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{{infobox hockey tournament season
|title=Stanley Cup playoffs
|image=2007StanleyCupPlayoffs.png
|year=2007
|dates=April 11–June 6, 2007
|num_teams=16
|defending_champions=[[2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes season|Carolina Hurricanes]]<br>''{{small|(did not qualify)}}''
|winners=[[2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season|Anaheim Ducks]]
|second=[[2006–07 Ottawa Senators season|Ottawa Senators]]
| stat_leader_title = Scoring leader(s)
| stat_leader_player =[[Daniel Alfredsson]] (Senators)
| stat_leader_value =22 points
| award_title = [[Most valuable player|MVP]]
| award =[[Scott Niedermayer]] (Ducks)
| prev_season =[[2006 Stanley Cup playoffs|2006]]
| next_season =[[2008 Stanley Cup playoffs|2008]]
}}
The '''2007 Stanley Cup playoffs''' of the [[National Hockey League]] began on April 11, 2007. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played [[Playoff format#Best-of-seven playoff|best-of-seven series]] for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the [[Stanley Cup]]. The series ended on June 6 with the [[Anaheim Ducks]] defeating the [[Ottawa Senators]] in five games to win their first ever championship.
For the first time in NHL history, neither of the two teams that played in the [[2006 Stanley Cup Final|previous year's Stanley Cup Final]] (the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] and the [[Edmonton Oilers]]) qualified for the playoffs. For the first time since [[1994 Stanley Cup playoffs|1994]], all four former [[World Hockey Association|WHA]] teams; Carolina (formerly the [[Hartford Whalers]]), Colorado (formerly the [[Quebec Nordiques]]), Edmonton, and Phoenix (formerly the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]]) missed the playoffs in the same year, this would not happen again until [[2013 Stanley Cup playoffs|2013]]. This was Colorado's first season missing the playoffs since 1994, when they were still in Quebec, and thus was their first missed postseason since relocating to Denver. Also for the first time since 1994, the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] missed the playoffs. This was the only time that the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] qualified for the playoffs in their twelve years in Georgia (they became the new [[Winnipeg Jets]] in 2011). This was also the last time all three [[Sports in the New York metropolitan area#Current major league teams|New York metropolitan area teams]] (the Devils, Islanders and Rangers) made the playoffs in the same year until [[2023 Stanley Cup playoffs|2023]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sears |first=Ethan |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Islanders whip Canadiens to clinch playoff spot |url=https://nypost.com/2023/04/12/islanders-whip-canadiens-to-clinch-playoff-spot/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413075303/https://nypost.com/2023/04/12/islanders-whip-canadiens-to-clinch-playoff-spot/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |website=NYPost.com |publisher=NYP Holdings, Inc.}}</ref>
==Playoff seeds==
The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. The top three seeds in each conference were awarded to the division winners; while the five remaining spots were awarded to the highest finishers in their respective conferences.
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
===Eastern Conference===
#[[2006–07 Buffalo Sabres season|Buffalo Sabres]],
#[[2006–07 New Jersey Devils
#[[2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers season|Atlanta Thrashers]],
#[[2006–07 Ottawa Senators season|Ottawa Senators]]
#[[2006–07 Pittsburgh Penguins season|Pittsburgh Penguins]]
#[[2006–07 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]]
#[[2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season|Tampa Bay Lightning]]
#[[2006–07 New York Islanders season|New York Islanders]]
===Western Conference===
#[[2006–07 Detroit Red Wings
#[[2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season|Anaheim Ducks]],
#[[2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season|Vancouver Canucks]],
#[[2006–07 Nashville Predators season|Nashville Predators]]
#[[2006–07 San Jose Sharks season|San Jose Sharks]]
#[[2006–07 Dallas Stars season|Dallas Stars]]
#[[2006–07 Minnesota Wild season|Minnesota Wild]]
#[[2006–07 Calgary Flames season|Calgary Flames]]
==Playoff bracket==
In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with [[home advantage|home ice advantage]] played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top eight teams in each conference made the playoffs, with the three division winners [[Seed (sports)|seeded]] 1–3 based on regular season record, and the five remaining teams seeded 4–8.
The NHL used "re-seeding" instead of a fixed bracket playoff system. During the first three rounds, the highest remaining seed in each conference was matched against the lowest remaining seed, the second-highest remaining seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, and so forth. The higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Final, where home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.
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==Conference quarterfinals==
===Eastern Conference quarterfinals===
====(1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (8) New York Islanders====
The Buffalo Sabres entered the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners (winning the tie-breaker with Detroit in total wins), the Eastern Conference regular season and Northeast Division champions with 113 points. The Islanders qualified as the eighth seed earning 92 points during the regular season. This was the fourth and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with New York winning all three of the previous series. They last met in the [[1980 Stanley Cup playoffs|1980 Stanley Cup Semifinals]] where New York won in six games. Buffalo won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.
The Sabres defeated the Islanders in five games. [[Brian Campbell]] and [[Chris Drury]] each scored twice for the Sabres in game one as they took the opening game 4–1. [[Marc-André Bergeron|Marc-Andre Bergeron]]'s power play goal at 8:37 of the third period gave the Islanders the lead in game two as they evened the series with a 3–2 victory. Sabres forward [[Daniel Brière|Daniel Briere]] scored the game-winning goal with a two-man advantage in the second period of game three giving Buffalo a 3–2 win. Chris Drury scored two goals in a game for the second time in this series as the Sabres won game four by a final score of 4–2. Buffalo held off a late charge by the Islanders in game five as they eliminated New York with a 4–3 win.
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|team1=New York Islanders
|team2=Buffalo Sabres
|stadium2=[[Nassau Coliseum]]
|stadium1=[[HSBC Arena (Buffalo)|HSBC Arena]]
|date1 =April 12
|score1 =1–4
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030111
|1-1-1 =''No scoring''
|1-1-2 =09:30 – [[Brian Campbell]] (1)
|1-2-1 =[[Arron Asham]] (1) – 06:58
|1-2-2 =11:13 – ''pp'' – [[Chris Drury]] (1)
|1-3-1 =''No scoring''
|1-3-2 =01:08 – Chris Drury (2)<br>16:35 – ''pp'' – Brian Campbell (2)
|goalie1-1 =[[Wade Dubielewicz]] 31 saves / 35 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 20 saves / 21 shots
|date2 =April 14
|score2 =3–2
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030112
|2-1-1 =[[Trent Hunter]] (1) – 03:07<br>[[Bruno Gervais]] (1) – 11:03
|2-1-2 =18:58 – [[Toni Lydman]] (1)
|2-2-1 =''No scoring''
|2-2-2 =''No scoring''
|2-3-1 =[[Marc-André Bergeron|Marc-Andre Bergeron]] (1) – ''pp'' – 08:37
|2-3-2 =02:12 – [[Dmitri Kalinin]] (1)
|goalie2-1 =[[Rick DiPietro]] 32 saves / 34 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 29 saves / 32 shots
|date3 =April 16
|score3 =3–2
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030113
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =''No scoring''
|3-2-1 =09:52 – [[Trent Hunter]] (2)<br>19:52 – [[Ryan Smyth]] (1)
|3-2-2 =[[Adam Mair]] (1) – 05:17<br>[[Thomas Vanek]] (1) – 08:38<br>[[Daniel Brière|Daniel Briere]] (1) – ''pp'' – 12:56
|3-3-1 =''No scoring''
|3-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie3-1 =[[Rick DiPietro]] 32 saves / 35 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 20 saves / 22 shots
|date4 =April 18
|score4 =4–2
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030114
|4-1-1 =06:24 – [[Jason Blake (ice hockey)|Jason Blake]] (1)<br>19:44 – ''pp'' – [[Mike Sillinger]] (1)
|4-1-2 =[[Thomas Vanek]] (2) – 11:17<br>[[Chris Drury]] (3) – 13:05
|4-2-1 =''No scoring''
|4-2-2 =Chris Drury (4) – ''pp'' – 00:39
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =[[Jason Pominville]] (1) – 18:48
|goalie4-1 =[[Rick DiPietro]] 27 saves / 31 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 24 saves / 26 shots
|date5 =April 20
|score5 =3–4
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030115
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =15:04 – [[Drew Stafford]] (1)
|5-2-1 =''No scoring''
|5-2-2 =00:39 – [[Jason Pominville]] (2)<br>11:29 – [[Derek Roy]] (1)
|5-3-1 =[[Miroslav Šatan|Miroslav Satan]] (1) – 04:22<br>[[Trent Hunter]] (3) – 09:43<br>[[Chris Campoli]] (1) – 13:07
|5-3-2 =06:38 – [[Maxim Afinogenov]] (1)
|goalie5-1 =[[Rick DiPietro]] 23 saves / 27 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 30 saves / 33 shots
|series = Buffalo won series 4–1
}}
====(2) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Tampa Bay Lightning====
The New Jersey Devils entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division champions, earning the second seed in the Eastern Conference with 107 points. Tampa Bay qualified as the seventh seed, earning 93 points during the regular season. This was the second meeting between these two teams, with New Jersey winning the only previous series in the [[2003 Stanley Cup playoffs|2003 Eastern Conference semifinals]] in five games. Tampa Bay won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.
The Devils defeated the Lightning in six games. New Jersey forward [[Zach Parise]] scored twice as New Jersey took game one 5–3. [[Johan Holmqvist]] made 34 saves for the Lightning and [[Vincent Lecavalier]] scored the game-winning goal early in the third period of game two as Tampa Bay evened the series with a 3–2 victory. The teams traded goals early in the third period of game three before [[Václav Prospal|Vaclav Prospal]] broke the tie with 6:29 remaining in regulation time as the Lightning won again by a score of 3–2. Devils centre [[Scott Gomez]] scored the overtime winner at 12:54 in game four to tie the series. New Jersey goaltender [[Martin Brodeur]] made 31 saves in his 22nd career playoff shutout as the Devils won game five 3–0. Devils forward [[Brian Gionta]] scored the series-winning goal in game six as New Jersey took the series four games to two with a 3–2 win.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Tampa Bay Lightning
|team2=New Jersey Devils
|stadium2=[[St. Pete Times Forum]]
|stadium1=[[Continental Airlines Arena]]
|date1 =April 12
|score1 =3–5
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030121
|1-1-1 =[[Martin St. Louis]] (1) – ''pp'' – 15:55
|1-1-2 =07:43 – [[Zach Parise]] (1)<br>12:31 – ''pp'' – [[Patrik Eliáš|Patrik Elias]] (1)
|1-2-1 =[[Vincent Lecavalier]] (1) – 11:46
|1-2-2 =03:36 – ''pp'' – [[Brian Rafalski]] (1)
|1-3-1 =Vincent Lecavalier (2) – 02:51
|1-3-2 =03:54 – Zach Parise (2)<br>18:38 – [[Brian Gionta]] (1)
|goalie1-1 =[[Johan Holmqvist]] 19 saves / 24 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 23 saves / 26 shots
|date2 =April 14
|score2 =3–2
|won2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030122
|2-1-1 =[[Filip Kuba]] (1) – ''sh'' – 09:02
|2-1-2 =18:11 – ''pp'' – [[Zach Parise]] (3)
|2-2-1 =[[Martin St. Louis]] (2) – 19:11
|2-2-2 =16:19 – ''pp'' – [[Jamie Langenbrunner]] (1)
|2-3-1 =[[Vincent Lecavalier]] (3) – 01:42
|2-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie2-1 =[[Johan Holmqvist]] 34 saves / 36 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 17 saves / 20 shots
|date3 =April 16
|score3 =2–3
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030123
|3-1-1 =09:06 – ''pp'' – [[Vincent Lecavalier]] (4)
|3-1-2 =''No scoring''
|3-2-1 =''No scoring''
|3-2-2 =[[John Madden (ice hockey)|John Madden]] (1) – 17:27
|3-3-1 =01:09 – [[Brad Richards]] (1)<br>13:31 – [[Václav Prospal|Vaclav Prospal]] (1)
|3-3-2 =[[Zach Parise]] (4) – 04:46
|goalie3-1 =[[Johan Holmqvist]] 30 saves / 32 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 21 saves / 24 shots
|date4 =April 18
|score4 =4–3
|ot4 =1
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030124
|4-1-1 =12:08 – [[Éric Perrin|Eric Perrin]] (1)
|4-1-2 =[[Brian Gionta]] (2) – 06:04<br>[[Zach Parise]] (5) – 14:20
|4-2-1 =11:39 – [[Martin St. Louis]] (3)<br>15:20 – [[Vincent Lecavalier]] (5)
|4-2-2 =Zach Parise (6) – ''pp'' – 09:42
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =''No scoring''
|4-4-1 =''No scoring''
|4-4-2 =[[Scott Gomez]] (1) – 12:54
|goalie4-1 =[[Johan Holmqvist]] 33 saves / 37 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 30 saves / 33 shots
|date5 =April 20
|score5 =0–3
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030125
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =12:46 – [[Andy Greene]] (1)
|5-2-1 =''No scoring''
|5-2-2 =09:59 – [[Brian Gionta]] (3)
|5-3-1 =''No scoring''
|5-3-2 =18:13 – ''en'' – [[Scott Gomez]] (2)
|goalie5-1 =[[Johan Holmqvist]] 11 saves / 13 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 31 saves / 31 shots
|date6 =April 22
|score6 =3–2
|won6
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030126
|6-1-1 =''No scoring''
|6-1-2 =[[Brian Gionta]] (4) – ''pp'' – 14:29
|6-2-1 =05:10 – ''pp'' – [[Brad Richards]] (2)<br>10:46 – ''pp'' – Brad Richards (3)
|6-2-2 =[[Brian Rafalski]] (2) – ''pp'' – 01:21<br>Brian Gionta (5) – 05:49
|6-3-1 =''No scoring''
|6-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie6-1 =[[Johan Holmqvist]] 23 saves / 26 shots
|goalie6-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 32 saves / 34 shots
|series = New Jersey won series 4–2
}}
====(3) Atlanta Thrashers vs. (6) New York Rangers====
The Atlanta Thrashers entered the playoffs as the Southeast Division champions, earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference with 97 points. The Rangers qualified as the sixth seed earning 94 points during the regular season. This was the first and to this date only playoff meeting between these two teams. This series also marked the first appearance of a team representing Atlanta in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 27 years. The most recent team to represent Atlanta prior to this was the [[Atlanta Flames]] who lost in the [[1980 Stanley Cup playoffs|Preliminary Round]] in 1980. The Thrashers made their first playoff appearance since entering the league in the [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000 season]]; this was the only playoff appearance that Atlanta made before the franchise relocated to Winnipeg in 2011. Atlanta won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.
The Rangers swept Atlanta in four games. New York entered the third period of game one with a two-goal lead and hung on to win by a score of 4–3. Ranger forward [[Brendan Shanahan]] scored the game-winner with four minutes remaining in game two as New York earned a 2–1 victory. The Rangers dominated Atlanta in game three winning 7–0, [[Michael Nylander]] scored a hat trick in the victory. [[Matt Cullen]] scored the series-clinching goal in game four and [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]] added an empty-net goal in the dying minutes as New York completed the sweep of the Thrashers with a 4–2 win.
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|team1=New York Rangers
|team2=Atlanta Thrashers
|date1 =April 12
|score1 =4–3
|won1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030131
|1-1-1 =[[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]] (1) – 12:50<br>[[Michal Rozsíval|Michal Rozsival]] (1) – ''pp'' – 16:47
|1-1-2 =19:01 – ''pp'' – [[Éric Bélanger|Eric Belanger]] (1)
|1-2-1
|1-2-2 =12:19 – [[Shane Hnidy]] (1)
|1-3-1 =''No scoring''
|1-3-2 =05:50 – [[Pascal Dupuis]] (1)
|goalie1-1 =[[Henrik Lundqvist]] 21 saves / 24 shots
|goalie1-2
|date2 =April 14
|score2 =2–1
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030132
|2-1-1 =[[Sean Avery]] (1) – 08:08
|2-1-2 =''No scoring''
|2-2-1 =''No scoring''
|2-2-2 =''No scoring''
|2-3-1 =[[Brendan Shanahan]] (1) – 15:59
|2-3-2 =05:35 – [[Ilya Kovalchuk]] (1)
|goalie2-1 =[[Henrik Lundqvist]] 27 saves / 28 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Johan Hedberg]] 37 saves / 39 shots
|date3 =April 17
|score3 =0–7
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030133
|3-1-1 =00:32 – [[Michael Nylander]] (2)<br>09:45 – Michael Nylander (3)<br>12:26 – [[Marek Malík|Marek Malik]] (1)
|3-1-2 =''No scoring''
|3-2-1 =06:27 – [[Ryan Callahan]] (1)<br>17:21 – ''pp'' – Ryan Callahan (2)
|3-2-2 =''No scoring''
|3-3-1 =08:58 – ''pp'' – [[Brendan Shanahan]] (2)<br>15:54 – ''pp'' – Michael Nylander (4)
|3-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie3-1 =[[Henrik Lundqvist]] 21 saves / 21 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Kari Lehtonen]] 28 saves / 35 shots
|date4 =April 18
|score4 =2–4
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030134
|4-1-1 =07:57 – ''pp'' – [[Michal Rozsíval|Michal Rozsival]] (2)
|4-1-2 =[[Keith Tkachuk]] (1) – 06:38
|4-2-1 =18:18 – [[Brendan Shanahan]] (3)
|4-2-2 =[[Greg De Vries]] (1) – 12:26
|4-3-1 =02:06 – [[Matt Cullen]] (1)<br>18:27 – ''en'' – [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]] (2)
|4-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie4-1 =[[Henrik Lundqvist]] 24 saves / 26 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Johan Hedberg]] 27 saves / 30 shots
|series = New York won series 4–0
}}
====(4) Ottawa Senators vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins====
Both the Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins entered the playoffs tied with 105 points, but the Senators were awarded the fourth seed by winning the total wins tiebreaker (48–47). This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The Penguins qualified for the playoffs for the first time since [[2001 Stanley Cup playoffs|2001]]. Pittsburgh won this year's four-game regular season series earning six of eight points.
The Senators defeated the Penguins in five games. Penguins goaltender [[Marc-André Fleury|Marc-Andre Fleury]] was pulled in game one after allowing six goals to the Senators in a 6–3 loss. The Penguins scored three times in the third period as they overcame a one-goal deficit to defeat Ottawa 4–3 in game two and tie the series. Senators captain [[Daniel Alfredsson]] scored the game-winner and added an insurance goal in game three as Ottawa regained home-ice advantage with a 4–2 win. Just over nine minutes into the third period of game four [[Anton Volchenkov]] broke the tie for the Senators giving his team a 2–1 victory. After a scoreless opening period in game five, the Senators struck three times in the second period and goaltender [[Ray Emery]] posted a 20-save shutout to eliminate the Penguins with a 3–0 win.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Pittsburgh Penguins
|team2=Ottawa Senators
|stadium2=[[Mellon Arena]]
|stadium1=[[Scotiabank Place]]
|date1 =April 11
|score1 =3–6
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030141
|1-1-1 =''No scoring''
|1-1-2 =01:37 – [[Andrej Meszároš|Andrej Meszaros]] (1)<br>06:38 – [[Chris Kelly (ice hockey)|Chris Kelly]] (1)
|1-2-1 =[[Jordan Staal]] (1) – 16:58
|1-2-2 =14:38 – ''pp'' – [[Tom Preissing]] (1)
|1-3-1 =[[Sergei Gonchar]] (1) – ''pp'' – 12:42<br>[[Sidney Crosby]] (1) – ''pp'' – 19:11
|1-3-2 =00:09 – ''pp'' – [[Dany Heatley]] (1)<br>05:39 – [[Chris Neil]] (1)<br>08:22 – [[Mike Comrie]] (1)
|goalie1-1 =[[Marc-André Fleury|Marc-Andre Fleury]] 30 saves / 36 shots<br>[[Jocelyn Thibault]] 1 save / 1 shot
|goalie1-2 =[[Ray Emery]] 23 saves / 26 shots
|date2 =April 14
|score2 =4–3
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030142
|2-1-1 =[[Ryan Whitney (ice hockey)|Ryan Whitney]] (1) – ''pp'' – 03:01
|2-1-2 =''No scoring''
|2-2-1 =''No scoring''
|2-2-2 =08:28 – [[Jason Spezza]] (1)<br>16:44 – ''pp'' – [[Daniel Alfredsson]] (1)
|2-3-1 =[[Gary Roberts (ice hockey)|Gary Roberts]] (1) – ''pp'' – 02:04<br>[[Jordan Staal]] (2) – 09:34<br>[[Sidney Crosby]] (2) – 11:44
|2-3-2 =06:18 – [[Chris Kelly (ice hockey)|Chris Kelly]] (2)
|goalie2-1 =[[Marc-André Fleury|Marc-Andre Fleury]] 34 saves / 37 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Ray Emery]] 17 saves / 21 shots
|date3 =April 15
|score3 =4–2
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030143
|3-1-1 =00:52 – [[Gary Roberts (ice hockey)|Gary Roberts]] (2)
|3-1-2 =[[Dean McAmmond]] (1) – 18:04
|3-2-1 =''No scoring''
|3-2-2 =[[Mike Comrie]] (2) – 02:13<br>[[Daniel Alfredsson]] (2) – ''pp'' – 07:20<br>Daniel Alfredsson (3) – 17:12
|3-3-1 =14:40 – [[Sidney Crosby]] (3)
|3-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie3-1 =[[Marc-André Fleury|Marc-Andre Fleury]] 21 saves / 25 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Ray Emery]] 17 saves / 19 shots
|date4 =April 17
|score4 =2–1
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030144
|4-1-1 =''No scoring''
|4-1-2 =[[Jason Spezza]] (2) – ''pp'' – 03:25
|4-2-1 =08:08 – [[Jordan Staal]] (3)
|4-2-2 =''No scoring''
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =[[Anton Volchenkov]] (1) – 09:12
|goalie4-1 =[[Marc-André Fleury|Marc-Andre Fleury]] 24 saves / 26 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Ray Emery]] 23 saves / 24 shots
|date5 =April 19
|score5 =0–3
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030145
|won5 =2
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =''No scoring''
|5-2-1 =''No scoring''
|5-2-2 =01:08 – ''pp'' – [[Dany Heatley]] (2)<br>06:20 – [[Antoine Vermette]] (1)<br>17:55 – [[Chris Kelly (ice hockey)|Chris Kelly]] (3)
|5-3-1 =''No scoring''
|5-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie5-1 =[[Marc-André Fleury|Marc-Andre Fleury]] 23 saves / 26 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Ray Emery]] 20 saves / 20 shots
|series = Ottawa won series 4–1
}}
===Western Conference quarterfinals===
====(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Calgary Flames====
The Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the Western Conference regular season and Central Division champions (losing the tie-breaker with Buffalo in total wins for the Presidents' Trophy) with 113 points. Calgary qualified as the eighth seed earning 96 points during the regular season. This was the third and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the [[2004 Stanley Cup playoffs|2004 Western Conference semifinals]] where Calgary won in six games. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.
The Red Wings eliminated the Flames in six games. In game one the Red Wings dominated the Flames in a 4–1 victory. Flames goaltender [[Miikka Kiprusoff]] made 48 saves in game two as his team lost 3–1 and the Red Wings took a 2–0 series lead. [[Jarome Iginla]] scored the game-winning goal in game three as the Flames won by a score of 3–2. Calgary centre [[Daymond Langkow]] scored twice on the power play in game four as the Flames evened the series with a 3–2 win. After allowing five goals against in game five Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff was pulled in favour of backup [[Jamie McLennan]]. Kiprusoff was forced back into the game just 18 seconds later as Jamie McLennan was assessed a match penalty and game misconduct for slashing Red Wings forward [[Johan Franzén|Johan Franzen]] in the stomach. McLennan was later suspended for five games; the Flames organization and Head Coach [[Jim Playfair]] were also fined after a 5–1 loss. Johan Franzen scored the series-winner in double overtime in game six as the Red Wings eliminated the Flames with a 2–1 victory.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Calgary Flames
|team2=Detroit Red Wings
|stadium2=[[Pengrowth Saddledome]]
|date1 =April 12
|score1 =1–4
|won1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030151
|1-1-1 =''No scoring''
|1-1-2 =04:51 – [[Valtteri Filppula]] (1)<br>08:36 – ''pp'' – [[Nicklas Lidström|Nicklas Lidstrom]] (1)
|1-2-1 =''No scoring''
|1-2-2 =06:56 – [[Pavel Datsyuk]] (1)<br>09:57 – [[Mathieu Schneider]] (1)
|1-3-1 =[[Alex Tanguay]] (1) – ''pp'' – 14:55
|1-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie1-1 =[[Miikka Kiprusoff]] 42 saves / 46 shots
|goalie1-2
|date2 =April 15
|score2 =1–3
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030152
|2-1-1 =''No scoring''
|2-1-2 =01:02 – [[Pavel Datsyuk]] (2)<br>03:50 – ''pp'' – [[Nicklas Lidström|Nicklas Lidstrom]] (2)
|2-2-1 =[[Dion Phaneuf]] (1) – ''pp'' – 02:42
|2-2-2 =''No scoring''
|2-3-1 =''No scoring''
|2-3-2 =06:05 – [[Valtteri Filppula]] (2)
|goalie2-1 =[[Miikka Kiprusoff]] 48 saves / 51 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 14 saves / 15 shots
|date3 =April 17
|score3 =2–3
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030153
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =''No scoring''
|3-2-1 =09:20 – ''pp'' – [[Matthew Lombardi]] (1)
|3-2-2 =[[Kris Draper]] (1) – 11:30
|3-3-1 =04:43 – ''pp'' – [[Mark Giordano]] (1)<br>09:21 – [[Jarome Iginla]] (1)
|3-3-2 =Kris Draper (2) – 00:39
|goalie3-1 =[[Miikka Kiprusoff]] 28 saves / 30 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 25 saves / 28 shots
|date4 =April 19
|score4 =2–3
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030154
|4-1-1 =08:29 – ''pp'' – [[Daymond Langkow]] (1)<br>13:33 – [[Craig Conroy]] (1)
|4-1-2 =[[Todd Bertuzzi]] (1) – 11:07<br>[[Johan Franzén|Johan Franzen]] (1) – 15:37
|4-2-1 =08:19 – ''pp'' – Daymond Langkow (2)
|4-2-2 =''No scoring''
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie4-1 =[[Miikka Kiprusoff]] 33 saves / 35 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 18 saves / 21 shots
|date5 =April 21
|score5 =1–5
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030155
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =''No scoring''
|5-2-1 =''No scoring''
|5-2-2 =03:32 – ''sh-ps'' – [[Daniel Cleary]] (1)<br>08:50 – ''pp'' – [[Henrik Zetterberg]] (1)<br>10:54 – ''sh'' – [[Chris Chelios]] (1)
|5-3-1 =[[Andrei Zyuzin]] (1) – ''sh'' – 10:03
|5-3-2 =05:12 – ''pp'' – Henrik Zetterberg (2)<br>15:42 – ''pp'' – [[Pavel Datsyuk]] (3)
|goalie5-1 =[[Miikka Kiprusoff]] 33 saves / 38 shots<br>[[Jamie McLennan]] 0 saves / 0 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 23 saves / 24 shots
|date6 =April 22
|score6 =2–1
|ot6 =2
|won6 =2
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030156
|6-1-1 =''No scoring''
|6-1-2 =''No scoring''
|6-2-1 =03:09 – [[Jarome Iginla]] (2)
|6-2-2 =[[Robert Lang (ice hockey)|Robert Lang]] (1) – 16:53
|6-3-1 =''No scoring''
|6-3-2 =''No scoring''
|6-4-1 =''No scoring''
|6-4-2 =[[Johan Franzén|Johan Franzen]] (2) – 04:23
|goalie6-1 =[[Miikka Kiprusoff]] 53 saves / 55 shots
|goalie6-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 20 saves / 21 shots
|series = Detroit won series 4–2
}}
====(2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (7) Minnesota Wild====
The Anaheim Ducks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division champions, earning the second seed in the Western Conference with 110 points. Minnesota qualified as the seventh seed earning 104 points during the regular season. This was the second and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with Anaheim winning the only previous series. They last met in the [[2003 Stanley Cup playoffs|2003 Western Conference Final]] where Anaheim won in four games. Anaheim won this year's four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.
The Ducks eliminated the Wild in five games. Ducks forward [[Dustin Penner]] scored the game-winner late in the third period as Anaheim took game one 2–1. In game two [[François Beauchemin|Francois Beauchemin]] scored twice on the power-play for the Ducks as they took a 2–0 series lead with a 3–2 win. The Ducks earned a tight win in game three with a 2–1 victory. The Wild avoided elimination with a three-goal third period in game four, earning a 4–1 win. [[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] started game five for the Ducks and [[Ryan Getzlaf]] scored the series-winning goal late in the second period as Anaheim ended the series with a 4–1 victory.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Minnesota Wild
|team2=Anaheim Ducks
|date1 =April 11
|score1 =1–2
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030161
|1-1-1 =''No scoring''
|1-1-2 =''No scoring''
|1-2-1
|1-2-2 =09:52 – [[Teemu Selänne|Teemu Selanne]] (1)
|1-3-1 =''No scoring''
|1-3-2 =14:40 – [[Dustin Penner]] (1)
|goalie1-1 =[[Niklas Bäckström|Niklas Backstrom]] 32 saves / 34 shots
|goalie1-2
|date2 =April 13
|score2 =2–3
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030162
|2-1-1 =''No scoring''
|2-1-2 =13:19 – ''pp'' – [[François Beauchemin|Francois Beauchemin]] (1)
|2-2-1 =[[Marián Gáborík|Marian Gaborik]] (1) – 03:33
|2-2-2 =16:17 – ''pp'' – Francois Beauchemin (2)<br>18:43 – ''sh'' – [[Ryan Getzlaf]] (1)
|2-3-1 =[[Mikko Koivu]] (1) – 15:04
|2-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie2-1 =[[Niklas Bäckström|Niklas Backstrom]] 22 saves / 25 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Ilya Bryzgalov]] 30 saves / 32 shots
|date3 =April 15
|score3 =2–1
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030163
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =[[Andy McDonald (ice hockey)|Andy McDonald]] (1) – ''pp'' – 16:05
|3-2-1 =''No scoring''
|3-2-2 =''No scoring''
|3-3-1 =19:21 – ''pp'' – [[Petteri Nummelin]] (1)
|3-3-2 =[[Rob Niedermayer]] (1) – 09:43
|goalie3-1 =[[Niklas Bäckström|Niklas Backstrom]] 17 saves / 19 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Ilya Bryzgalov]] 19 saves / 20 shots
|date4 =April 17
|score4 =1–4
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030164
|4-1-1 =''No scoring''
|4-1-2 =''No scoring''
|4-2-1 =18:03 – [[Pierre-Marc Bouchard]] (1)
|4-2-2 =[[Chris Pronger]] (1) – ''pp'' – 06:08
|4-3-1 =03:23 – ''pp'' – [[Marián Gáborík|Marian Gaborik]] (2)<br>09:27 – [[Brian Rolston]] (1)<br>10:44 – [[Mark Parrish]] (1)
|4-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie4-1 =[[Niklas Bäckström|Niklas Backstrom]] 28 saves / 29 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Ilya Bryzgalov]] 32 saves / 36 shots<br>[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 4 saves / 4 shots
|date5 =April 19
|score5 =1–4
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030165
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =01:02 – [[Chris Pronger]] (2)
|5-2-1 =[[Marián Gáborík|Marian Gaborik]] (3) – ''sh'' – 15:42
|5-2-2 =16:29 – ''pp'' – [[Ryan Getzlaf]] (2)
|5-3-1 =''No scoring''
|5-3-2 =10:29 – [[Corey Perry]] (1)<br>19:03 – ''en'' – [[Travis Moen]] (1)
|goalie5-1 =[[Niklas Bäckström|Niklas Backstrom]] 35 saves / 38 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 26 saves / 27 shots
|series = Anaheim won series 4–1
}}
====(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Dallas Stars====
The Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the Northwest Division champions, earning the third seed in the Western Conference with 105 points. Dallas qualified as the sixth seed earning 107 points (losing the tie-breaker with San Jose in total wins) during the regular season. This was the second and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams with Vancouver winning the only previous series. They last met in the [[1994 Stanley Cup playoffs|1994 Western Conference semifinals]] where Vancouver won in five games. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.
Vancouver hung on to defeat the Stars in seven games. Dallas overcame a two-goal deficit in game one to force overtime, however, they came up short as [[Henrik Sedin]] won the game for Vancouver when he scored at 18:06 of the fourth overtime; this is the eighth-longest playoff game in NHL history. [[Roberto Luongo]] made 72 saves in the 5–4 Canucks victory. The Stars opened game two with a goal just 24 seconds in and the Canucks were not able to recover as Dallas goaltender [[Marty Turco]] posted a 35 save shutout in a 2–0 win. Canucks forward [[Taylor Pyatt]] scored the game-winner at 7:47 of the first overtime for a 2–1 win in game three. The Canucks pulled out another 2–1 victory in game four as [[Mattias Öhlund|Mattias Ohlund]] and [[Trevor Linden]] scored for Vancouver. In game five both Roberto Luongo and Marty Turco pushed aside every shot in regulation and Stars captain [[Brenden Morrow]] scored the only goal of the game 6:22 into the first overtime for a 1–0 Dallas victory. Marty Turco shutout Vancouver in game six for the second consecutive game and the third time overall in the series as the Stars forced a seventh game with a 2–0 win. After allowing the opening goal in game seven the Canucks scored four unanswered goals and took the deciding game of the series 4–1 for their first playoff series victory since [[2003 Stanley Cup playoffs|2003]]. Vancouver was the first team since the Detroit Red Wings in [[1949-50 NHL season|1950]] to win a series despite getting shutout 3 times.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Dallas Stars
|team2=Vancouver Canucks
|stadium2=[[American Airlines Center]]
|stadium1=[[General Motors Place]]
|date1 =April 11
|score1 =4–5
|ot1 =4
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030171
|1-1-1 =[[Brenden Morrow]] (1) – ''pp'' – 05:28
|1-1-2 =04:20 – [[Daniel Sedin]] (1)
|1-2-1 =[[Trevor Daley]] (1) – 10:00
|1-2-2 =06:26 – ''pp'' – [[Mattias Öhlund|Mattias Ohlund]] (1)<br>13:47 – [[Markus Näslund|Markus Naslund]] (1)
|1-3-1 =[[Antti Miettinen]] (1) – 08:31<br>[[Ladislav Nagy]] (1) – 13:46
|1-3-2 =07:36 – [[Bryan Smolinski]] (1)
|1-4-1 =''No scoring''
|1-4-2 =18:06 – [[Henrik Sedin]] (1)
|goalie1-1 =[[Marty Turco]] 51 saves / 56 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 72 saves / 76 shots
|date2 =April 13
|score2 =2–0
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030172
|2-1-1 =[[Jeff Halpern]] (1) – 00:24
|2-1-2 =''No scoring''
|2-2-1 =[[Joel Lundqvist]] (1) – 00:45
|2-2-2 =''No scoring''
|2-3-1 =''No scoring''
|2-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie2-1 =[[Marty Turco]] 35 saves / 35 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 25 saves / 27 shots
|date3 =April 15
|score3 =2–1
|ot3 =1
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030173
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =''No scoring''
|3-2-1 =13:09 – ''pp'' – [[Stu Barnes]] (1)
|3-2-2 =''No scoring''
|3-3-1 =''No scoring''
|3-3-2 =[[Jan Bulis]] (1) – 05:18
|3-4-1 =''No scoring''
|3-4-2 =[[Taylor Pyatt]] (1) – 07:47
|goalie3-1 =[[Marty Turco]] 35 saves / 37 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 29 saves / 30 shots
|date4 =April 17
|score4 =2–1
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030174
|4-1-1 =''No scoring''
|4-1-2 =''No scoring''
|4-2-1 =''No scoring''
|4-2-2 =''No scoring''
|4-3-1 =12:29 – [[Darryl Sydor]] (1)
|4-3-2 =[[Mattias Öhlund|Mattias Ohlund]] (2) – 09:46<br>[[Trevor Linden]] (1) – 14:29
|goalie4-1 =[[Marty Turco]] 27 saves / 29 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 26 saves / 27 shots
|date5 =April 19
|score5 =1–0
|ot5 =1
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030175
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =''No scoring''
|5-2-1 =''No scoring''
|5-2-2 =''No scoring''
|5-3-1 =''No scoring''
|5-3-2 =''No scoring''
|5-4-1 =[[Brenden Morrow]] (2) – ''pp'' – 06:22
|5-4-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie5-1 =[[Marty Turco]] 21 saves / 21 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 29 saves / 30 shots
|date6 =April 21
|score6 =0–2
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030176
|6-1-1 =03:05 – ''pp'' – [[Mike Modano]] (1)
|6-1-2 =''No scoring''
|6-2-1 =''No scoring''
|6-2-2 =''No scoring''
|6-3-1 =07:22 – [[Jeff Halpern]] (2)
|6-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie6-1 =[[Marty Turco]] 21 saves / 21 shots
|goalie6-2 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 28 saves / 30 shots
|date7 =April 23
|score7 =1–4
|won7 =2
|recap7 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030177
|7-1-1 =[[Joel Lundqvist]] (2) – 16:32
|7-1-2 =''No scoring''
|7-2-1 =''No scoring''
|7-2-2 =15:12 – ''pp'' – [[Henrik Sedin]] (2)
|7-3-1 =''No scoring''
|7-3-2 =07:00 – ''pp'' – [[Trevor Linden]] (2)<br>18:57 – ''en'' – [[Taylor Pyatt]] (2)<br>19:13 – ''en'' – [[Bryan Smolinski]] (1)
|goalie7-1 =[[Marty Turco]] 28 saves / 30 shots
|goalie7-2 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 19 saves / 20 shots
|series = Vancouver won series 4–3
}}
====(4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) San Jose Sharks====
The Nashville Predators entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 110 points. San Jose qualified as the fifth seed earning 107 points (winning the tie-breaker with Dallas in total wins) during the regular season. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams with San Jose winning the only previous series. They last met in the [[2006 Stanley Cup playoffs|previous year's Western Conference quarterfinals]] where San Jose won in five games. Nashville won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.
For the second consecutive year, the Sharks eliminated Nashville in five games. [[Patrick Rissmiller]] scored the overtime winner for San Jose at 8:14 of the second overtime period as the Sharks won a high-scoring game one 5–4. Predator forwards [[Jean-Pierre Dumont]] and [[Peter Forsberg]] scored twice in game two as Nashville evened the series with a 5–2 win. Nashville goaltender [[Tomáš Vokoun|Tomas Vokoun]] made 38 saves in a losing effort in game three as the Sharks won the game 3–1. [[Milan Michálek|Milan Michalek]]'s second goal of the game gave the Sharks an insurmountable lead in game four as San Jose took a 3–2 victory. The teams were tied late into the third period of game five before Sharks captain [[Patrick Marleau]] scored the series-winning goal to eliminate the Predators by a final score of 3–2.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=San Jose Sharks
|team2=Nashville Predators
|stadium2=[[HP Pavilion at San Jose|HP Pavilion]]
|stadium1=[[Gaylord Entertainment Center]]
|date1 =April 11
|score1 =5–4
|ot1 =2
|won1 =1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030181
|1-1-1 =[[Matt Carle]] (1) – 07:18
|1-1-2 =''No scoring''
|1-2-1 =[[Mike Grier]] (1) – 05:31<br>[[Craig Rivet]] (1) – ''pp'' – 12:57<br>[[Milan Michálek|Milan Michalek]] (1) – 15:52
|1-2-2 =02:35 – [[Alexander Radulov]] (1)<br>03:56 – [[Jean-Pierre Dumont]] (1)
|1-3-1 =''No scoring''
|1-3-2 =13:05 – Alexander Radulov (2)<br>19:09 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (2)
|1-4-1 =[[Patrick Rissmiller]] (1) – 08:14
|1-4-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie1-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 39 saves / 43 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Tomáš Vokoun|Tomas Vokoun]] 33 saves / 38 shots
|date2 =April 13
|score2 =2–5
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030182
|2-1-1 =[[Craig Rivet]] (2) – 04:37
|2-1-2 =06:54 – [[Alexander Radulov]] (3)<br>15:56 – [[Peter Forsberg]] (1)
|2-2-1 =''No scoring''
|2-2-2 =10:26 – ''sh'' – [[Jean-Pierre Dumont]] (3)<br>12:56 – ''pp'' – Jean-Pierre Dumont (4)
|2-3-1 =[[Ryan Clowe]] (1) – 09:52
|2-3-2 =18:55 – ''en'' – Peter Forsberg (2)
|goalie2-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 17 saves / 21 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Tomáš Vokoun|Tomas Vokoun]] 22 saves / 24 shots
|date3 =April 16
|score3 =1–3
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030183
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =[[Ryan Suter]] (1) – 11:53
|3-2-1 =08:38 – [[Milan Michálek|Milan Michalek]] (2)<br>12:18 – [[Ryan Clowe]] (2)
|3-2-2 =''No scoring''
|3-3-1 =15:34 – [[Patrick Marleau]] (1)
|3-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie3-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 19 saves / 20 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Tomáš Vokoun|Tomas Vokoun]] 38 saves / 41 shots
|date4 =April 18
|score4 =2–3
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030184
|4-1-1 =03:29 – [[Milan Michálek|Milan Michalek]] (3)
|4-1-2 =''No scoring''
|4-2-1 =01:06 – [[Joe Pavelski]] (1)<br>12:53 – Milan Michalek (4)
|4-2-2 =[[Jason Arnott]] (1) – 02:32
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =[[Scott Hartnell]] (1) – ''pp'' – 17:08
|goalie4-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 23 saves / 25 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Tomáš Vokoun|Tomas Vokoun]] 20 saves / 23 shots
|date5 =April 20
|score5 =3–2
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2006030185
|5-1-1 =[[Ryan Clowe]] (3) – 08:21
|5-1-2 =''No scoring''
|5-2-1 =[[Patrick Marleau]] (2) – ''pp'' – 17:46
|5-2-2 =03:47 – ''pp'' – [[Jason Arnott]] (2)<br>04:26 – [[Vernon Fiddler]] (1)
|5-3-1 =Patrick Marleau (3) – 15:39
|5-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie5-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 22 saves / 24 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Tomáš Vokoun|Tomas Vokoun]] 34 saves / 37 shots
|series = San Jose won series 4–1
}}
==Conference semifinals==
===Eastern Conference semifinals===
====(1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) New York Rangers====
This was the second and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams with Buffalo winning the only previous series. They last met in the [[1978 Stanley Cup playoffs|1978 Preliminary Round]] where Buffalo won in three games. Buffalo won all four games during this year's regular season series.
Buffalo eliminated the Rangers in six games. Sabres forward [[Thomas Vanek]] scored twice including the game-winner as Buffalo took game one 5–2. [[Chris Drury]] and Thomas Vanek each scored their fifth goal of the playoffs for the Sabres in the third period of game two as Buffalo overcame a goal deficit, winning by a score of 3–2. In game three [[Michal Rozsíval|Michal Rozsival]] gave the Rangers a 2–1 win in double overtime by scoring at 16:43. The Rangers scored twice on the power-play in game four as they evened the series with a 2–1 victory. Sabres co-captain Chris Drury scored the tying goal with less than eight seconds remaining and [[Maxim Afinogenov]] ended the game 4:39 into the first overtime on the power-play as Buffalo won game five 2–1. [[Jochen Hecht]]'s second goal of the playoffs was the series-clinching goal as the Sabres ended New York's season with 5–4 victory in game six.
This is the last time the Sabres won a playoff series, and with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] winning their first round series against the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] in [[2023 Stanley Cup playoffs|2023]], the Sabres now hold the longest active playoff series win drought.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrington |first=Mike |date=2023-04-30 |title=Series victory by Leafs adds new drought to Sabres' postseason resume |url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/series-victory-by-leafs-adds-new-drought-to-sabres-postseason-resume/article_ce0c2848-e75b-11ed-834b-8b3ffe1826dc.html |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Buffalo News |language=en}}</ref>
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=New York Rangers
|team2=Buffalo Sabres
|stadium2=[[Madison Square Garden]]
|stadium1=[[HSBC Arena (Buffalo)|HSBC Arena]]
|date1 =April 25
|score1 =2–5
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030211
|1-1-1 =''No scoring''
|1-1-2 =''No scoring''
|1-2-1 =''No scoring''
|1-2-2 =14:19 – ''pp'' – [[Thomas Vanek]] (3)<br>16:19 – [[Aleš Kotalík|Ales Kotalik]] (1)<br>18:24 – Thomas Vanek (4)
|1-3-1 =[[Marcel Hossa]] (2) – 10:44<br>[[Brendan Shanahan]] (4) – ''pp'' – 19:12
|1-3-2 =13:47 – [[Jason Pominville]] (3)<br>19:44 – ''en'' – [[Drew Stafford]] (2)
|goalie1-1 =[[Henrik Lundqvist]] 32 saves / 36 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 32 saves / 34 shots
|date2 =April 27
|score2 =2–3
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030212
|2-1-1 =[[Martin Straka]] (1) – ''pp'' – 10:08
|2-1-2 =10:58 – ''pp'' – [[Brian Campbell]] (3)
|2-2-1 =[[Paul Mara]] (1) – ''pp'' – 18:40
|2-2-2 =''No scoring''
|2-3-1 =''No scoring''
|2-3-2 =00:24 – [[Chris Drury]] (5)<br>10:11 – [[Thomas Vanek]] (5)
|goalie2-1 =[[Henrik Lundqvist]] 15 saves / 18 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 31 saves / 33 shots
|date3 =April 29
|score3 =1–2
|ot3 =2
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030213
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =''No scoring''
|3-2-1 =00:33 – [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]] (3)
|3-2-2 =''No scoring''
|3-3-1 =''No scoring''
|3-3-2 =[[Daniel Brière|Daniel Briere]] (2) – ''pp'' – 12:14
|3-4-1 =16:43 – [[Michal Rozsíval|Michal Rozsival]] (3)
|3-4-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie3-1 =[[Henrik Lundqvist]] 38 saves / 39 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 44 saves / 46 shots
|date4 =May 1
|score4 =1–2
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030214
|4-1-1 =''No scoring''
|4-1-2 =''No scoring''
|4-2-1 =00:45 – ''pp'' – [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]] (4)
|4-2-2 =''No scoring''
|4-3-1 =08:31 – ''pp'' – [[Brendan Shanahan]] (5)
|4-3-2 =[[Aleš Kotalík|Ales Kotalik]] (2) – 09:04
|goalie4-1 =[[Henrik Lundqvist]] 29 saves / 30 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 26 saves / 28 shots
|date5 =May 4
|score5 =1–2
|ot5 =1
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030215
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =''No scoring''
|5-2-1 =''No scoring''
|5-2-2 =''No scoring''
|5-3-1 =[[Martin Straka]] (2) – 16:41
|5-3-2 =19:52 – [[Chris Drury]] (6)
|5-4-1 =''No scoring''
|5-4-2 =04:39 – ''pp'' – [[Maxim Afinogenov]] (2)
|goalie5-1 =[[Henrik Lundqvist]] 38 saves / 40 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 22 saves / 23 shots
|date6 =May 6
|score6 =5–4
|won6 =2
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030216
|6-1-1 =17:10 – [[Michael Nylander]] (5)
|6-1-2 =''No scoring''
|6-2-1 =04:40 – ''pp'' – [[Paul Mara]] (2)
|6-2-2 =[[Dmitri Kalinin]] (2) – 01:29<br>[[Jason Pominville]] (4) – 02:53<br>[[Jochen Hecht]] (1) – 07:41<br>[[Chris Drury]] (7) – ''pp'' – 11:15
|6-3-1 =05:08 – ''pp'' – [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]] (5)<br>17:09 – ''pp'' – Michael Nylander (6)
|6-3-2 =Jochen Hecht (2) – 14:50
|goalie6-1 =[[Henrik Lundqvist]] 24 saves / 29 shots
|goalie6-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 32 saves / 36 shots
|series = Buffalo won series 4–2
}}
====(2) New Jersey Devils vs. (4) Ottawa Senators====
This was the third and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the [[2003 Stanley Cup playoffs|2003 Eastern Conference Final]] where New Jersey won in seven games. New Jersey won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.
Ottawa defeated the Devils in five games. The Senators scored four times in the opening period of game one and hung on to win the game 5–4. The Senators tied game two late in the third period, but [[Jamie Langenbrunner]] scored the winning goal for the Devils 1:55 into the second overtime. Game three remained scoreless into the third period before [[Tom Preissing]] put the Senators on the board, [[Ray Emery]] made 25 saves for his second playoff shutout in a 2–0 Ottawa win. New Jersey goaltender [[Martin Brodeur]] made 33 saves in a losing effort in game four as the Senators won 3–2. Ottawa captain [[Daniel Alfredsson]] scored the series-winning goal late in the second period of game five as the Senators ended New Jersey's season with a 3–2 win. Game five was also the final game played at [[Continental Airlines Arena]] as the Devils began playing at the [[Prudential Center]] the following year.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Ottawa Senators
|team2=New Jersey Devils
|stadium2=[[Scotiabank Place]]
|stadium1=[[Continental Airlines Arena]]
|date1 =April 26
|score1 =5–4
|won1 =1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030221
|1-1-1 =[[Jason Spezza]] (3) – 01:30<br>[[Joe Corvo]] (1) – ''pp'' – 06:49<br>[[Dean McAmmond]] (2) – ''sh'' – 14:43<br>[[Dany Heatley]] (3) – 16:39
|1-1-2 =17:38 – [[Travis Zajac]] (1)
|1-2-1 =''No scoring''
|1-2-2 =02:20 – [[Brian Gionta]] (6)<br>04:57 – [[Andy Greene]] (2)
|1-3-1 =[[Wade Redden]] (1) – ''pp'' – 00:43
|1-3-2 =19:30 – [[Zach Parise]] (7)
|goalie1-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 26 saves / 30 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 21 saves / 26 shots
|date2 =April 28
|score2 =2–3
|ot2 =2
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030222
|2-1-1 =''No scoring''
|2-1-2 =01:43 – ''pp'' – [[Brian Gionta]] (7)<br>19:59 – ''pp'' – [[Sergei Brylin]] (1)
|2-2-1 =[[Daniel Alfredsson]] (4) – ''pp'' – 04:23
|2-2-2 =''No scoring''
|2-3-1 =[[Dany Heatley]] (4) – 19:33
|2-3-2 =''No scoring''
|2-4-1 =''No scoring''
|2-4-2 =01:55 – [[Jamie Langenbrunner]] (2)
|goalie2-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 30 saves / 33 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 43 saves / 45 shots
|date3 =April 30
|score3 =0–2
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030223
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =''No scoring''
|3-2-1 =''No scoring''
|3-2-2 =''No scoring''
|3-3-1 =04:46 – [[Tom Preissing]] (2)<br>19:04 – ''en'' – [[Jason Spezza]] (4)
|3-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie3-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 25 saves / 25 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 32 saves / 33 shots
|date4 =May 2
|score4 =2–3
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030224
|4-1-1 =04:34 – [[Daniel Alfredsson]] (5)
|4-1-2 =''No scoring''
|4-2-1 =14:44 – [[Dany Heatley]] (5)
|4-2-2 =[[Brian Gionta]] (8) – ''pp'' – 04:17
|4-3-1 =03:58 – [[Mike Fisher (ice hockey)|Mike Fisher]] (1)
|4-3-2 =[[Jay Pandolfo]] (1) – 09:36
|goalie4-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 29 saves / 31 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 33 saves / 36 shots
|date5 =May 5
|score5 =3–2
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030225
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =06:59 – [[Scott Gomez]] (3)
|5-2-1 =[[Antoine Vermette]] (2) – 05:19<br>[[Jason Spezza]] (5) – ''pp'' – 12:06<br>[[Daniel Alfredsson]] (6) – 17:28
|5-2-2 =''No scoring''
|5-3-1 =''No scoring''
|5-3-2 =19:20 – Scott Gomez (4)
|goalie5-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 27 saves / 29 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Martin Brodeur]] 21 saves / 24 shots
|series = Ottawa won series 4–1
}}
===Western Conference semifinals===
====(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) San Jose Sharks====
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the [[1995 Stanley Cup playoffs|1995 Western Conference semifinals]] where Detroit won in four games. San Jose won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.
The Red Wings won three consecutive games to eliminate San Jose in six games. Sharks goaltender [[Evgeni Nabokov]] made 34 saves as San Jose shutout the Red Wings in game one by a score of 2–0. [[Pavel Datsyuk]] gave the Red Wings the lead with just 1:24 remaining in the third period, taking a 3–2 victory. San Jose forward [[Jonathan Cheechoo]] scored the game-winner on the power play in game three as the Sharks won the game 2–1. Detroit came back from a two-goal deficit in game four by scoring in the final minute of both the second and third periods and [[Mathieu Schneider]] scored the overtime winner on the power-play for the Red Wings in a 3–2 win. After allowing the opening goal in game five the Red Wings scored four unanswered goals winning the game 4–1. Two goals from Detroit winger [[Mikael Samuelsson]] and a shutout by [[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] in game six ended the series in a 2–0 Red Wings victory.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=San Jose Sharks
|team2=Detroit Red Wings
|stadium2=[[HP Pavilion at San Jose|HP Pavilion]]
|stadium1=[[Joe Louis Arena]]
|date1 =April 26
|score1 =2–0
|won1 =1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030231
|1-1-1 =[[Matt Carle]] (2) – ''pp'' – 09:45<br>[[Mike Grier]] (2) – 10:09
|1-1-2 =''No scoring''
|1-2-1 =''No scoring''
|1-2-2 =''No scoring''
|1-3-1 =''No scoring''
|1-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie1-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 34 saves / 34 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 17 saves / 19 shots
|date2 =April 28
|score2 =2–3
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030232
|2-1-1 =[[Jonathan Cheechoo]] (1) – 00:36<br>[[Joe Thornton]] (1) – 04:17
|2-1-2 =17:30 – [[Henrik Zetterberg]] (3)
|2-2-1 =''No scoring''
|2-2-2 =''No scoring''
|2-3-1 =''No scoring''
|2-3-2 =01:23 – ''sh'' – [[Daniel Cleary]] (2)<br>18:36 – [[Pavel Datsyuk]] (4)
|goalie2-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 19 saves / 22 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 17 saves / 19 shots
|date3 =April 30
|score3 =1–2
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030233
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =[[Nicklas Lidström|Nicklas Lidstrom]] (3) – ''pp'' – 11:13
|3-2-1 =12:43 – [[Ryane Clowe]] (4)
|3-2-2 =''No scoring''
|3-3-1 =13:19 – ''pp'' – [[Jonathan Cheechoo]] (2)
|3-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie3-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 29 saves / 30 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 25 saves / 27 shots
|date4 =May 2
|score4 =3–2
|ot4 =1
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030234
|4-1-1 =17:52 – [[Jonathan Cheechoo]] (3)
|4-1-2 =''No scoring''
|4-2-1 =08:07 – [[Marcel Goc]] (1)
|4-2-2 =[[Tomas Holmström|Tomas Holmstrom]] (1) – ''pp'' – 19:55
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =[[Robert Lang (ice hockey)|Robert Lang]] (2) – 19:26
|4-4-1 =''No scoring''
|4-4-2 =[[Mathieu Schneider]] (2) – ''pp'' – 16:04
|goalie4-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 46 saves / 49 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 25 saves / 27 shots
|date5 =May 5
|score5 =1–4
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030235
|5-1-1 =[[Marcel Goc]] (2) – 04:53
|5-1-2 =''No scoring''
|5-2-1 =''No scoring''
|5-2-2 =03:10 – [[Henrik Zetterberg]] (4)<br>16:13 – [[Pavel Datsyuk]] (5)
|5-3-1 =''No scoring''
|5-3-2 =03:46 – ''pp'' – [[Mikael Samuelsson]] (1)<br>06:14 – ''pp'' – [[Tomas Holmström|Tomas Holmstrom]] (2)
|goalie5-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 29 saves / 33 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 23 saves / 24 shots
|date6 =May 7
|score6 =2–0
|won6 =2
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030236
|6-1-1 =''No scoring''
|6-1-2 =[[Mikael Samuelsson]] (2) – 15:26<br>Mikael Samuelsson (3) – 19:52
|6-2-1 =''No scoring''
|6-2-2 =''No scoring''
|6-3-1 =''No scoring''
|6-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie6-1 =[[Evgeni Nabokov]] 20 saves / 22 shots
|goalie6-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 28 saves / 28 shots
|series = Detroit won series 4–2
}}
====(2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks====
This was the first and to date only playoff meeting between these two teams. Anaheim won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.
The Ducks eliminated Vancouver in five games. After allowing the opening goal in game one Anaheim responded with five unanswered goals and won by a final score of 5–1, Ducks forward [[Andy McDonald (ice hockey)|Andy McDonald]] recorded a hat trick in the contest. The teams traded a goal apiece during regulation time and [[Jeff Cowan]] ended the game 7:49 into double overtime as Vancouver tied the series with a 2–1 victory. Anaheim's special teams made the difference in game three as the Ducks successfully killed off seven penalties and scored twice on the power-play as Anaheim won the game 3–2. The Ducks came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period of game four to force overtime and won the game 3–2 on a goal scored by [[Travis Moen]] at 2:07 of the first overtime period. After Vancouver forced overtime in game five goaltender [[Roberto Luongo]] was unavailable to his team at the start of the first overtime period as he was suffering from an illness, but backup [[Dany Sabourin]] stopped five Anaheim shots before Luongo returned to action 3:34 into the period.<ref>{{cite web|title=MIA Lou reveals he was ... in the loo |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=0683ea58-afd3-4504-9597-99f85f3d3379 |date=May 7, 2007 |access-date=October 31, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131032027/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=0683ea58-afd3-4504-9597-99f85f3d3379 |archive-date=January 31, 2016 }}</ref> Shortly into the second overtime period [[Scott Niedermayer]] fired a wrist shot that found the back of the net giving the Ducks a 2–1 win that clinched the series and moved them on to the Western Conference Final.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Vancouver Canucks
|team2=Anaheim Ducks
|stadium2=[[General Motors Place]]
|stadium1=[[Honda Center]]
|date1 =April 25
|score1 =1–5
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030241
|1-1-1 =[[Jeff Cowan]] (1) – 07:07
|1-1-2 =09:24 – ''pp'' – [[Andy McDonald (ice hockey)|Andy McDonald]] (2)<br>14:56 – [[Teemu Selänne|Teemu Selanne]] (2)<br>19:11 – Andy McDonald (3)
|1-2-1 =''No scoring''
|1-2-2 =''No scoring''
|1-3-1 =''No scoring''
|1-3-2 =09:05 – [[Ryan Getzlaf]] (3)<br>19:08 – ''pp'' – Andy McDonald (4)
|goalie1-1 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 27 saves / 31 shots<br>[[Dany Sabourin]] 5 saves / 6 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 26 saves / 27 shots
|date2 =April 27
|score2 =2–1
|ot2 =2
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030242
|2-1-1 =''No scoring''
|2-1-2 =''No scoring''
|2-2-1 =[[Markus Näslund|Markus Naslund]] (2) – 06:30
|2-2-2 =11:01 – [[Travis Moen]] (2)
|2-3-1 =''No scoring''
|2-3-2 =''No scoring''
|2-4-1 =[[Jeff Cowan]] (2) – 07:49
|2-4-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie2-1 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 43 saves / 44 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 47 saves / 49 shots
|date3 =April 29
|score3 =3–2
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030243
|3-1-1 =19:12 – ''pp'' – [[Markus Näslund|Markus Naslund]] (3)
|3-1-2 =[[Dustin Penner]] (2) – 03:08
|3-2-1 =14:31 – [[Daniel Sedin]] (2)
|3-2-2 =[[François Beauchemin|Francois Beauchemin]] (3) – ''pp'' – 09:45
|3-3-1 =''No scoring''
|3-3-2 =[[Corey Perry]] (2) – ''pp'' – 07:51
|goalie3-1 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 21 saves / 24 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 24 saves / 26 shots
|date4 =May 1
|score4 =3–2
|ot4 =1
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030244
|4-1-1 =12:55 – [[Markus Näslund|Markus Naslund]] (4)
|4-1-2 =''No scoring''
|4-2-1 =17:31 – [[Brendan Morrison]] (1)
|4-2-2 =''No scoring''
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =[[Chris Pronger]] (3) – 03:58<br>[[Teemu Selänne|Teemu Selanne]] (3) – 14:18
|4-4-1 =''No scoring''
|4-4-2 =[[Travis Moen]] (3) – 02:07
|goalie4-1 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 27 saves / 30 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 24 saves / 26 shots
|date5 =May 3
|score5 =1–2
|ot5 =2
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030245
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =''No scoring''
|5-2-1 =''No scoring''
|5-2-2 =00:14 – [[Samuel Påhlsson|Samuel Pahlsson]] (1)
|5-3-1 =[[Alexandre Burrows]] (1) – 11:03
|5-3-2 =''No scoring''
|5-4-1 =''No scoring''
|5-4-2 =04:30 – [[Scott Niedermayer]] (1)
|goalie5-1 =[[Roberto Luongo]] 56 saves / 58 shots<br>[[Dany Sabourin]] 5 saves / 5 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 26 saves / 27 shots
|series = Anaheim won series 4–1
}}
==Conference finals==
{{See also|NHL conference finals}}
===Eastern Conference final===
====(1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (4) Ottawa Senators====
This was the fourth and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with Buffalo winning all three previous series. They last met in the [[2006 Stanley Cup playoffs|previous year's Eastern Conference semifinals]] where Buffalo won in five games. This was Buffalo's second consecutive Conference finals appearance, and their fourth overall; they lost to Carolina in seven games in the previous year. Ottawa most recently made it to the conference finals in [[2003 Stanley Cup playoffs|2003]] where they lost to New Jersey in seven games. Ottawa won five of the eight games during this year's regular season series.
The Senators advanced to their first Stanley Cup Final by eliminating the Sabres in five games. The Senators took control of game one in the third period and scored three goals to win 5–2. Buffalo forward [[Daniel Brière|Daniel Briere]] scored with only six seconds left in game two to force overtime. [[Joe Corvo]] scored the game-winning goal for Ottawa at 4:58 of double overtime in a 4–3 victory. [[Ray Emery]] made 15 saves and [[Daniel Alfredsson]] scored the only goal in game three as Ottawa shut out the Sabres 1–0. The Sabres took a three-goal lead just before the halfway point of game four and hung on to force a fifth game with a 3–2 win. Overtime was needed in game five as the teams traded goals through regulation time, Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson ended the series with his goal at 9:32 of the first overtime as the Senators won by a final score of 3–2.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Ottawa Senators
|team2=Buffalo Sabres
|stadium2=[[Scotiabank Place]]
|stadium1=[[HSBC Arena (Buffalo)|HSBC Arena]]
|date1 =May 10
|score1 =5–2
|won1 =1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030311
|1-1-1 =[[Mike Fisher (ice hockey)|Mike Fisher]] (2) – ''sh'' – 04:32<br>[[Daniel Alfredsson]] (7) – ''pp'' – 07:54
|1-1-2 =10:55 – [[Maxim Afinogenov]] (3)
|1-2-1 =''No scoring''
|1-2-2 =08:45 – [[Toni Lydman]] (2)
|1-3-1 =[[Oleg Saprykin]] (1) – 07:41<br>[[Jason Spezza]] (6) – ''pp'' – 15:48<br>[[Dean McAmmond]] (3) – ''en'' – 19:47
|1-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie1-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 18 saves / 20 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 29 saves / 33 shots
|date2 =May 12
|score2 =4–3
|ot2 =2
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030312
|2-1-1 =[[Daniel Alfredsson]] (8) – 14:22
|2-1-2 =03:41 – [[Thomas Vanek]] (6)<br>06:13 – [[Jochen Hecht]] (3)
|2-2-1 =[[Mike Fisher (ice hockey)|Mike Fisher]] (3) – ''pp'' – 06:08<br>[[Wade Redden]] (2) – ''pp'' – 19:44
|2-2-2 =''No scoring''
|2-3-1 =''No scoring''
|2-3-2 =19:54 – [[Daniel Brière|Daniel Briere]] (3)
|2-4-1 =[[Joe Corvo]] (2) – 04:58
|2-4-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie2-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 34 saves / 37 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 28 saves / 32 shots
|date3 =May 14
|score3 =0–1
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030313
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =''No scoring''
|3-2-1 =13:40 – [[Daniel Alfredsson]] (9)
|3-2-2 =''No scoring''
|3-3-1 =''No scoring''
|3-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie3-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 15 saves / 15 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 31 saves / 32 shots
|date4 =May 16
|score4 =3–2
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030314
|4-1-1 =''No scoring''
|4-1-2 =[[Derek Roy]] (2) – 00:09
|4-2-1 =14:55 – [[Dean McAmmond]] (4)<br>16:41 – [[Peter Schaefer (ice hockey)|Peter Schaefer]] (1)
|4-2-2 =[[Maxim Afinogenov]] (4) – ''pp'' – 04:32<br>[[Chris Drury]] (8) – 08:06
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie4-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 19 saves / 22 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 31 saves / 33 shots
|date5 =May 19
|score5 =3–2
|ot5 =1
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030315
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =''No scoring''
|5-2-1 =[[Dany Heatley]] (6) – 15:41<br>[[Jason Spezza]] (7) – 19:21
|5-2-2 =04:30 – [[Jochen Hecht]] (4)
|5-3-1 =''No scoring''
|5-3-2 =10:58 – ''pp'' – [[Maxim Afinogenov]] (5)
|5-4-1 =[[Daniel Alfredsson]] (10) – 09:32
|5-4-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie5-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 27 saves / 29 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Ryan Miller]] 22 saves / 25 shots
|series = Ottawa won series 4–1
}}
===Western Conference final===
====(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks====
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Detroit winning two of the three previous series. They last met in the [[2003 Stanley Cup playoffs|2003 Western Conference quarterfinals]] where Anaheim won in four games. Detroit most recently made it to the conference finals in [[2002 Stanley Cup playoffs|2002]] where they defeated Colorado in seven games, while Anaheim most recently made it to the conference finals in the [[2006 Stanley Cup playoffs|previous year]] where they lost in five games to Edmonton. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.
Anaheim defeated the Red Wings in six games. Detroit goaltender [[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] made 31 saves as the Red Wings took game one with a 2–1 victory. [[Scott Niedermayer]] ended game two at 14:17 of the first overtime as the Ducks tied the series with a 4–3 win. The Red Wings chased Ducks goaltender [[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] from game three after he allowed three goals on thirteen shots, Detroit scored two more times and won the game 5–0. After the game [[Chris Pronger]] was suspended for one game by the NHL; his suspension was the result of a simultaneous hit on [[Tomas Holmström|Tomas Holmstrom]] that Scott Niedermayer was penalized for. While Pronger received no penalty on the play for the hit during the game he was later suspended after NHL officials reviewed the replays, which showed Holmstrom being boarded from behind as a result of a Pronger elbow. The Ducks broke a tie in the third period of game four when [[Ryan Getzlaf]] scored on the power-play, they went on to add an empty net goal from [[Rob Niedermayer]] that gave Anaheim a 5–3 win that tied the series at two games. Scott Niedermayer forced overtime in game five as he scored on the power-play with 47.3 seconds remaining in the game; [[Teemu Selänne|Teemu Selanne]] completed the comeback for Anaheim at 11:57 of the first overtime period as the Ducks took a 2–1 victory. The Red Wings mounted a late comeback attempt in game six before coming up short in a 4–3 loss that ended the series and sent Anaheim to the second Stanley Cup Final in their history.
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Anaheim Ducks
|team2=Detroit Red Wings
|stadium2=[[Honda Center]]
|stadium1=[[Joe Louis Arena]]
|date1 =May 11
|score1 =1–2
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030321
|1-1-1 =''No scoring''
|1-1-2 =03:44 – ''pp'' – [[Henrik Zetterberg]] (5)
|1-2-1 =''No scoring''
|1-2-2 =''No scoring''
|1-3-1 =[[Chris Kunitz]] (1) – 01:34
|1-3-2 =15:06 – [[Tomas Holmström|Tomas Holmstrom]] (3)
|goalie1-1 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 17 saves / 19 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 31 saves / 32 shots
|date2 =May 13
|score2 =4–3
|ot2 =1
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030322
|2-1-1 =[[Rob Niedermayer]] (2) – 17:04
|2-1-2 =''No scoring''
|2-2-1 =[[Andy McDonald (ice hockey)|Andy McDonald]] (5) – 11:40
|2-2-2 =10:34 – ''sh'' – [[Kirk Maltby]] (1)<br>16:07 – ''pp'' – [[Nicklas Lidström|Nicklas Lidstrom]] (4)
|2-3-1 =[[Travis Moen]] (4) – 05:06
|2-3-2 =01:03 – ''pp'' – [[Pavel Datsyuk]] (6)
|2-4-1 =[[Scott Niedermayer]] (2) – 14:17
|2-4-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie2-1 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 24 saves / 27 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 29 saves / 33 shots
|date3 =May 15
|score3 =5–0
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030323
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =[[Johan Franzén|Johan Franzen]] (3) – 11:09<br>[[Tomas Holmström|Tomas Holmstrom]] (4) – ''pp'' – 19:17
|3-2-1 =''No scoring''
|3-2-2 =[[Todd Bertuzzi]] (2) – 03:17<br>Tomas Holmstrom (5) – 03:34
|3-3-1 =''No scoring''
|3-3-2 =[[Valtteri Filppula]] (3) – 10:58
|goalie3-1 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 10 saves / 13 shots<br>[[Ilya Bryzgalov]] 13 saves / 15 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 29 saves / 29 shots
|date4 =May 17
|score4 =3–5
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030324
|4-1-1 =01:37 – [[Corey Perry]] (3)<br>11:46 – ''pp'' – [[Ric Jackman]] (1)<br>18:31 – [[Teemu Selänne|Teemu Selanne]] (4)
|4-1-2 =[[Daniel Cleary]] (3) – 03:29
|4-2-1 =''No scoring''
|4-2-2 =[[Todd Bertuzzi]] (3) – ''pp'' – 07:48<br>Daniel Cleary (4) – ''pp'' – 15:36
|4-3-1 =05:24 – ''pp'' – [[Ryan Getzlaf]] (4)<br>18:52 – ''en'' – [[Rob Niedermayer]] (3)
|4-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie4-1 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 36 saves / 39 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 18 saves / 22 shots
|date5 =May 20
|score5 =2–1
|ot5 =1
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030325
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =''No scoring''
|5-2-1 =''No scoring''
|5-2-2 =06:13 – [[Andreas Lilja]] (1)
|5-3-1 =[[Scott Niedermayer]] (3) – ''pp'' – 19:12
|5-3-2 =''No scoring''
|5-4-1 =[[Teemu Selänne|Teemu Selanne]] (5) – 11:57
|5-4-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie5-1 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 36 saves / 37 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 24 saves / 26 shots
|date6 =May 22
|score6 =3–4
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030326
|6-1-1 =03:51 – ''sh'' – [[Rob Niedermayer]] (4)
|6-1-2 =''No scoring''
|6-2-1 =09:52 – [[Corey Perry]] (4)<br>18:33 – ''pp'' – [[Ryan Getzlaf]] (5)
|6-2-2 =''No scoring''
|6-3-1 =05:54 – [[Samuel Påhlsson|Samuel Pahlsson]] (2)
|6-3-2 =[[Henrik Zetterberg]] (6) – 03:15<br>[[Pavel Datsyuk]] (7) – ''pp'' – 10:08<br>Pavel Datsyuk (8) – ''pp'' – 16:56
|goalie6-1 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 26 saves / 29 shots
|goalie6-2 =[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] 25 saves / 29 shots
|series = Anaheim won series 4–2
}}
==Stanley Cup Final==
{{main|2007 Stanley Cup Final}}
This was the first and to date only playoff meeting between these two teams. Anaheim most recently made it to the Finals in [[2003 Stanley Cup playoffs|2003]] where they were defeated by New Jersey in seven games, while Ottawa made their first Finals appearance in their fifteenth season. This was the first Finals series to be played in Ottawa since the original [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]] won the Stanley Cup in [[1927 Stanley Cup Final|1927]]. For the first time since [[1999 Stanley Cup playoffs|1999]], neither of the two Stanley Cup finalists had previously won the Stanley Cup. The teams did not play each other during this year's regular season.
Anaheim became the first team based in the Pacific Time zone in the NHL's modern era to win the Stanley Cup; they also became the first west coast team to win the Stanley Cup since the [[Victoria Cougars]] in [[1925 Stanley Cup Final|1925]], as well as the first team from [[California]] to win the Cup. The Senators became first NHL team from Ontario to reach the Finals since the Toronto Maple Leafs in [[1967 Stanley Cup Final|1967]].
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Ottawa Senators
|team2=Anaheim Ducks
|stadium2=[[Scotiabank Place]]
|stadium1=[[Honda Center]]
|date1 =May 28
|score1 =2–3
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030411
|1-1-1 =[[Mike Fisher (ice hockey)|Mike Fisher]] (4) – ''pp'' – 01:38
|1-1-2 =10:55 – [[Andy McDonald (ice hockey)|Andy McDonald]] (6)
|1-2-1 =[[Wade Redden]] (3) – ''pp'' – 04:36
|1-2-2 =''No scoring''
|1-3-1 =''No scoring''
|1-3-2 =05:44 – [[Ryan Getzlaf]] (6)<br>17:09 – [[Travis Moen]] (5)
|goalie1-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 29 saves / 32 shots
|goalie1-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 18 saves / 20 shots
|date2 =May 30
|score2 =0–1
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030412
|2-1-1 =''No scoring''
|2-1-2 =''No scoring''
|2-2-1 =''No scoring''
|2-2-2 =''No scoring''
|2-3-1 =''No scoring''
|2-3-2 =14:16 – [[Samuel Påhlsson|Samuel Pahlsson]] (3)
|goalie2-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 30 saves / 31 shots
|goalie2-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 16 saves / 16 shots
|date3 =June 2
|score3 =3–5
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030413
|3-1-1 =16:10 – [[Chris Neil]] (2)
|3-1-2 =[[Andy McDonald (ice hockey)|Andy McDonald]] (7) – ''pp'' – 05:39
|3-2-1 =05:47 – [[Mike Fisher (ice hockey)|Mike Fisher]] (5)<br>16:14 – ''pp'' – [[Daniel Alfredsson]] (11)<br>18:34 – [[Dean McAmmond]] (5)
|3-2-2 =[[Corey Perry]] (5) – 05:20<br>[[Ryan Getzlaf]] (7) – 07:38
|3-3-1 =08:22 – [[Anton Volchenkov]] (2)
|3-3-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie3-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 19 saves / 22 shots
|goalie3-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 24 saves / 29 shots
|date4 =June 4
|score4 =3–2
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030414
|4-1-1 =19:59 – ''pp'' – [[Daniel Alfredsson]] (12)
|4-1-2 =''No scoring''
|4-2-1 =18:00 – [[Dany Heatley]] (7)
|4-2-2 =[[Andy McDonald (ice hockey)|Andy McDonald]] (8) – 10:06<br>Andy McDonald (9) – 11:06
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =[[Dustin Penner]] (3) – 04:07
|goalie4-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 18 saves / 21 shots
|goalie4-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 21 saves / 23 shots
|date5 =June 6
|score5 =2–6
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2006030415
|5-1-1 =''No scoring''
|5-1-2 =03:41 – ''pp'' – [[Andy McDonald (ice hockey)|Andy McDonald]] (10)<br>17:41 – [[Rob Niedermayer]] (5)
|5-2-1 =[[Daniel Alfredsson]] (13) – 11:27<br>Daniel Alfredsson (14) – ''sh'' – 17:38
|5-2-2 =15:44 – [[Travis Moen]] (6)<br>18:28 – ''pp'' – [[François Beauchemin|Francois Beauchemin]] (4)
|5-3-1 =''No scoring''
|5-3-2 =04:01 – Travis Moen (7)<br>17:00 – [[Corey Perry]] (6)
|goalie5-1 =[[Ray Emery]] 12 saves / 18 shots
|goalie5-2 =[[Jean-Sébastien Giguère|Jean-Sebastien Giguere]] 11 saves / 13 shots
|series = Anaheim won series 4–1
}}
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
<small>''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = [[Plus-minus (ice hockey)|Plus/minus]]; PIM = Penalty minutes''</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:12em" | Player
! style="width:12em" | Team
! style="width:4em" | GP
! style="width:4em" | G
! style="width:4em" | A
! style="width:4em" | Pts
! style="width:4em" | +/–
! style="width:4em" | PIM
|-
| {{sortname|Daniel|Alfredsson}} || Ottawa Senators || 20 || 14 || 8 || 22 || +4 || 10
|-
| {{sortname|Jason|Spezza}} || Ottawa Senators || 20 || 7 || 15 || 22 || +5 || 10
|-
| {{sortname|Dany|Heatley}} || Ottawa Senators || 20 || 7 || 15 || 22 || +4 || 14
|-
| {{sortname|Nicklas|Lidstrom|Nicklas Lidström}} || Detroit Red Wings || 18 || 4 || 14 || 18 || 0 || 6
|-
| {{sortname|Ryan|Getzlaf}} || Anaheim Ducks || 21 || 7 || 10 || 17 || +1 || 32
|-
| {{sortname|Pavel|Datsyuk}} || Detroit Red Wings || 18 || 8 || 8 || 16 || +2 || 8
|-
| {{sortname|Corey|Perry}} || Anaheim Ducks || 21 || 6 || 9 || 15 || +5 || 37
|-
| {{sortname|Teemu|Selanne|Teemu Selänne}} || Anaheim Ducks || 21 || 5 || 10 || 15 || +1 || 10
|-
| {{sortname|Chris|Pronger}} || Anaheim Ducks || 19 || 3 || 12 || 15 || +10 || 26
|-
| {{sortname|Daniel|Briere|Daniel Brière}} || Buffalo Sabres || 16 || 3 || 12 || 15 || +3 || 16
|}
===Goaltending===
These are the top five goaltenders based on either [[goals against average]] or [[save percentage]] with at least four games played.
<small>''GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts''</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:12em" | Player
! style="width:12em" | Team
! style="width:4em" | GP
! style="width:4em" | W
! style="width:4em" | L
! style="width:5em" | SA
! style="width:4em" | GA
! style="width:5em" | GAA
! style="width:5em" | TOI
! style="width:5em" | Sv%
! style="width:4em" | SO
|-
| {{sortname|Marty|Turco}} || Dallas Stars || 7 || 3 || 4 || 229 || 11 || 1.30 || 509:13 || .952 || 3
|-
| {{sortname|Roberto|Luongo}} || Vancouver Canucks || 12 || 5 || 7 || 427 || 25 || 1.77 || 847:26 || .941 || 0
|-
| {{sortname|Miikka|Kiprusoff}} || Calgary Flames || 6 || 2 || 4 || 255 || 18 || 2.81 || 383:35 || .929 || 0
|-
| {{sortname|Henrik|Lundqvist}} || New York Rangers || 10 || 6 || 4 || 291 || 22 || 2.07 || 637:25 || .924 || 1
|-
| {{sortname|Niklas|Backstrom|Niklas Bäckström}} || Minnesota Wild || 5 || 1 || 4 || 145 || 11 || 2.22 || 296:39 || .924 || 0
|-
| {{sortname|Dominik|Hasek|Dominik Hašek}} || Detroit Red Wings || 18 || 10 || 8 || 444 || 34 || 1.79 || 1,139:49 || .923 || 2
|-
| {{sortname|Jean-Sebastien|Giguere|Jean-Sébastien Giguère}} || Anaheim Ducks || 18 || 13 || 4 || 451 || 35 || 1.97 || 1,067:04 || .922 || 1
|}
==Events and milestones==
[[Detroit Red Wings]] defenceman [[Chris Chelios]] made his 22nd post-season appearance, breaking the record for most post-season appearances. The [[New York Rangers]] set a new post-season franchise record that year by defeating the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] 7–0 on April 17.
==See also==
*[[
*[[List of NHL seasons]]
*[[2007 in ice hockey]]
==References==
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