1993 Stanley Cup playoffs
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 18–June 9, 1993 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Montreal Canadiens |
| Runner-up | Los Angeles Kings |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Wayne Gretzky (Kings) (40 points) |
| MVP | Patrick Roy (Canadiens) |
The 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began after the conclusion of the 1992–93 NHL season on April 18 and ended with the Montreal Canadiens defeating the Los Angeles Kings four games to one to win the Stanley Cup on June 9. These playoffs featured an NHL record 28 overtime games, of which the Canadiens set a playoff record for most overtime games won and consecutively in a single postseason with ten. The Canadiens also won 11 consecutive games during the playoffs, tying an NHL record.
The Presidents' Trophy-winning Pittsburgh Penguins, who had won the Stanley Cup the previous two years,[1][2] were the favourite to repeat. However, both conferences saw numerous upsets as the third place team in every division reached their respective conference finals. This was the first time since the 1979 NHL-WHA merger that the Edmonton Oilers had missed the playoffs. It was also the first time that longtime Oilers and then-New York Rangers captain Mark Messier had missed the playoffs in his career. This was the only year between 1984 and 1994 that the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens did not face each other in the playoffs. This was the last time that the New York Islanders won a playoff round before 2016. It was also the first time in the post-1967 expansion era that no team with a losing record qualified for the playoffs. Montreal's Cup championship remains the last time that a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup.
Playoff seeds[edit]
This marked the final season of the NHL's division-oriented playoff format (first used in 1982) which saw the top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs automatically. A similar version of this playoff format was used for the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Under the rules in place, the following teams qualified for the playoffs:[4]
Prince of Wales Conference[edit]
Adams Division[edit]
- Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions – 109 points
- Quebec Nordiques – 104 points
- Montreal Canadiens – 102 points
- Buffalo Sabres – 86 points
Patrick Division[edit]
- Pittsburgh Penguins, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 119 points
- Washington Capitals – 93 points
- New York Islanders – 87 points (40 wins, 10 points head-to-head vs. New Jersey)
- New Jersey Devils – 87 points (40 wins, 4 points head-to-head vs. NY Islanders)
Clarence Campbell Conference[edit]
Norris Division[edit]
- Chicago Blackhawks, Norris Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 106 points
- Detroit Red Wings – 103 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 99 points
- St. Louis Blues – 85 points
Smythe Division[edit]
- Vancouver Canucks, Smythe Division champions – 101 points
- Calgary Flames – 97 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 88 points
- Winnipeg Jets – 87 points
Playoff bracket[edit]
| Division semifinals | Division finals | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Buffalo | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Buffalo | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Montreal | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Quebec | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Montreal | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Montreal | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prince of Wales Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| P3 | NY Islanders | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P4 | New Jersey | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| P3 | NY Islanders | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Washington | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| P3 | NY Islanders | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Montreal | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Los Angeles | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Chicago | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | St. Louis | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | St. Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Toronto | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Detroit | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Toronto | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Toronto | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clarence Campbell Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Los Angeles | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Vancouver | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Winnipeg | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Vancouver | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Los Angeles | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Calgary | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Los Angeles | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Division semifinals[edit]
Prince of Wales Conference[edit]
(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Buffalo Sabres[edit]
This was the sixth playoff series meeting between the Sabres and Bruins. Boston won all five previous series head-to-head, including last year's Adams Division Semifinals in seven games. Although Boston had entered the playoffs with the second best record in the entire NHL and the Sabres had the second lowest point total of any playoff team, Buffalo upset the Bruins by sweeping the heavily favored Boston squad. The fourth game saw Brad May's game-winning goal in overtime, which has become famous in NHL lore thanks to Rick Jeanneret's "May day!" call. This was the first playoff series victory for Buffalo since defeating Montreal in the 1983 Adams Division Semifinals.
| April 18 | Buffalo Sabres | 5–4 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
| Dave Hannan (1) – 02:32 Pat LaFontaine (1) – 09:26 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alexander Mogilny (1) – 19:55 | Second period | 07:20 – pp – Joe Juneau (1) 14:42 – Cam Neely (1) | ||||||
| Alexander Mogilny (2) – 03:46 | Third period | 15:44 – Cam Neely (2) 17:00 – Steve Heinze (1) | ||||||
| Bob Sweeney (1) – 11:03 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 24 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Buffalo Sabres | 4–0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Wayne Presley (1) – sh – 04:27 Randy Wood (1) – pp – 08:07 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alexander Mogilny (3) – 05:03 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dale Hawerchuk (1) – pp – 14:48 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 34 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 7 saves / 10 shots John Blue 14 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | ||
| Ray Bourque (1) – pp – 17:33 | First period | 01:33 – pp – Alexander Mogilny (4) 04:42 – Yuri Khmylev (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bryan Smolinski (1) – 13:28 Cam Neely (3) – 15:57 |
Third period | 14:56 – Bob Sweeney (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 01:05 – pp – Yuri Kmylev (2) | ||||||
| John Blue 30 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Boston Bruins | 5–6 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | ||
| Cam Neely (4) – 02:19 Joe Juneau (2) – pp – 14:15 Peter Douris (1) – 14:50 Stephen Leach (1) – 19:48 |
First period | 10:09 – pp – Alexander Mogilny (5) 15:46 – Dale Hawerchuk (2) | ||||||
| Dave Poulin (1) – sh – 02:13 | Second period | 03:58 – Donald Audette (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:43 – Alexander Mogilny (6) 11:36 – Yuri Khmylev (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:48 – Brad May (1) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 22 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 8 saves / 12 shots Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| Buffalo wins 4–0 | |
(A2) Quebec Nordiques vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens[edit]
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two rivals with the teams splitting the four previous series. This was the final playoff series between the provincial rivals before the Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995 and became the Colorado Avalanche. They last met in the 1987 Adams Division Finals, which Montreal won in seven games.
The Canadiens lost the first two games of this series against the rival Nordiques, due in part to a couple of weak goals let in by star Montreal goaltender Patrick Roy. Afterward, a newspaper in Roy's hometown district suggested he be traded, while Nordiques goaltending coach Dan Bouchard also proclaimed that his team had solved Roy. However, Montreal head coach Jacques Demers held himself to a promise he had made to Roy earlier in the season and kept him as the starting goalie.
With Montreal staring a potential 3–0 series deficit to Quebec in the face, overtime in Game 3 was marked by two disputed goals that were reviewed by the video goal judge. The first review ruled that Stephan Lebeau had knocked the puck in with a high stick, but the second upheld Montreal's winning goal as it was directed in by the skate of Quebec defenceman Alexei Gusarov and not that of a Montreal player. The Game 3 overtime victory was the first in a record-setting streak of 10 consecutive overtime victories by the Canadiens in these playoffs.
| April 18 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–3 | OT | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Gilbert Dionne (1) – 05:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Bellows (1) – 09:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:31 – pp – Martin Rucinsky (1) 19:12 – Joe Sakic (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 16:49 – Scott Young (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 34 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 36 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–4 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:19 – pp – Curtis Leschyshyn (1) 11:41 – Scott Young (2) 13:56 – Scott Young (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Bellows (2) – 11:05 | Third period | 19:23 – Claude Lapointe (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 34 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Quebec Nordiques | 1–2 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| Mats Sundin (1) – 01:17 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:30 – pp – Kirk Muller (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 10:30 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (1) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 48 saves / 50 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 34 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Quebec Nordiques | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Scott Young (4) – 09:25 | First period | 05:28 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (2) | ||||||
| Joe Sakic (2) – 17:56 | Second period | 09:21 – Gary Leeman (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:07 – Benoit Brunet (1) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 34 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–4 | OT | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Mike Keane (1) – 04:24 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vincent Damphousse (3) – 11:00 Eric Desjardins (1) – 17:14 |
Second period | 01:46 – Andrei Kovalenko (1) 08:17 – pp – Mats Sundin (2) 17:34 – Owen Nolan (1) | ||||||
| Gilbert Dionne (2) – 13:23 | Third period | 06:16 – Mats Sundin (3) | ||||||
| Kirk Muller (2) – 08:17 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 35 saves / 37 shots Andre Racicot 7 saves / 9 shots |
Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 25 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Quebec Nordiques | 2–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:29 – Ed Ronan (1) | ||||||
| Claude Lapointe (2) – 02:08 Joe Sakic (3) – pp – 06:25 |
Second period | 01:13 – Paul DiPietro (1) 11:00 – Paul DiPietro (2) 17:08 – Kirk Muller (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:23 – Paul DiPietro (3) 17:28 – pp – Gilbert Dionne (3) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 18 saves / 23 shots Stephane Fiset 11 saves / 12 shots |
Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–2 | |
(P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P4) New Jersey Devils[edit]
This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Pittsburgh won the only previous meeting in the 1991 Patrick Division Semifinals in seven games.
The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions were a heavy favorite to be the first team since the 1980–1983 New York Islanders to win more than two consecutive Cups. Entering the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winner, the Penguins faced off against the fourth place team from their division the New Jersey Devils. By winning the first three games of the series, Pittsburgh extended its playoff winning streak to 14 games; this dated back to Game 4 of the 1992 Patrick Division Final against the New York Rangers and set an NHL playoff record for longest winning streak. The streak ended in Game 4 when the Devils defeated Pittsburgh, 4–1. The Penguins quickly closed out the Devils in the next game by a score of 5–2 to advance to the second round.
| April 18 | New Jersey Devils | 3–6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Dave Barr (1) – 06:24 | First period | 01:40 – pp – Rick Tocchet (1) 09:33 – Mario Lemieux (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:11 – pp – Mario Lemieux (2) 12:57 – Ron Francis (1) 17:13 – Dave Tippett (1) | ||||||
| Scott Stevens (1) – pp – 11:48 Scott Stevens (2) – 18:56 |
Third period | 08:35 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (1) | ||||||
| Chris Terreri 27 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | New Jersey Devils | 0–7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:09 – Shawn McEachern (1) 17:41 – sh – Mario Lemieux (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:48 – Rick Tocchet (2) 12:39 – Jaromir Jagr (2) 15:43 – pp – Kevin Stevens (1) 16:56 – Shawn McEachern (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:42 – Joe Mullen (1) | ||||||
| Chris Terreri 17 saves / 23 shots Craig Billington 3 saves / 4 shots |
Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 36 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–3 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
| Shawn McEachern (3) – 09:36 | First period | 01:03 – Bill Guerin (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:32 – Bobby Holik (1) | ||||||
| Mario Lemieux (4) – 01:07 Peter Taglianetti (1) – 07:05 Larry Murphy (1) – pp – 09:31 |
Third period | 09:44 – Alexander Semak (1) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Craig Billington 31 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–4 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:22 – pp – Stephane Richer (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:50 – pp – Tommy Albelin (1) | ||||||
| Kevin Stevens (2) – 03:28 | Third period | 01:52 – pp – Claude Lemieux (1) 19:42 – Claude Lemieux (2) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Terreri 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | New Jersey Devils | 3–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:04 – pp – Mario Lemieux (5) 18:23 – Rick Tocchet (3) | ||||||
| Stephane Richer (2) – 01:35 Bruce Driver (1) – sh – 09:22 Tommy Albelin (2) – 13:58 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:07 – pp – Ron Francis (2) 07:28 – Jeff Daniels (1) 18:59 – Jeff Daniels (2) | ||||||
| Chris Terreri 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 19 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–1 | |
(P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) New York Islanders[edit]
This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. New York previous won four of the first five meetings all from 1983 to 1987. The last of those meetings was won by New York in the famed "Easter Epic" in the 1987 Patrick Division Semifinals.
Game six of this series was marred by a vicious hit by the Capitals' Dale Hunter on the Islanders' leading scorer, Pierre Turgeon, moments after Turgeon had scored a third-period goal to put the game and the series out of reach for Washington. Turgeon suffered a separated shoulder on the play and missed almost all of the next round. For his actions, Hunter was suspended for the first 21 games of the 1993–94 season. This was the Islanders first playoff series victory since their 1987 triumph over Washington.
| April 18 | New York Islanders | 1–3 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Ray Ferraro (1) – 05:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:18 – Dale Hunter (1) 07:01 – pp – Dale Hunter (2) 15:25 – pp – Dmitri Khristich (1) | ||||||
| Glenn Healy 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Rick Tabaracci 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | New York Islanders | 5–4 | 2OT | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | ||
| Pierre Turgeon (1) – 13:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pierre Turgeon (2) – 12:36 | Second period | 06:33 – Dale Hunter (3) 16:51 – pp – Dale Hunter (4) | ||||||
| Benoit Hogue (1) – 03:31 Ray Ferraro (2) – 14:50 |
Third period | 07:16 – Dmitri Khristich (2) 19:57 – pp – Dale Hunter (5) | ||||||
| Brian Mullen (1) – 14:50 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glenn Healy 41 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Rick Tabaracci 56 saves / 61 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Washington Capitals | 3–4 | OT | New York Islanders | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Randy Burridge (1) – 18:58 | First period | 16:37 – Steve Thomas (1) | ||||||
| Bobby Carpenter (1) – 06:18 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Elynuik (1) – 06:15 | Third period | 11:11 – Steve Thomas (2) 19:17 – Pierre Turgeon (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:46 – Ray Ferraro (3) | ||||||
| Rick Tabaracci 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Healy 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Washington Capitals | 3–4 | 2OT | New York Islanders | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Al Iafrate (1) – pp – 03:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Ridley (1) – pp – 04:37 Al Iafrate (2) – 05:54 |
Second period | 07:17 – pp – Vladimir Malakhov (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:54 – Travis Green (1) 14:14 – Patrick Flatley (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 05:40 – Ray Ferraro (4) | ||||||
| Rick Tabaracci 42 saves / 46 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Healy 37 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | New York Islanders | 4–6 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Ray Ferraro (5) – pp – 04:37 | First period | 01:15 – Sylvain Cote (1) 14:48 – pp – Al Iafrate (3) 16:41 – Al Iafrate (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:42 – Pat Elynuik (2) | ||||||
| Ray Ferraro (6) – 09:54 Ray Ferraro (7) – 14:22 Ray Ferraro (8) – 17:45 |
Third period | 08:49 – Al Iafrate (5) 19:52 – pp – Dale Hunter (6) | ||||||
| Mark Fitzpatrick 12 saves / 14 shots Glenn Healy 8 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Washington Capitals | 3–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Dale Hunter (7) – 09:58 | First period | 15:46 – Steve Thomas (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:41 – sh – Benoit Hogue (2) 19:46 – Brad Dalgarno (1) | ||||||
| Todd Krygier (1) – sh – 15:19 Al Iafrate (6) – pp – 16:30 |
Third period | 09:58 – Travis Green (2) 11:29 – Pierre Turgeon (4) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Healy 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–2 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference[edit]
(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N4) St. Louis Blues[edit]
This was the ninth playoff series meeting between these two teams, with Chicago previously winning seven of the prior eight playoff meetings. This was a rematch of the previous year's Norris Division Semifinals, which Chicago won in six games.
The Blackhawks became the second division champion after the Bruins to be swept in the first round of the playoffs. On the series-winning overtime goal in game four, Chicago goaltender Ed Belfour complained that St. Louis star Brett Hull had interfered with him on the play, but to no avail, as the goal stood as the game and series winner. Belfour famously went on a rampage after the game, smashing his stick against the net, and breaking a hot tub, coffee maker and a television in the visitors' locker room at the St. Louis Arena. Belfour and Hull later became teammates on the Dallas Stars Stanley Cup winning team in 1999.
| April 18 | St. Louis Blues | 4–3 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:17 – Brian Noonan (1) | ||||||
| Jeff Brown (1) – 03:12 Denny Felsner (1) – 12:49 |
Second period | 05:40 – pp – Brian Noonan (2) 08:51 – Brian Noonan (3) | ||||||
| Brendan Shanahan (1) – pp – 11:12 Brett Hull (1) – pp – 11:29 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | St. Louis Blues | 2–0 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Brett Hull (2) – pp – 07:38 Dave Lowry (1) – sh – 13:53 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 47 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 15 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Chicago Blackhawks | 0–3 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 16:53 – pp – Craig Janney (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:31 – Brett Hull (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:44 – Nelson Emerson (1) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 34 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3–4 | OT | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 16:09 – pp – Brett Hull (4) | ||||||
| Brent Sutter (1) – 03:09 Jocelyn Lemieux (1) – 16:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeremy Roenick (1) – 17:02 | Third period | 01:48 – pp – Brett Hull (5) 03:09 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 10:43 – Craig Janney (2) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| St. Louis won series 4–0 | |
(N2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs[edit]
This was the 23rd playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split the prior 22 playoff meetings. Detroit won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1988 Norris Division Semifinals.
In a revival of the heated Original Six rivalry, Nikolai Borschevsky's game seven overtime goal gave Toronto the series and made them the sixth club to eliminate a team with a better regular season record in the first round of the playoffs. This was also Toronto's first playoff series win over Detroit since the Maple Leafs beat the Red Wings in the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals. Until 2009, this was the last Clarence Campbell/Western Conference playoff series to be played entirely within the Eastern Time Zone.
| April 19 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–6 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| John Cullen (1) – 10:44 | First period | 04:48 – Steve Yzerman (1) | ||||||
| Doug Gilmour (1) – pp – 19:59 | Second period | 05:04 – pp – Ray Sheppard (1) 06:42 – sh – Shawn Burr (1) 11:00 – pp – Steve Chiasson (1) 14:46 – Mark Howe (1) | ||||||
| Sylvain Lefebvre (1) – 07:45 | Third period | 05:10 – Yves Racine (1) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 27 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–6 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:06 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (1) | ||||||
| Dmitri Mironov (1) – pp – 19:10 | Second period | 00:43 – sh – Sergei Fedorov (1) 08:06 – pp – Steve Yzerman (2) 17:40 – Steve Yzerman (3) | ||||||
| Doug Gilmour (2) – 04:32 | Third period | 05:51 – Paul Ysebaert (1) 18:33 – Dallas Drake (1) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 24 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:21 – Dave Andreychuk (1) 07:37 – Dave Andreychuk (2) | ||||||
| Sergei Fedorov (2) – pp – 01:20 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Chiasson (2) – 14:14 | Third period | 04:44 – pp – Wendel Clark (1) 09:32 – Rob Pearson (1) | ||||||
| Tim Cheveldae 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 34 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sheldon Kennedy (1) – 08:52 Paul Coffey (1) – 16:12 |
Second period | 10:08 – Dave Andreychuk (3) 13:58 – Mark Osborne (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:47 – Dave Andreychuk (4) | ||||||
| Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–4 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Dave Andreychuk (5) – 08:26 | First period | 05:59 – Gerard Gallant (1) 18:00 – Sergei Fedorov (3) | ||||||
| Dave Ellett (1) – 09:12 Dave Ellett (2) – pp – 16:57 |
Second period | 02:32 – pp – Ray Sheppard (2) 06:21 – Dino Ciccarelli (1) | ||||||
| Wendel Clark (2) – 11:38 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Foligno (1) – 02:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 16 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Detroit Red Wings | 7–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Dallas Drake (2) – pp – 08:37 | First period | 11:58 – Peter Zezel (1) 18:58 – Dave Andreychuk (6) | ||||||
| Dino Ciccarelli (2) – pp – 00:26 Paul Coffey (2) – 01:17 Paul Ysebaert (2) – sh – 08:36 Dino Ciccarelli (3) – pp – 14:26 Steve Yzerman (4) – sh – 19:49 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dino Ciccarelli (4) – pp – 19:37 | Third period | 09:47 – Sylvain Lefebvre (2) | ||||||
| Tim Cheveldae 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 21 saves / 27 shots Daren Puppa 6 saves / 7 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–3 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Glenn Anderson (1) – 07:25 | First period | 10:37 – Paul Ysebaert (3) | ||||||
| Bob Rouse (1) – 07:36 | Second period | 06:11 – Shawn Burr (2) 08:44 – Dallas Drake (3) | ||||||
| Doug Gilmour (3) – 17:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nikolai Borschevsky (1) – 02:35 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 31 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–3 | |
(S1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S4) Winnipeg Jets[edit]
This was the second overall playoff series between these two teams and was a rematch of last year's Smythe Division Semifinals, which Vancouver won in seven games.
Vancouver managed to defeat the Jets in six games and eliminate them in the first round for a second consecutive year. Game six was not without controversy as Greg Adams scored the first goal for the Canucks, however video replay showed the goal was clearly scored with a high-stick, the goal was allowed to stand. Adams went on to score the game winner in overtime and once again the goal was surrounded with controversy as video replay showed Adams crashing into the net and goalie Bob Essensa. This sent the puck into the net with the back of Essensa's skate. The goal also counted and Jet fans in attendance began to throw debris onto the ice in frustration with the call.
| April 19 | Winnipeg Jets | 2–4 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Thomas Steen (1) – pp – 17:53 | First period | 01:23 – pp – Greg Adams (1) 09:56 – Murray Craven (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kris King (1) – 03:43 | Third period | 12:16 – Trevor Linden (1) 18:31 – Cliff Ronning (1) | ||||||
| Bob Essensa 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Winnipeg Jets | 2–3 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:37 – Cliff Ronning (2) | ||||||
| Tie Domi (1) – 06:48 | Second period | 06:05 – Geoff Courtnall (1) | ||||||
| Teppo Numminen (1) – pp – 00:30 | Third period | 04:01 – Pavel Bure (1) | ||||||
| Bob Essensa 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–5 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| Pavel Bure (2) – 18:29 | First period | 03:52 – Keith Tkachuk (1) 07:01 – pp – Teemu Selanne (1) 19:57 – pp – Teemu Selanne (2) | ||||||
| Trevor Linden (2) – 00:14 Trevor Linden (3) – pp – 00:59 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pavel Bure (3) – 15:52 | Third period | 02:53 – sh – Luciano Borsato (1) 09:35 – Teemu Selanne (3) | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 24 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Essensa 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–1 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| Greg Adams (2) – 02:16 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sergio Momesso (1) – 03:18 | Second period | 08:48 – Keith Tkachuk (2) | ||||||
| Dana Murzyn (1) – 18:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Essensa 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Winnipeg Jets | 4–3 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Darrin Shannon (1) – pp – 07:47 | First period | 11:10 – Gerald Diduck (1) 12:42 – Pavel Bure (4) 16:52 – pp – Greg Adams (3) | ||||||
| Keith Tkachuk (3) – pp – 11:46 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Darrin Shannon (2) – 09:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Teemu Selanne (4) – 06:18 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Essensa 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 21 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–3 | OT | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | ||
| Greg Adams (4) – pp – 16:21 | First period | 02:55 – Stu Barnes (1) | ||||||
| Murray Craven (2) – 15:34 | Second period | 07:21 – Andy Brickley (1) | ||||||
| Sergio Momesso (2) – 07:09 | Third period | 06:03 – Keith Tkachuk (4) | ||||||
| Greg Adams (5) – 04:30 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Essensa 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| Vancouver won series 4–2 | |
(S2) Calgary Flames vs. (S3) Los Angeles Kings[edit]
This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. Los Angeles won three of the previous five meetings, including their most recent meeting in six games in the 1990 Smythe Division Semifinals.
The Kings upset the Flames in a high scoring six-game series. The winning team scored nine goals in three of the six games. Trailing two games to one and having lost two straight, Kings head coach Barry Melrose inserted backup goaltender Robb Stauber for the struggling Kelly Hrudey, who had allowed 17 goals against in 3 games. Stauber played brilliantly in the Kings 3–1 win in Game 4 as the series was tied at two wins apiece. The Kings offense was largely responsible for winning the series scoring nine goals in both Game 5 and 6.
| April 18 | Los Angeles Kings | 6–3 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| Darryl Sydor (1) – 00:16 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jimmy Carson (1) – pp – 03:13 Charlie Huddy (1) – 03:37 Marty McSorley (1) – 06:36 |
Second period | 02:48 – sh – Gary Suter (1) | ||||||
| Corey Millen (1) – 01:06 Jimmy Carson (2) – pp – 10:32 |
Third period | 04:23 – Chris Dahlquist (1) 08:47 – Trent Yawney (1) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 25 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–9 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| Jimmy Carson (3) – 01:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:02 – Joel Otto (1) 08:02 – Trent Yawney (2) 10:52 – pp – Robert Reichel (1) 16:47 – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) 19:37 – sh – Joel Otto (2) | ||||||
| Jimmy Carson (4) – 05:34 Warren Rychel (1) – 11:56 Jari Kurri (1) – pp – 15:22 |
Third period | 07:23 – pp – Robert Reichel (2) 08:14 – Theoren Fleury (1) 19:15 – Gary Suter (2) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 31 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Calgary Flames | 5–2 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| Joel Otto (3) – 16:59 Theoren Fleury (2) – pp – 17:26 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Paslawski (2) – 04:29 | Second period | 10:01 – Alexei Zhitnik (1) | ||||||
| Theo Fleury (3) – sh – 02:19 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 18:51 |
Third period | 02:49 – Mike Donnelly (1) | ||||||
| Jeff Reese 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Calgary Flames | 1–3 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| Trent Yawney (3) – pp – 13:43 | First period | 16:51 – pp – Alexei Zhitnik (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:48 – Warren Rychel (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:53 – Pat Conacher (1) | ||||||
| Jeff Reese 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Robb Stauber 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Los Angeles Kings | 9–4 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| Tomas Sandstrom (1) – 02:52 Mike Donnelly (2) – 14:30 Pat Conacher (2) – 17:07 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luc Robitaille (1) – 06:53 Luc Robitaille (2) – 10:59 |
Second period | 11:51 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) 14:06 – Frantisek Musil (1) | ||||||
| Warren Rychel (3) – 04:38 Wayne Gretzky (1) – 07:33 Tony Granato (1) – 16:54 Pat Conacher (3) – 19:10 |
Third period | 00:47 – Chris Dahlquist (2) 15:53 – pp – Theoren Fleury (4) | ||||||
| Robb Stauber 40 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Jeff Reese 16 saves / 21 shots Mike Vernon 10 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Calgary Flames | 6–9 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| Greg Paslawski (3) – 02:23 Gary Roberts (1) – pp – 11:21 |
First period | 06:07 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (2) 18:45 – Tomas Sandstrom (2) 19:46 – Dave Taylor (1) | ||||||
| Theoren Fleury (5) – 06:57 Al MacInnis (1) – pp – 12:54 Joel Otto (4) – 19:41 |
Second period | 04:25 – Jari Kurri (2) 15:00 – sh – Rob Blake (1) 16:03 – Tony Granato (2) | ||||||
| Chris Dahlquist (3) – 08:46 | Third period | 05:04 – Tomas Sandstrom (3) 09:56 – Corey Millen (2) 15:52 – Jimmy Carson (5) | ||||||
| Jeff Reese 10 saves / 18 shots Mike Vernon 4 saves / 5 shots |
Goalie stats | Robb Stauber 36 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| Los Angeles won series 4–2 | |
Division finals[edit]
Prince of Wales Conference[edit]
(A3) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Buffalo Sabres[edit]
This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. Montreal won three of the first five playoff meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1991 Adams Division Semifinals in six games.
Montreal swept the series winning every game by a score of 4–3. A pivotal moment came in the second period of Game 3 when Sabres star Alexander Mogilny suffered a badly broken leg, ending what had been a tremendous campaign of 76 goals in 77 regular season games followed by seven goals in seven playoff games. As in their previous series, Montreal played three overtime games, this time winning all three of them.
This was the last time where a team who swept a playoff series in the first round was swept in the second round until the New York Islanders suffered the same fate in 2019.
| May 2 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Alexander Mogilny (7) – 03:43 | First period | 02:43 – pp – Benoit Brunet (2) 16:29 – pp – Kirk Muller (4) | ||||||
| Dale Hawerchuk (3) – pp – 09:12 Donald Audette (2) – 11:42 |
Second period | 06:23 – Paul DiPietro (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:50 – Vincent Damphousse (4) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 18 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–4 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| Ken Sutton (1) – 02:37 Pat LaFontaine (2) – pp – 16:57 |
First period | 02:09 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:59 – pp – Kirk Muller (5) 06:11 – Vincent Damphousse (6) | ||||||
| Doug Bodger (1) – pp – 00:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:50 – Guy Carbonneau (1) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | ||
| Kirk Muller (6) – 00:14 Vincent Damphousse (7) – pp – 10:03 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:43 – Ken Sutton (2) 15:56 – pp – Doug Bodger (2) | ||||||
| Guy Carbonneau (2) – sh – 01:49 | Third period | 10:20 – Dale Hawerchuk (4) | ||||||
| Gilbert Dionne (4) – 08:28 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | ||
| Lyle Odelein (1) – 17:02 | First period | 14:15 – Ken Sutton (3) | ||||||
| Vincent Damphousse (8) – 06:29 Kevin Haller (1) – pp – 15:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:30 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (5) 19:50 – Yuri Khmylev (4) | ||||||
| Kirk Muller (7) – 11:37 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 37 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–0 | |
(P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P3) New York Islanders[edit]
This was the third playoff series between these two teams. New York won both previous playoff meetings, including their most recent in the 1982 Patrick Division Semifinals 3–2.
The Islanders upset the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. David Volek's overtime goal in game seven was the deciding goal as New York rallied from a 3–2 deficit to defeat the Penguins. Islanders defenceman Darius Kasparaitis played a large role in his team's win neutralizing Pittsburgh stars Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr with big hits. With their upset of Pittsburgh, the Islanders reached the Wales Conference Finals for the first time since 1984. The Islanders did not win a playoff series again until 2016.
| May 2 | New York Islanders | 3–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Vladimir Malakhov (2) – 12:20 Ray Ferraro (9) – sh – 17:09 |
First period | 08:19 – Mike Needham (1) | ||||||
| Benoit Hogue (3) – sh – 05:02 | Second period | 15:10 – Jeff Daniels (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glenn Healy 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | New York Islanders | 0–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:37 – Joe Mullen (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:38 – Rick Tocchet (4) 06:40 – Ron Francis (3) | ||||||
| Glenn Healy 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 26 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–1 | New York Islanders | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Ron Francis (4) – 13:08 Jaromir Jagr (3) – 15:45 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:18 – pp – Ray Ferraro (10) | ||||||
| Joe Mullen (3) – 19:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 36 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Healy 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 5–6 | New York Islanders | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jaromir Jagr (4) – 13:12 | Second period | 15:44 – pp – Ray Ferraro (11) 19:43 – sh – Tom Fitzgerald (1) | ||||||
| Troy Loney (1) – 02:32 Rick Tocchet (5) – 02:53 Kevin Stevens (3) – pp – 06:24 Ron Francis (5) – 10:50 |
Third period | 00:25 – sh – Tom Fitzgerald (2) 03:31 – Derek King (1) 09:11 – Vladimir Malakhov (3) 12:11 – Derek King (2) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 34 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Healy 23 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | New York Islanders | 3–6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:19 – Mario Lemieux (6) 00:54 – Rick Tocchet (6) 01:48 – pp – Larry Murphy (2) | ||||||
| Jeff Norton (1) – pp – 00:31 Brian Mullen (2) – 17:23 |
Second period | 00:45 – pp – Mario Lemieux (7) | ||||||
| Travis Green (3) – 13:45 | Third period | 01:39 – sh – Joe Mullen (4) 05:30 – Jaromir Jagr (5) | ||||||
| Glenn Healy 11 saves / 16 shots Mark Fitzpatrick 1 save / 2 shots |
Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 34 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 5–7 | New York Islanders | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Martin Straka (1) – 06:47 | First period | 00:25 – Brad Dalgarno (2) 07:19 – Derek King (3) | ||||||
| Mario Lemieux (8) – 01:16 Martin Straka (2) – 12:22 Kevin Stevens (4) – pp – 14:31 |
Second period | 07:22 – pp – Ray Ferraro (12) 11:20 – pp – Steve Thomas (4) | ||||||
| Kevin Stevens (5) – pp – 17:28 | Third period | 05:42 – Brian Mullen (3) 10:32 – Steve Thomas (5) 19:42 – Uwe Krupp (1) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 22 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Healy 31 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| May 14 | New York Islanders | 4–3 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Thomas (6) – 18:28 | Second period | 07:59 – Ulf Samuelsson (1) | ||||||
| David Volek (1) – 06:10 Benoit Hogue (4) – 09:09 |
Third period | 16:13 – Ron Francis (6) 19:00 – Rick Tocchet (7) | ||||||
| David Volek (2) – 05:16 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glenn Healy 42 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 16 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–3 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference[edit]
(N3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (N4) St. Louis Blues[edit]
This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won two of the previous three meetings. Their most recent meeting occurred in the 1990 Norris Division Semifinals, which St. Louis won in five games.
Toronto defeated St. Louis in seven games to advance to a league semifinal series for the first time since 1978, despite Blues' goaltender Curtis Joseph's best efforts. St. Louis was heavily outshot throughout the series including more than 60 shots in game one alone. Game 7 of the series was the first Game 7 to be played at Maple Leaf Gardens since game seven of the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals.
| May 3 | St. Louis Blues | 1–2 | 2OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 19:03 – pp – John Cullen (2) | ||||||
| Philippe Bozon (1) – 10:55 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 03:16 – Doug Gilmour (4) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 61 saves / 63 shots Guy Hebert 1 save / 1 shots |
Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | St. Louis Blues | 2–1 | 2OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | ||
| Brett Hull (6) – 08:30 | First period | 13:09 – pp – Doug Gilmour (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Brown (2) – 03:03 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 57 saves / 58 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 38 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–4 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Dave Andreychuk (7) – 04:30 Dave Ellett (3) – pp – 14:33 |
First period | 15:09 – Brett Hull (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:42 – Brendan Shanahan (3) 14:47 – Brendan Shanahan (4) | ||||||
| Mike Krushelnyski (1) – 06:05 | Third period | 09:24 – Garth Butcher (1) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 34 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–1 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Wendel Clark (3) – 02:58 | First period | 14:59 – pp – Denny Felsner (2) | ||||||
| Dave Andreychuk (8) – pp – 16:25 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Todd Gill (1) – 12:55 Peter Zezel (2) – 19:16 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | St. Louis Blues | 1–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Brett Hull (8) – pp – 09:29 | First period | 06:18 – pp – Dave Andreychuk (9) 18:17 – pp – Bob Rouse (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:38 – Dave Andreychuk (10) 11:11 – Nikolai Borschevsky (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:35 – Glenn Anderson (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Dave Andreychuk (11) – pp – 01:53 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:33 – Dave Lowry (2) 08:14 – pp – Jeff Brown (3) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 40 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| May 15 | St. Louis Blues | 0–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:02 – pp – Dave Andreychuk (12) 10:02 – Wendel Clark (4) 15:12 – Mike Krushelnyski (2) 19:40 – Wendel Clark (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:58 – Kent Manderville (1) 14:50 – Doug Gilmour (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 25 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–3 | |
(S1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S3) Los Angeles Kings[edit]
This was the third playoff series between these two teams. Both teams split their first two playoff meetings. Their most recent meeting occurred in the 1991 Smythe Division Semifinals, which Los Angeles won in six games.
This was the first Smythe Division Final since 1982 not to have either the Calgary Flames or the Edmonton Oilers. The Vancouver Canucks, who easily won the regular season Smythe Division title, were strong favourites over the Kings. Vancouver's 5–2 win in Game 1 did nothing to change that. Kings head coach Barry Melrose re-inserted Kelly Hrudey as the Kings' starting goaltender in Game 2 and he responded with a strong effort as the Kings evened the series with a 6–3 win. After the teams split the two games in Los Angeles, they headed back to Vancouver for the crucial Game 5. Kings forward Gary Shuchuk scored on a rebound during a goal mouth scramble late in the second overtime and the Kings skated off the ice in front of a stunned Vancouver home crowd with a 3–2 series lead. Back in Los Angeles for Game 6, the Canucks did not recover as the Kings jumped out to a 5–2 lead and won the series despite a late Canuck goal.
This was the only time during this era (1982–1993) that a Canadian team did not advance to the Conference Final representing the Smythe Division.
| May 2 | Los Angeles Kings | 2–5 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Mike Donnelly (3) – 07:02 | First period | 05:22 – pp – Dixon Ward (1) 13:45 – Dana Murzyn (2) 19:44 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (2) | ||||||
| Wayne Gretzky (3) – pp – 03:10 | Second period | 12:50 – Gerald Diduck (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:48 – Dave Babych (1) | ||||||
| Robb Stauber 37 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Los Angeles Kings | 6–3 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Mark Hardy (1) – 00:19 Jari Kurri (3) – sh – 07:01 Warren Rychel (4) – 10:30 |
First period | 00:52 – pp – Greg Adams (6) 13:12 – pp – Dixon Ward (2) | ||||||
| Tony Granato (3) – 02:01 Wayne Gretzky (4) – 17:39 |
Second period | 11:45 – Pavel Bure (5) | ||||||
| Pat Conacher (4) – 04:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 25 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–7 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Geoff Courtnall (3) – 15:54 Anatoli Semenov (1) – 17:56 |
Second period | 12:24 – pp – Darryl Sydor (2) 19:09 – Warren Rychel (5) | ||||||
| Dave Babych (2) – pp – 11:18 Sergio Momesso (3) – 18:56 |
Third period | 04:41 – Luc Robitaille (3) 06:46 – Jari Kurri (4) 09:03 – Wayne Gretzky (5) 12:13 – Tomas Sandstrom (4) 19:59 – Wayne Gretzky (6) | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 26 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Vancouver Canucks | 7–2 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| Dana Murzyn (3) – 11:09 | First period | 15:49 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (5) | ||||||
| Petr Nedved (1) – 03:08 Murray Craven (3) – 10:06 Gerald Diduck (3) – 13:21 Geoff Courtnall (4) – 18:25 |
Second period | 00:27 – pp – Luc Robitaille (4) | ||||||
| Jim Sandlak (1) – 02:18 Greg Adams (7) – pp – 17:05 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 28 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–3 | 2OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Wayne Gretzky (7) – 06:22 Jari Kurri (5) – 08:15 |
First period | 05:50 – pp – Murray Craven (4) | ||||||
| Luc Robitaille (5) – 08:57 | Second period | 00:47 – Petr Nedved (2) 13:40 – pp – Trevor Linden (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gary Shuchuk – 06:31 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 36 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 40 saves / 44 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–5 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:22 – Rob Blake (2) | ||||||
| Gerald Diduck (4) – 08:46 Jim Sandlak (2) – 11:38 |
Second period | 15:48 – pp – Jari Kurri (6) 16:05 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (6) 17:44 – Warren Rychel (6) | ||||||
| Trevor Linden (5) – 17:05 | Third period | 08:54 – Wayne Gretzky (8) | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 45 saves / 50 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| Los Angeles won series 4–2 | |
Conference finals[edit]
All four conference finalists finished third in their respective divisions during the season.
Prince of Wales Conference final[edit]
(A3) Montreal Canadiens vs. (P3) New York Islanders[edit]
This was the fourth playoff series between these two teams. Montreal won two of the previous three meetings. New York won the most recent meeting in the 1984 Wales Conference Finals in six games.
Montreal's win in Game 3 was their 11th straight, tying the single-playoff record set a year earlier by Pittsburgh and Chicago. Montreal added two more overtime victories during the series bringing their total to seven straight for the playoffs.
| May 16 | New York Islanders | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:18 – Gilbert Dionne (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:41 – John LeClair (1) 14:45 – pp – Brian Bellows (3) | ||||||
| Ray Ferraro (13) – 18:53 | Third period | 12:06 – John LeClair (2) | ||||||
| Glenn Healy 18 saves / 21 shots Mark Fitzpatrick 6 saves / 7 shots |
Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 20 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | New York Islanders | 3–4 | 2OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| Pierre Turgeon (5) – pp – 13:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:40 – Brian Bellows (4) 09:49 – Stephan Lebeau (1) | ||||||
| Steve Thomas (7) – 10:35 David Volek (3) – 12:41 |
Third period | 14:50 – Paul DiPietro (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 06:21 – Stephan Lebeau (2) | ||||||
| Glenn Healy 37 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 39 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| May 20 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–1 | OT | New York Islanders | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:36 – Pierre Turgeon (6) | ||||||
| Vincent Damphousse (9) – 14:46 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Guy Carbonneau (3) – 12:34 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Healy 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul DiPietro (6) – 06:22 | Second period | 13:14 – Steve Thomas (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:57 – Patrick Flatley (2) 10:24 – David Volek (4) 19:16 – Benoit Hogue (5) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Healy 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 24 | New York Islanders | 2–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:58 – Kirk Muller (8) 17:11 – Mike Keane (2) | ||||||
| Steve Thomas (9) – 15:54 | Second period | 01:58 – Vincent Damphousse (10) 15:02 – J. J. Daigneault (1) 15:11 – Brian Bellows (5) | ||||||
| Benoit Hogue (6) – 03:46 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glenn Healy 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–1 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference final[edit]
(N3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (S3) Los Angeles Kings[edit]
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Toronto won both previous meetings, including their most recent meeting in a two-game sweep in the 1978 Preliminary Round. This was the first conference final for both teams since the playoffs went to a conference format starting in 1982. Toronto last played a semifinal series in 1978; they were swept by Montreal. Los Angeles last played in such a series in 1969; they were swept by St. Louis. For the first time since 1982, this series did not have either the Calgary Flames or the Edmonton Oilers representing the Smythe Division, and it was the only one between then and 1994 not to feature a team from Western Canada.
During game one, Los Angeles defenceman Marty McSorley delivered a serious, open-ice hit on Toronto's Doug Gilmour. Leafs captain Wendel Clark took exception to the hit and went after McSorley for striking their star player. Toronto head coach Pat Burns tried scaling the bench to confront Los Angeles head coach Barry Melrose. After the game, McSorley claimed in the interviews he received dozens of threats on his hotel phone from angry fans. For their part, the Kings believed Gilmour had attempted to head-butt McSorley in retaliation, which would have made Gilmour subject to a game misconduct and a five-minute major penalty, had the butt been called. However, referee Don Koharski declined to do so.
The bad blood between the Kings and Gilmour traced back to the game of November 22, 1992, when Gilmour broke the left arm of Kings forward Tomas Sandstrom with a slash, drawing an eight-day suspension and sidelining Sandstrom for over a month. The fires of the feud were fanned by Hockey Night in Canada studio analyst Don Cherry, who heaped abuse on Melrose throughout the telecast, criticizing everything from his playing style to his haircut, and claimed Sandstrom had "deserved" to have his arm broken, for being a "ChickenSwede". Later, in a post-game interview, Cherry kissed Gilmour, further angering the Kings.[5]
Toronto took a 3–2 series lead heading into game six in Los Angeles. With the game tied at four in overtime, Wayne Gretzky high-sticked Gilmour in the face, cutting his chin open.[6] As with the alleged head-butt in Game 1, high sticking penalties that resulted in a cut at that time resulted in a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct on the play. However, Gretzky was not penalized by referee Kerry Fraser and went on to score the winning goal moments later evening the series at three games each.
In game seven, Gretzky scored a hat-trick and added an assist to give the Kings another 5–4 win and the first Stanley Cup Finals berth in team history. Gretzky later called Game 7 of the 1993 Campbell Conference Finals the greatest game he had ever played. As of the end of the 2023 playoffs, this remains the closest the Maple Leafs have come to winning a Stanley Cup (five wins away) since their last title in 1967.
| May 17 | Los Angeles Kings | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:19 – Doug Gilmour (7) | ||||||
| Pat Conacher (5) – 14:59 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:49 – Glenn Anderson (3) 10:55 – Doug Gilmour (8) 15:21 – Bill Berg (1) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 43 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 19 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Mike Donnelly (4) – 02:56 | First period | 02:25 – pp – Doug Gilmour (9) 03:59 – Glenn Anderson (4) | ||||||
| Tony Granato (4) – pp – 13:00 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tomas Sandstrom (7) – 12:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 21 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–4 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:49 – Rob Blake (3) | ||||||
| Doug Gilmour (10) – pp – 15:15 Ken Baumgartner (1) – 17:04 |
Second period | 09:26 – sh – Jari Kurri (7) 18:18 – pp – Alexei Zhitnik (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:26 – sh – Dave Taylor (2) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 23 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–2 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| Bob Rouse (3) – 02:30 Mike Eastwood (1) – 06:24 Mike Foligno (2) – pp – 14:52 |
First period | 12:22 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (9) | ||||||
| Rob Pearson (2) – 02:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:59 – pp – Rob Blake (4) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 21 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 25 | Los Angeles Kings | 2–3 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gary Shuchuk (2) – 01:53 Jari Kurri (8) – 14:15 |
Second period | 16:11 – pp – Mike Krushelnyski (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:43 – Sylvain Lefebvre (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 19:20 – Glenn Anderson (5) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 41 saves / 43 shots | ||||||
| May 27 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–5 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | ||
| Glenn Anderson (6) – 00:57 | First period | 10:32 – Tony Granato (5) | ||||||
| Wendel Clark (6) – 03:57 | Second period | 08:00 – pp – Marty McSorley (2) 10:22 – pp – Darryl Sydor (3) 16:27 – pp – Luc Robitaille (6) | ||||||
| Wendel Clark (7) – 11:08 Wendel Clark (8) – 18:39 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 01:41 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (10) | ||||||
| Felix Potvin 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 29 | Los Angeles Kings | 5–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Wayne Gretzky (11) – sh – 09:48 Tomas Sandstrom (8) – 17:30 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Wayne Gretzky (12) – 10:20 | Second period | 01:25 – pp – Wendel Clark (9) 07:36 – Glenn Anderson (7) | ||||||
| Mike Donnelly (5) – 16:09 Wayne Gretzky (13) – 16:46 |
Third period | 01:25 – Wendel Clark (10) 18:53 – Dave Ellett (4) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Felix Potvin 21 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Los Angeles won series 4–3 | |
Stanley Cup Finals[edit]
This was the first and to date only playoff series between these two teams. The Canadiens had not won a Stanley Cup since 1986. This was the thirty-fourth Finals appearance for Montreal, while Los Angeles made their first ever appearance in the Finals. This was Wayne Gretzky's only appearance in the Finals with the Kings, and the last of his career. Patrick Roy won the Conn Smythe Trophy for the playoffs' MVP. This was the last Finals appearance for Montreal until 2021.
| June 1 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Luc Robitaille (7) – pp – 03:03 | First period | 18:09 – Ed Ronan (2) | ||||||
| Luc Robitaille (8) – pp – 17:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jari Kurri (9) – 01:51 Wayne Gretzky (14) – 18:04 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 34 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| June 3 | Los Angeles Kings | 2–3 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 18:31 – Eric Desjardins (2) | ||||||
| Dave Taylor (3) – sh – 05:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Conacher (6) – 08:32 | Third period | 18:47 – pp – Eric Desjardins (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 00:51 – Eric Desjardins (4) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 38 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| June 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | ||
| Brian Bellows (6) – pp – 10:26 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gilbert Dionne (6) – 02:41 Mathieu Schneider (1) – 03:02 |
Second period | 07:52 – Luc Robitaille (9) 11:02 – Tony Granato (6) 17:07 – Wayne Gretzky (15) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John LeClair (3) – 00:34 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 32 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| June 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–2 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | ||
| Kirk Muller (9) – 10:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vincent Damphousse (11) – pp – 05:24 | Second period | 06:33 – Mike Donnelly (6) 19:55 – pp – Marty McSorley (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John LeClair (4) – 14:37 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 40 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 36 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| June 9 | Los Angeles Kings | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:10 – Paul DiPietro (7) | ||||||
| Marty McSorley (4) – 02:40 | Second period | 03:51 – Kirk Muller (10) 11:31 – pp – Stephan Lebeau (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:06 – Paul DiPietro (8) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–1 | |
Playoff statistics[edit]
Skaters[edit]
These are the top ten skaters based on points.[7]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | Los Angeles Kings | 24 | 15 | 25 | 40 | +6 | 4 |
| Doug Gilmour | Toronto Maple Leafs | 21 | 10 | 25 | 35 | +16 | 30 |
| Tomas Sandstrom | Los Angeles Kings | 24 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -2 | 12 |
| Vincent Damphousse | Montreal Canadiens | 20 | 11 | 12 | 23 | +8 | 16 |
| Luc Robitaille | Los Angeles Kings | 24 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| Ray Ferraro | New York Islanders | 18 | 13 | 7 | 20 | +5 | 18 |
| Wendel Clark | Toronto Maple Leafs | 21 | 10 | 10 | 20 | +15 | 51 |
| Dave Andreychuk | Toronto Maple Leafs | 21 | 12 | 7 | 19 | +6 | 35 |
| Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | 11 | 8 | 10 | 18 | +2 | 10 |
| Glenn Anderson | Toronto Maple Leafs | 21 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +7 | 31 |
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.[8]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Roy | Montreal Canadiens | 20 | 16 | 4 | 647 | 46 | 2.13 | .929 | 0 | 1293:01 |
| Curtis Joseph | St. Louis Blues | 11 | 7 | 4 | 438 | 27 | 2.27 | .938 | 2 | 714:35 |
| Felix Potvin | Toronto Maple Leafs | 21 | 11 | 10 | 636 | 62 | 2.84 | .903 | 1 | 1307:53 |
| Tom Barrasso | Pittsburgh Penguins | 12 | 7 | 5 | 370 | 35 | 2.91 | .905 | 2 | 721:41 |
| Glenn Healy | New York Islanders | 18 | 9 | 8 | 524 | 59 | 3.19 | .887 | 0 | 1109:06 |
References[edit]
- ^ "1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs". www.nhl.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Raising the Cup presents: Game 4 1992 Stanley Cup Final". NHL.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "NHL teams in new divisions with realignment for 2020-21 season". NHL.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "1992-1993 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ Baker, Chris (May 20, 1993). "McSorely, Gilmour back at it". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Leahy, Sean (August 6, 2009). "Referee Kerry Fraser addresses non-call on Gretzky, hair secrets". Yahoo! Sports.
- ^ NHL.com - Skater Stats
- ^ NHL.com - Goalie Stats
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