This series started out with a couple of blowouts. First off, the 2nd-seeded ’09-’10 Coyotes won Game 1 by a score of 7-2. Radim Vrbata led the charge offensively with a goal and three assists for four points. Then, the 7th-seeded ’99-’00 Coyotes took Game 2 by a final of 8-1. They scored four goals in the second and three in the third on their way to the win. Greg Adams registered a hat trick in the win before the game was even half way over. The ’09-’10 Coyotes got a 39-save shutout performance from Ilya Bryzgalov as they won Game 3, 5-0. Wojtek Wolski accounted for two of those five goals. Jyrki Lumme scored at the 12:34 mark of the third period for the ’99-’00 Coyotes to tie Game 4, 2-2, which forced overtime. Then, it took until the 19:11 mark of the second overtime for Dallas Drake to score and win the game for the ’99-’00 Coyotes. Jeremy Roenick then led the ’99-’00 Coyotes to a 5-2 win in Game 5 with a goal and two assists. In Game 6, Martin Hanzal was the first to score when he gave the ’09-’10 Coyotes a 1-0 lead at the 11:09 mark of the third. Just three plus minutes later, Shane Doan scored to tie the game and eventually forced overtime. Unlike Game 4, this overtime only last a little less than four minutes when Travis Green ended the series and clinched the upset for the ’99-’00 Coyotes. Burke stopped 141 of 146 shots against combined in Game’s 4, 5 and 6 as he led the upset charge.
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’99-’00 Coyotes | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 |
’09-’10 Coyotes | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 7 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’09-’10 PHX – 7 ’99-’00 PHX – 2 (1-0 ’09-’10 PHX)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Wojtek Wolski (’09-’10 PHX) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +3 11 S
2nd Star: RW – Radim Vrbata (’09-’10 PHX) – 1 G 3 A 4 P +1 7 S
3rd Star: RW – Lee Stempniak (’09-’10 PHX) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +1 7 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’99-’00 Coyotes | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 8 |
’09-’10 Coyotes | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’99-’00 PHX – 8 ’09-’10 PHX – 1 (1-1)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Greg Adams (’99-’00 PHX) – 5 G 0 A 5 P +3 5 S
2nd Star: G – Sean Burke (’99-’00 PHX) – W 1.00 GAA .978 SV% (45 SV’s)
3rd Star: D – Jyrki Lumme (’99-’00 PHX) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +2 3 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’09-’10 Coyotes | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 |
’99-’00 Coyotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’09-’10 PHX – 5 ’99-’00 PHX – 0 (2-1 ’09-’10 PHX)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Ilya Bryzgalov (’09-’10 PHX) – W 0.00 GAA 1.000 SV% (39 SV’s)
2nd Star: LW – Wojtek Wolski (’09-’10 PHX) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +3 6 S
3rd Star: D – Adrian Aucoin (’09-’10 PHX) – 0 G 2 A 2 P +4 0 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | 2nd Overtime | Total | |
’09-’10 Coyotes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
’99-’00 Coyotes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’99-’00 PHX – 3 ’09-’10 PHX – 2 (2OT) (2-2)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Sean Burke (’99-’00 PHX) – W 2.00 GAA .967 SV% (58 SV’s)
2nd Star: G – Ilya Bryzgalov (’09-’10 PHX) – OTL 3.00 GAA .959 SV% (71 SV’s)
3rd Star: D – Adrian Aucoin (’09-’10 PHX) – 0 G 2 A 2 P +4 0 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’99-’00 Coyotes | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
’09-’10 Coyotes | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’99-’00 PHX – 5 ’09-’10 PHX – 2 (3-2 ’99-’00 PHX)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: C – Jeremy Roenick (’99-’00 PHX) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +2 3 S 2 PIM
2nd Star: G – Sean Burke (’99-’00 PHX) – W 2.00 GAA .951 SV% (39 SV’s)
3rd Star: D – Jyrki Lumme (’99-’00 PHX) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 4 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’09-’10 Coyotes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
’99-’00 Coyotes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’99-’00 PHX – 2 ’09-’10 PHX – 1 (OT) (4-2 ’99-’00 PHX)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Sean Burke (’99-’00 PHX) – W 1.00 GAA .978 SV% (44 SV’s)
2nd Star: G – Ilya Bryzgalov (’09-’10 PHX) – OTL 2.00 GAA .953 SV% (41 SV’s)
3rd Star: C – Martin Hanzal (’09-’10 PHX) – 1 G 0 A 1 P +1 4 S
Up next is the 3-6 matchup between the ’98-’99 Coyotes and the ’01-’02 Coyotes!