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The 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs of the National Hockey League began on April 15, 2009, after the 2008-09 regular season. The sixteen teams that qualify, eight from each conference (the winner of each of the three divisions plus the 5 teams with highest point totals from the teams remaining), play best-of-7 series for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, and then the conference champions will play a best-of-7 series for the Stanley Cup.

Playoff seeds

After the 2008–09 NHL regular season, the standard of 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The San Jose Sharks were the Western Conference regular season champions and were also the Presidents' Trophy winners with the best record at 117 points. The Boston Bruins earned the Eastern Conference regular season crown with 116 points. Division champions maintain their relative ranking during the entire playoffs while the remaining teams get reseeded below them after each round.

Eastern Conference

The Stanley Cup
  1. Boston Bruins – Northeast Division and Eastern Conference regular season champions, 116 points
  2. Washington Capitals – Southeast Division champions, 108 points
  3. New Jersey Devils – Atlantic Division champions, 106 points
  4. Pittsburgh Penguins – 99 points (45 wins)
  5. Philadelphia Flyers – 99 points (44 wins)
  6. Carolina Hurricanes – 97 points
  7. New York Rangers – 95 points
  8. Montreal Canadiens – 93 points*

*Montreal finished with exactly the same record as the Florida Panthers (including number of wins), but garnered more points (the Canadiens with six, the Panthers with three) in the four game season series between them, to earn the 8th spot.

Western Conference

  1. San Jose Sharks – Pacific Division champions and Western Conference regular season champions; President's Trophy winners, 117 points
  2. Detroit Red Wings – Central Division champions, 112 points
  3. Vancouver Canucks – Northwest Division champions, 100 points
  4. Chicago Blackhawks – 104 points
  5. Calgary Flames – 98 points
  6. St. Louis Blues – 92 points (10 points head-to-head)
  7. Columbus Blue Jackets – 92 points (3 points head-to-head)
  8. Anaheim Ducks – 91 points

Playoff bracket

After the first round, all teams are re-seeded. Template:NHLBracket

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 will have home ice for Games 1 and 2, and if necessary, Games 5 and 7, while the lower-seeded team will have home ice for Games 3, 4, and, if necessary, Game 6.

Statistical leaders

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.[1]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh Penguins 6 4 5 9 0 10
Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins 6 4 4 8 +2 8
Ryan Getzlaf Anaheim Ducks 6 2 6 8 +5 15
Michael Ryder Boston Bruins 4 4 3 7 +5 2
Alexander Semin Washington Capitals 6 4 3 7 +4 8
Alexander Ovechkin Washington Capitals 6 3 4 7 +5 2
Kris Versteeg Chicago Blackhawks 6 2 5 7 -1 4
Phil Kessel Boston Bruins 4 4 2 6 +2 4
Johan Franzen Detroit Red Wings 4 2 4 6 +4 0
Patrick Sharp Chicago Blackhawks 5 3 3 6 +2 2
Cam Barker Chicago Blackhawks 5 3 3 6 -1 0
Martin Havlat Chicago Blackhawks 5 3 3 6 -1 2
Jonathan Toews Chicago Blackhawks 5 2 4 6 +4 8
Brent Seabrook Chicago Blackhawks 6 1 5 6 +1 2
Tom Poti Washington Capitals 6 2 4 6 +1 2
Nicklas Backstrom Washington Capitals 6 0 6 6 +3 4

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

All statistics as of: 05:10, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

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 four games played. Players are listed alphabetically and not in any rank on this table.[2][3]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Martin Brodeur New Jersey Devils 6 3 3 208 13 2.13 .938 1 367:08
Jonas Hiller Anaheim Ducks 5 3 2 193 9 1.77 .953 2 304:36
Roberto Luongo Vancouver Canucks 4 4 0 131 5 1.15 .962 1 259:32
Chris Osgood Detroit Red Wings 4 4 0 110 7 1.75 .936 1 239:52
Tim Thomas Boston Bruins 4 4 0 111 6 1.50 .946 0 239:38
Simeon Varlamov Washington Capitals 5 3 2 130 6 1.21 .954 2 298:05
Cam Ward Carolina Hurricanes 6 3 3 207 12 1.96 .942 1 366:35

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)

All statistics as of: 02:32, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Conference Quarterfinals

All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4). Dates and times typeset in italics indicate games that will only be played if neither team has won 4 out of the 7 games by that point.

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

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

The Boston Bruins entered the playoffs after finishing the regular season with the best record in the Eastern Conference with 116 points. On the other hand, the Montreal Canadiens barely qualified for the postseason as the eighth seed with 93 points, winning the tiebreaker over the Florida Panthers based on the season series (6 points to 3).

Boston ended up sweeping Montreal, 4 games to 0, scoring at least four goals in each win. With the score tied 2–2 entering the third period of Game 1, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara scored a power play goal at 11:15 and Phil Kessel the added an empty net score in the closing seconds to clinch the victory.[4] Boston then scored three power play goals en route to a 5–1 victory in Game 2.[5] Game 3 resembled Game 1 in that both teams fought to a 2–2 midway through the game, but like the first contest the Bruins scored the go-ahead winning goal again, this time it was Michael Ryder at 17:21 in the second period.[6] Boston then went on to dominate Game 4, 4–1, to win the series.[7]


April 16 Boston Bruins 4–2 Montreal Canadiens TD Banknorth Garden Recap  
Phil Kessel 1 - 13:11
David Krejci 1 - 14:41 		First period 16:19 - Christopher Higgins 1
No scoring Second period 17:37 - Alexei Kovalev 1
Zdeno Chara 1 - pp - 11:15
Phil Kessel 2 - en - 19:46 		Third period No scoring
Tim Thomas 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Carey Price 35 saves / 38 shots
April 18 Boston Bruins 5–1 Montreal Canadiens TD Banknorth Garden Recap  
Marc Savard 1 - pp - 09:59
Chuck Kobasew 1 - 15:12 		First period No scoring
Shane Hnidy 1 - 05:45
Marc Savard 2 - pp - 08:13
Michael Ryder 1 - pp - 19:57 		Second period 00:46 - Alexei Kovalev 2
No scoring Third period No scoring
Tim Thomas 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Carey Price 21 saves / 26 shots
Jaroslav Halak 5 saves / 5 shots
April 20 Montreal Canadiens 2–4 Boston Bruins Bell Centre Recap  
Christopher Higgins 2 - 11:52 First period 18:35 - Phil Kessel 3
Yannick Weber 1 - 05:16 Second period 03:36 - Shawn Thornton 1
17:21 - Michael Ryder 2
No scoring Third period 19:23 - en - Chuck Kobasew 2
Carey Price 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Tim Thomas 23 saves / 25 shots
April 22 Montreal Canadiens 1–4 Boston Bruins Bell Centre Recap  
Andrei Kostitsyn 1 - 00:39 First period 17:27 - Michael Ryder 3
19:25 - David Krejci 2
No scoring Second period 11:58 - Phil Kessel 4
12:43 - Michael Ryder 4
No scoring Third period No scoring
Carey Price 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Tim Thomas 26 saves / 27 shots
Boston won series 4–0


(2) Washington Capitals vs. (7) New York Rangers

April 15 Washington Capitals 3–4 New York Rangers Verizon Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Tomas Fleischmann 1 - pp - 06:40
Viktor Kozlov 1 - 19:11 		Second period 07:49 - Scott Gomez 1
16:49 - pp - Nik Antropov 1
18:28 - pp - Markus Naslund 1
Alexander Semin 1 - pp - 01:42 Third period 11:43 - Brandon Dubinsky 1
Jose Theodore 17 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Henrik Lundqvist 32 saves / 35 shots
April 18 Washington Capitals 0–1 New York Rangers Verizon Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 07:44 - Ryan Callahan 1
No Scoring Second period No Scoring
No Scoring Third period No Scoring
Simeon Varlamov 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Henrik Lundqvist 35 saves / 35 shots
April 20 New York Rangers 0–4 Washington Capitals Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 06:57 - Alexander Semin 2
11:36 - Alexander Semin 3
No scoring Second period 11:29 - pp - Brooks Laich 1
No scoring Third period 18:35 - pp - Tom Poti 1
Henrik Lundqvist 36 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Simeon Varlamov 33 saves / 33 shots
April 22 New York Rangers 2–1 Washington Capitals Madison Square Garden Recap  
Paul Mara 1 - 13:55 First period No Scoring
Chris Drury 1 - 02:23 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:13 - Alexander Ovechkin 1
Henrik Lundqvist 38 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Simeon Varlamov 19 saves / 21 shots
April 24 Washington Capitals 4–0 New York Rangers Verizon Center Recap  
Matt Bradley 1 - sh - 04:58
Matt Bradley 2 - 12:07 		First period No scoring
Alexander Semin 4 - 04:57
Alexander Ovechkin 2 - 19:31 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Simeon Varlamov 20 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Henrik Lundqvist 10 saves / 14 shots
Stephen Valiquette 7 saves / 7 shots
April 26 New York Rangers 3–5 Washington Capitals Madison Square Garden Recap  
Scott Gomez 2 - pp - 08:15 First period 07:09 - Milan Jurcina 1
13:58 - pp - Mike Green 1
17:14 - Tom Poti 2
No scoring Second period 09:21 - Viktor Kozlov 2
16:44 - pp - Alexander Ovechkin 3
Ryan Callahan 2 - pp - 04:21
Marc Staal 1 - 19:54 		Third period No scoring
Henrik Lundqvist 15 saves / 20 shots
Stephen Valiquette 2 saves / 2 shots 		Goalie stats Simeon Varlamov 29 saves / 32 shots
April 28 Washington Capitals 7:00 PM New York Rangers Verizon Center RDS, TSN, Versus
Series tied 3–3


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

April 15 New Jersey Devils 4–1 Carolina Hurricanes Prudential Center Recap  
Mike Mottau 1 - 16:03 First period No scoring
Zach Parise 1 - 00:59
Patrik Elias 1 - 11:33 		Second period No scoring
Jamie Langenbrunner 1 - 09:51 Third period 09:22 - Ray Whitney 1
Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Cam Ward 35 saves / 39 shots
April 17 New Jersey Devils 1–2 OT Carolina Hurricanes Prudential Center Recap  
Zach Parise 2 - 10:44 First period 19:35 - Eric Staal 1
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 02:40 - Tim Gleason 1
Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Cam Ward 33 saves / 34 shots
April 19 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 OT New Jersey Devils RBC Center Recap  
Ryan Bayda 1 - 06:35 First period 06:04 - Zach Parise 3
19:51 - Brian Gionta 1
Chad Larose 1 - 15:30 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 04:58 - Travis Zajac 1
Cam Ward 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 28 saves / 30 shots
April 21 Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 New Jersey Devils RBC Center Recap  
Eric Staal 2 - 07:44
Ryan Bayda 2 - 08:47 		First period No Scoring
Chad LaRose 2 - 06:30 Second period 19:32 - Brian Gionta 2
Jussi Jokinen 1 - 19:59 Third period 04:21 - Brendan Shanahan 1
08:46 - David Clarkson 1
Cam Ward 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 42 saves / 46 shots
April 23 New Jersey Devils 1–0 Carolina Hurricanes Prudential Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
David Clarkson 2 - pp - 11:22 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Martin Brodeur 44 saves / 44 shots Goalie stats Cam Ward 41 saves / 42 shots
April 26 Carolina Hurricanes 4–0 New Jersey Devils RBC Center Recap  
Ray Whitney 2 - 10:32 First period No Scoring
Eric Staal 3 - 04:44
Eric Staal 4 - 07:30 		Second period No scoring
Jussi Jokinen 2 - pp - 09:12 Third period No scoring
Cam Ward 28 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 33 saves / 37 shots
April 28 New Jersey Devils 7:30 PM Carolina Hurricanes Prudential Center TSN2
Series tied 3–3


(4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers both qualified for the playoffs as the fourth and fifth seeds in the Eastern Conference, respectively. Both finished the regular season with 99 points, but the Penguins won the tiebreaker based on total wins (45 to 44).

Pittsburgh won the series over Philadelphia, four games to two. Sidney Crosby scored a power play goal early in the first period of Game 1, sparking the Penguins to a 4–1 win.[8] Then in Game 2, Bill Guerin scored two goals including the game-winner during a power play at 18:29 in overtime to give Pittsburgh a 3–2 victory.[9] The Flyers bounced back in Game 3 with a 6–3 victory. But goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 45 shots and helped kill off nine Philadelphia power plays to give Pittsburgh a 3–1 win in Game 4.[10] Not to be outdone, goaltender Martin Biron stopped all 28 Penguins to give the Flyers a 3–0 shotout victory in Game 5.[11] Then in Game 6, Philadelphia jumped to a 3–0 lead in the second period and appeared to be on their way to force a Game 7, but Pittsburgh erupted to score five unanswered goals, including two by Crosby, to win the game and the series.[12]


April 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers Mellon Arena Recap  
Sidney Crosby 1 - pp - 04:41 First period No scoring
Tyler Kennedy 1 - 01:39 Second period No scoring
Evgeni Malkin 1 - 06:28
Mark Eaton 1 - 10:27 		Third period 15:25 - pp - Simon Gagne 1
Marc-Andre Fleury 26 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Martin Biron 29 saves / 33 shots
April 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers Mellon Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 13:26 - pp - Scott Hartnell 1
Bill Guerin 1 - 16:38 Second period No scoring
Evgeni Malkin 2 - pp - 16:23 Third period 02:09 - Darroll Powe 1
Bill Guerin 2 - pp - 18:29 First overtime period No scoring
Marc-Andre Fleury 38 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Martin Biron 46 saves / 49 shots
April 19 Philadelphia Flyers 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Wachovia Center Recap  
Jeff Carter 1 - 02:59
Mike Richards 1 - pp - 05:14 		First period 19:48 - Evgeni Malkin 3
Claude Giroux 1 - 04:32
Simon Gagne 2 - sh - 08:58 		Second period 00:13 - Rob Scuderi 1
Jared Ross 1 - 03:42
Simon Gagne 3 - en - 18:24 		Third period 08:30 - pp - Evgeni Malkin 4
Martin Biron 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 24 saves / 29 shots
April 21 Philadelphia Flyers 1–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Wachovia Center Recap  
No scoring First period No Scoring
No scoring Second period 03:19 - Sidney Crosby 2
07:41 - Tyler Kennedy 2
Daniel Carcillo 1 - 11:44 Third period 19:08 - en - Max Talbot 1
Martin Biron 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 45 saves / 46 shots
April 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–3 Philadelphia Flyers Mellon Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 06:23 - Arron Asham 1
No scoring Third period 03:25 - Claude Giroux 2
13:13 - Mike Knuble 1
Marc-Andre Fleury 23 saves/ 26 shots Goalie stats Martin Biron 28 saves/ 28 shots
April 25 Philadelphia Flyers 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Wachovia Center Recap  
Mike Knuble 2 - 17:48
Joffrey Lupul 1 - 18:39 		First period No Scoring
Daniel Briere 1 - pp - 04:06 Second period 04:35 - Ruslan Fedotenko 1
06:32 - Mark Eaton 2
16:59 - Sidney Crosby 3
No scoring Third period 02:19 - Sergei Gonchar 1
19:32 - en - Sidney Crosby 4
Martin Biron 30 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 22 saves / 25 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–2


Western Conference Quarterfinals

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Anaheim Ducks

The San Jose Sharks entered the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winner, earning the NHL's best regular season record with 117 points. On the other hand, the Anaheim Ducks earned 91 points to clinch the eighth playoff seed in the Western Conference.

The Ducks defeated the Sharks, 4 games to 2, to become just the fourth team (after the 1991 Minnesota North Stars over the Chicago Blackhawks, the 2000 Sharks over the St. Louis Blues, and the 2006 Edmonton Oilers over the Detroit Red Wings) to eliminate a Presidents' Trophy winner in the first round of the playoffs. Anaheim goaltender Jonas Hiller earned two shutout victories in Games 1 and 4, stopping a total of 66 shots. Hiller also stopped 42 out 44 shots in Game 2, and 36 out of 37 shots in Game 6.


April 16 San Jose Sharks 0–2 Anaheim Ducks HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:18 - pp - Scott Niedermayer 1
17:35 - Ryan Getzlaf 1
Evgeni Nabokov 15 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Jonas Hiller 35 saves / 35 shots
April 19 San Jose Sharks 2–3 Anaheim Ducks HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap  
No Scoring First period 03:45 - pp - Bobby Ryan 1
Ryan Clowe 1 - 05:38 Second period No Scoring
Jonathan Cheechoo 1 - 15:54 Third period 09:44 - Andrew Ebbett 1
13:17 - Drew Miller 1
Evgeni Nabokov 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Jonas Hiller 42 saves / 44 shots
April 21 Anaheim Ducks 3–4 San Jose Sharks Honda Center Recap  
Bobby Ryan 2 - pp - 11:12
James Wisniewski 1 - 14:50 		First period 05:34 - Rob Blake 1
13:07 - pp - Dan Boyle 1
Chris Pronger 1 - 11:50 Second period 01:05 - Dan Boyle 2
No scoring Third period 10:33 - pp - Patrick Marleau 1
Jonas Hiller 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 27 saves / 30 shots
April 23 Anaheim Ducks 4–0 San Jose Sharks Honda Center Recap  
No scoring First period No Scoring
Bobby Ryan 3 - 06:33
Bobby Ryan 4 - 10:13 		Second period No scoring
Corey Perry 1 - 14:09
Drew Miller 2 - en - 19:19 		Third period No scoring
Jonas Hiller 31 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Evgeni Nabokov 22 saves / 25 shots
April 25 San Jose Sharks 3–2 OT Anaheim Ducks HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap  
Joe Thornton 1 - pp - 07:25 First period No scoring
Devin Setoguchi 1 - 17:16 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 00:55 - Ryan Carter 1
04:42 - Corey Perry 2
Patrick Marleau 2 - 06:02 First overtime period No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Jonas Hiller 45 saves / 48 shots
April 27 Anaheim Ducks 4–1 San Jose Sharks Honda Center CBC, RDS, Versus
Anaheim won series 4–2


(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) Columbus Blue Jackets

The Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the second overall seed in the Western Conference, having clinched the Central Division title with 112 points. Meanwhile, the Columbus Blue Jackets qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, clinching the seventh seed with 92 points but losing the tiebreaker over the St. Louis Blues with 3 points head-to-head versus 10.

The Red Wings ended up sweeping the Blue Jackets, 4 games to 0. Detroit scored four goals in each of the first three games of the series, while goaltender Chris Osgood only allowed two total goals out of 78 Columbus shots, including a shutout victory in Game 2.

Game 4 proved to be the most competitive contest of the series. Nicklas Lidstrom scored a power play goal early in the first period to give the Red Wings an early lead before Kristian Huselius tied the score about three minutes later on a power play goal of his own. Tomas Holmstrom and Dan Cleary then scored to give Detroit a 3–1 lead before the end of the opening period. Columbus fought to tie the score again at 5:38 of the second period with goals by Rick Nash and R.J. Umberger, but the Red Wings Marian Hossa answered with two consecutive goals to give his team a two goal lead again. The Blue Jackets then rallied to tie the score, 5–5, by the closing minutes of the second period with scores by Kris Russell and Fredrik Modin. The third period remained scoreless until the closing minutes of regulation. With less than two minutes left, the Blue Jackets were called for too many men on the ice, which enabled Johan Franzen to score the series winning power play goal with :46.6 remaining.


April 16 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 Columbus Blue Jackets Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Jiri Hudler 1 - 10:48
Jonathan Ericsson 1 - 14:21
Niklas Kronwall 1 - pp - 15:09 		Second period 11:40 - R. J. Umberger 1
Johan Franzen 1 - 02:54 Third period No scoring
Chris Osgood 20 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Steve Mason 30 saves / 34 shots
April 18 Detroit Red Wings 4–0 Columbus Blue Jackets Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Brian Rafalski 1 - pp - 13:13 First period No scoring
Pavel Datsyuk 1 - pp - 07:18
Henrik Zetterberg 1 - 15:30 		Second period No scoring
Jiri Hudler 2 - pp - 03:38 Third period No scoring
Chris Osgood 25 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Steve Mason 35 saves / 39 shots
April 21 Columbus Blue Jackets 1–4 Detroit Red Wings Nationwide Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 01:07 - Tomas Holmström 1
19:14 - Daniel Cleary 1
No scoring Second period 13:55 - Henrik Zetterberg 2
R. J. Umberger 2 - pp - 16:07 Third period 19:29 - en - Henrik Zetterberg 3
Steve Mason 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 31 saves / 32 shots
April 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 5–6 Detroit Red Wings Nationwide Arena Recap  
Kristian Huselius 1 - pp - 06:12 First period 02:58 - pp - Nicklas Lidstrom 1
07:09 - Tomas Holmstrom 2
10:02 - Daniel Cleary 2
Rick Nash 1 - 01:44
R. J. Umberger 3 - pp - 05:38
Kris Russell 1 - 15:45
Fredrik Modin 1 - 18:04 		Second period 06:59 - Marian Hossa 1
11:26 - pp - Marian Hossa 2
No scoring Third period 19:13 - pp - Johan Franzen 2
Steve Mason 35 saves / 41 shots Goalie stats Chris Osgood 27 saves / 32 shots
Detroit won series 4–0


(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) St. Louis Blues

The Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the third overall seed in the Western Conference, having clinched the Northwest Division title with 100 points. Meanwhile, the St. Louis Blues qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2004, clinching the sixth seed with 92 points and winning the tiebreaker over the Columbus Blue Jackets with 10 points head-to-head versus 3.

Vancouver ended up sweeping St. Louis, 4 games to 0, their first sweep of a best-of-7 series in franchise history, to move on to the second round. The Canucks held off the Blues in Game 1, winning 2–1 by killing off a Blues 5-on-3 power play midway through the first period.[13] Vancouver then shutout St. Louis in Game 2, 3–0, with goaltender Roberto Luongo stopping all 30 Blues shots.[14] The Blues were hoping to gain momentum when the series shifted to St. Louis for Game 3, but Vancouver held on to a 3–2 win off of 3 power play goals, two of which were scored within 2:21 apart in the second period.[15] Alexandre Burrows then scored with 18.9 seconds left in the first overtime period of Game 4 to give the Canucks a 3-2 victory and the four-game sweep.[16]


April 15 Vancouver Canucks 2–1 St. Louis Blues General Motors Place Recap  
Daniel Sedin 1 - 10:03 First period No scoring
Sami Salo 1 - pp - 05:11 Second period 18:16 - pp - Brad Boyes 1
No scoring Third period No scoring
Roberto Luongo 25 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Chris Mason 29 saves / 31 shots
April 17 Vancouver Canucks 3–0 St. Louis Blues General Motors Place Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Mats Sundin 1 - 18:04 Second period No scoring
Alexandre Burrows 1 - 09:46
Henrik Sedin 1 - en - 18:36 		Third period No scoring
Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Chris Mason 24 saves / 26 shots
April 19 St. Louis Blues 2–3 Vancouver Canucks Scottrade Center Recap  
David Backes 1 - 03:11 First period No Scoring
Andy McDonald 1 - 16:13 Second period 07:57 - pp - Mattias Ohlund 1
10:18 - pp - Daniel Sedin 2
No scoring Third period 01:41 - pp - Steve Bernier 1
Chris Mason 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Roberto Luongo 24 saves / 26 shots
April 21 St. Louis Blues 2–3 OT Vancouver Canucks Scottrade Center Recap  
No scoring First period 05:20 - Kyle Wellwood 1
Brad Boyes 2 - 13:30
David Perron 1 - 16:54 		Second period 09:23 - Alexandre Burrows 2
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 19:41 - Alexandre Burrows 3
Chris Mason 33 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Roberto Luongo 47 saves / 49 shots
Vancouver won series 4–0


(4) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (5) Calgary Flames

The Chicago Blackhawks finished the regular season in second place in the Central division with 104 points, and thus entered the playoffs as the fourth overall seed in the Western Conference. Meanwhile, the Calgary Flames got 98 points during the regular season to finish fifth overall in the Western Conference.

Chicago won the series over Calgary, four games to two, with the home team winning the first five games of the series. Martin Havlat scored the game-winning goal 12 seconds into overtime to win Game 1 for the Blackhawks, 3–2.[17] Then in Game 2, Chicago overcame a 2-goal deficit by scoring 3 goals in the second period to win, 3–2.[18] But when the series shifted to Calgary for Game 3, David Moss scored two goals to help the Flames earn a 4–2 victory.[19] And in Game 4, Calgary scored 6 goals, including 2 by Olli Jokinen, to win 6–4.[20] But the Blackhawks responded in Game 5 by exploding to a 5–1 victory, limiting the Flames to 20 shots on goal.[21] And then Chicago defeated Calgary, 4–1, in Game 6 to win the series, with goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin stopping 43 out of 44 shots.[22]


April 16 Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 OT Calgary Flames United Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:38 - David Moss 1
Cam Barker 1 - 13:17 Second period No scoring
Martin Havlat 1 - 14:27 Third period 03:54 - Michael Cammalleri 1
Martin Havlat 2 - 00:12 First overtime period No scoring
Nikolai Khabibulin 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Miikka Kiprusoff 25 saves / 28 shots
April 18 Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 Calgary Flames United Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 07:44 - pp - Jarome Iginla 1
16:15 - Adrian Aucoin 1
Jonathan Toews 1 - pp - 00:46
Patrick Sharp 1 - 13:58
Jonathan Toews 2 - 19:36 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Nikolai Khabibulin 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Miikka Kiprusoff 30 saves / 33 shots
April 20 Calgary Flames 4–2 Chicago Blackhawks Pengrowth Saddledome Recap  
Eric Nystrom 1 - 06:40 First period 02:03 - pp - Patrick Sharp 2
Rene Bourque 1 - 17:07 Second period No scoring
David Moss 2 - 01:18
David Moss 3 - 05:24 		Third period 15:35 - Martin Havlat 3
Miikka Kiprusoff 36 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Nikolai Khabibulin 24 saves / 28 shots
April 22 Calgary Flames 6–4 Chicago Blackhawks Pengrowth Saddledome Recap  
Jarome Iginla 2 - pp - 05:47 First period 04:40 - Patrick Kane 1
Olli Jokinen 1 - 00:50
Adrian Aucoin 1 - 08:10
Olli Jokinen 2 - 09:16 		Second period 12:13 - pp - Kris Versteeg 1
16:44 - Cam Barker 2
19:27 - pp - Samuel Pahlsson 1
Eric Nystrom 2 - 13:04
Jarome Iginla 3 - en - 19:49 		Third period No scoring
Miikka Kiprusoff 28 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Nikolai Khabibulin 21 saves / 26 shots
April 25 Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 Calgary Flames United Center Recap  
Brent Seabrook 1 - pp - 09:19
Patrick Sharp 3 - 10:49
Kris Versteeg 2 - 11:08 		First period No scoring
Andrew Ladd 1 - 06:14
Cam Barker 3 - 14:56 		Second period 02:45 - Dustin Boyd 1
No scoring Third period No scoring
Nikolai Khabibulin 19 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Miikka Kiprusoff 14 saves / 18 shots
Curtis McElhinney 9 saves / 10 shots
April 27 Calgary Flames 1–4 Chicago Blackhawks Pengrowth Saddledome
Chicago won series 4–2


Stanley Cup Final

Main article: 2009 Stanley Cup Finals

In the United States, NBC will broadcast the first two and final three games of the Final, while Versus will broadcast games three and four.[23] In Canada, all games of the Finals will be broadcast in English on the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada and in French on the cable network RDS.

The CBC will have a new broadcast team calling the Final with Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson.

References

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  2. ^ "2008–2009 - Playoffs - Goalie - Summary - Goals against average". National Hockey League. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
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  6. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Bruins @ Canadiens - 04/20/2009". Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  7. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Bruins @ Canadiens - 04/22/2009". Retrieved 23 April 2009.
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  10. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Penguins @ Flyers - 04/21/2009". Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  11. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Flyers @ Penguins - 04/23/2009". Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  12. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Penguins @ Flyers - 04/25/2009". Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  13. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Blues @ Canucks - 04/15/2009". Retrieved 22 April 2009.
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  15. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Canucks @ Blues - 04/19/2009". Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  16. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Canucks @ Blues - 04/21/2009". Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  17. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Flames @ Blackhawks - 04/16/2009". Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  18. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Flames @ Blackhawks - 04/18/2009". Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  19. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Blackhawks @ Flames - 04/20/2009". Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  20. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Blackhawks @ Flames - 04/22/2009". Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  21. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Flames @ Blackhawks - 04/25/2009". Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  22. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Blackhawks @ Flames - 04/27/2009". Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  23. ^ "NBC to air Stanley Cup finals games". ESPN.com. New York City. AP. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.

See also

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