2000 Stanley Cup playoffs

The 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), that began on April 12, 2000, and concluded on June 10. The New Jersey Devils defeated the reigning champion Dallas Stars in a six-game series to win their second Stanley Cup title in franchise history.

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 12–June 10, 2000
Teams16
Defending championsDallas Stars
Final positions
ChampionsNew Jersey Devils
Runner-upDallas Stars
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Brett Hull (Stars)
(24 points)
MVPScott Stevens (Devils)
← 1999
2001 →

Sixteen teams qualified for the playoffs, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series in each round, ending with each conference's champion playing a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup Finals for the Stanley Cup.

The Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks both missed the playoffs this year. This would not happen again until 2014, when all four Western Canadian teams missed the playoffs. For the first time in history, only two Original Six teams made it to the playoffs (Toronto and Detroit). This would only happen again in 2001 (Toronto and Detroit), 2007 (New York Rangers and Detroit), 2018 (Boston and Toronto), and 2019 (Boston and Toronto). Also for the first time, the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens missed the playoffs in the same season. In addition, both conference finals went to the maximum seven games. This did not happen again until 2015.

The Stanley Cup, awarded to the champion of the NHL.

Playoff seeds

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Eastern Conference
  1. Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 105 points
  2. Washington Capitals, Southeast Division champions – 102 points
  3. Toronto Maple Leafs, Northeast Division champions – 100 points
  4. New Jersey Devils – 103 points
  5. Florida Panthers – 98 points
  6. Ottawa Senators – 95 points
  7. Pittsburgh Penguins – 88 points
  8. Buffalo Sabres – 85 points

Western Conference
  1. St. Louis Blues, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 114 points
  2. Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions – 102 points
  3. Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 96 points
  4. Detroit Red Wings – 108 points
  5. Los Angeles Kings – 94 points
  6. Phoenix Coyotes – 90 points
  7. Edmonton Oilers – 88 points
  8. San Jose Sharks – 87 points

Playoff bracket
Conference quarterfinals Conference semifinals Conference finals Stanley Cup Finals
            
1 Philadelphia 4
8 Buffalo 1
1 Philadelphia 4
7 Pittsburgh 2
2 Washington 1
7 Pittsburgh 4
1 Philadelphia 3
Eastern Conference
4 New Jersey 4
3 Toronto 4
6 Ottawa 2
3 Toronto 2
4 New Jersey 4
4 New Jersey 4
5 Florida 0
E4 New Jersey 4
W2 Dallas 2
1 St. Louis 3
8 San Jose 4
2 Dallas 4
8 San Jose 1
2 Dallas 4
7 Edmonton 1
2 Dallas 4
Western Conference
3 Colorado 3
3 Colorado 4
6 Phoenix 1
3 Colorado 4
4 Detroit 1
4 Detroit 4
5 Los Angeles 0

Conference Quarterfinals

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Buffalo Sabres

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 1998 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Buffalo won in five games. Philadelphia won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

April 13 Buffalo Sabres 2–3 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
No scoring First period 14:56 – pp – Keith Jones (1)
19:52 – sh – Daymond Langkow (1)
Stu Barnes (1) –pp – 05:53
Miroslav Satan (1) – 12:22		 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:33 – pp – Simon Gagne (1)
Dominik Hasek 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 18 saves / 20 shots
April 14 Buffalo Sabres 1–2 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Miroslav Satan (2) – 10:40 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 04:53 – pp – John LeClair (1)
No scoring Third period 04:47 – pp – Eric Desjardins (1)
Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 30 saves / 31 shots
April 16 Philadelphia Flyers 2–0 Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
John LeClair (2) – pp – 15:30 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Mark Recchi (1) – en – 19:22 Third period No scoring
Brian Boucher 25 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 17 saves / 17 shots
April 18 Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 OT Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 02:39 – pp – Curtis Brown (1)
Rick Tocchet (1) – pp – 13:55
Keith Primeau (1) – 18:25		 Second period 01:03 – Miroslav Satan (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 04:42 – Stu Barnes (2)
Brian Boucher 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 26 saves / 28 shots
April 20 Buffalo Sabres 2–5 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Richard Smehlik (1) – 08:44 First period 19:52 – Dan McGillis (1)
No scoring Second period 09:47 – pp – John LeClair (3)
12:52 – Daymond Langkow (2)
Stu Barnes (3) – pp – 03:34 Third period 09:55 – pp – Simon Gagne
19:59 – pp-en – Daymond Langkow (3)
Dominik Hasek 32 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 20 saves / 22 shots
Philadelphia won series 4–1

(2) Washington Capitals vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 1996 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Pittsburgh won in six games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

April 13 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–0 Washington Capitals MCI Center Recap  
Janne Laukkanen (1) – 02:30
Robert Lang (1) – pp – 06:34
Martin Straka (1) – pp – 11:26		 First period No scoring
Jiri Slegr (1) – 03:00
Jan Hrdina (1) – 12:03
Tyler Wright (1) – 13:32		 Second period No scoring
Janne Laukkanen (2) – pp – 00:33 Third period No scoring
Ron Tugnutt 32 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Olaf Kolzig 14 saves / 20 shots
Craig Billington 5 saves / 6 shots
April 15 Washington Capitals 1–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Peter Bondra (1) – pp – 17:18 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 14:06 – Jan Hrdina (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 05:49 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (1)
Olaf Kolzig 19 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Ron Tugnutt 37 saves / 38 shots
April 17 Washington Capitals 3–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Chris Simon (1) – 15:39 First period No scoring
Jeff Halpern (1) – 09:55 Second period 08:04 – pp – Jan Hrdina (3)
09:44 – Pat Falloon (1)
Calle Johansson (1) – pp – 14:02 Third period 02:13 – Jan Hrdina (4)
15:28 – Jiri Slegr (2)
Olaf Kolzig 18 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Ron Tugnutt 24 saves / 27 shots
April 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Washington Capitals MCI Center Recap  
John Slaney (1) – pp – 10:18
Jaromir Jagr (2) – 19:39		 First period 09:57 – sh – Steve Konowalchuk (1)
No scoring Second period 13:39 – Chris Simon (2)
No scoring Third period 12:55 – pp – Jeff Halpern (2)
Ron Tugnutt 34 saves/ 37 shots Goalie stats Olaf Kolzig 21 saves / 23 shots
April 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 Washington Capitals MCI Center Recap  
Tyler Wright (2) – 05:52 First period 10:01 – Sergei Gonchar (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jaromir Jagr (3) – 07:56 Third period No scoring
Ron Tugnutt 25 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Olaf Kolzig 15 saves / 17 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–1

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (6) Ottawa Senators

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Ottawa won three of the four games in this year's regular season series. Ottawa won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.

April 12 Ottawa Senators 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 08:53 – pp – Darcy Tucker (1)
No scoring Third period 19:39 – en – Mats Sundin (1)
Tom Barrasso 19 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 30 shots
April 15 Ottawa Senators 1–5 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Sami Salo (1) – pp – 19:05 Second period 00:46 – Darcy Tucker (2)
01:28 – Mats Sundin (2)
03:49 – Steve Thomas (1)
12:46 – Steve Thomas (2)
No scoring Third period 05:36 – Sergei Berezin (1)
Tom Barrasso 20 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 29 saves / 30 shots
April 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 Ottawa Senators Corel Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 05:24 – pp – Daniel Alfredsson (1)
Steve Thomas (3) – 10:03 Second period 09:44 – Rob Zamuner (1)
Dmitri Khristich (1) – 10:18
Jonas Hoglund (1) – 19:42		 Third period 05:27 – Colin Forbes (1)
14:17 – Rob Zamuner (2)
Curtis Joseph 11 saves / 15 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 33 saves / 36 shots
April 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 Ottawa Senators Corel Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 08:15 – Andreas Dackell (1)
Sergei Berezin (2) – 16:10 Third period 03:23 – Andreas Dackell (2)
Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 31 saves / 32 shots
April 22 Ottawa Senators 1–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Joe Juneau (1) – 04:36 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 15:30 – Steve Thomas (4)
No scoring First overtime period 14:47 – Steve Thomas (5)
Tom Barrasso 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 37 saves / 38 shots
April 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 Ottawa Senators Corel Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 03:45 – Joe Juneau (2)
Steve Thomas (6) – 04:11
Mats Sundin (3) – 07:16
Sergei Berezin (3) – 10:40
Wendel Clark (1) – 18:47		 Second period 03:59 – Igor Kravchuk (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Curtis Joseph 36 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 20 saves / 24 shots
Toronto won series 4–2

(4) New Jersey Devils vs. (5) Florida Panthers

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. New Jersey won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

April 13 Florida Panthers 3–4 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Rob Niedermayer (1) – 16:55
Peter Worrell (1) – 19:43		 First period 01:38 – Scott Stevens (1)
04:02 – Petr Sykora (1)
15:28 – Sergei Brylin (1)
Mike Sillinger (1) – 13:50 Second period 07:21 – Scott Gomez (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mike Vernon 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 23 shots
April 16 Florida Panthers 1–2 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Mike Sillinger (2) – 14:45 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 00:56 – sh – Scott Niedermayer (1)
No scoring Third period 03:42 – Scott Stevens (2)
Mike Vernon 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots
April 18 New Jersey Devils 2–1 Florida Panthers National Car Rental Center Recap  
No scoring First period 09:19 – Ray Whitney (1)
Alexander Mogilny (1) – pp – 16:25 Second period No scoring
Brian Rafalski (1) – 03:11 Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Mike Vernon 38 saves / 40 shots
April 20 New Jersey Devils 4–1 Florida Panthers National Car Rental Center Recap  
No scoring First period 05:17 – pp – Pavel Bure (1)
Patrik Elias (1) – 04:26
Scott Niedermayer (2) – 15:02		 Second period No scoring
Sergei Nemchinov (1) – 16:12
Sergei Nemchinov (2) – pp – 18:02		 Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Mike Vernon 31 saves / 35 shots
New Jersey won series 4–0

(1) St. Louis Blues vs. (8) San Jose Sharks

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won this year's five-game regular season series earning nine of ten points.

April 12 San Jose Sharks 3–5 St. Louis Blues Kiel Center Recap  
Dave Lowry (1) – 00:46
Mike Rathje (1) – 18:10		 First period 05:41 – Jochen Hecht (1)
07:35 – Lubos Bartecko (1)
No scoring Second period 02:29 – Jochen Hecht (2)
Owen Nolan (1) – sh – 14:40 Third period 03:15 – pp – Chris Pronger (1)
08:49 – Marty Reasoner (1)
Steve Shields 32 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 28 saves / 31 shots
April 15 San Jose Sharks 4–2 St. Louis Blues Kiel Center Recap  
Gary Suter (1) – pp – 17:10 First period 09:54 – Marty Reasoner (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Bryan Marchment (1) – 03:07
Mike Ricci (1) – pp – 14:18
Owen Nolan (2) – en – 18:57		 Third period 08:35 – Stephane Richer (1)
Steve Shields 18 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 15 saves / 18 shots
April 17 St. Louis Blues 1–2 San Jose Sharks San Jose Arena Recap  
Scott Young (1) – pp – 15:14 First period 05:39 – pp – Owen Nolan (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 04:40 – Owen Nolan (4)
Roman Turek 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Steve Shields 31 saves / 32 shots
April 19 St. Louis Blues 2–3 San Jose Sharks San Jose Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:08 – Marco Sturm (1)
Jochen Hecht (3) – pp – 12:54
Mike Eastwood (1) – 13:30		 Second period 01:37 – Mike Ricci (2)
No scoring Third period 11:23 – Gary Suter (2)
Roman Turek 16 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Steve Shields 25 saves / 27 shots
April 21 San Jose Sharks 3–5 St. Louis Blues Kiel Center Recap  
Mike Ricci (3) – pp – 18:52 First period 04:04 – pp – Ladislav Nagy (1)
04:39 – Al MacInnis (1)
07:13 – Ricard Persson (1)
Jeff Friesen (1) – 12:26
Brad Stuart (1) – pp – 17:03		 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 03:34 – pp – Chris Pronger (2)
19:26 – en – Scott Young (2)
Steve Shields 28 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 22 saves / 25 shots
April 23 St. Louis Blues 6–2 San Jose Sharks San Jose Arena Recap  
Scott Young (3) – 12:31 First period No scoring
Scott Young (4) – 00:21
Jochen Hecht (4) – 09:29
Chris Pronger (3) – 11:42
Tyson Nash (1) – 12:51
Scott Young (5)– pp – 14:22		 Second period 17:13 – pp – Owen Nolan (5)
No scoring Third period 16:00 – Bryan Marchment (2)
Roman Turek 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Steve Shields 8 saves / 14 shots
Evgeni Nabokov 10 saves / 10 shots
April 25 San Jose Sharks 3–1 St. Louis Blues Kiel Center Recap  
Ronnie Stern (1) – 02:51
Owen Nolan (6) – 19:49		 First period No scoring
Jeff Friesen (2) – 14:14 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:09 – pp – Scott Young (6)
Steve Shields 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Roman Turek 16 saves / 19 shots
San Jose won series 4–3

(2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers

This was the fourth consecutive and sixth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with Dallas winning three of the five previous series. Dallas won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in a four-game sweep. Dallas won this year's four-game regular season series earning seven of eight points.

April 12 Edmonton Oilers 1–2 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:32 – Mike Keane (1)
German Titov (1) – 07:00 Third period 11:31 – Roman Lyashenko (1)
Tommy Salo 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 11 saves / 12 shots
April 13 Edmonton Oilers 0–3 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 15:33 – Kirk Muller (1)
No scoring Second period 17:54 – Brett Hull (1)
No scoring Third period 06:22 – Scott Thornton (1)
Tommy Salo 19 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 17 saves / 17 shots
April 16 Dallas Stars 2–5 Edmonton Oilers Skyreach Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 08:40 – Doug Weight (1)
09:56 – Jim Dowd (1)
17:00 – pp – Doug Weight (2)
Brenden Morrow (1) – pp – 02:32
Mike Modano (1) – 10:59		 Second period 01:16 – sh – Ryan Smyth (1)
06:13 – pp – Doug Weight (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 33 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Tommy Salo 26 saves / 28 shots
April 18 Dallas Stars 4–3 Edmonton Oilers Skyreach Centre Recap  
Brett Hull (2) – 05:02
Richard Matvichuk (1) – 05:50		 First period 09:19 – pp – Bill Guerin (1)
11:43 – Bill Guerin (2)
Mike Modano (2) – 00:52 Second period 18:06 – Bill Guerin (3)
Guy Carbonneau (1) – 05:01 Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 15 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Tommy Salo 20 saves / 24 shots
April 21 Edmonton Oilers 2–3 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Todd Marchant (1) – 12:45 Second period 05:35 – pp – Jamie Langenbrunner (1)
14:12 – Derian Hatcher (1)
Jim Dowd (2) – 01:07 Third period 14:58 – Brett Hull (3)
Tommy Salo 24 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 24 saves / 26 shots
Dallas won series 4–1

(3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

April 13 Phoenix Coyotes 3–6 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 04:23 – Shjon Podein (1)
08:10 – Dave Andreychuk (1)
14:08 – Sandis Ozolinsh (1)
18:14 – Sandis Ozolinsh (2)
Travis Green (1) – 01:37
Shane Doan (1) – pp – 04:19		 Second period 14:18 – Alex Tanguay (1)
Teppo Numminen (1) – 08:18 Third period 12:11 – Shjon Podein (2)
Sean Burke 32 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 12 saves / 15 shots
April 15 Phoenix Coyotes 1–3 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 03:31 – pp – Chris Drury (1)
04:27 – pp – Alex Tanguay (2)
Benoit Hogue (1) – 05:42 Second period 09:32 – pp – Milan Hejduk (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Sean Burke 32 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots
April 17 Colorado Avalanche 4–2 Phoenix Coyotes America West Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Shjon Podein (3) – 09:32
Joe Sakic (1) – pp – 14:48		 Second period 00:49 – pp – Keith Tkachuk (1)
Adam Deadmarsh (1) – pp – 06:17
Adam Deadmarsh (2) – en – 19:36		 Third period 06:17 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (1)
Patrick Roy 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Sean Burke 22 saves / 25 shots
April 19 Colorado Avalanche 2–3 Phoenix Coyotes America West Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 03:31 – Trevor Letowski (1)
17:32 – Travis Green (2)
Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 06:03 Second period 00:38 –Mikael Renberg (1)
Adam Deadmarsh (3) – 16:02 Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Sean Burke 36 saves / 38 shots
April 21 Phoenix Coyotes 1–2 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jeremy Roenick (2) – 12:31 Second period 18:25 – Sandis Ozolinsh (3)
No scoring Third period 05:43 – Peter Forsberg (1)
Sean Burke 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 19 saves / 20 shots
Colorado won series 4–1

(4) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their five-game regular season series.

April 13 Los Angeles Kings 0–2 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:43 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)
No scoring Third period 19:47 – en – Sergei Fedorov (1)
Stephane Fiset 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 19 saves / 19 shots
April 15 Los Angeles Kings 5–8 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Luc Robitaille (1) – 02:04
Zigmund Palffy (1) – 04:55
Sean O'Donnell (1) – 19:36		 First period 00:55 – Brendan Shanahan (1)
01:33 – Martin Lapointe (1)
03:32 – Kris Draper (1)
06:56 – Martin Lapointe
Craig Johnson (1) – 11:43 Second period 03:27 – Kris Draper (2)
09:33 – pp – Martin Lapointe (3)
Zigmund Palffy (2) – 01:11 Third period 09:18 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (1)
19:23 – en – Nicklas Lidstrom (2)
Stephane Fiset 12 saves / 17 shots
Jamie Storr 23 saves / 25 shots		 Goalie stats Chris Osgood 39 saves / 44 shots
April 17 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
Sergei Fedorov (2) – pp – 05:21 First period No scoring
Tomas Holmstrom (1) – pp – 14:40 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:35 – Luc Robitaille (2)
Chris Osgood 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Stephane Fiset 22 saves / 24 shots
April 19 Detroit Red Wings 3–0 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
No scoring First period Pat Verbeek (1) – pp – 17:10
Larry Murphy (1) – pp – 19:41
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Sergei Fedorov (3) – en – 19:09
Chris Osgood 25 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Stephane Fiset 25 saves / 27 shots
Detroit won series 4–0

Conference Semifinals

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning both previous series. They last met in the 1997 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Philadelphia won in five games. Philadelphia won this year's five-game regular season series earning nine of ten points.

Game four was the third-longest game in playoff history, as well as the longest since the NHL expanded in 1967.[1]

April 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Jaromir Jagr (4) – 13:33 First period No scoring
Martin Straka (2) – 04:46 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ron Tugnutt 28 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 12 saves / 14 shots
April 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Robert Lang (2) – pp – 16:57 First period No scoring
Jaromir Jagr (5) – pp – 14:45
Robert Lang (3) – 16:30		 Second period No scoring
Jaromir Jagr (6) – 10:59 Third period 04:34 – Simon Gagne (3)
Ron Tugnutt 44 saves / 45 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 21 saves / 25 shots
May 2 Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Andy Delmore (1) – 14:11
Keith Jones (2) – 16:27		 First period No Scoring
No scoring Second period 00:40 – Jaromir Jagr (7)
10:24 – Martin Straka (3)
John LeClair (4) – 07:27 Third period 14:28 – Jaromir Jagr (8)
Andy Delmore (2) – 11:01 First overtime period No scoring
Brian Boucher 15 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Ron Tugnutt 40 saves / 44 shots
May 4 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 5OT Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 02:22 – Alexei Kovalev (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
John LeClair (5) – pp – 04:47 Third period No scoring
Keith Primeau (2) – 12:01 Fifth overtime period No scoring
Brian Boucher 57 saves / 58 shots Goalie stats Ron Tugnutt 70 saves / 72 shots
May 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
No scoring First period 00:23 – Daymond Langkow (4)
03:37 – pp – Andy Delmore (3)
Tyler Wright (3) – 15:06 Second period 00:16 – Dan McGillis (2)
03:47 – pp – Mark Recchi (2)
17:50 – Andy Delmore (4)
Darius Kasparaitis (1) – 00:40
Rob Brown (1) – 08:42		 Third period 05:17 – Andy Delmore (5)
Ron Tugnutt 21 saves / 26 shots
Peter Skudra 10 saves / 11 shots		 Goalie stats Brian Boucher 29 saves / 32 shots
May 9 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena Recap  
Mark Recchi (3) – pp – 11:04 First period No scoring
John LeClair (6) – 00:44 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 10:46 – Rene Corbet (1)
Brian Boucher 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Ron Tugnutt 21 saves / 23 shots
Philadelphia won series 4–2

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (4) New Jersey Devils

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Toronto won this year's four-game regular season series earning seven of eight points.

Martin Brodeur set a Stanley Cup playoff record in game six for the least shots against required (6) to record a shutout in a single game.[2]

April 27 New Jersey Devils 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Petr Sykora (2) – 05:54 Second period 01:07 – Dmitri Yushkevich (1)
No scoring Third period 01:18 – Darcy Tucker (3)
Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 33 shots
April 29 New Jersey Devils 1–0 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
Colin White (1) – 06:41 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 33 shots
May 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–5 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 09:42 – pp – Jason Arnott (1)
15:03 – Scott Gomez (2)
17:33 – sh – Patrik Elias (2)
Kevyn Adams (1) – sh – 15:43 Third period 04:27 – Petr Sykora (3)
06:01 – pp – Alexander Mogilny (2)
Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots
May 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Jonas Hoglund (2) – 10:01
Darcy Tucker (4) – 16:02		 First period 01:41 – pp – Scott Gomez (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Tomas Kaberle (1) – 18:25 Third period 14:14 – Claude Lemieux (1)
Curtis Joseph 34 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 22 shots
May 6 New Jersey Devils 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre Recap  
Patrik Elias (3) – pp – 16:11 First period 08:55 – Garry Valk (1)
Sergei Nemchinov (3) – 15:59 Second period 02:19 – Jeff Farkas (1)
Vladimir Malakhov (1) – pp – 07:47
John Madden (1) – 14:07		 Third period 17:04 – Sergei Berezin (4)
Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 28 saves / 32 shots
May 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–3 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 00:18 – Petr Sykora (4)
No scoring Second period 00:25 – Jason Arnott (2)
No scoring Third period 19:54 – en – John Madden (2)
Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 6 saves / 6 shots
New Jersey won series 4–2

(2) Dallas Stars vs. (8) San Jose Sharks

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; with Dallas winning the only previous series. Their only previous meeting was in the 1998 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Dallas won in six games. San Jose won four of the six games in this year's regular season series.

April 28 San Jose Sharks 0–4 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 05:45 – Aaron Gavey (1)
14:01 – pp – Mike Modano (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:48 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (1)
04:23 – Brenden Morrow (2)
Steve Shields 23 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 18 saves / 18 shots
April 30 San Jose Sharks 0–1 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 07:26 – Mike Modano (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Steve Shields 17 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 19 saves / 19 shots
May 2 Dallas Stars 1–2 San Jose Sharks San Jose Arena Recap  
Mike Modano (5) – pp – 03:35 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 05:42 – pp – Mike Ricci (4)
14:56 – Owen Nolan (7)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Steve Shields 30 saves / 31 shots
May 5 Dallas Stars 5–4 San Jose Sharks San Jose Arena Recap  
Mike Modano (6) – 01:08
Guy Carbonneau (2) – sh – 10:21		 First period 08:52 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (1)
17:34 – Mike Ricci (5)
Sergei Zubov (1) – sh – 00:56
Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 10:52
Joe Nieuwendyk (3) – 18:07		 Second period 07:48 – sh – Owen Nolan (8)
14:08 – pp – Todd Harvey (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Steve Shields 28 saves / 33 shots
May 7 San Jose Sharks 1–4 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 10:31 – Joe Nieuwendyk (4)
13:34 – Scott Thornton (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Patrick Marleau (1) – pp – 08:32 Third period 04:02 – pp – Brett Hull (4)
04:43 – pp – Sylvain Cote (1)
Steve Shields 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 32 saves / 33 shots
Dallas won series 4–1

(3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and fourth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with Colorado winning two of the three previous series. Colorado won last year's Western Conference Semifinals in six games. Detroit won four of the five games in this year's regular season series.

April 27 Detroit Red Wings 0–2 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 10:13 – Peter Forsberg (2)
No scoring Second period 11:39 – pp – Sandis Ozolinsh (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Chris Osgood 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 25 saves / 25 shots
April 29 Detroit Red Wings 1–3 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 08:12 – pp – Milan Hejduk (2)
15:49 – pp – Peter Forsberg (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Tomas Holmstrom (2) – 08:12 Third period 19:01 – en – Chris Drury (2)
Chris Osgood 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 29 saves / 30 shots
May 1 Colorado Avalanche 1–3 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 09:38 – pp – Igor Larionov (1)
Peter Forsberg (4) – pp – 09:39 Second period 11:57 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (4)
No scoring Third period 19:19 – en – Brendan Shanahan (2)
Patrick Roy 33 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 22 saves / 23 shots
May 3 Colorado Avalanche 3–2 OT Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jon Klemm (1) – 03:37 Second period 08:46 – Tomas Holmstrom (3)
Dave Andreychuk (3) – 15:33 Third period 09:20 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (2)
Chris Drury (3) – 10:21 First overtime period No scoring
Patrick Roy 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 18 saves / 21 shots
May 5 Detroit Red Wings 2–4 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Larry Murphy (2) – sh – 12:01 Second period 02:46 – pp – Joe Sakic (2)
10:01 – Stephane Yelle (1)
Brendan Shanahan (3) – 06:13 Third period 04:40 – Peter Forsberg (5)
09:01 – Shjon Podein (4)
Chris Osgood 21 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 20 saves / 22 shots
Colorado won series 4–1

Conference Finals
See also: NHL Conference Finals

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) New Jersey Devils

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals, which New Jersey won in six games. This was Philadelphia's sixth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1997 where they defeated the New York Rangers in five games. This was New Jersey's fourth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1995. New Jersey won four of the five games during this year's regular season series.

The Devils overcame a 3–1 deficit to defeat the Flyers in seven games. In game seven Devils' forward Patrik Elias scored the series-winner at 17:28 of the third period. Eric Lindros suffered a concussion after getting hit by Scott Stevens in the first period of game seven and did not return; as a result of the hit this was the last game he played as a Flyer.

May 14 New Jersey Devils 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Scott Niedermayer (3) – 00:55
Petr Sykora (5) – 17:38
Bobby Holik (1) – 18:04		 First period 08:20 – Mark Recchi (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Claude Lemieux (2) – pp – 05:19 Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 20 saves / 24 shots
May 16 New Jersey Devils 3–4 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Scott Gomez (4) – 13:23 First period 01:38 – Rick Tocchet (2)
Jason Arnott (3) – 02:51
Patrik Elias (4) – 14:50		 Second period 19:21 – Eric Desjardins (2)
No scoring Third period 01:06 – Rick Tocchet (3)
01:58 – Daymond Langkow (5)
Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 30 saves / 33 shots
May 18 Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Mark Recchi (5) – 02:57
Keith Jones (3) – 14:14		 First period 04:24 – Claude Lemieux (3)
Rick Tocchet (4) – 07:15 Second period No scoring
Simon Gagne (4) – 18:11 Third period 15:59 – Scott Niedermayer (4)
Brian Boucher 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 21 shots
May 20 Philadelphia Flyers 3–1 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Mark Recchi (6) – 16:07 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:13 – Bobby Holik (2)
Craig Berube (1) – 12:58
Simon Gagne (5) – 16:40		 Third period No scoring
Brian Boucher 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 21 shots
May 22 New Jersey Devils 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Jason Arnott (4) – pp – 10:25
Bobby Holik (3) – 15:15		 First period No scoring
Petr Sykora (6) – 01:47 Second period 15:45 – pp – Valeri Zelepukin (1)
Patrik Elias (5) – 00:54 Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 26 saves / 30 shots
May 24 Philadelphia Flyers 1–2 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Eric Lindros (1) – 19:31 Third period 11:26 – Claude Lemieux (4)
16:33 – Alexander Mogilny (3)
Brian Boucher 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 12 saves / 13 shots
May 26 New Jersey Devils 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers First Union Center Recap  
Patrik Elias (6) – pp – 06:44 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 06:01 – pp – Rick Tocchet (5)
Patrik Elias (7) – 17:28 Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 16 saves / 18 shots
New Jersey won series 4–3

(2) Dallas Stars vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Western Conference Final, which Dallas won in seven games. Dallas made their third consecutive and fifth overall appearance in the Conference Finals; while Colorado made their second consecutive and sixth overall appearance in the Conference Finals. Colorado won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.

May 13 Colorado Avalanche 2–0 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Milan Hejduk (3) – pp – 08:51
Aaron Miller (1) – 17:32		 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 24 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 16 saves / 18 shots
May 15 Colorado Avalanche 2–3 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Sandis Ozolinsh (5) – pp – 00:25 Second period 05:24 – Mike Modano (7)
18:15 – pp – Mike Modano (8)
Peter Forsberg (6) – 14:23 Third period 05:48 – Brett Hull (5)
Patrick Roy 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 20 saves / 22 shots
May 19 Dallas Stars 0–2 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 01:39 – Shjon Podein (5)
No scoring Second period 14:50 – pp – Adam Deadmarsh (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 38 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 21 saves / 21 shots
May 21 Dallas Stars 4–1 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
Joe Nieuwendyk (5) – pp – 07:12
Brett Hull (6) – 17:30		 First period No scoring
Brett Hull (7) – 07:52 Second period 01:43 – Dave Reid (1)
Richard Matvichuk (2) – 04:39 Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 38 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 11 saves / 15 shots
May 23 Colorado Avalanche 2–3 OT Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
Jon Klemm (2) – 12:11 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 04:26 – Jere Lehtinen (1)
14:41 – pp – Brett Hull (8)
Milan Hejduk (4) – 02:19 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 12:10 – Joe Nieuwendyk (6)
Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 28 saves / 31 shots
May 25 Dallas Stars 1–2 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Brett Hull (9) – pp – 12:37 Second period 04:30 – Ray Bourque (1)
No scoring Third period 16:09 – Chris Drury (4)
Ed Belfour 19 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 26 saves / 27 shots
May 27 Colorado Avalanche 2–3 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:36 – pp – Sergei Zubov (2)
19:54 – pp – Mike Modano (9)
No scoring Second period 05:31 – Roman Lyashenko (2)
Peter Forsberg (7) – sh – 05:25
Milan Hejduk (5) – 08:26		 Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots
Dallas won series 4–3

Stanley Cup Finals
Main article: 2000 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Dallas made their second consecutive and fourth overall appearance in the Finals, after defeating the Buffalo Sabres in six games the year before. New Jersey made their second Finals appearance and first since defeating the Detroit Red Wings in four games in 1995. Dallas won both games in this year's regular season series.

May 30 Dallas Stars 3–7 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Darryl Sydor (1) – 13:13 First period 07:22 – Jason Arnott (5)
No scoring Second period 02:52 – Ken Daneyko (1)
10:28 – Petr Sykora (7)
16:04 – Scott Stevens (3)
Jon Sim (1) – 07:43
Kirk Muller (2) – 07:55		 Third period 02:21 – Sergei Brylin (2)
03:02 – Petr Sykora (8)
05:12 – pp – Jason Arnott (6)
Ed Belfour 12 saves / 18 shots
Manny Fernandez 7 saves / 8 shots		 Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 18 shots
June 1 Dallas Stars 2–1 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Brett Hull (10) – 04:25 First period 12:42 – Alexander Mogilny (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Brett Hull (11) – 15:44 Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots
June 3 New Jersey Devils 2–1 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
Jason Arnott (7) – 18:06 First period 13:08 – pp – Sylvain Cote (2)
Petr Sykora (9) – pp – 12:27 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 29 saves / 31 shots
June 5 New Jersey Devils 3–1 Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 18:02 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (7)
Sergei Brylin (3) – 02:27
John Madden (3) – sh – 04:51
Brian Rafalski (2) – 06:08		 Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 28 saves / 31 shots
June 8 Dallas Stars 1–0 3OT New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mike Modano (10) – 06:21 Third overtime period No scoring
Ed Belfour 48 saves / 48 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 40 saves / 41 shots
June 10 New Jersey Devils 2–1 2OT Dallas Stars Reunion Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Scott Niedermayer (5) – sh – 05:18 Second period 06:27 – Mike Keane (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jason Arnott (8) – 08:20 Second overtime period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 43 saves / 45 shots
New Jersey won series 4–2

Playoff statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.[3]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Brett HullDallas Stars23111324+34
Mike ModanoDallas Stars23101323+310
Jason ArnottNew Jersey Devils2381220+718
Patrik EliasNew Jersey Devils2371320+99
Mark RecchiPhiladelphia Flyers1861218+36
Petr SykoraNew Jersey Devils239817+810
Jaromir JagrPittsburgh Penguins118816+56
Peter ForsbergColorado Avalanche167815+912
Adam DeadmarshColorado Avalanche1741115+721
Chris DruryColorado Avalanche1741014+74

Goaltenders

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 BrodeurNew Jersey Devils23167537391.61.9272 1450:04
Ron TugnuttPittsburgh Penguins1165398221.77.9452 746:03
Patrick RoyColorado Avalanche17116431311.79.9283 1039:20
Ed BelfourDallas Stars23149651451.87.9314 1442:56
Chris OsgoodDetroit Red Wings954237181.97.9242 546:54

See also

References
  1. Lapointe, Joe (May 6, 2000). "Marathon on Ice: Tired Teams Skate Into the Wee Hours". The New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  2. "Maple Leafs Can Manage Only Six Shots in a Humbling Defeat". Los Angeles Times. May 9, 2000. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. NHL.com - Skater Stats
  4. NHL.com - Goalie Stats
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