| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 3 – May 25, 1991 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Edmonton Oilers |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Runner-up | Minnesota North Stars |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Mario Lemieux (Penguins) (44 points) |
| MVP | Mario Lemieux (Penguins) |
| ← 19901992 → | |
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.
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.
Playoff seeds
The top four teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, as follows:
Prince of Wales Conference
Adams Division
- Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 100 points
- Montreal Canadiens – 89 points
- Buffalo Sabres – 81 points
- Hartford Whalers – 73 points
Patrick Division
- Pittsburgh Penguins, Patrick Division champions – 88 points
- New York Rangers – 85 points
- Washington Capitals – 81 points
- New Jersey Devils – 79 points
Clarence Campbell Conference
Norris Division
- Chicago Blackhawks, Norris Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 106 points
- St. Louis Blues – 105 points
- Detroit Red Wings – 76 points
- Minnesota North Stars – 68 points
Smythe Division
- Los Angeles Kings, Smythe Division champions – 102 points
- Calgary Flames – 100 points
- Edmonton Oilers – 80 points
- Vancouver Canucks – 65 points
Playoff bracket
In the division semifinals, the fourth seeded team in each division played against the division winner from their division. The other series matched the second and third place teams from the divisions. 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.
In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). Home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record, and played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary); the other team then played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).
| Division semifinals | Division finals | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Hartford | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Montreal | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Montreal | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Buffalo | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prince of Wales Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P4 | New Jersey | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Washington | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | NY Rangers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Washington | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Minnesota | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Chicago | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | St. Louis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | St. Louis | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Detroit | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clarence Campbell Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Edmonton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Los Angeles | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Vancouver | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Los Angeles | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Edmonton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Calgary | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Edmonton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Division semifinals
Prince of Wales Conference
(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers
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 3 | Hartford Whalers | 5–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Pat Verbeek (1) – pp – 14:11 | First period | 00:23 – Jeff Lazaro (1) | ||||||
| Kevin Dineen (1) – 02:18 Rob Brown (1) – pp – 09:37 |
Second period | 14:45 – pp – Petri Skriko (1) | ||||||
| John Cullen (1) – 15:49 Paul Cyr (1) – 16:17 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Sidorkiewicz 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 19 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Hartford Whalers | 3–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Mark Hunter (1) – 05:08 Pat Verbeek (2) – pp – 18:55 |
First period | 00:13 – Petri Skriko (2) | ||||||
| Randy Ladouceur (1) – 18:12 | Second period | 09:22 – pp – Cam Neely (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:39 – Cam Neely (2) 16:38 – Cam Neely (3) | ||||||
| Peter Sidorkiewicz 36 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Boston Bruins | 6–3 | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Ray Bourque (1) – pp – 11:07 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glen Wesley (1) – pp – 10:38 | Second period | 06:19 – 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 period | 01:59 – Pat Verbeek (3) 15:21 – sh – Terry Yake (1) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Sidorkiewicz 17 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Dave Christian (2) – 15:30 Petri Skriko (3) – pp – 16:57 |
First period | 02:40 – John Cullen (2) 03:39 – pp – Mark Hunter (3) 12:15 – pp – Mark Hunter (4) 15:55 – Zarley Zalapski (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Hodge Jr. (1) – 14:28 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andy Moog 30 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Sidorkiewicz 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Hartford Whalers | 1–6 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brad Shaw (1) – 07:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:20 – 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 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Boston Bruins | 3–1 | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Nevin Markwart (1) – 03:17 Bob Sweeney (2) – 08:50 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Christian (4) – 02:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:01 – Mark Hunter (5) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Sidorkiewicz 13 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 4–2 | |
(A2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres
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 3 | Buffalo Sabres | 5–7 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Benoit Hogue (1) – 01:48 Grant Ledyard (1) – 02:12 |
First period | 10:35 – Sylvain Lefebvre (1) 17:14 – pp – Russ Courtnall (1) 18:07 – pp – Mathieu Schneider (1) 18:33 – Russ Courtnall (2) | ||||||
| Pierre Turgeon (1) – pp – 09:23 | Second period | 02:06 – Stephane Richer (1) 17:25 – Brent Gilchrist (1) | ||||||
| Rick Vaive (1) – pp – 05:030 Kevin Haller (1) – 10:22 |
Third period | 02:14 – pp – Denis Savard (1) | ||||||
| Darcy Wakaluk 20 saves / 22 shots Daren Puppa 10 saves / 15 shots |
Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 24 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Buffalo Sabres | 4–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Uwe Krupp (1) – pp – 02:050 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pierre Turgeon (2) – 13:44 | Second period | 05:09 – Brent Gilchrist (2) 07:36 – pp – Mike McPhee (1) | ||||||
| Dale Hawerchuk (1) – 02:06 Darrin Shannon (1) – 04:52 |
Third period | 00:36 – 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 stats | Patrick Roy 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–5 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Shayne Corson (1) – pp – 04:07 Brent Gilchrist (3) – 09:56 Russ Courtnall (4) – pp – 11:47 |
First period | 02:20 – Tony Tanti (1) 05:38 – sh – Christian Ruuttu (1) | ||||||
| Brent Gilchrist (4) – 17:58 | Second period | 04:20 – Benoit Hogue (2) 11:14 – Grant Ledyard (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:38 – Mike Ramsey (1) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Clint Malarchuk 18 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–6 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Eric Desjardins (1) – pp – 05:23 Stephane Richer (3) – 05:31 |
First period | 05:59 – Benoit Hogue (3) 08:01 – Dave Andreychuk (1) 12:30 – Pierre Turgeon (3) | ||||||
| Shayne Corson (2) – 04:10 Stephane Richer (4) – 14:40 |
Second period | 00:16 – pp – Tony Tanti (2) 01:44 – Rob Ray (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:18 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 26 saves / 30 shots Andre Racicot 11 saves / 13 shots |
Goalie stats | Clint Malarchuk 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Buffalo Sabres | 3–4 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| Lou Franceschetti (1) – 08:12 | First period | 02:14 – Mike Keane (1) 06:42 – Brian Skrudland (1) | ||||||
| Grant Ledyard (3) – 04:54 | Second period | 09:49 – Mike Keane (2) | ||||||
| Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 16:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 05:56 – Russ Courtnall (5) | ||||||
| Clint Malarchuk 24 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–1 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brent Gilchrist (5) – 03:06 Shayne Corson (3) – sh – 14:15 Shayne Corson (4) – pp – 15:35 |
Second period | 12:58 – sh – Dave Snuggerud (1) | ||||||
| Denis Savard (2) – 00:39 Stephane Richer (5) – pp – 09:19 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 23 saves / 24 shots Andre Racicot 1 save / 1 shots |
Goalie stats | Clint Malarchuk 24 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–2 | |
(P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P4) New Jersey Devils
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
| April 3 | New Jersey Devils | 3–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Stastny (1) – pp – 15:32 | Second period | 10:48 – pp – Mario Lemieux (1) | ||||||
| Peter Stastny (2) – 04:12 Laurie Boschman (1) – 05:02 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Terreri 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | New Jersey Devils | 4–5 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| John MacLean (1) – 02:50 | First period | 06:54 – pp – Kevin Stevens (1) | ||||||
| John MacLean (2) – 01:44 Brendan Shanahan (1) – 11:47 |
Second period | 10:32 – Paul Coffey (1) 17:01 – Phil Bourque (1) | ||||||
| Alexei Kasatonov (1) – 04:06 | Third period | 03:21 – Troy Loney (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:52 – Jaromir Jagr (1) | ||||||
| Chris Terreri 21 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 36 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–3 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
| Mark Recchi (1) – pp – 04:56 | First period | 12:32 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (2) | ||||||
| Bob Errey (1) – 02:05 | Second period | 13:22 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (3) | ||||||
| Joe Mullen (1) – 03:15 Mark Recchi (2) – 19:10 |
Third period | 14:46 – sh – Doug Brown (1) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Terreri 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–4 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:54 – Claude Lemieux (1) 07:38 – Peter Stastny (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mario Lemieux (2) – pp – 04:41 | Third period | 16:42 – John MacLean (3) 18:43 – pp – Claude Lemieux (2) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Terreri 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | New Jersey Devils | 4–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| John MacLean (4) – pp – 03:20 Bruce Driver (1) – pp – 13:15 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Claude Lemieux (3) – pp – 12:59 Doug Brown (2) – 19:38 |
Third period | 00:54 – Ron Francis (1) 03:41 – Larry Murphy (1) | ||||||
| Chris Terreri 39 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–3 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena | Recap | |||
| Kevin Stevens (2) – 10:49 Kevin Stevens (3) – pp – 13:17 Jaromir Jagr (2) – pp – 19:37 |
First period | 03:29 – John MacLean (5) | ||||||
| Ron Francis (2) – 06:42 | Second period | 12:32 – pp – Eric Weinrich (1) 13:48 – Claude Lemieux (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Frank Pietrangelo 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Chris Terreri 19 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | New Jersey Devils | 0–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:17 – Jiri Hrdina (1) 13:06 – pp – Mario Lemieux (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:29 – Jiri Hrdina (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:56 – Paul Coffey (2) | ||||||
| Chris Terreri 32 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Frank Pietrangelo 27 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–3 | |
(P2) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals
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 3 | Washington Capitals | 1–2 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:20 – Jan Erixon (1) 16:58 – Bernie Nicholls (1) | ||||||
| Michal Pivonka (1) – 18:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Richter 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Washington Capitals | 3–0 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Dino Ciccarelli (1) – pp – 01:40 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Miller (1) – sh – 05:24 Michal Pivonka (2) – 19:34 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 36 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Richter 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 7 | New York Rangers | 6–0 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Kris King (1) – 08:07 Mike Gartner (1) – pp – 19:29 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bernie Nicholls (2) – 12:17 Mark Janssens (1) – 15:47 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bernie Nicholls (3) – 06:34 Darren Turcotte (1) – pp – 17:15 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Richter 37 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 23 saves / 27 shots Mike Liut 9 saves / 11 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | New York Rangers | 2–3 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Bernie Nicholls (4) – 04:04 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:25 – Kevin Hatcher (1) 15:31 – Dave Tippett (1) | ||||||
| Mark Janssens (2) – 14:32 | Third period | 09:27 – Alan May (1) | ||||||
| Mike Richter 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 11 | Washington Capitals | 5–4 | OT | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | ||
| Mike Ridley (1) – 12:32 | First period | 10:35 – pp – Corey Millen (1) 18:51 – Brian Leetch (1) | ||||||
| Kelly Miller (2) – 01:01 Mike Lalor (1) – 15:26 |
Second period | 18:31 – Mark Janssens (3) | ||||||
| Kevin Hatcher (2) – pp – 12:59 | Third period | 09:29 – Steven Rice (1) | ||||||
| Dino Ciccarelli (2) – 06:44 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Richter 50 saves / 55 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | New York Rangers | 2–4 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:46 – 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 period | 11:58 – Stephen Leach (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Vanbiesbrouck 21 saves / 22 shots Mike Richter 1 save / 4 shots |
Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Washington won series 4–2 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference
(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars
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 4 | Minnesota North Stars | 4–3 | OT | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | ||
| Mark Tinordi (1) – pp – 01:24 Neal Broten (1) – pp – 02:08 |
First period | 00:13 – Jeremy Roenick (1) 04:06 – pp – Doug Wilson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:08 – Dirk Graham (1) | ||||||
| Neal Broten (2) – 06:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Propp (1) – pp – 04:14 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jon Casey 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 6 | Minnesota North Stars | 2–5 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:58 – Steve Larmer (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:30 – 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 period | 19:11 – Steve Larmer (2) | ||||||
| Jon Casey 21 saves / 25 shots Brian Hayward 10 saves / 10 shots |
Goalie stats | Ed Belfour 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | 6–5 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Steve Larmer (3) – 05:27 Chris Chelios (1) – pp – 08:35 |
First period | 02:34 – 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 period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Thomas (1) – 03:48 Jeremy Roenick (3) – 06:15 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 37 saves / 41 shots Dominik Hasek 5 saves / 6 shots |
Goalie stats | Brian Hayward 11 saves / 13 shots Jon Casey 14 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–3 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:48 – Neal Broten (3) 11:30 – pp – Mike Craig (1) 14:52 – pp – Mark Tinordi (2) | ||||||
| Steve Larmer (5) – 15:02 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 18 saves / 21 shots Dominik Hasek 13 saves / 13 shots |
Goalie stats | Jon Casey 16 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Minnesota North Stars | 6–0 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Brian Propp (2) – pp – 17:59 | First period | No 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 period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Propp (3) – pp – 16:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jon Casey 25 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Dominik Hasek 18 saves / 20 shots Ed Belfour 19 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–3 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:49 – Neil Wilkinson (1) 12:58 – Brian Bellows (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Keith Brown (1) – 15:51 | Third period | 06:29 – pp – Brian Bellows (4) | ||||||
| Ed Belfour 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Jon Casey 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 4–2 | |
(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Detroit Red Wings
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 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 6–3 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Brad McCrimmon (1) – 13:37 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Yzerman (1) – 07:08 Steve Yzerman (2) – pp – 12:01 |
Second period | 13:10 – Brett Hull (1) | ||||||
| Sergei Fedorov (1) – 01:52 Kevin Miller (1) – 09:19 Steve Yzerman (3) – 14:55 |
Third period | 10:23 – pp – Brett Hull (2) 12:44 – Adam Oates (1) | ||||||
| Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Vincent Riendeau 17 saves / 22 shots Pat Jablonski 4 saves / 5 shots | ||||||
| April 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–4 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Yves Racine (1) – pp – 09:08 Bob Probert (1) – 16:56 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:28 – Jeff Brown (1) 06:46 – pp – Dan Quinn (1) 12:00 – Brett Hull (3) 19:24 – Rich Sutter (1) | ||||||
| Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | St. Louis Blues | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Bassen (1) – 11:00 | Second period | 15:19 – Kevin Miller (2) | ||||||
| Gino Cavallini (1) – 18:39 | Third period | 01:12 – Keith Primeau (1) 08:34 – Jimmy Carson (1) 009:05 – Steve Chiasson (1) 19:42 – sh – Kevin Miller (3) | ||||||
| Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | St. Louis Blues | 3–4 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Dan Quinn (2) – pp – 18:10 | First period | 04:01 – Steve Chiasson (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:05 – pp – Steve Chiasson (3) | ||||||
| Brett Hull (4) – 05:22 Brett Hull (5) – 17:09 |
Third period | 08:58 – Rick Zombo (1) 11:16 – Brent Fedyk (1) | ||||||
| Vincent Riendeau 30 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–6 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Bobby Dollas (1) – 02:12 | First period | 03:45 – Adam Oates (2) 04:58 – Brett Hull (6) 09:29 – Adam Oates (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:40 – Paul Cavallini (1) 10:33 – Adam Oates (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:08 – Brett Hull (7) | ||||||
| Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 30 shots Allan Bester 11 saves / 12 shots |
Goalie stats | Vincent Riendeau 17 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | St. Louis Blues | 3–0 | Detroit Red Wings | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Dave Thomlinson (1) – 07:00 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Brown (2) – 02:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Lowry (1) – 18:19 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vincent Riendeau 23 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Tim Cheveldae 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:24 – Dan Quinn (3) | ||||||
| Yves Racine (2) – pp – 03:24 | Second period | 19:39 – Brett Hull (8) | ||||||
| Jimmy Carson (2) – 12:27 | Third period | 01:59 – Rich Sutter (2) | ||||||
| Tim Cheveldae 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Vincent Riendeau 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| St. Louis won series 4–3 | |
(S1) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S4) Vancouver Canucks
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 4 | Vancouver Canucks | 6–5 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| Dave Capuano (1) – 02:20 Igor Larionov (1) – 07:00 Geoff Courtnall (1) – 19:40 |
First period | 08:33 – Tomas Sandstrom (1) 10:42 – Bob Kudelski (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:01 – 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 period | No scoring | ||||||
| Troy Gamble 24 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 26 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 6 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–3 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | ||
| Tom Kurvers (1) – pp – 10:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cliff Ronning (2) – 00:31 | Second period | 02:47 – pp – Rob Blake (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:13 – Luc Robitaille (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 11:08 – Wayne Gretzky (2) | ||||||
| Troy Gamble 37 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Los Angeles Kings | 1–2 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:41 – pp – Cliff Ronning (3) | ||||||
| Wayne Gretzky (3) – 11:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 03:12 – Cliff Ronning (4) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 37 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Los Angeles Kings | 6–1 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Steve Kasper (2) – 08:30 Wayne Gretzky (4) – pp – 13:11 |
First period | 09:14 – pp – Cliff Ronning (5) | ||||||
| Dave Taylor (1) – 10:20 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tony Granato (1) – 01:24 Mike Donnelly (1) – 14:21 Steve Duchesne (1) – 18:44 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Kirk McLean 29 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–7 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| Jyrki Lumme (1) – sh – 04:50 Cliff Ronning (6) – 13:59 |
First period | 08:52 – 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 period | 06:25 – Steve Duchesne (2) 13:27 – Bradley Jones (1) 16:14 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:17 – Bob Kudelski (2) | ||||||
| Troy Gamble 32 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–1 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Steve Duchesne (3) – 09:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:13 – Tom Kurvers (2) | ||||||
| Dave Taylor (2) – 12:11 Mike Donnelly (3) – 18:47 Mike Donnelly (4) – 19:06 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Troy Gamble 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Los Angeles won series 4–2 | |
(S2) Calgary Flames vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers
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 4 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–1 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| Esa Tikkanen (1) – 18:20 | First period | 12:07 – pp – Al MacInnis (1) | ||||||
| Petr Klima (1) – 10:18 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Craig Simpson (1) – 14:35 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 6 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–3 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:53 – pp – Gary Suter (1) | ||||||
| Adam Graves (1) – 03:10 | Second period | 01:53 – Doug Gilmour (1) 03:53 – Paul Ranheim (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 35 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Calgary Flames | 3–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (1) – pp – 02:03 | First period | 02:14 – Esa Tikkanen (2) | ||||||
| Joel Otto (1) – 10:49 Gary Roberts (1) – 17:26 |
Second period | 15:51 – Charlie Huddy (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:47 – Glenn Anderson (1) 19:46 – Joe Murphy (1) | ||||||
| Mike Vernon 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Calgary Flames | 2–5 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 00:44 Sergei Makarov (1) – 14:02 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:11 – pp – Mark Messier (1) 01:52 – Craig MacTavish (1) 19:00 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:47 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (4) 03:38 – Kelly Buchberger (1) | ||||||
| Mike Vernon 23 saves / 27 shots Rick Wamsley 1 save / 2 shots |
Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–5 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | |||
| Glenn Anderson (2) – pp – 15:54 Adam Graves (2) – 18:13 |
First period | 03:28 – pp – Al MacInnis (2) 07:56 – pp – Carey Wilson (1) | ||||||
| Mark Messier (2) – 14:07 | Second period | 07:37 – Carey Wilson 08:48 – Ric Nattress (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:59 – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Calgary Flames | 2–1 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 12:13 – Craig Simpson (2) | ||||||
| Paul Ranheim (2) – 09:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Theoren Fleury (1) – 04:40 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Vernon 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Edmonton Oilers | 5–4 | OT | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome | Recap | ||
| Esa Tikkanen (5) – 17:03 | First period | 07:52 – 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 period | No scoring | ||||||
| Anatoli Semenov (1) – 04:38 | Third period | 17:50 – Ron Stern (1) | ||||||
| Esa Tikkanen (7) – 06:58 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Vernon 35 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–3 | |
Division finals
Prince of Wales Conference
(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A2) Montreal Canadiens
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 17 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Mike Keane (3) – 07:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:04 – pp – Cam Neely (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:12 – Cam Neely (7) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 04:35 – Ray Bourque (3) 11:10 – Ken Hodge Jr. (2) | ||||||
| Shayne Corson (5) – 19:31 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Russ Courtnall (6) – 04:24 Stephane Richer (6) – 11:30 |
Third period | 07:54 – Dave Christian (5) | ||||||
| Stephane Richer (7) – 00:27 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 41 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Petri Skriko (4) – pp – 04:38 Bob Sweeney (3) – 05:11 |
First period | 16:31 – sh – Russ Courtnall (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Hodge Jr. (3) – 18:39 | Third period | 14:10 – Brian Skrudland (2) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 39 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Boston Bruins | 2–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Ray Bourque (4) – 15:49 | First period | 05:05 – pp – Shayne Corson (6) | ||||||
| Cam Neely (8) – pp – 19:59 | Second period | 00:49 – Stephane Richer (8) 08:12 – pp – Shayne Corson (7) 09:28 – Mathieu Schneider (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:09 – Stephane Richer (9) 17:12 – sh – Russ Courtnall (8) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 22 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Brian Skrudland (3) – pp – 19:54 | First period | 19:06 – Cam Neely (9) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:02 – pp – Vladimir Ruzicka (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:58 – pp – Cam Neely (10) 08:09 – Cam Neely (11) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| Don Sweeney (1) – 08:06 | First period | 04:44 – pp – Stephan Lebeau (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Lazaro (3) – 01:26 | Third period | 15:56 – Shayne Corson (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 17:47 – Shayne Corson (9) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 38 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Patrick Roy 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:30 – Dave Christian (6) | ||||||
| Stephan Lebeau (2) – 19:00 | Third period | 01:59 – pp – Cam Neely (12) | ||||||
| Patrick Roy 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 35 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 4–3 | |
(P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
| April 17 | Washington Capitals | 4–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:45 – pp – Larry Murphy (2) | ||||||
| Calle Johansson (1) – pp – 06:07 | Second period | 13:09 – pp – Mario Lemieux (4) | ||||||
| Kevin Hatcher (3) – pp – 01:37 Al Iafrate (1) – 15:31 Kelly Miller (4) – 19:10 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Frank Pietrangelo 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Washington Capitals | 6–7 | OT | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | ||
| Dale Hunter (1) – 12:42 | First period | 13:59 – Phil Bourque (2) 18:11 – Joe Mullen (2) | ||||||
| John Druce (1) – pp – 03:46 Mike Ridley (3) – pp – 11:36 |
Second period | 00:35 – 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 period | 15:25 – Randy Gilhen (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:10 – Kevin Stevens (5) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 19 saves / 24 shots Mike Liut 17 saves / 19 shots |
Goalie stats | Frank Pietrangelo 36 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–1 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Mario Lemieux (5) – 04:53 | First period | 08:25 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (5) | ||||||
| Kevin Stevens (6) – 09:30 Bryan Trottier (1) – 15:32 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 19 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–1 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Recap | |||
| Mark Recchi (5) – pp – 18:01 | First period | 09:43 – Tim Bergland (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Stevens (7) – 09:14 Phil Bourque (3) – 19:28 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 38 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Don Beaupre 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Washington Capitals | 1–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:38 – Joe Mullen (3) | ||||||
| Dave Tippett (2) – 09:13 | Second period | 04:11 – Ron Francis (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:53 – Jaromir Jagr (3) 18:43 – Mark Recchi (6) | ||||||
| Don Beaupre 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–1 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference
(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars
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 18 | Minnesota North Stars | 2–1 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Dave Gagner (4) – pp – 01:46 Shane Churla (1) – 19:49 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:35 – Rich Sutter (3) | ||||||
| Jon Casey 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Vincent Riendeau 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Minnesota North Stars | 2–5 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Stew Gavin (1) – 00:26 Brian Bellows (5) – 10:06 |
First period | 01:06 – Garth Butcher (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:35 – pp – Rod Brind'Amour (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:55 – Adam Oates (5) 13:41 – Jeff Brown (3) 19:41 – Rich Sutter (4) | ||||||
| Jon Casey 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Vincent Riendeau 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | St. Louis Blues | 1–5 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:34 – Curt Giles (1) 05:29 – Stew Gavin (2) 07:52 – pp – Brian Bellows 10:48 – pp – Neil Wilkinson (2) | ||||||
| Dave Thomlinson (2) – 13:58 | Second period | 07:36 – pp – Brian Propp (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Jablonski 17 saves / 18 shots Vincent Riendeau 4 saves / 8 shots |
Goalie stats | Jon Casey 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | St. Louis Blues | 4–8 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Adam Oates (6) – pp – 14:06 | First period | 01:12 – Brian Bellows (7) 03:02 – Mike Modano (2) 08:53 – Mike Modano (3) | ||||||
| Brett Hull (9) – pp – 09:08 | Second period | 06:26 – 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 period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vincent Riendeau 14 saves / 19 shots Pat Jablonski 9 saves / 12 shots |
Goalie stats | Jon Casey 32 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Minnesota North Stars | 2–4 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 01:46 – Rod Brind'Amour (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:43 – pp – Paul Cavallini (2) 18:04 – Dan Quinn (4) | ||||||
| Brian Propp (6) – pp – 14:04 Mike Modano (4) – pp – 17:39 |
Third period | 09:03 – pp – Dave Thomlinson (3) | ||||||
| Jon Casey 25 saves / 29 shots Brian Hayward 2 saves / 2 shots |
Goalie stats | Vincent Riendeau 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | St. Louis Blues | 2–3 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Hull (11) – 17:18 Garth Butcher (2) – 19:43 |
Third period | 00:19 – Chris Dahlquist (1) 03:50 – Bobby Smith (3) 18:56 – Bobby Smith (4) | ||||||
| Vincent Riendeau 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Jon Casey 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 4–2 | |
(S1) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers
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 18 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–4 | OT | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 05:17 – Steve Kasper (3) | ||||||
| Martin Gelinas (1) – 11:30 | Second period | 07:08 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (3) | ||||||
| Mark Messier (3) – 00:20 Petr Klima (2) – 05:34 |
Third period | 12:07 – pp – Luc Robitaille (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:13 – Luc Robitaille (6) | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Edmonton Oilers | 4–3 | 2OT | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | ||
| Kevin Lowe (1) – 08:29 Martin Gelinas (2) – 17:54 |
First period | 00:13 – Todd Elik (1) 19:40 – Bob Kudelski (3) | ||||||
| Anatoli Semenov (2) – 11:18 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:32 – Luc Robitaille (7) | ||||||
| Petr Klima (3) – 04:48 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 46 saves / 49 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 34 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–4 | 2OT | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luc Robitaille (8) – pp – 18:08 | Second period | 04:48 – Jeff Beukeboom (1) | ||||||
| John Tonelli (1) – pp – 05:38 John Tonelli (2) – 11:52 |
Third period | 11:16 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (8) 14:55 – Anatoli Semenov (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 00:48 – Esa Tikkanen (9) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 35 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Los Angeles Kings | 2–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Larry Robinson (1) – 16:34 | First period | 12:07 – Charlie Huddy (2) 18:40 – pp – Joe Murphy (2) 19:23 – Martin Gelinas (3) | ||||||
| Steve Duchesne (4) – pp – 19:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:49 – Petr Klima (4) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–5 | Los Angeles Kings | Great Western Forum | Recap | |||
| Anatoli Semenov (4) – 10:01 | First period | 12:48 – sh – Steve Kasper (4) 15:08 – Luc Robitaille (9) 19:03 – pp – Luc Robitaille (10) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:42 – Luc Robitaille (11) | ||||||
| Glenn Anderson (4) – pp – 05:04 | Third period | 15:04 – Todd Elik (2) | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 17 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Kelly Hrudey 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–4 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 07:49 – Craig Simpson (3) | ||||||
| Tomas Sandstrom (4) – pp – 11:21 Luc Robitaille (12) – 14:34 |
Second period | 02:03 – Esa Tikkanen (10) | ||||||
| Mike Donnelly (5) – 04:27 | Third period | 12:38 – Esa Tikkanen (11) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 16:57 – Craig MacTavish (2) | ||||||
| Kelly Hrudey 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 29 shots Bill Ranford 12 saves / 12 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–2 | |
Conference finals
See also: NHL conference finalsPrince of Wales Conference final
(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P1) Pittsburgh Penguins
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 1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–6 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Joe Mullen (4) – 01:25 Kevin Stevens (8) – pp – 08:28 |
First period | 05:31 – pp – Craig Janney (2) 16:02 – Cam Neely (13) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:23 – Bob Sweeney (4) 15:35 – Cam Neely (14) | ||||||
| Bob Errey (2) – 06:08 | Third period | 12:17 – Dave Christian (7) 16:02 – pp – Ray Bourque (5) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 17 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–5 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
| Kevin Stevens (9) – 05:36 Mario Lemieux (6) – 16:34 |
First period | 05:23 – pp – Cam Neely (15) 11:53 – pp – Glen Wesley (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:38 – Ray Bourque (6) | ||||||
| Mark Recchi (7) – pp – 11:01 Mario Lemieux (7) – 13:00 |
Third period | 16:49 – pp – Craig Janney (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:14 – Vladimir Ruzicka (2) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Boston Bruins | 1–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:31 – Kevin Stevens (10) | ||||||
| Ray Bourque (7) – 10:24 | Second period | 05:01 – Ron Francis (4) 10:40 – Grant Jennings (1) 13:11 – Mario Lemieux (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andy Moog 17 saves / 21 shots Rejean Lemelin 12 saves / 12 shots |
Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 27 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Boston Bruins | 1–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:49 – Bob Errey (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:08 – Joe Mullen (5) | ||||||
| Dave Christian (8) – 08:38 | Third period | 10:23 – Mario Lemieux (9) 17:22 – pp – Kevin Stevens (11) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 7–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Kevin Stevens (12) – 07:55 Mario Lemieux (10) – pp – 12:04 Bryan Trottier (2) – 15:49 |
First period | 00:40 – Don Sweeney (2) 19:27 – pp – Craig Janney (4) | ||||||
| Kevin Stevens (13) – pp – 13:04 Paul Stanton (1) – 17:02 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Larry Murphy (3) – pp – 01:08 Ulf Samuelsson (1) – 05:36 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Andy Moog 20 saves / 27 shots Rejean Lemelin 6 saves / 6 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Boston Bruins | 3–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam Neely (16) – pp – 07:16 Ken Hodge Jr. (4) pp – 09:33 |
Second period | 11:45 – pp – Larry Murphy (4) 17:17 – Phil Bourque (4) | ||||||
| Don Sweeney (3) – 12:13 | Third period | 10:08 – Gordie Roberts (1) 15:40 – Mark Recchi (8) 19:32 – Mario Lemieux (11) | ||||||
| Andy Moog 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–2 | |
Clarence Campbell Conference final
(S3) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars
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 2 | Minnesota North Stars | 3–1 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Neal Broten (5) – 15:11 | First period | 02:15 – pp – Steve Smith (1) | ||||||
| Dave Gagner (6) – pp – 08:05 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gaetan Duchesne (1) – 16:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jon Casey 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Minnesota North Stars | 2–7 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Dave Gagner (7) – pp – 01:55 | First period | 06:14 – Petr Klima (5) 08:23 – pp – Petr Klima (6) 11:27 – Petr Klima (7) 19:27 – pp – Charlie Huddy (3) | ||||||
| Stew Gavin (3) – sh – 10:19 | Second period | 16:02 – Glenn Anderson (5) 17:12 – Anatoli Semenov (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:06 – Glenn Anderson (6) | ||||||
| Brian Hayward 18 saves / 21 shots Jon Casey 7 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 19 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–7 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Kelly Buchberger (2) – 11:09 | First period | 04:00 – 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 period | 10:41 – Bobby Smith (5) 17:25 – pp – Brian Bellows (9) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:23 – Brian Bellows (10) 18:45 – Shane Churla (2) | ||||||
| Bill Ranford 24 saves / 28 shots Grant Fuhr 5 saves / 8 shots |
Goalie stats | Jon Casey 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–5 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Craig MacTavish (3) – 08:40 | First period | 13:07 – Marc Bureau (1) 13:25 – Mike Modano (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:03 – pp – Dave Gagner (8) 04:57 – Neil Wilkinson (3) 19:33 – pp – Neal Broten (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Grant Fuhr 21 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Jon Casey 20 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Minnesota North Stars | 3–2 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Mark Tinordi (5) – pp – 02:06 Marc Bureau (2) – 12:23 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:33 – Esa Tikkanen (12) | ||||||
| Bobby Smith (6) – 04:59 | Third period | 04:18 – Mark Messier (4) | ||||||
| Jon Casey 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Grant Fuhr 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 4–1 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
Main article: 1991 Stanley Cup FinalsThis was the first playoff series between these two teams.
| May 15 | Minnesota North Stars | 5–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Neal Broten (7) – 06:32 Ulf Dahlen (1) – 09:49 |
First period | 03:45 – Ulf Samuelsson (2) | ||||||
| Marc Bureau (3) – sh – 06:53 Neal Broten (8) – 17:01 |
Second period | 03:54 – sh – Mario Lemieux (12) 07:43 – pp – Scott Young (1) | ||||||
| Bobby Smith (7) – 01:39 | Third period | 10:35 – Joe Mullen (6) | ||||||
| Jon Casey 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 24 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | Minnesota North Stars | 1–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:26 – sh – Bob Errey (4) 19:10 – pp – Kevin Stevens (14) | ||||||
| Mike Modano (7) – pp – 00:55 | Second period | 15:04 – Mario Lemieux (13) 16:32 – Kevin Stevens (15) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jon Casey 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Tom Barrasso 39 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| May 19 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–3 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:21 – Dave Gagner (9) 07:54 – Bobby Smith (8) | ||||||
| Phil Bourque (5) – 01:23 | Third period | 02:09 – Gaetan Duchesne (2) | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jon Casey 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 5–3 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| Kevin Stevens (16) – 00:58 Ron Francis (5) – 02:36 Mario Lemieux (14) – 02:58 |
First period | 18:22 – Dave Gagner (10) | ||||||
| Bryan Trottier (3) – 09:55 | Second period | 13:10 – pp – Brian Propp (8) 18:25 – pp – Mike Modano (8) | ||||||
| Phil Bourque (6) – 19:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Jon Casey 19 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 23 | Minnesota North Stars | 4–6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Civic Arena | Recap | |||
| Neal Broten (9) – sh – 14:52 | First period | 05:36 – pp – Mario Lemieux (15) 10:08 – pp – Kevin Stevens (17) 11:45 – Mark Recchi (9) 13:41 – Mark Recchi (10) | ||||||
| Dave Gagner (11) – sh – 06:54 | Second period | 16:26 – Ron Francis (6) | ||||||
| Ulf Dahlen (2) – 01:36 Dave Gagner (12) – 07:42 |
Third period | 18:21 – Troy Loney (2) | ||||||
| Brian Hayward 16 saves / 18 shots Jon Casey 9 saves / 13 shots |
Goalie stats | Frank Pietrangelo 15 saves / 18 shots Tom Barrasso 6 saves / 7 shots | ||||||
| May 25 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 8–0 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Recap | |||
| 02:00 – pp – Ulf Samuelsson (3) 12:19 – sh – Mario Lemieux (16) 13:14 – pp – Joe Mullen (7) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:15 – Bob Errey (5) 14:28 – Ron Francis (7) 18:44 – Joe Mullen |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 01:29 – Jim Paek (1) 13:45 – pp – Larry Murphy (5) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Barrasso 39 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Jon Casey 13 saves / 17 shots Brian Hayward 7 saves / 11 shots | ||||||
| Pittsburgh won series 4–2 | |
Playoff statistics
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | 23 | 16 | 28 | 44 | +14 | 16 |
| Mark Recchi | Pittsburgh Penguins | 24 | 10 | 24 | 34 | +6 | 33 |
| Kevin Stevens | Pittsburgh Penguins | 24 | 17 | 16 | 33 | +14 | 53 |
| Brian Bellows | Minnesota North Stars | 23 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -6 | 30 |
| Dave Gagner | Minnesota North Stars | 23 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -4 | 28 |
| Ray Bourque | Boston Bruins | 19 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -4 | 12 |
| Brian Propp | Minnesota North Stars | 23 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -4 | 28 |
| Larry Murphy | Pittsburgh Penguins | 23 | 5 | 18 | 23 | +17 | 44 |
| Neal Broten | Minnesota North Stars | 23 | 9 | 13 | 22 | +2 | 6 |
| Craig Janney | Boston Bruins | 18 | 4 | 18 | 22 | -4 | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | Pittsburgh Penguins | 20 | 12 | 7 | 629 | 51 | 2.60 | .919 | 1 | 1175:23 |
| Kelly Hrudey | Los Angeles Kings | 12 | 6 | 6 | 382 | 37 | 2.78 | .903 | 0 | 798:13 |
| Don Beaupre | Washington Capitals | 11 | 5 | 5 | 294 | 29 | 2.79 | .901 | 1 | 624:19 |
| Chris Terreri | New Jersey Devils | 7 | 3 | 4 | 216 | 21 | 2.94 | .903 | 0 | 428:06 |
| Mike Vernon | Calgary Flames | 7 | 3 | 4 | 204 | 21 | 2.95 | .897 | 0 | 427:28 |
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References
- Zeisberger, Mike (June 14, 2014). "NHL playoff highlights during this lengthy post-season". Toronto Sun. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- NHL.com - Skater Stats
- NHL.com - Goalie Stats