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 Finals ended on June 9, 2010 when the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in six games to win the team's fourth Stanley Cup and their first Cup since 1961. The Washington Capitals became the first team seeded first to lose a series to the eighth-seeded team after having a 3–1 lead in the series.^[2]

Playoff seeds change

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 change

The Stanley Cup

Washington Capitals – Southeast Division and Eastern Conference regular season champions; Presidents' 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 change

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 change

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Conference Quarter-finals change

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals change

(1) Washington Capitals vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens change

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 change

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 change

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 change

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 change

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Colorado Avalanche change

April 14	San Jose Sharks		1–2	Colorado Avalanche	HP Pavilion	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	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	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 change

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 change

April 15	Vancouver Canucks		3–2	OT	Los Angeles Kings	GM 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	GM 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	GM 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 change

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 change

Eastern Conference Semifinals change

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

(4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens change

April 30	Pittsburgh Penguins		6–3	Montreal Canadiens	Mellon Arena	Recap
(Kris Letang 1, Evgeni Malkin 5) Sergei Gonchar 1 - pp - 08:38 (Alexei Ponikarovsky 3, Alex Goligoski 3) Jordan Staal 2 - pp - 13:27		First period		04:30 - P. K. Subban 1
(Sidney Crosby 10) Kris Letang 3 - pp - 02:34 (Pascal Dupuis 4, Matt Cooke 2) Craig Adams 2 - 18:36		Second period		15:27 - Michael Cammalleri 6 (Scott Gomez 4, Brian Gionta 3)
(Sidney Crosby 11, Bill Guerin 5) Alex Goligoski 2 - pp - 02:59 (Chris Kunitz 5, Brooks Orpik 1) Bill Guerin 3 - en - 11:11		Third period		12:29 - pp - Brian Gionta 3 (Marc-Andre Bergeron 3, Scott Gomez 5)
Marc-Andre Fleury 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Jaroslav Halak 15 saves / 20 shots Carey Price 3 saves / 3 shots

May 2	Pittsburgh Penguins		1–3	Montreal Canadiens	Mellon Arena	Recap
(Maxime Talbot 4, Pascal Dupuis 5) Matt Cooke 4 - 04:38		First period		15:48 - Brian Gionta 4 (Scott Gomez 6, Benoit Pouliot 2)
No scoring		Second period		07:29 - pp - Michael Cammalleri 7 (P. K. Subban 2, Scott Gomez 7)
No scoring		Third period		17:06 - Michael Cammalleri 8 (Tomas Plekanec 7)
Marc-Andre Fleury 18 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Jaroslav Halak 38 saves / 39 shots

May 4	Montreal Canadiens		0–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bell Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		01:16 - pp - Evgeni Malkin 5 (Sergei Gonchar 7, Alex Goligoski 4) 19:45 - en - Pascal Dupuis 2 (Chris Kunitz 6, Mark Eaton 2)
Jaroslav Halak 23 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Marc-Andre Fleury 18 saves / 18 shots

May 6	Montreal Canadiens		3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bell Centre	Recap
(Travis Moen 1, Glen Metropolit 2) Tom Pyatt 1 - 02:34		First period		03:27 - Maxime Talbot 2 05:18 - pp - Chris Kunitz 3 (Sidney Crosby 12, Alex Goligoski 5)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Mathieu Darche 1, Marc-Andre Bergeron 4) Maxim Lapierre 2 - 02:07 (Tom Pyatt 1, Roman Hamrlik 4) Brian Gionta 5 - 03:40		Third period
Jaroslav Halak 33 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats		Marc-Andre Fleury 22 saves / 25 shots

May 8	Pittsburgh Penguins		2–1	Montreal Canadiens	Mellon Arena	Recap
(Evgeni Malkin 6, Sergei Gonchar 8) Kris Letang 4 - pp - 18:18		First period		No scoring
(Brooks Orpik 2, Mark Letestu 1) Sergei Gonchar 2 - 09:50		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		19:29 - pp - Michael Cammalleri 9 (Brian Gionta 4, Tomas Plekanec 5)
Marc-Andre Fleury 32 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Jaroslav Halak 23 saves / 25 shots

May 10	Montreal Canadiens		4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bell Centre	Recap
(Tomas Plekanec 6, Andrei Kostitsyn 4) Michael Cammalleri 10 - 01:13		First period		07:22 - Sidney Crosby 6 (Mark Eaton 3, Chris Kunitz 7)
(Andrei Kostitsyn 5, Roman Hamrlik 5) Michael Cammalleri 11 - 10:45 (Scott Gomez 8, Brian Gionta 5) Jaroslav Spacek 1 - 13:15		Second period		05:21 - pp - Kris Letang (Sidney Crosby 13, Sergei Gonchar 9)
Maxim Lapierre 3 - 11:03		Third period		18:36 - Bill Guerin 4 (Sergei Gonchar 10, Alex Goligoski 6)
Jaroslav Halak 34 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats		Marc-Andre Fleury 21 saves / 25 shots

May 12	Pittsburgh Penguins		2–5	Montreal Canadiens	Mellon Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		00:32 - pp - Brian Gionta 6 (P. K. Subban 3, Scott Gomez 9) 14:23 - Dominic Moore 3 (Roman Hamrlik 6)
(Kris Letang 2, Pascal Dupuis 6) Chris Kunitz 4 - 8:36 (Alexei Ponikarovsky 4, Alex Goligoski 7) Jordan Staal 3 - 16:30		Second period		3:32 - Michael Cammalleri 12 (Tomas Plekanec 7, Jaroslav Spacek 3) 5:14 - Travis Moen 2
No scoring		Third period		10:00 - pp - Brian Gionta 7 (Michael Cammalleri 6, Scott Gomez 10)
Marc-Andre Fleury 9 saves / 13 shots Brent Johnson 6 saves / 7 shots		Goalie stats		Jaroslav Halak 37 saves / 39 shots

Montreal won series 4–3

(6) Boston Bruins vs. (7) Philadelphia Flyers change

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, Arron Asham 1) 15:48 - pp - Chris Pronger 3 (Kimmo Timonen 4, Mike Richards 8)
(Miroslav Satan 4, Milan Lucic 3) David Krejci 4 - 07:25		Third period			12:37 - pp - Mike Richards 3 (Daniel Briere 4, Scott Hartnell 2) 16:38 - Daniel Briere 3 (Matt Carle 2, Chris Pronger 4)
Marc Savard 1 - 13:52		First overtime period			No scoring
Tuuka Rask 32 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Brian Boucher 41 saves / 46 shots

May 3	Boston Bruins		3–2	Philadelphia Flyers	TD Garden	Recap
(Patrice Bergeron 5) Johnny Boychuk 2 - 05:12		First period		17:06 - Mike Richards 4 (Daniel Briere 5, Ville Leino 1)
(Blake Wheeler 3, Dennis Wideman 7) Miroslav Satan 4 - 09:31		Second period		19:35 - Daniel Briere 4 (Ville Leino 2, Chris Pronger 5)
(David Krejci 3, Miroslav Satan 5) Milan Lucic 1 - 17:03		Third period		No scoring
Tuukka Rask 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Brian Boucher 24 saves / 27 shots

May 5	Philadelphia Flyers		1–4	Boston Bruins	Wachovia Center	Recap
(Claude Giroux 3, Blair Betts 1) Arron Asham 2 - 02:32		First period		04:11 - Blake Wheeler 1 (Matt Hunwick 5, Marc Savard 1) 05:45 - Miroslav Satan 4 (Milan Lucic 4, David Krejci 4)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		02:30 - pp - Mark Recchi 4 (Blake Wheeler 4, Zdeno Chara 3) 18:08 - en - Patrice Bergeron 4
Brian Boucher 15 saves / 19 shots Johan Backlund 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie stats		Tuukka Rask 34 saves / 35 shots

May 7	Philadelphia Flyers		5–4	OT	Boston Bruins	Wachovia Center	Recap
(Claude Giroux 4, Matt Carle 3) Daniel Briere 5 - 19:06		First period			15:37 - Mark Recchi 5 (Patrice Bergeron 6, Daniel Paille 2)
(Matt Carle 4, Daniel Carcillo 2) Chris Pronger 4 - 04:28 (Scott Hartnell 3, Matt Carle 5) Claude Giroux 5 - 08:35		Second period			10:56 - Michael Ryder 3 (Matt Hunwick 6, Blake Wheeler 5)
(Chris Pronger 6, Daniel Briere 6) Ville Leino 1 - 14:20		Third period			03:49 - pp - Milan Lucic 2 (Dennis Wideman 8, Marc Savard 2) 19:28 - Mark Recchi 6 (Patrice Bergeron 7, Dennis Wideman 9)
(Matt Carle 6, Mike Richards 9) Simon Gagne 1 - 14:40		First overtime period			No scoring
Brian Boucher 33 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats			Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 34 shots

May 10	Boston Bruins		0–4	Philadelphia Flyers	TD Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		06:41 - Ville Leino 2 (Chris Pronger 7, Matt Carle 7)
No scoring		Second period		11:16 - Scott Hartnell 1 (Daniel Briere 7, Kimmo Timonen 5) 17:53 - pp - Simon Gagne 2 (Mike Richards 10, Ville Leino 3)
No scoring		Third period		06:48 - Simon Gagne 3
Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Brian Boucher 9 saves / 9 shots Michael Leighton 14 saves / 14 shots

May 12	Philadelphia Flyers		2–1	Boston Bruins	Wachovia Center	Recap
(Simon Gagne 3, Daniel Carcillo 3) Mike Richards 5 - 06:58		First period		No scoring
(Mike Richards 11, Claude Giroux 5) Daniel Briere 6 - pp - 16:20		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		19:00 - Milan Lucic 3 (Dennis Wideman 10, Zdeno Chara 4)
Michael Leighton 30 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 27 shots

May 14	Boston Bruins		3–4	Philadelphia Flyers	TD Garden	Recap
(Mark Recchi 5, Zdeno Chara 5) Michael Ryder 4 - pp - 05:27 (Dennis Wideman 11, Johnny Boychuk 4) Milan Lucic 4 - pp - 09:02 Milan Lucic 5 - 14:10		First period		17:12 - James van Riemsdyk 1 (Claude Giroux 6)
No scoring		Second period		02:49 - Scott Hartnell 2 (Ville Leino 4, Daniel Briere 8) 08:39 - Daniel Briere 7 (Scott Hartnell 4)
No scoring		Third period		12:52 - Simon Gagne 4 (Mike Richards 12, Ville Leino 5)
Tuukka Rask 23 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Michael Leighton 22 saves / 25 shots

Philadelphia won series 4–3

Western Conference Semifinals change

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

April 29	San Jose Sharks		4–3	Detroit Red Wings	HP Pavilion at San Jose	Recap
(Dan Boyle 5, Jason Demers 2) Joe Pavelski 5 - pp - 09:05 (Joe Thornton 4, Jason Demers 3) Dany Heatley 1 - 10:01 (Joe Pavelski 4, Dan Boyle 6) Devin Setoguchi 4 - 10:24		First period		11:40 - Daniel Cleary 1 (Jonathan Ericsson 2, Justin Abdelkader 1)
No scoring		Second period		04:45 - Johan Franzen 2 (Pavel Datsyuk 4)
(Dan Boyle 7, Dany Heatley 5) Joe Pavelski 6 - pp - 00:50		Third period		02:57 - Brian Rafalski 1 (Pavel Datsyuk 5, Johan Franzen 7)
Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Jimmy Howard 23 saves / 27 shots

May 2	San Jose Sharks		4–3	Detroit Red Wings	HP Pavilion at San Jose	Recap
(Dany Heatley 6, Patrick Marleau 3) Joe Pavelski 8 - pp - 09:01 (Joe Pavelski 5, Douglas Murray 5) Ryan Clowe 2 - 10:32		First period		06:51 - Pavel Datsyuk 6 13:17 - pp - Tomas Holmstrom 3 (Johan Franzen 8, Brian Rafalski 6)
No scoring		Second period		02:00 - Nicklas Lidstrom 4 (Brian Rafalski 7, Pavel Datsyuk 6)
(Dany Heatley 7, Joe Thornton 5) Joe Pavelski 9 - pp - 04:40 (Dany Heatley 8) Joe Thornton 1 - 12:37		Third period		No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Jimmy Howard 41 saves / 45 shots

May 4	Detroit Red Wings		3–4	OT	San Jose Sharks	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Johan Franzen 9, Nicklas Lidstrom 4) Tomas Holmstrom 4 - 13:33 (Drew Miller 1, Henrik Zetterberg 6) Daniel Cleary 2 - 18:37		First period			19:56 - Devin Setoguchi 5 (Joe Pavelski 6, Ryane Clowe 8)
(Valtteri Filppula 5, Brian Rafalski 8) Henrik Zetterberg 7 - 01:42		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			06:42 - Joe Thornton 2 13:17 - Logan Couture 3 (Torrey Mitchell 2, Marc-Edouard Vlasic 2)
No scoring		First overtime period			07:07 - Patrick Marleau 2 (Joe Thornton 6)
Jimmy Howard 29 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Evgeni Nabokov 32 saves / 35 shots

May 6	Detroit Red Wings		7–1	San Jose Sharks	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Johan Franzen 10, Henrik Zetterberg 7) Todd Bertuzzi 2 - pp - 05:40 (Henrik Zetterberg 8, Todd Bertuzzi 5) Johan Franzen 3 - 07:50 (Todd Bertuzzi 6, Nicklas Lidstrom 5) Johan Franzen 4 - 10:43 Johan Franzen 5 - 11:16 (Tomas Holmstrom 3, Pavel Datsyuk 7)) Valtteri Filppula - 18:50		First period		No scoring
(Todd Bertuzzi 7, Johan Franzen 11) Brian Rafalski 2 - pp - 03:05		Second period		19:11 - pp - Dany Heatley 2 (Joe Thornton 7, Patrick Marleau 4)
(Nicklas Lidstrom 6, Henrik Zetterberg 9) Johan Franzen 6 - pp - 07:33		Third period		No scoring
Jimmy Howard 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Evgeni Nabokov 4 saves / 9 shots Thomas Greiss 26 saves / 28 shots

May 8	San Jose Sharks		2–1	Detroit Red Wings	HP Pavilion at San Jose	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
(Dany Heatley 9, Jason Demers 4) Joe Thornton 3 - pp - 04:54		Second period		02:40 - Brian Rafalski 3 (Johan Franzen 12, Todd Bertuzzi 8)
(Joe Thornton 8) Patrick Marleau 3 - 06:59		Third period		No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 33 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Jimmy Howard 30 saves / 32 shots

San Jose won series 4–1

(2) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks change

May 1	Chicago Blackhawks		1–5	Vancouver Canucks	United Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:51 - Christian Ehrhoff 2 (Mason Raymond 1, Ryan Kesler 6) 19:49 - Mason Raymond 2 (Ryan Kesler 7)
No scoring		Second period		00:32 - Henrik Sedin 2 (Daniel Sedin 7, Sami Salo 3) 10:59 - pp - Kyle Wellwood 1 (Steve Bernier 1, Christian Ehrhoff 3) 16:21 - Michael Grabner 1 (Rick Rypien 1, Jannik Hansen 2)
(Jonathan Toews 7, Dave Bolland 2) Patrick Kane 5 - pp - 02:07		Third period		No scoring
Antti Niemi 20 saves / 25 shots Cristobal Huet 3 saves / 3 shots		Goalie stats		Roberto Luongo 36 saves / 37 shots

May 3	Chicago Blackhawks		4–2	Vancouver Canucks	United Center	Recap
Dave Bolland 3, Kris Versteeg 3) Brent Seabrook 1 - 07:40		First period		01:22 - Mason Raymond 3 (Ryan Kesler 8, Kevin Bieksa 3) 05:02 - pp - Mikael Samuelsson 8 (Henrik Sedin 8, Pavol Demitra 4)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Brent Seabrook 5) Patrick Sharp 4 - sh - 06:49 (Duncan Keith 2, Brent Seabrook 6) Kris Versteeg 1 - 18:30 (Jonathan Toews 8) Patrick Kane 6 - en - 19:12		Third period		No scoring
Antti Niemi 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 33 shots

May 5	Vancouver Canucks		2–5	Chicago Blackhawks	General Motors Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:19 - Kris Versteeg 2 (Marian Hossa 7, Andrew Ladd 1) 16:47 - pp - Dustin Byfuglien 1 (Duncan Keith 3, Jonathan Toews 9)
(Alexander Edler 3, Sami Salo 4) Jannik Hansen 1 - 09:07 (Alexander Edler 4, Sami Salo 5) Alexandre Burrows 2 - 19:06		Second period		11:24 - pp - Dustin Byfuglien 2 (Jonathan Toews 10, Patrick Kane 4)
No scoring		Third period		07:45 - Marian Hossa 2 (Patrick Sharp 5, Tomas Kopecky 1) 13:58 - Dustin Byfuglien 3 (Patrick Kane 5, Jonathan Toews 11)
Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats		Antti Niemi 31 saves / 33 shots

May 7	Vancouver Canucks		4–7	Chicago Blackhawks	General Motors Place	Recap
(Mikael Samuelsson 5, Kevin Bieksa 4) Kyle Wellwood 2 - 01:34 (Alexandre Burrows 1, Henrik Sedin 9) Daniel Sedin 5 - pp - 14:36		First period		00:18 - Brent Seabrook 2 (Jonathan Toews 12, Dustin Byfuglien 1) 09:23 - pp - Jonathan Toews 3 (Patrick Kane 6, Patrick Sharp 6)
(Christian Ehrhoff 4, Daniel Sedin 8) Alexander Edler 2 - pp - 18:16		Second period		00:27 - pp - Jonathan Toews 4 12:47 - pp - Patrick Sharp 5 (Jonathan Toews 13, Patrick Kane 7) 15:22 - pp - Jonathan Toews 5 (Dave Bolland 4, Patrick Sharp 7)
(Alexandre Burrows 2, Shane O'Brien 2) Henrik Sedin 3 - 14:37		Third period		06:59 - Tomas Kopecky 3 (Marian Hossa 8, Patrick Sharp 8) 19:23 - en - Dave Bolland 2
Roberto Luongo 27 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Antti Niemi 26 saves / 30 shots

May 9	Chicago Blackhawks		1–4	Vancouver Canucks	United Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		00:59 - Christian Ehrhoff 3 (Daniel Sedin 9, Henrik Sedin 10) 14:24 - Kevin Bieksa 2 (Kyle Wellwood 4, Mikael Samuelsson 6)
No scoring		Second period		13:00 - pp - Kevin Bieksa 3 (Mikael Samuelsson 7, Henrik Sedin 11)
(Duncan Keith 4, Brian Campbell 1) Jonathan Toews 6 - 12:51		Third period		19:15 - en - Alexandre Burrows 3 (Kyle Wellwood 5, Kevin Bieksa 5)
Antti Niemi 20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Roberto Luongo 29 saves / 30 shots

May 11	Vancouver Canucks		1–5	Chicago Blackhawks	General Motors Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		02:00 - Troy Brouwer 1 (Patrick Sharp 9, Duncan Keith 5) 02:36 - Kris Versteeg 3 19:15 - sh - Dave Bolland 3
(Alexandre Burrows 3, Ryan Kesler 9) Shane O'Brien 1 - 03:44		Third period		08:17 - Patrick Kane 7 (Jonathan Toews 14, Dustin Byfuglien 2) 08:42 - Dustin Byfuglien 4 (Patrick Kane 8, Brian Campbell 2)
Roberto Luongo 25 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Antti Niemi 29 saves / 30 shots

Chicago won series 4–2

Conference Finals change

Eastern Conference Finals change

(7) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens change

May 16	Philadelphia Flyers		6–0	Montreal Canadiens	Wachovia Center	Recap
(Scott Hartnell 5, Ville Leino 6) Braydon Coburn 1 - pp - 03:55		First period		No scoring
(Claude Giroux 7) James van Riemsdyk 2 - 00:30 (Matt Carle 8) Daniel Briere 8 - 04:23 (Braydon Coburn 2, Ville Leino 7) - Simon Gagne 5 - pp - 09:53		Second period		No scoring
(Daniel Briere 9, Matt Carle 9) Scott Hartnell 3 - 12:13 (Arron Asham 2, James van Riemsdyk 2) Claude Giroux 6 - 13:26		Third period		No scoring
Michael Leighton 28 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Jaroslav Halak 10 saves / 14 shots Carey Price 9 saves / 11 shots

May 18	Philadelphia Flyers		3–0	Montreal Canadiens	Wachovia Center	Recap
(Claude Giroux 8, Kimmo Timonen 6) Daniel Briere 9 - pp - 04:16		First period		No scoring
(Ville Leino 8, Mike Richards 13) Simon Gagne 6 - pp - 15:49		Second period		No scoring
(Lukas Krajicek 1, Chris Pronger 8) Ville Leino 3 - 10:24		Third period		No scoring
Michael Leighton 30 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Jaroslav Halak 20 saves / 23 shots

May 20	Montreal Canadiens		5–1	Philadelphia Flyers	Bell Centre	Recap
(P. K. Subban 4, Roman Hamrlik 7) Michael Cammalleri 13 - 07:05 (Maxim Lapierre 1, Dominic Moore 1) Tom Pyatt 2 - 16:52		First period		No scoring
(Tom Pyatt 2, Josh Gorges 2) Dominic Moore 4 - 11:33		Second period		No scoring
(Roman Hamrlik 8, P. K. Subban 5) Brian Gionta 8 - 02:00 (P. K. Subban 6, Scott Gomez 11) Marc-Andre Bergeron 2 - pp - 19:29		Third period		08:22 - Simon Gagne 7 (Daniel Carcillo 4, Chris Pronger 9)
Jaroslav Halak 25 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Michael Leighton 33 saves / 38 shots

May 22	Montreal Canadiens		0–3	Philadelphia Flyers	Bell Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		05:41 - Claude Giroux 7 (Kimmo Timonen 7) 14:53 - Ville Leino 4 (Chris Pronger 10)
No scoring		Third period		18:47 - en - Claude Giroux 8
Jaroslav Halak 22 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Michael Leighton 17 saves / 17 shots

May 24	Philadelphia Flyers		4–2	Montreal Canadiens	Wachovia Center	Recap
(Claude Giroux 9) Mike Richards 6 - sh - 04:25		First period		00:59 - Brian Gionta 9 (Scott Gomez 12, Roman Hamrlik 9)
(Matt Carle 10) Arron Asham 3 - 03:07 (Mike Richards 14, Kimmo Timonen 8) Jeff Carter 3 - 04:31		Second period		No scoring
(Mike Richards 15) Jeff Carter 4 - en 19:37		Third period		06:53 - Scott Gomez 2 (P. K. Subban 7, Brian Gionta 6)
Michael Leighton 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Jaroslav Halak 22 saves / 25 shots

Philadelphia won series 4–1

Western Conference Finals change

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (2) Chicago Blackhawks change

May 16	San Jose Sharks		1–2	Chicago Blackhawks	HP Pavilion at San Jose	Recap
(Patrick Marleau 5, Dan Boyle 8) Jason Demers 1 - pp - 11:19		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		07:44 - Patrick Sharp 6 (Duncan Keith 6, Troy Brouwer 1)
No scoring		Third period		13:15 - Dustin Byfuglien 5 (Patrick Kane 9, Jonathan Toews 15)
Evgeni Nabokov 38 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats		Antti Niemi 44 saves / 45 shots

May 18	San Jose Sharks		2–4	Chicago Blackhawks	HP Pavilion at San Jose	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:48 - Andrew Ladd 2 (Duncan Keith 7, Kris Versteeg 4)
(Joe Thornton 9, Dan Boyle 9) Patrick Marleau 4 - pp - 11:08		Second period		06:59 - Dustin Byfuglien 6 (Patrick Kane 10, Jonathan Toews 16) 08:29 - pp - Jonathan Toews 7 (Duncan Keith 8, Patrick Kane 11)
(Dany Heatley 10, Dan Boyle 10) Patrick Marleau 5 - 15:32		Third period		06:18 - Troy Brouwer 2 (Niklas Hjalmarsson 3, Marian Hossa 9)
Evgeni Nabokov 23 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Antti Niemi 20 saves / 22 shots

May 21	Chicago Blackhawks		3–2	OT	San Jose Sharks	United Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Jonathan Toews 17, Patrick Kane 12) Patrick Sharp 7 - pp - 06:59		Second period			03:58 - pp - Patrick Marleau 6 (Joe Pavelski 7, Dan Boyle 11)
(Jonathan Toews 18) Dave Bolland 4 - 13:05		Third period			15:37 - Patrick Marleau 7 (Dany Heatley 11, Dan Boyle 12)
(Dave Bolland 5, Brian Campbell 3) Dustin Byfuglien 7 - 12:24		First overtime period			No scoring
Antti Niemi 44 saves / 46 shots		Goalie stats			Evgeni Nabokov 35 saves / 38 shots

May 23	Chicago Blackhawks		4–2	San Jose Sharks	United Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		11:08 - Logan Couture 4 (Devin Setoguchi 4, Douglas Murray 6)
(Niklas Hjalmarsson 4, Kris Versteeg 5) Brent Seabrook 3 - 13:15 (Ben Eager 1, Duncan Keith 9) Dave Bolland 5 - 18:38		Second period		07:35 - sh - Patrick Marleau 8 (Marc-Edouard Vlasic 3, Joe Pavelski 8)
(Patrick Kane 13, Jonathan Toews 19) Dustin Byfuglien 8 - pp - 14:05 Kris Versteeg 4 - en - 19:18		Third period		No scoring
Antti Niemi 16 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats		Evgeni Nabokov 23 saves / 26 shots

Chicago won series 4–0

Stanley Cup Finals change

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

May 29	Chicago Blackhawks		6–5	Philadelphia Flyers	United Center	Recap
(Marian Hossa 10, Brent Sopel 4) Troy Brouwer 3 - 07:46 Dave Bolland 6 - sh - 11:50		First period		06:38 - Ville Leino 5 (Daniel Briere 10, Chris Pronger 11) 16:37 - pp - Scott Hartnell 4 (Daniel Briere 11, Chris Pronger 12) 19:33 - Daniel Briere 10 (Ville Leino 9, Scott Hartnell 6)
(Troy Brouwer 2, Niklas Hjalmarsson 5) Patrick Sharp 8 - 01:11 (Tomas Kopecky 2, Duncan Keith 10) Kris Versteeg 5 - 09:31 (Marian Hossa 11, Niklas Hjalmarsson 6) Troy Brouwer 4 - 15:18		Second period		07:20 - Blair Betts 1 (Arron Asham 3, Darroll Powe 1) 18:49 - Arron Asham 4 (Daniel Briere 12, Scott Hartnell 7)
(Kris Versteeg 6, Dave Bolland 6) Tomas Kopecky 4 - 08:25		Third period		No scoring
Antti Niemi 27 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Michael Leighton 15 saves / 20 shots Brian Boucher 11 saves / 12 shots

May 31	Chicago Blackhawks		2–1	Philadelphia Flyers	United Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
(Patrick Sharp 10, Duncan Keith 11) Marian Hossa 3 - 17:09 (Dustin Byfuglien 3) Ben Eager 1 - 17:37		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		05:20 - pp - Simon Gagne 8 (Mike Richards 16, Jeff Carter 2)
Antti Niemi 32 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Michael Leighton 24 saves / 26 shots

June 2	Philadelphia Flyers		4–3	OT	Chicago Blackhawks	Wachovia Center	Recap
(Patrick Kane 14, Braydon Coburn 3) Daniel Briere 11 - pp - 14:58		First period			No scoring
(Chris Pronger 13, Claude Giroux 10) Scott Hartnell 5 - pp - 09:55		Second period			02:49 - Duncan Keith 2 (Troy Brouwer 2, Marián Hossa 12) 17:52 - Brent Sopel 1 (John Madden 1)
(Claude Giroux 11 and Matt Carle 11) Ville Leino 6 - 14:58		Third period			02:50 - Patrick Kane 8 (Jonathan Toews 20, Ben Eager 2)
(Matt Carle 12 and Danny Briere 13) Claude Giroux 9 - 5:59		First overtime period			No scoring
Michael Leighton 24 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Antti Niemi 28 saves / 32 shots

June 4	Philadelphia Flyers		5–3	Chicago Blackhawks	Wachovia Center	Recap
Mike Richards 7 - pp - 04:35 Matt Carle 1 - 14:48 (Kimmo Timonen 9 & Scott Hartnell 9) Claude Giroux 10 - 19:23		First period		18:32 - Patrick Sharp 9 (Duncan Keith 11)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Danny Briere 14 & James van Riemsdyk 3) Ville Leino 7 - 06:43 Jeff Carter 5 - en - 19:35		Third period		12:01 - pp - Dave Bolland 7 (Duncan Keith 12 & Patrick Kane 15) 15:50 - Brian Campbell 1 (Andrew Ladd 2 & Duncan Keith 13)
Michael Leighton 31 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Antti Niemi 26 saves / 30 shots

June 6	Chicago Blackhawks		7–4	Philadelphia Flyers	United Center	Recap
(Kris Versteeg 7, Troy Brouwer 4) Brent Seabrook 4 - pp - 12:17 (Brent Sopel 5, Dustin Byfuglien 4) Dave Bolland 8 - 15:26 (Brent Seabrook 7, Dustin Byfuglien 5) Kris Versteeg 6 - 18:15		First period		No scoring
(Andrew Ladd 3, Patrick Sharp 11) Patrick Kane 9 - 03:13 (Jonathan Toews 21, Duncan Keith 14) Dustin Byfuglien 9 - pp - 17:55		Second period		00:32 - Scott Hartnell 6 (Ville Leino 10, Daniel Briere 15) 04:38 - Kimmo Timonen 1 (Daniel Briere 16, Ville Leino 11)
(Patrick Kane 16) Patrick Sharp 10 - 16:08 (Kris Versteeg 8, Dave Bolland 7) Dustin Byfuglien 10 - en - 17:55		Third period		06:36 - James van Riemsdyk 3 (Lukas Krajicek 2, Kimmo Timonen 10) 17:24 - Simon Gagne 9 (Ville Leino 12)
Antti Niemi 23 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Michael Leighton 10 saves / 13 shots Brian Boucher 11 saves / 14 shots

June 9	Philadelphia Flyers		3–4	OT	Chicago Blackhawks	Wachovia Center	Recap
(Daniel Briere 17, Chris Pronger 14) Scott Hartnell 7 - pp - 19:33		First period			16:49 - pp - Dustin Byfuglien 11 (Jonathan Toews 22, Patrick Kane 17)
(Ville Leino 13, Lukas Krajicek 3) Daniel Briere 12 - 08:00		Second period			09:58 - Patrick Sharp 11 (Dave Bolland 8, Duncan Keith 15) 17:43 - Andrew Ladd 3 (Niklas Hjalmarsson 7, Patrick Kane 18)
(Ville Leino 14, Daniel Briere 18) Scott Hartnell 8 - 16:01		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			04:06 - Patrick Kane 10 (Brian Campbell 4)
Michael Leighton 37 saves / 41 shots		Goalie stats			Antti Niemi 21 saves / 24 shots

Chicago won series 4–2

Statistical leaders change

Skaters change

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.^[7]

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

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

Goaltending change

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.^[8]^[9]

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

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

References change

↑ "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs Quarterfinals Schedule". NHL.com.
↑ "Questions galore for Capitals after quick exit". NHL.com.
↑ "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
↑ "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Semifinals". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
↑ "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Finals". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
↑ "2010 Stanley Cup Final - Blackhawks vs. Flyers". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
↑ "2009–2010 - Playoffs - All Skaters - Summary - Total points". NHL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
↑ "2009–2010 - Playoffs - Goalie - Summary - Goals against average". NHL.com. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
↑ "2009–2010 - Playoffs - Goalie - Summary - Save percentage". NHL.com. Retrieved April 15, 2010.

Preceded by 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs	Stanley Cup playoffs 2010	Succeeded by 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs

[1] "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs Quarterfinals Schedule". NHL.com.

[2] "Questions galore for Capitals after quick exit". NHL.com.

[3] "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved May 11, 2010.

[4] "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Semifinals". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved May 12, 2010.

[5] "2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Finals". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved May 24, 2010.

[6] "2010 Stanley Cup Final - Blackhawks vs. Flyers". NHL.com. The National Hockey League. Retrieved June 6, 2010.

[7] "2009–2010 - Playoffs - All Skaters - Summary - Total points". NHL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2010.

[8] "2009–2010 - Playoffs - Goalie - Summary - Goals against average". NHL.com. Retrieved April 15, 2010.

[9] "2009–2010 - Playoffs - Goalie - Summary - Save percentage". NHL.com. Retrieved April 15, 2010.

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