The Capitals overcame a three games to one deficit to win the series. They last met in the 1994 Eastern Conference semifinals, which the Rangers won in five games. The teams met in the playoffs four times previously, with each winning two series. The New York Rangers earned the seventh seed with 95 points. The Washington Capitals entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Southeast Division with 108 points. Montreal scored in the first minute of game four off the stick of Andrei Kostitsyn, but Boston went on to dominate the rest of the game, grabbing two goals from Ryder in a 4–1 victory, to win the series. This time it was Michael Ryder at 17:21 in the second period. Game three resembled game one in that both teams fought to a 2–2 tie midway through the game, but like the first contest the Bruins scored the go-ahead winning goal again. Boston scored three power play goals, including two from Marc Savard, en route to a 5–1 victory in game two. With the score tied 2–2 entering the third period of game one, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara scored a power play goal at 11:15 and Phil Kessel added an empty net score in the closing seconds to clinch the victory.
#2008 western conference finals series#
The Montreal Canadiens qualified for the postseason as the eighth seed with 93 points, winning the tiebreaker over the Florida Panthers based on the season series (six points to three).īoston swept Montreal, four games to none, scoring at least four goals in each win.
The Boston Bruins entered the playoffs after finishing the regular season with the best record in the Eastern Conference with 116 points. (8) Montreal Canadiens įor an NHL-record 32nd time, the Bruins and Canadiens faced each other in the playoffs. This meant that the higher-seeded team had home ice for games one and two, and if necessary, five and seven, while the lower-seeded team had home ice for games three, four and, if necessary, six.Ĭonference quarterfinals Eastern Conference quarterfinals (1) Boston Bruins vs. Each best-of-seven series followed a 2–2–1–1–1 format. In the Stanley Cup Finals, home ice is determined based on regular season points. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage, which gave them a possible maximum of four games on their home ice, with the lower-seeded team getting a possible maximum of three. In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference was matched against the lowest remaining seed. Columbus Blue Jackets – 92 points (41 wins, 2 points head-to-head vs.Louis Blues – 92 points (41 wins, 8 points head-to-head vs. Vancouver Canucks, Northwest Division champions – 100 points.Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions – 112 points.San Jose Sharks, Pacific Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, President's Trophy winners – 117 points.Philadelphia Flyers – 99 points (44 wins).Pittsburgh Penguins – 99 points (45 wins).New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division champions – 106 points.Washington Capitals, Southeast Division champions – 108 points.Boston Bruins, Northeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 116 points.The top three seeds in each conference were awarded to the division winners while the five remaining spots were awarded to the highest finishers in their respective conferences. The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs.
They became just the second team, after the 1970–71 Montreal Canadiens, to win the championship after losing the first two games of the series on the road. The Stanley Cup Finals ended on June 12, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Penguins defeating the Detroit Red Wings four games to three to win the championship. This was the most recent time that the Carolina Hurricanes were in the playoffs until 2019. There were no playoff games played in the Province of Ontario as this was the first time that the modern Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs both missed the playoffs in the same year. Also, home teams set a record by going 13–2 in the openers of all the series combined. Previously they had been the only franchise never to have made the playoffs. The Columbus Blue Jackets made their first appearance in the playoffs in their nine-year history.
#2008 western conference finals plus#
The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference (the winner of each of the three divisions plus the five teams with highest point totals from the teams remaining), played a best-of-seven series for the conference quarterfinals, semifinals, and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup. The 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League began on April 15, 2009, after the 2008–09 regular season.
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