1990 Stanley Cup playoffs

The 1990 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League (NHL) championship began on April 5, 1990, following the 1989–90 regular season. The sixteen teams that qualified, from the top four teams of the four divisions, played best-of-seven series. The Conference Champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup.

1990 Stanley Cup playoffs

Tournament details
Dates	April 4–May 24, 1990
Teams	16
Defending champions	Calgary Flames
Final positions
Champions	Edmonton Oilers
Runner-up	Boston Bruins
Semifinalists	Chicago Blackhawks Washington Capitals
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Craig Simpson (Oilers) Mark Messier (Oilers) (31 points)
MVP	Bill Ranford (Oilers)
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The Stanley Cup.

This was the last time that the Detroit Red Wings missed the playoffs until 2017. They would make the playoffs for 25 consecutive seasons from 1991 to 2016, excluding 2005, when the season was cancelled.

Since entering the NHL as expansion teams in the 1967–68 NHL season this was the first and only time to date that both the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs in the same season.

The playoffs concluded on May 24 with the Edmonton Oilers winning the Stanley Cup, defeating the Boston Bruins in the final series four games to one. Edmonton goaltender Bill Ranford was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.

Playoff seeds

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Adams Division

1. Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 101 points
2. Buffalo Sabres – 98 points
3. Montreal Canadiens – 93 points
4. Hartford Whalers – 85 points

Patrick Division

1. New York Rangers, Patrick Division champions – 85 points
2. New Jersey Devils – 83 points
3. Washington Capitals – 78 points
4. New York Islanders – 73 points

Norris Division

1. Chicago Blackhawks, Norris Division champions – 88 points
2. St. Louis Blues – 83 points
3. Toronto Maple Leafs – 80 points
4. Minnesota North Stars – 76 points

Smythe Division

1. Calgary Flames, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 99 points
2. Edmonton Oilers – 90 points
3. Winnipeg Jets – 85 points
4. Los Angeles Kings – 75 points

Playoff bracket

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

Conference Finals

Stanley Cup Finals

A1

Boston

4

A4

Hartford

3

A1

Boston

4

A3

Montreal

1

A2

Buffalo

2

A3

Montreal

4

A1

Boston

4

Prince of Wales Conference

P3

Washington

0

P1

NY Rangers

4

P4

NY Islanders

1

P1

NY Rangers

1

P3

Washington

4

P2

New Jersey

2

P3

Washington

4

A1

Boston

1

S2

Edmonton

4

N1

Chicago

4

N4

Minnesota

3

N1

Chicago

4

N2

St. Louis

3

N2

St. Louis

4

N3

Toronto

1

N1

Chicago

2

Clarence Campbell Conference

S2

Edmonton

4

S1

Calgary

2

S4

Los Angeles

4

S4

Los Angeles

0

S2

Edmonton

4

S2

Edmonton

4

S3

Winnipeg

3

Division Semifinals

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

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

April 5	Hartford Whalers		4–3		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Todd Krygier (1) – 05:42		First period			No scoring
Dean Evason (1) – 02:41 Scott Young (1) – 06:16 Randy Ladouceur (1) – 09:19		Second period			06:29 – Cam Neely (1) 15:46 – Bobby Carpenter (1)
No scoring		Third period			19:38 – pp – Dave Poulin (1)
Peter Sidorkiewicz 33 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Rejean Lemelin 13 saves / 17 shots

April 7	Hartford Whalers		1–3		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:58 – pp – Ray Bourque (1)
Todd Krygier (2) – 07:42		Second period			14:06 – pp – Garry Galley (1)
No scoring		Third period			06:57 – pp – Bobby Carpenter (2)
Peter Sidorkiewicz 32 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots

April 9	Boston Bruins		3–5		Hartford Whalers	Hartford Civic Center	Recap
Bobby Carpenter (3) – pp – 07:59 Dave Christian (1) – 17:20		First period			12:13 – pp – Brad Shaw (1) 14:41 – pp – Pat Verbeek (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Randy Burridge (1) – 08:25		Third period			00:36 – Dave Babych (1) 02:13 – Pat Verbeek (2) 19:42 – Kevin Dineen (1)
Andy Moog 22 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Peter Sidorkiewicz 22 saves / 25 shots

April 11	Boston Bruins		6–5		Hartford Whalers	Hartford Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:18 – Dean Evason (2)
Dave Christian (2) – 04:35 Glen Wesley (1) – 10:24		Second period			02:04 – Brad Shaw (2) 07:02 – Kevin Dineen (2) 08:29 – Yvon Corriveau (1) 16:15 – Ron Francis (1)
Dave Poulin (2) – 01:28 Bob Beers (1) – 07:00 Dave Christian (3) – 08:10 Dave Poulin (3) – 18:16		Third period			No scoring
Rejean Lemelin 17 saves / 22 shots Andy Moog 7 saves / 7 shots		Goalie stats			Peter Sidorkiewicz 23 saves / 29 shots

April 13	Hartford Whalers		2–3		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Ulf Samuelsson (1) – 09:36		First period			15:18 – pp – Brian Propp (1) 17:27 – pp – Cam Neely (2)
Dave Tippett (1) – 15:56		Second period			18:07 – sh – Cam Neely (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Peter Sidorkiewicz 15 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 20 saves / 22 shots

April 15	Boston Bruins		2–3	OT	Hartford Whalers	Hartford Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:31 – Scott Young (2)
Dave Poulin (4) – 09:00		Second period			01:35 – Ron Francis (2)
Randy Burridge (2) – 01:05		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			12:30 – Kevin Dineen (3)
Andy Moog 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Peter Sidorkiewicz 23 saves / 25 shots

April 17	Hartford Whalers		1–3		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:30 – John Byce (1) 07:29 – pp – Craig Janney (1)
No scoring		Second period			15:22 – Cam Neely (4)
Ron Francis (3) – pp – 13:48		Third period			No scoring
Peter Sidorkiewicz 22 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 27 saves / 28 shots

Boston won series 4–3

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

This was the third playoff series between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings. Buffalo won the most recent meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1983 Adams Division Semifinals.

April 5	Montreal Canadiens		1–4		Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Brian Skrudland (1) – 07:45		Second period			06:28 – Dean Kennedy (1) 09:55 – Rick Vaive (1) 19:08 – Dave Andreychuk (1)
No scoring		Third period			04:27 – Bob Corkum (1)
Patrick Roy 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Daren Puppa 34 saves / 35 shots

April 7	Montreal Canadiens		3–0		Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Mats Naslund (1) – 04:41 Stephane Richer (1) – pp – 14:09		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Shayne Corson (1) – 14:15		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Daren Puppa 33 saves / 36 shots

April 9	Buffalo Sabres		1–2	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Phil Housley (1) – pp – 07:15		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			10:39 – Stephane Richer (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			12:35 – Brian Skrudland (2)
Daren Puppa 31 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 30 saves / 31 shots

April 11	Buffalo Sabres		4–2		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			07:13 – Stephane Richer
Rick Vaive (2) – pp – 03:16 Doug Bodger (1) – 08:57 Pierre Turgeon (1) – 19:57		Second period			04:21 – Brian Skrudland (3)
Pierre Turgeon (2) – 01:02		Third period			No scoring
Daren Puppa 31 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 23 saves / 27 shots

April 13	Montreal Canadiens		4–2		Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period			17:55 – Scott Arniel (1)
Stephane Richer (4) – 07:51 Bobby Smith (1) – 17:13 Stephane Richer (5) – 18:25		Second period			10:58 – pp – Rick Vaive (3)
Russ Courtnall (1) – 18:39		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Daren Puppa 22 saves / 25 shots

April 15	Buffalo Sabres		2–5		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Rick Vaive (4) – pp – 10:22		First period			09:00 – pp – Mathieu Schneider (1)
No scoring		Second period			16:22 – Brent Gilchrist (1)
Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 06:07		Third period			04:47 – Claude Lemieux (1) 08:48 – Russ Courtnall (2) 19:04 – Russ Courtnall (3)
Daren Puppa 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 22 saves / 24 shots

Montreal won series 4–2

(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P4) New York Islanders

This was the seventh playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won five of the previous six meetings. The most recent the Islanders won 3–2 in the 1984 Patrick Division Semifinals.

April 5	New York Islanders		1–2		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			05:14 – Bernie Nicholls (1)
Bryan Trottier (1) – 14:36		Second period			13:49 – Mark Janssens (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Mark Fitzpatrick 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Richter 28 saves / 29 shots

April 7	New York Islanders		2–5		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:28 – pp – John Ogrodnick (1)
David Volek (1) – 06:49 Tom Fitzgerald (1) – 10:32		Second period			09:24 – Mark Janssens (2) 11:35 – pp – James Patrick (1) 13:01 – John Ogrodnick (2) 17:33 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Mark Fitzpatrick 15 saves / 19 shots Glenn Healy 13 saves / 14 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Richter 31 saves / 33 shots

April 9	New York Rangers		3–4	2OT	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Troy Mallette (1) – 06:51		First period			01:51 – pp – Brent Sutter (1)
James Patrick (2) – pp – 11:19 Bernie Nicholls (3) – pp – 12:40		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			11:47 – pp – Patrick Flatley (1) 13:09 – Hubie McDonough (1)
No scoring		Second overtime period			00:59 – pp – Brent Sutter (2)
John Vanbiesbrouck 45 saves / 49 shots		Goalie stats			Glenn Healy 34 saves / 37 shots

April 11	New York Rangers		6–1		New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Brian Mullen (1) – pp – 00:41 Darren Turcotte (1) – 10:53		First period			Patrick Flatley (2) – pp – 12:25
Carey Wilson (1) – pp – 10:59 Randy Moller (1) – 12:12 John Ogrodnick (3) – 13:31		Second period			No scoring
Kelly Kisio (1) – sh – 16:31		Third period			No scoring
John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Glenn Healy 16 saves / 20 shots Mark Fitzpatrick 4 saves / 6 shots

April 13	New York Islanders		5–6		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Jeff Norton (1) – 09:51 Rob DiMaio (1) – 10:20		First period			02:47 – pp – Mike Gartner (1) 15:47 – pp – John Ogrodnick (4)
No scoring		Second period			01:02 – sh – Normand Rochefort (1) 08:40 – pp – Mike Gartner (2) 11:34 – Carey Wilson (2)
Wayne McBean (1) – 01:50 Randy Wood (1) – 11:18 Patrick Flatley (3) – 16:53		Third period			11:44 – Mike Gartner (3)
Mark Fitzpatrick 15 saves / 20 shots Glenn Healy 7 saves / 8 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Richter 28 saves / 33 shots

New York Rangers won series 4–1

(P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. New Jersey won their only previous meeting in seven games in the 1988 Patrick Division Finals.

April 5	Washington Capitals		5–4	OT	New Jersey Devils	Brendan Byrne Arena	Recap
Dino Ciccarelli (1) – 01:23 Dino Ciccarelli (2) – 01:47		First period			09:14 – Bruce Driver (1)
Dale Hunter (1) – 08:12 John Druce (1) – pp – 11:01		Second period			08:02 – Pat Conacher (1)
No scoring		Third period			01:45 – sh – John MacLean (1) 08:37 – pp – Peter Stastny (1)
Dino Ciccarelli (3) – 05:34		First overtime period			No scoring
Mike Liut 26 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Sean Burke 19 saves / 24 shots

April 7	Washington Capitals		5–6		New Jersey Devils	Brendan Byrne Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:21 – Brendan Shanahan (1) 14:58 – pp – John MacLean (2) 18:26 – pp – John MacLean (3)
Dino Ciccarelli (4) – 01:06 Bob Rouse (1) – pp – 06:20		Second period			03:37 – Ken Daneyko (1)
Kelly Miller (1) – 01:06 Bob Joyce (1) – 09:15 Dino Ciccarelli (5) – 18:54		Third period			13:12 – Eric Weinrich (1) 16:55 – Peter Stastny (2)
Don Beaupre 23 saves / 26 shots Mike Liut 10 saves / 13 shots		Goalie stats			Chris Terreri 21 saves / 26 shots

April 9	New Jersey Devils		2–1		Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
Ken Daneyko (2) – 04:51		First period			No scoring
Brendan Shanahan (2) – pp – 15:21		Second period			17:46 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (6)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Chris Terreri 20 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Liut 8 saves / 10 shots

April 11	New Jersey Devils		1–3		Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Kirk Muller (1) – 13:02		Second period			02:10 – pp – Scott Stevens (1) 13:17 – John Druce (2)
No scoring		Third period			17:31 – Dino Ciccarelli (7)
Sean Burke 30 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Don Beaupre 23 saves / 24 shots

April 13	Washington Capitals		4–3		New Jersey Devils	Brendan Byrne Arena	Recap
Dale Hunter (2) – 09:03		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			06:07 – pp – Jon Morris (1) 14:46 – Brendan Shanahan (3)
Mike Ridley (1) – 00:27 Dino Ciccarelli (8) – 04:30 Geoff Courtnall (1) – 17:04		Third period			19:22 – Patrik Sundstrom (1)
Don Beaupre 17 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Chris Terreri 20 saves / 24 shots

April 15	New Jersey Devils		2–3		Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			19:49 – Stephen Leach (1)
John MacLean (4) – 13:21		Second period			03:27 – Geoff Courtnall (2) 19:06 – John Druce (3)
Peter Stastny (3) – 05:00		Third period			No scoring
Chris Terreri 29 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Don Beaupre 32 saves / 34 shots

Washington won series 4–2

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

This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won three of the previous four meetings, including the most recent meeting in six games in the 1985 Norris Division Finals.

April 4	Minnesota North Stars		2–1		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Brian Bellows (1) – pp – 09:57		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Brian Bellows (2) – 05:54		Third period			05:01 – pp – Denis Savard (1)
Jon Casey 30 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Greg Millen 24 saves / 26 shots

April 6	Minnesota North Stars		3–5		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Brian Bellows (3) – pp – 08:49 Shawn Chambers (1) – pp – 10:41 Neal Broten (1) – pp – 11:56		First period			14:24 – pp – Wayne Presley (1)
No Scoring		Second period			01:49 – Greg Gilbert (1) 03:53 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (1) 07:27 – pp – Steve Thomas (1) 16:39 – sh – Wayne Presley (2)
No Scoring		Third period			No Scoring
Jon Casey 26 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 15 saves / 15 shots Greg Millen 2 saves / 5 shots

April 8	Chicago Blackhawks		2–1		Minnesota North Stars	Met Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
10:12 – Steve Larmer (1) 15:27 – Wayne Presley (3)		Third period			Mike Modano (1) – 19:24
Greg Millen 31 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Jon Casey 27 saves / 29 shots

April 10	Chicago Blackhawks		0–4		Minnesota North Stars	Met Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			04:24 – Don Barber (1) 11:41 – pp – Don Barber (2)
No scoring		Second period			07:42 – Basil McRae (1)
No scoring		Third period			03:41 – Dave Gagner (1)
Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots Greg Millen 10 saves / 12 shots		Goalie stats			Jon Casey 29 saves / 29 shots

April 12	Minnesota North Stars		1–5		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:17 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (2) 13:26 – Denis Savard (2)
Brian Bellows (4) – pp – 09:24		Second period			04:53 – Greg Gilbert (2)
No scoring		Third period			16:37 – Michel Goulet (1) 17:48 – Steve Thomas
Jon Casey 31 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Greg Millen 26 saves / 27 shots

April 14	Chicago Blackhawks		3–5		Minnesota North Stars	Met Center	Recap
Greg Gilbert (3) – 12:33		First period			10:28 – Shawn Chambers (2) 17:25 – Perry Berezan (1) 18:48 – Neal Broten (2)
No scoring		Second period			01:26 – Larry Murphy (1) 14:20 – pp – Dave Gagner (2)
Steve Larmer (2) – sh – 12:57 Jeremy Roenick (3) – 13:57		Third period			No scoring
Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots Greg Millen 7 saves / 10 shots		Goalie stats			Jon Casey 27 saves / 30 shots

April 16	Minnesota North Stars		2–5		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Don Barber (3) – pp – 09:02		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			03:00 – Wayne Presley (4) 04:06 – Wayne Presley (5) 12:41 – Jeremy Roenick (4) 14:06 – Jeremy Roenick (5)
Ulf Dahlen (1) – 09:58		Third period			17:10 – Greg Gilbert (4)
Jon Casey 28 saves / 33 shots Kari Takko 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie stats			Greg Millen 30 saves / 32 shots

Chicago won series 4–3

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their first two meetings. Toronto won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1987 Norris Division Semifinals.

April 4	Toronto Maple Leafs		2–4		St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			05:18 – Brett Hull (1) 17:03 – pp – Ron Wilson (1)
Brad Marsh (1) – 01:34		Second period			No scoring
Wendel Clark (1) – 08:55		Third period			02:27 – Jeff Brown (1) 11:53 – Ron Wilson (2)
Allan Bester 29 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Curtis Joseph 27 saves / 29 shots

April 6	Toronto Maple Leafs		2–4		St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
Mark Osborne (1) – sh – 10:49		First period			04:52 – pp – Brett Hull (2)
No scoring		Second period			09:49 – pp – Paul MacLean (1) 13:32 – sh – Rich Sutter (1) 18:50 – Paul Cavallini (1)
Daniel Marois (1) – pp – 18:13		Third period			No scoring
Allan Bester 36 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats			Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 28 shots

April 8	St. Louis Blues		6–5	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Paul MacLean (2) – 10:50		First period			05:08 – Mark Osborne (2)
Paul MacLean (3) – pp – 02:08 Dave Lowry (1) – 07:36 Brett Hull (3) – pp – 18:34		Second period			12:32 – Tom Fergus (1) 13:43 – pp – Daniel Marois (2)
Sergio Momesso (1) – 10:39		Third period			17:08 – Rob Ramage (1) 18:50 – Tom Fergus (2)
Sergio Momesso (2) – 06:04		First overtime period			No scoring
Curtis Joseph 41 saves / 46 shots		Goalie stats			Allan Bester 34 saves / 40 shots

April 10	St. Louis Blues		2–4		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Rod Brind'Amour (1) – 14:20		Second period			09:25 – Scott Pearson (1) 14:00 – pp – Gary Leeman (1)
Rod Brind'Amour (2) – pp – 13:39		Third period			04:22 – Dave Hannan (1) 19:38 – Eddie Olczyk (1)
Curtis Joseph 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Jeff Reese 20 saves / 22 shots

April 12	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–4		St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
Gary Leeman (2) – pp – 19:37		First period			04:00 – Kelly Chase (1) 04:40 – Brett Hull (4)
Scott Pearson (2) – 05:00		Second period			04:14 – pp – Peter Zezel (1) 09:29 – pp – Brett Hull (5)
Gary Leeman (3) – 13:47		Third period			No scoring
Jeff Reese 24 saves / 28 shots Allan Bester 7 saves / 7 shots		Goalie stats			Vincent Riendeau 2 saves / 3 shots Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 18 shots

St. Louis won series 4–1

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

This was the third straight and fifth overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Both teams split the previous four meetings. Calgary won last year's Smythe Division Finals in a four-game sweep.

April 4	Los Angeles Kings		5–3		Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Luc Robitaille (1) – 07:55		First period			16:52 – pp – Al MacInnis (1) 18:34 – Al MacInnis (2)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Todd Elik (1) – pp – 04:31 Tony Granato (1) – pp – 10:26 Luc Robitaille (2) – 10:44 Steve Kasper (1) – 19:07		Third period			02:26 – Theoren Fleury (1)
Kelly Hrudey 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Vernon 26 saves / 30 shots

April 6	Los Angeles Kings		5–8		Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
Marty McSorley (1) – pp – 18:18		First period			01:41 – Doug Gilmour (1) 05:58 – sh – Joe Mullen (1)
Luc Robitaille (3) – 12:56 Larry Robinson (1) – 14:15		Second period			06:40 – Gary Roberts (1) 10:42 – Joel Otto (1) 12:16 – Jim Korn (1) 18:58 – Doug Gilmour (2)
Luc Robitaille (4) – pp – 04:19 Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 12:52		Third period			08:36 – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) 19:58 – sh – Dana Murzyn (1)
Kelly Hrudey 21 saves / 26 shots Mario Gosselin 9 saves / 11 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Vernon 21 saves / 26 shots

April 8	Calgary Flames		1–2	OT	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			00:23 – Tomas Sandstrom (1)
Joe Mullen (2) – 14:05		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			08:37 – sh – Tony Granato (2)
Mike Vernon 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Kelly Hrudey 32 saves / 33 shots

April 10	Calgary Flames		4–12		Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:38 – Dave Taylor (2) 08:25 – Tony Granato (3) 11:06 – Tomas Sandstrom (2) 11:55 – Dave Taylor (3)
Joel Otto (2) – 09:16 Paul Ranheim (1) – 09:38 Theoren Fleury (2) – 13:25 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 19:05		Second period			02:26 – Tony Granato (4) 04:20 – Jay Miller (1) 07:58 – Tomas Sandstrom (3) 10:57 – Wayne Gretzky (1) 16:44 – Todd Elik (2)
No scoring		Third period			09:15 – Dave Taylor (4) 13:59 – Tomas Sandstrom (4) 17:04 – pp – Tony Granato (5)
Rick Wamsley 14 saves / 23 shots Mike Vernon 4 saves / 7 shots		Goalie stats			Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 24 shots

April 12	Los Angeles Kings		1–5		Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period			15:57 – Dana Murzyn (2)
No scoring		Second period			02:35 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) 06:39 – Ric Nattress (1)
Rob Blake (1) – pp – 01:48		Third period			05:53 – Ric Nattress (2) 09:25 – Gary Roberts (2)
Kelly Hrudey 27 saves / 32 shots Mario Gosselin 3 saves / 3 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Vernon 18 saves / 19 shots

April 14	Calgary Flames		3–4	2OT	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
Joe Nieuwendyk (4) – 04:51		First period			01:08 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (2)
Doug Gilmour (3) – 18:17		Second period			No scoring
Joe Mullen (3) – 15:48		Third period			01:01 – pp – Steve Duchesne (1) 18:17 – Steve Duchesne (2)
No scoring		Second overtime period			03:14 – Mike Krushelnyski (1)
Mike Vernon 31 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Kelly Hrudey 36 saves / 39 shots

Los Angeles won series 4–2

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S3) Winnipeg Jets

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won all five previous meetings, including their most recent in the 1988 Smythe Division Semifinals in five games.

April 4	Winnipeg Jets		7–5		Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Dale Hawerchuk (1) – 11:44 Dave Ellett (1) – pp – 18:21		First period			05:04 – Craig Simpson (1) 14:17 – pp – Craig Simpson (2) 16:58 – pp – Jari Kurri (1)
Moe Mantha (1) – 02:04 Dale Hawerchuk (2) – 13:46		Second period			00:35 – sh – Mark Messier (1)
Pat Elynuik (1) – 01:46 Brent Ashton (1) – pp – 09:55 Teppo Numminen (1) – 19:36		Third period			13:39 – pp – Petr Klima (1)
Bob Essensa 32 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 24 saves / 30 shots

April 6	Winnipeg Jets		2–3	OT	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Brent Ashton (2) – 05:39 Paul Fenton (1) – pp – 18:41		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			03:09 – Craig Simpson (3) 12:45 – Joe Murphy (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			04:21 – Mark Lamb (1)
Stephane Beauregard 27 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 23 saves / 25 shots

April 8	Edmonton Oilers		1–2		Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg Arena	Recap
Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – pp – 16:35		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			09:35 – pp – Paul Fenton (2)
No scoring		Third period			15:30 – Dale Hawerchuk (3)
Bill Ranford 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Bob Essensa 15 saves / 16 shots

April 10	Edmonton Oilers		3–4	2OT	Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg Arena	Recap
Petr Klima (2) – 02:07 Steve Smith (1) – sh – 18:01		First period			04:55 – Mark Kumpel (1) 11:42 – Pat Elynuik (2) 12:04 – Doug Evans (1)
Esa Tikkanen (1) – 19:25		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			01:08 – pp – Dave Ellett (2)
Bill Ranford 36 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats			Stephane Beauregard 16 saves / 17 shots Bob Essensa 15 saves / 17 shots

April 12	Winnipeg Jets		3–4		Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Thomas Steen (1) – pp – 19:00		First period			08:08 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (2)
Greg Paslawski (1) – 01:55 Brent Ashton (3) – pp – 07:47		Second period			13:57 – Craig Simpson (4) 14:10 – Mark Lamb (2)
No scoring		Third period			03:53 – Mark Messier (2)
Stephane Beauregard 29 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 26 saves / 29 shots

April 14	Edmonton Oilers		4–3		Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg Arena	Recap
Esa Tikkanen (3) – 05:29 Mark Messier (3) – 09:50 Randy Gregg (1) – pp – 16:52		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			11:35 – Mark Kumpel (2)
Jari Kurri (2) – 13:10		Third period			03:44 – Doug Smail (1) 09:17 – Doug Evans (2)
Bill Ranford 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Bob Essensa 26 saves / 30 shots

April 16	Winnipeg Jets		1–4		Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Thomas Steen (2) – 09:21		First period			08:54 – Glenn Anderson (1) 17:52 – Mark Lamb (3)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			05:09 – Esa Tikkanen (4) 17:48 – Jari Kurri (3)
Stephane Beauregard 21 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 26 saves / 27 shots

Edmonton won series 4–3

Division Finals

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens

This was the 25th playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal lead the all-time meetings 21–3. This was also the sixth straight year meeting in the playoffs, with Montreal winning last year's Adams Division Finals in five games.

April 19	Montreal Canadiens		0–1		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			17:37 – pp – Dave Poulin (5)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 20 saves / 20 shots

April 21	Montreal Canadiens		4–5	OT	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Mike McPhee (1) – 01:48		First period			06:24 – Brian Propp (2)
Stephane Richer (6) – 01:54 Shayne Corson (2) – 05:30		Second period			03:43 – Cam Neely (5) 12:28 – John Carter (1)
Stephane Richer (7) – 12:50		Third period			18:11 – pp – Cam Neely (6)
No scoring		First overtime period			03:42 – Garry Galley (2)
Patrick Roy 19 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 30 saves / 34 shots

April 23	Boston Bruins		6–3		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
John Carter (2) – sh – 09:49 Ray Bourque (2) – 13:02		First period			15:09 – Brent Gilchrist (2)
John Carter (3) – 05:30 Brian Propp (3) – 06:58 Don Sweeney (1) – pp – 13:49		Second period			03:10 – Russ Courtnall (4)
Dave Poulin (6) – 07:48		Third period			14:23 – Russ Courtnall (5)
Andy Moog 20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Brian Hayward 16 saves / 18 shots Patrick Roy 8 saves / 12 shots

April 25	Boston Bruins		1–4		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:16 – Guy Carbonneau (1)
John Carter (4) – 18:23		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			04:22 – Stephan Lebeau (1) 11:51 – Stephan Lebeau (2) 19:19 – Guy Carbonneau (2)
Andy Moog 32 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 28 saves / 29 shots

April 27	Montreal Canadiens		1–3		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:00 – sh – Randy Burridge (3)
Stephan Lebeau (3) – 19:27		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			18:47 – Glen Wesley (2) 19:55 – en – Cam Neely (7)
Patrick Roy 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 23 saves / 24 shots

Boston won series 4–1

(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in six games in the 1986 Patrick Division Finals.

April 19	Washington Capitals		3–7		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:04 – Bernie Nicholls (4)
No scoring		Second period			02:44 – pp – Brian Mullen (2) 08:03 – sh – Jan Erixon (1)
Bob Rouse (2) – 03:01 John Druce (4) – 08:20 Scott Stevens (2) – 09:29		Third period			05:55 – John Ogrodnick (5) 11:49 – Bernie Nicholls (5) 13:26 – pp – Mike Gartner (4) 17:36 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (6)
Mike Liut 31 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats			John Vanbiesbrouck 32 saves / 35 shots

April 21	Washington Capitals		6–3		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Mike Ridley (2) – 07:36 John Druce (5) – pp – 08:59		First period			10:29 – Kelly Kisio (2)
Bob Joyce (2) – 00:45 John Druce (6) – 01:10 Dale Hunter (3) – pp – 04:53		Second period			02:27 – James Patrick (3) 19:35 – pp – Mike Gartner (5)
John Druce (7) – sh – 19:07		Third period			No scoring
Don Beaupre 25 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Richter 12 saves / 12 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 7 saves / 12 shots

April 23	New York Rangers		1–7		Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
Paul Broten (1) – sh – 09:29		First period			06:04 – pp – John Druce (8) 08:20 – Geoff Courtnall (3) 10:33 – pp – John Druce (9) 11:29 – sh – Mike Ridley (3)
No scoring		Second period			04:14 – Calle Johansson (1)
No scoring		Third period			11:58 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (4) 17:05 – Stephen Leach (2)
Mike Richter 42 saves / 49 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Liut 17 saves / 18 shots Don Beaupre 1 save / 1 shot

April 25	New York Rangers		3–4	OT	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
Troy Mallette (2) – 10:41		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			13:13 – Tim Bergland (1) 19:13 – pp – John Druce (10)
John Ogrodnick (6) – pp – 15:57 Bernie Nicholls (7) – 18:48		Third period			00:56 – pp – John Druce (11)
No scoring		First overtime period			00:34 – Rod Langway (1)
Mike Richter 21 saves / 25 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Liut 30 saves / 33 shots

April 27	Washington Capitals		2–1	OT	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Kelly Miller (2) – 03:16		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			01:47 – Normand Rochefort (2)
John Druce (12) – 06:48		First overtime period			No scoring
Mike Liut 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			John Vanbiesbrouck 32 saves / 34 shots

Washington won series 4–1

(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N2) St. Louis Blues

This was the third straight and seventh overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Chicago won five of the prior six meetings, including last year's Norris Division Finals in five games.

April 18	St. Louis Blues		4–3		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Rod Brind'Amour (3) – 05:42 Rick Meagher (1) – 18:58		First period			09:26 – Doug Wilson (1)
Rod Brind'Amour (4) – 06:05 Brett Hull (6) – 10:59		Second period			13:43 – pp – Trent Yawney (1) 18:24 – Adam Creighton (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Vincent Riendeau 29 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 13 saves / 13 shots Greg Millen 9 saves / 13 shots

April 20	St. Louis Blues		3–5		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:39 – pp – Steve Larmer (3)
Brett Hull (7) – 00:35		Second period			06:18 – Wayne Presley (6)
Brett Hull (8) – pp – 07:06 Paul Cavallini (2) – 14:34		Third period			08:37 – pp – Troy Murray (1) 08:47 – Steve Thomas (3) 19:46 – Jeremy Roenick (6)
Vincent Riendeau 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Greg Millen 24 saves / 27 shots

April 22	Chicago Blackhawks		4–5		St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
Doug Wilson (2) – pp – 02:12		First period			00:18 – Sergio Momesso (3) 16:46 – pp – Brett Hull (9)
Dave Manson (1) – 04:38		Second period			09:42 – pp – Jeff Brown (2)
Bob Murray (1) – 12:26 Steve Thomas (4) – 14:38		Third period			15:24 – Brett Hull (10) 19:51 – Gino Cavallini (1)
Greg Millen 23 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Vincent Riendeau 44 saves / 48 shots

April 24	Chicago Blackhawks		3–2		St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Wayne Presley (7) – 02:06 Michel Goulet (2) – 02:42 Trent Yawney (2) – pp – 18:09		Second period			12:53 – Rod Brind'Amour (5)
No scoring		Third period			05:26 – pp – Ron Wilson (3)
Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Vincent Riendeau 22 saves / 25 shots

April 26	St. Louis Blues		2–3		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Adam Oates (1) – pp – 14:05		First period			No scoring
Brett Hull (11) – pp – 14:33		Second period			03:56 – Jocelyn Lemieux (1) 04:59 – Troy Murray (2) 06:12 – Steve Thomas (5)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Vincent Riendeau 29 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 18 saves / 20 shots

April 28	Chicago Blackhawks		2–4		St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:36 – pp – Brett Hull (12) 02:30 – Dave Lowry (2)
Denis Savard (3) – pp – 07:39 Jeremy Roenick (7) – pp – 14:32		Second period			15:18 – Brett Hull (13)
No scoring		Third period			11:07 – Rich Sutter (2)
Jacques Cloutier 24 saves / 26 shots Ed Belfour 0 saves / 2 shots		Goalie stats			Vincent Riendeau 37 saves / 39 shots

April 30	St. Louis Blues		2–8		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			02:47 – Jeremy Roenick (8) 13:03 – Jeremy Roenick (9)
Paul MacLean (4) – pp – 12:06		Second period			03:03 – sh – Steve Larmer (4) 07:28 – Denis Savard (4) 10:22 – pp – Dave Manson (2)
Adam Oates (2) – 17:19		Third period			00:35 – Greg Gilbert (5) 03:45 – sh – Adam Creighton (2) 19:49 – Duane Sutter (1)
Curtis Joseph 10 saves / 14 shots Vincent Riendeau 11 saves / 15 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots

Chicago won series 4–3

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

This was the second straight and fifth overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Both teams have split the previous four meetings. Los Angeles last year's Smythe Division Semifinals in seven games.

April 18	Los Angeles Kings		0–7		Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			04:41 – Glenn Anderson (2) 09:38 – Jari Kurri (4)
No scoring		Second period			14:31 – pp – Mark Messier (4) 17:47 – Martin Gelinas (1)
No scoring		Third period			00:57 – Esa Tikkanen (5) 10:26 – Joe Murphy (2) 13:57 – Esa Tikkanen (6)
Kelly Hrudey 16 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 25 saves / 25 shots

April 20	Los Angeles Kings		1–6		Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			09:12 – Martin Gelinas (2)
No scoring		Second period			11:11 – pp – Craig Simpson (5)
Chris Kontos (1) – pp – 03:45		Third period			13:14 – pp – Jari Kurri (5) 14:29 – pp – Mark Lamb (4) 16:38 – sh – Esa Tikkanen (7) 17:39 – Craig MacTavish (1)
Kelly Hrudey 19 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 33 saves / 34 shots Eldon Reddick 1 save / 1 shots

April 22	Edmonton Oilers		5–4		Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
Craig Simpson (6) – pp – 15:26		First period			01:06 – Tomas Sandstrom (5) 19:20 – Larry Robinson (2) 19:31 – Todd Elik (3)
Craig Simpson (7) – 05:34 Petr Klima (3) – 06:50 Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) – 12:13 Adam Graves (1) – 15:33		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			18:51 – Wayne Gretzky (3)
Bill Ranford 35 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats			Ron Scott 6 saves / 10 shots Mario Gosselin 7 saves / 8 shots

April 24	Edmonton Oilers		6–5	OT	Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum	Recap
Mark Messier (5) – 04:57 Glenn Anderson (3) – 12:02		First period			No scoring
Mark Lamb (5)- 08:28 Craig Simpson (8) – 10:38		Second period			02:44 – Keith Crowder (1) 13:39 – Bob Kudelski (1) 17:52 – Luc Robitaille (5) 18:38 – John Tonelli (1)
Esa Tikkanen (8) – 17:05		Third period			01:15 – sh – Mike Allison (1)
Joe Murphy (3) – 04:42		First overtime period			No scoring
Bill Ranford 34 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats			Kelly Hrudey 31 saves / 37 shots

Edmonton won series 4–0

Conference Finals

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

May 3	Washington Capitals		3–5		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
John Druce (13) – pp – 10:08		First period			01:18 – Garry Galley (3) 18:37 – pp – Cam Neely (8)
John Tucker (1) – 16:18 Kelly Miller (3) – sh – 17:39		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			01:05 – Dave Poulin (7) 14:38 – Brian Propp (4) 19:45 – Dave Poulin (8)
Mike Liut 30 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 23 saves / 26 shots

May 5	Washington Capitals		0–3		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			03:23 – Bobby Carpenter (4)
No scoring		Third period			02:56 – Cam Neely (9) 06:03 – Craig Janney (2)
Don Beaupre 27 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 28 saves / 28 shots

May 7	Boston Bruins		4–1		Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
Dave Christian (4) – pp – 06:53		First period			No scoring
Craig Janney (3) – 18:08		Second period			15:23 – pp – John Druce (14)
Randy Burridge (4) – 09:59 Cam Neely (10) – 19:39		Third period			No scoring
Andy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Don Beaupre 20 saves / 23 shots

May 9	Boston Bruins		3–2		Washington Capitals	Capital Centre	Recap
John Carter (5) – 00:53 Cam Neely (11) – pp – 18:42		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			15:32 – Nick Kypreos (1)
Cam Neely (12) – 02:08		Third period			10:27 – Dale Hunter (4)
Andy Moog 12 saves / 14 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Liut 14 saves / 17 shots

Boston won series 4–0

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won both prior playoff meetings, including the most recent in six games in the 1985 Clarence Campbell Conference Final.

May 2	Chicago Blackhawks		2–5		Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			09:42 – Mark Messier (6)
No scoring		Second period			03:17 – Mark Lamb (6) 08:52 – Steve Smith (2)
Wayne Presley (8) – 00:57 Steve Larmer (5) – pp – 06:55		Third period			04:43 – Steve Smith (3) 07:39 – Craig MacTavish (2)
Ed Belfour 23 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 23 saves / 25 shots

May 4	Chicago Blackhawks		4–3		Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Troy Murray (3) – 17:50		First period			No scoring
Denis Savard (5) – 02:020 Steve Thomas (6) – 17:36		Second period			09:49 – Glenn Anderson (4) 18:01 – pp – Jari Kurri (6)
Doug Wilson (3) – 18:01		Third period			02:10 – Esa Tikkanen (9)
Greg Millen 24 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 35 saves / 39 shots

May 6	Edmonton Oilers		1–5		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Craig Simpson (9) – pp – 06:01		First period			08:41 – Bob Murray (2) 12:32 – Steve Larmer (6)
No scoring		Second period			03:05 – Steve Larmer (7)
No scoring		Third period			07:27 – sh – Dirk Graham (1) 13:51 – Wayne Presley (9)
Bill Ranford 24 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Greg Millen 31 saves / 32 shots

May 8	Edmonton Oilers		4–2		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Glenn Anderson (5) – pp – 15:02 Mark Messier (7) – 17:25		First period			18:22 – pp – Denis Savard (6)
Craig Simpson (10) – 00:11 Mark Messier (8) – 14:06		Second period			07:16 – Jeremy Roenick (10)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Bill Ranford 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Jacques Cloutier 11 saves / 12 shots Greg Millen 1 save / 4 shots

May 10	Chicago Blackhawks		3–4		Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
Steve Konroyd (1) – 14:14		First period			02:08 – Randy Gregg (2) 12:25 – pp – Craig Simpson (11) 14:32 – Adam Graves (2)
Troy Murray (4) – 04:03 Denis Savard (7) – pp – 12:45		Second period			18:29 – pp – Jari Kurri (7)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jacques Cloutier 30 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 18 saves / 21 shots

May 12	Edmonton Oilers		8–4		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Esa Tikkanen (1) – sh – 02:010 Craig Simpson (12) – pp – 12:26 Petr Klima (4) – 15:11		First period			05:01 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (11)
Adam Graves (3) – 05:17 Joe Murphy (4) – 15:22 Glenn Anderson (6) – 17:31 Mark Messier (9) – 17:48		Second period			No scoring
Steve Smith (4) – 03:06		Third period			01:31 – Adam Creighton (3) 08:11 – Steve Thomas (7) 09:04 – pp – Trent Yawney (3)
Bill Ranford 26 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Greg Millen 18 saves / 25 shots Jacques Cloutier 2 saves / 3 shots

Edmonton won series 4–2

Stanley Cup Finals

This was second Finals meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting 4–0–1 in the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins in five games. For the Oilers, it was their fifth Cup win in seven years, and their only one without Wayne Gretzky. In Game 1, Petr Klima scored at 15:13 of the third overtime period to give the Oilers a 3–2 win. The game broke the record for longest Final game, set in 1931 between Chicago and Montreal. This game remains the longest in Stanley Cup Final history (Longest NHL overtime games) to date, edging both Brett Hull's cup-winner in 1999 and Igor Larionov's game-winner in 2002 by less than 30 seconds. In Game 5 at the Boston Garden on May 24, the Oilers won 4–1, with Craig Simpson scoring the game-winning goal.

May 15	Edmonton Oilers		3–2	3OT	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Adam Graves (4) – 09:46		First period			No scoring
Glenn Anderson (7) – 13:00		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			03:43 – Ray Bourque (3) 18:31 – Ray Bourque (4)
Petr Klima (5) – 15:13		Third overtime period			No scoring
Bill Ranford 50 saves / 52 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 28 saves / 31 shots

May 18	Edmonton Oilers		7–2		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Adam Graves (5) – 08:38 Jari Kurri (8) – pp – 10:53		First period			19:07 – Ray Bourque (5)
Jari Kurri (9) – 04:21 Craig Simpson (13) – 15:28 Esa Tikkanen (11) – 17:10 Joe Murphy (5) – 19:12		Second period			02:56 – pp – Greg Hawgood (1)
Jari Kurri (10) – pp – 07:27		Third period			No scoring
Bill Ranford 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Rejean Lemelin 14 saves / 18 shots Andy Moog 1 saves / 4 shots

May 20	Boston Bruins		2–1		Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
John Byce (2) – 00:10 Greg Johnston (1) – 15:04		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			05:54 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (12)
Andy Moog 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 20 saves / 22 shots

May 22	Boston Bruins		1–5		Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			02:13 – pp – Glenn Anderson (8) 16:27 – Glenn Anderson (9)
No scoring		Second period			01:00 – Craig Simpson (14) 19:15 – Esa Tikkanen (13)
John Carter (6) – 15:02		Third period			18:36 – Craig Simpson (15)
Andy Moog 28 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Bill Ranford 24 saves / 25 shots

May 24	Edmonton Oilers		4–1		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Glenn Anderson (10) – 01:17 Craig Simpson (16) – 09:31		Second period			No scoring
Steve Smith (5) – 06:09 Joe Murphy (6) – 14:53		Third period			16:30 – Lyndon Byers (1)
Bill Ranford 29 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Andy Moog 18 saves / 22 shots

Edmonton won series 4–1

Playoff statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.[1]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Craig Simpson	Edmonton Oilers	22	16	15	31	+11	8
Mark Messier	Edmonton Oilers	22	9	22	31	+5	20
Cam Neely	Boston Bruins	21	12	16	28	+7	51
Jari Kurri	Edmonton Oilers	22	10	15	25	+13	18
Esa Tikkanen	Edmonton Oilers	22	13	11	24	+12	26
Glenn Anderson	Edmonton Oilers	22	10	12	22	+12	20
Steve Larmer	Chicago Blackhawks	20	7	15	22	+2	8
Denis Savard	Chicago Blackhawks	20	7	15	22	0	41
Craig Janney	Boston Bruins	18	3	19	22	+3	2
Brett Hull	St. Louis Blues	12	13	8	21	+1	17

Goaltenders

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[2]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Andy Moog	Boston Bruins	20	13	7	484	44	2.21	.909	2	1195:14
Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	11	5	6	291	26	2.43	.911	1	640:46
Bill Ranford	Edmonton Oilers	22	16	6	671	59	2.53	.912	1	1401:13
Peter Sidorkiewicz	Hartford Whalers	7	3	4	193	23	3.21	.881	0	429:26
Mike Liut	Washington Capitals	9	4	4	222	28	3.31	.874	0	507:14

See also

• 1989–90 NHL season
• List of NHL seasons

Notes

1. NHL.com - Skater Stats
2. NHL.com - Goalie Stats

References

• Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Total Sports Canada. ISBN 1-892129-07-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)