1980 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 1980 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 8, after the conclusion of the 1979–80 NHL season. This season saw the addition of four teams from the disbanded World Hockey Association (WHA) as expansion franchises, and thus the playoffs were also expanded from 12 to 16 teams. Two for those former WHA clubs, the Edmonton Oilers and the Hartford Whalers, made the playoffs in their first season in the NHL.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 8–May 24, 1980 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Montreal Canadiens |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New York Islanders |
| Runner-up | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Semifinalists | |
← 1979 1981 → | |
The playoffs concluded on May 24 when the New York Islanders defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 to win the Final series four games to two and win the Stanley Cup. It was the Islanders' first Stanley Cup win and was the first of four consecutive Stanley Cup wins.
Changes
With the league expansion from 17 to 21 teams, the playoffs were also expanded, from a 12-team tournament to a 16-team tournament. The sixteen teams were composed of the four divisional champions plus the top 12 finishers of the remaining 17 teams. The 16 qualifying teams were then seeded based on regular season points, with divisional rankings ignored. Division leaders no longer received first round byes. The teams were seeded 1 through 16, with the top team playing the 16th team in the first round, and so on. In subsequent rounds, matchups were similarly arranged, with the top remaining seed against the lowest remaining seed, and so on. The Preliminary Round was a best-of-five set.[1] The Atlanta Flames played their final playoff games in this postseason, and moved to Calgary soon after; the playoffs returned to Atlanta in 2007.
Playoff seeds
The sixteen teams that qualified for the playoffs are ranked 1–16 based on regular season points.
- Philadelphia Flyers, Patrick Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 116 points
- Buffalo Sabres, Adams Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 110 points
- Montreal Canadiens, Norris Division champions – 107 points
- Boston Bruins – 105 points
- New York Islanders – 91 points
- Minnesota North Stars – 88 points
- Chicago Black Hawks, Smythe Division champions – 87 points
- New York Rangers – 86 points
- Atlanta Flames – 83 points
- St. Louis Blues – 80 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 75 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 74 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins – 73 points (30 wins)
- Hartford Whalers – 73 points (27 wins)
- Vancouver Canucks – 70 points
- Edmonton Oilers – 69 points
Playoff bracket
| Preliminary Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Edmonton | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | NY Rangers | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Buffalo | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Vancouver | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Montreal | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Hartford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Buffalo | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Chicago | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Boston | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | NY Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | NY Islanders | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Montreal | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Toronto | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Buffalo | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | NY Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Chicago | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | St. Louis | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Boston | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | NY Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | NY Rangers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Atlanta | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary Round
(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (16) Edmonton Oilers
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 8 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–4 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | ||
| Dave Lumley (1) – pp – 14:09 Wayne Gretzky (1) – 16:01 |
First period | 00:56 – Paul Holmgren (1) 06:19 – Reggie Leach (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Murdoch (1) – 08:09 | Third period | 18:41 – Rick MacLeish (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:06 – Bobby Clarke (1) | ||||||
| Ron Low 47 saves / 51 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 14 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–5 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Don Murdoch (2) – 01:14 | First period | 13:32 – Behn Wilson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:08 – pp – Bobby Clarke (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:26 – Paul Holmgren (2) 10:05 – Reggie Leach (2) 19:33 – pp – Tom Gorence (1) | ||||||
| Ron Low 23 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–2 | 2OT | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 15:55 – Wayne Gretzky (2) 17:16 – sh – Mark Messier (1) | ||||||
| Behn Wilson (2) – 04:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Propp (1) – 07:03 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Linseman (1) – 03:56 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Phil Myre 45 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Low 41 saves / 43 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 3–0 | |
(2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (15) Vancouver Canucks
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 8 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–2 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:20 – pp – Derek Smith (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:21 – Don Luce (1) | ||||||
| Brent Ashton (1) – 16:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gary Bromley 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Don Edwards 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Vancouver Canucks | 0–6 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:31 – pp – Mike Ramsey (1) 09:51 – Richard Martin (1) 16:54 – pp – Gilbert Perreault (1) 19:59 – pp – Richie Dunn (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:05 – Ric Seiling (1) 16:31 – Richard Martin (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gary Bromley 6 saves / 10 shots Glen Hanlon 14 saves / 16 shots |
Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 22 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Buffalo Sabres | 4–5 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Danny Gare (1) – pp – 15:29 | First period | 04:41 – Bob Manno (1) 07:06 – Gary Lupul (1) 16:17 – Darcy Rota (1) 19:50 – Kevin McCarthy (1) | ||||||
| Derek Smith (2) – 02:08 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tony McKegney (1) – 17:46 Richard Martin (3) – 18:48 |
Third period | 03:38 – Per-Olov Brasar (1) | ||||||
| Don Edwards 21 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Gary Bromley 19 saves / 22 shots Glen Hanlon 10 saves / 11 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–1 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Richard Martin (4) – pp – 15:24 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:42 – Darcy Rota (2) | ||||||
| Gilbert Perreault (2) – 02:04 Ric Seiling (2) – 19:41 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Gary Bromley 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Buffalo won series 3–1 | |
(3) Montreal Canadiens vs. (14) Hartford Whalers
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 8 | Hartford Whalers | 1–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:50 – Yvon Lambert (1) 15:52 – Brian Engblom (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:59 – Rick Chartraw (1) 13:59 – Guy Lafleur (1) | ||||||
| Mark Howe (1) – 15:01 | Third period | 10:27 – Yvon Lambert (2) 13:15 – pp – Steve Shutt (1) | ||||||
| Al Smith 31 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Denis Herron 20 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Hartford Whalers | 4–8 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:30 – Doug Jarvis (1) 01:20 – Rejean Houle (1) 16:32 – Yvon Lambert (3) | ||||||
| Ray Neufeld (1) – 06:22 Gordie Roberts (1) – 11:26 |
Second period | 01:33 – Gaston Gingras (1) 06:46 – Bob Gainey (1) 12:45 – Yvon Lambert (4) 13:53 – Steve Shutt (2) 19:49 – Guy Lafleur (2) | ||||||
| Marty Howe (1) – 05:55 Gordie Howe (1) – 13:59 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Garrett 32 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Denis Herron 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | OT | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center | Recap | ||
| Guy Lafleur (3) – 12:17 | First period | 07:03 – sh – Pat Boutette (1) | ||||||
| Yvon Lambert (5) – pp – 05:03 | Second period | 01:27 – Tom Rowe (1) | ||||||
| Rejean Houle (2) – 02:58 | Third period | 08:04 – Tom Rowe (2) | ||||||
| Yvon Lambert (6) – 00:29 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michel Larocque 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Al Smith 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 3–0 | |
(4) Boston Bruins vs. (13) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of the previous year's Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which Boston won in a four-game sweep.
| April 8 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Mark Johnson (1) – pp – 08:25 Gary McAdam (1) – 14:47 |
Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Mark Johnson (2) – 03:10 Gregg Sheppard (1) – en – 19:24 |
Third period | 13:44 – pp – Terry O'Reilly (1) 18:47 – Craig MacTavish (1) | ||||||
| Greg Millen 36 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Gerry Cheevers 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 01:42 – Rick Middleton (1) 10:38 – Don Marcotte (1) 11:21 – Brad Park (1) | ||||||
| Rod Schutt (1) – 12:16 | Third period | 11:15 – Wayne Cashman (1) | ||||||
| Greg Millen 38 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Gerry Cheevers 16 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Boston Bruins | 1–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 13:28 – Ross Lonsberry (1) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 01:17 – Ross Lonsberry (2) 16:37 – Randy Carlyle (1) | ||||||
| Rick Middleton (2) – 03:48 | Third period | 13:51 – Rod Schutt (2) | ||||||
| Gerry Cheevers 24 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Greg Millen 19 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Boston Bruins | 8–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Peter McNab (1) – 05:13 Rick Middleton (3) – 06:42 Ray Bourque (1) – 13:26 Peter McNab (2) – pp – 16:00 Craig MacTavish (2) – 18:09 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Bob Miller (1) – sh – 06:31 Dwight Foster (1) – sh – 10:08 |
Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Dwight Foster 2 – 16:45 | Third period | 06:43 – pp – Rick Kehoe (1) 14:40 – pp – Ron Stackhouse (1) 14:47 – pp – Rick Kehoe (2) | ||||||
| Gerry Cheevers 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Greg Millen 21 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–6 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 03:49 – Peter McNab (3) 04:57 – Bob Miller (2) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 05:22 – Dwight Foster (3) 10:20 – pp – Wayne Cashman (2) | ||||||
| Bob Stewart (1) – 03:18 Nick Libett (1) – pp – 16:10 |
Third period | 06:25 – pp – Terry O'Reilly (2) 14:22 – Brad Park (2) | ||||||
| Greg Millen 24 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Gerry Cheevers 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 3–2 | |
(5) New York Islanders vs. (12) Los Angeles Kings
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 8 | Los Angeles Kings | 1–8 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 05:46 – Bryan Trottier (1) 18:07 – Wayne Merrick (1) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 04:30 – sh – Bryan Trottier (2) 10:19 – Mike Bossy (1) 11:29 – Bob Nystrom (1) 14:14 – Gord Lane (1) 19:20 – sh – Bryan Trottier (3) | ||||||
| Rob Palmer (1) – 19:20 | Third period | 02:15 – Stefan Persson (1) | ||||||
| Doug Keans 13 saves / 20 shots Mario Lessard 13 saves / 14 shots |
Goalie stats | Billy Smith 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Los Angeles Kings | 6–3 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Mike Murphy (1) – sh – 05:54 Dave Taylor (1) – 13:59 Glenn Goldup (1) – 15:21 Andre St. Laurent (1) – sh – 18:31 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Dave Taylor (2) – 04:00 Steve Carlson (1) – 11:59 |
Second period | 15:49 – pp – Bob Bourne (1) 16:55 – John Tonelli (1) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 07:38 – Garry Howatt (1) | ||||||
| Mario Lessard 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Resch 20 saves / 26 shots Billy Smith 6 saves / 6 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | New York Islanders | 4–3 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | The Forum | Recap | ||
| Bob Bourne (2) – pp – 03:47 | First period | 01:31 – Mark Hardy (1) 06:42 – pp – Charlie Simmer (1) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 10:47 – Charlie Simmer (2) | ||||||
| Clark Gillies (1) – 03:22 Butch Goring (1) – 06:34 |
Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Ken Morrow (1) – 06:55 | First overtime period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Lessard 34 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | New York Islanders | 6–0 | Los Angeles Kings | The Forum | Recap | |||
| Garry Howatt (2) – 15:05 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Bob Bourne (3) – pp – 09:27 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Alex McKendry (1) – 01:46 John Tonelli (2) – 05:22 Butch Goring (2) – 06:17 Alex McKendry (2) – 10:15 |
Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 20 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Lessard 26 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 3–1 | |
(6) Minnesota North Stars vs. (11) Toronto Maple Leafs
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–6 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Laurie Boschman (1) – pp – 10:37 Ron Wilson (1) – pp – 15:51 |
First period | 02:17 – pp – Steve Payne (1) 19:15 – pp – Gary Sargent (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:35 – pp – Curt Giles (1) 15:47 – Steve Payne (2) | ||||||
| Rick Vaive (1) – 13:03 | Third period | 04:47 – Mike Eaves (1) 15:41 – Steve Christoff (1) | ||||||
| Jiri Crha 55 saves / 61 shots | Goalie stats | Gary Edwards 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–7 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:49 – pp – Craig Hartsburg (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:31 – Al MacAdam (1) 11:14 – Gary Sargent (2) 17:00 – pp – Tim Young (1) | ||||||
| Terry Martin (1) – 05:16 Darryl Sittler (1) – pp – 09:15 |
Third period | 12:36 – Tom McCarthy (1) 13:12 – Al MacAdam (2) 18:31 – Mike Polich (1) | ||||||
| Mike Palmateer 36 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Gary Edwards 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Minnesota North Stars | 4–3 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | ||
| Steve Christoff (2) – pp – 03:08 | First period | 11:51 – Terry Martin (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:14 – pp – Borje Salming (1) | ||||||
| Tom McCarthy (2) – pp – 01:04 Steve Christoff (3) – 04:25 |
Third period | 14:47 – John Anderson (1) | ||||||
| Al MacAdam (3) – 00:32 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gary Edwards 19 saves / 21 shots Gilles Meloche 12 saves / 13 shots |
Goalie stats | Jiri Crha 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 3–0 | |
(7) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (10) St. Louis Blues
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won the only previous meeting in five games in the 1973 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.
With their victory in Game one, Chicago snapped a record 16-game losing streak in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
| April 8 | St. Louis Blues | 2–3 | OT | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 03:39 – Grant Mulvey (1) | ||||||
| Larry Patey (1) – 05:53 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Wayne Babych (1) – 14:42 | Third period | 14:10 – Ted Bulley (1) | ||||||
| No Scoring | First overtime period | 12:34 – Doug Lecuyer (1) | ||||||
| Mike Liut 42 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | St. Louis Blues | 1–5 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 00:23 – Doug Wilson (1) 12:46 – pp – Ron Sedlbauer (1) | ||||||
| Perry Turnbull (1) – pp – 13:40 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 01:16 – pp – Tom Lysiak (1) 15:23 – Doug Wilson (2) 19:04 – Ted Bulley (2) | ||||||
| Mike Liut 31 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4–1 | St. Louis Blues | Checkerdome | Recap | |||
| Doug Lecuyer (2) – 03:46 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Darryl Sutter (1) – pp – 03:29 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Bob Murray (1) – 14:57 Doug Lecuyer (3) – 16:35 |
Third period | 15:37 – Bernie Federko (1) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 25 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 3–0 | |
(8) New York Rangers vs. (9) Atlanta Flames
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 8 | Atlanta Flames | 1–2 | OT | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Lever (1) – pp – 04:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:14 – Steve Vickers (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 00:33 – Steve Vickers (2) | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | John Davidson 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Atlanta Flames | 1–5 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:02 – pp – Phil Esposito (1) 06:32 – Anders Hedberg (1) 12:33 – sh – Dave Maloney (1) 14:32 – Phil Esposito (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Willi Plett (1) – pp – 09:05 | Third period | 15:18 – Warren Miller (1) | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 27 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | John Davidson 20 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | New York Rangers | 2–4 | Atlanta Flames | Omni Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Dave Maloney (2) – 13:11 | First period | 14:56 – Bob Murdoch (1) | ||||||
| Anders Hedberg (2) – 04:07 | Second period | 03:34 – Ken Houston (1) 05:47 – Eric Vail (1) 16:15 – Eric Vail (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Davidson 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | New York Rangers | 5–2 | Atlanta Flames | Omni Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Anders Hedberg (3) – 01:58 Dean Talafous (1) – pp – 06:09 Ed Hospodar (1) – 06:43 |
First period | 09:07 – pp – Eric Vail (3) | ||||||
| Carol Vadnais (1) – 04:10 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Barry Beck (1) – pp – 13:23 | Third period | 08:14 – pp – Guy Chouinard (1) | ||||||
| John Davidson 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 22 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 3–1 | |
Quarterfinals
(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) New York Rangers
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings. This was a rematch of the previous year's Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which New York won in five games.
| April 16 | New York Rangers | 1–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:49 – Rick MacLeish (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ray Markham (1) – 03:47 | Third period | 05:44 – Behn Wilson (3) | ||||||
| John Davidson 40 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | New York Rangers | 1–4 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:25 – Paul Holmgren (3) 10:39 – Bill Barber (1) | ||||||
| Ron Duguay (1) – 14:41 | Third period | 14:26 – Rick MacLeish (3) 18:32 – sh – Reggie Leach (3) | ||||||
| John Davidson 37 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–0 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Bob Dailey (1) – sh – 08:39 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Barber (2) – 04:16 Rick MacLeish (4) – 09:43 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 29 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | John Davidson 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–4 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Rick MacLeish (5) – 13:10 | First period | 05:05 – pp – Ron Duguay (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:02 – pp – Ron Duguay (3) 09:26 – Phil Esposito (3) | ||||||
| Reggie Leach (4) – 15:32 | Third period | 05:42 – Ron Duguay (4) | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | John Davidson 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | New York Rangers | 1–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 19:03 – Al Hill (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:09 – Behn Wilson (4) 08:24 – Paul Holmgren (4) | ||||||
| Ron Duguay (5) – 14:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Davidson 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–1 | |
(2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (7) Chicago Black Hawks
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Buffalo won the only previous meeting in five games in the 1975 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.
| April 16 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0–5 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:09 – pp – John Van Boxmeer (1) 18:24 – pp – Gilbert Perreault (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:32 – pp – Danny Gare (2) 12:08 – Bob Mongrain (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:40 – pp – Rick Dudley (1) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito 25 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Don Edwards 17 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4–6 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Tom Lysiak (2) – pp – 18:24 | First period | 08:48 – pp – Danny Gare (3) 13:17 – Ric Seiling (3) | ||||||
| Tom Lysiak (3) – pp – 03:49 Doug Lecuyer (4) – 17:06 |
Second period | 06:31 – Don Luce (2) 11:22 – Ric Seiling (4) 15:20 – pp – Danny Gare (4) | ||||||
| Darryl Sittler (2) – 02:09 | Third period | 16:24 – Richard Martin (5) | ||||||
| Mike Veisor 19 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 17 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Ric Seiling (5) – 03:53 Rick Dudley (2) – 05:37 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:11 – pp – Darryl Sittler (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Edwards 38 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:26 – Bob Murray (2) | ||||||
| John Van Boxmeer (2) – 19:32 | Second period | 09:55 – pp – Tom Lysiak (4) | ||||||
| Richard Martin (6) – 08:47 Gilbert Perreault (4) – 16:54 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 46 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| Buffalo won series 4–0 | |
(3) Montreal Canadiens vs. (6) Minnesota North Stars
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal won the only previous meeting in six games in the 1971 Stanley Cup Semifinals. This was Montreal's first playoff series loss since losing to Buffalo in the 1975 Stanley Cup Semifinals.
| April 16 | Minnesota North Stars | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kent-Erik Andersson – 02:51 Steve Payne (3) – 15:13 Al MacAdam (4) – 16:52 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gilles Meloche 23 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Denis Herron 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Minnesota North Stars | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Tom McCarthy (3) – pp – 19:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Payne (4) – 04:18 | Second period | 05:27 – Yvon Lambert (7) | ||||||
| Steve Payne (5) – 03:45 Curt Giles (2) – pp – 10:01 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gilles Meloche 40 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Denis Herron 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–0 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Norm Dupont (1) – 12:49 Doug Jarvis (2) – 16:27 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Jarvis (3) – 05:43 Rod Langway (1) – pp – 17:39 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pierre Larouche (1) – 02:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michel Larocque 25 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Gilles Meloche 31 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–1 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Rejean Houle (3) – pp – 06:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Shutt (3) – 13:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rejean Houle (4) – 07:15 Yvon Lambert (8) – 11:40 Rod Langway (2) – 19:32 |
Third period | 04:15 – Steve Christoff (4) | ||||||
| Michel Larocque 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Gilles Meloche 31 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Minnesota North Stars | 2–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Steve Christoff (5) – 11:32 | First period | 09:23 – Steve Shutt (4) 14:51 – Pierre Mondou (1) | ||||||
| Al MacAdam (5) – 05:28 | Second period | 08:43 – pp – Steve Shutt (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:15 – sh – Doug Jarvis (4) 10:28 – pp – Brian Engblom (2) 15:07 – Steve Shutt (6) | ||||||
| Gilles Meloche 32 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Michel Larocque 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–5 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Mark Napier (1) – 05:23 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:22 – pp – Steve Christoff (6) 10:29 – Kent-Erik Andersson (2) 13:20 – Paul Shmyr (1) 13:47 – pp – Bobby Smith (1) 19:16 – Glen Sharpley (1) | ||||||
| Rick Chartraw (2) – 05:08 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michel Larocque 31 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Gilles Meloche 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Minnesota North Stars | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Tom Younghans (1) – sh – 14:43 | First period | 09:12 – pp – Mark Napier (2) | ||||||
| Craig Hartsburg (2) – pp – 16:46 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Al MacAdam (6) – 18:34 | Third period | 05:23 – Rod Langway (3) | ||||||
| Gilles Meloche 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Denis Herron 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 4–3 | |
(4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) New York Islanders
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 16 | New York Islanders | 2–1 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Garry Howatt (3) – 03:49 | Third period | 00:51 – Peter McNab (4) | ||||||
| Clark Gillies (2) – 01:02 | First overtime period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Gerry Cheevers 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | New York Islanders | 5–4 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
| Bryan Trottier (4) – 16:08 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| John Tonelli (3) – 10:40 Lorne Henning (1) – sh – 14:33 |
Second period | 01:32 – Rick Smith (1) 12:00 – Brad McCrimmon (1) 16:55 – Brad Park (3) | ||||||
| Bob Nystrom (2) – 11:06 | Third period | 10:51 – Bob Miller (3) | ||||||
| Bob Bourne (4) – 01:24 | First overtime period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Gerry Cheevers 18 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Boston Bruins | 3–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Don Marcotte (2) – 09:52 | First period | 12:16 – John Tonelli (4) 17:08 – pp – Bryan Trottier (5) | ||||||
| Peter McNab (5) – 09:48 | Second period | 06:57 – Bob Bourne (5) 15:54 – Bobby Nystrom (3) | ||||||
| Peter McNab (6) – pp – 12:15 | Third period | 04:51 – Bryan Trottier (6) | ||||||
| Gerry Cheevers 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Boston Bruins | 4–3 | OT | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Ray Bourque (2) – 09:21 | First period | 12:03 – Mike Bossy (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:18 – pp – Mike Bossy (3) | ||||||
| Peter McNab (7) – 03:09 Rick Middleton (4) – 19:40 |
Third period | 13:20 – Clark Gillies (3) | ||||||
| Terry O'Reilly (3) – 17:13 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gerry Cheevers 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 35 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | New York Islanders | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 01:31 – Wayne Cashman (3) 03:28 – pp – Peter McNab (8) | ||||||
| Stefan Persson (2) – pp – 17:23 | Second period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Duane Sutter (1) – 02:38 Clark Gillies (4) – 05:58 Denis Potvin (1) – 14:27 |
Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Gerry Cheevers 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–1 | |
Semifinals
(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) Minnesota North Stars
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won the only previous meeting in six games in the 1973 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.
| April 29 | Minnesota North Stars | 6–5 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Steve Christoff (7) – 04:19 Paul Shmyr (2) – pp – 13:20 Steve Christoff (8) – 13:59 |
First period | 05:23 – pp – Al Hill (2) 14:54 – Ken Linseman (2) 15:36 – Tom Gorence (2) 16:40 – Ken Linseman (3) | ||||||
| Mike Eaves (2) – 14:04 Steve Payne (6) – pp – 16:46 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Payne (7) – pp – 07:40 | Third period | 09:27 – Paul Holmgren (5) | ||||||
| Gilles Meloche 7 saves / 11 shots Gary Edwards 21 saves / 22 shots |
Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 30 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Minnesota North Stars | 0–7 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:09 – pp – Paul Holmgren (6) 03:20 – sh – Bill Barber (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:56 – pp – Bobby Clarke (3) 08:42 – pp – Bob Dailey (2) 11:27 – pp – Brian Propp (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:23 – Al Hill (3) 19:20 – Reggie Leach (5) | ||||||
| Gary Edwards 33 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Phil Myre 27 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 5–3 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Bill Barber (4) – pp – 15:15 Bill Barber (5) – 17:09 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mel Bridgman (1) – 01:14 Bill Barber (6) – 06:07 |
Second period | 14:39 – sh – Tom Younghans (2) 15:34 – sh – Tim Young (2) 17:27 – pp – Tom McCarthy (4) | ||||||
| Bill Barber (7) – sh – 16:34 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Phil Myre 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Gilles Meloche 23 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–2 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Reggie Leach (6) – 16:51 | First period | 13:18 – Tom McCarthy (5) | ||||||
| Bill Barber (8) – 13:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Barber (9) – 02:43 | Third period | 13:54 – Mike Polich (2) | ||||||
| Phil Myre 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Gary Edwards 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Minnesota North Stars | 3–7 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Craig Hartsburg (3) – 00:44 Al MacAdam (7) – pp – 17:11 |
First period | 02:23 – pp – Rick MacLeish (6) 06:26 – sh – Bill Barber (10) 12:16 – pp – Reggie Leach (7) | ||||||
| Rob Flockhart (1) – 14:43 | Second period | 03:33 – Reggie Leach (8) 06:02 – Bill Barber (11) 16:19 – Bobby Clarke (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gary Edwards 7 saves / 11 shots Gilles Meloche 14 saves / 17 shots |
Goalie stats | Phil Myre 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–1 | |
(2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (3) New York Islanders
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won both previous meetings in consecutive years, the latter of which was a four-game sweep in the 1977 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.
| April 29 | New York Islanders | 4–1 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Bob Bourne (6) – sh – 13:06 Mike Bossy (4) – 17:42 |
First period | 05:23 – Rick Dudley (3) | ||||||
| John Tonelli (5) – 09:56 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Tonelli (6) – 11:10 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Don Edwards 25 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | New York Islanders | 2–1 | 2OT | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Butch Goring (3) – 15:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:47 – Andre Savard (1) | ||||||
| Bobby Nystrom (4) – 01:20 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 41 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Buffalo Sabres | 4–7 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Tony McKegney (2) – 19:28 | First period | 05:14 – Mike Bossy (5) 12:47 – Wayne Merrick (2) | ||||||
| Gilbert Perreault (5) – 08:12 | Second period | 08:57 – Bryan Trottier (7) 18:26 – pp – Bryan Trottier (8) | ||||||
| Derek Smith (3) – pp – 10:11 Lindy Ruff (1) – 11:09 |
Third period | 02:59 – sh – Lorne Henning (2) 07:47 – pp – Bob Bourne (7) 19:38 – Butch Goring (4) | ||||||
| Don Edwards 34 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Buffalo Sabres | 7–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Don Luce (3) – sh – 16:14 | First period | 08:52 – pp – Bob Bourne (8) 19:13 – Bob Bourne (9) | ||||||
| Derek Smith (4) – 07:21 Gilbert Perreault (6) – pp – 09:29 Gilbert Perreault (7) – 11:10 Derek Smith (5) – pp – 19:30 |
Second period | 03:28 – Bobby Nystrom (5) | ||||||
| Tony McKegney (3) – 12:14 Gilbert Perreault (8) – 19:47 |
Third period | 01:51 – Bobby Nystrom (6) | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 19 saves / 24 shots Glenn Resch 9 saves / 10 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | New York Islanders | 0–2 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:51 – pp – John Van Boxmeer (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:45 – pp – Richie Dunn (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glenn Resch 13 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 22 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Gilbert Perreault (9) – 02:26 Gilbert Perreault (10) – 06:53 |
First period | 08:08 – John Tonelli (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:31 – pp – Mike Bossy (6) 11:11 – Bob Lorimer (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:50 – Duane Sutter (2) 19:00 – sh – Bob Bourne (10) | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–2 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
This was the second playoff series (and only Finals) meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won the only previous meeting in seven games in the 1975 Stanley Cup Semifinals.
Ken Morrow became the first player in history to win an Olympic Gold Medal and the Stanley Cup in the same season. Game six was the last NHL game to air on American network television for nearly ten years.[2]
| May 13 | New York Islanders | 4–3 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | ||
| Mike Bossy (7) – pp – 12:02 | First period | 10:31 – Mel Bridgman (2) | ||||||
| Denis Potvin (2) – 02:20 | Second period | 17:08 – pp – Bobby Clarke (5) | ||||||
| Stefan Persson (3) – pp – 16:18 | Third period | 13:10 – Rick MacLeish (7) | ||||||
| Denis Potvin (3) – pp – 04:07 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 32 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| May 15 | New York Islanders | 3–8 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Butch Goring (5) – 03:23 | First period | 07:22 – pp – Paul Holmgren (7) 08:37 – Bob Kelly (1) 17:23 – Bobby Clarke (6) | ||||||
| Bryan Trottier (9) – pp – 03:28 | Second period | 01:06 – Bill Barber (12) 04:13 – pp – Paul Holmgren (8) 15:47 – pp – Brian Propp (3) | ||||||
| Butch Goring (6) – pp – 15:00 | Third period | 01:40 – Tom Gorence (3) 04:19 – Paul Holmgren (9) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 20 saves / 26 shots Chico Resch 3 saves / 5 shots |
Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–6 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:38 – sh – Lorne Henning (3) 07:43 – pp – Denis Potvin (4) 13:04 – pp – Bryan Trottier (10) 14:29 – pp – Mike Bossy (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 15:41 – pp – Clark Gillies (5) 17:25 – pp – Denis Potvin (5) | ||||||
| Bobby Clarke (7) – 09:48 Mike Busniuk (1) – 11:32 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Phil Myre 34 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 19 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:23 – pp – Mike Bossy (9) 13:06 – Butch Goring (7) | ||||||
| John Paddock (1) – 01:35 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Linseman (4) – 11:53 | Third period | 06:06 – Bryan Trottier (11) 12:35 – Bobby Nystrom (7) 14:08 – Clark Gillies (6) | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 22 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 34 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | New York Islanders | 3–6 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Stefan Persson (4) – pp – 10:58 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bryan Trottier (12) – 16:16 | Second period | 01:45 – Bobby Clarke (8) 05:55 – Rick MacLeish (8) 17:04 – Mike Busniuk (2) | ||||||
| Stefan Persson (5) – pp – 14:57 | Third period | 09:43 – Rick MacLeish (9) 12:33 – pp – Brian Propp (4) 17:26 – Paul Holmgren (10) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 25 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 35 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| May 24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–5 | OT | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Reggie Leach (9) – pp – 07:21 Brian Propp (5) – 18:58 |
First period | 11:56 – pp – Denis Potvin (6) 14:08 – Duane Sutter (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:34 – pp – Mike Bossy (10) 19:46 – Bobby Nystrom (8) | ||||||
| Bob Dailey (4) – 01:47 John Paddock (2) – 06:02 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 07:11 – Bobby Nystrom (9) | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 21 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–2 | |
References
- McCarthy, p. 249
- Podnieks, Andrew; Szemberg, Szymon (2008). IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time. Bolton, Ontario, Canada: Fenn Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4.
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Total Sports Canada. ISBN 1-892129-07-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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