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) |
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
[edit]The top four teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, as follows:
Prince of Wales Conference
[edit]Adams Division
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Norris Division
[edit]- Chicago Blackhawks, Norris Division champions – 88 points
- St. Louis Blues – 83 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 80 points
- Minnesota North Stars – 76 points
Smythe Division
[edit]- 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
[edit]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).
| Division semifinals | Division finals | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 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
[edit]Prince of Wales Conference
[edit](A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit](N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Prince of Wales Conference
[edit](A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit](N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N2) St. Louis Blues
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Prince of Wales Conference final
[edit](A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals
[edit]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
[edit](S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Chicago Blackhawks
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Skaters
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Total Sports Canada. ISBN 1-892129-07-8.
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