1995 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details | |
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Dates | May 6βJune 24, 1995 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Jersey Devils |
Runner-up | Detroit Red Wings |
Semifinalists | |
β 1994 1996 β |
The 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs, the championship of the National Hockey League was played between May 6 and June 24, 1995. 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 Final, 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 would not miss the playoffs in the same year again until 2016, when all Canadian teams missed the playoffs. The Quebec Nordiques played their last ever 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
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
Eastern Conference
- Quebec Nordiques, Northeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions β 65 points
- Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions β 60 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins β 61 points
- Boston Bruins β 57 points
- New Jersey Devils β 52 points (22 wins, 7 points head-to-head vs. Washington)
- Washington Capitals β 52 points (22 wins, 1 point head-to-head vs. New Jersey)
- Buffalo Sabres β 51 points
- New York Rangers β 47 points
Western Conference
- Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners β 70 points
- Calgary Flames, Pacific Division champions β 55 points
- St. Louis Blues β 61 points
- Chicago Blackhawks β 53 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs β 50 points
- Vancouver Canucks β 48 points
- San Jose Sharks β 42 points (19 wins)
- Dallas Stars β 42 points (17 wins)
Playoff bracket
Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
1 | Quebec | 2 | 2 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||||
8 | NY Rangers | 4 | 8 | NY Rangers | 0 | |||||||||||||
2 | Philadelphia | 4 | Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
7 | Buffalo | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Philadelphia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | New Jersey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Washington | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Boston | 1 | 3 | Pittsburgh | 1 | |||||||||||||
5 | New Jersey | 4 | 5 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||
E5 | New Jersey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.) | ||||||||||||||||||
W1 | Detroit | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Detroit | 4 | 1 | Detroit | 4 | |||||||||||||
8 | Dallas | 1 | 7 | San Jose | 0 | |||||||||||||
2 | Calgary | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | San Jose | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Detroit | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Chicago | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | St. Louis | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Vancouver | 4 | Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
4 | Chicago | 4 | 4 | Chicago | 4 | |||||||||||||
5 | Toronto | 3 | 6 | Vancouver | 0 |
- 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) Quebec Nordiques vs. (8) New York Rangers
This was the final playoff series played by the Quebec Nordiques, as they would move to Denver, Colorado as the Colorado Avalanche after the season.
May 6 | New York Rangers | 4β5 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum |
May 8 | New York Rangers | 8β3 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum |
May 10 | Quebec Nordiques | 3β4 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden |
May 12 | Quebec Nordiques | 2β3 | OT | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden |
May 14 | New York Rangers | 2β4 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum |
May 16 | Quebec Nordiques | 2β4 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden |
New York won series 4β2 | |
(2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres
Game four was the last playoff game at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
May 7 | Buffalo Sabres | 3β4 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum |
May 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 1β3 | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum |
May 10 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1β3 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium |
May 12 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4β2 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium |
May 14 | Buffalo Sabres | 4β6 | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum |
Philadelphia won series 4β1 | |
(3) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (6) Washington Capitals
May 6 | Washington Capitals | 5β4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena |
May 8 | Washington Capitals | 3β5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena |
May 10 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2β6 | Washington Capitals | USAir Arena |
May 12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2β6 | Washington Capitals | USAir Arena |
May 14 | Washington Capitals | 5β6 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena |
May 16 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 7β1 | Washington Capitals | USAir Arena |
May 18 | Washington Capitals | 0β3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena |
Pittsburgh won series 4β3 | |
(4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) New Jersey Devils
Game five was the last game ever played in the Boston Garden.
May 7 | New Jersey Devils | 5β0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Stephane Richer (1) β pp β 06:55 Claude Lemieux (1) β 16:04 Claude Lemieux (2) β 19:12 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Tommy Albelin (1) β 14:59 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
Randy McKay (1) β pp β 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 | 3β0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Stephane Richer (2) β sh β 14:50 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
Neal Broten (1) β 18:30 Tom Chorske (1) β en β 19:22 |
Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 23 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Blaine Lacher 28 saves / 31 shots |
May 10 | Boston Bruins | 3β2 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Mats Naslund (1) β 09:59 Mariusz Czerkawski (1) β 11:56 Cam Neely (1) β pp β 18:50 |
Second period | 04:07 β Jim Dowd (1) | ||||||
No Scoring | Third period | 04:34 β pp β Scott Niedermayer (1) | ||||||
Blaine Lacher 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 17 shots |
May 12 | Boston Bruins | 0β1 | 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 β Randy McKay (2) | ||||||
Blaine Lacher 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 37 saves / 37 shots |
May 14 | New Jersey Devils | 3β2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Bill Guerin (1) β pp β 09:00 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Shawn Chambers (1) β pp β 13:54 | Second period | 00:35 β Cam Neely (2) | ||||||
Valeri Zelepukin (1) β 13:48 | Third period | 15:19 β pp β Adam Oates (1) | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Blaine Lacher 17 saves / 20 shots |
New Jersey won series 4β1 | |
Western Conference Quarterfinals
(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Dallas Stars
May 7 | Dallas Stars | 3β4 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena |
May 9 | Dallas Stars | 1β4 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena |
May 11 | Detroit Red Wings | 5β1 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena |
May 14 | Detroit Red Wings | 1β4 | Dallas Stars | Reunion Arena |
May 15 | Dallas Stars | 1β3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena |
Detroit won series 4β1 | |
(2) Calgary Flames vs. (7) San Jose Sharks
May 7 | San Jose Sharks | 5β4 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome |
May 9 | San Jose Sharks | 5β4 | OT | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome |
May 11 | Calgary Flames | 9β2 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena |
May 13 | Calgary Flames | 6β4 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena |
May 15 | San Jose Sharks | 0β5 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome |
May 17 | Calgary Flames | 3β5 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena |
May 19 | San Jose Sharks | 5β4 | 2OT | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome |
San Jose won series 4β3 | |
(3) St. Louis Blues vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks
May 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 1β2 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center |
May 9 | Vancouver Canucks | 5β3 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center |
May 11 | St. Louis Blues | 1β6 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum |
May 13 | St. Louis Blues | 5β2 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum |
May 15 | Vancouver Canucks | 6β5 | OT | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center |
May 17 | St. Louis Blues | 8β2 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum |
May 19 | Vancouver Canucks | 5β3 | St. Louis Blues | Kiel Center |
Vancouver won series 4β3 | |
(4) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (5) Toronto Maple Leafs
May 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5β3 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
Mats Sundin (1) β pp β 04:05 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Paul DiPietro (1) β 19:26 | Second period | 12:33 β Patrick Poulin (1) 14:01 β Tony Amonte (1) | ||||||
Mike Gartner (1) β 01:25 Mats Sundin (2) β 10:50 Dave Andreychuk (1) β 11:04 |
Third period | 13:28 β 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 | 3β0 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Mike Ridley (1) β 19:53 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Mats Sundin (3) β pp β 09:18 Mike Gartner (2) β en β 19:43 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Felix Potvin 42 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 14 saves / 16 shots |
May 11 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
Gary Suter (1) β pp β 15:16 | First period | 15:16 β pp β Mike Ridley (2) | ||||||
Gary Suter (2) β 03:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Chris Chelios (1) β sh β 13:02 | Third period | 19:02 β Mats Sundin (4) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 34 saves / 37 shots |
May 13 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
Joe Murphy (1) β 13:28 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Murray Craven (1) β 08:22 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jeff Shantz (2) β en β 19:14 | Third period | 01:57 β Jamie Macoun (1) | ||||||
Ed Belfour 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 27 saves / 29 shots |
May 15 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β4 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 10:22 β Murray Craven (2) | ||||||
Mats Sundin (5) β 19:11 | Second period | 09:53 β Tony Amonte (2) | ||||||
Dave Andreychuk (2) β pp β 02:52 | Third period | 05:30 β Joe Murphy (2) 14:41 β Murray Craven (3) | ||||||
Felix Potvin 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 23 saves / 25 shots |
May 17 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4β5 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | ||
Dick Graham (1) β 17:12 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 05:17 β pp β Dmitri Mironov (1) 12:14 β Tie Domi (1) 14:36 β Mike Ridley (3) | ||||||
Denis Savard (1) β pp β 02:48 Joe Murphy (3) β 12:49 Brent Sutter (1) β 15:23 |
Third period | 00:55 β pp β Randy Wood (1) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 10:00 β 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 | 2β5 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | Recap | |||
Dave Andreychuk (3) β pp β 17:03 | First period | 13:41 β Denis Savard (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 17:51 β Eric Weinrich (1) | ||||||
Dmitri Mironov (2) β 16:47 | Third period | 11:53 β Joe Murphy (4) 12:19 β Patrick Poulin (2) 19:50 β en β Joe Murphy (5) | ||||||
Felix Potvin 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 22 saves / 24 shots |
Chicago won series 4β3 | |
Conference Semifinals
Eastern Conference Semifinals
(2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) New York Rangers
May 21 | New York Rangers | 4β5 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum |
May 22 | New York Rangers | 3β4 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum |
May 24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 5β2 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden |
May 26 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4β1 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden |
Philadelphia won series 4β0 | |
(3) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) New Jersey Devils
May 20 | New Jersey Devils | 2β3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | |||
Stephane Richer (3) β 11:39 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | 08:12 β () | ||||||
Claude Lemieux (3) β 11:01 | Third period | 01:16 β pp β () 18:44 β () | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 27 saves / 29 shots |
May 22 | New Jersey Devils | 4β2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | |||
John MacLean (1) β pp β 06:53 | First period | 16:34 β () | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
Claude Lemieux (4) β 07:49 Scott Stevens (1) β 19:31 Claude Lemieux (5) β en β 19:59 |
Third period | 18:45 β β () | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 34 saves / 38 shots |
May 24 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1β5 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
() β 10:40 | Second period | 00:58 β John MacLean (2) 04:03 β Bobby Holik (1) 17:48 β Randy McKay (3) | ||||||
No Scoring | Third period | 16:17 β Claude Lemieux (6) 18:51 β pp β Scott Niedermayer (2) | ||||||
Ken Wregget 40 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 22 shots |
May 26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1β2 | OT | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
β () β 08:57 | Third period | 00:40 β Neal Broten (2) | ||||||
No Scoring | First overtime period | 18:36 β Neal Broten (3) | ||||||
Ken Wregget 49 saves / 51 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 32 saves / 33 shots |
May 28 | New Jersey Devils | 4β1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | |||
Bobby Holik (2) β pp β 16:31 | First period | 09:10 β β () | ||||||
Claude Lemieux (7) β 15:43 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
Shawn Chambers (2) β pp β 06:27 Claude Lemieux (8) β en β 19:42 |
Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 18 saves / 22 shots |
New Jersey won series 4β1 | |
Western Conference Semifinals
(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) San Jose Sharks
May 21 | San Jose Sharks | 0β6 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena |
May 23 | San Jose Sharks | 2β6 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena |
May 25 | Detroit Red Wings | 6β2 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena |
May 27 | Detroit Red Wings | 6β2 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena |
Detroit won series 4β0 | |
(4) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks
Game four was the last game ever played in the Pacific Coliseum.
May 21 | Vancouver Canucks | 1β2 | OT | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center |
May 23 | Vancouver Canucks | 0β2 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center |
May 25 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3β2 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum |
May 27 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4β3 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum |
Chicago won series 4β0 | |
Conference Finals
Eastern Conference Final
(2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) New Jersey Devils
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 2β1 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 3β2 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 4β2 despite being outshot 34β19, Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall made 32 saves. In game five the Devils took a 2β1 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 3β2 lead with just 44.2 seconds to play. The Devils hung on to win the game 3β2.
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 2β1 with a goal at 18:15. The scored remained 2β1 for New Jersey until midway through the second period. After a blocked shot by Devils defenseman 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 4β1 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 4β2 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 | 4β1 | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | |||
Bill Guerin (2) β 15:06 Scott Niedermayer (3) β 18:34 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Randy McKay (4) β 15:02 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
Bill Guerin (3) β 02:04 | Third period | 18:06 β β () | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 24 saves / 28 shots |
June 5 | New Jersey Devils | 5β2 | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | |||
Randy McKay (5) β pp β 12:32 John MacLean (3) β pp β 19:48 |
First period | 07:08 β β () 13:54 β pp β () | ||||||
Neal Broten (4) β pp β 03:51 Bobby Holik (3) β 04:59 Ken Daneyko (1) β 17:07 |
Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
No Scoring | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall Dominic Roussel 19 saves / 24 shots |
June 7 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3β2 | OT | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | ||
β () β 04:24 | First period | 01:32 β Claude Lemieux (9) | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | 02:53 β Randy McKay (6) | ||||||
β () β 13:57 | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
β () β 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 | 4β2 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
β () β 18:09 | First period | 14:44 β pp β Brian Rolston (1) | ||||||
β () β 17:50 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
β () β sh β 04:43 β () β 11:47 |
Third period | 13:31 β 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 | 3β2 | Philadelphia Flyers | CoreStates Spectrum | Recap | |||
John MacLean (4) β 03:42 Bobby Carpenter (1) β pp β 17:17 |
First period | 07:28 β pp β β () | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
Claude Lemieux (10) β 19:15 | Third period | 03:13 β β () | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 29 saves / 32 shots |
June 13 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2β4 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
β () β 04:05 | First period | 10:25 β pp β Stephane Richer (4) 18:15 β Brian Rolston (2) | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | 11:58 β Randy McKay (7) | ||||||
β () β pp β 16:29 | Third period | 10:11 β Claude Lemieux (11) | ||||||
Ron Hextall 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 16 shots |
New Jersey won series 4β2 | |
Western Conference Final
(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks
This was the fourteenth playoff series between these two teams, with Chicago winning eight of the thirteen previous series. They last met in the 1992 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.
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 1β1 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 2β1 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 3β2 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 3β0 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 5β0 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 5β2. In game five Chicago jumped out to a 1β0 lead on Denis Savard's power play goal at 10:18 of the first period. Detroit then tied the game on 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 2β1 win and a series clinching victory.
June 1 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1β2 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena |
June 4 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2β3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena |
June 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 4β3 | 2OT | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center |
June 8 | Detroit Red Wings | 2β5 | Chicago Blackhawks | United Center |
June 11 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1β2 | 2OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena |
Detroit won series 4β1 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
Detroit made their nineteenth appearance in the Finals, and first since 1966 where they lost in six games to Montreal. New Jersey made their first appearance in the Finals, in their 21st season. Detroit last won the Stanley Cup in 1955. The Devils would blanket the Red Wings with defense to win their first Stanley Cup title.
June 17 | New Jersey Devils | 2β1 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Stephane Richer (5) β pp β 09:41 | Second period | 13:08 β pp β Dino Ciccarelli | ||||||
Claude Lemieux (12) β 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 | 4β2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
John MacLean (5) β 09:40 | Second period | 09:17 β pp β Vyacheslav Kozlov | ||||||
Scott Niedermayer (4) β 09:47 Jim Dowd (2) β 18:36 Stephane Richer (6) β en β 19:39 |
Third period | 01:36 β Sergei Federov | ||||||
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 19 saves / 23 shots |
June 22 | Detroit Red Wings | 2β5 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 10:30 β pp β Bruce Driver (1) 16:52 β Claude Lemieux (13) | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | 06:59 β Neal Broten (5) 08:20 β Randy McKay (8) | ||||||
Sergei Fedorov β pp β 16:57 Steve Yzerman β pp β 18:27 |
Third period | 08:14 β pp β Bobby Holik (4) | ||||||
Mike Vernon Chris Osgood 26 saves / 31 shots |
Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 24 shots |
June 24 | Detroit Red Wings | 2β5 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
Sergei Federov β 02:03 Paul Coffey β sh β 13:01 |
First period | 01:08 β Neal Broten (6) 17:45 β Shawn Chambers (3) | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | 07:56 β Neal Broten (7) | ||||||
No Scoring | Third period | 07:46 β Sergei Brylin (1) 12:32 β Shawn Chambers (4) | ||||||
Mike Vernon 21 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 16 shots |
New Jersey won series 4β0 | |
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sergei Fedorov | Detroit Red Wings | 17 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
Stephane Richer | New Jersey Devils | 19 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
Neal Broten | New Jersey Devils | 20 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
Ron Francis | Pittsburgh Penguins | 12 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
Denis Savard | Chicago Blackhawks | 16 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
Paul Coffey | Detroit Red Wings | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
John MacLean | New Jersey Devils | 20 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
Claude Lemieux | New Jersey Devils | 20 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
Vyacheslav Kozlov | Detroit Red Wings | 18 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
Nicklas Lidstrom | Detroit Red Wings | 18 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
See also
Preceded by 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs |
Stanley Cup playoffs 1995 |
Succeeded by 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs |