1) – 05:21 | Third period | 16:03 – Scott Hartnell (1) | ||||||
Manny Legace 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Tomas Vokoun 41 saves / 42 shots |
April 13 | Detroit Red Wings | 0–3 | Nashville Predators | Gaylord Entertainment Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 10:44 – Steve Sullivan (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 14:21 – Vladimir Orszagh (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 02:04 – Greg Johnson (1) | ||||||
Manny Legace 8 saves / 11 shots Curtis Joseph 9 saves / 9 shots |
Goalie stats | Tomas Vokoun 41 saves / 41 shots |
April 15 | Nashville Predators | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 03:19 – Henrik Zetterberg (1) 06:22 – Brett Hull (2) 13:18 – sh – Brendan Shanahan (1) | ||||||
Sergei Zholtok (1) – pp – 19:22 | Second period | 09:25 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Tomas Vokoun 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 19 saves / 20 shots |
April 17 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–0 | Nashville Predators | Gaylord Entertainment Center | Recap | |||
Ray Whitney (1) – 01:26 Steve Yzerman (1) – 01:56 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Tomas Vokoun 24 saves / 26 shots |
Detroit won series 4–2 | |
(2) San Jose Sharks vs. (7) St. Louis Blues
editSan Jose entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division champions, earning the second seed in the Western Conference with 104 points. St. Louis qualified as the seventh seed earning 91 points (winning the tiebreaker over Nashville by having more wins) during the regular season. This was the third playoff series between these two teams; they split the two previous meetings. They last met in the 2001 Western Conference quarterfinals where St. Louis won in six games. San Jose won this year's four game regular season series earning five of eight points during the season.
San Jose defeated the Blues in five games. Game one saw a defensive battle with San Jose winning the game 1–0, on the strength of a 26-save shutout from Evgeni Nabokov. Chris Osgood was equally strong in net for the Blues, but allowed a goal to Niko Dimitrakos in the first overtime.[35] Nabokov gave up only one goal in game two, a 3–1 Sharks victory highlighted by Patrick Marleau's hat-trick.[36] In game three the Blues used home-ice advantage to post a 4–1 victory getting a hat-trick from Mike Sillinger.[37] The next night, in game four, saw a back-and-forth game that ultimately went to San Jose 4–3.[38] With a chance to knock out the Blues at home in game five the Sharks did just that, winning 3–1.[39]
Shortly after the series, St. Louis left winger Mike Danton, was arrested, charged and convicted in a conspiracy to murder his agent, David Frost. It was later revealed the hitman he hired was meant for his father.[40]
April 8 | St. Louis Blues | 0–1 | OT | San Jose Sharks | HP Pavilion | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 09:16 – Niko Dimitrakos (1) | ||||||
Chris Osgood 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 26 saves / 26 shots |
April 10 | St. Louis Blues | 1–3 | San Jose Sharks | HP Pavilion | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 17:29 – pp – Patrick Marleau (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 03:52 – pp – Patrick Marleau (2) | ||||||
Doug Weight (1) – sh – 17:51 | Third period | 00:48 – sh – Patrick Marleau (3) | ||||||
Chris Osgood 13 saves / 16 shots Reinhard Divis 8 saves / 8 shots |
Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 25 saves / 26 shots |
April 12 | San Jose Sharks | 1–4 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 09:56 – Mike Sillinger (1) 17:24 – Dallas Drake (1) | ||||||
Jonathan Cheechoo (1) – 05:36 | Third period | 07:51 – Mike Sillinger (2) 19:13 – sh-en – Mike Sillinger (3) | ||||||
Evgeni Nabokov 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 19 saves / 20 shots |
April 13 | San Jose Sharks | 4–3 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
Scott Thornton (1) – 06:29 | First period | 11:25 – Mike Danton (1) | ||||||
Scott Thornton (2) – 03:35 Alexander Korolyuk (1) – 10:04 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Alexander Korolyuk (2) – pp – 11:19 | Third period | 00:34 – Pavol Demitra (1) 15:07 – pp – Doug Weight (2) | ||||||
Evgeni Nabokov 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 20 saves / 24 shots |
April 15 | St. Louis Blues | 1–3 | San Jose Sharks | HP Pavilion | Recap | |||
Brian Savage (1) – 13:10 | First period | 01:50 – Brad Stuart (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 09:34 – Mark Smith (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 16:22 – Mike Ricci (1) | ||||||
Chris Osgood 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 21 saves / 22 shots |
San Jose won series 4–1 | |
(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Calgary Flames
editThe Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the Northwest Division champions, earning the third seed in the Western Conference with 101 points. Calgary qualified as the sixth seed earning 94 points during the regular season. This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two rivals with Calgary winning three of the five previous series, they last met in the 1994 Western Conference quarterfinals, with the Canucks winning in seven games. The Flames qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1996. Vancouver won the season series earning seven of twelve points during this year's six game regular season series.
The Flames eliminated the Canucks in seven games and won their first playoff series since winning the Stanley Cup in 1989. Vancouver scored four times on the power-play in game one as they took the opening game 5–3.[41] Calgary scored two goals 50 seconds apart in the first period of game two in a 2–1 victory.[42] In game three Dan Cloutier was injured in the first period and backup Johan Hedberg replaced him, Matt Cooke scored early in the third period as Vancouver won the game 2–1.[43] Calgary goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff recorded a shutout in game four as the Flames won 4–0.[44] In game five Alexander Auld became the third goaltender to play for Vancouver in the series, the Canucks lost the game 2–1.[45] Vancouver stormed out to a 4–0 lead only to see the Flames come back to tie the game in the third period, Brendan Morrison scored 2:28 into the third overtime period in a 5–4 Vancouver victory.[46] Jarome Iginla and Matt Cooke each scored twice in regulation in game seven, Martin Gelinas scored 1:25 into overtime as Calgary won the game 3–2.[47]
April 7 | Calgary Flames | 3–5 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 02:34 – pp – Martin Rucinsky (1) 05:24 – pp – Sami Salo (1) | ||||||
Chris Simon (1) – pp – 04:38 Oleg Saprykin (1) – pp – 05:06 |
Second period | 12:47 – pp – Henrik Sedin (1) 17:51 – Mattias Ohlund (1) | ||||||
Krzysztof Oliwa (1) – 06:16 | Third period | 05:26 – pp – Brendan Morrison (1) | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 17 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 26 saves / 29 shots |
April 9 | Calgary Flames | 2–1 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
Jarome Iginla (1) – 03:06 Matthew Lombardi (1) – 03:56 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 09:41 – pp – Markus Naslund (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 22 saves / 24 shots |
April 11 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–1 | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Markus Naslund (2) – pp – 02:10 | Second period | 01:04 – Chris Simon (2) | ||||||
Matt Cooke (1) – 01:29 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Dan Cloutier 11 saves / 11 shots Johan Hedberg 19 saves / 20 shots |
Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 23 saves / 25 shots |
April 13 | Vancouver Canucks | 0–4 | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 00:58 – sh – Stephane Yelle (1) 16:06 – pp – Chris Clark (1) 16:33 – Shean Donovan (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 18:13 – en – Jarome Iginla (2) | ||||||
Johan Hedberg 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 20 saves / 20 shots |
April 15 | Calgary Flames | 2–1 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Craig Conroy (1) – pp – 03:50 | Second period | 16:19 – pp – Henrik Sedin (2) | ||||||
Jarome Iginla (3) – 05:37 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 32 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Alex Auld 18 saves / 20 shots |
April 17 | Vancouver Canucks | 5–4 | 3OT | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | ||
Jarkko Ruutu (1) – 18:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Daniel Sedin (1) – pp – 05:32 Brad May (1) – 06:42 Geoff Sanderson (1) – 10:15 |
Second period | 10:31 – Oleg Saprykin (2) 12:38 – Ville Nieminen (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 01:14 – Martin Gelinas (1) 12:56 – Chris Clark (2) | ||||||
Brendan Morrison (2) – 02:28 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Alex Auld 36 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 47 saves / 52 shots |
April 19 | Calgary Flames | 3–2 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Jarome Iginla (4) – 12:50 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jarome Iginla (5) – pp – 10:14 | Third period | 07:32 – Matt Cooke (2) 19:54 – Matt Cooke (3) | ||||||
Martin Gelinas (2) – pp – 01:25 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Alex Auld 25 saves / 28 shots |
Calgary won series 4–3 | |
(4) Colorado Avalanche vs. (5) Dallas Stars
editThe Colorado Avalanche entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 100 points. Dallas qualified as the fifth seed earning 97 points during the regular season. This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with Dallas having won both previous series. They last met in the 2000 Western Conference Final where Dallas won in seven games. Colorado won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.
The Avalanche defeated Dallas in five games. David Aebischer made 37 saves in a 3–1 Colorado victory in game one.[48] The Avalanche scored three times on the power-play in game two winning the game by a score of 5–2.[49] Dallas came back from a two-goal deficit in game three and won the game 4–3 in overtime on a goal by Steve Ott to climb back into the series.[50] Dallas heavily out-shot the Avalanche in game four, but Marek Svatos won the game for Colorado 5:18 into the second overtime.[51] After allowing the first goal in game five Colorado scored five unanswered goals to eliminate the Stars with a 5–1 victory.[52]
April 7 | Dallas Stars | 1–3 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 06:14 – Peter Forsberg (1) 08:37 – Alex Tanguay (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Niko Kapanen (1) – 13:30 | Third period | 03:49 – Joe Sakic (1) | ||||||
Marty Turco 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | David Aebischer 37 saves / 38 shots |
April 9 | Dallas Stars | 2–5 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
Mike Modano (1) – pp – 08:33 | First period | 09:36 – pp – Joe Sakic (2) 19:57 – pp – Alex Tanguay (2) | ||||||
Chris Therien (1) – 17:19 | Second period | 06:48 – Peter Forsberg (2) 13:42 – sh – Dan Hinote (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 03:01 – pp – Steve Konowalchuk (1) | ||||||
Marty Turco 22 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | David Aebischer 19 saves / 21 shots |
April 12 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–4 | OT | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | ||
Milan Hejduk (1) – 11:34 Riku Hahl (1) – 15:37 |
First period | 08:01 – pp – Jason Arnott (1) | ||||||
Steve Konowalchuk (2) – pp – 11:02 | Second period | 19:58 – pp – Scott Young (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 15:33 – Phillippe Boucher (1) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 02:11 – Steve Ott (1) | ||||||
David Aebischer 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Marty Turco 14 saves / 17 shots |
April 14 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–2 | 2OT | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | ||
Milan Hejduk (2) – pp – 09:10 Joe Sakic (3) – sh – 14:01 |
First period | 15:05 – pp – Sergei Zubov (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 11:14 – Pierre Turgeon (1) | ||||||
Marek Svatos (1) – 05:18 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
David Aebischer 41 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Marty Turco 18 saves / 21 shots |
April 17 | Dallas Stars | 1–5 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
Chris Therien (2) – 05:39 | First period | 18:57 – Darby Hendrickson (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 01:41 – pp – Steve Konowalchuk (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 00:42 – Peter Forsberg (3) 09:08 – Milan Hejduk (3) 15:04 – en – Joe Sakic (4) | ||||||
Marty Turco 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | David Aebischer 21 saves / 22 shots |
Colorado won series 4–1 | |
Conference semifinals
editEastern Conference semifinals
edit(1) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens
editThis was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The teams split this year's four game regular season series.
The Lightning swept the Canadiens in four games. Lightning goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin recorded his fourth shutout of the post-season in a 4–0 game one victory.[53] Vincent Lecavalier scored twice in game two as Tampa Bay won the game by a score of 3–1.[54] Montreal was unable to hang on to a late lead in game three as Vincent Lecavalier tied the game in the final minute of regulation and Brad Richards scored 65 seconds into overtime as the Lightning won 4–3.[55] Brad Richards scored his second game-winning goal of the series in the second period of game four as the Lightning closed out the Canadiens with a 3–1 victory.[56]
April 23 | Montreal Canadiens | 0–4 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 02:52 – Ruslan Fedotenko (3) 16:43 – Vincent Lecavalier (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 03:49 – Vincent Lecavalier (2) 07:20 – Dmitri Afanasenkov (1) | ||||||
Jose Theodore 24 saves / 28 shots Mathieu Garon 6 saves / 6 shots |
Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 21 saves / 21 shots |
April 25 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–3 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
Saku Koivu (3) – pp – 16:40 | First period | 02:35 – pp – Vincent Lecavalier (3) 08:33 – Fredrik Modin (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 19:57 – Vincent Lecavalier (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jose Theodore 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 26 saves / 27 shots |
April 27 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4–3 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Bell Centre | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Cory Stillman (1) – sh – 08:41 Brad Richards (2) – pp – 12:24 |
Second period | 09:33 – pp – Alexei Kovalev (6) | ||||||
Vincent Lecavalier (5) – 19:43 | Third period | 10:32 – Michael Ryder (1) 16:13 – Patrice Brisebois (2) | ||||||
Brad Richards (3) – 01:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Nikolai Khabibulin 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 24 saves / 28 shots |
April 29 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 05:46 – Niklas Sundstrom (1) | ||||||
Dan Boyle (1) – pp – 11:57 Brad Richards (4) – 17:14 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Fredrik Modin (5) – en – 19:04 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Nikolai Khabibulin 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jose Theodore 21 saves / 23 shots |
Tampa Bay won series 4–0 | |
(3) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs
editThis was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams with Philadelphia winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the previous year's Eastern Conference quarterfinals where Philadelphia won in seven games. Philadelphia won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
The Flyers defeated Toronto in six games. Marcus Ragnarsson broke the tie in the second period of game one as the Flyers eventually won the game 3–1.[57] Philadelphia scored twice with the man advantage in game two as the Flyers held on for a 2–1 victory.[58] Toronto used three second period goals to earn a 4–1 victory in game three.[59] Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin scored twice in game four as Toronto won 3–1.[60] Flyers captain Keith Primeau recorded a hat trick and added an assist in a dominating 7–2 Flyers victory in game five.[61] Philadelphia goaltender Robert Esche made just one save in the game while earning the victory, he was replaced by Sean Burke at the start of the second period due to injury. Toronto overcame a 2–0 third period deficit to force overtime in game six, however the comeback came up short as Jeremy Roenick scored the series-winning goal at 7:39 of the first overtime period.[62]
April 22 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
Alexander Mogilny (1) – 14:28 | First period | 07:14 – Tony Amonte (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 05:11 – Marcus Ragnarsson (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 15:35 – Simon Gagne (2) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Robert Esche 22 saves / 23 shots |
April 25 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 17:57 – pp – Donald Brashear (1) | ||||||
Tie Domi (2) – 13:48 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 08:25 – pp – Alexei Zhamnov (4) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Robert Esche 26 saves / 27 shots |
April 28 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Tony Amonte (3) – pp – 18:58 | Second period | 05:12 – Alexander Mogilny (2) 06:42 – Alexei Ponikarovsky (1) 15:11 – Chad Kilger (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 11:36 – pp – Darcy Tucker (1) | ||||||
Robert Esche 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 18 saves / 19 shots |
April 30 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
Simon Gagne (3) – 07:44 | First period | 13:24 – Mats Sundin (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 07:45 – Mats Sundin (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 02:19 – Darcy Tucker (2) | ||||||
Robert Esche 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 28 saves / 29 shots |
May 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–7 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
Joe Nieuwendyk (6) – pp – 19:25 | First period | 03:51 – Mark Recchi (2) 05:43 – Michal Handzus (1) 18:54 – sh – Keith Primeau (3) | ||||||
Gary Roberts (4) – 09:54 | Second period | 00:44 – Keith Primeau (4) 03:54 – Branko Radivojevic (1) 07:03 – Michal Handzus (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 03:50 – Keith Primeau (5) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 12 saves / 18 shots Trevor Kidd 10 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Robert Esche 1 save / 2 shots Sean Burke 8 saves / 9 shots |
May 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–2 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
Radovan Somik (1) – 09:55 Jeremy Roenick (3) – 15:30 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 09:04 – Karel Pilar (1) 15:08 – Mats Sundin (4) | ||||||
Jeremy Roenick (4) – 07:39 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Robert Esche 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 22 saves / 25 shots |
Philadelphia won series 4–2 | |
Western Conference semifinals
edit(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Calgary Flames
editThis was the second playoff meeting between these two teams with Detroit winning the only previous series. They last met in the 1978 Preliminary Round where Detroit won in two games against the Atlanta Flames. Detroit won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.
The Flames defeated the Red Wings in six games. Miikka Kiprusoff made 28 saves and Marcus Nilson scored the game-winning goal 2:39 into overtime as the Flames took the opening game of the series 2–1.[63] The Red Wings bounced back with a 5–2 victory in game two led by Steve Yzerman's two goals in the second period.[64] Jiri Fischer tied the game halfway through the second period of game three, however Flames forward Shean Donovan scored just 40 seconds later and put the Flames up for good as Calgary registered a 3–2 victory.[65] Mathieu Dandenault broke the tie in the third period of game four as Detroit bounced back with a 4–2 victory.[66] During the second period of game five a shot by Red Wings defenceman Mathieu Schneider deflected off a stick and struck Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman in the left eye. Yzerman was attended to for several minutes and then helped off the ice holding a towel to his face, Yzerman did not return to the series.[67] Calgary goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff shutout the Red Wings with a 31-save performance in a 1–0 victory.[68] In game six, Miikka Kiprusoff continued his shutout streak against the Red Wings. With just 47 seconds left in the first overtime Flames forward Martin Gelinas scored on Curtis Joseph and Calgary won their second-straight 1–0 game.[69] This was the Flames' second-straight overtime victory to clinch a series in this playoff year.
April 22 | Calgary Flames | 2–1 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Robyn Regehr (1) – 17:57 | Second period | 06:14 – Robert Lang (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Marcus Nilson (1) – 02:39 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 18 shots |
April 24 | Calgary Flames | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Shean Donovan (2) – 13:50 | Second period | 03:02 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (1) 10:06 – Steve Yzerman (2) 12:19 – Steve Yzerman (3) | ||||||
Martin Gelinas (3) – 18:50 | Third period | 14:49 – pp – Brett Hull (3) 16:08 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (2) | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 27 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 14 saves / 16 shots |
April 27 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Robert Lang (4) – 01:17 Jiri Fischer (1) – 11:44 |
Second period | 03:38 – Stephane Yelle (2) 05:46 – pp – Jarome Iginla (6) 12:24 – Shean Donovan (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 27 saves / 29 shots |
April 29 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | |||
Kirk Maltby (1) – 00:26 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Boyd Devereaux (1) – 03:00 | Second period | 05:45 – Martin Gelinas (4) 06:03 – Ville Nieminen (2) | ||||||
Mathieu Dandenault (1) – 10:02 Henrik Zetterberg (2) – en – 19:36 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Curtis Joseph 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 25 saves / 28 shots |
May 1 | Calgary Flames | 1–0 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Craig Conroy (2) – 16:07 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 31 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 21 shots |
May 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 0–1 | OT | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 19:13 – Martin Gelinas (5) | ||||||
Curtis Joseph 43 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 38 saves / 38 shots |
Calgary won series 4–2 | |
(2) San Jose Sharks vs. (4) Colorado Avalanche
editThis was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Colorado winning both previous series. They last met in the 2002 Western Conference semifinals where Colorado won in seven games. Colorado won the season series earning five of eight points during this year's four game regular season series.
San Jose defeated Colorado in six games as the Sharks advanced to the conference finals for the first time in franchise history. Patrick Marleau scored a hat-trick in a 5–2 Sharks victory in game one.[70] In game two, Marleau scored late in the second period to put the Sharks up for good as they defeated the Avalanche in a 4–1 victory.[71] San Jose goaltender Evgeni Nabokov posted a 33-save shutout in game three and Vincent Damphousse scored the only goal in a 1–0 San Jose victory.[72] Joe Sakic scored the lone goal of the game 5:15 into the first overtime period in game four as Colorado extended the series with a 1–0 victory.[73] For the second consecutive game overtime was required in game five and Joe Sakic scored the game-winning goal 1:54 into the first overtime, giving Colorado a 2–1 victory.[74] With his second goal in game five, Joe Sakic equaled Maurice Richard for the most career playoff overtime goals with six. San Jose scored three times in just over ten minutes in the second period of game six to eliminate the Avalanche in a 3–1 win.[75]
April 22 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–5 | San Jose Sharks | HP Pavilion | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 10:52 – Patrick Marleau (4) 12:42 – Vincent Damphousse (1) 19:07 – pp – Scott Hannan (1) | ||||||
Steve Konowalchuk (4) – pp – 09:07 | Second period | 11:39 – Patrick Marleau (5) 13:13 – Patrick Marleau (6) | ||||||
Peter Forsberg (4) – pp – 00:52 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
David Aebischer 12 saves / 17 shots Tommy Salo 7 saves / 7 shots |
Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 26 saves / 28 shots |
April 24 | Colorado Avalanche | 1–4 | San Jose Sharks | HP Pavilion | Recap | |||
Milan Hejduk (4) – 07:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 11:14 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (2) 19:36 – Patrick Marleau (7) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 06:27 – pp – Jonathan Cheechoo (2) 19:05 – en – Wayne Primeau (1) | ||||||
David Aebischer 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 21 shots |
April 26 | San Jose Sharks | 1–0 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Vincent Damphousse (3) – 08:59 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Evgeni Nabokov 33 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | David Aebischer 16 saves / 17 shots |
April 28 | San Jose Sharks | 0–1 | OT | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 05:15 – Joe Sakic (5) | ||||||
Evgeni Nabokov 35 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | David Aebischer 27 saves / 27 shots |
May 1 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–1 | OT | San Jose Sharks | HP Pavilion | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 19:52 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Joe Sakic (6) – 09:50 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Joe Sakic (7) – 01:54 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
David Aebischer 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 18 shots |
May 4 | San Jose Sharks | 3–1 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Vincent Damphousse (5) – 01:34 Marcel Goc (1) – 08:59 Jonathan Cheechoo (3) – 12:03 |
Second period | 17:34 – pp – Milan Hejduk (5) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | David Aebischer 30 saves / 33 shots |
San Jose won series 4–2 | |
Conference finals
editEastern Conference final
edit(1) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (3) Philadelphia Flyers
editThis was the second playoff meeting between these two teams with Philadelphia winning the only previous series. They last met in the 1996 Eastern Conference quarterfinals where Philadelphia won in six games. Tampa Bay made their first appearance in a Conference Final since entering the league in the 1992–93 season, while the Flyers last made it to the conference finals in 2000, losing in seven games to the New Jersey Devils. Tampa Bay won all four games in this year's regular season series.
Tampa Bay won their first conference championship defeating the Flyers in seven games. Lightning goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin made 19 saves in a 3–1 Lightning win in game one.[76] The Flyers scored the first six goals in game two as they won easily 6–2.[77] Tampa Bay jumped out to an early two-goal lead in game three and eventually won by a score of 4–1.[78] Keith Primeau scored the game-winning goal shorthanded in game four as the Flyers claimed a 3–2 victory that tied the series.[79] The Lightning scored three times on the power-play in game five as won the game 4–2.[80] The Flyers tied the game in the dying minutes of game six on a goal by Keith Primeau that forced overtime. Simon Gagne scored at 18:18 of the first overtime period as the Flyers gained a 5–4 victory.[81] Fredrik Modin gave the Lightning a two-goal lead in game seven and they hung on to win the game 2–1.[82]
May 8 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–3 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Michal Handzus (3) – 06:48 | Second period | 02:03 – Dave Andreychuk (1) 13:34 – Brad Richards (5) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 07:04 – Chris Dingman (1) | ||||||
Robert Esche 14 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 19 saves / 20 shots |
May 10 | Philadelphia Flyers | 6–2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
John LeClair (1) – 01:53 Mark Recchi (3) – pp – 08:50 Sami Kapanen (2) – sh – 11:17 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Vladimir Malakhov (1) – 06:02 Michal Handzus (4) – 19:48 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Mattias Timander (2) – 03:34 | Third period | 10:13 – Ruslan Fedotenko (4) 17:18 – pp – Martin St. Louis (5) | ||||||
Robert Esche 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 8 saves / 12 shots John Grahame 15 saves / 17 shots |
May 13 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
Cory Stillman (2) – 12:56 Ruslan Fedotenko (5) – pp – 15:20 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Vincent Lecavalier (6) – 01:19 Brad Richards (6) – 08:20 |
Third period | 00:36 – Keith Primeau (6) | ||||||
Nikolai Khabibulin 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Robert Esche 22 saves / 26 shots |
May 15 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
Fredrik Modin (6) – pp – 12:43 | First period | 16:55 – John LeClair (2) 18:20 – Mark Recchi (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 11:50 – sh – Keith Primeau (7) | ||||||
Vincent Lecavalier (7) – pp – 19:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Nikolai Khabibulin 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Robert Esche 28 saves / 30 shots |
May 18 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–4 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 10:30 – pp – Ruslan Fedotenko (6) | ||||||
Michal Handzus (5) – 08:56 Patrick Sharp (1) – 09:34 |
Second period | 00:24 – pp – Brad Richards (7) 07:12 – pp – Brad Richards (8) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:45 – en – Tim Taylor (2) | ||||||
Robert Esche 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 28 saves / 30 shots |
May 20 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4–5 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | Wachovia Center | Recap | ||
Vincent Lecavalier (8) – 01:28 | First period | 07:23 – Simon Gagne (4) 17:01 – Keith Primeau (8) | ||||||
Vincent Lecavalier (9) – 00:45 Ruslan Fedotenko (7) – 15:15 Ruslan Fedotenko (8) – pp – 17:33 |
Second period | 12:42 – Sami Kapanen (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 18:11 – Keith Primeau (9) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 18:18 – Simon Gagne (5) | ||||||
Nikolai Khabibulin 38 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Robert Esche 25 saves / 29 shots |
May 22 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 16:46 – pp – Ruslan Fedotenko (9) | ||||||
Kim Johnsson (2) – 10:16 | Second period | 04:57 – Fredrik Modin (7) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Robert Esche 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 22 saves / 23 shots |
Tampa Bay won series 4–3 | |
Western Conference final
edit(2) San Jose Sharks vs. (6) Calgary Flames
editThis was the second playoff meeting between these two teams with San Jose winning the only previous series. They last met in the 1995 Western Conference quarterfinals where San Jose won in seven games. San Jose made their first appearance in a Conference Final since entering the league in the 1991–92 season, while the Flames last made it to the conference finals in 1989, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks in five games. The teams split this year's four game regular season series.
The Flames eliminated the Sharks in six games and they became the first Canadian team to qualify for the Stanley Cup Finals in a decade.[83] Calgary goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff made 49 saves and Steve Montador won game one for the Flames with a goal at 18:43 of the first overtime period, giving them a 4–3 victory.[84] In game two Calgary scored two first-period goals and never looked back in a 4–1 victory.[85] Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov posted a 34 save shutout and Alex Korolyuk scored two goals late in third period in a 3–0 win in game three.[86] The Sharks exploded for four goals in the second period of game four as they evened the series at two games apiece with a 4–2 victory.[87] Miikka Kiprusoff shutout the Sharks in game five as the Flames won 3–0.[88] Martin Gelinas scored his third consecutive series-winning goal for the Flames in game six giving Calgary a 3–1 victory.[89]
May 9 | Calgary Flames | 4–3 | OT | San Jose Sharks | HP Pavilion | Recap | ||
Krzysztof Oliwa (2) – 09:26 Craig Conroy (3) – 19:29 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 01:23 – Mike Ricci (2) 19:02 – Todd Harvey (1) | ||||||
Craig Conroy (4) – 09:25 | Third period | 16:39 – Alexander Korolyuk (3) | ||||||
Steve Montador (1) – 18:43 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 49 saves / 52 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 33 saves / 37 shots |
May 11 | Calgary Flames | 4–1 | San Jose Sharks | HP Pavilion | Recap | |||
Marcus Nilson (2) – 00:20 Shean Donovan (4) – 10:35 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 05:26 – Alyn McCauley (1) | ||||||
Ville Nieminen (3) – 12:35 Jarome Iginla (7) – 13:19 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 17 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 20 shots |
May 13 | San Jose Sharks | 3–0 | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Vincent Damphousse (6) – 07:31 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Alexander Korolyuk (4) – 18:10 Alexander Korolyuk (5) – pp-en – 19:16 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Evgeni Nabokov 34 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 21 saves / 23 shots |
May 16 | San Jose Sharks | 4–2 | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Mike Rathje (1) – 02:40 Jonathan Cheechoo (4) – 08:34 Vincent Damphousse (7) – pp – 10:03 Patrick Marleau (8) – pp – 18:47 |
Second period | 07:55 – Jarome Iginla (8) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:20 – pp – Chris Simon (3) | ||||||
Evgeni Nabokov 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 12 saves / 16 shots Roman Turek 3 saves / 3 shots |
May 17 | Calgary Flames | 3–0 | San Jose Sharks | HP Pavilion | Recap | |||
Jarome Iginla (9) – sh – 06:27 Marcus Nilson (3) – 08:29 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Craig Conroy (5) – 12:47 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 19 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 18 saves / 21 shots |
May 19 | San Jose Sharks | 1–3 | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 18:52 – pp – Jarome Iginla (10) | ||||||
Alyn McCauley (2) – 16:14 | Second period | 13:02 – Martin Gelinas (6) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:59 – en – Robyn Regehr (2) | ||||||
Evgeni Nabokov 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 18 saves / 19 shots |
Calgary won series 4–2 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
editThis was the first playoff series between these two teams. Tampa Bay made their first Finals appearance, in their twelfth season, while Calgary made their third Finals appearance. The Flames won their last appearance in the Finals defeating Montreal in six games in 1989. Tampa Bay won the only game of this year's regular season series.
May 25 | Calgary Flames | 4–1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
Martin Gelinas (7) – 03:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Jarome Iginla (11) – sh – 15:21 Stephane Yelle (3) – 18:08 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Chris Simon (4) – pp – 19:40 | Third period | 04:13 – pp – Martin St. Louis (6) | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 15 saves / 19 shots |
May 27 | Calgary Flames | 1–4 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 07:10 – Ruslan Fedotenko (10) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Ville Nieminen (4) – pp – 12:21 | Third period | 02:51 – Brad Richards (9) 04:00 – Dan Boyle (2) 05:58 – pp – Martin St. Louis (7) | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 18 saves / 19 shots |
May 29 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 0–3 | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 13:53 – pp – Chris Simon (5) 17:09 – Shean Donovan (5) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 18:28 – pp – Jarome Iginla (12) | ||||||
Nikolai Khabibulin 15 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 21 saves / 21 shots |
May 31 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1–0 | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | |||
Brad Richards (10) – pp – 02:48 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Nikolai Khabibulin 29 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 23 saves / 24 shots |
June 3 | Calgary Flames | 3–2 | OT | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | ||
Martin Gelinas (8) – pp – 02:13 | First period | 19:26 – Martin St. Louis (8) | ||||||
Jarome Iginla (13) – 15:10 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 00:37 – pp – Fredrik Modin (8) | ||||||
Oleg Saprykin (3) – 14:40 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 33 saves / 36 shots |
June 5 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3–2 | 2OT | Calgary Flames | Pengrowth Saddledome | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Brad Richards (11) – pp – 04:17 Brad Richards (12) – pp – 10:52 |
Second period | 09:05 – Chris Clark (3) 17:49 – Marcus Nilson (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Martin St. Louis (9) – 00:33 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Nikolai Khabibulin 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 24 saves / 27 shots |
June 7 | Calgary Flames | 1–2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | St. Pete Times Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:31 – pp – Ruslan Fedotenko (11) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 14:38 – Ruslan Fedotenko (12) | ||||||
Craig Conroy (6) – pp – 09:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Miikka Kiprusoff 13 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Nikolai Khabibulin 16 saves / 17 shots |
Tampa Bay won series 4–3 | |
Player statistics
editSkaters
editThese are the top ten skaters based on points, following the conclusion of games played on June 7.[90] GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brad Richards | Tampa Bay Lightning | 23 | 12 | 14 | 26 | +5 | 4 |
Martin St. Louis | Tampa Bay Lightning | 23 | 9 | 15 | 24 | +6 | 14 |
Jarome Iginla | Calgary Flames | 26 | 13 | 9 | 22 | +13 | 45 |
Fredrik Modin | Tampa Bay Lightning | 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | +7 | 10 |
Craig Conroy | Calgary Flames | 26 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +12 | 12 |
Vincent Lecavalier | Tampa Bay Lightning | 23 | 9 | 7 | 16 | –2 | 25 |
Keith Primeau | Philadelphia Flyers | 18 | 9 | 7 | 16 | +11 | 22 |
Martin Gelinas | Calgary Flames | 26 | 8 | 7 | 15 | +10 | 35 |
Ruslan Fedotenko | Tampa Bay Lightning | 22 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Vincent Damphousse | San Jose Sharks | 17 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
Alexei Zhamnov | Philadelphia Flyers | 18 | 4 | 10 | 14 | –1 | 8 |
Dave Andreychuk | Tampa Bay Lightning | 23 | 1 | 13 | 14 | –2 | 14 |
Goaltending
editThese are the top five goaltenders based on either goals against average or save percentage with at least four games played.[91]
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Curtis Joseph | Detroit Red Wings | 9 | 4 | 4 | 197 | 12 | 1.39 | 517:34 | .939 | 1 |
Tomas Vokoun | Nashville Predators | 6 | 2 | 4 | 197 | 12 | 2.02 | 355:44 | .939 | 1 |
Evgeni Nabokov | San Jose Sharks | 17 | 10 | 7 | 461 | 30 | 1.71 | 1052:15 | .935 | 3 |
Nikolai Khabibulin | Tampa Bay Lightning | 23 | 16 | 7 | 598 | 40 | 1.71 | 1400:30 | .933 | 5 |
Ed Belfour | Toronto Maple Leafs | 13 | 6 | 7 | 379 | 27 | 2.09 | 773:47 | .929 | 3 |
Miikka Kiprusoff | Calgary Flames | 26 | 15 | 11 | 710 | 51 | 1.85 | 1655:00 | .928 | 5 |
Patrick Lalime | Ottawa Senators | 7 | 3 | 4 | 139 | 13 | 1.96 | 398:22 | .906 | 0 |
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