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#Edmonton oilers stanley cups series

Carolina won all four games during this year's regular season series. They last met in the 2002 Eastern Conference semifinals where Carolina won in six games. This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams with Montreal winning five of the six previous series.

Montreal qualified as the seventh seed earning 93 points during the regular season. The Carolina Hurricanes entered the playoffs as the Southeast Division champions, earning the second seed in the Eastern Conference with 112 points.

#Edmonton oilers stanley cups series

Martin Havlat scored the series-winning goal for the Senators at 15:02 of the second period as Ottawa closed out the series with a 3–2 victory. Ottawa scored three times in the second-period of game four as they earned a 5–2 win. Six Ottawa skaters scored a goal in game three as the Senators won 8–4. In game two the Lightning came back from a one-goal deficit by scoring two goals 55 seconds apart as they evened the series with a 4–3 victory. The Senators used a two-man advantage in the third period of game one to gain the lead as they took the game by a score of 4–1. The Senators defeated the Lightning in five games. Ottawa won all four games during this year's regular season series. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Tampa Bay qualified as the eighth seed earning 92 points during the regular season. The Ottawa Senators entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference regular season and Northeast Division champions with 113 points. Colorado Avalanche – 95 points (43 wins)Ĭonference quarterfinals Eastern Conference quarterfinals (1) Ottawa Senators vs.Calgary Flames, Northwest Division champions – 103 points.

Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions – 112 points.

Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 124 points.

Philadelphia Flyers – 101 points (45 wins).

New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division champions – 101 points (46 wins).

Carolina Hurricanes, Southeast Division champions – 112 points.

Ottawa Senators, Northeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 113 points.

Four Canadian teams qualified for the playoffs this year, this total was not equaled again until 2013 and not exceeded until 2015 with five. The eighth- and lowest-seeded Oilers proceeded to win the Western Conference and participate in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Western Conference made history in the first round when all four series were won by the lower-seeded teams (conversely, all four series in the Eastern Conference were won by the higher-seeded teams). While the 2005–06 season introduced a shootout to break ties after five minutes of four-on-four overtime, the Stanley Cup playoffs retained their traditional format of unlimited 20-minute periods of five-on-five sudden-death overtime to break ties. Louis Blues missed the playoffs in the same season. This was the first time in history that the Chicago Blackhawks and the St. This was also the last time until 2023 that the Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs. The Edmonton Oilers would miss the playoffs each year thereafter until 2017. Carolina goaltender Cam Ward was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. The Finals concluded on June 19 with the Carolina Hurricanes winning the Stanley Cup, defeating the Edmonton Oilers in the final series four games to three. The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup. The 16 teams that qualified, seeded one through eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series with re-seeding after the Conference quarterfinals.

This was the first playoffs since 2004 due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout that cancelled the previously scheduled season. The 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League (NHL) championship began on April 21, 2006, following the 2005–06 regular season.