2000 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Final

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference after finishing the regular season with 103 points. In the playoffs, they first swept the fifth seeded Florida Panthers. In the second round they defeated the third seeded Toronto Maple Leafs in six games. In the Eastern Conference finals, the Devils defeated the top seeded Philadelphia Flyers in seven games (in the process becoming the first team since expansion to come back from a 3-1 deficit later than the second round) to advance to the Final.

Dallas Stars

Dallas captured the Pacific Division title and entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference after finishing the regular season with 102 points. In the playoffs, they defeated the seventh seeded Edmonton Oilers in the first round in five games. In the second round, the Stars defeated the eighth seeded San Jose Sharks, also in five games. In a rematch of the previous year’s Western Conference finals, the Stars again defeated the Colorado Avalanche in seven games to advance to the Final.

Game summaries

Despite New Jersey being a lower seed in conference play (4) than Dallas (2), New Jersey's 103 points were one more than Dallas, giving them home-ice advantage in the series. The Devils won the Cup in game six on a one-timer goal by Jason Arnott in double overtime. It was their second Stanley Cup overall and first since 1995.

For the Stars, this was the first time since the New York Islanders lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 Final that a defending Stanley Cup champion lost in the Final. This happened to the Devils themselves the following year when they lost to the Colorado Avalanche. This would be the last appearance in the Stanley Cup Final for the Stars until 2020.

This was the first Final that featured two relocated teams competing for the Stanley Cup, as well as the first Final in which both teams had won the Stanley Cup previously after relocation.

This was the first of two consecutive Final series where the defending Stanley Cup champion was defeated, as the Devils themselves would make a return trip to the Final the next season, but lost in seven games to the Colorado Avalanche.

|1-1-1 =Darryl Sydor (1) – 13:13 |1-1-2 =07:22 – Jason Arnott (5) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =02:52 – Ken Daneyko (1) 10:28 – Petr Sykora (7) 16:04 – Scott Stevens (3) |1-3-1 =Jon Sim (1) – 07:43 Kirk Muller (2) – 07:55 |1-3-2 =02:21 – Sergei Brylin (2) 03:02 – Petr Sykora (8) 05:12 – pp – Jason Arnott (6) |goalie1-1 =Ed Belfour 12 saves / 18 shots Manny Fernandez 7 saves / 8 shots |goalie1-2 =Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 18 shots

|2-1-1 =Brett Hull (10) – 04:25 |2-1-2 =12:42 – Alexander Mogilny (4) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Brett Hull (11) – 15:44 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Ed Belfour 27 saves / 28 shots |goalie2-2 =Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots

|3-1-1 =13:08 – pp – Sylvain Cote (2) |3-1-2 =Jason Arnott (7) – 18:06 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Petr Sykora (9) – pp – 12:27 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Ed Belfour 29 saves / 31 shots |goalie3-2 =Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =18:02 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (7) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Sergei Brylin (3) – 02:27 John Madden (3) – sh – 04:51 Brian Rafalski (2) – 06:08 |goalie4-1 =Ed Belfour 28 saves / 31 shots |goalie4-2 =Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 17 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |5-4-1 =Mike Modano (10) – 06:21 |5-4-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Ed Belfour 48 saves / 48 shots |goalie5-2 =Martin Brodeur 40 saves / 41 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =06:27 – Mike Keane (2) |6-2-2 =Scott Niedermayer (5) – sh – 05:18 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =No scoring |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Jason Arnott (8) – 08:20 |goalie6-1 =Ed Belfour 43 saves / 45 shots |goalie6-2 =Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 31 shots

Team rosters

Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.

Dallas Stars

New Jersey Devils

Stanley Cup engraving

The 2000 Stanley Cup was presented to Devils captain Scott Stevens by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Devils 2–1 double overtime win over the Stars in game six.

The following Devils players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1999–2000 New Jersey Devils

• 4 Scott Stevens (C)
• 3 Ken Daneyko
• 5 Colin White
• 6 Brad Bombardir ‡
• 7 Vladimir Malakhov
• 27 Scott Niedermayer
• 28 Brian Rafalski
• 31 Chris Terreri
• 11 John Madden
• 12 Sergei Nemchinov
• 15 Steve Kelly ‡
• 23 Scott Gomez
• 25 Jason Arnott (A)
• 17 Petr Sykora
• 18 Sergei Brylin*
• 20 Jay Pandolfo
• 21 Randy McKay (A)
• 22 Claude Lemieux
• 26 Patrik Elias
• 29 Krzysztof Oliwa †
• 89 Alexander Mogilny |player-notes=
• • Played both centre and wing.
• † Did not play or dress in the Final.
• ‡ Exemption granted to engrave the name of a player who did not automatically qualify. |non-players=
• John J. McMullen (Owner/Chairman/Governor), Peter McMullen (Vice President), Lou Lamoriello (President/General Manager)
• Larry Robinson (Interim Head Coach), Viacheslav Fetisov (Asst. Coach), Bobby Carpenter Jr. (Asst. Coaches), Jacques Caron (Goaltending Coach), John Cunniff (AHL Coach)
• David Conte (Director of Scouting), Claude Carrier (Scout), Milt Fisher (Scout), Dan Labraatan (Scout), Marcel Pronovost (Scout)
• Bob Hoffmeyer (Scout), Barry Fisher (Head Team Physician), Dennis Gendron (AHL Asst. Coach), Robbie Ftorek (Coach/Scout), Vladimir Bure (Consultant)
• Taran Singelton (Video Coordinator), Marie Carnevale (Hockey Operations-Ass't to President-General Manager), Callie Smith (Scouting Staff Asst.), Bill Murray (Medical Trainer), Michael Vasalani (Strength-Conditioning Coordinator)
• Dana McGuane (Equipment Manager), Juergen Merz (Message Therapist), Harry Bricker (Asst. Equipment Manager), Lou Centanni (Asst. Equipment Manager)}}

Engraving notes

• New Jersey successfully requested an exemption to engrave the names of four players who did not automatically qualify.
  • #6 Brad Bombardir (D) played in 32 regular season games and 1 playoff game.
  • #15 Steve Kelly (C) played in 1 regular season game and 10 playoff games, four of the ten in the Eastern Conference finals.
  • #2 Ken Sutton (D) joined the team at the NHL trade deadline from the minors. He played in 6 regular season games, but was a healthy scratch for the entire playoffs.
  • #10 Steve Brule (C) did not play in the regular season, but played in 1 game of the Eastern Conference finals.
• Krzysztof Oliwa became the first Polish born and trained player to win the Stanley Cup. He played 69 regular season for the Devils, but missed the whole playoffs due to injury. Oliwa qualified for playing more than half of the regular season games.
• Larry Robinson was promoted from assistant coach to head coach with only eight games left in the regular season to replace Robbie Ftorek. Ftorek stayed on as a scout for the rest of season and the NHL allowed his name to be included on the Stanley Cup. Robinson became the first interim head coach in NHL history to guide a team to a Stanley Cup championship.
• 14 members were engraved with an initial and two full names.
• #24 Willie Mitchell (D – 2 regular season games) did not play in the playoffs (he was a healthy scratch). He was on the roster during the Final, but left off the Stanley Cup engraving due to not qualifying. He later won the Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Kings in 2012 (against the Devils) and 2014.
• Deron Quint (D – 50 regular season games for Phoenix, and 4 for New Jersey) (joined in a March 7 trade for Lyle Odelein) was not engraved on the Stanley Cup because New Jersey suspended him for failing to report to the minors for conditioning purposes. Quint wore #2 when playing for New Jersey, but his number became available when he was suspended by the team. #2 was taken by Ken Sutton later in the season.
• Rob McLean (Consultant) – Still awarded a Stanley Cup Ring, and on the team picture.

Broadcasting

In Canada, the series was televised on CBC. In the United States, this was the first year under the new joint American TV contract with the Disney-owned networks ESPN and ABC, with ESPN airing the first two games of the Cup Final and ABC broadcasting the rest of the series. Devils team broadcasters Mike Miller and Randy Velischek called the series on local radio on WABC–AM 770 in New York City. In Dallas, Stars broadcasters Ralph Strangis and Daryl Reaugh called the series on WBAP 820 AM.

Notes

References

References

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