1987 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 1987 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 8, after the conclusion of the 1986–87 NHL season. It concluded on May 31, with the Edmonton Oilers defeating the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup. In an attempt to reduce the number of first round upsets, the NHL expanded the best-of-five series in the first round to a best-of-seven series.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 8–May 31, 1987 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Montreal Canadiens |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Edmonton Oilers |
| Runner-up | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Wayne Gretzky (Oilers) (34 points) |
| MVP | Ron Hextall (Flyers) |
← 1986 1988 → | |
The Stanley Cup
The 1987 playoffs marked the second consecutive year that all four former WHA teams made the playoffs in the same year. It would not happen again until 1999 by which time 3 of those teams had moved, the Quebec Nordiques to Denver, the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix, and the Hartford Whalers to Raleigh, North Carolina. For the second time ever, the first time being 1978, all of the Original Six teams made the playoffs in the same season.
At the time the Philadelphia Flyers set an NHL playoff record by playing in 26 games during the playoffs. This record was equaled by four other teams (2004 Calgary Flames, 2014 Los Angeles Kings, 2015 Tampa Bay Lightning and 2019 St. Louis Blues) before the 2020 Dallas Stars broke the record during the expanded 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Playoff seeds
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
Adams Division
- Hartford Whalers, Adams Division champions – 93 points
- Montreal Canadiens – 92 points
- Boston Bruins – 85 points
- Quebec Nordiques – 72 points
Patrick Division
- Philadelphia Flyers, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 100 points
- Washington Capitals – 86 points
- New York Islanders – 82 points
- New York Rangers – 76 points
Norris Division
- St. Louis Blues, Norris Division champions – 79 points
- Detroit Red Wings – 78 points
- Chicago Blackhawks – 72 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 70 points
Smythe Division
- Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 106 points
- Calgary Flames – 95 points
- Winnipeg Jets – 88 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 70 points
Playoff bracket
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| A1 | Hartford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Quebec | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Quebec | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Montreal | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Montreal | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Boston | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Montreal | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Prince of Wales Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Philadelphia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Philadelphia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P4 | NY Rangers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Philadelphia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P3 | NY Islanders | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Washington | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P3 | NY Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Philadelphia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | St. Louis | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Toronto | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Toronto | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Detroit | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Detroit | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Chicago | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Detroit | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Clarence Campbell Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Winnipeg | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Calgary | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Winnipeg | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Division Semifinals
(A1) Hartford Whalers vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Harford won the only previous meeting in a three-game sweep in the last year's Adams Division Semifinals.
This was the last series that the Nordiques/Avalanche franchise won in Quebec City, the franchise did not win another playoff series until 1996 when they were the Colorado Avalanche.
| April 8 | Quebec Nordiques | 2–3 | OT | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center | Recap | ||
| Peter Stastny (1) – 01:59 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Picard (1) – 06:32 | Second period | 09:16 – pp – John Anderson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:48 – Dean Evason (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:20 – Paul MacDermid (1) | ||||||
| Mario Gosselin 38 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Quebec Nordiques | 4–5 | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Randy Moller (1) – 03:35 Jeff Brown (1) – pp – 15:31 |
First period | 09:41 – Sylvain Turgeon (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:26 – Stew Gavin (1) 11:55 – Scot Kleinendorst (1) 17:04 – Paul MacDermid (2) | ||||||
| John Ogrodnick (1) – 08:22 Lane Lambert (1) – 16:22 |
Third period | 06:58 – pp – Dana Murzyn (1) | ||||||
| Clint Malarchuk 24 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Hartford Whalers | 1–5 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:20 – sh – Peter Stastny (2) 07:56 – Peter Stastny (3) 15:02 – pp – Michel Goulet (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:34 – Michel Goulet (2) 06:33 – pp – Peter Stastny (4) | ||||||
| Ron Francis (1) – pp – 03:03 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Weeks 21 saves / 22 shots Mike Liut 11 saves / 15 shots |
Goalie stats | Mario Gosselin 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Hartford Whalers | 1–4 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Dana Murzyn (2) – 10:25 | First period | 04:53 – Jeff Brown (2) 16:19 – pp – Michel Goulet (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:19 – Michel Goulet (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:44 – pp – Michel Goulet (5) | ||||||
| Mike Liut 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Gosselin 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Quebec Nordiques | 7–5 | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Robert Picard (2) – pp – 07:17 Jeff Brown (3) – pp – 15:10 |
First period | 09:46 – Ron Francis (2) 13:38 – pp – Mike McEwen (1) 18:48 – Ray Ferraro (1) | ||||||
| John Ogrodnick (2) – pp – 07:59 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Ogrodnick (3) – pp – 03:35 Michel Goulet (6) – pp – 04:08 John Ogrodnick (4) – 18:53 Mike Eagles (1) – 19:19 |
Third period | 07:32 – Dean Evason (2) 11:19 – Stew Gavin (2) | ||||||
| Mario Gosselin 38 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 17 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Hartford Whalers | 4–5 | OT | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Dean Evason (3) – 01:06 Dave Babych (1) – pp – 06:43 Kevin Dineen (1) – 13:32 |
First period | 03:22 – Lane Lambert (2) | ||||||
| Kevin Dineen (2) – pp – 06:24 | Second period | 13:47 – pp – Peter Stastny (5) 14:17 – John Ogrodnick (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:05 – pp – Jason Lafreniere (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 06:08 – Peter Stastny (6) | ||||||
| Mike Liut 29 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Gosselin 31 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| Quebec won series 4–2 | |
(A2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A3) Boston Bruins
This was the 22nd playoff series between these two teams. Montreal lead 19–2 in previous playoff series. This was the fourth straight year meeting in the Division Semifinals. Montreal won last year's Adams Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.
| April 8 | Boston Bruins | 2–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Tom McCarthy (1) – pp – 08:19 | First period | 04:37 – pp – Larry Robinson (1) 04:56 – Guy Carbonneau (1) 05:48 – Stéphane Richer (1) 19:12 – Mats Naslund (1) | ||||||
| Ken Linseman (1) – 02:25 | Second period | 18:27 – Kjell Dahlin (1) 19:16 – Chris Nilan (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Keans 22 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 09:02 – Kjell Dahlin (2) | ||||||
| Cam Neely (1) – 13:26 | Second period | 10:23 – Claude Lemieux (1) | ||||||
| Cam Neely (2) – pp – 07:44 Cam Neely (3) – 11:46 |
Third period | 10:30 – Bobby Smith (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:38 – Mats Naslund (2) | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Mike McPhee (1) – 12:36 Bobby Smith (2) – pp – 14:36 Chris Chelios (1) – sh – 15:24 |
First period | 02:24 – sh – Rick Middleton (1) | ||||||
| Mike McPhee (2) – 07:34 Mike McPhee (3) – pp – 09:50 |
Second period | 07:17 – Ray Bourque (1) 14:59 – pp – Rick Middleton (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:28 – pp – Cam Neely (4) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Doug Keans 25 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Chris Chelios (2) – pp – 18:21 | First period | 07:26 – Randy Burridge (1) | ||||||
| Bobby Smith (3) – 12:36 Mike McPhee (4) – 13:06 |
Second period | 04:17 – pp – Cam Neely (5) | ||||||
| Shayne Corson (1) – 02:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–0 | |
(P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (P4) New York Rangers
This was the eighth playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won four of the previous seven meetings, including last year's Patrick Division Semifinals in a 3–2 series upset.
| April 8 | New York Rangers | 3–0 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pierre Larouche (1) – 02:57 Ron Duguay (1) – 03:24 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pierre Larouche (2) – 17:13 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Vanbiesbrouck 26 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | New York Rangers | 3–8 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:24 – Brad Marsh (1) | ||||||
| Marcel Dionne (1) – pp – 05:43 Don Maloney (1) – 18:51 |
Second period | 10:01 – Scott Mellanby (1) 19:56 – Rick Tocchet (1) | ||||||
| Don Maloney (2) – 16:26 | Third period | 05:19 – Tim Kerr (1) 06:22 – Dave Poulin (1) 13:40 – sh – Rick Tocchet (2) 17:30 – Derrick Smith (1) 17:50 – Peter Zezel (1) | ||||||
| John Vanbiesbrouck 29 saves / 34 shots Bob Froese 8 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–0 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Zezel (2) – sh – 05:28 Mark Howe (1) – 05:41 Rick Tocchet (3) – 11:34 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 34 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | John Vanbiesbrouck 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–6 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:03 – Tomas Sandstrom (1) 04:08 – Jeff Jackson (1) 10:31 – pp – George McPhee (1) | ||||||
| Brian Propp (1) – pp – 05:54 | Second period | 18:31 – pp – Ron Duguay (2) 19:31 – pp – James Patrick (1) | ||||||
| Dave Poulin (2) – pp – 03:51 Murray Craven (1) – 07:20 |
Third period | 19:36 – Jan Erixon (1) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 21 saves / 26 shots Glenn Resch 7 saves / 7 shots |
Goalie stats | Bob Froese 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | New York Rangers | 1–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pierre Larouche (3) – 09:46 | Second period | 02:02 – Rick Tocchet (4) 14:13 – Tim Kerr (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:34 – Rick Tocchet (5) | ||||||
| Bob Froese 37 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Philadelphia Flyers | 5–0 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Derrick Smith (2) – 09:18 Doug Crossman (1) – 17:00 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brad Marsh (2) – 08:35 Tim Kerr (3) – pp – 13:14 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lindsay Carson (1) – 05:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 34 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Froese 15 saves / 17 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 13 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–2 | |
(P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) New York Islanders
This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won three of the previous four series all in the past four years. Washington won last year's Patrick Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.
Game seven of this series went four overtimes, and is known as the Easter Epic. It was the only one this year to go beyond one OT period.
| April 8 | New York Islanders | 3–4 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:15 – Mike Gartner (1) 08:10 – Gaetan Duchesne (1) 12:00 – Kelly Miller (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Flatley (1) – 13:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Bossy (1) – pp – 10:47 Bryan Trottier (1) – 18:57 |
Third period | 08:30 – Mike Ridley (1) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | New York Islanders | 3–1 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Steve Konroyd (1) – 02:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bryan Trottier (2) – pp – 17:20 Bryan Trottier (3) – 19:43 |
Third period | 13:46 – Mike Ridley (2) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Washington Capitals | 2–0 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Larry Murphy (1) – 14:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gaetan Duchesne (2) – 19:32 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Mason 26 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Washington Capitals | 4–1 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Larry Murphy (2) – 11:08 Dave Christian (1) – 18:26 Mike Gartner (2) – 19:47 |
First period | 10:25 – pp – Brad Lauer (1) | ||||||
| Mike Gartner (3) – 15:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Mason 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | New York Islanders | 4–2 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Brad Lauer (2) – 05:06 Pat LaFontaine (1) – 05:26 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Gilbert (1) – 14:13 | Second period | 05:25 – pp – Greg Adams (1) 10:58 – Kevin Hatcher (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Flatley (2) – 17:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 40 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Washington Capitals | 4–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:34 – Bryan Trottier (4) 18:51 – Duane Sutter (1) | ||||||
| Michal Pivonka (1) – 04:26 Gaetan Duchesne (3) – 06:58 Ed Kastelic (1) – pp – 09:31 |
Second period | 11:31 – pp – Pat LaFontaine (2) 14:27 – Mikko Makela (1) 16:27 – Pat LaFontaine (3) | ||||||
| Kelly Miller (2) – 06:19 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Mason 29 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | New York Islanders | 3–2 | 4OT | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 19:12 – Mike Gartner (4) | ||||||
| Patrick Flatley (3) – 11:35 | Second period | 18:45 – Grant Martin (1) | ||||||
| Bryan Trottier (5) – 14:37 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat LaFontaine (4) – 08:47 | Fourth overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 73 saves / 75 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Mason 54 saves / 57 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–3 | |
(N1) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Toronto Maple Leafs
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Norris Division Finals, in which St. Louis won in seven games.
| April 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–3 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:28 – pp – Rob Ramage (1) | ||||||
| Rick Vaive (1) – 15:15 | Second period | 00:41 – Doug Gilmour (1) 02:43 – pp – Gino Cavallini (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Wregget 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Greg Millen 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–2 | OT | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Todd Gill (1) – 03:17 | First period | 13:00 – pp – Rob Ramage (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Wendel Clark (1) – 14:16 | Third period | 14:57 – Greg Paslawski (1) | ||||||
| Rick Lanz (1) – 10:17 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Wregget 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Greg Millen 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | St. Louis Blues | 5–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Bernie Federko (1) – pp – 12:51 Gino Cavallini (2) – 19:14 |
First period | 00:31 – Dan Daoust (1) 09:21 – Russ Courtnall (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:20 – pp – Wendel Clark (2) | ||||||
| Doug Gilmour (2) – pp – 05:04 Gino Cavallini (3) – 14:09 Bernie Federko (2) – 19:59 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rick Wamsley 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | St. Louis Blues | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Bruce Bell (1) – 13:04 | First period | 08:47 – pp – Rick Vaive (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:43 – Dan Daoust (2) | ||||||
| Rick Wamsley 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 27 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:31 – Bernie Federko (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Osborne (1) – 00:13 Mike Allison (1) – 11:24 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Wregget 33 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Greg Millen 33 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | St. Louis Blues | 0–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:55 – Brad Smith (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:07 – Bill Root (1) 06:12 – Russ Courtnall (2) 17:51 – Peter Ihnacak (1) | ||||||
| Greg Millen 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 19 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–2 | |
(N2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N3) Chicago Blackhawks
This was the 11th playoff series between these two teams. Chicago lead 6–4 in previous playoff meetings. Chicago won the most recent meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1985 Norris Division Semifinals.
| April 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:09 – Petr Klima (1) 14:54 – pp – Darren Veitch (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Murray (1) – 10:09 | Third period | 12:18 – Shawn Burr (1) | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Greg Stefan 19 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:37 – Gerard Gallant (1) 08:35 – pp – Joey Kocur (1) | ||||||
| Marc Bergevin (1) – 13:33 | Second period | 05:07 – pp – Steve Yzerman (1) 14:09 – Shawn Burr (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:46 – Adam Oates (1) | ||||||
| Bob Sauve 34 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Greg Stefan 14 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–3 | OT | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | ||
| Steve Yzerman (2) – 05:28 Mel Bridgman (1) – sh – 06:28 Mel Bridgman (2) – 19:17 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:23 – Denis Savard (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:21 – Curt Fraser (1) 13:23 – Eddie Olczyk (1) | ||||||
| Shawn Burr (3) – 04:51 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glen Hanlon 36 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 31 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–1 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Brent Ashton (1) – pp – 13:37 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mel Bridgman (3) – 00:35 Dave Barr (1) – 10:07 |
Second period | 09:26 – Wayne Presley (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Stefan 46 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–0 | |
(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings. Edmonton won in a three-game sweep in their most recent meeting in the 1985 Smythe Division Semifinals.
| April 8 | Los Angeles Kings | 5–2 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 15:28 Jay Wells (1) – pp – 15:56 |
First period | 01:04 – Randy Gregg (1) 18:26 – pp – Glenn Anderson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Williams (1) – 05:04 Bobby Carpenter (1) – 13:36 Bob Bourne (1) – 19:40 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Roland Melanson 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–13 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Bernie Nicholls (1) – 10:29 | First period | 02:51 – pp – Jari Kurri (1) 05:17 – Glenn Anderson (2) 06:26 – Jari Kurri (2) 10:49 – Randy Gregg (2) 14:09 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (1) 17:03 – Mark Messier (1) | ||||||
| Bernie Nicholls (2) – pp – 04:29 Jim Fox (1) – pp – 18:28 |
Second period | 03:50 – sh – Mark Messier (2) 06:15 – Kent Nilsson (1) 14:05 – pp – Kent Nilsson (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:56 – Wayne Gretzky (1) 07:30 – pp – Jari Kurri (3) 07:50 – Moe Lemay (1) 17:41 – pp – Jari Kurri (4) | ||||||
| Darren Eliot 22 saves / 29 shots Roland Melanson 10 saves / 16 shots |
Goalie stats | Andy Moog 11 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Edmonton Oilers | 6–5 | Los Angeles Kings | The Forum | Recap | |||
| Esa Tikkanen (2) – 05:12 Mike Krushelnyski (1) – 07:28 |
First period | 03:13 – Bryan Erickson (1) 13:15 – Dave Williams (2) | ||||||
| Mark Messier (3) – 08:50 Jari Kurri (5) – 13:28 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Messier (4) – 05:30 Jari Kurri (6) – 09:10 |
Third period | 02:55 – Dave Williams (3) 12:19 – Jim Fox (2) 19:53 – Luc Robitaille (1) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 18 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Roland Melanson 29 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Edmonton Oilers | 6–3 | Los Angeles Kings | The Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kent Nilsson (3) – 11:22 Jari Kurri (7) – 19:00 |
Second period | 06:38 – Bob Bourne (2) 19:21 – Jimmy Carson (1) | ||||||
| Steve Smith (1) – 04:43 Esa Tikkanen (3) – 07:49 Esa Tikkanen (4) – 16:08 Wayne Gretzky (2) – 19:34 |
Third period | 08:15 – Steve Duchesne (1) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Roland Melanson 31 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–5 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Jim Fox (3) – 04:06 | First period | 01:22 – Esa Tikkanen (5) | ||||||
| Dave Taylor (2) – 12:08 Steve Duchesne (2) – pp – 16:08 |
Second period | 06:45 – pp – Mark Messier (5) 10:53 – pp – Glenn Anderson (3) | ||||||
| Mark Hardy (1) – 15:47 | Third period | 07:53 – Esa Tikkanen (6) 10:47 – Glenn Anderson (4) | ||||||
| Roland Melanson 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–1 | |
(S2) Calgary Flames vs. (S3) Winnipeg Jets
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings over the prior two years. Calgary won last year's Smythe Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.
This was the last series that the Jets/Coyotes franchise won in Winnipeg; the franchise did not win another playoff series until the 2012 Western Conference Quarterfinal while based in Arizona. This was also the last time a Winnipeg-based NHL team won a playoff series until 2018.
| April 8 | Winnipeg Jets | 4–2 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| Thomas Steen (1) – 05:03 | First period | 13:02 – pp – Mike Bullard (1) 19:26 – pp – Al MacInnis (1) | ||||||
| Dale Hawerchuk (1) – 07:51 Mario Marois (1) – 08:52 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dale Hawerchuk (2) – pp – 02:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Berthiaume 18 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Rejean Lemelin 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Winnipeg Jets | 3–2 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul MacLean (1) – 07:08 Paul MacLean (2) – 15:24 Thomas Steen (2) – sh – 19:59 |
Second period | 02:35 – pp – Mike Bullard (2) 17:59 – pp – Mike Bullard (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Berthiaume 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Calgary Flames | 3–2 | OT | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | ||
| Steve Bozek (1) – 14:27 Joe Mullen (1) – pp – 19:29 |
First period | 04:46 – Randy Carlyle (1) 13:19 – pp – Paul MacLean (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Bullard (4) – 03:53 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Vernon 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Daniel Berthiaume 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Calgary Flames | 3–4 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| Hakan Loob (1) – sh – 17:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (1) – 05:03 | Second period | 10:15 – pp – Brian Mullen (1) 15:34 – Doug Smail (1) | ||||||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (1) – 17:16 | Third period | 01:09 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (3) 14:33 – Gilles Hamel (1) | ||||||
| Mike Vernon 40 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Daniel Berthiaume 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Winnipeg Jets | 3–4 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| Fredrik Olausson (1) – pp – 05:54 | First period | 02:00 – Carey Wilson (1) 15:13 – Brett Hull (2) | ||||||
| Paul MacLean (4) – pp – 06:47 Dale Hawerchuk (4) – 10:48 |
Second period | 05:22 – Joe Nieuwendyk (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:28 – Joe Mullen (2) | ||||||
| Daniel Berthiaume 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Calgary Flames | 1–6 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:37 – Ron Wilson (1) 13:17 – Gilles Hamel (2) 14:12 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (5) 19:04 – Doug Smail (2) | ||||||
| Jim Peplinski (1) – 12:57 | Second period | 19:02 – pp – Brian Mullen (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:18 – Doug Smail (3) | ||||||
| Rejean Lemelin 15 saves / 17 shots Mike Vernon 7 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Daniel Berthiaume 34 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| Winnipeg won series 4–2 | |
Division Finals
(A2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques
This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Quebec won two of the previous three meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1985 Adams Division Finals in seven games.
| April 20 | Quebec Nordiques | 7–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Michel Goulet (7) – 09:38 | First period | 04:27 – Bobby Smith (4) 16:17 – Stéphane Richer (2) | ||||||
| Anton Stastny (1) – 01:31 Basil McRae (1) – 11:45 Anton Stastny (2) – 17:16 |
Second period | 12:40 – pp – Claude Lemieux (2) 13:18 – Craig Ludwig (1) | ||||||
| Dale Hunter (1) – pp – 02:04 John Ogrodnick (6) – 05:22 Paul Gillis (1) – 07:21 |
Third period | 16:07 – John Kordic (1) | ||||||
| Mario Gosselin 27 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 19 saves / 26 shots Brian Hayward 2 saves / 2 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Quebec Nordiques | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michel Goulet (8) – 02:47 Basil McRae (2) – 03:04 |
Third period | 05:21 – pp – Ryan Walter (1) | ||||||
| Mario Gosselin 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Hayward 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Montreal Canadiens | 7–2 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Sergio Momesso (1) – 00:14 Bob Gainey (1) – 06:18 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mats Naslund (3) – pp – 13:10 Mike Lalor (1) – 17:00 |
Second period | 00:37 – pp – Risto Siltanen (1) 15:49 – Normand Rochefort (1) | ||||||
| Ryan Walter (2) – 09:52 Mike Lalor (2) – 16:51 Shayne Corson (2) – 19:43 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Hayward 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Gosselin 22 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–2 | OT | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Mats Naslund (4) – pp – 00:18 Mike McPhee (5) – 02:47 |
First period | 19:20 – John Ogrodnick (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:30 – Anton Stastny (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mats Naslund (5) – 05:30 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Hayward 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Gosselin 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Quebec Nordiques | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 09:22 – sh – Shayne Corson (3) | ||||||
| Alain Cote (1) – 01:52 | Second period | 09:33 – pp – Ryan Walter (3) | ||||||
| Paul Gillis (2) – 00:38 | Third period | 17:21 – Ryan Walter (4) | ||||||
| Clint Malarchuk 19 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Hayward 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–3 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Shayne Corson (4) – 09:40 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Nilan (2) – 03:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:22 – Michel Goulet (9) 13:37 – John Ogrodnick (8) 15:23 – Normand Rochefort (2) | ||||||
| Brian Hayward 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Gosselin 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Quebec Nordiques | 3–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| John Ogrodnick (9) – pp – 08:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:03 – sh – Ryan Walter (5) 05:38 – Ryan Walter (6) 16:17 – Bobby Smith (5) 19:29 – Shayne Corson (5) 19:46 – Mike McPhee (6) | ||||||
| Basil McRae (3) – 06:06 Alain Cote (2) – 19:08 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mario Gosselin 9 saves / 14 shots Clint Malarchuk 5 saves / 5 shots |
Goalie stats | Brian Hayward 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–3 | |
(P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (P3) New York Islanders
This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won two of the previous three series, including their most recent in the 1985 Patrick Division Finals in five games.
| April 20 | New York Islanders | 2–4 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:55 – Tim Kerr (4) 07:15 – pp – Tim Kerr (5) 14:21 – Don Nachbaur (1) | ||||||
| Tomas Jonsson (1) – pp – 07:03 | Second period | 03:11 – pp – Tim Kerr (6) | ||||||
| Greg Gilbert (2) – 19:48 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 7 saves / 8 shots Kelly Hrudey 12 saves / 15 shots |
Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | New York Islanders | 2–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Denis Potvin (1) – pp – 07:57 Mikko Makela (2) – pp – 19:57 |
Third period | 05:53 – pp – Doug Crossman (2) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 40 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–1 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Al Hill (1) – 11:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Propp (2) – 10:21 Mark Howe (2) – 16:13 |
Second period | 16:24 – Pat LaFontaine (5) | ||||||
| Pelle Eklund (1) – 19:40 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Philadelphia Flyers | 6–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Brian Propp (3) – pp – 08:00 Al Hill (2) – 18:35 |
First period | 05:00 – Alan Kerr (1) 10:29 – Ken Morrow (1) | ||||||
| Tim Kerr (7) – pp – 06:06 Tim Tookey (1) – 07:14 Tim Kerr (8) – pp – 12:46 |
Second period | 02:50 – pp – Bryan Trottier (6) | ||||||
| Rick Tocchet (6) – 19:13 | Third period | 07:39 – pp – Brent Sutter (1) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 10 saves / 15 shots Billy Smith 13 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | New York Islanders | 2–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Richard Kromm (1) – 14:18 | Second period | 05:56 – Lindsay Carson (2) | ||||||
| Randy Wood (1) – 03:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:22 – pp – Mike Bossy (2) 16:12 – Bryan Trottier (7) | ||||||
| Brad McCrimmon (1) – 00:53 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Propp (4) – pp – 02:48 | Third period | 02:09 – pp – Bryan Trottier (8) 10:34 – Bob Bassen (1) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | New York Islanders | 1–5 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:21 – Dave Brown (1) 09:57 – sh – Brian Propp (5) 10:41 – sh – Brad Marsh (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Denis Potvin (2) – 19:07 | Third period | 06:19 – Ilkka Sinisalo (1) 16:52 – Ilkka Sinisalo (2) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 29 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–3 | |
(N2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N4) Toronto Maple Leafs
This was the 21st playoff series between these two teams. Toronto lead 11–9 in previous playoff series. They last met in the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals, in which Toronto won in seven games.
| April 21 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Dan Daoust (3) – 12:29 | First period | 17:44 – Mel Bridgman (4) 18:15 – Mike O'Connell (1) | ||||||
| Rick Vaive (3) – 01:25 Wendel Clark (3) – 05:02 Todd Gill (2) – 07:55 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Wregget 32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Glen Hanlon 12 saves / 12 shots Greg Stefan 13 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 7–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Steve Thomas (1) – pp – 05:30 Rick Vaive (4) – 11:02 Dan Daoust (4) – 11:28 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Russ Courtnall (3) – pp – 08:59 | Second period | 00:17 – pp – Darren Veitch (2) | ||||||
| Peter Ihnacak (2) – 02:02 Steve Thomas (2) – 09:20 Al Iafrate (1) – pp – 14:10 |
Third period | 17:40 – pp – Brent Ashton (2) | ||||||
| Ken Wregget 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Greg Stefan 14 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Gerard Gallant (2) – 07:49 Shawn Burr (4) – 12:28 |
First period | 06:58 – pp – Mike Allison (2) 13:06 – Dan Daoust (5) | ||||||
| Shawn Burr (5) – 00:49 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gerard Gallant (3) – 07:58 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glen Hanlon 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Allan Bester 16 saves / 17 shots Ken Wregget 10 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mel Bridgman (5) – 02:32 | Second period | 16:27 – Wendel Clark (4) | ||||||
| Gerard Gallant (4) – pp – 00:53 | Third period | 13:47 – pp – Wendel Clark (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 09:31 – Mike Allison (3) | ||||||
| Glen Hanlon 47 saves / 50 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:03 – Lee Norwood (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:25 – Adam Oates (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:06 – Brent Ashton (3) | ||||||
| Ken Wregget 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Glen Hanlon 30 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Gerard Gallant (5) – 08:35 | First period | 12:59 – pp – Wendel Clark (6) | ||||||
| Adam Oates (3) – 10:50 | Second period | 08:55 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (1) | ||||||
| Bob Probert (1) – 10:29 Shawn Burr (6) – 19:49 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glen Hanlon 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:51 – Adam Oates (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:57 – Steve Yzerman (3) 05:08 – Darren Veitch (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Wregget 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Glen Hanlon 30 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–3 | |
(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S3) Winnipeg Jets
This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won all three previous meetings, including their most recent in the 1985 Smythe Division Finals in a four-game sweep.
| April 21 | Winnipeg Jets | 2–3 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Laurie Boschman (1) – 01:20 | First period | 17:13 – Glenn Anderson (5) | ||||||
| Brian Mullen (3) – 02:32 | Second period | 11:27 – Dave Hunter (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Glenn Anderson (6) – 00:36 | ||||||
| Daniel Berthiaume 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 14 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Winnipeg Jets | 3–5 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Thomas Steen (3) – 06:35 | First period | 16:18 – Charlie Huddy (1) 18:30 – Dave Hunter (2) | ||||||
| Ray Neufeld (1) – 19:04 | Second period | 06:09 – pp – Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) 15:23 – Moe Lemay (2) | ||||||
| Laurie Boschman (2) – pp – 16:16 | Third period | 08:09 – pp – Glenn Anderson (7) | ||||||
| Eldon Reddick 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Edmonton Oilers | 5–2 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| Esa Tikkanen (7) – 02:55 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jari Kurri (8) – 17:18 | Second period | 03:53 – sh – Doug Smail (4) | ||||||
| Jari Kurri (9) – 06:22 Mark Messier (6) – 07:57 Glenn Anderson (8) – 19:23 |
Third period | 13:03 – Paul MacLean (5) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Eldon Reddick 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Edmonton Oilers | 4–2 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| Marty McSorley (1) – 05:27 Wayne Gretzky (3) – pp – 12:58 Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) – 13:46 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glenn Anderson (9) – 12:58 | Second period | 08:20 – Fredrik Olausson (2) 19:48 – Brian Mullen (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Eldon Reddick 13 saves / 14 shots Daniel Berthiaume 5 saves / 8 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–0 | |
Conference Finals
(P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (A2) Montreal Canadiens
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal won both previous meetings, including their last meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1976 Stanley Cup Finals.
| May 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–4 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | ||
| Shayne Corson (6) – pp – 19:26 | First period | 17:51 – pp – Brian Propp (6) | ||||||
| Ryan Walter (7) – 18:25 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bobby Smith (6) – 07:15 | Third period | 05:49 – Ilkka Sinisalo (3) 16:04 – Derrick Smith (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 09:11 – Illka Sinisalo (4) | ||||||
| Brian Hayward 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 33 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Bobby Smith (7) – 11:38 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Skrudland (1) – 01:43 John Kordic (2) – 11:23 Claude Lemieux (3) – pp – 15:38 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Guy Carbonneau (2) – 14:06 | Third period | 05:29 – Derrick Smith (4) 10:46 – pp – Doug Crossman (3) | ||||||
| Brian Hayward 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 19 saves / 23 shots Glenn Resch 3 saves / 4 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:23 – Chris Nilan (3) 05:13 – pp – Chris Chelios (3) | ||||||
| Pelle Eklund (2) – 04:29 Pelle Eklund (3) – pp – 13:21 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rick Tocchet (7) – 08:29 Brian Propp (7) – 16:51 |
Third period | 12:35 – pp – Mats Naslund (6) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 36 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Hayward 14 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Philadelphia Flyers | 6–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Ron Sutter (1) – 12:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Propp (8) – 01:18 Pelle Eklund (4) – 15:40 |
Second period | 05:45 – pp – Mats Naslund (7) 13:39 – Stéphane Richer (3) | ||||||
| Scott Mellanby (2) – 00:14 Pelle Eklund (5) – 01:28 Pelle Eklund (6) – 13:01 |
Third period | 17:13 – Chris Chelios (4) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 16 saves / 20 shots Brian Hayward 5 saves / 7 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Bobby Smith (8) – 02:28 Larry Robinson (2) – pp – 14:48 |
First period | 12:37 – Derrick Smith (5) | ||||||
| Craig Ludwig (2) – 13:29 Guy Carbonneau (3) – 13:48 |
Second period | 14:36 – Scott Mellanby (3) | ||||||
| Claude Lemieux (4) – 19:26 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Hayward 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 25 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 14 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Dave Poulin (3) – sh – 14:34 | First period | 00:59 – Mike McPhee (7) 19:56 – Larry Robinson (3) | ||||||
| Ilkka Sinisalo (5) – 07:49 Scott Mellanby (4) – 09:40 |
Second period | 07:00 – pp – Bobby Smith (9) | ||||||
| Rick Tocchet (8) – 07:11 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Hayward 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–2 | |
(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N2) Detroit Red Wings
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| May 5 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–1 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Steve Yzerman (4) – 10:12 Joey Kocur (2) – 12:32 |
First period | 10:36 – pp – Kent Nilsson (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gerard Gallant (6) – 13:57 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Stefan 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:52 – Mark Messier (7) 17:28 – sh – Jari Kurri (10) | ||||||
| Bob Probert (2) – pp – 15:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:38 – Mark Messier (8) 19:31 – Jaroslav Pouzar (1) | ||||||
| Greg Stefan 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 17 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Craig MacTavish (1) – 05:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:24 – Bob Probert (3) | ||||||
| Marty McSorley (2) – 19:24 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Greg Stefan 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Dave Hunter (3) – 17:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glenn Anderson (10) – 15:34 Mike Krushelnyski (2) |
Second period | 00:22 – Shawn Burr (7) 12:32 – Gerard Gallant (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Glen Hanlon 17 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–6 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Gerard Gallant (8) – pp – 04:37 Brent Ashton (4) – 09:04 |
First period | 06:40 – pp – Paul Coffey (1) | ||||||
| Steve Yzerman (5) – 02:14 | Second period | 04:38 – Kevin McClelland (1) 18:23 – Mark Messier (9) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:48 – Mark Messier (10) 19:11 – Kent Nilsson (5) 19:41 – Kent Nilsson (6) | ||||||
| Greg Stefan 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 16 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–1 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
This was the third playoff series between these two teams, and their second Finals meeting. Both teams split their previous two meetings. Edmonton won the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals in five games. This time, Edmonton was the regular season champion with 50 wins and 106 points, and Philadelphia was second with 46 wins and 100 points.
Unlike the 1985 final, this series would go the distance; and for the first time since 1971, the Stanley Cup Finals went the full seven games. Edmonton took the first two games at home, then split in Philadelphia. However, the Flyers won the next two games, one in Edmonton and one back in Philadelphia by one goal after overcoming two-goal deficits in both games facing elimination, to force a deciding seventh game. Edmonton won game seven to earn its third Stanley Cup in four seasons.
| May 17 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:06 – Wayne Gretzky (4) | ||||||
| Brian Propp (9) – 16:08 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rick Tocchet (9) – 10:18 | Third period | 00:48 – Glenn Anderson (11) 07:09 – Paul Coffey (2) 09:11 – Jari Kurri (11) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 20 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–3 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Derrick Smith (6) – 13:20 Brian Propp (10) – 16:23 |
Second period | 00:45 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:40 – Glenn Anderson (12) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 06:50 – Jari Kurri (12) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–5 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Mark Messier (11) – sh – 04:14 Paul Coffey (3) – 19:51 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glenn Anderson (13) – pp – 01:49 | Second period | 09:04 – pp – Murray Craven (2) 15:20 – pp – Peter Zezel (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:37 – Scott Mellanby (5) 04:54 – Brad McCrimmon (2) 19:26 – Brian Propp (11) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 24 | Edmonton Oilers | 4–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Jari Kurri (13) – 05:53 Kevin Lowe (1) – sh – 18:44 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Randy Gregg (3) – pp – 12:31 | Second period | 08:17 – pp – Brad McCrimmon (3) | ||||||
| Mike Krushelnyski (3) – 04:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 25 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 26 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–3 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Rick Tocchet (10) – 19:10 | First period | 02:58 – pp – Jari Kurri (14) 06:35 – Marty McSorley (3) | ||||||
| Doug Crossman (4) – 08:08 Pelle Eklund (7) – pp – 12:40 |
Second period | 01:32 – Marty McSorley (4) | ||||||
| Rick Tocchet (11) – 05:26 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 31 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| May 28 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Kevin Lowe (2) – sh – 05:02 Kevin McClelland (2) – 15:16 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:12 – Lindsay Carson (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:04 – pp – Brian Propp (12) 14:28 – Jean-Jacques Daigneault (1) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Ron Hextall 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 31 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–3 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Murray Craven (3) – pp – 01:41 | First period | 07:45 – Mark Messier (12) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:59 – Jari Kurri (15) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:36 – Glenn Anderson (14) | ||||||
| Ron Hextall 40 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 19 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–3 | |
Player statistics
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.[1]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | 21 | 5 | 29 | 34 | +10 | 6 |
| Mark Messier | Edmonton Oilers | 21 | 12 | 16 | 28 | +13 | 16 |
| Brian Propp | Philadelphia Flyers | 26 | 12 | 16 | 28 | +11 | 10 |
| Glenn Anderson | Edmonton Oilers | 21 | 14 | 13 | 27 | +13 | 59 |
| Pelle Eklund | Philadelphia Flyers | 26 | 7 | 20 | 27 | +11 | 2 |
| Jari Kurri | Edmonton Oilers | 21 | 15 | 10 | 25 | +11 | 20 |
| Mats Naslund | Montreal Canadiens | 17 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -1 | 11 |
| Rick Tocchet | Philadelphia Flyers | 26 | 11 | 10 | 21 | +7 | 72 |
| Larry Robinson | Montreal Canadiens | 17 | 3 | 17 | 20 | +4 | 6 |
| Ryan Walter | Montreal Canadiens | 17 | 7 | 12 | 19 | +4 | 10 |
Goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[2]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | Detroit Red Wings | 8 | 5 | 2 | 227 | 13 | 1.68 | .943 | 2 | 463:46 |
| Ken Wregget | Toronto Maple Leafs | 13 | 7 | 6 | 366 | 29 | 2.29 | .921 | 1 | 758:17 |
| Grant Fuhr | Edmonton Oilers | 19 | 14 | 5 | 509 | 47 | 2.47 | .908 | 0 | 1142:43 |
| Kelly Hrudey | New York Islanders | 14 | 7 | 7 | 462 | 38 | 2.72 | .918 | 0 | 838:59 |
| Brian Hayward | Montreal Canadiens | 13 | 6 | 5 | 308 | 32 | 2.74 | .896 | 0 | 701:58 |
References
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Total Sports Canada. ISBN 1-892129-07-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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