1995 Stanley Cup playoffs
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 6–June 24, 1995 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New Jersey Devils |
| Runner-up | Detroit Red Wings |
| Semifinalists | |
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The 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs, the championship of the National Hockey League was played between May 6 and June 24, 1995. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played 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. In the Final, the New Jersey Devils swept the favored Detroit Red Wings in four games to win their first championship.
This was the only time Patrick Roy missed the playoffs in his career. His team, the Montreal Canadiens, missed the playoffs for the first time since 1970. The Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators missed the playoffs this year. Montreal and Ottawa would not miss the playoffs in the same year again until 2016, when all Canadian teams missed the playoffs. The Quebec Nordiques played their last ever playoff series during this time. They would move to Denver, Colorado during the summer. For the first time since 1980, no league semifinal/conference final games were played in Canada.
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
This was the final playoff series played by the Quebec Nordiques, as they would move to Denver, Colorado as the Colorado Avalanche after the season.
Game four was the last playoff game at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
Game five was the last game ever played in the Boston Garden.
Game four was the last game ever played in the Pacific Coliseum.
This was the second playoff series between these two teams, with Philadelphia winning the only previous meeting in two games. They last met in the 1978 Preliminary Round where Philadelphia swept the Colorado Rockies. This was the third conference final appearance for New Jersey and the second consecutive appearance after losing to the New York Rangers in seven games the year before. Philadelphia made their fourth conference final appearance and first since losing to Montreal in six games in 1989.
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