Stanley Cup Playoffs 2019

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Stanley Cup Playoffs 2019
Period April 10, 2019 to June 12, 2019
Stanley Cup winner St. Louis Blues (1st Track)
finalist Boston Bruins
Playoff MVP CanadaCanada Ryan O'Reilly (St. Louis)
Top scorer CanadaCanada Ryan O'Reilly (St. Louis)  and Brad Marchand (Boston)
CanadaCanada
Gates 485 (5.57 per game)
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The playoffs for the Stanley Cup of 2019 began on April 10, 2019 and ended on June 12, 2019 with the St. Louis Blues 4-3 victory against the Boston Bruins . The Blues played their first final in nearly 50 years, earning their first title in franchise history . They also presented in person by Ryan O'Reilly to the Conn Smythe Trophy winning Most Valuable Player , who together with Brad Marchand led the Bruins and the Scorer list of these playoffs.

The Pittsburgh Penguins reached the post season for the 13th time in a row , continuing the longest active streak of its kind. On the other hand, the second longest series of the Anaheim Ducks and the Minnesota Wild ended after six consecutive playoff appearances . Moreover, were the first time since the year 2009 , the Carolina Hurricanes represented again in the playoffs, so it the longest losing streak to the Buffalo Sabers ceded, most recently in 2011 had competed for the Stanley Cup.

In the first round all four division winners were eliminated, which was a novelty in the history of the four major North American professional leagues (NHL, NFL , NBA , MLB ). At the same time, all wildcard teams qualified for the second round for the first time in NHL history . Overall, the lower-ranked team prevailed in five of the eight series, which was last done in 2013 . In addition, the Tampa Bay Lightning became the first Presidents' Trophy winner, who was eliminated by the 0: 4 sweep against the Columbus Blue Jackets without a win.

mode

After the three teams with the highest points and the two wildcard 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 wildcard teams of the respective conference, whereby the division winner with the most points meets the worse of the two wildcard teams. The remaining pairings of the Conference quarter-finals will be played within the division among the teams 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 ranked 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 is the Prince of Wales Trophy awarded, and the winner of the Western Conference receives 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
Metropolitan Division
Wild cards

Western Conference

Central Division
Pacific Division
Wild cards

Playoff tree

  Conference quarterfinals Conference semifinals Conference finals Stanley Cup Final
                                         
A1  Tampa Bay Lightning 0            
EWC2  Columbus Blue Jackets 4th  
EWC2  Columbus Blue Jackets 2
NHL Eastern Conference.svg Eastern Conference
  A2  Boston Bruins 4th  
A2  Boston Bruins 4th
A3  Toronto Maple Leafs 3  
A2  Boston Bruins 4th
  EWC1  Carolina Hurricanes 0  
M1  Washington Capitals 3    
EWC1  Carolina Hurricanes 4th  
EWC1  Carolina Hurricanes 4th
  M2  New York Islanders 0  
M2  New York Islanders 4th
M3  Pittsburgh Penguins 0  
A2  Boston Bruins 3
  C3  St. Louis Blues 4th
C1  Nashville Predators 2      
WWC1  Dallas Stars 4th  
WWC1  Dallas Stars 3
  C3  St. Louis Blues 4th  
C2  Winnipeg Jets 2
C3  St. Louis Blues 4th  
C3  St. Louis Blues 4th
  P2  San Jose Sharks 2  
P1  Calgary Flames 1    
WWC2  Colorado Avalanche 4th  
WWC2  Colorado Avalanche 3
NHL Western Conference.svg Western Conference
  P2  San Jose Sharks 4th  
P2  San Jose Sharks 4th
P3  Vegas Golden Knights 3  

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Tampa Bay Lightning - (EWC2) Columbus Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets made a sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning for one of the biggest playoff surprises in NHL history. The Lightning recently won the Presidents' Trophy with 128 points and 62 victories, making them the best team for over 20 years, but they did not manage to carry over the performances of the regular season into the post-season . As a result, for the first time in league history, a Presidents' Trophy winner was eliminated without a single playoff win. Top scorer Nikita Kutscherow recorded two points and was missing in the third game, while goalkeeper Andrei Wassilewski only achieved a catch rate of 85.6%. On the part of the Blue Jackets, who thus won the first playoff series in their franchise history , Matt Duchene , who was committed to the trade deadline , impressed with three goals and four assists and goalkeeper Sergei Bobrowski with 93.2% saved shots.

Apr 10, 2019
7:00 p.m.
(local time) 		Tampa Bay Lightning
Alexander Killorn (4:12)
Anthony Cirelli (11:01)
Yanni Gourde (17:50) 		3: 4
(3: 0, 0: 1, 0: 3)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		Columbus Blue Jackets
Nick Foligno (29:15)
David Savard (47:56)
Josh Anderson (51:54)
Seth Jones (54:05) 		Amalie Arena , Tampa , Florida
Spectators: 19,092
Apr. 12, 2019 at
7 p.m. 		Tampa Bay Lightning
Mikhail Sergachev (45:00) 		1: 5
(0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 0: 2 		Columbus Blue Jackets
Cam Atkinson (5:15)
Zach Werenski (11:44)
Matt Duchene (21:28)
Riley Nash (49:06)
Artemi Panarin (52:15) 		Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Spectators: 19,092
Apr. 14, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Columbus Blue Jackets
Matt Duchene (21:44)
Oliver Bjorkstrand (28:25)
Cam Atkinson (59:00) 		3: 1
(0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 3: 0 		Tampa Bay Lightning
Ondřej Palát (44:40) 		Nationwide Arena , Columbus , Ohio
Spectators: 19,224
April 16, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Columbus Blue Jackets
Alexandre Texier (2:26)
Pierre-Luc Dubois (3:48)
Seth Jones (26:28)
Oliver Bjorkstrand (38:46)
Artemi Panarin (58:07)
Alexandre Texier (58:26)
Matt Duchene ( 59:51) 		7: 3
(2: 1, 2: 2, 3: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 0 		Tampa Bay Lightning
Steven Stamkos (8:44)
Cédric Paquette (33:03)
Brayden Point (37:52) 		Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Spectators: 19,328

(A2) Boston Bruins - (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs

In the first round, as representatives of the Atlantic Division, the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs faced each other as in the previous year and ended the series with a 4-3 win for the Bruins with the same result. Nazem Kadri , who was banned for the rest of the series after a cross-check against the head of Jake DeBrusk in Game 2 , provided further parallels . Last year he had to pause three games after a check against the head of Tommy Wingels . Meanwhile, Boston again convinced the first row of attacks around Brad Marchand , Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrňák , who came together to 20 points, while Auston Matthews of the Maple Leafs scored the most goals with five goals. Goalkeepers Frederik Andersen and Tuukka Rask each recorded catch rates of over 92%.

Apr 11, 2019
7:00 p.m.
(local time) 		Boston Bruins
Patrice Bergeron (9:31) 		1: 4
(1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Mitchell Marner (16:44)
Mitchell Marner (22:47)
William Nylander (38:25)
John Tavares (58:41) 		TD Garden , Boston , Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
Apr. 13, 2019 at
8 p.m. 		Boston Bruins
Charlie Coyle (4:44)
Brad Marchand (16:04)
Danton Heinen (30:39)
Patrice Bergeron (55:03) 		4: 1
(2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Nazem Kadri (50:44) 		TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
Apr. 15, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Trevor Moore (22:38)
Auston Matthews (30:12)
Andreas Johnsson (37:12) 		3: 2
(0: 0, 3: 2, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 1 		Boston Bruins
David Krejčí (23:30)
Charlie Coyle (39:22) 		Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario
Spectators: 19,611
Apr 17, 2019 at
7 p.m. 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Zach Hyman (17:55)
Auston Matthews (21:07)
Auston Matthews (51:52)
Travis Dermott (53:27) 		4: 6
(1: 2, 1: 2, 2: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Boston Bruins
Charlie McAvoy (3:03)
Brad Marchand (6:38)
David Pastrňák (23:16)
David Pastrňák (24:51)
Zdeno Chára (45:39)
Joakim Nordström (59:58) 		Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Spectators: 19,638
Apr. 19, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Boston Bruins
David Krejčí (59:16) 		1: 2
(0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Auston Matthews (51:33)
Kasperi Kapanen (53:45) 		TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
Apr. 21, 2019
3 p.m. 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Morgan Rielly (9:42)
Auston Matthews (44:15) 		2: 4
(1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 3: 3 		Boston Bruins
Brad Marchand (11:23)
Torey Krug (17:02)
Jake DeBrusk (27:57)
Brad Marchand (59:06) 		Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Spectators: 19,683
April 23, 2019 at
7 p.m. 		Boston Bruins
Joakim Nordström (14:29)
Marcus Johansson (17:46)
Sean Kuraly (42:40)
Charlie Coyle (57:26)
Patrice Bergeron (59:59) 		5: 1
(2: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 3 		Toronto Maple Leafs
John Tavares (23:54) 		TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565

(M1) Washington Capitals - (EWC1) Carolina Hurricanes

The Washington Capitals were defeated in the first round as reigning Stanley Cup winners, the Carolina Hurricanes 3-4 . Both teams met for the first time in the playoffs, while the Capitals did not qualify for the second round for the first time since 2014 . Defender Jaccob Slavin , who gave the most assists of the entire first round with nine assists (together with Erik Karlsson ), and rookie attacker Warren Foegele with four goals and six points scored, convinced the Hurricanes . Washington had the best scorers of the series in their ranks with Alexander Owetschkin and Nicklas Bäckström (9 and 8 points respectively) and with Braden Holtby the statistically better goalkeeper ( catch rate 91.4% compared to 89.9% with Petr Mrázek ), however there was a lack of offensive production of the rear attack rows.

Apr. 11, 2019
7.30 p.m.
(local time) 		Washington Capitals
Nicklas Bäckström (9:58)
Nicklas Bäckström (13:10)
Alexander Ovetschkin (18:05)
Lars Eller (59:23) 		4: 2
(3: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Carolina Hurricanes
Andrei Svetschnikow (45:07)
Andrei Svetschnikow (47:26) 		Capital One Arena , Washington, DC
Spectators: 18,506
13 Apr 2019
3 p.m. 		Washington Capitals
Nicklas Bäckström (3:37)
TJ Oshie (9:26)
Tom Wilson (48:55)
Brooks Orpik (61:48) 		4: 3 n.V.
(2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 0 		Carolina Hurricanes
Lucas Wallmark ( 15:54 )
Sebastian Aho (36:49)
Jordan Staal (55:00) 		Capital One Arena, Washington, DC
Spectators: 18,506
Apr. 15, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Carolina Hurricanes
Warren Foegele (9:43)
Warren Foegele (26:09)
Dougie Hamilton (31:40)
Dougie Hamilton (49:47)
Brock McGinn (55:35) 		5: 0
(1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		Washington Capitals
 PNC Arena , Raleigh , North Carolina
Spectators: 18,783
Apr. 18, 2019 at
7 p.m. 		Carolina Hurricanes
Warren Foegele (0:17)
Teuvo Teräväinen (39:32) 		2: 1
(1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Washington Capitals
Alexander Ovechkin (30:35) 		PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Spectators: 19,202
Apr. 20, 2019 at
8 p.m. 		Washington Capitals
Nicklas Bäckström (7:33)
Nicklas Bäckström (34:21)
Brett Connolly (36:11)
Tom Wilson (41:04)
Nic Dowd (48:57)
Alexander Ovetschkin (50:14) 		6: 0
(1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 2 		Carolina Hurricanes
 Capital One Arena, Washington, DC
Spectators: 18,506
April 22, 2019 at
7 p.m. 		Carolina Hurricanes
Warren Foegele (10:35)
Teuvo Teräväinen (21:56)
Jordan Staal (43:51)
Justin Williams (51:58)
Dougie Hamilton (56:54) 		5: 2
(1: 2, 1: 0, 3: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 3 		Washington Capitals
Brett Connolly (5:06)
Alexander Ovechkin (15:12) 		PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Spectators: 18,913
Apr. 24, 2019 at
7 p.m. 		Washington Capitals
André Burakovsky (2:13)
Tom Wilson (6:23)
Yevgeny Kuznetsov (33:22) 		3: 4 n.V.
(2: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 3: 4 		Carolina Hurricanes
Sebastian Aho (29:51)
Teuvo Teräväinen (36:37)
Jordan Staal (42:56)
Brock McGinn (91:05) 		Capital One Arena, Washington, DC
Spectators: 18,506

(M2) New York Islanders - (M3) Pittsburgh Penguins

The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 in the first round . For the teams it was the first meeting since the first round of the playoffs in 2013 , in which the Penguins had won 4-2 and had to accept the last sweep in the further course ( conference final ; Boston ). For the Islanders, in turn, it was the first successful sweep since winning the Stanley Cup in the 1983 final against Edmonton . New York managed to continue the trend of the regular season, which they had ended as the team with the fewest goals conceded, so Pittsburgh scored only one goal in three of the four games. Robin Lehner finished the series with an average of 1.47 conceded and a catch rate of 95.6%, while Jordan Eberle impressed offensively with four goals and six points and Mathew Barzal with five assists. On the side of the Penguins, Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel, as key players in recent years, have only had one scorer point each.

Apr 10, 2019
7.30 p.m.
(local time) 		New York Islanders
Jordan Eberle (1:40)
Brock Nelson (15:46)
Nick Leddy (12:35)
Josh Bailey (64:39) 		4: 3 n.V.
(2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Pittsburgh Penguins
Phil Kessel (5:42)
Yevgeny Malkin (33:41)
Justin Schultz (58:31) 		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum , Uniondale , New York
Spectators: 13,917
Apr. 12, 2019
7.30 p.m. 		New York Islanders
Anthony Beauvillier (33:25)
Jordan Eberle (47:54)
Josh Bailey (51:38) 		3: 1
(0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 0 		Pittsburgh Penguins
Erik Gudbranson (30:36) 		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
Spectators: 13,917
Apr. 14, 2019 at
12 noon 		Pittsburgh Penguins
Garrett Wilson (12:54) 		1: 4
(1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 0: 3 		New York Islanders
Jordan Eberle (13:22)
Brock Nelson (14:24)
Leo Komarov (50:27)
Anders Lee (58:32) 		PPG Paints Arena , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Spectators: 18,610
April 16, 2019
7.30 p.m. 		Pittsburgh Penguins
Jake Guentzel (0:35) 		1: 3
(1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 4 		New York Islanders
Jordan Eberle (2:09)
Brock Nelson (18:06)
Josh Bailey (59:22) 		PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Spectators: 18,609

Western Conference

(C1) Nashville Predators - (WWC1) Dallas Stars

The Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 in the first round , with both teams facing each other for the first time ever in the post-season . Goalkeeper Ben Bishop continued his regular season performances for Dallas with a catch rate of 94.5% and a goal against goal of 1.89, while Pekka Rinne on the other side was able to save only 90.5% of the shots on his goal. In addition, the first row of attacks by the stars around Jamie Benn , Tyler Seguin and Alexander Radulow convinced with a total of 18 points . The Predators, on the other hand, showed major weaknesses in power play , as in the regular season , so they did not score in any of their 15 outnumbered situations.

Apr. 10, 2019
8.30 p.m.
(local time) 		Nashville Predators
Roman Josi (12:12)
PK Subban (53:24) 		2: 3
(1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		Dallas Stars
Miro Heiskanen (32:37)
Alexander Radulow (46:10)
Mats Zuccarello (50:39) 		Bridgestone Arena , Nashville , Tennessee
Spectators: 17,458
Apr. 13, 2019 at
5 p.m. 		Nashville Predators
Rocco Grimaldi (23:56)
Craig Smith (65:00) 		2: 1 n.V.
(0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Dallas Stars
Jamie Benn (21:59) 		Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Spectators: 17,611
Apr. 15, 2019 at
8:30 p.m. 		Dallas Stars
Mats Zuccarello (37:11)
Tyler Seguin (48:15) 		2: 3
(0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		Nashville Predators
Rocco Grimaldi (23:29)
Filip Forsberg (34:35)
Mikael Granlund (51:41) 		American Airlines Center , Dallas , Texas
Spectators: 18,532
Apr 17, 2019 at
7 p.m. 		Dallas Stars
Roope Hintz (3:42)
Alexander Radulow (4:58)
Andrew Cogliano (8:24)
Mats Zuccarello (13:45)
Roope Hintz (30:09) 		5: 1
(4: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Nashville Predators
Roman Josi (48:11) 		American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Spectators: 18,532
Apr. 20, 2019,
2 p.m. 		Nashville Predators
Rocco Grimaldi (6:25)
Ryan Johansen (29:18)
Kyle Turris (42:25) 		3: 5
(1: 1, 1: 3, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		Dallas Stars
Jason Dickinson (13:08)
Alexander Radulow (20:40)
Alexander Radulow (27:41)
Tyler Seguin (35:54)
Jason Dickinson (41:57) 		Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Spectators: 17,633
April 22, 2019
7.30 p.m. 		Dallas Stars
Blake Comeau (25:20)
John Klingberg (77:02) 		2: 1 n.V.
(0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 2 		Nashville Predators
Austin Watson (5:47) 		American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Spectators: 19,025

(C2) Winnipeg Jets - (C3) St. Louis Blues

As a conference finalist last year, the Winnipeg Jets lost 4-2 to the St. Louis Blues in the first round , although the first five games of the series for the first time since 2004 were unable to achieve a home win. In an even series - five of the six games were decided by a goal and both teams scored the same number of hits overall - Jaden Schwartz impressed with five scorer points and a hat trick in Game 6 and Alex Pietrangelo with six assists, while Dustin Byfuglien of the Jets was the top scorer of the series with eight points. The goalkeepers Connor Hellebuyck ( catch rate 91.3%; average goal conceded 2.67) and rookie Jordan Binnington (90.8%; 2.63) showed rather average performances.

Apr 10, 2019
7:00 p.m.
(local time) 		Winnipeg Jets
Patrik Laine (13:28) 		1: 2
(1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		St. Louis Blues
David Perron (44:05)
Tyler Bozak (57:55) 		Bell MTS Place , Winnipeg , Manitoba
Spectators: 15,321
April 12, 2019 at
8:30 p.m. 		Winnipeg Jets
Blake Wheeler (12:01)
Patrik Laine (22:49)
Mark Scheifele (38:55) 		3: 4
(1: 1, 2: 2, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 2 		St. Louis Blues
Oskar Sundqvist (5:23)
Patrick Maroon (26:42)
Oskar Sundqvist (29:50)
Ryan O'Reilly (43:46) 		Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Spectators: 15,321
April 14, 2019
6.30 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
David Perron (19:12)
Wladimir Tarassenko (41:51)
Alexander Steen (52:42) 		3: 6
(1: 0, 0: 3, 2: 3)
Match report
as of: 2: 1 		Winnipeg Jets
Kevin Hayes (24:57)
Patrik Laine (27:47)
Kyle Connor (28:56)
Brandon Tanev (44:25)
Dustin Byfuglien (48:06)
Kyle Connor (54:44) 		Enterprise Center , St. Louis , Missouri
Spectators: 18,486
April 16, 2019 at
8:30 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
Wladimir Tarassenko (40:35) 		1: 2 n.V.
(0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Winnipeg Jets
Mark Scheifele (47:33)
Kyle Connor (66:02) 		Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Spectators: 18,346
Apr. 18, 2019
at 7.30 p.m. 		Winnipeg Jets
Adam Lowry (0:12)
Kevin Hayes (13:35) 		2: 3
(2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		St. Louis Blues
Ryan O'Reilly (41:29)
Brayden Schenn (53:52)
Jaden Schwartz (59:45) 		Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Spectators: 15,321
April 20, 2019
6:00 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
Jaden Schwartz (0:23)
Jaden Schwartz (32:26)
Jaden Schwartz (43:55) 		3: 2
(1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 4: 2 		Winnipeg Jets
Dustin Byfuglien (52:17)
Bryan Little (59:22) 		Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Spectators: 18,524

(P1) Calgary Flames - (WWC2) Colorado Avalanche

Public Viewing in Calgary

In their first ever playoff encounter, the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1 and thus reached the second round for the first time since 2008 . After the team had to accept a shutout from Mike Smith in the first game , the first line of attack by the Avalanche around Nathan MacKinnon , Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen became the sporting measure of all things. The three strikers recorded a total of 21 scorer points in the following four games, while goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer , who was preferred to Semyon Varlamow , had a catch rate of 93.9%. On the side of the Flames, especially Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan as top performers in the regular season remained well below their potential.

Apr 11, 2019
8:00 p.m.
(local time) 		Calgary Flames
Andrew Mangiapane (34:25)
Matthew Tkachuk (38:58)
Mikael Backlund (57:01)
Matthew Tkachuk (57:15) 		4: 0
(0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Colorado Avalanche
 Scotiabank Saddledome , Calgary , Alberta
Spectators: 19,289
Apr. 13, 2019 at
8:30 p.m. 		Calgary Flames
Rasmus Andersson (32:26)
Sean Monahan (52:27) 		2: 3 n.V.
(0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Colorado Avalanche
Matt Nieto (27:16)
JT Compher (57:21)
Nathan MacKinnon (68:27) 		Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta
Spectators: 19,289
Apr. 15, 2019 at
8 p.m. 		Colorado Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnon (8:26)
Nathan MacKinnon (13:34)
Cale Makar (16:02)
Matt Nieto (27:51)
Mikko Rantanen (32:58)
Erik Johnson (40:54) 		6: 2
(3: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 1 		Calgary Flames
Sam Bennett (28:34)
TJ Brodie (41:09) 		Pepsi Center , Denver , Colorado
Spectators: 18,098
Apr 17, 2019 at
8 p.m. 		Colorado Avalanche
J. T. Compher (48:10)
Mikko Rantanen (57:10)
Mikko Rantanen (70:23) 		3: 2 a.s.
(0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 1 		Calgary Flames
Elias Lindholm (23:25)
Derek Ryan (46:58) 		Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Spectators: 18,102
April 19, 2019
8:00 p.m. 		Calgary Flames
T. J. Brodie (7:54 pm) 		1: 5
(1: 2, 0: 2, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 4 		Colorado Avalanche
Gabriel Landeskog (9:40)
Mikko Rantanen (15:38)
Colin Wilson (26:52)
Colin Wilson (34:47)
Mikko Rantanen (40:57) 		Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta
Spectators: 19,289

(P2) San Jose Sharks - (P3) Vegas Golden Knights

Between the San Jose Sharks and the Vegas Golden Knights there was a new edition of last year's Conference semifinals in the first round , which, in contrast to the previous year (4: 2 for Vegas), the Sharks won 4: 3. The Golden Knights gave up a 3-1 lead in the series and a 3-0 lead in the last third of the decisive seventh game. San Jose scored within a five-minute outnumbered game after a controversial major penalty (major penalty) equal to four goals before the game in overtime was decided. Already in the sixth game, San Jose had provided a novelty with a hit in the second third of extra time. With Mark Stone (12 points) and Max Pacioretty (11), Vegas had the two best scorers of the entire first playoff round in their ranks, while Erik Karlsson provided the most assists in the league (9; together with Jaccob Slavin ). The two goalkeepers Martin Jones and Marc-André Fleury stayed with a catch rate of less than 91% each.

Apr 10, 2019
7.30 p.m.
(local time) 		San Jose Sharks
Joe Pavelski (14:42)
Brent Burns (26:59)
Marc-Édouard Vlasic (27:44)
Evander Kane (39:42)
Tomáš Hertl (58:11) 		5: 2
(1: 0, 3: 1, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Vegas Golden Knights
Mark Stone (28:32)
Mark Stone (55:26) 		SAP Center , San José , California
Spectators: 17,562
Apr. 12, 2019
7.30 p.m. 		San Jose Sharks
Logan Couture (16:59)
Tomáš Hertl (17:38)
Joe Thornton (19:08) 		3: 5
(3: 3, 0: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Vegas Golden Knights
Cody Eakin (0:58)
Colin Miller (4:37)
Max Pacioretty (6:11)
Mark Stone (21:31)
William Karlsson (47:35) 		SAP Center, San José, California
Spectators: 17,562
Apr. 14, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Vegas Golden Knights
Mark Stone (0:16)
Max Pacioretty (12:16)
Paul Stastny (20:21)
Paul Stastny (36:04)
Mark Stone (40:36)
Mark Stone (53:57) 		6: 3
(2: 1, 2: 0, 2: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 1 		San Jose Sharks
Kevin Labanc (15:26)
Logan Couture (44:57)
Timo Meier (45:51) 		T-Mobile Arena , Paradise , Nevada
Spectators: 18,461
April 16, 2019
7.30 p.m. 		Vegas Golden Knights
Max Pacioretty (1:11)
Shea Theodore (19:13)
Max Pacioretty (32:33)
Alex Tuch (46:37)
Jonathan Marchessault (56:24) 		5: 0
(2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 1 		San Jose Sharks
 T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada
Spectators: 18,567
Apr. 18, 2019 at
7 p.m. 		San Jose Sharks
Tomáš Hertl (1:16)
Logan Couture (11:00)
Barclay Goodrow (32:22)
Tomáš Hertl (54:45)
Joe Pavelski (58:14) 		5: 2
(2: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		Vegas Golden Knights
Reilly Smith (19:30)
Jonathan Marchessault (51:36) 		SAP Center, San José, California
Spectators: 17,562
Apr. 21, 2019 at
4 p.m. 		Vegas Golden Knights
Jonathan Marchessault (31:20) 		1: 2 n.V.
(0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 3: 3 		San Jose Sharks
Logan Couture (19:51)
Tomáš Hertl (91:17) 		T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada
Spectators: 18,458
April 23, 2019 at
7 p.m. 		San Jose Sharks
Logan Couture (49:20)
Tomáš Hertl (50:09)
Logan Couture (52:53)
Kevin Labanc (53:21)
Barclay Goodrow (78:19) 		5: 4 n.V.
(0: 1, 0: 1, 4: 2, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 3 		Vegas Golden Knights
William Karlsson (10:10)
Cody Eakin (30:00)
Max Pacioretty (43:36)
Jonathan Marchessault (59:13) 		SAP Center, San José, California
Spectators: 17,562

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(A2) Boston Bruins - (EWC2) Columbus Blue Jackets

The Boston Bruins prevailed 4-2 in the Conference semifinals against the Columbus Blue Jackets , who were in the second round for the first time and also played against Boston for the first time in the playoffs. Decisive for the Bruins was goalkeeper Tuukka Rask , who blocked 94.8% of all shots and recorded a shutout in Game 6 , as well as the Czechs David Pastrňák and David Krejčí with five points each. The best scorer of the series was Columbus in the person of Artemi Panarin (6 points), but Sergei Bobrowski (92.1% catch rate ) did not come close to the performance of Rask, while the offensive production of the back attack rows was missing and the power play only three Scored goals from 21 outnumbered situations.

April 25, 2019
7:00 p.m.
(local time) 		Boston Bruins
Noel Acciari (10:34)
Charlie Coyle (55:25)
Charlie Coyle (65:15) 		3: 2 n.V.
(1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Columbus Blue Jackets
Brandon Dubinsky (47:39)
Pierre-Luc Dubois (47:52) 		TD Garden , Boston , Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
Apr. 27, 2019,
8 p.m. 		Boston Bruins
Matt Grzelcyk (7:50)
David Pastrňák (22:01) 		2: 3 n.V.
(1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Columbus Blue Jackets
Artemi Panarin (21:03)
Artemi Panarin (28:01)
Matt Duchene (83:42) 		TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
Apr. 30, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Columbus Blue Jackets
Boone Jenner (18:37)
Matt Duchene (32:42) 		2: 1
(1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 1 		Boston Bruins
Jake DeBrusk (39:20) 		Nationwide Arena , Columbus , Ohio
Spectators: 19,337
0May 2, 2019
7.30 p.m. 		Columbus Blue Jackets
Artemi Panarin (8:46) 		1: 4
(1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Boston Bruins
David Pastrňák (3:33)
Patrice Bergeron (7:18)
Sean Kuraly (48:40)
Patrice Bergeron (57:30) 		Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Spectators: 19,431
0May 4, 2019
7.15 p.m. 		Boston Bruins
David Krejčí (21:39)
Brad Marchand (44:51)
David Pastrňák (51:16)
David Pastrňák (58:32) 		4: 3
(0: 0, 1: 0, 3: 3)
Match report
as of: 3: 2 		Columbus Blue Jackets
Seth Jones (50:33)
Ryan Dzingel (52:07)
Dean Kukan (53:58) 		TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
0May 6, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Columbus Blue Jackets
 0: 3
(0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 4 		Boston Bruins
David Krejčí (32:13)
Marcus Johansson (48:58)
David Backes (50:39) 		Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Spectators: 19,219

(M2) New York Islanders - (EWC1) Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes won 4-0 against the New York Islanders in the second round , with both teams facing each other for the first time in the playoffs. With the previous 4-0 win against Pittsburgh, the Islanders became the first team since 1993 ( Buffalo ) to accept one in the following round after a successful sweep . For Carolina, the Finnish attackers Teuvo Teräväinen and Sebastian Aho convinced with five and four points respectively, while Curtis McElhinney played the majority of the series as second goalkeeper, as Petr Mrázek was injured during the second game. McElhinney subsequently had a catch rate of 94.7% and at the same time became the oldest goalkeeper ever to make his playoff debut at the age of 35. In contrast, Robin Lehner could not confirm his previous performance with 90.7% saved shots, while for New York no player recorded more than three points scorer.

April 26, 2019
7:00 p.m.
(local time) 		New York Islanders
 0: 1
(0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		Carolina Hurricanes
Jordan Staal (64:04) 		Barclays Center , Brooklyn , New York
Spectators: 15,795
Apr 28, 2019
3 p.m. 		New York Islanders
Mathew Barzal (13:17) 		1: 2
(1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 0: 2 		Carolina Hurricanes
Warren Foegele (40:17)
Nino Niederreiter (41:05) 		Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Spectators: 15,795
0May 1st, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Carolina Hurricanes
Teuvo Teräväinen (6:41)
Justin Faulk (31:58)
Justin Williams (50:15)
Teuvo Teräväinen (59:02)
Sebastian Aho (59:55) 		5: 2
(1: 1, 1: 1, 3: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 0 		New York Islanders
Devon Toews (8:20)
Josh Bailey (54:13) 		PNC Arena , Raleigh , North Carolina
Spectators: 19,066
0May 3, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Carolina Hurricanes
Sebastian Aho (4:44)
Teuvo Teräväinen (22:11)
Greg McKegg (23:17)
Justin Williams (28:51)
Andrei Swetschnikow (55:13) 		5: 2
(1: 1, 3: 0, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 4: 0 		New York Islanders
Mathew Barzal (2:30)
Brock Nelson (58:51) 		PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Spectators: 19,495

Western Conference

(C3) St. Louis Blues - (WWC1) Dallas Stars

In the final of the Central Division , as in 2016, the St. Louis Blues and the Dallas Stars clash , with a 4-3 for St. Louis, the same outcome as three years ago. In an even streak determined by two strong goalkeepers ( Jordan Binnington and Ben Bishop with a 92.1% catch rate each), it took double overtime in Game 7 to bring about a decision. For St. Louis, Jaden Schwartz convinced with four goals and defenders Alex Pietrangelo and Colton Parayko with five points each. On the part of the stars, Mats Zuccarello , who was obliged to meet the trade deadline , was the best scorer of the series with eight points, but the first row of attacks in particular did not succeed in confirming the performance of the first round.

April 25, 2019
8.30 p.m.
(local time) 		St. Louis Blues
Robby Fabbri (5:57)
Wladimir Tarassenko (38:03)
Wladimir Tarassenko (43:51) 		3: 2
(1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Dallas Stars
Jason Spezza (30:25)
Jamie Benn (57:43) 		Enterprise Center , St. Louis , Missouri
Spectators: 18,014
Apr. 27, 2019,
2 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
Colton Parayko (14:25)
Jaden Schwartz (41:48) 		2: 4
(1: 3, 0: 0, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Dallas Stars
Roope Hintz (7:11)
Miro Heiskanen (13:39)
Mattias Janmark (14:51)
Roope Hintz (59:57) 		Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Spectators: 18,285
Apr. 29, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Dallas Stars
Alexander Radulow (17:12)
Andrew Cogliano (53:06)
Tyler Seguin (55:52) 		3: 4
(1: 1, 0: 1, 2: 2)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		St. Louis Blues
Jaden Schwartz (1:27)
Tyler Bozak (28:30)
Alex Pietrangelo (54:24)
Patrick Maroon (58:22) 		American Airlines Center , Dallas , Texas
Spectators: 18,532
0May 1, 2019 at
8:30 p.m. 		Dallas Stars
Jason Dickinson (11:23)
Jason Spezza (19:08)
John Klingberg (29:26)
Roope Hintz (37:28) 		4: 2
(2: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		St. Louis Blues
Wladimir Tarassenko (5:02)
Robert Thomas (53:44) 		American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Spectators: 18,790
0May 3, 2019 at
8:30 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
Jaden Schwartz (48:26) 		1: 2
(0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		Dallas Stars
Jason Spezza (2:42)
Esa Lindell (26:13) 		Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Spectators: 18,542
0May 5, 2019
2 p.m. 		Dallas Stars
Tyler Seguin (11:35) 		1: 4
(1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 3: 3 		St. Louis Blues
Alex Pietrangelo (1:03)
David Perron (35:24)
Jaden Schwartz (47:37)
Samuel Blais (47:10) 		American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Spectators: 18,876
0May 7, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
Vince Dunn (13:30)
Patrick Maroon (85:50) 		2: 1 n.V.
(1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of 4: 3 		Dallas Stars
Mats Zuccarello (15:55) 		Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Spectators: 18,531

(P2) San Jose Sharks - (WWC2) Colorado Avalanche

In the first meeting of the two teams since 2010 , the San Jose Sharks defeated the Colorado Avalanche , which reached the second round for the first time since 2008 , 4: 3. For the Sharks, who were only able to fall back on their previously injured captain Joe Pavelski in Game 7 , defender Brent Burns was convincing , who led the entire series in goals (4) and in assists (6) with ten points. In addition, Logan Couture , Tomáš Hertl and Timo Meier each recorded six points. On the Avalanche side, the first row of attacks around superstar Nathan MacKinnon (5 points; best scorer of his team together with Mikko Rantanen ) failed to match the performance of the first round. A particular weakness put the Powerplay is Colorado that could achieve only two of 23 outnumbered situations a hit. The two goalkeepers Martin Jones (91.6% catch rate ; 2.29 goals against ) and Philipp Grubauer (91.4%; 2.60) met at eye level.

April 26, 2019
7:00 p.m.
(local time) 		San Jose Sharks
Gustav Nyquist (14:44)
Joe Thornton (30:05)
Kevin Labanc (36:02)
Brent Burns (39:00)
Timo Meier (59:31) 		5: 2
(1: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Colorado Avalanche
Gabriel Bourque (2:10)
Colin Wilson (23:56) 		SAP Center , San José , California
Spectators: 17,562
April 28, 2019
4.30 p.m. 		San Jose Sharks
Evander Kane (7:57)
Brent Burns (55:26)
Brent Burns (59:49) 		3: 4
(1: 0, 0: 2, 2: 2)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Colorado Avalanche
Gabriel Landeskog (28:21)
Tyson Barrie (36:31)
Matt Nieto (50:10)
Nathan MacKinnon (58:58) 		SAP Center, San José, California
Spectators: 17,562
Apr. 30, 2019 at
8 p.m. 		Colorado Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnon (35:51)
Matt Nieto (51:45) 		2: 4
(0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		San Jose Sharks
Logan Couture (15:24)
Timo Meier (18:42)
Logan Couture (52:50)
Logan Couture (59:30) 		Pepsi Center , Denver , Colorado
Spectators: 18,106
0May 2, 2019
8 p.m. 		Colorado Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnon (30:34)
Colin Wilson (43:11)
Erik Johnson (58:51) 		3: 0
(0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		San Jose Sharks
 Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Spectators: 18,110
0May 4, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		San Jose Sharks
Tomáš Hertl (39:40)
Tomáš Hertl (46:26) 		2: 1
(0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 2 		Colorado Avalanche
Tyson Jost (37:01) 		SAP Center, San José, California
Spectators: 17,562
0May 6, 2019
8:00 p.m. 		Colorado Avalanche
Tyson Jost (24:05)
JT Compher (38:44)
JT Compher (44:00)
Gabriel Landeskog (62:32) 		4: 3 n.V.
(0: 0, 2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 3 		San Jose Sharks
Marc-Édouard Vlasic (34:36)
Brent Burns (39:50)
Marc-Édouard Vlasic (57:32) 		Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Spectators: 18,098
0May 8, 2019
6:00 p.m. 		San Jose Sharks
Joe Pavelski (5:57)
Tomáš Hertl (11:35)
Joonas Donskoi (32:37) 		3: 2
(2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of 4: 3 		Colorado Avalanche
Mikko Rantanen (19:53)
Tyson Jost (40:51) 		SAP Center, San José, California
Spectators: 17,562

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(A2) Boston Bruins - (EWC1) Carolina Hurricanes

In the final of the Eastern Conference , the Boston Bruins prevailed 4-0 against the Carolina Hurricanes . The two teams met for the first time since the second round of the playoffs in 2009 , in which the Hurricanes had also last qualified for a conference final with a 4-3 win and also failed 4-0 at the Pittsburgh Penguins . Against Pittsburgh, the Bruins also contested their previous conference final when they moved into the Stanley Cup final in 2013 - also with a sweep . Goalkeeper Tuukka Rask was decisive for Boston , who showed outstanding performances with a catch rate of 95.6% and an average goal against goal of 1.25. The Hurricanes, however, switched to the goalkeeper position after two games unsuccessfully from Petr Mrázek to Curtis McElhinney . Furthermore, the Bruins provided the significantly better special teams , so the team scored a goal from almost half of the power play situation (7/15), while on the defensive only one of 14 undernumbered situations led to a goal. In addition, Patrice Bergeron impressed with three goals, while no player of the Hurricanes could post more than one goal.

0May 9, 2019
8:00 p.m.
(local time) 		Boston Bruins
Steven Kampfer (2:55)
Marcus Johansson (42:26)
Patrice Bergeron (42:54)
Charlie Coyle (57:47)
Chris Wagner (57:58) 		5: 2
(1: 1, 0: 1, 4: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Carolina Hurricanes
Sebastian Aho (3:42)
Greg McKegg (29:18) 		TD Garden , Boston , Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
May 12, 2019
3 p.m. 		Boston Bruins
Matt Grzelcyk (15:22)
Jake DeBrusk (18:32)
Connor Clifton (23:46)
Matt Grzelcyk (37:56)
David Backes (41:10)
Danton Heinen (44:32) 		6: 2
(2: 0, 2: 0, 2: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 0 		Carolina Hurricanes
Justin Williams (51:17)
Teuvo Teräväinen (57:32) 		TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
May 14, 2019
8:00 p.m. 		Carolina Hurricanes
Calvin de Haan (33:48) 		1: 2
(0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 0: 3 		Boston Bruins
Chris Wagner (21:21)
Brad Marchand (26:28) 		PNC Arena , Raleigh , North Carolina
Spectators: 18,768
May 16, 2019
8:00 p.m. 		Carolina Hurricanes
 0: 4
(0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 0: 4 		Boston Bruins
David Pastrňák (24:46)
Patrice Bergeron (38:34)
Patrice Bergeron (50:32)
Brad Marchand (57:43) 		PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Spectators: 19,041

Western Conference

(P2) San Jose Sharks - (C3) St. Louis Blues

In the final of the Western Conference , the San Jose Sharks and the St. Louis Blues relaunched the 2016 Conference Finals , which now ended with a 4-2 win for the Blues and thus the reverse result from three years ago. Goalkeeper Jordan Binnington convinced again for St. Louis with a catch rate of 91.2%, which was well above that of his counterpart Martin Jones (86.9%), as well as Wladimir Tarassenko and David Perron with eight and seven points respectively . On the side of the Sharks, only Logan Couture built on the performances of the preliminary rounds, he scored five hits in the series and led the entire league before the Stanley Cup final in goals (14) and scorer points (20). In addition, the Sharks had to complain about increasing injuries, so they played at the end of the series without Erik Karlsson , Joe Pavelski or Tomáš Hertl .

May 11, 2019
5:00 p.m.
(local time) 		San Jose Sharks
Logan Couture (3:31)
Joe Pavelski (11:24)
Kevin Labanc (27:41)
Timo Meier (30:24)
Timo Meier (37:34)
Logan Couture (57:39) 		6: 3
(2: 1, 3: 1, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		St. Louis Blues
Joel Edmundson (9:13)
Ryan O'Reilly (28:58)
Tyler Bozak (53:01) 		SAP Center , San José , California
Spectators: 17,562
May 13, 2019
6:00 p.m. 		San Jose Sharks
Logan Couture (24:55)
Logan Couture (26:54) 		2: 4
(0: 1, 2: 2, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		St. Louis Blues
Jaden Schwartz (2:34)
Vince Dunn (24:16)
Robert Bortuzzo (36:34)
Oskar Sundqvist (56:52) 		SAP Center, San José, California
Spectators: 17,562
May 15, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
Alexander Steen (21:18)
Wladimir Tarassenko (24:05)
David Perron (36:03)
David Perron (38:42) 		4: 5 n.V.
(0: 2, 4: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		San Jose Sharks
Erik Karlsson (13:37)
Joe Thornton (16:58)
Joe Thornton (21:36)
Logan Couture (58:59)
Erik Karlsson (65:23) 		Enterprise Center , St. Louis , Missouri
Spectators: 18,360
May 17, 2019
7 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
Ivan Barbaschow (0:35)
Tyler Bozak (17:53) 		2: 1
(2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		San Jose Sharks
Tomáš Hertl (46:48) 		Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Spectators: 18,496
May 19, 2019
12:00 p.m. 		San Jose Sharks
 0: 5
(0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		St. Louis Blues
Oskar Sundqvist (5:50)
Jaden Schwartz (23:05)
Wladimir Tarassenko (26:53)
Jaden Schwartz (42:19)
Jaden Schwartz (56:02) 		SAP Center, San José, California
Spectators: 17,562
May 21, 2019
7 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
David Perron (1:32)
Wladimir Tarassenko (16:16)
Brayden Schenn (32:47)
Tyler Bozak (53:05)
Iwan Barbaschow (57:45) 		5: 1
(2: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 2 		San Jose Sharks
Dylan Gambrell (26:40) 		Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Spectators: 18,684

Stanley Cup Final

(A2) Boston Bruins - (C3) St. Louis Blues

In the final series of the 2019 playoffs, the St. Louis Blues prevailed 4-3 against the Boston Bruins . The Blues won their first Stanley Cup in franchise history and also played their first final since 1970 , when they also faced Boston and suffered a 4-0 defeat. The success is rated as all the more remarkable given that St. Louis had changed coaches during the current season - Craig Berube took over for Mike Yeo in November 2018 - and the team finished last among all 31 NHL teams after the 30th game of the season . No team had made a comparable comeback during a season. The Bruins, on the other hand, played their first Stanley Cup final since 2013 , when they lost 4-2 to the Chicago Blackhawks . However, their last successful final was only two more years ago, at the end of the 2011 playoffs they celebrated a 4-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks , which also marked the previous final, which went over the full distance of seven games.

The Conn Smythe Trophy received Ryan O'Reilly of the Blues as Most Valuable Player of the Playoffs. He finished the playoffs (together with Brad Marchand ) as the best scorer and scored nine points in the final series and one goal in four consecutive games, which Wayne Gretzky had last achieved in 1985 . In addition, Jordan Binnington became the first rookie goalkeeper to bring in all the 16 wins he needed for his team; he had only been regularly on the ice in the NHL since the beginning of the year. With his counterpart Tuukka Rask he met in the final at eye level ( catch quota 91.2% each). In an overall even series, in which Boston even scored four more hits (22 vs. 18), the away strength and the physical fore-check of the blues were identified as decisive factors. In addition, the Bruins had injury concerns to complain about, so they ended two games with only five defenders. Captain Zdeno Chára also broke his jaw in the fourth game.

Among other things, the decisive 2-0 for St. Louis in the fifth game was controversial, as the goal was immediately preceded by an unpunished tripping of a blues player. Overall, the performance of the referees in these playoffs was viewed much more critically than in previous years.

May 27, 2019
8:00 p.m.
(local time) 		Boston Bruins
Connor Clifton (22:16)
Charlie McAvoy (32:41)
Sean Kuraly (45:21)
Brad Marchand (58:11) 		4: 2
(0: 1, 2: 1, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		St. Louis Blues
Brayden Schenn (7:23)
Wladimir Tarassenko (21:00) 		TD Garden , Boston , Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
May 29, 2019
8:00 p.m. 		Boston Bruins
Charlie Coyle (4:44)
Joakim Nordström (10:17) 		2: 3 n.V.
(2: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		St. Louis Blues
Robert Bortuzzo (9:37)
Wladimir Tarassenko (14:55)
Carl Gunnarsson (63:51) 		TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
0June 1, 2019 at
8 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
Ivan Barbaschow (31:05)
Colton Parayko (45:24) 		2: 7
(0: 3, 1: 2, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		Boston Bruins
Patrice Bergeron (10:47)
Charlie Coyle (17:40)
Sean Kuraly (19:50)
David Pastrňák (20:41)
Torey Krug (32:12)
Noel Acciari (58:12)
Marcus Johansson (58:35 ) 		Enterprise Center , St. Louis , Missouri
Spectators: 18,789
0June 3, 2019
8:00 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
Ryan O'Reilly (0:43)
Wladimir Tarassenko (15:30)
Ryan O'Reilly (50:38)
Brayden Schenn (58:31) 		4: 2
(2: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Boston Bruins
Charlie Coyle (13:14)
Brandon Carlo (34:19) 		Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Spectators: 18,805
0June 6, 2019
8:00 p.m. 		Boston Bruins
Jake DeBrusk (53:32) 		1: 2
(0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		St. Louis Blues
Ryan O'Reilly (20:55)
David Perron (50:36) 		TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565
0June 9, 2019
8 p.m. 		St. Louis Blues
Ryan O'Reilly (52:01) 		1: 5
(0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 4)
Match report
as of: 3: 3 		Boston Bruins
Brad Marchand (8:40)
Brandon Carlo (42:31)
Karson Kuhlman (50:15)
David Pastrňák (54:06)
Zdeno Chára (57:41) 		Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Spectators: 18,890
June 12, 2019
8 p.m. 		Boston Bruins
Matt Grzelcyk (57:50) 		1: 4
(0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 3: 4 		St. Louis Blues
Ryan O'Reilly (16:47)
Alex Pietrangelo (19:52)
Brayden Schenn (51:25)
Zach Sanford (55:22) 		TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Spectators: 17,565

Stanley Cup winner

The 24 players listed below were automatically qualified for the engraving on the trophy by playing in the Stanley Cup final or by playing more than half of the regular season games. All of the named actors won their first Stanley Cup. Furthermore, it was Jay Bouwmeester by this success in the Triple Gold Club added.

Stanley Cup Winner: St. Louis Blues
Logo of the St. Louis Blues

Goalkeepers: Jake Allen , Jordan Binnington

Defenders: Robert Bortuzzo , Jay Bouwmeester , Michael Del Zotto , Vince Dunn , Joel Edmundson , Carl Gunnarsson , Colton Parayko , Alex Pietrangelo  ( C )

Attackers: Iwan Barbaschow , Samuel Blais , Tyler Bozak , Robby Fabbri , Patrick Maroon , Ryan O'Reilly , David Perron , Zach Sanford , Brayden Schenn , Jaden Schwartz , Alexander Steen , Oskar Sundqvist , Wladimir Tarassenko , Robert Thomas

Head Coach: Craig Berube   General Manager: Doug Armstrong

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists, pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player team Sp T V Pt +/- SM
Brad Marchand Boston Bruins 24 9 14th 23 +4 14th
Ryan O'Reilly St. Louis Blues 26th 8th 15th 23 +2 4th
Logan Couture San Jose Sharks 20th 14th 6th 20th +3 6th
Jaden Schwartz St. Louis Blues 26th 12 8th 20th +9 2
David Pastrňák Boston Bruins 24 9 10 19th ± 0 4th
Alex Pietrangelo St. Louis Blues 26th 3 16 19th +5 12
Torey pitcher Boston Bruins 24 2 16 18th +4 10
Vladimir Tarassenko St. Louis Blues 26th 11 6th 17th -5 4th
Patrice Bergeron Boston Bruins 24 9 8th 17th +4 12
Charlie Coyle Boston Bruins 24 9 7th 16 +8 12

The best plus / minus statistic was achieved by Zdeno Chára of the Boston Bruins with a value of +11.

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: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), S = victories, N = defeats, OTN = overtime defeats, GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GTS = goals against goal; Fat: seasonal best; Only goalkeepers who have played more than 240 minutes of play are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.

player team Sp Min S. N GT SO Sv% GTS
Robin Lehner New York Islanders 8th 449: 00 4th 4th 15th 0 93.6 2.00
Curtis McElhinney Carolina Hurricanes 5 268: 25 3 2 9 0 93.0 2.01
Tuukka Rask Boston Bruins 24 1458: 50 15th 9 49 2 93.4 2.02
Ben Bishop Dallas Stars 13 810: 59 7th 6th 30th 0 93.3 2.22
Jordan Binnington St. Louis Blues 26th 1559: 30 16 10 64 1 91.4 2.46
Petr Mrázek Carolina Hurricanes 11 659: 43 5 5 30th 2 89.4 2.73

Web links

Commons : Stanley Cup Playoffs 2019  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

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