Stand NHL-playoffs per 12 mei
 | Met een gemiddelde score van 4-1 per wedstrijd veegden de Anaheim Mighty Ducks de Colorado Avalanche in vier wedstrijden aan de kant. Het is voor de eerste keer in tien seizoenen dat de Avalanche geen enkele wedstrijd van een playoff-serie weet te winnen. Ottawa hield zichzelf in leven door een 2-1 overwinning op Buffalo. De Senators kunnen zich echter geen verlies meer permitteren. |
Halve finales conferences:
| Ottawa | Buffalo | 6-7, OT |
| Ottawa | Buffalo | 1-2 |
| Buffalo | Ottawa | 3-2, OT |
| Buffalo | Ottawa | 1-2 |
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| Carolina | New Jersey | 6-0 |
| Carolina | New Jersey | 3-2, OT |
| New Jersey | Carolina | 2-3 |
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| San Jose | Edmonton | 2-1 |
| San Jose | Edmonton | 2-1 |
| Edmonton | San Jose | 3-2, 3OT |
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| Anaheim | Colorado | 5-0 |
| Anaheim | Colorado | 3-0 |
| Colorado | Anaheim | 3-4, OT |
| Colorado | Anaheim | 1-4 |
Eerste ronde:
| Ottawa | Tampa Bay | 4-1 |
| Ottawa | Tampa Bay | 3-4 |
| Tampa Bay | Ottawa | 4-8 |
| Tampa Bay | Ottawa | 2-5 |
| Ottawa | Tampa Bay | 3-2 |
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| Carolina | Montréal | 1-6 |
| Carolina | Montréal | 5-6, 2OT |
| Montréal | Carolina | 1-2, OT |
| Montréal | Carolina | 2-3 |
| Carolina | Montréal | 2-1 |
| Montréal | Carolina | 1-2, OT |
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| New Jersey | New York | 6-1 |
| New Jersey | New York | 4-1 |
| New York | New Jersey | 0-3 |
| New York | New Jersey | 2-4 |
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| Buffalo | Philadelphia | 3-2, 2OT |
| Buffalo | Philadelphia | 8-2 |
| Philadelphia | Buffalo | 4-2 |
| Philadelphia | Buffalo | 5-4 |
| Buffalo | Philadelphia | 3-0 |
| Philadelphia | Buffalo | 1-7 |
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| Detroit | Edmonton | 3-2, 2OT |
| Detroit | Edmonton | 2-4 |
| Edmonton | Detroit | 4-3, 2OT |
| Edmonton | Detroit | 2-4 |
| Detroit | Edmonton | 2-3 |
| Edmonton | Detroit | 4-3 |
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| Dallas | Colorado | 2-5 |
| Dallas | Colorado | 4-5, OT |
| Colorado | Dallas | 4-3, OT |
| Colorado | Dallas | 1-4 |
| Dallas | Colorado | 2-3, OT |
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| Nashville | San Jose | 4-3 |
| Nashville | San Jose | 0-3 |
| San Jose | Nashville | 4-1 |
| San Jose | Nashville | 5-4 |
| Nashville | San Jose | 1-2 |
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| Calgary | Anaheim | 2-1, OT |
| Calgary | Anaheim | 3-4 |
| Anaheim | Calgary | 2-5 |
| Anaheim | Calgary | 3-2 |
| Calgary | Anaheim | 3-2 |
| Anaheim | Calgary | 1-2 |
| Calgary | Anaheim | 0-3 |