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Property	Value
rdfs:label	2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs
rdfs:comment	In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference was matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage, which gives them a possible maximum of four games on their home ice, with the lower-seeded team getting a possible maximum of three. In the Stanley Cup Finals, home ice was determined based on regular season points. Thus, the Chicago Blackhawks had home ice advantage for the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals. Each best-of-seven series followed a 2–2–1–1–1 format. This means that the higher-seeded team had home ice for games 1 and 2 and if necessary, 5 and 7, while the lower-seeded team had home ice for games 3, 4, and if necessary, game 6. After the regular season, the standard of 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Washington Capitals were the Eastern Conference regular season champions and the Presidents' Trophy winners with the best record at 121 points. The San Jose Sharks earned a number 1 seed in the Western Conference with 113 points.
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RD4-score	2 4
1-1-	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 693.0 207.0 No scoring 777.0 321.0 865.0 1143.0 1130.0 Aaron Asham 2 - 02:32 Adam Mair 1 - 01:54 Alex Goligoski 1 - 17:36 Alex Goligoski 2 - pp - 02:59 Alexander Edler 1 - 17:32 Alexander Edler 2 - pp - 18:16 Alexander Frolov 1 - 10:08 Alexander Ovechkin 1 - 02:56 Alexander Ovechkin 5 - 03:52 Alexandre Burrows 2 - 19:06 Andrew Ladd 1 - 09:57 Andy Greene 1 - pp - 13:25 Anze Kopitar 2 - 17:09 Bill Guerin 3 - en - 11:11 Brad Richardson 1 - 13:21 Brad Stuart 1 - 02:51 Brandon Yip 2 - 04:51 Brian Gionta 2 - pp - 15:42 Brian Gionta 5 - 03:40 Brian Rafalski 2 - pp - 03:05 Brooks Laich 2 - 17:44 Chris Kunitz 2 - 18:34 Chris Kunitz 4 - 8:36 Jordan Staal 3 - 16:30 Chris Neil 2 - 07:06 Chris Neil 3 - 01:51 Chris Pronger 4 - 04:28 Claude Giroux 2 - pp - 08:49 Claude Giroux 5 - 08:35 Colin White 1 - 03:44 Craig Adams 1 - 05:16 Craig Adams 2 - 18:36 Craig Rivet 1 - 14:10 Dainius Zubrus 1 - 15:56 Daniel Alfredsson 1 - 10:59 Daniel Alfredsson 2 - 09:48 Daniel Briere 1 - 17:27 Daniel Briere 5 - 19:06 Daniel Briere 6 - pp - 16:20 Daniel Carcillo 1 - 03:35 Daniel Carcillo 2 - 04:10 Daniel Cleary 2 - 18:37 Daniel Sedin 1 - 08:31 Daniel Sedin 3 - 08:26 Daniel Sedin 5 - pp - 14:36 Dany Heatley 1 - 10:01 Darren Helm 1 - 16:29 Dave Bolland 1 - pp - 08:44 David Krejci 1 - pp - 02:07 David Krejci 2 - 13:39 David Krejci 3 - 07:18 David Krejci 4 - 07:25 David Legwand 1 - 04:00 Dennis Wideman 1 - 15:17 Derek Morris 1 - pp - 02:19 Devin Setoguchi 1 - 07:10 Devin Setoguchi 2 - pp - 05:22 Devin Setoguchi 4 - 10:24 Dominic Moore 1 - 18:42 Drew Doughty 1 - pp - 11:00 Drew Doughty 2 - pp - 13:26 Drew Doughty 3 - 15:57 Dustin Brown 1 - pp - 05:56 Dwight Helminen 1 - 15:30 Ed Jovanovski 1 - 09:45 Eric Fehr 1 - 10:21 Evgeni Malkin 1 - pp - 03:03 Evgeni Malkin 2 - pp - 10:22 Henrik Sedin 3 - 14:37 Henrik Zetterberg 4 - 16:18 Henrik Zetterberg 7 - 01:42 Ilya Kovalchuk 1 - en - 19:27 Jannik Hansen 1 - 09:07 Jaroslav Spacek 1 - 13:15 Jason Arnott 1 - pp - 15:44 Jason Arnott 2 - 19:05 Jason Pominville 1 - 16:41 Jason Pominville 2 - 18:54 Jason Spezza 1 - 07:37 Jeff Carter 1 - pp - 09:08 Jeff Carter 2 - 09:28 Joe Corvo 1 - 15:33 Joe Pavelski 1 - 19:28 Joe Pavelski 3 - pp - 10:21 Joe Pavelski 5 - pp - 09:05 Joe Pavelski 6 - pp - 00:50 Joe Pavelski 8 - pp - 09:01 Joe Pavelski 9 - pp - 04:40 Joe Thornton 1 - 12:37 Joe Thornton 3 - pp - 04:54 Joel Ward 1 - 13:00 Johan Franzen 1 - 09:59 Johan Franzen 3 - 07:50 Johan Franzen 4 - 10:43 Johan Franzen 5 - 11:16 Johan Franzen 6 - pp - 07:33 John Carlson 1 - 18:39 Johnny Boychuk 2 - 05:12 Jonathan Toews 6 - 12:51 Jordan Staal 2 - pp - 13:27 Keith Yandle 1 - pp - 14:13 Keith Yandle 2 - 10:23 Kris Letang 1 - 15:48 Kris Letang 2 - pp - 18:05 Kris Letang 3 - pp - 02:34 Kris Letang 4 - pp - 18:18 Kris Versteeg 1 - 18:30 Kyle Wellwood 2 - 01:34 Logan Couture 1 - 08:25 Logan Couture 2 - 10:37 Manny Malhotra 1 - pp - 19:18 Marc Savard 1 - 13:52 Marek Svatos 1 - 06:14 Marian Hossa 1 - 04:07 Mark Recchi 3 - pp - 01:01 Matt Cooke 4 - 04:38 Matt Cullen 1 - pp - 12:58 Matt Cullen 2 - pp - 13:19 Matt Cullen 3 - 05:19 Matt Ellis 1 - 12:00 Matthew Lombardi 1 - 09:09 Maxim Lapierre 2 - 02:07 Maxim Lapierre 3 - 11:03 Maxime Lapierre 1 - 04:17 Michael Cammalleri 10 - 01:13 Michael Cammalleri 11 - 10:45 Michael Cammalleri 2 - 09:12 Michael Cammalleri 4 - pp - 07:30 Michael Cammalleri 5 - 09:09 Michael Ryder 4 - pp - 05:27 Michal Handzus 1 - pp - 04:06 Michal Handzus 2 - pp - 12:18 Mikael Samuelsson 1 - pp - 03:09 Mikael Samuelsson 2 - 08:52 Mikael Samuelsson 3 - 09:49 Mikael Samuelsson 6 - 13:31 Mikael Samuelsson 7 - pp - 06:31 Mike Fisher 1 - pp - 01:53 Mike Grier 2 - 09:22 Mike Richards 2 - 01:15 Mike Richards 5 - 06:58 Milan Lucic 1 - 17:03 Milan Lucic 4 - pp - 09:02 Milan Lucic 5 - 14:10 Miroslav Satan 1 - pp - 07:41 Miroslav Satan 2 - 14:49 Miroslav Satan 3 - pp - 11:43 Miroslav Satan 4 - 09:31 Nicklas Backstrom 1 - 00:47 Nicklas Backstrom 2 - 18:23 Nicklas Backstrom 3 - 09:47 Nicklas Backstrom 4 - 00:31 Niklas Hjalmarsson 1 - 14:53 Patrice Bergeron 2 - 06:40 Patrice Bergeron 3 - 12:54 Patrick Kane 1 - 09:43 Patrick Kane 2 - 04:18 Patrick Kane 3 - sh - 19:46 Patrick Kane 5 - pp - 02:07 Patrick Kane 6 - en - 19:12 Patrick Marleau 1 - pp - 13:24 Patrick Marleau 3 - 06:59 Patrick Sharp 4 - sh - 06:49 Pavel Datsyuk 2 - 15:53 Pavol Demitra 2 - 04:38 Rob Blake 1 - 03:43 Ryan Clowe 1 - 07:59 Ryan Clowe 2 - 10:32 Ryan O'Reilly 1 - 00:51 Ryan Smyth 1 - 09:21 Scott Nichol 1 - 19:45 Sergei Gonchar 1 - pp - 08:38 Sergei Gonchar 2 - 09:50 Shane Doan 1 - 09:24 Shane O'Brien 1 - 03:44 Shea Weber 1 - 09:52 Shea Weber 2 - 8:40 Sidney Crosby 1 - 08:45 Sidney Crosby 5 - 09:01 Simon Gagne 1 - 14:40 Steve Begin 1 - 02:39 Steve Bernier 1 - pp - 07:33 Steve Bernier 2 - 08:50 Steve Bernier 3 - 09:50 Thomas Vanek 1 - 04:52 Todd Bertuzzi 1 - pp - 15:33 Todd Bertuzzi 2 - pp - 05:40 Tom Pyatt 1 - 02:34 Tomas Holmstrom 4 - 13:33 Tomas Kopecky 2 - 16:24 Tomas Plekanec 3 - pp - 02:25 Travis Zajac 1 - 17:17 Tyler Ennis 1 - en - 18:17 Tyler Myers 1 - 02:55 Valtteri Filppula 3 - 14:42 Vernon Fiddler 1 - 08:23 Ville Leino 1 - 14:20 Wayne Simmonds 2 - 13:18 Wojtek Wolski 1 - pp - 06:15 Wojtek Wolski 2 - 07:05 Zach Parise 1 - sh - 02:45 Dave Bolland 3, Kris Versteeg 3) Brent Seabrook 1 - 07:40
dcterms:subject	Stanley Cup Stanley Cup Playoffs 2010 in ice hockey
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Team	Chicago Blackhawks Philadelphia Flyers New Jersey Devils Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Vancouver Canucks Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals Detroit Red Wings Colorado Avalanche Phoenix Coyotes Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Nashville Predators San Jose Sharks Los Angeles Kings
Date	--04-14 --04-15 --04-16 --04-17 --04-18 --04-19 --04-20 --04-24 --04-25 --04-26 --04-28 --04-29 --04-30 --05-01 --05-02 --05-03 --05-04 --05-06 --05-07 --05-08 --05-11 --05-14 --04-22 --05-05 --05-09 --05-10 --05-12 --04-21 --04-27 --04-23
RD3-score	0 1 2 4
Series	Chicago won series 4–2 Montreal won series 4–3 Pittsburgh won series 4–2 Detroit won series 4–3 Philadelphia won series 4–1 Philadelphia won series 4–3 Boston won series 4–2 San Jose won series 4–1 San Jose won series 4–2 Vancouver won series 4–2
RD2-seed	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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won	1 2
RD2-score	1 2 3 4
OT	1 2 3
Score	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
RD4-seed	2 7 E4 W2
goalie	Antti Niemi 24 saves / 26 shots Antti Niemi 25 saves / 28 shots Semyon Varlamov 18 saves / 21 shots Tuukka Rask 34 saves / 35 shots Tuukka Rask 35 saves / 37 shots Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shots Antti Niemi 29 saves / 30 shots Jimmy Howard 41 saves / 45 shots Jonathan Quick 24 saves / 26 shots Jonathan Quick 25 saves / 28 shots Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 33 shots Tuukka Rask 24 saves / 26 shots Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 23 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 20 saves / 22 shots Jaroslav Halak 38 saves / 39 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 9 saves / 13 shotsBrent Johnson 6 saves / 7 shots Andrew Raycroft 6 saves / 7 shots Antti Niemi 17 saves / 21 shots Antti Niemi 20 saves / 23 shots Antti Niemi 20 saves / 25 shots Antti Niemi 22 saves / 24 shots Antti Niemi 23 saves / 23 shots Antti Niemi 26 saves / 30 shots Antti Niemi 31 saves / 33 shots Antti Niemi 31 saves / 35 shots Antti Niemi 33 saves / 33 shots Brian Boucher 15 saves / 19 shots Brian Boucher 17 saves / 19 shots Brian Boucher 23 saves / 24 shots Brian Boucher 24 saves / 27 shots Brian Boucher 28 saves / 28 shots Brian Boucher 28 saves / 32 shots Brian Boucher 30 saves / 31 shots Brian Boucher 33 saves / 37 shots Brian Boucher 41 saves / 46 shots Brian Boucher 9 saves / 9 shots Brian Elliott 15 saves / 19 shots Brian Elliott 17 saves / 21 shots Brian Elliott 20 saves / 24 shots Brian Elliott 29 saves / 31 shots Carey Price 21 saves / 23 shots Carey Price 3 saves / 3 shots Carey Price 32 saves / 36 shots Craig Anderson 25 saves / 26 shots Craig Anderson 29 saves / 32 shots Craig Anderson 29 saves / 33 shots Craig Anderson 43 saves / 45 shots Craig Anderson 46 saves / 52 shots Craig Anderson 51 saves / 51 shots Cristobal Huet 3 saves / 3 shots Erik Ersberg 2 saves / 4 shots Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 17 shots Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 18 shots Evgeni Nabokov 17 saves / 22 shots Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 28 shots Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 30 shots Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 31 shots Evgeni Nabokov 32 saves / 35 shots Evgeni Nabokov 33 saves / 34 shots Evgeni Nabokov 4 saves / 9 shots Ilya Bryzgalov 25 saves / 28 shots Ilya Bryzgalov 29 saves / 31 shots Ilya Bryzgalov 31 saves / 33 shots Ilya Bryzgalov 32 saves / 35 shots Ilya Bryzgalov 32 saves / 38 shots Ilya Bryzgalov 38 saves / 40 shots Ilya Bryzgalov 44 saves / 50 shots Jaroslav Halak 10 saves / 13 shots Jaroslav Halak 15 saves / 20 shots Jaroslav Halak 23 saves / 24 shots Jaroslav Halak 23 saves / 25 shots Jaroslav Halak 31 saves / 37 shots Jaroslav Halak 33 saves / 35 shots Jaroslav Halak 34 saves / 37 shots Jaroslav Halak 37 saves / 38 shots Jaroslav Halak 37 saves / 39 shots Jaroslav Halak 41 saves / 42 shots Jaroslav Halak 45 saves / 47 shots Jaroslav Halak 53 saves / 54 shots Jimmy Howard 23 saves / 27 shots Jimmy Howard 24 saves / 29 shots Jimmy Howard 27 saves / 31 shots Jimmy Howard 28 saves / 29 shots Jimmy Howard 29 saves / 29 shots Jimmy Howard 29 saves / 33 shots Jimmy Howard 30 saves / 31 shots Jimmy Howard 30 saves / 32 shots Jimmy Howard 32 saves / 33 shots Jimmy Howard 32 saves / 35 shots Johan Backlund 0 saves / 0 shots Jonathan Quick 18 saves / 21 shots Jonathan Quick 21 saves / 26 shots Jonathan Quick 31 saves / 36 shots Jonathan Quick 41 saves / 44 shots Jose Theodore 0 saves / 2 shots Jose Theodore 35 saves / 38 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 18 saves / 18 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 18 saves / 21 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 19 saves / 20 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 21 saves / 25 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 21 saves / 26 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 22 saves / 25 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 26 saves / 30 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 28 saves / 31 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 32 saves / 33 shots Marc-Andre Fleury 40 saves / 44 shots Martin Brodeur 12 saves / 14 shots Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 20 shots Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 28 shots Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 29 shots Martin Brodeur 31 saves / 34 shots Michael Leighton 14 saves / 14 shots Michael Leighton 22 saves / 25 shots Michael Leighton 30 saves / 31 shots Pascal Leclaire 20 saves / 23 shots Pascal Leclaire 39 saves / 43 shots Pascal Leclaire 56 saves / 59 shots Pekka Rinne 25 saves / 26 shots Pekka Rinne 26 saves / 27 shots Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 30 shots Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 31 shots Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 32 shots Pekka Rinne 31 saves / 33 shots Peter Budaj 3 saves / 4 shots Roberto Luongo 12 saves / 16 shots Roberto Luongo 22 saves / 26 shots Roberto Luongo 24 saves / 26 shots Roberto Luongo 25 saves / 27 shots Roberto Luongo 25 saves / 30 shots Roberto Luongo 27 saves / 33 shots Roberto Luongo 29 saves / 30 shots Roberto Luongo 29 saves / 32 shots Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 32 shots Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 35 shots Roberto Luongo 36 saves / 37 shots Ryan Miller 26 saves / 30 shots Ryan Miller 27 saves / 29 shots Ryan Miller 28 saves / 32 shots Ryan Miller 34 saves / 35 shots Ryan Miller 36 saves / 39 shots Ryan Miller 38 saves / 39 shots Semyon Varlamov 14 saves / 16 shots Semyon Varlamov 19 saves / 22 shots Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 27 shots Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 28 shots Semyon Varlamov 36 saves / 39 shots Thomas Greiss 26 saves / 28 shots Tuuka Rask 32 saves / 36 shots Tuukka Rask 23 saves / 27 shots Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 27 shots Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 29 shots Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 30 shots Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 31 shots Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 32 shots Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 34 shots Tuukka Rask 32 saves / 33 shots
RD1-score	0 1 2 3 4
RD2-team	Chicago Blackhawks Philadelphia Flyers New Jersey Devils Boston Bruins Vancouver Canucks Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens San Jose Sharks
RD4-team	Chicago Blackhawks Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins
RD1-team	Chicago Blackhawks Philadelphia Flyers New Jersey Devils Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Vancouver Canucks Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals Detroit Red Wings Colorado Avalanche Phoenix Coyotes Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Nashville Predators San Jose Sharks Los Angeles Kings
RD3-seed	1 2 4 5 7 8
TV	NHL on TSN NHL on Versus
Stadium	Staples Center Joe Louis Arena Pepsi Center Mellon Arena HSBC Arena (Buffalo) Jobing.com Arena Verizon Center Scotiabank Place Bridgestone Arena Prudential Center United Center Bell Centre TD Garden Wachovia Center General Motors Place HP Pavilion at San Jose
RD3-team	Chicago Blackhawks Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens San Jose Sharks
abstract	In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference was matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage, which gives them a possible maximum of four games on their home ice, with the lower-seeded team getting a possible maximum of three. In the Stanley Cup Finals, home ice was determined based on regular season points. Thus, the Chicago Blackhawks had home ice advantage for the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals. Each best-of-seven series followed a 2–2–1–1–1 format. This means that the higher-seeded team had home ice for games 1 and 2 and if necessary, 5 and 7, while the lower-seeded team had home ice for games 3, 4, and if necessary, game 6. After the regular season, the standard of 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Washington Capitals were the Eastern Conference regular season champions and the Presidents' Trophy winners with the best record at 121 points. The San Jose Sharks earned a number 1 seed in the Western Conference with 113 points.