2001 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), began on April 11, 2001, and ended on June 9, 2001, when the Western Conference champion Colorado Avalanche defeated the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils to win its second Stanley Cup.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 11–June 9, 2001 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | New Jersey Devils |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Colorado Avalanche |
| Runner-up | New Jersey Devils |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Joe Sakic (Avalanche) (26 points) |
| MVP | Patrick Roy (Avalanche) |
← 2000 2002 → | |
Defenceman Ray Bourque, who had a 21-year tenure in Boston, won his first Stanley Cup in his final professional year. Joe Sakic, Swedish center Peter Forsberg, defenceman Rob Blake, and goalkeeper Patrick Roy claimed the Stanley Cup for the final time in their careers. Roy was also awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy, his third, the most by any player. No hat tricks were scored in the 2001 playoffs, and goaltenders combined for a record 19 shutouts.[1] This was the first of ten consecutive seasons the Florida Panthers missed the playoffs, the longest playoff drought in NHL history.
Playoff seeds
Eastern Conference
- New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 111 points[2]
- Ottawa Senators, Northeast Division champions – 109 points
- Washington Capitals, Southeast Division champions – 96 points
- Philadelphia Flyers – 100 points
- Buffalo Sabres – 98 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins – 96 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 90 points
- Carolina Hurricanes – 88 points
Western Conference
- Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 118 points[2]
- Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions – 111 points
- Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions – 106 points
- St. Louis Blues – 103 points
- San Jose Sharks – 95 points
- Edmonton Oilers – 93 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 92 points
- Vancouver Canucks – 90 points
Playoff bracket
| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Jersey | 4 | 1 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Carolina | 2 | 7 | Toronto | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Ottawa | 0 | Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Toronto | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Jersey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Washington | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2 | 5 | Buffalo | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Buffalo | 4 | 6 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |||||||||||||
| E1 | New Jersey | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Colorado | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 1 | Colorado | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Vancouver | 0 | 7 | Los Angeles | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Detroit | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Los Angeles | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | St. Louis | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dallas | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Edmonton | 2 | Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | St. Louis | 4 | 3 | Dallas | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | San Jose | 2 | 4 | St. Louis | 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) New Jersey Devils vs. (8) Carolina Hurricanes
This was Carolina's second post-season appearance since relocating from Hartford. This is to date the most recent occasion that the Hurricanes have lost a series in the first two rounds. They have gone 8-0 in these series since.
| April 12 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1–5 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 18:52 – Sergei Brylin (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:25 – Bobby Holik (1) 15:20 – Bobby Holik (2) | ||||||
| Josef Vasicek (1) – 11:27 | Third period | 05:06 – Petr Sykora (1) 07:01 – Patrik Elias (1) | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 31 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Carolina Hurricanes | 0–2 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:16 – Alexander Mogilny (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:32 – Sean O'Donnell (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | New Jersey Devils | 4–0 | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| Bobby Holik (3) – 04:44 Scott Gomez (1) – 07:20 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Randy McKay (1) – 01:35 Brian Rafalski (1) – 04:37 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | New Jersey Devils | 2–3 | OT | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | ||
| Jason Arnott (1) – pp – 13:10 | First period | 02:00 – pp – Sami Kapanen (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:23 – pp – David Tanabe (1) | ||||||
| Petr Sykora (2) – sh – 09:31 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| First overtime period | 00:46 – Rod Brind'Amour (1) | |||||||
| Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3–2 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Josef Vasicek (2) – 10:53 Sami Kapanen (2) – 15:09 |
First period | 11:41 – Scott Gomez (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff O'Neill (1) – 05:47 | Third period | 19:40 – Bobby Holik (4) | ||||||
| Arturs Irbe 37 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 11 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | New Jersey Devils | 5–1 | Carolina Hurricanes | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| Patrik Elias (2) – pp – 14:30 Sergei Brylin (2) – 15:51 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Randy McKay (2) – 17:57 | Second period | 05:18 – pp – David Tanabe (2) | ||||||
| Randy McKay (3) – 06:00 Alexander Mogilny (2) – 14:27 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 34 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–2 | |
(2) Ottawa Senators vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs
| April 13 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–0 | OT | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mats Sundin (1) – 10:49 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 36 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–0 | Ottawa Senators | Corel Centre | Recap | |||
| Sergei Berezin (1) – 02:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gary Roberts (1) – 09:15 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gary Roberts (2) – 07:12 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 37 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Lalime 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Ottawa Senators | 2–3 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 07:12 – pp – Mats Sundin (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:18 – pp – Nik Antropov (1) | ||||||
| Marian Hossa (1) – 16:51 Daniel Alfredsson (1) – 19:24 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:16 – Cory Cross (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Ottawa Senators | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Chris Phillips (1) – 02:30 | First period | 08:56 – pp – Yanic Perreault (1) 18:07 – Yanic Perreault (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:19 – Bryan McCabe (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Lalime 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–0 | |
(3) Washington Capitals vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
Martin Straka scored the series-winning goal.[3]
| April 12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 0–1 | Washington Capitals | MCI Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:35 – pp – Peter Bondra (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johan Hedberg 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Olaf Kolzig 16 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–1 | Washington Capitals | MCI Center | Recap | |||
| Kevin Stevens (1) – pp – 07:13 Mario Lemieux (1) – 16:34 |
First period | 09:25 – pp – Peter Bondra (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johan Hedberg 17 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Olaf Kolzig 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Washington Capitals | 0–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:23 – Kevin Stevens (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:59 – Alexei Kovalev (1) 07:37 – Jan Hrdina (1) | ||||||
| Olaf Kolzig 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Johan Hedberg 34 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Washington Capitals | 4–3 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| Steve Konowalchuk (1) – pp – 07:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brendan Witt (1) – pp – 19:16 | Second period | 01:15 – Mario Lemieux (2) | ||||||
| Steve Konowalchuk (2) – pp – 09:09 | Third period | 11:14 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (1) 13:50 – pp – Janne Laukkanen (1) | ||||||
| Jeff Halpern (1) – 04:01 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Olaf Kolzig 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Johan Hedberg 25 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–1 | Washington Capitals | MCI Center | Recap | |||
| Andrew Ference (1) – 06:35 Mario Lemieux (3) – 07:06 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:01 – pp – Sergei Gonchar (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johan Hedberg 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Olaf Kolzig 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Washington Capitals | 3–4 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 07:21 – pp – Mario Lemieux (4) 08:59 – Robert Lang (1) | ||||||
| Brendan Witt (2) – 14:07 Jeff Halpern (2) – pp – 17:28 |
Second period | 19:59 – pp – Alexei Kovalev (2) | ||||||
| Calle Johansson (1) – 17:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 13:04 – Martin Straka (1) | ||||||
| Olaf Kolzig 32 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Johan Hedberg 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–2 | |
(4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres
In the first period of Game 1, Dominik Hasek made a save on Mark Recchi's penalty shot opportunity.
| April 11 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Chris Gratton (1) – 04:09 Doug Gilmour (1) – 18:04 |
First period | 14:00 – Eric Desjardins (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Buffalo Sabres | 4–3 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 13:13 – pp – Daymond Langkow (1) | ||||||
| Miroslav Satan (1) – pp – 00:47 Alexei Zhitnik (1) – 09:40 |
Second period | 13:52 – John LeClair (1) 15:33 – Mark Recchi (1) | ||||||
| Curtis Brown (1) – 03:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jay McKee (1) – 18:02 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 37 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–2 | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:53 – pp – Chris Gratton (2) | ||||||
| Kent Manderville (1) – 02:37 Simon Gagne (1) – pp – 11:23 |
Second period | 04:12 – pp – Steve Heinze (1) | ||||||
| Andy Delmore (1) – 11:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Roman Cechmanek 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 16 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–4 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | ||
| Daymond Langkow (2) – 14:16 | First period | 01:28 – Miroslav Satan (2) 02:18 – Donald Audette (1) | ||||||
| Simon Gagne (2) – 00:48 | Second period | 15:30 – Chris Gratton (3) | ||||||
| Dan McGillis (1) – sh – 10:16 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 06:13 – Curtis Brown (2) | ||||||
| . 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Buffalo Sabres | 1–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:53 – pp – Simon Gagne (3) | ||||||
| Maxim Afinogenov (1) – 09:00 | Second period | 16:02 – pp – Mark Recchi (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:17 – Chris Therien (1) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Cechmanek 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Philadelphia Flyers | 0–8 | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:23 – Chris Gratton (4) 13:20 – pp – Doug Gilmour (2) 17:49 – Donald Audette (2) 18:46 – pp – Dave Andreychuk (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:25 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (1) 06:38 – pp – Steve Heinze (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:20 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (2) 16:51 – Chris Gratton (5) | ||||||
| Roman Cechmanek 4 saves / 9 shots Brian Boucher 14 saves / 17 shots |
Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| Buffalo won series 4–2 | |
Western Conference Quarterfinals
(1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks
This was Vancouver's first appearance in the playoffs since the 1995–96 season.[4]
| April 12 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–5 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| Mattias Ohlund (1) – pp – 08:26 | First period | 15:11 – pp – Joe Sakic (1) 16:36 – pp – Rob Blake (1) | ||||||
| Trent Klatt (1) – 00:46 Todd Bertuzzi (1) – 16:33 |
Second period | 05:35 – Chris Drury (1) 18:55 – pp – Joe Sakic (2) | ||||||
| Ed Jovanovski (1) – 10:17 | Third period | 18:53 – Chris Drury (2) | ||||||
| Dan Cloutier 23 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 19 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–2 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brendan Morrison (1) – pp – 00:35 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:22 – Ville Nieminen (1) 03:04 – Milan Hejduk (1) | ||||||
| Bob Essensa 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Colorado Avalanche | 4–3 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | ||
| Joe Sakic (3) – 17:18 | First period | 06:13 – pp – Trent Klatt (2) | ||||||
| Chris Drury (3) – 08:37 | Second period | 01:37 – Daniel Sedin (1) | ||||||
| Adam Foote (1) – pp – 09:52 | Third period | 05:32 – Todd Bertuzzi (2) | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (1) – 02:50 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Essensa 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Colorado Avalanche | 5–1 | Vancouver Canucks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Drury (4) – pp – 17:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (2) – 09:11 Joe Sakic (4) – 09:28 Eric Messier (1) – 09:49 Alex Tanguay (1) – en – 17:25 |
Third period | 13:27 – pp – Trent Klatt (3) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Cloutier 25 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–0 | |
(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings
| April 11 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:23 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (1) 08:51 – Sergei Fedorov (1) 13:24 – Brendan Shanahan (1) | ||||||
| Kelly Buchberger (1) – 02:21 Zigmund Palffy (1) – 07:47 Luc Robitaille (1) – 17:40 |
Second period | 02:41 – Brendan Shanahan (2) 12:05 – pp – Igor Larionov (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 0–4 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:16 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (2) 09:12 – pp – Steve Duchesne (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:04 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (1) 13:31 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (2) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 20 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–2 | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nicklas Lidstrom (1) – 18:02 | Second period | 08:21 – Luc Robitaille (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:33 – Jozef Stumpel (1) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–4 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | ||
| Pat Verbeek (1) – pp – 13:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Duchesne (2) – pp – 01:19 Vyacheslav Kozlov (3) – pp – 02:51 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:53 – pp – Scott Thomas (1) 17:33 – pp – Jozef Stumpel (2) 19:07 – Bryan Smolinski (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:36 – Eric Belanger (1) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Zigmund Palffy (2) – 01:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ian Laperriere (1) – 01:15 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 01:38 | Third period | 00:33 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (4) 12:46 – Chris Chelios (1) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Osgood 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 02:19 – pp – Jozef Stumpel (3) | ||||||
| Pat Verbeek (2) – pp – 04:20 Darren McCarty (1) – 06:42 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:17 – Adam Deadmarsh (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:48 – Adam Deadmarsh (3) | ||||||
| Chris Osgood 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| Los Angeles won series 4–2 | |
(3) Dallas Stars vs. (6) Edmonton Oilers
| April 11 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–2 | OT | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Smyth (1) – 06:51 | Second period | 18:14 – pp – Mike Modano (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:08 – Jamie Langenbrunner (1) | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Edmonton Oilers | 4–3 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| Daniel Cleary (1) – pp – 09:37 Georges Laraque (1) – 11:34 Rem Murray (1) – pp – 18:14 |
First period | 00:26 – Mike Keane (1) 11:12 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) | ||||||
| Anson Carter (1) – pp – 13:32 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:18 – pp – Darryl Sydor (1) | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Dallas Stars | 3–2 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Skyreach Centre | Recap | ||
| Sergei Zubov (1) – 03:06 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Modano (2) – pp – 05:51 | Third period | 18:57 – Ryan Smyth (2) 19:53 – Rem Murray (2) | ||||||
| Benoit Hogue (1) – 19:48 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Tommy Salo 37 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Dallas Stars | 1–2 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Skyreach Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:24 – Anson Carter (1) | ||||||
| Mike Keane (2) – 13:15 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 17:19 – pp – Mike Comrie (1) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Tommy Salo 34 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–4 | OT | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 06:02 – Jere Lehtinen (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:12 – Jamie Langenbrunner (2) | ||||||
| Anson Carter (3) – 02:32 Doug Weight (1) – 03:04 Eric Brewer (1) – pp – 05:29 |
Third period | 15:38 – John MacLean (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:01 – Kirk Muller (1) | ||||||
| Tommy Salo 30 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 15 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Dallas Stars | 3–1 | Edmonton Oilers | Skyreach Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:44 – Ryan Smyth (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (1) – 08:57 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 17:07 Mike Modano (3) – en – 19:16 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Tommy Salo 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Dallas won series 4–2 | |
(4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) San Jose Sharks
Pavol Demitra scored the series-winning goal.[5]
| April 12 | San Jose Sharks | 1–3 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:10 – Pierre Turgeon (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Marleau (1) – 11:15 | Third period | 00:38 – Scott Young (1) 07:00 – pp – Al MacInnis (1) | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | San Jose Sharks | 1–0 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Thornton (1) – 13:52 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | St. Louis Blues | 6–3 | San Jose Sharks | Compaq Center | Recap | |||
| Scott Mellanby (1) – pp – 02:31 Jochen Hecht (1) – 04:16 Cory Stillman (1) – 13:49 |
First period | 16:19 – Scott Thornton (2) | ||||||
| Dallas Drake (1) – sh – 06:17 Pierre Turgeon (2) – pp – 17:12 |
Second period | 12:30 – sh – Vincent Damphousse (1) | ||||||
| Dallas Drake (2) – en – 19:21 | Third period | 03:13 – Tony Granato (1) | ||||||
| Roman Turek 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | St. Louis Blues | 2–3 | San Jose Sharks | Compaq Center | Recap | |||
| Keith Tkachuk (1) – pp – 19:59 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:58 – Vincent Damphousse (2) 06:49 – Scott Thornton (3) 12:32 – Owen Nolan (1) | ||||||
| Dallas Drake (3) – 19:35 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Roman Turek 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Miikka Kiprusoff 39 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | San Jose Sharks | 2–3 | OT | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | ||
| Stephane Matteau (1) – 08:54 | First period | 07:07 – Scott Young (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Marleau (2) – 11:56 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:12 – Dallas Drake (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 09:54 – Bryce Salvador (1) | ||||||
| Miikka Kiprusoff 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | St. Louis Blues | 2–1 | San Jose Sharks | Compaq Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cory Stillman (2) – pp – 15:20 Pavol Demitra (1) – 16:12 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:31 – Brad Stuart (1) | ||||||
| Roman Turek 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| St. Louis won series 4–2 | |
Conference Semifinals
Eastern Conference Semifinals
(1) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs
In game one, Nik Antropov scored the game-winning goal in the second period, while Curtis Joseph saved all 32 shots by the Devils. In game two, the Leafs led by one goal going into the second period. The Devils scored four consecutive goals against Joseph, one each by Gomez, Rafalski, Mogilny and Madden. The Maple Leafs' Sundin scored a short-handed goal 29 seconds into the third period, and the Devils' Mogilny scored a power-play goal 38 seconds after that. The Leafs' Thomas and Sundin combined to score three goals, and the game required overtime, during which the Devils' Randy Mckay scored the game-winning goal. In game three, Rafalski scored the game-winning goal off a deflection in overtime. The Devils recorded 17 more shots than Toronto. In game four, Toronto's Corson scored in the first period, and Berezin and Mats Sundin scored in the second. The Devils' Elias scored a power-play goal in the second period. Maple Leafs' forward Tie Domi checked Devils defenceman Scott Niedermayer, who left the ice rink on a stretcher. In game five, Leafs' defenceman Cory Cross initiated scoring early in the second period, and Devils' right winger Petr Sykora and center Jason Arnott scored one goal each. In the third period, Toronto's Tomas Kaberle scored a goal. In game six, Brian Rafalski scored the game-winning goal for the Devils. In game seven, the Devils' Patrik Elias scored two goals in the second period.
| April 26 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–0 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nik Antropov (2) – 03:16 Steve Thomas (1) – pp – 09:02 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–6 | OT | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | ||
| Danny Markov (1) – 08:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:58 – Scott Gomez (3) 05:25 – Brian Rafalski (2) 09:27 – Alexander Mogilny (3) 15:04 – John Madden (1) | ||||||
| Mats Sundin (3) – sh – 00:29 Steve Thomas (2) – 05:59 Mats Sundin (4) – 09:33 Steve Thomas (3) – 19:37 |
Third period | 01:07 – pp – Alexander Mogilny (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 05:31 – Randy McKay (4) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 27 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | New Jersey Devils | 3–2 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | ||
| Bobby Holik (5) – pp – 09:21 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:52 – Garry Valk (1) 11:26 – pp – Steve Thomas (4) | ||||||
| Scott Gomez (4) – 01:34 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Rafalski (3) – 07:00 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 42 saves / 45 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | New Jersey Devils | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:38 – Shayne Corson (1) | ||||||
| Patrik Elias (3) – 09:21 | Second period | 01:21 – Sergei Berezin (2) 10:43 – Mats Sundin (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–2 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Bryan McCabe (2) – pp – 09:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cory Cross (2) – 04:33 | Second period | 12:43 – Petr Sykora (3) 16:50 – pp – Jason Arnott (2) | ||||||
| Tomas Kaberle (1) – 19:30 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur17 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | New Jersey Devils | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Air Canada Centre | Recap | |||
| Petr Sykora (4) – 04:54 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Randy McKay (5) – pp – 15:18 Brian Rafalski (4) – 19:52 |
Second period | 05:07 – pp – Steve Thomas (5) | ||||||
| Jason Arnott (3) – 05:58 | Third period | 02:17 – pp – Mats Sundin (6) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 22 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–5 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Steve Thomas (6) – pp – 09:06 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:32 – Sergei Nemchinov (1) 07:13 – pp – Patrik Elias (4) 09:12 – Patrik Elias (5) 14:41 – Scott Stevens (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:50 – John Madden (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–3 | |
(5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
In game one, Penguins center Lemieux scored the game-winning goal in the first period. Centers Wayne Primeau and Jan Hrdina also scored. Penguins winger Jaromir Jagr, who assisted on the Lemieux goal in the first period, injured his leg in the third period and did not play in game two. In game two, the Penguins' Robert Lang, Ference and Kovalev scored goals. Sabres centre Stu Barnes scored. In game three, Sabres defenceman Jason Woolley scored the game-winning goal. His teammates Curtis Brown, Miroslav Satan and James Patrick also scored. In game four, Stu Barnes scored two goals, including the game-winning goal. Buffalo's Jean-Pierre Dumont, Curtis Brown scored also scored. The Penguins' Martin Straka and Janne Laukkanen scored. In game five, Stu Barnes scored the game-winning goal in overtime. His teammates Chris Gratton and Curtis Brown also scored goals. The Penguins' Jaromir Jagr and Aleksey Morozov scored. Martin Straka had an unsuccessful penalty shot. In game six, Martin Straka scored the game-winning goal in overtime. His teammates Mario Lemieux Alexei Kovalev also scored. Buffalo's Maxim Afinogenov and Donald Audette scored for the Sabres. In game seven, Penguins defenceman Darius Kasparaitis scored the game-winning goal in overtime. Pittsburgh's Andrew Ference and Robert Lang also scored. Buffalo's Jean-Pierre Dumont and Steve Heinze scored for the Sabres.
| April 26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–0 | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | |||
| Mario Lemieux (5) – 05:07 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jan Hrdina (2) – 14:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Wayne Primeau (1) – 17:40 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johan Hedberg 25 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–1 | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Lang (2) – 10:11 | Second period | 14:44 – pp – Stu Barnes (1) | ||||||
| Andrew Ference (2) – 08:09 Alexei Kovalev (3) – en – 19:57 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johan Hedberg 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 12 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Buffalo Sabres | 4–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Brown (3) – 13:04 | Second period | 05:34 – pp – Kevin Stevens (3) | ||||||
| Jason Woolley (1) – 09:51 Miroslav Satan (3) – 13:03 James Patrick (1) – en – 19:39 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Johan Hedberg 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Buffalo Sabres | 5–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Jean-Pierre Dumont (3) – 01:28 Curtis Brown (4) – sh – 19:13 |
First period | 11:10 – pp – Martin Straka (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:24 – Janne Laukkanen (2) | ||||||
| Stu Barnes (2) – 04:44 Vladimir Tsyplakov (1) – 14:24 Stu Barnes (3) – pp – 18:09 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 15 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Johan Hedberg 23 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–3 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | ||
| Jaromir Jagr (2) – pp – 14:51 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Aleksey Morozov (1) – 02:36 | Second period | 09:54 – pp – Chris Gratton (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:16 – sh – Curtis Brown (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:34 – Stu Barnes (4) | ||||||
| Johan Hedberg 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–3 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| Maxim Afinogenov (2) – 09:26 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Donald Audette (3) – 15:12 | Second period | 05:14 – Alexei Kovalev (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:42 – Mario Lemieux (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 11:29 – Martin Straka (3) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Johan Hedberg 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–2 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Ference (3) – pp – 08:19 | Second period | 01:50 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (4) | ||||||
| Robert Lang (3) – 09:00 | Third period | 00:32 – pp – Steve Heinze (3) | ||||||
| Darius Kasparaitis (1) – 13:01 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johan Hedberg 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–3 | |
Western Conference Semifinals
(1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings
In game one, the Avalanche took two minor penalties, one of which led to the game-winning power play goal by Kings defenceman Jaroslav Modry. In game three, Avalanche centre Joe Sakic injured his shoulder and would sit out part of the series. Game six featured 65 shots and one goal, scored by Kings winger Glen Murray in the second overtime.
| April 26 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–3 | OT | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | ||
| Glen Murray (1) – 09:20 | First period | 15:59 – Chris Drury (5) | ||||||
| Nelson Emerson (1) – 09:29 | Second period | 02:40 – Rob Blake (2) | ||||||
| Glen Murray (2) – 13:00 | Third period | 15:30 – pp – Peter Forsberg (3) | ||||||
| Jaroslav Modry – pp – 14:23 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 34 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 21 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Los Angeles Kings | 0–2 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:29 – pp – Ville Nieminen (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:13 – Joe Sakic (5) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 20 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Colorado Avalanche | 4–3 | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| Rob Blake (3) – 04:33 | First period | 16:17 – pp – Luc Robitaille (3) | ||||||
| Peter Forsberg (4) – 10:43 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Milan Hejduk (2) – 08:21 Jon Klemm (1) – 10:33 |
Third period | 10:00 – pp – Glen Murray (3) 19:20 – Zigmund Palffy (3) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 17 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–0 | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| Alex Tanguay (2) – 03:55 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Milan Hejduk (3) – pp – 16:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Drury (6) – 18:13 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 21 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Los Angeles Kings | 1–0 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luc Robitaille (4) – 10:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 20 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Colorado Avalanche | 0–1 | 2OT | Los Angeles Kings | Staples Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 02:41 – Glen Murray (4) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 33 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Los Angeles Kings | 1–5 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 18:29 – pp – Rob Blake (4) | ||||||
| Nelson Emerson (2) – 18:31 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:03 – Chris Drury (7) 06:22 – pp – Ville Nieminen (3) 11:07 – Shjon Podein (1) 16:25 – en – Milan Hejduk (4) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–3 | |
(3) Dallas Stars vs. (4) St. Louis Blues
Dallas was swept for the first time since 1984, during the franchise's Minnesota North Stars era.[6]
| April 27 | St. Louis Blues | 4–2 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| Pavol Demitra (2) – 09:02 Marty Reasoner (1) – 15:08 |
First period | 09:55 – John MacLean (2) | ||||||
| Marty Reasoner (2) – 03:30 Pierre Turgeon (3) – 08:46 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:22 – Brad Lukowich (1) | ||||||
| Roman Turek 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 17 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | St. Louis Blues | 2–1 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
| Marty Reasoner (3) – 01:25 Scott Young (3) – sh – 09:32 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:08 – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) | ||||||
| Roman Turek 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Dallas Stars | 2–3 | 2OT | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | ||
| Mike Keane (3) – 05:29 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (2) – pp – 07:53 | Second period | 17:59 – Jochen Hecht (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:45 – Alexander Khavanov (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 09:26 – Cory Stillman (3) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 45 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Dallas Stars | 1–4 | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (4) – 16:40 | Second period | 09:28 – Alexander Khavanov (2) 14:37 – pp – Keith Tkachuk (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:11 – Chris Pronger (1) 18:36 – en – Scott Young (4) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| St. Louis won series 4–0 | |
Conference Finals
Eastern Conference Final
(1) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
Game three was Martin Brodeur's 11th career postseason shutout, and it was also the first home shutout loss for the Penguins since 1975. In game four, Martin Brodeur recorded his 12th career playoff shutout.
| May 12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–3 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Martin Straka (4) – pp – 03:06 | First period | 14:09 – pp – Randy McKay (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:04 – pp – Petr Sykora (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:20 – Petr Sykora (6) | ||||||
| Johan Hedberg 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| May 15 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–2 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:52 – Jay Pandolfo (1) 16:34 – sh – Petr Sykora (7) | ||||||
| Aleksey Morozov (2) – sh – 09:20 Alexei Kovalev (5) – 12:17 Rene Corbet (1) – 15:55 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Lang (4) – 05:19 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johan Hedberg 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | New Jersey Devils | 3–0 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Brian Rafalski (5) – 08:42 Jason Arnott (4) – pp – 12:37 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrik Elias (6) – 01:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Johan Hedberg 33 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| May 19 | New Jersey Devils | 5–0 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Patrik Elias (7) – 18:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Rafalski (6) – 07:58 Petr Sykora (8) – 15:34 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jason Arnott (5) – 04:17 Brian Rafalski (7) – pp – 13:14 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Johan Hedberg 25 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–4 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Aleksey Morozov (3) – 16:38 | First period | 00:57 – Jason Arnott (6) | ||||||
| Martin Straka (5) – pp – 13:09 | Second period | 07:31 – pp – Jason Arnott (7) 12:23 – Bobby Holik (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:32 – John Madden (3) | ||||||
| Johan Hedberg 19 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| New Jersey won series 4–1 | |
Western Conference Final
(1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (4) St. Louis Blues
In game one, Joe Sakic's penalty shot goal was awarded when Blues goaltender Roman Turek was ruled to have thrown his stick.
| May 12 | St. Louis Blues | 1–4 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:32 – pp – Milan Hejduk (5) | ||||||
| Scott Young (5) – sh – 00:25 | Second period | 06:45 – ps – Joe Sakic (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:18 – Joe Sakic (7) 14:00 – pp – Milan Hejduk (6) | ||||||
| Roman Turek 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 14 | St. Louis Blues | 2–4 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:22 – pp – Ray Bourque (1) | ||||||
| Scott Mellanby (2) – pp – 08:27 | Second period | 18:04 – Adam Foote (2) | ||||||
| Al MacInnis (2) – pp – 15:52 | Third period | 13:21 – Shjon Podein (2) 19:52 – en – Chris Drury (8) | ||||||
| Roman Turek 16 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 16 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–4 | 2OT | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | ||
| Ray Bourque (2) – pp – 06:46 Dan Hinote (1) – 08:36 |
First period | 05:54 – pp – Alexander Khavanov (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eric Messier (2) – 12:40 | Third period | 10:13 – Scott Mellanby (3) 14:17 – Jamal Mayers (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 10:27 – Scott Young (6) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 56 saves / 60 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | Colorado Avalanche | 4–3 | OT | St. Louis Blues | Savvis Center | Recap | ||
| Steve Reinprecht (1) – 14:13 Joe Sakic (8) – 15:17 Ray Bourque (3) – 15:31 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:40 – Pierre Turgeon (4) 09:24 – Pierre Turgeon (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:58 – Jamal Mayers (2) | ||||||
| Stephane Yelle (1) – 04:23 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Roman Turek 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 21 | St. Louis Blues | 1–2 | OT | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bryce Salvador (2) – 13:31 | Second period | 11:20 – pp – Milan Hejduk (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 00:24 – pp – Joe Sakic (9) | ||||||
| Brent Johnson 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–1 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
The 2001 Finals was the first and, to date, only playoff series between these two teams. Colorado made its second Finals appearance and first since defeating Florida in a four game sweep in 1996. New Jersey made its second consecutive and third overall Finals appearance after defeating Dallas the year before. It was the first Finals match-up to feature both regular season conference champions since 1989. New Jersey won both games in this year's regular season series.
| May 26 | New Jersey Devils | 0–5 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:07 – Joe Sakic (10) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:35 – Chris Drury (9) 15:06 – Joe Sakic (11) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:36 – pp – Rob Blake (5) 17:36 – Steve Reinprecht (2) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 25 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 29 | New Jersey Devils | 2–1 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| Bob Corkum (1) – 14:29 Turner Stevenson (1) – 17:20 |
First period | 05:58 – pp – Joe Sakic (12) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| May 31 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–1 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Martin Skoula (1) – 10:38 | First period | 03:16 – pp – Jason Arnott (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ray Bourque (4) – pp – 00:31 Dan Hinote (2) – 06:28 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| June 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–3 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Rob Blake (6) – 03:58 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Drury (10) – 13:54 | Second period | 03:42 – sh – Patrik Elias (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:09 – Scott Gomez (5) 17:23 – Petr Sykora (9) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 10 saves / 12 shots | ||||||
| June 4 | New Jersey Devils | 4–1 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| Patrik Elias (9) – 03:09 Alexander Mogilny (5) – 18:47 |
First period | 10:09 – pp – Alex Tanguay (3) | ||||||
| Sergei Brylin (3) – pp – 04:39 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Madden (4) – 18:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 22 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| June 7 | Colorado Avalanche | 4–0 | New Jersey Devils | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap | |||
| Adam Foote (3) – 18:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ville Nieminen (4) – pp – 02:26 Chris Drury (11) – 18:27 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Tanguay (4) – 13:46 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 24 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| June 9 | New Jersey Devils | 1–3 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:58 – Alex Tanguay (5) | ||||||
| Petr Sykora (10) – pp – 09:33 | Second period | 04:57 – Alex Tanguay (6) 06:16 – pp – Joe Sakic (13) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–3 | |
Playoff statistics
Skaters
Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic led the playoffs in scoring for the second time in his career. Patrik Elias of the New Jersey Devils finished second in playoff scoring with 23 points. The table lists the top 10 point producers.[7][8]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sakic | Colorado Avalanche | 21 | 13 | 13 | 26 | +6 | 6 |
| Patrik Elias | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 9 | 14 | 23 | +11 | 10 |
| Milan Hejduk | Colorado Avalanche | 23 | 7 | 16 | 23 | +8 | 6 |
| Petr Sykora | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 10 | 12 | 22 | +15 | 12 |
| Alex Tanguay | Colorado Avalanche | 23 | 6 | 15 | 21 | +13 | 8 |
| Rob Blake | Colorado Avalanche | 23 | 6 | 13 | 19 | +6 | 16 |
| Brian Rafalski | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +10 | 7 |
| Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | 18 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +4 | 4 |
| Chris Drury | Colorado Avalanche | 23 | 11 | 5 | 16 | +5 | 4 |
| Bobby Holik | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +1 | 37 |
| Alexander Mogilny | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 5 | 11 | 16 | +3 | 8 |
Goaltenders
The following table lists goaltenders with at least 420 minutes.[9]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Roy | Colorado Avalanche | 23 | 16 | 7 | 622 | 41 | 1.70 | .934 | 4 | 1450:56 |
| Roman Turek | St. Louis Blues | 14 | 9 | 5 | 382 | 31 | 2.05 | .919 | 0 | 908:26 |
| Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 15 | 10 | 507 | 52 | 2.07 | .897 | 4 | 1504:43 |
| Dominik Hasek | Buffalo Sabres | 13 | 7 | 6 | 347 | 29 | 2.09 | .916 | 1 | 833:00 |
| Curtis Joseph | Toronto Maple Leafs | 11 | 7 | 4 | 329 | 24 | 2.10 | .927 | 3 | 684:56 |
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See also
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References
- "2000-01 NHL Season Schedule and Results". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- "2000-01 NHL Standings". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- "Game 6 Summary". NHL.com. April 23, 2001. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- "Vancouver Canucks Franchise Index". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- "Pavol Demitra Blues profile". NHL.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- "Stars fall in four". May 4, 2001. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- "2001 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Leaders". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- "Statistics". nhl.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- "Statistics". nhl.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
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