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The 2008-09 NHL season was the 91st season of the National Hockey League. It was the first season since before to the 2004-05 lockout in which every team played each other at least once during the season, following three seasons where teams only played against two divisions in the other conference (one division at home and one on the road.)[1] It began on October 4, with the regular season ending on April 12. The Stanley Cup playoffs ended on June 12, with the Pittsburgh Penguins taking the championship. The Montreal Canadiens hosted the 57th NHL All-Star Game at the Bell Centre on January 25, 2009, part of the Canadiens' 100th season celebration.[2]
2008–09 NHL season | |
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League | National Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | October 4, 2008 – June 12, 2009 |
Number of games | 82 |
Number of teams | 30 |
TV partner(s) | CBC, TSN, RDS (Canada) Versus, NBC (United States) |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Steven Stamkos |
Picked by | Tampa Bay Lightning |
Regular season | |
Presidents' Trophy | San Jose Sharks |
Season MVP | Alexander Ovechkin (Capitals) |
Top scorer | Evgeni Malkin (Penguins) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Evgeni Malkin (Penguins) |
Stanley Cup | |
Champions | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Runners-up | Detroit Red Wings |
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points.
Atlantic Division[3] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
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y-New Jersey Devils | 82 | 51 | 27 | 4 | 244 | 209 | 106 |
x-Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 45 | 28 | 9 | 264 | 239 | 99 |
x-Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 264 | 238 | 99 |
x-New York Rangers | 82 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 210 | 218 | 95 |
e-New York Islanders | 82 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 201 | 279 | 61 |
Northeast Division[3] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
z-Boston Bruins | 82 | 53 | 19 | 10 | 274 | 196 | 116 |
x-Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 249 | 247 | 93 |
e-Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 250 | 234 | 91 |
e-Ottawa Senators | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 217 | 237 | 83 |
e-Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 250 | 293 | 81 |
Southeast Division[3] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
y-Washington Capitals | 82 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 272 | 245 | 108 |
e-Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 239 | 226 | 97 |
e-Florida Panthers | 82 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 234 | 231 | 93 |
e-Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 35 | 41 | 6 | 257 | 280 | 76 |
e-Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 210 | 279 | 66 |
Central Division[3] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
y-Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 295 | 244 | 112 |
x-Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 264 | 216 | 104 |
x-St. Louis Blues | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 233 | 233 | 92 |
x-Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 226 | 230 | 92 |
e-Nashville Predators | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 213 | 233 | 88 |
Northwest Division[3] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
y-Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 246 | 220 | 100 |
x-Calgary Flames | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 254 | 248 | 98 |
e-Minnesota Wild | 82 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 219 | 200 | 89 |
e-Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 38 | 35 | 9 | 234 | 248 | 85 |
e-Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 199 | 257 | 69 |
Pacific Division[3] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p-San Jose Sharks | 82 | 53 | 18 | 11 | 257 | 204 | 117 |
x-Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 245 | 238 | 91 |
e-Dallas Stars | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 230 | 257 | 83 |
e-Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 36 | 39 | 7 | 208 | 252 | 79 |
e-Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 207 | 234 | 79 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |||
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1 | z – Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 53 | 19 | 10 | 274 | 196 | 116 | ||
2 | y – Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 272 | 245 | 108 | ||
3 | y – New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 51 | 27 | 4 | 244 | 209 | 106 | ||
4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 45 | 28 | 9 | 264 | 239 | 99 | ||
5 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 264 | 238 | 99 | ||
6 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 239 | 226 | 97 | ||
7 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 210 | 218 | 95 | ||
8 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 249 | 247 | 93 | ||
8.5 | |||||||||||
9 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 234 | 231 | 93 | ||
10 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 250 | 234 | 91 | ||
11 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 217 | 237 | 83 | ||
12 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 250 | 293 | 81 | ||
13 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 35 | 41 | 6 | 257 | 280 | 76 | ||
14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 210 | 279 | 66 | ||
15 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 201 | 279 | 61 |
bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)
AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | p – San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 53 | 18 | 11 | 257 | 204 | 117 | ||
2 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 295 | 244 | 112 | ||
3 | y – Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 246 | 220 | 100 | ||
4 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 264 | 216 | 104 | ||
5 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 254 | 248 | 98 | ||
6 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 233 | 233 | 92 | ||
7 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 226 | 230 | 92 | ||
8 | Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 245 | 238 | 91 | ||
8.5 | |||||||||||
9 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 219 | 200 | 89 | ||
10 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 213 | 233 | 88 | ||
11 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 38 | 35 | 9 | 234 | 248 | 85 | ||
12 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 230 | 257 | 83 | ||
13 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 36 | 39 | 7 | 208 | 252 | 79 | ||
14 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 207 | 234 | 79 | ||
15 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 199 | 257 | 69 |
bold - qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner
CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division
In the event of a tie in points in the standings at the end of the season, ties are broken using the following tiebreaking procedures.[4] The higher ranked team is the one with:
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Evgeni Malkin | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 35 | 78 | 113 | +17 | 80 |
Alexander Ovechkin | Washington Capitals | 79 | 56 | 54 | 110 | +8 | 72 |
Sidney Crosby | Pittsburgh Penguins | 76 | 33 | 70 | 103 | +3 | 76 |
Pavel Datsyuk | Detroit Red Wings | 81 | 32 | 65 | 97 | +34 | 22 |
Zach Parise | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 45 | 49 | 94 | +30 | 24 |
Ilya Kovalchuk | Atlanta Thrashers | 79 | 43 | 48 | 91 | -12 | 50 |
Ryan Getzlaf | Anaheim Ducks | 81 | 25 | 66 | 91 | +5 | 121 |
Jarome Iginla | Calgary Flames | 81 | 35 | 54 | 89 | -2 | 37 |
Marc Savard | Boston Bruins | 82 | 25 | 63 | 88 | +25 | 70 |
Nicklas Backstrom | Washington Capitals | 82 | 22 | 66 | 88 | +16 | 46 |
GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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Tim Thomas | Boston Bruins | 54 | 3,258:49 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 114 | 5 | .933 | 2.10 |
Steve Mason | Columbus Blue Jackets | 60 | 3,604:58 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 135 | 10 | .917 | 2.25 |
Niklas Backstrom | Minnesota Wild | 71 | 4,088:03 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 159 | 8 | .923 | 2.33 |
Jonas Hiller | Anaheim Ducks | 45 | 2,446:26 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 95 | 4 | .920 | 2.33 |
Roberto Luongo | Vancouver Canucks | 54 | 3,181:05 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 124 | 9 | .920 | 2.34 |
Pekka Rinne | Nashville Predators | 52 | 2,999:12 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 119 | 7 | .917 | 2.38 |
Nikolai Khabibulin | Chicago Blackhawks | 41 | 2,407:15 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 96 | 2 | .917 | 2.39 |
Scott Clemmensen | New Jersey Devils | 40 | 2,355:56 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 94 | 2 | .917 | 2.39 |
Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 31 | 1,813:35 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 73 | 5 | .916 | 2.41 |
Chris Mason | St. Louis Blues | 57 | 3,214:54 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 129 | 6 | .916 | 2.41 |
After the regular season, the standard of 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The San Jose Sharks won the Presidents' Trophy for having the best record in the league, at 117 points. Division champions maintain their relative ranking during the entire playoffs while the remaining teams get reseeded below them after each round.
*Montreal finished with exactly the same record as the Florida Panthers (including number of wins), but garnered more points (the Canadiens with six, the Panthers with three) in the four game season series between them, to earn the 8th spot.
In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. In the Stanley Cup Finals, home ice is determined based on regular season points. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2-2-1-1-1 format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 3, 4 and 6 (if necessary).
First Round | Second Round | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
A1 | Boston Bruins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
WC | Montreal Canadiens | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Boston Bruins | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
A2 | Washington Capitals | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
A3 | New York Rangers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
M1 | New Jersey Devils | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
WC | Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Washington Capitals | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
M2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
M3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
E4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
W2 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
C1 | San Jose Sharks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
WC | Anaheim Ducks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Detroit Red Wings | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Anaheim Ducks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Detroit Red Wings | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
C3 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Detroit Red Wings | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
P1 | Vancouver Canucks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
WC | St. Louis Blues | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Vancouver Canucks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
P2 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
P3 | Calgary Flames | 2 |
First All-Star Team
Second All-Star Team
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