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1998 Stanley Cup playoffs
Playoffs with the Detroit Red Wings winning against the Washington Capitals
Playoffs with the Detroit Red Wings winning against the Washington Capitals
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Stanley Cup playoffs |
| year | 1998 |
| dates | April 22–June 16, 1998 |
| num_teams | 16 |
| defending_champions | [Detroit Red Wings](1997-98-detroit-red-wings-season) |
| winners | [Detroit Red Wings](1997-98-detroit-red-wings-season) |
| second | [Washington Capitals](1997-98-washington-capitals-season) |
| stat_leader_title | Scoring leader(s) |
| stat_leader_player | Steve Yzerman (Red Wings) |
| stat_leader_value | 24 points |
| award_title | MVP |
| award | Steve Yzerman (Red Wings) |
| prev_season | [1997](1997-stanley-cup-playoffs) |
| next_season | [1999](1999-stanley-cup-playoffs) |
The 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), began on April 22, 1998 following the 1997–98 regular season. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-7 series for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Stanley Cup.
The playoffs concluded on June 16 with the Detroit Red Wings defeating the Washington Capitals in a four-game sweep to win their second Stanley Cup championship in a row. Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman was named playoff MVP, and awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. The 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings were the last team to defend their Stanley Cup title until the Pittsburgh Penguins successfully defended their Stanley Cup title in 2017.
In the Eastern Semis, the Buffalo Sabres made history as they became the first team in NHL history to complete a four-game sweep of the Montreal Canadiens on Montreal ice.
For the first time since 1969, the Chicago Blackhawks missed the playoffs. Also, both the Islanders and Rangers missed the playoffs in the same season for the first time.
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
- New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 107 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins, Northeast Division champions – 98 points
- Philadelphia Flyers – 95 points
- Washington Capitals – 92 points
- Boston Bruins – 91 points
- Buffalo Sabres – 89 points
- Montreal Canadiens – 87 points
- Ottawa Senators – 83 points
Western Conference
- Dallas Stars, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 109 points
- Colorado Avalanche, Pacific Division champions – 95 points
- Detroit Red Wings – 103 points
- St. Louis Blues – 98 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 87 points
- Phoenix Coyotes – 82 points
- Edmonton Oilers – 80 points
- San Jose Sharks – 78 points
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.
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Conference quarterfinals
Eastern Conference quarterfinals
(1) New Jersey Devils vs. (8) Ottawa Senators
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Alexei Yashin (1) – 18:48 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =16:36 – Doug Gilmour (1) |1-4-1 =Bruce Gardiner (1) – 05:58 |1-4-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Damian Rhodes 28 saves / 29 shots |goalie1-2 =Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 32 shots
|2-1-1 =Chris Murray (1) – 03:38 |2-1-2 =09:19 – pp – Dave Andreychuk (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =18:58 – Doug Gilmour (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =19:19 – en – Doug Gilmour (3) |goalie2-1 =Damian Rhodes 29 saves / 31 shots |goalie2-2 =Martin Brodeur 27 saves / 28 shots
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =04:56 – pp – Janne Laukkanen (1) |3-2-2 =Bobby Carpenter (1) – 00:36 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =02:47 – pp – Alexei Yashin (2) |3-4-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Damian Rhodes 30 saves / 31 shots |goalie3-2 =Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 23 shots
|4-1-1 =16:20 – Daniel Alfredsson (1) |4-1-2 =Denis Pederson (1) – sh – 06:33 |4-2-1 =06:50 – Daniel Alfredsson (2) 16:24 – pp – Jason York (1) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =05:00 – Daniel Alfredsson (3) |4-3-2 =Scott Stevens (1) – 14:04 Doug Gilmour (4) – pp – 18:41 |goalie4-1 =Damian Rhodes 31 saves / 34 shots |goalie4-2 =Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 28 shots
|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =11:04 – sh – Brian Rolston (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =08:33 – pp – Lyle Odelein (1) |5-3-1 =Igor Kravchuk (1) – 10:38 |5-3-2 =11:52 – Doug Gilmour (5) |goalie5-1 =Damian Rhodes 23 saves / 26 shots |goalie5-2 =Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots
|6-1-1 =08:28 – pp – Alexei Yashin (3) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =10:30 – Janne Laukkanen (2) |6-2-2 =Kevin Dean (1) – 05:24 |6-3-1 =19:10 – en – Igor Kravchuk (2) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Damian Rhodes 21 saves / 22 shots |goalie6-2 =Martin Brodeur 28 saves / 30 shots
(2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
|1-1-1 =Martin Rucinsky (1) – pp – 12:15 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Peter Popovic (1) – 16:44 |1-2-2 =07:21 – sh – Brad Werenka (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =18:22 – Stu Barnes (1) |1-4-1 =Benoit Brunet (1) – 18:43 |1-4-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Andy Moog 34 saves / 36 shots |goalie1-2 =Tom Barrasso 37 saves / 40 shots
|2-1-1 =Vincent Damphousse (1) – pp – 18:29 |2-1-2 =11:13 – pp – Eddie Olczyk (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =10:42 – Stu Barnes (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =01:12 – Stu Barnes (3) 19:03 – en – Ron Francis (1) |goalie2-1 =Andy Moog 24 saves / 27 shots |goalie2-2 =Tom Barrasso 27 saves / 28 shots
|3-1-1 =05:33 – Martin Rucinsky (2) |3-1-2 =Jaromir Jagr (1) – 17:10 |3-2-1 =04:47 – pp – Shayne Corson (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =09:56 – Shayne Corson (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Andy Moog 19 saves / 20 shots |goalie3-2 =Tom Barrasso 19 saves / 22 shots
|4-1-1 =06:25 – pp – Vladimir Malakhov (1) |4-1-2 =Rob Brown (1) – pp – 03:19 Kevin Hatcher (1) – pp – 04:43 Jaromir Jagr (2) – pp – 16:53 Eddie Olczyk (2) – sh – 19:25 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Martin Straka (1) – sh – 02:59 |4-3-1 =01:48 – Marc Bureau (1) 17:30 – Jonas Hoglund (1) |4-3-2 =Jaromir Jagr (3) – en – 19:48 |goalie4-1 =Andy Moog 4 saves / 9 shots Jose Theodore 10 saves / 10 shots |goalie4-2 =Tom Barrasso 27 saves / 30 shots
|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Patrice Brisebois (1) – 10:33 Shayne Corson (3) – 12:02 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Mark Recchi (1) – 01:01 Vincent Damphousse (2) – 18:53 Mark Recchi (2) – en – 19:19 |5-3-2 =05:45 – Martin Straka (2) 13:30 – Jaromir Jagr (4) |goalie5-1 =Andy Moog 32 saves / 34 shots |goalie5-2 =Tom Barrasso 24 saves / 28 shots
|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =09:27 – Mark Recchi (3) 14:36 – Jonas Hoglund (2) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =06:52 – pp – Saku Koivu (1) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Andy Moog 21 saves / 21 shots |goalie6-2 =Tom Barrasso 20 saves / 23 shots
(3) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (6) Buffalo Sabres
This was the second consecutive and fifth overall playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning all four previous series. Philadelphia won last year's Eastern Conference Semifinals in five games.
|1-1-1 =Michal Grosek (1) – 16:50 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Wayne Primeau (1) – 18:18 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Donald Audette (1) – 11:43 |1-3-2 =08:29 – Rod Brind'Amour (1) 08:48 – Chris Gratton (1) |goalie1-1 =Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie1-2 =Sean Burke 22 saves / 25 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =05:24 – Eric Lindros (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =04:07 – Chris Gratton (2) |2-3-1 =Michal Grosek (2) – pp – 02:33 Dixon Ward (1) – 09:22 |2-3-2 =16:28 – pp – John LeClair (1) |goalie2-1 =Dominik Hasek 35 saves / 38 shots |goalie2-2 =Sean Burke 25 saves / 27 shots
|3-1-1 =02:20 – pp – Miroslav Satan (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =09:37 – Michal Grosek (3) 11:29 – pp – Miroslav Satan (2) 14:20 – sh – Darryl Shannon (1) 15:05 – sh – Brian Holzinger (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =19:23 – Vaclav Varada (1) |3-3-2 =Dan McGillis (1) – pp – 13:51 |goalie3-1 =Dominik Hasek 31 saves / 32 shots |goalie3-2 =Sean Burke 15 saves / 20 shots Ron Hextall 7 saves / 8 shots
|4-1-1 =17:37 – Dixon Ward (2) 19:05 – pp – Miroslav Satan (3) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =01:38 – pp – Matthew Barnaby (1) 05:16 – pp – Brian Holzinger (2) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (2) – pp – 05:16 |goalie4-1 =Dominik Hasek 44 saves / 45 shots |goalie4-2 =Sean Burke 16 saves / 20 shots
|5-1-1 =Jason Woolley (1) – pp – 02:29 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =01:49 – Mike Sillinger (1) |5-3-1 =Donald Audette (2) – pp – 08:26 |5-3-2 =13:08 – pp – Dave Babych (1) |5-4-1 =Michal Grosek (4) – pp – 05:40 |5-4-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Dominik Hasek 35 saves / 37 shots |goalie5-2 =Sean Burke 26 saves / 29 shots
(4) Washington Capitals vs. (5) Boston Bruins
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1990 Wales Conference Final, where Boston won in a four-game sweep.
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =16:40 – Brian Bellows (1) |1-2-1 =Dmitri Khristich (1) – pp – 06:53 |1-2-2 =02:49 – Sergei Gonchar (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =19:38 – en – Esa Tikkanen (1) |goalie1-1 =Byron Dafoe 25 saves / 27 shots |goalie1-2 =Olaf Kolzig 27 saves / 28 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =04:45 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =03:24 – Calle Johansson (1) |2-3-1 =Jason Allison (1) – 00:54 P. J. Axelsson (1) – 06:10 Darren Van Impe (1) – pp – 17:03 |2-3-2 =19:23 – Sergei Gonchar (2) |2-4-1 =Darren Van Impe (2) – 00:54 |2-4-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Byron Dafoe 25 saves / 28 shots |goalie2-2 =Olaf Kolzig 36 saves / 40 shots
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Sergei Gonchar (3) – pp – 18:30 |3-2-1 =19:00 – pp – Kyle McLaren (1) |3-2-2 =Sergei Gonchar (4) – 14:15 |3-3-1 =10:59 – pp – Dmitri Khristich (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Joe Juneau (1) – 06:31 |goalie3-1 =Byron Dafoe 24 saves / 27 shots |goalie3-2 =Olaf Kolzig 52 saves / 54 shots
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Adam Oates (1) – 16:10 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Adam Oates (2) – pp – 02:42 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Ken Klee (1) – 09:14 |goalie4-1 =Byron Dafoe 15 saves / 18 shots |goalie4-2 =Olaf Kolzig 38 saves / 38 shots
|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Sergei Samsonov (1) – 02:20 Jason Allison (2) – pp – 08:54 Rob DiMaio (1) – 18:00 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Ray Bourque (1) – pp – 15:10 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Byron Dafoe 26 saves / 26 shots |goalie5-2 =Olaf Kolzig 26 saves / 30 shots
|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Richard Zednik (1) – 06:54 |6-2-1 =05:26 – Sergei Samsonov (2) |6-2-2 =Adam Oates (3) – 06:04 |6-3-1 =09:13 – Anson Carter (1) |6-3-2 =No scoring |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Brian Bellows (2) – 15:24 |goalie6-1 =Byron Dafoe 30 saves / 33 shots |goalie6-2 =Olaf Kolzig 47 saves / 49 shots
Western Conference quarterfinals
(1) Dallas Stars vs. (8) San Jose Sharks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
|1-1-1 =Owen Nolan (1) – pp – 12:40 |1-1-2 =02:22 – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) 02:59 – Juha Lind (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =03:30 – pp – Derian Hatcher (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =19:58 – en – Mike Modano (1) |goalie1-1 =Mike Vernon 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 21 saves / 22 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =01:25 – pp – Jere Lehtinen (1) 19:31 – Derian Hatcher (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =16:29 – pp – Pat Verbeek (1) 18:26 – pp – Benoit Hogue (1) |2-3-1 =Bill Houlder (1) – 07:46 Murray Craven (1) – 19:02 |2-3-2 =17:05 – pp – Pat Verbeek (2) |goalie2-1 =Mike Vernon 10 saves / 14 shots Kelly Hrudey 5 saves / 6 shots |goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 18 saves / 20 shots
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Sergei Zubov (1) – pp – 04:16 |3-2-1 =05:06 – John MacLean (1) 06:13 – pp – Owen Nolan (2) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =01:04 – pp – Al Iafrate (1) 16:55 – pp – Mike Rathje (1) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Mike Vernon 13 saves / 14 shots |goalie3-2 =Ed Belfour 21 saves / 25 shots
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |4-4-1 =06:31 – Andrei Zyuzin (1) |4-4-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Mike Vernon 26 saves / 26 shots |goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 22 saves / 23 shots
|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =19:57 – pp – Mike Modano (2) |5-2-1 =John MacLean (2) – pp – 11:26 Ron Sutter (1) – 11:34 |5-2-2 =16:29 – Juha Lind (2) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =11:08 – Mike Modano (3) |goalie5-1 =Mike Vernon 23 saves / 26 shots |goalie5-2 =Ed Belfour 18 saves / 20 shots
|6-1-1 =16:25 – pp – Joe Murphy (1) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =07:51 – Mike Ricci (1) |6-2-2 =Richard Matvichuk (1) – 10:59 Mike Keane (1) – sh – 16:04 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =No scoring |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Mike Keane (2) – 03:43 |goalie6-1 =Mike Vernon 25 saves / 28 shots |goalie6-2 =Ed Belfour 19 saves / 21 shots
(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. Colorado won last year's Western Conference Semifinals in five games.
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =15:31 – pp – Peter Forsberg (1) |1-3-1 =Bill Guerin (1) – pp – 11:02 Dean McAmmond (1) – 12:22 Boris Mironov (1) – 14:51 |1-3-2 =00:17 – Peter Forsberg (2) |goalie1-1 =Curtis Joseph 25 saves / 27 shots |goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 31 saves / 34 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =01:22 – pp – Valeri Kamensky (1) 02:54 – Peter Forsberg (3) |2-2-1 =Bill Guerin (2) – pp – 10:53 |2-2-2 =11:28 – sh – Joe Sakic (1) 13:23 – pp – Peter Forsberg (4) |2-3-1 =Bill Guerin (3) – pp – 15:27 |2-3-2 =00:30 – Valeri Kamensky (2) |goalie2-1 =Curtis Joseph 17 saves / 21 shots Bob Essensa 10 saves / 11 shots |goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 27 shots
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 03:50 Claude Lemieux (1) – pp – 14:19 |3-2-1 =06:50 – Boris Mironov (2) 16:44 – pp – Doug Weight (1) |3-2-2 =Adam Deadmarsh (2) – pp – 09:51 |3-3-1 =11:11 – Bill Guerin (4) 12:32 – Kelly Buchberger (1) |3-3-2 =Claude Lemieux (2) – 02:14 |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Joe Sakic (2) – 15:25 |goalie3-1 =Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 35 shots |goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 27 saves / 31 shots
|4-1-1 =17:52 – pp – Ryan Smyth (1) |4-1-2 =Peter Forsberg (5) – 18:09 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Claude Lemieux (3) – 10:59 Peter Forsberg (6) – en – 19:35 |goalie4-1 =Curtis Joseph 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie4-2 =Patrick Roy 26 saves / 27 shots
|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =16:20 – Stephane Yelle (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Bill Guerin (5) – pp – 04:25 Mike Grier (1) – 13:11 Mike Grier (2) – en – 19:05 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 31 shots |goalie5-2 =Patrick Roy 30 saves / 32 shots
|6-1-1 =03:10 – Drake Berehowsky (1) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =10:21 – pp – Boris Mironov (3) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 31 shots |goalie6-2 =Patrick Roy 21 saves / 23 shots
|7-1-1 =Janne Niinimaa (1) – 04:22 Bill Guerin (6) – 19:22 |7-1-2 =No scoring |7-2-1 =Todd Marchant (1) – 08:54 |7-2-2 =No scoring |7-3-1 =Mats Lindgren (1) – 01:45 |7-3-2 =No scoring |goalie7-1 =Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 31 shots |goalie7-2 =Patrick Roy 13 saves / 17 shots
(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1996 Western Conference Quarterfinals where Detroit defeated the Winnipeg Jets in six games.
|1-1-1 =Rick Tocchet (1) – 11:27 |1-1-2 =05:31 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (1) 10:36 – Joey Kocur (1) 12:59 – Sergei Fedorov (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =13:26 – Darren McCarty (1) 16:11 – Joey Kocur (2) 19:50 – Kirk Maltby (1) |1-3-1 =Cliff Ronning (1) – 05:15 Bob Corkum (1) – 11:00 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Nikolai Khabibulin 17 saves / 22 shots Jimmy Waite 12 saves / 13 shots |goalie1-2 =Chris Osgood 17 saves / 20 shots
|2-1-1 =Mike Gartner (1) – pp – 02:34 Keith Tkachuk (1) – 11:00 |2-1-2 =11:13 – Igor Larionov (1) |2-2-1 =Rick Tocchet (2) – 04:39 Jeremy Roenick (1) – sh – 07:13 Jeremy Roenick (2) – sh – 13:24 Keith Tkachuk (2) – 13:51 |2-2-2 =13:32 – pp – Mathieu Dandenault (1) 15:10 – Sergei Fedorov (2) |2-3-1 =Rick Tocchet (3) – 01:45 |2-3-2 =04:05 – Sergei Fedorov (3) |goalie2-1 =Nikolai Khabibulin 34 saves / 38 shots |goalie2-2 =Chris Osgood 21 saves / 28 shots
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Sergei Fedorov (4) – 00:30 Brendan Shanahan (1) – 01:01 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =00:58 – pp – Rick Tocchet (4) 02:19 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (3) 12:47 – Jeremy Roenick (4) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Nikolai Khabibulin 25 saves / 27 shots |goalie3-2 =Chris Osgood 29 saves / 32 shots
|4-1-1 =10:07 – pp – Rick Tocchet (5) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Igor Larionov (1) – 03:22 Vyacheslav Kozlov (1) – 06:25 Jamie Macoun (1) – 19:59 |4-3-1 =18:31 – Shane Doan (1) |4-3-2 =Nicklas Lidstrom (2) – 13:59 |goalie4-1 =Nikolai Khabibulin 17 saves / 19 shots Jimmy Waite 18 saves / 20 shots |goalie4-2 =Chris Osgood 32 saves / 34 shots
|5-1-1 =Rick Tocchet (6) – pp – 13:18 |5-1-2 =08:54 – Tomas Holmstrom (1) 17:26 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (2) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =01:07 – Sergei Fedorov (5) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Jimmy Waite 24 saves / 27 shots |goalie5-2 =Chris Osgood 17 saves / 18 shots
|6-1-1 =07:03 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (5) |6-1-2 =Steve Yzerman (1) – pp – 15:28 |6-2-1 =02:02 – Keith Tkachuk (3) |6-2-2 =Brendan Shanahan (2) – pp – 03:45 Brendan Shanahan – pp – 14:10 Sergei Fedorov (6) – pp – 18:23 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Brent Gilchrist (1) – 12:20 |goalie6-1 =Jimmy Waite 32 saves / 37 shots |goalie6-2 =Chris Osgood 22 saves / 24 shots
(4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1969 Stanley Cup Semifinals, where St. Louis won in a four-game sweep.
Game four was the last playoff game at the Great Western Forum.
|1-1-1 =Craig Johnson (1) – 05:00 |1-1-2 =01:42 – Pavol Demitra (1) 04:42 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =05:46 – pp – Pierre Turgeon (1) 09:17 – Jim Campbell (1) 13:41 – pp – Jim Campbell (2) 15:12 – Pierre Turgeon (2) |1-3-1 =Glen Murray (1) – 03:19 Luc Robitaille (1) – 07:05 |1-3-2 =00:16 – Brett Hull (1) 01:08 – Pavol Demitra (2) |goalie1-1 =Stephane Fiset 22 saves / 27 shots Jamie Storr 10 saves / 13 shots |goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 27 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Glen Murray (2) – 07:49 |2-2-2 =01:43 – Chris Pronger (1) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =11:37 – pp – Jim Campbell (3) |goalie2-1 =Jamie Storr 25 saves / 27 shots |goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 27 shots
|3-1-1 =11:01 – Ian Laperriere (1) 19:51 – pp – Yanic Perreault (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =11:03 – Sean O'Donnell (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Pascal Rheaume (1) – pp – 09:59 Brett Hull (2) – pp – 11:03 Pierre Turgeon (3) – pp – 11:59 Terry Yake (1) – pp – 13:06 |goalie3-1 =Jamie Storr 33 saves / 37 shots |goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 25 saves / 28 shots
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Pavol Demitra (3) – 08:05 |4-3-1 =08:00 – Jozef Stumpel (1) |4-3-2 =Craig Conroy (1) – 03:22 |goalie4-1 =Stephane Fiset 32 saves / 34 shots |goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 30 shots
Conference semifinals
Eastern Conference semifinals
(4) Washington Capitals vs. (8) Ottawa Senators
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
|1-1-1 =Daniel Alfredsson (4) – sh – 12:21 |1-1-2 =13:17 – Richard Zednik (2) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =04:03 – Adam Oates (4) |1-3-1 =Andreas Dackell (1) – pp – 07:12 |1-3-2 =02:39 – Peter Bondra (1) 04:25 – Brian Bellows (3) |goalie1-1 =Damian Rhodes 12 saves / 16 shots Ron Tugnutt 7 saves / 7 shots |goalie1-2 =Olaf Kolzig 36 saves / 38 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Alexei Yashin (4) – 10:50 |2-2-2 =09:46 – Brendan Witt (1) 11:14 – Joe Juneau (2) 14:59 – Joe Reekie (1) 18:58 – Richard Zednik (3) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =04:43 – pp – Brian Bellows (4) 15:18 – sh – Adam Oates (5) |goalie2-1 =Ron Tugnutt 12 saves / 18 shots |goalie2-2 =Olaf Kolzig 30 saves / 31 shots
|3-1-1 =5:24 – pp – Daniel Alfredsson (5) 08:17 – Daniel Alfredsson (6) 16:58 – Daniel Alfredsson (7) |3-1-2 =Sergei Gonchar (5) – pp – 10:41 |3-2-1 =10:54 – pp – Alexei Yashin (5) |3-2-2 =Peter Bondra (2) – pp – 01:08 Richard Zednik (4) – 13:49 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Damian Rhodes 14 saves / 17 shots |goalie3-2 =Olaf Kolzig 30 saves / 34 shots
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Sergei Gonchar (6) – sh – 18:30 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Mark Tinordi (1) – en – 19:55 |goalie4-1 =Damian Rhodes 9 saves / 10 shots |goalie4-2 =Olaf Kolzig 36 saves / 36 shots
|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =02:39 – Joe Juneau (3) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =18:34 – pp – Sergei Gonchar (7) 19:42 – en – Calle Johansson (2) |goalie5-1 =Damian Rhodes 18 saves / 20 shots |goalie5-2 =Olaf Kolzig 29 saves / 29 shots
(6) Buffalo Sabres vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams; with Montreal winning four of the six previous series. They last met in the 1993 Adams Division Finals, where Montreal won in a four-game sweep.
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =02:52 – Brian Holzinger (3) 09:02 – pp – Geoff Sanderson (1) |1-2-1 =No scoinrg |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Turner Stevenson (1) – 14:16 Vincent Damphousse (3) – 14:26 |1-3-2 =No scoring |1-4-1 =No scoring |1-4-2 =02:37 – Geoff Sanderson (2) |goalie1-1 =Andy Moog 22 saves / 25 shots |goalie1-2 =Dominik Hasek 46 saves / 48 shots
|2-1-1 =Igor Ulanov (1) – 07:18 |2-1-2 =08:38 – Michal Grosek (5) |2-2-1 =Vladimir Malakhov (2) – pp – 04:19 Mark Recchi (4) – 14:44 |2-2-2 =02:24 – pp – Donald Audette (3) 15:12 – Dixon Ward (3) 18:27 – Matthew Barnaby (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =00:13 – Matthew Barnaby (3) 19:11 – en – Matthew Barnaby (4) |goalie2-1 =Andy Moog 16 saves / 21 shots Jocelyn Thibault 3 saves / 3 shots |goalie2-2 =Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 26 shots
|3-1-1 =04:23 – Turner Stevenson (2) 12:16 – Turner Stevenson (3) |3-1-2 =Curtis Brown (1) – pp – 04:46 Michael Peca (1) – 11:22 Vaclav Varada (2) – 19:12 |3-2-1 =04:21 – Saku Koivu (2) 16:30 – Vladimir Malakhov (3) |3-2-2 =Geoff Sanderson (3) – 04:42 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Michael Peca (2) – 01:24 |goalie3-1 =Jocelyn Thibault 9 saves / 13 shots Jose Theodore 17 saves / 18 shots |goalie3-2 =Dominik Hasek 42 saves / 46 shots
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Matthew Barnaby (5) – pp – 04:53 |4-2-1 =13:31 – pp – Martin Rucinsky (4) |4-2-2 =Donald Audette (4) – 08:41 Miroslav Satan (4) – pp – 10:31 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Andy Moog 8 saves / 11 shots Jose Theodore 7 saves / 7 shots |goalie4-2 =Dominik Hasek 37 saves / 38 shots
Western Conference semifinals
(1) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and the fourth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with Edmonton winning two of the three previous series. Edmonton won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in seven games.
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =03:14 – pp – Sergei Zubov (2) 08:22 – Sergei Zubov (3) |1-2-1 =Valeri Zelepukin (1) – 10:34 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =03:32 – Mike Keane (3) |goalie1-1 =Curtis Joseph 11 saves / 14 shots |goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 31 saves / 32 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Doug Weight (2) – pp – 16:06 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Rem Murray (1) – en – 19:49 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 15 shots |goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 19 saves / 20 shots
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Benoit Hogue (2) – 13:07 |goalie3-1 =Curtis Joseph 27 saves / 28 shots |goalie3-2 =Ed Belfour 28 saves / 28 shots
|4-1-1 =10:13 – Scott Fraser (1) |4-1-2 =Guy Carbonneau (1) – 08:36 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Benoit Hogue (3) – 13:52 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Benoit Hogue (4) – 11:45 |goalie4-1 =Curtis Joseph 33 saves / 36 shots |goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 23 saves / 24 shots
|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =19:55 – pp – Derian Hatcher (3) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Bill Guerin (7) – 19:31 |5-3-2 =17:34 – Greg Adams (1) |goalie5-1 =Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 25 shots |goalie5-2 =Ed Belfour 18 saves / 19 shots
(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) St. Louis Blues
This was the third consecutive playoff meeting and the sixth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with Detroit winning three of the five previous series. Detroit won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in six games.
|1-1-1 =Todd Gill (1) – sh – 03:55 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =14:33 – Martin Lapointe (1) |1-3-1 =Jim Campbell (4) – pp – 00:18 Brett Hull (3) – 03:48 Jim Campbell (5) – 10:28 |1-3-2 =16:46 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (2) |goalie1-1 =Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 29 shots |goalie1-2 =Chris Osgood 25 saves / 29 shots
|2-1-1 =Terry Yake – pp – 09:29 |2-1-2 =17:13 – pp – Martin Lapointe (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =09:01 – Nicklas Lidstrom (3) 12:29 – Tomas Holmstrom (3) 18:47 – Steve Yzerman (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =18:51 – sh-en – Larry Murphy (1) 19:33 – Kirk Maltby (2) |goalie2-1 =Grant Fuhr 28 saves / 33 shots |goalie2-2 =Chris Osgood 24 saves / 25 shots
|3-1-1 =09:15 – pp – Al MacInnis (1) |3-1-2 =Darren McCarty (2) – 03:10 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Tomas Holmstrom (4) – 01:36 |3-3-1 =19:05 – Al MacInnis (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Brendan Shanahan (4) – 11:12 |goalie3-1 =Grant Fuhr 42 saves / 45 shots |goalie3-2 =Chris Osgood 33 saves / 35 shots
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Brendan Shanahan (5) – pp – 09:20 |4-2-1 =01:16 – Jim Campbell (6) 19:53 – Pierre Turgeon (4) |4-2-2 =Joey Kocur (3) – 00:54 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Vyacheslav Kozlov (3) – 01:12 Sergei Fedorov (7) – sh – 08:05 Sergei Fedorov (8) – 19:14 |goalie4-1 =Chris Osgood 26 saves / 28 shots |goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 19 saves / 23 shots
|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Geoff Courtnall (2) – 01:44 Mike Eastwood (1) – 02:58 Todd Gill (2) – pp – 09:21 |5-2-2 =11:03 – sh – Martin Lapointe (3) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 30 shots |goalie5-2 =Chris Osgood 20 saves / 23 shots Kevin Hodson 0 saves / 0 shots
|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Darren McCarty (3) – 12:08 Doug Brown (1) – pp – 14:29 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Martin Lapointe (4) – pp – 05:03 Martin Lapointe (5) – 07:56 |6-3-1 =14:35 – pp – Jim Campbell (7) |6-3-2 =Tomas Holmstrom (5) – 05:53 Steve Yzerman (3) – pp – 09:40 |goalie6-1 =Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 25 shots Jamie McLennan 3 saves / 4 shots |goalie6-2 =Chris Osgood 30 saves / 31 shots
Conference finals
Eastern Conference final
(4) Washington Capitals vs. (6) Buffalo Sabres
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Washington made their second Conference Finals appearance; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1990 where they lost to the Boston Bruins in a four-game sweep. This was the first conference final for Buffalo since the playoffs went to a conference format starting in 1982. Buffalo last played a semifinal series in 1980 where they lost to the New York Islanders in six games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Michal Grosek (6) – 00:31 Miroslav Satan (5) – 01:55 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 19 shots |goalie1-2 =Olaf Kolzig 18 saves / 20 shots
|2-1-1 =Vaclav Varada (3) – 19:02 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =19:55 – pp – Peter Bondra (3) |2-3-1 =Matthew Barnaby (6) – pp – 19:03 |2-3-2 =14:06 – Joe Juneau (4) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =03:01 – Todd Krygier (1) |goalie2-1 =Dominik Hasek 36 saves / 39 shots |goalie2-2 =Olaf Kolzig 31 saves / 33 shots
|3-1-1 =14:59 – pp – Donald Audette (5) |3-1-2 =Peter Bondra (4) – 04:57 Richard Zednik (5) – pp – 10:27 |3-2-1 =02:08 – Matthew Barnaby (7) 12:12 – Brian Holzinger (4) |3-2-2 =Richard Zednik (6) – pp – 16:17 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Peter Bondra (5) – 09:37 |goalie3-1 =Dominik Hasek 26 saves / 30 shots |goalie3-2 =Olaf Kolzig 27 saves / 30 shots
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Craig Berube (1) – 02:34 Joe Juneau (5) – sh – 13:38 |goalie4-1 =Dominik Hasek 17 saves / 19 shots |goalie4-2 =Olaf Kolzig 30 saves / 30 shots
|5-1-1 =Darryl Shannon (2) – 06:33 |5-1-2 =16:29 – pp – Andrei Nikolishin (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Jason Woolley (2) – 15:34 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Dominik Hasek 34 saves / 35 shots |goalie5-2 =Olaf Kolzig 14 saves / 16 shots
|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =13:04 – Michael Peca (3) |6-2-2 =Esa Tikkanen (3) – 13:26 |6-3-1 =07:40 – Paul Kruse (1) |6-3-2 =Peter Bondra (6) – pp – 14:01 |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Joe Juneau (6) – 06:24 |goalie6-1 =Dominik Hasek 35 saves / 38 shots |goalie6-2 =Olaf Kolzig 39 saves / 41 shots
Western Conference final
(1) Dallas Stars vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with Detroit winning both previous series. They last met in the 1995 Western Conference Quarterfinals, where Detroit won in five games. Dallas made their third appearance in the Conference Finals. They last made it to the Conference Finals in 1991, where the Minnesota North Stars defeated the Edmonton Oilers in five games. Detroit made their fourth consecutive and sixth overall appearance in the Conference Finals; they defeated the Colorado Avalanche in the previous year in six games. Detroit won this year's five-game regular season series earning eight of ten points.
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Vyacheslav Kozlov (4) – pp – 00:57 Martin Lapointe (6) – 13:38 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Chris Osgood 14 saves / 14 shots |goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 21 saves / 23 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =05:56 – Bob Bassen (1) |2-2-1 =Vyacheslav Kozlov (5) – 12:59 |2-2-2 =11:12 – Greg Adams (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =19:50 – en – Guy Carbonneau (2) |goalie2-1 =Chris Osgood 20 saves / 22 shots |goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 27 saves / 28 shots
|3-1-1 =05:50 – Brent Gilchrist (2) 12:43 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (4) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =04:13 – Nicklas Lidstrom (5) 05:33 – Jamie Macoun (2) |3-2-2 =Jere Lehtinen (2) – 13:13 |3-3-1 =15:55 – Martin Lapointe (7) |3-3-2 =Jere Lehtinen (3) – 04:39 Mike Modano (4) – 07:34 |goalie3-1 =Chris Osgood 31 saves / 34 shots |goalie3-2 =Ed Belfour 15 saves / 20 shots
|4-1-1 =07:02 – sh – Kirk Maltby (3) 12:10 – pp – Steve Yzerman (4) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Pat Verbeek (3) – 14:31 |4-3-1 =11:30 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (6) |4-3-2 =Sergei Zubov (4) – pp – 00:55 |goalie4-1 =Chris Osgood 28 saves / 30 shots |goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 20 saves / 23 shots
|5-1-1 =Tomas Holmstrom (6) – pp – 19:17 |5-1-2 =14:16 – Mike Keane (4) |5-2-1 =Igor Larionov (3) – 03:40 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =18:35 – Guy Carbonneau (3) |5-4-1 =No scoring |5-4-2 =00:46 – Jamie Langenbrunner (1) |goalie5-1 =Chris Osgood 33 saves / 36 shots |goalie5-2 =Ed Belfour 18 saves / 20 shots
|6-1-1 =06:20 – sh – Larry Murphy (2) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =01:48 – Sergei Fedorov (9) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Chris Osgood 26 saves / 26 shots |goalie6-2 =Ed Belfour 29 saves / 31 shots
Stanley Cup Finals
Main article: 1998 Stanley Cup Finals
This was the first and to date only playoff meeting between these two teams. Detroit made their twenty-first and second consecutive Finals appearance, while Washington made their first Finals appearance in their twenty-fourth season. Until 2017 this was the last time that the Stanley Cup was successfully defended by the previous year's champion. This remains the last time there was a sweep in the Finals.
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =14:04 – Joe Kocur (4) 16:18 – Nicklas Lidstrom (6) |1-2-1 =Richard Zednik (7) – 15:57 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Olaf Kolzig 29 saves / 31 shots |goalie1-2 =Chris Osgood 16 saves / 17 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =07:49 – Steve Yzerman (5) |2-2-1 =Peter Bondra (7) – 01:51 Chris Simon (1) – 06:11 Adam Oates (6) – 11:03 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Joe Juneau (7) – pp – 07:05 |2-3-2 =06:37 – sh – Steve Yzerman (6) 08:08 – Martin Lapointe (8) 15:46 – Doug Brown (2) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =15:24 – Kris Draper (1) |goalie2-1 =Olaf Kolzig 55 saves / 60 shots |goalie2-2 =Chris Osgood 29 saves / 33 shots
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Tomas Holmstrom (7) – 00:35 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =10:35 – pp – Brian Bellows (5) |3-3-2 =Sergei Fedorov (10) – 15:09 |goalie3-1 =Olaf Kolzig 32 saves / 34 shots |goalie3-2 =Chris Osgood 17 saves / 18 shots
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Doug Brown (3) – pp – 10:30 |4-2-1 =07:49 – Brian Bellows (6) |4-2-2 =Martin Lapointe (9) – 02:26 Larry Murphy (3) – pp – 11:46 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Doug Brown (4) – pp – 01:32 |goalie4-1 =Olaf Kolzig 34 saves / 38 shots |goalie4-2 =Chris Osgood 30 saves / 31 shots
Playoff statistics
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Yzerman | Detroit Red Wings | 22 | 6 | 18 | 24 | +10 | 22 |
| Sergei Fedorov | Detroit Red Wings | 22 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| Tomas Holmstrom | Detroit Red Wings | 22 | 7 | 12 | 19 | +9 | 16 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | Detroit Red Wings | 22 | 6 | 13 | 19 | +12 | 8 |
| Joe Juneau | Washington Capitals | 21 | 7 | 10 | 17 | +6 | 8 |
| Adam Oates | Washington Capitals | 21 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +8 | 8 |
| Martin Lapointe | Detroit Red Wings | 21 | 9 | 6 | 15 | +6 | 20 |
| Larry Murphy | Detroit Red Wings | 22 | 3 | 12 | 15 | +12 | 2 |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | Detroit Red Wings | 22 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +4 | 10 |
| Mike Modano | Dallas Stars | 17 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +4 | 12 |
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.
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Stars | 17 | 10 | 7 | 399 | 31 | **1.79** | **.922** | 1 | 1039:02 | |
| Edmonton Oilers | 12 | 5 | 7 | 319 | 23 | **1.93** | **.928** | 3 | 715:52 | |
| Washington Capitals | 21 | 12 | 9 | 740 | 44 | **1.95** | **.941** | 4 | 1351:04 | |
| Boston Bruins | 6 | 2 | 4 | 159 | 14 | **1.99** | .912 | 1 | 421:59 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | 15 | 10 | 5 | 514 | 32 | **2.03** | **.938** | 1 | 947:55 |
References
before = 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs | after = 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs | title = Stanley Cup playoffs | years = |
References
- (May 15, 1998). "N.H.L.: PLAYOFFS; Buffalo Completes Sweep". The New York Times.
- [http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19971998&seasonTo=19971998&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=19971998&seasonTo=19971998&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]
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