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2010 Stanley Cup

Logo for 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

The 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 14, 2010, after the conclusion of the 2009–10 NHL season.[1] The Montreal Canadiens became the first eight seeded team in NHL history to win a series against the first-seeded team after being down 1–3 in a series.[2] The Canadiens are also the first eighth-seeded team to compete in the Eastern Conference finals since the current playoff format was implemented in 1994.[3] Previously, only the eighth-seeded 2006 Edmonton Oilers had accomplished a similar feat, winning the 2006 Western Conference finals. Philadelphia became the third NHL team to win after being down 0–3 in the series, and the first since the 1975 New York Islanders.[4]

Playoff seeds[]

After the regular season, the standard of 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Washington Capitals were the Eastern Conference regular season champions and the Presidents' Trophy winners with the best record at 121 points. The San Jose Sharks earned a number 1 seed in the Western Conference with 113 points.

Eastern Conference[]

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The Stanley Cup

  1. Washington CapitalsSoutheast Division and Eastern Conference regular season champions; President's Trophy winners; 121 points
  2. New Jersey DevilsAtlantic Division champions, 103 points
  3. Buffalo SabresNortheast Division champions, 100 points
  4. Pittsburgh Penguins – 2009 Stanley Cup Champions, 101 points
  5. Ottawa Senators – 94 points
  6. Boston Bruins – 91 points
  7. Philadelphia Flyers – 88 points
  8. Montreal Canadiens – 88 points

Western Conference[]

  1. San Jose SharksPacific Division champions and Western Conference regular season champions, 113 points
  2. Chicago BlackhawksCentral Division champions, 112 points
  3. Vancouver CanucksNorthwest Division champions, , 103 points
  4. Phoenix Coyotes – 107 points
  5. Detroit Red Wings – 102 points
  6. Los Angeles Kings – 101 points
  7. Nashville Predators – 100 points
  8. Colorado Avalanche – 95 points

Playoff bracket[]

  Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Stanley Cup Final
                                     
1  Washington Capitals 3  
8  Montreal Canadiens 4  
  4  Pittsburgh Penguins 3  
  8  Montreal Canadiens 4  
2  New Jersey Devils 1
7  Philadelphia Flyers 4  
  8  Montreal Canadiens 1  
Eastern Conference
  7  Philadelphia Flyers 4  
3  Buffalo Sabres 2  
6  Boston Bruins 4  
  6  Boston Bruins 3
  7  Philadelphia Flyers 4  
4  Pittsburgh Penguins 4
5  Ottawa Senators 2  
  7  Philadelphia Flyers 2
  2  Chicago Blackhawks 4
1  San Jose Sharks 4  
8  Colorado Avalanche 2  
  1  San Jose Sharks 4
  5  Detroit Red Wings 1  
2  Chicago Blackhawks 4
7  Nashville Predators 2  
  1  San Jose Sharks 0
Western Conference
  2  Chicago Blackhawks 4  
3  Vancouver Canucks 4  
6  Los Angeles Kings 2  
  2  Chicago Blackhawks 4
  3  Vancouver Canucks 2  
4  Phoenix Coyotes 3
5  Detroit Red Wings 4  

In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage, which gives them a possible maximum of four games on their home ice, with the lower-seeded team getting a possible maximum of three. In the Stanley Cup Finals, home ice is determined based on regular season points. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2–2–1–1–1 format. This means that the higher-seeded team had home ice for games 1 and 2 and if necessary, 5 and 7, while the lower-seeded team had home ice for games 3, 4, and if necessary, game 6.

Conference Quarter-finals[]

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals[]

(1) Washington Capitals vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens[]

The Washington Capitals entered the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winner, earning the NHL's best regular season record with 121 points. The Montreal Canadiens qualified for the postseason as the eighth seed with 88 points. This was the first playoff series between the two franchises. Montreal's difference in the series is the 5th largest point differential (33 points) for a lower-seeded team beating a higher-seeded team in playoff history. It is also the first time a #8 seeded team has come back against a #1 seed after being down 3–1 in the series.[2]


April 15 Washington Capitals 2–3 OT Montreal Canadiens Verizon Center Recap  
(Eric Belanger 1, Jason Chimera 1) Joe Corvo 1 - 15:33 First period 12:36 - pp - Michael Cammalleri 1 (Andrei Markov 1, Andrei Kostitsyn 1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Mike Knuble 1, John Carlson 1) Nicklas Backstrom 1 - 00:47 Third period 07:34 - Scott Gomez 1 (Brian Gionta 1, Benoit Pouliot 1)
No scoring First overtime period 13:19 - Tomas Plekanec 1 (Jaroslav Spacek 1)
Jose Theodore 35 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 45 saves / 47 shots
April 17 Washington Capitals 6–5 OT Montreal Canadiens Verizon Center Recap  
(Tomas Fleischmann 1) Eric Fehr 1 - 10:21 First period 01:00 - Brian Gionta 1 (Scott Gomez 1)
07:58 - Andrei Kostitsyn 1
(Joe Corvo 1, Alexander Ovechkin 1) Nicklas Backstrom 2 - 18:23 Second period 11:06 - Andrei Kostitsyn 2 (Michael Cammalleri 1, Tomas Plekanec 1)
17:44 - pp - Andrei Kostitsyn 3 (Michael Cammalleri 2, Jaroslav Spacek 1)
(John Carlson 2) Alexander Ovechkin 1 - 02:56
(Alexander Ovechkin 2, Jeff Schultz 1) Nicklas Backstrom 3 - 09:47
(Nicklas Backstrom 1, Alexander Ovechkin 3) John Carlson 1 - 18:39
Third period 14:54 - Tomas Plekanec 2 (Michael Cammalleri 3, Andrei Kostitsyn 2)
(Mike Knuble 1, Tom Poti 1) Nicklas Backstrom 4 - 00:31 First overtime period No scoring
Jose Theodore 0 saves / 2 shots
Semyon Varlamov 19 saves / 22 shots
Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 31 saves / 37 shots
April 19 Montreal Canadiens 1–5 Washington Capitals Bell Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:06 - sh - Boyd Gordon 1 (Tom Poti 2)
04:42 - Brooks Laich 1 (Mike Green 1, Eric Fehr 1)
08:33 - Eric Fehr 2 (Brooks Laich 1, Brendan Morrison 1)
13:50 - Alexander Ovechkin 2 (Nicklas Backstrom 2, Mike Knuble 3)
(Mike Cammalleri 4, Roman Hamrlik 1) Tomas Plekanec 3 - pp - 02:25 Third period 19:15 - Matt Bradley 1
Jaroslav Halak 10 saves / 13 shots
Carey Price 21 saves / 23 shots
Goalie stats Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 27 shots
April 21 Montreal Canadiens 3–6 Washington Capitals Bell Centre Recap  
(Glen Metropolit 1, Roman Hamrlik 2) Michael Cammalleri 2 - 09:12 First period 08:10 - pp - Alexander Ovechkin 3 (Nicklas Backstrom 3, Mike Green 2)
(Andrei Markov 2, Marc-Andre Bergeron 1) Brian Gionta 2 - pp - 15:42 Second period 19:53 - sh - Mike Knuble 1 (Boyd Gordon 1, John Carlson 3)
(Roman Hamrlik 3) Dominic Moore 1 - 18:42 Third period 11:09 - Alexander Ovechkin 4 (Alexander Semin 1)
12:01 - Jason Chimera 1 (Matt Bradley 2)
17:33 - en - Mike Knuble 2 (Nicklas Backstrom 4)
19:49 - en - Nicklas Backstrom 5 (Alexander Ovechkin 4, Tom Poti 3)
Carey Price 32 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Semyon Varlamov 36 saves / 39 shots
April 23 Washington Capitals 1–2 Montreal Canadiens Verizon Center Recap  
No scoring First period 01:30 - Michael Cammalleri 3 (Andrei Markov 3, Tomas Plekanec 2)
07:01 - Travis Moen 1 (Brian Gionta 2, Scott Gomez 2)
(Mike Knuble 4, John Carlson 4) Alexander Ovechkin 5 - 03:52 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 37 saves / 38 shots
April 26 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 Washington Capitals Bell Centre Recap  
(Marc-Andre Bergeron 2) Michael Cammalleri 4 - pp - 07:30
(P. K. Subban 1, Tomas Plekanec 3) Michael Cammalleri 5 - 09:09
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Josh Gorges 1) Maxime Lapierre 1 - 04:17
(Michael Cammalleri 5, Andrei Kostitsyn 3) Tomas Plekanec - en - 19:03
Third period 15:10 - Eric Fehr 3 (Mike Green 3, Jason Chimera 2)
Jaroslav Halak 53 saves / 54 shots Goalie stats Semyon Varlamov 18 saves / 21 shots
April 28 Washington Capitals 1–2 Montreal Canadiens Verizon Center Recap  
No scoring First period 19:30 - pp - Marc-Andre Bergeron 1 (Scott Gomez 3, Andrei Markov 4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Alexander Ovechkin 5, Nicklas Backstrom 5) Brooks Laich 2 - 17:44 Third period 16:24 - Dominic Moore 2 (Hal Gill 1)
Semyon Varlamov 14 saves / 16 shots Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 41 saves / 42 shots
Montreal won series 4–3


(2) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Philadelphia Flyers[]

The New Jersey Devils entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Atlantic Division with 103 points. The Philadelphia Flyers earned the seventh seed with 88 points, winning the tiebreaker over Montreal on total wins (41 to 39). The two franchises met in the playoffs for the first time since the first round in 2004, having previously met in the 2000 and 1995 Conference Finals.


April 14 New Jersey Devils 1–2 Philadelphia Flyers Prudential Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 09:25 - pp - Chris Pronger 1 (Simon Gagne 1, Mike Richards 1)
16:27 - Mike Richards 1 (Ian Laperriere, 1)
(Andy Greene 1, Zach Parise 1) Travis Zajac 1 - 17:17 Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 12 saves / 14 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 23 saves / 24 shots
April 16 New Jersey Devils 5–3 Philadelphia Flyers Prudential Center Recap  
(Patrik Elias 1) Zach Parise 1 - sh - 02:45 First period 09:33 - Arron Asham 1 (Claude Giroux 1, James van Riemsdyk 1)
15:30 - pp - Claude Giroux 1 (Matt Carle 1, Mike Richards 2)
(Ilya Kovalchuk 1, Mike Mottau 1) Colin White 1 - 03:44
(Patrik Elias 2, Ilya Kovalchuk 2) Andy Greene 1 - pp - 13:25
Second period 18:48 - pp - Chris Pronger 2 (Kimmo Timonen 1, Mike Richards 3)
(Zach Parise 2, Patrik Elias 3) Dainius Zubrus 1 - 15:56
(Jamie Langenbrunner 1) Ilya Kovalchuk 1 - en - 19:27
Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 28 saves / 32 shots
April 18 Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 OT New Jersey Devils Wachovia Center Recap  
(Kimmo Timonen 2, Chris Pronger 1) Claude Giroux 2 - pp - 08:49 First period 07:15 - pp - Brian Rolston 1 (Ilya Kovalchuk 3, Travis Zajac 1)
(Daniel Carcillo 1) Mike Richards 2 - 01:15 Second period 16:38 - pp - Brian Rolston 2 (Ilya Kovalchuk 4, Patrik Elias 4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Mike Richards 4, Simon Gagne 2) Daniel Carcillo 1 - 03:35 First overtime period No scoring
Brian Boucher 17 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 31 saves / 34 shots
April 20 Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 New Jersey Devils Wachovia Center Recap  
No scoring First period 12:24 - pp - Ilya Kovalchuk 2 (Zach Parise 3, Brian Rolston 1)
(Daniel Briere 1, Kimmo Timonen 3) Jeff Carter 1 - pp - 09:08
(Braydon Coburn 1) Daniel Briere 1 - 17:27
Second period No scoring
(Jeff Carter 1, Chris Pronger 2) Daniel Carcillo 2 - 04:10
(Chris Pronger 3, Daniel Briere 2) Jeff Carter 2 - 09:28
Third period No scoring
Brian Boucher 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 28 shots
April 22 New Jersey Devils 0–3 Philadelphia Flyers Prudential Center Recap  
No scoring First period 03:16 - Daniel Briere 2 (Claude Giroux 2, Mike Richards 5)
No scoring Second period 11:48 - Claude Giroux 3 (Mike Richards 6)
13:47 - pp - Claude Giroux 4 (Scott Hartnell 1, Daniel Briere 3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 28 saves / 28 shots
Philadelphia won series 4–1


(3) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Boston Bruins[]

The Buffalo Sabres entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Northeast Division with 100 points. The Boston Bruins earned the sixth seed with 91 points. The last series between the two franchises took place in 1999, which the Sabres won 4–2.


April 15 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 Boston Bruins HSBC Arena Recap  
(Derek Roy 1) Thomas Vanek 1 - 04:52 First period No scoring
(Tim Kennedy 1) Craig Rivet 1 - 14:10 Second period 09:30 - pp - Mark Recchi 1 (Zdeno Chara 1, Matt Hunwick 1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ryan Miller 38 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shots
April 17 Buffalo Sabres 3–5 Boston Bruins HSBC Arena Recap  
(Henrik Tallinder 1 Thomas Vanek 1) Tyler Myers 1 - 02:55
(Patrick Kaleta 1, Raffi Torres 1) Matt Ellis 1 - 12:00
First period No scoring
(Tyler Ennis 1) Jason Pominville 1 - 16:41 Second period 02:35 - Michael Ryder 1 (Vladimir Sobotka 1, Blake Wheeler 1)
09:54 - Zdeno Chara 1 (Patrice Bergeron 1, Johnny Boychuk 1)
No scoring Third period 05:23 - Michael Ryder 2 (Andrew Ference 1, Blake Wheeler 2)
07:23 - Zdeno Chara 2 (Miroslav Satan 1, David Krejci 1)
19:40 - en - Mark Recchi 2
Ryan Miller 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 29 shots
April 19 Boston Bruins 2–1 Buffalo Sabres TD Garden Recap  
(Matt Hunwick 2, Vladimir Sobotka 2) Dennis Wideman 1 - 15:17 First period 06:57 - Mike Grier 1 (Raffi Torres 2, Henrik Tallinder 2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Mark Recchi 1, Dennis Wideman 1) Patrice Bergeron - 12:57 Third period No scoring
Tuukka Rask 32 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Ryan Miller 27 saves / 29 shots
April 21 Boston Bruins 3–2 2OT Buffalo Sabres TD Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 02:12 - Tim Kennedy 1 (Tyler Ennis 2, Cody McCormick 1)
No scoring Second period 06:59 - Steve Montador 1 (Tim Connolly 1)
(Patrice Bergeron 2, Matt Hunwick 3) David Krejci 1 - pp - 02:07
(Daniel Paille 1, Johnny Boychuk 2) Patrice Bergeron 2 - 06:40
Third period No scoring
(Michael Ryder 1, Tuukka Rask 1) Miroslav Satan 1 - pp - 07:41 Second overtime period No scoring
Tuukka Rask 35 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Ryan Miller 36 saves / 39 shots
April 23 Buffalo Sabres 4–1 Boston Bruins HSBC Arena Recap  
(Nathan Gerbe 1, Cody McCormick 2) Adam Mair 1 - 01:54
(Derek Roy 2, Tyler Ennis 3) Jason Pominville 2 - 18:54
First period No scoring
(Paul Gaustad 1) Mike Grier 2 - 09:22 Second period No scoring
(Jason Pominville 1) Tyler Ennis 1 - en - 18:17 Third period 17:30 - pp - Johnny Boychuk 1 (Dennis Wideman 2, Miroslav Satan 2)
Ryan Miller 34 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 32 shots
April 26 Boston Bruins 4–3 Buffalo Sabres TD Garden Recap  
(Mark Recchi 2, Matt Hunwick 4) David Krejci 2 - 13:39 First period No scoring
(David Krejci 2, Patrice Bergeron 3) Mark Recchi 3 - pp - 01:01 Second period 06:34 - Patrick Kaleta 1 (Tim Kennedy 2 Adam Mair 1)
(Milan Lucic 1, Miroslav Satan 3) David Krejci 3 - 07:18
(Milan Lucic 2, Dennis Wideman 3) Miroslav Satan 2 - 14:49
Third period 07:40 - Nathan Gerbe 1
18:47 - Thomas Vanek 2 (Jason Pominville 2, Toni Lydman 1)
Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Ryan Miller 28 saves / 32 shots
Boston won series 4–2


(4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) Ottawa Senators[]

The Pittsburgh Penguins, the defending Stanley Cup Champions, entered the playoffs as the fourth overall seed in the Eastern Conference with 101 points. The Ottawa Senators earned 94 points during the regular season to finish fifth overall in the Eastern Conference. This was the third time in four years the Senators met the Penguins in the first round, with Ottawa winning the series 4–1 in 2007, and Pittsburgh sweeping the series in 2008 (the Senators did not qualify for the playoffs in 2009).


April 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–5 Ottawa Senators Mellon Arena Recap  
(Sergei Gonchar 1, Sidney Crosby 1) Evgeni Malkin 1 - pp - 03:03 First period 08:45 - Peter Regin 1 (Jason Spezza 1, Daniel Alfredsson 1)
14:08 - Chris Neil 1 (Anton Volchenkov 1, Chris Kelly 1)
(Sergei Gonchar 2, Sidney Crosby 2) Evgeni Malkin 2 - pp - 10:22 Second period 01:20 - pp - Chris Kelly 1 (Chris Campoli 1, Erik Karlsson 1)
13:14 - pp - Erik Karlsson 1 (Mike Fisher 1, Matt Cullen 1)
(Pascal Dupuis 1, Maxime Talbot 1) Craig Adams 1 - 05:16
(Sidney Crosby 3, Evgeni Malkin 1) Alex Goligoski 1 - 17:36
Third period 09:40 - Jarkko Ruutu 1 (Chris Neil 1, Chris Kelly 2)
Marc-Andre Fleury 21 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Brian Elliott 17 saves / 21 shots
April 16 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 Ottawa Senators Mellon Arena Recap  
(Chris Kunitz 1) Sidney Crosby 1 - 08:45 First period 00:18 - Peter Regin 2 (Jason Spezza 2, Daniel Alfredsson 2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Sidney Crosby 3, Bill Guerin 1) Kris Letang 1 - 15:48 Third period No scoring
Marc-Andre Fleury 19 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Brian Elliott 29 saves / 31 shots
April 18 Ottawa Senators 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Scotiabank Place Recap  
No scoring First period 01:17 - Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 (Pascal Dupuis 2, Sergei Gonchar 3)
(Peter Regin 1, Matt Cullen 2) Mike Fisher 1 - pp - 01:53 Second period 05:57 - Evgeni Malkin 3 (Maxime Talbot 2)
19:15 - pp - Sidney Crosby 2 (Matt Cooke 1, Bill Guerin 2)
(Daniel Alfredsson 3, Jason Spezza 3) Matt Cullen 1 - pp - 12:58 Third period 04:27 - Bill Guerin 1 (Chris Kunitz 2, Sidney Crosby 5)
Brian Elliott 20 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 20 saves / 22 shots
April 20 Ottawa Senators 4–7 Pittsburgh Penguins Scotiabank Place Recap  
No scoring First period 11:50 - pp - Evgeni Malkin 4 (Sergei Gonchar 4, Sidney Crosby 6)
(Chris Campoli 2, Chris Kelly 3) Chris Neil 2 - 07:06
(Erik Karlsson 2, Matt Cullen 3) Daniel Alfredsson 1 - 10:59
(Jason Spezza 4, Daniel Alfredsson 4) Matt Cullen 2 - pp - 13:19
Second period 03:47 - Sidney Crosby 3 (Chris Kunitz 3, Sergei Gonchar 5)
03:59 - Matt Cooke 1 (Maxime Talbot 3)
06:12 - Sidney Crosby 4 (Sergei Gonchar 6, Chris Kunitz 4)
12:38 - sh - Maxime Talbot 1 (Craig Adams 1)
18:11 - Chris Kunitz 1 (Sidney Crosby 7, Bill Guerin 3)
(Erik Karlsson 3, Matt Cullen 4) Jason Spezza 1 - 07:37 Third period 12:27 - pp - Jordan Staal 1 (Alex Goligoski 1, Alexei Ponikarovsky 1)
Brian Elliott 15 saves / 19 shots
Pascal Leclaire 20 saves / 23 shots
Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 26 saves / 30 shots
April 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 3OT Ottawa Senators Mellon Arena Recap  
(Bill Guerin 4, Evgeni Malkin 2) Kris Letang 2 - pp - 18:05 First period 10:25 - pp - Mike Fisher 2 (Erik Karlsson 4, Jason Spezza 5)
11:33 - Jarkko Ruutu 2 (Nick Foligno 1, Chris Kelly 4)
(Sidney Crosby 8, Bill Guerin 5) Chris Kunitz 2 - 18:34 Second period No scoring
(Evgeni Malkin 3) Sidney Crosby 5 - 09:01 Third period 10:24 - Peter Regin 3 (Jason Spezza 6, Erik Karlsson 5)
No scoring Third overtime period 07:06 - Matt Carkner 1 (Daniel Alfredsson 5, Mike Fisher 2)
Marc-Andre Fleury 40 saves / 44 shots Goalie stats Pascal Leclaire 56 saves / 59 shots
April 24 Ottawa Senators 3–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Scotiabank Place Recap  
(Daniel Alfredsson 6, Anton Volchenkov 2) Matt Cullen 3 - 05:19 First period No scoring
(Chris Kelly 5, Jarko Ruutu 1) Chris Neil 3 - 01:51
(Matt Cullen 5, Mike Fisher 3) Daniel Alfredsson 2 - 09:48
Second period 10:56 - Matt Cooke 2 (Jordan Staal 1, Pascal Dupuis 3)
No scoring Third period 07:03 - pp - Bill Guerin 2 (Alex Goligoski 2, Evgeni Malkin 4)
12:24 - Matt Cooke 3 (Mark Eaton 1)
No scoring First overtime period 09:56 - Pascal Dupuis 1 (Jordan Staal 2)
Pascal Leclaire 39 saves / 43 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 28 saves / 31 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–2


Western Conference Quarter-finals[]

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Colorado Avalanche[]

The San Jose Sharks entered the playoffs as the regular season Western Conference Champions, with 113 points. The Colorado Avalanche earned 95 points to clinch the eighth playoff seed in the Western Conference. The franchises previously faced each other in the Western Conference Semi-final in 2004, which the Sharks won 4–2.


April 14 San Jose Sharks 1–2 Colorado Avalanche HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:38 - pp - John-Michael Liles 1 (Matt Duchene 1, Paul Stastny 1)
(Devin Setoguchi 1, Marc-Edouard Vlasic 1) Ryan Clowe 1 - 07:59 Third period 19:10 - Chris Stewart 1 (Paul Stastny 2, T.J. Galiardi 1)
Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Craig Anderson 25 saves / 26 shots
April 16 San Jose Sharks 6–5 OT Colorado Avalanche HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap  
(Dan Boyle 1) Manny Malhotra 1 - pp - 19:18 First period 01:10 - Kyle Cumiskey 1
(Joe Thornton 1, Patrick Marleau 1) Rob Blake 1 - 03:43
(Ryan Clowe 1, Joe Pavelski 1) Devin Setoguchi 1 - 07:10
(Jed Ortmeyer 1) Scott Nichol 1 - 19:45
Second period 00:24 - Chris Stewart 2 (Craig Anderson 1)
04:08 - Milan Hejduk 1 (Matt Duchene 2, Brandon Yip 1)
17:30 - Brandon Yip 1 (Matt Duchene 3)
(Dany Heatley 1, Joe Thornton 2) Joe Pavelski 1 - 19:28 Third period 05:34 - Chris Stewart 3 (Paul Stastny 3, Ryan Wilson 1)
(Ryan Clowe 2, Dan Boyle 2) Devin Setoguchi 2 - pp - 05:22 First overtime period No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 17 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Craig Anderson 46 saves / 52 shots
April 18 Colorado Avalanche 1–0 OT San Jose Sharks Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ryan O'Reilly 1 - 00:51 First overtime period No scoring
Craig Anderson 51 saves / 51 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 17 shots
April 20 Colorado Avalanche 1–2 OT San Jose Sharks Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 01:12 - pp - Dan Boyle 1 (Ryan Clowe 3, Joe Pavelski 2)
(John-Michael Liles 1, Brandon Yip 2) Paul Stastny - pp - 03:27 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 10:24 - Joe Pavelski 2 (Douglas Murray 1, Ryan Clowe 4)
Craig Anderson 43 saves / 45 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 33 saves / 34 shots
April 22 San Jose Sharks 5–0 Colorado Avalanche HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Dany Heatley 2, Patrick Marleau 2) Logan Couture 1 - 08:25
(Dan Boyle 3, Devin Setoguchi 2) Joe Pavelski 3 - pp - 10:21
(Scott Nichol 1, Douglas Murray 2) Dwight Helminen 1 - 15:30
Second period No scoring
(Ryan Clowe 5, Devin Setoguchi 3) Logan Couture 2 - 10:37
(Dany Heatley 3, Jason Demers 1) Patrick Marleau 1 - pp - 13:24
Third period No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Craig Anderson 29 saves / 33 shots
Peter Budaj 3 saves / 4 shots
April 24 Colorado Avalanche 2–5 San Jose Sharks Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 00:47 - Joe Pavelski 4 (Ryane Clowe 6, Rob Blake 1)
(Kyle Cumiskey 1, Adam Foote 1) Marek Svatos 1 - 06:14 Second period No scoring
(Paul Stastny 4, T. J. Galiardi 2) Brandon Yip 2 - 04:51 Third period 07:33 - Dan Boyle 2 (Dany Heatley 4, Joe Pavelski 3)
09:02 - Joe Pavelski 5 (Ryane Clowe 7, Douglas Murray 3)
19:08 - en - Devin Setoguchi 3 (Douglas Murray 4, Dan Boyle 4)
19:29 - en - Douglas Murray 1 (Joe Thornton 3, Torrey Mitchell 1)
Craig Anderson 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 18 shots
San Jose won series 4–2


(2) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (7) Nashville Predators[]

The Chicago Blackhawks entered the playoffs as the second overall seed in the Western Conference, having clinched the Central Division title with 112 points. The Nashville Predators qualified for the playoffs after missing the playoffs the previous season, clinching the seventh seed with 100 points. This was the first time these two franchises met each other in the playoffs.


April 16 Chicago Blackhawks 1–4 Nashville Predators United Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Patrick Sharp 1, Brent Sopel 1) Patrick Kane 1 - 09:43 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:31 - J.P. Dumont 1 (Dan Hamhuis 1, Cody Franson 1)
10:37 - J.P. Dumont 2 (David Legwand 1)
19:12 - en - Jerred Smithson 1 (Marcel Goc 1)
19:46 - en - Martin Erat 1 (David Legwand 2, Joel Ward 1)
Antti Niemi 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Pekka Rinne 25 saves / 26 shots
April 18 Chicago Blackhawks 2–0 Nashville Predators United Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Jonathan Toews 1, Patrick Kane 1) Dave Bolland 1 - pp - 08:44 Second period No scoring
(Patrick Sharp 1) Patrick Kane 2 - 04:18 Third period No scoring
Antti Niemi 23 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Pekka Rinne 31 saves / 33 shots
April 20 Nashville Predators 4–1 Chicago Blackhawks Bridgestone Arena Recap  
(Steve Sullivan 1, David Legwand 3) Joel Ward 1 - 13:00 First period 17:35 - pp - Tomas Kopecky 1 (Kris Versteeg 1, Marian Hossa 1)
(Steve Sullivan 2, Kevin Klein 1) David Legwand 1 - 04:00
(J.P. Dumont 1, David Legwand 4) Shea Weber 1 - 09:52
Second period No scoring
Martin Erat - ps - 14:25 Third period No scoring
Pekka Rinne 26 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Antti Niemi 31 saves / 35 shots
April 22 Nashville Predators 0–3 Chicago Blackhawks Bridgestone Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 10:57 - pp - Patrick Sharp 1 (Patrick Kane 2, Jonathan Toews 2)
No scoring Second period 12:55 - Jonathan Toews 1 (Marian Hossa 2, Bryan Bickell 1)
16:17 - Patrick Sharp 2 (Niklas Hjalmarsson 1, Brent Sopel 2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Antti Niemi 33 saves / 33 shots
April 24 Chicago Blackhawks 5–4 OT Nashville Predators United Center Recap  
(Brent Seabrook 1, Kris Versteeg 2) Andrew Ladd 1 - 09:57
(Patrick Kane 3, Jonathan Toews 3) Niklas Hjalmarsson 1 - 14:53
First period 06:23 - David Legwand 2 (Steve Sullivan 3, Joel Ward 2)
(Marian Hossa 3, Niklas Hjalmarsson 2) Tomas Kopecky 2 - 16:24 Second period 17:31 - sh - Joel Ward 2 (David Legwand 5)
(Jonathan Toews 4, Brent Seabrook 2) Patrick Kane 3 - sh - 19:46 Third period 01:34 - Martin Erat 3 (J.P. Dumont 2, Denis Grebeshkov 1)
11:39 - Martin Erat 4 (Denis Grebeshkov 2, Kevin Klein 2)
(Brent Sopel 3, David Bolland 1) Marian Hossa 1 - 04:07 First overtime period No scoring
Antti Niemi 17 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 32 shots
April 26 Nashville Predators 3–5 Chicago Blackhawks Bridgestone Arena Recap  
(Jordin Tootoo 1, Colin Wilson 1) Shea Weber 2 - 8:40
(Patric Hornqvist 1, Shea Weber 1) Jason Arnott 1 - pp - 15:44
(Dan Hamhuis 2, Martin Erat 1) Jason Arnott 2 - 19:05
First period 6:38 - Duncan Keith 1 (Marian Hossa 4, Patrick Sharp 3)
9:54 - Patrick Kane 4 (Brent Seabrook 3, Jonathan Toews 5)
12:03 - Patrick Sharp 3 (Marian Hossa 5, Brent Seabrook 4)
19:29 - pp - Jonathan Toews 2 (Patrick Sharp 4, Duncan Keith 1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:52 - en - John Madden 1 (Jonathan Toews 6, Marian Hossa 6)
Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Antti Niemi 25 saves / 28 shots
Chicago won series 4–2


(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Los Angeles Kings[]

The Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the third overall seed in the Western Conference, having clinched the Northwest Division title with 103 points. The Los Angeles Kings qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2002, clinching the sixth seed with 101 points. The two franchises met for the first time since the 1993 Smythe Division finals, which the Kings won 4–2.


April 15 Vancouver Canucks 3–2 OT Los Angeles Kings General Motors Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Daniel Sedin 1, Sami Salo 1) Mikael Samuelsson 1 - pp - 03:09
(Henrik Sedin 1) Daniel Sedin 1 - 08:31
Second period 00:54 - pp - Jarret Stoll 1 (Michal Handzus 1, Anze Kopitar 1)
13:06 - pp - Fredrik Modin 1 (Alexander Frolov 1, Dustin Brown 1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Henrik Sedin 2, Christian Ehrhoff 1) Mikael Samuelsson 2 - 08:52 First overtime period No scoring
Roberto Luongo 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Jonathan Quick 41 saves / 44 shots
April 17 Vancouver Canucks 2–3 OT Los Angeles Kings General Motors Place Recap  
(Ryan Kesler 1, Kyle Wellwood 1) Steve Bernier 1 - pp - 07:33
(Pavol Demitra 1, Ryan Kesler 2) Mikael Samuelsson 3 - 09:49
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 10:58 - pp - Fredrik Modin 2 (Jack Johnson 1, Dustin Brown 2)
11:33 - Wayne Simmonds (Anze Kopitar 2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 07:28 - pp - Anze Kopitar 1 (Drew Doughty 1, Jack Johnson 2)
Roberto Luongo 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Jonathan Quick 24 saves / 26 shots
April 19 Los Angeles Kings 5–3 Vancouver Canucks Staples Center Recap  
(Michal Handzus 2, Dustin Brown 3) Drew Doughty 1 - pp - 11:00 First period 02:09 - Mason Raymond 1 (Ryan Kesler 3, Mikael Samuelsson 1)
(Jack Johnson 3, Drew Doughty 2) Michal Handzus 1 - pp - 04:06
(Drew Doughty 3, Jack Johnson 4) Michal Handzus 2 - pp - 12:18
Brad Richardson 1 - 13:21
Second period 14:53 - Mikael Samuelsson 4 (Ryan Kesler 4)
(Jack Johnson 5, Drew Doughty 4) Ryan Smyth 1 - 09:21 Third period 04:18 - Daniel Sedin 2 (Kevin Bieksa 1, Henrik Sedin 3)
Jonathan Quick 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Roberto Luongo 12 saves / 16 shots
Andrew Raycroft 6 saves / 7 shots
April 21 Los Angeles Kings 4–6 Vancouver Canucks Staples Center Recap  
(Dustin Brown 4, Alexander Frolov 2) Drew Doughty 2 - pp - 13:26 First period No scoring
(Fredrik Modin 1, Alexander Frolov 3) Dustin Brown 1 - pp - 05:56
(Wayne Simmonds 1, Sean O'Donnell 1) Anze Kopitar 2 - 17:09
Second period 03:36 - pp - Christian Ehrhoff 1 (Alexander Edler 1, Kyle Wellwood 2)
15:35 - Pavol Demitra 1 (Christian Ehrhoff 2)
(Ryan Smyth 1, Jack Johnson 6) Wayne Simmonds 2 - 13:18 Third period 07:29 - Mikael Samuelsson 5 (Daniel Sedin 2, Shane O'Brien 1)
12:16 - pp - Sami Salo 1 (Henrik Sedin 4, Daniel Sedin 3)
17:08 - Henrik Sedin 1 (Daniel Sedin 4)
19:43 - en - Ryan Kesler 1
Jonathan Quick 31 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Roberto Luongo 22 saves / 26 shots
April 23 Vancouver Canucks 7–2 Los Angeles Kings General Motors Place Recap  
(Kyle Wellwood 3, Pavol Demitra 2) Steve Bernier 2 - 08:50
(Jannik Hansen 1, Ryan Kesler 5) Alexander Edler 1 - 17:32
First period 14:24 - pp - Michal Handzus 3
(Mikael Samuelsson 2, Henrik Sedin 5) Daniel Sedin 3 - 08:26
(Henrik Sedin 6, Daniel Sedin 5) Mikael Samuelsson 6 - 13:31
Second period No scoring
(Kevin Bieksa 2) Pavol Demitra 2 - 04:38
(Sami Salo 2) Mikael Samuelsson 7 - pp - 06:31
(Andrew Alberts 1, Pavol Demitra 3) Steve Bernier 3 - 09:50
Third period 05:02 - Fredrik Modin 3 (Matt Greene 1, Jason Williams 1)
Roberto Luongo 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Jonathan Quick 21 saves / 26 shots
Erik Ersberg 2 saves / 4 shots
April 25 Los Angeles Kings 2–4 Vancouver Canucks Staples Center Recap  
(Brad Richardson 1) Alexander Frolov 1 - 10:08 First period No scoring
(Anze Kopitar 3, Jack Johnson 7) Drew Doughty 3 - 15:57 Second period 08:38 - pp - Steve Bernier 4 (Alexander Edler 2)
No scoring Third period 01:57 - Kevin Bieksa 1 (Daniel Sedin 6, Mikael Samuelsson 3)
17:57 - Daniel Sedin 4 (Mikael Samuelsson 4, Henrik Sedin 7)
18:53 - en - Alexandre Burrows 1
Jonathan Quick 18 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 32 shots
Vancouver won series 4–2


(4) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings[]

The Phoenix Coyotes qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2002, finishing the regular season with 107 points (the most in franchise history), and entered the playoffs as the fourth overall seed in the Western Conference. The Detroit Red Wings, making their 19th straight playoff appearance, earned 102 points during the regular season to finish fifth overall in the Western Conference. Phoenix and Detroit faced each other in the opening round of the 1998 playoffs, with the Red Wings defeating Phoenix 4–2. The franchises met in the opening round of the 1996 playoffs, with the Red Wings defeating the Winnipeg Jets 4–2, after which the Winnipeg franchise moved to Phoenix.


April 14 Phoenix Coyotes 3–2 Detroit Red Wings Jobing.com Arena Recap  
(Derek Morris 1, Matthew Lombardi 1) Keith Yandle 1 - pp - 14:13 First period 12:17 - Tomas Holmstrom 1 (Brian Rafalski 1)
16:27 - pp - Nicklas Lidstrom 1 (Pavel Datsyuk 1, Johan Franzen 1)
(Keith Yandle 1, Derek Morris 2) Wojtek Wolski 1 - pp - 06:15 Second period No scoring
(Matthew Lombardi 2) Derek Morris 1 - pp - 02:19 Third period No scoring
Ilya Bryzgalov 38 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 32 saves / 35 shots
April 16 Phoenix Coyotes 4–7 Detroit Red Wings Jobing.com Arena Recap  
(Martin Hanzal 1, Radim Vrbata 1) Keith Yandle 2 - 10:23 First period No scoring
Wojtek Wolski 2 - 07:05
(Shane Doan 1, Wojtek Wolski 1) Matthew Lombardi 1 - 09:09
Second period 06:27 - pp - Henrik Zetterberg 1 (Valtteri Filppula 1, Niklas Kronwall 1)
08:20 - Pavel Datsyuk 1 (Johan Franzen 2, Tomas Holmstrom 1)
10:25 - Valtteri Filppula 1 (Todd Bertuzzi 1, Jonathan Ericsson 1)
(Vern Fiddler 1, Adrian Aucoin 1) Shane Doan 1 - 09:24 Third period 02:32 - Justin Abdelkader 1
13:54 - Henrik Zetterberg 2 (Todd Bertuzzi 2)
17:54 - pp - Valtteri Filppula 2 (Brad Stuart 1, Niklas Kronwall 2)
19:12 - en - Henrik Zetterberg 3
Ilya Bryzgalov 32 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 27 saves / 31 shots
April 18 Detroit Red Wings 2–4 Phoenix Coyotes Joe Louis Arena Recap  
(Brad Stuart 1, Henrik Zetterberg 1) Valtteri Filppula 3 - 14:42 First period 00:29 - pp - Sami Lepisto 1 (Martin Hanzal 2, Petr Prucha 1)
No scoring Second period 19:28 - Wojtek Wolski 3 (Matthew Lombardi 3, Lee Stempniak 1)
(Todd Bertuzzi 3, Henrik Zetterberg 2) Johan Franzen 1 - 09:59 Third period 08:16 - Petr Prucha 1 (Radim Vrbata 2, Martin Hanzal 3)
11:38 - Radim Vrbata 1 (Matthew Lombardi 4, Zbynek Michalek 1)
Jimmy Howard 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Ilya Bryzgalov 29 saves / 31 shots
April 20 Detroit Red Wings 3–0 Phoenix Coyotes Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Henrik Zetterberg 3, Niklas Kronwall 3) Todd Bertuzzi 1 - pp - 15:33 Second period No scoring
(Johan Franzen 3, Nicklas Lidstrom 1) Pavel Datsyuk 2 - 15:53
(Todd Bertuzzi 4, Brad Stuart 3) Henrik Zetterberg 4 - 16:18
Third period No scoring
Jimmy Howard 29 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Ilya Bryzgalov 32 saves / 35 shots
April 23 Phoenix Coyotes 1–4 Detroit Red Wings Jobing.com Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 17:04 - Drew Miller 1 (Niklas Kronwall 4, Brad Stuart 4)
(Adrian Aucoin 2, Matthew Lombardi 5) Ed Jovanovski 1 - 09:45 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:09 - Tomas Holmstrom 2 (Nicklas Lidstrom 2, Pavel Datsyuk 2)
12:18 - Pavel Datsyuk 3 (Johan Franzen 4, Tomas Holmstrom 2)
19:04 - en - Henrik Zetterberg 6 (Valtteri Filppula 2)
Ilya Bryzgalov 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 30 saves / 31 shots
April 25 Detroit Red Wings 2–5 Phoenix Coyotes Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 04:10 - sh - Lauri Korpikoski 1
(Pavel Datsyuk 3, Johan Franzen 5) Brad Stuart 1 - 02:51 Second period 02:27 - pp - Mathieu Schneider 1 (Lee Stempniak 2, Taylor Pyatt 1)
10:09 - pp - Radim Vrbata 2 (Robert Lang 1, Keith Yandle 2)
14:01 - Wojtek Wolski 4 (Petr Prucha 2, Zbynek Michalek 2)
(Niklas Kronwall 5) Darren Helm 1 - 16:29 Third period 05:25 - pp - Taylor Pyatt 1 (Keith Yandle 3, Derek Morris 3)
Jimmy Howard 24 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Ilya Bryzgalov 31 saves / 33 shots
April 27 Phoenix Coyotes 1–6 Detroit Red Wings Jobing.com Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Vernon Fiddler 1 - 08:23 Second period 02:01 - pp - Pavel Datsyuk 4 (Nicklas Lidstrom 3, Brian Rafalski 3)
03:42 - Pavel Datsyuk 5 (Henrik Zetterberg 3, Brian Rafalski 4)
13:52 - pp - Nicklas Lidstrom 2 (Valtteri Filppula 3, Henrik Zetterberg 4)
19:55 - Brad Stuart 2
No scoring Third period 06:35 - Todd Bertuzzi 2 (Valtteri Filppula 4, Henrik Zetterberg 5)
12:14 - pp - Nicklas Lidstrom 3 (Brian Rafalski 5, Johan Franzen 6)
Ilya Bryzgalov 44 saves / 50 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 32 saves / 33 shots
Detroit won series 4–3


Conference Semi-finals[]

Eastern Conference Semi-finals[]

(4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens[]

This is the second time that Montreal and Pittsburgh have met in the playoffs. The only previous playoff series between Montreal and Pittsburgh was the 1998 Conference Quarter-finals, in which the Canadiens defeated the Penguins 4–2. Game 7 was the last game ever to be played at Mellon Arena, the Penguins' home rink since the start of the franchise. The Penguins will move into the Consol Energy Center starting the next season.


April 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 Montreal Canadiens Mellon Arena Recap  
(Kris Letang 1, Evgeni Malkin 5) Sergei Gonchar 1 - pp - 08:38
(Alexei Ponikarovsky 3, Alex Goligoski 3) Jordan Staal 2 - pp - 13:27
First period 04:30 - P. K. Subban 1
(Sidney Crosby 10) Kris Letang 3 - pp - 02:34
(Pascal Dupuis 4, Matt Cooke 2) Craig Adams 2 - 18:36
Second period 15:27 - Michael Cammalleri 6 (Scott Gomez 4, Brian Gionta 3)
(Sidney Crosby 11, Bill Guerin 5) Alex Goligoski 2 - pp - 02:59
(Chris Kunitz 5, Brooks Orpik 1) Bill Guerin 3 - en - 11:11
Third period 12:29 - pp - Brian Gionta 3 (Marc-Andre Bergeron 3, Scott Gomez 5)
Marc-Andre Fleury 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 15 saves / 20 shots
Carey Price 3 saves / 3 shots
May 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 Montreal Canadiens Mellon Arena Recap  
(Maxime Talbot 4, Pascal Dupuis 5) Matt Cooke 4 - 04:38 First period 15:48 - Brian Gionta 4 (Scott Gomez 6, Benoit Pouliot 2)
No scoring Second period 07:29 - pp - Michael Cammalleri 7 (P. K. Subban 2, Scott Gomez 7)
No scoring Third period 17:06 - Michael Cammalleri 8 (Tomas Plekanec 7)
Marc-Andre Fleury 18 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 38 saves / 39 shots
May 4 Montreal Canadiens 0–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Bell Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:16 - pp - Evgeni Malkin 5 (Sergei Gonchar 7, Alex Goligoski 4)
19:45 - en - Pascal Dupuis 2 (Chris Kunitz 6, Mark Eaton 2)
Jaroslav Halak 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 18 saves / 18 shots
May 6 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Bell Centre Recap  
(Travis Moen 1, Glen Metropolit 2) Tom Pyatt 1 - 02:34 First period 03:27 - Maxime Talbot 2
05:18 - pp - Chris Kunitz 3 (Sidney Crosby 12, Alex Goligoski 5)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Mathieu Darche 1, Marc-Andre Bergeron 4) Maxim Lapierre 2 - 02:07
(Tom Pyatt 1, Roman Hamrlik 4) Brian Gionta 5 - 03:40
Third period
Jaroslav Halak 33 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 22 saves / 25 shots
May 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 Montreal Canadiens Mellon Arena Recap  
(Evgeni Malkin 6, Sergei Gonchar 8) Kris Letang 4 - pp - 18:18 First period No scoring
(Brooks Orpik 2, Mark Letestu 1) Sergei Gonchar 2 - 09:50 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:29 - pp - Michael Cammalleri 9 (Brian Gionta 4, Tomas Plekanec 5)
Marc-Andre Fleury 32 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 23 saves / 25 shots
May 10 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Bell Centre Recap  
(Tomas Plekanec 6, Andrei Kostitsyn 4) Michael Cammalleri 10 - 01:13 First period 07:22 - Sidney Crosby 6 (Mark Eaton 3, Chris Kunitz 7)
(Andrei Kostitsyn 5, Roman Hamrlik 5) Michael Cammalleri 11 - 10:45
(Scott Gomez 8, Brian Gionta 5) Jaroslav Spacek 1 - 13:15
Second period 05:21 - pp - Kris Letang (Sidney Crosby 13, Sergei Gonchar 9)
Maxim Lapierre 3 - 11:03 Third period 18:36 - Bill Guerin 4 (Sergei Gonchar 10, Alex Goligoski 6)
Jaroslav Halak 34 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 21 saves / 25 shots
May 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 Montreal Canadiens Mellon Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 00:32 - pp - Brian Gionta 6 (P. K. Subban 3, Scott Gomez 9)
14:23 - Dominic Moore 3 (Roman Hamrlik 6)
(Kris Letang 2, Pascal Dupuis 6) Chris Kunitz 4 - 8:36
(Alexei Ponikarovsky 4, Alex Goligoski 7) Jordan Staal 3 - 16:30
Second period 3:32 - Michael Cammalleri 12 (Tomas Plekanec 7, Jaroslav Spacek 3)
5:14 - Travis Moen 2
No scoring Third period 10:00 - pp - Brian Gionta 7 (Michael Cammalleri 6, Scott Gomez 10)
Marc-Andre Fleury 9 saves / 13 shots
Brent Johnson 6 saves / 7 shots
Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 37 saves / 39 shots
Montreal won series 4–3


(6) Boston Bruins vs. (7) Philadelphia Flyers[]

This was the first time the franchises have met in the playoffs since 1978, when the Bruins defeated the Flyers 4-1 in the Stanley Cup semi-final. Boston and Philadelphia had previously met in the playoffs in 1976 and 1977. The Flyers won the first of those matchups, with Boston prevailing in 1977. Philadelphia and Boston also met in the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals, which Philadelphia won 4–2 to become the first expansion team to win the NHL championship. Philadelphia came back from a 3–0 deficit to win the series 4–3, becoming the third NHL team to achieve this feat, and the first since the 1975 New York Islanders.[5][4]


May 1 Boston Bruins 5–4 OT Philadelphia Flyers TD Garden Recap  
(Patrice Bergeron 4, Mark Recchi 3) Steve Begin 1 - 02:39
(Dennis Wideman 4) Patrice Bergeron 3 - 12:54
First period No scoring
(Johnny Boychuk 3, Dennis Wideman 5) Miroslav Satan 3 - pp - 11:43 Second period 07:38 - Ryan Parent 1 (Mike Richards 7, Aaron Asham 1)
15:48 - pp - Chris Pronger 3 (Kimmo Timonen 4, Mike Richards 8)
(Miroslav Satan 4, Milan Lucic 3) David Krejci 4 - 07:25 Third period 12:37 - pp - Mike Richards 3 (Daniel Briere 4, Scott Hartnell 2)
16:38 - Daniel Briere 3 (Matt Carle 2, Chris Pronger 4)
Marc Savard 1 - 13:52 First overtime period No scoring
Tuuka Rask 32 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 41 saves / 46 shots
May 3 Boston Bruins 3–2 Philadelphia Flyers TD Garden Recap  
(Patrice Bergeron 5) Johnny Boychuk 2 - 05:12 First period 17:06 - Mike Richards 4 (Daniel Briere 5, Ville Leino 1)
(Blake Wheeler 3, Dennis Wideman 7) Miroslav Satan 4 - 09:31 Second period 19:35 - Daniel Briere 4 (Ville Leino 2, Chris Pronger 5)
(David Krejci 3, Miroslav Satan 5) Milan Lucic 1 - 17:03 Third period No scoring
Tuukka Rask 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 24 saves / 27 shots
May 5 Philadelphia Flyers 1–4 Boston Bruins Wachovia Center Recap  
(Claude Giroux 3, Blair Betts 1) Aaron Asham 2 - 02:32 First period 04:11 - Blake Wheeler 1 (Matt Hunwick 5, Marc Savard 1)
05:45 - Miroslav Satan 4 (Milan Lucic 4, David Krejci 4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:30 - pp - Mark Recchi 4 (Blake Wheeler 4, Zdeno Chara 3)
18:08 - en - Patrice Bergeron 4
Brian Boucher 15 saves / 19 shots
Johan Backlund 0 saves / 0 shots
Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 34 saves / 35 shots
May 7 Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 OT Boston Bruins Wachovia Center Recap  
(Claude Giroux 4, Matt Carle 3) Daniel Briere 5 - 19:06 First period 15:37 - Mark Recchi 5 (Patrice Bergeron 6, Daniel Paille 2)
(Matt Carle 4, Daniel Carcillo 2) Chris Pronger 4 - 04:28
(Scott Hartnell 3, Matt Carle 5) Claude Giroux 5 - 08:35
Second period 10:56 - Michael Ryder 3 (Matt Hunwick 6, Blake Wheeler 5)
(Chris Pronger 6, Daniel Briere 6) Ville Leino 1 - 14:20 Third period 03:49 - pp - Milan Lucic 2 (Dennis Wideman 8, Marc Savard 2)
19:28 - Mark Recchi 6 (Patrice Bergeron 7, Dennis Wideman 9)
(Matt Carle 6, Mike Richards 9) Simon Gagne 1 - 14:40 First overtime period No scoring
Brian Boucher 33 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 34 shots
May 10 Boston Bruins 0–4 Philadelphia Flyers TD Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 06:41 - Ville Leino 2 (Chris Pronger 7, Matt Carle 7)
No scoring Second period 11:16 - Scott Hartnell 1 (Daniel Briere 7, Kimmo Timonen 5)
17:53 - pp - Simon Gagne 2 (Mike Richards 10, Ville Leino 3)
No scoring Third period 06:48 - Simon Gagne 3
Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Brian Boucher 9 saves / 9 shots
Michael Leighton 14 saves / 14 shots
May 12 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 Boston Bruins Wachovia Center Recap  
(Simon Gagne 3, Daniel Carcillo 3) Mike Richards 5 - 06:58 First period No scoring
(Mike Richards 11, Claude Giroux 5) Daniel Briere 6 - pp - 16:20 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:00 - Milan Lucic 3 (Dennis Wideman 10, Zdeno Chara 4)
Michael Leighton 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 27 shots
May 14 Boston Bruins 3–4 Philadelphia Flyers TD Garden Recap  
(Mark Recchi 5, Zdeno Chara 5) Michael Ryder 4 - pp - 05:27
(Dennis Wideman 11, Johnny Boychuk 4) Milan Lucic 4 - pp - 09:02
Milan Lucic 5 - 14:10
First period 17:12 - James van Riemsdyk 1 (Claude Giroux 6)
No scoring Second period 02:49 - Scott Hartnell 2 (Ville Leino 4, Daniel Briere 8)
08:39 - Daniel Briere 7 (Scott Hartnell 4)
No scoring Third period 12:52 - Simon Gagne 4 (Mike Richards 12, Ville Leino 5)
Tuukka Rask 23 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Michael Leighton 22 saves / 25 shots
Philadelphia won series 4–3


Western Conference Semi-finals[]

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings[]

The Sharks and the Red Wings last played a series in the 2007 Conference Semi-finals, which Detroit won 4–2. There have been two other series between these franchises in the mid-1990s, with each team winning one.


April 29 San Jose Sharks 4–3 Detroit Red Wings HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap  
(Dan Boyle 5, Jason Demers 2) Joe Pavelski 5 - pp - 09:05
(Joe Thornton 4, Jason Demers 3) Dany Heatley 1 - 10:01
(Joe Pavelski 4, Dan Boyle 6) Devin Setoguchi 4 - 10:24
First period 11:40 - Daniel Cleary 1 (Jonathan Ericsson 2, Justin Abdelkader 1)
No scoring Second period 04:45 - Johan Franzen 2 (Pavel Datsyuk 4)
(Dan Boyle 7, Dany Heatley 5) Joe Pavelski 6 - pp - 00:50 Third period 02:57 - Brian Rafalski 1 (Pavel Datsyuk 5, Johan Franzen 7)
Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 23 saves / 27 shots
May 2 San Jose Sharks 4–3 Detroit Red Wings HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap  
(Dany Heatley 6, Patrick Marleau 3) Joe Pavelski 8 - pp - 09:01
(Joe Pavelski 5, Douglas Murray 5) Ryan Clowe 2 - 10:32
First period 06:51 - Pavel Datsyuk 6
13:17 - pp - Tomas Holmstrom 3 (Johan Franzen 8, Brian Rafalski 6)
No scoring Second period 02:00 - Nicklas Lidstrom 4 (Brian Rafalski 7, Pavel Datsyuk 6)
(Dany Heatley 7, Joe Thornton 5) Joe Pavelski 9 - pp - 04:40
(Dany Heatley 8) Joe Thornton 1 - 12:37
Third period No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 41 saves / 45 shots
May 4 Detroit Red Wings 3–4 OT San Jose Sharks Joe Louis Arena Recap  
(Johan Franzen 9, Nicklas Lidstrom 4) Tomas Holmstrom 4 - 13:33
(Drew Miller 1, Henrik Zetterberg 6) Daniel Cleary 2 - 18:37
First period 19:56 - Devin Setoguchi 5 (Joe Pavelski 6, Ryane Clowe 8)
(Valtteri Filppula 5, Brian Rafalski 8) Henrik Zetterberg 7 - 01:42 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 06:42 - Joe Thornton 2
13:17 - Logan Couture 3 (Torrey Mitchell 2, Marc-Edouard Vlasic 2)
No scoring First overtime period 07:07 - Patrick Marleau 2 (Joe Thornton 6)
Jimmy Howard 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 32 saves / 35 shots
May 6 Detroit Red Wings 7–1 San Jose Sharks Joe Louis Arena Recap  
(Johan Franzen 10, Henrik Zetterberg 7) Todd Bertuzzi 2 - pp - 05:40
(Henrik Zetterberg 8, Todd Bertuzzi 5) Johan Franzen 3 - 07:50
(Todd Bertuzzi 6, Nicklas Lidstrom 5) Johan Franzen 4 - 10:43
Johan Franzen 5 - 11:16
(Tomas Holmstrom 3, Pavel Datsyuk 7)) Valtteri Filppula - 18:50
First period No scoring
(Todd Bertuzzi 7, Johan Franzen 11) Brian Rafalski 2 - pp - 03:05 Second period 19:11 - pp - Dany Heatley 2 (Joe Thornton 7, Patrick Marleau 4)
(Nicklas Lidstrom 6, Henrik Zetterberg 9) Johan Franzen 6 - pp - 07:33 Third period No scoring
Jimmy Howard 28 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 4 saves / 9 shots
Thomas Greiss 26 saves / 28 shots
May 8 San Jose Sharks 2–1 Detroit Red Wings HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Dany Heatley 9, Jason Demers 4) Joe Thornton 3 - pp - 04:54 Second period 02:40 - Brian Rafalski 3 (Johan Franzen 12, Todd Bertuzzi 8)
(Joe Thornton 8) Patrick Marleau 3 - 06:59 Third period No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 33 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 30 saves / 32 shots
San Jose won series 4–1


(2) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks[]

This is the third second-round series between Vancouver and Chicago under the current playoff format. Vancouver and Chicago competed in the Western Conference Semi-final the previous year, with the Blackhawks winning the series 4–2. In 1995, the Blackhawks swept the series.

May 1 Chicago Blackhawks 1–5 Vancouver Canucks United Center Recap  
No scoring First period 13:51 - Christian Ehrhoff 2 (Mason Raymond 1, Ryan Kesler 6)
19:49 - Mason Raymond 2 (Ryan Kesler 7)
No scoring Second period 00:32 - Henrik Sedin 2 (Daniel Sedin 7, Sami Salo 3)
10:59 - pp - Kyle Wellwood 1 (Steve Bernier 1, Christian Ehrhoff 3)
16:21 - Michael Grabner 1 (Rick Rypien 1, Jannik Hansen 2)
(Jonathan Toews 7, Dave Bolland 2) Patrick Kane 5 - pp - 02:07 Third period No scoring
Antti Niemi 20 saves / 25 shots
Cristobal Huet 3 saves / 3 shots
Goalie stats Roberto Luongo 36 saves / 37 shots
May 3 Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 Vancouver Canucks United Center Recap  
Dave Bolland 3, Kris Versteeg 3) Brent Seabrook 1 - 07:40 First period 01:22 - Mason Raymond 3 (Ryan Kesler 8, Kevin Bieksa 3)
05:02 - pp - Mikael Samuelsson 8 (Henrik Sedin 8, Pavol Demitra 4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Brent Seabrook 5) Patrick Sharp 4 - sh - 06:49
(Duncan Keith 2, Brent Seabrook 6) Kris Versteeg 1 - 18:30
(Jonathan Toews 8) Patrick Kane 6 - en - 19:12
Third period No scoring
Antti Niemi 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 33 shots
May 5 Vancouver Canucks 2–5 Chicago Blackhawks General Motors Place Recap  
No scoring First period 05:19 - Kris Versteeg 2 (Marian Hossa 7, Andrew Ladd 1)
16:47 - pp - Dustin Byfuglien 1 (Duncan Keith 3, Jonathan Toews 9)
(Alexander Edler 3, Sami Salo 4) Jannik Hansen 1 - 09:07
(Alexander Edler 4, Sami Salo 5) Alexandre Burrows 2 - 19:06
Second period 11:24 - pp - Dustin Byfuglien 2 (Jonathan Toews 10, Patrick Kane 4)
No scoring Third period 07:45 - Marian Hossa 2 (Patrick Sharp 5, Tomas Kopecky 1)
13:58 - Dustin Byfuglien 3 (Patrick Kane 5, Jonathan Toews 11)
Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Antti Niemi 31 saves / 33 shots
May 7 Vancouver Canucks 4–7 Chicago Blackhawks General Motors Place Recap  
(Mikael Samuelsson 5, Kevin Bieksa 4) Kyle Wellwood 2 - 01:34
(Alexandre Burrows 1, Henrik Sedin 9) Daniel Sedin 5 - pp - 14:36
First period 00:18 - Brent Seabrook 2 (Jonathan Toews 12, Dustin Byfuglien 1)
09:23 - pp - Jonathan Toews 3 (Patrick Kane 6, Patrick Sharp 6)
(Christian Ehrhoff 4, Daniel Sedin 8) Alexander Edler 2 - pp - 18:16 Second period 00:27 - pp - Jonathan Toews 4
12:47 - pp - Patrick Sharp 5 (Jonathan Toews 13, Patrick Kane 7)
15:22 - pp - Jonathan Toews 5 (Dave Bolland 4, Patrick Sharp 7)
(Alexandre Burrows 2, Shane O'Brien 2) Henrik Sedin 3 - 14:37 Third period 06:59 - Tomas Kopecky 3 (Marian Hossa 8, Patrick Sharp 8)
19:23 - en - Dave Bolland 2
Roberto Luongo 27 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Antti Niemi 26 saves / 30 shots
May 9 Chicago Blackhawks 1–4 Vancouver Canucks United Center Recap  
No scoring First period 00:59 - Christian Ehrhoff 3 (Daniel Sedin 9, Henrik Sedin 10)
14:24 - Kevin Bieksa 2 (Kyle Wellwood 4, Mikael Samuelsson 6)
No scoring Second period 13:00 - pp - Kevin Bieksa 3 (Mikael Samuelsson 7, Henrik Sedin 11)
(Duncan Keith 4, Brian Campbell 1) Jonathan Toews 6 - 12:51 Third period 19:15 - en - Alexandre Burrows 3 (Kyle Wellwood 5, Kevin Bieksa 5)
Antti Niemi 20 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Roberto Luongo 29 saves / 30 shots
May 11 Vancouver Canucks 1–5 Chicago Blackhawks General Motors Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:00 - Troy Brouwer 1 (Patrick Sharp 9, Duncan Keith 5)
02:36 - Kris Versteeg 3
19:15 - sh - Dave Bolland 3
(Alexandre Burrows 3, Ryan Kesler 9) Shane O'Brien 1 - 03:44 Third period 08:17 - Patrick Kane 7 (Jonathan Toews 14, Dustin Byfuglien 2)
08:42 - Dustin Byfuglien 4 (Patrick Kane 8, Brian Campbell 2)
Roberto Luongo 25 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Antti Niemi 29 saves / 30 shots
Chicago won series 4–2

Conference Finals[]

Eastern Conference[]

(7) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens[]

This was the first ever conference final contested by the seventh and eighth seeds. The Canadiens and the Flyers both earned 88 points in the regular season, but Philadelphia's greater number of victories gave them the higher seed. There were five previous meetings between Montreal and Philadelphia, including the 1976 Stanley Cup Finals. Their last meeting was in the 2008 Eastern Conference Semifinals which Philadelphia won 4–1.


Philadelphia won series 4–1


Western Conference[]

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (2) Chicago Blackhawks[]

This was the first ever playoff series between the Sharks and the Blackhawks. There were four games between these two teams during the regular season, with Chicago leading San Jose three games to one. This was the only sweep of the entire playoffs.


Chicago won series 4–0


Stanley Cup Finals[]

Main article: 2010 Stanley Cup FinalsThe Chicago Blackhawks had home ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Finals since they finished the regular season with more points (112) than the Philadelphia Flyers (88). This was the second playoff series between the two teams and the first since 1971 when the Blackhawks swept the Flyers in the Stanley Cup quarterfinals. Prior to the 2010 Finals, both teams had previously lost in their last five consecutive Finals appearances (Chicago in 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, and 1992; and Philadelphia in 1976, 1980, 1985, 1987, and 1997). Having lost in the 2010 Finals, the Flyers became the third team in NHL history to lose in six consecutive Finals appearances, after the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings. It also was the first time since the Flyers themselves lost in 1987 that a team in the city of Philadelphia lost a championship in a non-presidential inauguration year (Phillies in 1993 and 2009 World Series, Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005, Flyers in 1997, and 76ers in 2001 NBA Finals).[11]


Chicago won series 4–2

This was the first Stanley Cup won in overtime since the New Jersey Devils in 2000.

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

These are the top ten skaters based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, goals take precedence.[12]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/–
Daniel Briere Philadelphia Flyers 23 12 18 30 +9
Jonathan Toews Chicago Blackhawks 22 7 22 29 -1
Patrick Kane Chicago Blackhawks 22 10 18 28 -2
Mike Richards Philadelphia Flyers 23 7 16 23 -1
Patrick Sharp Chicago Blackhawks 22 11 11 22 +10
Claude Giroux Philadelphia Flyers 23 10 11 21 +7
Ville Leino Philadelphia Flyers 19 7 14 21 +10
Michael Cammalleri Montreal Canadiens 19 13 6 19 -6
Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins 13 6 13 19 +6
Johan Franzen Detroit Red Wings 12 6 12 18 +8

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

Goaltending[]

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.[13][14]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Michael Leighton Philadelphia Flyers 13 8 3 371 31 2.46 .916 3 757:13
Brian Boucher Philadelphia Flyers 12 6 6 298 27 2.47 .909 1 655:37
Jaroslav Halak Montreal Canadiens 18 9 9 562 43 2.55 .923 0 1,013:24
Evgeni Nabokov San Jose Sharks 15 8 7 407 38 2.56 .907 1 889:51
Tuukka Rask Boston Bruins 13 7 6 409 36 2.61 .912 0 829:03
Antti Niemi Chicago Blackhawks 22 16 6 645 58 2.63 .910 2 1,321:51
Jimmy Howard Detroit Red Wings 12 5 7 387 33 2.75 .915 1 720:26

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

References[]

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