1990 Stanley Cup playoffs

1990 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
Dates	April 4–May 24, 1990
Teams	16
Defending champions	Calgary Flames
Final positions
Champions	Edmonton Oilers
Runner-up	Boston Bruins
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Craig Simpson (Oilers); Mark Messier (Oilers) (31 points)
MVP	Bill Ranford (Oilers)
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The 1990 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League (NHL) championship began on April 5, 1990, following the 1989–90 regular season. The sixteen teams that qualified, from the top four teams of the four divisions, played best-of-seven series. The Conference Champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup.

This was the last time that the Detroit Red Wings missed the playoffs until 2017. They would make the playoffs for 25 consecutive seasons from 1991 to 2016, excluding 2005, when the season was cancelled.

Since entering the NHL as expansion teams in the 1967–68 NHL season this was the first and only time until 2023 that both the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs in the same season.

The playoffs concluded on May 24 with the Edmonton Oilers winning the Stanley Cup, defeating the Boston Bruins in the final series four games to one. Edmonton goaltender Bill Ranford was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.

Playoff seeds

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

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 101 points
Buffalo Sabres – 98 points
Montreal Canadiens – 93 points
Hartford Whalers – 85 points

Patrick Division

New York Rangers, Patrick Division champions – 85 points
New Jersey Devils – 83 points
Washington Capitals – 78 points
New York Islanders – 73 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

Chicago Blackhawks, Norris Division champions – 88 points
St. Louis Blues – 83 points
Toronto Maple Leafs – 80 points
Minnesota North Stars – 76 points

Smythe Division

Calgary Flames, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 99 points
Edmonton Oilers – 90 points
Winnipeg Jets – 85 points
Los Angeles Kings – 75 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

Boston

4

A4

Hartford

3

A1

Boston

4

A3

Montreal

1

A2

Buffalo

2

A3

Montreal

4

A1

Boston

4

Prince of Wales Conference

P3

Washington

0

P1

NY Rangers

4

P4

NY Islanders

1

P1

NY Rangers

1

P3

Washington

4

P2

New Jersey

2

P3

Washington

4

A1

Boston

1

S2

Edmonton

4

N1

Chicago

4

N4

Minnesota

3

N1

Chicago

4

N2

St. Louis

3

N2

St. Louis

4

N3

Toronto

1

N1

Chicago

2

Clarence Campbell Conference

S2

Edmonton

4

S1

Calgary

2

S4

Los Angeles

4

S4

Los Angeles

0

S2

Edmonton

4

S2

Edmonton

4

S3

Winnipeg

3

Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

April 5	Hartford Whalers		4–3	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Todd Krygier (1) – 05:42		First period		No scoring
Dean Evason (1) – 02:41 Scott Young (1) – 06:16 Randy Ladouceur (1) – 09:19		Second period		06:29 – Cam Neely (1) 15:46 – Bobby Carpenter (1)
No scoring		Third period		19:38 – pp – Dave Poulin (1)
Peter Sidorkiewicz 33 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats		Rejean Lemelin 13 saves / 17 shots

April 7	Hartford Whalers		1–3	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		10:58 – pp – Ray Bourque (1)
Todd Krygier (2) – 07:42		Second period		14:06 – pp – Garry Galley (1)
No scoring		Third period		06:57 – pp – Bobby Carpenter (2)
Peter Sidorkiewicz 32 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots

April 9	Boston Bruins		3–5	Hartford Whalers	Hartford Civic Center	Recap
Bobby Carpenter (3) – pp – 07:59 Dave Christian (1) – 17:20		First period		12:13 – pp – Brad Shaw (1) 14:41 – pp – Pat Verbeek (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Randy Burridge (1) – 08:25		Third period		00:36 – Dave Babych (1) 02:13 – Pat Verbeek (2) 19:42 – Kevin Dineen (1)
Andy Moog 22 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Peter Sidorkiewicz 22 saves / 25 shots

April 11	Boston Bruins		6–5	Hartford Whalers	Hartford Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		01:18 – Dean Evason (2)
Dave Christian (2) – 04:35 Glen Wesley (1) – 10:24		Second period		02:04 – Brad Shaw (2) 07:02 – Kevin Dineen (2) 08:29 – Yvon Corriveau (1) 16:15 – Ron Francis (1)
Dave Poulin (2) – 01:28 Bob Beers (1) – 07:00 Dave Christian (3) – 08:10 Dave Poulin (3) – 18:16		Third period		No scoring
Rejean Lemelin 17 saves / 22 shots Andy Moog 7 saves / 7 shots		Goalie stats		Peter Sidorkiewicz 23 saves / 29 shots

April 13	Hartford Whalers		2–3	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Ulf Samuelsson (1) – 09:36		First period		15:18 – pp – Brian Propp (1) 17:27 – pp – Cam Neely (2)
Dave Tippett (1) – 15:56		Second period		18:07 – sh – Cam Neely (3)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Peter Sidorkiewicz 15 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 20 saves / 22 shots

April 15	Boston Bruins		2–3	OT	Hartford Whalers	Hartford Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:31 – Scott Young (2)
Dave Poulin (4) – 09:00		Second period			01:35 – Ron Francis (2)
Randy Burridge (2) – 01:05		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			12:30 – Kevin Dineen (3)
Andy Moog 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Peter Sidorkiewicz 23 saves / 25 shots

April 17	Hartford Whalers		1–3	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		01:30 – John Byce (1) 07:29 – pp – Craig Janney (1)
No scoring		Second period		15:22 – Cam Neely (4)
Ron Francis (3) – pp – 13:48		Third period		No scoring
Peter Sidorkiewicz 22 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 27 saves / 28 shots

Boston won series 4–3

(A2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens

This was the fourth playoff series between these two teams. Buffalo won two of the previous three meetings, including the most recent meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1983 Adams Division Semifinals.

April 5	Montreal Canadiens		1–4	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Brian Skrudland (1) – 07:45		Second period		06:28 – Dean Kennedy (1) 09:55 – Rick Vaive (1) 19:08 – Dave Andreychuk (1)
No scoring		Third period		04:27 – Bob Corkum (1)
Patrick Roy 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Daren Puppa 34 saves / 35 shots

April 7	Montreal Canadiens		3–0	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Mats Naslund (1) – 04:41 Stephane Richer (1) – pp – 14:09		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Shayne Corson (1) – 14:15		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Daren Puppa 33 saves / 36 shots

April 9	Buffalo Sabres		1–2	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Phil Housley (1) – pp – 07:15		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			10:39 – Stephane Richer (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			12:35 – Brian Skrudland (2)
Daren Puppa 31 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 30 saves / 31 shots

April 11	Buffalo Sabres		4–2	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		07:13 – Stephane Richer
Rick Vaive (2) – pp – 03:16 Doug Bodger (1) – 08:57 Pierre Turgeon (1) – 19:57		Second period		04:21 – Brian Skrudland (3)
Pierre Turgeon (2) – 01:02		Third period		No scoring
Daren Puppa 31 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 23 saves / 27 shots

April 13	Montreal Canadiens		4–2	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period		17:55 – Scott Arniel (1)
Stephane Richer (4) – 07:51 Bobby Smith (1) – 17:13 Stephane Richer (5) – 18:25		Second period		10:58 – pp – Rick Vaive (3)
Russ Courtnall (1) – 18:39		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Roy 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Daren Puppa 22 saves / 25 shots

April 15	Buffalo Sabres		2–5	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Rick Vaive (4) – pp – 10:22		First period		09:00 – pp – Mathieu Schneider (1)
No scoring		Second period		16:22 – Brent Gilchrist (1)
Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 06:07		Third period		04:47 – Claude Lemieux (1) 08:48 – Russ Courtnall (2) 19:04 – Russ Courtnall (3)
Daren Puppa 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 22 saves / 24 shots

Montreal won series 4–2

(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P4) New York Islanders

This was the seventh playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won five of the previous six meetings. The most recent the Islanders won 3–2 in the 1984 Patrick Division Semifinals.

April 5	New York Islanders		1–2	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:14 – Bernie Nicholls (1)
Bryan Trottier (1) – 14:36		Second period		13:49 – Mark Janssens (1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mark Fitzpatrick 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Richter 28 saves / 29 shots

April 7	New York Islanders		2–5	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		11:28 – pp – John Ogrodnick (1)
David Volek (1) – 06:49 Tom Fitzgerald (1) – 10:32		Second period		09:24 – Mark Janssens (2) 11:35 – pp – James Patrick (1) 13:01 – John Ogrodnick (2) 17:33 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (2)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mark Fitzpatrick 15 saves / 19 shots Glenn Healy 13 saves / 14 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Richter 31 saves / 33 shots

April 9	New York Rangers		3–4	2OT	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Troy Mallette (1) – 06:51		First period			01:51 – pp – Brent Sutter (1)
James Patrick (2) – pp – 11:19 Bernie Nicholls (3) – pp – 12:40		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			11:47 – pp – Patrick Flatley (1) 13:09 – Hubie McDonough (1)
No scoring		Second overtime period			00:59 – pp – Brent Sutter (2)
John Vanbiesbrouck 45 saves / 49 shots		Goalie stats			Glenn Healy 34 saves / 37 shots

April 11	New York Rangers		6–1	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Brian Mullen (1) – pp – 00:41 Darren Turcotte (1) – 10:53		First period		Patrick Flatley (2) – pp – 12:25
Carey Wilson (1) – pp – 10:59 Randy Moller (1) – 12:12 John Ogrodnick (3) – 13:31		Second period		No scoring
Kelly Kisio (1) – sh – 16:31		Third period		No scoring
John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Glenn Healy 16 saves / 20 shots Mark Fitzpatrick 4 saves / 6 shots

April 13	New York Islanders		5–6	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Jeff Norton (1) – 09:51 Rob DiMaio (1) – 10:20		First period		02:47 – pp – Mike Gartner (1) 15:47 – pp – John Ogrodnick (4)
No scoring		Second period		01:02 – sh – Normand Rochefort (1) 08:40 – pp – Mike Gartner (2) 11:34 – Carey Wilson (2)
Wayne McBean (1) – 01:50 Randy Wood (1) – 11:18 Patrick Flatley (3) – 16:53		Third period		11:44 – Mike Gartner (3)
Mark Fitzpatrick 15 saves / 20 shots Glenn Healy 7 saves / 8 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Richter 28 saves / 33 shots

New York Rangers won series 4–1

(P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. New Jersey won their only previous meeting in seven games in the 1988 Patrick Division Finals.

April 5	Washington Capitals		5–4	OT	New Jersey Devils	Brendan Byrne Arena	Recap
Dino Ciccarelli (1) – 01:23 Dino Ciccarelli (2) – 01:47		First period			09:14 – Bruce Driver (1)
Dale Hunter (1) – 08:12 John Druce (1) – pp – 11:01		Second period			08:02 – Pat Conacher (1)
No scoring		Third period			01:45 – sh – John MacLean (1) 08:37 – pp – Peter Stastny (1)
Dino Ciccarelli (3) – 05:34		First overtime period			No scoring
Mike Liut 26 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Sean Burke 19 saves / 24 shots

April 7	Washington Capitals		5–6	New Jersey Devils	Brendan Byrne Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		06:21 – Brendan Shanahan (1) 14:58 – pp – John MacLean (2) 18:26 – pp – John MacLean (3)
Dino Ciccarelli (4) – 01:06 Bob Rouse (1) – pp – 06:20		Second period		03:37 – Ken Daneyko (1)
Kelly Miller (1) – 01:06 Bob Joyce (1) – 09:15 Dino Ciccarelli (5) – 18:54		Third period		13:12 – Eric Weinrich (1) 16:55 – Peter Stastny (2)
Don Beaupre 23 saves / 26 shots Mike Liut 10 saves / 13 shots		Goalie stats		Chris Terreri 21 saves / 26 shots

April 9	New Jersey Devils		2–1	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
Ken Daneyko (2) – 04:51		First period		No scoring
Brendan Shanahan (2) – pp – 15:21		Second period		17:46 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (6)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Chris Terreri 20 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Liut 8 saves / 10 shots

April 11	New Jersey Devils		1–3	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Kirk Muller (1) – 13:02		Second period		02:10 – pp – Scott Stevens (1) 13:17 – John Druce (2)
No scoring		Third period		17:31 – Dino Ciccarelli (7)
Sean Burke 30 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Don Beaupre 23 saves / 24 shots

April 13	Washington Capitals		4–3	New Jersey Devils	Brendan Byrne Arena	Recap
Dale Hunter (2) – 09:03		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		06:07 – pp – Jon Morris (1) 14:46 – Brendan Shanahan (3)
Mike Ridley (1) – 00:27 Dino Ciccarelli (8) – 04:30 Geoff Courtnall (1) – 17:04		Third period		19:22 – Patrik Sundstrom (1)
Don Beaupre 17 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats		Chris Terreri 20 saves / 24 shots

April 15	New Jersey Devils		2–3	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		19:49 – Stephen Leach (1)
John MacLean (4) – 13:21		Second period		03:27 – Geoff Courtnall (2) 19:06 – John Druce (3)
Peter Stastny (3) – 05:00		Third period		No scoring
Chris Terreri 29 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Don Beaupre 32 saves / 34 shots

Washington won series 4–2

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won three of the previous four meetings, including the most recent meeting in six games in the 1985 Norris Division Finals.

April 4	Minnesota North Stars		2–1	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Brian Bellows (1) – pp – 09:57		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Brian Bellows (2) – 05:54		Third period		05:01 – pp – Denis Savard (1)
Jon Casey 30 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 24 saves / 26 shots

April 6	Minnesota North Stars		3–5	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Brian Bellows (3) – pp – 08:49 Shawn Chambers (1) – pp – 10:41 Neal Broten (1) – pp – 11:56		First period		14:24 – pp – Wayne Presley (1)
No Scoring		Second period		01:49 – Greg Gilbert (1) 03:53 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (1) 07:27 – pp – Steve Thomas (1) 16:39 – sh – Wayne Presley (2)
No Scoring		Third period		No Scoring
Jon Casey 26 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Ed Belfour 15 saves / 15 shots Greg Millen 2 saves / 5 shots

April 8	Chicago Blackhawks		2–1	Minnesota North Stars	Met Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
10:12 – Steve Larmer (1) 15:27 – Wayne Presley (3)		Third period		Mike Modano (1) – 19:24
Greg Millen 31 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Jon Casey 27 saves / 29 shots

April 10	Chicago Blackhawks		0–4	Minnesota North Stars	Met Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		04:24 – Don Barber (1) 11:41 – pp – Don Barber (2)
No scoring		Second period		07:42 – Basil McRae (1)
No scoring		Third period		03:41 – Dave Gagner (1)
Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots Greg Millen 10 saves / 12 shots		Goalie stats		Jon Casey 29 saves / 29 shots

April 12	Minnesota North Stars		1–5	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period		10:17 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (2) 13:26 – Denis Savard (2)
Brian Bellows (4) – pp – 09:24		Second period		04:53 – Greg Gilbert (2)
No scoring		Third period		16:37 – Michel Goulet (1) 17:48 – Steve Thomas
Jon Casey 31 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 26 saves / 27 shots

April 14	Chicago Blackhawks		3–5	Minnesota North Stars	Met Center	Recap
Greg Gilbert (3) – 12:33		First period		10:28 – Shawn Chambers (2) 17:25 – Perry Berezan (1) 18:48 – Neal Broten (2)
No scoring		Second period		01:26 – Larry Murphy (1) 14:20 – pp – Dave Gagner (2)
Steve Larmer (2) – sh – 12:57 Jeremy Roenick (3) – 13:57		Third period		No scoring
Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots Greg Millen 7 saves / 10 shots		Goalie stats		Jon Casey 27 saves / 30 shots

April 16	Minnesota North Stars		2–5	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Don Barber (3) – pp – 09:02		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		03:00 – Wayne Presley (4) 04:06 – Wayne Presley (5) 12:41 – Jeremy Roenick (4) 14:06 – Jeremy Roenick (5)
Ulf Dahlen (1) – 09:58		Third period		17:10 – Greg Gilbert (4)
Jon Casey 28 saves / 33 shots Kari Takko 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 30 saves / 32 shots

Chicago won series 4–3

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their first two meetings. Toronto won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1987 Norris Division Semifinals.

April 4	Toronto Maple Leafs		2–4	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:18 – Brett Hull (1) 17:03 – pp – Ron Wilson (1)
Brad Marsh (1) – 01:34		Second period		No scoring
Wendel Clark (1) – 08:55		Third period		02:27 – Jeff Brown (1) 11:53 – Ron Wilson (2)
Allan Bester 29 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Curtis Joseph 27 saves / 29 shots

April 6	Toronto Maple Leafs		2–4	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
Mark Osborne (1) – sh – 10:49		First period		04:52 – pp – Brett Hull (2)
No scoring		Second period		09:49 – pp – Paul MacLean (1) 13:32 – sh – Rich Sutter (1) 18:50 – Paul Cavallini (1)
Daniel Marois (1) – pp – 18:13		Third period		No scoring
Allan Bester 36 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats		Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 28 shots

April 8	St. Louis Blues		6–5	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Paul MacLean (2) – 10:50		First period			05:08 – Mark Osborne (2)
Paul MacLean (3) – pp – 02:08 Dave Lowry (1) – 07:36 Brett Hull (3) – pp – 18:34		Second period			12:32 – Tom Fergus (1) 13:43 – pp – Daniel Marois (2)
Sergio Momesso (1) – 10:39		Third period			17:08 – Rob Ramage (1) 18:50 – Tom Fergus (2)
Sergio Momesso (2) – 06:04		First overtime period			No scoring
Curtis Joseph 41 saves / 46 shots		Goalie stats			Allan Bester 34 saves / 40 shots

April 10	St. Louis Blues		2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Rod Brind'Amour (1) – 14:20		Second period		09:25 – Scott Pearson (1) 14:00 – pp – Gary Leeman (1)
Rod Brind'Amour (2) – pp – 13:39		Third period		04:22 – Dave Hannan (1) 19:38 – Eddie Olczyk (1)
Curtis Joseph 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Jeff Reese 20 saves / 22 shots

April 12	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–4	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
Gary Leeman (2) – pp – 19:37		First period		04:00 – Kelly Chase (1) 04:40 – Brett Hull (4)
Scott Pearson (2) – 05:00		Second period		04:14 – pp – Peter Zezel (1) 09:29 – pp – Brett Hull (5)
Gary Leeman (3) – 13:47		Third period		No scoring
Jeff Reese 24 saves / 28 shots Allan Bester 7 saves / 7 shots		Goalie stats		Vincent Riendeau 2 saves / 3 shots Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 18 shots

St. Louis won series 4–1

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

This was the third straight and fifth overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Both teams split the previous four meetings. Calgary won last year's Smythe Division Finals in a four-game sweep.

April 4	Los Angeles Kings		5–3	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Luc Robitaille (1) – 07:55		First period		16:52 – pp – Al MacInnis (1) 18:34 – Al MacInnis (2)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Todd Elik (1) – pp – 04:31 Tony Granato (1) – pp – 10:26 Luc Robitaille (2) – 10:44 Steve Kasper (1) – 19:07		Third period		02:26 – Theoren Fleury (1)
Kelly Hrudey 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 26 saves / 30 shots

April 6	Los Angeles Kings		5–8	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Marty McSorley (1) – pp – 18:18		First period		01:41 – Doug Gilmour (1) 05:58 – sh – Joe Mullen (1)
Luc Robitaille (3) – 12:56 Larry Robinson (1) – 14:15		Second period		06:40 – Gary Roberts (1) 10:42 – Joel Otto (1) 12:16 – Jim Korn (1) 18:58 – Doug Gilmour (2)
Luc Robitaille (4) – pp – 04:19 Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 12:52		Third period		08:36 – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) 19:58 – sh – Dana Murzyn (1)
Kelly Hrudey 21 saves / 26 shots Mario Gosselin 9 saves / 11 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 21 saves / 26 shots

April 8	Calgary Flames		1–2	OT	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			00:23 – Tomas Sandstrom (1)
Joe Mullen (2) – 14:05		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			08:37 – sh – Tony Granato (2)
Mike Vernon 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Kelly Hrudey 32 saves / 33 shots

April 10	Calgary Flames		4–12	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		06:38 – Dave Taylor (2) 08:25 – Tony Granato (3) 11:06 – Tomas Sandstrom (2) 11:55 – Dave Taylor (3)
Joel Otto (2) – 09:16 Paul Ranheim (1) – 09:38 Theoren Fleury (2) – 13:25 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 19:05		Second period		02:26 – Tony Granato (4) 04:20 – Jay Miller (1) 07:58 – Tomas Sandstrom (3) 10:57 – Wayne Gretzky (1) 16:44 – Todd Elik (2)
No scoring		Third period		09:15 – Dave Taylor (4) 13:59 – Tomas Sandstrom (4) 17:04 – pp – Tony Granato (5)
Rick Wamsley 14 saves / 23 shots Mike Vernon 4 saves / 7 shots		Goalie stats		Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 24 shots

April 12	Los Angeles Kings		1–5	Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period		15:57 – Dana Murzyn (2)
No scoring		Second period		02:35 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) 06:39 – Ric Nattress (1)
Rob Blake (1) – pp – 01:48		Third period		05:53 – Ric Nattress (2) 09:25 – Gary Roberts (2)
Kelly Hrudey 27 saves / 32 shots Mario Gosselin 3 saves / 3 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Vernon 18 saves / 19 shots

April 14	Calgary Flames		3–4	2OT	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
Joe Nieuwendyk (4) – 04:51		First period			01:08 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (2)
Doug Gilmour (3) – 18:17		Second period			No scoring
Joe Mullen (3) – 15:48		Third period			01:01 – pp – Steve Duchesne (1) 18:17 – Steve Duchesne (2)
No scoring		Second overtime period			03:14 – Mike Krushelnyski (1)
Mike Vernon 31 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Kelly Hrudey 36 saves / 39 shots

Los Angeles won series 4–2

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S3) Winnipeg Jets

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won all five previous meetings, including their most recent in the 1988 Smythe Division Semifinals in five games.

April 4	Winnipeg Jets		7–5	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Dale Hawerchuk (1) – 11:44 Dave Ellett (1) – pp – 18:21		First period		05:04 – Craig Simpson (1) 14:17 – pp – Craig Simpson (2) 16:58 – pp – Jari Kurri (1)
Moe Mantha (1) – 02:04 Dale Hawerchuk (2) – 13:46		Second period		00:35 – sh – Mark Messier (1)
Pat Elynuik (1) – 01:46 Brent Ashton (1) – pp – 09:55 Teppo Numminen (1) – 19:36		Third period		13:39 – pp – Petr Klima (1)
Bob Essensa 32 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats		Bill Ranford 24 saves / 30 shots

April 6	Winnipeg Jets		2–3	OT	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Brent Ashton (2) – 05:39 Paul Fenton (1) – pp – 18:41		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			03:09 – Craig Simpson (3) 12:45 – Joe Murphy (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			04:21 – Mark Lamb (1)
Stephane Beauregard 27 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 23 saves / 25 shots

April 8	Edmonton Oilers		1–2	Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg Arena	Recap
Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – pp – 16:35		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		09:35 – pp – Paul Fenton (2)
No scoring		Third period		15:30 – Dale Hawerchuk (3)
Bill Ranford 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Bob Essensa 15 saves / 16 shots

April 10	Edmonton Oilers		3–4	2OT	Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg Arena	Recap
Petr Klima (2) – 02:07 Steve Smith (1) – sh – 18:01		First period			04:55 – Mark Kumpel (1) 11:42 – Pat Elynuik (2) 12:04 – Doug Evans (1)
Esa Tikkanen (1) – 19:25		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			01:08 – pp – Dave Ellett (2)
Bill Ranford 36 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats			Stephane Beauregard 16 saves / 17 shots Bob Essensa 15 saves / 17 shots

April 12	Winnipeg Jets		3–4	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Thomas Steen (1) – pp – 19:00		First period		08:08 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (2)
Greg Paslawski (1) – 01:55 Brent Ashton (3) – pp – 07:47		Second period		13:57 – Craig Simpson (4) 14:10 – Mark Lamb (2)
No scoring		Third period		03:53 – Mark Messier (2)
Stephane Beauregard 29 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Bill Ranford 26 saves / 29 shots

April 14	Edmonton Oilers		4–3	Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg Arena	Recap
Esa Tikkanen (3) – 05:29 Mark Messier (3) – 09:50 Randy Gregg (1) – pp – 16:52		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		11:35 – Mark Kumpel (2)
Jari Kurri (2) – 13:10		Third period		03:44 – Doug Smail (1) 09:17 – Doug Evans (2)
Bill Ranford 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Bob Essensa 26 saves / 30 shots

April 16	Winnipeg Jets		1–4	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Thomas Steen (2) – 09:21		First period		08:54 – Glenn Anderson (1) 17:52 – Mark Lamb (3)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		05:09 – Esa Tikkanen (4) 17:48 – Jari Kurri (3)
Stephane Beauregard 21 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats		Bill Ranford 26 saves / 27 shots

Edmonton won series 4–3

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens

This was the 25th playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal lead the all-time meetings 21–3. This was also the seventh straight year meeting in the playoffs, with Montreal winning last year's Adams Division Finals in five games.

April 19	Montreal Canadiens		0–1	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		17:37 – pp – Dave Poulin (5)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Roy 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 20 saves / 20 shots

April 21	Montreal Canadiens		4–5	OT	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Mike McPhee (1) – 01:48		First period			06:24 – Brian Propp (2)
Stephane Richer (6) – 01:54 Shayne Corson (2) – 05:30		Second period			03:43 – Cam Neely (5) 12:28 – John Carter (1)
Stephane Richer (7) – 12:50		Third period			18:11 – pp – Cam Neely (6)
No scoring		First overtime period			03:42 – Garry Galley (2)
Patrick Roy 19 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 30 saves / 34 shots

April 23	Boston Bruins		6–3	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
John Carter (2) – sh – 09:49 Ray Bourque (2) – 13:02		First period		15:09 – Brent Gilchrist (2)
John Carter (3) – 05:30 Brian Propp (3) – 06:58 Don Sweeney (1) – pp – 13:49		Second period		03:10 – Russ Courtnall (4)
Dave Poulin (6) – 07:48		Third period		14:23 – Russ Courtnall (5)
Andy Moog 20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Brian Hayward 16 saves / 18 shots Patrick Roy 8 saves / 12 shots

April 25	Boston Bruins		1–4	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		11:16 – Guy Carbonneau (1)
John Carter (4) – 18:23		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		04:22 – Stephan Lebeau (1) 11:51 – Stephan Lebeau (2) 19:19 – Guy Carbonneau (2)
Andy Moog 32 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 28 saves / 29 shots

April 27	Montreal Canadiens		1–3	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		10:00 – sh – Randy Burridge (3)
Stephan Lebeau (3) – 19:27		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		18:47 – Glen Wesley (2) 19:55 – en – Cam Neely (7)
Patrick Roy 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 23 saves / 24 shots

Boston won series 4–1

(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in six games in the 1986 Patrick Division Finals.

April 19	Washington Capitals		3–7	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		11:04 – Bernie Nicholls (4)
No scoring		Second period		02:44 – pp – Brian Mullen (2) 08:03 – sh – Jan Erixon (1)
Bob Rouse (2) – 03:01 John Druce (4) – 08:20 Scott Stevens (2) – 09:29		Third period		05:55 – John Ogrodnick (5) 11:49 – Bernie Nicholls (5) 13:26 – pp – Mike Gartner (4) 17:36 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (6)
Mike Liut 31 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats		John Vanbiesbrouck 32 saves / 35 shots

April 21	Washington Capitals		6–3	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Mike Ridley (2) – 07:36 John Druce (5) – pp – 08:59		First period		10:29 – Kelly Kisio (2)
Bob Joyce (2) – 00:45 John Druce (6) – 01:10 Dale Hunter (3) – pp – 04:53		Second period		02:27 – James Patrick (3) 19:35 – pp – Mike Gartner (5)
John Druce (7) – sh – 19:07		Third period		No scoring
Don Beaupre 25 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Richter 12 saves / 12 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 7 saves / 12 shots

April 23	New York Rangers		1–7	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
Paul Broten (1) – sh – 09:29		First period		06:04 – pp – John Druce (8) 08:20 – Geoff Courtnall (3) 10:33 – pp – John Druce (9) 11:29 – sh – Mike Ridley (3)
No scoring		Second period		04:14 – Calle Johansson (1)
No scoring		Third period		11:58 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (4) 17:05 – Stephen Leach (2)
Mike Richter 42 saves / 49 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Liut 17 saves / 18 shots Don Beaupre 1 save / 1 shot

April 25	New York Rangers		3–4	OT	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
Troy Mallette (2) – 10:41		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			13:13 – Tim Bergland (1) 19:13 – pp – John Druce (10)
John Ogrodnick (6) – pp – 15:57 Bernie Nicholls (7) – 18:48		Third period			00:56 – pp – John Druce (11)
No scoring		First overtime period			00:34 – Rod Langway (1)
Mike Richter 21 saves / 25 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Liut 30 saves / 33 shots

April 27	Washington Capitals		2–1	OT	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Kelly Miller (2) – 03:16		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			01:47 – Normand Rochefort (2)
John Druce (12) – 06:48		First overtime period			No scoring
Mike Liut 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			John Vanbiesbrouck 32 saves / 34 shots

Washington won series 4–1

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N2) St. Louis Blues

This was the third straight and seventh overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Chicago won five of the prior six meetings, including last year's Norris Division Finals in five games.

April 18	St. Louis Blues		4–3	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Rod Brind'Amour (3) – 05:42 Rick Meagher (1) – 18:58		First period		09:26 – Doug Wilson (1)
Rod Brind'Amour (4) – 06:05 Brett Hull (6) – 10:59		Second period		13:43 – pp – Trent Yawney (1) 18:24 – Adam Creighton (1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Vincent Riendeau 29 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Ed Belfour 13 saves / 13 shots Greg Millen 9 saves / 13 shots

April 20	St. Louis Blues		3–5	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:39 – pp – Steve Larmer (3)
Brett Hull (7) – 00:35		Second period		06:18 – Wayne Presley (6)
Brett Hull (8) – pp – 07:06 Paul Cavallini (2) – 14:34		Third period		08:37 – pp – Troy Murray (1) 08:47 – Steve Thomas (3) 19:46 – Jeremy Roenick (6)
Vincent Riendeau 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 24 saves / 27 shots

April 22	Chicago Blackhawks		4–5	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
Doug Wilson (2) – pp – 02:12		First period		00:18 – Sergio Momesso (3) 16:46 – pp – Brett Hull (9)
Dave Manson (1) – 04:38		Second period		09:42 – pp – Jeff Brown (2)
Bob Murray (1) – 12:26 Steve Thomas (4) – 14:38		Third period		15:24 – Brett Hull (10) 19:51 – Gino Cavallini (1)
Greg Millen 23 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Vincent Riendeau 44 saves / 48 shots

April 24	Chicago Blackhawks		3–2	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Wayne Presley (7) – 02:06 Michel Goulet (2) – 02:42 Trent Yawney (2) – pp – 18:09		Second period		12:53 – Rod Brind'Amour (5)
No scoring		Third period		05:26 – pp – Ron Wilson (3)
Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Vincent Riendeau 22 saves / 25 shots

April 26	St. Louis Blues		2–3	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Adam Oates (1) – pp – 14:05		First period		No scoring
Brett Hull (11) – pp – 14:33		Second period		03:56 – Jocelyn Lemieux (1) 04:59 – Troy Murray (2) 06:12 – Steve Thomas (5)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Vincent Riendeau 29 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Ed Belfour 18 saves / 20 shots

April 28	Chicago Blackhawks		2–4	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		01:36 – pp – Brett Hull (12) 02:30 – Dave Lowry (2)
Denis Savard (3) – pp – 07:39 Jeremy Roenick (7) – pp – 14:32		Second period		15:18 – Brett Hull (13)
No scoring		Third period		11:07 – Rich Sutter (2)
Jacques Cloutier 24 saves / 26 shots Ed Belfour 0 saves / 2 shots		Goalie stats		Vincent Riendeau 37 saves / 39 shots

April 30	St. Louis Blues		2–8	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period		02:47 – Jeremy Roenick (8) 13:03 – Jeremy Roenick (9)
Paul MacLean (4) – pp – 12:06		Second period		03:03 – sh – Steve Larmer (4) 07:28 – Denis Savard (4) 10:22 – pp – Dave Manson (2)
Adam Oates (2) – 17:19		Third period		00:35 – Greg Gilbert (5) 03:45 – sh – Adam Creighton (2) 19:49 – Duane Sutter (1)
Curtis Joseph 10 saves / 14 shots Vincent Riendeau 11 saves / 15 shots		Goalie stats		Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots

Chicago won series 4–3

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

This was the second straight and fifth overall playoff meeting between these two teams. The teams split the previous four meetings. Los Angeles won last year's Smythe Division Semifinals in seven games.

April 18	Los Angeles Kings		0–7	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		04:41 – Glenn Anderson (2) 09:38 – Jari Kurri (4)
No scoring		Second period		14:31 – pp – Mark Messier (4) 17:47 – Martin Gelinas (1)
No scoring		Third period		00:57 – Esa Tikkanen (5) 10:26 – Joe Murphy (2) 13:57 – Esa Tikkanen (6)
Kelly Hrudey 16 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Bill Ranford 25 saves / 25 shots

April 20	Los Angeles Kings		1–6	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		09:12 – Martin Gelinas (2)
No scoring		Second period		11:11 – pp – Craig Simpson (5)
Chris Kontos (1) – pp – 03:45		Third period		13:14 – pp – Jari Kurri (5) 14:29 – pp – Mark Lamb (4) 16:38 – sh – Esa Tikkanen (7) 17:39 – Craig MacTavish (1)
Kelly Hrudey 19 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Bill Ranford 33 saves / 34 shots Eldon Reddick 1 save / 1 shots

April 22	Edmonton Oilers		5–4	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
Craig Simpson (6) – pp – 15:26		First period		01:06 – Tomas Sandstrom (5) 19:20 – Larry Robinson (2) 19:31 – Todd Elik (3)
Craig Simpson (7) – 05:34 Petr Klima (3) – 06:50 Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) – 12:13 Adam Graves (1) – 15:33		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		18:51 – Wayne Gretzky (3)
Bill Ranford 35 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats		Ron Scott 6 saves / 10 shots Mario Gosselin 7 saves / 8 shots

April 24	Edmonton Oilers		6–5	OT	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
Mark Messier (5) – 04:57 Glenn Anderson (3) – 12:02		First period			No scoring
Mark Lamb (5)- 08:28 Craig Simpson (8) – 10:38		Second period			02:44 – Keith Crowder (1) 13:39 – Bob Kudelski (1) 17:52 – Luc Robitaille (5) 18:38 – John Tonelli (1)
Esa Tikkanen (8) – 17:05		Third period			01:15 – sh – Mike Allison (1)
Joe Murphy (3) – 04:42		First overtime period			No scoring
Bill Ranford 34 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats			Kelly Hrudey 31 saves / 37 shots

Edmonton won series 4–0

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

May 3	Washington Capitals		3–5	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
John Druce (13) – pp – 10:08		First period		01:18 – Garry Galley (3) 18:37 – pp – Cam Neely (8)
John Tucker (1) – 16:18 Kelly Miller (3) – sh – 17:39		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		01:05 – Dave Poulin (7) 14:38 – Brian Propp (4) 19:45 – Dave Poulin (8)
Mike Liut 30 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 23 saves / 26 shots

May 5	Washington Capitals		0–3	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		03:23 – Bobby Carpenter (4)
No scoring		Third period		02:56 – Cam Neely (9) 06:03 – Craig Janney (2)
Don Beaupre 27 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 28 saves / 28 shots

May 7	Boston Bruins		4–1	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
Dave Christian (4) – pp – 06:53		First period		No scoring
Craig Janney (3) – 18:08		Second period		15:23 – pp – John Druce (14)
Randy Burridge (4) – 09:59 Cam Neely (10) – 19:39		Third period		No scoring
Andy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Don Beaupre 20 saves / 23 shots

May 9	Boston Bruins		3–2	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
John Carter (5) – 00:53 Cam Neely (11) – pp – 18:42		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		15:32 – Nick Kypreos (1)
Cam Neely (12) – 02:08		Third period		10:27 – Dale Hunter (4)
Andy Moog 12 saves / 14 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Liut 14 saves / 17 shots

Boston won series 4–0

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won both prior playoff meetings, including the most recent in six games in the 1985 Clarence Campbell Conference Final.

May 2	Chicago Blackhawks		2–5	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		09:42 – Mark Messier (6)
No scoring		Second period		03:17 – Mark Lamb (6) 08:52 – Steve Smith (2)
Wayne Presley (8) – 00:57 Steve Larmer (5) – pp – 06:55		Third period		04:43 – Steve Smith (3) 07:39 – Craig MacTavish (2)
Ed Belfour 23 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Bill Ranford 23 saves / 25 shots

May 4	Chicago Blackhawks		4–3	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Troy Murray (3) – 17:50		First period		No scoring
Denis Savard (5) – 02:020 Steve Thomas (6) – 17:36		Second period		09:49 – Glenn Anderson (4) 18:01 – pp – Jari Kurri (6)
Doug Wilson (3) – 18:01		Third period		02:10 – Esa Tikkanen (9)
Greg Millen 24 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Bill Ranford 35 saves / 39 shots

May 6	Edmonton Oilers		1–5	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Craig Simpson (9) – pp – 06:01		First period		08:41 – Bob Murray (2) 12:32 – Steve Larmer (6)
No scoring		Second period		03:05 – Steve Larmer (7)
No scoring		Third period		07:27 – sh – Dirk Graham (1) 13:51 – Wayne Presley (9)
Bill Ranford 24 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 31 saves / 32 shots

May 8	Edmonton Oilers		4–2	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Glenn Anderson (5) – pp – 15:02 Mark Messier (7) – 17:25		First period		18:22 – pp – Denis Savard (6)
Craig Simpson (10) – 00:11 Mark Messier (8) – 14:06		Second period		07:16 – Jeremy Roenick (10)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Bill Ranford 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Jacques Cloutier 11 saves / 12 shots Greg Millen 1 save / 4 shots

May 10	Chicago Blackhawks		3–4	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Steve Konroyd (1) – 14:14		First period		02:08 – Randy Gregg (2) 12:25 – pp – Craig Simpson (11) 14:32 – Adam Graves (2)
Troy Murray (4) – 04:03 Denis Savard (7) – pp – 12:45		Second period		18:29 – pp – Jari Kurri (7)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jacques Cloutier 30 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Bill Ranford 18 saves / 21 shots

May 12	Edmonton Oilers		8–4	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Esa Tikkanen (1) – sh – 02:010 Craig Simpson (12) – pp – 12:26 Petr Klima (4) – 15:11		First period		05:01 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (11)
Adam Graves (3) – 05:17 Joe Murphy (4) – 15:22 Glenn Anderson (6) – 17:31 Mark Messier (9) – 17:48		Second period		No scoring
Steve Smith (4) – 03:06		Third period		01:31 – Adam Creighton (3) 08:11 – Steve Thomas (7) 09:04 – pp – Trent Yawney (3)
Bill Ranford 26 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 18 saves / 25 shots Jacques Cloutier 2 saves / 3 shots

Edmonton won series 4–2

Stanley Cup Finals

This was the second Finals meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting sweeping the Bruins in the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins in five games. For the Oilers, it was their fifth Cup win in seven years, and their only one without Wayne Gretzky. In Game 1, Petr Klima scored at 15:13 of the third overtime period to give the Oilers a 3–2 win. The game broke the record for longest Finals game, set in 1931 between Chicago and Montreal. This game remains the longest in Stanley Cup Finals history (Longest NHL overtime games) to date, edging both Brett Hull's cup-winner in 1999 and Igor Larionov's game-winner in 2002 by less than 30 seconds. In Game 5 at the Boston Garden on May 24, the Oilers won 4–1, with Craig Simpson scoring the game-winning goal.

May 15	Edmonton Oilers		3–2	3OT	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Adam Graves (4) – 09:46		First period			No scoring
Glenn Anderson (7) – 13:00		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			03:43 – Ray Bourque (3) 18:31 – Ray Bourque (4)
Petr Klima (5) – 15:13		Third overtime period			No scoring
Bill Ranford 50 saves / 52 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 28 saves / 31 shots

May 18	Edmonton Oilers		7–2	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Adam Graves (5) – 08:38 Jari Kurri (8) – pp – 10:53		First period		19:07 – Ray Bourque (5)
Jari Kurri (9) – 04:21 Craig Simpson (13) – 15:28 Esa Tikkanen (11) – 17:10 Joe Murphy (5) – 19:12		Second period		02:56 – pp – Greg Hawgood (1)
Jari Kurri (10) – pp – 07:27		Third period		No scoring
Bill Ranford 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Rejean Lemelin 14 saves / 18 shots Andy Moog 1 saves / 4 shots

May 20	Boston Bruins		2–1	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
John Byce (2) – 00:10 Greg Johnston (1) – 15:04		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		05:54 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (12)
Andy Moog 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Bill Ranford 20 saves / 22 shots

May 22	Boston Bruins		1–5	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		02:13 – pp – Glenn Anderson (8) 16:27 – Glenn Anderson (9)
No scoring		Second period		01:00 – Craig Simpson (14) 19:15 – Esa Tikkanen (13)
John Carter (6) – 15:02		Third period		18:36 – Craig Simpson (15)
Andy Moog 28 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Bill Ranford 24 saves / 25 shots

May 24	Edmonton Oilers		4–1	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Glenn Anderson (10) – 01:17 Craig Simpson (16) – 09:31		Second period		No scoring
Steve Smith (5) – 06:09 Joe Murphy (6) – 14:53		Third period		16:30 – Lyndon Byers (1)
Bill Ranford 29 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Andy Moog 18 saves / 22 shots

Edmonton won series 4–1

Playoff statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.^[1]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Craig Simpson	Edmonton Oilers	22	16	15	31	+11	8
Mark Messier	Edmonton Oilers	22	9	22	31	+5	20
Cam Neely	Boston Bruins	21	12	16	28	+7	51
Jari Kurri	Edmonton Oilers	22	10	15	25	+13	18
Esa Tikkanen	Edmonton Oilers	22	13	11	24	+12	26
Glenn Anderson	Edmonton Oilers	22	10	12	22	+12	20
Steve Larmer	Chicago Blackhawks	20	7	15	22	+2	8
Denis Savard	Chicago Blackhawks	20	7	15	22	0	41
Craig Janney	Boston Bruins	18	3	19	22	+3	2
Brett Hull	St. Louis Blues	12	13	8	21	+1	17

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.^[2]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Andy Moog	Boston Bruins	20	13	7	484	44	2.21	.909	2	1195:14
Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	11	5	6	291	26	2.43	.911	1	640:46
Bill Ranford	Edmonton Oilers	22	16	6	671	59	2.53	.912	1	1401:13
Peter Sidorkiewicz	Hartford Whalers	7	3	4	193	23	3.21	.881	0	429:26
Mike Liut	Washington Capitals	9	4	4	222	28	3.31	.874	0	507:14

Notes

References

Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Total Sports Canada. ISBN 1-892129-07-8.

Preceded by 1989 Stanley Cup playoffs	Stanley Cup Champions	Succeeded by 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs

[1] NHL.com - Skater Stats

[2] NHL.com - Goalie Stats

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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) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

(A2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens

(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P4) New York Islanders

(P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S3) Winnipeg Jets

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens

(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N2) St. Louis Blues

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Chicago Blackhawks

Stanley Cup Finals

Playoff statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

See also

Notes

References