2010 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 14, 2010, after the conclusion of the 2009–10 NHL season.[1] The Finals ended on June 9, 2010 when the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in six games to win the team's fourth Stanley Cup and their first Cup since 1961. The Washington Capitals became the first team seeded first to lose a series to the eighth-seeded team after having a 3–1 lead in the series.[2]
Playoff seeds[change | change source]
After the regular season, the standard of 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Washington Capitals were the Eastern Conference regular season champions and the Presidents' Trophy winners with the best record at 121 points. The San Jose Sharks earned a number 1 seed in the Western Conference with 113 points.
Eastern Conference[change | change source]
- Washington Capitals – Southeast Division and Eastern Conference regular season champions; Presidents' Trophy winners, 121 points
- New Jersey Devils – Atlantic Division champions, 103 points
- Buffalo Sabres – Northeast Division champions, 100 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins – 101 points
- Ottawa Senators – 94 points
- Boston Bruins – 91 points
- Philadelphia Flyers – 88 points (41 wins)
- Montreal Canadiens – 88 points (39 wins)
Western Conference[change | change source]
- San Jose Sharks – Pacific Division champions and Western Conference regular season champions, 113 points
- Chicago Blackhawks – Central Division champions, 112 points
- Vancouver Canucks – Northwest Division champions, 103 points
- Phoenix Coyotes – 107 points
- Detroit Red Wings – 102 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 101 points
- Nashville Predators – 100 points
- Colorado Avalanche – 95 points
Playoff bracket[change | change source]
Conference Quarter-finals[change | change source]
Eastern Conference Quarter-finals[change | change source]
(1) Washington Capitals vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens[change | change source]
| April 15 | Washington Capitals | 2–3 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Verizon Center | Recap | ||
| (Eric Belanger 1, Jason Chimera 1) Joe Corvo 1 - 15:33 | First period | 12:36 - pp - Michael Cammalleri 1 (Andrei Markov 1, Andrei Kostitsyn 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mike Knuble 1, John Carlson 1) Nicklas Backstrom 1 - 00:47 | Third period | 07:34 - Scott Gomez 1 (Brian Gionta 1, Benoit Pouliot 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 13:19 - Tomas Plekanec 1 (Jaroslav Spacek 1) | ||||||
| Jose Theodore 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 45 saves / 47 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Washington Capitals | 6–5 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Verizon Center | Recap | ||
| (Tomas Fleischmann 1) Eric Fehr 1 - 10:21 | First period | 01:00 - Brian Gionta 1 (Scott Gomez 1) 07:58 - Andrei Kostitsyn 1 | ||||||
| (Joe Corvo 1, Alexander Ovechkin 1) Nicklas Backstrom 2 - 18:23 | Second period | 11:06 - Andrei Kostitsyn 2 (Michael Cammalleri 1, Tomas Plekanec 1) 17:44 - pp - Andrei Kostitsyn 3 (Michael Cammalleri 2, Jaroslav Spacek 1) | ||||||
| (John Carlson 2) Alexander Ovechkin 1 - 02:56 (Alexander Ovechkin 2, Jeff Schultz 1) Nicklas Backstrom 3 - 09:47 (Nicklas Backstrom 1, Alexander Ovechkin 3) John Carlson 1 - 18:39 |
Third period | 14:54 - Tomas Plekanec 2 (Michael Cammalleri 3, Andrei Kostitsyn 2) | ||||||
| (Mike Knuble 1, Tom Poti 1) Nicklas Backstrom 4 - 00:31 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jose Theodore 0 saves / 2 shots Semyon Varlamov 19 saves / 22 shots |
Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 31 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–5 | Washington Capitals | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:06 - sh - Boyd Gordon 1 (Tom Poti 2) 04:42 - Brooks Laich 1 (Mike Green 1, Eric Fehr 1) 08:33 - Eric Fehr 2 (Brooks Laich 1, Brendan Morrison 1) 13:50 - Alexander Ovechkin 2 (Nicklas Backstrom 2, Mike Knuble 3) | ||||||
| (Mike Cammalleri 4, Roman Hamrlik 1) Tomas Plekanec 3 - pp - 02:25 | Third period | 19:15 - Matt Bradley 1 | ||||||
| Jaroslav Halak 10 saves / 13 shots Carey Price 21 saves / 23 shots |
Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–6 | Washington Capitals | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
| (Glen Metropolit 1, Roman Hamrlik 2) Michael Cammalleri 2 - 09:12 | First period | 08:10 - pp - Alexander Ovechkin 3 (Nicklas Backstrom 3, Mike Green 2) | ||||||
| (Andrei Markov 2, Marc-Andre Bergeron 1) Brian Gionta 2 - pp - 15:42 | Second period | 19:53 - sh - Mike Knuble 1 (Boyd Gordon 1, John Carlson 3) | ||||||
| (Roman Hamrlik 3) Dominic Moore 1 - 18:42 | Third period | 11:09 - Alexander Ovechkin 4 (Alexander Semin 1) 12:01 - Jason Chimera 1 (Matt Bradley 2) 17:33 - en - Mike Knuble 2 (Nicklas Backstrom 4) 19:49 - en - Nicklas Backstrom 5 (Alexander Ovechkin 4, Tom Poti 3) | ||||||
| Carey Price 32 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 36 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Washington Capitals | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Verizon Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:30 - Michael Cammalleri 3 (Andrei Markov 3, Tomas Plekanec 2) 07:01 - Travis Moen 1 (Brian Gionta 2, Scott Gomez 2) | ||||||
| (Mike Knuble 4, John Carlson 4) Alexander Ovechkin 5 - 03:52 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 37 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–1 | Washington Capitals | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
| (Marc-Andre Bergeron 2) Michael Cammalleri 4 - pp - 07:30 (P. K. Subban 1, Tomas Plekanec 3) Michael Cammalleri 5 - 09:09 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Josh Gorges 1) Maxime Lapierre 1 - 04:17 (Michael Cammalleri 5, Andrei Kostitsyn 3) Tomas Plekanec - en - 19:03 |
Third period | 15:10 - Eric Fehr 3 (Mike Green 3, Jason Chimera 2) | ||||||
| Jaroslav Halak 53 saves / 54 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Washington Capitals | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Verizon Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 19:30 - pp - Marc-Andre Bergeron 1 (Scott Gomez 3, Andrei Markov 4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Alexander Ovechkin 5, Nicklas Backstrom 5) Brooks Laich 2 - 17:44 | Third period | 16:24 - Dominic Moore 2 (Hal Gill 1) | ||||||
| Semyon Varlamov 14 saves / 16 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 41 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–3 | |
(2) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Philadelphia Flyers[change | change source]
| April 14 | New Jersey Devils | 1–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Prudential Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:25 - pp - Chris Pronger 1 (Simon Gagne 1, Mike Richards 1) 16:27 - Mike Richards 1 (Ian Laperriere, 1) | ||||||
| (Andy Greene 1, Zach Parise 1) Travis Zajac 1 - 17:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 12 saves / 14 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | New Jersey Devils | 5–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Prudential Center | Recap | |||
| (Patrik Elias 1) Zach Parise 1 - sh - 02:45 | First period | 09:33 - Arron Asham 1 (Claude Giroux 1, James van Riemsdyk 1) 15:30 - pp - Claude Giroux 1 (Matt Carle 1, Mike Richards 2) | ||||||
| (Ilya Kovalchuk 1, Mike Mottau 1) Colin White 1 - 03:44 (Patrik Elias 2, Ilya Kovalchuk 2) Andy Greene 1 - pp - 13:25 |
Second period | 18:48 - pp - Chris Pronger 2 (Kimmo Timonen 1, Mike Richards 3) | ||||||
| (Zach Parise 2, Patrik Elias 3) Dainius Zubrus 1 - 15:56 (Jamie Langenbrunner 1) Ilya Kovalchuk 1 - en - 19:27 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–2 | OT | New Jersey Devils | Wachovia Center | Recap | ||
| (Kimmo Timonen 2, Chris Pronger 1) Claude Giroux 2 - pp - 08:49 | First period | 07:15 - pp - Brian Rolston 1 (Ilya Kovalchuk 3, Travis Zajac 1) | ||||||
| (Daniel Carcillo 1) Mike Richards 2 - 01:15 | Second period | 16:38 - pp - Brian Rolston 2 (Ilya Kovalchuk 4, Patrik Elias 4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mike Richards 4, Simon Gagne 2) Daniel Carcillo 1 - 03:35 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 17 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–1 | New Jersey Devils | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:24 - pp - Ilya Kovalchuk 2 (Zach Parise 3, Brian Rolston 1) | ||||||
| (Daniel Briere 1, Kimmo Timonen 3) Jeff Carter 1 - pp - 09:08 (Braydon Coburn 1) Daniel Briere 1 - 17:27 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Jeff Carter 1, Chris Pronger 2) Daniel Carcillo 2 - 04:10 (Chris Pronger 3, Daniel Briere 2) Jeff Carter 2 - 09:28 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | New Jersey Devils | 0–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Prudential Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:16 - Daniel Briere 2 (Claude Giroux 2, Mike Richards 5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:48 - Claude Giroux 3 (Mike Richards 6) 13:47 - pp - Claude Giroux 4 (Scott Hartnell 1, Daniel Briere 3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 28 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–1 | |
(3) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Boston Bruins[change | change source]
| April 15 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–1 | Boston Bruins | HSBC Arena | Recap | |||
| (Derek Roy 1) Thomas Vanek 1 - 04:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Tim Kennedy 1) Craig Rivet 1 - 14:10 | Second period | 09:30 - pp - Mark Recchi 1 (Zdeno Chara 1, Matt Hunwick 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Miller 38 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–5 | Boston Bruins | HSBC Arena | Recap | |||
| (Henrik Tallinder 1 Thomas Vanek 1) Tyler Myers 1 - 02:55 (Patrick Kaleta 1, Raffi Torres 1) Matt Ellis 1 - 12:00 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Tyler Ennis 1) Jason Pominville 1 - 16:41 | Second period | 02:35 - Michael Ryder 1 (Vladimir Sobotka 1, Blake Wheeler 1) 09:54 - Zdeno Chara 1 (Patrice Bergeron 1, Johnny Boychuk 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:23 - Michael Ryder 2 (Andrew Ference 1, Blake Wheeler 2) 07:23 - Zdeno Chara 2 (Miroslav Satan 1, David Krejci 1) 19:40 - en - Mark Recchi 2 | ||||||
| Ryan Miller 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Boston Bruins | 2–1 | Buffalo Sabres | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| (Matt Hunwick 2, Vladimir Sobotka 2) Dennis Wideman 1 - 15:17 | First period | 06:57 - Mike Grier 1 (Raffi Torres 2, Henrik Tallinder 2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mark Recchi 1, Dennis Wideman 1) Patrice Bergeron - 12:57 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 32 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Ryan Miller 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | 2OT | Buffalo Sabres | TD Garden | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 02:12 - Tim Kennedy 1 (Tyler Ennis 2, Cody McCormick 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:59 - Steve Montador 1 (Tim Connolly 1) | ||||||
| (Patrice Bergeron 2, Matt Hunwick 3) David Krejci 1 - pp - 02:07 (Daniel Paille 1, Johnny Boychuk 2) Patrice Bergeron 2 - 06:40 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Michael Ryder 1, Tuukka Rask 1) Miroslav Satan 1 - pp - 07:41 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Ryan Miller 36 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Buffalo Sabres | 4–1 | Boston Bruins | HSBC Arena | Recap | |||
| (Nathan Gerbe 1, Cody McCormick 2) Adam Mair 1 - 01:54 (Derek Roy 2, Tyler Ennis 3) Jason Pominville 2 - 18:54 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Paul Gaustad 1) Mike Grier 2 - 09:22 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Jason Pominville 1) Tyler Ennis 1 - en - 18:17 | Third period | 17:30 - pp - Johnny Boychuk 1 (Dennis Wideman 2, Miroslav Satan 2) | ||||||
| Ryan Miller 34 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Boston Bruins | 4–3 | Buffalo Sabres | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| (Mark Recchi 2, Matt Hunwick 4) David Krejci 2 - 13:39 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (David Krejci 2, Patrice Bergeron 3) Mark Recchi 3 - pp - 1:01 | Second period | 6:34 - Patrick Kaleta 1 (Tim Kennedy 2 Adam Mair 1) | ||||||
| (Milan Lucic 1, Miroslav Satan 3) David Krejci 3 - 7:18 (Milan Lucic 2, Dennis Wideman 3) Miroslav Satan 2 - 14:49 |
Third period | 7:40 - Nathan Gerbe 1 18:47 - Thomas Vanek 2 (Jason Pominville 2, Toni Lydman 1) | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Ryan Miller 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 4–2 | |
(4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) Ottawa Senators[change | change source]
| April 14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–5 | Ottawa Senators | Mellon Arena | Recap | |||
| (Sergei Gonchar 1, Sidney Crosby 1) Evgeni Malkin 1 - pp - 03:03 | First period | 08:45 - Peter Regin 1 (Jason Spezza 1, Daniel Alfredsson 1) 14:08 - Chris Neil 1 (Anton Volchenkov 1, Chris Kelly 1) | ||||||
| (Sergei Gonchar 2, Sidney Crosby 2) Evgeni Malkin 2 - pp - 10:22 | Second period | 01:20 - pp - Chris Kelly 1 (Chris Campoli 1, Erik Karlsson 1) 13:14 - pp - Erik Karlsson 1 (Mike Fisher 1, Matt Cullen 1) | ||||||
| (Pascal Dupuis 1, Maxime Talbot 1) Craig Adams 1 - 05:16 (Sidney Crosby 3, Evgeni Malkin 1) Alex Goligoski 1 - 17:36 |
Third period | 09:40 - Jarkko Ruutu 1 (Chris Neil 1, Chris Kelly 2) | ||||||
| Marc-Andre Fleury 21 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Elliott 17 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–1 | Ottawa Senators | Mellon Arena | Recap | |||
| (Chris Kunitz 1) Sidney Crosby 1 - 08:45 | First period | 00:18 - Peter Regin 2 (Jason Spezza 2, Daniel Alfredsson 2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Sidney Crosby 3, Bill Guerin 1) Kris Letang 1 - 15:48 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marc-Andre Fleury 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Elliott 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Ottawa Senators | 2–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Scotiabank Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:17 - Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 (Pascal Dupuis 2, Sergei Gonchar 3) | ||||||
| (Peter Regin 1, Matt Cullen 2) Mike Fisher 1 - pp - 01:53 | Second period | 05:57 - Evgeni Malkin 3 (Maxime Talbot 2) 19:15 - pp - Sidney Crosby 2 (Matt Cooke 1, Bill Guerin 2) | ||||||
| (Daniel Alfredsson 3, Jason Spezza 3) Matt Cullen 1 - pp - 12:58 | Third period | 04:27 - Bill Guerin 1 (Chris Kunitz 2, Sidney Crosby 5) | ||||||
| Brian Elliott 20 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Marc-Andre Fleury 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Ottawa Senators | 4–7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Scotiabank Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:50 - pp - Evgeni Malkin 4 (Sergei Gonchar 4, Sidney Crosby 6) | ||||||
| (Chris Campoli 2, Chris Kelly 3) Chris Neil 2 - 07:06 (Erik Karlsson 2, Matt Cullen 3) Daniel Alfredsson 1 - 10:59 (Jason Spezza 4, Daniel Alfredsson 4) Matt Cullen 2 - pp - 13:19 |
Second period | 03:47 - Sidney Crosby 3 (Chris Kunitz 3, Sergei Gonchar 5) 03:59 - Matt Cooke 1 (Maxime Talbot 3) 06:12 - Sidney Crosby 4 (Sergei Gonchar 6, Chris Kunitz 4) 12:38 - sh - Maxime Talbot 1 (Craig Adams 1) 18:11 - Chris Kunitz 1 (Sidney Crosby 7, Bill Guerin 3) | ||||||
| (Erik Karlsson 3, Matt Cullen 4) Jason Spezza 1 - 07:37 | Third period | 12:27 - pp - Jordan Staal 1 (Alex Goligoski 1, Alexei Ponikarovsky 1) | ||||||
| Brian Elliott 15 saves / 19 shots Pascal Leclaire 20 saves / 23 shots |
Goalie stats | Marc-Andre Fleury 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–4 | 3OT | Ottawa Senators | Mellon Arena | Recap | ||
| (Bill Guerin 4, Evgeni Malkin 2) Kris Letang 2 - pp - 18:05 | First period | 10:25 - pp - Mike Fisher 2 (Erik Karlsson 4, Jason Spezza 5) 11:33 - Jarkko Ruutu 2 (Nick Foligno 1, Chris Kelly 4) | ||||||
| (Sidney Crosby 8, Bill Guerin 5) Chris Kunitz 2 - 18:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Evgeni Malkin 3) Sidney Crosby 5 - 09:01 | Third period | 10:24 - Peter Regin 3 (Jason Spezza 6, Erik Karlsson 5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third overtime period | 07:06 - Matt Carkner 1 (Daniel Alfredsson 5, Mike Fisher 2) | ||||||
| Marc-Andre Fleury 40 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Pascal Leclaire 56 saves / 59 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Ottawa Senators | 3–4 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Scotiabank Place | Recap | ||
| (Daniel Alfredsson 6, Anton Volchenkov 2) Matt Cullen 3 - 05:19 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Chris Kelly 5, Jarko Ruutu 1) Chris Neil 3 - 01:51 (Matt Cullen 5, Mike Fisher 3) Daniel Alfredsson 2 - 09:48 |
Second period | 10:56 - Matt Cooke 2 (Jordan Staal 1, Pascal Dupuis 3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:03 - pp - Bill Guerin 2 (Alex Goligoski 2, Evgeni Malkin 4) 12:24 - Matt Cooke 3 (Mark Eaton 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 09:56 - Pascal Dupuis 1 (Jordan Staal 2) | ||||||
| Pascal Leclaire 39 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Marc-Andre Fleury 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–2 | |
Western Conference Quarter-finals[change | change source]
(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Colorado Avalanche[change | change source]
| April 14 | San Jose Sharks | 1–2 | Colorado Avalanche | HP Pavilion | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:38 - pp - John-Michael Liles 1 (Matt Duchene 1, Paul Stastny 1) | ||||||
| (Devin Setoguchi 1, Marc-Edouard Vlasic 1) Ryan Clowe 1 - 07:59 | Third period | 19:10 - Chris Stewart 1 (Paul Stastny 2, T.J. Galiardi 1) | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Craig Anderson 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | San Jose Sharks | 6–5 | OT | Colorado Avalanche | HP Pavilion | Recap | ||
| (Dan Boyle 1) Manny Malhotra 1 - pp - 19:18 | First period | 01:10 - Kyle Cumiskey 1 | ||||||
| (Joe Thornton 1, Patrick Marleau 1) Rob Blake 1 - 03:43 (Ryan Clowe 1, Joe Pavelski 1) Devin Setoguchi 1 - 07:10 (Jed Ortmeyer 1) Scott Nichol 1 - 19:45 |
Second period | 00:24 - Chris Stewart 2 (Craig Anderson 1) 04:08 - Milan Hejduk 1 (Matt Duchene 2, Brandon Yip 1) 17:30 - Brandon Yip 1 (Matt Duchene 3) | ||||||
| (Dany Heatley 1, Joe Thornton 2) Joe Pavelski 1 - 19:28 | Third period | 05:34 - Chris Stewart 3 (Paul Stastny 3, Ryan Wilson 1) | ||||||
| (Ryan Clowe 2, Dan Boyle 2) Devin Setoguchi 2 - pp - 05:22 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 17 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Craig Anderson 46 saves / 52 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Colorado Avalanche | 1–0 | OT | San Jose Sharks | Pepsi Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan O'Reilly 1 - 00:51 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Craig Anderson 51 saves / 51 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Colorado Avalanche | 1–2 | OT | San Jose Sharks | Pepsi Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 01:12 - pp - Dan Boyle 1 (Ryan Clowe 3, Joe Pavelski 2) | ||||||
| (John-Michael Liles 1, Brandon Yip 2) Paul Stastny - pp - 03:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 10:24 - Joe Pavelski 2 (Douglas Murray 1, Ryan Clowe 4) | ||||||
| Craig Anderson 43 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | San Jose Sharks | 5–0 | Colorado Avalanche | HP Pavilion | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Dany Heatley 2, Patrick Marleau 2) Logan Couture 1 - 08:25 (Dan Boyle 3, Devin Setoguchi 2) Joe Pavelski 3 - pp - 10:21 (Scott Nichol 1, Douglas Murray 2) Dwight Helminen 1 - 15:30 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ryan Clowe 5, Devin Setoguchi 3) Logan Couture 2 - 10:37 (Dany Heatley 3, Jason Demers 1) Patrick Marleau 1 - pp - 13:24 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Craig Anderson 29 saves / 33 shots Peter Budaj 3 saves / 4 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–5 | San Jose Sharks | Pepsi Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:47 - Joe Pavelski 4 (Ryane Clowe 6, Rob Blake 1) | ||||||
| (Kyle Cumiskey 1, Adam Foote 1) Marek Svatos 1 - 06:14 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Paul Stastny 4, T. J. Galiardi 2) Brandon Yip 2 - 04:51 | Third period | 07:33 - Dan Boyle 2 (Dany Heatley 4, Joe Pavelski 3) 09:02 - Joe Pavelski 5 (Ryane Clowe 7, Douglas Murray 3) 19:08 - en - Devin Setoguchi 3 (Douglas Murray 4, Dan Boyle 4) 19:29 - en - Douglas Murray 1 (Joe Thornton 3, Torrey Mitchell 1) | ||||||
| Craig Anderson 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| San Jose won series 4–2 | |
(2) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (7) Nashville Predators[change | change source]
| April 16 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–4 | Nashville Predators | United Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Patrick Sharp 1, Brent Sopel 1) Patrick Kane 1 - 09:43 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:31 - J.P. Dumont 1 (Dan Hamhuis 1, Cody Franson 1) 10:37 - J.P. Dumont 2 (David Legwand 1) 19:12 - en - Jerred Smithson 1 (Marcel Goc 1) 19:46 - en - Martin Erat 1 (David Legwand 2, Joel Ward 1) | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Pekka Rinne 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2–0 | Nashville Predators | United Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Jonathan Toews 1, Patrick Kane 1) Dave Bolland 1 - pp - 08:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Patrick Sharp 1) Patrick Kane 2 - 04:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 23 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Pekka Rinne 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Nashville Predators | 4–1 | Chicago Blackhawks | Bridgestone Arena | Recap | |||
| (Steve Sullivan 1, David Legwand 3) Joel Ward 1 - 13:00 | First period | 17:35 - pp - Tomas Kopecky 1 (Kris Versteeg 1, Marian Hossa 1) | ||||||
| (Steve Sullivan 2, Kevin Klein 1) David Legwand 1 - 04:00 (J.P. Dumont 1, David Legwand 4) Shea Weber 1 - 09:52 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Erat - ps - 14:25 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pekka Rinne 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 31 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Nashville Predators | 0–3 | Chicago Blackhawks | Bridgestone Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:57 - pp - Patrick Sharp 1 (Patrick Kane 2, Jonathan Toews 2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:55 - Jonathan Toews 1 (Marian Hossa 2, Bryan Bickell 1) 16:17 - Patrick Sharp 2 (Niklas Hjalmarsson 1, Brent Sopel 2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 33 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Chicago Blackhawks | 5–4 | OT | Nashville Predators | United Center | Recap | ||
| (Brent Seabrook 1, Kris Versteeg 2) Andrew Ladd 1 - 09:57 (Patrick Kane 3, Jonathan Toews 3) Niklas Hjalmarsson 1 - 14:53 |
First period | 06:23 - David Legwand 2 (Steve Sullivan 3, Joel Ward 2) | ||||||
| (Marian Hossa 3, Niklas Hjalmarsson 2) Tomas Kopecky 2 - 16:24 | Second period | 17:31 - sh - Joel Ward 2 (David Legwand 5) | ||||||
| (Jonathan Toews 4, Brent Seabrook 2) Patrick Kane 3 - sh - 19:46 | Third period | 01:34 - Martin Erat 3 (J.P. Dumont 2, Denis Grebeshkov 1) 11:39 - Martin Erat 4 (Denis Grebeshkov 2, Kevin Klein 2) | ||||||
| (Brent Sopel 3, David Bolland 1) Marian Hossa 1 - 04:07 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 17 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Nashville Predators | 3–5 | Chicago Blackhawks | Bridgestone Arena | Recap | |||
| (Jordin Tootoo 1, Colin Wilson 1) Shea Weber 2 - 8:40 (Patric Hornqvist 1, Shea Weber 1) Jason Arnott 1 - pp - 15:44 (Dan Hamhuis 2, Martin Erat 1) Jason Arnott 2 - 19:05 |
First period | 6:38 - Duncan Keith 1 (Marian Hossa 4, Patrick Sharp 3) 9:54 - Patrick Kane 4 (Brent Seabrook 3, Jonathan Toews 5) 12:03 - Patrick Sharp 3 (Marian Hossa 5, Brent Seabrook 4) 19:29 - pp - Jonathan Toews 2 (Patrick Sharp 4, Duncan Keith 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:52 - en - John Madden 1(Jonathan Toews 6, Marian Hossa 6) | ||||||
| Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 4–2 | |
(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Los Angeles Kings[change | change source]
| April 15 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–2 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | GM Place | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Daniel Sedin 1, Sami Salo 1) Mikael Samuelsson 1 - pp - 03:09 (Henrik Sedin 1) Daniel Sedin 1 - 08:31 |
Second period | 00:54 - pp - Jarret Stoll 1 (Michal Handzus 1, Anze Kopitar 1) 13:06 - pp - Fredrik Modin 1 (Alexander Frolov 1, Dustin Brown 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Henrik Sedin 2, Christian Ehrhoff 1) Mikael Samuelsson 2 - 08:52 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Roberto Luongo 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Jonathan Quick 41 saves / 44 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–3 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | GM Place | Recap | ||
| (Ryan Kesler 1, Kyle Wellwood 1) Steve Bernier 1 - pp - 07:33 (Pavol Demitra 1, Ryan Kesler 2) Mikael Samuelsson 3 - 09:49 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:58 - pp - Fredrik Modin 2 (Jack Johnson 1, Dustin Brown 2) 11:33 - Wayne Simmonds (Anze Kopitar 2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 07:28 - pp - Anze Kopitar 1 (Drew Doughty 1, Jack Johnson 2) | ||||||
| Roberto Luongo 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Jonathan Quick 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Los Angeles Kings | 5–3 | Vancouver Canucks | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| (Michal Handzus 2, Dustin Brown 3) Drew Doughty 1 - pp - 11:00 | First period | 02:09 - Mason Raymond 1 (Ryan Kesler 3, Mikael Samuelsson 1) | ||||||
| (Jack Johnson 3, Drew Doughty 2) Michal Handzus 1 - pp - 04:06 (Drew Doughty 3, Jack Johnson 4) Michal Handzus 2 - pp - 12:18 Brad Richardson 1 - 13:21 |
Second period | 14:53 - Mikael Samuelsson 4 (Ryan Kesler 4) | ||||||
| (Jack Johnson 5, Drew Doughty 4) Ryan Smyth 1 - 09:21 | Third period | 04:18 - Daniel Sedin 2 (Kevin Bieksa 1, Henrik Sedin 3) | ||||||
| Jonathan Quick 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Roberto Luongo 12 saves / 16 shots Andrew Raycroft 6 saves / 7 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–6 | Vancouver Canucks | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| (Dustin Brown 4, Alexander Frolov 2) Drew Doughty 2 - pp - 13:26 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Fredrik Modin 1, Alexander Frolov 3) Dustin Brown 1 - pp - 05:56 (Wayne Simmonds 1, Sean O'Donnell 1) Anze Kopitar 2 - 17:09 |
Second period | 03:36 - pp - Christian Ehrhoff 1 (Alexander Edler 1, Kyle Wellwood 2) 15:35 - Pavol Demitra 1 (Christian Ehrhoff 2) | ||||||
| (Ryan Smyth 1, Jack Johnson 6) Wayne Simmonds 2 - 13:18 | Third period | 07:29 - Mikael Samuelsson 5 (Daniel Sedin 2, Shane O'Brien 1) 12:16 - pp - Sami Salo 1 (Henrik Sedin 4, Daniel Sedin 3) 17:08 - Henrik Sedin 1 (Daniel Sedin 4) 19:43 - en - Ryan Kesler 1 | ||||||
| Jonathan Quick 31 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Roberto Luongo 22 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Vancouver Canucks | 7–2 | Los Angeles Kings | GM Place | Recap | |||
| (Kyle Wellwood 3, Pavol Demitra 2) Steve Bernier 2 - 08:50 (Jannik Hansen 1, Ryan Kesler 5) Alexander Edler 1 - 17:32 |
First period | 14:24 - pp - Michal Handzus 3 | ||||||
| (Mikael Samuelsson 2, Henrik Sedin 5) Daniel Sedin 3 - 08:26 (Henrik Sedin 6, Daniel Sedin 5) Mikael Samuelsson 6 - 13:31 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kevin Bieksa 2) Pavol Demitra 2 - 04:38 (Sami Salo 2) Mikael Samuelsson 7 - pp - 06:31 (Andrew Alberts 1, Pavol Demitra 3) Steve Bernier 3 - 09:50 |
Third period | 05:02 - Fredrik Modin 3 (Matt Greene 1, Jason Williams 1) | ||||||
| Roberto Luongo 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Jonathan Quick 21 saves / 26 shots Erik Ersberg 2 saves / 4 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Los Angeles Kings | 2–4 | Vancouver Canucks | Staples Center | Recap | |||
| (Brad Richardson 1) Alexander Frolov 1 - 10:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Anze Kopitar 3, Jack Johnson 7) Drew Doughty 3 - 15:57 | Second period | 08:38 - pp - Steve Bernier 4 (Alexander Edler 2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:57 - Kevin Bieksa 1 (Daniel Sedin 6, Mikael Samuelsson 3) 17:57 - Daniel Sedin 4 (Mikael Samuelsson 4, Henrik Sedin 7) 18:53 - en - Alexandre Burrows 1 | ||||||
| Jonathan Quick 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| Vancouver won series 4–2 | |
(4) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings[change | change source]
| April 14 | Phoenix Coyotes | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Jobing.com Arena | Recap | |||
| (Derek Morris 1, Matthew Lombardi 1) Keith Yandle 1 - pp - 14:13 | First period | 12:17 - Tomas Holmstrom 1 (Brian Rafalski 1) 16:27 - pp - Nicklas Lidstrom 1 (Pavel Datsyuk 1, Johan Franzen 1) | ||||||
| (Keith Yandle 1, Derek Morris 2) Wojtek Wolski 1 - pp - 06:15 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Matthew Lombardi 2) Derek Morris 1 - pp - 02:19 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ilya Bryzgalov 38 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Phoenix Coyotes | 4–7 | Detroit Red Wings | Jobing.com Arena | Recap | |||
| (Martin Hanzal 1, Radim Vrbata 1) Keith Yandle 2 - 10:23 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Wojtek Wolski 2 - 07:05 (Shane Doan 1, Wojtek Wolski 1) Matthew Lombardi 1 - 09:09 |
Second period | 06:27 - pp - Henrik Zetterberg 1 (Valtteri Filppula 1, Niklas Kronwall 1) 08:20 - Pavel Datsyuk 1 (Johan Franzen 2, Tomas Holmstrom 1) 10:25 - Valtteri Filppula 1 (Todd Bertuzzi 1, Jonathan Ericsson 1) | ||||||
| (Vern Fiddler 1, Adrian Aucoin 1) Shane Doan 1 - 09:24 | Third period | 02:32 - Justin Abdelkader 1 13:54 - Henrik Zetterberg 2 (Todd Bertuzzi 2) 17:54 - pp - Valtteri Filppula 2 (Brad Stuart 1, Niklas Kronwall 2) 19:12 - en - Henrik Zetterberg 3 | ||||||
| Ilya Bryzgalov 32 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–4 | Phoenix Coyotes | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| (Brad Stuart 1, Henrik Zetterberg 1) Valtteri Filppula 3 - 14:42 | First period | 00:29 - pp - Sami Lepisto 1 (Martin Hanzal 2, Petr Prucha 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:28 - Wojtek Wolski 3 (Matthew Lombardi 3, Lee Stempniak 1) | ||||||
| (Todd Bertuzzi 3, Henrik Zetterberg 2) Johan Franzen 1 - 09:59 | Third period | 08:16 - Petr Prucha 1 (Radim Vrbata 2, Martin Hanzal 3) 11:38 - Radim Vrbata 1 (Matthew Lombardi 4, Zbynek Michalek 1) | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Ilya Bryzgalov 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–0 | Phoenix Coyotes | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Henrik Zetterberg 3, Niklas Kronwall 3) Todd Bertuzzi 1 - pp - 15:33 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Johan Franzen 3, Nicklas Lidstrom 1) Pavel Datsyuk 2 - 15:53 (Todd Bertuzzi 4, Brad Stuart 3) Henrik Zetterberg 4 - 16:18 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard 29 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Ilya Bryzgalov 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Phoenix Coyotes | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings | Jobing.com Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:04 - Drew Miller 1 (Niklas Kronwall 4, Brad Stuart 4) | ||||||
| (Adrian Aucoin 2, Matthew Lombardi 5) Ed Jovanovski 1 - 09:45 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:09 - Tomas Holmstrom 2 (Nicklas Lidstrom 2, Pavel Datsyuk 2) 12:18 - Pavel Datsyuk 3 (Johan Franzen 4, Tomas Holmstrom 2) 19:04 - en - Henrik Zetterberg 6 (Valtteri Filppula 2) | ||||||
| Ilya Bryzgalov 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–5 | Phoenix Coyotes | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:10 - sh - Lauri Korpikoski 1 | ||||||
| (Pavel Datsyuk 3, Johan Franzen 5) Brad Stuart 1 - 02:51 | Second period | 02:27 - pp - Mathieu Schneider 1 (Lee Stempniak 2, Taylor Pyatt 1) 10:09 - pp - Radim Vrbata 2 (Robert Lang 1, Keith Yandle 2) 14:01 - Wojtek Wolski 4 (Petr Prucha 2, Zbynek Michalek 2) | ||||||
| (Niklas Kronwall 5) Darren Helm 1 - 16:29 | Third period | 05:25 - pp - Taylor Pyatt 1 (Keith Yandle 3, Derek Morris 3) | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard 24 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Ilya Bryzgalov 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Phoenix Coyotes | 1–6 | Detroit Red Wings | Jobing.com Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vernon Fiddler 1 - 08:23 | Second period | 02:01 - pp - Pavel Datsyuk 4 (Nicklas Lidstrom 3, Brian Rafalski 3) 03:42 - Pavel Datsyuk 5 (Henrik Zetterberg 3, Brian Rafalski 4) 13:52 - pp - Nicklas Lidstrom 2 (Valtteri Filppula 3, Henrik Zetterberg 4) 19:55 - Brad Stuart 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:35 - Todd Bertuzzi 2 (Valtteri Filppula 4, Henrik Zetterberg 5) 12:14 - pp - Nicklas Lidstrom 3 (Brian Rafalski 5, Johan Franzen 6) | ||||||
| Ilya Bryzgalov 44 saves / 50 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–3 | |
Conference Semifinals[change | change source]
Eastern Conference Semifinals[change | change source]
- All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
(4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens[change | change source]
| April 30 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Mellon Arena | Recap | |||
| (Kris Letang 1, Evgeni Malkin 5) Sergei Gonchar 1 - pp - 08:38 (Alexei Ponikarovsky 3, Alex Goligoski 3) Jordan Staal 2 - pp - 13:27 |
First period | 04:30 - P. K. Subban 1 | ||||||
| (Sidney Crosby 10) Kris Letang 3 - pp - 02:34 (Pascal Dupuis 4, Matt Cooke 2) Craig Adams 2 - 18:36 |
Second period | 15:27 - Michael Cammalleri 6 (Scott Gomez 4, Brian Gionta 3) | ||||||
| (Sidney Crosby 11, Bill Guerin 5) Alex Goligoski 2 - pp - 02:59 (Chris Kunitz 5, Brooks Orpik 1) Bill Guerin 3 - en - 11:11 |
Third period | 12:29 - pp - Brian Gionta 3 (Marc-Andre Bergeron 3, Scott Gomez 5) | ||||||
| Marc-Andre Fleury 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 15 saves / 20 shots Carey Price 3 saves / 3 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Mellon Arena | Recap | |||
| (Maxime Talbot 4, Pascal Dupuis 5) Matt Cooke 4 - 04:38 | First period | 15:48 - Brian Gionta 4 (Scott Gomez 6, Benoit Pouliot 2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:29 - pp - Michael Cammalleri 7 (P. K. Subban 2, Scott Gomez 7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:06 - Michael Cammalleri 8 (Tomas Plekanec 7) | ||||||
| Marc-Andre Fleury 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 38 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 0–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:16 - pp - Evgeni Malkin 5 (Sergei Gonchar 7, Alex Goligoski 4) 19:45 - en - Pascal Dupuis 2 (Chris Kunitz 6, Mark Eaton 2) | ||||||
| Jaroslav Halak 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Marc-Andre Fleury 18 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
| (Travis Moen 1, Glen Metropolit 2) Tom Pyatt 1 - 02:34 | First period | 03:27 - Maxime Talbot 2 05:18 - pp - Chris Kunitz 3 (Sidney Crosby 12, Alex Goligoski 5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mathieu Darche 1, Marc-Andre Bergeron 4) Maxim Lapierre 2 - 02:07 (Tom Pyatt 1, Roman Hamrlik 4) Brian Gionta 5 - 03:40 |
Third period | |||||||
| Jaroslav Halak 33 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Marc-Andre Fleury 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens | Mellon Arena | Recap | |||
| (Evgeni Malkin 6, Sergei Gonchar 8) Kris Letang 4 - pp - 18:18 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Brooks Orpik 2, Mark Letestu 1) Sergei Gonchar 2 - 09:50 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:29 - pp - Michael Cammalleri 9 (Brian Gionta 4, Tomas Plekanec 5) | ||||||
| Marc-Andre Fleury 32 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
| (Tomas Plekanec 6, Andrei Kostitsyn 4) Michael Cammalleri 10 - 01:13 | First period | 07:22 - Sidney Crosby 6 (Mark Eaton 3, Chris Kunitz 7) | ||||||
| (Andrei Kostitsyn 5, Roman Hamrlik 5) Michael Cammalleri 11 - 10:45 (Scott Gomez 8, Brian Gionta 5) Jaroslav Spacek 1 - 13:15 |
Second period | 05:21 - pp - Kris Letang (Sidney Crosby 13, Sergei Gonchar 9) | ||||||
| Maxim Lapierre 3 - 11:03 | Third period | 18:36 - Bill Guerin 4 (Sergei Gonchar 10, Alex Goligoski 6) | ||||||
| Jaroslav Halak 34 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Marc-Andre Fleury 21 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Mellon Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:32 - pp - Brian Gionta 6 (P. K. Subban 3, Scott Gomez 9) 14:23 - Dominic Moore 3 (Roman Hamrlik 6) | ||||||
| (Kris Letang 2, Pascal Dupuis 6) Chris Kunitz 4 - 8:36 (Alexei Ponikarovsky 4, Alex Goligoski 7) Jordan Staal 3 - 16:30 |
Second period | 3:32 - Michael Cammalleri 12 (Tomas Plekanec 7, Jaroslav Spacek 3) 5:14 - Travis Moen 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:00 - pp - Brian Gionta 7 (Michael Cammalleri 6, Scott Gomez 10) | ||||||
| Marc-Andre Fleury 9 saves / 13 shots Brent Johnson 6 saves / 7 shots |
Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 37 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–3 | |
(6) Boston Bruins vs. (7) Philadelphia Flyers[change | change source]
| May 1 | Boston Bruins | 5–4 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | TD Garden | Recap | ||
| (Patrice Bergeron 4, Mark Recchi 3) Steve Begin 1 - 02:39 (Dennis Wideman 4) Patrice Bergeron 3 - 12:54 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Johnny Boychuk 3, Dennis Wideman 5) Miroslav Satan 3 - pp - 11:43 | Second period | 07:38 - Ryan Parent 1 (Mike Richards 7, Arron Asham 1) 15:48 - pp - Chris Pronger 3 (Kimmo Timonen 4, Mike Richards 8) | ||||||
| (Miroslav Satan 4, Milan Lucic 3) David Krejci 4 - 07:25 | Third period | 12:37 - pp - Mike Richards 3 (Daniel Briere 4, Scott Hartnell 2) 16:38 - Daniel Briere 3 (Matt Carle 2, Chris Pronger 4) | ||||||
| Marc Savard 1 - 13:52 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tuuka Rask 32 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 41 saves / 46 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| (Patrice Bergeron 5) Johnny Boychuk 2 - 05:12 | First period | 17:06 - Mike Richards 4 (Daniel Briere 5, Ville Leino 1) | ||||||
| (Blake Wheeler 3, Dennis Wideman 7) Miroslav Satan 4 - 09:31 | Second period | 19:35 - Daniel Briere 4 (Ville Leino 2, Chris Pronger 5) | ||||||
| (David Krejci 3, Miroslav Satan 5) Milan Lucic 1 - 17:03 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–4 | Boston Bruins | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| (Claude Giroux 3, Blair Betts 1) Arron Asham 2 - 02:32 | First period | 04:11 - Blake Wheeler 1 (Matt Hunwick 5, Marc Savard 1) 05:45 - Miroslav Satan 4 (Milan Lucic 4, David Krejci 4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:30 - pp - Mark Recchi 4 (Blake Wheeler 4, Zdeno Chara 3) 18:08 - en - Patrice Bergeron 4 | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 15 saves / 19 shots Johan Backlund 0 saves / 0 shots |
Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 34 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Philadelphia Flyers | 5–4 | OT | Boston Bruins | Wachovia Center | Recap | ||
| (Claude Giroux 4, Matt Carle 3) Daniel Briere 5 - 19:06 | First period | 15:37 - Mark Recchi 5 (Patrice Bergeron 6, Daniel Paille 2) | ||||||
| (Matt Carle 4, Daniel Carcillo 2) Chris Pronger 4 - 04:28 (Scott Hartnell 3, Matt Carle 5) Claude Giroux 5 - 08:35 |
Second period | 10:56 - Michael Ryder 3 (Matt Hunwick 6, Blake Wheeler 5) | ||||||
| (Chris Pronger 6, Daniel Briere 6) Ville Leino 1 - 14:20 | Third period | 03:49 - pp - Milan Lucic 2 (Dennis Wideman 8, Marc Savard 2) 19:28 - Mark Recchi 6 (Patrice Bergeron 7, Dennis Wideman 9) | ||||||
| (Matt Carle 6, Mike Richards 9) Simon Gagne 1 - 14:40 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Boston Bruins | 0–4 | Philadelphia Flyers | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:41 - Ville Leino 2 (Chris Pronger 7, Matt Carle 7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:16 - Scott Hartnell 1 (Daniel Briere 7, Kimmo Timonen 5) 17:53 - pp - Simon Gagne 2 (Mike Richards 10, Ville Leino 3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:48 - Simon Gagne 3 | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 9 saves / 9 shots Michael Leighton 14 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–1 | Boston Bruins | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| (Simon Gagne 3, Daniel Carcillo 3) Mike Richards 5 - 06:58 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mike Richards 11, Claude Giroux 5) Daniel Briere 6 - pp - 16:20 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:00 - Milan Lucic 3 (Dennis Wideman 10, Zdeno Chara 4) | ||||||
| Michael Leighton 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 14 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | Philadelphia Flyers | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| (Mark Recchi 5, Zdeno Chara 5) Michael Ryder 4 - pp - 05:27 (Dennis Wideman 11, Johnny Boychuk 4) Milan Lucic 4 - pp - 09:02 Milan Lucic 5 - 14:10 |
First period | 17:12 - James van Riemsdyk 1 (Claude Giroux 6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:49 - Scott Hartnell 2 (Ville Leino 4, Daniel Briere 8) 08:39 - Daniel Briere 7 (Scott Hartnell 4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:52 - Simon Gagne 4 (Mike Richards 12, Ville Leino 5) | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Leighton 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–3 | |
Western Conference Semifinals[change | change source]
(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings[change | change source]
| April 29 | San Jose Sharks | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings | HP Pavilion at San Jose | Recap | |||
| (Dan Boyle 5, Jason Demers 2) Joe Pavelski 5 - pp - 09:05 (Joe Thornton 4, Jason Demers 3) Dany Heatley 1 - 10:01 (Joe Pavelski 4, Dan Boyle 6) Devin Setoguchi 4 - 10:24 |
First period | 11:40 - Daniel Cleary 1 (Jonathan Ericsson 2, Justin Abdelkader 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:45 - Johan Franzen 2 (Pavel Datsyuk 4) | ||||||
| (Dan Boyle 7, Dany Heatley 5) Joe Pavelski 6 - pp - 00:50 | Third period | 02:57 - Brian Rafalski 1 (Pavel Datsyuk 5, Johan Franzen 7) | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | San Jose Sharks | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings | HP Pavilion at San Jose | Recap | |||
| (Dany Heatley 6, Patrick Marleau 3) Joe Pavelski 8 - pp - 09:01 (Joe Pavelski 5, Douglas Murray 5) Ryan Clowe 2 - 10:32 |
First period | 06:51 - Pavel Datsyuk 6 13:17 - pp - Tomas Holmstrom 3 (Johan Franzen 8, Brian Rafalski 6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:00 - Nicklas Lidstrom 4 (Brian Rafalski 7, Pavel Datsyuk 6) | ||||||
| (Dany Heatley 7, Joe Thornton 5) Joe Pavelski 9 - pp - 04:40 (Dany Heatley 8) Joe Thornton 1 - 12:37 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 41 saves / 45 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–4 | OT | San Jose Sharks | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| (Johan Franzen 9, Nicklas Lidstrom 4) Tomas Holmstrom 4 - 13:33 (Drew Miller 1, Henrik Zetterberg 6) Daniel Cleary 2 - 18:37 |
First period | 19:56 - Devin Setoguchi 5 (Joe Pavelski 6, Ryane Clowe 8) | ||||||
| (Valtteri Filppula 5, Brian Rafalski 8) Henrik Zetterberg 7 - 01:42 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:42 - Joe Thornton 2 13:17 - Logan Couture 3 (Torrey Mitchell 2, Marc-Edouard Vlasic 2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 07:07 - Patrick Marleau 2 (Joe Thornton 6) | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 7–1 | San Jose Sharks | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| (Johan Franzen 10, Henrik Zetterberg 7) Todd Bertuzzi 2 - pp - 05:40 (Henrik Zetterberg 8, Todd Bertuzzi 5) Johan Franzen 3 - 07:50 (Todd Bertuzzi 6, Nicklas Lidstrom 5) Johan Franzen 4 - 10:43 Johan Franzen 5 - 11:16 (Tomas Holmstrom 3, Pavel Datsyuk 7)) Valtteri Filppula - 18:50 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Todd Bertuzzi 7, Johan Franzen 11) Brian Rafalski 2 - pp - 03:05 | Second period | 19:11 - pp - Dany Heatley 2 (Joe Thornton 7, Patrick Marleau 4) | ||||||
| (Nicklas Lidstrom 6, Henrik Zetterberg 9) Johan Franzen 6 - pp - 07:33 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 4 saves / 9 shots Thomas Greiss 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | San Jose Sharks | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings | HP Pavilion at San Jose | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Dany Heatley 9, Jason Demers 4) Joe Thornton 3 - pp - 04:54 | Second period | 02:40 - Brian Rafalski 3 (Johan Franzen 12, Todd Bertuzzi 8) | ||||||
| (Joe Thornton 8) Patrick Marleau 3 - 06:59 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 33 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| San Jose won series 4–1 | |
(2) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks[change | change source]
| May 1 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–5 | Vancouver Canucks | United Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:51 - Christian Ehrhoff 2 (Mason Raymond 1, Ryan Kesler 6) 19:49 - Mason Raymond 2 (Ryan Kesler 7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:32 - Henrik Sedin 2 (Daniel Sedin 7, Sami Salo 3) 10:59 - pp - Kyle Wellwood 1 (Steve Bernier 1, Christian Ehrhoff 3) 16:21 - Michael Grabner 1 (Rick Rypien 1, Jannik Hansen 2) | ||||||
| (Jonathan Toews 7, Dave Bolland 2) Patrick Kane 5 - pp - 02:07 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 20 saves / 25 shots Cristobal Huet 3 saves / 3 shots |
Goalie stats | Roberto Luongo 36 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4–2 | Vancouver Canucks | United Center | Recap | |||
| Dave Bolland 3, Kris Versteeg 3) Brent Seabrook 1 - 07:40 | First period | 01:22 - Mason Raymond 3 (Ryan Kesler 8, Kevin Bieksa 3) 05:02 - pp - Mikael Samuelsson 8 (Henrik Sedin 8, Pavol Demitra 4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Brent Seabrook 5) Patrick Sharp 4 - sh - 06:49 (Duncan Keith 2, Brent Seabrook 6) Kris Versteeg 1 - 18:30 (Jonathan Toews 8) Patrick Kane 6 - en - 19:12 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–5 | Chicago Blackhawks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:19 - Kris Versteeg 2 (Marian Hossa 7, Andrew Ladd 1) 16:47 - pp - Dustin Byfuglien 1 (Duncan Keith 3, Jonathan Toews 9) | ||||||
| (Alexander Edler 3, Sami Salo 4) Jannik Hansen 1 - 09:07 (Alexander Edler 4, Sami Salo 5) Alexandre Burrows 2 - 19:06 |
Second period | 11:24 - pp - Dustin Byfuglien 2 (Jonathan Toews 10, Patrick Kane 4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:45 - Marian Hossa 2 (Patrick Sharp 5, Tomas Kopecky 1) 13:58 - Dustin Byfuglien 3 (Patrick Kane 5, Jonathan Toews 11) | ||||||
| Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–7 | Chicago Blackhawks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| (Mikael Samuelsson 5, Kevin Bieksa 4) Kyle Wellwood 2 - 01:34 (Alexandre Burrows 1, Henrik Sedin 9) Daniel Sedin 5 - pp - 14:36 |
First period | 00:18 - Brent Seabrook 2 (Jonathan Toews 12, Dustin Byfuglien 1) 09:23 - pp - Jonathan Toews 3 (Patrick Kane 6, Patrick Sharp 6) | ||||||
| (Christian Ehrhoff 4, Daniel Sedin 8) Alexander Edler 2 - pp - 18:16 | Second period | 00:27 - pp - Jonathan Toews 4 12:47 - pp - Patrick Sharp 5 (Jonathan Toews 13, Patrick Kane 7) 15:22 - pp - Jonathan Toews 5 (Dave Bolland 4, Patrick Sharp 7) | ||||||
| (Alexandre Burrows 2, Shane O'Brien 2) Henrik Sedin 3 - 14:37 | Third period | 06:59 - Tomas Kopecky 3 (Marian Hossa 8, Patrick Sharp 8) 19:23 - en - Dave Bolland 2 | ||||||
| Roberto Luongo 27 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–4 | Vancouver Canucks | United Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:59 - Christian Ehrhoff 3 (Daniel Sedin 9, Henrik Sedin 10) 14:24 - Kevin Bieksa 2 (Kyle Wellwood 4, Mikael Samuelsson 6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:00 - pp - Kevin Bieksa 3 (Mikael Samuelsson 7, Henrik Sedin 11) | ||||||
| (Duncan Keith 4, Brian Campbell 1) Jonathan Toews 6 - 12:51 | Third period | 19:15 - en - Alexandre Burrows 3 (Kyle Wellwood 5, Kevin Bieksa 5) | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Roberto Luongo 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–5 | Chicago Blackhawks | General Motors Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:00 - Troy Brouwer 1 (Patrick Sharp 9, Duncan Keith 5) 02:36 - Kris Versteeg 3 19:15 - sh - Dave Bolland 3 | ||||||
| (Alexandre Burrows 3, Ryan Kesler 9) Shane O'Brien 1 - 03:44 | Third period | 08:17 - Patrick Kane 7 (Jonathan Toews 14, Dustin Byfuglien 2) 08:42 - Dustin Byfuglien 4 (Patrick Kane 8, Brian Campbell 2) | ||||||
| Roberto Luongo 25 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 4–2 | |
Conference Finals[change | change source]
Eastern Conference Finals[change | change source]
(7) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens[change | change source]
| May 16 | Philadelphia Flyers | 6–0 | Montreal Canadiens | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| (Scott Hartnell 5, Ville Leino 6) Braydon Coburn 1 - pp - 03:55 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Claude Giroux 7) James van Riemsdyk 2 - 00:30 (Matt Carle 8) Daniel Briere 8 - 04:23 (Braydon Coburn 2, Ville Leino 7) - Simon Gagne 5 - pp - 09:53 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Daniel Briere 9, Matt Carle 9) Scott Hartnell 3 - 12:13 (Arron Asham 2, James van Riemsdyk 2) Claude Giroux 6 - 13:26 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michael Leighton 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 10 saves / 14 shots Carey Price 9 saves / 11 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| (Claude Giroux 8, Kimmo Timonen 6) Daniel Briere 9 - pp - 04:16 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ville Leino 8, Mike Richards 13) Simon Gagne 6 - pp - 15:49 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Lukas Krajicek 1, Chris Pronger 8) Ville Leino 3 - 10:24 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michael Leighton 30 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 20 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
| (P. K. Subban 4, Roman Hamrlik 7) Michael Cammalleri 13 - 07:05 (Maxim Lapierre 1, Dominic Moore 1) Tom Pyatt 2 - 16:52 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Tom Pyatt 2, Josh Gorges 2) Dominic Moore 4 - 11:33 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Roman Hamrlik 8, P. K. Subban 5) Brian Gionta 8 - 02:00 (P. K. Subban 6, Scott Gomez 11) Marc-Andre Bergeron 2 - pp - 19:29 |
Third period | 08:22 - Simon Gagne 7 (Daniel Carcillo 4, Chris Pronger 9) | ||||||
| Jaroslav Halak 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Leighton 33 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | Montreal Canadiens | 0–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:41 - Claude Giroux 7 (Kimmo Timonen 7) 14:53 - Ville Leino 4 (Chris Pronger 10) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:47 - en - Claude Giroux 8 | ||||||
| Jaroslav Halak 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Leighton 17 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| May 24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| (Claude Giroux 9) Mike Richards 6 - sh - 04:25 | First period | 00:59 - Brian Gionta 9 (Scott Gomez 12, Roman Hamrlik 9) | ||||||
| (Matt Carle 10) Arron Asham 3 - 03:07 (Mike Richards 14, Kimmo Timonen 8) Jeff Carter 3 - 04:31 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mike Richards 15) Jeff Carter 4 - en 19:37 | Third period | 06:53 - Scott Gomez 2 (P. K. Subban 7, Brian Gionta 6) | ||||||
| Michael Leighton 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–1 | |
Western Conference Finals[change | change source]
(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (2) Chicago Blackhawks[change | change source]
| May 16 | San Jose Sharks | 1–2 | Chicago Blackhawks | HP Pavilion at San Jose | Recap | |||
| (Patrick Marleau 5, Dan Boyle 8) Jason Demers 1 - pp - 11:19 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:44 - Patrick Sharp 6 (Duncan Keith 6, Troy Brouwer 1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:15 - Dustin Byfuglien 5 (Patrick Kane 9, Jonathan Toews 15) | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 38 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 44 saves / 45 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | San Jose Sharks | 2–4 | Chicago Blackhawks | HP Pavilion at San Jose | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:48 - Andrew Ladd 2 (Duncan Keith 7, Kris Versteeg 4) | ||||||
| (Joe Thornton 9, Dan Boyle 9) Patrick Marleau 4 - pp - 11:08 | Second period | 06:59 - Dustin Byfuglien 6 (Patrick Kane 10, Jonathan Toews 16) 08:29 - pp - Jonathan Toews 7 (Duncan Keith 8, Patrick Kane 11) | ||||||
| (Dany Heatley 10, Dan Boyle 10) Patrick Marleau 5 - 15:32 | Third period | 06:18 - Troy Brouwer 2 (Niklas Hjalmarsson 3, Marian Hossa 9) | ||||||
| Evgeni Nabokov 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 21 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3–2 | OT | San Jose Sharks | United Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Jonathan Toews 17, Patrick Kane 12) Patrick Sharp 7 - pp - 06:59 | Second period | 03:58 - pp - Patrick Marleau 6 (Joe Pavelski 7, Dan Boyle 11) | ||||||
| (Jonathan Toews 18) Dave Bolland 4 - 13:05 | Third period | 15:37 - Patrick Marleau 7 (Dany Heatley 11, Dan Boyle 12) | ||||||
| (Dave Bolland 5, Brian Campbell 3) Dustin Byfuglien 7 - 12:24 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 44 saves / 46 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 35 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| May 23 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4–2 | San Jose Sharks | United Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:08 - Logan Couture 4 (Devin Setoguchi 4, Douglas Murray 6) | ||||||
| (Niklas Hjalmarsson 4, Kris Versteeg 5) Brent Seabrook 3 - 13:15 (Ben Eager 1, Duncan Keith 9) Dave Bolland 5 - 18:38 |
Second period | 07:35 - sh - Patrick Marleau 8 (Marc-Edouard Vlasic 3, Joe Pavelski 8) | ||||||
| (Patrick Kane 13, Jonathan Toews 19) Dustin Byfuglien 8 - pp - 14:05 Kris Versteeg 4 - en - 19:18 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Evgeni Nabokov 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 4–0 | |
Stanley Cup Finals[change | change source]
- All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
| May 29 | Chicago Blackhawks | 6–5 | Philadelphia Flyers | United Center | Recap | |||
| (Marian Hossa 10, Brent Sopel 4) Troy Brouwer 3 - 07:46 Dave Bolland 6 - sh - 11:50 |
First period | 06:38 - Ville Leino 5 (Daniel Briere 10, Chris Pronger 11) 16:37 - pp - Scott Hartnell 4 (Daniel Briere 11, Chris Pronger 12) 19:33 - Daniel Briere 10 (Ville Leino 9, Scott Hartnell 6) | ||||||
| (Troy Brouwer 2, Niklas Hjalmarsson 5) Patrick Sharp 8 - 01:11 (Tomas Kopecky 2, Duncan Keith 10) Kris Versteeg 5 - 09:31 (Marian Hossa 11, Niklas Hjalmarsson 6) Troy Brouwer 4 - 15:18 |
Second period | 07:20 - Blair Betts 1 (Arron Asham 3, Darroll Powe 1) 18:49 - Arron Asham 4 (Daniel Briere 12, Scott Hartnell 7) | ||||||
| (Kris Versteeg 6, Dave Bolland 6) Tomas Kopecky 4 - 08:25 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 27 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Leighton 15 saves / 20 shots Brian Boucher 11 saves / 12 shots | ||||||
| May 31 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | United Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Patrick Sharp 10, Duncan Keith 11) Marian Hossa 3 - 17:09 (Dustin Byfuglien 3) Ben Eager 1 - 17:37 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:20 - pp - Simon Gagne 8 (Mike Richards 16, Jeff Carter 2) | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 32 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Leighton 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| June 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–3 | OT | Chicago Blackhawks | Wachovia Center | Recap | ||
| (Patrick Kane 14, Braydon Coburn 3) Daniel Briere 11 - pp - 14:58 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Chris Pronger 13, Claude Giroux 10) Scott Hartnell 5 - pp - 09:55 | Second period | 02:49 - Duncan Keith 2 (Troy Brouwer 2, Marián Hossa 12) 17:52 - Brent Sopel 1 (John Madden 1) | ||||||
| (Claude Giroux 11 and Matt Carle 11) Ville Leino 6 - 14:58 | Third period | 02:50 - Patrick Kane 8 (Jonathan Toews 20, Ben Eager 2) | ||||||
| (Matt Carle 12 and Danny Briere 13) Claude Giroux 9 - 5:59 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michael Leighton 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| June 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 5–3 | Chicago Blackhawks | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| Mike Richards 7 - pp - 04:35 Matt Carle 1 - 14:48 (Kimmo Timonen 9 & Scott Hartnell 9) Claude Giroux 10 - 19:23 |
First period | 18:32 - Patrick Sharp 9 (Duncan Keith 11) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Danny Briere 14 & James van Riemsdyk 3) Ville Leino 7 - 06:43 Jeff Carter 5 - en - 19:35 |
Third period | 12:01 - pp - Dave Bolland 7 (Duncan Keith 12 & Patrick Kane 15) 15:50 - Brian Campbell 1 (Andrew Ladd 2 & Duncan Keith 13) | ||||||
| Michael Leighton 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| June 6 | Chicago Blackhawks | 7–4 | Philadelphia Flyers | United Center | Recap | |||
| (Kris Versteeg 7, Troy Brouwer 4) Brent Seabrook 4 - pp - 12:17 (Brent Sopel 5, Dustin Byfuglien 4) Dave Bolland 8 - 15:26 (Brent Seabrook 7, Dustin Byfuglien 5) Kris Versteeg 6 - 18:15 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Andrew Ladd 3, Patrick Sharp 11) Patrick Kane 9 - 03:13 (Jonathan Toews 21, Duncan Keith 14) Dustin Byfuglien 9 - pp - 17:55 |
Second period | 00:32 - Scott Hartnell 6 (Ville Leino 10, Daniel Briere 15) 04:38 - Kimmo Timonen 1 (Daniel Briere 16, Ville Leino 11) | ||||||
| (Patrick Kane 16) Patrick Sharp 10 - 16:08 (Kris Versteeg 8, Dave Bolland 7) Dustin Byfuglien 10 - en - 17:55 |
Third period | 06:36 - James van Riemsdyk 3 (Lukas Krajicek 2, Kimmo Timonen 10) 17:24 - Simon Gagne 9 (Ville Leino 12) | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Leighton 10 saves / 13 shots Brian Boucher 11 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| June 9 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–4 | OT | Chicago Blackhawks | Wachovia Center | Recap | ||
| (Daniel Briere 17, Chris Pronger 14) Scott Hartnell 7 - pp - 19:33 | First period | 16:49 - pp - Dustin Byfuglien 11 (Jonathan Toews 22, Patrick Kane 17) | ||||||
| (Ville Leino 13, Lukas Krajicek 3) Daniel Briere 12 - 08:00 | Second period | 09:58 - Patrick Sharp 11 (Dave Bolland 8, Duncan Keith 15) 17:43 - Andrew Ladd 3 (Niklas Hjalmarsson 7, Patrick Kane 18) | ||||||
| (Ville Leino 14, Daniel Briere 18) Scott Hartnell 8 - 16:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:06 - Patrick Kane 10 (Brian Campbell 4) | ||||||
| Michael Leighton 37 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Antti Niemi 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 4–2 | |
Statistical leaders[change | change source]
Skaters[change | change source]
These are the top ten skaters based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, goals will take precedence.[7]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Briere | Philadelphia Flyers | 23 | 12 | 18 | 30 | +9 |
| Jonathan Toews | Chicago Blackhawks | 22 | 7 | 22 | 29 | -1 |
| Patrick Kane | Chicago Blackhawks | 22 | 10 | 18 | 28 | -2 |
| Mike Richards | Philadelphia Flyers | 23 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -1 |
| Patrick Sharp | Chicago Blackhawks | 22 | 11 | 11 | 22 | +10 |
| Claude Giroux | Philadelphia Flyers | 23 | 10 | 11 | 21 | +7 |
| Ville Leino | Philadelphia Flyers | 19 | 7 | 14 | 21 | +10 |
| Michael Cammalleri | Montreal Canadiens | 19 | 13 | 6 | 19 | -6 |
| Sidney Crosby | Pittsburgh Penguins | 13 | 6 | 13 | 19 | +6 |
| Johan Franzen | Detroit Red Wings | 12 | 6 | 12 | 18 | +8 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus
Goaltending[change | change source]
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.[8][9]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Leighton | Philadelphia Flyers | 13 | 8 | 3 | 371 | 31 | 2.46 | .916 | 3 | 757:13 |
| Brian Boucher | Philadelphia Flyers | 12 | 6 | 6 | 298 | 27 | 2.47 | .909 | 1 | 655:37 |
| Jaroslav Halak | Montreal Canadiens | 18 | 9 | 9 | 562 | 43 | 2.55 | .923 | 0 | 1,013:24 |
| Evgeni Nabokov | San Jose Sharks | 15 | 8 | 7 | 407 | 38 | 2.56 | .907 | 1 | 889:51 |
| Tuukka Rask | Boston Bruins | 13 | 7 | 6 | 409 | 36 | 2.61 | .912 | 0 | 829:03 |
| Antti Niemi | Chicago Blackhawks | 22 | 16 | 6 | 645 | 58 | 2.63 | .910 | 2 | 1,321:51 |
| Jimmy Howard | Detroit Red Wings | 12 | 5 | 7 | 387 | 33 | 2.75 | .915 | 1 | 720:26 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs Quarterfinals Schedule". NHL.com.
- ↑ "Questions galore for Capitals after quick exit". NHL.com.
- ↑ "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ↑ "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Semifinals". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ↑ "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Finals". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ↑ "2010 Stanley Cup Final - Blackhawks vs. Flyers". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
- ↑ "2009–2010 - Playoffs - All Skaters - Summary - Total points". NHL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ↑ "2009–2010 - Playoffs - Goalie - Summary - Goals against average". NHL.com. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ↑ "2009–2010 - Playoffs - Goalie - Summary - Save percentage". NHL.com. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
| Preceded by 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs |
Stanley Cup playoffs 2010 |
Succeeded by 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs |