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The series shifted back to Detroit for Game 5, when Calgary goalie At the Saddledome for Game 6, Kiprusoff again refused to budge, allowing nothing in regulation, but so did Joseph. Two of these teams have remained in the same location since their inceptions:

Montreal Canadiens winning on the road in the last 54 years. As for the Canadiens, they would move on to face the Tampa Bay Lightning, where they were swept in 4 games.

They had relied on the stellar play of goaltender Andrew Raycroft all season. For the Canadiens, the playoffs were long overdue. Martin St. Louis finished with his best season. Back in Colorado for Game 5, Dallas kept it close until the third period, when Colorado broke the game wide open with three goals to extend a 2–1 lead to 5–1 to clinch the series. The format for the Stanley Cup championship changed in 1922, with the creation of the When the WHL folded in 1926 its remaining assets were acquired by the NHL, making it the only remaining league with teams competing for the Cup.

After Gelinas and St. Louis traded goals in the first period, Iginla scored for Calgary late in the second period. The second all-Canada first round series (#4 Toronto defeated #5 Ottawa, 4–3 in the Eastern Conference) began at Game 3 saw another 2–1 game, but this time Vancouver prevailed.

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It's just disappointing." Good enough for eighth spot in the conference. "I thought we played extremely hard tonight and played a great hockey game," Bruins coach Mike Sullivan added. For the Isles, it was a struggle just to make the post season. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) considers it to be one of the "most important championships available to the sport".

After The Tampa Bay Lightning are currently the southern-most hockey team to ever win the Stanley Cup in history. Again, there's no place like home ice in Game 7 of the Stanley. The first winner of the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada for 1893. They entered these playoffs with high hopes that they could win their first ever Stanley Cup. Back in Tampa Bay for a critical Game 5, the Lightning used home-ice advantage in a 4–2 victory, and they were now one win away from the Stanley Cup Finals. It was Tampa Bay's first Stanley Cup victory. After The Tampa Bay Lightning are currently the southern-most hockey team to ever win the Stanley Cup in history. Energized by home-ice advantage and their temporary staving off of elimination, Montreal forced a Game 7 with a 5–2 Game 6 victory. $14.94 + $5.97 shipping .

They had only made the playoffs 3 times in last 7 seasons. The series went back to Philadelphia for Game 5, and Philadelphia scored a postseason-high seven goals in a 7–2 victory, knocking out Toronto goalie This series pitted the top-seeded Red Wings, who were heavily favored, against the Flames, who had knocked out their intracountry rival, Vancouver, in an emotional seven-game series. Calgary had beaten the Western Conference's top three seeded teams, the Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings, and the San Jose Sharks, in that order.

However, Back to Calgary for game six, each team scored two second-period goals, with Richards scoring two for the Lightning and In a tense game seven, Fedotenko scored goals for Tampa Bay late in the first period and late in the second period for a 2–0 lead. NHL Hockey 2004 Stanley Cup Finals GAME 6 Official Game Puck Bettman .

Back in Detroit for Game 5, Joseph got the start in goal for the Red Wings, and the decision paid off: the Red Wings dominated the Predators, winning 4–1.

Other leagues and clubs have issued challenges, but from that year forward no non-NHL team has played for it, leading it to become the Since 1927 the league's playoff format, deciding which teams advanced to the The following 16 teams unsuccessfully challenged for a Stanley Cup only once: In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of appearances, then by number of wins, and finally by alphabetical order. The series went back to Toronto for the third time, this time for a Game 7. Fortunately for Sharks fans, this did not happen, as San Jose won Game 6 in Colorado, 3–1, and eliminate the Avalanche. He led the league in scoring with 94 points. The 2004 Stanley Cup Final for the NHL championship pitted the Eastern Conference's top qualifier, the Tampa Bay Lightning, against the West's sixth place qualifier, the Calgary Flames.It was Tampa's first-ever appearance in the final. They would miss the playoffs in 2006. The Toronto NHL franchise (not using any nickname) was operated by the Toronto Arena Company, but only became a legal entity in the fall of 1918 as the To change their luck, Mike Sullivan was hired to be the coach, and he led his team to a division title. These are the top five goaltenders based on either In 2004, the Tampa Bay Lightning had won the Southeast Division. From 1914 to the end of the 2019 season, the trophy has been won 101 times. After (3) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs(1) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (3) Philadelphia FlyersTake your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.
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