1991 Stanley Cup playoffs

1991 Stanley Cup playoffs

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)
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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.^[1]

The top four teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This 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

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

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

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

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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Preceded by 1990 Stanley Cup playoffs

Stanley Cup Champions

Succeeded by 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs