1989 Stanley Cup playoffs

1989 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
Dates	April 5–May 25, 1989
Teams	16
Defending champions	Edmonton Oilers
Final positions
Champions	Calgary Flames
Runner-up	Montreal Canadiens
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Al MacInnis (Flames) (31 points)
MVP	Al MacInnis (Flames)
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The 1989 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 5, after the conclusion of the 1988–89 NHL season. This was the final year that all of the Division Semifinals began with teams playing the first four games in a span of five days. The playoffs concluded on May 25 with the champion Calgary Flames defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 to win the Stanley Cup Finals four games to two.

It remains the last time that the Cup Finals was contested between two Canadian hockey teams. Montreal finished the regular season with 115 points, only two behind the league leader Calgary. They had last faced each other in 1986, with Montreal winning in five games. Calgary was only the second opposing team in NHL history to win a Stanley Cup at the Montreal Forum (the New York Rangers defeated the Montreal Maroons in 1928) and the first and only to do so against the Canadiens. Flames defenceman Al MacInnis won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, while Lanny McDonald, who ended the regular season with exactly 500 goals, got his name on the Cup in his last NHL game. Flames co-owner Sonia Scurfield became the first Canadian woman to have her name inscribed on the Stanley Cup.

Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings met the defending champion Oilers in the first round. The Kings defeated the defending Stanley Cup champions after falling behind 3–1. However, they were swept by the eventual champion Calgary Flames in four games the next round.

Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall became the first goaltender to actually score a goal in the playoffs, a shorthanded, empty-net goal in Game 5 of the Patrick Division Semifinal against the Washington Capitals. One round later, Mario Lemieux equaled four NHL-records (most goals in a game, most goals in a period, most points in a game, and most points in a period) by scoring five goals and eight points in a 10–7 Pittsburgh win in game five of the Patrick Division Finals. Hextall then made headlines in the Wales Conference Finals, attacking Montreal's Chris Chelios in the late stages of Game 6 as retribution for Chelios' unpenalized hit on Flyers forward Brian Propp in game one. Hextall received a 12-game suspension at the start of the 1989–90 season for his actions.

Former Flyers head coach Mike Keenan led Chicago to the Campbell Conference finals in his first year behind the bench. The Blackhawks had 66 points, the fewest points of any playoff team this season, yet they upset first place Detroit and then St. Louis before losing to Calgary.^[1]^[2]

Playoff seeds

The top four teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, as follows:

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

Montreal Canadiens, Adams Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 115 points
Boston Bruins – 88 points
Buffalo Sabres – 83 points
Hartford Whalers – 79 points

Patrick Division

Washington Capitals, Patrick Division champions – 92 points
Pittsburgh Penguins – 87 points
New York Rangers – 82 points
Philadelphia Flyers – 80 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

Detroit Red Wings, Norris Division champions – 80 points
St. Louis Blues – 78 points
Minnesota North Stars – 70 points
Chicago Blackhawks – 66 points

Smythe Division

Calgary Flames, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 117 points
Los Angeles Kings – 91 points
Edmonton Oilers – 84 points
Vancouver Canucks – 74 points

Playoff bracket

In the division semifinals, the fourth seeded team in each division played against the division winner from their division. The other series matched the second and third place teams from the divisions. The two winning teams from each division's semifinals then met in the division finals. The two division winners of each conference then played in the conference finals. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.

In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). Home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record, and played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary); the other team then played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).

A1

Montreal

4

A4

Hartford

0

A1

Montreal

4

A2

Boston

1

A2

Boston

4

A3

Buffalo

1

A1

Montreal

4

Prince of Wales Conference

P4

Philadelphia

2

P1

Washington

2

P4

Philadelphia

4

P4

Philadelphia

4

P2

Pittsburgh

3

P2

Pittsburgh

4

P3

NY Rangers

0

A1

Montreal

2

S1

Calgary

4

N1

Detroit

2

N4

Chicago

4

N4

Chicago

4

N2

St. Louis

1

N2

St. Louis

4

N3

Minnesota

1

N4

Chicago

1

Clarence Campbell Conference

S1

Calgary

4

S1

Calgary

4

S4

Vancouver

3

S1

Calgary

4

S2

Los Angeles

0

S2

Los Angeles

4

S3

Edmonton

3

Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams, and were meeting for the second straight year. Montreal won all three previous meetings, including last year's Adams Division Semifinals in six games.

April 5	Hartford Whalers		2–6	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Ray Ferraro (1) – 14:59		First period		12:09 – pp – Mike Keane (1) 16:24 – Bobby Smith (1)
Scott Young (1) – 16:55		Second period		03:59 – sh – Ryan Walter (1)
No scoring		Third period		06:25 – Mike McPhee (1) 08:02 – pp – Mats Naslund (1) 17:50 – Brian Skrudland (1)
Kay Whitmore 27 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 25 saves / 27 shots

April 6	Hartford Whalers		2–3	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		00:36 – Brian Skrudland (2) 17:02 – pp – Bobby Smith (2) 18:25 – Mike McPhee (2)
Scott Young (2) – 07:03 Paul MacDermid (1) – 14:10		Third period		No scoring
Peter Sidorkiewicz 14 saves / 17 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 27 saves / 29 shots

April 8	Montreal Canadiens		5–4	OT	Hartford Whalers	Hartford Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			17:00 – pp – Grant Jennings (1)
Bobby Smith (3) – 10:47		Second period			00:56 – Kevin Dineen (1)
Russ Courtnall (1) – 04:10 Donald Dufresne (1) – 04:38 Guy Carbonneau (1) – 15:28		Third period			12:52 – sh – Dean Evason (1) 15:54 – Brad Shaw (1)
Stephane Richer (1) – 05:01		First overtime period			No scoring
Brian Hayward 23 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Peter Sidorkiewicz 23 saves / 28 shots

April 9	Montreal Canadiens		4–3	OT	Hartford Whalers	Hartford Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			19:04 – Ray Ferraro (2)
Mats Naslund (2) – 01:59 Stephane Richer (2) – 07:08		Second period			No scoring
Bobby Smith (4) – pp – 02:56		Third period			05:29 – Dave Babych (1) 14:55 – Brian Lawton (1)
Russ Courtnall (2) – 15:12		First overtime period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 43 saves / 46 shots		Goalie stats			Kay Whitmore 36 saves / 40 shots

Montreal won series 4–0

(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams, and were meeting for the second straight year. Boston won all three previous meetings, including last year's Adams Division Semifinals in six games.

April 5	Buffalo Sabres		6–0	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Mike Foligno (1) – pp – 05:54 Rick Vaive (1) – pp – 13:42		First period		No scoring
Scott Arniel (1) – sh – 06:38 Pierre Turgeon (1) – pp – 17:41 Mike Ramsey (1) – pp – 18:17		Second period		No scoring
Mike Foligno (2) – sh – 12:51		Third period		No scoring
Jacques Cloutier 29 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Rejean Lemelin 13 saves / 19 shots

April 6	Buffalo Sabres		3–5	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Mike Foligno (3) – 01:20 Pierre Turgeon (2) – 03:08 Pierre Turgeon (3) – 03:35		Second period		06:24 – pp – Cam Neely (1) 19:25 – sh – Greg Johnston (1)
No scoring		Third period		01:08 – Craig Janney (1) 01:56 – pp – Bobby Carpenter (1) 15:42 – Ray Neufeld (1)
Clint Malarchuk 27 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 14 saves / 17 shots

April 8	Boston Bruins		4–2	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Randy Burridge (1) – 16:53		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Cam Neely (2) – 05:45 Cam Neely (3) – pp – 14:54 Bob Sweeney (1) – en – 19:59		Third period		08:00 – pp – Rick Vaive (2) 10:27 – Phil Housley (1)
Andy Moog 36 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats		Jacques Cloutier 24 saves / 27 shots

April 9	Boston Bruins		3–2	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Randy Burridge (2) – pp – 07:07		First period		17:06 – pp – Doug Bodger (1)
Craig Janney (2) – 06:27 Cam Neely (4) – 15:32		Second period		03:18 – Mark Napier (1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Rejean Lemelin 22 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Jacques Cloutier 18 saves / 21 shots

April 11	Buffalo Sabres		1–4	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		08:39 – sh – Randy Burridge (3) 11:26 – Ray Neufeld (2) 13:04 – pp – Cam Neely (5)
Grant Ledyard (1) – 05:23		Third period		14:32 – Craig Janney (3)
Jacques Cloutier 26 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 22 saves / 23 shots

Boston won series 4–1

(P1) Washington Capitals vs. (P4) Philadelphia Flyers

This was the second straight and third overall playoff series between these two teams. Washington won both prior meetings, including last year's Patrick Division Semifinals in seven games.

April 5	Philadelphia Flyers		2–3	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
Brian Propp (1) – 07:49 Tim Kerr (1) – pp – 11:52		First period		14:49 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (1)
No scoring		Second period		12:24 – Michal Pivonka (1) 13:59 – Lou Franceschetti (1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Ron Hextall 33 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats		Pete Peeters 27 saves / 29 shots

April 6	Philadelphia Flyers		3–2	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		19:59 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (1)
Keith Acton (1) – 07:08 Brian Propp (2) – pp – 11:25 Brian Propp (3) – pp – 19:09		Third period		02:40 – Geoff Courtnall (2)
Ron Hextall 19 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Pete Peeters 23 saves / 26 shots

April 8	Washington Capitals		4–3	OT	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
Bob Rouse (1) – 08:16		First period			05:19 – pp – Rick Tocchet (1)
Stephen Leach (1) – pp – 16:15		Second period			03:47 – Scott Mellanby (1)
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1) – pp – 12:15		Third period			05:30 – Brian Propp (4)
Kelly Miller (1) – 00:51		First overtime period			No scoring
Pete Peeters 21 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Ron Hextall 40 saves / 44 shots

April 9	Washington Capitals		2–5	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		03:41 – pp – Tim Kerr (2) 08:54 – Dave Poulin (1) 12:01 – Gord Murphy (1) 19:00 – pp – Rick Tocchet (2)
Dino Ciccarelli (2) – pp – 10:03 Michal Pivonka (2) – sh – 11:32		Third period		02:11 – Scott Mellanby (2)
Pete Peeters 26 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Ron Hextall 30 saves / 32 shots

April 11	Philadelphia Flyers		8–5	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
Rick Tocchet (3) – 03:32 Mike Bullard (1) – 09:35		First period		03:11 – Bob Rouse (2) 15:53 – pp – Dave Christian (1)
Tim Kerr (3) – 08:57 Tim Kerr (4) – pp – 14:32		Second period		04:41 – Michal Pivonka (3) 12:31 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (3)
Brian Propp (5) – 08:03 Pelle Eklund (1) – pp – 13:52 Kjell Samuelsson (1) – 16:32 Ron Hextall (1) – sh-en – 18:58		Third period		05:35 – pp – Calle Johansson (1)
Ron Hextall 29 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Pete Peeters 18 saves / 25 shots

April 13	Washington Capitals		3–4	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
Kevin Hatcher (1) – pp – 07:02		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		05:21 – sh – Brian Propp (6) 15:42 – pp – Gord Murphy (2)
Scott Stevens (1) – 03:28 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2) – 13:13		Third period		07:27 – Rick Tocchet (4) 16:42 – Rick Tocchet (5)
Pete Peeters 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Ron Hextall 31 saves / 34 shots

Philadelphia won series 4–2

(P2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P3) New York Rangers

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

April 5	New York Rangers		1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Tomas Sandstrom (1) – pp – 19:34		First period		12:34 – pp – Paul Coffey (1)
No Scoring		Second period		No Scoring
No Scoring		Third period		10:21 – pp – Paul Coffey (2) 13:16 – Dan Quinn (1)
Bob Froese 35 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats		Tom Barrasso 26 saves / 27 shots

April 6	New York Rangers		4–7	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Guy Lafleur (1) – pp – 06:36 Brian Leetch (1) – pp – 14:29		First period		03:06 – Kevin Stevens (1) 03:35 – Rob Brown (1) 04:37 – Jock Callander (1) 07:51 – Phil Bourque (1) 12:48 – Randy Cunneyworth (1)
No scoring		Second period		13:52 – pp – Zarley Zalapski (1)
John Ogrodnick (1) – pp – 06:15 Carey Wilson (1) – 07:54		Third period		18:54 – en – Mario Lemieux (1)
Bob Froese 8 saves / 13 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 23 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Tom Barrasso 32 saves / 36 shots

April 8	Pittsburgh Penguins		5–3	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Mario Lemieux (2) – pp – 07:24 John Cullen (1) – 15:25		First period		08:28 – Tony Granato (1)
Kevin Stevens (2) – 09:06 Dan Quinn (2) – pp – 18:45		Second period		No scoring
Dan Quinn (3) – 04:25		Third period		02:24 – John Ogrodnick (2) 13:23 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (2)
Tom Barrasso 43 saves / 46 shots		Goalie stats		John Vanbiesbrouck 25 saves / 30 shots

April 9	Pittsburgh Penguins		4–3	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Mario Lemieux (3) – pp – 07:27 Phil Bourque (2) – 07:53 Phil Bourque (3) – 11:03		First period		No scoring
Rob Brown (2) – 14:33		Second period		02:18 – Tomas Sandstrom (3)
No scoring		Third period		06:15 – Brian Leetch (2) 19:49 – pp – Brian Leetch (3)
Tom Barrasso 46 saves / 49 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Richter 26 saves / 30 shots

Pittsburgh won series 4–0

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N4) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the 12th playoff series between these two teams. Chicago lead the all-time meetings 6–5. Detroit won their most recent meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1987 Norris Division Semifinals.

April 5	Chicago Blackhawks		2–3	Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		15:15 – Petr Klima (1) 18:09 – Dave Barr (1)
Adam Creighton (1) – pp – 12:00		Second period		16:20 – Dave Barr (2)
Denis Savard (1) – 09:30		Third period		No scoring
Alain Chevrier 27 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Stefan 21 saves / 23 shots

April 6	Chicago Blackhawks		5–4	OT	Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Dirk Graham (1) – pp – 08:49 Denis Savard (2) – 09:59		First period			06:09 – Steve Yzerman (1) 11:48 – pp – Steve Yzerman (2)
Adam Creighton (2) – pp – 05:08 Wayne Presley (1) – sh – 13:50		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			07:01 – Steve Yzerman (3) 17:31 – Steve Chiasson (1)
Duane Sutter (1) – 14:36		First overtime period			No scoring
Alain Chevrier 39 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats			Greg Stefan 38 saves / 43 shots

April 8	Detroit Red Wings		2–4	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Dave Barr (3) – pp – 04:46		First period		No scoring
Steve Chiasson (2) – pp – 02:21		Second period		01:27 – Adam Creighton (3) 17:07 – pp – Doug Wilson (1)
No scoring		Third period		01:34 – pp – Denis Savard (3) 03:45 – Troy Murray (1)
Glen Hanlon 31 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats		Alain Chevrier 14 saves / 16 shots

April 9	Detroit Red Wings		2–3	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:09 – pp – Bob Murray (1)
Steve Yzerman (4) – pp – 02:16		Second period		00:52 – Greg Gilbert (1)
Shawn Burr (1) – 15:00		Third period		10:16 – Duane Sutter (2)
Greg Stefan 30 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Alain Chevrier 36 saves / 38 shots

April 11	Chicago Blackhawks		4–6	Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Adam Creighton (4) – pp – 12:34 Steve Larmer (1) – 16:44		First period		00:52 – Steve Yzerman (5) 06:00 – Gerard Gallant (1) 17:26 – Paul MacLean (1)
Wayne Presley (2) – sh – 04:26		Second period		No scoring
Steve Konroyd (1) – sh – 01:05		Third period		07:23 – pp – Petr Klima (2) 08:22 – John Chabot (1) 19:29 – Torrie Robertson (1)
Alain Chevrier 23 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Stefan 25 saves / 29 shots

April 13	Detroit Red Wings		1–7	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Lee Norwood (1) – pp – 06:21		First period		18:39 – pp – Steve Larmer (2)
No scoring		Second period		07:03 – Steve Larmer (3) 07:29 – Wayne Presley (3) 11:49 – pp – Troy Murray (2)
No scoring		Third period		07:29 – pp – Wayne Presley (4) 11:05 – sh – Wayne Presley (5) 18:49 – Denis Savard (4)
Greg Stefan 19 saves / 23 shots Glen Hanlon 9 saves / 12 shots		Goalie stats		Alain Chevrier 18 saves / 19 shots

Chicago won series 4–2

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Minnesota North Stars

This was the eighth playoff series meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won four of the prior seven meetings. The most recent meeting was won by St. Louis 3–2 in the 1986 Norris Division Semifinals.

April 5	Minnesota North Stars		3–4	OT	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
Bob Brooke (1) – 16:16		First period			No scoring
Bob Brooke (2) – 15:10		Second period			06:41 – Gordie Roberts (1) 18:45 – pp – Cliff Ronning (1)
Bob Brooke (3) – 17:25		Third period			02:58 – Peter Zezel (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			11:55 – Brett Hull (1)
Jon Casey 42 saves / 46 shots		Goalie stats			Greg Millen 34 saves / 37 shots

April 6	Minnesota North Stars		3–4	OT	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
Stew Gavin (1) – 01:36 Brian Bellows (1) – pp – 10:20 Neal Broten (1) – pp – 16:19		First period			12:56 – pp – Brett Hull (2)
No scoring		Second period			13:17 – Rick Meagher (1)
No scoring		Third period			18:16 – Paul Cavallini (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			05:30 – Rick Meagher (2)
Kari Takko 28 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Greg Millen 29 saves / 32 shots

April 8	St. Louis Blues		5–3	Minnesota North Stars	Met Center	Recap
Peter Zezel (2) – 04:44 Doug Evans (1) – 06:21 Brett Hull (3) – 12:14		First period		No scoring
Brett Hull (4) – 06:56		Second period		04:04 – pp – Brian Bellows (2) 04:50 – Stew Gavin (2)
Greg Paslawski (1) – pp – 01:06		Third period		08:33 – sh – Neal Broten (2)
Greg Millen 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Jon Casey 11 saves / 15 shots Kari Takko 4 saves / 5 shots

April 9	St. Louis Blues		4–5	Minnesota North Stars	Met Center	Recap
Peter Zezel (3) – sh – 03:19		First period		No scoring
Bernie Federko (1) – pp – 01:04		Second period		15:28 – Stew Gavin (3)
Bernie Federko (2) – 02:28 Herb Raglan (1) – 12:02		Third period		02:36 – Perry Berezan (1) 06:24 – Dusan Pasek (1) 16:45 – Marc Habscheid (1) 19:53 – Don Barber (1)
Greg Millen 22 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Jon Casey 26 saves / 30 shots

April 11	Minnesota North Stars		1–6	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Frantisek Musil (1) – 06:40		Second period		07:07 – Peter Zezel (4) 08:47 – pp – Peter Zezel (5) 09:48 – Rod Brind'Amour (1) 16:01 – Rick Meagher (3)
No scoring		Third period		01:50 – Sergio Momesso (1) 06:10 – Peter Zezel (6)
Jon Casey 26 saves / 30 shots Kari Takko 16 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 23 saves / 24 shots

St. Louis won series 4–1

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Vancouver Canucks

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Calgary won two of the previous three meetings, including their most recent meeting 3–1 in the 1984 Smythe Division Semifinals.

Calgary defeated Vancouver in seven games. This was the first of three consecutive series between these two teams that ended in overtime of game seven (with the winner of all three series making it to the Stanley Cup Finals). The seventh game went into overtime with both teams having great chances to win the game. The best of these chances was a breakaway for Canucks' captain Stan Smyl who was stopped by Calgary goaltender Mike Vernon. Joel Otto scored the series winner at 19:21 of the first overtime after Jim Peplinski banked it in off Otto's skate to send the Flames into the Smythe Division Final.^[3]

April 5	Vancouver Canucks		4–3	OT	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Greg Adams (1) – 06:21		First period			08:24 – Mark Hunter (1)
Robert Nordmark (1) – 04:20		Second period			01:59 – pp – Joe Mullen (1) 15:30 – Jamie Macoun (1)
Petri Skriko (1) – 08:41		Third period			No scoring
Paul Reinhart (1) – 02:47		First overtime period			No scoring
Kirk McLean 43 saves / 46 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Vernon 27 saves / 31 shots

April 6	Vancouver Canucks		2–5	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period		08:20 – sh – Joel Otto (1) 19:59 – Colin Patterson (1)
Greg Adams (2) – 15:56		Second period		03:20 – Theoren Fleury (1) 12:25 – pp – Doug Gilmour (1)
Brian Bradley (1) – pp – 17:18		Third period		09:42 – pp – Hakan Loob (1)
Kirk McLean 24 saves / 28 shots Steve Weeks 8 saves / 9 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 23 saves / 25 shots

April 8	Calgary Flames		4–0	Vancouver Canucks	Pacific Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Hakan Loob (2) – 02:04 Joe Nieuwendyk (1) – pp – 11:24		Second period		No scoring
Joe Mullen (2) – 01:42 Hakan Loob (3) – 03:36		Third period		No scoring
Mike Vernon 21 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Kirk McLean 11 saves / 15 shots

April 9	Calgary Flames		3–5	Vancouver Canucks	Pacific Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		11:01 – pp – Mel Bridgman (1)
No scoring		Second period		07:33 – pp – Trevor Linden (1) 19:43 – Brian Bradley (2)
Joel Otto (2) – pp – 06:18 Theoren Fleury (2) – pp – 15:02 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – pp – 19:39		Third period		01:19 – pp – Paul Reinhart (2) 17:05 – pp – Robert Nordmark (2)
Mike Vernon 16 saves / 19 shots Rick Wamsley 8 saves / 10 shots		Goalie stats		Steve Weeks 27 saves / 30 shots

April 11	Vancouver Canucks		0–4	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:37 – Joe Nieuwendyk (3)
No scoring		Second period		09:51 – Mark Hunter (2)
No scoring		Third period		01:04 – Hakan Loob (4) 19:25 – Joe Mullen (3)
Steve Weeks 36 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 18 saves / 18 shots

April 13	Calgary Flames		3–6	Vancouver Canucks	Pacific Coliseum	Recap
Al MacInnis (1) – pp – 15:50		First period		No scoring
Jim Peplinski (1) – 09:29		Second period		02:32 – sh – Trevor Linden (2) 17:26 – Jim Sandlak (1) 19:29 – Rich Sutter (1) 19:44 – Garth Butcher (1)
Hakan Loob (5) – sh – 05:16		Third period		14:23 – Brian Bradley (3) 19:16 – en – Rich Sutter (2)
Mike Vernon 19 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Kirk McLean 29 saves / 32 shots

April 15	Vancouver Canucks		3–4	OT	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Robert Nordmark (3) – pp – 12:46		First period			09:39 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (4) 18:01 – Gary Roberts (1)
Trevor Linden (3) – pp – 02:04		Second period			19:25 – pp – Joe Mullen (4)
Doug Lidster (1) – 07:12		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			19:21 – Joel Otto (3)
Kirk McLean 42 saves / 46 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Vernon 42 saves / 45 shots

Calgary won series 4–3

(S2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between the Oilers and Kings, and the first since Wayne Gretzky was traded to the Kings. Edmonton won two of the past three playoff series, including the most recent in the 1987 Smythe Division Semifinals in five games.

April 5	Edmonton Oilers		4–3	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
Tomas Jonsson (1) – pp – 16:54		First period		01:01 – pp – Chris Kontos (1)
Charlie Huddy (1) – pp – 13:58		Second period		19:33 – pp – Steve Duchesne (1)
Esa Tikkanen (1) – 16:06 Craig Simpson (1) – 17:13		Third period		02:55 – pp – Mike Krushelnyski (1)
Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Glenn Healy 31 saves / 35 shots

April 6	Edmonton Oilers		2–5	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		10:01 – pp – Chris Kontos (2)
Mark Messier (1) – 07:36 Tomas Jonsson (2) – pp – 17:50		Second period		08:00 – Bernie Nicholls (1) 08:00 – Chris Kontos (3) 15:52 – Wayne Gretzky (1)
No scoring		Third period		01:20 – pp – Chris Kontos (4)
Grant Fuhr 39 saves / 44 shots		Goalie stats		Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 22 shots

April 8	Los Angeles Kings		0–4	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		15:00 – pp – Jimmy Carson (1) 15:16 – Steve Smith (1)
No scoring		Second period		02:24 – sh – Jari Kurri (1) 03:35 – Jari Kurri (2)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Kelly Hrudey 10 saves / 14 shots Glenn Healy 3 saves / 3 shots		Goalie stats		Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 26 shots

April 9	Los Angeles Kings		3–4	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Steve Duchesne (2) – 07:11		First period		04:47 – Charlie Huddy (2) 17:39 – Jimmy Carson (2)
Chris Kontos (5) – pp – 05:20 Tom Laidlaw (1) – 18:14		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		05:16 – Normand Lacombe (1) 19:34 – Steve Smith (2)
Kelly Hrudey 28 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 29 shots

April 11	Edmonton Oilers		2–4	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		06:24 – pp – Chris Kontos (6)
Glenn Anderson (1) – pp – 07:38		Second period		05:32 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (2) 09:44 – Luc Robitaille (1)
Normand Lacombe (2) – 15:55		Third period		18:43 – Wayne Gretzky (2)
Grant Fuhr 39 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats		Kelly Hrudey 32 saves / 34 shots

April 13	Los Angeles Kings		4–1	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		00:33 – Randy Gregg (1)
Mike Allison (1) – 16:22		Second period		No scoring
Jim Wiemer (1) – 04:14 Chris Kontos (7) – 08:19 Luc Robitaille (2) – 12:13		Third period		No scoring
Kelly Hrudey 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Grant Fuhr 25 saves / 29 shots

April 15	Edmonton Oilers		3–6	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
Jari Kurri (3) – 04:48		First period		00:52 – Wayne Gretzky (3) 11:56 – pp – Chris Kontos (8)
Craig Simpson (2) – pp – 00:34 Kevin Lowe (1) – 07:48		Second period		06:51 – Bernie Nicholls (3) 16:23 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (4)
No scoring		Third period		14:50 – pp – Dale Degray (1) 18:25 – sh-en – Wayne Gretzky (4)
Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Kelly Hrudey 31 saves / 34 shots

Los Angeles won series 4–3

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A2) Boston Bruins

This was the 24th playoff series between these two teams. Montreal lead 20–3 in all-time playoff meetings. Boston won last year's Adams Division Finals in five games.

April 17	Boston Bruins		2–3	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
John Carter (1) – 04:39		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		03:42 – Russ Courtnall (3) 18:37 – Mike Keane (2)
Bob Sweeney (2) – 15:57		Third period		00:46 – Claude Lemieux (1)
Andy Moog 12 saves / 15 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 26 saves / 28 shots

April 19	Boston Bruins		2–3	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:36 – pp – Claude Lemieux (2)
Bob Joyce (1) – 10:56		Second period			No scoring
Randy Burridge (4) – 02:43		Third period			13:48 – Brent Gilchrist (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			12:24 – Bobby Smith (5)
Rejean Lemelin 38 saves / 41 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 27 saves / 29 shots

April 21	Montreal Canadiens		5–4	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Stephane Richer (3) – 04:06		First period		No scoring
Mats Naslund (3) – 01:59 Petr Svoboda (1) – 13:32		Second period		14:09 – Bob Joyce (2) 17:52 – Bob Joyce (3)
Mike McPhee (3) – 05:27 Russ Courtnall (4) – 13:52		Third period		03:13 – Craig Janney (4) 10:45 – pp – Cam Neely (6)
Patrick Roy 22 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Rejean Lemelin 23 saves / 28 shots

April 23	Montreal Canadiens		2–3	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		16:28 – Randy Burridge (5)
Russ Courtnall (5) – 03:57		Second period		14:54 – Cam Neely (7) 15:01 – Michael Thelven (1)
Brian Skrudland (3) – 00:12		Third period		No scoring
Brian Hayward 24 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 14 saves / 16 shots

April 25	Boston Bruins		2–3	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Bob Joyce (4) – 15:37		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		04:13 – Chris Chelios (1) 09:50 – Shayne Corson (1)
Bob Joyce (5) – 07:31		Third period		04:14 – Stephane Richer (4)
Andy Moog 24 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 22 saves / 24 shots

Montreal won series 4–1

(P2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P4) Philadelphia Flyers

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

In Game 5, Mario Lemieux, listed as questionable before the game due to his neck, tied four NHL playoff records for goals in one period (4), goals in a game (5), points in a game (8) and points in a period (4).^[4]

April 17	Philadelphia Flyers		3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Dave Poulin (2) – sh – 10:01 Tim Kerr (5) – pp – 17:29		First period		12:44 – pp – Mario Lemieux (4)
Brian Propp (7) – pp – 03:54		Second period		07:44 – pp – Dan Quinn (4) 08:17 – John Cullen (2)
No scoring		Third period		13:26 – Rob Brown (3)
Ron Hextall 25 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Tom Barrasso 27 saves / 30 shots

April 19	Philadelphia Flyers		4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Tim Kerr (6) – pp – 06:50 Tim Kerr (7) – 12:09 Tim Kerr (8) – pp – 18:13		First period		03:06 – pp – Dan Quinn (5)
Brian Propp (8) – 19:36		Second period		14:22 – sh – Mario Lemieux (5)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Ron Hextall 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Wendell Young 10 saves / 11 shots Tom Barrasso 6 saves / 9 shots

April 21	Pittsburgh Penguins		4–3	OT	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
Mario Lemieux (6) – pp – 12:07		First period			No scoring
Dan Quinn (6) – pp – 04:39 Jock Callander (2) – 18:15		Second period			08:17 – Keith Acton (2) 13:27 – pp – Brian Propp (9)
No scoring		Third period			02:51 – Dave Poulin (3)
Phil Bourque (4) – 12:08		First overtime period			No scoring
Tom Barrasso 44 saves / 47 shots		Goalie stats			Ron Hextall 28 saves / 32 shots

April 23	Pittsburgh Penguins		1–4	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
Dave Poulin (4) – 13:24		First period		03:22 – John Cullen (3)
No scoring		Second period		06:37 – pp – Tim Kerr (9) 09:18 – pp – Tim Kerr (10)
No scoring		Third period		07:17 – sh – Terry Carkner (1)
Tom Barrasso 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Ron Hextall 18 saves / 19 shots

April 25	Philadelphia Flyers		7–10	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Mike Bullard (2) – 11:45		First period		02:15 – Mario Lemieux (7) 03:45 – Mario Lemieux (8) 06:55 – pp – Mario Lemieux (9) 07:07 – Bob Errey (1) 17:09 – pp – Mario Lemieux (10) 17:44 – Troy Loney (1)
Pelle Eklund (2) – pp – 00:06 Brian Propp (10) – 09:07		Second period		01:43 – Kevin Stevens (3) 10:35 – Rob Brown (4) 12:55 – pp – Rob Brown (5)
Derrick Smith (1) – sh – 00:48 Tim Kerr (11) – 10:21 Pelle Eklund (3) – pp – 13:02 Tim Kerr (12) – 17:23		Third period		19:23 – Mario Lemieux (11)
Ron Hextall 17 saves / 26 shots Ken Wregget 8 saves / 8 shots		Goalie stats		Tom Barrasso 38 saves / 45 shots

April 27	Pittsburgh Penguins		2–6	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
No scoring		First period		04:28 – Tim Kerr (13) 18:22 – Tim Kerr (14)
Randy Cunneyworth (2) – pp – 02:18 Randy Cunneyworth (3) – 05:24		Second period		03:28 – Derrick Smith (2) 08:40 – Ron Sutter (1) 19:01 – Derrick Smith (3)
No scoring		Third period		18:56 – pp – Brian Propp (11)
Tom Barrasso 32 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats		Ron Hextall 20 saves / 22 shots

April 29	Philadelphia Flyers		4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Brian Propp (12) – 17:41		First period		No scoring
Dave Poulin (5) – sh – 06:57		Second period		04:21 – pp – Mario Lemieux (12)
Mike Bullard (3) – pp – 00:40 Scott Mellanby (3) – 19:32		Third period		No scoring
Ken Wregget 39 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats		Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 33 shots

Philadelphia won series 4–3

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, and were meeting for the second straight year. Chicago has won four of the previous five meetings. St. Louis won last year's Norris Division Semifinals in five games.

April 18	Chicago Blackhawks		3–1	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Steve Larmer (4) – 15:16		Second period		13:58 – Greg Paslawski (2)
Steve Thomas (1) – 00:31 Trent Yawney (1) – 05:04		Third period		No scoring
Alain Chevrier 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 31 saves / 34 shots

April 20	Chicago Blackhawks		4–5	2OT	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			00:31 – Rod Brind'Amour (2) 01:52 – Sergio Momesso (2)
Duane Sutter (3) – 03:06 Adam Creighton (5) – sh – 08:42 Steve Larmer (5) – 14:08		Second period			13:17 – Brett Hull (5)
Dirk Graham (2) – 11:19		Third period			03:59 – pp – Brian Benning (1)
No scoring		Second overtime period			13:49 – Tony Hrkac (1)
Alain Chevrier 51 saves / 56 shots Darren Pang 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie stats			Greg Millen 31 saves / 35 shots

April 22	St. Louis Blues		2–5	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period		17:05 – pp – Steve Larmer (6) 19:27 – sh – Denis Savard (5)
Steve Tuttle (1) – 05:44 Paul Cavallini (2) – 16:40		Second period		08:10 – Wayne Presley (6) 12:51 – Bob Bassen (1)
No scoring		Third period		04:24 – Denis Savard (6)
Greg Millen 24 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Alain Chevrier 18 saves / 20 shots

April 24	St. Louis Blues		2–3	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Mike Lalor (1) – pp – 04:56		First period		15:05 – sh – Trent Yawney (2)
Bernie Federko (3) – 08:51		Second period		15:45 – Keith Brown (1)
No scoring		Third period		15:41 – pp – Steve Larmer (7)
Greg Millen 21 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Alain Chevrier 25 saves / 27 shots

April 26	Chicago Blackhawks		4–2	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		04:18 – pp – Bernie Federko (4)
Bob Murray (2) – 09:17 Wayne Presley (7) – 09:25 Jeremy Roenick (1) – pp – 12:13		Second period		17:28 – Tom Tilley (1)
Steve Thomas (2) – 08:23		Third period		No scoring
Alain Chevrier 19 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 31 saves / 35 shots

Chicago won series 4–1

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S2) Los Angeles Kings

This was the second consecutive and fourth overall playoff meeting between these two teams; with Los Angeles winning two of the three previous series. They met in last year's Smythe Division Semifinals, which Calgary won in five games.

April 18	Los Angeles Kings		3–4	OT	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Bernie Nicholls (5) – pp – 18:00		First period			16:20 – pp – Theoren Fleury (3)
Chris Kontos (9) – 05:13 Jim Wiemer (2) – 15:23		Second period			09:02 – Brian MacLellan (1)
No scoring		Third period			18:24 – Gary Roberts (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			07:47 – Doug Gilmour (2)
Kelly Hrudey 43 saves / 47 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Vernon 24 saves / 27 shots

April 20	Los Angeles Kings		3–8	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Bernie Nicholls (6) – 13:59		First period		00:58 – Colin Patterson (2) 04:48 – Doug Gilmour (3) 06:05 – Doug Gilmour (4) 11:35 – pp – Al MacInnis (2)
Bernie Nicholls (7) – 19:59		Second period		05:32 – pp – Rob Ramage (1) 19:20 – sh – Hakan Loob (6)
Dave Taylor (1) – 07:49		Third period		09:56 – Joe Mullen (5) 11:56 – Gary Roberts (3)
Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 31 shots Glenn Healy 19 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 20 saves / 23 shots

April 22	Calgary Flames		5–2	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
Jamie Macoun (2) – 07:26 Joel Otto (4) – 13:56		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Doug Gilmour (5) – 13:44 Doug Gilmour (6) – 16:27 Joe Mullen (6) – 17:15		Third period		00:47 – Tom Laidlaw (2) 14:39 – Steve Kasper (1)
Mike Vernon 21 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 25 shots

April 24	Calgary Flames		5–3	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
Joe Mullen (7) – pp – 07:24 Gary Roberts (4) – 08:34		First period		01:23 – Steve Duchesne (3) 11:20 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (5)
Joe Nieuwendyk (5) – pp – 19:12		Second period		No scoring
Joe Mullen (8) – 04:59 Gary Roberts (5) – 19:57		Third period		09:41 – pp – Steve Duchesne (4)
Mike Vernon 19 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats		Kelly Hrudey 26 saves / 30 shots

Calgary won series 4–0

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (P4) Philadelphia Flyers

This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams. Montreal won two of the previous three playoff series. Philadelphia won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1987 Prince of Wales Conference Final.

May 1	Philadelphia Flyers		3–1	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Derrick Smith (4) – sh – 13:45		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Ilkka Sinisalo (1) – sh – 11:19 Rick Tocchet (6) – 13:09		Third period		12:06 – pp – Shayne Corson (2)
Ken Wregget 24 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 23 saves / 26 shots

May 3	Philadelphia Flyers		0–3	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:31 – pp – Stephane Richer (5)
No scoring		Second period		14:30 – pp – Eric Desjardins (1)
No scoring		Third period		09:28 – Guy Carbonneau (2)
Ken Wregget 36 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 24 saves / 24 shots

May 5	Montreal Canadiens		5–1	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
Guy Carbonneau (3) – 14:26		First period		No scoring
Shayne Corson (3) – pp – 03:14 Bob Gainey (1) – 06:11 Russ Courtnall (6) – 14:53		Second period		No scoring
Bobby Smith (6) – 12:21		Third period		06:56 – Brian Propp (13)
Patrick Roy 25 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Ken Wregget 21 saves / 26 shots

May 7	Montreal Canadiens		3–0	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Shayne Corson (4) – 10:09 Chris Chelios (2) – pp – 13:57 Guy Carbonneau (4) – sh – 17:40		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Roy 17 saves / 17 shots		Goalie stats		Ron Hextall 29 saves / 32 shots

May 9	Philadelphia Flyers		2–1	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Derrick Smith (5) – 03:53		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			15:46 – Bobby Smith (7)
Dave Poulin (6) – 05:02		First overtime period			No scoring
Ron Hextall 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 21 saves / 23 shots

May 11	Montreal Canadiens		4–2	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
Mike Keane (3) – pp – 15:42		First period		12:49 – Scott Mellanby (4)
Bobby Smith (8) – pp – 07:44 Chris Chelios (3) – 15:10		Second period		No scoring
Ryan Walter (2) – 07:40		Third period		13:55 – Brian Propp (14)
Patrick Roy 15 saves / 17 shots		Goalie stats		Ron Hextall 22 saves / 26 shots

Montreal won series 4–2

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (N4) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Calgary won the only previous meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1981 Preliminary Round.

May 2	Chicago Blackhawks		0–3	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period		10:18 – Jamie Macoun (3)
No scoring		Second period		12:02 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (6)
No scoring		Third period		06:13 – Brian MacLellan (2)
Alain Chevrier 32 saves / 35 shots Darren Pang 4 saves / 4 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 19 saves / 19 shots

May 4	Chicago Blackhawks		4–2	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Steve Larmer (8) – 02:19 Denis Savard (7) – 03:52 Steve Thomas (3) – pp – 06:02		First period		19:10 – pp – Hakan Loob (7)
Trent Yawney (3) – 09:10		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		10:03 – Joe Mullen (9)
Alain Chevrier 22 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 18 saves / 22 shots

May 6	Calgary Flames		5–2	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Joe Mullen (10) – 04:11 Joe Nieuwendyk (7) – pp – 14:57		First period		No scoring
Theoren Fleury (4) – pp – 08:07		Second period		06:49 – Steve Konroyd (2) 17:00 – Troy Murray (3)
Hakan Loob (8) – 11:46 Joe Mullen (11) – 19:16		Third period		No scoring
Mike Vernon 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Alain Chevrier 18 saves / 22 shots

May 8	Calgary Flames		2–1	OT	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Doug Gilmour (7) – pp – 18:03		Second period			10:25 – pp – Denis Savard (8)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Al MacInnis (3) – pp – 15:05		First overtime period			No scoring
Mike Vernon 24 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Alain Chevrier 30 saves / 32 shots

May 10	Chicago Blackhawks		1–3	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period		07:29 – Joe Nieuwendyk (8)
Mike Hudson (1) – pp – 18:48		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		05:19 – Brian MacLellan (3) 16:59 – Joe Nieuwendyk (9)
Alain Chevrier 40 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 20 saves / 21 shots

Calgary won series 4–1

Stanley Cup Finals

This was the second playoff series between these two teams, with the only previous meeting being the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals where Montreal defeated Calgary in five games. This was the Flames second appearance in the Finals, while Montreal was making their 33rd appearance in the Finals. Calgary was trying to win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, while Montreal last won the Stanley Cup in 1986.

The Stanley Cup Finals was decided between the two teams with the best records of the 1988–89 NHL regular season. Co-captain Lanny McDonald scored the second Flames goal in Game 6. This turned out to be the last goal in his Hockey Hall of Fame career, as he retired during the following off-season. Doug Gilmour scored two goals in the third period, including the eventual game and Cup winner to cement their first title for the Flames.

To date this remains the last all-Canadian Cup Finals.

May 14	Montreal Canadiens		2–3	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Stephane Richer (6) – pp – 02:43 Larry Robinson (1) – 10:02		First period		06:51 – pp – Al MacInnis (4) 08:33 – Al MacInnis (5)
No scoring		Second period		11:45 – Theoren Fleury (5)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Roy 32 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 29 saves / 31 shots

May 17	Montreal Canadiens		4–2	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Larry Robinson (2) – 04:18		First period		No scoring
Bobby Smith (9) – pp – 01:55		Second period		05:14 – Joe Nieuwendyk (10) 13:49 – pp – Joel Otto (5)
Chris Chelios (4) – 08:01 Russ Courtnall (7) – pp – 09:35		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Roy 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 19 saves / 23 shots

May 19	Calgary Flames		3–4	2OT	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Joe Mullen (12) – 17:15		First period			01:32 – Mike McPhee (4)
Joe Mullen (13) – pp – 15:35		Second period			No scoring
Doug Gilmour (8) – 13:02		Third period			01:36 – Bobby Smith (10) 19:19 – Mats Naslund (4)
No scoring		Second overtime period			18:08 – Ryan Walter (3)
Mike Vernon 31 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 34 saves / 37 shots

May 21	Calgary Flames		4–2	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Doug Gilmour (9) – 10:59 Joe Mullen (14) – pp – 18:43		Second period		No scoring
Al MacInnis (6) – 18:22 Joe Mullen (15) – pp-en – 19:49		Third period		10:59 – Russ Courtnall (8) 19:33 – Claude Lemieux (3)
Mike Vernon 17 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 31 saves / 34 shots

May 23	Montreal Canadiens		2–3	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Bobby Smith (11) – pp – 13:24		First period		00:28 – Joel Otto (6) 08:15 – Joe Mullen (16) 19:31 – pp – Al MacInnis (7)
Mike Keane (4) – 14:17		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Roy 25 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 26 saves / 28 shots

May 25	Calgary Flames		4–2	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Colin Patterson (3) – 18:51		First period		No scoring
Lanny McDonald (1) – 04:24		Second period		01:23 – Claude Lemieux (4)
Doug Gilmour (10) – pp – 11:02 Doug Gilmour (11) – en – 18:57		Third period		11:53 – Rick Green (1)
Mike Vernon 20 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 15 saves / 18 shots

Calgary won series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.^[5]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Al MacInnis	Calgary Flames	22	7	24	31	+6	46
Tim Kerr	Philadelphia Flyers	19	14	11	25	+1	27
Joe Mullen	Calgary Flames	21	16	8	24	+8	4
Brian Propp	Philadelphia Flyers	18	14	9	23	+8	14
Doug Gilmour	Calgary Flames	22	11	11	22	+12	20
Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	11	5	17	22	-4	0
Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	11	12	7	19	-1	16
Bobby Smith	Montreal Canadiens	21	11	8	19	+1	46
Denis Savard	Chicago Blackhawks	16	8	11	19	+8	10
Joel Otto	Calgary Flames	22	6	13	19	+2	46

Goaltenders

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.^[6]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	19	13	6	526	42	2.09	.920	2	1206:10
Mike Vernon	Calgary Flames	22	16	5	549	52	2.26	.905	3	1380:55
Alain Chevrier	Chicago Blackhawks	16	9	7	483	44	2.61	.909	0	1013:00
Greg Millen	St. Louis Blues	10	5	5	308	34	3.14	.890	0	649:22
Ron Hextall	Philadelphia Flyers	15	8	7	445	49	3.32	.890	0	886:22

Notes

^ Tribune, Chicago (April 3, 1989). "BLACKHAWKS IN PLAYOFFS". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
^ Hafner, Dan (April 3, 1989). "Blackhawks Go 48 Extra Seconds to Get NHL's Final Playoff Spot". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
^ "Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames: Renewing a Stanley Cup playoff rivalry". April 15, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
^ "Lemieux ties three records; Penguins win 10-7." Gainesville Sun. 1989 Apr 26.
^ NHL.com - Skater Stats
^ NHL.com - Goalie Stats

Playoff seeds

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

Patrick Division

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

Smythe Division

Playoff bracket

Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres

(P1) Washington Capitals vs. (P4) Philadelphia Flyers

(P2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P3) New York Rangers

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N4) Chicago Blackhawks

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Minnesota North Stars

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Vancouver Canucks

(S2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A2) Boston Bruins

(P2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P4) Philadelphia Flyers

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Chicago Blackhawks

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S2) Los Angeles Kings

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (P4) Philadelphia Flyers

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (N4) Chicago Blackhawks

Stanley Cup Finals

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Notes

See also