2000 Stanley Cup Final

The 2000 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1999–2000 season, and the culmination of the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils against the Western Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Dallas Stars. The Devils were led by captain Scott Stevens, head coach Larry Robinson and goaltender Martin Brodeur. The Stars were led by captain Derian Hatcher, head coach Ken Hitchcock and goaltender Ed Belfour.

2000 Stanley Cup Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total New Jersey Devils 7 1 2 3 0*** 2** 4 Dallas Stars 3 2 1 1 1*** 1** 2
* indicates periods of overtime
Location(s)	East Rutherford: Continental Airlines Arena (1, 2, 5) Dallas: Reunion Arena (3, 4, 6)
Coaches	New Jersey: Larry Robinson (interim) Dallas: Ken Hitchcock
Captains	New Jersey: Scott Stevens Dallas: Derian Hatcher
National anthems	New Jersey: Arlette Roxburgh Dallas: Kenny Chesney
Referees	Don Koharski (1, 3, 6) Bill McCreary (1, 4, 6) Kerry Fraser (2, 4) Dan Marouelli (2, 5) Terry Gregson (3, 5)
Dates	May 30 – June 10, 2000
MVP	Scott Stevens (Devils)
Series-winning goal	Jason Arnott (8:20, second OT, G6)
Hall of Famers	Devils: Martin Brodeur (2018) Alexander Mogilny (2025) Scott Niedermayer (2013) Scott Stevens (2007) Stars: Ed Belfour (2011) Guy Carbonneau (2019) Brett Hull (2009) Mike Modano (2014) Joe Nieuwendyk (2011) Sergei Zubov (2019) Coaches: Ken Hitchcock (2023) Larry Robinson (1995, player) Officials: Bill McCreary (2014)
Networks	Canada: (English): CBC (French): SRC United States: (English): ESPN (1–2), ABC (3–6)
Announcers	(CBC) Bob Cole and Harry Neale (SRC) Claude Quenneville and Michel Bergeron (ESPN/ABC) Gary Thorne and Bill Clement
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The Devils defeated the defending champion Stars four games to two to win their second Stanley Cup in franchise history. This was the first of two Stanley Cup Final where two relocated teams faced each other; the other being in 2001.

Paths to the Finals

Further information: 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs

See also: 1999–2000 Dallas Stars season and 1999–2000 New Jersey Devils season

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference after finishing the regular season with 103 points. In the playoffs, they first swept the fifth seeded Florida Panthers. In the second round they defeated the third seeded Toronto Maple Leafs in six games. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Devils defeated the top seeded Philadelphia Flyers in seven games (in the process becoming the first team since expansion to come back from a 3-1 deficit later than the second round) to advance to the Finals.

Dallas Stars

Dallas captured the Pacific Division title and entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference after finishing the regular season with 102 points. In the playoffs, they defeated the seventh seeded Edmonton Oilers in the first round in five games. In the second round, the Stars defeated the eighth seeded San Jose Sharks, also in five games. In a rematch of the previous year’s Western Conference Finals, the Stars again defeated the Colorado Avalanche in seven games to advance to the Finals.

Game summaries

Despite New Jersey being a lower seed in conference play (4) than Dallas (2), New Jersey's 103 points were one more than Dallas, giving them home-ice advantage in the series. The Devils won the Cup in game six on a one-timer goal by Jason Arnott in double overtime. It was their second Stanley Cup overall and first since 1995.

For the Stars, this was the first time since the New York Islanders lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 Finals that a defending Stanley Cup champion lost in the Finals. This happened to the Devils themselves the following year when they lost to the Colorado Avalanche. This would be the last appearance in the Stanley Cup Final for the Stars until 2020.

This was the first Finals that featured two relocated teams competing for the Stanley Cup, as well as the first Finals in which both teams had won the Stanley Cup previously after relocation.

May 30	Dallas Stars		3–7		New Jersey Devils	Continental Airlines Arena	Recap
Darryl Sydor (1) – 13:13		First period			07:22 – Jason Arnott (5)
No scoring		Second period			02:52 – Ken Daneyko (1) 10:28 – Petr Sykora (7) 16:04 – Scott Stevens (3)
Jon Sim (1) – 07:43 Kirk Muller (2) – 07:55		Third period			02:21 – Sergei Brylin (2) 03:02 – Petr Sykora (8) 05:12 – pp – Jason Arnott (6)
Ed Belfour 12 saves / 18 shots Manny Fernandez 7 saves / 8 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 18 shots

June 1	Dallas Stars		2–1		New Jersey Devils	Continental Airlines Arena	Recap
Brett Hull (10) – 04:25		First period			12:42 – Alexander Mogilny (4)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Brett Hull (11) – 15:44		Third period			No scoring
Ed Belfour 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Brodeur 15 saves / 17 shots

June 3	New Jersey Devils		2–1		Dallas Stars	Reunion Arena	Recap
Jason Arnott (7) – 18:06		First period			13:08 – pp – Sylvain Cote (2)
Petr Sykora (9) – pp – 12:27		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Martin Brodeur 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 29 saves / 31 shots

June 5	New Jersey Devils		3–1		Dallas Stars	Reunion Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			18:02 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (7)
Sergei Brylin (3) – 02:27 John Madden (3) – sh – 04:51 Brian Rafalski (2) – 06:08		Third period			No scoring
Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 17 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 28 saves / 31 shots

June 8	Dallas Stars		1–0	3OT	New Jersey Devils	Continental Airlines Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Mike Modano (10) – 06:21		Third overtime period			No scoring
Ed Belfour 48 saves / 48 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Brodeur 40 saves / 41 shots

June 10	New Jersey Devils		2–1	2OT	Dallas Stars	Reunion Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Scott Niedermayer (5) – sh – 05:18		Second period			06:27 – Mike Keane (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jason Arnott (8) – 08:20		Second overtime period			No scoring
Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 43 saves / 45 shots

New Jersey won series 4–2

Team rosters

Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.

Dallas Stars

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
20		Ed Belfour	G	L	1997–98	Carman, Manitoba	third (1992, 1999)
21		Guy Carbonneau	C	R	1995–96	Sept-Îles, Quebec	fifth (1986, 1989, 1993, 1999)
3		Sylvain Cote	D	R	1999–2000	Quebec City, Quebec	first
35		Manny Fernandez	G	L	1994–95	Etobicoke, Ontario	first (did not play)
44		Aaron Gavey	C	L	1999–2000	Sudbury, Ontario	first (did not play)
2		Derian Hatcher – C	D	L	1990	Sterling Heights, Michigan	second (1999)
16		Brett Hull	RW	R	1998–99	Belleville, Ontario	third (1986, 1999)
12		Mike Keane	RW	R	1997–98	Winnipeg, Manitoba	fifth (1989, 1993, 1996, 1999)
15		Jamie Langenbrunner	RW	R	1993	Cloquet, Minnesota	second (1999)
26		Jere Lehtinen	RW	R	1992	Espoo, Finland	second (1999)
36		Roman Lyashenko	C	R	1997	Murmansk, Soviet Union	first
6		Dave Manson	D	L	1999–2000	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan	first
29		Grant Marshall	RW	R	1994–95	Port Credit, Ontario	second (1999)
24		Richard Matvichuk	D	L	1991	Edmonton, Alberta	second (1999)
9		Mike Modano – A	C	L	1988	Livonia, Michigan	third (1991, 1999)
45		Brenden Morrow	LW	L	1997	Carlyle, Saskatchewan	first
22		Kirk Muller	C	L	1999–2000	Kingston, Ontario	second (1993)
25		Joe Nieuwendyk – A	C	L	1995–96	Oshawa, Ontario	third (1989, 1999)
4		Jamie Pushor	D	R	1999–2000	Lethbridge, Alberta	second (1997; did not play)
49		Jon Sim	LW	L	1996	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia	second (1999; did not play)
10		Brian Skrudland	C	L	1997–98	Peace River, Alberta	fifth (1986, 1989, 1996, 1999)
11		Blake Sloan	RW	R	1998–99	Park Ridge, Illinois	second (1999)
5		Darryl Sydor	D	L	1995–96	Edmonton, Alberta	third (1993, 1999)
17		Scott Thornton	LW	L	1999–2000	London, Ontario	first
56		Sergei Zubov – A	D	R	1996–97	Moscow, Soviet Union	third (1994, 1999)

New Jersey Devils

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
25		Jason Arnott – A	C	R	1997–98	Collingwood, Ontario	first
6		Brad Bombardir	D	L	1990	Powell River, British Columbia	first (did not play)
30		Martin Brodeur	G	L	1990	Montreal, Quebec	second (1995)
10		Steve Brule	RW	R	1993	Montreal, Quebec	first (did not play)
18		Sergei Brylin	LW	L	1992	Moscow, Soviet Union	second (1995)
3		Ken Daneyko	D	L	1982	Windsor, Ontario	second (1995)
26		Patrik Elias	LW	L	1994	Třebíč, Czechoslovakia	first
23		Scott Gomez	C	L	1998	Anchorage, Alaska	first
16		Bobby Holik	LW	R	1992–93	Jihlava, Czechoslovakia	second (1995)
15		Steve Kelly	C	L	1998–99	Vancouver, British Columbia	first (did not play)
22		Claude Lemieux	RW	R	1999–2000	Buckingham, Quebec	fifth (1986, 1989, 1995, 1996)
11		John Madden	C	L	1997–98	Toronto, Ontario	first
7		Vladimir Malakhov	D	L	1999–2000	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union	first
21		Randy McKay – A	RW	R	1991–92	Montreal, Quebec	second (1995)
89		Alexander Mogilny	RW	L	1999–2000	Khabarovsk, Soviet Union	first
12		Sergei Nemchinov	C	L	1998–99	Moscow, Soviet Union	second (1994)
27		Scott Niedermayer	D	L	1991	Edmonton, Alberta	second (1995)
29		Krzysztof Oliwa	LW	L	1993	Tychy, Poland	first (did not play)
20		Jay Pandolfo	LW	L	1993	Winchester, Massachusetts	first
28		Brian Rafalski	D	R	1999–2000	Dearborn, Michigan	first
4		Scott Stevens – C	D	L	1991–92	Kitchener, Ontario	second (1995)
17		Petr Sykora	RW	L	1995	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia	first
31		Chris Terreri	G	L	1998–99	Providence, Rhode Island	second (1995; did not play)
5		Colin White	D	L	1996	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia	first

Stanley Cup engraving

The 2000 Stanley Cup was presented to Devils captain Scott Stevens by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Devils 2–1 double overtime win over the Stars in game six.

The following Devils players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1999–2000 New Jersey Devils

Players

  Centres

• 10 Steve Brule ‡
• 11 John Madden
• 12 Sergei Nemchinov
• 15 Steve Kelly ‡
• 23 Scott Gomez
• 25 Jason Arnott (A)

  Wingers

• 16 Bobby Holik
• 17 Petr Sykora
• 18 Sergei Brylin
• 20 Jay Pandolfo
• 21 Randy McKay (A)
• 22 Claude Lemieux
• 26 Patrik Elias
• 29 Krzysztof Oliwa †
• 89 Alexander Mogilny

  Defencemen

• 2 Ken Sutton ‡
• 4 Scott Stevens (C)
• 3 Ken Daneyko
• 5 Colin White
• 6 Brad Bombardir ‡
• 7 Vladimir Malakhov
• 27 Scott Niedermayer
• 28 Brian Rafalski

  Goaltenders

• 30 Martin Brodeur
• 31 Chris Terreri

† Did not play or dress in Finals.
‡ Did not automatically qualify,^[a] but an exemption was granted to engrave the player's name.

Coaching and administrative staff

• John J. McMullen (Owner/Chairman/Governor), Peter McMullen (Vice President), Lou Lamoriello (President/General Manager)
• Larry Robinson (Interim Head Coach), Viacheslav Fetisov (Asst. Coach), Bobby Carpenter Jr. (Asst. Coaches), Jacques Caron (Goaltending Coach), John Cunniff (AHL Coach)
• David Conte (Director of Scouting), Claude Carrier (Scout), Milt Fisher (Scout), Dan Labraatan (Scout), Marcel Pronovost (Scout)
• Bob Hoffmeyer (Scout), Barry Fisher (Head Team Physician), Dennis Gendron (AHL Asst. Coach), Robbie Ftorek (Coach/Scout), Vladimir Bure (Consultant)
• Taran Singelton (Video Coordinator), Marie Carnevale (Hockey Operations-Ass't to President-General Manager), Callie Smith (Scouting Staff Asst.), Bill Murray (Medical Trainer), Michael Vasalani (Strength-Conditioning Coordinator)
• Dana McGuane (Equipment Manager), Juergen Merz (Message Therapist), Harry Bricker (Asst. Equipment Manager), Lou Centanni (Asst. Equipment Manager)

Engraving notes

• New Jersey successfully requested an exemption to engrave the names of four players who did not automatically qualify:^[a]
  • #6 Brad Bombardir (D) played in 32 regular season games and 1 playoff game.
  • #15 Steve Kelly (C) played in 1 regular season game and 10 playoff games, four of the ten in the Eastern Conference Finals.
  • #2 Ken Sutton (D) joined the team at the NHL trade deadline from the minors. He played in 6 regular season games, but was a healthy scratch for the entire playoffs.
  • #10 Steve Brule (C) did not play in the regular season, but played in 1 game of the Eastern Conference finals.
• Krzysztof Oliwa became the first Polish born and trained player to win the Stanley Cup. He played 69 regular season for the Devils, but missed the whole playoffs due to injury. Oliwa qualified for playing more than half of the regular season games.
• Larry Robinson was promoted from assistant coach to head coach with only eight games left in the regular season to replace Robbie Ftorek. Ftorek stayed on as a scout for the rest of season and the NHL allowed his name to be included on the Stanley Cup. Robinson became the first interim head coach in NHL history to guide a team to a Stanley Cup championship.
• 14 members were engraved with an initial and two full names.
• #24 Willie Mitchell (D – 2 regular season games) did not play in the playoffs (he was a healthy scratch). He was on the roster during the Final, but left off the Stanley Cup engraving due to not qualifying.^[a] He later won the Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Kings in 2012 and 2014.^[1]
• Deron Quint (D – 50 regular season games for Phoenix, and 4 for New Jersey) (joined in a March 7 trade for Lyle Odelein) was not engraved on the Stanley Cup because New Jersey suspended him for failing to report to the minors for conditioning purposes. Quint wore #2 when playing for New Jersey, but his number became available when he was suspended by the team. #2 was taken by Ken Sutton later in the season.
• Rob McLean (Consultant) – Still awarded a Stanley Cup Ring, and on the team picture.

Broadcasting

In Canada, the series was televised on CBC. In the United States, this was the first year under the new joint American TV contract with the Disney-owned networks ESPN and ABC, with ESPN airing the first two games of the Cup Finals and ABC broadcasting the rest of the series. Devils team broadcasters Mike Miller and Randy Velischek called the series on local radio on WABC–AM 770 in New York City. In Dallas, Stars broadcasters Ralph Strangis and Daryl Reaugh called the series on WBAP 820 AM.

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season
• 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
• List of Stanley Cup champions

Notes

1. Automatic qualification for a player's name to be engraved on the Stanley Cup: Playing in (for a goaltender, dressing for) at least one Stanley Cup Final game or at least half of regular season games for the Stanley Cup winning team.