1992 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 18, after the conclusion of the 1991–92 NHL season. It was the 100th anniversary of the first awarding of the Stanley Cup, and it was won by the Pittsburgh Penguins, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 18–June 1, 1992 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Runner-up | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Mario Lemieux (Penguins) (34 points) |
| MVP | Mario Lemieux (Penguins) |
← 1991 1993 → | |
The 1992 playoffs saw history being made, as for the first time ever, all four division winners were eliminated in the same round. In the division finals, the Norris Division champion Detroit Red Wings were swept by the Chicago Blackhawks in four straight games, and the Montreal Canadiens, who had won the Adams Division, suffered the same fate at the hands of the Boston Bruins. The Pittsburgh Penguins eliminated the Patrick Division titlists, the New York Rangers, in six games, while the Vancouver Canucks, the Smythe Division toppers, fell to the Edmonton Oilers, also in six games.
A record 54 games were played in the first round, with six of the eight series going the full seven games and the other two going six games. The only two first-round series that did not were the Oilers' win over the Kings, and the Blackhawks' win over the Blues, both series ending in six games. Three series featured teams coming back from 3–1 series deficits (Detroit against Minnesota, Pittsburgh against Washington, and Vancouver against Winnipeg), the most in a single playoff year; this record was equaled in 2003.
This was the last year the Hartford Whalers and Minnesota North Stars qualified for the playoffs. The franchises would not reach the post-season again until 1999 and 1994 respectively. By the time each franchise reached the playoffs again, they were known as the Carolina Hurricanes and the Dallas Stars, respectively.
Video replay was used to decide a playoff game for the first time in game six of the Detroit–Minnesota division semifinal. Sergei Fedorov of the Red Wings appeared to hit the crossbar behind Minnesota goalie Jon Casey during the first overtime, but after the North Stars iced the puck immediately afterward, referee Rob Shick called for a video review, which determined that the puck had entered the goal just below the crossbar and caromed off the frame at the back of the net. Fedorov was awarded the goal, giving the Red Wings a series-tying victory.
Playoff seeds
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
Adams Division
- Montreal Canadiens, Adams Division champions – 93 points
- Boston Bruins – 84 points
- Buffalo Sabres – 74 points
- Hartford Whalers – 65 points
Patrick Division
- New York Rangers, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 105 points
- Washington Capitals – 98 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins – 87 points (39 wins)
- New Jersey Devils – 87 points (38 wins)
Norris Division
- Detroit Red Wings, Norris Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 98 points
- Chicago Blackhawks – 87 points
- St. Louis Blues – 83 points
- Minnesota North Stars – 70 points
Smythe Division
- Vancouver Canucks, Smythe Division champions – 96 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 84 points
- Edmonton Oilers – 82 points
- Winnipeg Jets – 81 points
Playoff bracket
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| A1 | Montreal | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Hartford | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Montreal | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Boston | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Boston | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Buffalo | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Boston | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Prince of Wales Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P1 | NY Rangers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P4 | New Jersey | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P1 | NY Rangers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Washington | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Chicago | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Detroit | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Detroit | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Chicago | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Chicago | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N3 | St. Louis | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Chicago | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Clarence Campbell Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Edmonton | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Vancouver | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Winnipeg | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Vancouver | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Edmonton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Edmonton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Division Semifinals
(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers
This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal won all four prior playoff meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1989 Adams Division Semifinals in a four-game sweep. This was the final time that the Hartford Whalers qualified for the playoffs; the next time that this franchise would make the playoffs was in 1999 when they were known as the Carolina Hurricanes. Game six was the final playoff game played at the Hartford Civic Center.
| April 19 | Hartford Whalers | 0–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 16:18 – pp – Gilbert Dionne (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:55 – Gilbert Dionne (2) | ||||||
| Frank Pietrangelo 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 32 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Hartford Whalers | 2–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| John Cullen (1) – pp – 07:16 | First period | 02:46 – pp – Brent Gilchrist (1) | ||||||
| Randy Cunneyworth (1) – 15:07 | Second period | 10:54 – Brent Gilchrist (2) 12:31 – pp – Kirk Muller (1) 15:42 – Guy Carbonneau (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:45 – pp – Eric Desjardins (1) | ||||||
| Frank Pietrangelo 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 15 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–5 | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Patrice Brisebois (1) – pp – 17:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:29 – Zarley Zalapski (1) 10:19 – sh – Murray Craven (1) 19:09 – John Cullen (2) | ||||||
| Stephan Lebeau (1) – pp – 19:23 | Third period | 02:38 – Murray Craven (2) 16:06 – pp – Patrick Poulin (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Frank Pietrangelo 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–3 | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:18 – pp – Yvon Corriveau (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:26 – pp – Randy Cunneyworth (2) | ||||||
| Kirk Muller (2) – 07:28 | Third period | 19:41 – Murray Craven (3) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 33 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Frank Pietrangelo 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Hartford Whalers | 4–7 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Randy Cunneyworth (3) – sh – 04:03 Yvon Corriveau (2) – pp – 12:42 |
First period | 19:47 – Sylvain Turgeon (1) | ||||||
| Andrew Cassels (1) – pp – 08:33 | Second period | 15:01 – sh – Kirk Muller (3) 15:37 – Brian Skrudland (1) 17:41 – pp – Kirk Muller (4) 19:55 – Patrice Brisebois (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Poulin (2) – 03:00 | Third period | 01:24 – John LeClair (1) 12:19 – Shayne Corson (1) | ||||||
| Frank Pietrangelo 23 saves / 29 shots Kay Whitmore 4 saves / 5 shots |
Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 19 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–2 | OT | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Denis Savard (1) – 04:39 | Second period | 01:48 – Zarley Zalapski (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 00:24 – Yvon Corriveau (3) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Frank Pietrangelo 42 saves / 43 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Hartford Whalers | 2–3 | 2OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 06:08 – pp – Mathieu Schneider (1) 11:07 – Gilbert Dionne (3) | ||||||
| Andrew Cassels (2) – 08:13 Geoff Sanderson (1) – 15:36 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 05:26 – Russ Courtnall (1) | ||||||
| Frank Pietrangelo 53 saves / 56 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 39 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–3 | |
(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres
This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Boston won all four prior playoff meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1989 Adams Division Semifinals in five games.
| April 19 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Petr Svoboda (1) – sh – 14:46 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat LaFontaine (1) – pp – 02:28 Doug Bodger (1) – pp – 07:02 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:44 – Adam Oates (1) 05:10 – pp – Vladimir Ruzicka (1) | ||||||
| Tom Draper 36 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–3 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 07:00 – pp – Joe Juneau (1) 13:22 – Dave Reid (1) | ||||||
| Pat LaFontaine (2) – pp – 09:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Wayne Presley (1) – 08:32 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 11:14 – Adam Oates (2) | ||||||
| Tom Draper 39 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Ted Donato (1) – 03:30 Ray Bourque (1) – pp – 11:13 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Oates (3) – pp – 19:21 | Second period | 03:05 – Randy Wood (1) 15:00 – pp – Pat LaFontaine (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andy Moog 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Draper 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Boston Bruins | 5–4 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | ||
| Glen Wesley (1) – 03:30 Adam Oates (4) – pp – 11:44 Gord Murphy (1) – 13:59 |
First period | 04:10 – Dale Hawerchuk (1) 06:22 – pp – Pat LaFontaine (4) | ||||||
| Joe Juneau (2) – 02:38 | Second period | 14:46 – Dave Andreychuk (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:55 – Wayne Presley (2) | ||||||
| Ted Donato (2) – 02:08 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andy Moog 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Draper 14 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Pat LaFontaine (5) – 11:48 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Hannan (1) – pp – 14:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Draper 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 20 saves / 22 shots Rejean Lemelin 10 saves / 10 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Boston Bruins | 3–9 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:28 – Wayne Presley (3) 11:01 – pp – Doug Bodger (2) | ||||||
| Brent Hughes (1) – 08:05 | Second period | 03:39 – Pat LaFontaine (6) 05:32 – Brad May (1) 07:19 – Colin Patterson (1) 10:17 – pp – Pat LaFontaine (7) | ||||||
| Ray Bourque (2) – pp – 07:22 Brent Hughes (2) – 12:22 |
Third period | 18:00 – Randy Wood (2) 19:27 – pp – Dave Hannan (2) 19:48 – pp – Bob Corkum (1) | ||||||
| Rejean Lemelin 10 saves / 13 shots Andy Moog 16 saves / 21 shots |
Goalie stats | Tom Draper 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–3 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:20 – Glen Murray (1) | ||||||
| Pat LaFontaine (8) – sh – 02:07 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dale Hawerchuk (2) – 04:38 | Third period | 02:55 – Stephen Leach (1) 11:40 – Dave Reid (2) | ||||||
| Tom Draper 19 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 4–3 | |
(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P4) New Jersey Devils
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 19 | New Jersey Devils | 1–2 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:06 – Darren Turcotte (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Zdeno Ciger (1) – 12:31 | Third period | 05:12 – Mike Gartner (1) | ||||||
| Chris Terreri 36 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | John Vanbiesbrouck 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | New Jersey Devils | 7–3 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Kevin Todd (1) – 16:37 | First period | 09:04 – sh – Mark Messier (1) | ||||||
| Peter Stastny (1) – 01:22 Claude Lemieux (1) – 17:54 Laurie Boschman (1) – 18:50 |
Second period | 04:18 – Brian Leetch (1) | ||||||
| Bill Guerin (1) – 00:32 Claude Lemieux (2) – pp – 11:32 Randy McKay (1) – pp – 13:59 |
Third period | 10:59 – sh – Mark Messier (2) | ||||||
| Chris Terreri 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | New York Rangers | 1–3 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
| Mark Messier (3) – pp – 13:18 | First period | 08:50 – Stéphane Richer (1) 16:14 – pp – Scott Stevens (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:25 – Claude Vilgrain (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Richter 15 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Terreri 34 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | New York Rangers | 3–0 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jan Erixon (1) – 04:14 Paul Broten (1) – 08:39 Mike Gartner (2) – 18:51 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Richter 33 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Terreri 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | New Jersey Devils | 5–8 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:41 – Mike Gartner (3) 18:41 – pp – Mike Gartner (4) | ||||||
| Kevin Todd (2) – 12:03 Alexei Kasatonov (1) – 14:59 |
Second period | 02:57 – Joey Kocur (1) 07:14 – pp – Mike Gartner (5) 07:56 – pp – Doug Weight (1) | ||||||
| Scott Stevens (2) – pp – 02:46 Valeri Zelepukin (1) – 03:38 Bill Guerin (2) – 07:57 |
Third period | 07:30 – Kris King (1) 13:22 – Adam Graves (1) 15:49 – Adam Graves (2) | ||||||
| Martin Brodeur 12 saves / 15 shots Chris Terreri 10 saves / 15 shots |
Goalie stats | Mike Richter 43 saves / 48 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | New York Rangers | 3–5 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
| Tony Amonte (1) – pp – 17:37 | First period | 03:57 – Peter Stastny (2) | ||||||
| Tie Domi (1) – 04:09 Brian Leetch (2) – pp – 15:03 |
Second period | 08:49 – Claude Lemieux (3) 11:10 – pp – Kevin Todd (3) 15:43 – Zdeno Ciger (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:32 – Peter Stastny (3) | ||||||
| Mike Richter 21 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Terreri 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | New Jersey Devils | 4–8 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Tommy Albelin (1) – 03:58 | First period | 02:30 – sh – Darren Turcotte (2) 09:38 – pp – Mike Gartner (6) 12:33 – pp – Adam Graves (3) | ||||||
| Bill Guerin (3) – 18:49 | Second period | 01:40 – Mark Messier (4) 02:38 – Adam Graves (4) 13:34 – sh – Brian Leetch (3) | ||||||
| Claude Lemieux (4) – 07:55 Pat Conacher (1) – sh – 10:10 |
Third period | 14:36 – pp – Darren Turcotte (3) 18:11 – Mark Messier (5) | ||||||
| Chris Terreri 22 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | John Vanbiesbrouck 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–3 | |
(P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the second overall playoff meeting in as many years between these two teams. Pittsburgh won last year's Patrick Division Finals in five games.
| April 19 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–3 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Troy Loney (1) – 03:41 | Second period | 03:03 – Peter Bondra (1) 13:42 – John Druce (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:52 – Peter Bondra (2) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–6 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Larry Murphy (1) – pp – 05:16 Kevin Stevens (1) – pp – 07:08 |
First period | 10:04 – pp – Dmitri Khristich (1) 13:42 – Peter Bondra (3) 19:39 – pp – Michal Pivonka (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:49 – Sylvain Cote (1) 09:47 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:13 – Kelly Miller (1) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 33 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Washington Capitals | 4–6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Kevin Hatcher (1) – sh – 01:33 Dmitri Khristich (2) – pp – 17:47 |
First period | 06:27 – Phil Bourque (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:46 – pp – Joe Mullen (1) 07:35 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (1) 17:18 – Mario Lemieux (1) 19:07 – pp – Mario Lemieux (2) | ||||||
| Al Iafrate (1) – pp – 13:57 Kevin Hatcher (2) – 17:48 |
Third period | 19:09 – Mario Lemieux (3) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 23 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Washington Capitals | 7–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Todd Krygier (1) – 04:39 Dino Ciccarelli (2) – 07:22 Dmitri Khristich (3) – pp – 19:29 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dino Ciccarelli (3) – 01:35 Dino Ciccarelli (4) – 06:17 Peter Bondra (4) – 06:34 Dino Ciccarelli (5) – 19:16 |
Third period | 05:25 – Mario Lemieux (4) 12:45 – Bryan Trottier (1) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Wregget 12 saves / 16 shots Tom Barrasso 16 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 5–2 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Bryan Trottier (2) – 02:43 | First period | 12:36 – Todd Krygier (2) | ||||||
| Bob Errey (1) – 10:16 Larry Murphy (2) – pp – 17:32 |
Second period | 07:53 – Al Iafrate (2) | ||||||
| Jaromir Jagr (2) – 06:59 Bob Errey (2) – 19:10 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Washington Capitals | 4–6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Dale Hunter (1) – 12:30 Peter Bondra (5) – 15:19 Peter Bondra (6) – pp – 18:19 |
First period | 02:48 – Kevin Stevens (2) 05:05 – pp – Kevin Stevens (3) | ||||||
| Al Iafrate (3) – 03:55 | Second period | 09:10 – Joe Mullen (2) 11:01 – pp – Phil Bourque (2) 18:19 – pp – Mario Lemieux (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Mario Lemieux (6) – pp – 14:41 | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 33 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–1 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Mario Lemieux (7) – sh – 14:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jaromir Jagr (3) – pp – 09:40 | Second period | 00:24 – Al Iafrate (4) | ||||||
| Joe Mullen (3) – 19:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 18 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–3 | |
(N1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
This was the final playoff series played by the Minnesota North Stars. The next time that the Stars franchise made the playoffs was in 1994 when they were known as the Dallas Stars. Game six was the final playoff game played at the Met Center.
| April 18 | Minnesota North Stars | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| David Shaw (1) – pp – 14:32 | First period | 12:50 – sh – Sergei Fedorov (1) | ||||||
| Bobby Smith (1) – pp – 12:30 | Second period | 18:02 – Sergei Fedorov (2) 19:45 – Steve Yzerman (1) | ||||||
| Jim Johnson (1) – 03:57 Brian Bellows (1) – 13:45 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jon Casey 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Minnesota North Stars | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Modano (1) – pp – 03:49 Dave Gagner (1) – pp – 18:35 |
First period | 15:13 – Paul Ysebaert (1) | ||||||
| Derrick Smith (1) – 07:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gaetan Duchesne (1) – 19:52 | Third period | 00:41 – Alan Kerr (1) | ||||||
| Jon Casey 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 16 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Detroit Red Wings | 5–4 | OT | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | ||
| Sergei Fedorov (3) – sh – 15:06 Nicklas Lidstrom (1) – pp – 18:14 |
First period | 01:11 – Mike Modano (2) 09:14 – pp – Dave Gagner (2) | ||||||
| Jimmy Carson (1) – 11:58 | Second period | 05:39 – Neal Broten (1) 08:04 – Brian Bellows (2) | ||||||
| Ray Sheppard (1) – pp – 16:28 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Yves Racine (1) – 01:15 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vincent Riendeau 7 saves / 7 shots Tim Cheveldae 14 saves / 18 shots |
Goalie stats | Jon Casey 35 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–5 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Ray Sheppard (2) – pp – 03:48 Ray Sheppard (3) – 10:25 Steve Chiasson (1) – pp – 16:38 |
First period | 07:05 – Mark Tinordi (1) | ||||||
| Ray Sheppard (4) – 15:08 | Second period | 11:51 – Mike Modano (3) 16:50 – David Shaw (2) 18:43 – pp – Brian Bellows (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:27 – Todd Elik (1) | ||||||
| Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 23 shots Tim Cheveldae 5 saves / 6 shots |
Goalie stats | Jon Casey 36 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Minnesota North Stars | 0–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:33 – sh – Steve Yzerman (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:42 – Mike Sillinger (1) 18:51 – Jimmy Carson (2) | ||||||
| Jon Casey 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 22 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–0 | OT | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sergei Fedorov (4) – 16:13 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tim Cheveldae 34 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Jon Casey 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Minnesota North Stars | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:04 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (5) 14:07 – Alan Kerr (2) 17:57 – Gerard Gallant (1) | ||||||
| Brian Bellows (4) – pp – 03:50 Mike Craig (1) – 19:09 |
Third period | 07:35 – Bob Probert (1) 16:53 – Shawn Burr (1) | ||||||
| Jon Casey 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–3 | |
(N2) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N3) St. Louis Blues
This was the eighth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won six of the previous seven series, including their most recent meeting in the 1990 Norris Division Finals in seven games.
| April 18 | St. Louis Blues | 1–3 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Dave Christian (1) – 03:24 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 15:08 – Brian Noonan (1) 19:23 – Jocelyn Lemieux (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:30 – pp – Brian Noonan (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | St. Louis Blues | 5–3 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Stephane Quintal (1) – pp – 02:06 Ron Sutter (1) – pp – 07:48 |
First period | 04:03 – pp – Chris Chelios (1) 05:29 – pp – Chris Chelios (2) 16:37 – Tony Horacek (1) | ||||||
| Brett Hull (1) – sh – 05:23 Jeff Brown (1) – 16:42 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Christian (2) – 19:39 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 7 saves / 11 shots Dominik Hasek 7 saves / 7 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4–5 | 2OT | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Jeremy Roenick (1) – pp – 12:42 Mike Hudson (1) – 14:14 Igor Kravchuk (1) – pp – 19:38 |
First period | 01:41 – pp – Nelson Emerson (1) 09:17 – pp – Nelson Emerson (2) | ||||||
| Dirk Graham (1) – 00:42 | Second period | 19:20 – Dave Christian (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:03 – Garth Butcher (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 03:33 – Brett Hull (2) | ||||||
| Dominik Hasek 34 saves / 38 shots Ed Belfour 2 saves / 3 shots |
Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 43 saves / 47 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Chicago Blackhawks | 5–3 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Jeremy Roenick (2) – pp – 11:29 Brent Sutter (1) – pp – 16:09 |
First period | 07:44 – pp – Brett Hull (3) | ||||||
| Stephane Matteau (1) – sh – 01:27 | Second period | 14:57 – pp – Curt Giles (1) 16:57 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (1) | ||||||
| Brian Noonan (3) – 05:04 Mike Hudson (2) – 15:15 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 16 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | St. Louis Blues | 4–6 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Philippe Bozon (1) – 01:57 | First period | 10:07 – Stephane Matteau (2) 17:12 – Steve Larmer (1) | ||||||
| Brett Hull (4) – 00:36 Brendan Shanahan (2) – 02:05 |
Second period | 10:54 – pp – Steve Larmer (2) 14:45 – Brad Lauer (1) | ||||||
| Jeff Brown (2) – 15:56 | Third period | 02:29 – Chris Chelios (3) 15:11 – Jocelyn Lemieux (2) | ||||||
| Curtis Joseph 34 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2–1 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Jeremy Roenick (3) – pp – 08:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeremy Roenick (4) – 07:54 | Second period | 12:35 – Nelson Emerson (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 38 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Curtis Joseph 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 4–2 | |
(S1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S4) Winnipeg Jets
This was the first playoff series between these two teams.
| April 18 | Winnipeg Jets | 3–2 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Fredrik Olausson (1) – pp – 12:15 | First period | 10:35 – Igor Larionov (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:13 – Pavel Bure (1) | ||||||
| Evgeny Davydov (1) – pp – 00:18 Eddie Olczyk (1) – 03:15 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rick Tabaracci 17 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 19 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Winnipeg Jets | 2–3 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:54 – Tom Fergus (1) | ||||||
| Keith Tkachuk (1) – 01:39 | Second period | 10:52 – pp – Trevor Linden (1) | ||||||
| Aaron Broten (1) – 02:53 | Third period | 08:47 – Jyrki Lumme (1) | ||||||
| Rick Tabaracci 38 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–4 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:39 – Randy Carlyle (1) 19:46 – pp – Pat Elynuik (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:12 – Lucien DeBlois (1) | ||||||
| Robert Kron (1) – sh – 07:26 Jim Sandlak (1) – 12:39 |
Third period | 01:01 – pp – Thomas Steen (1) | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Rick Tabaracci 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–3 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:52 – Evgeny Davydov (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:28 – pp – Phil Housley (1) | ||||||
| Tom Fergus (2) – 08:47 | Third period | 00:37 – pp – Thomas Steen (2) | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Rick Tabaracci 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Winnipeg Jets | 2–8 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:30 – Pavel Bure (2) 19:56 – pp – Jim Sandlak (2) | ||||||
| Eddie Olczyk (2) – 16:24 Aaron Broten (2) – 17:21 |
Second period | 00:35 – Dave Babych (1) 02:28 – pp – Jyrki Lumme (2) 07:20 – Petr Nedved (1) 08:59 – Doug Lidster (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:49 – Jim Sandlak (3) 10:22 – Geoff Courtnall (1) | ||||||
| Bob Essensa 14 saves / 17 shots Rick Tabaracci 21 saves / 26 shots |
Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Vancouver Canucks | 8–3 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| Cliff Ronning (1) – 05:35 Pavel Bure (3) – 08:42 |
First period | 05:03 – Keith Tkachuk (2) | ||||||
| Cliff Ronning (2) – 00:34 Trevor Linden (2) – pp – 10:27 Tom Fergus (3) – 11:27 |
Second period | 19:31 – pp – Pat Elynuik (2) | ||||||
| Pavel Bure (4) – 02:50 Tom Fergus (4) – 10:23 Pavel Bure (5) – 11:02 |
Third period | 00:17 – Keith Tkachuk (3) | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Rick Tabaracci 28 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Winnipeg Jets | 0–5 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 09:25 – Tom Fergus (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:40 – Trevor Linden (3) 17:09 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:25 – Geoff Courtnall (3) 19:20 – Geoff Courtnall (4) | ||||||
| Rick Tabaracci 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 33 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Vancouver won series 4–3 | |
(S2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, and were meeting for the fourth straight year. Edmonton won four of the previous six meetings, including last year's Smythe Division Finals in six games.
| April 18 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–1 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| Vincent Damphousse (1) – pp – 04:14 Brian Glynn (1) – 15:45 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Glynn (2) – pp – 09:44 | Second period | 18:15 – Rob Blake (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Edmonton Oilers | 5–8 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| Bernie Nicholls (1) – pp – 06:35 David Maley (1) – 06:59 |
First period | 00:46 – pp – Paul Coffey (1) 11:23 – Tony Granato (1) 14:53 – pp – Paul Coffey (2) | ||||||
| Bernie Nicholls (2) – pp – 08:04 Joe Murphy (1) – 09:26 |
Second period | 11:53 – Marty McSorley (1) 12:55 – Rob Blake (2) 19:13 – Charlie Huddy (1) | ||||||
| Josef Beranek (1) – pp – 12:54 | Third period | 04:41 – pp – Jari Kurri (1) 07:00 – Mike Donnelly (1) | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 23 saves / 29 shots Ron Tugnutt 8 saves / 10 shots |
Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 36 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Dave Taylor (1) – 03:29 Jay Miller (1) – 12:46 |
First period | 14:53 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (3) | ||||||
| Luc Robitaille (1) – 13:37 | Second period | 03:51 – Vincent Damphousse (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:23 – pp – Joe Murphy (2) 12:37 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (4) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 36 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–3 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Luc Robitaille (2) – pp – 19:00 | First period | 13:02 – pp – Scott Mellanby (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:02 – Dave Manson (1) | ||||||
| Paul Coffey (3) – 11:12 Paul Coffey (4) – pp – 13:02 Luc Robitaille (3) – 13:53 |
Third period | 16:13 – Vincent Damphousse (3) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Edmonton Oilers | 5–2 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Esa Tikkanen (1) – 00:47 | Second period | 04:02 – Wayne Gretzky (1) 18:23 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (2) | ||||||
| Vincent Damphousse (4) – 02:55 Esa Tikkanen (2) – pp – 13:37 Esa Tikkanen (3) – 18:45 Bernie Nicholls (5) – 19:48 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 42 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Los Angeles Kings | 0–3 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:39 – Josef Beranek (2) 17:15 – Joe Murphy (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:41 – Martin Gelinas (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 26 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–2 | |
Division Finals
(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A2) Boston Bruins
This was the 27th playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal lead the all-time playoff meetings 21–5 against Boston. This was also the ninth consecutive year Boston and Montreal had met in the playoffs, an NHL record that still stands. Boston won last year's Adams Division Finals in seven games.
| May 3 | Boston Bruins | 6–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Gord Hynes (1) – 04:09 Stephen Leach (2) – 14:25 |
First period | 16:15 – Sean Hill (1) | ||||||
| Dave Poulin (1) – 06:10 Joe Juneau (3) – pp – 10:38 Stephen Leach (3) – 18:59 |
Second period | 05:36 – Eric Desjardins (2) 18:16 – Denis Savard (2) | ||||||
| Ray Bourque (3) – 18:46 | Third period | 05:40 – Mike McPhee (1) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 24 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 21 saves / 27 shots Andre Racicot 1 save / 1 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 08:43 – Eric Desjardins (3) | ||||||
| Glen Murray (2) – pp – 19:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Poulin (2) – 14:05 | Third period | 04:53 – Shayne Corson (2) | ||||||
| Peter Douris (1) – 03:12 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andy Moog 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–3 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Mike Keane (1) – 01:32 | First period | 09:10 – Glen Murray (3) 19:55 – pp – Vladimir Ruzicka (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:35 – Jim Wiemer (1) | ||||||
| Denis Savard (3) – pp – 11:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Montreal Canadiens | 0–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:08 – pp – Dave Poulin (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:15 – Peter Douris (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 26 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 4–0 | |
(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Pittsburgh won the only previous meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1989 Patrick Division Semifinals.
| May 3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–2 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Troy Loney (2) – 13:56 Larry Murphy (3) – 15:22 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Stevens (4) – pp – 02:00 Ron Francis (1) – 12:08 |
Second period | 03:02 – Kris King (2) 10:24 – pp – Tony Amonte (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–4 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Kevin Stevens (5) – 01:29 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Larry Murphy (4) – 16:13 | Second period | 13:53 – Brian Leetch (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:36 – Jeff Beukeboom (1) 14:36 – Kris King (3) 19:57 – Jeff Beukeboom (2) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Richter 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | New York Rangers | 6–5 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| Adam Graves (5) – 03:45 Tim Kerr (1) – pp – 04:36 Sergei Nemchinov (1) – 17:14 |
First period | 11:00 – Kevin Stevens (6) | ||||||
| Mike Gartner (7) – 06:24 | Second period | 01:09 – Ron Francis (2) 13:06 – Ron Francis (3) 17:29 – pp – Larry Murphy (5) | ||||||
| Jan Erixon (2) – sh – 05:24 | Third period | 10:13 – Kevin Stevens (7) | ||||||
| Kris King (4) – 01:29 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Vanbiesbrouck 45 saves / 50 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 26 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | New York Rangers | 4–5 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| Randy Gilhen (1) – 04:56 Tony Amonte (3) – 13:04 |
First period | 13:28 – Mike Needham (1) | ||||||
| Mark Messier (6) – pp – 10:49 | Second period | 19:54 – pp – Ron Francis (4) | ||||||
| Mark Messier (7) – 00:46 | Third period | 10:37 – Ron Francis (5) 11:52 – Troy Loney (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:47 – pp – Ron Francis (6) | ||||||
| Mike Richter 21 saves / 25 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 10 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–2 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Rick Tocchet (1) – pp – 01:15 Jaromir Jagr (4) – 07:04 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:59 – pp – Darren Turcotte (4) | ||||||
| Jaromir Jagr (5) – 14:27 | Third period | 01:51 – Mike Gartner (8) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | John Vanbiesbrouck 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | New York Rangers | 1–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Weight (2) – 07:42 | Second period | 05:57 – pp – Rick Tocchet (2) 11:22 – Jaromir Jagr (6) 13:43 – Shawn McEachern (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:11 – Rick Tocchet (3) 19:19 – Ron Francis (7) | ||||||
| John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–2 | |
(N1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N2) Chicago Blackhawks
This was the 13th playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago lead the all-time meetings 7–5. Their most recent meeting was won by Chicago in six games in the 1989 Norris Division Semifinals.
| May 2 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stephane Matteau (3) – pp – 05:30 | Second period | 16:24 – pp – Yves Racine (2) | ||||||
| Jocelyn Lemieux (3) – 13:33 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Jeremy Roenick (5) – 01:07 Greg Gilbert (1) – 14:13 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Larmer (3) – 09:22 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:08 – Steve Yzerman (3) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–5 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:01 – Jeremy Roenick (6) 08:31 – Dirk Graham (2) | ||||||
| Mike Sillinger (2) – 08:14 Ray Sheppard (5) – pp – 14:29 |
Second period | 15:31 – Chris Chelios (4) 17:14 – pp – Steve Larmer (4) | ||||||
| Gerard Gallant (2) – 00:51 Ray Sheppard (6) – 02:09 |
Third period | 15:13 – Dirk Graham (3) | ||||||
| Tim Cheveldae 23 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Detroit Red Wings | 0–1 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:26 – Brent Sutter (2) | ||||||
| Tim Cheveldae 32 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 29 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 4–0 | |
(S1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1986 Smythe Division Semifinals.
| May 3 | Edmonton Oilers | 4–3 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 14:33 – Geoff Courtnall (5) | ||||||
| Norm MacIver (1) – 10:55 Bernie Nicholls (6) – 15:28 |
Second period | 05:59 – pp – Jim Sandlak (4) | ||||||
| Vincent Damphousse (5) – 14:55 | Third period | 12:45 – Pavel Bure (6) | ||||||
| Joe Murphy (4) – 08:36 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 40 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Edmonton Oilers | 0–4 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:30 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (6) 14:00 – pp – Igor Larionov (2) 17:43 – pp – Cliff Ronning (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:34 – Cliff Ronning (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Tugnutt 23 saves / 24 shots Bill Ranford 12 saves / 15 shots |
Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 14 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–5 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:33 – Chris Joseph (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:27 – pp – Joe Murphy (5) | ||||||
| Cliff Ronning (5) – 03:37 Cliff Ronning (6) – 19:05 |
Third period | 04:35 – Joe Murphy (6) 18:35 – pp – Joe Murphy (7) 19:40 – Brian Glynn (3) | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–3 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Adrien Plavsic (1) – 15:58 | First period | 14:11 – Petr Klima (1) 19:53 – Esa Tikkanen (4) | ||||||
| Dave Babych (2) – pp – 08:51 | Second period | 19:04 – Scott Mellanby (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–4 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:40 – Cliff Ronning (7) 13:34 – Trevor Linden (4) | ||||||
| Joe Murphy (8) – pp – 02:20 Dave Manson (2) – pp – 17:09 Mark Lamb (1) – 19:27 |
Second period | 00:49 – Igor Larionov (3) 01:23 – Cliff Ronning (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Vancouver Canucks | 0–3 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:58 – sh – Craig MacTavish (1) 16:29 – Vincent Damphousse (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:58 – Esa Tikkanen (5) | ||||||
| Kirk McLean 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 26 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–2 | |
Conference Finals
(P3) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (A2) Boston Bruins
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Boston won two of the previous three meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Prince of Wales Conference Final, which Pittsburgh won in six games.
| May 17 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| Bob Sweeney (1) – sh – 05:40 Ted Donato (3) – 13:35 |
First period | 03:26 – Bryan Trottier (3) 14:22 – Jock Callander (1) | ||||||
| Glen Wesley (2) – 19:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:27 – Shawn McEachern (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 09:44 – Jaromir Jagr (7) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 38 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| May 19 | Boston Bruins | 2–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Glen Murray (4) – 00:59 | First period | 06:02 – Troy Loney (4) 17:07 – Jaromir Jagr (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:35 – pp – Rick Tocchet (4) | ||||||
| Adam Oates (5) – pp – 09:43 | Third period | 12:47 – pp – Mario Lemieux (8) 19:59 – pp – Mario Lemieux (9) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 18 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| May 21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 5–1 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Kevin Stevens (8) – 09:08 Kevin Stevens (9) – pp – 12:42 Kevin Stevens (10) – 15:03 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bryan Trottier (4) – 08:26 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Stevens (11) – 14:31 | Third period | 08:11 – Joe Juneau (4) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 23 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 23 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 5–1 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Jaromir Jagr (9) – 04:51 Mario Lemieux (10) – sh – 13:09 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Stanton (1) – 05:27 Mario Lemieux (11) – 13:58 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Michayluk (1) – 19:49 | Third period | 05:53 – Stephen Leach (4) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 20 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–0 | |
(N2) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers
This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won all three previous meetings, the most recent of which they won in six games in the 1990 Clarence Campbell Conference Final.
| May 16 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–8 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Dave Manson (3) – 04:05 Craig MacTavish (2) – 17:24 |
First period | 00:47 – Steve Larmer (5) 16:57 – Jeremy Roenick (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:51 – Mike Peluso (1) 03:20 – Jeremy Roenick (8) 04:17 – pp – Steve Smith (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:37 – Michel Goulet (1) 08:24 – Igor Kravchuk (2) 12:32 – Steve Larmer (6) | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 18 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 17 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–4 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Anatoli Semenov (1) – 08:04 Bernie Nicholls (7) – 11:30 |
First period | 16:35 – pp – Steve Larmer (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:59 – Steve Larmer (8) 16:19 – Michel Goulet (2) 17:04 – Stephane Matteau (4) | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 41 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 12 saves / 14 shots | ||||||
| May 20 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4–3 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 02:08 – Bernie Nicholls (8) 13:00 – Craig MacTavish (3) | ||||||
| Brian Noonan (4) – pp – 06:36 Rob Brown (1) – pp – 13:31 Chris Chelios (5) – 18:49 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:13 – Brian Glynn (4) | ||||||
| Jeremy Roenick (9) – 02:45 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 25 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | Chicago Blackhawks | 5–1 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Rob Brown (2) – 09:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeremy Roenick (10) – pp – 04:59 Brian Noonan (5) – pp – 07:35 Mike Hudson (3) – 08:46 Brian Noonan (6) – 10:37 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:23 – Kelly Buchberger (1) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Bill Ranford 26 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 4–0 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won the only previous meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1972 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.
| May 26 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Chris Chelios (6) – pp – 06:34 Michel Goulet (3) – 13:17 Dirk Graham (4) – 13:43 |
First period | 17:26 – pp – Phil Bourque (3) | ||||||
| Brent Sutter (3) – 11:36 | Second period | 15:24 – Rick Tocchet (5) 16:23 – Mario Lemieux (12) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:05 – Jaromir Jagr (10) 19:47 – pp – Mario Lemieux (13) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 34 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 28 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 09:52 – pp – Bob Errey (3) | ||||||
| Bryan Marchment (1) – 10:24 | Second period | 12:55 – pp – Mario Lemieux (14) 15:23 – Mario Lemieux (15) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| May 30 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–0 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Kevin Stevens (12) – 15:26 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 27 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 19 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| June 1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6–5 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Jaromir Jagr (11) – 01:37 Kevin Stevens (13) – 06:33 Mario Lemieux (16) – pp – 10:13 |
First period | 06:21 – Dirk Graham (5) 06:51 – Dirk Graham (6) 16:18 – Dirk Graham (7) | ||||||
| Rick Tocchet (6) – 00:58 | Second period | 15:40 – Jeremy Roenick (11) | ||||||
| Larry Murphy (6) – 04:51 Ron Francis (8) – 07:59 |
Third period | 11:18 – Jeremy Roenick (12) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 24 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 21 saves / 25 shots Ed Belfour 2 saves / 4 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–0 | |
Playoff statistics
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.[1]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | 15 | 16 | 18 | 34 | +6 | 2 |
| Kevin Stevens | Pittsburgh Penguins | 21 | 13 | 15 | 28 | +2 | 28 |
| Ron Francis | Pittsburgh Penguins | 21 | 8 | 19 | 27 | +8 | 6 |
| Jaromir Jagr | Pittsburgh Penguins | 21 | 11 | 13 | 24 | +4 | 6 |
| Joe Murphy | Edmonton Oilers | 16 | 8 | 16 | 24 | +2 | 12 |
| Jeremy Roenick | Chicago Blackhawks | 18 | 12 | 10 | 22 | +11 | 12 |
| Chris Chelios | Chicago Blackhawks | 18 | 6 | 15 | 21 | +19 | 37 |
| Bernie Nicholls | Edmonton Oilers | 16 | 8 | 11 | 19 | +2 | 25 |
| Rick Tocchet | Pittsburgh Penguins | 14 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 24 |
| Adam Oates | Boston Bruins | 15 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Belfour | Chicago Blackhawks | 18 | 12 | 4 | 398 | 39 | 2.47 | .902 | 1 | 948:47 |
| Tim Cheveldae | Detroit Red Wings | 11 | 3 | 7 | 277 | 25 | 2.51 | .910 | 2 | 597:18 |
| Kirk McLean | Vancouver Canucks | 13 | 6 | 7 | 364 | 33 | 2.52 | .909 | 2 | 784:35 |
| Patrick Roy | Montreal Canadiens | 11 | 4 | 7 | 312 | 30 | 2.63 | .904 | 1 | 685:31 |
| Tom Draper | Buffalo Sabres | 7 | 3 | 4 | 201 | 19 | 2.63 | .905 | 1 | 433:22 |
References
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