| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 7–May 16, 1982 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | New York Islanders |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New York Islanders |
| Runner-up | Vancouver Canucks |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Bryan Trottier (Islanders) (29 points) |
| MVP | Mike Bossy (Islanders) |
| ← 19811983 → | |
The 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 7, after the conclusion of the 1981–82 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 16 with the champion New York Islanders defeating the Vancouver Canucks 3–1 to win the final series four games to none and win the Stanley Cup. A new divisional-based playoff structure was adopted, replacing the previous format that seeded teams regardless of division or conference.
The first round of the 1982 playoffs saw three first-place teams (Edmonton, Minnesota, and Montreal) upset by fourth-place teams, a round which featured what is still the greatest comeback in NHL history: The Kings' 6–5 win over Edmonton in game three. After trailing 5–0 after two periods, the Kings scored five third period goals—three in the last 5:22, the final goal coming with only five seconds left in regulation. Los Angeles then scored on a face-off early in overtime, thus completing the "Miracle on Manchester".
The eventual champion New York Islanders nearly capitulated in the first round as well, losing games three and four of their first-round playoff series with Pittsburgh after crushing the Penguins in the first two games. In game five, the Islanders scored twice in the last five minutes to force overtime and then won the series on John Tonelli's goal 6:19 into the extra session. This served as a wake-up call for New York, who lost only two more games the rest of the way on their march to a third straight Stanley Cup. Their Finals opponents, the Vancouver Canucks, finished the regular season with only 77 points, defeating three teams beneath them in the standings (Calgary 75, Los Angeles 63, and Chicago 72) in the much weaker Campbell Conference. This remains the most recent time that the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs missed the playoffs in the same season.
Playoff seeds
The NHL adopted a new playoff format in which the four teams with the best regular-season records from each of the four divisions secured playoff berths.
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
Prince of Wales Conference
Adams Division
- Montreal Canadiens, Adams Division champions – 109 points
- Boston Bruins – 96 points
- Buffalo Sabres – 93 points
- Quebec Nordiques – 82 points
Patrick Division
- New York Islanders, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 118 points
- New York Rangers – 92 points
- Philadelphia Flyers – 87 points
- Pittsburgh Penguins – 75 points
Clarence Campbell Conference
Norris Division
- Minnesota North Stars, Norris Division champions – 94 points
- Winnipeg Jets – 80 points
- St. Louis Blues – 72 points (32 wins)
- Chicago Black Hawks – 72 points (30 wins)
Smythe Division
- Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 111 points
- Vancouver Canucks – 77 points
- Calgary Flames – 75 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 63 points
Playoff bracket
Under the new playoff format, the division semifinals saw the first-place club against the fourth-place team, while the other two teams played each other. The two winning teams from each division's semifinals then met in the division finals. The two division winners of each conference then played in the conference finals. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.
Home-ice advantage during the first two rounds was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record. For the conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals, it was decided that home-ice advantage would rotate between the divisions and conferences, respectively. Coin flips were conducted prior to the start of the regular season, awarding home-ice advantage in the conference finals to champions of the Patrick and Norris divisions, with the Adams and Smythe division champions receiving that advantage for the following season. Similarly, a puck flip determined that home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup Finals were granted to the Wales Conference champion this year, with the Campbell Conference champion receiving the advantage next season.
Each division semifinals series was competed in a best-of-five playoff following a 2–2–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each series), with the team with home ice advantage playing at home for games one and two (and game five, if necessary), and the other team playing at home for game three (and game four, if necessary). In the other three rounds, each series was competed in a best-of-seven playoff following a 2–2–1–1–1 format, with the team with home ice advantage playing at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team playing at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).
| Division semifinals | Division finals | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Montreal | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Quebec | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Quebec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Boston | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Boston | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Buffalo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Quebec | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prince of Wales Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| P1 | NY Islanders | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | NY Islanders | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| P4 | Pittsburgh | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | NY Islanders | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | NY Rangers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | NY Rangers | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Philadelphia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | NY Islanders | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Vancouver | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Minnesota | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Chicago | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Chicago | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | St. Louis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Winnipeg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | St. Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Chicago | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clarence Campbell Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Vancouver | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Los Angeles | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Los Angeles | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Vancouver | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Vancouver | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Calgary | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Division semifinals
Prince of Wales Conference
(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
Dale Hunter scored the game-winning overtime goal in the decisive Game 5 twenty-two seconds into the first OT to help the Nordiques eliminate the Canadiens.
| April 7 | Quebec Nordiques | 1–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:56 – Mario Tremblay (1) 13:32 – pp – Mark Napier (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:48 – Mario Tremblay (2) | ||||||
| Anton Stastny (1) – 10:55 | Third period | 07:31 – sh – Doug Jarvis (1) 08:03 – sh – Mark Napier (2) | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 36 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Rick Wamsley 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Quebec Nordiques | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Pat Hickey (1) – pp – 04:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alain Cote (1) – 09:43 | Second period | 00:26 – pp – Guy Lafleur (1) 07:20 – Chris Nilan (1) | ||||||
| Pierre Aubry (1) – 02:30 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 33 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Rick Wamsley 14 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–2 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 18:28 – pp – Dale Hunter (1) 19:40 – Dale Hunter (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Guy Lafleur (2) – pp – 19:34 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rick Wamsley 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 6–2 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Doug Risebrough (1) – 08:45 Pierre Mondou (1) – sh – 18:35 |
First period | 12:47 – pp – Michel Goulet (1) | ||||||
| Mario Tremblay (3) – 09:23 Pierre Mondou (2) – pp – 18:57 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Napier (3) – 03:58 Doug Risebrough (2) – 11:05 |
Third period | 12:32 – Jacques Richard (1) | ||||||
| Rick Wamsley 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 22 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Quebec Nordiques | 3–2 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| Wilf Paiement (1) – 04:40 Anton Stastny (2) – pp – 14:49 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:49 – Mario Tremblay (4) 12:14 – Robert Picard (1) | ||||||
| Dale Hunter (3) – 00:22 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 33 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Rick Wamsley 16 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| Quebec won series 3–2 | |
(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 7 | Buffalo Sabres | 1–3 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 19:44 – pp – Peter McNab (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:44 – Brad Park (1) | ||||||
| Yvon Lambert (1) – 08:20 | Third period | 09:48 – Mike O'Connell (1) | ||||||
| Don Edwards 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Moffat 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–7 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Dale McCourt (1) – 12:44 | First period | 15:49 – Rick Middleton (1) | ||||||
| Mike Ramsey (1) – 07:08 | Second period | 00:48 – pp – Barry Pederson (1) 01:40 – pp – Rick Middleton (2) 03:56 – Barry Pederson (2) 11:45 – Terry O'Reilly (1) 14:28 – Barry Pederson (3) | ||||||
| Yvon Lambert (2) – pp – 17:33 | Third period | 00:54 – Bruce Crowder (1) | ||||||
| Don Edwards 8 saves / 14 shots Paul Harrison 7 saves / 8 shots |
Goalie stats | Mike Moffat 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Boston Bruins | 2–5 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 09:02 – pp – Brent Peterson (1) | ||||||
| Steve Kasper (1) – 06:58 Steve Kasper (2) – pp – 17:02 |
Second period | 07:21 – Yvon Lambert (3) 13:01 – Craig Ramsay (1) 13:34 – pp – Mike Foligno (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:15 – pp – Dale McCourt (2) | ||||||
| Mike Moffat 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Don Edwards 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Boston Bruins | 5–2 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Peter McNab (2) – 04:32 | First period | 11:08 – pp – Mike Foligno (2) | ||||||
| Terry O'Reilly (2) – 10:11 Terry O'Reilly (3) – 11:59 Mike Gillis (1) – 12:26 Peter McNab (3) – 19:06 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:25 – pp – Ric Seiling (1) | ||||||
| Mike Moffat 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Don Edwards 26 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 3–1 | |
(P1) New York Islanders vs. (P4) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in seven games in the 1975 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals after falling behind 3–0 in the series.
John Tonelli scored the game-tying goal late in the third period and game-winning overtime goal in the decisive Game 5 to lift the Islanders over the Penguins.
| April 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–8 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Pat Boutette (1) – pp – 14:42 | First period | 05:52 – Mike Bossy (1) 06:44 – Clark Gillies (1) 18:56 – Bryan Trottier (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:52 – Clark Gillies (2) 13:32 – Bryan Trottier (2) 16:24 – Wayne Merrick (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:26 – pp – Stefan Persson (1) 18:02 – Brent Sutter (1) | ||||||
| Michel Dion 29 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–7 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:57 – pp – Mike Bossy (2) 15:25 – Wayne Merrick (2) 17:12 – Butch Goring (1) 17:53 – Brent Sutter (2) | ||||||
| Rick MacLeish (1) – 05:32 | Second period | 07:30 – Clark Gillies (3) 12:51 – John Tonelli (1) | ||||||
| Pat Boutette (2) – pp – 17:04 | Third period | 00:40 – Greg Gilbert (1) | ||||||
| Michel Dion 27 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 34 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | New York Islanders | 1–2 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| Mike McEwen (1) – 17:36 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:51 – Pat Boutette (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:14 – Rick Kehoe (1) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Michel Dion 38 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | New York Islanders | 2–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Clark Gillies (4) – pp – 04:16 | First period | 12:44 – Andre St. Laurent (1) 14:13 – pp – Paul Gardner (1) | ||||||
| Wayne Merrick (3) – 17:18 | Second period | 01:52 – Rick Kehoe (2) 16:20 – Andre St. Laurent (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:12 – Rod Schutt (1) | ||||||
| Roland Melanson 24 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Michel Dion 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–4 | OT | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin McClelland (1) – 11:01 Mike Bullard (1) – 16:10 Randy Carlyle (1) – 18:31 |
Second period | 10:18 – Bobby Nystrom (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:33 – pp – Mike McEwen (2) 17:39 – John Tonelli (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 06:19 – John Tonelli (3) | ||||||
| Michel Dion 43 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 18 saves / 21 shots Roland Melanson 0 saves / 0 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 3–2 | |
(P2) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Philadelphia Flyers
This was the fourth playoff series meeting between the two teams. Philadelphia won two of the previous three meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1980 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals in five games.
Game two saw New York's Mikko Leinonen set an NHL playoff record with six assists, a feat only matched by Wayne Gretzky.
| April 7 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–1 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Darryl Sittler (1) – pp – 06:31 Brian Propp (1) – 15:24 |
First period | 03:10 – Eddie Johnstone (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Darryl Sittler (2) – 02:30 Ray Allison (1) – pp – 05:17 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 35 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Mio 16 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–7 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Bobby Clarke (1) – 00:48 | First period | 01:57 – Carol Vadnais (1) 13:47 – pp – Ron Duguay (1) | ||||||
| Ray Allison (2) – pp – 13:08 | Second period | 06:17 – pp – Don Maloney (1) 11:26 – pp – Robbie Ftorek (1) 18:50 – Dave Silk (1) | ||||||
| Ken Linseman (1) – pp – 19:27 | Third period | 04:31 – Rob McClanahan (1) 17:03 – pp – Eddie Johnstone (2) | ||||||
| Pete Peeters 17 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Mio 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | New York Rangers | 4–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:51 – sh – Bobby Clarke (2) 06:24 – pp – Behn Wilson (1) 10:46 – Brian Propp (2) | ||||||
| Mike Rogers (1) – 5:44 Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – pp – 08:43 Don Maloney (2) – 19:06 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam Connor (1) – 18:51 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eddie Mio 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | New York Rangers | 7–5 | Philadelphia Flyers | Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Robbie Ftorek (2) – pp – 09:37 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andre Dore (1) – 02:09 Robbie Ftorek (3) – pp – 03:42 Ron Duguay (2) – 12:45 Mark Pavelich (1) – 17:17 |
Second period | 04:05 – Paul Holmgren (1) 16:14 – Bobby Clarke (3) | ||||||
| Dave Maloney (1) – pp – 01:25 Ron Duguay (3) – en – 19:53 |
Third period | 04:08 – pp – Bobby Clarke (4) 13:33 – Darryl Sittler (3) 16:19 – sh – Bill Barber (1) | ||||||
| Eddie Mio 38 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Pete Peeters 11 saves / 16 shots Rick St. Croix 7 saves / 8 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 3–1 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference
(N1) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N4) Chicago Black Hawks
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 7 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3–2 | OT | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Wilson (1) – sh – 07:05 | Second period | 04:18 – Tim Young (1) | ||||||
| Glen Sharpley (1) – 03:14 | Third period | 09:13 – Al McAdam (1) | ||||||
| Greg Fox (1) – 03:34 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 45 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Gilles Meloche 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5–3 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Lysiak (1) – pp – 03:17 Dave Feamster (1) – 04:01 |
Second period | 10:14 – pp – Steve Payne (1) 16:28 – Mark Johnson (1) | ||||||
| Al Secord (1) – pp – 07:46 Denis Savard (1) – 12:07 Tom Lysiak (2) – en – 19:42 |
Third period | 17:03 – Bobby Smith (1) | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 24 saves / 28 shots Gilles Meloche 0 saves / 0 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Minnesota North Stars | 7–1 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Bobby Smith (2) – 02:25 Dino Ciccarelli (1) – 10:22 Mark Johnson (2) – pp – 12:25 |
First period | 12:51 – Glen Sharpley (2) | ||||||
| Steve Payne (2) – 01:39 Steve Payne (3) – pp – 05:01 Dino Ciccarelli (2) – pp – 09:20 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dino Ciccarelli (3) – pp – 01:30 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gilles Meloche 38 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Murray Bannerman 21 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Minnesota North Stars | 2–5 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:35 – Rich Preston (1) 07:28 – Grant Mulvey (1) | ||||||
| Craig Hartsburg (1) – 06:58 Steve Payne (4) – 12:43 |
Second period | 16:15 – pp – Al Secord (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:40 – Tim Higgins (1) 19:49 – en – Glen Sharpley (3) | ||||||
| Gilles Meloche 22 saves / 26 shots Don Beaupre 0 saves / 0 shots |
Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 3–1 | |
(N2) Winnipeg Jets vs. (N3) St. Louis Blues
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 7 | St. Louis Blues | 4–3 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| Perry Turnbull (1) – 19:51 | First period | 01:20 – Willy Lindstrom (1) 15:20 – Dale Hawerchuk (1) | ||||||
| Perry Turnbull (2) – 06:07 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Sutter (1) – 15:17 Guy Lapointe (1) – pp – 18:02 |
Third period | 15:03 – Willy Lindstrom (2) | ||||||
| Mike Liut 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Staniowski 13 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | St. Louis Blues | 2–5 | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Arena | Recap | |||
| Brian Sutter (2) – 08:05 | First period | 15:35 – pp – Paul MacLean (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:23 – pp – Dave Babych (1) 10:07 – pp – Paul MacLean (2) 11:07 – Lucien DeBlois (1) 15:37 – pp – Norm Dupont (1) | ||||||
| Brian Sutter (3) – 15:15 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Liut 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Doug Soetaert 33 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Winnipeg Jets | 3–6 | St. Louis Blues | Checkerdome | Recap | |||
| Bengt Lundholm (1) – 01:39 | First period | 07:36 – Brian Sutter (4) 14:24 – Joe Mullen (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:10 – Blake Dunlop (1) 09:32 – Mike Crombeen (1) 19:35 – Brian Sutter (5) | ||||||
| Moe Mantha (1) – 06:08 Paul MacLean (3) – 11:56 |
Third period | 01:54 – Joe Mullen (2) | ||||||
| Doug Soetaert 21 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Winnipeg Jets | 2–8 | St. Louis Blues | Checkerdome | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:36 – pp – Perry Turnbull (3) 06:17 – Larry Patey (1) 07:18 – Brian Sutter (6) 16:01 – Brian Sutter (7) | ||||||
| Lucien DeBlois (2) – 12:32 | Second period | 07:44 – Blake Dunlop (2) 17:07 – Ed Kea (1) 18:37 – Bernie Federko (1) | ||||||
| Norm Dupont (2) – pp – 06:36 | Third period | 08:17 – Joe Mullen (3) | ||||||
| Ed Staniowski 17 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 39 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| St. Louis won series 3–1 | |
(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams. Game Three is known as "The Miracle on Manchester" as the Kings scored five goals to force overtime and ultimately winning the game in OT.
| April 7 | Los Angeles Kings | 10–8 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Steve Bozek (1) – pp – 06:00 Jim Fox (1) – 14:09 Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 19:53 |
First period | 01:35 – Glenn Anderson (1) 06:16 – Tom Roulston (1) 06:36 – Risto Siltanen (1) 09:02 – Risto Siltanen (2) | ||||||
| Doug Smith (1) – 03:11 Marcel Dionne (1) – pp – 09:17 Marcel Dionne (2) – pp – 14:17 Daryl Evans (1) – 15:00 Daryl Evans (2) – 19:36 |
Second period | 13:30 – sh – Charlie Huddy (1) 17:22 – Dave Lumley (1) | ||||||
| Charlie Simmer (1) – 14:56 Bernie Nicholls (1) – en – 19:08 |
Third period | 10:20 – Wayne Gretzky (1) 12:20 – Matti Hagman (1) | ||||||
| Mario Lessard 25 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 25 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Los Angeles Kings | 2–3 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 01:55 – Pat Hughes (1) | ||||||
| Bernie Nicholls (2) – 05:33 Daryl Evans (3) – 13:07 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:06 – Jari Kurri (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 06:20 – Wayne Gretzky (2) | ||||||
| Mario Lessard 43 saves / 46 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 33 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Edmonton Oilers | 5–6 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | The Forum | Recap | ||
| Mark Messier (1) – 10:39 Wayne Gretzky (3) – sh – 19:23 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lee Fogolin (1) – sh – 00:43 Risto Siltanen (3) – 05:15 Wayne Gretzky (4) – pp – 14:02 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:46 – Jay Wells (1) 05:58 – pp – Doug Smith (2) 14:38 – Charlie Simmer (2) 15:59 – Mark Hardy (1) 19:55 – pp – Steve Bozek (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:35 – Daryl Evans (4) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 46 saves / 52 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Lessard 31 saves / 36 shots Doug Keans 0 saves / 0 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–2 | Los Angeles Kings | The Forum | Recap | |||
| Jari Kurri (2) – 10:18 | First period | 05:27 – pp – Marcel Dionne (3) | ||||||
| Pat Hughes (2) – 11:40 Glenn Anderson (2) – 14:44 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:44 – Mike Murphy (1) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Lessard 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Los Angeles Kings | 7–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Charlie Simmer (3) – 03:22 Charlie Simmer (4) – 06:20 Daryl Evans (5) – pp – 15:53 |
First period | 07:59 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (5) 19:26 – pp – Paul Coffey (1) | ||||||
| Marcel Dionne (4) – 01:09 Bernie Nicholls (3) – pp – 06:49 Dan Bonar (1) – 15:15 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Bonar (2) – 03:06 | Third period | 05:51 – Garry Unger (1) 14:24 – Dave Lumley (2) | ||||||
| Mario Lessard 40 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Los Angeles won series 3–2 | |
(S2) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S3) Calgary Flames
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 7 | Calgary Flames | 3–5 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Mel Bridgman (1) – 13:07 | First period | 00:08 – Stan Smyl (1) 10:29 – pp – Ivan Boldirev (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Willi Plett (1) – pp – 08:08 Mel Bridgman (2) – 12:47 |
Third period | 03:06 – Lars Lindgren (1) 07:09 – Lars Molin (1) 13:58 – Gary Lupul (1) | ||||||
| Pat Riggin 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Calgary Flames | 1–2 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Houston (1) – 07:49 | Second period | 18:00 – Marc Crawford (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 14:20 – Dave Williams (1) | ||||||
| Pat Riggin 38 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 39 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–1 | Calgary Flames | Stampede Corral | Recap | |||
| Thomas Gradin (1) – pp – 16:14 | First period | 13:14 – pp – Jim Peplinski (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Williams (2) – 08:17 Thomas Gradin (2) – 17:59 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 42 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Pat Riggin 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| Vancouver won series 3–0 | |
Division finals
Prince of Wales Conference
(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 15 | Quebec Nordiques | 3–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Michel Goulet (2) – 04:12 Real Cloutier (1) – 11:24 |
First period | 05:18 – Barry Pederson (4) 07:29 – Dave Barr (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Real Cloutier (2) – 08:10 | Third period | 10:50 – Steve Kasper (3) 19:05 – Ray Bourque (1) | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Moffat 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Quebec Nordiques | 4–8 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Wilf Paiement (2) – 00:29 Mario Marois (1) – 16:24 |
First period | 08:10 – Keith Crowder (1) 14:34 – Rick Middleton (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:37 – Barry Pederson (5) 05:36 – Tom Fergus (1) 13:37 – Barry Pederson (6) | ||||||
| Marian Stastny (1) – 18:39 Michel Goulet (3) – 19:36 |
Third period | 02:34 – Bruce Crowder (2) 03:45 – Terry O'Reilly (4) 19:51 – Bruce Crowder (3) | ||||||
| John Garrett 32 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Moffat 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | OT | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Mike O'Connell (2) – 09:26 | First period | 19:13 – Anton Stastny (3) | ||||||
| Rick Middleton (4) – 04:15 | Second period | 14:53 – pp – Real Cloutier (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 11:44 – Wilf Paiement (3) | ||||||
| Mike Moffat 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | John Garrett 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Boston Bruins | 2–7 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:10 – Marian Stastny (2) 08:44 – Wilf Paiement (4) | ||||||
| Bruce Crowder (4) – pp – 11:55 | Second period | 02:16 – Real Cloutier (4) 08:53 – pp – Michel Goulet (4) 10:51 – sh – Michel Goulet (5) 18:49 – Anton Stastny (4) | ||||||
| Tom Fergus (2) – pp – 17:01 | Third period | 02:30 – pp – Peter Stastny (1) | ||||||
| Mike Moffat 20 saves / 26 shots Rogie Vachon 2 saves / 3 shots |
Goalie stats | John Garrett 33 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Quebec Nordiques | 4–3 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Marian Stastny (3) – pp – 02:08 Peter Stastny (2) – 06:47 |
First period | 06:18 – pp – Tom Fergus (3) | ||||||
| Real Cloutier (5) – 16:55 | Second period | 08:57 – pp – Rick Middleton (5) | ||||||
| Peter Stastny (3) – 03:02 | Third period | 05:46 – Rick Middleton (6) | ||||||
| John Garrett 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Moffat 13 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Boston Bruins | 6–5 | OT | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Keith Crowder (2) – 04:18 Terry O'Reilly (5) – 05:16 Peter McNab (4) – pp – 08:44 |
First period | 09:54 – pp – Peter Stastny (4) | ||||||
| Barry Pederson (7) – 07:50 Bruce Crowder (5) – 09:42 |
Second period | 01:47 – Real Cloutier (6) 16:01 – Wilf Paiement (5) 17:41 – Real Cloutier (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:06 – Michel Goulet (6) | ||||||
| Peter McNab (5) – 10:54 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Moffat 23 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | John Garrett 24 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Quebec Nordiques | 2–1 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michel Goulet (7) – pp – 09:56 | Second period | 13:35 – Peter McNab (6) | ||||||
| Dave Pichette (1) – pp – 09:39 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Moffat 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| Quebec won series 4–3 | |
(P1) New York Islanders vs. (P2) New York Rangers
This was fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won two of the previous three meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Semifinals, in which the Islanders won in a four-game sweep.
| April 15 | New York Rangers | 5–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Ron Duguay (4) – 03:19 Cam Connor (2) – 07:13 Rob McClanahan (2) – 17:28 |
First period | 04:04 – Dave Langevin (1) 11:43 – Mike Bossy (3) 16:51 – Bobby Nystrom (2) | ||||||
| Robbie Ftorek (4) – 14:56 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) – 18:02 | Third period | 15:44 – John Tonelli (4) | ||||||
| Steve Weeks 28 saves / 29 shots Eddie Mio 7 saves / 10 shots |
Goalie stats | Billy Smith 24 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | New York Rangers | 2–7 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:34 – pp – Denis Potvin (1) 11:03 – sh – Billy Carroll (1) 16:29 – Duane Sutter (1) | ||||||
| Robbie Ftorek (5) – pp – 17:32 | Second period | 10:21 – Duane Sutter (2) 13:05 – Mike Bossy (4) | ||||||
| Mikko Leinonen (1) – 17:41 | Third period | 04:48 – Bryan Trottier (3) 12:09 – pp – Mike McEwen (3) | ||||||
| Steve Weeks 19 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | New York Islanders | 4–3 | OT | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | ||
| Mike Bossy (5) – 12:12 | First period | 14:06 – Robbie Ftorek (6) | ||||||
| Bob Bourne (1) – pp – 07:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Bourne (2) – 08:26 | Third period | 00:19 – Reijo Ruotsalainen (3) 03:19 – Mike Allison (1) | ||||||
| Bryan Trottier (4) – 03:00 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Mio 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | New York Islanders | 5–3 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Mike Bossy (6) – 10:21 | First period | 13:38 – Ron Duguay (5) | ||||||
| Denis Potvin (2) – 05:37 Clark Gillies (5) – pp – 13:08 |
Second period | 04:31 – pp – Don Maloney (3) | ||||||
| Duane Sutter (3) – 12:27 Butch Goring (2) – en – 19:25 |
Third period | 06:19 – Cam Connor (3) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | John Davidson 12 saves / 15 shots Steve Weeks 7 saves / 8 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | New York Rangers | 4–2 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Don Maloney (4) – 08:47 | First period | 18:09 – pp – John Tonelli (5) | ||||||
| Don Maloney (5) – 00:39 Dave Silk (2) – 03:24 |
Second period | 13:14 – sh – Bob Bourne (3) | ||||||
| Cam Connor (4) – pp – 01:31 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eddie Mio 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 23 saves / 27 shots Roland Melanson 0 saves / 0 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | New York Islanders | 5–3 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Butch Goring (3) – 11:01 | First period | 13:13 – pp – Reijo Ruotsalainen (4) | ||||||
| Butch Goring (4) – 00:33 Bob Bourne (4) – 18:17 |
Second period | 11:34 – pp – Barry Beck (1) | ||||||
| Dave Langevin (2) – 13:52 Bob Bourne (5) – en – 19:28 |
Third period | 05:46 – Robbie Ftorek (7) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Mio 25 saves / 29 shots Steve Weeks 0 saves / 0 shots | ||||||
| New York Islanders won series 4–2 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference
(N3) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Chicago Black Hawks
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won both previous meetings, including their most recent meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1980 Preliminary Round.
| April 15 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5–4 | St. Louis Blues | Checkerdome | Recap | |||
| Tim Higgins (2) – 01:47 Dave Hutchison (1) – 08:08 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:49 – Ralph Klassen (1) 07:14 – Wayne Babych (1) 11:54 – Mike Crombeen (2) | ||||||
| Denis Savard (2) – 00:19 Tom Lysiak (3) – 02:39 Doug Wilson (2) – 14:44 |
Third period | 12:57 – Joe Mullen (4) | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 31 saves / 34 shots Tony Esposito 5 saves / 6 shots |
Goalie stats | Mike Liut 23 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1–3 | St. Louis Blues | Checkerdome | Recap | |||
| Tom Lysiak (4) – pp – 04:46 | First period | 09:10 – pp – Bernie Federko (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:58 – Wayne Babych (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:57 – Joe Mullen (5) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | St. Louis Blues | 5–6 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Wayne Babych (3) – 11:59 | First period | 01:21 – Bob Murray (1) 02:44 – pp – Tom Lysiak (5) 03:01 – Tim Higgins () | ||||||
| Joe Mullen (6) – 14:03 | Second period | 01:09 – sh – Rick Paterson (1) 12:39 – pp – Denis Savard (3) | ||||||
| Joe Mullen (7) – pp – 17:41 Brian Sutter (8) – 17:56 Mike Zuke (1) – 19:57 |
Third period | 12:26 – Bill Gardner (1) | ||||||
| Glen Hanlon 27 saves / 30 shots Mike Liut 0 saves / 3 shots |
Goalie stats | Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | St. Louis Blues | 4–7 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Mike Crombeen (3) – 05:53 | First period | 09:05 – pp – Denis Savard (4) 12:54 – pp – Denis Savard (5) | ||||||
| Larry Patey (2) – sh – 00:27 Ralph Klassen (2) – 04:25 Perry Anderson (1) – 07:51 |
Second period | 12:04 – Rick Paterson (2) 17:18 – Troy Murray (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:23 – Ted Bulley (1) 11:24 – Denis Savard (6) 17:59 – Ted Bulley (2) | ||||||
| Glen Hanlon 22 saves / 28 shots Mike Liut 1 save / 2 shots |
Goalie stats | Murray Bannerman 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2–3 | OT | St. Louis Blues | Checkerdome | Recap | ||
| Denis Savard (7) – 09:11 | First period | 05:51 – pp – Perry Anderson (2) | ||||||
| Grant Mulvey (2) – 04:08 | Second period | 02:29 – pp – Jorgen Pettersson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 03:28 – Bernie Federko (3) | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Liut 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | St. Louis Blues | 0–2 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:18 – Denis Savard (8) 16:55 – Rich Preston (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Liut 25 saves / 27 shots Glen Hanlon 0 saves / 0 shots |
Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 31 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Chicago won series 4–2 | |
(S2) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 15 | Los Angeles Kings | 2–3 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Steve Bozek (3) – 16:51 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Larry Murphy (1) – 12:30 | Second period | 12:05 – pp – Ivan Hlinka (1) 15:38 – pp – Ivan Hlinka (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:00 – Gary Lupul (2) | ||||||
| Mario Lessard 36 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–2 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 06:10 – Darcy Rota (1) | ||||||
| Dave Taylor (2) – 00:50 Marcel Dionne (5) – 10:02 |
Second period | 11:24 – Stan Smyl (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Bozek (4) – 04:33 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mario Lessard 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–3 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | The Forum | Recap | ||
| Colin Campbell (1) – 18:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Thomas Gradin (3) – 19:15 | Second period | 03:14 – pp – John-Paul Kelly (1) 13:08 – pp – Dave Taylor (3) | ||||||
| Stan Smyl (3) – 14:12 | Third period | 10:03 – Marcel Dionne (6) | ||||||
| Colin Campbell (2) – 01:23 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 41 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Lessard 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Vancouver Canucks | 5–4 | Los Angeles Kings | The Forum | Recap | |||
| Ivan Boldirev (2) – 08:08 | First period | 15:23 – pp – Marcel Dionne (7) | ||||||
| Curt Fraser (1) – 00:31 Dave Williams (3) – 06:19 Darcy Rota (2) – pp – 08:02 |
Second period | 09:05 – Mike Murphy (2) 11:08 – pp – Dave Taylor (4) | ||||||
| Ivan Boldirev (3) – 01:41 | Third period | 13:40 – Doug Smith (3) | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Mario Lessard 6 saves / 10 shots Doug Keans 4 saves / 5 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Los Angeles Kings | 2–5 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Bernie Nicholls (4) – 01:30 | First period | 08:15 – James Nill (1) 18:04 – Doug Halward (1) | ||||||
| Larry Murphy (2) – pp – 19:23 | Second period | 03:50 – Darcy Rota (3) 19:49 – Darcy Rota (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:25 – Curt Fraser (2) | ||||||
| Mario Lessard 27 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Vancouver won series 4–1 | |
Conference finals
See also: NHL conference finalsPrince of Wales Conference final
(P1) New York Islanders vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
| April 27 | Quebec Nordiques | 1–4 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:29 – pp – Bryan Trottier (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:15 – pp – Butch Goring (5) | ||||||
| Peter Stastny (5) – pp – 07:02 | Third period | 13:46 – Denis Potvin (3) 15:14 – Wayne Merrick (4) | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 27 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Quebec Nordiques | 2–5 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Marc Tardif (1) – 11:04 | First period | 07:46 – Wayne Merrick (5) | ||||||
| Peter Stastny (6) – 14:17 | Second period | 01:33 – Mike Bossy (7) 17:56 – pp – Mike Bossy (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:46 – Bob Bourne (6) 08:59 – Bobby Nystrom (3) | ||||||
| Dan Bouchard 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 35 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | New York Islanders | 5–4 | OT | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Mike Bossy (9) – pp – 07:10 Bob Bourne (7) – pp – 11:43 |
First period | 01:10 – Basil McRae (1) 08:02 – pp – Peter Stastny (7) | ||||||
| Anders Kallur (1) – sh – 19:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Bossy (10) – 10:48 | Third period | 06:53 – pp – Anton Stastny (5) 14:39 – pp – Wilf Paiement (6) | ||||||
| Wayne Merrick (6) – 16:52 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 33 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | New York Islanders | 4–2 | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Bob Bourne (8) – 02:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Tonelli (6) – 01:09 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Clark Gillies (6) – pp – 15:35 Duane Sutter (4) – en – 19:58 |
Third period | 16:09 – Dave Pichette (2) 16:46 – Michel Goulet (8) | ||||||
| Billy Smith 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Bouchard 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–0 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference final
(N4) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (S2) Vancouver Canucks
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.
Canucks Coach Roger Neilson was tossed out of game 2 for holding up a white towel on a hockey stick as a form of protest. He was ejected from the game along with two players but the protest began the Canucks Towel Power tradition that still exists to this day and has since been copied by other teams.
| April 27 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–1 | 2OT | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | ||
| Thomas Gradin (4) – 08:02 | First period | 10:11 – Terry Ruskowski (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| James Nill (2) – 08:58 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 46 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 39 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–4 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 18:28 – Glen Sharpley (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:35 – Dave Feamster (2) | ||||||
| Stan Smyl (4) – 01:01 | Third period | 04:42 – Denis Savard (9) 16:23 – pp – Denis Savard (10) | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3–4 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Glen Sharpley (5) – 10:18 Doug Wilson (3) – 15:57 |
First period | 11:31 – pp – Thomas Gradin (5) 14:54 – pp – Neil Belland (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:03 – Curt Fraser (3) | ||||||
| Rick Paterson (3) – 03:14 | Third period | 02:05 – Stan Smyl (5) | ||||||
| Murray Bannerman 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3–5 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:06 – pp – Darcy Rota (5) | ||||||
| Glen Sharpley (6) – 16:19 | Second period | 04:16 – pp – Ivan Boldirev (4) 14:08 – Ivan Boldirev (5) | ||||||
| Denis Savard (11) – pp – 02:33 Grant Mulvey (3) – 16:10 |
Third period | 04:48 – Doug Halward (2) 05:51 – Thomas Gradin (6) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Vancouver Canucks | 6–2 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| James Nill (3) – pp – 02:40 Stan Smyl (6) – 03:48 Lars Molin (2) – 15:35 |
First period | 05:09 – Tom Lysiak (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Darcy Rota (6) – 05:14 Stan Smyl (7) – 11:20 Ivan Boldirev (6) – 16:17 |
Third period | 02:38 – pp – Grant Mulvey (4) | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 36 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 14 saves / 17 shots Murray Bannerman 8 saves / 11 shots | ||||||
| Vancouver won series 4–1 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
Main article: 1982 Stanley Cup FinalsThis was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in a two-game sweep in the 1976 Preliminary Round.
In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Cinderella run of the Vancouver Canucks came to an end with a four-game sweep by the Islanders, winning their third consecutive Stanley Cup.
| May 8 | Vancouver Canucks | 5–6 | OT | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Thomas Gradin (7) – 01:29 Thomas Gradin (8) – pp – 17:40 |
First period | 11:35 – pp – Clark Gillies (7) 15:52 – Mike Bossy (11) 19:51 – pp – Denis Potvin (4) | ||||||
| Stan Smyl (8) – pp – 05:06 Ivan Boldirev (7) – 09:27 |
Second period | 03:15 – pp – Denis Potvin (5) | ||||||
| James Nill (4) – 13:06 | Third period | 15:14 – Mike Bossy (12) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 19:58 – Mike Bossy (13) | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 30 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 30 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–6 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:55 – sh – Billy Carroll (2) | ||||||
| Thomas Gradin (9) – pp – 08:28 Ivan Boldirev (8) – pp – 13:12 Lars Lindgren (2) – 19:42 |
Second period | 17:06 – pp – Mike Bossy (14) | ||||||
| Gerry Minor (1) – 02:27 | Third period | 00:32 – pp – Bob Bourne (9) 01:19 – Duane Sutter (5) 07:18 – pp – Bryan Trottier (6) 14:10 – Bobby Nystrom (4) | ||||||
| Richard Brodeur 30 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Smith 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | New York Islanders | 3–0 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Clark Gillies (8) – 02:56 Mike Bossy (15) – 12:30 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bobby Nystrom (5) – en – 18:40 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 23 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 16 | New York Islanders | 3–1 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Butch Goring (6) – 11:38 | First period | 18:09 – Stan Smyl (9) | ||||||
| Mike Bossy (16) – pp – 05:00 Mike Bossy (17) – pp – 08:00 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Smith 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Brodeur 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–0 | |
Player statistics
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Trottier | New York Islanders | 19 | 6 | 23 | 29 | +9 | 40 |
| Mike Bossy | New York Islanders | 19 | 17 | 10 | 27 | +7 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | New York Islanders | 19 | 5 | 16 | 21 | +9 | 30 |
| Thomas Gradin | Vancouver Canucks | 17 | 9 | 10 | 19 | +8 | 10 |
| Denis Savard | Chicago Black Hawks | 15 | 11 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 52 |
| Stan Smyl | Vancouver Canucks | 17 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +4 | 25 |
| Peter Stastny | Quebec Nordiques | 12 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +1 | 10 |
| Barry Pederson | Boston Bruins | 11 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +5 | 22 |
| Joe Mullen | St. Louis Blues | 10 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +7 | 4 |
| Bernie Federko | St. Louis Blues | 10 | 3 | 15 | 18 | +8 | 10 |
Goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Smith | New York Islanders | 18 | 15 | 3 | 498 | 47 | 2.51 | .906 | 1 | 1125:15 |
| Richard Brodeur | Vancouver Canucks | 17 | 11 | 6 | 594 | 49 | 2.71 | .917 | 0 | 1086:28 |
| Mike Liut | St. Louis Blues | 10 | 5 | 3 | 251 | 27 | 3.29 | .892 | 0 | 492:58 |
| Dan Bouchard | Quebec Nordiques | 11 | 4 | 7 | 359 | 38 | 3.37 | .894 | 0 | 676:16 |
| Mike Moffat | Boston Bruins | 11 | 6 | 5 | 290 | 38 | 3.45 | .869 | 0 | 661:46 |
See also
References
- "Wales at Home". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. Canadian Press. September 17, 1981. p. B4. Retrieved April 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- NHL.com - Skater Stats
- NHL.com - Goalie Stats
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Total Sports Canada. ISBN 1-892129-07-8.
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