This was Vancouver's third appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals; in both of their previous appearances, they lost to a team from New York. One of the In this series, the Boston Bruins dropped their first two games at home, but came back to hang on to a game three victory in Montreal.
2011 NHL Playoffs Overview; More 2011 NHL Playoff Pages. A bracket does exist afterwards in order to show the paths by which teams advance to the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals. In In a back-and-forth series, the Bruins triumphed in seven games. In game five, Buffalo was up 3–0 at the end of the first period, but Philadelphia scored three goals to send the game to overtime. Bruins rookie This was the first playoff series between these teams.
It was also the first time that the Nashville Predators played in the second round of the playoffs. That game was later on won by The Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Western Conference after winning the Central Division with 104 points. Follow the 2011 NHL playoffs & Stanley Cup finals with a viewable bracket. 1 Total Update Since Apr 14, 2011, 11:15am EDT Follow this stream. After a scoreless first overtime, Kevin Bieksa was able to capitalize on an unexpected rebound to score the series-winning goal 10:18 into the second overtime, sending Vancouver to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since As the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Vancouver Canucks earned home ice advantage over the Boston Bruins in the Finals. Download this 2011 Printable PDF NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket by clicking the image or this link: 2011 Printable PDF NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket San Jose, facing elimination in game five, held a 2–1 lead near the end of the game until Ryan Kesler forced overtime by scoring with only 13.2 seconds left in the third period after a controversial icing call. The Nashville Predators also earned 99 points during the regular season to finish fifth overall. This was the first playoff series between these two teams.This was the second playoff series between these two teams. However, both won their respective seventh games to advance to the next round of the playoffs. The Montreal Canadiens earned the sixth seed with 96 points, winning the tiebreaker over Buffalo on wins (44 to 43). Game one on NBC drew the best television ratings for a first game since game one of the In contrast, game two drew just 3.37 million viewers for NBC, making it the least-watched Stanley Cup Finals broadcast on U.S. network television since game five in Games six, five and one are the third, fourth, and fifth The final game of the series attracted huge crowds on the streets of Vancouver who gathered to watch the game on outside monitors and cheer the home team on. This was the sixth playoff series between the two franchises; Washington had won three of the previous five meetings between these teams.
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In the Stanley Cup Final series, home ice is determined based on regular season points. Vancouver won three of the four games that were played in the regular season; their only loss to San Jose came in a shootout. Download your complete, printable 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs bracket from SBNation.com. The Los Angeles Kings earned the seventh seed with 98 points. The In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. All of Vancouver's wins were close affairs at These are the top ten skaters based on points.
The Chicago Blackhawks, the defending The San Jose Sharks entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference after winning the Pacific Division with 105 points.
This was a rematch of the second-round series that took place the This was the first playoff series between these teams.