2002 Stanley Cup playoffs

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. Boston Bruins, Northeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 101 points
2. Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions – 97 points
3. Carolina Hurricanes, Southeast Division champions – 91 points
4. Toronto Maple Leafs – 100 points
5. New York Islanders – 96 points
6. New Jersey Devils – 95 points
7. Ottawa Senators – 94 points
8. Montreal Canadiens – 87 points

1. Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 116 points
2. Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 99 points (45 wins)
3. San Jose Sharks, Pacific Division champions – 99 points (44 wins)
4. St. Louis Blues – 98 points
5. Chicago Blackhawks – 96 points
6. Phoenix Coyotes – 95 points (40 wins, 7 points head-to-head vs. Los Angeles)
7. Los Angeles Kings – 95 points (40 wins, 3 points head-to-head vs. Phoenix)
8. Vancouver Canucks – 94 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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| RD1-score04=4

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| RD1-score05=4

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| RD1-score06=2

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| RD1-score07=4

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| RD1-score08=3

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| RD1-score09=4

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The Boston Bruins finished first in the Eastern Conference during the regular season with 101 points. The Montreal Canadiens qualified as the eighth seed earning 87 points during the regular season. This was the twenty-ninth playoff series between the Bruins and the Canadiens, with Montreal winning twenty-one of the twenty-eight previous series. They last met in the 1994 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Boston won in seven games.

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|team2=Boston Bruins

|stadium2=Molson Centre

|stadium1=FleetCenter

|date1 =April 18

|score1 =5–2

|won1 =1

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|1-1-1 =Saku Koivu (1) – pp – 12:55

|1-1-2 =10:55 – Joe Thornton (1)

|1-2-1 =Doug Gilmour (1) – 04:44

|1-2-2 =10:30 – pp – Bill Guerin (1)

|1-3-1 =Donald Audette (1) – 02:18
Donald Audette (2) – 10:00
Gino Odjick (1) – 17:16

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Jose Theodore 30 saves / 32 shots

|goalie1-2 =Byron Dafoe 22 saves / 27 shots

|date2 =April 21

|score2 =4–6

|won2 =2

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|2-1-1 =Richard Zednik (1) – 14:22
Richard Zednik (2) – 17:39

|2-1-2 =02:12 – Brian Rolston (1)
09:34 – Glen Murray (1)
10:55 – Bill Guerin (2)
11:49 – pp – Brian Rolston (2)

|2-2-1 =Patrice Brisebois (1) – 14:01

|2-2-2 =17:42 – P. J. Axelsson (1)

|2-3-1 =Doug Gilmour (2) – 15:06

|2-3-2 =19:26 – en – Joe Thornton (2)

|goalie2-1 =Jose Theodore 38 saves / 43 shots

|goalie2-2 =Byron Dafoe 29 saves / 33 shots

|date3 =April 23

|score3 =3–5

|won3 =1

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|3-1-1 =04:54 – pp – Yanic Perreault (1)

|3-1-2 =P. J. Axelsson (2) – sh – 08:24

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Bill Guerin (3) – pp – 07:54
Nick Boynton (1) – 09:04

|3-3-1 =07:04 – Donald Audette (3)
07:57 – Doug Gilmour (3)
11:59 – Saku Koivu (2)
19:59 – en – Joe Juneau (1)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Jose Theodore 29 saves / 32 shots

|goalie3-2 =Byron Dafoe 18 saves / 22 shots

|date4 =April 25

|score4 =5–2

|won4 =2

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|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =P. J. Stock (1) – 02:49
Bill Guerin (4) – pp – 15:49
Martin Lapointe (1) – pp – 17:17

|4-2-1 =14:16 – pp – Richard Zednik (3)

|4-2-2 =Brian Rolston (3) – sh – 15:46

|4-3-1 =07:07 – pp – Richard Zednik (4)

|4-3-2 =Sergei Samsonov (1) – 14:20

|goalie4-1 =Jose Theodore 20 saves / 25 shots

|goalie4-2 =Byron Dafoe 26 saves / 28 shots

|date5 =April 27

|score5 =2–1

|won5 =1

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|5-1-1 =Bill Lindsay (1) – 02:27
Oleg Petrov (1) – 15:25

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =10:28 – Sergei Samsonov (2)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Jose Theodore 43 saves / 44 shots

|goalie5-2 =Byron Dafoe 11 saves / 13 shots

|date6 =April 29

|score6 =1–2

|won6 =1

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|6-1-1 =13:56 – pp – Donald Audette (4)

|6-1-2 =Brian Rolston (4) – 07:57

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =00:39 – pp – Yanic Perreault (2)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Jose Theodore 34 saves / 35 shots

|goalie6-2 =Byron Dafoe 16 saves / 18 shots

|series = Montreal won series 4–2

}}

The Philadelphia Flyers entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Atlantic Division with 97 points. The Ottawa Senators earned the seventh seed with 94 points. This was the first playoff series played between the two franchises. The Flyers scored two goals in this series, which is the lowest total scored by a team in a five-game series in NHL history.

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|team2=Philadelphia Flyers

|stadium2=Corel Centre

|stadium1=First Union Center

|date1 =April 17

|score1 =0–1

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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 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =07:47 – Ruslan Fedotenko (1)

|goalie1-1 =Patrick Lalime 23 saves / 24 shots

|goalie1-2 =Roman Cechmanek 35 saves / 35 shots

|date2 =April 20

|score2 =3–0

|won2 =1

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|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Daniel Alfredsson (1) – 09:32

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Mike Fisher (1) – 03:53
Jody Hull (1) – 15:57

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Patrick Lalime 33 saves / 33 shots

|goalie2-2 =Roman Cechmanek 23 saves / 26 shots

|date3 =April 22

|score3 =0–3

|won3 =1

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|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =02:04 – pp – Radek Bonk (1)
19:05 – en – Marian Hossa (1)
19:50 – en – Daniel Alfredsson (2)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 26 shots

|goalie3-2 =Roman Cechmanek 28 saves / 29 shots

|date4 =April 24

|score4 =0–3

|won4 =1

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|4-1-1 =19:40 – Wade Redden (1)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =06:06 – Sami Salo (1)
08:08 – Marian Hossa (2)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Patrick Lalime 28 saves / 28 shots

|goalie4-2 =Roman Cechmanek 16 saves / 19 shots
Brian Boucher 6 saves / 6 shots

|date5 =April 26

|score5 =2–1

|ot5 =1

|won5 =1

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|5-1-1 =Daniel Alfredsson (3) – pp – 15:16

|5-1-2 =03:53 – pp – Dan McGillis (1)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|5-4-1 =Martin Havlat (1) – pp – 07:33

|5-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Patrick Lalime 25 saves / 26 shots

|goalie5-2 =Brian Boucher 25 saves / 27 shots

|series = Ottawa won series 4–1

}}

The Carolina Hurricanes entered the playoffs as the Southeast Division champions earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference with 91 points. The New Jersey Devils earned the sixth seed with 95 points. Although New Jersey finished the season with a better overall record and a higher point total, Carolina won their division, so they were automatically placed in the top three seeds in the conference and were granted home-ice advantage. This was the second playoff series between these two teams, with the only previous meeting being the 2001 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where New Jersey won in six games.

The Hurricanes knocked off the Devils in six games, winning their first playoff series since relocating from Hartford.

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|team1=New Jersey Devils

|team2=Carolina Hurricanes

|stadium2=Continental Airlines Arena

|stadium1=Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena

|date1 =April 17

|score1 =1–2

|won1 =2

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|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =08:21 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (1)
09:43 – Erik Cole (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Patrik Elias (1) – pp – 07:31

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots

|goalie1-2 =Arturs Irbe 34 saves / 35 shots

|date2 =April 19

|score2 =1–2

|ot2 =1

|won2 =2

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|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Bobby Holik (1) – 00:37

|2-2-2 =15:05 – pp – Erik Cole (2)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =15:26 – Bates Battaglia (1)

|goalie2-1 =Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie2-2 =Arturs Irbe 30 saves / 31 shots

|date3 =April 21

|score3 =0–4

|won3 =1

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|3-1-1 =07:48 – Brian Gionta (1)
09:25 – pp – Brian Rafalski (1)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =00:58 – pp – Bobby Holik (2)
02:17 – pp – Brian Rafalski (2)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots

|goalie3-2 =Arturs Irbe 9 saves / 12 shots
Kevin Weekes 22 saves / 23 shots

|date4 =April 23

|score4 =1–3

|won4 =1

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|4-1-1 =01:16 – Bobby Holik (3)
17:31 – sh – Brian Gionta (2)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =06:23 – pp – Brian Rafalski (3)

|4-3-2 =Aaron Ward (1) – 17:23

|goalie4-1 =Martin Brodeur 23 saves / 24 shots

|goalie4-2 =Arturs Irbe 6 saves / 8 shots
Kevin Weekes 13 saves / 14 shots

|date5 =April 24

|score5 =2–3

|ot5 =1

|won5 =2

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|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Bobby Holik (4) – 11:30

|5-2-2 =13:44 – Martin Gelinas (1)

|5-3-1 =Patrik Elias (2) – pp – 11:46

|5-3-2 =18:31 – pp – Jeff O'Neill (1)

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =08:16 – Josef Vasicek (1)

|goalie5-1 =Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 38 shots

|goalie5-2 =Kevin Weekes 40 saves / 42 shots

|date6 =April 27

|score6 =1–0

|won6 =2

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|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Ron Francis (1) – pp – 10:29

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 22 shots

|goalie6-2 =Kevin Weekes 32 saves / 32 shots

|series = Carolina won series 4–2

}}

The Toronto Maple Leafs entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 100 points. The New York Islanders earned the fifth seed with 96 points. This was the third playoff series between these two teams, the teams split the previous two playoff series. They last met in the 1981 Preliminary Round where New York won in three games.

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|team1=New York Islanders

|team2=Toronto Maple Leafs

|stadium2=Nassau Coliseum

|stadium1=Air Canada Centre

|date1 =April 18

|score1 =1–3

|won1 =2

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|1-1-1 =Kenny Jonsson (1) – pp – 05:57

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =04:03 – Darcy Tucker (1)
08:39 – Tie Domi (1)
19:20 – en – Mats Sundin (1)

|goalie1-1 =Chris Osgood 28 saves / 30 shots

|goalie1-2 =Curtis Joseph 13 saves / 14 shots

|date2 =April 20

|score2 =0–2

|won2 =2

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|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =03:10 – Alyn McCauley (1)
19:53 – en – Tomas Kaberle (1)

|goalie2-1 =Chris Osgood 24 saves / 25 shots

|goalie2-2 =Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 31 shots

|date3 =April 23

|score3 =1–6

|won3 =1

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|3-1-1 =14:34 – pp – Mark Parrish (1)

|3-1-2 =Alexander Mogilny (1) – 07:32

|3-2-1 =06:01 – pp – Brad Isbister (1)
13:33 – Michael Peca (1)
19:19 – pp – Mark Parrish (2)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =04:07 – pp – Shawn Bates (1)
04:21 – Dave Scatchard (1)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Chris Osgood 34 saves / 35 shots

|goalie3-2 =Curtis Joseph 33 saves / 39 shots
Corey Schwab 5 saves / 5 shots

|date4 =April 24

|score4 =3–4

|won4 =1

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|4-1-1 =10:30 – Alexei Yashin (1)

|4-1-2 =Alexander Mogilny (2) – pp – 19:44

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Tomas Kaberle (2) – 19:19

|4-3-1 =13:16 – pp – Kip Miller (1)
14:56 – Roman Hamrlik (1)
17:30 – ps – Shawn Bates (2)

|4-3-2 =Shayne Corson (1) – 16:34

|goalie4-1 =Chris Osgood 22 saves / 25 shots

|goalie4-2 =Curtis Joseph 19 saves / 23 shots

|date5 =April 26

|score5 =3–6

|won5 =2

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|5-1-1 =Kip Miller (2) – pp – 19:48

|5-1-2 =06:29 – Garry Valk (1)
09:34 – Jonas Hoglund (1)

|5-2-1 =Trent Hunter (1) – 16:39

|5-2-2 =07:05 – pp – Bryan McCabe (1)
14:30 – Bryan McCabe (2)
17:18 – Darcy Tucker (2)

|5-3-1 =Adrian Aucoin (1) – pp – 13:51

|5-3-2 =11:05 – pp – Jonas Hoglund (2)

|goalie5-1 =Chris Osgood 11 saves / 15 shots
Garth Snow 17 saves / 19 shots

|goalie5-2 =Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 19 shots

|date6 =April 28

|score6 =3–5

|won6 =1

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|6-1-1 =05:07 – pp – Mariusz Czerkawski (1)
13:26 – Alexei Yashin (2)

|6-1-2 =Wade Belak (1) – 14:23
Jonas Hoglund (3) – pp – 16:42

|6-2-1 =01:35 – pp – Adrian Aucoin (2)

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =03:11 – Kip Miller (3)
03:49 – Mariusz Czerkawski (2)

|6-3-2 =Gary Roberts (1) – pp – 06:41

|goalie6-1 =Chris Osgood 31 saves / 34 shots

|goalie6-2 =Curtis Joseph 29 saves / 34 shots

|date7 =April 30

|score7 =2–4

|won7 =2

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|7-1-1 =Alexei Yashin (3) – pp – 03:41

|7-1-2 =13:27 – Gary Roberts (2)

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =02:37 – Alexander Mogilny (3)
13:48 – Travis Green (1)

|7-3-1 =Kip Miller (4) – 04:23

|7-3-2 =19:20 – en – Alexander Mogilny (4)

|goalie7-1 =Chris Osgood 26 saves / 29 shots

|goalie7-2 =Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 33 shots

|series = Toronto won series 4–3

}}

The Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the President's trophy winners, the Western Conference Regular season champions and the Central Division champions with 116 points. The Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the eighth seed finishing the season with 94 points. This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

The Red Wings came back from a two-game deficit and eliminated the Canucks in six games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Vancouver Canucks

|team2=Detroit Red Wings

|stadium2=General Motors Place

|stadium1=Joe Louis Arena

|date1 =April 17

|score1 =4–3

|ot1 =1

|won1 =1

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|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =17:51 – Luc Robitaille (1)

|1-2-1 =Todd Warriner (1) – 00:21
Andrew Cassels (1) – pp – 13:11

|1-2-2 =08:23 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (1)

|1-3-1 =Trevor Linden (1) – 10:47

|1-3-2 =01:55 – Igor Larionov (1)

|1-4-1 =Henrik Sedin (1) – 13:59

|1-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Dan Cloutier 32 saves / 35 shots

|goalie1-2 =Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 26 shots

|date2 =April 19

|score2 =5–2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/van-vs-det/2002/04/19/2001030152#=undefined,game=2001030152,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|2-1-1 =Todd Bertuzzi (1) – 10:14

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Andrew Cassels (2) – 07:08
Scott Lachance (1) – 13:13

|2-2-2 =10:30 – Nicklas Lidstrom (1)

|2-3-1 =Markus Naslund (1) – 18:08
Matt Cooke (1) – en – 18:49

|2-3-2 =10:33 – pp – Steve Yzerman (1)

|goalie2-1 =Dan Cloutier 34 saves / 36 shots

|goalie2-2 =Dominik Hasek 15 saves / 19 shots

|date3 =April 21

|score3 =3–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-van/2002/04/21/2001030153#=undefined,game=2001030153,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Steve Yzerman (2) – pp – 09:07

|3-2-1 =04:38 – pp – Todd Bertuzzi (2)

|3-2-2 =Nicklas Lidstrom (2) – 19:35

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Brendan Shanahan (1) – 03:18

|goalie3-1 =Dan Cloutier 23 saves / 26 shots

|goalie3-2 =Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 23 shots

|date4 =April 23

|score4 =4–2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-van/2002/04/23/2001030154#=undefined,game=2001030154,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Jiri Fischer (1) – 03:22
Chris Chelios (1) – pp – 10:12

|4-2-1 =09:50 – Mattias Ohlund (1)
19:28 – pp – Matt Cooke (2)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Steve Yzerman (3) – 00:56
Kris Draper (1) – en – 19:07

|goalie4-1 =Dan Cloutier 11 saves / 14 shots

|goalie4-2 =Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 24 shots

|date5 =April 25

|score5 =0–4

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/van-vs-det/2002/04/25/2001030155#=undefined,game=2001030155,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =04:02 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (1)
13:35 – sh – Mathieu Dandenault (1)
15:32 – Boyd Devereaux (1)
18:31 – Sergei Fedorov (2)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Dan Cloutier 6 saves / 9 shots
Peter Skudra 20 saves / 21 shots

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

|date6 =April 27

|score6 =6–4

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-van/2002/04/27/2001030156#=undefined,game=2001030156,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|6-1-1 =08:12 – pp – Ed Jovanovski (1)
08:56 – Henrik Sedin (2)

|6-1-2 =Tomas Holmstrom (2) – 01:05
Igor Larionov (2) – 04:23

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Nicklas Lidstrom (3) – sh – 06:40
Brett Hull (1) – sh – 07:10
Brett Hull (2) – pp – 17:39

|6-3-1 =06:55 – Henrik Sedin (3)
17:02 – Matt Cooke (3)

|6-3-2 =Brett Hull (3) – pp – 13:42

|goalie6-1 =Dan Cloutier 1 save / 3 shots
Peter Skudra 21 saves / 25 shots

|goalie6-2 =Dominik Hasek 25 saves / 29 shots

|series = Detroit won series 4–2

}}

The Colorado Avalanche entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference by winning the Northwest Division with 99 points, winning the tiebreaker with the San Jose Sharks in wins (45 to 44). The Los Angeles Kings earned 95 points during the regular season to finish seventh overall in the Western Conference, losing the tie-breaker in head-to-head points to Phoenix 7–3. This was the second playoff series between these two teams, they last met in the 2001 Western Conference Semifinals, which Colorado won in seven games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Los Angeles Kings

|team2=Colorado Avalanche

|stadium2=Staples Center

|stadium1=Pepsi Center

|date1 =April 18

|score1 =3–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-col/2002/04/18/2001030161#=undefined,game=2001030161,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =19:51 – Alex Tanguay (1)

|1-2-1 =Bryan Smolinski (1) – pp – 10:52
Zigmund Palffy (1) – 14:20

|1-2-2 =04:22 – Steven Reinprecht (1)

|1-3-1 =Zigmund Palffy (2) – 03:25

|1-3-2 =01:06 – pp – Joe Sakic (1)
14:26 – Greg de Vries (1)

|goalie1-1 =Felix Potvin 27 saves / 31 shots

|goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots

|date2 =April 20

|score2 =3–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-col/2002/04/20/2001030162#=undefined,game=2001030162,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|2-1-1 =Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 07:23
Mikko Eloranta (1) – 13:13

|2-1-2 =07:01 – Joe Sakic (2)
15:37 – pp – Joe Sakic (3)

|2-2-1 =Jason Allison (1) – 08:43

|2-2-2 =11:05 – Peter Forsberg (1)
16:45 – Steven Reinprecht (2)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =08:45 – Chris Drury (1)

|goalie2-1 =Felix Potvin 33 saves / 38 shots

|goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots

|date3 =April 22

|score3 =1–3

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-lak/2002/04/22/2001030163#=undefined,game=2001030163,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|3-1-1 =00:19 – Zigmund Palffy (3)

|3-1-2 =Brad Larsen (1) – 06:01

|3-2-1 =00:43 – Jason Allison (2)
08:29 – Zigmund Palffy (4)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Felix Potvin 30 saves / 31 shots

|goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 15 saves / 18 shots

|date4 =April 23

|score4 =1–0

|ot4 =

|won4 =2

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|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Steven Reinprecht (3) – 05:57

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Felix Potvin 24 saves / 25 shots

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

|date5 =April 25

|score5 =1–0

|ot5 =1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-col/2002/04/25/2001030165#=undefined,game=2001030165,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|5-4-1 =Craig Johnson (1) – 02:19

|5-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Felix Potvin 26 saves / 26 shots

|goalie5-2 =Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots

|date6 =April 27

|score6 =1–3

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-lak/2002/04/27/2001030166#=undefined,game=2001030166,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|6-1-1 =01:21 – Jason Allison (3)
06:44 – Brad Chartrand (1)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =06:19 – Bryan Smolinski (2)

|6-2-2 =Riku Hahl (1) – 09:37

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Felix Potvin 23 saves / 24 shots

|goalie6-2 =Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shots

|date7 =April 29

|score7 =0–4

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-col/2002/04/29/2001030167#=undefined,game=2001030167,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =05:08 – Chris Drury (2)
06:02 – Alex Tanguay (2)
17:32 – Steven Reinprecht (4)

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =16:47 – en – Adam Foote (1)

|goalie7-1 =Felix Potvin 23 saves / 26 shots
Jamie Storr 0 saves / 0 shots

|goalie7-2 =Patrick Roy 23 saves / 23 shots

|series = Colorado won series 4–3

}}

The San Jose Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division champions earning the third seed in the Western Conference with 99 points, losing the tiebreaker with the Colorado Avalanche in wins (45 to 44). The Phoenix Coyotes earned the sixth seed with 95 points, winning the tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Kings in head-to head points (7 to 3). This was the first and to date only playoff series between these two teams.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Phoenix Coyotes

|team2=San Jose Sharks

|stadium2=America West Arena

|stadium1=Compaq Center

|date1 =April 17

|score1 =1–2

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phx-vs-sjs/2002/04/17/2001030171#=undefined,game=2001030171,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =06:48 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (1)

|1-2-1 =Daniel Briere (1) – 02:53

|1-2-2 =05:02 – Patrick Marleau (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Sean Burke 25 saves / 27 shots

|goalie1-2 =Evgeni Nabokov 21 saves / 22 shots

|date2 =April 20

|score2 =3–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phx-vs-sjs/2002/04/20/2001030172#=undefined,game=2001030172,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Daymond Langkow (1) – 05:31

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Daniel Briere (2) – pp – 01:39
Shane Doan (1) – 14:59

|2-3-2 =14:19 – Marco Sturm (1)

|goalie2-1 =Sean Burke 27 saves / 28 shots

|goalie2-2 =Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 23 shots

|date3 =April 22

|score3 =4–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-phx/2002/04/22/2001030173#=undefined,game=2001030173,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|3-1-1 =01:06 – Shane Doan (2)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Patrick Marleau (2) – 03:40
Adam Graves (1) – 05:38

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Scott Thornton (1) – 07:20
Mike Ricci (1) – 07:43

|goalie3-1 =Sean Burke 31 saves / 35 shots

|goalie3-2 =Evgeni Nabokov 35 saves / 36 shots

|date4 =April 24

|score4 =2–1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-phx/2002/04/24/2001030174#=undefined,game=2001030174,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Mike Rathje (1) – pp – 12:23
Mike Ricci (2) – 14:39

|4-2-1 =09:27 – Radoslav Suchy (1)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Sean Burke 22 saves / 24 shots

|goalie4-2 =Evgeni Nabokov 29 saves / 30 shots

|date5 =April 26

|score5 =1–4

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phx-vs-sjs/2002/04/26/2001030175#=undefined,game=2001030175,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Mike Johnson (1) – ps – 19:45

|5-2-2 =10:24 – Patrick Marleau (3)
13:24 – Adam Graves (2)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =05:20 – Vincent Damphousse (2)
15:24 – Marco Sturm (2)

|goalie5-1 =Sean Burke 15 saves / 19 shots

|goalie5-2 =Evgeni Nabokov 22 saves / 23 shots

|series = San Jose won series 4–1

}}

The St. Louis Blues entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 98 points. The Chicago Blackhawks earned the fifth seed with 96 points. This was the tenth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Chicago winning seven of the nine previous series. They last met in the 1993 Norris Division Semifinals, where the Blues swept the series in four games. Chicago won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Chicago Blackhawks

|team2=St. Louis Blues

|stadium2=United Center

|stadium1=Savvis Center

|date1 =April 18

|score1 =2–1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-stl/2002/04/18/2001030181#game=2001030181,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Kyle Calder (1) – 02:42

|1-2-2 =01:34 – pp – Pavol Demitra (1)

|1-3-1 =Alexander Karpovtsev (1) – 16:50

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Jocelyn Thibault 34 saves / 35 shots

|goalie1-2 =Brent Johnson 19 saves / 21 shots

|date2 =April 20

|score2 =0–2

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-stl/2002/04/20/2001030182#game=2001030182,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =02:53 – pp – Doug Weight (1)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =12:48 – Scott Mellanby (1)

|goalie2-1 =Jocelyn Thibault 23 saves / 25 shots

|goalie2-2 =Brent Johnson 26 saves / 26 shots

|date3 =April 21

|score3 =4–0

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-chi/2002/04/21/2001030183#game=2001030183,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Jamal Mayers (1) – 01:48
Scott Mellanby (2) – pp – 13:26

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Pavol Demitra (2) – pp –

01:03
Scott Young (1) – sh – 19:10

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Jocelyn Thibault 13 saves / 17 shots
Steve Passmore 6 saves / 6 shots

|goalie3-2 =Brent Johnson 12 saves / 12 shots

|date4 =April 23

|score4 =1–0

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-chi/2002/04/23/2001030184#game=2001030184,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Pavol Demitra (3) – 18:43

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Steve Passmore 24 saves / 25 shots

|goalie4-2 =Brent Johnson 27 saves / 27 shots

|date5 =April 25

|score5 =3–5

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-stl/2002/04/25/2001030185#game=2001030185,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =19:43 – pp – Scott Mellanby (3)

|5-2-1 =Steve Thomas (1) – 04:34
Kyle Calder (2) – pp – 12:43
Steve Sullivan (1) – 13:03

|5-2-2 =14:21 – Scott Young (2)
19:57 – Chris Pronger (1)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =06:23 – Jamal Mayers (2)
15:56 – Keith Tkachuk (1)

|goalie5-1 =Steve Passmore 26 saves / 31 shots

|goalie5-2 =Brent Johnson 32 saves / 35 shots

|series = St. Louis won series 4–1

}}

This was the sixth playoff series between the two teams; with Montreal winning all five previous playoff series. They last met in the 1992 Adams Division Semifinals where Montreal defeated the Hartford Whalers in seven games. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Montreal Canadiens

|team2=Carolina Hurricanes

|stadium2=Molson Centre

|stadium1=Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena

|date1 =May 3

|score1 =0–2

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-car/2002/05/03/2001030211#game=2001030211,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =03:49 – Ron Francis (2)
17:42 – Erik Cole (3)

|goalie1-1 =Jose Theodore 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie1-2 =Kevin Weekes 19 saves / 19 shots

|date2 =May 5

|score2 =4–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-car/2002/05/05/2001030212#game=2001030212,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|2-1-1 =Saku Koivu (3) – 07:25
Andrei Markov (1) – 16:51

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Doug Gilmour (4) – pp – 01:03

|2-2-2 =19:53 – Rod Brind'Amour (2)

|2-3-1 =Bill Lindsay (2) – en – 18:49

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Jose Theodore 45 saves / 46 shots

|goalie2-2 =Kevin Weekes 12 saves / 15 shots

|date3 =May 7

|score3 =1–2

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-mtl/2002/05/07/2001030213#game=2001030213,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =09:03 – Saku Koivu (4)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Bates Battaglia (2) – 03:24

|3-4-1 =02:26 – Donald Audette (5)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Jose Theodore 33 saves / 34 shots

|goalie3-2 =Kevin Weekes 18 saves / 20 shots

|date4 =May 9

|score4 =4–3

|ot4 =1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-mtl/2002/05/09/2001030214#game=2001030214,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|4-1-1 =10:46 – Andreas Dackell (1)
11:54 – Yanic Perreault (3)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =10:55 – Sergei Berezin (1)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Sean Hill (1) – pp – 03:57
Bates Battaglia (3) – 12:43
Erik Cole (4) – 19:19

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =Niclas Wallin (1) – 03:14

|goalie4-1 =Jose Theodore 36 saves / 40 shots

|goalie4-2 =Kevin Weekes 7 saves / 9 shots
Arturs Irbe 10 saves / 11 shots

|date5 =May 12

|score5 =1–5

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-car/2002/05/12/2001030215#game=2001030215,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =03:17 – Martin Gelinas (2)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =02:13 – Rod Brind'Amour (3)

|5-3-1 =Karl Dykhuis (1) – 14:32

|5-3-2 =03:40 – pp – Ron Francis (3)
11:18 – Tommy Westlund (1)
16:13 – Bates Battaglia (4)

|goalie5-1 =Jose Theodore 26 saves / 31 shots

|goalie5-2 =Arturs Irbe 30 saves / 31 shots

|date6 =May 13

|score6 =8–2

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-mtl/2002/05/13/2001030216#game=2001030216,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore

|6-1-1 =19:49 – Stephane Quintal (1)

|6-1-2 =Erik Cole (5) – 00:25
Erik Cole (6) – 03:33
Sean Hill (2) – pp – 07:55
Josef Vasicek (2) – 14:58
Kevyn Adams (1) – 18:15

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Bates Battaglia (5) – pp – 05:57
Sean Hill (3) – pp – 12:17
Jeff O'Neill (2) – 19:52

|6-3-1 =05:44 – pp – Donald Audette (6)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Jose Theodore 8 saves / 13 shots
Stephane Fiset 16 saves / 19 shots

|goalie6-2 =Arturs Irbe 31 saves / 33 shots

|series = Carolina won series 4–2

}}

This was the third consecutive playoff meeting and third postseason match-up between these two teams; with Toronto winning both previous series. Toronto won the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in a four-game sweep. Ottawa won three of the five games in this year's regular season series. Before 2021, this was the most recent all-Canadian playoff series that was played after the opening round of the playoffs and to do so without an all-Canadian division realignment until 2022.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Ottawa Senators

|team2=Toronto Maple Leafs

|stadium2=Corel Centre

|stadium1=Air Canada Centre

|date1 =May 2

|score1 =5–0

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ott-vs-tor/2002/05/02/2001030221#game=2001030221,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Martin Havlat (2) – pp – 07:44
Radek Bonk (2) – pp – 09:04
Shane Hnidy (1) – 11:44

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Todd White (1) – 01:42
Daniel Alfredsson (4) – pp – 10:39

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Patrick Lalime 27 saves / 27 shots

|goalie1-2 =Curtis Joseph 28 saves / 33 shots

|date2 =May 4

|score2 =2–3

|ot2 =3

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ott-vs-tor/2002/05/04/2001030222#game=2001030222,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =04:46 – Travis Green (2)
08:20 – Darcy Tucker (3)

|2-2-1 =Sami Salo (2) – 07:52

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Mike Fisher (2) – 02:49

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =04:30 – Gary Roberts

|goalie2-1 =Patrick Lalime 39 saves / 42 shots

|goalie2-2 =Curtis Joseph 54 saves / 56 shots

|date3 =May 6

|score3 =2–3

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-ott/2002/05/06/2001030223#game=2001030223,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =06:49 – Magnus Arvedson (1)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =10:14 – Magnus Arvedson (2)
16:25 – Daniel Alfredsson (5)

|3-3-2 =Gary Roberts (4) – 16:44
Travis Green (3) – 19:26

|goalie3-1 =Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie3-2 =Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 29 shots

|date4 =May 8

|score4 =2–1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-ott/2002/05/08/2001030224#game=2001030224,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =02:15 – pp – Wade Redden (2)

|4-2-2 =Alyn McCauley (2) – 06:17
Alyn McCauley (3) – pp – 17:17

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Patrick Lalime 22 saves / 24 shots

|goalie4-2 =Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 25 shots

|date5 =May 10

|score5 =4–2

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ott-vs-tor/2002/05/10/2001030225#game=2001030225,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Wade Redden (3) – 07:22

|5-1-2 =19:42 – pp – Gary Roberts (5)

|5-2-1 =Marian Hossa (3) – pp – 07:13

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Daniel Alfredsson (6) – 17:59
Radek Bonk (3) – en – 19:25

|5-3-2 =12:34 – Alyn McCauley (4)

|goalie5-1 =Patrick Lalime 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie5-2 =Curtis Joseph 17 saves / 20 shots

|date6 =May 12

|score6 =4–3

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-ott/2002/05/12/2001030226#game=2001030226,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =01:05 – Marian Hossa (4)
04:39 – Daniel Alfredsson (7)

|6-1-2 =Bryan McCabe (3) – pp – 13:01
Gary Roberts (6) – pp – 17:20

|6-2-1 =19:35 – Todd White (2)

|6-2-2 =Gary Roberts (7) – 13:09

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Alexander Mogilny (5) – 04:28

|goalie6-1 =Patrick Lalime 15 saves / 19 shots

|goalie6-2 =Curtis Joseph 20 saves / 23 shots

|date7 =May 14

|score7 =0–3

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ott-vs-tor/2002/05/14/2001030227#game=2001030227,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =11:49 – pp – Alexander Mogilny (6)

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =05:14 – Alexander Mogilny (7)
14:04 – Bryan McCabe (4)

|goalie7-1 =Patrick Lalime 24 saves / 27 shots

|goalie7-2 =Curtis Joseph 19 saves / 19 shots

|series = Toronto won series 4–3

}}

This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams; with Detroit winning four of the six previous series. They last met in the 1998 Western Conference Semifinals, which Detroit won in six games. Detroit won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=St. Louis Blues

|team2=Detroit Red Wings

|stadium2=Savvis Center

|stadium1=Joe Louis Arena

|date1 =May 2

|score1 =0–2

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-det/2002/05/02/2001030231#game=2001030231,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =07:40 – Pavel Datsyuk (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =19:04 – sh – Brett Hull (4)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Brent Johnson 18 saves / 20 shots

|goalie1-2 =Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 23 shots

|date2 =May 4

|score2 =2–3

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-det/2002/05/04/2001030232#game=2001030232,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =02:46 – Steve Yzerman (4)
18:28 – Brett Hull (5)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =11:53 – Luc Robitaille (2)

|2-3-1 =Scott Mellanby (4) – 00:47
Scott Mellanby (5) – 19:19

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Brent Johnson 28 saves / 31 shots

|goalie2-2 =Dominik Hasek 35 saves / 37 shots

|date3 =May 7

|score3 =1–6

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-stl/2002/05/07/2001030233#game=2001030233,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =05:41 – Keith Tkachuk (2)
19:03 – pp – Scott Mellanby

|3-1-2 =Pavel Datsyuk (2) – 06:08

|3-2-1 =17:22 – pp – Keith Tkachuk (3)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =01:53 – Keith Tkachuk (4)
09:26 – sh – Pavol Demitra (4)
15:08 – Jamal Mayers (3)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Brent Johnson 27 saves / 28 shots

|goalie3-2 =Dominik Hasek 11 saves / 16 shots
Manny Legace 1 save / 2 shots

|date4 =May 9

|score4 =4–3

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-stl/2002/05/09/2001030234#game=2001030234,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =04:24 – pp – Scott Young (3)

|4-1-2 =Brendan Shanahan (2) – 13:33
Jiri Fischer (2) – 16:05

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Tomas Holmstrom (3) – 02:35

|4-3-1 =17:06 – pp – Scott Mellanby (7)
18:30 – Keith Tkachuk (5)

|4-3-2 =Steve Yzerman (5) – pp – 03:05

|goalie4-1 =Brent Johnson 19 saves / 23 shots

|goalie4-2 =Dominik Hasek 33 saves / 36 shots

|date5 =May 11

|score5 =0–4

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-det/2002/05/11/2001030235#game=2001030235,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =04:42 – Jiri Fischer (3)
09:57 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (4)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =16:57 – Brendan Shanahan (3)
19:18 – en – Brendan Shanahan (4)

|goalie5-1 =Brent Johnson 26 saves / 29 shots

|goalie5-2 =Dominik Hasek 16 saves / 16 shots

|series = Detroit won series 4–1

}}

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1999 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Colorado won in six games. Colorado won this year's four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=San Jose Sharks

|team2=Colorado Avalanche

|stadium2=Compaq Center

|stadium1=Pepsi Center

|date1 =May 1

|score1 =6–3

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-col/2002/05/01/2001030241#game=2001030241,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Mike Ricci (3) – 06:13
Teemu Selanne (1) – 10:35

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Teemu Selanne (2) – 11:28

|1-2-2 =14:33 – pp – Chris Drury (3)
17:57 – Greg de Vries (2)

|1-3-1 =Patrick Marleau (4) – 12:34
Scott Thornton (2) – 15:20
Bryan Marchment (1) – en – 19:54

|1-3-2 =16:33 – Peter Forsberg (2)

|goalie1-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 17 saves / 22 shots

|date2 =May 4

|score2 =2–8

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-col/2002/05/04/2001030242#game=2001030242,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =08:54 – Rob Blake (1)

|2-2-1 =Patrick Marleau (5) – 15:09

|2-2-2 =01:38 – Rob Blake (2)
08:36 – Peter Forsberg (3)
10:19 – pp – Joe Sakic (8)
13:50 – Greg de Vries (3)

|2-3-1 =Stephane Matteau (1) – 03:30

|2-3-2 =10:21 – pp – Milan Hejduk (1)
11:59 – Eric Messier (1)
12:11 – Dan Hinote (1)

|goalie2-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 28 shots
Miikka Kiprusoff 2 saves / 2 shots

|goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 29 saves / 31 shots

|date3 =May 6

|score3 =4–6

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-sjs/2002/05/06/2001030243#game=2001030243,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =14:40 – Scott Thornton (3)

|3-1-2 =Rob Blake (3) – 00:59

|3-2-1 =03:20 – Owen Nolan (1)
05:36 – Adam Graves (3)

|3-2-2 =Rob Blake (4) – 08:56
Alex Tanguay (3) – pp – 15:49
Peter Forsberg (4) – 18:49

|3-3-1 =03:31 – pp – Teemu Selanne (3)
13:26 – pp – Patrick Marleau (6)
19:44 – en – Owen Nolan (2)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 29 saves / 33 shots

|goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 34 saves / 39 shots

|date4 =May 8

|score4 =4–1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-sjs/2002/05/08/2001030244#game=2001030244,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Rob Blake (5) – 05:26
Joe Sakic (5) – 12:36

|4-2-1 =00:29 – pp – Teemu Selanne (4)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Joe Sakic (6) – 02:45
Milan Hejduk (2) – en – 18:58

|goalie4-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 21 saves / 24 shots

|goalie4-2 =Patrick Roy 19 saves / 20 shots

|date5 =May 11

|score5 =5–3

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-col/2002/05/11/2001030245#game=2001030245,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Marco Sturm (3) – 12:07
Niklas Sundstrom (1) – 15:38

|5-2-2 =13:40 – Peter Forsberg (5)
14:57 – Mike Keane (1)
18:05 – Joe Sakic (7)

|5-3-1 =Mike Ricci (4) – 05:59
Teemu Selanne (5) – 09:04
Owen Nolan (3) – en – 19:57

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 18 saves / 21 shots

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

|date6 =May 13

|score6 =2–1

|ot6 =1

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-sjs/2002/05/13/2001030246#game=2001030246,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =15:17 – Marcus Ragnarsson (1)

|6-2-2 =Steven Reinprecht (5) – 15:41

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|6-4-1 =No scoring

|6-4-2 =Peter Forsberg (6) – 02:47

|goalie6-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 27 saves / 29 shots

|goalie6-2 =Patrick Roy 21 saves / 22 shots

|date7 =May 15

|score7 =0–1

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-col/2002/05/15/2001030247#game=2001030247,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =17:50 – Peter Forsberg (7)

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 22 saves / 23 shots

|goalie7-2 =Patrick Roy 27 saves / 27 shots

|series = Colorado won series 4–3

}}

{{See also|NHL conference finals}}

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The Hurricanes advanced to the Conference Finals for the first time in their 23rd season (fifth in Carolina) after entering the league in 1979 as the Hartford Whalers. This was Toronto's fourth appearance in the Conference Finals, they last appeared in the Conference Finals in 1999, which they lost to the Buffalo Sabres in five games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

The Hurricanes defeated the Maple Leafs in six games. Martin Gelinas' overtime goal in Game 6 sent Carolina to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in franchise history. To date this series remains as the lowest scoring six-game playoff series in NHL history.

To date, this is the last time the Maple Leafs have appeared in the Eastern Conference Finals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Toronto Maple Leafs

|team2=Carolina Hurricanes

|stadium2=Air Canada Centre

|stadium1=Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena

|date1 =May 16

|score1 =2–1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-car/2002/05/16/2001030311#game=2001030311,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Alexander Mogilny (8) – 07:02

|1-1-2 =03:23 – pp – Jeff O'Neill (3)

|1-2-1 =Jonas Hoglund (4) – pp – 12:45

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 32 shots

|goalie1-2 =Arturs Irbe 22 saves/ 24 shots

|date2 =May 19

|score2 =1–2

|ot2 =1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-car/2002/05/19/2001030312#game=2001030312,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Alyn McCauley (5) – 19:52

|2-3-2 =07:31 – Bret Hedican (1)

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =13:42 – Niclas Wallin (2)

|goalie2-1 =Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 33 shots

|goalie2-2 =Arturs Irbe 26 saves / 27 shots

|date3 =May 21

|score3 =2–1

|ot3 =1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-tor/2002/05/21/2001030313#game=2001030313,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Ron Francis (4) – pp – 05:15

|3-2-1 =19:26 – pp – Bryan McCabe (5)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Jeff O'Neill (4) – 06:01

|goalie3-1 =Curtis Joseph 15 saves / 17 shots

|goalie3-2 =Arturs Irbe 20 saves / 21 shots

|date4 =May 23

|score4 =3–0

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-tor/2002/05/23/2001030314#game=2001030314,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Jaroslav Svoboda (1) – pp – 19:32

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Sami Kapanen (1) – 11:41
Ron Francis (5) – pp – 17:35

|goalie4-1 =Curtis Joseph 12 saves / 15 shots

|goalie4-2 =Arturs Irbe 31 saves / 31 shots

|date5 =May 25

|score5 =1–0

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-car/2002/05/25/2001030315#game=2001030315,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Darcy Tucker (4) – pp – 18:32

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Curtis Joseph 27 saves / 27 shots

|goalie5-2 =Arturs Irbe 18 saves / 19 shots

|date6 =May 28

|score6 =2–1

|ot6 =1

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-tor/2002/05/28/2001030316#game=2001030316,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =19:38 – Mats Sundin (2)

|6-3-2 =Jeff O'Neill (5) – 09:36

|6-4-1 =No scoring

|6-4-2 =Martin Gelinas (3) – 08:05

|goalie6-1 =Curtis Joseph 33 saves / 35 shots

|goalie6-2 =Arturs Irbe 35 saves / 36 shots

|series = Carolina won series 4–2

}}

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Colorado winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 2000 Western Conference Semifinals with Colorado winning in five games. This was Detroit's seventh Conference Finals appearance. They last went to the Western Conference Final in 1998, where they defeated the Dallas Stars in six games. This was Colorado's fourth consecutive and eighth appearance in the Conference Finals. They last went to the Western Conference Final in the previous year, which they won against the St. Louis Blues in five games. Detroit won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

Game seven of this series, is the most one-sided game seven score in NHL history.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Colorado Avalanche

|team2=Detroit Red Wings

|stadium2=Pepsi Center

|stadium1=Joe Louis Arena

|date1 =May 18

|score1 =3–5

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-det/2002/05/18/2001030321#game=2001030321,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Joe Sakic (8) – pp – 02:48

|1-1-2 =18:48 – pp – Tomas Holmstrom (5)

|1-2-1 =Milan Hejduk (3) – 13:36

|1-2-2 =16:29 – Brett Hull (6)

|1-3-1 =Alex Tanguay (4) – pp – 18:00

|1-3-2 =01:18 – Darren McCarty (1)
12:44 – Darren McCarty (2)
15:55 – Darren McCarty (3)

|goalie1-1 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 30 shots

|goalie1-2 =Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 27 shots

|date2 =May 20

|score2 =4–3

|ot2 =1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-det/2002/05/20/2001030322#game=2001030322,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Alex Tanguay (5) – pp – 02:59

|2-1-2 =09:37 – Boyd Devereaux (2)

|2-2-1 =Peter Forsberg (8) – 07:33

|2-2-2 =14:08 – sh – Kirk Maltby (1)

|2-3-1 =Greg de Vries (4) – 05:26

|2-3-2 =13:25 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (4)

|2-4-1 =Chris Drury (4) – 02:17

|2-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Patrick Roy 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie2-2 =Dominik Hasek 22 saves / 26 shots

|date3 =May 22

|score3 =2–1

|ot3 =1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-col/2002/05/22/2001030323#game=2001030323,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =15:54 – Rob Blake (6)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Luc Robitaille (3) – 05:20

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Fredrik Olausson (1) – 12:44

|goalie3-1 =Patrick Roy 40 saves / 42 shots

|goalie3-2 =Dominik Hasek 20 saves / 21 shots

|date4 =May 25

|score4 =2–3

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-col/2002/05/25/2001030324#game=2001030324,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =07:50 – Steven Reinprecht (6)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Sergei Fedorov (3) – sh – 06:20

|4-3-1 =00:45 – Joe Sakic (9)
16:43 – Chris Drury (5)

|4-3-2 =Brett Hull (7) – 19:57

|goalie4-1 =Patrick Roy 31 saves / 33 shots

|goalie4-2 =Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 22 shots

|date5 =May 27

|score5 =2–1

|ot5 =1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-det/2002/05/27/2001030325#game=2001030325,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Steven Reinprecht (7) – 17:11

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =00:54 – pp – Steve Yzerman (6)

|5-4-1 =Peter Forsberg (9) – 06:24

|5-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Patrick Roy 26 saves / 27 shots

|goalie5-2 =Dominik Hasek 27 saves / 29 shots

|date6 =May 29

|score6 =2–0

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-col/2002/05/29/2001030326#game=2001030326,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =Brendan Shanahan (5) – 19:21

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Darren McCarty (4) – 13:27

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Patrick Roy 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie6-2 =Dominik Hasek 24 saves / 24 shots

|date7 =May 31

|score7 =0–7

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-det/2002/05/31/2001030327#game=2001030327,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =01:57 – Tomas Holmstrom (6)
03:17 – Sergei Fedorov (4)
10:25 – Luc Robitaille (4)
12:51 – Tomas Holmstrom (7)

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =04:41 – Brett Hull (8)
06:28 – pp – Fredrik Olausson (2)

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =16:09 – pp – Pavel Datsyuk (3)

|goalie7-1 =Patrick Roy 10 saves / 16 shots
David Aebischer 13 saves / 14 shots

|goalie7-2 =Dominik Hasek 19 saves / 19 shots

|series = Detroit won series 4–3

}}

{{main|2002 Stanley Cup Finals}}

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Detroit made their twenty-second Finals appearance; their most recent appearance came in 1998 where they swept the Washington Capitals in four games. Carolina made their first Finals appearance in their twenty-third season since entering the league in 1979–80. The Hurricanes franchise had last played in a championship series when they were known as the New England Whalers in the WHA in 1978 where they were swept by the Winnipeg Jets. Detroit won both games in this year's regular season series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Carolina Hurricanes

|team2=Detroit Red Wings

|stadium2=Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena

|stadium1=Joe Louis Arena

|date1 =June 4

|score1 =3–2

|ot1 =1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-det/2002/06/04/2001030411#game=2001030411,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =15:21 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (5)

|1-2-1 =Sean Hill (4) – pp – 03:30
Jeff O'Neill (6) – 19:10

|1-2-2 =10:39 – Kirk Maltby (2)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|1-4-1 =Ron Francis (6) – 00:58

|1-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Arturs Irbe 23 saves / 25 shots

|goalie1-2 =Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 26 shots

|date2 =June 6

|score2 =1–3

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-det/2002/06/06/2001030412#game=2001030412,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Rod Brind'Amour (4) – sh – 14:47

|2-1-2 =06:33 – sh – Kirk Maltby (3)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =14:52 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (5)
15:05 – Kris Draper (2)

|goalie2-1 =Arturs Irbe 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie2-2 =Dominik Hasek 16 saves / 17 shots

|date3 =June 8

|score3 =3–2

|ot3 =3

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-car/2002/06/08/2001030413#game=2001030413,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =14:49 – Josef Vasicek (3)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Igor Larionov (3) – 05:33

|3-3-1 =07:34 – Jeff O'Neill (7)

|3-3-2 =Brett Hull (9) – 18:46

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Igor Larionov (4) – 14:47

|goalie3-1 =Arturs Irbe 50 saves / 53 shots

|goalie3-2 =Dominik Hasek 41 saves/ 43 shots

|date4 =June 10

|score4 =3–0

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-car/2002/06/10/2001030414#game=2001030414,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Brett Hull (10) – 06:32

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Igor Larionov (5) – 03:43
Brendan Shanahan (6) – 14:43

|goalie4-1 =Arturs Irbe 24 saves / 27 shots

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

|date5 =June 13

|score5 =1–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-det/2002/06/13/2001030415#game=2001030415,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Jeff O'Neill (8) – pp – 18:50

|5-2-2 =04:07 – Tomas Holmstrom (8)
14:04 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (7)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =19:15 – en – Brendan Shanahan (8)

|goalie5-1 =Arturs Irbe 24 saves / 26 shots

|goalie5-2 =Dominik Hasek 16 saves / 17 shots

|series = Detroit won series 4–1

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Despite getting eliminated by the Red Wings in the Western Conference Final, Colorado forward Peter Forsberg led the playoffs in points with 18 assists and 9 goals. Brett Hull of the Detroit Red Wings led the playoffs with ten goals.

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

These are the top seven goaltenders based on goals against average with at least four games played.

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

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