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 team seeded eighth to win a series against the first-seeded team after being down 1–3 in the series.[2]
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
- Washington Capitals – Southeast Division and Eastern Conference regular season champions; President's Trophy winners, 121 points
- New Jersey Devils – Atlantic Division champions, 103 points
- Buffalo Sabres – Northeast Division champions, 100 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins – 101 points
- Ottawa Senators – 94 points
- Boston Bruins – 91 points
- Philadelphia Flyers – 88 points (41 wins)
- Montreal Canadiens – 88 points (39 wins)
Western Conference
- San Jose Sharks – Pacific Division champions and Western Conference regular season champions, 113 points
- Chicago Blackhawks – Central Division champions, 112 points
- Vancouver Canucks – Northwest Division champions, 103 points
- Phoenix Coyotes – 107 points
- Detroit Red Wings – 102 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 101 points
- Nashville Predators – 100 points
- Colorado Avalanche – 95 points
Playoff bracket
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 win in the series is the 5th largest point differential (33 points) for a lower-seeded team beating a higher-seeded team in playoff history.
| 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 - 1:01 | Second period | 6:34 - Patrick Kaleta 1 (Tim Kennedy 2 Adam Mair 1) | ||||||
| (Milan Lucic 1, Miroslav Satan 3) David Krejci 3 - 7:18 (Milan Lucic 2, Dennis Wideman 3) Miroslav Satan 2 - 14:49 |
Third period | 7:40 - 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 Semifinals
Eastern Conference Semifinals
- All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
(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.
| 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 - pp - 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 | 1:16 - 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 | 7:00 PM | Pittsburgh Penguins | Bell Centre | CBC, RDS, Versus |
| May 8 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 7:00 PM | Montreal Canadiens | Mellon Arena | CBC, RDS, Versus |
| May 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 7:00 PM | Pittsburgh Penguins | Bell Centre | CBC, RDS, Versus |
| May 12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | TBD | Montreal Canadiens | Mellon Arena | CBC, RDS, Versus |
| Pittsburgh leads series 2–1 | |
(6) Boston Bruins vs. (7) Philadelphia Flyers
This is the first time the franchises have met in the playoffs since 1978, when the Bruins defeated the Flyers in the Stanley Cup Semi-finals 4–1. Boston and Philadelphia had previously met each other in the playoffs in 1977 and 1976. Philadelphia and Boston also met in the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals, which Philadelphia won 4–2.
| 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 | 7:00 PM | Boston Bruins | Wachovia Center | TSN, Versus |
| May 7 | Philadelphia Flyers | 7:00 PM | Boston Bruins | Wachovia Center | TSN, Versus |
| May 10 | Boston Bruins | 7:00 PM | Philadelphia Flyers | TD Garden | TSN, Versus |
| May 12 | Philadelphia Flyers | TBD | Boston Bruins | Wachovia Center | TSN, Versus |
| May 14 | Boston Bruins | 7:00 PM | Philadelphia Flyers | TD Garden | TSN, Versus |
| Boston leads series 2–0 | |
Western Conference Semifinals
- All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
(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 the last-place Sharks pulling an upset of the first-seeded Red Wings in 1994.
| 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 Franzén 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 Franzén 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 Holmström 3 (Johan Franzén 8, Brian Rafalski 6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:00 - Nicklas Lidström 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 Franzén 9, Nicklas Lidström 4) Tomas Holmström 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 - 1:42 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 6:42 - Joe Thornton 2 13:17 - Logan Couture 3 (Torrey Mitchell 2, Marc-Édouard Vlasic 2) | ||||||
| First overtime period | 7:07 - 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 | 7:30 PM | San Jose Sharks | Joe Louis Arena | TSN, Versus |
| May 8 | San Jose Sharks | 10:30 PM | Detroit Red Wings | HP Pavilion at San Jose | TSN, Versus |
| May 10 | Detroit Red Wings | 7:30 PM | San Jose Sharks | Joe Louis Arena | TSN, Versus |
| May 12 | San Jose Sharks | TBD | Detroit Red Wings | HP Pavilion at San Jose | TSN, Versus |
| San Jose leads series 3–0 | |
(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 | 9:30 PM | Chicago Blackhawks | General Motors Place | CBC, Versus |
| May 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 9:30 PM | Chicago Blackhawks | General Motors Place | CBC, Versus |
| May 9 | Chicago Blackhawks | 8:00 PM | Vancouver Canucks | United Center | CBC, Versus |
| May 11 | Vancouver Canucks | 9:30 PM | Chicago Blackhawks | General Motors Place | CBC, Versus |
| May 13 | Chicago Blackhawks | 8:00 PM | Vancouver Canucks | United Center | CBC, Versus |
| Series tied 1–1 | |
Statistical leaders
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, goals will take precedence.[3]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Crosby | Pittsburgh Penguins | 8 | 5 | 11 | 16 | +6 |
| Joe Pavelski | San Jose Sharks | 9 | 9 | 6 | 15 | +8 |
| Michael Cammalleri | Montreal Canadiens | 9 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -2 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | Detroit Red Wings | 10 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +7 |
| Mikael Samuelsson | Vancouver Canucks | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | +8 |
| Pavel Datsyuk | Detroit Red Wings | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +3 |
| Mike Richards | Philadelphia Flyers | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +3 |
| Daniel Sedin | Vancouver Canucks | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +5 |
| Johan Franzen | Detroit Red Wings | 9 | 2 | 9 | 11 | +4 |
| Alex Ovechkin | Washington Capitals | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +5 |
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 is bolded.[4][5]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgeni Nabokov | San Jose Sharks | 9 | 7 | 2 | 238 | 20 | 2.14 | .916 | 1 | 561:34 |
| Brian Boucher | Philadelphia Flyers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 207 | 16 | 2.21 | .923 | 1 | 434:32 |
| Tuukka Rask | Boston Bruins | 8 | 6 | 2 | 255 | 20 | 2.32 | .922 | 0 | 518:22 |
| Jaroslav Halak | Montreal Canadiens | 9 | 5 | 4 | 314 | 21 | 2.49 | .933 | 0 | 506:56 |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | Pittsburgh Penguins | 9 | 6 | 3 | 243 | 25 | 2.52 | .897 | 1 | 594:31 |
| Roberto Luongo | Vancouver Canucks | 8 | 5 | 3 | 229 | 21 | 2.69 | .908 | 0 | 468:22 |
| Jimmy Howard | Detroit Red Wings | 10 | 4 | 6 | 326 | 30 | 2.99 | .908 | 1 | 602:15 |
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
- ^ "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs Quarterfinals Schedule". National Hockey League. 11 April 2010.
- ^ Associated Press (29 April 2010). "Questions galore for Capitals after quick exit". Washington, D.C.: National Hockey League.
- ^ "2009–2010 - Playoffs - All Skaters - Summary - Total points". NHL.com. Retrieved May, 1 2010.
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- ^ "2009–2010 - Playoffs - Goalie - Summary - Save percentage". NHL.com. Retrieved 15 April 2010.