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2002 Stanley Cup playoffs

Ice hockey playoffs

Field	Value
title	Stanley Cup playoffs
year	2002
dates	April 17 – June 13, 2002
num_teams	16
defending_champions	[Colorado Avalanche](2001-02-colorado-avalanche-season)
winners	[Detroit Red Wings](2001-02-detroit-red-wings-season)
second	[Carolina Hurricanes](2001-02-carolina-hurricanes-season)
stat_leader_title	Scoring leader(s)
stat_leader_player	Peter Forsberg (Avalanche)
stat_leader_value	27 points
award_title	MVP
award	Nicklas Lidstrom (Red Wings)
prev_season	[2001](2001-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season	[2003](2003-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League began on April 17, 2002.

The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes on June 13, 2002, four games to one, to win their tenth championship in their history. Carolina was in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in their 23-year history, which includes their tenure as the Hartford Whalers. Red Wings defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs. It was the ninth championship for Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman, who announced his retirement after the deciding game of the series. The Phoenix Coyotes played their last playoff games at America West Arena and missed the playoffs until 2010, when they played in Glendale.

The 16 teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup. A record 25 shutouts were recorded in the 2002 playoffs and, for the first time since 1991, not a single team was swept in a playoff series. This is the last time that all three Eastern Canada teams made the playoffs together and got past the first round. For the first time since entering the NHL, both teams from the province of Alberta, the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers missed the playoffs in the same season.

Playoff seeds

The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. 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

Boston Bruins, Northeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 101 points
Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions – 97 points
Carolina Hurricanes, Southeast Division champions – 91 points
Toronto Maple Leafs – 100 points
New York Islanders – 96 points
New Jersey Devils – 95 points
Ottawa Senators – 94 points
Montreal Canadiens – 87 points

Western Conference

Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 116 points
Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 99 points (45 wins)
San Jose Sharks, Pacific Division champions – 99 points (44 wins)
St. Louis Blues – 98 points
Chicago Blackhawks – 96 points
Phoenix Coyotes – 95 points (40 wins, 7 points head-to-head vs. Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Kings – 95 points (40 wins, 3 points head-to-head vs. Phoenix)
Vancouver Canucks – 94 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.

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference quarterfinals

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens

The Boston Bruins finished first in the Eastern Conference during the regular season with 101 points. The Montreal Canadiens qualified as the eighth seed earning 87 points during the regular season. This was the twenty-ninth playoff series between the Bruins and the Canadiens, with Montreal winning twenty-one of the twenty-eight previous series. They last met in the 1994 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Boston won in seven games.

|2-1-1 =Richard Zednik (1) – 14:22 Richard Zednik (2) – 17:39 |2-1-2 =02:12 – Brian Rolston (1) 09:34 – Glen Murray (1) 10:55 – Bill Guerin (2) 11:49 – pp – Brian Rolston (2) |2-2-1 =Patrice Brisebois (1) – 14:01 |2-2-2 =17:42 – P. J. Axelsson (1) |2-3-1 =Doug Gilmour (2) – 15:06 |2-3-2 =19:26 – en – Joe Thornton (2) |goalie2-1 =Jose Theodore 38 saves / 43 shots |goalie2-2 =Byron Dafoe 29 saves / 33 shots

|3-1-1 =04:54 – pp – Yanic Perreault (1) |3-1-2 =P. J. Axelsson (2) – sh – 08:24 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Bill Guerin (3) – pp – 07:54 Nick Boynton (1) – 09:04 |3-3-1 =07:04 – Donald Audette (3) 07:57 – Doug Gilmour (3) 11:59 – Saku Koivu (2) 19:59 – en – Joe Juneau (1) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Jose Theodore 29 saves / 32 shots |goalie3-2 =Byron Dafoe 18 saves / 22 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =P. J. Stock (1) – 02:49 Bill Guerin (4) – pp – 15:49 Martin Lapointe (1) – pp – 17:17 |4-2-1 =14:16 – pp – Richard Zednik (3) |4-2-2 =Brian Rolston (3) – sh – 15:46 |4-3-1 =07:07 – pp – Richard Zednik (4) |4-3-2 =Sergei Samsonov (1) – 14:20 |goalie4-1 =Jose Theodore 20 saves / 25 shots |goalie4-2 =Byron Dafoe 26 saves / 28 shots

(2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (7) Ottawa Senators

The Philadelphia Flyers entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Atlantic Division with 97 points. The Ottawa Senators earned the seventh seed with 94 points. This was the first playoff series played between the two franchises. The Flyers scored two goals in this series, which is the lowest total scored by a team in a five-game series in NHL history.

(3) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (6) New Jersey Devils

The Carolina Hurricanes entered the playoffs as the Southeast Division champions earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference with 91 points. The New Jersey Devils earned the sixth seed with 95 points. Although New Jersey finished the season with a better overall record and a higher point total, Carolina won their division, so they were automatically placed in the top three seeds in the conference and were granted home-ice advantage. This was the second playoff series between these two teams, with the only previous meeting being the 2001 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where New Jersey won in six games.

The Hurricanes knocked off the Devils in six games, winning their first playoff series since relocating from Hartford.

(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) New York Islanders

The Toronto Maple Leafs entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 100 points. The New York Islanders earned the fifth seed with 96 points. This was the third playoff series between these two teams, the teams split the previous two playoff series. They last met in the 1981 Preliminary Round where New York won in three games.

|3-1-1 =14:34 – pp – Mark Parrish (1) |3-1-2 =Alexander Mogilny (1) – 07:32 |3-2-1 =06:01 – pp – Brad Isbister (1) 13:33 – Michael Peca (1) 19:19 – pp – Mark Parrish (2) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =04:07 – pp – Shawn Bates (1) 04:21 – Dave Scatchard (1) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Chris Osgood 34 saves / 35 shots |goalie3-2 =Curtis Joseph 33 saves / 39 shots Corey Schwab 5 saves / 5 shots

|4-1-1 =10:30 – Alexei Yashin (1) |4-1-2 =Alexander Mogilny (2) – pp – 19:44 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Tomas Kaberle (2) – 19:19 |4-3-1 =13:16 – pp – Kip Miller (1) 14:56 – Roman Hamrlik (1) 17:30 – ps – Shawn Bates (2) |4-3-2 =Shayne Corson (1) – 16:34 |goalie4-1 =Chris Osgood 22 saves / 25 shots |goalie4-2 =Curtis Joseph 19 saves / 23 shots

|5-1-1 =Kip Miller (2) – pp – 19:48 |5-1-2 =06:29 – Garry Valk (1) 09:34 – Jonas Hoglund (1) |5-2-1 =Trent Hunter (1) – 16:39 |5-2-2 =07:05 – pp – Bryan McCabe (1) 14:30 – Bryan McCabe (2) 17:18 – Darcy Tucker (2) |5-3-1 =Adrian Aucoin (1) – pp – 13:51 |5-3-2 =11:05 – pp – Jonas Hoglund (2) |goalie5-1 =Chris Osgood 11 saves / 15 shots Garth Snow 17 saves / 19 shots |goalie5-2 =Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 19 shots

|6-1-1 =05:07 – pp – Mariusz Czerkawski (1) 13:26 – Alexei Yashin (2) |6-1-2 =Wade Belak (1) – 14:23 Jonas Hoglund (3) – pp – 16:42 |6-2-1 =01:35 – pp – Adrian Aucoin (2) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =03:11 – Kip Miller (3) 03:49 – Mariusz Czerkawski (2) |6-3-2 =Gary Roberts (1) – pp – 06:41 |goalie6-1 =Chris Osgood 31 saves / 34 shots |goalie6-2 =Curtis Joseph 29 saves / 34 shots

Western Conference quarterfinals

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks

The Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the President's trophy winners, the Western Conference Regular season champions and the Central Division champions with 116 points. The Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the eighth seed finishing the season with 94 points. This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

The Red Wings came back from a two-game deficit and eliminated the Canucks in six games.

|2-1-1 =Todd Bertuzzi (1) – 10:14 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Andrew Cassels (2) – 07:08 Scott Lachance (1) – 13:13 |2-2-2 =10:30 – Nicklas Lidstrom (1) |2-3-1 =Markus Naslund (1) – 18:08 Matt Cooke (1) – en – 18:49 |2-3-2 =10:33 – pp – Steve Yzerman (1) |goalie2-1 =Dan Cloutier 34 saves / 36 shots |goalie2-2 =Dominik Hasek 15 saves / 19 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Jiri Fischer (1) – 03:22 Chris Chelios (1) – pp – 10:12 |4-2-1 =09:50 – Mattias Ohlund (1) 19:28 – pp – Matt Cooke (2) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Steve Yzerman (3) – 00:56 Kris Draper (1) – en – 19:07 |goalie4-1 =Dan Cloutier 11 saves / 14 shots |goalie4-2 =Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 24 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =04:02 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (1) 13:35 – sh – Mathieu Dandenault (1) 15:32 – Boyd Devereaux (1) 18:31 – Sergei Fedorov (2) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Dan Cloutier 6 saves / 9 shots Peter Skudra 20 saves / 21 shots |goalie5-2 =Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 25 shots

|6-1-1 =08:12 – pp – Ed Jovanovski (1) 08:56 – Henrik Sedin (2) |6-1-2 =Tomas Holmstrom (2) – 01:05 Igor Larionov (2) – 04:23 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Nicklas Lidstrom (3) – sh – 06:40 Brett Hull (1) – sh – 07:10 Brett Hull (2) – pp – 17:39 |6-3-1 =06:55 – Henrik Sedin (3) 17:02 – Matt Cooke (3) |6-3-2 =Brett Hull (3) – pp – 13:42 |goalie6-1 =Dan Cloutier 1 save / 3 shots Peter Skudra 21 saves / 25 shots |goalie6-2 =Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 29 shots

(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings

The Colorado Avalanche entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference by winning the Northwest Division with 99 points, winning the tiebreaker with the San Jose Sharks in wins (45 to 44). The Los Angeles Kings earned 95 points during the regular season to finish seventh overall in the Western Conference, losing the tie-breaker in head-to-head points to Phoenix 7–3. This was the second playoff series between these two teams, they last met in the 2001 Western Conference Semifinals, which Colorado won in seven games.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =19:51 – Alex Tanguay (1) |1-2-1 =Bryan Smolinski (1) – pp – 10:52 Zigmund Palffy (1) – 14:20 |1-2-2 =04:22 – Steven Reinprecht (1) |1-3-1 =Zigmund Palffy (2) – 03:25 |1-3-2 =01:06 – pp – Joe Sakic (1) 14:26 – Greg de Vries (1) |goalie1-1 =Felix Potvin 27 saves / 31 shots |goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots

|2-1-1 =Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 07:23 Mikko Eloranta (1) – 13:13 |2-1-2 =07:01 – Joe Sakic (2) 15:37 – pp – Joe Sakic (3) |2-2-1 =Jason Allison (1) – 08:43 |2-2-2 =11:05 – Peter Forsberg (1) 16:45 – Steven Reinprecht (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =08:45 – Chris Drury (1) |goalie2-1 =Felix Potvin 33 saves / 38 shots |goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots

(3) San Jose Sharks vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes

The San Jose Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division champions earning the third seed in the Western Conference with 99 points, losing the tiebreaker with the Colorado Avalanche in wins (45 to 44). The Phoenix Coyotes earned the sixth seed with 95 points, winning the tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Kings in head-to head points (7 to 3). This was the first and to date only playoff series between these two teams.

(4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Chicago Blackhawks

The St. Louis Blues entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 98 points. The Chicago Blackhawks earned the fifth seed with 96 points. This was the tenth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Chicago winning seven of the nine previous series. They last met in the 1993 Norris Division Semifinals, where the Blues swept the series in four games. Chicago won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Jamal Mayers (1) – 01:48 Scott Mellanby (2) – pp – 13:26 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Pavol Demitra (2) – pp – 01:03 Scott Young (1) – sh – 19:10 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Jocelyn Thibault 13 saves / 17 shots Steve Passmore 6 saves / 6 shots |goalie3-2 =Brent Johnson 12 saves / 12 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =19:43 – pp – Scott Mellanby (3) |5-2-1 =Steve Thomas (1) – 04:34 Kyle Calder (2) – pp – 12:43 Steve Sullivan (1) – 13:03 |5-2-2 =14:21 – Scott Young (2) 19:57 – Chris Pronger (1) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =06:23 – Jamal Mayers (2) 15:56 – Keith Tkachuk (1) |goalie5-1 =Steve Passmore 26 saves / 31 shots |goalie5-2 =Brent Johnson 32 saves / 35 shots

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference semifinals

(3) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens

This was the sixth playoff series between the two teams; with Montreal winning all five previous playoff series. They last met in the 1992 Adams Division Semifinals where Montreal defeated the Hartford Whalers in seven games. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.

|6-1-1 =19:49 – Stephane Quintal (1) |6-1-2 =Erik Cole (5) – 00:25 Erik Cole (6) – 03:33 Sean Hill (2) – pp – 07:55 Josef Vasicek (2) – 14:58 Kevyn Adams (1) – 18:15 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Bates Battaglia (5) – pp – 05:57 Sean Hill (3) – pp – 12:17 Jeff O'Neill (2) – 19:52 |6-3-1 =05:44 – pp – Donald Audette (6) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Jose Theodore 8 saves / 13 shots Stephane Fiset 16 saves / 19 shots |goalie6-2 =Arturs Irbe 31 saves / 33 shots

(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (7) Ottawa Senators

This was the third consecutive playoff meeting and third postseason match-up between these two teams; with Toronto winning both previous series. Toronto won the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in a four-game sweep. Ottawa won three of the five games in this year's regular season series. Before 2021, this was the most recent all-Canadian playoff series that was played after the opening round of the playoffs and to do so without an all-Canadian division realignment until 2022.

|6-1-1 =01:05 – Marian Hossa (4) 04:39 – Daniel Alfredsson (7) |6-1-2 =Bryan McCabe (3) – pp – 13:01 Gary Roberts (6) – pp – 17:20 |6-2-1 =19:35 – Todd White (2) |6-2-2 =Gary Roberts (7) – 13:09 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Alexander Mogilny (5) – 04:28 |goalie6-1 =Patrick Lalime 15 saves / 19 shots |goalie6-2 =Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 23 shots

Western Conference semifinals

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) St. Louis Blues

This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams; with Detroit winning four of the six previous series. They last met in the 1998 Western Conference Semifinals, which Detroit won in six games. Detroit won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.

|3-1-1 =05:41 – Keith Tkachuk (2) 19:03 – pp – Scott Mellanby |3-1-2 =Pavel Datsyuk (2) – 06:08 |3-2-1 =17:22 – pp – Keith Tkachuk (3) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =01:53 – Keith Tkachuk (4) 09:26 – sh – Pavol Demitra (4) 15:08 – Jamal Mayers (3) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Brent Johnson 27 saves / 28 shots |goalie3-2 =Dominik Hasek 11 saves / 16 shots Manny Legace 1 save / 2 shots

|4-1-1 =04:24 – pp – Scott Young (3) |4-1-2 =Brendan Shanahan (2) – 13:33 Jiri Fischer (2) – 16:05 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Tomas Holmstrom (3) – 02:35 |4-3-1 =17:06 – pp – Scott Mellanby (7) 18:30 – Keith Tkachuk (5) |4-3-2 =Steve Yzerman (5) – pp – 03:05 |goalie4-1 =Brent Johnson 19 saves / 23 shots |goalie4-2 =Dominik Hasek 33 saves / 36 shots

(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (3) San Jose Sharks

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1999 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Colorado won in six games. Colorado won this year's four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.

|1-1-1 =Mike Ricci (3) – 06:13 Teemu Selanne (1) – 10:35 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Teemu Selanne (2) – 11:28 |1-2-2 =14:33 – pp – Chris Drury (3) 17:57 – Greg de Vries (2) |1-3-1 =Patrick Marleau (4) – 12:34 Scott Thornton (2) – 15:20 Bryan Marchment (1) – en – 19:54 |1-3-2 =16:33 – Peter Forsberg (2) |goalie1-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 17 saves / 22 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =08:54 – Rob Blake (1) |2-2-1 =Patrick Marleau (5) – 15:09 |2-2-2 =01:38 – Rob Blake (2) 08:36 – Peter Forsberg (3) 10:19 – pp – Joe Sakic (8) 13:50 – Greg de Vries (3) |2-3-1 =Stephane Matteau (1) – 03:30 |2-3-2 =10:21 – pp – Milan Hejduk (1) 11:59 – Eric Messier (1) 12:11 – Dan Hinote (1) |goalie2-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 28 shots Miikka Kiprusoff 2 saves / 2 shots |goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 29 saves / 31 shots

|3-1-1 =14:40 – Scott Thornton (3) |3-1-2 =Rob Blake (3) – 00:59 |3-2-1 =03:20 – Owen Nolan (1) 05:36 – Adam Graves (3) |3-2-2 =Rob Blake (4) – 08:56 Alex Tanguay (3) – pp – 15:49 Peter Forsberg (4) – 18:49 |3-3-1 =03:31 – pp – Teemu Selanne (3) 13:26 – pp – Patrick Marleau (6) 19:44 – en – Owen Nolan (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 29 saves / 33 shots |goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 34 saves / 39 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Marco Sturm (3) – 12:07 Niklas Sundstrom (1) – 15:38 |5-2-2 =13:40 – Peter Forsberg (5) 14:57 – Mike Keane (1) 18:05 – Joe Sakic (7) |5-3-1 =Mike Ricci (4) – 05:59 Teemu Selanne (5) – 09:04 Owen Nolan (3) – en – 19:57 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 18 saves / 21 shots |goalie5-2 =Patrick Roy 22 saves / 26 shots

Conference finals

Eastern Conference final

(3) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The Hurricanes advanced to the Conference Finals for the first time in their 23rd season (fifth in Carolina) after entering the league in 1979 as the Hartford Whalers. This was Toronto's fourth appearance in the Conference Finals, they last appeared in the Conference Finals in 1999, which they lost to the Buffalo Sabres in five games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

The Hurricanes defeated the Maple Leafs in six games. Martin Gelinas' overtime goal in Game 6 sent Carolina to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in franchise history. To date this series remains as the lowest scoring six-game playoff series in NHL history.

As of , this is the last time the Maple Leafs have appeared in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Western Conference final

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

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Colorado winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 2000 Western Conference Semifinals with Colorado winning in five games. This was Detroit's seventh Conference Finals appearance. They last went to the Western Conference Final in 1998, where they defeated the Dallas Stars in six games. This was Colorado's fourth consecutive and eighth appearance in the Conference Finals. They last went to the Western Conference Final in the previous year, which they won against the St. Louis Blues in five games. Detroit won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

Game seven of this series, is the most one-sided game seven score in NHL history, and it started a streak of what is currently seven consecutive losses in game sevens for the Avalanche.

|1-1-1 =Joe Sakic (8) – pp – 02:48 |1-1-2 =18:48 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (5) |1-2-1 =Milan Hejduk (3) – 13:36 |1-2-2 =16:29 – Brett Hull (6) |1-3-1 =Alex Tanguay (4) – pp – 18:00 |1-3-2 =01:18 – Darren McCarty (1) 12:44 – Darren McCarty (2) 15:55 – Darren McCarty (3) |goalie1-1 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 30 shots |goalie1-2 =Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 27 shots

|7-1-1 =No scoring |7-1-2 =01:57 – Tomas Holmstrom (6) 03:17 – Sergei Fedorov (4) 10:25 – Luc Robitaille (4) 12:51 – Tomas Holmstrom (7) |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =04:41 – Brett Hull (8) 06:28 – pp – Fredrik Olausson (2) |7-3-1 =No scoring |7-3-2 =16:09 – pp – Pavel Datsyuk (3) |goalie7-1 =Patrick Roy 10 saves / 16 shots David Aebischer 13 saves / 14 shots |goalie7-2 =Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 19 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 2002 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Detroit made their twenty-second Finals appearance; their most recent appearance came in 1998 where they swept the Washington Capitals in four games. Carolina made their first Finals appearance in their twenty-third season since entering the league in 1979–80. The Hurricanes franchise had last played in a championship series when they were known as the New England Whalers in the WHA in 1978 where they were swept by the Winnipeg Jets. Detroit won both games in this year's regular season series.

Player statistics

Despite getting eliminated by the Red Wings in the Western Conference Final, Colorado forward Peter Forsberg led the playoffs in points with 18 assists and 9 goals. Brett Hull of the Detroit Red Wings led the playoffs with ten goals.

Skaters

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Colorado Avalanche	20	9	18	27	+8	20
Detroit Red Wings	23	6	17	23	+4	10
Colorado Avalanche	21	9	10	19	-2	4
Detroit Red Wings	23	8	11	19	+5	20
Toronto Maple Leafs	19	7	12	19	+6	56
Detroit Red Wings	23	5	14	19	+4	20
Detroit Red Wings	23	10	8	18	+1	4
Carolina Hurricanes	23	6	10	16	–2	6
Detroit Red Wings	23	5	11	16	+6	2
Toronto Maple Leafs	20	5	10	15	+3	4

Goaltending

These are the top seven goaltenders based on goals against average with at least four games played.

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SO = Shutouts

Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	TOI	SO
Ottawa Senators	12	7	5	332	18	1.39	.946	777:44	4
Carolina Hurricanes	8	3	2	180	11	1.62	.939	407:34	2
Carolina Hurricanes	18	10	8	480	30	1.67	.938	1078:17	1
New Jersey Devils	6	2	4	145	9	1.42	.938	381:08	1
Philadelphia Flyers	4	1	3	109	7	1.85	.936	226:39	1
St. Louis Blues	10	5	5	252	18	1.83	.929	590:15	3
Detroit Red Wings	23	16	7	562	45	1.86	.920	1454:42	6

References

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References

Punturi, Jacob. (May 4, 2025). "Avalanche Set Miserable Record in Game 7 Loss".

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