2003 Western Conference Quarterfinals

Detroit
Detroit Red Wings
 
vs.
 
Anaheim
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

2003 Playoffs

Playoffs statistics

NHL teams

Detroit
Red Wings

Red Wings
regular season

Red Wings
transactions

Red Wings
roster

Mighty Ducks
of Anaheim

Mighty Ducks
regular season

Mighty Ducks
transactions

Mighty Ducks
roster

Regular season:
No.2 Detroit 48-20-10-4
No.7 Anaheim 40-27-9-6

Season series:
Red Wings 3-1

Power play:
Detroit 23.8% (1st)
Anaheim 16.1% (16th)

Penalty killing:
Detroit 85.4% (6th)
Anaheim 87.4% (2nd)
 

Game 1, 1-2 (1-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1) Box Score | Recap
Game 2, 2-3 (0-1, 2-0, 0-2) Box Score | Recap
Game 3, 1-2 (0-0, 0-1, 1-1) Box Score | Recap
Game 4, 2-3 (1-1, 0-0, 1-1, 0-1) Box Score | Recap
Anaheim wins series 4-0
*-if necessary

Mighty Ducks Sweep Red Wings

Archived from 2002-03 season.
Steve Rucchin's goal at 6:53 of overtime gave the Anaheim Mighty Ducks a 3-2 victory Wednesday night for a four-game sweep of the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.

The hero of the series, goalie Jean-Seastien Giguere made 32 saves and Jason Krog and Paul Kariya scored the other goals for the Ducks, who had been swept out of the playoffs by Detroit in their only two previous trips to the postseason.

"If you would have asked me at the beginning of the series about a sweep, I would have said, 'No,'" said Giguere, who stopped 32 shots in the Game 4 victory.

The Red Wings, Stanley Cup champions three of the past six years, became just the second defending Cup winner to be swept the following season in a four-game opening series.

"We just did not get it done, not one game," Detroit coach Dave Lewis said. "Their team played hard. One guy (Giguere) did not beat us; he was the difference, but their team beat us."


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