2002 Stanley Cup Final vs Carolina Hurricanes
Lidstrom's Conn Smythe and a tenth Cup after a triple-overtime Game 3.
The 2002 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the NHL's 2001–02 season, contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the Carolina Hurricanes, in their first Final, from June 4 to 13, 2002. The Red Wings won in five games for their tenth Stanley Cup, becoming the third NHL team to win ten or more.
Last updated 2026-10-23 from the source article.
Quick Facts
- Dates
- June 4–13, 2002
- Result
- Detroit Red Wings won 4–1
- Scores
- 2–3 (OT), 3–1, 3–2 (3OT), 3–0, 3–1
- Venues
- Joe Louis Arena, Detroit (Games 1, 2, 5); Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena (Games 3, 4)
- Conn smythe trophy
- Nicklas Lidstrom (Red Wings)
- Coaches
- Scotty Bowman (Detroit), Paul Maurice (Carolina)
- Captains
- Steve Yzerman (Detroit), Ron Francis (Carolina)
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Background
Carolina won Game 1 3–2 in overtime at Joe Louis Arena; Detroit answered 3–1, won Game 3 3–2 in triple overtime in Raleigh, took Game 4 3–0 and clinched 3–1 at home. Nicklas Lidstrom won the Conn Smythe Trophy. Scotty Bowman coached Detroit, captained by Steve Yzerman, against Paul Maurice's Hurricanes, captained by Ron Francis. It was Detroit's twenty-second Finals appearance.
Detroit Red Wings
After a first-round upset by the Los Angeles Kings the previous season, the Red Wings added forwards Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull, goaltender Dominik Hasek (the defending Vezina Trophy winner), and Russian prospect Pavel Datsyuk in the offseason. They finished with the league's best record at 116 points, winning the Presidents' Trophy and the top seed. In the first round, they lost the first two games at home to the eighth-seeded Vancouver Canucks but won four straight. They then defeated the fourth-seeded St. Louis Blues in five games. In the Western Conference Finals, they faced the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. After losing Game 5 at home in overtime, Hasek posted shutouts in Games 6 and 7, including a 7–0 win in Game 7, to return to the Final for the fourth time in eight years.
Stanley Cup engraving
Commissioner Gary Bettman presented the Stanley Cup to Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman after Detroit's 3–1 win in Game 5. Manny Legace's name was misspelled as MANNY LEGECE; an 'A' was stamped over the second 'E' twice to correct it. Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan became the second and third players to win an Olympic gold medal (with Canada) and the Stanley Cup in the same year. Chris Chelios and Brett Hull became the first to win an Olympic silver medal (with the United States) and the Stanley Cup in the same year. Ten players won their third Stanley Cup with Detroit. Several players were left off the Cup, including Maxim Kuznetsov (39 regular-season games), Uwe Krupp (8 games), Sean Avery (36 games), Jesse Wallin (15 games), Ladislav Kohn (4 games), and Jason Elliott (never played in the NHL). All 10 players and non-playing personnel in the team picture received Stanley Cup rings.
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