Playoff Bracket
| Conference Quarter-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ottawa Senators | 4 | 1 | Ottawa Senators | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 4 | Buffalo Sabres | 4 |
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| 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Buffalo Sabres | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New Jersey Devils | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | New York Rangers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Buffalo Sabres | 4 | 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | 3 | New Jersey Devils | 1 |
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| E2 | Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| W8 | Edmonton Oilers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 2 | 5 | San Jose Sharks | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | 8 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Dallas Stars | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colorado Avalanche | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Calgary Flames | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | 4 | Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nashville Predators | 1 | 6 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | San Jose Sharks | 4 | 7 | Colorado Avalanche | 0 | |||||||||||||
- During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.
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