2002 Stanley Cup playoffs

The 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, the championships of the National Hockey League, was played from April until June. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes four games to one to clinch the 10th championship in their history. The Hurricanes were in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in their 23 year history, which includes their tenure as the Hartford Whalers. Red Wings defenseman 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 would play their last playoff games at America West Arena and would miss the playoffs until 2010 when they played in Glendale.

The Stanley Cup, awarded to the champion of the NHL.

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.

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 3 Eastern Canada teams made the playoffs together and got past 1st round.

For the first time in history, both teams from the province of Alberta, the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers missed the playoffs in the same season.

Playoff seeds

A total of 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Detroit Red Wings were the Presidents' Trophy winners with 116 points.

Eastern Conference

1. Boston Bruins – Northeast Division and Eastern Conference regular season champions, 101 points
2. Philadelphia Flyers – Atlantic Division champions, 97 points
3. Carolina Hurricanes – Southeast Division champions, 91 points
4. Toronto Maple Leafs – 100 points
5. New York Islanders – 96 points
6. New Jersey Devils – 95 points
7. Ottawa Senators – 94 points
8. Montreal Canadiens – 87 points

Western Conference

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

Playoff bracket

	Conference Quarterfinals					Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					Stanley Cup Finals
	1	Boston Bruins	2			3	Carolina Hurricanes	4
	8	Montreal Canadiens	4			8	Montreal Canadiens	2
	2	Philadelphia Flyers	1							Eastern Conference
	7	Ottawa Senators	4
											3	Carolina Hurricanes	4
										4	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
	3	Carolina Hurricanes	4
	6	New Jersey Devils	2
	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	4			4	Toronto Maple Leafs	4
	5	New York Islanders	3			7	Ottawa Senators	3
																E3	Carolina Hurricanes	1
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
																W1	Detroit Red Wings	4
	1	Detroit Red Wings	4			1	Detroit Red Wings	4
	8	Vancouver Canucks	2			4	St. Louis Blues	1
	2	Colorado Avalanche	4
	7	Los Angeles Kings	3
											1	Detroit Red Wings	4
										2	Colorado Avalanche	3
	3	San Jose Sharks	4
	6	Phoenix Coyotes	1								Western Conference
	4	St. Louis Blues	4			2	Colorado Avalanche	4
	5	Chicago Blackhawks	1			3	San Jose Sharks	3

• During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.

Note: All dates in 2002.

Conference quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

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

After not qualifying for the last two seasons, the Bruins finished 1st in the Conference during the regular season with 101 points. The Habs, who did not qualify for the playoffs the previous three seasons, squeezed into the 2002 playoffs finishing the season with 87 points, just two points ahead of the ninth place Washington Capitals. This was the 28th playoff series played between the Bruins and the Canadiens, and first since the 1994 Eastern Conference Quarter-finals, which was won by Boston in seven games.

April 18	Boston Bruins		2-5		Montreal Canadiens	FleetCenter	Recap
(Zamuner, Lapointe) Thornton 1 – 10:55		First period			12:55 - pp – Koivu 1 (Perreault, Rivet)
(Thornton, Lapointe) Guerin 1 - pp – 10:30		Second period			4:44 - Gilmour 1 (Zednik)
No scoring		Third period			2:18 – Audette 1 (Markov, Perreault) 10:00 – Audette 2 (Koivu, Perreault) 17:16 – Odjick 1 (Lindsay, Van Allen)
Byron Dafoe 22 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Jose Theodore 30 saves / 32 shots

April 21	Boston Bruins		6-4		Montreal Canadiens	FleetCenter	Recap
(Zamuner, Gill) Rolston 1 – 2:12 (Samsonov, Boynton) Murray 1 – 9:34 (O’Donnell) Guerin 2 – 10:55 (Murray, Guerin) Rolston 2 - pp – 11:49		First period			14:22 – Zednik 1 (Gilmour, Petrov) 17:39 – Zednik 2 (Rivet, Gilmour)
(Thornton, Guerin) Axelsson 1 – 17:42		Second period			14:01 – Brisebois 1 (Zednik, Petrov)
(Sweeney, Axelsson) Thornton 2 - en – 19:26		Third period			15:06 – Gilmour 2 (Zednik, Petrov)
Byron Dafoe 29 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Jose Theodore 38 saves / 43 shots

April 23	Montreal Canadiens		5-3		Boston Bruins	Molson Centre	Recap
(Koivu, Audette) Perreault 1 - pp – 4:54		First period			8:24 – pp - Axelsson 2 (Rolston)
No scoring		Second period			7:54 - pp – Guerin 3 (Thornton, O’Donnell) 9:04 – Boynton 1 (Murray, Samsonov)
(Koivu) Audette 3 – 7:04 (Petrov, Souray) Gilmour 3 – 7:57 (Audette, Markov) Koivu 2 – 11:59 (Dackell, Zednik) Juneau 1 - en – 19:59		Third period			No scoring
Jose Theodore 29 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Byron Dafoe 18 saves / 22 shots

April 25	Montreal Canadiens		2-5		Boston Bruins	Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			2:49 – Stock 1 (McInnis) 15:49 - pp – Guerin 4 17:17 - pp – Lapointe (Thornton)
(Petrov, Juneau) Zednik 3 - pp – 14:14		Second period			15:46 – sh - Rolston 3
(Gilmour, Juneau) Zednik 4 - pp – 7:07		Third period			14:20 – Samsonov 1 (Murray, Stumpel)
Jose Theodore 20 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Byron Dafoe 26 saves / 28 shots

April 27	Boston Bruins		1-2		Montreal Canadiens	FleetCenter	Recap
No scoring		First period			2:27 – Lindsay 1 (Asham) 15:25 – Petrov 1 (Gilmour)
(Murray, Stumpel) Samsonov 2 – 10:28		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Byron Dafoe 11 saves / 13 shots		Goalie stats			Jose Theodore 43 saves / 44 shots

April 29	Montreal Canadiens		2-1		Boston Bruins	Molson Centre	Recap
(Perreault, Koivu) Audette 4 - pp – 13:56		First period			7:57 – Rolston 4 (Boynton)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Koivu, Rivet) Perreault 2 - pp – 0:39		Third period			No scoring
Jose Theodore 34 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Byron Dafoe 16 saves / 18 shots

Montreal won series 4–2

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

The Flyers entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Atlantic Division with 97 points. The Senators earned the seventh seed with 94 points. This was the first playoff series played between the two franchises.

April 17	Philadelphia Flyers		1-0	OT	Ottawa Senators	First Union Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Murray, Oates) Fedotenko 1 – 7:47		First overtime period			No scoring
Roman Cechmanek 35 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Lalime 23 saves / 27 shots

April 20	Philadelphia Flyers		0-3		Ottawa Senators	First Union Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			9:32 – Alfredsson 1 (Bonk, Hossa)
No scoring		Third period			3:53 – Fisher 1 15:57 – Hull 1 (Alfredsson, Ylonen)
Roman Cechmanek 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Lalime 33 saves / 33 shots

April 22	Ottawa Senators		3-0		Philadelphia Flyers	Corel Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Havlat, Alfredsson) Bonk 1 - pp – 2:04 Hossa 1 - en – 19:05 Alfredsson 2 - en – 19:50		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Roman Cechmanek 28 saves / 29 shots

April 24	Ottawa Senators		3-0		Philadelphia Flyers	Corel Centre	Recap
(Alfredsson, Brunet) Redden 1 – 19:40		First period			No scoring
(McEachern, White) Salo 1 – 6:06 (McEachern, Bonk) Hossa 2 – 8:08		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Lalime 28 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Roman Cechmanek 16 saves / 19 shots Brian Boucher 6 saves / 6 shots

April 26	Philadelphia Flyers		1-2	OT	Ottawa Senators	First Union Center	Recap
(Desjardins, Oates) McGillis 1 - pp – 3:53		First period			15:16 - pp – Alfredsson 3 (Bonk, Hossa)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			7:33 - pp – Havlat 1 (Hossa, Bonk)
Brian Boucher 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Lalime 25 saves / 26 shots

Ottawa won series 4–1

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

The Hurricanes entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Southeast Division with just 91 points. The 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 played between the two franchises, as they met in the 2001 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. New Jersey won the previous series in six games.

April 17	Carolina Hurricanes		2-1		New Jersey Devils	Raleigh Entertainment Arena	Recap
(Battaglia, Tanabe) Brind’Amour 1 - pp – 8:21 (Hedican) Cole 1 – 9:43		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			7:31 - pp – Elias 1 (Rafalski, Niedermayer)
Arturs Irbe 34 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots

April 19	Carolina Hurricanes		2-1	OT	New Jersey Devils	Raleigh Entertainment Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Battaglia, Francis) Cole 2 - pp – 15:05		Second period			0:37 – Holik 1
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Malik) Battaglia 1 – 15:26		First overtime period			No scoring
Arturs Irbe 30 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots

April 21	New Jersey Devils		4-0		Carolina Hurricanes	Continental Airlines Arena	Recap
(Holik, Niedermayer) Gionta 1 – 7:48 (Sykora, Elias) Rafalski 1 - pp – 9:25		First period			No scoring
(Elias, Gionta) Holik 2 - pp – 0:58 (Nieuwendyk, Elias) Rafalski 2 – 2:17		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots		Goalie stats			Arturs Irbe 9 saves / 12 shots Kevin Weekes 22 saves / 23 shots

April 23	New Jersey Devils		3-1		Carolina Hurricanes	Continental Airlines Arena	Recap
(Brylin) Holik 3 – 1:16 Gionta 2 - sh – 17:31		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Elias, Gionta) Rafalski 3 - pp – 6:23		Third period			17:23 – Ward 1 (O’Neill)
Martin Brodeur 23 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Arturs Irbe 6 saves / 8 shots Kevin Weekes 13 saves / 14 shots

April 24	Carolina Hurricanes		3-2	OT	New Jersey Devils	Raleigh Entertainment Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Vasicek, Svoboda) Gelinas 1 – 13:44		Second period			11:30 – Holik 4 (Solomonsson, Brylin)
(Brind’Amour, Francis) O’Neill 1 - pp – 18:31		Third period			11:46 – Elias 2 (Rafalski, Langenbrunner)
(Svoboda, Gelinas) Vasicek 1 – 8:16		First overtime period			No scoring
Kevin Weekes 40 saves / 42 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 38 shots

April 27	New Jersey Devils		0-1		Carolina Hurricanes	Continental Airlines Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			(Svoboda, Kapanen) Francis 1 - pp – 10:29
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Kevin Weekes 32 saves / 32 shots

Carolina won series 4–2

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

The Leafs entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, even though they finished with 100 points, 9 points higher than the third seed Carolina Hurricanes. The Islanders earned the fifth seed with 96 points. This was the third playoff series played between the two franchises, and first since 1981. The teams split the previous two playoff series 1-1.

April 18	Toronto Maple Leafs		3-1		New York Islanders	Air Canada Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:57 - pp - Jonsson 1 (Yashin, Bates)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Green) Tucker 1 - 4:03 (Kaberle, McCabe) Domi 1 - 8:39 (Corson) Sundin 1 - en - 19:20		Third period			No scoring
Curtis Joseph 13 saves / 14 shots		Goalie stats			Chris Osgood 28 saves / 30 shots

April 20	Toronto Maple Leafs		2-0		New York Islanders	Air Canada Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Sundin, Domi) McCauley 1 - 3:10 (Sundin, Corson) Kaberle 1 - en - 19:43		Third period			No scoring
Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Chris Osgood 24 saves / 25 shots

April 23	New York Islanders		6-1		Toronto Maple Leafs	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
(Hamrlik, Yashin) Parrish 1 - pp - 14:34		First period			7:32 - Mogilny 1 (Kaberle, Tucker)
(Aucoin, Czerkawski) Isbister 1 - pp - 6:01 (Blake) Peca 1 - 13:33 (Jonsson, Aucoin) Parrish 2 - pp - 19:19		Second period			No scoring
(Van Impe, Yashin) Bates 1 - pp - 4:07 (Isbister) Scatchard 1 - 4:21		Third period			No scoring
Chris Osgood 34 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Curtis Joseph 33 saves / 39 shots Corey Schwab 5 saves / 5 shots

April 24	New York Islanders		4-3		Toronto Maple Leafs	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
(Parrish, Aucoin) Yashin 1 - 10:30		First period			19:44 - pp - Mogilny 2 (Roberts, Reichel)
No scoring		Second period			19:19 - Kaberle 2 (Roberts, McCabe)
(Czerkawski, Jonsson) Miller 1 - pp - 13:16 (Yashin) Hamrlik 1 - 14:56 Bates 2 - ps - 17:30		Third period			16:34 - Corson 1 (Healey, McCauley)
Chris Osgood 22 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Curtis Joseph 19 saves / 23 shots

April 26	Toronto Maple Leafs		6-3		New York Islanders	Air Canada Centre	Recap
(Green, Kaberle) Valk 1 - 6:29 (Roberts, Corson) Hoglund 1 - 9:34		First period			19:48 - pp - Miller 2 (Aucoin, Van Impe)
(Hoglund, McCauley) McCabe 1 - pp - 7:05 (Tucker) McCabe 2 - 14:30 (Pilar, Mogilny) Tucker 2 - 17:18		Second period			16:39 - Hunter 1 (Bates, Van Impe)
(Roberts, McCauley) Hoglund 2 - pp - 11:05		Third period			13:51 - Aucoin 1 (Bates, Hamrlik)
Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats			Chris Osgood 11 saves / 15 shots Garth Snow 17 saves / 19 shots

April 28	New York Islanders		5-3		Toronto Maple Leafs	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
(Hamrlik, Miller) Czerkawski 1 - pp - 5:07 (Kvasha, Van Impe) Yashin 2 - 13:26		First period			14:23 - Belak 1 (Green, Corson) 16:42 - pp - Hoglund 3 (McCauley, Pilar)
(Bates, Hamrlik) Aucoin 2 - pp - 1:35		Second period			No scoring
(Hunter) Miller 3 - 3:11 (Miller) Czerkawski 2 - 3:49		Third period			6:41 - pp - Roberts 1 (McCauley, Hoglund)
Chris Osgood 31 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Curtis Joseph 29 saves / 34 shots

April 30	Toronto Maple Leafs		4-2		New York Islanders	Air Canada Centre	Recap
(Domi, Kaberle) Roberts 2 - 13:27		First period			3:41 - pp - Yashin 3 (Aucoin, Hamrlik)
(Reichel, Tucker) Mogilny 3 - 2:37 Green 1 - 13:48		Second period			No scoring
(Roberts, McCauley) Mogilny 4 - en - 19:20		Third period			4:23 - Miller 4 (Scatchard, Hamrlik)
Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Chris Osgood 26 saves / 29 shots

Toronto won series 4-3

Western Conference

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

The Red Wings finished first in the league, winning the President's Trophy earning 116 points, with a colossal 17-point gap between them and the second place Colorado Avalanche. The Canucks, squeezed into the 2002 playoffs finishing the season with 94 points, just two points ahead of the ninth place Edmonton Oilers. This was the first playoff series to be played between the two teams.

April 17	Detroit Red Wings		3-4	OT	Vancouver Canucks	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Yzerman, Dandenault) Robitaille 1 - 17:51		First period			No scoring
(Lidstrom, Shanahan) Fedorov 1 - pp - 8:23		Second period			0:21 - Warriner (Cooke, Sopel) 13:11 - pp - Cassels 1 (Jovanovski)
(Duchesne, McCarty) Larionov 1 - 1:55		Third period			10:47 - Linden 1 (Chubarov, Hlavac)
No scoring		First overtime period			13:59 - H. Sedin 1
Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Dan Cloutier 32 saves / 35 shots

April 19	Detroit Red Wings		2-5		Vancouver Canucks	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:14 - Bertuzzi 1 (Morrison, Lachance)
(Yzerman, Datsyuk) Lidstrom 1 - 10:30		Second period			7:08 - Cassels 2 (Jovanovski, Linden) 13:13 - Lachance 1
(Shanahan, Lidstrom) Yzerman 1 - pp - 10:33		Third period			18:08 - Naslund 1 (Morrison, Bertuzzi) 18:49 - en - Cooke 1 (Linden)
Dominik Hasek 15 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats			Dan Cloutier 34 saves / 36 shots

April 21	Vancouver Canucks		1-3		Detroit Red Wings	General Motors Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:41 - pp - Yzerman 2 (Dechesne, Shanahan)
(Cassels) Bertuzzi 2 - pp - 4:38		Second period			19:35 - Lidstrom 2 (Chelios, Draper)
No scoring		Third period			3:18 - Shanahan 1 (Yzerman, Fedorov)
Dan Cloutier 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 23 shots

April 23	Vancouver Canucks		2-4		Detroit Red Wings	General Motors Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			3:22 - Fischer 1 10:12 - pp - Chelios 1 (Shanahan, Yzerman)
(Letowski, Cooke) Ohlund 1 - 9:50 (Sopel, Ohlund) Cooke 2 - pp - 19:28		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			0:56 - Yzerman 3 (Fedorov, Shanahan) 19:07 - en - Draper 1 (McCarty, Maltby)
Dan Cloutier 11 saves / 14 shots		Goalie stats			Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 24 shots

April 25	Detroit Red Wings		4-0		Vancouver Canucks	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Fedorov, Shanahan) Holmstrom 1 - pp - 4:02 (Fedorov, Shanahan) Dandenault 1 - sh - 13:35 (Hull, Lidstrom) Devereaux 1 - 15:32 (Hull, Fischer) Fedorov 3 - 18:31		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Dan Cloutier 6 saves / 9 shots Peter Skudra 20 saves / 21 shots

April 27	Vancouver Canucks		4-6		Detroit Red Wings	General Motors Place	Recap
(Naslund, Bertuzzi) Jovanovski 1 – pp - 8:12 (D. Sedin, Baron) H. Sedin 2 - 8:56		First period			1:05 – Holmstrom 2 (Larionov) 4:23 – Larionov 2
No scoring		Second period			6:40 - sh - Lidstrom 3 (Draper, Chelios) 7:10 - sh - Hull 1 (Chelios, Yzerman) 17:39 - pp - Hull 2 (Larionov, Chelios)
(Jovanovski, Linden) H. Sedin 3 - 6:55 (Linden, Jovanovski) Cooke 3 - 17:02		Third period			13:42 - pp - Hull 3 (Larionov, Chelios)
Dan Cloutier 1 save / 3 shots Peter Skudra 21 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 29 shots

Detroit won series 4–2

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

The Avalanche entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference with 99 points, 17 points back of the first place Detroit Red Wings. The Kings earned the seventh seed with 95 points, tied with the sixth place Phoenix Coyotes, who gained more points on games between the two clubs. This was the second playoff series played between the two franchises as they also met in the 2001 Western Conference semifinals, which was won by Colorado in 7 games. This would be the last playoff series that Los Angeles would play in until the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs.

April 18	Colorado Avalanche		4-3		Los Angeles Kings	Pepsi Center	Recap
(Drury) Tanguay 1 - 19:51		First period			No scoring
(Skoula, Forsberg) Reinprecht 1 - 4:22		Second period			10:52 - pp - Smolinski 1 (Ronning, Modry) 14:20 - Palffy 1 (Allison, Johnson)
(Forsberg, Drury) Sakic 1 - pp - 1:06 (Keane, Messier) de Vries 1 - 14:26		Third period			3:25 - Palffy 2 (Deadmarsh)
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Felix Potvin 27 saves / 31 shots

April 20	Colorado Avalanche		5-3		Los Angeles Kings	Pepsi Center	Recap
(Tanguay, de Vries) Sakic 2 - 7:01 (Forsberg, Tanguay) Sakic 3 - pp - 15:37		First period			7:23 - Deadmarsh 1 (Palffy, Boucher) 13:13 - Eloranta 1 (Chartrand, Johnson)
(Reinprecht, de Vries) Forsberg 1 - 11:05 (Sakic, Blake) Reinprecht 2 - 16:45		Second period			8:43 - Allison 1 (Palffy, Deadmarsh)
(Forsberg) Drury 1 - 8:45		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Felix Potvin 33 saves / 38 shots

April 22	Los Angeles Kings		3-1		Colorado Avalanche	Staples Center	Recap
(Allison) Palffy 3 - 0:19		First period			6:01 - Larsen 1 (Foote, Hinote)
(Palffy) Allison 2 - 0:43 (Allison, Deadmarsh) Palffy 4 - 8:29		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Felix Potvin 30 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 15 saves / 18 shots

April 23	Los Angeles Kings		0-1		Colorado Avalanche	Staples Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			5:57 - Reinprecht 3 (Drury, Forsberg)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Felix Potvin 24 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 32 saves / 32 shots

April 25	Colorado Avalanche		0-1	OT	Los Angeles Kings	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			2:19 - Johnson 1 (Modry, Palffy)
Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Felix Potvin 26 saves / 26 shots

April 27	Los Angeles Kings		3-1		Colorado Avalanche	Staples Center	Recap
(Palffy, Schneider) Allison 3 - 1:21 (Eloranta, Laperriere) Chartrand 1 - 6:44		First period			No scoring
(Visnovsky, Emerson) Smolinski 2 - 6:19		Second period			9:37 - Hahl 1 (Blake)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Felix Potvin 23 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shots

April 29	Colorado Avalanche		4-0		Los Angeles Kings	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Forsberg, Roy) Drury 2 - 5:08 (Hejduk, de Vries) Tanguay 2 - 6:02 (de Vries, Keane) Reinprecht 4 - 17:32		Second period			No scoring
Foote 1 - en - 16:47		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 23 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Felix Potvin 23 saves / 26 shots Jamie Storr 0 saves / 0 shots

Colorado won series 4-3

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

The Sharks entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Western Conference with 99 points, tied in points with the second place Colorado Avalanche, however the Sharks earned one less win. The Coyotes earned the sixth seed with 95 points, tied with the seventh place Los Angeles Kings, but went ahead on points earned between teams. This was the first playoff series played between the two franchises, and the last playoff series to be played in Phoenix, as the Coyotes did not qualify again for the postseason until the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs, after the team moved to suburban Glendale.

April 17	San Jose Sharks		2-1		Phoenix Coyotes	Compaq Center at San Jose	Recap
(Nolan, Suter) Damphousse 1 - pp - 6:48		First period			No scoring
(Selanne, Marchment) Marleau 1 - 5:02		Second period			2:53 - Briere 1 (Focht, Doan)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 21 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Sean Burke 25 saves / 27 shots

April 20	San Jose Sharks		1-3		Phoenix Coyotes	Compaq Center at San Jose	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			5:31 - Langkow 1 (Doan, Pederson)
(Marleau, Selanne) Sturm 1 - 14:19		Third period			1:39 - pp - Briere 2 (Berehowsky, Burke) 14:59 - Doan 1 (Pederson, Simpson)
Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Sean Burke 27 saves / 28 shots

April 22	Phoenix Coyotes		1-4		San Jose Sharks	America West Arena	Recap
(Simpson, Burke) Doan 2 - 1:06		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			3:40 - Marleau 2 (Hannan, Rathje) 5:38 - Graves 1 (Damphousse, Hannan)
No scoring		Third period			7:20 - Thornton 1 (Ricci, Harvey) 7:43 - Ricci 1 (Thornton)
Sean Burke 31 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Evgeni Nabokov 35 saves / 36 shots

April 24	Phoenix Coyotes		1-2		San Jose Sharks	America West Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:23 - pp - Rathje 1 (Marleau, Thornton) 14:39 - Ricci 2 (Graves, Sundstrom)
(Briere, Johnson) Suchy 1 - 9:27		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Sean Burke 22 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Evgeni Nabokov 29 saves / 30 shots

April 26	San Jose Sharks		4-1		Phoenix Coyotes	Compaq Center at San Jose	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Harvey, Matteau) Marleau 3 - 10:24 (Nolan, Marleau) Graves 2 - 13:24		Second period			19:45 - ps - Johnson 1
(Matteau) Damphousse 2 - 5:20 (Sundstrom, Nabokov) Sturm 2 - 15:24		Third period			No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Sean Burke 15 saves / 19 shots

San Jose won series 4-1

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

(4)St. Louis vs. (5)Chicago
Date	Away	Home
April 18	Chicago 2	1 St. Louis
April 20	Chicago 0	2 St. Louis
April 21	St. Louis 4	0 Chicago
April 23	St. Louis 1	0 Chicago
April 25	Chicago 3	5 St. Louis
St. Louis wins series 4–1

Conference semi-finals

Eastern Conference

(3)Carolina vs. (8)Montreal Date Away Home May 3 Montreal 0 2 Carolina May 5 Montreal 4 1 Carolina May 7 Carolina 1 2 Montreal OT May 9 Carolina 4 3 Montreal OT May 12 Montreal 1 5 Carolina May 13 Carolina 8 2 Montreal Carolina wins series 4–2

(4)Toronto vs. (7)Ottawa Date Away Home May 2 Ottawa 5 0 Toronto May 4 Ottawa 2 3 Toronto 3OT May 6 Toronto 2 3 Ottawa May 8 Toronto 2 1 Ottawa May 10 Ottawa 4 2 Toronto May 12 Toronto 4 3 Ottawa May 14 Ottawa 0 3 Toronto Toronto wins series 4–3

Western Conference

(1)Detroit vs. (4)St. Louis Date Away Home May 2 St. Louis 0 2 Detroit May 4 St. Louis 2 3 Detroit May 7 Detroit 1 6 St. Louis May 9 Detroit 4 3 St. Louis May 11 St. Louis 0 4 Detroit Detroit wins series 4–1

(2)Colorado vs. (3)San Jose Date Away Home May 1 San Jose 6 3 Colorado May 4 San Jose 2 8 Colorado May 6 Colorado 4 6 San Jose May 8 Colorado 4 1 San Jose May 11 San Jose 5 3 Colorado May 13 Colorado 2 1 San Jose OT May 15 San Jose 0 1 Colorado Colorado wins series 4–3

Conference finals

Eastern Conference (3)Carolina vs. (4)Toronto Date Away Home May 16 Toronto 2 1 Carolina May 19 Toronto 1 2 Carolina OT May 21 Carolina 2 1 Toronto OT May 23 Carolina 3 0 Toronto May 25 Toronto 1 0 Carolina May 28 Carolina 2 1 Toronto OT Carolina wins series 4–2 and Prince of Wales Trophy

Western Conference (1)Detroit vs. (2)Colorado Date Away Home May 18 Colorado 3 5 Detroit May 20 Colorado 4 3 Detroit OT May 22 Detroit 2 1 Colorado OT May 25 Detroit 2 3 Colorado May 27 Colorado 2 1 Detroit OT May 29 Detroit 2 0 Colorado May 31 Colorado 0 7 Detroit Detroit wins series 4–3 and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 2002 Stanley Cup Finals

(W1)Detroit vs. (E3)Carolina Date Away Home June 4 Carolina 3 2 Detroit OT June 6 Carolina 1 3 Detroit June 8 Detroit 3 2 Carolina 3OT1 June 10 Detroit 3 0 Carolina June 13 Carolina 1 3 Detroit Detroit wins series 4–1 and Stanley Cup Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit) wins Conn Smythe Trophy

¹As of 2008, the playoff game on June 8, 2002 between Detroit and Carolina is the 18th longest NHL overtime game. 54 minutes and 47 seconds of overtime were played before Igor Larionov of Detroit scored the game-winning goal. It is also the longest home debut in Stanley Cup Finals history. Larionov had just broken his own record for oldest player to score a final-round goal, set less than 2 hours previous. He was 42 years and 172 days old at the time.

Playoff Awards

Conn Smythe Trophy:

Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit)

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	Colorado Avalanche	20	9	18	27	+8	20
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	Detroit Red Wings	23	6	17	23	+4	10
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	Colorado Avalanche	21	9	10	19	-2	4
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan	Detroit Red Wings	23	8	11	19	+5	20
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	Toronto Maple Leafs	19	7	12	19	+6	56
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	Detroit Red Wings	23	5	14	19	+4	20
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	Detroit Red Wings	23	10	8	18	+1	4
Francis, RonRon Francis	Carolina Hurricanes	23	6	10	16	–2	6
Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidstrom	Detroit Red Wings	23	5	11	16	+6	2
McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley	Toronto Maple Leafs	20	5	10	15	+3	4

Goaltending

These are the top six goaltenders based on either 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

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	TOI	SO
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime	Ottawa Senators	12	7	5	332	18	1.39	.946	777:44	4
Weekes, KevinKevin Weekes	Carolina Hurricanes	8	3	2	180	11	1.62	.939	407:34	2
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	Carolina Hurricanes	18	10	8	480	30	1.67	.938	1078:17	1
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils	6	2	4	145	9	1.42	.938	381:08	1
Cechmanek, RomanRoman Cechmanek	Philadelphia Flyers	4	1	3	109	7	1.85	.936	226:39	1
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	St. Louis Blues	10	5	5	252	18	1.83	.929	590:15	3

See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 2001–02 NHL season
• 2002 in sports

Preceded by 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs

Stanley Cup Champions

Succeeded by 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs

External links

• http://nhl.com/