The 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 4, after the conclusion of the 1983–84 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 19 with the Edmonton Oilers defeating the four-time defending champion New York Islanders 5–2 to win the Stanley Cup Finals four games to one, the franchise's first Stanley Cup.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 4–May 19, 1984 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | New York Islanders |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Edmonton Oilers |
| Runner-up | New York Islanders |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Wayne Gretzky (Oilers) (35 points) |
| MVP | Mark Messier (Oilers) |
Playoff seeds
The 1984 playoffs largely maintained the format used for the previous two seasons. The four teams with the best regular-season records from each of the four divisions secured playoff berths. The division semi-finals saw the first-place club against the fourth-place team, while the other two teams played against each other. The winning clubs then met in the division final. Home-ice advantage for these first two rounds of the playoffs were granted to the team with the better regular-season record. Division winners then met one another in the conference finals.
Leaving behind the coin flip system introduced for the 1982 playoffs, the NHL changed the method by which home-ice advantage is determined for the final two rounds. The higher point total accumulated by teams within a division from contests against teams of the other division in the conference, secured home-ice advantage for the corresponding division champion. Similarly, the higher point total accumulated by teams within a conference from contests against teams of the other conference, secured home-ice advantage for the corresponding conference champion.[1]
This formula resulted in home-ice advantage for the Adams and Smythe division champions in the conference finals and resulted in home-ice advantage for the Wales Conference champion in the Stanley Cup finals.[2]
The sequence of Stanley Cup Finals games was changed for this season. The series opened with two games at the venue of the team with home-ice advantage and then shifted to the opponent's rink for the next three games, including the fifth (if necessary). The series then returned to the initial venue for the final two games (if necessary).[3]
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
Prince of Wales Conference
Adams Division
- Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions – 104 points (49 wins)
- Buffalo Sabres – 103 points
- Quebec Nordiques – 94 points
- Montreal Canadiens – 75 points
Patrick Division
- New York Islanders, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 104 points (50 wins)
- Washington Capitals – 101 points
- Philadelphia Flyers – 98 points
- New York Rangers – 93 points
Clarence Campbell Conference
Norris Division
- Minnesota North Stars, Norris Division champions – 88 points
- St. Louis Blues – 71 points
- Detroit Red Wings – 69 points
- Chicago Black Hawks – 68 points
Smythe Division
- Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 119 points
- Calgary Flames – 82 points
- Vancouver Canucks – 73 points (32 wins)
- Winnipeg Jets – 73 points (31 wins)
Playoff bracket
| Division semifinals | Division finals | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Montreal | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Montreal | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Quebec | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Buffalo | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Quebec | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Montreal | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prince of Wales Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| P1 | NY Islanders | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | NY Islanders | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| P4 | NY Rangers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | NY Islanders | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Washington | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Washington | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Philadelphia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | NY Islanders | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Minnesota | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Chicago | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | St. Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | St. Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Detroit | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Minnesota | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clarence Campbell Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Winnipeg | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Calgary | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Calgary | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Vancouver | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Division semifinals
Prince of Wales Conference
(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Montreal Canadiens
This was the 19th playoff series between these two teams. Montreal lead 16–2 in previous playoff meetings. Montreal won the most recent meeting in seven games in the 1979 Stanley Cup Semifinals.
| April 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–1 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Chelios (1) – pp – 10:12 | Second period | 16:37 – Tom Fergus (1) | ||||||
| Bobby Smith (1) – 14:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Penney 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–1 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Mario Tremblay (1) – 00:16 Mats Naslund (1) – pp – 10:39 | First period | 19:51 – pp – Tom Fergus (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Guy Carbonneau (1) – 19:04 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Penney 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Boston Bruins | 0–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:46 – Mario Tremblay (2) 03:21 – Pierre Mondou (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:55 – Bob Gainey (1) 09:06 – Mario Tremblay (3) 13:55 – Mike McPhee (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 18 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Penney 19 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 3–0 | |
(A2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (A3) Quebec Nordiques
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 4 | Quebec Nordiques | 3–2 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 16:32 – Lindy Ruff (1) | ||||||
| Normand Rochefort (1) – 05:13 Bo Berglund (1) – 15:03 Marian Stastny (1) – 15:49 | Second period | 06:30 – John Tucker (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 19 saves / 22 shots Bob Sauve 0 saves / 0 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Quebec Nordiques | 6–2 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Dale Hunter (1) – 04:04 Michel Goulet (1) – 14:16 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andre Savard (1) – sh – 03:47 Anton Stastny (1) – 06:21 Dale Hunter (2) – 13:05 | Second period | 07:35 – Mike Foligno (1) 07:49 – Sean McKenna (1) | ||||||
| Wilf Paiement (1) – 17:08 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Sauve 9 saves / 14 shots Tom Barrasso 5 saves / 6 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Buffalo Sabres | 1–4 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Mike Foligno (2) – 09:14 | First period | 03:25 – Mario Marois (1) 18:45 – pp – Jean-Francois Sauve (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:28 – pp – Peter Stastny (1) 19:15 – sh – Andre Savard (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 20 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| Quebec won series 3–0 | |
(P1) New York Islanders vs. (P4) New York Rangers
This was the sixth playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won four of the previous five meetings, including in each of the past three seasons. The Islanders won in six games in last year's Patrick Division Finals.
| April 4 | New York Rangers | 1–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Jan Erixon (1) – 02:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:20 – Pat Flatley (1) 17:13 – Bob Bourne (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:12 – Greg Gilbert (1) 03:28 – Pat LaFontaine (1) | ||||||
| Glen Hanlon 24 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | New York Rangers | 3–0 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – pp – 05:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Sundstrom (1) – pp – 04:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Pavelich (1) – 06:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glen Hanlon 45 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 15 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | New York Islanders | 2–7 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:28 – sh – Mark Pavelich (2) 19:32 – pp – Pierre Larouche (1) | ||||||
| Duane Sutter (1) – 17:30 | Second period | 02:05 – Jan Erixon (2) 05:41 – Pierre Larouche (2) 09:59 – Barry Beck (1) 15:33 – Willie Huber (1) | ||||||
| Clark Gillies (1) – 06:13 | Third period | 04:57 – Anders Hedberg (1) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 13 saves / 18 shots Roland Melanson 7 saves / 9 shots | Goalie stats | Glen Hanlon 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | New York Islanders | 4–1 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:26 – pp – Pierre Larouche (3) | ||||||
| John Tonelli (1) – 00:49 Brent Sutter (1) – 11:04 Clark Gillies (2) – 17:41 Bryan Trottier (1) – 19:46 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Glen Hanlon 36 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | New York Rangers | 2–3 | OT | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Ron Greschner (1) – 12:06 | First period | 19:49 – Mike Bossy (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Maloney (1) – 19:21 | Third period | 07:56 – Tomas Jonsson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:56 – Ken Morrow (1) | ||||||
| Glen Hanlon 22 saves / 25 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 0 saves / 0 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 42 saves / 44 shots | ||||||
| New York Islanders won series 3–2 | |
(P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) Philadelphia Flyers
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–4 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Bobby Clarke (1) – 05:21 | First period | 13:57 – Craig Laughlin (1) | ||||||
| Ilkka Sinisalo (1) – pp – 04:51 | Second period | 09:32 – Bryan Erickson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:37 – Gaetan Duchesne (1) 10:16 – Mike Gartner (1) | ||||||
| Bob Froese 22 saves / 26 shots Pelle Lindbergh 0 saves / 0 shots | Goalie stats | Pat Riggin 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–6 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Brad Marsh (1) – 14:05 Bobby Clarke (2) – 17:21 | First period | 15:28 – pp – Mike Gartner (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:55 – Alan Haworth (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:53 – Craig Laughlin (2) 03:25 – Dave Christian (1) 12:01 – pp – Bryan Erickson (2) 18:29 – en – Doug Jarvis (1) | ||||||
| Bob Froese 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Al Jensen 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Washington Capitals | 5–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Glen Currie (1) – 08:47 Craig Laughlin (3) – pp – 17:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gary Sampson (1) – 01:52 Dave Christian (2) – 17:06 Gaetan Duchesne (2) – 18:43 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:40 – Ilkka Sinisalo (2) | ||||||
| Al Jensen 37 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Bob Froese 17 saves / 19 shots Pelle Lindbergh 10 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| Washington won series 3–0 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference
(N1) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N4) Chicago Black Hawks
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won both previous meetings over the past two seasons, including last year's Norris Division Finals in five games.
| April 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3–1 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:58 – Lars Lindgren (1) | ||||||
| Al Secord (1) – 01:09 Al Secord (2) – 11:25 Bob Murray (1) – en – 19:56 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 34 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Gilles Meloche 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5–6 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:02 – pp – Gordie Roberts (1) 16:41 – pp – Curt Giles (1) | ||||||
| Jeff Larmer (1) – pp – 00:42 Steve Larmer (1) – pp – 05:21 Rick Paterson (1) – sh – 07:48 | Second period | 12:53 – Keith Acton (1) | ||||||
| Denis Savard (1) – 10:53 Darryl Sutter (1) – 16:01 | Third period | 05:53 – Al MacAdam (1) 09:47 – pp – Willi Plett (1) 12:30 – Neal Broten (1) | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 37 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Gilles Meloche 18 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Minnesota North Stars | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Lars Lindgren (2) – 08:20 Keith Acton (2) – 16:23 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brent Ashton (1) – 05:38 | Second period | 10:28 – Bob Murray (2) | ||||||
| George Ferguson (1) – 04:36 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Murray Bannerman 25 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Minnesota North Stars | 3–4 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Dino Ciccarelli (1) – pp – 13:06 | First period | 14:14 – Steve Larmer (2) | ||||||
| Gordie Roberts (2) – 14:39 | Second period | 10:02 – Tom Lysiak (1) | ||||||
| Brad Maxwell (1) – pp – 02:21 | Third period | 12:52 – Al Secord (3) 14:09 – Troy Murray (1) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Murray Bannerman 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1–4 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:50 – sh – Dennis Maruk (1) 11:52 – George Ferguson (2) | ||||||
| Bob Murray (3) – pp – 00:53 | Second period | 14:59 – Dino Ciccarelli (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:36 – en – Dennis Maruk (2) | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 37 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 20 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 3–2 | |
(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Detroit Red Wings
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:32 – Jorgen Pettersson (1) | ||||||
| Kelly Kisio (1) – 12:10 Ron Duguay (1) – pp – 18:47 | Third period | 06:34 – Mark Reeds (1) 09:00 – pp – Rob Ramage (1) | ||||||
| Greg Stefan 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Detroit Red Wings | 5–3 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:13 – Gilbert Delorme (1) 04:01 – Jorgen Pettersson (2) | ||||||
| Danny Gare (1) – 01:53 Greg Smith (1) – 15:51 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Randy Ladouceur (1) – sh – 04:57 Steve Yzerman (1) – 08:43 Danny Gare (2) – en – 19:26 | Third period | 07:51 – pp – Doug Gilmour (1) | ||||||
| Greg Stefan 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | St. Louis Blues | 4–3 | 2OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Perry Ganchar (1) – pp – 08:29 Doug Wickenheiser (1) – sh – 18:06 | First period | 04:32 – pp – Steve Yzerman (2) 09:43 – pp – Reed Larson (1) | ||||||
| Bernie Federko (1) – pp – 00:13 | Second period | 09:23 – Steve Yzerman (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Reeds (2) – 17:07 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Liut 36 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Greg Stefan 32 saves / 34 shots Corrado Micalef 3 saves / 5 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | St. Louis Blues | 3–2 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Jorgen Pettersson (3) – pp – 09:39 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jorgen Pettersson (4) – 05:56 | Second period | 03:48 – pp – Reed Larson (2) 19:49 – Ron Duguay (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jorgen Pettersson (5) – 02:42 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Liut 40 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Mio 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| St. Louis won series 3–1 | |
(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Winnipeg Jets
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Smythe Division Semifinals, in which Edmonton won in a three-game sweep.
| April 4 | Winnipeg Jets | 2–9 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Paul MacLean (1) – 17:34 | First period | 00:40 – Jari Kurri (1) 07:18 – Randy Gregg (1) 14:35 – Paul Coffey (1) 16:20 – Dave Hunter (1) 18:21 – Paul Coffey (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:24 – Ken Linseman (1) | ||||||
| Dave Babych (1) – pp – 11:57 | Third period | 05:00 – Jari Kurri (2) 09:28 – Jari Kurri (3) 18:41 – Ken Linseman (2) | ||||||
| Mike Veisor 25 saves / 29 shots Doug Soetaert 14 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 37 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Winnipeg Jets | 4–5 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Dale Hawerchuk (1) – pp – 02:32 Tim Watters (1) – 13:18 | First period | 12:44 – Wayne Gretzky (1) | ||||||
| Moe Mantha (1) – sh – 04:53 | Second period | 03:14 – Dave Semenko (1) | ||||||
| Andrew McBain (1) – 05:55 | Third period | 11:12 – Glenn Anderson (1) 12:58 – Raimo Summanen (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 00:21 – Randy Gregg (2) | ||||||
| Marc Behrend 49 saves / 54 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 34 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Edmonton Oilers | 4–1 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| Jari Kurri (4) – 15:55 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Semenko (2) – 18:56 | Second period | 11:29 – Andrew McBain (2) | ||||||
| Mark Messier (1) – 01:57 Charlie Huddy (1) – 10:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 36 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Marc Behrend 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 3–0 | |
(S2) Calgary Flames vs. (S3) Vancouver Canucks
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their prior two meetings in the past two seasons. Calgary won last year's Smythe Division Semifinals 3–1.
| April 4 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–5 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| Jere Gillis (1) – 10:31 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:59 – Colin Patterson (1) 08:24 – Mike Eaves (1) 15:14 – Steve Bozek (1) | ||||||
| Stan Smyl (1) – 03:04 Tony Tanti (1) – 04:59 | Third period | 09:18 – pp – Hakan Loob (1) 19:23 – en – Doug Risebrough (1) | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 24 saves / 28 shots John Garrett 0 saves / 0 shots | Goalie stats | Rejean Lemelin 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–4 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tiger Williams (1) – 09:32 | Second period | 10:06 – Jim Peplinski (1) 11:09 – Mike Eaves (2) | ||||||
| Jere Gillis (2) – 11:02 | Third period | 06:40 – pp – Al MacInnis (1) 19:52 – en – Doug Risebrough (2) | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 42 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Rejean Lemelin 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Calgary Flames | 0–7 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 16:20 – Neil Belland (1) 17:19 – Doug Halward (1) 19:33 – pp – Doug Halward (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:49 – Ron Delorme (1) 09:13 – pp – Cam Neely (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:46 – pp – Doug Halward (3) 13:02 – Cam Neely (2) | ||||||
| Rejean Lemelin 14 saves / 19 shots Don Edwards 13 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 15 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Calgary Flames | 5–1 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Paul Reinhart (1) – 09:07 Hakan Loob (2) – 10:37 Jim Jackson (1) – sh – 19:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Reinhart (2) – 12:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Reinhart (3) – 02:37 | Third period | 12:18 – Stan Smyl (2) | ||||||
| Don Edwards 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 21 saves / 26 shots John Garrett 4 saves / 4 shots | ||||||
| Calgary won series 3–1 | |
Division finals
Prince of Wales Conference
(A3) Quebec Nordiques vs. (A4) Montreal Canadiens
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Quebec won the only previous meeting 3–2 in the 1982 Adams Division Semifinals.
Game six of this series is referred to as the Good Friday Massacre.
| April 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–4 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Chris Nilan (1) – 01:53 Mark Hunter (1) – 09:00 | First period | 02:22 – Marian Stastny (2) 14:06 – pp – Jean-Francois Sauve (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:54 – Blake Wesley (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:19 – Louis Sleigher (1) | ||||||
| Steve Penney 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–1 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pierre Mondou (2) – 09:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mats Naslund (2) – pp – 06:00 Steve Shutt (1) – 08:52 Perry Turnbull (1) – 17:30 | Third period | 00:36 – Anton Stastny (2) | ||||||
| Steve Penney 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Quebec Nordiques | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Pat Price (1) – 08:53 | First period | 00:59 – pp – Bobby Smith (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:15 – pp – Ryan Walter (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Penney 16 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Quebec Nordiques | 4–3 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 14:45 – Ryan Walter (2) 19:50 – Guy Carbonneau (2) | ||||||
| Wilf Paiement (2) – 13:36 Andre Savard (3) – 18:51 | Second period | 17:31 – Mario Tremblay (4) | ||||||
| Randy Moller (1) – 11:23 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bo Berglund (2) – 03:00 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Penney 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–0 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pierre Mondou (3) – 07:56 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mario Tremblay (5) – 04:16 Steve Shutt (2) – 05:36 Mats Naslund (3) – sh – 07:04 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Penney 26 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 20 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Quebec Nordiques | 3–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Peter Stastny (2) – pp – 05:12 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michel Goulet (2) – 02:02 Wilf Paiement (3) – 16:51 | Third period | 06:23 – Steve Shutt (3) 09:11 – Steve Shutt (4) 12:14 – Rick Green (1) 13:27 – John Chabot (1) 14:25 – Guy Carbonneau (3) | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 21 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Penney 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–2 | |
(P1) New York Islanders vs. (P2) Washington Capitals
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Patrick Division Semifinals, in which New York won 3–1. By winning their eighteenth consecutive series, the Islanders set a North American major professional sports record for most consecutive playoff series victories (previously set by the Boston Celtics with seventeen series wins over eight years in the 1950s and 1960s).
| April 12 | Washington Capitals | 3–2 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:34 – Patrick Flatley (2) | ||||||
| Alan Haworth (2) – pp – 09:21 | Second period | 07:46 – pp – Mike Bossy (2) | ||||||
| Dave Christian (3) – pp – 06:13 Craig Laughlin (4) – 18:52 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Al Jensen 16 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 24 saves / 27 shots Roland Melanson 0 saves / 0 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Washington Capitals | 4–5 | OT | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1) – pp – 11:02 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2) – pp – 11:52 | First period | 04:43 – pp – Butch Goring (1) 05:51 – Bryan Trottier (2) 09:49 – Patrick Flatley (3) 13:39 – Mike Bossy (3) | ||||||
| Scott Stevens (1) – pp – 06:21 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Gartner (3) – pp – 11:50 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 07:35 – Anders Kallur (1) | ||||||
| Pat Riggin 11 saves / 12 shots Al Jensen 6 saves / 10 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 31 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | New York Islanders | 3–1 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Flatley (4) – 17:12 | Second period | 05:05 – Alan Haworth (3) | ||||||
| Brent Sutter (2) – 14:28 Bryan Trottier (3) – en – 19:36 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 32 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Pat Riggin 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | New York Islanders | 5–2 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Bryan Trottier (4) – 19:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Clark Gillies (3) – 05:33 Paul Boutilier (1) – 11:35 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Clark Gillies (4) – 16:18 Mike Bossy (4) – en – 19:01 | Third period | 05:05 – Bobby Carpenter (1) 05:39 – Dave Christian (4) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Pat Riggin 15 saves / 18 shots Al Jensen 3 saves / 4 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Washington Capitals | 3–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Doug Jarvis (2) – 11:21 Dave Christian (5) – 16:03 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bobby Carpenter (2) – pp – 19:37 | Second period | 01:18 – Bryan Trottier (5) 09:16 – Patrick Flatley (5) 10:21 – sh – Anders Kallur (2) 16:57 – pp – Patrick Flatley (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:17 – pp – Greg Gilbert (2) | ||||||
| Al Jensen 13 saves / 17 shots Pat Riggin 10 saves / 11 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–1 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference
(N1) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N2) St. Louis Blues
This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won three of the previous four meetings, including their most recent in the 1972 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals in seven games.
| April 12 | St. Louis Blues | 1–2 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:12 – pp – Mark Napier (1) | ||||||
| Pat Hickey (1) – sh – 06:07 | Third period | 08:23 – Dino Ciccarelli (3) | ||||||
| Mike Liut 39 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | St. Louis Blues | 4–3 | OT | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Perry Ganchar (2) – 12:33 | Second period | 06:58 – Dennis Maruk (3) 17:18 – Craig Levie (1) 17:47 – Willi Plett (2) | ||||||
| Jorgen Pettersson (6) – pp – 04:21 Joe Mullen (1) – 07:30 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Gilmour (2) – 16:16 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Liut 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 32 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Minnesota North Stars | 1–3 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:27 – Dave Pichette (1) | ||||||
| Dennis Maruk (4) – pp – 17:35 | Third period | 13:22 – Doug Wickenheiser (2) 14:05 – Bernie Federko (2) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Minnesota North Stars | 3–2 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Keith Acton (3) – 00:39 Brian Bellows (1) – sh – 16:54 | First period | 06:08 – Greg Paslawski (1) | ||||||
| Tom McCarthy (1) – pp – 08:01 | Second period | 13:58 – Bernie Federko (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | St. Louis Blues | 0–6 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:50 – Steve Payne (1) 18:40 – Craig Levie (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 15:27 – pp – Keith Acton (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:00 – Dennis Maruk (5) 12:26 – Willi Plett (3) 14:03 – Neal Broten (2) | ||||||
| Mike Liut 17 saves / 22 shots Rick Heinz 1 save / 2 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 29 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Minnesota North Stars | 0–4 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:21 – Bernie Federko (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:42 – Joe Mullen (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:28 – Wayne Babych (1) 11:18 – pp – Perry Ganchar (3) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 32 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | St. Louis Blues | 3–4 | OT | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | ||
| Brian Sutter (1) – pp – 15:05 | First period | 11:28 – Willi Plett (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jorgen Pettersson (7) – 08:52 Mark Reeds (3) – sh – 14:06 | Third period | 01:34 – sh – Gordie Roberts (3) 14:21 – Willi Plett (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 06:00 – Steve Payne (2) | ||||||
| Mike Liut 39 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 4–3 | |
(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S2) Calgary Flames
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Smythe Division Finals, in which Edmonton won in five games.
Lanny McDonald scored the overtime winner for Calgary in Game 6.
| April 12 | Calgary Flames | 2–5 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Mike Eaves (3) – sh – 07:56 | First period | 19:28 – pp – Jari Kurri (5) | ||||||
| Lanny McDonald (1) – pp – 15:08 | Second period | 08:47 – Ken Linseman (3) 11:04 – Wayne Gretzky (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:29 – Kevin Lowe (1) 19:14 – en – Wayne Gretzky (3) | ||||||
| Rejean Lemelin 49 saves / 53 shots Don Edwards 0 saves / 0 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Calgary Flames | 6–5 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Dan Quinn (1) – pp – 01:50 | First period | 16:46 – Kevin McClelland (1) | ||||||
| Eddy Beers (1) – 18:38 | Second period | 03:51 – pp – Paul Coffey (3) 04:59 – Kevin Lowe (2) 11:08 – Dave Hunter (2) | ||||||
| Richard Kromm (1) – 03:04 Carey Wilson (1) – 13:07 Steve Bozek (2) – pp – 18:27 | Third period | 19:15 – Wayne Gretzky (4) | ||||||
| Carey Wilson (2) – 03:42 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Edwards 42 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 44 saves / 50 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–2 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Coffey (4) – 02:21 Paul Coffey (5) – 09:39 | Second period | 01:45 – Paul Reinhart (4) | ||||||
| Jaroslav Pouzar (1) – 03:13 | Third period | 05:43 – Lanny McDonald (2) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Rejean Lemelin 27 saves / 30 shots Don Edwards 0 saves / 0 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Edmonton Oilers | 5–3 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| Dave Hunter (3) – sh – 11:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Willy Lindstrom (1) – pp – 06:25 Jari Kurri (6) – 15:44 | Second period | 13:22 – Eddy Beers (2) 15:00 – Paul Reinhart (5) | ||||||
| Mark Messier (2) – 00:09 Dave Hunter (4) – pp-en – 19:30 | Third period | 02:43 – Lanny McDonald (3) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Don Edwards 37 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Calgary Flames | 5–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Jamie Macoun (1) – pp – 04:23 Dan Quinn (2) – 15:33 Jim Peplinski (2) | First period | 13:52 – pp – Willy Lindstrom (2) | ||||||
| Lanny McDonald (4) – pp – 00:46 Mike Eaves (4) – pp – 09:22 | Second period | 03:45 – Glenn Anderson (2) 19:24 – Mark Messier (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:20 – Willy Lindstrom (3) | ||||||
| Rejean Lemelin 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 14 saves / 19 shots Andy Moog 13 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Edmonton Oilers | 4–5 | OT | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | ||
| Ken Linseman (4) – sh – 07:11 Glenn Anderson (3) – pp – 12:24 | First period | 03:07 – pp – Lanny McDonald (5) 11:05 – Jim Peplinski (3) | ||||||
| Dave Semenko (3) – 04:56 | Second period | 01:21 – Dan Quinn (3) 12:51 – sh – Paul Reinhart (6) | ||||||
| Mark Messier (4) – pp – 06:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 01:04 – Lanny McDonald (6) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 34 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Rejean Lemelin 34 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Calgary Flames | 4–7 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Carey Wilson (3) – 10:03 Steve Bozek (3) – 16:56 | First period | 09:03 – Lee Fogolin Jr. (1) 09:23 – Wayne Gretzky (5) | ||||||
| Steve Konroyd (1) – 06:43 Al MacInnis (2) – pp – 10:15 | Second period | 01:15 – pp – Jari Kurri (7) 13:50 – Glenn Anderson (4) 14:48 – Ken Linseman (5) 18:00 – Jari Kurri (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:33 – Pat Hughes (1) | ||||||
| Rejean Lemelin 36 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 5 saves / 8 shots Grant Fuhr 14 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–3 | |
Conference finals
Prince of Wales Conference final
(P1) New York Islanders vs. (A4) Montreal Canadiens
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal won both prior meetings, including the most recent meeting in six games in the 1977 Stanley Cup Semifinals.
| April 24 | New York Islanders | 0–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:41 – Guy Carbonneau (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:46 – Mats Naslund (4) 07:45 – pp – Steve Shutt (5) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Penney 24 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | New York Islanders | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Clark Gillies (5) – 11:58 | First period | 07:46 – Pierre Mondou (4) | ||||||
| Denis Potvin (1) – pp – 17:07 | Second period | 06:18 – Steve Shutt (6) 11:24 – Mats Naslund (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:47 – pp – Mats Näslund (6) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 17 saves / 21 shots Roland Melanson 0 saves / 0 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Penney 15 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:35 – pp – Tomas Jonsson (2) 07:48 – Greg Gilbert (3) | ||||||
| Pierre Mondou (5) – pp – 17:23 | Second period | 01:26 – Mike Bossy (5) 06:01 – Clark Gillies (6) 08:24 – Greg Gilbert (4) | ||||||
| Mark Hunter (2) – 03:32 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rick Wamsley 12 saves / 12 shots Steve Penney 9 saves / 14 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–3 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Steve Shutt (7) – pp – 12:31 | First period | 04:18 – pp – Tomas Jonsson (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:40 – Mike Bossy (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:24 – Gord Dineen (1) | ||||||
| Steve Penney 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | New York Islanders | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Bryan Trottier (6) – pp – 03:55 Brent Sutter (3) – sh – 09:36 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Flatley (7) – 15:21 | Third period | 12:39 – Pierre Mondou (6) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Steve Penney 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:51 – Clark Gillies (7) 07:22 – Mike Bossy (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mario Tremblay (6) – 02:47 | Third period | 00:30 – Patrick Flatley (8) 15:36 – pp – Mike Bossy (8) | ||||||
| Steve Penney 18 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–2 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference final
(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Minnesota North Stars
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 24 | Minnesota North Stars | 1–7 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:32 – Dave Semenko (4) 16:41 – Wayne Gretzky (6) | ||||||
| Steve Payne (3) – pp – 19:36 | Second period | 17:22 – Pat Hughes (2) 18:01 – Jari Kurri (9) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:13 – Kevin McClelland (2) 10:26 – Dave Hunter (5) 12:39 – Jari Kurri (10) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 15 saves / 20 shots Gilles Meloche 4 saves / 6 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Minnesota North Stars | 3–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:53 – Ken Linseman (6) 16:12 – pp – Ken Linseman (7) | ||||||
| Neal Broten (3) – pp – 00:11 Willi Plett (6) – 02:37 Brian Bellows (2) – 10:30 | Second period | 08:03 – Jari Kurri (11) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:01 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (7) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 14 saves / 17 shots Andy Moog 7 saves / 7 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Edmonton Oilers | 8–5 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Dave Lumley (1) – 10:30 Wayne Gretzky (8) – pp – 12:28 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Coffey (6) – pp – 14:00 | Second period | 04:09 – pp – Brad Maxwell (2) 08:48 – pp – Mark Napier (2) 10:22 – pp – Mark Napier (3) 12:04 – pp – Neal Broten (4) 12:36 – Neal Broten (5) | ||||||
| Jari Kurri (12) – pp – 04:58 Glenn Anderson (5) – 06:06 Ken Linseman (8) – 07:05 Mark Messier (5) – sh – 10:10 Wayne Gretzky (9) – sh – 10:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andy Moog 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 27 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–1 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Jackson (1) – 04:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Linseman (9) – pp – 07:38 Jari Kurri (13) – en – 19:11 | Third period | 10:35 – Dino Ciccarelli (4) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Gilles Meloche 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–0 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won both previous meetings, and was a rematch of New York's four-game sweep in last year's Stanley Cup Finals.
The Islanders attempted to match the 1950s Montreal Canadiens and win the Stanley Cup five consecutive times, against the Edmonton Oilers attempting to win the franchise's first championship. The Islanders lost the first game at home 1–0, but bounced back to defeat the Oilers 6–1 in the second game. Edmonton took over the series from that point, winning the next three games, all played in Edmonton.
| May 10 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–0 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin McClelland (3) – 01:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 34 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 37 saves / 38 shots Roland Melanson 0 saves / 0 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–6 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Randy Gregg (3) – 15:06 | First period | 00:53 – Bryan Trottier (7) 05:48 – pp – Greg Gilbert (5) 18:31 – Clark Gillies (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:52 – Bryan Trottier (8) 16:48 – pp – Clark Gillies (9) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:04 – pp – Clark Gillies (10) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 15 | New York Islanders | 2–7 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Clark Gillies (11) – 01:32 | First period | 13:49 – Kevin Lowe (3) | ||||||
| Clark Gillies (12) – pp – 02:54 | Second period | 08:38 – Mark Messier (6) 19:12 – Glenn Anderson (6) 19:29 – Paul Coffey (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:32 – Mark Messier (7) 05:52 – Kevin McClelland (4) 09:41 – Dave Semenko (5) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 25 saves / 31 shots Roland Melanson 8 saves / 9 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots Andy Moog 1 save / 1 shot | ||||||
| May 17 | New York Islanders | 2–7 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Brent Sutter (4) – 14:03 | First period | 01:53 – Wayne Gretzky (10) 03:22 – Willy Lindstrom (4) 17:54 – Mark Messier (8) | ||||||
| Patrick Flatley (9) – 19:44 | Second period | 05:21 – pp – Willy Lindstrom (5) 06:58 – Pat Conacher (1) 10:52 – Paul Coffey (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:01 – Wayne Gretzky (11) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 31 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 19 | New York Islanders | 2–5 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:08 – Wayne Gretzky (12) 17:26 – Wayne Gretzky (13) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:38 – pp – Ken Linseman (10) 04:59 – pp – Jari Kurri (14) | ||||||
| Pat LaFontaine (2) – 00:13 Pat LaFontaine (3) – 00:35 | Third period | 19:47 – Dave Lumley (2) | ||||||
| Roland Melanson 12 saves / 14 shots Billy Smith 7 saves / 9 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–1 | |
Player statistics
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.[4]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | 19 | 13 | 22 | 35 | +18 | 12 |
| Jari Kurri | Edmonton Oilers | 19 | 14 | 14 | 28 | +9 | 13 |
| Mark Messier | Edmonton Oilers | 19 | 8 | 18 | 26 | +9 | 19 |
| Paul Coffey | Edmonton Oilers | 19 | 8 | 14 | 22 | +18 | 21 |
| Clark Gillies | New York Islanders | 21 | 12 | 7 | 19 | +2 | 19 |
| Mike Bossy | New York Islanders | 21 | 8 | 10 | 18 | +5 | 4 |
| Glenn Anderson | Edmonton Oilers | 19 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +6 | 33 |
| Paul Reinhart | Calgary Flames | 11 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +9 | 2 |
| Patrick Flatley | New York Islanders | 21 | 9 | 6 | 15 | +7 | 14 |
| Ken Linseman | Edmonton Oilers | 19 | 10 | 4 | 14 | +7 | 65 |
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.[5]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Penney | Montreal Canadiens | 15 | 9 | 6 | 355 | 32 | 2.21 | .910 | 3 | 870:31 |
| Mike Liut | St. Louis Blues | 11 | 6 | 5 | 361 | 29 | 2.44 | .920 | 1 | 712:32 |
| Billy Smith | New York Islanders | 21 | 12 | 8 | 567 | 54 | 2.73 | .905 | 0 | 1188:11 |
| Dan Bouchard | Quebec Nordiques | 9 | 5 | 4 | 224 | 25 | 2.77 | .888 | 0 | 542:27 |
| Grant Fuhr | Edmonton Oilers | 16 | 11 | 4 | 495 | 44 | 2.99 | .911 | 1 | 883:44 |
See also
References
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Total Sports Canada. ISBN 1-892129-07-8.
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