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2006 Stanley Cup playoffs

释义

Playoff seeds
Eastern Conference Western Conference
Playoff bracket
Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals (1) Ottawa Senators vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens (3) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) New York Rangers (4) Buffalo Sabres vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers Western Conference Quarterfinals (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers (2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche (3) Calgary Flames vs. (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) San Jose Sharks
Conference Semifinals
Eastern Conference Semifinals (1) Ottawa Senators vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (3) New Jersey Devils Western Conference Semifinals (5) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche
Conference Finals
Eastern Conference Final (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres Western Conference Final (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers
Stanley Cup Finals
Player statistics
Skaters Goaltending
References
See also

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|title=Stanley Cup playoffs
|image=2006StanleyCupPlayoffs.png
|year=2006
|dates=April 21 –
June 19, 2006
|num_teams=16
|defending_champions=Tampa Bay Lightning
{{small|(notwithstanding the cancelled 2004–05 season)}}
|winners=Carolina Hurricanes
|second=Edmonton Oilers
|semifinal1=Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
|semifinal2=Buffalo Sabres
|scoring_leader=Eric Staal (Hurricanes)
|points=28
|mvp=Cam Ward (Hurricanes)
|prevseason=2004
|nextseason=2007
}}

The 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League (NHL) championship began on April 21, 2006, following the 2005–06 regular season. The 16 teams that qualified, seeded one through eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series with re-seeding after the Conference Quarterfinals. The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup.

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. Carolina goaltender Cam Ward was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. The Edmonton Oilers would miss the playoffs each year thereafter until 2017. This was also the last time that the Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs.

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.

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). The eighth- and lowest-seeded Oilers proceeded to win the Western Conference and participate in the Stanley Cup Finals. Four Canadian teams qualified for the playoffs this year, this total was not equaled again until 2013.

Playoff seeds

Eastern Conference

Ottawa Senators, Northeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 113 points
Carolina Hurricanes, Southeast Division champions – 112 points
New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division champions – 101 points (46 wins)
Buffalo Sabres – 110 points
Philadelphia Flyers – 101 points (45 wins)
New York Rangers – 100 points
Montreal Canadiens – 93 points
Tampa Bay Lightning – 92 points

Western Conference

Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 124 points
Dallas Stars, Pacific Division champions – 112 points
Calgary Flames, Northwest Division champions – 103 points
Nashville Predators – 106 points
San Jose Sharks – 99 points
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim – 98 points
Colorado Avalanche – 95 points (43 wins)
Edmonton Oilers – 95 points (41 wins)

Playoff bracket

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| RD1-score13=3
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| RD2-score06=4
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| RD3-score02=4
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| RD3-score01=3
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| RD3-score04=1
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| RD3-score03=4
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| RD4-team01=Carolina
| RD4-score01=4
| RD4-seed02=W8
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Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

(1) Ottawa Senators vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning

The Ottawa Senators entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference regular season and Northeast Division champions with 113 points. Tampa Bay qualified as the eighth seed earning 92 points during the regular season. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Ottawa won all four games during this year's regular season series.

The Senators defeated the Lightning in five games. 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. 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. Six Ottawa skaters scored a goal in game three as the Senators won 8–4. Ottawa scored three times in the second-period of game four as they earned a 5–2 win. 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.

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|team2=Ottawa Senators
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|stadium1=Scotiabank Place
|date1 =April 21
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|won1 =2
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|1-2-1 =No scoring
|1-2-2 =No scoring
|1-3-1 =No scoring
|1-3-2 =05:06 – pp – Martin Havlat (1)
06:13 – pp – Jason Spezza (1)
09:37 – sh – Mike Fisher (1)
18:58 – en – Daniel Alfredsson (1)
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|goalie1-2 =Ray Emery 35 saves / 36 shots
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|score2 =4–3
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|2-1-1 =Martin St. Louis (1) – 14:36
|2-1-2 =04:51 – Bryan Smolinski (1)
|2-2-1 =Brad Richards (1) – 07:39
|2-2-2 =17:12 – pp – Martin Havlat (2)
|2-3-1 =Dan Boyle (1) – 05:24
Martin St. Louis (2) – 06:19
|2-3-2 =03:21 – Peter Schaefer (1)
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|goalie2-2 =Ray Emery 32 saves / 36 shots
|date3 =April 25
|score3 =8–4
|won3 =2
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|3-1-1 =18:38 – pp – Martin St. Louis (3)
|3-1-2 =Martin Havlat (3) – 05:20
Wade Redden (1) – pp – 08:40
Patrick Eaves (1) – 12:56
|3-2-1 =No scoring
|3-2-2 =Martin Havlat (4) – 02:17
Antoine Vermette (1) – 09:11
|3-3-1 =00:20 – pp – Paul Ranger (1)
11:26 – Paul Ranger (2)
13:25 – pp – Pavel Kubina (1)
|3-3-2 =Dany Heatley (1) – pp – 06:12
Zdeno Chara (1) – pp – 10:28
Antoine Vermette (2) – 16:18
|goalie3-1 =John Grahame 15 saves / 20 shots
Sean Burke 8 saves / 11 shots
|goalie3-2 =Ray Emery 35 saves / 39 shots
|date4 =April 27
|score4 =5–2
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ott-vs-tbl/2006/04/27/2005030114#game=2005030114,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =11:10 – Martin St. Louis (4)
16:15 – Brad Richards (2)
|4-1-2 =Jason Spezza (2) – 06:13
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =Chris Phillips (1) – 05:59
Dany Heatley (2) – pp – 17:10
Martin Havlat (5) – 17:50
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =Chris Neil (1) – 01:24
|goalie4-1 =John Grahame 13 saves / 17 shots
Sean Burke 7 saves / 8 shots
|goalie4-2 =Ray Emery 30 saves / 32 shots
|date5 =April 29
|score5 =2–3
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tbl-vs-ott/2006/04/29/2005030115#game=2005030115,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =No scoring
|5-1-2 =12:53 – Peter Schaefer (2)
15:44 – Andrej Meszaros (1)
|5-2-1 =Evgeny Artyukhin (1) – 01:37
Brad Richards (3) – 18:15
|5-2-2 =15:02 – pp – Martin Havlat (6)
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie5-1 =Sean Burke 35 saves / 38 shots
|goalie5-2 =Ray Emery 26 saves / 28 shots
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}}

(2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens

The Carolina Hurricanes entered the playoffs as the Southeast Division champions, earning the second seed in the Eastern Conference with 112 points. Montreal qualified as the seventh seed earning 93 points during the regular season. This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams with Montreal winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the 2002 Eastern Conference Semifinals where Carolina won in six games. Carolina won all four games during this year's regular season series.

The Hurricanes eliminated the Canadiens in six games. After allowing a goal in the opening minute of game one the Canadiens scored six unanswered goals taking the opening game of the series 6–1. Carolina pulled goaltender Martin Gerber after allowing three goals in the first period of game two and he was replaced by 22-year-old rookie backup Cam Ward. The Hurricanes were able to tie the game with 90 seconds remaining in regulation before losing in double overtime as Michael Ryder scored at 2:32, giving Montreal a 6–5 win. In game three Eric Staal scored the game winner 3:38 into overtime as Carolina won 2–1. Rod Brind'Amour gave the Hurricanes the lead in game four and they hung on to win 3–2. Cam Ward made 30 saves and allowed just one goal against as the Hurricanes took game five 2–1. Hurricanes forward Cory Stillman ended the series at 1:19 of the first overtime as Carolina won game six 2–1.

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Radek Bonk (1) – 16:17
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Chris Higgins (1) – 16:01
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|1-3-1 =Alexei Kovalev (2) – pp – 11:40
Sheldon Souray (1) – 18:12
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Michael Ryder (1) – pp – 13:35
Radek Bonk (2) – 14:46
|2-1-2 =No scoring
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =01:42 – Matt Cullen (2)
09:05 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (1)
|2-3-1 =Alexei Kovalev (3) – 05:22
Richard Zedník (1) – 05:58
|2-3-2 =00:22 – pp – Ray Whitney (1)
01:15 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (2)
18:30 – Cory Stillman (1)
|2-4-1 =Michael Ryder (2) – 02:32
|2-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie2-1 =Cristobal Huet 41 saves / 46 shots
|goalie2-2 =Martin Gerber 10 saves / 13 shots
Cam Ward 20 saves / 23 shots
|date3 =April 26
|score3 =2–1
|ot3 =1
|won3 =2
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|3-1-1 =No scoring
|3-1-2 =No scoring
|3-2-1 =09:17 – pp – Richard Zednik (2)
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =No scoring
|3-3-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (3) – 11:27
|3-4-1 =No scoring
|3-4-2 =Eric Staal (1) – pp – 03:38
|goalie3-1 =Cristobal Huet 34 saves / 36 shots
|goalie3-2 =Cam Ward 27 saves / 28 shots
|date4 =April 28
|score4 =3–2
|won4 =2
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|4-1-1 =No scoring
|4-1-2 =Justin Williams (1) – 10:22
Aaron Ward (1) – 11:33
|4-2-1 =05:21 – Alexander Perezhogin (1)
12:58 – pp – Sheldon Souray (2)
|4-2-2 =No scoring
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (4) – 05:54
|goalie4-1 =Cristobal Huet 27 saves / 30 shots
|goalie4-2 =Cam Ward 23 saves / 25 shots
|date5 =April 30
|score5 =1–2
|won5 =2
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|5-1-1 =No scoring
|5-1-2 =04:27 – pp – Eric Staal (2)
|5-2-1 =Alexei Kovalev (4) – 19:32
|5-2-2 =13:57 – pp – Matt Cullen (3)
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie5-1 =Cristobal Huet 26 saves / 28 shots
|goalie5-2 =Cam Ward 30 saves / 31 shots
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|score6 =2–1
|ot6 =1
|won6 =2
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|6-1-1 =06:31 – pp – Sheldon Souray (3)
|6-1-2 =Mark Recchi (1) – 07:01
|6-2-1 =No scoring
|6-2-2 =No scoring
|6-3-1 =No scoring
|6-3-2 =No scoring
|6-4-1 =No scoring
|6-4-2 =Cory Stillman (2) – 01:19
|goalie6-1 =Cristobal Huet 27 saves / 29 shots
|goalie6-2 =Cam Ward 25 saves / 26 shots
|series = Carolina won series 4–2
}}

(3) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) New York Rangers

The New Jersey Devils entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division champions (winning the tie-breaker with Philadelphia in total wins), earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference with 101 points. New York qualified as the sixth seed earning 100 points during the regular season. This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams with New York winning all three previous series. They last met in the 1997 Eastern Conference Semifinals where New York won in five games. The teams split this year's eight game regular season series.

The Devils swept the Rangers in four games. The Devils scored five times on the power play in game one winning 6–1, Devils forward Patrik Elias scored six points in the victory (two goals and four assists). In game two John Madden scored a hat trick for the Devils as they earned a 4–1 victory. Martin Brodeur earned his 21st career playoff shutout with 25 saves as the Devils won game three 3–0. New Jersey took the lead in the second period of game four with two power play goals and they never looked back eliminating the Rangers by a final score of 4–2.

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|team2=New Jersey Devils
|stadium2=Madison Square Garden
|stadium1=Continental Airlines Arena
|date1 =April 22
|score1 =1–6
|won1 =2
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|1-1-2 =03:55 – pp – Patrik Elias (1)
|1-2-1 =No scoring
|1-2-2 =07:48 – pp – Scott Gomez (1)
17:10 – Ken Klee (1)
|1-3-1 =No scoring
|1-3-2 =00:53 – pp – Brian Rafalski (1)
08:45 – pp – Jamie Langenbrunner (1)
15:34 – pp – Patrik Elias (2)
|goalie1-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 24 saves / 30 shots
|goalie1-2 =Martin Brodeur 29 saves / 30 shots
|date2 =April 24
|score2 =1–4
|won2 =2
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|2-1-1 =No scoring
|2-1-2 =07:47 – sh – John Madden (1)
14:13 – pp – Brian Gionta (1)
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =19:54 – sh – John Madden (2)
|2-3-1 =Blair Betts (1) – 05:41
|2-3-2 =12:46 – John Madden (3)
|goalie2-1 =Kevin Weekes 21 saves / 25 shots
|goalie2-2 =Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 26 shots
|date3 =April 26
|score3 =3–0
|won3 =2
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|3-1-1 =No scoring
|3-1-2 =Jamie Langenbrunner (2) – 01:08
Patrik Elias (3) – 09:20
|3-2-1 =No scoring
|3-2-2 =Zach Parise (1) – 02:48
|3-3-1 =No scoring
|3-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie3-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 17 saves / 20 shots
|goalie3-2 =Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 25 shots
|date4 =April 29
|score4 =4–2
|won4 =2
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|4-1-1 =19:41 – Jed Ortmeyer (1)
|4-1-2 =No scoring
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =Scott Gomez (2) – pp – 04:20
Patrik Elias (4) – pp – 07:21
|4-3-1 =18:33 – pp – Steve Rucchin (1)
|4-3-2 =Brian Gionta (2) – sh – 04:30
Patrik Elias (5) – 13:21
|goalie4-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 25 saves / 29 shots
|goalie4-2 =Martin Brodeur 31 saves / 33 shots
|series = New Jersey won series 4–0
}}

(4) Buffalo Sabres vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

The Buffalo Sabres entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 110 points. Philadelphia qualified as the fifth seed (losing the tie-breaker with New Jersey in total wins for the Atlantic Division title) earning 101 points during the regular season. This was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams with Philadelphia winning five of the seven previous series. They last met in the 2001 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Buffalo won in six games. Buffalo won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.

The Sabres defeated the Flyers in six games. Philadelphia goaltender Robert Esche made 55 saves in a 3–2 Flyers loss; Daniel Briere ended the game with a goal at 7:31 in double-overtime. Buffalo forwards Jean-Pierre Dumont and Jason Pominville each recorded hat-tricks in game two as the Sabres scored three power play goals rolling to an 8–2 victory. Peter Forsberg scored two second period goals in game three to break a 1–1 tie, the Flyers went on to win the game 4–2. In game four R. J. Umberger put the Flyers up for good with his goal at 9:51 in the third period as Philadelphia evened the series with a 5–4 victory. Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller made 24 saves to earn his first career playoff shutout in game five as Buffalo won 3–0. In game six the Sabres jumped to a 5–0 lead on a goal by Maxim Afinogenov as the Flyers pulled Robert Esche from the game, Buffalo went on to a resounding 7–1 series-clinching victory.

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|team2=Buffalo Sabres
|stadium2=Wachovia Center
|stadium1=HSBC Arena
|date1 =April 22
|score1 =2–3
|ot1 =2
|won1 =2
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|1-1-1 =No scoring
|1-1-2 =05:20 – Tim Connolly (1)
|1-2-1 =Mike Knuble (1) – 16:34
|1-2-2 =04:33 – Jay McKee (1)
|1-3-1 =Simon Gagne (1) – pp – 18:09
|1-3-2 =No scoring
|1-4-1 =No scoring
|1-4-2 =07:31 – Daniel Briere (1)
|goalie1-1 =Robert Esche 55 saves / 58 shots
|goalie1-2 =Ryan Miller 30 saves / 32 shots
|date2 =April 24
|score2 =2–8
|won2 =2
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|2-1-1 =No scoring
|2-1-2 =01:41 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (1)
03:00 – pp – Chris Drury (1)
12:26 – Ales Kotalik (1)
14:36 – Jason Pominville (1)
19:46 – pp – Jean-Pierre Dumont (2)
|2-2-1 =Simon Gagne (2) – 00:58
|2-2-2 =09:42 – pp – Jean-Pierre Dumont (3)
|2-3-1 =Petr Nedved (1) – 05:47
|2-3-2 =08:35 – Jason Pominville (2)
18:42 – Jason Pominville (3)
|goalie2-1 =Robert Esche 5 saves / 10 shots
Antero Niittymaki 15 saves / 18 shots
|goalie2-2 =Ryan Miller 20 saves / 22 shots
|date3 =April 26
|score3 =2–4
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-phi/2006/04/26/2005030143#game=2005030143,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =06:35 – sh – Brian Savage (1)
|3-1-2 =Ales Kotalik (2) – 02:37
|3-2-1 =06:57 – Peter Forsberg (1)
12:37 – pp – Peter Forsberg (2)
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =19:44 – en – Simon Gagne (3)
|3-3-2 =Tim Connolly (2) – 04:44
|goalie3-1 =Robert Esche 26 saves / 28 shots
|goalie3-2 =Ryan Miller 23 saves / 26 shots
|date4 =April 28
|score4 =4–5
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-phi/2006/04/28/2005030144#game=2005030144,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =12:13 – Eric Desjardins (1)
|4-1-2 =Thomas Vanek (1) – pp – 02:34
Daniel Briere (2) – 10:10
|4-2-1 =03:26 – Peter Forsberg (3)
|4-2-2 =No scoring
|4-3-1 =03:50 – pp – Petr Nedved (2)
09:51 – R. J. Umberger (1)
19:11 – Peter Forsberg (4)
|4-3-2 =Daniel Briere (3) – pp – 06:17
Mike Grier (1) – sh – 19:41
|goalie4-1 =Robert Esche 26 saves / 30 shots
|goalie4-2 =Ryan Miller 28 saves / 33 shots
|date5 =April 30
|score5 =0–3
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-buf/2006/04/30/2005030145#game=2005030145,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =No scoring
|5-1-2 =06:05 – pp – Tim Connolly (3)
|5-2-1 =No scoring
|5-2-2 =19:12 – pp – Jean-Pierre Dumont (4)
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =04:50 – Maxim Afinogenov (1)
|goalie5-1 =Robert Esche 30 saves / 33 shots
|goalie5-2 =Ryan Miller 24 saves / 24 shots
|date6 =May 2
|score6 =7–1
|won6 =2
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-phi/2006/05/02/2005030146#game=2005030146,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =No scoring
|6-1-2 =Mike Grier (2) – 11:16
Ales Kotalik (3) – 17:34
Derek Roy (1) – 19:27
|6-2-1 =18:57 – Branko Radivojevic (1)
|6-2-2 =Jason Pominville (4) – 03:05
Maxim Afinogenov (2) – 07:19
Chris Drury (2) – 19:46
|6-3-1 =No scoring
|6-3-2 =Chris Drury (3) – sh – 02:12
|goalie6-1 =Robert Esche 12 saves / 17 shots
Antero Niittymaki 9 saves / 11 shots
|goalie6-2 =Ryan Miller 21 saves / 22 shots
|series = Buffalo won series 4–2
}}

Western Conference Quarterfinals

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers

The Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Western Conference regular season and Central Division champions, with 124 points. Edmonton qualified as the eighth seed earning 95 points (losing the tie-breaker with Colorado in total wins) during the regular season. This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Edmonton winning both previous series. They last met in the 1988 Campbell Conference Finals where Edmonton won in five games. Detroit won this year's four game regular season series earning six of eight points during the season.

The eighth seeded Oilers upset the Red Wings in six games. Red Wings winger Kirk Maltby scored two goals in game one, including the winner in double overtime as Detroit won 3–2. The Oilers took the lead by scoring twice in 57 seconds in the second period of game two as they hung on to win 4–2. Jarret Stoll provided the game-winner in double overtime in game three giving the Oilers a 4–3 victory. The Red Wings scored three power-play goals in game four earning a 4–2 victory to tie the series. Oilers goaltender Dwayne Roloson made 30 saves as Edmonton hung on to win game five by a score of 3–2. The Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit after two periods of play in game six by scoring four times in third period, Ales Hemsky broke the tie with 1:06 remaining in regulation as Edmonton ended the series with a 4–3 win.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Edmonton Oilers
|team2=Detroit Red Wings
|stadium2=Rexall Place
|stadium1=Joe Louis Arena
|date1 =April 21
|score1 =2–3
|ot1 =2
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-det/2006/04/21/2005030151#game=2005030151,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Sergei Samsonov (1) – pp – 11:44
|1-1-2 =04:05 – pp – Robert Lang (1)
|1-2-1 =Chris Pronger (1) – pp – 08:43
|1-2-2 =No scoring
|1-3-1 =No scoring
|1-3-2 =13:43 – Kirk Maltby (1)
|1-4-1 =No scoring
|1-4-2 =02:39 – Kirk Maltby (2)
|goalie1-1 =Dwayne Roloson 54 saves / 57 shots
|goalie1-2 =Manny Legace 23 saves / 25 shots
|date2 =April 23
|score2 =4–2
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-det/2006/04/23/2005030152#game=2005030152,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =Chris Pronger (2) – 12:32
|2-1-2 =14:50 – Jason Williams (1)
|2-2-1 =Fernando Pisani (1) – 17:49
Brad Winchester (1) – 18:46
|2-2-2 =07:11 – pp – Henrik Zetterberg (1)
|2-3-1 =Jarret Stoll (1) – en – 19:47
|2-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie2-1 =Dwayne Roloson 33 saves / 35 shots
|goalie2-2 =Manny Legace 20 saves / 23 shots
|date3 =April 25
|score3 =3–4
|ot3 =2
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-edm/2006/04/25/2005030153#game=2005030153,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =04:17 – Jaroslav Spacek (1)
16:38 – Ryan Smyth (1)
|3-1-2 =Henrik Zetterberg (2) – pp – 12:05
|3-2-1 =02:38 – pp – Raffi Torres (1)
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =No scoring
|3-3-2 =Henrik Zetterberg (3) – pp – 11:52
Mathieu Schneider (1) – 12:10
|3-4-1 =08:44 – Jarret Stoll (2)
|3-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie3-1 =Dwayne Roloson 44 saves / 47 shots
|goalie3-2 =Manny Legace 28 saves / 32 shots
|date4 =April 27
|score4 =4–2
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-edm/2006/04/27/2005030154#game=2005030154,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =07:22 – pp – Fernando Pisani (2)
|4-1-2 =Tomas Holmstrom (1) – pp – 13:25
Robert Lang (2) – 19:23
|4-2-1 =04:03 – pp – Jaroslav Spacek (2)
|4-2-2 =No scoring
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =Nicklas Lidstrom (1) – pp – 06:44
Henrik Zetterberg (4) – pp – 15:53
|goalie4-1 =Dwayne Roloson 27 saves / 31 shots
|goalie4-2 =Manny Legace 24 saves / 26 shots
|date5 =April 29
|score5 =3–2
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-det/2006/04/29/2005030155#game=2005030155,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =No scoring
|5-1-2 =No scoring
|5-2-1 =Fernando Pisani (3) – 05:16
Ryan Smyth (2) – pp – 08:34
Shawn Horcoff (1) – 12:36
|5-2-2 =18:39 – Brendan Shanahan (1)
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =19:38 – Henrik Zetterberg (5)
|goalie5-1 =Dwayne Roloson 30 saves / 32 shots
|goalie5-2 =Manny Legace 16 saves / 19 shots
|date6 =May 1
|score6 =3–4
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-edm/2006/05/01/2005030156#game=2005030156,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =No scoring
|6-1-2 =Henrik Zetterberg (6) – 14:36
|6-2-1 =No scoring
|6-2-2 =Robert Lang (3) – pp – 14:02
|6-3-1 =02:56 – pp – Fernando Pisani (4)
06:40 – Fernando Pisani (5)
16:07 – pp – Ales Hemsky (1)
18:54 – Ales Hemsky (2)
|6-3-2 =Johan Franzen (1) – 10:07
|goalie6-1 =Dwayne Roloson 33 saves / 36 shots
|goalie6-2 =Manny Legace 26 saves / 30 shots
|series = Edmonton won series 4–2
}}

(2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche

The Dallas Stars entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division champions, earning the second seed in the Western Conference with 112 points. Colorado qualified as the seventh seed earning 95 points (winning the tie-breaker with Edmonton in total wins) during the regular season. This was the fourth and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with Dallas winning two of three previous series. They last met in the 2004 Western Conference Quarterfinals where Colorado won in five games. Dallas won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.

The Avalanche upset the Stars in five games. After trailing by two early in the first period of game one the Avalanche scored five un-answered goals and won by a score of 5–2. Brett Clark tied the game with a short-handed goal at 17:56 of the third period and four and a half minutes into overtime Joe Sakic scored his NHL-record seventh career overtime goal to end the game in a 5–4 Colorado victory.^[1] Avalanche forward Andrew Brunette scored with 57 seconds remaining in the third period to tie game three and Alex Tanguay tallied his second goal of the game at 1:09 of the first overtime to give the Avalanche a 4–3 win. Dallas staved off elimination in game four as Niklas Hagman scored two goals in a 4–1 victory. Colorado goaltender Jose Theodore made 50 saves in game five and Andrew Brunette scored the series-clinching goal nearly fourteen minutes into overtime to give the Avalanche a 3–2 win.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Colorado Avalanche
|team2=Dallas Stars
|stadium2=Pepsi Center
|stadium1=American Airlines Center
|date1 =April 22
|score1 =5–2
|won1 =1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-dal/2006/04/22/2005030161#game=2005030161,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Milan Hejduk (1) – 16:42
|1-1-2 =13:04 – Brendan Morrow (1)
15:02 – Bill Guerin (1)
|1-2-1 =Wojtek Wolski (1) – 05:24
Rob Blake (1) – pp – 09:08
John-Michael Liles (1) – pp – 11:12
|1-2-2 =No scoring
|1-3-1 =Brett Clark (1) – 02:58
|1-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie1-1 =Jose Theodore 16 saves / 18 shots
|goalie1-2 =Marty Turco 26 saves / 31 shots
|date2 =April 24
|score2 =5–4
|ot2 =1
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-dal/2006/04/24/2005030162#game=2005030162,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =Rob Blake (2) – pp – 07:06
Andrew Brunette (1) – 09:04
Milan Hejduk (2) – 12:23
|2-1-2 =No scoring
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =02:41 – Jussi Jokinen (1)
05:54 – pp – Jere Lehtinen (1)
06:58 – Jere Lehtinen (2)
19:57 – pp – Mike Modano (1)
|2-3-1 =Brett Clark (2) – sh – 17:56
|2-3-2 =No scoring
|2-4-1 =Joe Sakic (1) – 04:36
|2-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie2-1 =Jose Theodore 21 saves / 25 shots
|goalie2-2 =Marty Turco 18 saves / 23 shots
|date3 =April 26
|score3 =3–4
|ot3 =1
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-col/2006/04/26/2005030163#game=2005030163,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =05:21 – pp – Joe Sakic (2)
18:53 – Alex Tanguay (1) – 18:53
|3-1-2 =Stu Barnes (1) – sh – 10:49
|3-2-1 =No scoring
|3-2-2 =Jon Klemm (1) – 08:44
Sergei Zubov (1) – pp – 19:45
|3-3-1 =19:03 – pp – Andrew Brunette (2)
|3-3-2 =No scoring
|3-4-1 =01:09 – Alex Tanguay (2)
|3-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie3-1 =Jose Theodore 19 saves / 22 shots
|goalie3-2 =Marty Turco 25 saves / 29 shots
|date4 =April 28
|score4 =4–1
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-col/2006/04/28/2005030164#game=2005030164,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =04:46 – Brad Richardson (1)
|4-1-2 =Jere Lehtinen (3) – 07:35
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =Niklas Hagman (1) – 03:50
Bill Guerin (2) – pp – 18:41
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =Niklas Hagman (2) – en – 18:45
|goalie4-1 =Jose Theodore 35 saves / 38 shots
|goalie4-2 =Marty Turco 22 saves / 23 shots
|date5 =April 30
|score5 =3–2
|ot5 =1
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-dal/2006/04/30/2005030165#game=2005030165,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =No scoring
|5-1-2 =No scoring
|5-2-1 =Jim Dowd (1) – 13:03
Joe Sakic (3) – 19:58
|5-2-2 =04:25 – pp – Jussi Jokinen (2)
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =02:47 – Bill Guerin (3)
|5-4-1 =Andrew Brunette (3) – 13:55
|5-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie5-1 =Jose Theodore 50 saves / 52 shots
|goalie5-2 =Marty Turco 27 saves / 30 shots
|series = Colorado won series 4–1
}}

(3) Calgary Flames vs. (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

The Calgary Flames entered the playoffs as the Northwest Division champions, earning the third seed in the Western Conference with 103 points. Anaheim qualified as the sixth seed earning 98 points during the regular season. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The teams split this year's four game regular season series.

The Mighty Ducks eliminated the Flames in seven games. Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff made 33 saves and Darren McCarty scored 9:45 into the first overtime as Calgary won game one 2–1. In game two Anaheim took a three-goal lead and hung on for a 4–3 victory. The Flames scored three power-play goals as they earned a 5–2 win in game three. This was the most recent time that the Calgary Flames have won a game in Anaheim in the regular season or in the playoffs. Sean O'Donnell scored the overtime winner shortly after a power play expired in game four as Anaheim evened the series with a 3–2 victory. Flames captain Jarome Iginla scored twice as the Calgary held off a late charge by the Mighty Ducks taking a 3–2 victory in game five. In game six Scott Niedermayer scored a power-play goal with just over five minutes remaining in regulation time as Anaheim forced a seventh game with their 2–1 win. Anaheim goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov made 22 saves as the Mighty Ducks ended the Flames season with a shutout winning game seven 3–0.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
|team2=Calgary Flames
|stadium2=Arrowhead Pond
|stadium1=Pengrowth Saddledome
|date1 =April 21
|score1 =1–2
|ot1 =1
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-cgy/2006/04/21/2005030171#game=2005030171,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =No scoring
|1-1-2 =No scoring
|1-2-1 =No scoring
|1-2-2 =06:17 – Tony Amonte (1)
|1-3-1 =Jeff Friesen (1) – 05:17
|1-3-2 =No scoring
|1-4-1 =No scoring
|1-4-2 =09:45 – Darren McCarty (1)
|goalie1-1 =Ilya Bryzgalov 28 saves / 30 shots
|goalie1-2 =Miikka Kiprusoff 33 saves / 34 shots
|date2 =April 23
|score2 =4–3
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-cgy/2006/04/23/2005030172#game=2005030172,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =Chris Kunitz (1) – 09:37
Scott Niedermayer (1) – sh – 13:20
|2-1-2 =No scoring
|2-2-1 =Joffrey Lupul (1) – 05:10
|2-2-2 =09:09 – sh – Jarome Iginla (1)
11:53 – pp – Kristian Huselius (1)
|2-3-1 =Samuel Pahlsson (1) – 07:55
|2-3-2 =15:31 – pp – Dion Phaneuf (1)
|goalie2-1 =Jean-Sebastien Giguere 22 saves / 25 shots
|goalie2-2 =Miikka Kiprusoff 16 saves / 20 shots
|date3 =April 25
|score3 =5–2
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-ana/2006/04/25/2005030173#game=2005030173,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =17:26 – pp – Francois Beauchemin (1)
|3-1-2 =Daymond Langkow (1) – pp – 14:01
|3-2-1 =08:16 – pp – Francois Beauchemin (2)
|3-2-2 =Kristian Huselius (2) – pp – 01:25
Chuck Kobasew (1) – 15:34
|3-3-1 =No scoring
|3-3-2 =Darren McCarty (2) – 04:59
Robyn Regehr (1) – pp – 05:33
|goalie3-1 =Jean-Sebastien Giguere 19 saves / 24 shots
|goalie3-2 =Miikka Kiprusoff 27 saves / 29 shots
|date4 =April 27
|score4 =2–3
|ot4 =1
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-ana/2006/04/27/2005030174#game=2005030174,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =No scoring
|4-1-2 =No scoring
|4-2-1 =03:47 – Ryan Getzlaf (1)
07:13 – pp – Teemu Selanne (1)
|4-2-2 =No scoring
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =Jarome Iginla (2) – 00:11
Jarome Iginla (3) – 03:27
|4-4-1 =01:36 – Sean O'Donnell (1)
|4-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie4-1 =Jean-Sebastien Giguere 25 saves / 27 shots
|goalie4-2 =Miikka Kiprusoff 27 saves / 30 shots
|date5 =April 29
|score5 =2–3
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-cgy/2006/04/29/2005030175#game=2005030175,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =No scoring
|5-1-2 =05:49 – sh – Tony Amonte (2)
16:18 – pp – Jarome Iginla (4)
|5-2-1 =No scoring
|5-2-2 =01:03 – Jarome Iginla (5)
|5-3-1 =Andy McDonald (1) – pp – 08:19
Rob Niedermayer (1) – pp – 19:27
|5-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie5-1 =Jean-Sebastien Giguere 5 saves / 8 shots
Ilya Bryzgalov 19 saves / 19 shots
|goalie5-2 =Miikka Kiprusoff 26 saves / 28 shots
|date6 =May 1
|score6 =1–2
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-ana/2006/05/01/2005030176#game=2005030176,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =No scoring
|6-1-2 =Stephane Yelle (1) – 10:18
|6-2-1 =07:49 – Teemu Selanne (2)
|6-2-2 =No scoring
|6-3-1 =14:23 – pp – Scott Niedermayer (2)
|6-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie6-1 =Ilya Bryzgalov 21 saves / 22 shots
|goalie6-2 =Miikka Kiprusoff 28 saves / 30 shots
|date7 =May 3
|score7 =3–0
|won7 =1
|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-cgy/2006/05/03/2005030177#game=2005030177,game_state=final
|7-1-1 =No scoring
|7-1-2 =No scoring
|7-2-1 =Teemu Selanne (3) – 05:12
Ruslan Salei (1) – 19:01
|7-2-2 =No scoring
|7-3-1 =Jeff Friesen (2) – en – 19:40
|7-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie7-1 =Ilya Bryzgalov 22 saves / 22 shots
|goalie7-2 =Miikka Kiprusoff 29 saves / 31 shots
|series = Anaheim won series 4–3
}}

(4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) San Jose Sharks

The Nashville Predators entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 106 points. San Jose qualified as the fifth seed earning 99 points during the regular season. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Nashville won this year's four game regular season series earning six of eight points during the season.

The Sharks eliminated the Predators in five games. All four of the Predators goals in game one came on the power play as Nashville took the opening game 4–3. In game two San Jose scored three first period power play goals and Vesa Toskala earned a shutout in the Sharks 3–0 victory. San Jose captain Patrick Marleau scored twice in game three as the Sharks won 4–1. Nashville attempted to make a comeback late in game four as the Sharks hung on to win 5–4, Patrick Marleau recorded a hat trick in the victory. San Jose continued to exploit the Predators penalty killing in game five as they scored twice on the power play and ended Nashville's season with a 2–1 victory.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=San Jose Sharks
|team2=Nashville Predators
|stadium2=HP Pavilion
|stadium1=Gaylord Entertainment Center
|date1 =April 21
|score1 =3–4
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-nsh/2006/04/21/2005030181#game=2005030181,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Mark Smith (1) – 04:12
|1-1-2 =08:57 – pp – Mike Sillinger (1)
10:56 – pp – Martin Erat (1)
19:56 – pp – Shea Weber (1)
|1-2-1 =Nils Ekman (1) – pp – 08:50
|1-2-2 =No scoring
|1-3-1 =Scott Thornton (1) – 10:31
|1-3-2 =12:06 – pp – Adam Hall (1)
|goalie1-1 =Vesa Toskala 26 saves / 30 shots
|goalie1-2 =Chris Mason 31 saves / 34 shots
|date2 =April 23
|score2 =3–0
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-nsh/2006/04/23/2005030182#game=2005030182,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =Jonathan Cheechoo (1) – pp – 05:37
Patrick Marleau (1) – pp – 16:31
Mark Smith (2) – pp – 17:31
|2-1-2 =No scoring
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =No scoring
|2-3-1 =No scoring
|2-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie2-1 =Vesa Toskala 25 saves / 25 shots
|goalie2-2 =Chris Mason 34 saves / 37 shots
|date3 =April 25
|score3 =1–4
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nsh-vs-sjs/2006/04/25/2005030183#game=2005030183,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =No scoring
|3-1-2 =Kimmo Timonen (1) – sh – 06:33
|3-2-1 =12:10 – Patrick Marleau (2)
18:48 – pp – Steve Bernier (1)
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =15:38 – Jonathan Cheechoo (2)
16:45 – Patrick Marleau (3)
|3-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie3-1 =Vesa Toskala 16 saves / 17 shots
|goalie3-2 =Chris Mason 36 saves / 40 shots
|date4 =April 27
|score4 =4–5
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nsh-vs-sjs/2006/04/27/2005030184#game=2005030184,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =07:03 – Patrick Rissmiller (1)
|4-1-2 =Paul Kariya (1) – pp – 08:55
|4-2-1 =07:01 – pp – Patrick Marleau (4)
11:30 – pp – Patrick Marleau (5)
12:56 – Mark Smith (3)
|4-2-2 =Shea Weber (2) – 05:45
|4-3-1 =04:13 – Patrick Marleau (6)
|4-3-2 =Mike Sillinger (2) – 10:47
Scott Hartnell (1) – 15:38
|goalie4-1 =Vesa Toskala 26 saves / 30 shots
|goalie4-2 =Chris Mason 19 saves / 24 shots
|date5 =April 30
|score5 =2–1
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-nsh/2006/04/30/2005030185#game=2005030185,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =Milan Michalek (1) – pp – 19:59
|5-1-2 =No scoring
|5-2-1 =Patrick Marleau (7) – pp – 13:24
|5-2-2 =No scoring
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =11:06 – pp – Paul Kariya (2)
|goalie5-1 =Vesa Toskala 34 saves / 35 shots
|goalie5-2 =Chris Mason 34 saves / 36 shots
|series = San Jose won series 4–1
}}

Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference Semifinals

(1) Ottawa Senators vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Buffalo winning both previous series. They last met in the 1999 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Buffalo won in four games. Ottawa won five of the eight games during this year's regular season series.

The Sabres eliminated the Senators in five games. Sabres forward Tim Connolly tied game one with just 10.7 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at six and Chris Drury ended the game just 18 seconds into overtime as Buffalo won 7–6. Ryan Miller faced 44 shots and allowed just one goal against as the Sabres won game two 2–1. Overtime was required in game three after Jason Spezza tied the game late in the third period. Jean-Pierre Dumont ended the game with a goal at 5:05 of the first overtime as the Sabres took the game 3–2. In game four Wade Redden scored a power-play goal early in the third period as the Senators earned a 2–1 victory. Sabres rookie forward Jason Pominville became the first player in league history to score a short-handed overtime goal to end a series as he scored just 2:26 into the first overtime as Buffalo won game five 3–2.^[2]

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Buffalo Sabres
|team2=Ottawa Senators
|stadium2=HSBC Arena
|stadium1=Scotiabank Place
|date1 =May 5
|score1 =7–6
|ot1 =1
|won1 =1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-ott/2006/05/05/2005030211#game=2005030211,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Mike Grier (3) – 00:35
Teppo Numminen (1) – pp – 06:56
|1-1-2 =03:05 – Jason Spezza (3)
03:20 – Bryan Smolinski (2)
|1-2-1 =Tim Connolly (4) – sh – 03:29
Derek Roy (2) – 19:30
|1-2-2 =01:47 – Martin Havlat (7)
04:15 – pp – Dany Heatley (3)
|1-3-1 =Derek Roy (3) – sh – 18:23
Tim Connolly (5) – 19:49
|1-3-2 =00:16 – Mike Fisher (2)
18:47 – pp – Bryan Smolinski (3)
|1-4-1 =Chris Drury (4) – 00:18
|1-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie1-1 =Ryan Miller 27 saves / 33 shots
|goalie1-2 =Ray Emery 16 saves / 23 shots
|date2 =May 8
|score2 =2–1
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-ott/2006/05/08/2005030212#game=2005030212,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =No scoring
|2-1-2 =No scoring
|2-2-1 =Jean-Pierre Dumont (5) – 03:33
Jochen Hecht (1) – 06:00
|2-2-2 =07:40 – Chris Phillips (2)
|2-3-1 =No scoring
|2-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie2-1 =Ryan Miller 43 saves / 44 shots
|goalie2-2 =Ray Emery 15 saves / 17 shots
|date3 =May 10
|score3 =2–3
|ot3 =1
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ott-vs-buf/2006/05/10/2005030213#game=2005030213,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =09:24 – pp – Chris Drury (5)
|3-1-2 =No scoring
|3-2-1 =No scoring
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =10:15 – Maxim Afinogenov (3)
|3-3-2 =Jason Spezza (4) – pp – 05:47
Jason Spezza (5) – pp – 18:30
|3-4-1 =05:05 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (6)
|3-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie3-1 =Ryan Miller 26 saves / 28 shots
|goalie3-2 =Ray Emery 21 saves / 24 shots
|date4 =May 11
|score4 =2–1
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ott-vs-buf/2006/05/11/2005030214#game=2005030214,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =No scoring
|4-1-2 =Brian Pothier (1) – 04:56
|4-2-1 =16:18 – Daniel Briere (4)
|4-2-2 =No scoring
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =Wade Redden (2) – pp – 02:52
|goalie4-1 =Ryan Miller 26 saves / 28 shots
|goalie4-2 =Ray Emery 29 saves / 30 shots
|date5 =May 13
|score5 =3–2
|ot5 =1
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-ott/2006/05/13/2005030215#game=2005030215,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =Henrik Tallinder (1) – 00:33
|5-1-2 =10:26 – pp – Daniel Alfredsson (2)
|5-2-1 =Chris Drury (6) – pp – 07:56
|5-2-2 =13:59 – Brian Pothier (2)
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =No scoring
|5-4-1 =Jason Pominville (5) – sh – 02:26
|5-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie5-1 =Ryan Miller 34 saves / 36 shots
|goalie5-2 =Ray Emery 21 saves / 24 shots
|series = Buffalo won series 4–1
}}

(2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (3) New Jersey Devils

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 2002 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Carolina won in six games. Carolina won this year's four game regular season series earning five of eight points during the season.

The Hurricanes defeated New Jersey in five games. Carolina scored five power-play goals in game one as they won 6–0. Scott Gomez gave the Devils a 2–1 lead with just over twenty seconds to go in the third period of game two, however just 18 seconds later Eric Staal scored the game-tying goal with just three seconds left in regulation time to send the game into overtime. Niclas Wallin tallied the game-winner 3:09 into the first overtime. In game three Carolina's Rod Brind'Amour scored the game-winner with 1:01 to play in the second period. New Jersey jumped out to a 5–0 lead and won game four with a final score of 5–1. Cory Stillman scored the series-winning goal at 14:20 of the second period as the Hurricanes held on for a 4–1 victory in game five.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=New Jersey Devils
|team2=Carolina Hurricanes
|stadium2=Continental Airlines Arena
|stadium1=RBC Center
|date1 =May 6
|score1 =0–6
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/njd-vs-car/2006/05/06/2005030221#game=2005030221,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =No scoring
|1-1-2 =11:37 – pp – Ray Whitney (2)
|1-2-1 =No scoring
|1-2-2 =02:58 – Ray Whitney (3)
17:32 – pp – Eric Staal (3)
18:06 – pp – Cory Stillman (3)
|1-3-1 =No scoring
|1-3-2 =12:07 – pp – Doug Weight (1)
13:07 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (5)
|goalie1-1 =Martin Brodeur 29 saves / 35 shots
Scott Clemmensen 3 shots / 3 saves
|goalie1-2 =Cam Ward 21 saves / 21 shots
|date2 =May 8
|score2 =2–3
|ot2 =1
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/njd-vs-car/2006/05/08/2005030222#game=2005030222,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =Jamie Langenbrunner (3) – 06:20
|2-1-2 =No scoring
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =18:18 – pp – Mark Recchi (2)
|2-3-1 =Scott Gomez (3) – 19:39
|2-3-2 =19:57 – Eric Staal (4)
|2-4-1 =No scoring
|2-4-2 =03:09 – Niclas Wallin (1)
|goalie2-1 =Martin Brodeur 35 saves / 38 shots
|goalie2-2 =Cam Ward 21 saves / 23 shots
|date3 =May 10
|score3 =3–2
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-njd/2006/05/10/2005030223#game=2005030223,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =02:57 – Sergei Brylin (1)
|3-1-2 =Matt Cullen (4) – pp – 08:16
Justin Williams (2) – 10:07
|3-2-1 =08:45 – pp – Patrik Elias (6)
|3-2-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (6) – pp – 18:59
|3-3-1 =No scoring
|3-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie3-1 =Martin Brodeur 21 saves / 24 shots
|goalie3-2 =Cam Ward 28 saves / 30 shots
|date4 =May 13
|score4 =1–5
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-njd/2006/05/13/2005030224#game=2005030224,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =01:58 – pp – Scott Gomez (4)
11:02 – sh – Jay Pandolfo (1)
19:00 – pp – Scott Gomez (5)
|4-1-2 =No scoring
|4-2-1 =00:44 – Sergei Brylin (2)
04:23 – John Madden (4)
|4-2-2 =Mark Recchi (3) – 11:04
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie4-1 =Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 20 shots
|goalie4-2 =Cam Ward 13 saves / 17 shots
Martin Gerber 15 saves / 16 shots
|date5 =May 14
|score5 =1–4
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/njd-vs-car/2006/05/14/2005030225#game=2005030225,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =Brian Gionta (3) – 00:57
|5-1-2 =08:39 – Frantisek Kaberle (1)
|5-2-1 =No scoring
|5-2-2 =14:20 – pp – Cory Stillman (4)
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =07:22 – Ray Whitney (4)
18:32 – en – Eric Staal (5)
|goalie5-1 =Martin Brodeur 27 saves / 30 shots
|goalie5-2 =Cam Ward 17 saves / 18 shots
|series = Carolina won series 4–1
}}

Western Conference Semifinals

(5) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.

The Oilers came back from a two-game deficit to defeat the Sharks in six games. Patrick Marleau recorded a goal and an assist during game one in a 2–1 San Jose victory. The Sharks won game two 2–1 with Joe Thornton scoring the game-winner on the power play in the second period. Sharks goaltender Vesa Toskala made 55 saves in a losing effort in game three as the Oilers won in a triple-overtime on a goal scored by Shawn Horcoff at 2:24 to give Edmonton a 3–2 win. Edmonton came back from an early 3–1 deficit in game four and scored five unanswered goals to win 6–3 and to even the series at two games apiece. After San Jose tied game five early the third period the Oilers scored three unanswered goals as they took another 6–3 victory. Dwayne Roloson posted a 24 save shutout in game six as the Oilers took the game 2–0 with the game-winning goal from Michael Peca to win the series four games to two.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Edmonton Oilers
|team2=San Jose Sharks
|stadium2=Rexall Place
|stadium1=HP Pavilion
|date1 =May 7
|score1 =1–2
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-sjs/2006/05/07/2005030231#game=2005030231,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Jaroslav Spacek (3) – pp – 02:33
|1-1-2 =07:42 – Patrick Marleau (8)
|1-2-1 =No scoring
|1-2-2 =03:14 – Christian Ehrhoff (1)
|1-3-1 =No scoring
|1-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie1-1 =Dwayne Roloson 28 saves / 30 shots
|goalie1-2 =Vesa Toskala 15 saves / 16 shots
|date2 =May 8
|score2 =1–2
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-sjs/2006/05/08/2005030232#game=2005030232,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =No scoring
|2-1-2 =04:26 – Tom Preissing (1)
|2-2-1 =Sergei Samsonov (2) – 15:23
|2-2-2 =17:29 – pp – Joe Thornton (1)
|2-3-1 =No scoring
|2-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie2-1 =Dwayne Roloson 36 saves / 38 shots
|goalie2-2 =Vesa Toskala 24 saves / 25 shots
|date3 =May 10
|score3 =2–3
|ot3 =3
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-edm/2006/05/10/2005030233#game=2005030233,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =10:04 – pp – Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)
|3-1-2 =No scoring
|3-2-1 =No scoring
|3-2-2 =Patrick Marleau (9) – 01:19
Patrick Rissmiller (2) – 09:30
|3-3-1 =13:13 – Raffi Torres (2)
|3-3-2 =No scoring
|3-4-1 =02:24 – Shawn Horcoff (2)
|3-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie3-1 =Dwayne Roloson 32 saves / 34 shots
|goalie3-2 =Vesa Toskala 55 saves / 58 shots
|date4 =May 12
|score4 =3–6
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-edm/2006/05/12/2005030234#game=2005030234,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =12:55 – Shawn Horcoff (3)
|4-1-2 =Joe Thornton (2) – 03:47
Nils Ekman (2) – 06:40
|4-2-1 =12:28 – Michael Peca (1)
15:35 – Sergei Samsonov (3)
|4-2-2 =Jonathan Cheechoo (3) – 09:02
|4-3-1 =02:57 – Jason Smith (1)
08:19 – Ales Hemsky (3)
14:00 – pp – Jarret Stoll (3)
|4-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie4-1 =Dwayne Roloson 22 saves / 25 shots
|goalie4-2 =Vesa Toskala 26 saves / 31 shots
Evgeni Nabokov 3 saves / 4 shots
|date5 =May 14
|score5 =6–3
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-sjs/2006/05/14/2005030235#game=2005030235,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =Fernando Pisani (6) – 08:29
|5-1-2 =No scoring
|5-2-1 =Ryan Smyth (3) – pp – 06:31
|5-2-2 =04:30 – Scott Thornton (2)
|5-3-1 =Shawn Horcoff (4) – sh – 00:12
Fernando Pisani (7) – 04:03
Jarret Stoll (4) – pp – 13:40
Ryan Smyth (4) – pp – 16:11
|5-3-2 =00:44 – pp – Christian Ehrhoff (2)
02:30 – Jonathan Cheechoo (4)
|goalie5-1 =Dwayne Roloson 21 saves / 24 shots
|goalie5-2 =Vesa Toskala 12 saves / 18 shots
|date6 =May 17
|score6 =0–2
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-edm/2006/05/17/2005030236#game=2005030236,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =08:21 – Michael Peca (2)
|6-1-2 =No scoring
|6-2-1 =No scoring
|6-2-2 =No scoring
|6-3-1 =11:37 – Shawn Horcoff (5)
|6-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie6-1 =Dwayne Roloson 24 saves / 24 shots
|goalie6-2 =Vesa Toskala 24 saves / 26 shots
|series = Edmonton won series 4–2
}}

(6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Colorado won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.

Anaheim swept the Avalanche in four games. The Mighty Ducks scored four times in the second period of game one as Anaheim won 5–0, rookie Ilya Bryzgalov recorded his second-straight shutout. In game two Ilya Bryzgalov equalled a rookie record previously set by Frank McCool in 1945 as he recorded his third straight playoff shutout as the Ducks won 3–0.^[3] In game three Dan Hinote ended Ilya Bryzgalov's shutout streak at 249:15 (the second longest in league history) when he scored late in the first period for the Avalanche.^[4] Joffrey Lupul scored four goals including the overtime winner as the Mighty Ducks won 4–3. Joe Sakic scored the only goal for the Avalanche in game four as Anaheim finished off the series with a 4–1 victory to advance to their second Conference Final appearance in team history.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Colorado Avalanche
|team2=Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
|stadium2=Pepsi Center
|stadium1=Arrowhead Pond
|date1 =May 5
|score1 =0–5
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-ana/2006/05/05/2005030241#game=2005030241,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =No scoring
|1-1-2 =No scoring
|1-2-1 =No scoring
|1-2-2 =02:38 – Samuel Pahlsson (2)
10:24 – Chris Kunitz (2)
19:05 – Teemu Selanne (4)
19:54 – pp – Joffrey Lupul (2)
|1-3-1 =No scoring
|1-3-2 =11:07 – Travis Moen (1)
|goalie1-1 =Jose Theodore 29 saves / 34 shots
|goalie1-2 =Ilya Bryzgalov 29 saves / 29 shots
|date2 =May 7
|score2 =0–3
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-ana/2006/05/07/2005030242#game=2005030242,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =No scoring
|2-1-2 =18:17 – pp – Ryan Getzlaf (2)
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =04:41 – Ruslan Salei (2)
12:24 – Joffrey Lupul (3)
|2-3-1 =No scoring
|2-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie2-1 =Jose Theodore 32 saves / 35 shots
|goalie2-2 =Ilya Bryzgalov 22 saves / 22 shots
|date3 =May 9
|score3 =4–3
|ot3 =1
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-col/2006/05/09/2005030243#game=2005030243,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =19:33 – Dan Hinote (1)
|3-1-2 =No scoring
|3-2-1 =No scoring
|3-2-2 =Joffrey Lupul (4) – 09:02
|3-3-1 =04:47 – sh – Jim Dowd (2)
13:35 – Rob Blake (3)
|3-3-2 =Joffrey Lupul (5) – 08:54
Joffrey Lupul (6) – 10:40
|3-4-1 =No scoring
|3-4-2 =Joffrey Lupul (7) – 16:30
|goalie3-1 =Jose Theodore 35 saves / 36 shots
|goalie3-2 =Ilya Bryzgalov 26 saves / 29 shots
|date4 =May 11
|score4 =4–1
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-col/2006/05/11/2005030244#game=2005030244,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =02:17 – Joe Sakic (4)
|4-1-2 =Todd Marchant (1) – 16:52
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =Teemu Selanne (5) – 02:22
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =Dustin Penner (1) – 06:07
Todd Marchant (2) – en – 18:21
|goalie4-1 =Jose Theodore 30 saves / 33 shots
|goalie4-2 =Ilya Bryzgalov 40 saves / 41 shots
|series = Anaheim won series 4–0
}}

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference Final

(2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Carolina most recently made it to the Conference Finals in 2002, defeating Toronto in six games, while the Sabres last made it to the Conference Finals in 1999, defeating Toronto in five games. Carolina won three of the four games in this year's four game regular season series.

The Hurricanes eliminated the Sabres in seven games. Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller made 29 saves in game one as Buffalo won 3–2. Ray Whitney scored twice in the second period of game two as the Hurricanes evened the series with a 4–3 victory. The Sabres scored four times in just over thirteen minutes in game three as they earned a 4–3 win. Martin Gerber made 22 saves in a shutout victory for the Hurricanes as they took game four by a score of 4–0. Cam Ward replaced Martin Gerber early in the second period of game five as the Hurricanes came back from a two-goal deficit and won the game 4–3 on a power-play goal scored by Cory Stillman at 8:46 of the first overtime period. Daniel Briere forced a seventh game in this series with his game-winning goal at 4:22 of the first overtime as Buffalo won game six 2–1. Hurricanes forward Rod Brind'Amour capitalised on a delay of game penalty to Brian Campbell at 11:22 of the third period in game seven as Carolina advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals with a 4–2 victory.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Buffalo Sabres
|team2=Carolina Hurricanes
|stadium2=HSBC Arena
|stadium1=RBC Center
|date1 =May 20
|score1 =3–2
|won1 =1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-car/2006/05/20/2005030311#game=2005030311,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Henrik Tallinder (2) – 02:56
|1-1-2 =12:11 – Rod Brind'Amour (7)
|1-2-1 =Daniel Briere (5) – 09:41
|1-2-2 =No scoring
|1-3-1 =Jay McKee (2) – 13:40
|1-3-2 =17:07 – sh – Mike Commodore (1)
|goalie1-1 =Ryan Miller 29 saves / 31 shots
|goalie1-2 =Cam Ward 24 saves / 27 shots
|date2 =May 22
|score2 =3–4
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-car/2006/05/22/2005030312#game=2005030312,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =Thomas Vanek (2) – pp – 19:12
|2-1-2 =10:05 – pp – Frantisek Kaberle (2)
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =06:03 – pp – Ray Whitney (5)
12:58 – Ray Whitney (6)
|2-3-1 =Chris Drury (7) – pp – 11:39
Derek Roy (4) – pp – 19:57
|2-3-2 =06:58 – Justin Williams (3)
|goalie2-1 =Ryan Miller 31 saves / 35 shots
|goalie2-2 =Cam Ward 16 saves / 19 shots
|date3 =May 24
|score3 =3–4
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-buf/2006/05/24/2005030313#game=2005030313,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =19:30 – pp – Chris Drury (8)
|3-1-2 =Cory Stillman (5) – 14:07
|3-2-1 =01:02 – pp – Daniel Briere (6)
08:28 – Daniel Briere (7)
12:55 – Ales Kotalik (4)
|3-2-2 =Cory Stillman (6) – 18:18
|3-3-1 =No scoring
|3-3-2 =Eric Staal (6) – pp – 15:52
|goalie3-1 =Ryan Miller 24 saves / 27 shots
|goalie3-2 =Cam Ward 22 saves / 26 shots
Martin Gerber 7 saves / 7 shots
|date4 =May 26
|score4 =4–0
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-buf/2006/05/26/2005030314#game=2005030314,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =No scoring
|4-1-2 =Mark Recchi (4) – 06:54
Eric Staal (7) – pp – 09:53
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =Andrew Ladd (1) – 02:10
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =Bret Hedican (1) – 16:03
|goalie4-1 =Ryan Miller 17 saves / 21 shots
|goalie4-2 =Martin Gerber 22 saves / 22 shots
|date5 =May 28
|score5 =3–4
|ot5 =1
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-car/2006/05/28/2005030315#game=2005030315,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =Chris Drury (9) – 07:08
Derek Roy (5) – 17:32
|5-1-2 =07:25 – Justin Williams (4)
|5-2-1 =Toni Lydman (1) – 01:55
|5-2-2 =05:21 – Mark Recchi (5)
10:04 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (8)
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =No scoring
|5-4-1 =No scoring
|5-4-2 =08:46 – pp – Cory Stillman (7)
|goalie5-1 =Ryan Miller 22 saves / 26 shots
|goalie5-2 =Martin Gerber 8 saves / 11 shots
Cam Ward 15 saves / 15 shots
|date6 =May 30
|score6 =1–2
|ot6 =1
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-buf/2006/05/30/2005030316#game=2005030316,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =04:56 – J.P. Dumont (7)
|6-1-2 =No scoring
|6-2-1 =No scoring
|6-2-2 =No scoring
|6-3-1 =No scoring
|6-3-2 =Bret Hedican (2) – 16:07
|6-4-1 =04:22 – pp – Daniel Briere (8)
|6-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie6-1 =Ryan Miller 25 saves / 26 shots
|goalie6-2 =Cam Ward 29 saves / 31 shots
|date7 =June 1
|score7 =2–4
|won7 =2
|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-car/2006/06/01/2005030317#game=2005030317,game_state=final
|7-1-1 =No scoring
|7-1-2 =12:05 – Mike Commodore (2)
|7-2-1 =Doug Janik (1) – 15:50
Jochen Hecht (2) – 19:55
|7-2-2 =No scoring
|7-3-1 =No scoring
|7-3-2 =01:34 – Doug Weight (2)
11:22 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (9)
19:08 – Justin Williams (5)
|goalie7-1 =Ryan Miller 24 saves / 28 shots
|goalie7-2 =Cam Ward 22 saves / 24 shots
|series = Carolina won series 4–3
}}

Western Conference Final

(6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Anaheim most recently made it to the Conference Finals in 2003, sweeping the Minnesota Wild in four games, while the Oilers last made it to the Conference Finals in 1992, losing to Chicago in four games. Edmonton won all four games during this year's regular season series.

The Oilers eliminated Anaheim in five games. Ales Hemsky's power-play goal at 11:35 of the second period gave the Oilers the lead as they took game one 3–1. Oilers goaltender Dwayne Roloson made 33 saves won again by a score of 3–1. Fernando Pisani scored the game-winning goal for the Oilers in game three as the two teams traded eight goals in the third period and Edmonton hung on for a 5–4 victory. Anaheim changed goaltenders before the start of game four as Jean-Sebastien Giguere got the start for the Mighty Ducks. Anaheim took a three-goal lead in the first period and never looked back winning the game 6–3. Dwayne Roloson made 32 saves as the Oilers ended the series with a 2–1 victory in game five. The Oilers became the first eighth-seeded team to reach the Finals under this playoff format (which was introduced in 1994). Anaheim changed their team nickname, uniforms and logo after the season as they became known as the Anaheim Ducks.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Edmonton Oilers
|team2=Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
|stadium2=Rexall Place
|stadium1=Arrowhead Pond
|date1 =May 19
|score1 =3–1
|won1 =1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-ana/2006/05/19/2005030321#game=2005030321,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Michael Peca (3) – sh – 18:35
|1-1-2 =19:03 – pp – Andy McDonald (2)
|1-2-1 =Ales Hemsky (4) – pp – 11:35
|1-2-2 =No scoring
|1-3-1 =Todd Harvey (1) – en – 19:18
|1-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie1-1 =Dwayne Roloson 31 saves / 32 shots
|goalie1-2 =Ilya Bryzgalov 23 saves / 25 shots
|date2 =May 21
|score2 =3–1
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-ana/2006/05/21/2005030322#game=2005030322,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =Chris Pronger (3) – pp – 13:08
|2-1-2 =No scoring
|2-2-1 =Fernando Pisani (8) – 17:09
|2-2-2 =06:12 – Jeff Friesen (3)
|2-3-1 =Michael Peca (4) – en – 19:42
|2-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie2-1 =Dwayne Roloson 33 saves / 34 shots
|goalie2-2 =Ilya Bryzgalov 22 saves / 24 shots
|date3 =May 23
|score3 =4–5
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-edm/2006/05/23/2005030323#game=2005030323,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =13:47 – Toby Petersen (1)
|3-1-2 =No scoring
|3-2-1 =No scoring
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =02:19 – Michael Peca (5)
03:35 – pp – Steve Staios (1)
04:40 – pp – Chris Pronger (4)
14:14 – Fernando Pisani (9)
|3-3-2 =Sean O'Donnell (2) – 07:15
Teemu Selanne (6) – 09:13
Chris Kunitz (3) – 11:15
Todd Marchant (3) – 18:15
|goalie3-1 =Dwayne Roloson 34 saves / 38 shots
|goalie3-2 =Ilya Bryzgalov 17 saves / 22 shots
|date4 =May 25
|score4 =6–3
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-edm/2006/05/25/2005030324#game=2005030324,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =No scoring
|4-1-2 =Dustin Penner (2) – 07:28
Dustin Penner (3) – 15:11
Ryan Getzlaf (3) – pp – 19:18
|4-2-1 =03:30 – pp – Marc-Andre Bergeron (2)
07:46 – Ryan Smyth (5)
10:01 – Georges Laraque (1)
|4-2-2 =Ruslan Salei (3) – 05:42
Joffrey Lupul (8) – 18:22
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =Joffrey Lupul (9) – en – 18:50
|goalie4-1 =Dwayne Roloson 40 saves / 45 shots
|goalie4-2 =Jean-Sebastien Giguere 20 saves / 23 shots
|date5 =May 27
|score5 =2–1
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-ana/2006/05/27/2005030325#game=2005030325,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =No scoring
|5-1-2 =07:30 – pp – Francois Beauchemin (3)
|5-2-1 =Ethan Moreau (1) – 03:42
Raffi Torres (3) – 08:31
|5-2-2 =No scoring
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie5-1 =Dwayne Roloson 32 saves / 33 shots
|goalie5-2 =Jean-Sebastien Giguere 23 saves / 25 shots
|series = Edmonton won series 4–1
}}

Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Carolina made their second Finals appearance, while Edmonton made their seventh appearance in the Finals. The Hurricanes were defeated in their last appearance in the Finals losing to Detroit in five games in 2002, the Oilers won their last appearance in the Finals defeating Boston in five games in 1990. The teams did not meet during the regular season. This series marked the first time that two former World Hockey Association teams played against each other for the Stanley Cup since they merged with the NHL in 1979. This was the first Stanley Cup Finals to be contested by two teams that had both missed the playoffs the previous season.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Edmonton Oilers
|team2=Carolina Hurricanes
|stadium2=Rexall Place
|stadium1=RBC Center
|date1 =June 5
|score1 =4–5
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-car/2006/06/05/2005030411#game=2005030411,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Fernando Pisani (10) – 08:18
|1-1-2 =No scoring
|1-2-1 =Chris Pronger (5) – ps – 10:36
Ethan Moreau (2) – 16:23
|1-2-2 =17:17 – Rod Brind'Amour (10)
|1-3-1 =Ales Hemsky (5) – pp – 13:31
|1-3-2 =01:40 – Ray Whitney (7)
05:09 – pp – Ray Whitney (8)
10:02 – sh – Justin Williams (6)
19:28 – Rod Brind'Amour (11)
|goalie1-1 =Dwayne Roloson 19 saves / 23 shots
Ty Conklin 2 saves / 3 shots
|goalie1-2 =Cam Ward 34 saves / 38 shots
|date2 =June 7
|score2 =0–5
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-car/2006/06/07/2005030412#game=2005030412,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =No scoring
|2-1-2 =06:21 – Andrew Ladd (2)
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =10:28 – pp – Frantisek Kaberle (3)
19:57 – Cory Stillman (8)
|2-3-1 =No scoring
|2-3-2 =02:21 – pp – Doug Weight (3)
04:12 – pp – Mark Recchi (6)
|goalie2-1 =Jussi Markkanen 21 saves / 26 shots
|goalie2-2 =Cam Ward 25 saves / 25 shots
|date3 =June 10
|score3 =1–2
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-edm/2006/06/10/2005030413#game=2005030413,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =02:31 – Shawn Horcoff (6)
|3-1-2 =No scoring
|3-2-1 =No scoring
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =17:45 – Ryan Smyth (6)
|3-3-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (12) – 09:09
|goalie3-1 =Jussi Markkanen 24 saves / 25 shots
|goalie3-2 =Cam Ward 28 saves / 30 shots
|date4 =June 12
|score4 =2–1
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-edm/2006/06/12/2005030414#game=2005030414,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =08:40 – Sergei Samsonov (4)
|4-1-2 =Cory Stillman (9) – pp – 09:09
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =Mark Recchi (7) – 15:56
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie4-1 =Jussi Markkanen 18 saves / 20 shots
|goalie4-2 =Cam Ward 20 saves / 21 shots
|date5 =June 14
|score5 =4–3
|ot5 =1
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-car/2006/06/14/2005030415#game=2005030415,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =Fernando Pisani (11) – 00:16
Ales Hemsky (6) – pp – 13:25
Michael Peca (6) – 19:42
|5-1-2 =05:54 – pp – Eric Staal (8)
10:16 – pp – Ray Whitney (9)
|5-2-1 =No scoring
|5-2-2 =09:56 – pp – Eric Staal (9)
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =No scoring
|5-4-1 =Fernando Pisani (12) – sh – 03:31
|5-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie5-1 =Jussi Markkanen 21 saves / 24 shots
|goalie5-2 =Cam Ward 25 saves / 29 shots
|date6 =June 17
|score6 =0–4
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-edm/2006/06/17/2005030416#game=2005030416,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =No scoring
|6-1-2 =No scoring
|6-2-1 =01:45 – pp – Fernando Pisani (13)
09:54 – Raffi Torres (4)
|6-2-2 =No scoring
|6-3-1 =03:04 – pp – Ryan Smyth (7)
13:05 – pp – Shawn Horcoff (7)
|6-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie6-1 =Jussi Markkanen 16 saves / 16 shots
|goalie6-2 =Cam Ward 30 saves / 34 shots
|date7 =June 19
|score7 =1–3
|won7 =2
|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-car/2006/06/19/2005030417#game=2005030417,game_state=final
|7-1-1 =No scoring
|7-1-2 =01:26 – Aaron Ward (2)
|7-2-1 =No scoring
|7-2-2 =04:18 – pp – Frantisek Kaberle (4)
|7-3-1 =Fernando Pisani (14) – 01:03
|7-3-2 =18:59 – en – Justin Williams (7)
|goalie7-1 =Jussi Markkanen 24 saves / 26 shots
|goalie7-2 =Cam Ward 22 saves / 23 shots
|series = Carolina won series 4–3
}}

Player statistics

Skaters

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Eric\|Staal}}	Carolina Hurricanes	25	9	19	28	0	8
Cory\|Stillman}}	Carolina Hurricanes	25	9	17	26	+12	14
Chris\|Pronger}}	Edmonton Oilers	24	5	16	21	+10	26
Daniel\|Briere\|Daniel Brière}}	Buffalo Sabres	18	8	11	19	0	12
Shawn\|Horcoff}}	Edmonton Oilers	24	7	12	19	+4	12
Fernando\|Pisani}}	Edmonton Oilers	24	14	4	18	+4	10
Rod\|Brind'Amour	Brindamour, Rod}	Carolina Hurricanes	25	12	6	18	+9	16
Chris\|Drury}}	Buffalo Sabres	18	9	9	18	+5	10
Justin\|Williams}}	Carolina Hurricanes	25	7	11	18	+12	34
Matt\|Cullen}}	Carolina Hurricanes	25	4	14	18	+2	12

Goaltending

These are the top five goaltenders based on either goals against average or save percentage with at least four games played.

GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	Min	Sv%	SO
Ilya Bryzgalov	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	11	6	4	285	16	1.46	658:59	.944	3
Cristobal Huet	Montreal Canadiens	6	2	4	212	15	2.33	385:37	.929	0
Dwayne Roloson	Edmonton Oilers	18	12	5	618	45	2.33	1159:43	.927	1
Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils	9	5	4	261	20	2.25	532:59	.923	1
Miikka Kiprusoff	Calgary Flames	7	3	4	202	16	2.24	427:59	.921	0
Cam Ward	Carolina Hurricanes	23	15	8	584	47	2.14	1319:53	.920	2
Jussi Markkanen	Edmonton Oilers	6	3	3	137	13	2.17	360:23	.905	1

References

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2. ^{{cite web|title=Buffalo Wins On Pominville's Heroics|url=http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=437119|date=May 13, 2006|accessdate=September 22, 2015}}
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4. ^{{cite web|title=Game Recap|url=http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2005030243|date=May 9, 2006|accessdate=September 25, 2015}}