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1999 Stanley Cup playoffs

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FieldValue
titleStanley Cup playoffs
year1999
datesApril 21–June 19, 1999
num_teams16
defending_champions[Detroit Red Wings](1998-99-detroit-red-wings-season)
winners[Dallas Stars](1998-99-dallas-stars-season)
second[Buffalo Sabres](1998-99-buffalo-sabres-season)
stat_leader_titleScoring leader(s)
stat_leader_playerPeter Forsberg (Avalanche)
stat_leader_value24 points
award_titleMVP
awardJoe Nieuwendyk (Stars)
prev_season[1998](1998-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season[2000](2000-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), began on April 21, 1999, following the 1998–99 NHL season. Prior to the season, the league realigned its teams into six divisions (three in each conference). Thus, the 16-team, conference-oriented playoff format used since 1994 was modified accordingly to allow each of the division winners to automatically qualify, along with five other teams from each conference. The teams played best-of-seven series for conference quarter-finals, semi-finals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup. This was the first time since 1987, and only time until 2020 where all former WHA teams clinched the playoffs.

Despite his team being eliminated in the Conference Finals, Colorado Avalanche forward Peter Forsberg's postseason scoring totals, with 24 points in 19 games, were not surpassed for the remainder of the 1999 playoffs. This made him the first player to lead all playoff scorers despite not making the Finals since 1986 when Doug Gilmour and Bernie Federko each tallied 21 points in 19 postseason games for the St. Louis Blues who were also eliminated in the Conference Finals.

The playoffs ended on June 19, 1999, with the Dallas Stars defeating the Buffalo Sabres to win their first Stanley Cup championship in their history. Brett Hull scored a triple overtime goal in game six for Dallas, while Joe Nieuwendyk was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs.

Playoff seeds

The NHL adopted a new league alignment for the 1998–99 season, dividing each conference into three divisions instead of two. Thus, the top three seeds in each conference were awarded to the division winners, while the five remaining spots were awarded to the highest finishers in their respective conferences.

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Eastern Conference

  1. New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 105 points
  2. Ottawa Senators, Northeast Division champions – 103 points
  3. Carolina Hurricanes, Southeast Division champions – 86 points
  4. Toronto Maple Leafs – 97 points
  5. Philadelphia Flyers – 93 points
  6. Boston Bruins – 91 points (39 wins)
  7. Buffalo Sabres – 91 points (37 wins)
  8. Pittsburgh Penguins – 90 points

Western Conference

  1. Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 114 points
  2. Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 98 points
  3. Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions – 93 points
  4. Phoenix Coyotes – 90 points
  5. St. Louis Blues – 87 points
  6. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim – 83 points
  7. San Jose Sharks – 80 points
  8. Edmonton Oilers – 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). The top eight teams in each conference made the playoffs, with the three division winners seeded 1–3 based on regular season record, and the five remaining teams seeded 4–8.

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) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning two of the three previous series. They last met in the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals, where New Jersey won in five games.

|1-1-1 =Jan Hrdina (1) – 07:20 |1-1-2 =07:35 – Petr Sykora (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =14:55 – Petr Sykora (2) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =19:29 – en – Jay Pandolfo (1) |goalie1-1 =Tom Barasso 16 saves / 18 shots |goalie1-2 =Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 25 shots

|2-1-1 =Alexei Morozov (1) – 07:09 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Greg Andrusak (1) – 03:19 Martin Straka (1) – 12:55 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Alexei Kovalev (1) – 01:41 |2-3-2 =11:41 – Dave Andreychuk (1) |goalie2-1 =Tom Barasso 28 saves / 29 shots |goalie2-2 =Martin Brodeur 13 saves / 17 shots

|3-1-1 =05:56 – pp – Martin Straka (2) |3-1-2 =Sergei Brylin (1) – pp – 12:51 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Jason Arnott (1) – pp – 15:43 |3-3-1 =00:13 – Martin Straka (3) 00:40 – Alex Kovalev (2) 19:43 – en – Martin Straka (4) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Tom Barasso 31 saves / 33 shots |goalie3-2 =Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 21 shots

|4-1-1 =02:50 – pp – Jan Hrdina (2) |4-1-2 =Brian Rolston (1) – sh – 01:38 Randy McKay (1) – 19:18 |4-2-1 =07:28 – pp – Rob Brown |4-2-2 =Sergei Brylin (2) – 00:51 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Scott Stevens (1) – pp – 02:50 |goalie4-1 =Tom Barasso 35 saves / 39 shots |goalie4-2 =Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 18 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =16:02 – pp – Scott Stevens (2) |5-2-1 =Kevin Hatcher (1) – 16:08 Alex Kovalev (3) – 16:21 |5-2-2 =11:47 – Randy McKay (2) |5-3-1 =Kip Miller (1) – pp – 19:13 |5-3-2 =01:42 – Petr Sykora (3) 14:04 – Randy McKay (3) |goalie5-1 =Tom Barasso 23 saves / 27 shots |goalie5-2 =Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 17 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Sergei Brylin (3) – 12:04 |6-2-1 =06:44 – Martin Straka (5) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =17:48 – Jaromir Jagr (1) |6-3-2 =Scott Niedermayer (1) – pp – 04:34 |6-4-1 =08:59 – Jaromir Jagr (2) |6-4-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Tom Barasso 25 saves / 27 shots |goalie6-2 =Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 28 shots

|7-1-1 =No scoring |7-1-2 =No scoring |7-2-1 =German Titov (1) – 03:06 Alex Kovalev (4) – 17:04 Jan Hrdina (3) – 19:43 |7-2-2 =06:22 – Jason Arnott (2) |7-3-1 =Martin Straka (6) – 14:30 |7-3-2 =07:24 – Dave Andreychuk (2) |goalie7-1 =Tom Barasso 18 saves / 20 shots |goalie7-2 =Martin Brodeur 9 saves / 13 shots

(2) Ottawa Senators vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1997 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, where Buffalo won in seven games.

|1-1-1 =Michael Peca (1) – 04:32 |1-1-2 =14:46 – pp – Wade Redden (1) |1-2-1 =Curtis Brown (1) – pp – 11:24 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Dominik Hasek 40 saves / 41 shots |goalie1-2 =Ron Tugnutt 13 saves / 15 shots

|2-1-1 =Joe Juneau (1) – 00:58 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =02:53 – pp – Shawn McEachern (1) 12:04 – pp – Daniel Alfredsson (1) |2-3-1 =Miroslav Satan (1) – pp – 06:43 |2-3-2 =No scoring |2-4-1 =Miroslav Satan (2) – 10:35 |2-4-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Dominik Hasek 45 saves / 47 shots |goalie2-2 =Damian Rhodes 36 saves / 39 shots

|3-1-1 =04:03 – Dixon Ward (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =07:47 – Brian Holzinger (1) 12:33 – pp – Brian Holzinger (2) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Dominik Hasek 31 saves / 31 shots |goalie3-2 =Damian Rhodes 23 saves / 26 shots

|4-1-1 =08:29 – Erik Rasmussen (1) 10:17 – Vaclav Varada (1) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =09:30 – Vaclav Varada (2) |4-2-2 =Jason York (1) – 06:24 Shawn McEachern (2) – 10:32 |4-3-1 =06:44 – pp – Alexei Zhitnik (1) |4-3-2 =Nelson Emerson (1) – 14:24 |goalie4-1 =Dominik Hasek 40 saves / 43 shots |goalie4-2 =Ron Tugnutt 22 saves / 26 shots

(3) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (6) Boston Bruins

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with Boston winning both previous series. They last met in the 1991 Adams Division Semifinals where Boston defeated the Hartford Whalers in six games. This was the first playoff series for the Whalers/Hurricanes franchise since moving to Carolina in 1997. Game five was the last ever game played at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. This was the only playoff series to be played in the arena.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Rob DiMaio (1) – 01:50 Ken Belanger (1) – 07:37 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Byron Dafoe 19 saves / 19 shots |goalie1-2 =Arturs Irbe 27 saves / 29 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Sergei Samsonov (1) – 02:56 |2-2-2 =08:24 – Ray Sheppard (1) |2-3-1 =Steve Heinze (1) – 08:32 |2-3-2 =14:28 – Robert Kron (1) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =17:05 – Ray Sheppard (2) |goalie2-1 =Byron Dafoe 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie2-2 =Arturs Irbe 22 saves / 24 shots

|3-1-1 =09:48 – Sergei Samsonov (2) |3-1-2 =Gary Roberts (1) – 01:05 |3-2-1 =13:07 – pp – Anson Carter (1) |3-2-2 =Ray Sheppard (3) – pp – 15:20 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Robert Kron (2) – 02:54 |goalie3-1 =Byron Dafoe 18 saves / 21 shots |goalie3-2 =Arturs Irbe 24 saves / 26 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Ray Sheppard (4) – 04:21 |4-2-1 =18:18 – Don Sweeney (1) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =03:54 – pp – Landon Wilson (1) 11:16 – Steve Heinze (2) 19:23 – en – Rob DiMaio (2) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Byron Dafoe 22 saves / 23 shots |goalie4-2 =Arturs Irbe 26 saves / 29 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =03:49 – pp – Steve Chiasson (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =15:19 – Ray Sheppard (5) |5-3-1 =Ray Bourque (1) – 00:34 Darren Van Impe (1) – pp – 01:59 P. J. Axelsson (1) – 02:26 |5-3-2 =18:15 – Sami Kapanen (1) |5-4-1 =Anson Carter (2) – 14:45 |5-4-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Byron Dafoe 37 saves / 40 shots |goalie5-2 =Arturs Irbe 48 saves / 52 shots

|6-1-1 =08:58 – pp – Joe Thornton (1) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =08:13 – Anson Carter (3) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Byron Dafoe 31 saves / 31 shots |goalie6-2 =Arturs Irbe 19 saves / 21 shots

(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning all three previous series. They last met in the 1977 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, where Philadelphia won in six games.

|1-1-1 =Valeri Zelepukin (1) – 15:32 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =John LeClair (1) – pp – 11:32 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Eric Desjardins (1) – en – 19:43 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 25 saves / 25 shots |goalie1-2 =Curtis Joseph 21 saves / 23 shots

|2-1-1 =Keith Jones (1) – 11:09 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =18:01 – Steve Thomas (1) 19:07 – Mats Sundin (1) |goalie2-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 19 saves / 21 shots |goalie2-2 =Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 25 shots

|3-1-1 =16:16 – Karl Dykhuis (1) |3-1-2 =Mike Johnson (1) – 16:26 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Steve Thomas (2) – pp – 00:40 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 19 saves / 21 shots |goalie3-2 =Curtis Joseph 40 saves / 41 shots

|4-1-1 =06:28 – Craig Berube (1) 11:44 – pp – John LeClair (2) |4-1-2 =Sergei Berezin (1) – pp – 09:47 Steve Sullivan (1) – pp – 12:22 |4-2-1 =03:19 – pp – Eric Desjardins (2) 17:57 – John LeClair (3) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =19:38 – en – Rod Brind'Amour (1) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 23 saves / 25 shots |goalie4-2 =Curtis Joseph 36 saves / 40 shots

|5-1-1 =Keith Jones (2) – 01:52 |5-1-2 =09:16 – pp – Dmitry Yushkevich (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |5-4-1 =No scoring |5-4-2 =11:51 – Yanic Perreault (1) |goalie5-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 32 saves / 34 shots |goalie5-2 =Curtis Joseph 33 saves / 34 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Sergei Berezin (2) – pp – 19:00 |goalie6-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 19 saves / 20 shots |goalie6-2 =Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 26 shots

Western Conference quarterfinals

(1) Dallas Stars vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers

This was the third consecutive playoff meeting and the fifth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with the teams splitting the four previous series. Dallas won last year's Western Conference Semifinals in five games.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Rem Murray (1) – 18:54 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =00:13 – Jere Lehtinen (1) 13:07 – Guy Carbonneau (1) |goalie1-1 =Tommy Salo 29 saves / 31 shots |goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 12 saves / 13 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =02:34 – Guy Carbonneau (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Mike Grier (1) – 08:32 Doug Weight (1) – 16:49 |2-3-2 =10:20 – Jere Lehtinen (2) 14:22 – Jamie Langenbrunner (1) |goalie2-1 =Tommy Salo 31 saves / 34 shots |goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 17 saves / 19 shots

|3-1-1 =15:25 – pp – Ryan Smyth (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =00:24 – pp – Ryan Smyth (2) |3-3-2 =Mike Keane (1) – 06:15 Mike Modano (1) –10:20 Joe Nieuwendyk (1) – 12:32 |goalie3-1 =Tommy Salo 25 saves / 28 shots |goalie3-2 =Ed Belfour 20 saves / 22 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =04:47 – Ryan Smyth (3) |4-2-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – pp – 19:22 |4-3-1 =06:33 – Todd Marchant (1) |4-3-2 =Jamie Langenbrunner (2) – pp – 11:05 |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (3) – 17:34 |goalie4-1 =Tommy Salo 53 saves / 56 shots |goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 37 saves / 39 shots

(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) San Jose Sharks

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Colorado won three of the four games during this year's regular season series. Due to the Columbine High School massacre, games one and two were played in San Jose, while games three and four were played in Colorado.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =Joe Sakic (1) – pp – 16:16 |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =Sandis Ozolinsh (1) – pp – 14:39 |1-3-1 =14:05 – pp – Jeff Friesen (1) |1-3-2 =Joe Sakic (2) – 02:26 |goalie1-1 =Mike Vernon 28 saves / 31 shots |goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 42 saves / 43 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =03:02 – Vincent Damphousse (1) |2-3-2 =Adam Foote (1) – pp – 14:20 |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =Milan Hejduk (1) 07:53 |goalie2-1 =Mike Vernon 34 saves / 36 shots |goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 23 saves / 24 shots

|3-1-1 =Mike Ricci (1) – pp – 15:18 |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =06:08 – Peter Forsberg (1) |3-3-1 =Marco Sturm (1) – 09:52 Marco Sturm (2) – 13:08 Owen Nolan (1) – en – 19:21 |3-3-2 =18:09 – pp – Adam Deadmarsh (1) |goalie3-1 =Mike Vernon 34 saves / 36 shots |goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 29 saves / 32 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =07:27 – Adam Deadmarsh (2) |4-2-1 =Tony Granato (1) – 09:38 Bill Houlder (1) – pp – 10:06 Patrick Marleau (1) – pp – 18:01 |4-2-2 =04:53 – Adam Foote (2) 15:35 – Milan Hejduk (2) |4-3-1 =Alexander Korolyuk (1) – 01:54 Vincent Damphousse (2) – sh – 04:17 Mike Ricci (2) – 08:55 Vincent Damphousse (3) – sh – 12:01 |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Mike Vernon 33 saves / 36 shots |goalie4-2 =Patrick Roy 19 saves / 25 shots Craig Billington 5 saves / 6 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =04:31 – pp – Peter Forsberg (2) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =11:15 – pp – Theoren Fleury (1) 12:55 – Joe Sakic (3) 13:44 – Claude Lemieux (1) 19:58 – pp – Adam Deadmarsh (3) |5-3-1 =Patrick Marleau (2) – pp – 04:35 Bill Houlder (2) – pp – 19:36 |5-3-2 =08:27 – Theoren Fleury (2) |goalie5-1 =Steve Shields 30 saves / 36 shots |goalie5-2 =Patrick Roy 29 saves / 31 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =16:29 – pp – Bill Houlder (3) |6-2-2 =Theoren Fleury (3) – 12:52 |6-3-1 =11:51 – Jeff Friesen (2) |6-3-2 =Sandis Ozolinsh (2) – pp – 13:29 |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Milan Hejduk (3) – 13:12 |goalie6-1 =Mike Vernon 30 saves / 33 shots |goalie6-2 =Patrick Roy 27 saves / 29 shots

(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1997 Western Conference Semifinals, where Detroit won in a four-game sweep.

|1-1-1 =Marty McInnis (1) – pp – 06:41 |1-1-2 =11:06 – Steve Yzerman (1) 17:30 – Wendel Clark (1) |1-2-1 =Paul Kariya (1) – 01:45 |1-2-2 =00:31 – pp – Steve Yzerman (2) 16:49 – Doug Brown (1) |1-3-1 =Teemu Selanne (1) – 13:03 |1-3-2 =18:42 – en – Steve Yzerman (3) |goalie1-1 =Guy Hebert 23 saves / 26 shots Tom Askey 9 saves / 11 shots |goalie1-2 =Chris Osgood 26 saves / 29 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =01:00 – Brendan Shanahan (1) 10:14 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (2) 13:43 – Tomas Holmstrom (1) 19:17 – Doug Brown (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =09:42 – pp – Steve Yzerman (4) |2-3-1 =Teemu Selanne (2) – pp – 09:11 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Guy Hebert 31 saves / 36 shots |goalie2-2 =Chris Osgood 30 saves / 31 shots

|3-1-1 =09:33 – pp – Marty McInnis (2) 15:14 – pp – Jason Marshall (1) |3-1-2 =Sergei Fedorov (1) – 01:43 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Tomas Holmstrom (2) – pp – 01:51 Steve Yzerman (5) – pp – 04:24 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Vyacheslav Kozlov (1) – 01:54 |goalie3-1 =Guy Hebert 20 saves / 24 shots |goalie3-2 =Chris Osgood 22 saves / 24 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Tomas Holmstrom (3) – pp – 16:44 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Brendan Shanahan (3) – 11:51 Vyacheslav Kozlov (2) – 14:57 |goalie4-1 =Guy Hebert 35 saves / 38 shots |goalie4-2 =Chris Osgood 31 saves / 31 shots

(4) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (5) St. Louis Blues

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1982 Norris Division Semifinals, where St. Louis defeated the original Winnipeg Jets in four games.

|1-1-1 =Al MacInnis (1) – 02:22 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Jamie Rivers (1) – pp – 17:24 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Scott Pellerin (1) – en – 19:18 |1-3-2 =18:08 – Robert Reichel (1) |goalie1-1 =Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 27 shots |goalie1-2 =Nikolai Khabibulin 22 saves / 24 shots

|2-1-1 =Al MacInnis (2) –pp – 05:31 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Pierre Turgeon (1) – 12:43 |2-2-2 =05:53 – Dallas Drake (1) |2-3-1 =Pavol Demitra (1) – pp – 16:42 |2-3-2 =02:15 – pp – Teppo Numminen (1) 14:26 – Keith Carney (1) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =08:58 – Shane Doan (1) |goalie2-1 =Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 28 shots |goalie2-2 =Nikolai Khabibulin 31 saves / 34 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Dallas Drake (2) – 03:46 Keith Tkachuk (1) – pp – 07:19 Louie DeBrusk (1) – 08:31 |3-2-1 =16:43 – pp – Pavol Demitra (2) 16:55 – pp – Terry Yake (1) |3-2-2 =Louie DeBrusk (2) – 02:35 |3-3-1 =05:51 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (1) 19:45 – Blair Atcheynum (1) |3-3-2 =Shane Doan (2) – en – 19:09 |goalie3-1 =Grant Fuhr 6 saves / 10 shots Jamie McLennan 7 saves / 7 shots |goalie3-2 =Nikolai Khabibulin 34 saves / 38 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =05:58 – Pascal Rheaume (1) |4-2-2 =Greg Adams (1) – 11:00 Dallas Drake (3) – pp – 19:25 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Grant Fuhr 18 saves / 20 shots |goalie4-2 =Nikolai Khabibulin 27 saves / 28 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =16:25 – pp – Dallas Drake (4) |5-3-1 =Al MacInnis (3) – pp – 11:50 |5-3-2 =No scoring |5-4-1 =Scott Young (1) – 05:43 |5-4-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 27 shots |goalie5-2 =Nikolai Khabibulin 41 saves / 43 shots

|6-1-1 =02:56 – Craig Conroy (1) 08:25 – pp – Scott Young (2) |6-1-2 =Mike Stapleton (1) – 02:20 |6-2-1 =17:00 – pp – Chris Pronger (1) |6-2-2 =Stephen Leach (1) – 12:18 Teppo Numminen (2) – pp – 13:51 |6-3-1 =08:59 – Jeff Finley (1) 15:49 – Craig Conroy (2) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Grant Fuhr 18 saves / 21 shots |goalie6-2 =Nikolai Khabibulin 29 saves / 34 shots

|7-1-1 =No scoring |7-1-2 =No scoring |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =No scoring |7-3-1 =No scoring |7-3-2 =No scoring |7-4-1 =17:59 – Pierre Turgeon (2) |7-4-2 =No scoring |goalie7-1 =Grant Fuhr 35 saves / 35 shots |goalie7-2 =Nikolai Khabibulin 33 saves / 34 shots

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference semifinals

(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (8) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with Toronto winning both previous series. They last met in the 1977 Preliminary Round, where Toronto won in three games.

|1-1-1 =Dan Kesa (1) – pp – 10:52 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =German Titov (2) – en – 19:23 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Tom Barasso 20 saves / 20 shots |goalie1-2 =Curtis Joseph 17 saves / 18 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =06:06 – Lonny Bohonos (1) 14:41 – pp – Mats Sundin (2) |2-2-1 =Kip Miller (2) – 09:12 |2-2-2 =11:49 – Mats Sundin (3) |2-3-1 =German Titov (3) – 12:42 |2-3-2 =16:50 – Steve Thomas (3) |goalie2-1 =Tom Barasso 21 saves / 25 shots |goalie2-2 =Curtis Joseph 25 saves / 27 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =10:42 – pp – Kevin Hatcher (2) 12:45 – Bobby Dollas (1) |3-2-2 =Mike Johnson (2) – 08:21 Derek King (1) – 12:19 Adam Mair (1) – 12:58 |3-3-1 =09:03 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (3) 10:43 – Jiri Slegr (1) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Tom Barasso 26 saves / 29 shots |goalie3-2 =Curtis Joseph 17 saves / 21 shots

|4-1-1 =05:00 – Jaromir Jagr (4) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Mats Sundin (4) – 16:57 |4-3-1 =07:10 – Brad Werenka (1) |4-3-2 =Lonny Bohonos (2) – 05:28 |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =Sergei Berezin (3) – 02:18 |goalie4-1 =Tom Barasso 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie4-2 =Curtis Joseph 12 saves / 14 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =07:04 – Sylvain Cote (1) 10:48 – Mike Johnson (3) |5-2-1 =Jan Hrdina (4) – 14:13 |5-2-2 =13:44 – Steve Thomas (4) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =15:00 – Sergei Berezin (4) |goalie5-1 =Tom Barasso 16 saves / 20 shots |goalie5-2 =Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 16 shots

|6-1-1 =05:04 – pp – Rob Brown (2) 14:06 – Alexei Kovalev (5) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =14:41 – Jaromir Jagr (5) |6-2-2 =Lonny Bohonos (3) – 03:26 Garry Valk (1) – 03:52 Sergei Berezin (5) – 11:43 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =No scoring |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Garry Valk (2) – 01:57 |goalie6-1 =Tom Barasso 26 saves / 30 shots |goalie6-2 =Curtis Joseph 25 saves / 28 shots

(6) Boston Bruins vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres

This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams; with Boston winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the 1993 Adams Division Semifinals, where Buffalo won in a four-game sweep.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =13:59 – pp – Jason Allison (1) |1-2-1 =Alexei Zhitnik (2) – pp – 18:29 |1-2-2 =15:21 – Dmitri Khristich (1) 19:46 – pp – Joe Thornton (2) |1-3-1 =Jason Woolley (1) – 09:37 |1-3-2 =19:48 – en – Dmitri Khristich (2) |goalie1-1 =Dominik Hasek 18 saves / 21 shots |goalie1-2 =Byron Dafoe 28 saves / 30 shots

|2-1-1 =Michael Peca (2) – 01:51 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Curtis Brown (2) – pp – 05:57 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Dixon Ward (2) – en – 19:23 |2-3-2 =14:03 – pp – Don Sweeney (2) |goalie2-1 =Dominik Hasek 28 saves / 29 shots |goalie2-2 =Byron Dafoe 26 saves / 28 shots

|3-1-1 =01:37 – Jason Woolley (2) |3-1-2 =Steve Heinze (3) – pp – 08:47 Anson Carter (4) – 12:48 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =06:44 – Rhett Warrener (1) 09:38 – Dixon Ward (3) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 21 shots |goalie3-2 =Byron Dafoe 22 saves / 25 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =08:20 – pp – Alexei Zhitnik (3) 19:43 – Vaclav Varada (3) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =11:39 – sh – Michael Peca (3) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 24 shots |goalie4-2 =Byron Dafoe 36 saves / 39 shots

|5-1-1 =Curtis Brown (3) – pp – 00:37 |5-1-2 =09:01 – Don Sweeney (3) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =01:15 – Sergei Samsonov (3) 10:19 – Mattias Timander (1) 13:34 – Dmitri Khristich (3) |5-3-1 =Wayne Primeau (1) – 04:58 Joe Juneau (2) – 13:25 |5-3-2 =19:17 – Jason Allison (2) |goalie5-1 =Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 26 shots Dwayne Roloson 7 saves / 8 shots |goalie5-2 =Byron Dafoe 20 saves / 23 shots

|6-1-1 =05:15 – pp – Michael Peca (4) 17:29 – Wayne Primeau (2) |6-1-2 =Steve Heinze (4) – pp – 12:49 |6-2-1 =01:08 – Curtis Brown (4) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Joe Thornton (3) – 18:57 |goalie6-1 =Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 25 shots |goalie6-2 =Byron Dafoe 18 saves / 21 shots

Western Conference semifinals

(1) Dallas Stars vs. (5) St. Louis Blues

This was the eleventh playoff meeting between these two teams; with the teams splitting the ten previous series. They last met in the 1994 Western Conference Quarterfinals, where Dallas won in a four-game sweep.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =02:25 – Pat Verbeek (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =00:49 – Brett Hull (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =19:28 – sh-en – Mike Modano (2) |goalie1-1 =Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 23 saves / 23 shots

|2-1-1 =Pavol Demitra (3) – 19:27 |2-1-2 =07:50 – Jamie Langenbrunner (3) |2-2-1 =Scott Young (3) – 00:53 Pierre Turgeon (3) – 14:23 Pavol Demitra (4) – pp – 17:29 |2-2-2 =05:35 – Joe Nieuwendyk (4) 09:54 – Mike Keane (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =04:22 – Jere Lehtinen (3) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =08:22 – Joe Nieuwendyk (5) |goalie2-1 =Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 25 shots |goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 30 saves / 34 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Brett Hull (2) – pp – 03:07 |3-2-1 =02:58 – Mike Eastwood (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =04:52 – Jochen Hecht (1) |3-3-2 =Darryl Sydor (1) – 09:08 |3-4-1 =02:43 – Pavol Demitra (5) |3-4-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Grant Fuhr 16 saves / 18 shots |goalie3-2 =Ed Belfour 25 saves / 28 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Mike Modano (3) – 00:59 |4-2-1 =05:02 – Jochen Hecht (2) 07:41 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (2) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Jere Lehtinen (4) – 00:40 |4-4-1 =05:52 – Pierre Turgeon (4) |4-4-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 25 shots |goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 27 saves / 30 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =03:47 – sh – Jere Lehtinen (5) 09:43 – pp – Jamie Langenbrunner (4) |5-2-1 =Scott Young (4) – 11:29 |5-2-2 =10:52 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (6) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Grant Fuhr 13 saves / 16 shots |goalie5-2 =Ed Belfour 30 saves / 31 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =06:51 – Al MacInnis (4) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Derek Plante (1) – 13:58 |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Mike Modano (4) – 02:21 |goalie6-1 =Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 29 shots |goalie6-2 =Ed Belfour 28 saves / 29 shots

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

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 1997 Western Conference Finals, where Detroit won in six games.

|1-1-1 =Steve Yzerman (6) – pp – 03:54 |1-1-2 =10:51 – pp – Theoren Fleury (4) 12:34 – Adam Deadmarsh (4) |1-2-1 =Vyacheslav Kozlov (3) – pp – 16:30 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |1-4-1 =Kirk Maltby (1) – 04:18 |1-4-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Bill Ranford 37 saves / 39 shots |goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 31 saves / 34 shots

|2-1-1 =Steve Yzerman (7) – 06:11 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Steve Yzerman (8) – 05:35 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Nicklas Lidstrom (1) – pp – 10:45 Wendel Clark (2) – pp – 11:23 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Bill Ranford 28 saves / 28 shots |goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 33 saves / 37 shots

|3-1-1 =07:07 – Steve Yzerman (9) |3-1-2 =Claude Lemieux (2) – pp – 11:00 Theoren Fleury (5) – 16:59 |3-2-1 =09:09 – Tomas Holmstrom (4) |3-2-2 =Dale Hunter (1) – 02:50 Chris Drury (1) – 03:42 Aaron Miller (1) – 05:05 |3-3-1 =19:25 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (4) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Bill Ranford 19 saves / 24 shots Norm Maracle 7 saves / 7 shots |goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 44 saves / 47 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Chris Drury (2) – 01:28 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Adam Deadmarsh (5) – 07:07 Milan Hejduk (4) – pp – 14:04 |4-3-1 =14:40 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (5) 19:17 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (6) |4-3-2 =Peter Forsberg (3) – 08:21 Valeri Kamensky (1) – pp – 11:28 Adam Deadmarsh (6) – 16:36 |goalie4-1 =Bill Ranford 11 saves / 14 shots Norm Maracle 7 saves / 10 shots |goalie4-2 =Patrick Roy 31 saves / 33 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =11:06 – Jeff Odgers (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =04:23 – Adam Deadmarsh (7) 07:19 – pp – Peter Forsberg (4) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Chris Osgood 23 saves / 26 shots |goalie5-2 =Patrick Roy 36 saves / 36 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Peter Forsberg (5) – 16:15 |6-2-1 =17:24 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (2) 17:53 – Darren McCarty (1) |6-2-2 =Milan Hejduk (5) – 04:12 Chris Drury (3) – 05:46 Joe Sakic (4) – sh – 08:14 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Peter Forsberg (6) – 13:31 |goalie6-1 =Chris Osgood 26 saves / 31 shots |goalie6-2 =Patrick Roy 35 saves / 37 shots

Conference finals

Eastern Conference final

(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Toronto made their third appearance in the Conference Finals and first since losing to Vancouver in five games in the 1994 Western Conference Final. Buffalo made their second consecutive and second overall appearance in the Conference Finals after losing to Washington in six games in last year's Eastern Conference Final.

The Sabres defeated the Maple Leafs in five games. In game one the Sabres backup goaltender Dwayne Roloson filled in for the injured Dominik Hasek. Leading 3–2 midway through the game Toronto appeared to be in control, but Stu Barnes tied the game for Buffalo at 14:37 of the second period. The Sabres went on to score twice in the third period on goals by Curtis Brown and Geoff Sanderson, as Buffalo held on to win 5–4. In game two the Maple Leafs got two goals 18 seconds apart in the first period as Steve Sullivan and Sylvain Cote scored. Toronto held a 4–3 lead halfway through the third period with Buffalo pressing, the Maple Leafs scored twice to seal a 6–3 win. Dominik Hasek returned for the Sabres in game three but it was the away team that netted the first goal as Maple Leafs forward Yanic Perreault scored late in the first period. Buffalo was not to be denied and they scored three goals early in the second period and the Sabres held on to win the game 4–2. Buffalo came out flying again in game four holding a 5–0 lead after two periods. Hasek's shutout bid was erased when Mats Sundin scored on a penalty shot; Buffalo won the game 5–2, as Dominik Hasek made 31 saves in the victory. After a scoreless first period Steve Sullivan got Toronto on the board first in game five, the teams traded goals in the second period and the game was tied 2–2 going into the third period. Erik Rasmussen broke the tie with a goal in the middle of the third period and Dixon Ward added a late shorthanded empty net goal as the Sabres went on to win 4–2 and take the series four games to one. The Sabres advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1975.

|1-1-1 =Vaclav Varada (4) – 04:23 Dixon Ward (4) – 07:28 |1-1-2 =04:32 – Mats Sundin (5) |1-2-1 =Stu Barnes (1) – pp – 14:37 |1-2-2 =05:47 – pp – Mats Sundin (6) 10:30 – pp – Bryan Berard (1) |1-3-1 =Curtis Brown (5) – 05:21 Geoff Sanderson (1) – 11:02 |1-3-2 =13:59 – pp – Steve Thomas (5) |goalie1-1 =Dwayne Roloson 28 saves / 32 shots |goalie1-2 =Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 21 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =10:28 – Steve Sullivan (2) 10:46 – Sylvain Cote (2) |2-2-1 =Jason Woolley (3) – pp – 10:03 |2-2-2 =15:25 – Sergei Berezin (6) |2-3-1 =Stu Barnes (2) – pp – 06:53 Stu Barnes (3) – pp – 09:47 |2-3-2 =01:57 – Yanic Perreault (2) 12:17 – pp – Steve Thomas (6) 19:30 – en – Garry Valk (3) |goalie2-1 =Dwayne Roloson 22 saves / 27 shots |goalie2-2 =Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 33 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Yanic Perreault (3) – 16:08 |3-2-1 =03:07 – Miroslav Satan (3) 03:45 – sh – Joe Juneau (3) 07:38 – pp – Stu Barnes (4) |3-2-2 =Alexander Karpovtsev (1) – pp – 13:09 |3-3-1 =19:31 – en – Curtis Brown (6) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 26 shots |goalie3-2 =Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 23 shots

|4-1-1 =16:15 – sh – Dixon Ward (5) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =02:51 – Brian Holzinger (3) 05:04 – Rob Ray (1) 05:26 – Geoff Sanderson (2) 14:10 – Geoff Sanderson (3) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Mats Sundin (7) – 06:59 Mats Sundin (8) – pp – 18:03 |goalie4-1 =Dominik Hasek 31 saves / 33 shots |goalie4-2 =Curtis Joseph 22 saves / 27 shots Glenn Healy 5 saves / 5 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Curtis Brown (7) – 07:14 Vaclav Varada (5) – pp – 16:44 |5-2-2 =00:33 – pp – Steve Sullivan (3) 12:54 – Kris King (1) |5-3-1 =Erik Rasmussen (2) – 11:35 Dixon Ward (6) – sh-en – 18:58 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Dominik Hasek 20 saves / 22 shots |goalie5-2 =Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 23 shots

Western Conference final

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

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Dallas made their second consecutive and fourth overall Conference Finals appearance after losing to Detroit in six games in last year's Western Conference Final. Colorado made their third Conference Finals appearance in four years and their fifth appearance overall; they last made it to the Conference Finals in the 1997 Western Conference Final, where they lost in six games to Detroit.

The Stars defeated the Avalanche in seven games. In game one the Stars jumped out to a 1–0 lead on Brett Hull's goal at 8:42 of the first period. The Avalanche came back to tie the game in the second period on Peter Forsberg's goal at 14:07. Valeri Kamensky scored the go ahead goal with 5:58 remaining in the game, as Colorado hung on to win 2–1. With the score tied at 2–2 in game two Joe Nieuwendyk gave Dallas a 3–2 lead with a goal at 11:52 of the third period. Mike Modano added a power-play goal with 3:32 remaining as the Stars won 4–2 to tie the series at 1–1. In game three Ed Belfour stopped all 34 Colorado shots he faced and Dallas won 3–0. The Avalanche came back in game four and led 2–1 with under five minutes remaining in the third period until Brett Hull scored at 16:07 to tie the score and send the game into overtime. In the extra period 22-year-old rookie Chris Drury scored at 19:29 to give Colorado a 3–2 win and tie the series at two games apiece.

Game five was the highest scoring game in the series as the two teams combined for 12 goals on just 56 shots. Chris Drury and Valeri Kamensky both scored twice as the Avalanche won 7–5. In game six Claude Lemieux got the Avalanche on the board first at 19:25 of the first period. The Stars responded early in the second on Jere Lehtinen's goal at 1:55. In the third period Jamie Langenbrunner scored twice at 6:49 and again at 17:15, 14 seconds later Richard Matvichuk scored to give Dallas a 4–1 lead which they hung on to. Ed Belfour stopped 26 of 27 Colorado shots (game six was the last NHL game to be played at the McNichols Arena as the Avalanche moved into the new Pepsi Center at the start of next season). The Stars dominated game seven building a 4–0 lead in the first 46 minutes and 18 seconds of the game. Mike Keane scored twice and Jamie Langenbrunner and Jere Lehtinen both had goals. Joe Sakic scored for Colorado with a goal at 13:58 of the third period. Dallas hung on and won the game 4–1 and the series four games to three. With the win the Stars advanced to the Cup Finals for the first time since 1991 when they were the Minnesota North Stars.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =08:42 – Brett Hull (3) |1-2-1 =Peter Forsberg (7) – 14:07 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Valeri Kamensky (2) – 14:02 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Patrick Roy 30 saves / 31 shots |goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots

|2-1-1 =Sandis Ozolinsh (3) – pp – 10:32 |2-1-2 =14:11 – Dave Reid (1) |2-2-1 =Milan Hejduk (6) – 14:59 |2-2-2 =04:56 – Sergei Zubov (1) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =11:52 – Joe Nieuwendyk (7) 16:28 – pp – Mike Modano (5) |goalie2-1 =Patrick Roy 41 saves / 45 shots |goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 17 saves / 19 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (8) – 02:22 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Jamie Langenbrunner (5) – 10:44 Dave Reid (2) – 16:05 |goalie3-1 =Patrick Roy 23 saves / 26 shots |goalie3-2 =Ed Belfour 34 saves / 34 shots

|4-1-1 =04:06 – Joe Sakic (5) 04:54 – Shjon Podein (1) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Jamie Langenbrunner (6) – pp – 09:48 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Brett Hull (4) – 16:07 |4-4-1 =19:29 – Chris Drury (4) |4-4-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Patrick Roy 43 saves / 45 shots |goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 42 saves / 45 shots

|5-1-1 =Valeri Kamensky (3) – 03:28 Sandis Ozolinsh (4) – 19:27 |5-1-2 =12:00 – sh – Mike Keane (3) 15:05 – Darryl Sydor (2) |5-2-1 =Chris Drury (5) – 03:25 Adam Deadmarsh (8) – pp – 10:25 |5-2-2 =01:51 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (9) |5-3-1 =Valeri Kamensky (4) – 07:26 Chris Drury (6) – 13:16 Peter Forsberg (8) – en – 19:26 |5-3-2 =09:32 – pp – Brett Hull (5) 10:57 – Pat Verbeek (2) |goalie5-1 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 30 shots |goalie5-2 =Ed Belfour 19 saves / 25 shots

|6-1-1 =19:25 – Claude Lemieux (3) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Jere Lehtinen (6) – 01:55 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Jamie Langenbrunner (7) – 06:49 Jamie Langenbrunner (8) – pp – 17:15 Richard Matvichuk (1) – 17:29 |goalie6-1 =Patrick Roy 36 saves / 40 shots |goalie6-2 =Ed Belfour 26 saves / 27 shots

|7-1-1 =No scoring |7-1-2 =08:25 – Jamie Langenbrunner (9) |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =11:13 – Mike Keane (4) 15:18 – Mike Keane (5) |7-3-1 =Joe Sakic (6) – 13:58 |7-3-2 =06:18 – Jere Lehtinen (7) |goalie7-1 =Patrick Roy 21 saves / 25 shots |goalie7-2 =Ed Belfour 18 saves / 19 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1999 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 1981 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, where the Minnesota North Stars won in five games. Dallas made their third Finals appearance. They last advanced to the Finals in , where the Minnesota North Stars lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games. Buffalo made their second Finals appearance. They last advanced to the Finals in , where they lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in six games. These teams split their two-game regular season series. This was the first Finals since to feature two teams that had not previously won the Stanley Cup, this did not occur again until .

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =10:17 – pp – Brett Hull (6) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Stu Barnes (5) – 08:33 Wayne Primeau (3) – pp – 13:37 |1-3-2 =19:11 – Jere Lehtinen (8) |1-4-1 =Jason Woolley (4) – 15:30 |1-4-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Dominik Hasek 35 saves / 37 shots |goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 21 saves / 24 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Michael Peca (5) – pp – 07:27 |2-2-2 =18:26 – Jamie Langenbrunner (10) |2-3-1 =Alexei Zhitnik (4) – pp – 05:36 |2-3-2 =04:25 – Craig Ludwig (1) 17:10 – Brett Hull (7) 19:34 – en – Derian Hatcher (1) |goalie2-1 =Dominik Hasek 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 19 saves / 21 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =07:51 – Stu Barnes (6) |3-2-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (10) – 15:33 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (11) – 09:35 |goalie3-1 =Dominik Hasek 27 shots / 29 saves |goalie3-2 =Ed Belfour 11 saves / 12 shots

|4-1-1 =08:09 – Geoff Sanderson (4) |4-1-2 =Jere Lehtinen (9) – pp – 10:14 |4-2-1 =07:37 – Dixon Ward (7) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 31 shots |goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 16 saves / 18 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =02:23 – pp – Darryl Sydor (3) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =15:21 – Pat Verbeek (3) |goalie5-1 =Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 21 shots |goalie5-2 =Ed Belfour 23 saves / 23 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Jere Lehtinen (10) – 08:09 |6-2-1 =18:21 – Stu Barnes (7) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =No scoring |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Brett Hull (8) – 14:51 |goalie6-1 =Dominik Hasek 48 saves / 50 shots |goalie6-2 =Ed Belfour 53 saves / 54 shots

Playoff statistics

Skaters

These are the top eleven skaters based on points.

PlayerTeamGPGAPts+/–PIM
Colorado Avalanche19816**24**+731
Dallas Stars23518**23**+616
Dallas Stars231110**21**+719
Colorado Avalanche19613**19**-28
Dallas Stars23107**17**+716
Colorado Avalanche18512**17**-220
Toronto Maple Leafs1788**16**+216
Dallas Stars2287**15**+34
Pittsburgh Penguins1369**15**06
Buffalo Sabres21411**15**-652
Buffalo Sabres21411**15**010

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.

PlayerTeamGPWLSAGAGAASV%SOTOI
Dallas Stars2316761743**1.67****.930**31543:36
Buffalo Sabres1913658736**1.77****.939**21217:08
Boston Bruins126633026**2.03****.921**2767:58
St. Louis Blues136630531**2.36**.8981789:32
Phoenix Coyotes73423618**2.41****.924**0448:34

References

before = 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs | after = 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs | title = Stanley Cup playoffs | years = |

References

  1. Frei, Terry. (April 20, 2010). "Columbine remembered by Avs, Sharks before playoff game".
  2. (1999-04-22). "HOCKEY; In Denver, Games Are Called Off". The New York Times.
  3. (1999-04-22). "Avalanche Postpones Two Playoff Games".
  4. [http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19981999&seasonTo=19981999&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists NHL.com - Skater Stats]
  5. [http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?report=goaliesummary&reportType=season&seasonFrom=19981999&seasonTo=19981999&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]
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