Schedule and 2001 Results
Regular Season Records: Dallas 48-24-8-2=106pts, St. Louis 43-22-12-5=103pts
Game 1 on Friday, 27 April: St. Louis wins at Dallas, 4-goals-2
Game 2 on Sunday, 29 April: St. Louis wins at Dallas, 2-goals-1
Game 3 on Tuesday, 01 May: Dallas loses at St. Louis in 2OT, 3-goals-2
Game 4 on Thursday, 03 May: Dallas loses at St. Louis, 4-goals-1

OVERALL SUBSTANCE: St. Louis sweeps Dallas:
The four-game sweep by St. Louis over Dallas is the 33rd in NHL Qtrs-round best-of-7 series, the 91st in NHL best-of-7 series (all rounds), and the 145th in NHL, NBA, or MLB best-of-7 series.

SERIES NOTES: Game 4: St. Louis defeats Dallas 4-goals-1 to sweep the series 4-games-nil; the four-game sweep is the fifth achieved by St. Louis and the first in the Qtrs round since 1969; the four-game sweep is the first suffered by the Stars since they've been in Dallas and only the second ever (the first was in the 1984 Semis, when the Edmonton Oilers swept the Minnesota North Stars in series 432); St. Louis improves its best-of-7 Qtrs series record to 6-14 (the 14 losses remain an NHL/NBA franchise high), while the best-of-7 Qtrs series record of Dallas falls to 3-2 . . . Game 3: St. Louis defeats Dallas 3-goals-2 in the second overtime to take a 3-games-nil series 834 lead; St. Louis improves its best-of-7 Qtrs Game 3 record to 11-9 (9-3 at home; those 9 home Qtrs Game 3 wins are an NHL/NBA franchise high); Dallas sees its best-of-7 Qtrs Game 3 record fall to 2-3 (2-3 on the road); St. Louis faced a 2-goals-nil deficit as late as 37:58 into regulation -- in the 2369 NHL best-of-7 playoff games from 1939 through 2000, the team trailing by two goals 37:58 into regulation had a 48-495 (.088) game record; St. Louis faced a 2-goals-1 deficit as late as 57:44 into regulation -- in the 2369 NHL best-of-7 playoff games from 1939 through 2000, the team trailing by one goal 57:44 into regulation had a 36-684 (.050) game record . . . Game 2: St. Louis defeated Dallas 2-goals-1 to win Game 2 of series 834; St. Louis improves its best-of-7 Qtrs Game 2 record to 9-11 (3-9 on the road), while the Dallas record in best-of-7 Qtrs Game 2 falls to 2-3 (2-3 at home); in NHL best-of-7 playoff series from 1939 through the 2001 Prelim round, when a team wins Game 1 4-goals-2 and Game 2 2-goals-1, its series record is 2-0 (Montreal in series 133 -- the 1960 NHL Finals; Toronto in series 146 -- the 1962 NHL Semis) . . . Game 1: St. Louis defeated Dallas 4-goals-2 to win Game 1 of series 834; St. Louis improves its best-of-7 Qtrs Game 1 record to 8-12 (4-8 on the road), while the Dallas best-of-7 Qtrs Game 1 record falls to 3-2 (3-2 at home); the last time that St. Louis won Game 1 of a best-of-7 Qtrs series was in 1998, and that victory was also by a 4-goals-2 score . . . Pre-series: Best-of-7 series 834 marks the tenth best-of-7 format meeting between St. Louis and Dallas/Minnesota; when Dallas opens a best-of-7 Qtrs series at home, its series record is 3-1; when St. Louis opens a best-of-7 Qtrs series on the road, its series record is 2-9 (and 0-9 since 1972); in best-of-7 NHL Qtrs-round play, Dallas' home Game 1 record is 3-1 (that of the Minnesota North Stars was 2-0), while St. Louis' road Game 1 record is 3-8; St. Louis' 14 best-of-7 Qtrs-round series losses are an NHL/NBA high -- two ahead of the 12 best-of-7 Qtrs-round series losses by the Atlanta NBA Hawks; in best-of-7 Qtrs-round series play, St. Louis has an 0-8 series record (irrespective of Game 1 site) since 1986; Dallas finished 3 points ahead of the Blues in the regular season -- from 1939-2000, the team finishing 3 regular season points ahead of its best-of-7 playoff opponent had a 9-8 series record (all rounds) and a 3-4 series record (Qtrs only).