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1995 Stanley Cup playoffs

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Field	Value
title	Stanley Cup playoffs
year	1995
dates	May 6–June 24, 1995
num_teams	16
defending_champions	[New York Rangers](1994-95-new-york-rangers-season)
winners	[New Jersey Devils](1994-95-new-jersey-devils-season)
second	[Detroit Red Wings](1994-95-detroit-red-wings-season)
stat_leader_title	Scoring leader(s)
stat_leader_player	Sergei Fedorov (Red Wings)
stat_leader_value	24 points
award_title	MVP
award	Claude Lemieux (Devils)
prev_season	[1994](1994-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season	[1996](1996-stanley-cup-playoffs)

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:

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 six 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.

|RD2-group1=Eastern Conference |RD2-group2=Western Conference

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.

|1-1-1 =Adam Graves (1) – pp – 04:34 |1-1-2 =17:03 – sh – Scott Young (1) 19:41 – pp – Joe Sakic (1) |1-2-1 =Adam Graves (2) – pp – 05:08 Alexander Karpovtsev (1) – 09:27 Alex Kovalev (1) – 18:51 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =09:44 – Joe Sakic (2) 14:07 – Bob Bassen (1) 19:41 – Joe Sakic (3) |goalie1-1 =Mike Richter 28 saves / 33 shots |goalie1-2 =Stephane Fiset 28 saves / 32 shots

|2-1-1 =Steve Larmer (1) – sh – 12:48 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Adam Graves (3) – 05:37 Sergei Nemchinov (1) – 06:10 Mark Messier (1) – pp – 12:41 |2-2-2 =Bob Bassen (2) – 02:38 Janne Laukkanen (1) - 13:37 |2-3-1 =Sergei Zubov (1) – 05:35 Petr Nedved (1) – pp – 08:33 Sergei Nemchinov (2) – 11:09 Petr Nedved (2) – 18:31 |2-3-2 =16:10 – Valeri Kamensky (1) |goalie2-1 =Glenn Healy 19 saves / 22 shots |goalie2-2 =Stephane Fiset 21 saves / 28 shots Garth Snow 2 saves / 3 shots

|6-1-1 =02:11 – pp – Pat Verbeek (2) 08:26 – Alex Kovalev (3) 19:57 – Sergei Nemchinov (4) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =10:18 – Alex Kovalev (4) |6-2-2 =Joe Sakic (4) – sh – 15:56 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Peter Forsberg (2) – pp – 05:34 |goalie6-1 =Mike Richter 26 saves / 28 shots |goalie6-2 =Stephane Fiset 22 saves / 23 shots Jocelyn Thibault 13 saves / 16 shots

(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.

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (2) – 17:51 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Brent Fedyk (2) – 02:08 Eric Desjardins (1) – pp – 17:14 John LeClair (1) – 18:56 |4-3-1 =07:18 – Alexander Mogilny (2) 07:55 – Pat LaFontaine (2) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 27 shots |goalie4-2 =Ron Hextall 25 saves / 27 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =04:30 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (3) 14:19 – Kevin Haller (2) 17:45 – Eric Lindros (1) 18:04 – Patrik Juhlin (1) |5-2-1 =Wayne Presley (2) – 12:59 Wayne Presley (3) – sh – 19:51 |5-2-2 =04:56 – John LeClair (2) |5-3-1 =Alexander Mogilny (3) – 13:00 Brian Holzinger (2) – pp – 19:53 |5-3-2 =15:40 – Kevin Dineen (1) |goalie5-1 =Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 30 shots |goalie5-2 =Ron Hextall 24 saves / 28 shots

(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.

|1-1-1 =Dale Hunter (1) – 10:25 |1-1-2 =01:37 – pp – Len Barrie (1) |1-2-1 =Sergei Gonchar (1) – 03:57 Steve Konowalchuk (1) – sh – 10:59 |1-2-2 =00:41 – pp – Kevin Stevens (1) 01:38 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (1) |1-3-1 =Dale Hunter (2) – 00:29 Sergei Gonchar (2) – 02:17 |1-3-2 =14:42 – Jaromir Jagr (1) |goalie1-1 =Olaf Kolzig 15 saves / 16 shots Jim Carey 8 saves / 11 shots |goalie1-2 =Ken Wregget 29 saves / 34 shots

|2-1-1 =Sylvain Cote (1) – 04:12 Peter Bondra (1) – pp – 09:50 Keith Jones (1) – 12:43 |2-1-2 =03:35 – pp – Larry Murphy (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =01:06 – Luc Robitaille (1) 01:35 – Jaromir Jagr (2) 04:20 – pp – Kevin Stevens (2) 19:19 – en – Luc Robitaille (2) |goalie2-1 =Jim Carey 28 saves / 32 shots |goalie2-2 =Ken Wregget 19 saves / 22 shots

|3-1-1 =03:01 – Calle Johansson (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =06:58 – Keith Jones (2) 09:59 – pp – Peter Bondra (2) 14:27 – pp – Keith Jones (3) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =01:37 – Joe Juneau (1) 13:07 – pp – Calle Johansson (2) |3-3-2 =Ron Francis (1) – pp – 07:20 Luc Robitaille (3) – 08:06 |goalie3-1 =Jim Carey 23 saves / 25 shots |goalie3-2 =Ken Wregget 14 saves / 18 shots Tom Barrasso 8 saves / 10 shots

|4-1-1 =00:40 – Steve Konowalchuk (2) 12:51 – Michal Pivonka (1) |4-1-2 =Larry Murphy (2) – 10:58 Jaromir Jagr (3) – 16:39 |4-2-1 =12:38 – Robert Pearson (1) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =01:50 – Dmitri Khristich (1) 06:03 – Joe Juneau (2) 06:38 – Peter Bondra (3) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Jim Carey 20 saves / 22 shots |goalie4-2 =Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 31 shots

|5-1-1 =Dale Hunter (3) – pp – 11:19 Calle Johansson (3) – 15:36 |5-1-2 =17:30 – sh – Jaromir Jagr (4) |5-2-1 =Dale Hunter (4) – pp – 09:27 |5-2-2 =05:57 – pp – Kevin Stevens (3) 15:42 – Ron Francis (2) |5-3-1 =Peter Bondra (4) – 07:14 Peter Bondra (5) – 08:49 |5-3-2 =08:23 – Jaromir Jagr (5) 11:41 – Kevin Stevens (4) |5-4-1 =No scoring |5-4-2 =04:30 – Luc Robitaille (4) |goalie5-1 =Jim Carey 25 saves / 31 shots |goalie5-2 =Ken Wregget 23 saves / 28 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Luc Robitaille (5) – 00:42 Jaromir Jagr (6) – 03:37 Jaromir Jagr (7) – pp – 09:31 Luc Robitaille (6) – 12:02 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Troy Murray (1) – 15:27 Tomas Sandstrom (2) – 18:48 |6-3-1 =18:33 – Keith Jones (4) |6-3-2 =Tomas Sandstrom (3) – pp – 00:27 |goalie6-1 =Jim Carey 7 saves / 13 shots Olaf Kolzig 5 saves / 5 shots Byron Dafoe 2 saves / 3 shots |goalie6-2 =Ken Wregget 30 saves / 31 shots

(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.

|1-1-1 =Stephane Richer (1) – pp – 06:55 Claude Lemieux (1) – 16:04 Claude Lemieux (2) – 19:12 |1-1-2 =No Scoring |1-2-1 =Tommy Albelin (1) – 14:59 |1-2-2 =No Scoring |1-3-1 =Randy McKay (1) – pp – 05:01 |1-3-2 =No Scoring |goalie1-1 =Martin Brodeur 23 saves / 23 shots |goalie1-2 =Blaine Lacher 13 saves / 17 shots Craig Billington 9 saves / 10 shots

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.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =07:05 – pp – Ray Sheppard (1) |1-2-1 =Dean Evason (1) – sh – 00:45 |1-2-2 =00:57 – pp – Steve Yzerman (1) |1-3-1 =Paul Broten (1) – 03:52 Trent Klatt (1) – pp – 07:50 |1-3-2 =00:42 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (1) 10:15 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (1) |goalie1-1 =Andy Moog 33 saves / 37 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Vernon 17 saves / 20 shots

|3-1-1 =13:49 – pp – Dave Gagner (1) |3-1-2 =Dino Ciccarelli (1) – pp – 03:17 Vyacheslav Kozlov (2) – 10:32 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Keith Primeau (2) – pp – 03:08 Dino Ciccarelli (2) – pp – 15:37 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Dino Ciccarelli (3) – pp – 10:22 |goalie3-1 =Andy Moog 24 saves / 28 shots Darcy Wakaluk 8 saves / 9 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 23 saves / 24 shots

(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.

|1-1-1 =Sergei Makarov (1) – 04:44 Mike Rathje (1) – pp – 14:46 Ulf Dahlen (1) – 17:15 |1-1-2 =02:26 – Paul Kruse (1) |1-2-1 =Jamie Baker (1) – 02:58 Jamie Baker (2) – 19:42 |1-2-2 =18:19 – sh – Theoren Fleury (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =03:53 – pp – Steve Chiasson (1) 19:54 – German Titov (1) |goalie1-1 =Arturs Irbe 35 saves / 39 shots |goalie1-2 =Trevor Kidd 11 saves / 16 shots Rick Tabaracci 9 saves / 9 shots

|3-1-1 =05:42 – pp – Ulf Dahlen (3) |3-1-2 =Paul Kruse (2) – 00:43 Mike Sullivan (1) – 01:20 Mike Sullivan (2) – sh – 05:17 Ronnie Stern (1) – sh – 07:15 |3-2-1 =10:48 – pp – Mike Rathje (2) |3-2-2 =Kelly Kisio (2) – pp – 01:28 Joe Nieuwendyk (1) – 03:18 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Mike Sullivan (3) – 01:02 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 02:00 Kelly Kisio (3) – 17:19 |goalie3-1 =Arturs Irbe 1 save / 5 shots Wade Flaherty 21 saves / 26 shots |goalie3-2 =Trevor Kidd 22 saves / 24 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Theoren Fleury (2) – pp – 09:08 |4-2-1 =05:45 – Jeff Friesen (1) 10:35 – pp – Mike Rathje (3) |4-2-2 =Theoren Fleury (3) – 01:19 Theoren Fleury (4) – 03:25 Ronnie Stern (2) – 18:01 |4-3-1 =14:34 – Sergei Makarov (2) 19:51 – en – Ulf Dahlen (4) |4-3-2 =Robert Reichel (2) – 09:55 Theoren Fleury (5) – en – 19:58 |goalie4-1 =Arturs Irbe 30 saves / 35 shots |goalie4-2 =Trevor Kidd 25 saves / 29 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =06:07 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) 10:12 – Theoren Fleury (6) 18:44 – pp – Theoren Fleury (7) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =08:54 – sh – German Titov (3) 19:51 – pp – Ronnie Stern (3) |goalie5-1 =Arturs Irbe 21 saves / 25 shots Wade Flaherty 0 saves / 1 shot |goalie5-2 =Trevor Kidd 25 saves / 25 shots

|6-1-1 =03:15 – Sandis Ozolinsh (3) |6-1-2 =German Titov (4) – 06:44 Sheldon Kennedy (2) – 18:11 |6-2-1 =01:56 – Craig Janney (1) 13:17 – Jeff Odgers (1) 19:23 – Craig Janney (2) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =08:38 – Ray Whitney (1) |6-3-2 =Paul Kruse (3) – sh – 17:45 |goalie6-1 =Wade Flaherty 30 saves / 33 shots |goalie6-2 =Trevor Kidd 15 saves / 20 shots

(3) St. Louis Blues vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks

This was first playoff meeting between these two teams.

|2-1-1 =Sergio Momesso (1) – 19:21 |2-1-2 =07:42 – pp – Todd Elik (1) 16:57 – Todd Elik (2) |2-2-1 =Dave Babych (1) – pp – 02:14 Jyrki Lumme (1) – 15:15 |2-2-2 =10:27 – Al MacInnis (1) |2-3-1 =Russ Courtnall (1) – 08:11 Pavel Bure (2) – sh – 10:18 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Kirk McLean 33 saves / 36 shots |goalie2-2 =Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 25 shots Jon Casey 1 save / 1 shot

|3-1-1 =01:18 – pp – Jyrki Lumme (2) 04:30 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (1) 10:53 – sh – Dave Babych (2) |3-1-2 =Brett Hull (2) – 00:20 |3-2-1 =05:16 – Sergio Momesso (2) 18:34 – pp – Sergio Momesso (3) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =06:48 – pp – Trevor Linden (1) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Kirk McLean 24 saves / 25 shots |goalie3-2 =Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 36 shots

|4-1-1 =05:53 – pp – Pavel Bure (3) |4-1-2 =Jeff Norton (1) – 07:37 |4-2-1 =04:41 – sh – Russ Courtnall (2) |4-2-2 =Brendan Shanahan (1) – 08:26 Brendan Shanahan (2) – 11:17 Brendan Shanahan (3) – pp – 12:42 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Glenn Anderson (1) – 13:01 |goalie4-1 =Kirk McLean 32 saves / 37 shots |goalie4-2 =Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 26 shots

|5-1-1 =Pavel Bure (4) – 04:55 |5-1-2 =12:10 – pp – Brett Hull (3) |5-2-1 =Christian Ruuttu (1) – sh – 04:31 Geoff Courtnall (2) – sh – 04:48 |5-2-2 =10:13 – Todd Elik (3) 16:56 – Bill Houlder (1) |5-3-1 =Josef Beranek (1) – 01:37 Cliff Ronning (1) – pp – 05:56 |5-3-2 =02:32 – Brendan Shanahan (4) 08:22 – Murray Baron (1) |5-4-1 =Cliff Ronning (2) – 01:48 |5-4-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Kirk McLean 33 saves / 38 shots |goalie5-2 =Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 19 shots Jon Casey 7 saves / 9 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Brett Hull (4) – 05:56 Brett Hull (5) – 19:51 |6-2-1 =11:14 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (3) 17:19 – pp – Pavel Bure (5) |6-2-2 =Esa Tikkanen (1) – 08:59 Adam Creighton (2) – 11:54 Basil McRae (1) – 12:35 Todd Elik (4) – sh – 16:53 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Esa Tikkanen (2) – pp – 08:34 Guy Carbonneau (1) – 11:24 |goalie6-1 =Kirk McLean 11 saves / 17 shots Kay Whitmore 16 saves / 18 shots |goalie6-2 =Curtis Joseph 23 saves / 25 shots

|7-1-1 =Adrian Aucoin (1) – pp – 08:35 Pavel Bure (6) – sh – 12:33 Geoff Courtnall (4) – pp – 18:27 |7-1-2 =13:36 – Basil McRae (2) |7-2-1 =Cliff Ronning (3) – 02:05 |7-2-2 =07:55 – Denis Chasse (1) |7-3-1 =Pavel Bure (7) – en – 19:38 |7-3-2 =15:25 – Brett Hull (6) |goalie7-1 =Kirk McLean 41 saves / 44 shots |goalie7-2 =Curtis Joseph 17 saves / 21 shots

(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.

|1-1-1 =Mats Sundin (1) – pp – 04:05 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Paul DiPietro (1) – 19:26 |1-2-2 =12:33 – Patrick Poulin (1) 14:01 – Tony Amonte (1) |1-3-1 =Mike Gartner (1) – 01:25 Mats Sundin (2) – 10:50 Dave Andreychuk (1) – 11:04 |1-3-2 =13:28 – Jeff Shantz (1) |goalie1-1 =Felix Potvin 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 28 saves / 33 shots Jeff Hackett 1 save / 1 shot

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Dirk Graham (1) – 17:12 |6-2-1 =05:17 – pp – Dmitri Mironov (1) 12:14 – Tie Domi (1) 14:36 – Mike Ridley (3) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =00:55 – pp – Randy Wood (1) |6-3-2 =Denis Savard (1) – pp – 02:48 Joe Murphy (3) – 12:49 Brent Sutter (1) – 15:23 |6-4-1 =10:00 – Randy Wood (2) |6-4-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Felix Potvin 46 saves / 50 shots |goalie6-2 =Ed Belfour 23 saves / 27 shots Jeff Hackett 9 saves / 10 shots

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.

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Kevin Dineen (2) – 02:54 Mikael Renberg (2) – 19:44 |3-2-1 =13:00 – Mark Messier (3) |3-2-2 =Kevin Dineen (3) – 03:07 Rod Brind'Amour (4) – pp – 10:23 Kevin Haller (4) – sh – 16:59 |3-3-1 =13:00 – pp – Sergei Zubov (3) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Mike Richter 19 saves / 23 shots Glenn Healy 10 saves / 11 shots |goalie3-2 =Ron Hextall 32 saves / 34 shots

(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.

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.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =09:56 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (5) 15:33 – pp – Paul Coffey (2) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =04:01 – Doug Brown (1) 10:08 – pp – Ray Sheppard (2) 15:07 – Sergei Fedorov (1) 19:00 – Kris Draper (2) |goalie1-1 =Wade Flaherty 27 saves / 33 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Vernon 15 saves / 15 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =01:37 – Paul Coffey (3) 09:38 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (2) 12:07 – Steve Yzerman (2) 14:47 – Dino Ciccarelli (6) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =14:01 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (3) 19:45 – sh – Doug Brown (2) |2-3-1 =Mike Rathje (4) – pp – 06:01 Ulf Dahlen (5) – pp – 10:19 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Arturs Irbe 40 saves / 46 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Vernon 15 saves / 17 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Ray Sheppard (3) – 15:08 Vyacheslav Kozlov (4) – 15:51 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Vyacheslav Kozlov (5) – 15:49 |3-3-1 =09:03 – Ray Whitney (3) 11:44 – Sergei Makarov (3) |3-3-2 =Sergei Fedorov (4) – 00:19 Darren McCarty (2) – 01:38 Dino Ciccarelli (7) – 18:57 |goalie3-1 =Wade Flaherty 30 saves / 36 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 10 saves / 12 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Paul Coffey (4) – 06:01 Vyacheslav Kozlov (6) – 06:29 Doug Brown (3) – 09:56 Vyacheslav Kozlov (7) – 10:34 |4-2-1 =01:15 – Ray Whitney (4) 09:16 – pp – Mike Rathje (5) |4-2-2 =Bob Errey (1) – pp – 14:39 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Darren McCarty (3) – 07:44 |goalie4-1 =Wade Flaherty 26 saves / 32 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Vernon 15 saves / 17 shots

(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.

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.

|2-1-1 =Randy McKay (5) – pp – 12:32 John MacLean (3) – pp – 19:48 |2-1-2 =07:08 – Eric Lindros (3) 13:54 – pp – Mikael Renberg (4) |2-2-1 =Neal Broten (4) – pp – 03:51 Bobby Holik (3) – 04:59 Ken Daneyko (1) – 17:02 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 20 shots |goalie2-2 =Ron Hextall 11 saves / 16 shots Dominic Roussel 8 saves / 8 shots

|4-1-1 =14:44 – pp – Brian Rolston (1) |4-1-2 =Shjon Podein (1) – 18:09 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Mikael Renberg (5) – 17:50 |4-3-1 =13:31 – Mike Peluso (1) |4-3-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (6) – sh – 04:53 Eric Desjardins (4) – 11:47 |goalie4-1 =Martin Brodeur 13 saves / 17 shots Chris Terreri 2 saves / 2 shots |goalie4-2 =Ron Hextall 32 saves / 34 shots

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.

|4-1-1 =07:07 – Denis Savard (5) 11:18 – Joe Murphy (8) 16:41 – Dirk Graham (2) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =04:08 – Denis Savard (6) 18:03 – pp – Joe Murphy (9) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Kris Draper (4) – 04:49 Ray Sheppard (4) – 10:25 |goalie4-1 =Ed Belfour 21 saves / 23 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Vernon 6 saves / 10 shots Chris Osgood 13 saves / 14 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1995 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.

|3-1-1 =10:30 – pp – Bruce Driver (1) 16:52 – Claude Lemieux (13) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =06:59 – Neal Broten (5) 08:20 – Randy McKay (8) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =08:14 – pp – Bobby Holik (4) |3-3-2 =Sergei Fedorov (6) – pp – 16:57 Steve Yzerman (4) – pp – 18:27 |goalie3-1 =Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 16 saves / 20 shots Chris Osgood 10 saves / 11 shots

|4-1-1 =01:08 – Neal Broten (6) 17:45 – Shawn Chambers (3) |4-1-2 =Sergei Federov (7) – 02:03 Paul Coffey (6) – sh – 13:01 |4-2-1 =07:56 – Neal Broten (7) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =07:46 – Sergei Brylin (1) 12:32 – Shawn Chambers (4) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 16 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Vernon 21 saves / 26 shots

Playoff statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

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.

Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
New Jersey Devils	20	16	4	463	34	1.67	.927	3	1221:58
Chicago Blackhawks	16	9	7	479	37	2.19	.923	1	1013:38
Detroit Red Wings	18	12	6	370	41	2.31	.889	1	1063:17
Philadelphia Flyers	15	10	5	437	42	2.81	.904	0	896:41
Toronto Maple Leafs	7	3	4	253	20	2.83	.921	1	423:41

References

"1994-1995 NHL Hockey Standings".
"Playoff Team Records".
[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19941995&seasonTo=19941995&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists NHL.com - Skater Stats]
[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?report=goaliesummary&reportType=season&seasonFrom=19941995&seasonTo=19941995&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]

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