Tampa Bay won 4–3. Scott Gomez scored a goal and an assist for the Devils in their 3–1 victory over the Lightning in game four. After the teams each scored once in the first period of game five, neither team scored for four consecutive periods, including two overtime periods. Finally at 11:12 of the third overtime, Grant Marshall scored the series winner for the Devils in a 2–1 victory. Western Conference semifinals (1) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Dallas won three of the five games in this year's regular season series. Game one is the fourth longest playoff game in NHL history. The Mighty Ducks defeated the Stars in six games. In game one, Anaheim gained a 3–1 lead midway through the second period, until Dallas tied the score with 2:47 left in the third period. After four scoreless overtime periods, Petr Sykora scored 48 seconds into the fifth overtime to give the Mighty Ducks a 4–3 victory. Sykora continued his point streak in game two, assisting on all three goals in a 3–2 overtime win for Anaheim. Jere Lehtinen scored twice for Dallas in game three, closing out a 2–1 win on Marty Turco's 31-save performance. In game four, J.S. Giguere stopped all 28 shots he faced and Mike Leclerc scored the only goal in a 1–0 affair for the Mighty Ducks. The Dallas Stars stayed alive in game five, forcing a sixth game with two goals from Niko Kapanen. In game six, the Mighty Ducks closed out the series and were able to move onto the Conference Finals on Sandis Ozolinsh's goal which gave Anaheim a 4–3 lead with 1:06 left in the third period. (4) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Minnesota Wild This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The teams split this year's five-game regular season series. Both teams had come off of 3–1 comebacks in the first round, and fittingly enough, the same thing happened in this series. The Minnesota Wild became the first team in NHL history to come back from being down 3–1 twice in one playoff season to win both series in seven games. In game one, Markus Naslund and Trent Klatt each had a goal an assist in Vancouver's 4–3 victory. Minnesota tied the series in game two via Pascal Dupuis's two assists and Marian Gaborik's