![]() ![]() Colorado Avalanche, Northwest Division champions – 99 points (45 wins).Detroit Red Wings, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 116 points.Carolina Hurricanes, Southeast Division champions – 91 points.Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Division champions – 97 points.Boston Bruins, Northeast Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 101 points.For the first time since entering the NHL, both teams from the province of Alberta, the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers missed the playoffs in the same season. This is the last time that all three Eastern Canada teams made the playoffs together and got past the first round. A record 25 shutouts were recorded in the 2002 playoffs and, for the first time since 1991, not a single team was swept in a playoff series. The 16 teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup. ![]() The Stanley Cup, awarded to the champion of the NHL. ![]()
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