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1991 Stanley Cup playoffs

The 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League (NHL) championship began on April 3, 1991, following the 1990–91 regular season. The 16 teams that qualified, from the top four teams of the four divisions, played best-of-seven series with re-seeding after the division finals. The Conference Champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup.

1991 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 3 – May 25, 1991
Teams16
Defending championsEdmonton Oilers
Final positions
ChampionsPittsburgh Penguins
Runner-upMinnesota North Stars
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Mario Lemieux (Penguins) (44 points)
MVPMario Lemieux (Penguins)
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The Stanley Cup

This was the first of the 25 consecutive years in which the Detroit Red Wings qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs until their streak finally ended in 2017. Their streak is tied for the third longest in NHL history, and while it was running, it was the longest active playoff appearance streak in the four major American professional sports.

The finals concluded on May 25 with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history, defeating the Minnesota North Stars in the final series four games to two. Pittsburgh forward Mario Lemieux was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.

This was the first NHL playoffs without any series sweeps since the 1973 playoffs. In addition, this season set the record for most playoff games played with 92, which stood until 2014.[1]

Playoff seeds

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In the 1990–91 season, teams qualified based on their division standing at the end of the regular season. Playoffs then proceeded among the top four teams in each division, providing a division winner. The two division winners of each conference then played off to provide a conference winner. The two conference winners then played in the Finals to produce a Stanley Cup champion.

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Prince of Wales Conference

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Adams Division

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  1. Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 100 points
  2. Montreal Canadiens – 89 points
  3. Buffalo Sabres – 81 points
  4. Hartford Whalers – 73 points

Patrick Division

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  1. Pittsburgh Penguins, Patrick Division champions – 88 points
  2. New York Rangers – 85 points
  3. Washington Capitals – 81 points
  4. New Jersey Devils – 79 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

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Norris Division

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  1. Chicago Blackhawks, Norris Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 106 points
  2. St. Louis Blues – 105 points
  3. Detroit Red Wings – 76 points
  4. Minnesota North Stars – 68 points

Smythe Division

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  1. Los Angeles Kings, Smythe Division champions – 102 points
  2. Calgary Flames – 100 points
  3. Edmonton Oilers – 80 points
  4. Vancouver Canucks – 65 points

Playoff bracket

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Division semifinalsDivision finalsConference finalsStanley Cup Finals
            
A1Boston4
A4Hartford2
A1Boston4
A2Montreal3
A2Montreal4
A3Buffalo2
A1Boston2
Prince of Wales Conference
P1Pittsburgh4
P1Pittsburgh4
P4New Jersey3
P1Pittsburgh4
P3Washington1
P2NY Rangers2
P3Washington4
P1Pittsburgh4
N4Minnesota2
N1Chicago2
N4Minnesota4
N4Minnesota4
N2St. Louis2
N2St. Louis4
N3Detroit3
N4Minnesota4
Clarence Campbell Conference
S3Edmonton1
S1Los Angeles4
S4Vancouver2
S1Los Angeles2
S3Edmonton4
S2Calgary3
S3Edmonton4

Division semifinals

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Prince of Wales Conference

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(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

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This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Semifinals in which Boston won in seven games.


April 3Hartford Whalers5–2Boston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
Pat Verbeek (1) – pp – 14:11First period00:23 – Jeff Lazaro (1)
Kevin Dineen (1) – 02:18
Rob Brown (1) – pp – 09:37		Second period14:45 – pp – Petri Skriko (1)
John Cullen (1) – 15:49
Paul Cyr (1) – 16:17		Third periodNo scoring
Peter Sidorkiewicz 26 saves / 28 shotsGoalie statsAndy Moog 19 saves / 24 shots
April 5Hartford Whalers3–4Boston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
Mark Hunter (1) – 05:08
Pat Verbeek (2) – pp – 18:55		First period00:13 – Petri Skriko (2)
Randy Ladouceur (1) – 18:12Second period09:22 – pp – Cam Neely (1)
No scoringThird period11:39 – Cam Neely (2)
16:38 – Cam Neely (3)
Peter Sidorkiewicz 36 saves / 40 shotsGoalie statsAndy Moog 24 saves / 27 shots
April 7Boston Bruins6–3Hartford WhalersHartford Civic CenterRecap 
Ray Bourque (1) – pp – 11:07First periodNo scoring
Glen Wesley (1) – pp – 10:38Second period06:19 – pp – Mark Hunter (2)
Garry Galley (1) – 06:49
Dave Christian (1) – 07:07
Bob Sweeney (1) – 10:05
Craig Janney (1) – pp – 14:08		Third period01:59 – Pat Verbeek (3)
15:21 – sh – Terry Yake (1)
Andy Moog 22 saves / 25 shotsGoalie statsPeter Sidorkiewicz 17 saves / 23 shots
April 9Boston Bruins3–4Hartford WhalersHartford Civic CenterRecap 
Dave Christian (2) – 15:30
Petri Skriko (3) – pp – 16:57		First period02:40 – John Cullen (2)
03:39 – pp – Mark Hunter (3)
12:15 – pp – Mark Hunter (4)
15:55 – Zarley Zalapski (1)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Ken Hodge Jr. (1) – 14:28Third periodNo scoring
Andy Moog 30 saves / 34 shotsGoalie statsPeter Sidorkiewicz 32 saves / 35 shots
April 11Hartford Whalers1–6Boston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Brad Shaw (1) – 07:16Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period01:20 – pp – Ray Bourque (2)
01:36 – Dave Christian (3)
08:05 – Jeff Lazaro (2)
10:20 – pp – Cam Neely (4)
16:57 – pp – Cam Neely (5)
17:53 – pp – Jim Wiemer (1)
Peter Sidorkiewicz 26 saves / 32 shotsGoalie statsAndy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots
April 13Boston Bruins3–1Hartford WhalersHartford Civic CenterRecap 
Nevin Markwart (1) – 03:17
Bob Sweeney (2) – 08:50		First periodNo scoring
Dave Christian (4) – 02:34Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period13:01 – Mark Hunter (5)
Andy Moog 31 saves / 32 shotsGoalie statsPeter Sidorkiewicz 13 saves / 16 shots
Boston won series 4–2


(A2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres

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This was fifth playoff series between these two teams, and were meeting for the second straight year. Both teams split their previous four playoff meetings. Montreal won last year's Adams Division Semifinals in six games.


April 3Buffalo Sabres5–7Montreal CanadiensMontreal ForumRecap 
Benoit Hogue (1) – 01:48
Grant Ledyard (1) – 02:12		First period10:35 – Sylvain Lefebvre (1)
17:14 – pp – Russ Courtnall (1)
18:07 – pp – Mathieu Schneider (1)
18:33 – Russ Courtnall (2)
Pierre Turgeon (1) – pp – 09:23Second period02:06 – Stephane Richer (1)
17:25 – Brent Gilchrist (1)
Rick Vaive (1) – pp – 05:030
Kevin Haller (1) – 10:22		Third period02:14 – pp – Denis Savard (1)
Darcy Wakaluk 20 saves / 22 shots
Daren Puppa 10 saves / 15 shots		Goalie statsPatrick Roy 24 saves / 29 shots
April 5Buffalo Sabres4–5Montreal CanadiensMontreal ForumRecap 
Uwe Krupp (1) – pp – 02:050First periodNo scoring
Pierre Turgeon (2) – 13:44Second period05:09 – Brent Gilchrist (2)
07:36 – pp – Mike McPhee (1)
Dale Hawerchuk (1) – 02:06
Darrin Shannon (1) – 04:52		Third period00:36 – Russ Courtnall (3)
09:51 – Stephane Richer (2)
18:39 – Guy Carbonneau (1)
Daren Puppa 26 saves / 31 shots
Darcy Wakaluk 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie statsPatrick Roy 23 saves / 27 shots
April 7Montreal Canadiens4–5Buffalo SabresBuffalo Memorial AuditoriumRecap 
Shayne Corson (1) – pp – 04:07
Brent Gilchrist (3) – 09:56
Russ Courtnall (4) – pp – 11:47		First period02:20 – Tony Tanti (1)
05:38 – sh – Christian Ruuttu (1)
Brent Gilchrist (4) – 17:58Second period04:20 – Benoit Hogue (2)
11:14 – Grant Ledyard (2)
No scoringThird period02:38 – Mike Ramsey (1)
Patrick Roy 28 saves / 33 shotsGoalie statsClint Malarchuk 18 saves / 22 shots
April 9Montreal Canadiens4–6Buffalo SabresBuffalo Memorial AuditoriumRecap 
Eric Desjardins (1) – pp – 05:23
Stephane Richer (3) – 05:31		First period05:59 – Benoit Hogue (3)
08:01 – Dave Andreychuk (1)
12:30 – Pierre Turgeon (3)
Shayne Corson (2) – 04:10
Stephane Richer (4) – 14:40		Second period00:16 – pp – Tony Tanti (2)
01:44 – Rob Ray (1)
No scoringThird period06:18 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (2)
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 30 shots
Andre Racicot 11 saves / 13 shots		Goalie statsClint Malarchuk 33 saves / 37 shots
April 11Buffalo Sabres3–4OTMontreal CanadiensMontreal ForumRecap 
Lou Franceschetti (1) – 08:12First period02:14 – Mike Keane (1)
06:42 – Brian Skrudland (1)
Grant Ledyard (3) – 04:54Second period09:49 – Mike Keane (2)
Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 16:55Third periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period05:56 – Russ Courtnall (5)
Clint Malarchuk 24 saves / 28 shotsGoalie statsPatrick Roy 29 saves / 32 shots
April 13Montreal Canadiens5–1Buffalo SabresBuffalo Memorial AuditoriumRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Brent Gilchrist (5) – 03:06
Shayne Corson (3) – sh – 14:15
Shayne Corson (4) – pp – 15:35		Second period12:58 – sh – Dave Snuggerud (1)
Denis Savard (2) – 00:39
Stephane Richer (5) – pp – 09:19		Third periodNo scoring
Patrick Roy 23 saves / 24 shots
Andre Racicot 1 save / 1 shots		Goalie statsClint Malarchuk 24 saves / 29 shots
Montreal won series 4–2


(P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P4) New Jersey Devils

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This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


April 3New Jersey Devils3–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Peter Stastny (1) – pp – 15:32Second period10:48 – pp – Mario Lemieux (1)
Peter Stastny (2) – 04:12
Laurie Boschman (1) – 05:02		Third periodNo scoring
Chris Terreri 26 saves / 27 shotsGoalie statsTom Barrasso 32 saves / 35 shots
April 5New Jersey Devils4–5OTPittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
John MacLean (1) – 02:50First period06:54 – pp – Kevin Stevens (1)
John MacLean (2) – 01:44
Brendan Shanahan (1) – 11:47		Second period10:32 – Paul Coffey (1)
17:01 – Phil Bourque (1)
Alexei Kasatonov (1) – 04:06Third period03:21 – Troy Loney (1)
No scoringFirst overtime period08:52 – Jaromir Jagr (1)
Chris Terreri 21 saves / 26 shotsGoalie statsTom Barrasso 36 saves / 40 shots
April 7Pittsburgh Penguins4–3New Jersey DevilsBrendan Byrne ArenaRecap 
Mark Recchi (1) – pp – 04:56First period12:32 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (2)
Bob Errey (1) – 02:05Second period13:22 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (3)
Joe Mullen (1) – 03:15
Mark Recchi (2) – 19:10		Third period14:46 – sh – Doug Brown (1)
Tom Barrasso 33 saves / 36 shotsGoalie statsChris Terreri 30 saves / 34 shots
April 9Pittsburgh Penguins1–4New Jersey DevilsBrendan Byrne ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period06:54 – Claude Lemieux (1)
07:38 – Peter Stastny (3)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Mario Lemieux (2) – pp – 04:41Third period16:42 – John MacLean (3)
18:43 – pp – Claude Lemieux (2)
Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 34 shotsGoalie statsChris Terreri 28 saves / 29 shots
April 11New Jersey Devils4–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
John MacLean (4) – pp – 03:20
Bruce Driver (1) – pp – 13:15		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Claude Lemieux (3) – pp – 12:59
Doug Brown (2) – 19:38		Third period00:54 – Ron Francis (1)
03:41 – Larry Murphy (1)
Chris Terreri 39 saves / 41 shotsGoalie statsTom Barrasso 20 saves / 23 shots
April 13Pittsburgh Penguins4–3New Jersey DevilsBrendan Byrne ArenaRecap 
Kevin Stevens (2) – 10:49
Kevin Stevens (3) – pp – 13:17
Jaromir Jagr (2) – pp – 19:37		First period03:29 – John MacLean (5)
Ron Francis (2) – 06:42Second period12:32 – pp – Eric Weinrich (1)
13:48 – Claude Lemieux (4)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Frank Pietrangelo 28 saves / 31 shotsGoalie statsChris Terreri 19 saves / 23 shots
April 15New Jersey Devils0–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period06:17 – Jiri Hrdina (1)
13:06 – pp – Mario Lemieux (3)
No scoringSecond period00:29 – Jiri Hrdina (2)
No scoringThird period00:56 – Paul Coffey (2)
Chris Terreri 32 saves / 36 shotsGoalie statsFrank Pietrangelo 27 saves / 27 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–3


(P2) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

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This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams, and were meeting for the second straight year. Both teams split the previous two meetings. Washington won last year's Patrick Division Finals in five games.


April 3Washington Capitals1–2New York RangersMadison Square GardenRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period04:20 – Jan Erixon (1)
16:58 – Bernie Nicholls (1)
Michal Pivonka (1) – 18:27Third periodNo scoring
Don Beaupre 28 saves / 30 shotsGoalie statsMike Richter 28 saves / 29 shots
April 5Washington Capitals3–0New York RangersMadison Square GardenRecap 
Dino Ciccarelli (1) – pp – 01:40First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Kelly Miller (1) – sh – 05:24
Michal Pivonka (2) – 19:34		Third periodNo scoring
Don Beaupre 36 saves / 36 shotsGoalie statsMike Richter 29 saves / 31 shots
April 7New York Rangers6–0Washington CapitalsCapital CentreRecap 
Kris King (1) – 08:07
Mike Gartner (1) – pp – 19:29		First periodNo scoring
Bernie Nicholls (2) – 12:17
Mark Janssens (1) – 15:47		Second periodNo scoring
Bernie Nicholls (3) – 06:34
Darren Turcotte (1) – pp – 17:15		Third periodNo scoring
Mike Richter 37 saves / 37 shotsGoalie statsDon Beaupre 23 saves / 27 shots
Mike Liut 9 saves / 11 shots
April 9New York Rangers2–3Washington CapitalsCapital CentreRecap 
Bernie Nicholls (4) – 04:04First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period00:25 – Kevin Hatcher (1)
15:31 – Dave Tippett (1)
Mark Janssens (2) – 14:32Third period09:27 – Alan May (1)
Mike Richter 23 saves / 26 shotsGoalie statsDon Beaupre 19 saves / 21 shots
April 11Washington Capitals5–4OTNew York RangersMadison Square GardenRecap 
Mike Ridley (1) – 12:32First period10:35 – pp – Corey Millen (1)
18:51 – Brian Leetch (1)
Kelly Miller (2) – 01:01
Mike Lalor (1) – 15:26		Second period18:31 – Mark Janssens (3)
Kevin Hatcher (2) – pp – 12:59Third period09:29 – Steven Rice (1)
Dino Ciccarelli (2) – 06:44First overtime periodNo scoring
Don Beaupre 31 saves / 35 shotsGoalie statsMike Richter 50 saves / 55 shots
April 13New York Rangers2–4Washington CapitalsCapital CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst period02:46 – Dmitri Khristich (1)
04:09 – Kelly Miller (3)
07:06 – Mike Ridley (2)
Kris King 92) – 08:57
Steven Rice (2) – pp – 18:34		Second period11:58 – Stephen Leach (1)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
John Vanbiesbrouck 21 saves / 22 shots
Mike Richter 1 save / 4 shots		Goalie statsDon Beaupre 23 saves / 25 shots
Washington won series 4–2


Clarence Campbell Conference

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(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

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This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams and were meeting for the second straight year. Chicago won four of the previous five playoff meetings, including last year's Norris Division Semifinals in seven games.


April 4Minnesota North Stars4–3OTChicago BlackhawksChicago StadiumRecap 
Mark Tinordi (1) – pp – 01:24
Neal Broten (1) – pp – 02:08		First period00:13 – Jeremy Roenick (1)
04:06 – pp – Doug Wilson (1)
No scoringSecond period09:08 – Dirk Graham (1)
Neal Broten (2) – 06:22Third periodNo scoring
Brian Propp (1) – pp – 04:14First overtime periodNo scoring
Jon Casey 20 saves / 23 shotsGoalie statsEd Belfour 30 saves / 34 shots
April 6Minnesota North Stars2–5Chicago BlackhawksChicago StadiumRecap 
No scoringFirst period12:58 – Steve Larmer (1)
No scoringSecond period03:30 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (2)
14:40 – pp – Warren Rychel (1)
16:39 – Steve Konroyd (1)
Basil McRae (1) – 16:03
Brian Bellows (1) – pp – 17:46		Third period19:11 – Steve Larmer (2)
Jon Casey 21 saves / 25 shots
Brian Hayward 10 saves / 10 shots		Goalie statsEd Belfour 28 saves / 30 shots
April 8Chicago Blackhawks6–5Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
Steve Larmer (3) – 05:27
Chris Chelios (1) – pp – 08:35		First period02:34 – pp – Bobby Smith
06:10 – pp – Brian Bellows (2)
10:53 – Dave Gagner (1)
17:55 – pp – Dave Gagner (2)
18:26 – Mike Modano (1)
Steve Larmer (4) – pp – 00:39
Doug Wilson (2) – pp – 05:03		Second periodNo scoring
Steve Thomas (1) – 03:48
Jeremy Roenick (3) – 06:15		Third periodNo scoring
Ed Belfour 37 saves / 41 shots
Dominik Hasek 5 saves / 6 shots		Goalie statsBrian Hayward 11 saves / 13 shots
Jon Casey 14 saves / 18 shots
April 10Chicago Blackhawks1–3Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period04:48 – Neal Broten (3)
11:30 – pp – Mike Craig (1)
14:52 – pp – Mark Tinordi (2)
Steve Larmer (5) – 15:02Third periodNo scoring
Ed Belfour 18 saves / 21 shots
Dominik Hasek 13 saves / 13 shots		Goalie statsJon Casey 16 saves / 17 shots
April 12Minnesota North Stars6–0Chicago BlackhawksChicago StadiumRecap 
Brian Propp (2) – pp – 17:59First periodNo scoring
Mark Tinordi (3) – pp – 00:32
Dave Gagner (3) – pp – 06:46
Bobby Smith (2) – pp – 07:16
Neal Broten (4) – 14:30		Second periodNo scoring
Brian Propp (3) – pp – 16:06Third periodNo scoring
Jon Casey 25 saves / 25 shotsGoalie statsDominik Hasek 18 saves / 20 shots
Ed Belfour 19 saves / 23 shots
April 14Chicago Blackhawks1–3Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
No scoringFirst period11:49 – Neil Wilkinson (1)
12:58 – Brian Bellows (3)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Keith Brown (1) – 15:51Third period06:29 – pp – Brian Bellows (4)
Ed Belfour 31 saves / 34 shotsGoalie statsJon Casey 26 saves / 27 shots
Minnesota won series 4–2


(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Detroit Red Wings

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This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams. Both teams split the previous two meetings. Detroit won their most recent meeting in five games in the 1988 Norris Division Finals.


April 4Detroit Red Wings6–3St. Louis BluesSt. Louis ArenaRecap 
Brad McCrimmon (1) – 13:37First periodNo scoring
Steve Yzerman (1) – 07:08
Steve Yzerman (2) – pp – 12:01		Second period13:10 – Brett Hull (1)
Sergei Fedorov (1) – 01:52
Kevin Miller (1) – 09:19
Steve Yzerman (3) – 14:55		Third period10:23 – pp – Brett Hull (2)
12:44 – Adam Oates (1)
Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shotsGoalie statsVincent Riendeau 17 saves / 22 shots
Pat Jablonski 4 saves / 5 shots
April 6Detroit Red Wings2–4St. Louis BluesSt. Louis ArenaRecap 
Yves Racine (1) – pp – 09:08
Bob Probert (1) – 16:56		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period05:28 – Jeff Brown (1)
06:46 – pp – Dan Quinn (1)
12:00 – Brett Hull (3)
19:24 – Rich Sutter (1)
Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shotsGoalie statsVincent Riendeau 19 saves / 21 shots
April 8St. Louis Blues2–5Detroit Red WingsJoe Louis ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Bob Bassen (1) – 11:00Second period15:19 – Kevin Miller (2)
Gino Cavallini (1) – 18:39Third period01:12 – Keith Primeau (1)
08:34 – Jimmy Carson (1)
009:05 – Steve Chiasson (1)
19:42 – sh – Kevin Miller (3)
Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 23 shotsGoalie statsTim Cheveldae 21 saves / 23 shots
April 10St. Louis Blues3–4Detroit Red WingsJoe Louis ArenaRecap 
Dan Quinn (2) – pp – 18:10First period04:01 – Steve Chiasson (2)
No scoringSecond period17:05 – pp – Steve Chiasson (3)
Brett Hull (4) – 05:22
Brett Hull (5) – 17:09		Third period08:58 – Rick Zombo (1)
11:16 – Brent Fedyk (1)
Vincent Riendeau 30 saves / 34 shotsGoalie statsTim Cheveldae 26 saves / 29 shots
April 12Detroit Red Wings1–6St. Louis BluesSt. Louis ArenaRecap 
Bobby Dollas (1) – 02:12First period03:45 – Adam Oates (2)
04:58 – Brett Hull (6)
09:29 – Adam Oates (3)
No scoringSecond period00:40 – Paul Cavallini (1)
10:33 – Adam Oates (4)
No scoringThird period08:08 – Brett Hull (7)
Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 30 shots
Allan Bester 11 saves / 12 shots		Goalie statsVincent Riendeau 17 saves / 18 shots
April 14St. Louis Blues3–0Detroit Red WingsJoe Louis ArenaRecap 
Dave Thomlinson (1) – 07:00First periodNo scoring
Jeff Brown (2) – 02:24Second periodNo scoring
Dave Lowry (1) – 18:19Third periodNo scoring
Vincent Riendeau 23 saves / 23 shotsGoalie statsTim Cheveldae 18 saves / 21 shots
April 16Detroit Red Wings2–3St. Louis BluesSt. Louis ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period12:24 – Dan Quinn (3)
Yves Racine (2) – pp – 03:24Second period19:39 – Brett Hull (8)
Jimmy Carson (2) – 12:27Third period01:59 – Rich Sutter (2)
Tim Cheveldae 22 saves / 25 shotsGoalie statsVincent Riendeau 18 saves / 20 shots
St. Louis won series 4–3


(S1) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S4) Vancouver Canucks

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This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Vancouver won the only prior meeting in five games in the 1982 Smythe Division Finals.


April 4Vancouver Canucks6–5Los Angeles KingsGreat Western ForumRecap 
Dave Capuano (1) – 02:20
Igor Larionov (1) – 07:00
Geoff Courtnall (1) – 19:40		First period08:33 – Tomas Sandstrom (1)
10:42 – Bob Kudelski (1)
No scoringSecond period06:01 – Wayne Gretzky (1)
06:39 – Steve Kasper (1)
14:59 – Luc Robitaille (1)
Geoff Courtnall (2) – 05:00
Geoff Courtnall (3) – 09:30
Cliff Ronning (1) – 17:29		Third periodNo scoring
Troy Gamble 24 saves / 29 shotsGoalie statsKelly Hrudey 26 saves / 32 shots
April 6Vancouver Canucks2–3OTLos Angeles KingsGreat Western ForumRecap 
Tom Kurvers (1) – pp – 10:35First periodNo scoring
Cliff Ronning (2) – 00:31Second period02:47 – pp – Rob Blake (1)
No scoringThird period03:13 – Luc Robitaille (2)
No scoringFirst overtime period11:08 – Wayne Gretzky (2)
Troy Gamble 37 saves / 40 shotsGoalie statsKelly Hrudey 32 saves / 34 shots
April 8Los Angeles Kings1–2OTVancouver CanucksPacific ColiseumRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period00:41 – pp – Cliff Ronning (3)
Wayne Gretzky (3) – 11:53Third periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period03:12 – Cliff Ronning (4)
Kelly Hrudey 37 saves / 39 shotsGoalie statsKirk McLean 30 saves / 31 shots
April 10Los Angeles Kings6–1Vancouver CanucksPacific ColiseumRecap 
Steve Kasper (2) – 08:30
Wayne Gretzky (4) – pp – 13:11		First period09:14 – pp – Cliff Ronning (5)
Dave Taylor (1) – 10:20Second periodNo scoring
Tony Granato (1) – 01:24
Mike Donnelly (1) – 14:21
Steve Duchesne (1) – 18:44		Third periodNo scoring
Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 21 shotsGoalie statsKirk McLean 29 saves / 35 shots
April 12Vancouver Canucks4–7Los Angeles KingsGreat Western ForumRecap 
Jyrki Lumme (1) – sh – 04:50
Cliff Ronning (6) – 13:59		First period08:52 – pp – Luc Robitaille (3)
16:48 – pp – Luc Robitaille (4)
19:01 – Mike Donnelly (2)
Jyrki Lumme (2) – pp – 01:37
Gerald Diduck (1) – pp – 05:57		Second period06:25 – Steve Duchesne (2)
13:27 – Bradley Jones (1)
16:14 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (2)
No scoringThird period19:17 – Bob Kudelski (2)
Troy Gamble 32 saves / 38 shotsGoalie statsKelly Hrudey 29 saves / 33 shots
April 14Los Angeles Kings4–1Vancouver CanucksPacific ColiseumRecap 
Steve Duchesne (3) – 09:35First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period16:13 – Tom Kurvers (2)
Dave Taylor (2) – 12:11
Mike Donnelly (3) – 18:47
Mike Donnelly (4) – 19:06		Third periodNo scoring
Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 21 shotsGoalie statsTroy Gamble 24 saves / 26 shots
Los Angeles won series 4–2


(S2) Calgary Flames vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers

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This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two rivals with Edmonton winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 1988 Smythe Division Finals, which Edmonton won in a four-game sweep. These teams did not meet again in the playoffs until 2022.


April 4Edmonton Oilers3–1Calgary FlamesOlympic SaddledomeRecap 
Esa Tikkanen (1) – 18:20First period12:07 – pp – Al MacInnis (1)
Petr Klima (1) – 10:18Second periodNo scoring
Craig Simpson (1) – 14:35Third periodNo scoring
Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 28 shotsGoalie statsMike Vernon 22 saves / 25 shots
April 6Edmonton Oilers1–3Calgary FlamesOlympic SaddledomeRecap 
No scoringFirst period12:53 – pp – Gary Suter (1)
Adam Graves (1) – 03:10Second period01:53 – Doug Gilmour (1)
03:53 – Paul Ranheim (1)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 26 shotsGoalie statsMike Vernon 35 saves / 36 shots
April 8Calgary Flames3–4Edmonton OilersNorthlands ColiseumRecap 
Joe Nieuwendyk (1) – pp – 02:03First period02:14 – Esa Tikkanen (2)
Joel Otto (1) – 10:49
Gary Roberts (1) – 17:26		Second period15:51 – Charlie Huddy (1)
No scoringThird period09:47 – Glenn Anderson (1)
19:46 – Joe Murphy (1)
Mike Vernon 25 saves / 29 shotsGoalie statsGrant Fuhr 20 saves / 23 shots
April 10Calgary Flames2–5Edmonton OilersNorthlands ColiseumRecap 
Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 00:44
Sergei Makarov (1) – 14:02		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period01:11 – pp – Mark Messier (1)
01:52 – Craig MacTavish (1)
19:00 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (3)
No scoringThird period01:47 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (4)
03:38 – Kelly Buchberger (1)
Mike Vernon 23 saves / 27 shots
Rick Wamsley 1 save / 2 shots		Goalie statsGrant Fuhr 29 saves / 31 shots
April 12Edmonton Oilers3–5Calgary FlamesOlympic SaddledomeRecap 
Glenn Anderson (2) – pp – 15:54
Adam Graves (2) – 18:13		First period03:28 – pp – Al MacInnis (2)
07:56 – pp – Carey Wilson (1)
Mark Messier (2) – 14:07Second period07:37 – Carey Wilson
08:48 – Ric Nattress (1)
No scoringThird period19:59 – Joe Nieuwendyk (3)
Grant Fuhr 34 saves / 38 shotsGoalie statsMike Vernon 22 saves / 25 shots
April 14Calgary Flames2–1OTEdmonton OilersNorthlands ColiseumRecap 
No scoringFirst period12:13 – Craig Simpson (2)
Paul Ranheim (2) – 09:12Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Theoren Fleury (1) – 04:40First overtime periodNo scoring
Mike Vernon 21 saves / 22 shotsGoalie statsGrant Fuhr 31 saves / 33 shots
April 16Edmonton Oilers5–4OTCalgary FlamesOlympic SaddledomeRecap 
Esa Tikkanen (5) – 17:03First period07:52 – pp – Robert Reichel (1)
14:43 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (4)
16:00 – Theoren Fleury (2)
Glenn Anderson (3) – pp – 04:57
Esa Tikkanen (6) – 10:06		Second periodNo scoring
Anatoli Semenov (1) – 04:38Third period17:50 – Ron Stern (1)
Esa Tikkanen (7) – 06:58First overtime periodNo scoring
Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 31 shotsGoalie statsMike Vernon 35 saves / 40 shots
Edmonton won series 4–3


Division finals

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Prince of Wales Conference

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(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A2) Montreal Canadiens

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This was the eighth straight and 26th overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Montreal lead the all-time meetings 21–4. Boston won last year's Adams Division Finals in five games.


April 17Montreal Canadiens1–2Boston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
Mike Keane (3) – 07:09First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period07:04 – pp – Cam Neely (6)
No scoringThird period10:12 – Cam Neely (7)
Patrick Roy 23 saves / 25 shotsGoalie statsAndy Moog 18 saves / 19 shots
April 19Montreal Canadiens4–3OTBoston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
No scoringFirst period04:35 – Ray Bourque (3)
11:10 – Ken Hodge Jr. (2)
Shayne Corson (5) – 19:31Second periodNo scoring
Russ Courtnall (6) – 04:24
Stephane Richer (6) – 11:30		Third period07:54 – Dave Christian (5)
Stephane Richer (7) – 00:27First overtime periodNo scoring
Patrick Roy 41 saves / 44 shotsGoalie statsAndy Moog 33 saves / 37 shots
April 21Boston Bruins3–2Montreal CanadiensMontreal ForumRecap 
Petri Skriko (4) – pp – 04:38
Bob Sweeney (3) – 05:11		First period16:31 – sh – Russ Courtnall (7)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Ken Hodge Jr. (3) – 18:39Third period14:10 – Brian Skrudland (2)
Andy Moog 39 saves / 41 shotsGoalie statsPatrick Roy 23 saves / 26 shots
April 23Boston Bruins2–6Montreal CanadiensMontreal ForumRecap 
Ray Bourque (4) – 15:49First period05:05 – pp – Shayne Corson (6)
Cam Neely (8) – pp – 19:59Second period00:49 – Stephane Richer (8)
08:12 – pp – Shayne Corson (7)
09:28 – Mathieu Schneider (2)
No scoringThird period04:09 – Stephane Richer (9)
17:12 – sh – Russ Courtnall (8)
Andy Moog 22 saves / 27 shotsGoalie statsPatrick Roy 23 saves / 25 shots
April 25Montreal Canadiens1–4Boston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
Brian Skrudland (3) – pp – 19:54First period19:06 – Cam Neely (9)
No scoringSecond period19:02 – pp – Vladimir Ruzicka (1)
No scoringThird period07:58 – pp – Cam Neely (10)
08:09 – Cam Neely (11)
Patrick Roy 28 saves / 32 shotsGoalie statsAndy Moog 18 saves / 19 shots
April 27Boston Bruins2–3OTMontreal CanadiensMontreal ForumRecap 
Don Sweeney (1) – 08:06First period04:44 – pp – Stephan Lebeau (1)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Jeff Lazaro (3) – 01:26Third period15:56 – Shayne Corson (8)
No scoringFirst overtime period17:47 – Shayne Corson (9)
Andy Moog 38 saves / 41 shotsGoalie statsPatrick Roy 32 saves / 34 shots
April 29Montreal Canadiens1–2Boston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period06:30 – Dave Christian (6)
Stephan Lebeau (2) – 19:00Third period01:59 – pp – Cam Neely (12)
Patrick Roy 31 saves / 33 shotsGoalie statsAndy Moog 35 saves / 36 shots
Boston won series 4–3


(P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

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This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


April 17Washington Capitals4–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period17:45 – pp – Larry Murphy (2)
Calle Johansson (1) – pp – 06:07Second period13:09 – pp – Mario Lemieux (4)
Kevin Hatcher (3) – pp – 01:37
Al Iafrate (1) – 15:31
Kelly Miller (4) – 19:10		Third periodNo scoring
Don Beaupre 24 saves / 26 shotsGoalie statsFrank Pietrangelo 27 saves / 30 shots
April 19Washington Capitals6–7OTPittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
Dale Hunter (1) – 12:42First period13:59 – Phil Bourque (2)
18:11 – Joe Mullen (2)
John Druce (1) – pp – 03:46
Mike Ridley (3) – pp – 11:36		Second period00:35 – pp – Mark Recchi (3)
05:51 – pp – Mark Recchi (4)
13:35 – Kevin Stevens (4)
Dino Ciccarelli (3) – pp – 02:17
Dino Ciccarelli (4) – 08:05
Calle Johansson (2) – 10:26		Third period15:25 – Randy Gilhen (1)
No scoringFirst overtime period08:10 – Kevin Stevens (5)
Don Beaupre 19 saves / 24 shots
Mike Liut 17 saves / 19 shots		Goalie statsFrank Pietrangelo 36 saves / 42 shots
April 21Pittsburgh Penguins3–1Washington CapitalsCapital CentreRecap 
Mario Lemieux (5) – 04:53First period08:25 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (5)
Kevin Stevens (6) – 09:30
Bryan Trottier (1) – 15:32		Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Tom Barrasso 26 saves / 27 shotsGoalie statsDon Beaupre 19 saves / 22 shots
April 23Pittsburgh Penguins3–1Washington CapitalsCapital CentreRecap 
Mark Recchi (5) – pp – 18:01First period09:43 – Tim Bergland (1)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Kevin Stevens (7) – 09:14
Phil Bourque (3) – 19:28		Third periodNo scoring
Tom Barrasso 38 saves / 39 shotsGoalie statsDon Beaupre 16 saves / 18 shots
April 25Washington Capitals1–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period15:38 – Joe Mullen (3)
Dave Tippett (2) – 09:13Second period04:11 – Ron Francis (3)
No scoringThird period07:53 – Jaromir Jagr (3)
18:43 – Mark Recchi (6)
Don Beaupre 27 saves / 30 shotsGoalie statsTom Barrasso 33 saves / 34 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–1


Clarence Campbell Conference

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(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

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This was the ninth playoff series between these two teams, and the last one before the North Stars relocated to Dallas. St. Louis won five of the previous eight playoff series, including the most recent one in five games in the 1989 Norris Division Semifinals.


April 18Minnesota North Stars2–1St. Louis BluesSt. Louis ArenaRecap 
Dave Gagner (4) – pp – 01:46
Shane Churla (1) – 19:49		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period04:35 – Rich Sutter (3)
Jon Casey 31 saves / 32 shotsGoalie statsVincent Riendeau 25 saves / 27 shots
April 20Minnesota North Stars2–5St. Louis BluesSt. Louis ArenaRecap 
Stew Gavin (1) – 00:26
Brian Bellows (5) – 10:06		First period01:06 – Garth Butcher (1)
No scoringSecond period06:35 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (1)
No scoringThird period07:55 – Adam Oates (5)
13:41 – Jeff Brown (3)
19:41 – Rich Sutter (4)
Jon Casey 23 saves / 27 shotsGoalie statsVincent Riendeau 20 saves / 22 shots
April 22St. Louis Blues1–5Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
No scoringFirst period03:34 – Curt Giles (1)
05:29 – Stew Gavin (2)
07:52 – pp – Brian Bellows
10:48 – pp – Neil Wilkinson (2)
Dave Thomlinson (2) – 13:58Second period07:36 – pp – Brian Propp (4)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Pat Jablonski 17 saves / 18 shots
Vincent Riendeau 4 saves / 8 shots		Goalie statsJon Casey 29 saves / 30 shots
April 24St. Louis Blues4–8Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
Adam Oates (6) – pp – 14:06First period01:12 – Brian Bellows (7)
03:02 – Mike Modano (2)
08:53 – Mike Modano (3)
Brett Hull (9) – pp – 09:08Second period06:26 – pp – Brian Glynn (1)
10:13 – pp – Brian Propp (5)
10:38 – Dave Gagner (5)
14:53 – pp – Brian Bellows (8)
17:46 – pp – Brian Glynn (2)
Adam Oates (7) – pp – 00:13
Brett Hull (10) – pp – 02:16		Third periodNo scoring
Vincent Riendeau 14 saves / 19 shots
Pat Jablonski 9 saves / 12 shots		Goalie statsJon Casey 32 saves / 36 shots
April 26Minnesota North Stars2–4St. Louis BluesSt. Louis ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period01:46 – Rod Brind'Amour (2)
No scoringSecond period10:43 – pp – Paul Cavallini (2)
18:04 – Dan Quinn (4)
Brian Propp (6) – pp – 14:04
Mike Modano (4) – pp – 17:39		Third period09:03 – pp – Dave Thomlinson (3)
Jon Casey 25 saves / 29 shots
Brian Hayward 2 saves / 2 shots		Goalie statsVincent Riendeau 24 saves / 26 shots
April 28St. Louis Blues2–3Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Brett Hull (11) – 17:18
Garth Butcher (2) – 19:43		Third period00:19 – Chris Dahlquist (1)
03:50 – Bobby Smith (3)
18:56 – Bobby Smith (4)
Vincent Riendeau 29 saves / 31 shotsGoalie statsJon Casey 18 saves / 20 shots
Minnesota won series 4–2


(S1) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers

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This was the third straight and sixth overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won three of the previous five meetings, including last year's Smythe Division Finals in a four-game sweep.


April 18Edmonton Oilers3–4OTLos Angeles KingsGreat Western ForumRecap 
No scoringFirst period05:17 – Steve Kasper (3)
Martin Gelinas (1) – 11:30Second period07:08 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (3)
Mark Messier (3) – 00:20
Petr Klima (2) – 05:34		Third period12:07 – pp – Luc Robitaille (5)
No scoringFirst overtime period02:13 – Luc Robitaille (6)
Bill Ranford 34 saves / 38 shotsGoalie statsKelly Hrudey 29 saves / 32 shots
April 20Edmonton Oilers4–32OTLos Angeles KingsGreat Western ForumRecap 
Kevin Lowe (1) – 08:29
Martin Gelinas (2) – 17:54		First period00:13 – Todd Elik (1)
19:40 – Bob Kudelski (3)
Anatoli Semenov (2) – 11:18Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period06:32 – Luc Robitaille (7)
Petr Klima (3) – 04:48Second overtime periodNo scoring
Grant Fuhr 46 saves / 49 shotsGoalie statsKelly Hrudey 34 saves / 38 shots
April 22Los Angeles Kings3–42OTEdmonton OilersNorthlands ColiseumRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Luc Robitaille (8) – pp – 18:08Second period04:48 – Jeff Beukeboom (1)
John Tonelli (1) – pp – 05:38
John Tonelli (2) – 11:52		Third period11:16 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (8)
14:55 – Anatoli Semenov (3)
No scoringSecond overtime period00:48 – Esa Tikkanen (9)
Kelly Hrudey 35 saves / 39 shotsGoalie statsGrant Fuhr 27 saves / 30 shots
April 24Los Angeles Kings2–4Edmonton OilersNorthlands ColiseumRecap 
Larry Robinson (1) – 16:34First period12:07 – Charlie Huddy (2)
18:40 – pp – Joe Murphy (2)
19:23 – Martin Gelinas (3)
Steve Duchesne (4) – pp – 19:30Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period01:49 – Petr Klima (4)
Kelly Hrudey 26 saves / 30 shotsGoalie statsGrant Fuhr 26 saves / 28 shots
April 26Edmonton Oilers2–5Los Angeles KingsGreat Western ForumRecap 
Anatoli Semenov (4) – 10:01First period12:48 – sh – Steve Kasper (4)
15:08 – Luc Robitaille (9)
19:03 – pp – Luc Robitaille (10)
No scoringSecond period13:42 – Luc Robitaille (11)
Glenn Anderson (4) – pp – 05:04Third period15:04 – Todd Elik (2)
Grant Fuhr 17 saves / 22 shotsGoalie statsKelly Hrudey 23 saves / 25 shots
April 28Los Angeles Kings3–4OTEdmonton OilersNorthlands ColiseumRecap 
No scoringFirst period07:49 – Craig Simpson (3)
Tomas Sandstrom (4) – pp – 11:21
Luc Robitaille (12) – 14:34		Second period02:03 – Esa Tikkanen (10)
Mike Donnelly (5) – 04:27Third period12:38 – Esa Tikkanen (11)
No scoringFirst overtime period16:57 – Craig MacTavish (2)
Kelly Hrudey 34 saves / 38 shotsGoalie statsGrant Fuhr 26 saves / 29 shots
Bill Ranford 12 saves / 12 shots
Edmonton won series 4–2


Conference finals

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See also: NHL conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

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(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P1) Pittsburgh Penguins

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This was the third playoff series between these two teams. Boston won both previous series in consecutive years, with Boston winning the most recent series 3–2 in the 1980 Preliminary Round. Boston made their second consecutive and fourth overall Conference Finals appearance; they defeated the Washington Capitals the previous year in a four-game sweep. This was the first conference final for Pittsburgh since the playoffs went to a conference format starting in 1982. Pittsburgh last played a semifinal series in 1970 where they lost to the St. Louis Blues in six games. These teams split their three-game regular season series.


May 1Pittsburgh Penguins3–6Boston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
Joe Mullen (4) – 01:25
Kevin Stevens (8) – pp – 08:28		First period05:31 – pp – Craig Janney (2)
16:02 – Cam Neely (13)
No scoringSecond period03:23 – Bob Sweeney (4)
15:35 – Cam Neely (14)
Bob Errey (2) – 06:08Third period12:17 – Dave Christian (7)
16:02 – pp – Ray Bourque (5)
Tom Barrasso 17 saves / 23 shotsGoalie statsAndy Moog 31 saves / 34 shots
May 3Pittsburgh Penguins4–5OTBoston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
Kevin Stevens (9) – 05:36
Mario Lemieux (6) – 16:34		First period05:23 – pp – Cam Neely (15)
11:53 – pp – Glen Wesley (2)
No scoringSecond period00:38 – Ray Bourque (6)
Mark Recchi (7) – pp – 11:01
Mario Lemieux (7) – 13:00		Third period16:49 – pp – Craig Janney (3)
No scoringFirst overtime period08:14 – Vladimir Ruzicka (2)
Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 30 shotsGoalie statsAndy Moog 30 saves / 34 shots
May 5Boston Bruins1–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period13:31 – Kevin Stevens (10)
Ray Bourque (7) – 10:24Second period05:01 – Ron Francis (4)
10:40 – Grant Jennings (1)
13:11 – Mario Lemieux (8)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Andy Moog 17 saves / 21 shots
Rejean Lemelin 12 saves / 12 shots		Goalie statsTom Barrasso 27 saves / 28 shots
May 7Boston Bruins1–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period08:49 – Bob Errey (3)
No scoringSecond period12:08 – Joe Mullen (5)
Dave Christian (8) – 08:38Third period10:23 – Mario Lemieux (9)
17:22 – pp – Kevin Stevens (11)
Andy Moog 34 saves / 38 shotsGoalie statsTom Barrasso 29 saves / 30 shots
May 9Pittsburgh Penguins7–2Boston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
Kevin Stevens (12) – 07:55
Mario Lemieux (10) – pp – 12:04
Bryan Trottier (2) – 15:49		First period00:40 – Don Sweeney (2)
19:27 – pp – Craig Janney (4)
Kevin Stevens (13) – pp – 13:04
Paul Stanton (1) – 17:02		Second periodNo scoring
Larry Murphy (3) – pp – 01:08
Ulf Samuelsson (1) – 05:36		Third periodNo scoring
Tom Barrasso 34 saves / 36 shotsGoalie statsAndy Moog 20 saves / 27 shots
Rejean Lemelin 6 saves / 6 shots
May 11Boston Bruins3–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Cam Neely (16) – pp – 07:16
Ken Hodge Jr. (4) pp – 09:33		Second period11:45 – pp – Larry Murphy (4)
17:17 – Phil Bourque (4)
Don Sweeney (3) – 12:13Third period10:08 – Gordie Roberts (1)
15:40 – Mark Recchi (8)
19:32 – Mario Lemieux (11)
Andy Moog 23 saves / 27 shotsGoalie statsTom Barrasso 25 saves / 28 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–2


Clarence Campbell Conference final

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(S3) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

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This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1984 Campbell Conference Final. Edmonton made their second consecutive and seventh appearance in the Conference Finals; they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks the previous year in six games. Minnesota made their second Conference Finals appearance; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1984, when they were swept by the Oilers in four straight. Minnesota won this year's three-game regular season series earning five of six points. Minnesota's series victory was the first time since realignment in 1981 that the Clarence Campbell Conference was not represented by a Canadian or Smythe Division team in the Stanley Cup Finals, and the first time since 1982 it was not represented by an Albertan team.


May 2Minnesota North Stars3–1Edmonton OilersNorthlands ColiseumRecap 
Neal Broten (5) – 15:11First period02:15 – pp – Steve Smith (1)
Dave Gagner (6) – pp – 08:05Second periodNo scoring
Gaetan Duchesne (1) – 16:21Third periodNo scoring
Jon Casey 27 saves / 28 shotsGoalie statsGrant Fuhr 29 saves / 32 shots
May 4Minnesota North Stars2–7Edmonton OilersNorthlands ColiseumRecap 
Dave Gagner (7) – pp – 01:55First period06:14 – Petr Klima (5)
08:23 – pp – Petr Klima (6)
11:27 – Petr Klima (7)
19:27 – pp – Charlie Huddy (3)
Stew Gavin (3) – sh – 10:19Second period16:02 – Glenn Anderson (5)
17:12 – Anatoli Semenov (5)
No scoringThird period03:06 – Glenn Anderson (6)
Brian Hayward 18 saves / 21 shots
Jon Casey 7 saves / 11 shots		Goalie statsGrant Fuhr 19 saves / 21 shots
May 6Edmonton Oilers3–7Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
Kelly Buchberger (2) – 11:09First period04:00 – Mike Modano (5)
09:52 – pp – Brian Propp (7)
18:36 – Mark Tinordi (4)
Craig Simpson (4) – pp – 05:15
Craig Simpson (5) – 13:37		Second period10:41 – Bobby Smith (5)
17:25 – pp – Brian Bellows (9)
No scoringThird period03:23 – Brian Bellows (10)
18:45 – Shane Churla (2)
Bill Ranford 24 saves / 28 shots
Grant Fuhr 5 saves / 8 shots		Goalie statsJon Casey 26 saves / 29 shots
May 8Edmonton Oilers1–5Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
Craig MacTavish (3) – 08:40First period13:07 – Marc Bureau (1)
13:25 – Mike Modano (6)
No scoringSecond period01:03 – pp – Dave Gagner (8)
04:57 – Neil Wilkinson (3)
19:33 – pp – Neal Broten (6)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Grant Fuhr 21 saves / 26 shotsGoalie statsJon Casey 20 saves / 21 shots
May 10Minnesota North Stars3–2Edmonton OilersNorthlands ColiseumRecap 
Mark Tinordi (5) – pp – 02:06
Marc Bureau (2) – 12:23		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period10:33 – Esa Tikkanen (12)
Bobby Smith (6) – 04:59Third period04:18 – Mark Messier (4)
Jon Casey 19 saves / 21 shotsGoalie statsGrant Fuhr 30 saves / 33 shots
Minnesota won series 4–1


Stanley Cup Finals

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Main article: 1991 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.


May 15Minnesota North Stars5–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
Neal Broten (7) – 06:32
Ulf Dahlen (1) – 09:49		First period03:45 – Ulf Samuelsson (2)
Marc Bureau (3) – sh – 06:53
Neal Broten (8) – 17:01		Second period03:54 – sh – Mario Lemieux (12)
07:43 – pp – Scott Young (1)
Bobby Smith (7) – 01:39Third period10:35 – Joe Mullen (6)
Jon Casey 34 saves / 38 shotsGoalie statsTom Barrasso 24 saves / 29 shots
May 17Minnesota North Stars1–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period14:26 – sh – Bob Errey (4)
19:10 – pp – Kevin Stevens (14)
Mike Modano (7) – pp – 00:55Second period15:04 – Mario Lemieux (13)
16:32 – Kevin Stevens (15)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Jon Casey 27 saves / 31 shotsGoalie statsTom Barrasso 39 saves / 40 shots
May 19Pittsburgh Penguins1–3Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period07:21 – Dave Gagner (9)
07:54 – Bobby Smith (8)
Phil Bourque (5) – 01:23Third period02:09 – Gaetan Duchesne (2)
Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 33 shotsGoalie statsJon Casey 29 saves / 30 shots
May 21Pittsburgh Penguins5–3Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
Kevin Stevens (16) – 00:58
Ron Francis (5) – 02:36
Mario Lemieux (14) – 02:58		First period18:22 – Dave Gagner (10)
Bryan Trottier (3) – 09:55Second period13:10 – pp – Brian Propp (8)
18:25 – pp – Mike Modano (8)
Phil Bourque (6) – 19:45Third periodNo scoring
Tom Barrasso 35 saves / 38 shotsGoalie statsJon Casey 19 saves / 23 shots
May 23Minnesota North Stars4–6Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic ArenaRecap 
Neal Broten (9) – sh – 14:52First period05:36 – pp – Mario Lemieux (15)
10:08 – pp – Kevin Stevens (17)
11:45 – Mark Recchi (9)
13:41 – Mark Recchi (10)
Dave Gagner (11) – sh – 06:54Second period16:26 – Ron Francis (6)
Ulf Dahlen (2) – 01:36
Dave Gagner (12) – 07:42		Third period18:21 – Troy Loney (2)
Brian Hayward 16 saves / 18 shots
Jon Casey 9 saves / 13 shots		Goalie statsFrank Pietrangelo 15 saves / 18 shots
Tom Barrasso 6 saves / 7 shots
May 25Pittsburgh Penguins8–0Minnesota North StarsMet CenterRecap 
02:00 – pp – Ulf Samuelsson (3)
12:19 – sh – Mario Lemieux (16)
13:14 – pp – Joe Mullen (7)		First periodNo scoring
13:15 – Bob Errey (5)
14:28 – Ron Francis (7)
18:44 – Joe Mullen		Second periodNo scoring
01:29 – Jim Paek (1)
13:45 – pp – Larry Murphy (5)		Third periodNo scoring
Tom Barrasso 39 saves / 39 shotsGoalie statsJon Casey 13 saves / 17 shots
Brian Hayward 7 saves / 11 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–2


Playoff statistics

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Skaters

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These are the top ten skaters based on points.[2]

PlayerTeamGPGAPts+/–PIM
Mario LemieuxPittsburgh Penguins23162844+1416
Mark RecchiPittsburgh Penguins24102434+633
Kevin StevensPittsburgh Penguins24171633+1453
Brian BellowsMinnesota North Stars23101929-630
Dave GagnerMinnesota North Stars23121527-428
Ray BourqueBoston Bruins1971825-412
Brian ProppMinnesota North Stars2381523-428
Larry MurphyPittsburgh Penguins2351823+1744
Neal BrotenMinnesota North Stars2391322+26
Craig JanneyBoston Bruins1841822-411

Goaltenders

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This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[3]

PlayerTeamGPWLSAGAGAASV%SOTOI
Tom BarrassoPittsburgh Penguins20127629512.60.9191 1175:23
Kelly HrudeyLos Angeles Kings1266382372.78.9030 798:13
Don BeaupreWashington Capitals1155294292.79.9011 624:19
Chris TerreriNew Jersey Devils734216212.94.9030 428:06
Mike VernonCalgary Flames734204212.95.8970 427:28

See also

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Preceded by Stanley Cup Champions Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ Zeisberger, Mike (June 14, 2014). "NHL playoff highlights during this lengthy post-season". Toronto Sun. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  2. ^ NHL.com - Skater Stats
  3. ^ NHL.com - Goalie Stats
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