Stanley Cup Playoffs 2015

Stanley Cup Playoffs 2015
Period	April 15, 2015 to June 15, 2015
Stanley Cup winner	Chicago Blackhawks (6th title)
finalist	Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoff MVP	Duncan Keith (Chicago)
Top scorer	Tyler Johnson (Tampa Bay) and Patrick Kane (Chicago)
Gates	448 (5.03 per game)
spectator	1,701,236 (19,115 per game)
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The playoffs for the Stanley Cup the year 2015 began on April 15, 2015 and ended on 15 June 2015 with a 4: 2 victory of the Chicago Blackhawks over the Tampa Bay Lightning . Chicago thus won the third Stanley Cup in the last six years and found with Duncan Keith also with the Conn Smythe Trophy winning MVP of the playoffs. The Lightning were the first team in league history to meet a team from the Original Six in each of the four playoff rounds . The top scorers of the post-season were Tampa's Tyler Johnson and Chicago's Patrick Kane .

The defending champions, the Los Angeles Kings , could not qualify for the playoffs after five appearances in a row. The same happened to the San Jose Sharks , in which a series of ten consecutive participations and thus the second longest series of all active franchises ended. However, the Detroit Red Wings expanded the longest run of all active teams to 24. The Winnipeg Jets participated in the post-season for the first time after relocating from Atlanta . A total of five out of seven Canadian teams were represented, as many as last in the 2003/04 season.

mode

After the three teams with the highest points and the two wild card teams of the respective conference have qualified from each division, the playoffs , which are held in the knockout system , start . In the first round, the division winners meet the wild card teams of the respective conference, whereby the division winner with the most points meets the worse of the two wild card teams. The remaining pairings of the Conference quarter-finals will be played within the division among the teams that placed second and third.

Each conference then plays its winner in the conference quarter-finals, conference semifinals and conference finals, who then compete in the final for the Stanley Cup . All series in each round are played in best-of-seven mode, which means that a team needs four wins to reach the next round. The higher seeded team has home rights in the first two games, the next two the opposing team. If no winner has emerged from the round by then, home rights will change from game to game. The higher ranked team has a home advantage in games 1, 2, 5 and 7, i.e. four of the maximum seven games. The winner of the Eastern Conference will receive the Prince of Wales Trophy and the winner of the Western Conference will receive the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl .

For games that remain tied after the regular playing time of 60 minutes, overtime follows , which, in contrast to the regular season, is played with five field players. In addition, it ends with the first goal ( Sudden Death ) and not, as usual in the regular season, with a shootout .

Qualified teams

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division A1: Canadiens de Montréal A2: Tampa Bay Lightning A3: Detroit Red Wings Metropolitan Division M1: New York Rangers M2: Washington Capitals M3: New York Islanders Wild cards EWC1: Ottawa Senators EWC2: Pittsburgh Penguins

Western Conference Central Division C1: St. Louis Blues C2: Nashville Predators C3: Chicago Blackhawks Pacific Division P1: Anaheim Ducks P2: Vancouver Canucks P3: Calgary Flames Wild cards WWC1: Minnesota Wild WWC2: Winnipeg Jets

Playoff tree

Conference quarterfinals

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

Stanley Cup Final

A1

Canadiens de Montréal

4th

EWC1

Ottawa Senators

2

A1

Canadiens de Montréal

2

Eastern Conference

A2

Tampa Bay Lightning

4th

A2

Tampa Bay Lightning

4th

A3

Detroit Red Wings

3

A2

Tampa Bay Lightning

4th

M1

New York Rangers

3

M1

New York Rangers

4th

EWC2

Pittsburgh Penguins

1

M1

New York Rangers

4th

M2

Washington Capitals

3

M2

Washington Capitals

4th

M3

New York Islanders

3

A2

Tampa Bay Lightning

2

C3

Chicago Blackhawks

4th

C1

St. Louis Blues

2

WWC1

Minnesota Wild

4th

WWC1

Minnesota Wild

0

C3

Chicago Blackhawks

4th

C2

Nashville Predators

2

C3

Chicago Blackhawks

4th

C3

Chicago Blackhawks

4th

P1

Anaheim Ducks

3

P1

Anaheim Ducks

4th

WWC2

Winnipeg Jets

0

P1

Anaheim Ducks

4th

Western Conference

P3

Calgary Flames

1

P2

Vancouver Canucks

2

P3

Calgary Flames

4th

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Canadiens de Montréal - (EWC1) Ottawa Senators

April 15, 2015 7:00 p.m. (local time)

Canadiens de Montréal Torrey Mitchell (27:53) Tomáš Plekanec (28:08) Lars Eller (31:42) Brian Flynn (37:17)

4: 3 (0: 1, 4: 2, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Ottawa Senators Milan Michálek (12:25) Kyle Turris (30:36) Mika Zibanejad (32:36)

Center Bell , Montreal , Québec Spectators: 21,287

Apr 17, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Canadiens de Montréal Max Pacioretty (27:18) PK Subban (36:30) Alex Galchenyuk (63:40)

3: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 0

Ottawa Senators Clarke MacArthur (18:42) Patrick Wiercioch (53:25)

Center Bell, Montreal, Québec Spectators: 21,287

April 19, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Ottawa Senators Clarke MacArthur (11:28)

1: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 3

Canadiens de Montréal Dale way (54:13) Dale way (68:47)

Canadian Tire Center , Ottawa , Ontario Spectators: 20,500

April 22, 2015 at 7 p.m.

Ottawa Senators Mike Hoffman (49:05)

1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 3

Canadiens de Montréal

Canadian Tire Center, Ottawa, Ontario Spectators: 20,500

Apr. 24, 2015 7 p.m.

Canadiens de Montréal Tom Gilbert (41:44)

1: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 2) Match report as of: 3: 2

Ottawa Senators Bobby Ryan (9:29) Patrick Wiercioch (15:39) Erik Karlsson (34:29) Erik Condra (54:02) Bobby Ryan (59:10)

Center Bell, Montreal, Québec Spectators: 21,287

April 26, 2015 6:00 p.m.

Ottawa Senators

0: 2 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 4

Canadiens de Montréal Brendan Gallagher (13:26) Max Pacioretty (59:59)

Canadian Tire Center, Ottawa, Ontario Spectators: 20,500

(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning - (A3) Detroit Red Wings

April 16, 2015 7.30 p.m. (local time)

Tampa Bay Lightning Brian Boyle (14:31) Nikita Nesterow (48:26)

2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1

Detroit Red Wings Pawel Dazjuk (9:03) Pawel Dazjuk (20:08) Luke Glendening (45:50)

Amalie Arena , Tampa , Florida Spectators: 19,204

Apr. 18, 2015 3 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (3:05) Alexander Killorn (27:56) Andrej Šustr (34:48) Tyler Johnson (39:22) Valtteri Filppula (55:26)

5: 1 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of 1: 1

Detroit Red Wings Tomáš Tatar (45:49)

Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida Spectators: 19,204

Apr. 21, 2015 at 7 p.m.

Detroit Red Wings Pawel Dazjuk (8:46) Riley Sheahan (46:42) Luke Glendening (59:11)

3: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Joe Louis Arena , Detroit , Michigan Spectators: 20,027

Apr. 23, 2015, 7 p.m.

Detroit Red Wings Gustav Nyquist (25:42) Joakim Andersson (34:24)

2: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) Match report : 2: 2

Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (54:34) Ondřej Palát (55:51) Tyler Johnson (62:25)

Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan Spectators: 20,027

April 25, 2015 6:00 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning

0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2) Match report as of: 2: 3

Detroit Red Wings Riley Sheahan (19:37) Drew Miller (35:46) Pawel Dazjuk (55:47) Danny DeKeyser (58:22)

Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida Spectators: 19,204

Apr. 27, 2015 7 p.m.

Detroit Red Wings Tomáš Tatar (32:26) Tomáš Tatar (41:39)

2: 5 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 2) Match report as of: 3: 3

Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (3:47) Jason Garrison (11:10) Tyler Johnson (29:09) Alexander Killorn (54:51) Cédric Paquette (59:03)

Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan Spectators: 20,027

April 29, 2015 7.30 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Braydon Coburn (43:58) Anton Strålman (58:42)

2: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) Match report as of: 4: 3

Detroit Red Wings

Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida Spectators: 19,204

(M1) New York Rangers - (EWC2) Pittsburgh Penguins

April 16, 2015 7:00 p.m. (local time)

New York Rangers Derick Brassard (0:28) Ryan McDonagh (15:16)

2: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Pittsburgh Penguins Blake Comeau (26:15)

Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York Spectators: 18,006

Apr. 18, 2015 at 8 p.m.

New York Rangers Derek Stepan (17:05) Derick Brassard (43:16) Rick Nash (59:54)

3: 4 (1: 0, 0: 3, 2: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Pittsburgh Penguins Brandon Sutter (30:01) Sidney Crosby (34:07) Sidney Crosby (38:46) Chris Kunitz (49:41)

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Spectators: 18,006

April 20, 2015, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hörnqvist (53:12)

1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 2

New York Rangers Carl Hagelin (8:43) Chris Kreider (31:07)

Consol Energy Center , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Spectators: 18,645

April 22, 2015 at 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hörnqvist (2:22)

1: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report : 1: 3

New York Rangers Derick Brassard (37:15) Kevin Hayes (63:14)

Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Spectators: 18,619

Apr. 24, 2015 7 p.m.

New York Rangers Derek Stepan (4:23) Carl Hagelin (90:52)

2: 1 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 4: 1

Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Spaling (33:23)

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Spectators: 18,006

(M2) Washington Capitals - (M3) New York Islanders

April 15, 2015 7:00 p.m. (local time)

Washington Capitals Marcus Johansson (19:03)

1: 4 (1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1

New York Islanders Brock Nelson (6:06) Ryan Strome (23:50) Josh Bailey (30:36) Brock Nelson (58:41)

Verizon Center , Washington, DC Spectators: 18,506

Apr 17, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Washington Capitals Karl Alzner (31:26) Alexander Ovetschkin (36:09) Nicklas Bäckström (43:44) Jason Chimera (47:37)

4: 3 (0: 1, 2: 2, 2: 0) game report

New York Islanders Cal Clutterbuck (5:14) Ryan Strome (23:24) Kyle Okposo (34:09)

Verizon Center, Washington, DC Spectators: 18,506

April 19, 2015 at 12 noon

New York Islanders Kyle Okposo (32:37) John Tavares (60:15)

2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

Washington Capitals Nicklas Bäckström (53:54)

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum , Uniondale , New York Spectators: 16,170

April 21, 2015 7.30 p.m.

New York Islanders Casey Cizikas (19:47)

1: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 2: 2

Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (13:06) Nicklas Bäckström (71:09)

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York Spectators: 16,170

Apr. 23, 2015, 7 p.m.

Washington Capitals Yevgeny Kuznetsov (9:05) Karl Alzner (30:31) Brooks Laich (42:42) Yevgeny Kuznetsov (46:19) Jason Chimera (49:00)

5: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 3: 0) Match report as of: 3: 2

New York Islanders Josh Bailey (5:48)

Verizon Center, Washington, DC Spectators: 18,506

Apr 25, 2015 3 p.m.

New York Islanders John Tavares (6:56) Nikolai Kuljomin (50:33) Cal Clutterbuck (59:07)

3: 1 (1: 1, 0: 0, 2: 0) Match report as of: 3: 3

Washington Capitals John Carlson (19:55)

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York Spectators: 16,170

April 27, 2015 7.30 p.m.

Washington Capitals Joel Ward (38:35) Yevgeny Kuznetsov (52:42)

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of: 4: 3

New York Islanders Frans Nielsen (43:13)

Verizon Center, Washington, DC Spectators: 18,506

Western Conference

(C1) St. Louis Blues - (WWC1) Minnesota Wild

April 16, 2015 8.30 p.m. (local time)

St. Louis Blues Jaden Schwartz (47:12) Alexander Steen (59:01)

2: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 2) Match report as of: 0: 1

Minnesota Wild Jason Zucker (2:47) Mathew Dumba (24:10) Mikael Granlund (58:47) Jason Pominville (59:40)

Scottrade Center , St. Louis , Missouri Spectators: 19,671

Apr. 18, 2015 2 p.m.

St. Louis Blues Wladimir Tarassenko (13:18) Wladimir Tarassenko (18:01) Patrik Berglund (58:02) Wladimir Tarassenko (59:43)

4: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Minnesota Wild Marco Scandella (41:46)

Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri Spectators: 19,243

April 20, 2015, 7 p.m.

Minnesota Wild Jason Pominville (34:08) Zach Parise (36:13) Nino Niederreiter (57:58)

3: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

St. Louis Blues

Xcel Energy Center , Saint Paul , Minnesota Spectators: 19,165

April 22, 2015 at 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota Wild Jared Spurgeon (21:41)

1: 6 (0: 3, 1: 3, 0: 0) Match report as of: 2: 2

St. Louis Blues Ryan Reaves (5:34) Wladimir Tarassenko (6:59) David Backes (10:06) Paul Stastny (23:39) Wladimir Tarassenko (35:47) Patrik Berglund (36:50)

Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota Spectators: 19,390

Apr. 24, 2015 at 8:30 p.m.

St. Louis Blues Wladimir Tarassenko (8:04)

1: 4 (1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 2: 3

Minnesota Wild Marco Scandella (11:06) Nino Niederreiter (34:56) Mikko Koivu (36:22) Charlie Coyle (44:50)

Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri Spectators: 19,653

April 26, 2015 2 p.m.

Minnesota Wild Zach Parise (7:14) Justin Fontaine (31:19) Zach Parise (41:01) Nino Niederreiter (58:08)

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) Match report as of: 4: 2

St. Louis Blues T. J. Oshie (39:56)

Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota Spectators: 19,318

(C2) Nashville Predators - (C3) Chicago Blackhawks

April 15, 2015 7.30 p.m. (local time)

Nashville Predators Colin Wilson (6:07) Viktor Stålberg (17:20) Colin Wilson (19:33)

3: 4 n.V. (3: 0, 0: 3, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1

Chicago Blackhawks Niklas Hjalmarsson (21:43) Patrick Sharp (28:32) Jonathan Toews (33:50) Duncan Keith (87:49)

Bridgestone Arena , Nashville , Tennessee Spectators: 17,225

April 17, 2015 at 8:30 p.m.

Nashville Predators Colin Wilson (2:47) Roman Josi (19:56) Craig Smith (34:54) Filip Forsberg (52:41) Craig Smith (54:28) Mike Santorelli (55:00)

6: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 3: 0) Match report as of: 1: 1

Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Sharp (16:13) Patrick Kane (30:32)

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee Spectators: 17,208

April 19, 2015 2 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Andrew Desjardins (14:48) Jonathan Toews (20:36) Brandon Saad (23:38) Brent Seabrook (32:41)

4: 2 (1: 1, 3: 1, 0: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

Nashville Predators Mike Ribeiro (15:19) Mattias Ekholm (20:58)

United Center , Chicago , Illinois Spectators: 22,020

April 21, 2015 at 8:30 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Antoine Vermette (13:05) Brandon Saad (51:03) Brent Seabrook (101: 00)

3: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of 3: 1

Nashville Predators Colin Wilson (11:38) James Neal (37:02)

United Center, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 22,014

April 23, 2015 at 8:30 p.m.

Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg (14:42) James Neal (40:47) Colin Wilson (43:02) Filip Forsberg (43:14) Filip Forsberg (59:49)

5: 2 (1: 1, 0; 0, 4: 1) Match report as of: 2: 3

Chicago Blackhawks Brad Richards (13:27) Kris Versteeg (54:52)

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee Spectators: 17,238

April 25, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Sharp (10:37) Jonathan Toews (12:14) Patrick Kane (19:54) Duncan Keith (56:12)

4: 3 (3: 3, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 4: 2

Nashville Predators James Neal (1:10) James Neal (8:09) Matt Cullen (11:16)

United Center, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 22,171

(P1) Anaheim Ducks - (WWC2) Winnipeg Jets

April 16, 2015 7.30 p.m. (local time)

Anaheim Ducks Sami Vatanen (1:57) Corey Perry (41:09) Corey Perry (53:21) Ryan Getzlaf (56:55)

4: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 3: 0) Match report as of 1: 0

Winnipeg Jets Adam Lowry (2:46) Drew Stafford (25:00)

Honda Center , Anaheim , California Spectators: 17,174

April 18, 2015 7.30 p.m.

Anaheim Ducks Patrick Maroon (50:43) Jakob Silfverberg (59:39)

2: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0) Match report as of: 2: 0

Winnipeg Jets Adam Pardy (35:43)

Honda Center, Anaheim, California Spectators: 17,415

April 20, 2015 at 8 p.m.

Winnipeg Jets Lee Stempniak (9:38) Tyler Myers (26:40) Blake Wheeler (29:37) Bryan Little (38:18)

4: 5 n.V. (1: 1, 3: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 3

Anaheim Ducks Cam Fowler (19:53) Corey Perry (23:08) Jakob Silfverberg (36:04) Ryan Kesler (57:46) Rickard Rakell (65:12)

MTS Center , Winnipeg , Manitoba Spectators: 15,016

April 22, 2015 at 8:30 p.m.

Winnipeg Jets Bryan Little (16:26) Mark Stuart (50:27)

2: 5 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 3) Match report as of: 0: 4

Anaheim Ducks Emerson Etem (17:52) Andrew Cogliano (32:55) Ryan Kesler (46:41) Ryan Kesler (55:11) Sami Vatanen (59:33)

MTS Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba Spectators: 15,016

(P2) Vancouver Canucks - (P3) Calgary Flames

April 15, 2015 7:00 p.m. (local time)

Vancouver Canucks Bo Horvat (32:08)

1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2) Match report as of: 0: 1

Calgary Flames David Jones (47:59) Kris Russell (59:30)

Rogers Arena , Vancouver , British Columbia Spectators: 18,870

Apr 17, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks Daniel Sedin (2:56) Christopher Higgins (7:06) Ronalds Ķēniņš (42:17) Radim Vrbata (57:59)

4: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Calgary Flames Kris Russell (56:26)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia Spectators: 18,870

April 19, 2015, 8 p.m.

Calgary Flames Brandon Bollig (6:35) TJ Brodie (15:02) Sam Bennett (42:14) Sean Monahan (54:36)

4: 2 (2: 1, 0: 0, 2: 1) Match report as of: 2: 1

Vancouver Canucks Shawn Matthias (9:09) Jannik Hansen (57:41)

Scotiabank Saddledome , Calgary , Alberta Spectators: 19,289

Apr. 21, 2015 at 8 p.m.

Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau (3:23) Jiří Hudler (9:20) Sam Bennett (19:18)

3: 1 (3: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0) Match report as of: 3: 1

Vancouver Canucks Henrik Sedin (8:12)

Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta Spectators: 19,289

Apr. 23, 2015, 7 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks Nick Bonino (33:31) Daniel Sedin (41:47)

2: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 3

Calgary Flames David Jones (2:40)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia Spectators: 18,870

April 25, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Calgary Flames Micheal Ferland (17:02) Sean Monahan (21:02) Johnny Gaudreau (25:35) Jiří Hudler (46:14) Matt Stajan (55:43) Jiří Hudler (59:31) Micheal Ferland (59:57 )

7: 4 (1: 3, 2: 1, 4: 0) Match report as of: 4: 2

Vancouver Canucks Brandon McMillan (2:36) Jannik Hansen (7:32) Radim Vrbata (9:42) Luca Sbisa (30:36)

Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta Spectators: 19,289

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Canadiens de Montréal - (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning

0May 1, 2015 7:00 p.m. (local time)

Canadiens de Montréal Max Pacioretty (54:47)

1: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1

Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (42:34) Nikita Kutscherow (82:06)

Center Bell , Montreal , Québec Spectators: 21,287

0May 3, 2015 6 p.m.

Canadiens de Montréal Jeff Petry (7:20) Tom Gilbert (51:06)

2: 6 (1: 1, 0: 3, 1: 2) Match report as of: 0: 2

Tampa Bay Lightning Valtteri Filppula (19:36) Steven Stamkos (28:06) Nikita Kutscherow (32:29) Victor Hedman (39:46) Nikita Kutscherow (46:37) JT Brown (56:05)

Center Bell, Montreal, Québec Spectators: 21,287

0May 6, 2015 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Alexander Killorn (12:00) Tyler Johnson (59:58)

2: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of: 3: 0

Canadiens de Montréal Brendan Gallagher (50:03)

Amalie Arena , Tampa , Florida Spectators: 19,204

0May 7, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kutscherow (32:26) Ondřej Palát (40:17)

2: 6 (0: 2, 1: 3, 1: 1) Match report as of: 3: 1

Canadiens de Montréal Andrei Markow (2:44) Max Pacioretty (8:43) David Desharnais (25:08) Jeff Petry (29:39) Brendan Gallagher (29:54) Brandon Prust (44:52)

Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida Spectators: 19,204

0May 9, 2015 7 p.m.

Canadiens de Montréal Devante Smith-Pelly (9:01) Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau (55:53)

2: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of: 2: 3

Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos (49:27)

Center Bell, Montreal, Québec Spectators: 21,287

May 12, 2015 7.30 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kutscherow (15:35) Steven Stamkos (25:12) Ondřej Palát (38:56) Nikita Kutscherow (57:59)

4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of: 4: 2

Canadiens de Montréal Max Pacioretty (55:03)

Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida Spectators: 19,204

(M1) New York Rangers - (M2) Washington Capitals

April 30, 2015 7.30 p.m. (local time)

New York Rangers Jesper Fast (55:21)

1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1

Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (18:13) Joel Ward (59:58)

Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York Spectators: 18,006

0May 2, 2015 at 12.30 p.m.

New York Rangers Chris Kreider (0:38) Dan Boyle (15:40) Derick Brassard (46:07)

3: 2 (2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Washington Capitals Yevgeny Kuznetsov (33:59) Alexander Ovetschkin (50:29)

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Spectators: 18,006

0May 4, 2015 7.30 p.m.

Washington Capitals Jay Beagle (27:31)

1: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

New York Rangers

Verizon Center , Washington, DC Spectators: 18,506

0May 6, 2015 7.30 p.m.

Washington Capitals André Burakovsky (36:19) André Burakovsky (40:24)

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 3: 1

New York Rangers Derick Brassard (26:12)

Verizon Center, Washington, DC Spectators: 18,506

0May 8, 2015 7:00 p.m.

New York Rangers Chris Kreider (58:19) Ryan McDonagh (69:37)

2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) Match report : 2: 3

Washington Capitals Curtis Glencross (50:54)

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Spectators: 18,006

May 10, 2015 7 p.m.

Washington Capitals Jason Chimera (20:28) Yevgeny Kuznetsov (47:40) Joel Ward (50:33)

3: 4 (0: 2, 1: 0, 2: 2) Match report as of: 3: 3

New York Rangers Chris Kreider (0:40) Chris Kreider (19:59) Rick Nash (40:54) Dan Boyle (44:24)

Verizon Center, Washington, DC Spectators: 18,506

May 13, 2015 7.30 p.m.

New York Rangers Kevin Hayes (26:22) Derek Stepan (71:24)

2: 1 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 4: 3

Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (12:50)

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Spectators: 18,006

Western Conference

(C3) Chicago Blackhawks - (WWC1) Minnesota Wild

0May 1, 2015 8.30 p.m. (local time)

Chicago Blackhawks Brandon Saad (1:15) Patrick Kane (13:11) Marcus Krüger (15:15) Teuvo Teräväinen (39:01)

4: 3 (3: 0, 1: 3, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Minnesota Wild Jason Zucker (21:21) Zach Parise (25:07) Mikael Granlund (29:30)

United Center , Chicago , Illinois Spectators: 21,851

0May 3, 2015 7.30 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Toews (32:28) Patrick Kane (39:40) Patrick Sharp (47:39) Patrick Kane (57:53)

4: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1) Match report as of: 2: 0

Minnesota Wild Mathew Dumba (41:20)

United Center, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 21,934

0May 5, 2015 7 p.m.

Minnesota Wild

0: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0) Match report as of: 0: 3

Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane (14:06)

Xcel Energy Center , Saint Paul , Minnesota Spectators: 19,349

0May 7, 2015 at 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota Wild Erik Haula (26:42) Jason Pominville (57:42) Nino Niederreiter (58:33)

3: 4 (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2) Match report as of: 0: 4

Chicago Blackhawks Brent Seabrook (10:23) Andrew Shaw (23:28) Patrick Kane (53:20) Marián Hossa (56:53)

Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota Spectators: 19,163

(P1) Anaheim Ducks - (P3) Calgary Flames

Apr 30, 2015 7:00 p.m. (local time)

Anaheim Ducks Matt Beleskey (10:17) Patrick Maroon (13:11) Corey Perry (22:13) Emerson Etem (30:11) Corey Perry (40:44) Ryan Getzlaf (43:32)

6: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1) Match report as of: 1: 0

Calgary Flames Sam Bennett (49:16)

Honda Center , Anaheim , California Spectators: 17,174

0May 3, 2015 7 p.m.

Anaheim Ducks Matt Beleskey (7:27) Hampus Lindholm (51:15) Nate Thompson (57:44)

3: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) Match report as of: 2: 0

Calgary Flames

Honda Center, Anaheim, California Spectators: 17,299

0May 5, 2015 7.30 p.m.

Calgary Flames Brandon Bollig (2:07) Joe Colborne (24:17) Johnny Gaudreau (59:40) Mikael Backlund (84:24)

4: 3 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 2

Anaheim Ducks Patrick Maroon (6:57) Corey Perry (14:10) Matt Beleskey (28:20)

Scotiabank Saddledome , Calgary , Alberta Spectators: 19,289

0May 8, 2015 7.30 p.m.

Calgary Flames Sean Monahan (4:37) Micheal Ferland (5:44)

2: 4 (2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2) Match report as of: 1: 3

Anaheim Ducks Jakob Silfverberg (3:58) Andrew Cogliano (36:42) Matt Beleskey (41:11) Patrick Maroon (59:32)

Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta Spectators: 19,289

May 10, 2015 7 p.m.

Anaheim Ducks Ryan Kesler (24:59) Matt Beleskey (40:59) Corey Perry (62:26)

3: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 4: 1

Calgary Flames Jiří Hudler (10:43) Johnny Gaudreau (25:55)

Honda Center, Anaheim, California Spectators: 17,284

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(M1) New York Rangers - (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning

May 16, 2015 1 p.m. (local time)

New York Rangers Derek Stepan (39:47) Dominic Moore (57:35)

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of: 1: 0

Tampa Bay Lightning Ondřej Palát (46:45)

Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York Spectators: 18,006

May 18, 2015 8 p.m.

New York Rangers Chris Kreider (8:50) Derek Stepan (34:17)

2: 6 (1: 2, 1: 1, 0: 3) Match report as of: 1: 1

Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (5:38) Tyler Johnson (11:15) Tyler Johnson (28:17) Alexander Killorn (43:09) Steven Stamkos (46:28) Alexander Killorn (57:58)

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Spectators: 18,006

May 20, 2015 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos (11:07) Ondřej Palát (30:32) Tyler Johnson (33:17) Alexander Killorn (37:18) Ondřej Palát (54:05) Nikita Kutscherow (63:33)

6: 5 a.d. (1: 2, 3: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

New York Rangers Derick Brassard (1:02) Jesper Fast (9:55) Jesper Fast (37:47) Ryan McDonagh (42:28) Dan Boyle (58:04)

Amalie Arena , Tampa , Florida Spectators: 19,204

May 22, 2015 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos (31:30)

1: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 2) Match report as of: 2: 2

New York Rangers Rick Nash (17:18) Chris Kreider (35:16) Keith Yandle (37:04) Martin St. Louis (45:08) Rick Nash (51:33)

Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida Spectators: 19,204

May 24, 2015 8 p.m.

New York Rangers

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0) Match report as of: 2: 3

Tampa Bay Lightning Valtteri Filppula (33:29) Steven Stamkos (38:22)

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Spectators: 18,006

May 26, 2015 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Callahan (17:20) Nikita Kutscherow (47:50) Nikita Kutscherow (53:21)

3: 7 (1: 2, 0: 0, 2: 5) Match report as of: 3: 3

New York Rangers Derick Brassard (3:36) Keith Yandle (15:30) JT Miller (43:02) James Sheppard (46:00) Derick Brassard (47:14) Rick Nash (50:21) Derick Brassard (58: 19)

Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida Spectators: 19,204

May 29, 2015 8 p.m.

New York Rangers

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2) Match report as of: 3: 4

Tampa Bay Lightning Alexander Killorn (41:54) Ondřej Palát (51:17)

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Spectators: 18,006

Western Conference

(P1) Anaheim Ducks - (C3) Chicago Blackhawks

May 17, 2015 12 noon (local time)

Anaheim Ducks Hampus Lindholm (8:48) Kyle Palmieri (24:17) Nate Thompson (52:05) Jakob Silfverberg (58:42)

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Chicago Blackhawks Brad Richards (39:20)

Honda Center , Anaheim , California Spectators: 17,291

May 19, 2015 8 p.m.

Anaheim Ducks Andrew Cogliano (9:14) Corey Perry (37:30)

2: 3 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report : 1: 1

Chicago Blackhawks Andrew Shaw (2:14) Marián Hossa (6:19) Marcus Krüger (116: 12)

Honda Center, Anaheim, California Spectators: 17,234

May 21, 2015 7 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane (19:03)

1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 2

Anaheim Ducks Patrick Maroon (12:55) Simon Després (39:05)

United Center , Chicago , Illinois Spectators: 22,160

May 23, 2015 7 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Brandon Saad (19:13) Jonathan Toews (42:38) Brent Seabrook (47:38) Patrick Kane (52:39) Antoine Vermette (85:37)

5: 4 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 3: 3, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 2

Anaheim Ducks Emerson Etem (38:14) Ryan Kesler (48:42) Matt Beleskey (49:05) Corey Perry (49:19)

United Center, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 22,404

May 25, 2015 6:00 p.m.

Anaheim Ducks Cam Fowler (5:10) Ryan Kesler (5:42) Sami Vatanen (14:37) Patrick Maroon (54:45) Matt Beleskey (80:45)

5: 4 n.V. (3: 0, 0: 2, 1: 2, 1: 0) Match report as of: 3: 2

Chicago Blackhawks Teuvo Teräväinen (21:11) Brent Seabrook (39:35) Jonathan Toews (58:10) Jonathan Toews (59:22)

Honda Center, Anaheim, California Spectators: 17,286

May 27, 2015 7 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Brandon Saad (28:23) Marian Hossa (30:41) Patrick Kane (32:08) Andrew Shaw (56:28) Andrew Shaw (59:11)

5: 2 (0: 0, 3: 1, 2: 1) Match report as of: 3: 3

Anaheim Ducks Patrick Maroon (34:13) Clayton Stoner (41:57)

United Center, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 22,089

May 30, 2015 5 p.m.

Anaheim Ducks Ryan Kesler (38:51) Corey Perry (51:36) Matt Beleskey (59:18)

3: 5 (0: 2, 1: 2, 2: 1) Match report as of: 3: 4

Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Toews (2:23) Jonathan Toews (11:55) Brandon Saad (21:18) Marián Hossa (33:45) Brent Seabrook (53:23)

Honda Center, Anaheim, California Spectators: 17,375

Stanley Cup Final

(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning - (C3) Chicago Blackhawks

0June 3, 2015 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Alexander Killorn (4:31)

1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2) Match report as of: 0: 1

Chicago Blackhawks Teuvo Teräväinen (53:28) Antoine Vermette (55:26)

Amalie Arena , Tampa , Florida Spectators: 19,204

0June 6, 2015 7:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Cédric Paquette (12:56) Nikita Kutscherow (26:52) Tyler Johnson (33:58) Jason Garrison (48:49)

4: 3 (1: 0, 2: 2, 1: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Chicago Blackhawks Andrew Shaw (23:04) Teuvo Teräväinen (25:20) Brent Seabrook (43:38)

Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida Spectators: 19,204

0June 8, 2015 8 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Brad Richards (14:22) Brandon Saad (44:14)

2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 2) Match report as of: 1: 2

Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Callahan (5:09) Ondřej Palát (44:27) Cédric Paquette (56:49)

United Center , Chicago , Illinois Spectators: 22,236

June 10, 2015 8 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Toews (26:40) Brandon Saad (46:22)

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 2

Tampa Bay Lightning Alexander Killorn (31:47)

United Center, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 22,354

June 13, 2015 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Valtteri Filppula (30:53)

1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 2: 3

Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Sharp (6:11) Antoine Vermette (42:00)

Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida Spectators: 19,204

June 15, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Duncan Keith (37:33) Patrick Kane (54:46)

2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 4: 2

Tampa Bay Lightning

United Center, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 22,424

Stanley Cup winner

Stanley Cup Winner: Chicago Blackhawks

Goalkeepers: Corey Crawford , Scott Darling , Antti Raanta Defenders: Kyle Cumiskey , Niklas Hjalmarsson , Duncan Keith , Johnny Oduya , Michal Rozsíval , David Rundblad , Brent Seabrook , Kimmo Timonen , Trevor van Riemsdyk Attackers: Bryan Bickell , Daniel Carcillo , Andrew Desjardins , Marián Hossa , Patrick Kane , Marcus Krüger , Joakim Nordström , Brad Richards , Brandon Saad , Patrick Sharp , Andrew Shaw , Teuvo Teräväinen , Jonathan Toews  ( C ), Antoine Vermette , Kris Versteeg Head Coach: Joel Quenneville   General Manager: Stan Bowman

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	+/-	PIM
Tyler Johnson	Tampa Bay Lightning	26th	13	10	23	+7	24
Patrick Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	23	11	12	23	+7	0
Nikita Kucherov	Tampa Bay Lightning	26th	10	12	22nd	+7	14th
Jonathan Toews	Chicago Blackhawks	23	10	11	21st	+7	8th
Duncan Keith	Chicago Blackhawks	23	3	18th	21st	+16	4th
Ryan Getzlaf	Anaheim Ducks	16	2	18th	20th	+6	6th
Corey Perry	Anaheim Ducks	16	10	8th	18th	+6	14th
Alexander Killorn	Tampa Bay Lightning	26th	9	9	18th	+3	12
Steven Stamkos	Tampa Bay Lightning	26th	7th	11	18th	+2	20th
Jakob Silfverberg	Anaheim Ducks	16	4th	14th	18th	+6	16

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime / shootout defeats , GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = Conceded goal; Fat: seasonal best; Sorted by goal conceded.

player	team	GP	TOI	W.	L.	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Craig Anderson	Ottawa Senators	4th	246	2	2	4th	1	97.2	0.97
Braden Holtby	Washington Capitals	13	805	6th	7th	23	1	94.4	1.71
Henrik Lundqvist	New York Rangers	19th	1166	11	8th	41	0	92.8	2.11
Petr Mrázek	Detroit Red Wings	7th	398	3	4th	14th	2	92.5	2.11
Ben Bishop	Tampa Bay Lightning	25th	1459	13	11	53	3	92.1	2.18
Scott Darling	Chicago Blackhawks	5	298	3	1	11	0	93.6	2.21
Corey Crawford	Chicago Blackhawks	20th	1223	13	6th	47	2	92.4	2.23

Web links

Commons : Stanley Cup Playoffs 2015  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Stanley Cup Playoffs 2015 on hockey-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adam Gretz: The Tampa Bay Lightning's playoff journey through the Original Six. cbssports.com, May 31, 2015, accessed June 16, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Curtis Pashelka: Sharks eliminated from playoffs; 10-season run ends. mercurynews.com, April 6, 2015, accessed April 9, 2015 .