1995 Stanley Cup playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
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

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

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

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)

Playoff bracket

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

Eastern Conference quarterfinals

(1) Quebec Nordiques vs. (8) New York Rangers

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

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

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

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

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Dallas Stars

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

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

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

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

Eastern Conference semifinals

(2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) New York Rangers

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

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

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) San Jose Sharks

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

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

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 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

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks

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

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

Skaters

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

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

^ "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