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1980 Stanley Cup playoffs

Hockey playoffs in 1980


Hockey playoffs in 1980

FieldValue
titleStanley Cup playoffs
year1980
datesApril 8–May 24, 1980
num_teams16
defending_champions[Montreal Canadiens](1979-80-montreal-canadiens-season)
winners[New York Islanders](1979-80-new-york-islanders-season)
second[Philadelphia Flyers](1979-80-philadelphia-flyers-season)
prev_season[1979](1979-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season[1981](1981-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 1980 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 8, after the conclusion of the 1979–80 NHL season. This season saw the addition of four teams from the disbanded World Hockey Association (WHA) as expansion franchises, and thus the playoffs were also expanded from 12 to 16 teams. The expanded playoff format allowed two of those former WHA clubs, the Edmonton Oilers and the Hartford Whalers, to make the playoffs in their first season in the NHL. The Atlanta Flames played their final playoff games before moving to Calgary after the season; the playoffs would eventually return to Atlanta in 2007 when the expansion Atlanta Thrashers made their first postseason appearance.

The playoffs concluded on May 24 when the New York Islanders defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 to win the final series four games to two and win the Stanley Cup. It was the Islanders' first Stanley Cup win and was the first of four consecutive Stanley Cup wins.

Playoff seeds

With the league expansion from 17 to 21 teams, the playoffs were also expanded, from a 12-team tournament to a 16-team tournament. The sixteen teams were composed of the four divisional champions plus the top 12 finishers of the remaining 17 teams. The 16 qualifying teams were then seeded based on regular season points, with divisional rankings ignored. Division leaders no longer received first round byes. The teams were seeded 1 through 16, with the top team playing the 16th team in the first round, and so on. In subsequent rounds, matchups were similarly arranged, with the top remaining seed against the lowest remaining seed, and so on.

The following sixteen teams qualified for the playoffs:

  1. Philadelphia Flyers, Patrick Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, NHL regular season champions – 116 points
  2. Buffalo Sabres, Adams Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 110 points
  3. Montreal Canadiens, Norris Division champions – 107 points
  4. Boston Bruins – 105 points
  5. New York Islanders – 91 points
  6. Minnesota North Stars – 88 points
  7. Chicago Black Hawks, Smythe Division champions – 87 points
  8. New York Rangers – 86 points
  9. Atlanta Flames – 83 points
  10. St. Louis Blues – 80 points
  11. Toronto Maple Leafs – 75 points
  12. Los Angeles Kings – 74 points
  13. Pittsburgh Penguins – 73 points (30 wins)
  14. Hartford Whalers – 73 points (27 wins)
  15. Vancouver Canucks – 70 points
  16. Edmonton Oilers – 69 points

Playoff bracket

The NHL used "re-seeding" instead of a fixed bracket playoff system: in each round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed, the second-highest remaining seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, and so forth.

Starting this postseason, each series in the Preliminary Round was expanded from a best-of-three format to a best-of-five format. Each series in the other three rounds remained in a best-of-seven format.

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Preliminary round

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (16) Edmonton Oilers

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.

|1-1-1 =Dave Lumley (1) – pp – 14:09 Wayne Gretzky (1) – 16:01 |1-1-2 =00:56 – Paul Holmgren (1) 06:19 – Reggie Leach (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Don Murdoch (1) – 08:09 |1-3-2 =18:41 – Rick MacLeish (1) |1-4-1 =No scoring |1-4-2 =08:06 – Bobby Clarke (1) |goalie1-1 =Ron Low 47 saves / 51 shots |goalie1-2 =Pete Peeters 14 saves / 17 shots

|2-1-1 =Don Murdoch (2) – 01:14 |2-1-2 =13:32 – Behn Wilson (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =04:08 – pp – Bobby Clarke (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =08:26 – Paul Holmgren (2) 10:05 – Reggie Leach (2) 19:33 – pp – Tom Gorence (1) |goalie2-1 =Ron Low 23 saves / 28 shots |goalie2-2 =Pete Peeters 23 saves / 24 shots

|3-1-1 =15:55 – Wayne Gretzky (2) 17:16 – sh – Mark Messier (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Behn Wilson (2) – 04:24 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Brian Propp (1) – 07:03 |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Ken Linseman (1) – 03:56 |goalie3-1 =Ron Low 45 saves / 48 shots |goalie3-2 =Phil Myre 41 saves / 43 shots

(2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (15) Vancouver Canucks

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =04:20 – pp – Derek Smith (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =13:21 – Don Luce (1) |1-3-1 =Brent Ashton (1) – 16:42 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Gary Bromley 24 saves / 26 shots |goalie1-2 =Don Edwards 18 saves / 19 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =03:31 – pp – Mike Ramsey (1) 09:51 – Richard Martin (1) 16:54 – pp – Gilbert Perreault (1) 19:59 – pp – Richie Dunn (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =06:05 – Ric Seiling (1) 16:31 – Richard Martin (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Gary Bromley 6 saves / 10 shots Glen Hanlon 14 saves / 16 shots |goalie2-2 =Bob Sauve 22 saves / 22 shots

|3-1-1 =04:41 – Bob Manno (1) 07:06 – Gary Lupul (1) 16:17 – Darcy Rota (1) 19:50 – Kevin McCarthy (1) |3-1-2 =Danny Gare (1) – pp – 15:29 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Derek Smith (2) – 02:08 |3-3-1 =03:38 – Per-Olov Brasar (1) |3-3-2 =Tony McKegney (1) – 17:46 Richard Martin (3) – 18:48 |goalie3-1 =Gary Bromley 19 saves / 22 shots Glen Hanlon 10 saves / 11 shots |goalie3-2 =Don Edwards 21 saves / 26 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Richard Martin (4) – pp – 15:24 |4-2-1 =04:42 – Darcy Rota (2) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Gilbert Perreault (2) – 02:04 Ric Seiling (2) – en – 19:41 |goalie4-1 =Gary Bromley 24 saves / 26 shots |goalie4-2 =Bob Sauve 23 saves / 24 shots

(3) Montreal Canadiens vs. (14) Hartford Whalers

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams. Game 3 was the last game each for Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull, who each retired in the offseason.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =05:50 – Yvon Lambert (1) 15:52 – Brian Engblom (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =11:59 – Rick Chartraw (1) 13:59 – Guy Lafleur (1) |1-3-1 =Mark Howe (1) – 15:01 |1-3-2 =10:27 – Yvon Lambert (2) 13:15 – pp – Steve Shutt (1) |goalie1-1 =Al Smith 31 saves / 37 shots |goalie1-2 =Denis Herron 20 saves / 21 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =00:30 – Doug Jarvis (1) 01:20 – Rejean Houle (1) 16:32 – Yvon Lambert (3) |2-2-1 =Ray Neufeld (1) – 06:22 Gordie Roberts (1) – 11:26 |2-2-2 =01:33 – Gaston Gingras (1) 06:46 – Bob Gainey (1) 12:45 – Yvon Lambert (4) 13:53 – Steve Shutt (2) 19:49 – Guy Lafleur (2) |2-3-1 =Marty Howe (1) – 05:55 Gordie Howe (1) – 13:59 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =John Garrett 32 saves / 40 shots |goalie2-2 =Denis Herron 23 saves / 27 shots

|3-1-1 =07:03 – sh – Pat Boutette (1) |3-1-2 =Guy Lafleur (3) – 12:17 |3-2-1 =01:27 – Tom Rowe (1) |3-2-2 =Yvon Lambert (5) – pp – 05:03 |3-3-1 =08:04 – Tom Rowe (2) |3-3-2 =Rejean Houle (2) – 02:58 |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Yvon Lambert (6) – 00:29 |goalie3-1 =Al Smith 23 saves / 27 shots |goalie3-2 =Michel Larocque 25 saves / 28 shots

(4) Boston Bruins vs. (13) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of the previous year's Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which Boston won in a four-game sweep.

|1-1-1 =No Scoring |1-1-2 =No Scoring |1-2-1 =Mark Johnson (1) – pp – 08:25 Gary McAdam (1) – 14:47 |1-2-2 =No Scoring |1-3-1 =Mark Johnson (2) – 03:10 Gregg Sheppard (1) – en – 19:24 |1-3-2 =13:44 – pp – Terry O'Reilly (1) 18:47 – Craig MacTavish (1) |goalie1-1 =Greg Millen 36 saves / 38 shots |goalie1-2 =Gerry Cheevers 18 saves / 21 shots

|2-1-1 =No Scoring |2-1-2 =No Scoring |2-2-1 =No Scoring |2-2-2 =01:42 – Rick Middleton (1) 10:38 – Don Marcotte (1) 11:21 – Brad Park (1) |2-3-1 =Rod Schutt (1) – 12:16 |2-3-2 =11:15 – Wayne Cashman (1) |goalie2-1 =Greg Millen 38 saves / 42 shots |goalie2-2 =Gerry Cheevers 16 saves / 17 shots

|3-1-1 =13:28 – Ross Lonsberry (1) |3-1-2 =No Scoring |3-2-1 =01:17 – Ross Lonsberry (2) 16:37 – Randy Carlyle (1) |3-2-2 =No Scoring |3-3-1 =13:51 – Rod Schutt (2) |3-3-2 =Rick Middleton (2) – 03:48 |goalie3-1 =Greg Millen 19 saves / 20 shots |goalie3-2 =Gerry Cheevers 24 saves / 28 shots

|4-1-1 =No Scoring |4-1-2 =Peter McNab (1) – 05:13 Rick Middleton (3) – 06:42 Ray Bourque (1) – 13:26 Peter McNab (2) – pp – 16:00 Craig MacTavish (2) – 18:09 |4-2-1 =No Scoring |4-2-2 =Bob Miller (1) – sh – 06:31 Dwight Foster (1) – sh – 10:08 |4-3-1 =06:43 – pp – Rick Kehoe (1) 14:40 – pp – Ron Stackhouse (1) 14:47 – pp – Rick Kehoe (2) |4-3-2 =Dwight Foster 2 – 16:45 |goalie4-1 =Greg Millen 21 saves / 29 shots |goalie4-2 =Gerry Cheevers 23 saves / 26 shots

|5-1-1 =No Scoring |5-1-2 =03:49 – Peter McNab (3) 04:57 – Bob Miller (2) |5-2-1 =No Scoring |5-2-2 =05:22 – Dwight Foster (3) 10:20 – pp – Wayne Cashman (2) |5-3-1 =Bob Stewart (1) – 03:18 Nick Libett (1) – pp – 16:10 |5-3-2 =06:25 – pp – Terry O'Reilly (2) 14:22 – Brad Park (2) |goalie5-1 =Greg Millen 24 saves / 30 shots |goalie5-2 =Gerry Cheevers 22 saves / 24 shots

(5) New York Islanders vs. (12) Los Angeles Kings

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.

|1-1-1 =No Scoring |1-1-2 =05:46 – Bryan Trottier (1) 18:07 – Wayne Merrick (1) |1-2-1 =No Scoring |1-2-2 =04:30 – sh – Bryan Trottier (2) 10:19 – Mike Bossy (1) 11:29 – Bob Nystrom (1) 14:14 – Gord Lane (1) 19:20 – sh – Bryan Trottier (3) |1-3-1 =Rob Palmer (1) – 19:20 |1-3-2 =02:15 – Stefan Persson (1) |goalie1-1 =Doug Keans 13 saves / 20 shots Mario Lessard 13 saves / 14 shots |goalie1-2 =Billy Smith 23 saves / 24 shots

|2-1-1 =Mike Murphy (1) – sh – 05:54 Dave Taylor (1) – 13:59 Glenn Goldup (1) – 15:21 Andre St. Laurent (1) – sh – 18:31 |2-1-2 =No Scoring |2-2-1 =Dave Taylor (2) – 04:00 Steve Carlson (1) – 11:59 |2-2-2 =15:49 – pp – Bob Bourne (1) 16:55 – John Tonelli (1) |2-3-1 =No Scoring |2-3-2 =07:38 – Garry Howatt (1) |goalie2-1 =Mario Lessard 30 saves / 33 shots |goalie2-2 =Glenn Resch 20 saves / 26 shots Billy Smith 6 saves / 6 shots

|3-1-1 =01:31 – Mark Hardy (1) 06:42 – pp – Charlie Simmer (1) |3-1-2 =Bob Bourne (2) – pp – 03:47 |3-2-1 =10:47 – Charlie Simmer (2) |3-2-2 =No Scoring |3-3-1 =No Scoring |3-3-2 =Clark Gillies (1) – 03:22 Butch Goring (1) – 06:34 |3-4-1 =No Scoring |3-4-2 =Ken Morrow (1) – 06:55 |goalie3-1 =Mario Lessard 34 saves / 38 shots |goalie3-2 =Billy Smith 20 saves / 23 shots

|4-1-1 =No Scoring |4-1-2 =Garry Howatt (2) – 15:05 |4-2-1 =No Scoring |4-2-2 =Bob Bourne (3) – pp – 09:27 |4-3-1 =No Scoring |4-3-2 =Alex McKendry (1) – 01:46 John Tonelli (2) – 05:22 Butch Goring (2) – 06:17 Alex McKendry (2) – 10:15 |goalie4-1 =Mario Lessard 26 saves / 32 shots |goalie4-2 =Billy Smith 20 saves / 20 shots

(6) Minnesota North Stars vs. (11) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.

|1-1-1 =Laurie Boschman (1) – pp – 10:37 Ron Wilson (1) – pp – 15:51 |1-1-2 =02:17 – pp – Steve Payne (1) 19:15 – pp – Gary Sargent (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =11:35 – pp – Curt Giles (1) 15:47 – Steve Payne (2) |1-3-1 =Rick Vaive (1) – 13:03 |1-3-2 =04:47 – Mike Eaves (1) 15:41 – Steve Christoff (1) |goalie1-1 =Jiri Crha 55 saves / 61 shots |goalie1-2 =Gary Edwards 22 saves / 25 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =15:49 – pp – Craig Hartsburg (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =04:31 – Al MacAdam (1) 11:14 – Gary Sargent (2) 17:00 – pp – Tim Young (1) |2-3-1 =Terry Martin (1) – 05:16 Darryl Sittler (1) – pp – 09:15 |2-3-2 =12:36 – Tom McCarthy (1) 13:12 – Al MacAdam (2) 18:31 – Mike Polich (1) |goalie2-1 =Mike Palmateer 36 saves / 43 shots |goalie2-2 =Gary Edwards 27 saves / 29 shots

|3-1-1 =11:51 – Terry Martin (2) |3-1-2 =Steve Christoff (2) – pp – 03:08 |3-2-1 =08:14 – pp – Borje Salming (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =14:47 – John Anderson (1) |3-3-2 =Tom McCarthy (2) – pp – 01:04 Steve Christoff (3) – 04:25 |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Al MacAdam (3) – 00:32 |goalie3-1 =Jiri Crha 27 saves / 31 shots |goalie3-2 =Gary Edwards 19 saves / 21 shots Gilles Meloche 12 saves / 13 shots

(7) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (10) St. Louis Blues

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won the only previous meeting in five games in the 1973 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.

With their victory in game one, Chicago snapped a record 16-game losing streak in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

|1-1-1 =No Scoring |1-1-2 =03:39 – Grant Mulvey (1) |1-2-1 =Larry Patey (1) – 05:53 |1-2-2 =No Scoring |1-3-1 =Wayne Babych (1) – 14:42 |1-3-2 =14:10 – Ted Bulley (1) |1-4-1 =No Scoring |1-4-2 =12:34 – Doug Lecuyer (1) |goalie1-1 =Mike Liut 42 saves / 45 shots |goalie1-2 =Tony Esposito 31 saves / 33 shots

|2-1-1 =No Scoring |2-1-2 =00:23 – Doug Wilson (1) 12:46 – pp – Ron Sedlbauer (1) |2-2-1 =Perry Turnbull (1) – pp – 13:40 |2-2-2 =No Scoring |2-3-1 =No Scoring |2-3-2 =01:16 – pp – Tom Lysiak (1) 15:23 – Doug Wilson (2) 19:04 – Ted Bulley (2) |goalie2-1 =Mike Liut 31 saves / 36 shots |goalie2-2 =Tony Esposito 30 saves / 31 shots

|3-1-1 =No Scoring |3-1-2 =Doug Lecuyer (2) – 03:46 |3-2-1 =No Scoring |3-2-2 =Darryl Sutter (1) – pp – 03:29 |3-3-1 =15:37 – Bernie Federko (1) |3-3-2 =Bob Murray (1) – 14:57 Doug Lecuyer (3) – 16:35 |goalie3-1 =Mike Liut 25 saves / 29 shots |goalie3-2 =Tony Esposito 23 saves / 24 shots

(8) New York Rangers vs. (9) Atlanta Flames

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams. Game four was also the final home game for the Flames in Atlanta, as the franchise was sold and relocated to Calgary during the offseason.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Don Lever (1) – pp – 04:57 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =08:14 – Steve Vickers (1) |1-4-1 =No scoring |1-4-2 =00:33 – Steve Vickers (2) |goalie1-1 =Dan Bouchard 29 saves / 31 shots |goalie1-2 =John Davidson 21 saves / 22 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =03:02 – pp – Phil Esposito (1) 06:32 – Anders Hedberg (1) 12:33 – sh – Dave Maloney (1) 14:32 – Phil Esposito (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Willi Plett (1) – pp – 09:05 |2-3-2 =15:18 – Warren Miller (1) |goalie2-1 =Dan Bouchard 27 saves / 32 shots |goalie2-2 =John Davidson 20 saves / 21 shots

|3-1-1 =14:56 – Bob Murdoch (1) |3-1-2 =Dave Maloney (2) – 13:11 |3-2-1 =03:34 – Ken Houston (1) 05:47 – Eric Vail (1) 16:15 – Eric Vail (2) |3-2-2 =Anders Hedberg (2) – 04:07 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Dan Bouchard 25 saves / 27 shots |goalie3-2 =John Davidson 29 saves / 33 shots

|4-1-1 =09:07 – pp – Eric Vail (3) |4-1-2 =Anders Hedberg (3) – 01:58 Dean Talafous (1) – pp – 06:09 Ed Hospodar (1) – 06:43 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Carol Vadnais (1) – 04:10 |4-3-1 =08:14 – pp – Guy Chouinard (1) |4-3-2 =Barry Beck (1) – pp – 13:23 |goalie4-1 =Dan Bouchard 22 saves / 27 shots |goalie4-2 =John Davidson 30 saves / 32 shots

Quarterfinals

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) New York Rangers

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings. This was a rematch of the previous year's Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which New York won in five games.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =04:49 – Rick MacLeish (2) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Ray Markham (1) – 03:47 |1-3-2 =05:44 – Behn Wilson (3) |goalie1-1 =John Davidson 40 saves / 42 shots |goalie1-2 =Pete Peeters 29 saves / 30 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =10:25 – Paul Holmgren (3) 10:39 – Bill Barber (1) |2-3-1 =Ron Duguay (1) – 14:41 |2-3-2 =14:26 – Rick MacLeish (3) 18:32 – shen – Reggie Leach (3) |goalie2-1 =John Davidson 37 saves / 40 shots |goalie2-2 =Pete Peeters 31 saves / 32 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Bob Dailey (1) – sh – 08:39 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Bill Barber (2) – 04:16 Rick MacLeish (4) – 09:43 |goalie3-1 =John Davidson 32 saves / 35 shots |goalie3-2 =Pete Peeters 29 saves / 29 shots

|4-1-1 =05:05 – pp – Ron Duguay (2) |4-1-2 =Rick MacLeish (5) – 13:10 |4-2-1 =05:02 – pp – Ron Duguay (3) 09:26 – Phil Esposito (3) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =05:42 – Ron Duguay (4) |4-3-2 =Reggie Leach (4) – 15:32 |goalie4-1 =John Davidson 31 saves / 33 shots |goalie4-2 =Pete Peeters 22 saves / 26 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =19:03 – Al Hill (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =05:09 – Behn Wilson (4) 08:24 – Paul Holmgren (4) |5-3-1 =Ron Duguay (5) – 14:27 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =John Davidson 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie5-2 =Pete Peeters 25 saves / 26 shots

(2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (7) Chicago Black Hawks

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Buffalo won the only previous meeting in five games in the 1975 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =12:09 – pp – John Van Boxmeer (1) 18:24 – pp – Gilbert Perreault (3) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =11:32 – pp – Danny Gare (2) 12:08 – Bob Mongrain (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =19:40 – pp – Rick Dudley (1) |goalie1-1 =Tony Esposito 25 saves / 30 shots |goalie1-2 =Don Edwards 17 saves / 17 shots

|2-1-1 =Tom Lysiak (2) – pp – 18:24 |2-1-2 =08:48 – pp – Danny Gare (3) 13:17 – Ric Seiling (3) |2-2-1 =Tom Lysiak (3) – pp – 03:49 Doug Lecuyer (4) – 17:06 |2-2-2 =06:31 – Don Luce (2) 11:22 – Ric Seiling (4) 15:20 – pp – Danny Gare (4) |2-3-1 =Darryl Sutter (2) – 02:09 |2-3-2 =16:24 – Richard Martin (5) |goalie2-1 =Mike Veisor 19 saves / 25 shots |goalie2-2 =Bob Sauve 17 saves / 21 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Ric Seiling (5) – 03:53 Rick Dudley (2) – 05:37 |3-2-1 =14:11 – pp – Darryl Sutter (3) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Tony Esposito 30 saves / 32 shots |goalie3-2 =Don Edwards 38 saves / 39 shots

|4-1-1 =13:26 – Bob Murray (2) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =09:55 – pp – Tom Lysiak (4) |4-2-2 =John Van Boxmeer (2) – 19:32 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Richard Martin (6) – 08:47 Gilbert Perreault (4) – 16:54 |goalie4-1 =Tony Esposito 31 saves / 34 shots |goalie4-2 =Bob Sauve 46 saves / 48 shots

(3) Montreal Canadiens vs. (6) Minnesota North Stars

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal won the only previous meeting in six games in the 1971 Stanley Cup Semifinals. This was Montreal's first playoff series loss since losing to Buffalo in the 1975 Stanley Cup Semifinals.

Al MacAdam's goal with 1:26 left in the third period of game seven won the series for the North Stars and sent them to the semifinals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Kent-Erik Andersson – 02:51 Steve Payne (3) – 15:13 Al MacAdam (4) – 16:52 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Gilles Meloche 23 saves / 23 shots |goalie1-2 =Denis Herron 25 saves / 28 shots

|2-1-1 =Tom McCarthy (3) – pp – 19:11 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Steve Payne (4) – 04:18 |2-2-2 =05:27 – Yvon Lambert (7) |2-3-1 =Steve Payne (5) – 03:45 Curt Giles (2) – pp – 10:01 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Gilles Meloche 40 saves / 41 shots |goalie2-2 =Denis Herron 28 saves / 32 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Norm Dupont (1) – 12:49 Doug Jarvis (2) – 16:27 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Doug Jarvis (3) – 05:43 Rod Langway (1) – pp – 17:39 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Pierre Larouche (1) – 02:45 |goalie3-1 =Gilles Meloche 31 saves / 36 shots |goalie3-2 =Michel Larocque 25 saves / 25 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Rejean Houle (3) – pp – 06:33 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Steve Shutt (3) – 13:34 |4-3-1 =04:15 – Steve Christoff (4) |4-3-2 =Rejean Houle (4) – 07:15 Yvon Lambert (8) – 11:40 Rod Langway (2) – 19:32 |goalie4-1 =Gilles Meloche 31 saves / 36 shots |goalie4-2 =Michel Larocque 22 saves / 23 shots

|5-1-1 =Steve Christoff (5) – 11:32 |5-1-2 =09:23 – Steve Shutt (4) 14:51 – Pierre Mondou (1) |5-2-1 =Al MacAdam (5) – 05:28 |5-2-2 =08:43 – pp – Steve Shutt (5) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =04:15 – sh – Doug Jarvis (4) 10:28 – pp – Brian Engblom (2) 15:07 – Steve Shutt (6) |goalie5-1 =Gilles Meloche 32 saves / 38 shots |goalie5-2 =Michel Larocque 29 saves / 31 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Mark Napier (1) – 05:23 |6-2-1 =05:22 – pp – Steve Christoff (6) 10:29 – Kent-Erik Andersson (2) 13:20 – Paul Shmyr (1) 13:47 – pp – Bobby Smith (1) 19:16 – Glen Sharpley (1) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Rick Chartraw (2) – 05:08 |goalie6-1 =Gilles Meloche 26 saves / 28 shots |goalie6-2 =Michel Larocque 31 saves / 36 shots

|7-1-1 =Tom Younghans (1) – sh – 14:43 |7-1-2 =09:12 – pp – Mark Napier (2) |7-2-1 =Craig Hartsburg (2) – pp – 16:46 |7-2-2 =No scoring |7-3-1 =Al MacAdam (6) – 18:34 |7-3-2 =05:23 – Rod Langway (3) |goalie7-1 =Gilles Meloche 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie7-2 =Denis Herron 27 saves / 30 shots

(4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) New York Islanders

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.

|1-1-1 =No Scoring |1-1-2 =No Scoring |1-2-1 =No Scoring |1-2-2 =No Scoring |1-3-1 =Garry Howatt (3) – 03:49 |1-3-2 =00:51 – Peter McNab (4) |1-4-1 =Clark Gillies (2) – 01:02 |1-4-2 =No Scoring |goalie1-1 =Billy Smith 22 saves / 23 shots |goalie1-2 =Gerry Cheevers 25 saves / 27 shots

|2-1-1 =Bryan Trottier (4) – 16:08 |2-1-2 =No Scoring |2-2-1 =John Tonelli (3) – 10:40 Lorne Henning (1) – sh – 14:33 |2-2-2 =01:32 – Rick Smith (1) 12:00 – Brad McCrimmon (1) 16:55 – Brad Park (3) |2-3-1 =Bob Nystrom (2) – 11:06 |2-3-2 =10:51 – Bob Miller (3) |2-4-1 =Bob Bourne (4) – 01:24 |2-4-2 =No Scoring |goalie2-1 =Billy Smith 29 saves / 33 shots |goalie2-2 =Gerry Cheevers 18 saves / 23 shots

|3-1-1 =12:16 – John Tonelli (4) 17:08 – pp – Bryan Trottier (5) |3-1-2 =Don Marcotte (2) – 09:52 |3-2-1 =06:57 – Bob Bourne (5) 15:54 – Bobby Nystrom (3) |3-2-2 =Peter McNab (5) – 09:48 |3-3-1 =04:51 – Bryan Trottier (6) |3-3-2 =Peter McNab (6) – pp – 12:15 |goalie3-1 =Billy Smith 32 saves / 35 shots |goalie3-2 =Gerry Cheevers 30 saves / 35 shots

|4-1-1 =12:03 – Mike Bossy (2) |4-1-2 =Ray Bourque (2) – 09:21 |4-2-1 =08:18 – pp – Mike Bossy (3) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =13:20 – Clark Gillies (3) |4-3-2 =Peter McNab (7) – 03:09 Rick Middleton (4) – 19:40 |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =Terry O'Reilly (3) – 17:13 |goalie4-1 =Billy Smith 35 saves / 39 shots |goalie4-2 =Gerry Cheevers 27 saves / 30 shots

|5-1-1 =No Scoring |5-1-2 =01:31 – Wayne Cashman (3) 03:28 – pp – Peter McNab (8) |5-2-1 =Stefan Persson (2) – pp – 17:23 |5-2-2 =No Scoring |5-3-1 =Duane Sutter (1) – 02:38 Clark Gillies (4) – 05:58 Denis Potvin (1) – 14:27 |5-3-2 =No Scoring |goalie5-1 =Billy Smith 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie5-2 =Gerry Cheevers 20 saves / 24 shots

Semifinals

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) Minnesota North Stars

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won the only previous meeting in six games in the 1973 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.

|1-1-1 =Steve Christoff (7) – 04:19 Paul Shmyr (2) – pp – 13:20 Steve Christoff (8) – 13:59 |1-1-2 =05:23 – pp – Al Hill (2) 14:54 – Ken Linseman (2) 15:36 – Tom Gorence (2) 16:40 – Ken Linseman (3) |1-2-1 =Mike Eaves (2) – 14:04 Steve Payne (6) – pp – 16:46 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Steve Payne (7) – pp – 07:40 |1-3-2 =09:27 – Paul Holmgren (5) |goalie1-1 =Gilles Meloche 7 saves / 11 shots Gary Edwards 21 saves / 22 shots |goalie1-2 =Pete Peeters 30 saves / 36 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =02:09 – pp – Paul Holmgren (6) 03:20 – sh – Bill Barber (3) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =00:56 – pp – Bobby Clarke (3) 08:42 – pp – Bob Dailey (2) 11:27 – pp – Brian Propp (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =16:23 – Al Hill (3) 19:20 – Reggie Leach (5) |goalie2-1 =Gary Edwards 33 saves / 40 shots |goalie2-2 =Phil Myre 27 saves / 27 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Bill Barber (4) – pp – 15:15 Bill Barber (5) – 17:09 |3-2-1 =14:39 – sh – Tom Younghans (2) 15:34 – sh – Tim Young (2) 17:27 – pp – Tom McCarthy (4) |3-2-2 =Mel Bridgman (1) – 01:14 Bill Barber (6) – 06:07 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Bill Barber (7) – sh – 16:34 |goalie3-1 =Gilles Meloche 23 saves / 28 shots |goalie3-2 =Phil Myre 31 saves / 34 shots

|4-1-1 =13:18 – Tom McCarthy (5) |4-1-2 =Reggie Leach (6) – 16:51 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Bill Barber (8) – 13:54 |4-3-1 =13:54 – Mike Polich (2) |4-3-2 =Bill Barber (9) – 02:43 |goalie4-1 =Gary Edwards 29 saves / 32 shots |goalie4-2 =Phil Myre 30 saves / 32 shots

|5-1-1 =Craig Hartsburg (3) – 00:44 Al MacAdam (7) – pp – 17:11 |5-1-2 =02:23 – pp – Rick MacLeish (6) 06:26 – sh – Bill Barber (10) 12:16 – pp – Reggie Leach (7) |5-2-1 =Rob Flockhart (1) – 14:43 |5-2-2 =03:33 – Reggie Leach (8) 06:02 – Bill Barber (11) 16:19 – Bobby Clarke (4) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Gary Edwards 7 saves / 11 shots Gilles Meloche 14 saves / 17 shots |goalie5-2 =Phil Myre 22 saves / 25 shots

(2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (3) New York Islanders

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won both previous meetings in consecutive years, the latter of which was a four-game sweep in the 1977 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.

|1-1-1 =Bob Bourne (6) – sh – 13:06 Mike Bossy (4) – 17:42 |1-1-2 =05:23 – Rick Dudley (3) |1-2-1 =John Tonelli (5) – 09:56 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =John Tonelli (6) – 11:10 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Billy Smith 31 saves / 32 shots |goalie1-2 =Don Edwards 25 saves / 29 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Butch Goring (3) – 15:02 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =11:47 – Andre Savard (1) |2-4-1 =Bobby Nystrom (4) – 01:20 |2-4-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Billy Smith 41 saves / 42 shots |goalie2-2 =Bob Sauve 31 saves / 33 shots

|3-1-1 =05:14 – Mike Bossy (5) 12:47 – Wayne Merrick (2) |3-1-2 =Tony McKegney (2) – 19:28 |3-2-1 =08:57 – Bryan Trottier (7) 18:26 – pp – Bryan Trottier (8) |3-2-2 =Gilbert Perreault (5) – 08:12 |3-3-1 =02:59 – sh – Lorne Henning (2) 07:47 – pp – Bob Bourne (7) 19:38 – en – Butch Goring (4) |3-3-2 =Derek Smith (3) – pp – 10:11 Lindy Ruff (1) – 11:09 |goalie3-1 =Billy Smith 23 saves / 27 shots |goalie3-2 =Don Edwards 34 saves / 40 shots

|4-1-1 =08:52 – pp – Bob Bourne (8) 19:13 – Bob Bourne (9) |4-1-2 =Don Luce (3) – sh – 16:14 |4-2-1 =03:28 – Bobby Nystrom (5) |4-2-2 =Derek Smith (4) – 07:21 Gilbert Perreault (6) – pp – 09:29 Gilbert Perreault (7) – 11:10 Derek Smith (5) – pp – 19:30 |4-3-1 =01:51 – Bobby Nystrom (6) |4-3-2 =Tony McKegney (3) – 12:14 Gilbert Perreault (8) – en – 19:47 |goalie4-1 =Billy Smith 19 saves / 24 shots Glenn Resch 9 saves / 10 shots |goalie4-2 =Bob Sauve 27 saves / 31 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =01:51 – pp – John Van Boxmeer (3) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =14:45 – pp – Richie Dunn (2) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Glenn Resch 13 saves / 15 shots |goalie5-2 =Bob Sauve 22 saves / 22 shots

|6-1-1 =08:08 – John Tonelli (7) |6-1-2 =Gilbert Perreault (9) – 02:26 Gilbert Perreault (10) – 06:53 |6-2-1 =00:31 – pp – Mike Bossy (6) 11:11 – Bob Lorimer (1) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =11:50 – Duane Sutter (2) 19:00 – shen – Bob Bourne (10) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Billy Smith 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie6-2 =Bob Sauve 26 saves / 30 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1980 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the second playoff series (and only Finals) meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won the only previous meeting in seven games in the 1975 Stanley Cup Semifinals.

Ken Morrow became the first player in history to win an Olympic Gold Medal and the Stanley Cup in the same season. Game six was the last NHL game to air on American network television for nearly ten years.

|1-1-1 =Mike Bossy (7) – pp – 12:02 |1-1-2 =10:31 – Mel Bridgman (2) |1-2-1 =Denis Potvin (2) – 02:20 |1-2-2 =17:08 – pp – Bobby Clarke (5) |1-3-1 =Stefan Persson (3) – pp – 16:18 |1-3-2 =13:10 – Rick MacLeish (7) |1-4-1 =Denis Potvin (3) – pp – 04:07 |1-4-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Billy Smith 30 saves / 33 shots |goalie1-2 =Pete Peeters 32 saves / 36 shots

|2-1-1 =Butch Goring (5) – 03:23 |2-1-2 =07:22 – pp – Paul Holmgren (7) 08:37 – Bob Kelly (1) 17:23 – Bobby Clarke (6) |2-2-1 =Bryan Trottier (9) – pp – 03:28 |2-2-2 =01:06 – Bill Barber (12) 04:13 – pp – Paul Holmgren (8) 15:47 – pp – Brian Propp (3) |2-3-1 =Butch Goring (6) – pp – 15:00 |2-3-2 =01:40 – Tom Gorence (3) 04:19 – Paul Holmgren (9) |goalie2-1 =Billy Smith 20 saves / 26 shots Chico Resch 3 saves / 5 shots |goalie2-2 =Pete Peeters 20 saves / 23 shots

|3-1-1 =02:38 – sh – Lorne Henning (3) 07:43 – pp – Denis Potvin (4) 13:04 – pp – Bryan Trottier (10) 14:29 – pp – Mike Bossy (8) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =15:41 – pp – Clark Gillies (5) 17:25 – pp – Denis Potvin (5) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Bobby Clarke (7) – 09:48 Mike Busniuk (1) – 11:32 |goalie3-1 =Billy Smith 30 saves / 32 shots |goalie3-2 =Phil Myre 34 saves / 40 shots

|4-1-1 =07:23 – pp – Mike Bossy (9) 13:06 – Butch Goring (7) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =John Paddock (1) – 01:35 |4-3-1 =06:06 – Bryan Trottier (11) 12:35 – Bobby Nystrom (7) 14:08 – Clark Gillies (6) |4-3-2 =Ken Linseman (4) – 11:53 |goalie4-1 =Billy Smith 34 saves / 36 shots |goalie4-2 =Pete Peeters 22 saves / 27 shots

|5-1-1 =Stefan Persson (4) – pp – 10:58 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Bryan Trottier (12) – 16:16 |5-2-2 =01:45 – Bobby Clarke (8) 05:55 – Rick MacLeish (8) 17:04 – Mike Busniuk (2) |5-3-1 =Stefan Persson (5) – pp – 14:57 |5-3-2 =09:43 – Rick MacLeish (9) 12:33 – pp – Brian Propp (4) 17:26 – Paul Holmgren (10) |goalie5-1 =Billy Smith 25 saves / 31 shots |goalie5-2 =Pete Peeters 35 saves / 38 shots

|6-1-1 =11:56 – pp – Denis Potvin (6) 14:08 – Duane Sutter (3) |6-1-2 =Reggie Leach (9) – pp – 07:21 Brian Propp (5) – 18:58 |6-2-1 =07:34 – pp – Mike Bossy (10) 19:46 – Bobby Nystrom (8) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Bob Dailey (4) – 01:47 John Paddock (2) – 06:02 |6-4-1 =07:11 – Bobby Nystrom (9) |6-4-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Billy Smith 21 saves / 25 shots |goalie6-2 =Pete Peeters 28 saves / 33 shots

References

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References

  1. McCarthy, p. 249
  2. (2008). "IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time". Fenn Publishing.
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