1995 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details | |
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Dates | May 6–June 24, 1995 |
Teams | 16 |
Defending champions | New York Rangers |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Jersey Devils |
Runner-up | Detroit Red Wings |
Tournament statistics | |
Scoring leader(s) | Sergei Fedorov (Red Wings) (24 points) |
MVP | Claude Lemieux (Devils) |
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The 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League was played between May 6 and June 24, 1995. The 1994–95 NHL regular season was shortened to 48 games, and the playoffs pushed to a later date, due to a lockout. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for the conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup. In the Finals, the New Jersey Devils swept the favored Detroit Red Wings in four games to win their first championship.
This was the only time Patrick Roy missed the playoffs in his career. His team, the Montreal Canadiens, missed the playoffs for the first time since 1970. The Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators missed the playoffs this year. Montreal and Ottawa did not miss the playoffs in the same year again until 2016, when all Canadian teams missed the playoffs. The Quebec Nordiques played their last playoff series during this time. They would move to Denver, Colorado during the summer. For the first time since 1980, no league semifinal/conference final games were played in Canada.
Playoff seeds
[edit]The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. The top two seeds in each conference were awarded to the division winners; while the six remaining spots were awarded to the highest finishers in their respective conferences.
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:[1]
Eastern Conference
[edit]- Quebec Nordiques, Northeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 65 points
- Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions – 60 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins – 61 points
- Boston Bruins – 57 points
- New Jersey Devils – 52 points (22 wins, 7 points head-to-head vs. Washington)
- Washington Capitals – 52 points (22 wins, 1 point head-to-head vs. New Jersey)
- Buffalo Sabres – 51 points
- New York Rangers – 47 points
Western Conference
[edit]- Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 70 points
- Calgary Flames, Pacific Division champions – 55 points
- St. Louis Blues – 61 points
- Chicago Blackhawks – 53 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 50 points
- Vancouver Canucks – 48 points
- San Jose Sharks – 42 points (19 wins)
- Dallas Stars – 42 points (17 wins)
Map of playoff teams
[edit]Playoff bracket
[edit]In 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). For any series played between Central and Pacific Division teams, the team with home ice advantage had the option of using a 2–3–2 format to reduce travel, with the sites for games five and six switched; if the 2–3–2 format was chosen, the team with home ice advantage then had the additional option to start the series on the road instead of at home. The top eight teams in each conference made the playoffs, with the two division winners seeded 1–2 based on regular season record, and the five remaining teams seeded 3–8.
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 | Quebec | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | NY Rangers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | NY Rangers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Buffalo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Philadelphia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Washington | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Pittsburgh | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Boston | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Detroit | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Detroit | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Dallas | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Detroit | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | San Jose | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Calgary | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | San Jose | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Detroit | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Chicago | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | St. Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Vancouver | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Chicago | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Vancouver | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Chicago | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Toronto | 3 |
Conference quarterfinals
[edit]Eastern Conference quarterfinals
[edit](1) Quebec Nordiques vs. (8) New York Rangers
[edit]This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This was the final playoff series played by the Quebec Nordiques, as they relocated to Denver, Colorado to become the Colorado Avalanche the next season. The defending Stanley Cup champion Rangers upset the Nordiques in 6 games, becoming the second eighth-seeded team in NHL history to knock off a number one seed.
Game 5 was the final NHL game played at the Quebec Coliseum.
May 6 | New York Rangers | 4–5 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
Adam Graves (1) – pp – 04:34 | First period | 17:03 – sh – Scott Young (1) 19:41 – pp – Joe Sakic (1) | ||||||
Adam Graves (2) – pp – 05:08 Alexander Karpovtsev (1) – 09:27 Alex Kovalev (1) – 18:51 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 09:44 – Joe Sakic (2) 14:07 – Bob Bassen (1) 19:22 – Joe Sakic (3) | ||||||
Mike Richter 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Stephane Fiset 28 saves / 32 shots |
May 8 | New York Rangers | 8–3 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
Steve Larmer (1) – sh – 12:48 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Adam Graves (3) – 05:37 Sergei Nemchinov (1) – 06:10 Mark Messier (1) – pp – 12:41 |
Second period | Bob Bassen (2) – 02:38 Janne Laukkanen (1) - 13:37 | ||||||
Sergei Zubov (1) – 05:35 Petr Nedved (1) – pp – 08:33 Sergei Nemchinov (2) – 11:09 Petr Nedved (2) – 18:31 |
Third period | 16:10 – Valeri Kamensky (1) | ||||||
Glenn Healy 19 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Stephane Fiset 21 saves / 28 shots Garth Snow 2 saves / 3 shots |
May 10 | Quebec Nordiques | 3–4 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
Scott Young (2) – 01:54 | First period | 08:50 – Adam Graves (4) 10:58 – Sergei Zubov (2) | ||||||
Peter Forsberg (1) – 17:14 | Second period | 14:19 – Sergei Nemchinov (3) | ||||||
Owen Nolan (1) – 08:00 | Third period | 12:42 – Brian Leetch (1) | ||||||
Stephane Fiset 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Healy 17 saves / 20 shots |
May 12 | Quebec Nordiques | 2–3 | OT | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | ||
Craig Wolanin (1) – 03:50 Owen Nolan (2) – 09:40 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 04:28 – Brian Leetch (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 02:03 – Alex Kovalev (2) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 08:09 – Steve Larmer (2) | ||||||
Jocelyn Thibault 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Richter 21 saves / 21 shots Glenn Healy 8 saves / 10 shots |
May 14 | New York Rangers | 2–4 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
Mark Messier (2) – pp – 06:51 Pat Verbeek (1) – pp – 17:34 |
First period | 04:53 – Mike Ricci (1) 11:09 – Wendel Clark (1) 11:40 – Chris Simon (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:27 – Scott Young (3) | ||||||
Mike Richter 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jocelyn Thibault 24 saves / 26 shots |
May 16 | Quebec Nordiques | 2–4 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 02:11 – pp – Pat Verbeek (2) 08:26 – Alex Kovalev (3) 19:57 – Sergei Nemchinov (4) | ||||||
Joe Sakic (4) – sh – 15:56 | Second period | 10:18 – Alex Kovalev (4) | ||||||
Peter Forsberg (2) – pp – 05:34 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Stephane Fiset 22 saves / 23 shots Jocelyn Thibault 13 saves / 16 shots |
Goalie stats | Mike Richter 26 saves / 28 shots |
New York won series 4–2 | |
(2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres
[edit]This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning both previous series. They last met in the 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which Philadelphia won in five games. Game four was the last playoff game at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
May 7 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–4 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | ||
Jason Dawe (1) – 01:47 | First period | 10:18 – Rob DiMaio (1) | ||||||
Pat LaFontaine (1) – pp – 03:15 | Second period | 16:51 – Brent Fedyk (1) 18:19 – Kevin Haller (1) | ||||||
Jason Dawe (2) – 12:33 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 10:06 – Karl Dykhuis (1) | ||||||
Dominik Hasek 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 26 saves / 29 shots |
May 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 1–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 03:04 – Rod Brind'Amour (1) | ||||||
Brian Holzinger (1) – 12:34 | Second period | 11:43 – sh – Rob DiMaio (2) 18:39 – Anatoli Semenov (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Dominik Hasek 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 29 saves / 30 shots |
May 10 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–3 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
Karl Dykhuis (2) – pp – 05:18 | First period | 12:43 – pp – Donald Audette (1) 14:13 – Wayne Presley (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:00 – Alexander Mogilny (1) | ||||||
Ron Hextall 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 18 saves / 19 shots |
May 12 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–2 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
Rod Brind'Amour (2) – 17:51 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Brent Fedyk (2) – 02:08 Eric Desjardins (1) – pp – 17:14 John LeClair (1) – 18:56 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 07:18 – Alexander Mogilny (2) 07:55 – Pat LaFontaine (2) | ||||||
Ron Hextall 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 27 shots |
May 14 | Buffalo Sabres | 4–6 | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 04:30 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (3) 14:19 – Kevin Haller (2) 17:45 – Eric Lindros (1) 18:04 – Patrik Juhlin (1) | ||||||
Wayne Presley (2) – 12:59 Wayne Presley (3) – sh – 19:51 |
Second period | 04:56 – John LeClair (2) | ||||||
Alexander Mogilny (3) – 13:00 Brian Holzinger (2) – pp – 19:53 |
Third period | 15:40 – Kevin Dineen (1) | ||||||
Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 24 saves / 28 shots |
Philadelphia won series 4–1 | |
(3) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (6) Washington Capitals
[edit]This was the second consecutive and fourth overall playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning two of the three previous series. Washington won last year's playoff meeting in six games.
With their win in game seven, the Pens became the first team to have two 3–1 comebacks in a playoff series against the same team.
May 6 | Washington Capitals | 5–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | |||
Dale Hunter (1) – 10:25 | First period | 01:37 – pp – Len Barrie (1) | ||||||
Sergei Gonchar (1) – 03:57 Steve Konowalchuk (1) – sh – 10:59 |
Second period | 00:41 – pp – Kevin Stevens (1) 01:38 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (1) | ||||||
Dale Hunter (2) – 00:29 Sergei Gonchar (2) – 02:17 |
Third period | 14:42 – Jaromir Jagr (1) | ||||||
Olaf Kolzig 15 saves / 16 shots Jim Carey 8 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 29 saves / 34 shots |
May 8 | Washington Capitals | 3–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | |||
Sylvain Cote (1) – 04:12 Peter Bondra (1) – pp – 09:50 Keith Jones (1) – 12:43 |
First period | 03:35 – pp – Larry Murphy (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 01:06 – Luc Robitaille (1) 01:35 – Jaromir Jagr (2) 04:20 – pp – Kevin Stevens (2) 19:19 – Luc Robitaille (2) | ||||||
Jim Carey 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 19 saves / 22 shots |
May 10 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–6 | Washington Capitals | USAir Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 03:01 – Calle Johansson (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 06:58 – Keith Jones (2) 09:59 – pp – Peter Bondra (2) 14:27 – pp – Keith Jones (3) | ||||||
Ron Francis (1) – pp – 07:20 Luc Robitaille (3) – 08:06 |
Third period | 01:37 – Joe Juneau (1) 13:07 – pp – Calle Johansson (2) | ||||||
Ken Wregget 14 saves / 18 shots Tom Barrasso 8 saves / 10 shots |
Goalie stats | Jim Carey 23 saves / 25 shots |
May 12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–6 | Washington Capitals | USAir Arena | Recap | |||
Larry Murphy (2) – 10:58 Jaromir Jagr (3) – 16:39 |
First period | 00:40 – Steve Konowalchuk (2) 12:51 – Michal Pivonka (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 12:38 – Robert Pearson (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 01:50 – Dmitri Khristich (1) 06:03 – Joe Juneau (2) 06:38 – Peter Bondra (3) | ||||||
Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Jim Carey 20 saves / 22 shots |
May 14 | Washington Capitals | 5–6 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | ||
Dale Hunter (3) – pp – 11:19 Calle Johansson (3) – 15:36 |
First period | 17:30 – sh – Jaromir Jagr (4) | ||||||
Dale Hunter (4) – pp – 09:27 | Second period | 05:57 – pp – Kevin Stevens (3) 15:42 – Ron Francis (2) | ||||||
Peter Bondra (4) – 07:14 Peter Bondra (5) – 08:49 |
Third period | 08:23 – Jaromir Jagr (5) 11:41 – Kevin Stevens (4) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 04:30 – Luc Robitaille (4) | ||||||
Jim Carey 25 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 23 saves / 28 shots |
May 16 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 7–1 | Washington Capitals | USAir Arena | Recap | |||
Luc Robitaille (5) – 00:42 Jaromir Jagr (6) – 03:37 Jaromir Jagr (7) – pp – 09:31 Luc Robitaille (6) – 12:02 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Troy Murray (1) – 15:27 Tomas Sandstrom (2) – 18:48 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Tomas Sandstrom (3) – pp – 00:27 | Third period | 18:33 – Keith Jones (4) | ||||||
Ken Wregget 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Jim Carey 27 saves / 31 shots Byron Dafoe 2 saves / 3 shots Olaf Kolzig 5 saves / 5 shots |
May 18 | Washington Capitals | 0–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 01:37 – Norm MacIver (1) 15:40 – pp – Ron Francis (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:56 – Troy Murray (2) | ||||||
Jim Carey 15 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 33 saves / 33 shots |
Pittsburgh won series 4–3 | |
(4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) New Jersey Devils
[edit]This was the second consecutive and third overall playoff meeting between these two teams; with the teams splitting the two previous series. New Jersey won last year's playoff meeting in six games.
Game five was the last game played in the Boston Garden.
May 7 | New Jersey Devils | 5–0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Stephane Richer (1) – pp – 06:55 Claude Lemieux (1) – 16:04 Claude Lemieux (2) – 19:12 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Tommy Albelin (1) – 14:59 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
Randy McKay (1) – pp – 05:01 | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 23 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Blaine Lacher 13 saves / 17 shots Craig Billington 9 saves / 10 shots |
May 8 | New Jersey Devils | 3–0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Stephane Richer (2) – sh – 14:10 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
Neal Broten (1) – 18:30 Tom Chorske (1) – 19:29 |
Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 23 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Blaine Lacher 28 saves / 30 shots |
May 10 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Mats Naslund (1) – 09:51 Mariusz Czerkawski (1) – 11:56 Cam Neely (1) – pp – 18:50 |
Second period | 04:07 – Jim Dowd (1) | ||||||
No Scoring | Third period | 04:34 – pp – Scott Niedermayer (1) | ||||||
Blaine Lacher 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 17 shots |
May 12 | Boston Bruins | 0–1 | OT | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
No Scoring | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
No Scoring | First overtime period | 08:51 – Randy McKay (2) | ||||||
Blaine Lacher 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 38 saves / 38 shots |
May 14 | New Jersey Devils | 3–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Bill Guerin (1) – pp – 09:00 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Shawn Chambers (1) – pp – 13:54 | Second period | 00:35 – Cam Neely (2) | ||||||
Valeri Zelepukin (1) – 04:50 | Third period | 15:19 – pp – Adam Oates (1) | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Blaine Lacher 17 saves / 20 shots |
New Jersey won series 4–1 | |
Western Conference quarterfinals
[edit](1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Dallas Stars
[edit]This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; with Detroit winning the only previous series. They last met in the 1992 Norris Division Semifinals, which Detroit won in seven games against the Minnesota North Stars.
May 7 | Dallas Stars | 3–4 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 07:05 – pp – Ray Sheppard (1) | ||||||
Dean Evason (1) – sh – 00:45 | Second period | 00:57 – pp – Steve Yzerman (1) | ||||||
Paul Broten (1) – 03:52 Trent Klatt (1) – pp – 07:50 |
Third period | 00:42 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (1) 10:15 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (1) | ||||||
Andy Moog 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 17 saves / 20 shots |
May 9 | Dallas Stars | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
Peter Zezel (1) – 08:10 | First period | 03:44 – Paul Coffey (1) 04:27 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (2) 17:39 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 08:33 – Keith Primeau (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Andy Moog 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 20 saves / 21 shots |
May 11 | Detroit Red Wings | 5–1 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
Dino Ciccarelli (1) – pp – 03:17 Vyacheslav Kozlov (2) – 10:32 |
First period | 13:49 – pp – Dave Gagner (1) | ||||||
Keith Primeau (2) – pp – 03:08 Dino Ciccarelli (2) – pp – 15:37 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Dino Ciccarelli (3) – pp – 10:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Mike Vernon 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 24 saves / 28 shots Darcy Wakaluk 8 saves / 9 shots |
May 14 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–4 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 10:52 – Greg Adams (1) 14:00 – pp – Kevin Hatcher (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Kris Draper (1) – 14:58 | Third period | 14:39 – Corey Millen (1) 15:19 – Greg Adams (2) | ||||||
Mike Vernon 20 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 34 saves / 35 shots |
May 15 | Dallas Stars | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 17:35 – Darren McCarty (1) | ||||||
Kevin Hatcher (2) – 02:12 | Second period | 19:17 – Dino Ciccarelli (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 06:08 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (3) | ||||||
Andy Moog 37 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 24 saves / 25 shots |
Detroit won series 4–1 | |
(2) Calgary Flames vs. (7) San Jose Sharks
[edit]This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Calgary set an NHL record by scoring 35 goals, the most by any team in a seven-game series. The 35 goals is also the highest number of goals ever scored by a team that lost a series in NHL history. A total of 61 goals were scored in the series, the highest total between both teams in a seven-game series in NHL history.[2]
May 7 | San Jose Sharks | 5–4 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
Sergei Makarov (1) – 04:44 Mike Rathje (1) – pp – 14:46 Ulf Dahlen (1) – 17:15 |
First period | 02:26 – Paul Kruse (1) | ||||||
Jamie Baker (1) – 02:58 Jamie Baker (2) – 19:42 |
Second period | 18:19 – sh – Theoren Fleury (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 03:53 – pp – Steve Chiasson (1) 19:54 – German Titov (1) | ||||||
Arturs Irbe 35 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Trevor Kidd 11 saves / 16 shots Rick Tabaracci 9 saves / 9 shots |
May 9 | San Jose Sharks | 5–4 | OT | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | ||
Sandis Ozolinsh (1) – pp – 19:29 | First period | 07:26 – German Titov (2) 13:49 – sh – Sheldon Kennedy (1) | ||||||
Chris Tancill (1) – 05:09 Pat Falloon (1) – 13:29 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Sandis Ozolinsh (2) – 08:42 | Third period | 05:58 – Kelly Kisio (1) 19:13 – Robert Reichel (1) | ||||||
Ulf Dahlen (2) – pp – 12:21 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Arturs Irbe 30 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Trevor Kidd 32 saves / 37 shots |
May 11 | Calgary Flames | 9–2 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
Paul Kruse (2) – 00:43 Mike Sullivan (1) – 01:20 Mike Sullivan (2) – sh – 05:17 Ronnie Stern (1) – sh – 07:15 |
First period | 05:42 – pp – Ulf Dahlen (3) | ||||||
Kelly Kisio (2) – pp – 01:28 Joe Nieuwendyk (1) – 03:18 |
Second period | 10:48 – pp – Mike Rathje (2) | ||||||
Mike Sullivan (3) – 01:02 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 02:00 Kelly Kisio (3) – 17:19 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Trevor Kidd 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Wade Flaherty 21 saves / 26 shots Arturs Irbe 1 save / 5 shots |
May 13 | Calgary Flames | 6–4 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
Theoren Fleury (2) – pp – 09:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Theoren Fleury (3) – 01:19 Theoren Fleury (4) – 03:25 Ronnie Stern (2) – 18:01 |
Second period | 05:45 – Jeff Friesen (1) 10:35 – pp – Mike Rathje (3) | ||||||
Robert Reichel (2) – 09:55 Theoren Fleury (5) – 19:58 |
Third period | 14:34 – Sergei Makarov (2) 19:51 – Ulf Dahlen (4) | ||||||
Trevor Kidd 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Irbe 30 saves / 35 shots |
May 15 | San Jose Sharks | 0–5 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 06:07 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) 10:12 – Theoren Fleury (6) 18:44 – pp – Theoren Fleury (7) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 08:54 – sh – German Titov (3) 19:51 – pp – Ronnie Stern (3) | ||||||
Arturs Irbe 21 saves / 25 shots Wade Flaherty 0 saves / 1 shot |
Goalie stats | Trevor Kidd 25 saves / 25 shots |
May 17 | Calgary Flames | 3–5 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
German Titov (4) – 06:44 Sheldon Kennedy (2) – 18:11 |
First period | 03:15 – Sandis Ozolinsh (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 01:56 – Craig Janney (1) 13:17 – Jeff Odgers (1) 19:23 – Craig Janney (2) | ||||||
Paul Kruse (3) – sh – 17:45 | Third period | 08:38 – Ray Whitney (1) | ||||||
Trevor Kidd 15 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Wade Flaherty 30 saves / 33 shots |
May 19 | San Jose Sharks | 5–4 | 2OT | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | ||
Pat Falloon (2) – 06:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Igor Larionov (1) – 09:30 | Second period | 19:19 – Paul Kruse (4) | ||||||
Pat Falloon (3) – 00:19 Craig Janney (3) – 11:33 |
Third period | 04:14 – Sheldon Kennedy (3) 13:22 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (4) 14:04 – German Titov (5) | ||||||
Ray Whitney (2) – 01:54 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Wade Flaherty 56 saves / 60 shots | Goalie stats | Trevor Kidd 25 saves / 30 shots |
San Jose won series 4–3 | |
(3) St. Louis Blues vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks
[edit]This was first playoff meeting between these two teams.
May 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–2 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 18:18 – pp – Brett Hull (1) | ||||||
Pavel Bure (1) – 10:32 | Second period | 01:16 – pp – Adam Creighton (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Kirk McLean 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 25 saves / 26 shots |
May 9 | Vancouver Canucks | 5–3 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | |||
Sergio Momesso (1) – 19:21 | First period | 07:42 – pp – Todd Elik (1) 16:57 – Todd Elik (2) | ||||||
Dave Babych (1) – pp – 02:14 Jyrki Lumme (1) – 15:15 |
Second period | 10:27 – Al MacInnis (1) | ||||||
Russ Courtnall (1) – 08:11 Pavel Bure (2) – sh – 10:18 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Kirk McLean 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 25 shots Jon Casey 1 save / 1 shot |
May 11 | St. Louis Blues | 1–6 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
Brett Hull (2) – 00:20 | First period | 01:18 – pp – Jyrki Lumme (2) 04:30 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (1) 10:53 – sh – Dave Babych (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 05:16 – Sergio Momesso (2) 18:34 – pp – Sergio Momesso (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 06:48 – pp – Trevor Linden (1) | ||||||
Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 24 saves / 25 shots |
May 13 | St. Louis Blues | 5–2 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
Jeff Norton (1) – 07:37 | First period | 05:53 – pp – Pavel Bure (3) | ||||||
Brendan Shanahan (1) – 08:26 Brendan Shanahan (2) – 11:17 Brendan Shanahan (3) – pp – 12:42 |
Second period | 04:41 – sh – Russ Courtnall (2) | ||||||
Glenn Anderson (1) – 13:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 32 saves / 37 shots |
May 15 | Vancouver Canucks | 6–5 | OT | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | ||
Pavel Bure (4) – 04:55 | First period | 12:10 – pp – Brett Hull (3) | ||||||
Christian Ruuttu (1) – sh – 04:31 Geoff Courtnall (2) – sh – 04:48 |
Second period | 10:13 – Todd Elik (3) 16:56 – Bill Houlder (1) | ||||||
Josef Beranek (1) – 01:37 Cliff Ronning (1) – pp – 05:56 |
Third period | 02:32 – Brendan Shanahan (4) 08:22 – Murray Baron (1) | ||||||
Cliff Ronning (2) – 01:48 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Kirk McLean 33 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 19 shots Jon Casey 7 saves / 9 shots |
May 17 | St. Louis Blues | 8–2 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
Brett Hull (4) – 05:56 Brett Hull (5) – 19:51 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Esa Tikkanen (1) – 08:59 Adam Creighton (2) – 11:54 Basil McRae (1) – 12:35 Todd Elik (4) – sh – 16:53 |
Second period | 11:14 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (3) 17:19 – pp – Pavel Bure (5) | ||||||
Esa Tikkanen (2) – pp – 08:34 Guy Carbonneau (1) – 11:24 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Curtis Joseph 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 11 saves / 17 shots Kay Whitmore 16 saves / 18 shots |
May 19 | Vancouver Canucks | 5–3 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center | Recap | |||
Adrian Aucoin (1) – pp – 08:35 Pavel Bure (6) – sh – 12:33 Geoff Courtnall (4) – pp – 18:27 |
First period | 13:36 – Basil McRae (2) | ||||||
Cliff Ronning (3) – 02:05 | Second period | 07:55 – Denis Chasse (1) | ||||||
Pavel Bure (7) – 19:38 | Third period | 15:25 – Brett Hull (6) | ||||||
Kirk McLean 41 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 17 saves / 21 shots |
Vancouver won series 4–3 | |
(4) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (5) Toronto Maple Leafs
[edit]This was the second consecutive and ninth overall playoff meeting between these two teams; with Toronto winning six of the eight previous series. Toronto won last year's playoff meeting in six games.
May 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–3 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
Mats Sundin (1) – pp – 04:05 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Paul DiPietro (1) – 19:26 | Second period | 12:33 – Patrick Poulin (1) 14:01 – Tony Amonte (1) | ||||||
Mike Gartner (1) – 01:25 Mats Sundin (2) – 10:50 Dave Andreychuk (1) – 11:04 |
Third period | 13:28 – Jeff Shantz (1) | ||||||
Felix Potvin 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 28 saves / 33 shots Jeff Hackett 1 save / 1 shot |
May 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–0 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Mike Ridley (1) – 19:53 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Mats Sundin (3) – pp – 09:18 Mike Gartner (2) – en – 19:43 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Felix Potvin 42 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 14 saves / 16 shots |
May 11 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
Gary Suter (1) – pp – 18:43 | First period | 15:16 – pp – Mike Ridley (2) | ||||||
Gary Suter (2) – 03:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Chris Chelios (1) – sh – 13:02 | Third period | 19:02 – Mats Sundin (4) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 34 saves / 37 shots |
May 13 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
Joe Murphy (1) – 13:28 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Murray Craven (1) – 08:22 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jeff Shantz (2) – en – 19:14 | Third period | 01:57 – Jamie Macoun (1) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 27 saves / 29 shots |
May 15 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–4 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 10:22 – Murray Craven (2) | ||||||
Mats Sundin (5) – 19:11 | Second period | 09:53 – Tony Amonte (2) | ||||||
Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 02:52 | Third period | 05:30 – Joe Murphy (2) 14:41 – Murray Craven (3) | ||||||
Felix Potvin 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 23 saves / 25 shots |
May 17 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4–5 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | ||
Dirk Graham (1) – 17:12 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 05:17 – pp – Dmitri Mironov (1) 12:14 – Tie Domi (1) 14:36 – Mike Ridley (3) | ||||||
Denis Savard (1) – pp – 02:48 Joe Murphy (3) – 12:49 Brent Sutter (1) – 15:23 |
Third period | 00:55 – pp – Randy Wood (1) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 10:00 – Randy Wood (2) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 23 saves / 27 shots Jeff Hackett 9 saves / 10 shots |
Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 46 saves / 50 shots |
May 19 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–5 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
Dave Andreychuk (3) – pp – 17:03 | First period | 13:41 – Denis Savard (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 17:51 – Eric Weinrich (1) | ||||||
Dmitri Mironov (2) – 16:47 | Third period | 11:53 – Joe Murphy (4) 12:19 – Patrick Poulin (2) 19:50 – en – Joe Murphy (5) | ||||||
Felix Potvin 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 22 saves / 24 shots |
Chicago won series 4–3 | |
Conference semifinals
[edit]Eastern Conference semifinals
[edit](2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) New York Rangers
[edit]This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams; with the teams splitting the eight previous series. They last met in the 1987 Patrick Division Semifinals, which Philadelphia won in six games.
May 21 | New York Rangers | 4–5 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | ||
Brian Leetch (3) – pp – 03:08 Petr Nedved (3) – pp – 19:45 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Pat Verbeek (3) – pp – 15:17 | Second period | 02:57 – pp – John LeClair (3) 16:52 – John LeClair (4) | ||||||
Pat Verbeek (4) – 19:40 | Third period | 12:50 – John LeClair (5) 15:11 – Eric Desjardins (2) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 07:03 – Eric Desjardins (3) | ||||||
Mike Richter 25 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 22 saves / 26 shots |
May 22 | New York Rangers | 3–4 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | ||
Brian Leetch (4) – pp – 07:35 Brian Leetch (5) – pp – 12:46 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 06:15 – Eric Lindros (2) 16:36 – Dmitry Yushkevich (1) | ||||||
Brian Leetch (6) – 11:19 | Third period | 00:25 – Mikael Renberg (1) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 00:25 – Kevin Haller (3) | ||||||
Mike Richter 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 24 saves / 27 shots |
May 24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 5–2 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
Kevin Dineen (2) – 02:54 Mikael Renberg (2) – 19:44 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Kevin Dineen (3) – 03:07 Rod Brind'Amour (4) – pp – 10:23 Kevin Haller (4) – sh – 16:59 |
Second period | 13:00 – Mark Messier (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 13:00 – pp – Sergei Zubov (3) | ||||||
Ron Hextall 32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Richter 19 saves / 23 shots Glenn Healy 10 saves / 11 shots |
May 26 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–1 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
Karl Dykhuis (3) – 12:37 Karl Dykhuis (4) – pp – 17:08 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Mikael Renberg (3) – 12:29 Anatoli Semenov (2) – 14:22 |
Second period | 19:21 – Mark Osborne (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Ron Hextall 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Healy 26 saves / 30 shots |
Philadelphia won series 4–0 | |
(3) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) New Jersey Devils
[edit]This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning both previous series. They last met in the 1993 Patrick Division Semifinals, which Pittsburgh won in five games.
May 20 | New Jersey Devils | 2–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | |||
Stephane Richer (3) – 11:39 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 08:12 – Ron Francis (4) | ||||||
Claude Lemieux (3) – 11:01 | Third period | 01:16 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (8) 18:44 – Luc Robitaille (7) | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 27 saves / 29 shots |
May 22 | New Jersey Devils | 4–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | |||
John MacLean (1) – pp – 06:53 | First period | 16:34 – Jaromir Jagr (9) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Claude Lemieux (4) – 07:49 Scott Stevens (1) – 19:31 Claude Lemieux (5) – 19:59 |
Third period | 18:45 – Jaromir Jagr (10) | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 34 saves / 37 shots |
May 24 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–5 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Ron Francis (5) – 10:40 | Second period | 00:58 – John MacLean (2) 04:03 – Bobby Holik (1) 17:48 – Randy McKay (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 16:17 – Claude Lemieux (6) 18:51 – pp – Scott Niedermayer (2) | ||||||
Ken Wregget 40 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 22 shots |
May 26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–2 | OT | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Ron Francis (6) – 08:57 | Third period | 00:40 – Neal Broten (2) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 18:36 – Neal Broten (3) | ||||||
Ken Wregget 49 saves / 51 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 34 saves / 35 shots |
May 28 | New Jersey Devils | 4–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | |||
Bobby Holik (2) – pp – 16:31 | First period | 09:10 – Chris Joseph (1) | ||||||
Claude Lemieux (7) – 15:43 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Shawn Chambers (2) – pp – 06:27 Claude Lemieux (8) – 19:42 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 18 saves / 21 shots |
New Jersey won series 4–1 | |
Western Conference semifinals
[edit](1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) San Jose Sharks
[edit]This was the second consecutive and second overall playoff meeting between these two teams. San Jose won last year's playoff meeting in seven games. The Red Wings got revenge on the Sharks in a sweep, scoring 6 goals in all four games.
May 21 | San Jose Sharks | 0–6 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 09:56 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (5) 15:33 – pp – Paul Coffey (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 04:01 – Doug Brown (1) 10:08 – pp – Ray Sheppard (2) 15:07 – Sergei Fedorov (1) 19:00 – Kris Draper (2) | ||||||
Wade Flaherty 27 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 15 saves / 15 shots |
May 23 | San Jose Sharks | 2–6 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 01:37 – Paul Coffey (3) 09:38 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (2) 12:07 – Steve Yzerman (2) 14:47 – Dino Ciccarelli (6) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 14:01 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (3) 19:45 – sh – Doug Brown (2) | ||||||
Mike Rathje (4) – pp – 06:01 Ulf Dahlen (5) – pp – 10:19 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Arturs Irbe 40 saves / 46 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 15 saves / 17 shots |
May 25 | Detroit Red Wings | 6–2 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
Ray Sheppard (3) – 15:08 Vyacheslav Kozlov (4) – 15:51 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Vyacheslav Kozlov (5) – 15:49 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Sergei Fedorov (4) – 00:19 Darren McCarty (2) – 01:38 Dino Ciccarelli (7) – 18:57 |
Third period | 09:03 – Ray Whitney (3) 11:44 – Sergei Makarov (3) | ||||||
Mike Vernon 10 saves / 12 shots | Goalie stats | Wade Flaherty 30 saves / 36 shots |
May 27 | Detroit Red Wings | 6–2 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena | Recap | |||
Paul Coffey (4) – 06:01 Vyacheslav Kozlov (6) – 06:29 Doug Brown (3) – 09:56 Vyacheslav Kozlov (7) – 10:34 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Bob Errey (1) – pp – 14:39 | Second period | 01:15 – Ray Whitney (4) 09:16 – pp – Mike Rathje (5) | ||||||
Darren McCarty (3) – 07:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Mike Vernon 15 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Wade Flaherty 26 saves / 32 shots |
Detroit won series 4–0 | |
(4) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks
[edit]This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; with Vancouver winning the only previous series. They last met in the 1982 Clarence Campbell Conference final, which Vancouver won in five games.
Game four was the last game played in the Pacific Coliseum.
May 21 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–2 | OT | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Trevor Linden (2) – 19:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 10:02 – Denis Savard (3) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 09:04 – pp – Joe Murphy (6) | ||||||
Kirk McLean 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 26 saves / 27 shots |
May 23 | Vancouver Canucks | 0–2 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:56 – Jim Cummins (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 05:48 – Patrick Poulin (3) | ||||||
Kirk McLean 18 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 17 saves / 17 shots |
May 25 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3–2 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | ||
Patrick Poulin (4) – pp – 18:31 | First period | 18:16 – sh – Russ Courtnall (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Murray Craven (4) – 19:15 | Third period | 12:34 – Russ Courtnall (4) | ||||||
Chris Chelios (2) – 06:22 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Ed Belfour 32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 23 saves / 26 shots |
May 27 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4–3 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Murray Craven (5) – 04:13 Gerald Diduck (1) – 19:12 |
Second period | 04:01 – Jeff Brown (1) 09:11 – pp – Roman Oksiuta (1) 17:29 – Roman Oksiuta (2) | ||||||
Jeremy Roenick (1) – 10:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Chris Chelios (3) – 05:35 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Ed Belfour 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 23 saves / 27 shots |
Chicago won series 4–0 | |
Conference finals
[edit]Eastern Conference final
[edit](2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) New Jersey Devils
[edit]This was the second playoff series between these two teams, with Philadelphia winning the only previous meeting in two games. They last met in the 1978 Preliminary Round where Philadelphia swept the Colorado Rockies. This was the third Conference Final appearance for New Jersey and the second consecutive appearance after losing to the New York Rangers in seven games the year before. Philadelphia made their fourth Conference Final appearance and first since losing to Montreal in six games in 1989.
New Jersey handed Philadelphia their first two playoff home losses of the season winning 4–1 in game one and 5–2 in game two and they outshot the Flyers 28–21 and 24–20 respectively. In game three Philadelphia played with a sense of urgency. Trailing 2–1 the Flyers tied the game on Rod Brind'Amour's goal with 6:03 to go in regulation. They went on to win the game 3–2 on captain Eric Lindros' goal at 4:19 of the first overtime period. Playing with their newfound confidence the Flyers won game four by a score of 4–2 despite being outshot 34–19, Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall made 32 saves. In game five the Devils took a 2–1 lead into the second period which ended up scoreless. The Flyers tied the game on Kevin Dineen's second goal of the game at 3:13 of the third period. The Devils almost regained the lead on Stephane Richer's breakaway shot that hit the crossbar with less than four minutes to go in regulation. Then with less than a minute remaining Devils forward Claude Lemieux picked up the puck on a backcheck in the New Jersey zone and skated up the ice, once over the Flyers' blue line Lemieux fired a slap shot that beat Hextall on his blocker side. The goal silenced the Spectrum crowd and gave New Jersey a 3–2 lead with just 44.2 seconds to play. The Devils hung on to win the game 3–2.
In game six Philadelphia opened the scoring on Jim Montgomery's goal at 4:05 of the first period. The Devils calmly utilized the neutral-zone trap to shut down the Flyers' offense while their forwards took advantage. Stephane Richer tied the game with a power play goal at 10:25 and Brian Rolston put the Devils up 2–1 with a goal at 18:15. The scored remained 2–1 for New Jersey until midway through the second period. After a blocked shot by Devils defenceman Shawn Chambers led to a three on one rush for New Jersey, Randy McKay scored his seventh goal of the postseason. The Devils made it 4–1 at 10:11 of the third period when Bobby Carpenter passed the puck past Flyers defenceman Karl Dykhuis up to Claude Lemieux at center ice who went in on a breakaway and scored his league leading eleventh goal of the playoffs. The Flyers fought back as Mikael Renberg scored on the power play at 16:29 to cut the Devils' lead to 4–2 but New Jersey held on to the lead and went on to win the game and series, advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in team history.
June 3 | New Jersey Devils | 4–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | |||
Bill Guerin (2) – 15:06 Scott Niedermayer (3) – 18:34 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Randy McKay (4) – 15:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Bill Guerin (3) – 02:04 | Third period | 18:06 – Craig MacTavish (1) | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 24 saves / 28 shots |
June 5 | New Jersey Devils | 5–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | |||
Randy McKay (5) – pp – 12:32 John MacLean (3) – pp – 19:48 |
First period | 07:08 – Eric Lindros (3) 13:54 – pp – Mikael Renberg (4) | ||||||
Neal Broten (4) – pp – 03:51 Bobby Holik (3) – 04:59 Ken Daneyko (1) – 17:02 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 11 saves / 16 shots Dominic Roussel 8 saves / 8 shots |
June 7 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–2 | OT | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | ||
Kevin Dineen (4) – 04:34 | First period | 01:32 – Claude Lemieux (9) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 02:53 – Randy McKay (6) | ||||||
Rod Brind'Amour (5) – 13:57 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Eric Lindros (4) – 04:19 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Ron Hextall 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 25 shots |
June 10 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–2 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
Shjon Podein (1) – 18:09 | First period | 14:44 – pp – Brian Rolston (1) | ||||||
Mikael Renberg (5) – 17:50 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Rod Brind'Amour (6) – sh – 04:53 Eric Desjardins (4) – 11:47 |
Third period | 13:31 – Mike Peluso (1) | ||||||
Ron Hextall 32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 13 saves / 17 shots Chris Terreri 2 saves / 2 shots |
June 11 | New Jersey Devils | 3–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | |||
John MacLean (4) – 03:42 Bobby Carpenter (1) – pp – 17:17 |
First period | 07:28 – pp – Kevin Dineen (5) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Claude Lemieux (10) – 19:15 | Third period | 03:13 – Kevin Dineen (6) | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 29 saves / 32 shots |
June 13 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–4 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
Jim Montgomery (1) – 04:05 | First period | 10:25 – pp – Stephane Richer (4) 18:15 – Brian Rolston (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 11:58 – Randy McKay (7) | ||||||
Mikael Renberg (6) – pp – 16:29 | Third period | 10:11 – Claude Lemieux (11) | ||||||
Ron Hextall 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 16 shots |
New Jersey won series 4–2 | |
Western Conference final
[edit](1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks
[edit]This was the 14th playoff series between these two teams, with Chicago winning eight of the thirteen previous series. They last met in the 1992 Norris Division Final where Chicago swept Detroit in four games. This was the seventh conference final appearance for Chicago and first since 1992 where the Blackhawks swept Edmonton in four games. Detroit made their third conference final appearance and first since losing to Edmonton in five games in 1988. The Red Wings defeated the Blackhawks in five games to return to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1966.
Game one of the series at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit saw a goaltending battle between Ed Belfour and Mike Vernon. The two teams skated to a 1–1 tie after regulation before Nicklas Lidstrom scored the game-winning goal for Detroit at 1:01 of the first overtime period. It was the first overtime playoff game that Detroit had won at home since 1960. In game two Chicago led by a score of 2–1 after two periods on goals by Chris Chelios and Tony Amonte. In the third period, Detroit kept pressing and eventually tied the game on Doug Brown's goal. Kris Draper scored the winner for Detroit with just 1:45 remaining in regulation. In game three of the series at the United Center, Detroit led 3–2 going into the third period. Jeff Shantz scored at 8:33 to tie the game for Chicago. The game went to double overtime where Vladimir Konstantinov scored the game-winner for Detroit at 9:25. The win gave the Red Wings a commanding 3–0 series lead. The Blackhawks responded to the urgency and came out flying in game four as Denis Savard and Joe Murphy both scored twice and captain Dirk Graham had a goal to give Chicago a dominating 5–0 lead after 40 minutes. Detroit scored twice in the third period on goals by Kris Draper and Ray Sheppard as the Blackhawks went on to win the game 5–2. In game five Chicago jumped out to a 1–0 lead on Denis Savard's power play goal at 10:18 of the first period. Detroit then tied the game on captain Steve Yzerman's goal at 11:36 of the second. After a scoreless third period the game went into double overtime where Vyacheslav Kozlov scored at 2:25 to give the Red Wings a 2–1 win and a series clinching victory.
June 1 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–2 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
Joe Murphy (7) – pp – 15:19 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 02:26 – Keith Primeau (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 01:01 – Nicklas Lidstrom (4) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 13 saves / 14 shots |
June 4 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
Chris Chelios (4) – 07:59 | First period | 16:43 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (8) | ||||||
Tony Amonte (3) – 11:07 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 07:57 – Doug Brown (4) 18:15 – Kris Draper (3) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 18 saves / 20 shots |
June 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–3 | 2OT | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | ||
Keith Primeau (4) – pp – 18:31 | First period | 07:23 – pp – Denis Savard (4) | ||||||
Stu Grimson (1) – 05:32 Paul Coffey (5) – pp – 13:20 |
Second period | 03:02 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 08:33 – Jeff Shantz (3) | ||||||
Vladimir Konstantinov (1) – 09:25 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Mike Vernon 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 47 saves / 51 shots |
June 8 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–5 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 07:07 – Denis Savard (5) 11:18 – Joe Murphy (8) 16:41 – Dirk Graham (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 04:08 – Denis Savard (6) 18:03 – pp – Joe Murphy (9) | ||||||
Kris Draper (4) – 04:49 Ray Sheppard (4) – 10:25 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Chris Osgood 13 saves / 14 shots Mike Vernon 6 saves / 10 shots |
Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 21 saves / 23 shots |
June 11 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–2 | 2OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
Denis Savard (7) – pp – 10:18 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 11:36 – Steve Yzerman (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second overtime period | 02:25 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (8) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 45 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 25 saves / 26 shots |
Detroit won series 4–1 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
[edit]This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Detroit made their nineteenth appearance in the Finals, and first since 1966 where they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in six games. New Jersey made their first Finals appearance in their twenty-first season after entering the league in 1974 as the Kansas City Scouts. Detroit last won the Stanley Cup in 1955.
June 17 | New Jersey Devils | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Stephane Richer (5) – pp – 09:41 | Second period | 13:08 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (9) | ||||||
Claude Lemieux (12) – 03:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 26 saves / 28 shots |
June 20 | New Jersey Devils | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
John MacLean (5) – 09:40 | Second period | 07:17 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (9) | ||||||
Scott Niedermayer (4) – 09:47 Jim Dowd (2) – 18:36 Stephane Richer (6) – 19:39 |
Third period | 01:36 – Sergei Federov (5) | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 19 saves / 22 shots |
June 22 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–5 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 10:30 – pp – Bruce Driver (1) 16:52 – Claude Lemieux (13) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 06:59 – Neal Broten (5) 08:20 – Randy McKay (8) | ||||||
Sergei Fedorov (6) – pp – 16:57 Steve Yzerman (4) – pp – 18:27 |
Third period | 08:14 – pp – Bobby Holik (4) | ||||||
Chris Osgood 10 saves / 11 shots Mike Vernon 16 saves / 20 shots |
Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 24 shots |
June 24 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–5 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
Sergei Federov (7) – 02:03 Paul Coffey (6) – sh – 13:01 |
First period | 01:08 – Neal Broten (6) 17:45 – Shawn Chambers (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 07:56 – Neal Broten (7) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 07:46 – Sergei Brylin (1) 12:32 – Shawn Chambers (4) | ||||||
Mike Vernon 21 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 16 shots |
New Jersey won series 4–0 | |
Playoff statistics
[edit]Skaters
[edit]These are the top ten skaters based on points.[3]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sergei Fedorov | Detroit Red Wings | 17 | 7 | 17 | 24 | +13 | 6 |
Stephane Richer | New Jersey Devils | 19 | 6 | 15 | 21 | +9 | 2 |
Neal Broten | New Jersey Devils | 20 | 7 | 12 | 19 | +13 | 6 |
Ron Francis | Pittsburgh Penguins | 12 | 6 | 13 | 19 | +3 | 4 |
Denis Savard | Chicago Blackhawks | 16 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +12 | 10 |
Paul Coffey | Detroit Red Wings | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | +4 | 10 |
John MacLean | New Jersey Devils | 20 | 5 | 13 | 18 | +8 | 14 |
Claude Lemieux | New Jersey Devils | 20 | 13 | 3 | 16 | +12 | 20 |
Vyacheslav Kozlov | Detroit Red Wings | 18 | 9 | 7 | 16 | +12 | 10 |
Nicklas Lidstrom | Detroit Red Wings | 18 | 4 | 12 | 16 | +4 | 8 |
Goaltenders
[edit]This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[4]
Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 20 | 16 | 4 | 463 | 34 | 1.67 | .927 | 3 | 1221:58 |
Ed Belfour | Chicago Blackhawks | 16 | 9 | 7 | 479 | 37 | 2.19 | .923 | 1 | 1013:38 |
Mike Vernon | Detroit Red Wings | 18 | 12 | 6 | 370 | 41 | 2.31 | .889 | 1 | 1063:17 |
Ron Hextall | Philadelphia Flyers | 15 | 10 | 5 | 437 | 42 | 2.81 | .904 | 0 | 896:41 |
Felix Potvin | Toronto Maple Leafs | 7 | 3 | 4 | 253 | 20 | 2.83 | .921 | 1 | 423:41 |
References
[edit]- ^ "1994-1995 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Playoff Team Records". Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ NHL.com - Skater Stats
- ^ NHL.com - Goalie Stats