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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 12–June 10, 2000 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Dallas Stars |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New Jersey Devils |
| Runner-up | Dallas Stars |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Brett Hull (Stars) (24 points) |
| MVP | Scott Stevens (Devils) |
The 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), that began on April 12, 2000, and concluded on June 10. The New Jersey Devils defeated the reigning champion Dallas Stars in a six-game series to win their second Stanley Cup title in franchise history.
Sixteen teams qualified for the playoffs, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series in each round, ending with each conference's champion playing a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup Finals for the Stanley Cup.
The Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks both missed the playoffs this year. This would not happen again until 2014, when all four Western Canadian teams missed the playoffs.
For the first time in history, only two Original Six teams made it to the playoffs (Toronto and Detroit). This would only happen again in 2001 (Toronto and Detroit), 2007 (New York Rangers and Detroit), 2018 (Boston and Toronto), and 2019 (Boston and Toronto).
Also, for the first time in history, both the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens missed the playoffs in the same season.
In addition, both conference finals went to the maximum seven games. This did not happen again until 2015.
Playoff seeds
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
Eastern Conference
- Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 105 points
- Washington Capitals, Southeast Division champions – 102 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs, Northeast Division champions – 100 points
- New Jersey Devils – 103 points
- Florida Panthers – 98 points
- Ottawa Senators – 95 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins – 88 points
- Buffalo Sabres – 85 points
Western Conference
- St. Louis Blues, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 114 points
- Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions – 102 points
- Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 96 points
- Detroit Red Wings – 108 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 94 points
- Phoenix Coyotes – 90 points
- Edmonton Oilers – 88 points
- San Jose Sharks – 87 points
Playoff bracket
| Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Buffalo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Washington | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toronto | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ottawa | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toronto | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Florida | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | New Jersey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Dallas | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | St. Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | San Jose | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dallas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | San Jose | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dallas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Edmonton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dallas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colorado | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colorado | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Phoenix | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colorado | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Detroit | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Detroit | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Los Angeles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Conference quarterfinals
Eastern Conference quarterfinals
(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Buffalo Sabres
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 1998 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Buffalo won in five games. Philadelphia won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
| April 13 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:56 – pp – Keith Jones (1) 19:52 – sh – Daymond Langkow (1) | ||||||
| Stu Barnes (1) –pp – 05:53 Miroslav Satan (1) – 12:22 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:33 – pp – Simon Gagne (1) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Buffalo Sabres | 1–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Miroslav Satan (2) – 10:40 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:53 – pp – John LeClair (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:47 – pp – Eric Desjardins (1) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–0 | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | |||
| John LeClair (2) – pp – 15:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Recchi (1) – en – 19:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 17 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–3 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | HSBC Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 02:39 – pp – Curtis Brown (1) | ||||||
| Rick Tocchet (1) – pp – 13:55 Keith Primeau (1) – 18:25 |
Second period | 01:03 – Miroslav Satan (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:42 – Stu Barnes (2) | ||||||
| Brian Boucher 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–5 | Philadelphia Flyers | First Union Center | Recap | |||
| Richard Smehlik (1) – 08:44 | First period | 19:52 – Dan McGillis (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:47 – pp – John LeClair (3) 12:52 – Daymond Langkow (2) | ||||||
| Stu Barnes (3) – pp – 03:34 | Third period | 09:55 – pp – Simon Gagne 19:59 – pp-en – Daymond Langkow (3) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 32 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Boucher 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–1 | |
(2) Washington Capitals vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 1996 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Pittsburgh won in six games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games in this year's regular season series. Games 2 & 3 were played in Pittsburgh with Game 4 being played in Washington due to scheduling conflicts.