1999 Stanley Cup Finals The 1999 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Eastern Conference champion Buffalo Sabres and the Western Conference champion Dallas Stars . It was the 106th year of the Stanley Cup . The Sabres were led by captain Michael Peca , coach Lindy Ruff and goalie Dominik Hasek . The Stars were led by captain Derian Hatcher , coach Ken Hitchcock and goalie Ed Belfour . It was the Sabres ' second Final appearance , the first being a loss to Philadelphia in 1975 . It was the third appearance for the Stars ' franchise , and their first since moving to Dallas from Minnesota in 1993 . Minnesota lost the finals to the New York Islanders in 1981 and to Pittsburgh in 1991 . Paths to the Final . Buffalo defeated Ottawa , Boston and Toronto to make it to the final . Dallas defeated Edmonton , St . Louis and Colorado to advance to the final . The series . Game one . The opening games was in Dallas and it was the visiting Buffalo Sabres who struck first , winning 3 – 2 in overtime . Dallas led 1 - 0 on a power play goal by Brett Hull , but Stu Barnes and Wayne Primeau scored 5 : 04 apart in the third to give Buffalo a 2 - 1 lead . Jere Lehtinen tied the game in the final minute of the third period , but Jason Woolley scored at 15 : 30 of overtime to give the Sabres the series lead . Scoring Summary . " First Period " Dal Hull 6 ( pp ) ( Modano , Lehtinen ) , 10 : 17 " Second Period " none " Third Period " Buf Barnes 5 ( Juneau , Smehlik ) , 8 : 33 Buf Primeau 3 ( pp ) ( Zhitnik , Smehlik ) , 13 : 37 Dal Lehtinen 8 ( Modano , Zubov ) , 19 : 11 " Overtime " Buf Woolley 4 ( Brown ) , 15 : 30 Game two . Dallas struck back in the second game , winning 4 – 2 . After a scoreless opening period , the teams traded goals in the middle frame . Craig Ludwig ' s first goal in 102 playoff games gave Dallas its first lead of the game in the third period , but Alexei Zhitnik tied the game 71 seconds later . Brett Hull scored on a slap shot with 2 : 50 remaining in the game , and Derian Hatcher ' s empty net goal sealed the win for Dallas , and evened the series at 1 game apiece . Mike Modano left the game with approximately ten minutes to play after suffering a broken wrist . Scoring Summary . " First Period " No scoring " Second Period " Buf Peca 5 ( pp ) ( Woolley , Satan ) , 7 : 22 . Dal Langenbrunner 10 ( Matvichuk , Nieuwendyk ) , 18 : 26 . " Third Period " Dal Ludwig 1 ( Skrudland ) , 4 : 25 . Buf Zhitnik 4 ( power play ) ( unassisted ) , 5 : 36 . Dal Hull 7 ( Hrkac , Chambers ) , 17 : 10 . Dal Hatcher 1 ( empty net ) ( Zubov ) , 19 : 34 . Game three . The series shifted to Buffalo for games three and four . It was the visiting Dallas Stars turn to win one on the road , winning 2 – 1 . With Modano hampered by his wrist injury , and Hull leaving the game with a groin injury , Joe Nieuwendyk ' s two goals , including his seventh game - winner of the playoffs , led Dallas to the win . Scoring Summary . " First Period " No scoring " Second Period " Buf Barnes 6 ( Smehlik , B Holzinger ) , 7 : 51 . Dal Nieuwendyk 10 ( Reid , Langenbrunner ) , 15 : 33 . " Third Period " Dal Nieuwendyk 11 ( Langenbrunner , Reid ) , 9 : 35 . Game four . Facing a two games to one deficit in the series and a must - win situation in game four , the Sabres came through with a 2 – 1 victory . Scoring Summary . " First Period " Buf Sanderson 4 ( unassisted ) , 8 : 09 . Dal Lehtinen 9 ( power play ) ( Modano , Hatcher ) , 10 : 14 . " Second Period " Buf Ward 7 ( unassisted ) , 7 : 37 . " Third Period " No scoring . Game five . With the series tied at two games apiece and returning to Dallas , Ed Belfour made 23 saves to shut out the Sabres , and move Dallas within one win of the Stanley Cup . Scoring Summary . " First Period " No scoring . " Second Period " Dal Sydor 3 ( power play ) ( Modano , Zubov ) , 2 : 23 . " Third Period " Dal Verbeek 3 ( Matvichuk , Modano ) , 15 : 21 . Game six . The series shifted back to Marine Midland Arena for the sixth game on June 19 , 1999 , where the Dallas Stars would seek their first Stanley Cup , while the Buffalo Sabres would fight for a win to extend the series to a seventh and final game . Dallas , which allowed the first goal in the earlier two games played at Marine Midland Arena , took a 1 - 0 lead on one of its few scoring chances in the first period when Lehtinen scored his tenth goal of the playoffs at 8 : 09 . The Sabres tied the game with their first goal since the third period of Game 4 when Barnes ' wrist shot eluded Belfour with 1 : 39 to play in the second period . The game remained tied at 1 through the third period and the first two overtime periods , despite several chances by both teams to score . In the third overtime period , Brett Hull scored on a rebound from the edge of the crease over a sprawling Dominik Hasek to end the series and award Dallas their first Stanley Cup . Scoring Summary . " First Period " Dal Lehtinen 10 ( Modano , Ludwig ) , 8 : 09 . " Second Period " Buf Barnes 7 ( Primeau , Zhitnik ) , 18 : 21 . " Third Period " No scoring . " First Overtime " No scoring . " Second Overtime " No scoring . " Third Overtime " Dal Hull 8 ( Lehtinen , Modano ) , 14 : 51 . " No Goal " . The phrase is associated with a controversial goal scored by Brett Hull of the Dallas Stars in the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals . When Hull scored his series - clinching goal in triple overtime of game six , his foot was in the crease but the puck was not . During the middle of the season , the NHL sent out a memo clarifying the " skate in the crease " rule that allowed goals in instances where the goalscorer established possession of the puck prior to entering the crease . On this play , Hull kicked the puck with his left skate ( while still outside of the crease ) into a shooting position . Because of that action , he became the possessor of the puck prior to his skate entering the crease , which the NHL determined made the goal legitimate . Others have pointed out that similar plays were called differently during the regular season . Many Buffalo fans felt that this call was incorrectly made and the term " No Goal ! " became their rallying cry . Hull ' s goal ended the series , and the Stars were awarded the Cup . In 1999 , it was illegal to score a goal if an offensive player ' s skate entered the crease before the puck did . At the time , even " The Dallas Morning News " hockey writer Keith Gave questioned the legality of the goal . NHL officials , however , maintained that Hull ' s two shots at the goal constituted a single possession of the puck since the puck deflected off Hasek , and their ruling stood , citing that they were going to change the rule the following year anyway . Al Strachan , Hockey Writer of the Toronto Sun , and all time NHL scoring leader Wayne Gretzky are on record as saying that the goal was legally scored and should have stood . NHL Director of Officiating Bryan Lewis said there was no crease violation because " Hull had possession of the puck when his skate entered the crease . " Miscellaneous . The Dallas Stars in 1999 were the only team to win the Stanley Cup other than the New Jersey Devils , the Colorado Avalanche , and the Detroit Red Wings between 1995 and 2003 .