Road To The Finals
For more details on this topic, see 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs. See also: 2003–04 Calgary Flames season and 2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning seasonTampa Bay defeated the New York Islanders 4-1, the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 to advance to the Finals.
Calgary had beaten the Western Conference's top three seeded teams, the Vancouver Canucks 4-3, the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 and the San Jose Sharks 4-2, in that order, bringing Canadian teams to the Finals after 10 years, when Vancouver lost to the New York Rangers.
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