1983 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 5, after the conclusion of the 1982–83 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 17 with the champion New York Islanders defeating the Edmonton Oilers 4–0 to win the Final series four games to none and win the Stanley Cup for the fourth consecutive season.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 5–May 17, 1983 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | New York Islanders |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New York Islanders |
| Runner-up | Edmonton Oilers |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Wayne Gretzky (Oilers) (38 points) |
| MVP | Billy Smith (Islanders) |
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The 1983 Playoffs marked the first time that seven NHL teams based in Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Quebec, Winnipeg, and Calgary) all qualified for the playoffs in the same season. Since the 1967–68 expansion, all the Canadian teams have qualified for the playoffs on five other occasions – 1969 (Montreal and Toronto), 1975, 1976 and 1979 (Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver), and 1986 (the same seven as in 1983), the last time to date (as of 2020) that all active Canadian teams qualified. This is also the most recent time that the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings missed the playoffs in the same season.
In the Wales Conference, the Patrick Division champion Philadelphia Flyers were upset by the New York Rangers in the first round. The defending champion Islanders had qualified second in the Patrick Division, and defeated the Washington Capitals in the first round, and defeated the Rangers to qualify for the Conference Final. In the Adams Division, the first-place Boston Bruins defeated the Quebec Nordiques and the Buffalo Sabres (who swept the Canadiens in their opening round series) to advance to the Conference Final. In the Conference Final, the Islanders defeated Boston in six games to qualify for their fourth consecutive Cup Finals appearance.
In the Campbell Conference, the Smythe Division first seed Edmonton Oilers swept the Winnipeg Jets in the opening round, and defeated the Calgary Flames (who defeated the Vancouver Canucks three games to one in the opening round) in the Smythe Final. The Norris Champion Chicago Black Hawks defeated the St. Louis Blues three games to one and the Minnesota North Stars (who defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one in the opening round) in the Norris Final four games to one. Edmonton defeated the Norris Division champion Chicago Black Hawks in a four-game sweep in the Conference Final to advance to the Cup Final.
Playoff seeds
The 1983 playoffs followed the format introduced in the previous season. The four teams with the best regular-season records from each of the four divisions would secure playoff berths. The division semi-finals would see the first-place club against the fourth-place team, while the second- and third-place teams faced off. The winning clubs would then meet in the division final. Home-ice advantage for these first two rounds of the playoffs would be granted to the team with the better regular-season record. Division winners would then face one another in the conference finals.
Home-ice advantage for the conference finals had been determined by coin flips[1] prior to the start of the previous season. That event determined that home-ice advantage would be granted to champions of the Adams and Smythe divisions this season. Similarly, a puck flip determined that home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup finals would be granted to Campbell Conference champion this season.
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
Adams Division
- Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 110 points
- Montreal Canadiens – 98 points
- Buffalo Sabres – 89 points
- Quebec Nordiques – 80 points
Patrick Division
- Philadelphia Flyers, Patrick Division champions – 106 points
- New York Islanders – 96 points
- Washington Capitals – 94 points
- New York Rangers – 80 points
Norris Division
- Chicago Black Hawks, Norris Division champions – 104 points
- Minnesota North Stars – 96 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 68 points
- St. Louis Blues – 65 points
Smythe Division
- Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 106 points
- Calgary Flames – 78 points
- Vancouver Canucks – 75 points
- Winnipeg Jets – 74 points
Playoff bracket
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Quebec | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Buffalo | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Montreal | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Buffalo | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Prince of Wales Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| P2 | NY Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Philadelphia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| P4 | NY Rangers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P4 | NY Rangers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | NY Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | NY Islanders | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Washington | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | NY Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Chicago | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| N4 | St. Louis | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Chicago | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Toronto | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Chicago | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Clarence Campbell Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Winnipeg | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Calgary | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Calgary | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Vancouver | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Division Semifinals
(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of the previous year's Adams Division Finals, in which Quebec won in seven games.
| April 5 | Quebec Nordiques | 3–4 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
| Peter Stastny (1) – 01:26 Peter Stastny (2) – pp – 07:18 Peter Stastny (3) – 16:00 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:24 – Barry Pederson (1) 05:54 – pp – Mike O'Connell (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:14 – Mike O'Connell (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 01:46 – Barry Pederson (2) | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Quebec Nordiques | 2–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Anton Stastny (1) – 16:33 | First period | 01:08 – Rick Middleton (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dale Hunter (1) – 04:35 | Third period | 09:59 – Ray Bourque (1) 10:43 – pp – Mike O'Connell (3) 18:00 – Rick Middleton (2) | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Boston Bruins | 1–2 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:43 – sh – Dale Hunter (2) | ||||||
| Rick Middleton (3) – pp – 04:52 | Second period | 16:50 – pp – Randy Moller (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Boston Bruins | 2–1 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Barry Pederson (3) – 00:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luc Dufour (1) – 12:02 | Third period | 03:45 – Anton Stastny (2) | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 38 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 13 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 3–1 | |
(A2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings. They last met in the 1975 Stanley Cup Semifinals, in which Buffalo won in six games.
| April 6 | Buffalo Sabres | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brent Peterson (1) – 02:30 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 24 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Rick Wamsley 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Dale McCourt (1) – 01:47 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gilles Hamel (1) – pp – 06:03 Mal Davis (1) – 06:39 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 22 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Rick Wamsley 11 saves / 14 shots Richard Sevigny 7 saves / 7 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–4 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mats Naslund (1) – pp – 07:25 | Second period | 16:21 – pp – John Van Boxmeer (1) 17:26 – Lindy Ruff (1) | ||||||
| Steve Shutt (1) – 08:21 | Third period | 15:50 – Tony McKegney (1) 19:35 – en – Mike Ramsey (1) | ||||||
| Rick Wamsley 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Buffalo won series 3–0 | |
(P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (P4) New York Rangers
This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams have split their previous four meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Patrick Division Semifinals, in which New York won 3–1.
| April 5 | New York Rangers | 5–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Anders Hedberg (1) – 06:06 Mark Pavelich (1) – pp – 15:05 Ander Hedberg (2) – pp – 18:21 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Backman (1) – 06:23 Eddie Johnstone (1) – 18:44 |
Second period | 09:55 – pp – Ron Flockhart (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:14 – Dave Poulin (1) 17:25 – pp – Bill Barber (1) | ||||||
| Eddie Mio 39 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Pelle Lindbergh 30 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | New York Rangers | 4–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:16 – pp – Brian Propp (1) | ||||||
| George McPhee (1) – 02:50 Tom Laidlaw (1) – 07:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Pavelich (2) – 04:05 Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – 06:12 |
Third period | 00:51 – Ilkka Sinisalo (1) 11:16 – Tim Kerr (1) | ||||||
| Eddie Mio 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Pelle Lindbergh 18 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–9 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Bobby Clarke (1) – 15:43 | First period | 04:01 – Rob McClanahan (1) 05:24 – pp – Ron Greschner (1) 19:48 – Barry Beck (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:55 – Rob McClanahan (2) 15:54 – Anders Hedberg (3) | ||||||
| Darryl Sittler (1) – 01:09 Tim Kerr (2) – 06:48 |
Third period | 08:01 – Anders Hedberg (4) 09:34 – pp – Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) 12:12 – Mike Backman (2) 16:49 – Eddie Johnstone (2) | ||||||
| Pelle Lindbergh 19 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Mio 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 3–0 | |
(P2) New York Islanders vs. (P3) Washington Capitals
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 6 | Washington Capitals | 2–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Bobby Gould (1) – pp – 04:01 | First period | 09:31 – pp – Bryan Trottier (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:46 – pp – Anders Kallur (1) 03:50 – John Tonelli (1) 16:05 – pp – Bryan Trottier (2) | ||||||
| Bobby Gould (2) – 00:19 | Third period | 08:18 – Bobby Nystrom (1) | ||||||
| Pat Riggin 32 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Washington Capitals | 4–2 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bobby Gould (3) – 13:46 Dennis Maruk (1) – 18:47 |
Second period | 15:50 – Bobby Nystrom (2) | ||||||
| Bobby Gould (4) – 02:15 Bobby Carpenter (1) – 16:08 |
Third period | 14:29 – Denis Potvin (1) | ||||||
| Al Jensen 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 35 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | New York Islanders | 6–2 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Bob Bourne (1) – 09:31 Bob Bourne (2) – 14:48 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bryan Trottier (3) – 12:39 Bryan Trottier (4) – 18:04 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Tonelli (2) – 06:31 Bobby Nystrom (3) – 18:05 |
Third period | 03:04 – Craig Laughlin (1) 17:34 – Scott Stevens (1) | ||||||
| Roland Melanson 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Al Jensen 13 saves / 17 shots Pat Riggin 9 saves / 11 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | New York Islanders | 6–3 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Mike Bossy (1) – 02:10 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Bourne (3) – 06:41 Mike Bossy (2) – 09:53 Mats Hallin (1) – 10:37 |
Second period | 03:13 – Gaetan Duchesne (1) 16:58 – Bobby Gould (5) | ||||||
| Mike Bossy (3) – 17:14 John Tonelli (3) – en – 18:49 |
Third period | 11:34 – Ken Houston (1) | ||||||
| Roland Melanson 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Al Jensen 23 saves / 27 shots Pat Riggin 8 saves / 9 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 3–1 | |
(N1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (N4) St. Louis Blues
This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won all three previous meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Norris Division Finals, in which Chicago won in six games.
| April 6 | St. Louis Blues | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:24 – Tom Lysiak (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:19 – pp – Steve Larmer (1) | ||||||
| Brian Sutter (1) – pp – 03:08 Blake Dunlop (1) – pp – 08:38 Mike Zuke (1) – 11:35 Larry Patey (1) – en – 19:59 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Liut 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Murray Bannerman 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | St. Louis Blues | 2–7 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:09 – Denis Savard (1) 09:23 – Rich Preston (1) 13:00 – Tom Lysiak (2) 17:34 – pp – Denis Savard (2) | ||||||
| Jorgen Pettersson (1) – pp – 15:22 Perry Turnbull (1) – 19:26 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:30 – Steve Ludzik (1) 09:36 – Curt Fraser (1) 16:20 – Darryl Sutter (1) | ||||||
| Mike Liut 39 saves / 46 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2–1 | St. Louis Blues | Checkerdome | Recap | |||
| Doug Wilson (1) – 14:25 Denis Savard (3) – 18:22 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:49 – Mark Reeds (1) | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 26 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5–3 | St. Louis Blues | Checkerdome | Recap | |||
| Tim Higgins (1) – 03:15 Dave Feamster (1) – 08:31 |
First period | 12:16 – Bernie Federko (1) 17:13 – pp – Brian Sutter (2) | ||||||
| Steve Ludzik (2) – 03:47 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Larmer (2) – pp – 09:39 Darryl Sutter (2) – en – 19:26 |
Third period | 05:48 – pp – Bernie Federko (2) | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 39 saves / 43 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 3–1 | |
(N2) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Minnesota won the only previous meeting in the 1980 Preliminary Round in a three-game sweep.
| April 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–5 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Gaston Gingras (1) – 07:37 | First period | 00:34 – Brian Bellows (1) 12:36 – Dino Ciccarelli (1) | ||||||
| Borje Salming (1) – pp – 00:59 | Second period | 15:18 – pp – Neal Broten (1) | ||||||
| Jim Benning (1) – 00:44 Walt Poddubny (1) – pp – 14:36 |
Third period | 06:35 – Brad Maxwell (1) 19:38 – pp – Bobby Smith (1) | ||||||
| Mike Palmateer 40 saves / 44 shots Rick St. Croix 0 saves / 1 shot |
Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–5 | OT | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | ||
| Miroslav Frycer (1) – 01:05 Bill Derlago (1) – pp – 07:48 |
First period | 18:43 – Steve Payne (1) | ||||||
| Walt Poddubny (2) – 14:51 | Second period | 03:43 – Ron Friest (1) 09:29 – Gordie Roberts (1) | ||||||
| Dave Shand (1) – 08:01 | Third period | 17:32 – Bobby Smith (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 05:03 – Bobby Smith (3) | ||||||
| Mike Palmateer 40 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 35 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Minnesota North Stars | 3–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:49 – Greg Terrion (1) | ||||||
| Brad Maxwell (2) – pp – 05:35 Brian Bellows (2) – 13:03 Steve Payne (2) – 16:08 |
Second period | 10:59 – pp – John Anderson (1) 15:46 – Miroslav Frycer (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:51 – pp – Walt Poddubny (3) 10:42 – Bruce Boudreau (1) 18:53 – en – John Anderson (2) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 32 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Palmateer 47 saves / 50 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Minnesota North Stars | 5–4 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brad Maxwell (3) – pp – 10:59 | Second period | 05:17 – pp – Bill Derlago (2) 19:17 – Bill Derlago (3) | ||||||
| Bobby Smith (4) – 00:12 Brian Bellows (3) – pp – 10:41 Brian Bellows (4) – 19:38 |
Third period | 06:22 – Rick Vaive (1) 17:13 – Rick Vaive (2) | ||||||
| Dino Ciccarelli (2) – 08:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gilles Meloche 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Palmateer 38 saves / 43 shots | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 3–1 | |
(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Winnipeg Jets
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 6 | Winnipeg Jets | 3–6 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Brian Mullen (1) – 17:51 | First period | 14:10 – Ken Linseman (1) 14:17 – Dave Hunter (1) 15:58 – sh – Wayne Gretzky (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:09 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (2) 05:52 – Wayne Gretzky (3) 12:48 – sh – Wayne Gretzky (4) | ||||||
| Bryan Maxwell (1) – pp – 06:13 Ron Wilson (1) – 11:16 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Hayward 20 saves / 26 shots Doug Soetaert 10 saves / 10 shots |
Goalie stats | Andy Moog 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Winnipeg Jets | 3–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Moe Mantha (1) – pp – 04:51 Norm Dupont (1) – pp – 09:12 |
First period | 07:40 – pp – Mark Messier (1) 14:53 – Ken Linseman (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Moe Mantha (2) – pp – 03:26 | Third period | 02:57 – sh – Paul Coffey (1) 18:16 – Mark Messier (2) | ||||||
| Brian Hayward 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Edmonton Oilers | 4–3 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| Paul Coffey (2) – 07:59 | First period | 17:59 – pp – Paul MacLean (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:56 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (1) | ||||||
| Kevin Lowe (1) – 14:04 Willy Lindstrom (1) – 17:08 Ken Linseman (3) – 18:46 |
Third period | 17:38 – Ron Wilson (2) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Hayward 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 3–0 | |
(S2) Calgary Flames vs. (S3) Vancouver Canucks
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Smythe Division Semifinals, in which Vancouver won in a three-game sweep.
| April 6 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–4 | OT | Calgary Flames | Stampede Corral | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 10:24 – Guy Chouinard (1) | ||||||
| Stan Smyl (1) – 08:59 Gary Lupul (1) – 13:12 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Halward (1) – 02:14 | Third period | 04:45 – Phil Russell (1) 09:25 – Jim Peplinski (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 12:27 – Eddy Beers (1) | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Don Edwards 20 saves / 23 shots Rejean Lemelin 10 saves / 10 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–5 | Calgary Flames | Stampede Corral | Recap | |||
| Thomas Gradin (1) – 05:38 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:18 – pp – Lanny McDonald (1) 15:20 – Steve Konroyd (1) | ||||||
| Ivan Hlinka (1) – 06:52 Lars Lindgren (1) – 18:05 |
Third period | 03:55 – Lanny McDonald (2) 04:43 – Jim Jackson (1) 14:42 – pp – Mel Bridgman (1) | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 18 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Rejean Lemelin 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Calgary Flames | 4–5 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kent Nilsson (1) – pp – 11:53 Kevin LaVallee (1) – 16:43 |
Second period | 01:51 – Harold Snepsts (1) 03:05 – Rick Lanz (1) 10:29 – Kevin McCarthy (1) 13:13 – pp – Rick Lanz (2) | ||||||
| Richie Dunn (1) – 08:00 Mel Bridgman (2) – 15:57 |
Third period | 19:03 – Stan Smyl (2) | ||||||
| Rejean Lemelin 33 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | John Garrett 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Calgary Flames | 4–3 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Greg Meredith (1) – 15:07 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Risebrough (1) – 16:00 Tim Hunter (1) – pp – 17:33 |
Second period | 12:16 – Mark Kirton (1) 13:56 – pp – Stan Smyl (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:38 – Garth Butcher (1) | ||||||
| Gregory Meredith (2) – 01:06 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rejean Lemelin 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 21 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Calgary won series 3–1 | |
Division Finals
(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres
This was the second playoff series meeting between the two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Semifinals, in which Boston won 3–1.
Brad Park scored the game-winner in game seven on a slapshot off a rebound of his own shot just seconds earlier.
| April 14 | Buffalo Sabres | 7–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Mike Ramsey (2) – 16:33 | First period | 04:49 – Ray Bourque (2) 10:51 – pp – Barry Pederson (4) | ||||||
| Lindy Ruff (2) – 01:17 Lindy Ruff (3) – 02:19 Tony McKegney (2) – 09:37 Tony McKegney (3) – pp – 15:35 |
Second period | 00:40 – Peter McNab (1) | ||||||
| Craig Ramsay (1) – 01:08 Gilles Hamel (2) – 03:27 |
Third period | 17:44 – Steve Kasper (1) | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 12 saves / 16 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 22 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–5 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:52 – Mike Krushelnyski (1) 10:30 – Rick Middleton (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:05 – pp – Keith Crowder (1) 19:36 – Ray Bourque (3) | ||||||
| Phil Housley (1) – 12:19 Mike Ramsey (3) – 15:03 Mike Foligno (1) – 16:01 |
Third period | 12:45 – Mike Krushelnyski (2) | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 29 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 37 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:57 – Craig Ramsay (2) | ||||||
| Bruce Crowder (1) – 06:14 Tom Fergus (1) – 07:47 |
Second period | 09:16 – pp – Dale McCourt (2) | ||||||
| Barry Pederson (5) – 05:59 | Third period | 04:25 – Dave Andreychuk (1) 17:02 – Mike Ramsey (4) | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 20 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Boston Bruins | 6–2 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Rick Middleton (5) – 05:00 Barry Pederson (6) – 12:49 |
First period | 14:53 – pp – Paul Cyr (1) | ||||||
| Rick Middleton (6) – 12:04 | Second period | 06:09 – pp – Dale McCourt (3) | ||||||
| Mike Krushelnyski (3) – 00:31 Barry Pederson (7) – 12:48 Mike Gillis (1) – 17:29 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 22 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Buffalo Sabres | 0–9 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:16 – Bruce Crowder (2) 03:14 – pp – Rick Middleton (7) 13:00 – Barry Pederson (8) 14:51 – sh Rick Middleton (8) 18:50 – Mike Krushelnyski (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:08 – Barry Pederson (9) 16:00 – Gord Kluzak (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:04 – sh – Steve Kasper (2) 17:15 – Peter McNab (2) | ||||||
| Phil Myre 22 saves / 29 shots Bob Sauve 0 saves / 2 shots |
Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 27 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Boston Bruins | 3–5 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Brad Park (1) – 09:45 Tom Fergus (2) – 10:17 |
First period | 19:34 – pp – Phil Housley (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:25 – Hannu Virta (1) 16:39 – Mike Foligno (2) | ||||||
| Mike Krushelnyski (5) – 08:36 | Third period | 09:25 – Lindy Ruff (4) 13:15 – Phil Housley (3) | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 22 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–3 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
| Ric Seiling (1) – 10:42 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ric Seiling (2) – 03:50 | Second period | 06:32 – Barry Pederson (10) 09:21 – pp – Brad Park (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 01:52 – Brad Park (3) | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 4–3 | |
(P2) New York Islanders vs. (P4) New York Rangers
This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won three of the previous four series, including both over the past two seasons. The latter of which the Islanders won in six games in the last year's Patrick Division Finals.
| April 14 | New York Rangers | 1–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Ron Greschner (2) – pp – 13:01 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 05:43 – pp – Stefan Persson (1) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 01:44 – Denis Potvin (2) 04:27 – Brent Sutter (1) 08:05 – pp – Duane Sutter (1) | ||||||
| Eddie Mio 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 19 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | New York Rangers | 0–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 00:54 – John Tonelli (4) 08:10 – pp – Duane Sutter (2) 15:33 – Duane Sutter (3) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 08:02 – pp – Brent Sutter (2) 15:26 – Duane Sutter (4) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Glen Hanlon 42 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 23 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | New York Islanders | 6–7 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Mike Bossy (4) – pp – 05:06 Bob Bourne (4) – sh – 11:03 |
First period | 07:14 – pp – George McPhee (2) 08:46 – pp – Eddie Johnstone (3) 13:08 – Ron Duguay (1) 17:45 – Barry Beck (2) | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 02:11 – Dave Maloney (1) 04:12 – sh – Eddie Johnstone (4) 13:20 – pp – Mark Pavelich (3) | ||||||
| Billy Carroll (1) – sh – 02:33 Mike Bossy (5) – 04:55 Anders Kallur (2) – sh – 08:36 Denis Potvin (3) – pp – 19:17 |
Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 18 saves / 23 shots Roland Melanson 17 saves / 19 shots |
Goalie stats | Eddie Mio 27 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | New York Islanders | 1–3 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:51 – George McPhee (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Gilbert (1) – 18:22 | Third period | 10:40 – Mark Pavelich (4) 12:44 – Reijo Ruotsalainen (3) | ||||||
| Roland Melanson 19 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Mio 36 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | New York Rangers | 2–7 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Reijo Ruotsalainen (4) – 18:45 | First period | 13:18 – Bryan Trottier (5) | ||||||
| Robbie Ftorek (1) – 19:40 | Second period | 04:01 – pp – Mike Bossy (6) 09:22 – Gord Lane (1) 11:42 – Duane Sutter (5) 18:35 – Bob Bourne (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:32 – Brent Sutter (3) 10:20 – Denis Potvin (4) | ||||||
| Eddie Mio 36 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | New York Islanders | 5–2 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Ron Duguay (2) – 12:45 | ||||||
| John Tonelli (5) – 03:02 Butch Goring (1) – 05:03 |
Second period | 09:31 – pp – Mikko Leinonen (1) | ||||||
| Butch Goring (2) – 05:21 Brent Sutter (4) – 08:09 Ken Morrow (1) – 14:09 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Mio 39 saves / 44 shots | ||||||
| New York Islanders won series 4–2 | |
(N1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (N2) Minnesota North Stars
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Norris Division Semifinals, in which Chicago won in an upset 3–1.
| April 14 | Minnesota North Stars | 2–5 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom McCarthy (1) – 08:31 Bobby Smith (5) – pp – 13:17 |
Second period | 08:00 – Steve Ludzik (3) 18:52 – Doug Crossman (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:06 – Curt Fraser (2) 17:41 – Denis Savard (4) 19:14 – en – Doug Wilson (2) | ||||||
| Gilles Meloche 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Murray Bannerman 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Minnesota North Stars | 4–7 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:46 – Al Secord (1) 16:10 – Steve Larmer (3) 17:18 – pp – Doug Crossman (2) | ||||||
| Craig Hartsburg (1) – pp – 12:56 Al MacAdam (1) – 16:44 |
Second period | 06:06 – pp – Bob Murray (1) 06:41 – Tom Lysiak (3) | ||||||
| Dino Ciccarelli (3) – 03:47 Willi Plett (1) – pp – 17:14 |
Third period | 11:56 – Denis Savard (5) 16:26 – Denis Savard (6) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 22 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Murray Bannerman 24 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1–5 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:51 – Al MacAdam (2) 17:36 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (4) | ||||||
| Al Secord (2) – 14:00 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:54 – Craig Hartsburg (2) 03:07 – pp – Bobby Smith (6) 18:35 – pp – Steve Payne (3) | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 31 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Gilles Meloche 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4–3 | OT | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 13:05 – pp – Brian Bellows (5) | ||||||
| Tom Lysiak (4) – pp – 13:02 Doug Wilson (3) – 18:29 |
Second period | 01:12 – pp – Craig Hartsburg (3) 10:50 – Brad Maxwell (4) | ||||||
| Tom Lysiak (5) – 02:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rich Preston (2) – 10:34 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tony Esposito 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Gilles Meloche 34 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Minnesota North Stars | 2–5 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:24 – pp – Denis Savard (7) 19:22 – sh – Doug Wilson (4) | ||||||
| Brad Maxwell (5) – 10:22 | Second period | 04:13 – sh – Rick Paterson (1) 15:07 – Darryl Sutter (3) | ||||||
| Tom McCarthy (2) – 09:12 | Third period | 09:45 – Curt Fraser (3) | ||||||
| Gilles Meloche 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 37 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 4–1 | |
(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S2) Calgary Flames
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 14 | Calgary Flames | 3–6 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:38 – Mark Messier (3) 17:12 – pp – Mark Messier (4) | ||||||
| Paul Reinhart (1) – pp – 06:26 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Reinhart (2) – pp – 10:04 Paul Reinhart (3) – sh – 13:01 |
Third period | 02:00 – Mark Messier (5) 02:08 – Pat Hughes (1) 07:30 – Paul Coffey (3) 08:58 – sh – Mark Messier (6) | ||||||
| Rejean Lemelin 27 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 33 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Calgary Flames | 1–5 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Kari Eloranta (1) – 04:36 | First period | 00:31 – Jari Kurri (1) 15:23 – Randy Gregg (1) 18:29 – Don Jackson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:06 – pp – Paul Coffey (4) 13:45 – pp – Willy Lindstrom (2) | ||||||
| Don Edwards 33 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Edmonton Oilers | 10–2 | Calgary Flames | Stampede Corral | Recap | |||
| Paul Coffey (5) – sh- 08:18 Wayne Gretzky (5) – 13:42 Wayne Gretzky (6) – 14:37 |
First period | 13:57 – Paul Reinhart (4) | ||||||
| Glenn Anderson (1) – 00:36 Wayne Gretzky (7) – sh – 04:23 Mark Messier (7) – 14:53 Wayne Gretzky (8) – 19:06 |
Second period | 16:44 – Kari Jalonen (1) | ||||||
| Mark Messier (8) – sh – 09:10 Ray Cote (1) – 13:16 Mark Messier (9) – 18:40 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andy Moog 15 saves / 17 shots Grant Fuhr 4 saves / 4 shots |
Goalie stats | Rejean Lemelin 15 saves / 22 shots Don Edwards 6 saves / 9 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Edmonton Oilers | 5–6 | Calgary Flames | Stampede Corral | Recap | |||
| Jari Kurri (2) – pp – 08:20 Wayne Gretzky (9) – 13:19 |
First period | 06:05 – pp – Paul Reinhart (5) 11:32 – Lanny McDonald (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:17 – pp – Paul Reinhart (6) 17:40 – Jim Jackson (2) | ||||||
| Ken Linseman (4) – pp – 10:08 Ken Linseman (5) – 12:45 Tom Roulston (1) – 17:32 |
Third period | 02:56 – pp – Mel Bridgman (3) 09:50 – sh – Greg Meredith (3) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 27 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Don Edwards 28 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Calgary Flames | 1–9 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:09 – pp – Paul Coffey (6) 17:40 – Mark Messier (10) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:39 – Paul Coffey (7) 03:42 – sh – Randy Gregg (2) 07>03 – Pat Hughes (2) 15:16 – Don Jackson (2) 16:27 – Wayne Gretzky (10) | ||||||
| Steve Konroyd (2) – 09:32 | Third period | 13:49 – Glenn Anderson (2) 18:53 – Ray Cote (2) | ||||||
| Rejean Lemelin 18 saves / 21 shots Don Edwards 15 saves / 21 shots |
Goalie stats | Andy Moog 39 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–1 | |
Conference Finals
(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P2) New York Islanders
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in five games in the 1980 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.
| April 26 | New York Islanders | 5–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Brent Sutter (5) – 03:36 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tomas Jonsson (1) – 08:37 Mike Bossy (7) – pp – 14:08 Duane Sutter (6) – 15:15 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Bourne (6) – 17:27 | Third period | 05:51 – Barry Pederson (11) 06:08 – Ray Bourque (4) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 29 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | New York Islanders | 1–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:05 – pp – Mike Krushelnyski (6) 16:33 – sh – Brad Palmer (1) | ||||||
| Denis Potvin (5) – pp – 03:57 | Second period | 16:51 – sh – Barry Pederson (12) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:15 – Barry Pederson (13) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Boston Bruins | 3–7 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Craig MacTavish (1) – 04:28 | First period | 03:00 – Bobby Nystrom (4) 08:39 – pp – Brent Sutter (6) 13:21 – Bryan Trottier (6) | ||||||
| Ray Bourque (5) – pp – 06:53 | Second period | 16:27 – pp – Mike Bossy (8) | ||||||
| Ray Bourque (6) – 01:24 | Third period | 05:06 – Ken Morrow (2) 17:56 – pp – Denis Potvin (6) 19:04 – Butch Goring (3) | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 19 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 33 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Boston Bruins | 3–8 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Mike Krushelnyski (7) – pp – 04:21 Mike Krushelnyski (8) – 16:07 |
First period | 07:23 – John Tonelli (6) 10:04 – Denis Potvin (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:05 – Mike Bossy (9) | ||||||
| Rick Middleton (9) – pp – 12:41 | Third period | 02:53 – Mike Bossy (10) 05:25 – Duane Sutter (7) 06:41 – pp – Mike Bossy (11) 08:12 – pp – Denis Potvin (8) 08:52 – Bobby Nystrom (5) | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 23 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | New York Islanders | 1–5 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Bobby Nystrom (6) – 03:12 | First period | 05:07 – Craig MacTavish (2) 06:15 – Barry Pederson (14) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:29 – pp – Ray Bourque (7) 12:06 – Peter McNab (3) 19:27 – Bruce Crowder (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 28 saves / 33 shots Roland Melanson 12 saves / 12 shots |
Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Boston Bruins | 4–8 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Rick Middleton (10) – 10:42 Craig MacTavish (3) – 16:34 |
First period | 00:33 – Butch Goring (4) 08:09 – pp – Mike Bossy (12) 19:36 – Brent Sutter (7) | ||||||
| Ray Bourque (8) – 05:01 Rick Middleton (11) – pp – 17:39 |
Second period | 00:59 – Mike Bossy (13) 05:51 – Mike Bossy (14) 10:03 – Mike Bossy (15) 13:14 – Bryan Trottier (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:41 – Wayne Merrick (1) | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 24 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 16 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–2 | |
(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Chicago Black Hawks
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 24 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4–8 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Al Secord (3) – 13:38 | First period | 18:17 – Ray Cote (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:13 – Dave Hunter (2) 06:58 – Ken Linseman (6) 07:47 – Glenn Anderson (3) 12:59 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (11) | ||||||
| Doug Crossman (3) – 03:06 Al Secord (4) – pp – 11:53 Bill Gardner (1) – pp – 18:43 |
Third period | 00:25 – pp – Mark Messier (11) 12:17 – sh – Jari Kurri (3) 14:52 – sh – Jari Kurri (4) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito 28 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 24 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2–8 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Bob Murray (2) – 02:54 Tom Lysiak (6) – pp – 11:07 |
First period | 03:58 – Mark Messier (12) 06:39 – Mark Messier (13) 11:50 – Glenn Anderson (4) 18:15 – Glenn Anderson (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:35 – Dave Hunter (3) 08:47 – Glenn Anderson (6) 15:09 – pp – Mark Messier (14) 15:54 – Glenn Anderson (7) | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 19 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Charlie Huddy (1) – 04:18 Don Jackson (3) – 11:52 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glenn Anderson (8) – 13:05 | Third period | 03:49 – Steve Larmer (4) 07:56 – pp – Denis Savard (8) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 39 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Edmonton Oilers | 6–3 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Wayne Gretzky (12) – 02:46 Jaroslav Pouzar (1) – pp – 03:46 Glenn Anderson (9) – pp – 15:01 Jaroslav Pouzar (2) – 16:49 |
First period | 17:12 – Darryl Sutter (4) | ||||||
| Jari Kurri (5) – 02:38 Dave Hunter (4) – 18:20 |
Second period | 04:51 – Steve Larmer (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:23 – pp – Curt Fraser (4) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Murray Bannerman 23 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–0 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
This was the second playoff series (and first Finals) meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in six games in the 1981 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.
The rising Edmonton Oilers qualified for their first final but more than met their match in the veteran Islanders. The Islanders won the series in a four-game sweep.
| May 10 | New York Islanders | 2–0 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Duane Sutter (8) – 05:36 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Morrow (3) – en – 19:48 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 35 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | New York Islanders | 6–3 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Tomas Jonsson (2) – 14:21 Bobby Nystrom (7) – 17:55 Mike Bossy (16) – 19:17 |
First period | 08:39 – Dave Semenko (1) | ||||||
| Bob Bourne (7) – 08:03 Brent Sutter (8) – 08:41 |
Second period | 05:07 – Jari Kurri (6) | ||||||
| Brent Sutter (9) – 14:11 | Third period | 04:48 – Glenn Anderson (10) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 19 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 14 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 19:41 – Anders Kallur (3) | ||||||
| Jari Kurri (7) – pp – 01:05 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:11 – Bob Bourne (8) 06:21 – Ken Morrow (4) 16:43 – Duane Sutter (9) 19:02 – pp – Brent Sutter (10) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 23 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:02 – pp – Bryan Trottier (8) 11:45 – John Tonelli (7) 12:39 – Mike Bossy (17) | ||||||
| Jari Kurri (8) – 00:35 Mark Messier (15) – 19:39 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:51 – en – Ken Morrow (5) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–0 | |
Player statistics
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.[2]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | 16 | 12 | 26 | 38 | +20 | 4 |
| Rick Middleton | Boston Bruins | 17 | 11 | 22 | 33 | +13 | 6 |
| Barry Pederson | Boston Bruins | 17 | 14 | 18 | 32 | +10 | 21 |
| Bob Bourne | New York Islanders | 20 | 8 | 20 | 28 | +19 | 14 |
| Mike Bossy | New York Islanders | 19 | 17 | 9 | 26 | +7 | 10 |
| Jari Kurri | Edmonton Oilers | 16 | 8 | 15 | 23 | +16 | 8 |
| Ray Bourque | Boston Bruins | 17 | 8 | 15 | 23 | +15 | 10 |
| Mark Messier | Edmonton Oilers | 15 | 15 | 6 | 21 | +11 | 14 |
| Brent Sutter | New York Islanders | 20 | 10 | 11 | 21 | +18 | 26 |
| Duane Sutter | New York Islanders | 20 | 9 | 12 | 21 | +16 | 43 |
Goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[3]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Smith | New York Islanders | 17 | 13 | 3 | 494 | 43 | 2.69 | .913 | 2 | 960:02 |
| Andy Moog | Edmonton Oilers | 16 | 11 | 5 | 461 | 48 | 3.04 | .896 | 0 | 946:16 |
| Bob Sauve | Buffalo Sabres | 10 | 6 | 4 | 234 | 28 | 3.08 | .880 | 2 | 545:06 |
| Pete Peeters | Boston Bruins | 17 | 9 | 8 | 481 | 61 | 3.58 | .873 | 1 | 1022:10 |
| Murray Bannerman | Chicago Black Hawks | 8 | 4 | 4 | 238 | 32 | 4.01 | .866 | 0 | 479:04 |
References
- "Wales at Home". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. Canadian Press. 17 September 1981. p. B4. Retrieved 20 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- NHL.com - Skater Stats
- NHL.com - Goalie Stats
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Total Sports Canada. ISBN 1-892129-07-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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