here is joe sakic splitting nick lidstrom and chris chelios before scoring on dominik hasek in game 1 of the '02 western conference final

tomas holmstrom ties it up w the most tomas holmstrom goal of all time

milan hejduk from alex tanguay and joe sakic and the avs are up 2-1 in game 1. these two teams were absolutely stacked and im going to continue gifing this series like it's happening live. mute as required

darren mccarty thought he was going to crush rob blake. he was wrong

rookie pavel datsyuk gets it to the net and brett hull finishes it to tie the game at two

kris draper knocks out adam foote w one of the dirtier head shots you'll ever see

darren mccarty w an absolute SNIPE on patrick roy to put the wings up 3-2 in the third

luc robitaille absolutely rides darius kasparaitus into the boards from behind and cant believe he's getting a penalty

darren mccarty cannot be contained

HAT TRICK DARREN MCCARTY

tanguay scores from chris drury and sakic but this one is already over

forsberg lays out detroit's superstar

avs open up the scoring in game 2 and it's tanguay again from forsberg

rob blake just killed a guy

somehow boyd deveraux gets on the ice with pavel datsyuk and brett hull and he scores!

lmao peter forsberg is just picking on darren mccarty

forsberg puts the avs up 2-1 w a redirect using his skate

roy gives it away to maltby for a freebie breakaway and maltby beats him to tie it at two

greg de vries from steven reinprecht and it's 3-2 avs in the third!

lidstrom ties it on the bank shot. patty roy is havin a rough one

peter forsberg rly hates darren mccarty lmao

rob blake takes his turn trying to murder mccarty

aaaaand now foote begins ot by power bombing mccarty lmao

CHRIS DRURY TIES THE SERIES AT ONE

rob blake opens the scoring off a tip on a joe sakic shot

a sergei fedorov shot goes off of roy and then robitaille and it's 1-1 in game three

someone named fredrik olausson wins game three in ot???

steven reinprecht opens the scoring in game four. the avs opened the scoring in every game so far

forsberg hits fedorov from behind

fedorov gets his revenge by intercepting the forsberg pass and scoring on the shorthanded breakaway

mccarty mustve lost 20 years off his life from this series alone

joe sakic puts the avs up one in the third w a classic sakic wrister

chelios wacks forsberg in the head w his stick and tomas holmstrom throws darius kasparaitus' stick into the stands

chris drury scores on a sweet saucer pass from peter forsberg and the series is tied at two

brett hull made it a one goal game w 1.1 seconds remaining

steven reinprecht opens the scoring once again and peter forsberg picks up another assist

and now steven reinprecht has been murdered. rip

hasek doing hasek stuff

yzerman squeaks one by roy to tie game five at one

hasek robs forsberg in the dying seconds of game five to send it to overtime

forsberg wins game 5 in overtime and the avs have a 3-2 series lead

instant classic

DARREN MCCARTY IS BACK BABY

. @brendanshanahan is big mad

lmao the avs r challenging that hasek's stick is too thicc

hasek secures the shutout and we're going to game 7 folk's,,, im nervous

tomas holmstrom opens the scoring early in game 7 w a great tip

fedorov scores soon after on a clapper from the wall to make it 2-0 early

robitaille makes it 3-0 ten minutes into the first off of a sweet feed from igor larionov

holmstrom scores his second goal of the period and it's 4-0 in the first,,,, things arent looking so hot for the avs

roy gets a sarcastic cheer from the detroit crowd and kasparaitus hits maltby after the whistle

brett hull. 5-0

roy gets chased after olausson makes it 6-0

hasek is still in line for a second straight shutout after drury's goal is called off for a kicking motion

datsyuk makes it 7-0 on the final goal of the series

this man will never be the same

couple hall of famers

yzerman takes the clarence campbell trophy straight to the room, concluding this roller coaster ride of a series. this was fun!