2001 Stanley Cup playoffs#.282.29 Ottawa Senators vs. .287.29 Toronto Maple Leafs

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:

1. New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 111 points{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2001_standings.html|title=2000-01 NHL Standings|website=hockey-reference.com|access-date=April 10, 2016}}
2. Ottawa Senators, Northeast Division champions – 109 points
3. Washington Capitals, Southeast Division champions – 96 points
4. Philadelphia Flyers – 100 points
5. Buffalo Sabres – 98 points
6. Pittsburgh Penguins – 96 points
7. Toronto Maple Leafs – 90 points
8. Carolina Hurricanes – 88 points

1. Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 118 points
2. Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions – 111 points
3. Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions – 106 points
4. St. Louis Blues – 103 points
5. San Jose Sharks – 95 points
6. Edmonton Oilers – 93 points
7. Los Angeles Kings – 92 points
8. Vancouver Canucks – 90 points

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 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 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 Finals, where home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.

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| RD2-group2=Western Conference

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| RD1-score02=2

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| RD1-score03=0

| RD1-seed04=7

| RD1-team04=Toronto

| RD1-score04=4

| RD1-seed05=3

| RD1-team05=Washington

| RD1-score05=2

| RD1-seed06=6

| RD1-team06=Pittsburgh

| RD1-score06=4

| RD1-seed07=4

| RD1-team07=Philadelphia

| RD1-score07=2

| RD1-seed08=5

| RD1-team08=Buffalo

| RD1-score08=4

| RD1-seed09=1

| RD1-team09=Colorado

| RD1-score09=4

| RD1-seed10=8

| RD1-team10=Vancouver

| RD1-score10=0

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| RD1-score11=2

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| RD1-team12=Los Angeles

| RD1-score12=4

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| RD1-score13=4

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| RD1-score14=2

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| RD1-score15=4

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| RD2-score05=4

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| RD2-team06=Los Angeles

| RD2-score06=3

| RD2-seed07=3

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| RD2-score07=0

| RD2-seed08=4

| RD2-team08=St. Louis

| RD2-score08=4

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| RD3-score01=4

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| RD3-score03=4

| RD3-seed04=4

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The New Jersey Devils finished first in the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference during the regular season with 111 points. The Carolina Hurricanes qualified as the eighth seed earning 88 points, winning the tiebreaker against Boston with 38 wins. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. New Jersey won this year's four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.

In their next four playoff appearances the Hurricanes did not lose a series in the first two rounds of the playoffs again until 2020.

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|team2=New Jersey Devils

|stadium2=Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena

|stadium1=Continental Airlines Arena

|date1 =April 12

|score1 =1–5

|won1 =2

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|1-1-2 =18:52 – Sergei Brylin (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =01:25 – Bobby Holik (1)
15:20 – Bobby Holik (2)

|1-3-1 =Josef Vasicek (1) – 11:27

|1-3-2 =05:06 – Petr Sykora (1)
07:01 – Patrik Elias (1)

|goalie1-1 =Arturs Irbe 31 saves / 36 shots

|goalie1-2 =Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 18 shots

|date2 =April 15

|score2 =0–2

|won2 =2

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|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =04:16 – Alexander Mogilny (1)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =02:32 – Sean O'Donnell (1)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Arturs Irbe 27 saves / 29 shots

|goalie2-2 =Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 18 shots

|date3 =April 17

|score3 =4–0

|won3 =2

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|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Bobby Holik (3) – 04:44
Scott Gomez (1) – 07:20

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Randy McKay (1) – 01:35
Brian Rafalski (1) – 04:37

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Arturs Irbe 20 saves / 24 shots

|goalie3-2 =Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots

|date4 =April 18

|score4 =2–3

|ot4 =1

|won4 =1

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|4-1-1 =02:00 – pp – Sami Kapanen (1)

|4-1-2 =Jason Arnott (1) – pp – 13:10

|4-2-1 =08:23 – pp – David Tanabe (1)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Petr Sykora (2) – sh – 09:31

|4-4-1 =00:46 – Rod Brind'Amour (1)

|4-4-2 =

|goalie4-1 =Arturs Irbe 32 saves / 34 shots

|goalie4-2 =Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =April 20

|score5 =3–2

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030115.HTM

|5-1-1 =Josef Vasicek (2) – 10:53
Sami Kapanen (2) – 15:09

|5-1-2 =11:41 – Scott Gomez (2)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Jeff O'Neill (1) – 05:47

|5-3-2 =19:40 – Bobby Holik (4)

|goalie5-1 =Arturs Irbe 37 saves / 39 shots

|goalie5-2 =Martin Brodeur 11 saves / 14 shots

|date6 =April 22

|score6 =5–1

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030116.HTM

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =Patrik Elias (2) – pp – 14:30
Sergei Brylin (2) – 15:51

|6-2-1 =05:18 – pp – David Tanabe (2)

|6-2-2 =Randy McKay (2) – 17:57

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Randy McKay (3) – 06:00
Alexander Mogilny (2) – 14:27

|goalie6-1 =Arturs Irbe 34 saves / 39 shots

|goalie6-2 =Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 15 shots

|series = New Jersey won series 4–2

}}

The Ottawa Senators entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Northeast Division with 109 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs earned the seventh seed with 90 points. This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. Their only previous series was in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Toronto won in six games. Ottawa won all five games during this year's regular season series.

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|team2=Ottawa Senators

|stadium2=Air Canada Centre

|stadium1=Corel Centre

|date1 =April 13

|score1 =1–0

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|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

|1-4-1 =Mats Sundin (1) – 10:49

|1-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Curtis Joseph 36 saves / 36 shots

|goalie1-2 =Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 27 shots

|date2 =April 14

|score2 =3–0

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030122.HTM

|2-1-1 =Sergei Berezin (1) – 02:49

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Gary Roberts (1) – 09:15

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Gary Roberts (2) – 07:12

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Curtis Joseph 37 saves / 37 shots

|goalie2-2 =Patrick Lalime 20 saves / 23 shots

|date3 =April 16

|score3 =2–3

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

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|3-1-1 =07:12 – pp – Mats Sundin (2)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =08:18 – pp – Nik Antropov (1)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Marian Hossa (1) – 16:51
Daniel Alfredsson (1) – 19:24

|3-4-1 =02:16 – Cory Cross (1)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie3-2 =Patrick Lalime 23 saves / 26 shots

|date4 =April 18

|score4 =1–3

|won4 =1

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|4-1-1 =08:56 – pp – Yanic Perreault (1)
18:07 – Yanic Perreault (2)

|4-1-2 =Chris Phillips (1) – 02:30

|4-2-1 =10:19 – Bryan McCabe (1)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Curtis Joseph 21 saves / 22 shots

|goalie4-2 =Patrick Lalime 20 saves / 23 shots

|series = Toronto won series 4–0

}}

The Washington Capitals entered the playoffs as the Southeast Division champions earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference with 96 points. The Pittsburgh Penguins earned the sixth seed with 96 points. This was the second consecutive postseason meeting and the seventh playoff match-up between these two rivals; with Pittsburgh winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Pittsburgh won in five games. These teams split this year's four-game regular season series.

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|team2=Washington Capitals

|stadium2=Mellon Arena

|stadium1=MCI Center

|date1 =April 12

|score1 =0–1

|won1 =2

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|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =00:35 – pp – Peter Bondra (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Johan Hedberg 26 saves / 27 shots

|goalie1-2 =Olaf Kolzig 16 saves / 16 shots

|date2 =April 14

|score2 =2–1

|won2 =1

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|2-1-1 =Kevin Stevens (1) – pp – 07:13
Mario Lemieux (1) – 16:34

|2-1-2 =09:25 – pp – Peter Bondra (2)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Johan Hedberg 17 saves / 18 shots

|goalie2-2 =Olaf Kolzig 25 saves / 27 shots

|date3 =April 16

|score3 =0–3

|won3 =1

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|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =09:23 – Kevin Stevens (2)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =04:59 – Alexei Kovalev (1)
07:37 – Jan Hrdina (1)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Johan Hedberg 34 saves / 34 shots

|goalie3-2 =Olaf Kolzig 21 saves / 24 shots

|date4 =April 18

|score4 =4–3

|ot4 =1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030134.HTM

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Steve Konowalchuk (1) – pp – 07:49

|4-2-1 =01:15 – Mario Lemieux (2)

|4-2-2 =Brendan Witt (1) – pp – 19:16

|4-3-1 =11:14 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (1)
13:50 – pp – Janne Laukkanen (1)

|4-3-2 =Steve Konowalchuk (2) – pp – 09:09

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =Jeff Halpern (1) – 04:01

|goalie4-1 =Johan Hedberg 25 saves / 29 shots

|goalie4-2 =Olaf Kolzig 29 saves / 32 shots

|date5 =April 21

|score5 =2–1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030135.HTM

|5-1-1 =Andrew Ference (1) – 06:35
Mario Lemieux (3) – 07:06

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =10:01 – pp – Sergei Gonchar (1)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Johan Hedberg 21 saves / 22 shots

|goalie5-2 =Olaf Kolzig 16 saves / 18 shots

|date6 =April 23

|score6 =3–4

|ot6 =1

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030136.HTM

|6-1-1 =07:21 – pp – Mario Lemieux (4)
08:59 – Robert Lang (1)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =19:59 – pp – Alexei Kovalev (2)

|6-2-2 =Brendan Witt (2) – 14:07
Jeff Halpern (2) – pp – 17:28

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Calle Johansson (1) – 17:20

|6-4-1 =13:04 – Martin Straka (1)

|6-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Johan Hedberg 28 saves / 31 shots

|goalie6-2 =Olaf Kolzig 32 saves / 36 shots

|series = Pittsburgh won series 4–2

}}

The Philadelphia Flyers entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 100 points. The Buffalo Sabres earned the fifth seed with 98 points. This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and seventh postseason match-up between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals which Philadelphia won in five games. Philadelphia won all four games during this year's regular season series.

In the first period of game one, Dominik Hasek made a save on Mark Recchi's penalty shot opportunity.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Buffalo Sabres

|team2=Philadelphia Flyers

|stadium2=HSBC Arena

|stadium1=First Union Center

|date1 =April 11

|score1 =2–1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030141.HTM

|1-1-1 =Chris Gratton (1) – 04:09
Doug Gilmour (1) – 18:04

|1-1-2 =14:00 – Eric Desjardins (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Dominik Hasek 31 saves / 32 shots

|goalie1-2 =Roman Cechmanek 24 saves / 26 shots

|date2 =April 14

|score2 =4–3

|ot2 =1

|won2 =1

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|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =13:13 – pp – Daymond Langkow (1)

|2-2-1 =Miroslav Satan (1) – pp – 00:47
Alexei Zhitnik (1) – 09:40

|2-2-2 =13:52 – John LeClair (1)
15:33 – Mark Recchi (1)

|2-3-1 =Curtis Brown (1) – 03:09

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|2-4-1 =Jay McKee (1) – 18:02

|2-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Dominik Hasek 32 saves / 35 shots

|goalie2-2 =Roman Cechmanek 37 saves / 41 shots

|date3 =April 16

|score3 =3–2

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030143.HTM

|3-1-1 =03:53 – pp – Chris Gratton (2)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =04:12 – pp – Steve Heinze (1)

|3-2-2 =Kent Manderville (1) – 02:37
Simon Gagne (1) – pp – 11:23

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Andy Delmore (1) – 11:06

|goalie3-1 =Dominik Hasek 16 saves / 19 shots

|goalie3-2 =Roman Cechmanek 26 saves / 28 shots

|date4 =April 17

|score4 =3–4

|ot4 =1

|won4 =1

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|4-1-1 =01:28 – Miroslav Satan (2)
02:18 – Donald Audette (1)

|4-1-2 =Daymond Langkow (2) – 14:16

|4-2-1 =15:30 – Chris Gratton (3)

|4-2-2 =Simon Gagne (2) – 00:48

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Dan McGillis (1) – sh – 10:16

|4-4-1 =06:13 – Curtis Brown (2)

|4-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie4-2 =. 31 saves / 35 shots

|date5 =April 19

|score5 =1–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030145.HTM

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =14:53 – pp – Simon Gagne (3)

|5-2-1 =Maxim Afinogenov (1) – 09:00

|5-2-2 =16:02 – pp – Mark Recchi (2)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =03:17 – Chris Therien (1)

|goalie5-1 =Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie5-2 = Roman Cechmanek 25 saves / 26 shots

|date6 =April 21

|score6 =0–8

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030146.HTM

|6-1-1 =02:23 – Chris Gratton (4)
13:20 – pp – Doug Gilmour (2)
17:49 – Donald Audette (2)
18:46 – pp – Dave Andreychuk (1)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =03:25 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (1)
06:38 – pp – Steve Heinze (2)

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =02:20 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (2)
16:51 – Chris Gratton (5)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 24 shots

|goalie6-2 = Roman Cechmanek 4 saves / 9 shots
Brian Boucher 14 saves / 17 shots

|series = Buffalo won series 4–2

}}

The Colorado Avalanche entered the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners as the NHL's best regular season team with 118 points. The Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the eighth seed finishing the season with 90 points, winning the tiebreaker against Phoenix with 36 wins. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1996 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Colorado won in six games. Colorado won three of the five games during this year's regular season series. This was Vancouver's first playoff appearance since 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/VAN/|title=Vancouver Canucks Franchise Index|website=hockey-reference.com|access-date=April 10, 2016}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Vancouver Canucks

|team2=Colorado Avalanche

|stadium2=General Motors Place

|stadium1=Pepsi Center

|date1 =April 12

|score1 =4–5

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030151.HTM

|1-1-1 =Mattias Ohlund (1) – pp – 08:26

|1-1-2 =15:11 – pp – Joe Sakic (1)
16:36 – pp – Rob Blake (1)

|1-2-1 =Trent Klatt (1) – 00:46
Todd Bertuzzi (1) – 16:33

|1-2-2 =05:35 – Chris Drury (1)
18:55 – pp – Joe Sakic (2)

|1-3-1 =Ed Jovanovski (1) – 10:17

|1-3-2 =18:53 – Chris Drury (2)

|goalie1-1 =Dan Cloutier 23 saves / 28 shots

|goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 19 saves / 23 shots

|date2 =April 14

|score2 =1–2

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030152.HTM

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Brendan Morrison (1) – pp – 00:35

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =02:22 – Ville Nieminen (1)
03:04 – Milan Hejduk (1)

|goalie2-1 =Bob Essensa 23 saves / 25 shots

|goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 18 saves / 19 shots

|date3 =April 16

|score3 =4–3

|ot3 =1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030153.HTM

|3-1-1 =06:13 – pp – Trent Klatt (2)

|3-1-2 =Joe Sakic (3) – 17:18

|3-2-1 =01:37 – Daniel Sedin (1)

|3-2-2 =Chris Drury (3) – 08:37

|3-3-1 =05:32 – Todd Bertuzzi (2)

|3-3-2 =Adam Foote (1) – pp – 09:52

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Peter Forsberg (1) – 02:50

|goalie3-1 =Bob Essensa 29 saves / 33 shots

|goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 20 saves / 23 shots

|date4 =April 18

|score4 =5–1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030154.HTM

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Chris Drury (4) – pp – 17:30

|4-3-1 =13:27 – pp – Trent Klatt (3)

|4-3-2 =Peter Forsberg (2) – 09:11
Joe Sakic (4) – 09:28
Eric Messier (1) – 09:49
Alex Tanguay (1) – en – 17:25

|goalie4-1 =Dan Cloutier 25 saves / 29 shots

|goalie4-2 =Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots

|series = Colorado won series 4–0

}}

The Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the Central Division champions earning the second seed in the Western Conference with 111 points. The Los Angeles Kings earned the seventh seed with 92 points. This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the previous year's Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Detroit won in a four-game sweep. These teams split this year's three-game regular season series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Los Angeles Kings

|team2=Detroit Red Wings

|stadium2=Staples Center

|stadium1=Joe Louis Arena

|date1 =April 11

|score1 =3–5

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030161.HTM

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =06:23 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (1)
08:51 – Sergei Fedorov (1)
13:24 – Brendan Shanahan (1)

|1-2-1 =Kelly Buchberger (1) – 02:21
Zigmund Palffy (1) – 07:47
Luc Robitaille (1) – 17:40

|1-2-2 =02:41 – Brendan Shanahan (2)
12:05 – pp – Igor Larionov (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Felix Potvin 26 saves / 31 shots

|goalie1-2 =Chris Osgood 27 saves / 30 shots

|date2 =April 14

|score2 =0–4

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030162.HTM

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =02:16 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (2)
09:12 – pp – Steve Duchesne (1)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =06:04 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)
13:31 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (2)

|goalie2-1 =Felix Potvin 28 saves / 32 shots

|goalie2-2 =Chris Osgood 20 saves / 20 shots

|date3 =April 15

|score3 =1–2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030163.HTM

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =08:21 – Luc Robitaille (2)

|3-2-2 =Nicklas Lidstrom (1) – 18:02

|3-3-1 =13:33 – Jozef Stumpel (1)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Felix Potvin 22 saves / 23 shots

|goalie3-2 =Chris Osgood 22 saves / 24 shots

|date4 =April 18

|score4 =3–4

|ot4 =1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030164.HTM

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Pat Verbeek (1) – pp – 13:57

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Steve Duchesne (2) – pp – 01:19
Vyacheslav Kozlov (3) – pp – 02:51

|4-3-1 =13:53 – pp – Scott Thomas (1)
17:33 – pp – Jozef Stumpel (2)
19:07 – Bryan Smolinski (1)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|4-4-1 =02:36 – Eric Belanger (1)

|4-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Felix Potvin 20 saves / 23 shots

|goalie4-2 =Chris Osgood 27 saves / 31 shots

|date5 =April 21

|score5 =3–2

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030165.HTM

|5-1-1 =Zigmund Palffy (2) – 01:15

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Ian Laperriere (1) – 01:15

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 01:38

|5-3-2 =00:33 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (4)
12:46 – Chris Chelios (1)

|goalie5-1 =Felix Potvin 27 saves / 29 shots

|goalie5-2 =Chris Osgood 22 saves / 25 shots

|date6 =April 23

|score6 =2–3

|ot6 =1

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030166.HTM

|6-1-1 =02:19 – pp – Jozef Stumpel (3)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Pat Verbeek (2) – pp – 04:20
Darren McCarty (1) – 06:42

|6-3-1 =10:17 – Adam Deadmarsh (2)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|6-4-1 =04:48 – Adam Deadmarsh (3)

|6-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Felix Potvin 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie6-2 =Chris Osgood 25 saves / 28 shots

|series = Los Angeles won series 4–2

}}

The Dallas Stars entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division champions earning the third seed in the Western Conference with 106 points. The Edmonton Oilers earned the sixth seed with 93 points. This was the fifth consecutive playoff meeting and seventh overall postseason match-up between these two teams; with Dallas winning four of the six previous series. Dallas won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in five games. Dallas won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Edmonton Oilers

|team2=Dallas Stars

|stadium2=Skyreach Centre

|stadium1=Reunion Arena

|date1 =April 11

|score1 =1–2

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030171.HTM

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Ryan Smyth (1) – 06:51

|1-2-2 =18:14 – pp – Mike Modano (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =02:08 – Jamie Langenbrunner (1)

|goalie1-1 =Tommy Salo 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 21 saves / 22 shots

|date2 =April 14

|score2 =4–3

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030172.HTM

|2-1-1 =Daniel Cleary (1) – pp – 09:37
Georges Laraque (1) – 11:34
Rem Murray (1) – pp – 18:14

|2-1-2 =00:26 – Mike Keane (1)
11:12 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (1)

|2-2-1 =Anson Carter (1) – pp – 13:32

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =01:18 – pp – Darryl Sydor (1)

|goalie2-1 =Tommy Salo 22 saves / 25 shots

|goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 27 saves / 31 shots

|date3 =April 15

|score3 =3–2

|ot3 =1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030173.HTM

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Sergei Zubov (1) – 03:06

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =18:57 – Ryan Smyth (2)
19:53 – Rem Murray (2)

|3-3-2 =Mike Modano (2) – pp – 05:51

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Benoit Hogue (1) – 19:48

|goalie3-1 =Tommy Salo 37 saves / 40 shots

|goalie3-2 =Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots

|date4 =April 17

|score4 =1–2

|ot4 =1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030174.HTM

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =14:24 – Anson Carter (1)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Mike Keane (2) – 13:15

|4-4-1 =17:19 – pp – Mike Comrie (1)

|4-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Tommy Salo 34 saves / 35 shots

|goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 30 saves / 32 shots

|date5 =April 19

|score5 =3–4

|ot5 =1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030175.HTM

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =06:02 – Jere Lehtinen (1)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =01:12 – Jamie Langenbrunner (2)

|5-3-1 =Anson Carter (3) – 02:32
Doug Weight (1) – 03:04
Eric Brewer (1) – pp – 05:29

|5-3-2 =15:38 – John MacLean (1)

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =08:01 – Kirk Muller (1)

|goalie5-1 =Tommy Salo 30 saves / 34 shots

|goalie5-2 =Ed Belfour 15 saves / 18 shots

|date6 =April 21

|score6 =3–1

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030176.HTM

|6-1-1 =04:44 – Ryan Smyth (3)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Brett Hull (1) – 08:57
Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 17:07
Mike Modano (3) – en – 19:16

|goalie6-1 =Tommy Salo 23 saves / 25 shots

|goalie6-2 =Ed Belfour 20 saves / 21 shots

|series = Dallas won series 4–2

}}

The St. Louis Blues entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 103 points. The San Jose Sharks earned the fifth seed with 95 points. This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. San Jose won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in seven games. St. Louis won the four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=San Jose Sharks

|team2=St. Louis Blues

|stadium2=Compaq Center

|stadium1=Savvis Center

|date1 =April 12

|score1 =1–3

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030181.HTM

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =17:10 – Pierre Turgeon (1)

|1-3-1 =Patrick Marleau (1) – 11:15

|1-3-2 =00:38 – Scott Young (1)
07:00 – pp – Al MacInnis (1)

|goalie1-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 21 saves / 24 shots

|goalie1-2 =Roman Turek 21 saves / 22 shots

|date2 =April 14

|score2 =1–0

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030182.HTM

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Scott Thornton (1) – 13:52

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 28 shots

|goalie2-2 =Roman Turek 18 saves / 19 shots

|date3 =April 16

|score3 =6–3

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030183.HTM

|3-1-1 =16:19 – Scott Thornton (2)

|3-1-2 =Scott Mellanby (1) – pp – 02:31
Jochen Hecht (1) – 04:16
Cory Stillman (1) – 13:49

|3-2-1 =12:30 – sh – Vincent Damphousse (1)

|3-2-2 =Dallas Drake (1) – sh – 06:17
Pierre Turgeon (2) – pp – 17:12

|3-3-1 =03:13 – Tony Granato (1)

|3-3-2 =Dallas Drake (2) – en – 19:21

|goalie3-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 21 shots

|goalie3-2 =Roman Turek 35 saves / 38 shots

|date4 =April 17

|score4 =2–3

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030184.HTM

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Keith Tkachuk (1) – pp – 19:59

|4-2-1 =00:58 – Vincent Damphousse (2)
06:49 – Scott Thornton (3)
12:32 – Owen Nolan (1)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Dallas Drake (3) – 19:35

|goalie4-1 =Miikka Kiprusoff 39 saves / 41 shots

|goalie4-2 =Roman Turek 22 saves / 25 shots

|date5 =April 19

|score5 =2–3

|ot5 =1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030185.HTM

|5-1-1 =Stephane Matteau (1) – 08:54

|5-1-2 =07:07 – Scott Young (2)

|5-2-1 =Patrick Marleau (2) – 11:56

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =17:12 – Dallas Drake (4)

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =09:54 – Bryce Salvador (1)

|goalie5-1 =Miikka Kiprusoff 35 saves / 38 shots

|goalie5-2 =Roman Turek 24 saves / 26 shots

|date6 =April 21

|score6 =2–1

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030186.HTM

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Cory Stillman (2) – pp – 15:20
Pavol Demitra (1) – 16:12

|6-3-1 =12:31 – Brad Stuart (1)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 30 shots

|goalie6-2 =Roman Turek 30 saves / 31 shots

|series = St. Louis won series 4–2

}}

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. New Jersey won last year's Eastern Conference Semifinals in six games. These teams split this year's three-game regular season series.

In game one, Nik Antropov scored the game-winning goal in the second period, while Curtis Joseph saved all 32 shots by the Devils. In game two, the Leafs led by one goal going into the second period. The Devils scored four consecutive goals against Joseph, one each by Gomez, Rafalski, Mogilny and Madden. The Maple Leafs' Sundin scored a short-handed goal 29 seconds into the third period, and the Devils' Mogilny scored a power-play goal 38 seconds after that. The Leafs' Thomas and Sundin combined to score three goals, and the game required overtime, during which the Devils' Randy McKay scored the game-winning goal. In game three, Rafalski scored the game-winning goal off a deflection in overtime. The Devils recorded 17 more shots than Toronto. In game four, Toronto's Corson scored in the first period, and Berezin and Mats Sundin scored in the second. The Devils' Elias scored a power-play goal in the second period. Maple Leafs' forward Tie Domi checked Devils defenceman Scott Niedermayer, who left the ice rink on a stretcher. In game five, Leafs' defenceman Cory Cross initiated scoring early in the second period, and Devils' right winger Petr Sykora and center Jason Arnott scored one goal each. In the third period, Toronto's Tomas Kaberle scored the game-winner with 30 seconds left to give the Leafs a 3-2 series lead. In game six, Brian Rafalski scored the game-winning goal for the Devils. In game seven, the Devils' Patrik Elias scored two goals in the second period.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Toronto Maple Leafs

|team2=New Jersey Devils

|stadium2=Air Canada Centre

|stadium1=Continental Airlines Arena

|date1 =April 26

|score1 =2–0

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030211.HTM

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Nik Antropov (2) – 03:16
Steve Thomas (1) – pp – 09:02

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 32 shots

|goalie1-2 =Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots

|date2 =April 28

|score2 =5–6

|ot2 =1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030212.HTM

|2-1-1 =Danny Markov (1) – 08:30

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =02:58 – Scott Gomez (3)
05:25 – Brian Rafalski (2)
09:27 – Alexander Mogilny (3)
15:04 – John Madden (1)

|2-3-1 =Mats Sundin (3) – sh – 00:29
Steve Thomas (2) – 05:59
Mats Sundin (4) – 09:33
Steve Thomas (3) – 19:37

|2-3-2 =01:07 – pp – Alexander Mogilny (4)

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =05:31 – Randy McKay (4)

|goalie2-1 =Curtis Joseph 27 saves / 33 shots

|goalie2-2 =Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 21 shots

|date3 =May 1

|score3 =3–2

|ot3 =1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030213.HTM

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Bobby Holik (5) – pp – 09:21

|3-2-1 =08:52 – Garry Valk (1)
11:26 – pp – Steve Thomas (4)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Scott Gomez (4) – 01:34

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Brian Rafalski (3) – 07:00

|goalie3-1 =Curtis Joseph 42 saves / 45 shots

|goalie3-2 =Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots

|date4 =May 3

|score4 =1–3

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030214.HTM

|4-1-1 =14:38 – Shayne Corson (1)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =01:21 – Sergei Berezin (2)
10:43 – Mats Sundin (5)

|4-2-2 =Patrik Elias (3) – 09:21

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Curtis Joseph 23 saves / 24 shots

|goalie4-2 =Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 20 shots

|date5 =May 5

|score5 =3–2

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030215.HTM

|5-1-1 =Bryan McCabe (2) – pp – 09:30

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Cory Cross (2) – 04:33

|5-2-2 =12:43 – Petr Sykora (3)
16:50 – pp – Jason Arnott (2)

|5-3-1 =Tomas Kaberle (1) – 19:30

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 26 shots

|goalie5-2 =Martin Brodeur17 saves / 20 shots

|date6 =May 7

|score6 =4–2

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030216.HTM

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =Petr Sykora (4) – 04:54

|6-2-1 =05:07 – pp – Steve Thomas (5)

|6-2-2 =Randy McKay (5) – pp – 15:18
Brian Rafalski (4) – 19:52

|6-3-1 =02:17 – pp – Mats Sundin (6)

|6-3-2 =Jason Arnott (3) – 05:58

|goalie6-1 =Curtis Joseph 22 saves / 26 shots

|goalie6-2 =Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 26 shots

|date7 =May 9

|score7 =1–5

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030217.HTM

|7-1-1 =Steve Thomas (6) – pp – 09:06

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =01:32 – Sergei Nemchinov (1)
07:13 – pp – Patrik Elias (4)
09:12 – Patrik Elias (5)
14:41 – Scott Stevens (1)

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =10:50 – John Madden (2)

|goalie7-1 =Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 20 shots

|goalie7-2 =Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 16 shots

|series = New Jersey won series 4–3

}}

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning the only previous meeting in the 1979 Preliminary Round in three games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

In game one, Penguins centre Mario Lemieux scored the game-winning goal in the first period. Centres Wayne Primeau and Jan Hrdina also scored. Penguins winger Jaromir Jagr, who assisted on the Lemieux goal in the first period, injured his leg in the third period and did not play in game two. In game two, the Penguins' Robert Lang, Ference and Kovalev scored goals. Sabres centre Stu Barnes scored. In game three, Sabres defenceman Jason Woolley scored the game-winning goal. His teammates Curtis Brown, Miroslav Satan and James Patrick also scored. In game four, Stu Barnes scored two goals, including the game-winning goal. Buffalo's Jean-Pierre Dumont and Curtis Brown also scored. The Penguins' Martin Straka and Janne Laukkanen scored. In game five, Stu Barnes scored the game-winning goal in overtime. His teammates Chris Gratton and Curtis Brown also scored goals. The Penguins' Jaromir Jagr and Aleksey Morozov scored. Martin Straka had an unsuccessful penalty shot. In game six, Martin Straka scored the game-winning goal in overtime. His teammates Mario Lemieux and Alexei Kovalev also scored. Buffalo's Maxim Afinogenov and Donald Audette scored for the Sabres. In game seven, Penguins defenceman Darius Kasparaitis scored the game-winning goal in overtime. Pittsburgh's Andrew Ference and Robert Lang also scored. Buffalo's Jean-Pierre Dumont and Steve Heinze scored for the Sabres.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Pittsburgh Penguins

|team2=Buffalo Sabres

|stadium2=Mellon Arena

|stadium1=HSBC Arena

|date1 =April 26

|score1 =3–0

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030221.HTM

|1-1-1 =Mario Lemieux (5) – 05:07

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Jan Hrdina (2) – 14:02

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Wayne Primeau (1) – 17:40

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Johan Hedberg 25 saves / 25 shots

|goalie1-2 =Dominik Hasek 29 saves / 32 shots

|date2 =April 28

|score2 =3–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030222.HTM

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Robert Lang (2) – 10:11

|2-2-2 =14:44 – pp – Stu Barnes (1)

|2-3-1 =Andrew Ference (2) – 08:09
Alexei Kovalev (3) – en – 19:57

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Johan Hedberg 21 saves / 22 shots

|goalie2-2 =Dominik Hasek 12 saves / 14 shots

|date3 =April 30

|score3 =4–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030223.HTM

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =05:34 – pp – Kevin Stevens (3)

|3-2-2 =Curtis Brown (3) – 13:04

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Jason Woolley (1) – 09:51
Miroslav Satan (3) – 13:03
James Patrick (1) – en – 19:39

|goalie3-1 =Johan Hedberg 26 saves / 29 shots

|goalie3-2 =Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 20 shots

|date4 =May 2

|score4 =5–2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030224.HTM

|4-1-1 =11:10 – pp – Martin Straka (2)

|4-1-2 =Jean-Pierre Dumont (3) – 01:28
Curtis Brown (4) – sh – 19:13

|4-2-1 =05:24 – Janne Laukkanen (2)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Stu Barnes (2) – 04:44
Vladimir Tsyplakov (1) – 14:24
Stu Barnes (3) – pp – 18:09

|goalie4-1 =Johan Hedberg 23 saves / 28 shots

|goalie4-2 =Dominik Hasek 15 saves / 17 shots

|date5 =May 5

|score5 =2–3

|ot5 =1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030225.HTM

|5-1-1 =Jaromir Jagr (2) – pp – 14:51

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Aleksey Morozov (1) – 02:36

|5-2-2 =09:54 – pp – Chris Gratton (6)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =11:16 – sh – Curtis Brown (5)

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =08:34 – Stu Barnes (4)

|goalie5-1 =Johan Hedberg 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie5-2 =Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 27 shots

|date6 =May 8

|score6 =2–3

|ot6 =1

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030226.HTM

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =Maxim Afinogenov (2) – 09:26

|6-2-1 =05:14 – Alexei Kovalev (4)

|6-2-2 =Donald Audette (3) – 15:12

|6-3-1 =18:42 – Mario Lemieux (6)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|6-4-1 =11:29 – Martin Straka (3)

|6-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Johan Hedberg 16 saves / 18 shots
Jean-Sebastien Aubin 0 saves / 0 shots

|goalie6-2 =Dominik Hasek 30 saves / 33 shots

|date7 =May 10

|score7 =3–2

|ot7 =1

|won7 =1

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030227.HTM

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =Andrew Ference (3) – pp – 08:19

|7-2-2 =01:50 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (4)

|7-3-1 =Robert Lang (3) – 09:00

|7-3-2 =00:32 – pp – Steve Heinze (3)

|7-4-1 =Darius Kasparaitis (1) – 13:01

|7-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Johan Hedberg 28 saves / 30 shots

|goalie7-2 =Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 28 shots

|series = Pittsburgh won series 4–3

}}

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split this year's four-game regular season series.

In game one, the Avalanche took two minor penalties, one of which led to the game-winning power play goal by Kings defenceman Jaroslav Modry. In game three, Avalanche centre Joe Sakic injured his shoulder and would sit out part of the series. Game six featured 65 shots and one goal, scored by Kings winger Glen Murray in the second overtime.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Los Angeles Kings

|team2=Colorado Avalanche

|stadium2=Staples Center

|stadium1=Pepsi Center

|date1 =April 26

|score1 =4–3

|ot1 =1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030231.HTM

|1-1-1 =Glen Murray (1) – 09:20

|1-1-2 =15:59 – Chris Drury (5)

|1-2-1 =Nelson Emerson (1) – 09:29

|1-2-2 =02:40 – Rob Blake (2)

|1-3-1 =Glen Murray (2) – 13:00

|1-3-2 =15:30 – pp – Peter Forsberg (3)

|1-4-1 =Jaroslav Modry – pp – 14:23

|1-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Felix Potvin 34 saves / 37 shots

|goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 21 saves / 25 shots

|date2 =April 28

|score2 =0–2

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030232.HTM

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =02:29 – pp – Ville Nieminen (2)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =15:13 – Joe Sakic (5)

|goalie2-1 =Felix Potvin 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 20 saves / 20 shots

|date3 =April 30

|score3 =4–3

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030233.HTM

|3-1-1 =16:17 – pp – Luc Robitaille (3)

|3-1-2 =Rob Blake (3) – 04:33

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Peter Forsberg (4) – 10:43

|3-3-1 =10:00 – pp – Glen Murray (3)
19:20 – Zigmund Palffy (3)

|3-3-2 =Milan Hejduk (2) – 08:21
Jon Klemm (1) – 10:33

|goalie3-1 =Felix Potvin 17 saves / 21 shots

|goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 22 saves / 25 shots

|date4 =May 2

|score4 =3–0

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030234.HTM

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Alex Tanguay (2) – 03:55
Milan Hejduk (3) – pp – 16:27
Chris Drury (6) – 18:13

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Felix Potvin 18 saves / 21 shots

|goalie4-2 =Patrick Roy 21 saves / 21 shots

|date5 =May 4

|score5 =1–0

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030235.HTM

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Luc Robitaille (4) – 10:05

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Felix Potvin 20 saves / 20 shots

|goalie5-2 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots

|date6 =May 6

|score6 =0–1

|ot6 =2

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030236.HTM

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|6-4-1 =02:41 – Glen Murray (4)

|6-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Felix Potvin 33 saves / 33 shots

|goalie6-2 =Patrick Roy 31 saves / 32 shots

|date7 =May 9

|score7 =1–5

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030237.HTM

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =18:29 – pp – Rob Blake (4)

|7-2-1 =Nelson Emerson (2) – 18:31

|7-2-2 =No scoring

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =03:03 – Chris Drury (7)
06:22 – pp – Ville Nieminen (3)
11:07 – Shjon Podein (1)
16:25 – en – Milan Hejduk (4)

|goalie7-1 =Felix Potvin 31 saves / 35 shots

|goalie7-2 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots

|series = Colorado won series 4–3

}}

This was the twelfth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Dallas winning six of the eleven previous series. They last met in the 1999 Western Conference Semifinals, which Dallas won in six games. St. Louis won this year's three-game regular season series earning four of six points.

Dallas was swept for the first time since relocating from Minnesota; the franchise had not been swept since 1984 when the Minnesota North Stars were swept by the Edmonton Oilers.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.285647|title=Stars fall in four|date=May 4, 2001|access-date=August 24, 2017}} Game two was the last game played in the Reunion Arena.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=St. Louis Blues

|team2=Dallas Stars

|stadium2=Savvis Center

|stadium1=Reunion Arena

|date1 =April 27

|score1 =4–2

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030241.HTM

|1-1-1 =Pavol Demitra (2) – 09:02
Marty Reasoner (1) – 15:08

|1-1-2 =09:55 – John MacLean (2)

|1-2-1 =Marty Reasoner (2) – 03:30
Pierre Turgeon (3) – 08:46

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =12:22 – Brad Lukowich (1)

|goalie1-1 =Roman Turek 21 saves / 23 shots

|goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 17 saves / 21 shots

|date2 =April 29

|score2 =2–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030242.HTM

|2-1-1 =Marty Reasoner (3) – 01:25
Scott Young (3) – sh – 09:32

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =19:08 – Joe Nieuwendyk (3)

|goalie2-1 =Roman Turek 28 saves / 29 shots

|goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 22 saves / 24 shots

|date3 =May 1

|score3 =2–3

|ot3 =2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030243.HTM

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Mike Keane (3) – 05:29

|3-2-1 =17:59 – Jochen Hecht (2)

|3-2-2 =Brett Hull (2) – pp – 07:53

|3-3-1 =17:45 – Alexander Khavanov (1)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =09:26 – Cory Stillman (3)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Roman Turek 25 saves / 27 shots

|goalie3-2 =Ed Belfour 45 saves / 48 shots

|date4 =May 3

|score4 =1–4

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030244.HTM

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =09:28 – Alexander Khavanov (2)
14:37 – pp – Keith Tkachuk (2)

|4-2-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (4) – 16:40

|4-3-1 =16:11 – Chris Pronger (1)
18:36 – en – Scott Young (4)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Roman Turek 32 saves / 33 shots

|goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 29 saves / 32 shots

|series = St. Louis won series 4–0

}}

{{See also|NHL conference finals}}

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 1999 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Pittsburgh won in seven games. This was New Jersey's second consecutive and fifth overall appearance in the Conference Finals; they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games in the previous year's Eastern Conference Final. This was Pittsburgh's fourth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1996, where they lost to the Florida Panthers in seven games. Pittsburgh won this year's five-game regular season series by earning seven of ten points.

Game three was Martin Brodeur's eleventh career postseason shutout, and it was also the first home shutout loss for the Penguins since 1975. In game four, Martin Brodeur recorded his twelfth career playoff shutout.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Pittsburgh Penguins

|team2=New Jersey Devils

|stadium2=Mellon Arena

|stadium1=Continental Airlines Arena

|date1 =May 12

|score1 =1–3

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030311.HTM

|1-1-1 =Martin Straka (4) – pp – 03:06

|1-1-2 =14:09 – pp – Randy McKay (6)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =17:04 – pp – Petr Sykora (5)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =01:20 – Petr Sykora (6)

|goalie1-1 =Johan Hedberg 18 saves / 21 shots

|goalie1-2 =Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 15 shots

|date2 =May 15

|score2 =4–2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030312.HTM

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =08:52 – Jay Pandolfo (1)
16:34 – sh – Petr Sykora (7)

|2-2-1 =Aleksey Morozov (2) – sh – 09:20
Alexei Kovalev (5) – 12:17
Rene Corbet (1) – 15:55

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Robert Lang (4) – 05:19

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Johan Hedberg 27 saves / 29 shots

|goalie2-2 =Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 23 shots

|date3 =May 17

|score3 =3–0

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030313.HTM

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Brian Rafalski (5) – 08:42
Jason Arnott (4) – pp – 12:37

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Patrik Elias (6) – 01:27

|goalie3-1 =Johan Hedberg 33 saves / 36 shots

|goalie3-2 =Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 20 shots

|date4 =May 19

|score4 =5–0

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030314.HTM

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Patrik Elias (7) – 18:11

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Brian Rafalski (6) – 07:58
Petr Sykora (8) – 15:34

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Jason Arnott (5) – 04:17
Brian Rafalski (7) – pp – 13:14

|goalie4-1 =Johan Hedberg 25 saves / 30 shots

|goalie4-2 =Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 21 shots

|date5 =May 22

|score5 =2–4

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030315.HTM

|5-1-1 =Aleksey Morozov (3) – 16:38

|5-1-2 =00:57 – Jason Arnott (6)

|5-2-1 =Martin Straka (5) – pp – 13:09

|5-2-2 =07:31 – pp – Jason Arnott (7)
12:23 – Bobby Holik (6)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =03:32 – John Madden (3)

|goalie5-1 =Johan Hedberg 19 saves / 23 shots

|goalie5-2 =Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 20 shots

|series = New Jersey won series 4–1

}}

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This was Colorado's third consecutive and seventh overall appearance in the Conference Finals; they lost to the Dallas Stars in seven games during the previous year's Western Conference Final. St. Louis made their second Conference Finals appearance; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1986 where they lost to the Calgary Flames in seven games. Colorado won this year's four-game regular season series by earning six of eight points.

In game one, Joe Sakic's penalty shot goal was awarded when Blues goaltender Roman Turek was ruled to have thrown his stick.{{cite web|title=Avs more game-ready than rested Blues|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/2001/20010512/recap/stlcol.html|date=May 12, 2001|access-date=December 3, 2020}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=St. Louis Blues

|team2=Colorado Avalanche

|stadium2=Savvis Center

|stadium1=Pepsi Center

|date1 =May 12

|score1 =1–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030321.HTM

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =04:32 – pp – Milan Hejduk (5)

|1-2-1 =Scott Young (5) – sh – 00:25

|1-2-2 =06:45 – ps – Joe Sakic (6)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =05:18 – Joe Sakic (7)
14:00 – pp – Milan Hejduk (6)

|goalie1-1 =Roman Turek 26 saves / 30 shots

|goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 30 saves / 31 shots

|date2 =May 14

|score2 =2–4

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030322.HTM

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =13:22 – pp – Ray Bourque (1)

|2-2-1 =Scott Mellanby (2) – pp – 08:27

|2-2-2 =18:04 – Adam Foote (2)

|2-3-1 =Al MacInnis (2) – pp – 15:52

|2-3-2 =13:21 – Shjon Podein (2)
19:52 – en – Chris Drury (8)

|goalie2-1 =Roman Turek 16 saves / 19 shots

|goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 30 shots

|date3 =May 16

|score3 =3–4

|ot3 =2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030323.HTM

|3-1-1 =05:54 – pp – Alexander Khavanov (3)

|3-1-2 =Ray Bourque (2) – pp – 06:46
Dan Hinote (1) – 08:36

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =10:13 – Scott Mellanby (3)
14:17 – Jamal Mayers (1)

|3-3-2 =Eric Messier (2) – 12:40

|3-4-1 =10:27 – Scott Young (6)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Roman Turek 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 56 saves / 60 shots

|date4 =May 18

|score4 =4–3

|ot4 =1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030324.HTM

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Steve Reinprecht (1) – 14:13
Joe Sakic (8) – 15:17
Ray Bourque (3) – 15:31

|4-2-1 =04:40 – Pierre Turgeon (4)
09:24 – Pierre Turgeon (5)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =00:58 – Jamal Mayers (2)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =Stephane Yelle (1) – 04:23

|goalie4-1 =Roman Turek 23 saves / 27 shots

|goalie4-2 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots

|date5 =May 21

|score5 =1–2

|ot5 =1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030325.HTM

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Bryce Salvador (2) – 13:31

|5-2-2 =11:20 – pp – Milan Hejduk (7)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =00:24 – pp – Joe Sakic (9)

|goalie5-1 =Brent Johnson 34 saves / 36 shots

|goalie5-2 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 29 shots

|series = Colorado won series 4–1

}}

{{main|2001 Stanley Cup Finals}}

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Colorado made its second Finals appearance and first since defeating the Florida Panthers in a four-game sweep in 1996. New Jersey made its second consecutive and third overall Finals appearance after defeating the Dallas Stars the year before. It was the first Finals match-up to feature both regular season conference champions since 1989. New Jersey won both games in this year's regular season series. The Colorado Avalanche did not win the Stanley Cup again until 2022.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New Jersey Devils

|team2=Colorado Avalanche

|stadium2=Continental Airlines Arena

|stadium1=Pepsi Center

|date1 =May 26

|score1 =0–5

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030411.HTM

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =11:07 – Joe Sakic (10)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =09:35 – Chris Drury (9)
15:06 – Joe Sakic (11)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =05:36 – pp – Rob Blake (5)
17:36 – Steve Reinprecht (2)

|goalie1-1 =Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 30 shots

|goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 25 shots

|date2 =May 29

|score2 =2–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030412.HTM

|2-1-1 =Bob Corkum (1) – 14:29
Turner Stevenson (1) – 17:20

|2-1-2 =05:58 – pp – Joe Sakic (12)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 20 shots

|goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 18 saves / 20 shots

|date3 =May 31

|score3 =3–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030413.HTM

|3-1-1 =03:16 – pp – Jason Arnott (8)

|3-1-2 =Martin Skoula (1) – 10:38

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Ray Bourque (4) – pp – 00:31
Dan Hinote (2) – 06:28

|goalie3-1 =Martin Brodeur 18 saves / 21 shots

|goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 21 saves / 22 shots

|date4 =June 2

|score4 =2–3

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030414.HTM

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Rob Blake (6) – 03:58

|4-2-1 =03:42 – sh – Patrik Elias (8)

|4-2-2 =Chris Drury (10) – 13:54

|4-3-1 =08:09 – Scott Gomez (5)
17:23 – Petr Sykora (9)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Martin Brodeur 10 saves / 12 shots

|goalie4-2 =Patrick Roy 32 saves / 35 shots

|date5 =June 4

|score5 =4–1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030415.HTM

|5-1-1 =Patrik Elias (9) – 03:09
Alexander Mogilny (5) – 18:47

|5-1-2 =10:09 – pp – Alex Tanguay (3)

|5-2-1 =Sergei Brylin (3) – pp – 04:39

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =John Madden (4) – 18:05

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots

|goalie5-2 =Patrick Roy 22 saves / 26 shots

|date6 =June 7

|score6 =4–0

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030416.HTM

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =Adam Foote (3) – 18:02

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Ville Nieminen (4) – pp – 02:26
Chris Drury (11) – 18:27

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Alex Tanguay (4) – 13:46

|goalie6-1 =Martin Brodeur 14 saves / 18 shots

|goalie6-2 =Patrick Roy 24 saves / 24 shots

|date7 =June 9

|score7 =1–3

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20002001/GS030417.HTM

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =07:58 – Alex Tanguay (5)

|7-2-1 =Petr Sykora (10) – pp – 09:33

|7-2-2 =04:57 – Alex Tanguay (6)
06:16 – pp – Joe Sakic (13)

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 22 shots

|goalie7-2 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots

|series = Colorado won series 4–3

}}

Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic led the playoffs in scoring for the second time in his career. Patrik Elias of the New Jersey Devils finished second in playoff scoring with 23 points. The table lists the top 10 point producers.{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/NHL_2001_leaders.html|title=2001 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Leaders|website=hockey-reference.com|access-date=April 10, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&report=skatersummary&season=20002001&gameType=3&sort=points&aggregate=0&pos=S|title=Statistics|website=nhl.com|access-date=June 16, 2016}}

|-

|align=left| {{sortname|Patrik|Elias|Patrik Eliáš}} ||align=left|New Jersey Devils || 25 || 9 || 14 || 23 || +11 || 10

|-

|align=left| {{sortname|Milan|Hejduk}} ||align=left|Colorado Avalanche || 23 || 7 || 16 || 23 || +8 || 6

|-

|align=left| {{sortname|Petr|Sykora|Petr Sýkora}} ||align=left|New Jersey Devils || 25 || 10 || 12 || 22 || +15 || 12

|-

|align=left| {{sortname|Alex|Tanguay}} ||align=left|Colorado Avalanche || 23 || 6 || 15 || 21 || +13 || 8

|-

|align=left| {{sortname|Rob|Blake}} ||align=left|Colorado Avalanche || 23 || 6 || 13 || 19 || +6 || 16

|-

|align=left| {{sortname|Brian|Rafalski}} ||align=left|New Jersey Devils || 25 || 7 || 11 || 18 || +10 || 7

|-

|align=left| {{sortname|Mario|Lemieux}} ||align=left|Pittsburgh Penguins || 18 || 6 || 11 || 17 || +4 || 4

|-

|align=left| {{sortname|Chris|Drury}} ||align=left|Colorado Avalanche || 23 || 11 || 5 || 16 || +5 || 4

|-

|align=left| {{sortname|Bobby|Holik|Bobby Holík}} ||align=left|New Jersey Devils || 25 || 6 || 10 || 16 || +1 || 37

|-

|align=left| {{sortname|Alexander|Mogilny}} ||align=left|New Jersey Devils || 25 || 5 || 11 || 16 || +3 || 8

|}

The following table lists goaltenders with at least 420 minutes.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&report=goaliesummary&season=20002001&gameType=3&sort=goalsAgainstAverage&aggregate=0&filter=timeOnIce,gte,420&pos=G|title=Statistics|website=nhl.com|access-date=June 16, 2016}}

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