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1982 Stanley Cup playoffs

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Field	Value
title	Stanley Cup playoffs
year	1982
dates	April 7–May 16, 1982
num_teams	16
defending_champions	[New York Islanders](1981-82-new-york-islanders-season)
winners	[New York Islanders](1981-82-new-york-islanders-season)
second	[Vancouver Canucks](1981-82-vancouver-canucks-season)
stat_leader_title	Scoring leader(s)
stat_leader_player	Bryan Trottier (Islanders)
stat_leader_value	29 points
award_title	MVP
award	Mike Bossy (Islanders)
prev_season	[1981](1981-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season	[1983](1983-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 7, after the conclusion of the 1981–82 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 16 with the champion New York Islanders defeating the Vancouver Canucks 3–1 to win the final series four games to none and win the Stanley Cup. A new divisional-based playoff structure was adopted, replacing the previous format that seeded teams regardless of division or conference.

The first round of the 1982 playoffs saw three first-place teams (Edmonton, Minnesota, and Montreal) upset by fourth-place teams, a round which featured what is still the greatest comeback in NHL history: The Kings' 6–5 win over Edmonton in game three. After trailing 5–0 after two periods, the Kings scored five third period goals—three in the last 5:22, the final goal coming with only five seconds left in regulation. Los Angeles then scored on a face-off early in overtime, thus completing the "Miracle on Manchester".

The eventual champion New York Islanders nearly capitulated in the first round as well, losing games three and four of their first-round playoff series with Pittsburgh after crushing the Penguins in the first two games. In game five, the Islanders scored twice in the last five minutes to force overtime and then won the series on John Tonelli's goal 6:19 into the extra session. This served as a wake-up call for New York, who lost only two more games the rest of the way--both in the Patrick Division finals vs. the city rival Rangers--on their march to a third straight Stanley Cup. Their Finals opponents, the Vancouver Canucks, finished the regular season with only 77 points, defeating three teams beneath them in the standings (Calgary 75, Los Angeles 63, and Chicago 72) in the much weaker Campbell Conference. This remains the most recent time that the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs missed the playoffs in the same season.

Playoff seeds

The NHL adopted a new playoff format in which the four teams with the best regular-season records from each of the four divisions secured playoff berths.

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

Montreal Canadiens, Adams Division champions – 109 points
Boston Bruins – 96 points
Buffalo Sabres – 93 points
Quebec Nordiques – 82 points

Patrick Division

New York Islanders, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 118 points
New York Rangers – 92 points
Philadelphia Flyers – 87 points
Pittsburgh Penguins – 75 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

Minnesota North Stars, Norris Division champions – 94 points
Winnipeg Jets – 80 points
St. Louis Blues – 72 points (32 wins)
Chicago Black Hawks – 72 points (30 wins)

Smythe Division

Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 111 points
Vancouver Canucks – 77 points
Calgary Flames – 75 points
Los Angeles Kings – 63 points

Playoff bracket

Under the new playoff format, the division semifinals saw the first-place club against the fourth-place team, while the other two teams played each other. The two winning teams from each division's semifinals then met in the division finals. The two division winners of each conference then played in the conference finals. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals. With the exception of the first round extending to a best-of-seven in 1987, this format remained in place until 1993.

Home-ice advantage during the first two rounds was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record. For the conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals, it was decided that home-ice advantage would rotate between the divisions and conferences, respectively. Coin flips were conducted prior to the start of the regular season, awarding home-ice advantage in the conference finals to champions of the Patrick and Norris divisions, with the Adams and Smythe division champions receiving that advantage for the following season. Similarly, a puck flip determined that home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup Finals were granted to the Wales Conference champion this year, with the Campbell Conference champion receiving the advantage next season.

Each division semifinals series was competed in a best-of-five playoff following a 2–2–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each series), with the team with home ice advantage playing at home for games one and two (and game five, if necessary), and the other team playing at home for game three (and game four, if necessary). In the other three rounds, each series was competed in a best-of-seven playoff following a 2–2–1–1–1 format, with the team with home ice advantage playing at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team playing at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).

Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques

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

Dale Hunter scored the game-winning overtime goal in the decisive Game 5 twenty-two seconds into the first OT to help the Nordiques eliminate the Canadiens.

|4-1-1 =12:47 – pp – Michel Goulet (1) |4-1-2 =Doug Risebrough (1) – 08:45 Pierre Mondou (1) – sh – 18:35 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Mario Tremblay (3) – 09:23 Pierre Mondou (2) – pp – 18:57 |4-3-1 =12:32 – Jacques Richard (1) |4-3-2 =Mark Napier (3) – 03:58 Doug Risebrough (2) – 11:05 |goalie4-1 =Dan Bouchard 22 saves / 28 shots |goalie4-2 =Rick Wamsley 24 saves / 26 shots

(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres

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

|2-1-1 =Dale McCourt (1) – 12:44 |2-1-2 =15:49 – Rick Middleton (1) |2-2-1 =Mike Ramsey (1) – 07:08 |2-2-2 =00:48 – pp – Barry Pederson (1) 01:40 – pp – Rick Middleton (2) 03:56 – Barry Pederson (2) 11:45 – Terry O'Reilly (1) 14:28 – Barry Pederson (3) |2-3-1 =Yvon Lambert (2) – pp – 17:33 |2-3-2 =00:54 – Bruce Crowder (1) |goalie2-1 =Don Edwards 8 saves / 14 shots Paul Harrison 7 saves / 8 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Moffat 23 saves / 26 shots

|3-1-1 =09:02 – pp – Brent Peterson (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =07:21 – Yvon Lambert (3) 13:01 – Craig Ramsay (1) 13:34 – pp – Mike Foligno (1) |3-2-2 =Steve Kasper (1) – 06:58 Steve Kasper (2) – pp – 17:02 |3-3-1 =19:15 – pp – Dale McCourt (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Don Edwards 20 saves / 22 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Moffat 28 saves / 33 shots

|4-1-1 =11:08 – pp – Mike Foligno (2) |4-1-2 =Peter McNab (2) – 04:32 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Terry O'Reilly (2) – 10:11 Terry O'Reilly (3) – 11:59 Mike Gillis (1) – 12:26 Peter McNab (3) – 19:06 |4-3-1 =18:25 – pp – Ric Seiling (1) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Don Edwards 26 saves / 31 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Moffat 21 saves / 23 shots

(P1) New York Islanders vs. (P4) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in seven games in the 1975 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals after falling behind 3–0 in the series.

John Tonelli scored the game-tying goal late in the third period and game-winning overtime goal in the decisive Game 5 to lift the Islanders over the Penguins.

|1-1-1 =Pat Boutette (1) – pp – 14:42 |1-1-2 =05:52 – Mike Bossy (1) 06:44 – Clark Gillies (1) 18:56 – Bryan Trottier (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =08:52 – Clark Gillies (2) 13:32 – Bryan Trottier (2) 16:24 – Wayne Merrick (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =02:26 – pp – Stefan Persson (1) 18:02 – Brent Sutter (1) |goalie1-1 =Michel Dion 29 saves / 37 shots |goalie1-2 =Billy Smith 22 saves / 23 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =07:57 – pp – Mike Bossy (2) 15:25 – Wayne Merrick (2) 17:12 – Butch Goring (1) 17:53 – Brent Sutter (2) |2-2-1 =Rick MacLeish (1) – 05:32 |2-2-2 =07:30 – Clark Gillies (3) 12:51 – John Tonelli (1) |2-3-1 =Pat Boutette (2) – pp – 17:04 |2-3-2 =00:40 – Greg Gilbert (1) |goalie2-1 =Michel Dion 27 saves / 34 shots |goalie2-2 =Billy Smith 34 saves / 36 shots

|4-1-1 =12:44 – Andre St. Laurent (1) 14:13 – pp – Paul Gardner (1) |4-1-2 =Clark Gillies (4) – pp – 04:16 |4-2-1 =01:52 – Rick Kehoe (2) 16:20 – Andre St. Laurent (2) |4-2-2 =Wayne Merrick (3) – 17:18 |4-3-1 =17:12 – Rod Schutt (1) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Michel Dion 24 saves / 26 shots |goalie4-2 =Roland Melanson 24 saves / 29 shots

(P2) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Philadelphia Flyers

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between the two teams. Philadelphia won two of the previous three meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1980 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals in five games.

Game two saw New York's Mikko Leinonen set an NHL playoff record with six assists, a feat only matched by Wayne Gretzky.

|2-1-1 =Bobby Clarke (1) – 00:48 |2-1-2 =01:57 – Carol Vadnais (1) 13:47 – pp – Ron Duguay (1) |2-2-1 =Ray Allison (2) – pp – 13:08 |2-2-2 =06:17 – pp – Don Maloney (1) 11:26 – pp – Robbie Ftorek (1) 18:50 – Dave Silk (1) |2-3-1 =Ken Linseman (1) – pp – 19:27 |2-3-2 =04:31 – Rob McClanahan (1) 17:03 – pp – Eddie Johnstone (2) |goalie2-1 =Pete Peeters 17 saves / 24 shots |goalie2-2 =Eddie Mio 23 saves / 26 shots

|3-1-1 =04:51 – sh – Bobby Clarke (2) 06:24 – pp – Behn Wilson (1) 10:46 – Brian Propp (2) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Mike Rogers (1) – 5:44 Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – pp – 08:43 Don Maloney (2) – 19:06 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Cam Connor (1) – 18:51 |goalie3-1 =Pete Peeters 26 saves / 30 shots |goalie3-2 =Eddie Mio 28 saves / 31 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Robbie Ftorek (2) – pp – 09:37 |4-2-1 =04:05 – Paul Holmgren (1) 16:14 – Bobby Clarke (3) |4-2-2 =Andre Dore (1) – 02:09 Robbie Ftorek (3) – pp – 03:42 Ron Duguay (2) – 12:45 Mark Pavelich (1) – 17:17 |4-3-1 =04:08 – pp – Bobby Clarke (4) 13:33 – Darryl Sittler (3) 16:19 – sh – Bill Barber (1) |4-3-2 =Dave Maloney (1) – pp – 01:25 Ron Duguay (3) – en – 19:53 |goalie4-1 =Pete Peeters 11 saves / 16 shots Rick St. Croix 7 saves / 8 shots |goalie4-2 =Eddie Mio 38 saves / 43 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N4) Chicago Black Hawks

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

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Tom Lysiak (1) – pp – 03:17 Dave Feamster (1) – 04:01 |2-2-2 =10:14 – pp – Steve Payne (1) 16:28 – Mark Johnson (1) |2-3-1 =Al Secord (1) – pp – 07:46 Denis Savard (1) – 12:07 Tom Lysiak (2) – en – 19:42 |2-3-2 =17:03 – Bobby Smith (1) |goalie2-1 =Murray Bannerman 33 saves / 36 shots |goalie2-2 =Don Beaupre 24 saves / 28 shots Gilles Meloche 0 saves / 0 shots

|3-1-1 =12:51 – Glen Sharpley (2) |3-1-2 =Bobby Smith (2) – 02:25 Dino Ciccarelli (1) – 10:22 Mark Johnson (2) – pp – 12:25 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Steve Payne (2) – 01:39 Steve Payne (3) – pp – 05:01 Dino Ciccarelli (2) – pp – 09:20 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Dino Ciccarelli (3) – pp – 01:30 |goalie3-1 =Murray Bannerman 21 saves / 28 shots |goalie3-2 =Gilles Meloche 38 saves / 39 shots

|4-1-1 =00:35 – Rich Preston (1) 07:28 – Grant Mulvey (1) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =16:15 – pp – Al Secord (2) |4-2-2 =Craig Hartsburg (1) – 06:58 Steve Payne (4) – 12:43 |4-3-1 =00:40 – Tim Higgins (1) 19:49 – en – Glen Sharpley (3) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Tony Esposito 31 saves / 33 shots |goalie4-2 =Gilles Meloche 22 saves / 26 shots Don Beaupre 0 saves / 0 shots

(N2) Winnipeg Jets vs. (N3) St. Louis Blues

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

|2-1-1 =Brian Sutter (2) – 08:05 |2-1-2 =15:35 – pp – Paul MacLean (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =05:23 – pp – Dave Babych (1) 10:07 – pp – Paul MacLean (2) 11:07 – Lucien DeBlois (1) 15:37 – pp – Norm Dupont (1) |2-3-1 =Brian Sutter (3) – 15:15 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Mike Liut 28 saves / 33 shots |goalie2-2 =Doug Soetaert 33 saves / 35 shots

|3-1-1 =07:36 – Brian Sutter (4) 14:24 – Joe Mullen (1) |3-1-2 =Bengt Lundholm (1) – 01:39 |3-2-1 =08:10 – Blake Dunlop (1) 09:32 – Mike Crombeen (1) 19:35 – Brian Sutter (5) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =01:54 – Joe Mullen (2) |3-3-2 =Moe Mantha (1) – 06:08 Paul MacLean (3) – 11:56 |goalie3-1 =Mike Liut 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie3-2 =Doug Soetaert 21 saves / 27 shots

|4-1-1 =05:36 – pp – Perry Turnbull (3) 06:17 – Larry Patey (1) 07:18 – Brian Sutter (6) 16:01 – Brian Sutter (7) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =07:44 – Blake Dunlop (2) 17:07 – Ed Kea (1) 18:37 – Bernie Federko (1) |4-2-2 =Lucien DeBlois (2) – 12:32 |4-3-1 =08:17 – Joe Mullen (3) |4-3-2 =Norm Dupont (2) – pp – 06:36 |goalie4-1 =Mike Liut 39 saves / 41 shots |goalie4-2 =Ed Staniowski 17 saves / 25 shots

(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams. Game three is known as "The Miracle on Manchester" as the Kings scored five goals to come back from 5–0 down to force overtime and ultimately winning the game in OT.

|1-1-1 =Steve Bozek (1) – pp – 06:00 Jim Fox (1) – 14:09 Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 19:53 |1-1-2 =01:35 – Glenn Anderson (1) 06:16 – Tom Roulston (1) 06:36 – Risto Siltanen (1) 09:02 – Risto Siltanen (2) |1-2-1 =Doug Smith (1) – 03:11 Marcel Dionne (1) – pp – 09:17 Marcel Dionne (2) – pp – 14:17 Daryl Evans (1) – 15:00 Daryl Evans (2) – 19:36 |1-2-2 =13:30 – sh – Charlie Huddy (1) 17:22 – Dave Lumley (1) |1-3-1 =Charlie Simmer (1) – 14:56 Bernie Nicholls (1) – en – 19:08 |1-3-2 =10:20 – Wayne Gretzky (1) 12:20 – Matti Hagman (1) |goalie1-1 =Mario Lessard 25 saves / 33 shots |goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 25 saves / 34 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Mark Messier (1) – 10:39 Wayne Gretzky (3) – sh – 19:23 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Lee Fogolin (1) – sh – 00:43 Risto Siltanen (3) – 05:15 Wayne Gretzky (4) – pp – 14:02 |3-3-1 =02:46 – Jay Wells (1) 05:58 – pp – Doug Smith (2) 14:38 – Charlie Simmer (2) 15:59 – Mark Hardy (1) 19:55 – pp – Steve Bozek (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =02:35 – Daryl Evans (4) |3-4-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Mario Lessard 31 saves / 36 shots Doug Keans 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 46 saves / 52 shots

|5-1-1 =Charlie Simmer (3) – 03:22 Charlie Simmer (4) – 06:20 Daryl Evans (5) – pp – 15:53 |5-1-2 =07:59 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (5) 19:26 – pp – Paul Coffey (1) |5-2-1 =Marcel Dionne (4) – 01:09 Bernie Nicholls (3) – pp – 06:49 Dan Bonar (1) – 15:15 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Dan Bonar (2) – 03:06 |5-3-2 =05:51 – Garry Unger (1) 14:24 – Dave Lumley (2) |goalie5-1 =Mario Lessard 40 saves / 44 shots |goalie5-2 =Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 31 shots

(S2) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S3) Calgary Flames

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

|1-1-1 =Mel Bridgman (1) – 13:07 |1-1-2 =00:08 – Stan Smyl (1) 10:29 – pp – Ivan Boldirev (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Willi Plett (1) – pp – 08:08 Mel Bridgman (2) – 12:47 |1-3-2 =03:06 – Lars Lindgren (1) 07:09 – Lars Molin (1) 13:58 – Gary Lupul (1) |goalie1-1 =Pat Riggin 30 saves / 35 shots |goalie1-2 =Richard Brodeur 22 saves / 25 shots

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques

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

Dave Pichette scored the game-winning goal on the power play with just over 10 minutes left in game seven to send the Nordiques to the conference final for the first time in franchise history.

|2-1-1 =Wilf Paiement (2) – 00:29 Mario Marois (1) – 16:24 |2-1-2 =08:10 – Keith Crowder (1) 14:34 – Rick Middleton (3) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =00:37 – Barry Pederson (5) 05:36 – Tom Fergus (1) 13:37 – Barry Pederson (6) |2-3-1 =Marian Stastny (1) – 18:39 Michel Goulet (3) – 19:36 |2-3-2 =02:34 – Bruce Crowder (2) 03:45 – Terry O'Reilly (4) 19:51 – Bruce Crowder (3) |goalie2-1 =John Garrett 32 saves / 40 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Moffat 27 saves / 31 shots

|4-1-1 =08:10 – Marian Stastny (2) 08:44 – Wilf Paiement (4) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =02:16 – Real Cloutier (4) 08:53 – pp – Michel Goulet (4) 10:51 – sh – Michel Goulet (5) 18:49 – Anton Stastny (4) |4-2-2 =Bruce Crowder (4) – pp – 11:55 |4-3-1 =02:30 – pp – Peter Stastny (1) |4-3-2 =Tom Fergus (2) – pp – 17:01 |goalie4-1 =John Garrett 33 saves / 35 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Moffat 20 saves / 26 shots Rogie Vachon 2 saves / 3 shots

|6-1-1 =09:54 – pp – Peter Stastny (4) |6-1-2 =Keith Crowder (2) – 04:18 Terry O'Reilly (5) – 05:16 Peter McNab (4) – pp – 08:44 |6-2-1 =01:47 – Real Cloutier (6) 16:01 – Wilf Paiement (5) 17:41 – Real Cloutier (7) |6-2-2 =Barry Pederson (7) – 07:50 Bruce Crowder (5) – 09:42 |6-3-1 =04:06 – Michel Goulet (6) |6-3-2 =No scoring |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Peter McNab (5) – 10:54 |goalie6-1 =John Garrett 24 saves / 30 shots |goalie6-2 =Mike Moffat 23 saves / 28 shots

(P1) New York Islanders vs. (P2) New York Rangers

This was fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won two of the previous three meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Semifinals, in which the Islanders won in a four-game sweep.

|1-1-1 =Ron Duguay (4) – 03:19 Cam Connor (2) – 07:13 Rob McClanahan (2) – 17:28 |1-1-2 =04:04 – Dave Langevin (1) 11:43 – Mike Bossy (3) 16:51 – Bobby Nystrom (2) |1-2-1 =Robbie Ftorek (4) – 14:56 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) – 18:02 |1-3-2 =15:44 – John Tonelli (4) |goalie1-1 =Steve Weeks 28 saves / 29 shots Eddie Mio 7 saves / 10 shots |goalie1-2 =Billy Smith 24 saves / 29 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =05:34 – pp – Denis Potvin (1) 11:03 – sh – Billy Carroll (1) 16:29 – Duane Sutter (1) |2-2-1 =Robbie Ftorek (5) – pp – 17:32 |2-2-2 =10:21 – Duane Sutter (2) 13:05 – Mike Bossy (4) |2-3-1 =Mikko Leinonen (1) – 17:41 |2-3-2 =04:48 – Bryan Trottier (3) 12:09 – pp – Mike McEwen (3) |goalie2-1 =Steve Weeks 19 saves / 26 shots |goalie2-2 =Billy Smith 18 saves / 20 shots

|4-1-1 =13:38 – Ron Duguay (5) |4-1-2 =Mike Bossy (6) – 10:21 |4-2-1 =04:31 – pp – Don Maloney (3) |4-2-2 =Denis Potvin (2) – 05:37 Clark Gillies (5) – pp – 13:08 |4-3-1 =06:19 – Cam Connor (3) |4-3-2 =Duane Sutter (3) – 12:27 Butch Goring (2) – en – 19:25 |goalie4-1 =John Davidson 12 saves / 15 shots Steve Weeks 7 saves / 8 shots |goalie4-2 =Billy Smith 22 saves / 25 shots

|6-1-1 =13:13 – pp – Reijo Ruotsalainen (4) |6-1-2 =Butch Goring (3) – 11:01 |6-2-1 =11:34 – pp – Barry Beck (1) |6-2-2 =Butch Goring (4) – 00:33 Bob Bourne (4) – 18:17 |6-3-1 =05:46 – Robbie Ftorek (7) |6-3-2 =Dave Langevin (2) – 13:52 Bob Bourne (5) – en – 19:28 |goalie6-1 =Eddie Mio 25 saves / 29 shots Steve Weeks 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie6-2 =Billy Smith 22 saves / 25 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N3) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Chicago Black Hawks

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won both previous meetings, including their most recent meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1980 Preliminary Round.

|1-1-1 =Tim Higgins (2) – 01:47 Dave Hutchison (1) – 08:08 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =01:49 – Ralph Klassen (1) 07:14 – Wayne Babych (1) 11:54 – Mike Crombeen (2) |1-3-1 =Denis Savard (2) – 00:19 Tom Lysiak (3) – 02:39 Doug Wilson (2) – 14:44 |1-3-2 =12:57 – Joe Mullen (4) |goalie1-1 =Murray Bannerman 31 saves / 34 shots Tony Esposito 5 saves / 6 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Liut 23 saves / 28 shots

|3-1-1 =01:21 – Bob Murray (1) 02:44 – pp – Tom Lysiak (5) 03:01 – Tim Higgins () |3-1-2 =Wayne Babych (3) – 11:59 |3-2-1 =01:09 – sh – Rick Paterson (1) 12:39 – pp – Denis Savard (3) |3-2-2 =Joe Mullen (6) – 14:03 |3-3-1 =12:26 – Bill Gardner (1) |3-3-2 =Joe Mullen (7) – pp – 17:41 Brian Sutter (8) – 17:56 Mike Zuke (1) – 19:57 |goalie3-1 =Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 35 shots |goalie3-2 =Glen Hanlon 27 saves / 30 shots Mike Liut 0 saves / 3 shots

|4-1-1 =09:05 – pp – Denis Savard (4) 12:54 – pp – Denis Savard (5) |4-1-2 =Mike Crombeen (3) – 05:53 |4-2-1 =12:04 – Rick Paterson (2) 17:18 – Troy Murray (1) |4-2-2 =Larry Patey (2) – sh – 00:27 Ralph Klassen (2) – 04:25 Perry Anderson (1) – 07:51 |4-3-1 =04:23 – Ted Bulley (1) 11:24 – Denis Savard (6) 17:59 – Ted Bulley (2) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Murray Bannerman 28 saves / 32 shots |goalie4-2 =Glen Hanlon 22 saves / 28 shots Mike Liut 1 save / 2 shots

(S2) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

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

|4-1-1 =15:23 – pp – Marcel Dionne (7) |4-1-2 =Ivan Boldirev (2) – 08:08 |4-2-1 =09:05 – Mike Murphy (2) 11:08 – pp – Dave Taylor (4) |4-2-2 =Curt Fraser (1) – 00:31 Dave Williams (3) – 06:19 Darcy Rota (2) – pp – 08:02 |4-3-1 =13:40 – Doug Smith (3) |4-3-2 =Ivan Boldirev (3) – 01:41 |goalie4-1 =Mario Lessard 6 saves / 10 shots Doug Keans 4 saves / 5 shots |goalie4-2 =Richard Brodeur 33 saves / 37 shots

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(P1) New York Islanders vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques

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

|3-1-1 =01:10 – Basil McRae (1) 08:02 – pp – Peter Stastny (7) |3-1-2 =Mike Bossy (9) – pp – 07:10 Bob Bourne (7) – pp – 11:43 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Anders Kallur (1) – sh – 19:12 |3-3-1 =06:53 – pp – Anton Stastny (5) 14:39 – pp – Wilf Paiement (6) |3-3-2 =Mike Bossy (10) – 10:48 |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Wayne Merrick (6) – 16:52 |goalie3-1 =Dan Bouchard 33 saves / 38 shots |goalie3-2 =Billy Smith 31 saves / 35 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(N4) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (S2) Vancouver Canucks

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

Canucks coach Roger Neilson was tossed out of game 2 for holding up a white towel on a hockey stick as a form of protest. He was ejected from the game along with two players but the protest began the Canucks Towel Power tradition that still exists to this day and has since been copied by other teams.

|4-1-1 =01:06 – pp – Darcy Rota (5) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =04:16 – pp – Ivan Boldirev (4) 14:08 – Ivan Boldirev (5) |4-2-2 =Glen Sharpley (6) – 16:19 |4-3-1 =04:48 – Doug Halward (2) 05:51 – Thomas Gradin (6) |4-3-2 =Denis Savard (11) – pp – 02:33 Grant Mulvey (3) – 16:10 |goalie4-1 =Richard Brodeur 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie4-2 =Tony Esposito 26 saves / 31 shots

|5-1-1 =James Nill (3) – pp – 02:40 Stan Smyl (6) – 03:48 Lars Molin (2) – 15:35 |5-1-2 =05:09 – Tom Lysiak (6) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Darcy Rota (6) – 05:14 Stan Smyl (7) – 11:20 Ivan Boldirev (6) – 16:17 |5-3-2 =02:38 – pp – Grant Mulvey (4) |goalie5-1 =Richard Brodeur 36 saves / 38 shots |goalie5-2 =Tony Esposito 14 saves / 17 shots Murray Bannerman 8 saves / 11 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1982 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in a two-game sweep in the 1976 Preliminary Round.

In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Cinderella run of the Vancouver Canucks came to an end with a four-game sweep by the Islanders, winning their third consecutive Stanley Cup.

|1-1-1 =Thomas Gradin (7) – 01:29 Thomas Gradin (8) – pp – 17:40 |1-1-2 =11:35 – pp – Clark Gillies (7) 15:52 – Mike Bossy (11) 19:51 – pp – Denis Potvin (4) |1-2-1 =Stan Smyl (8) – pp – 05:06 Ivan Boldirev (7) – 09:27 |1-2-2 =03:15 – pp – Denis Potvin (5) |1-3-1 =James Nill (4) – 13:06 |1-3-2 =15:14 – Mike Bossy (12) |1-4-1 =No scoring |1-4-2 =19:58 – Mike Bossy (13) |goalie1-1 =Richard Brodeur 30 saves / 36 shots |goalie1-2 =Billy Smith 30 saves / 35 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =15:55 – sh – Billy Carroll (2) |2-2-1 =Thomas Gradin (9) – pp – 08:28 Ivan Boldirev (8) – pp – 13:12 Lars Lindgren (2) – 19:42 |2-2-2 =17:06 – pp – Mike Bossy (14) |2-3-1 =Gerry Minor (1) – 02:27 |2-3-2 =00:32 – pp – Bob Bourne (9) 01:19 – Duane Sutter (5) 07:18 – pp – Bryan Trottier (6) 14:10 – Bobby Nystrom (4) |goalie2-1 =Richard Brodeur 30 saves / 36 shots |goalie2-2 =Billy Smith 26 saves / 30 shots

Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Bryan Trottier	New York Islanders	19	6	23	29	+9	40
Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	19	17	10	27	+7	0
Denis Potvin	New York Islanders	19	5	16	21	+9	30
Thomas Gradin	Vancouver Canucks	17	9	10	19	+8	10
Denis Savard	Chicago Black Hawks	15	11	7	18	-2	52
Stan Smyl	Vancouver Canucks	17	9	9	18	+4	25
Peter Stastny	Quebec Nordiques	12	7	11	18	+1	10
Barry Pederson	Boston Bruins	11	7	11	18	+5	22
Joe Mullen	St. Louis Blues	10	7	11	18	+7	4
Bernie Federko	St. Louis Blues	10	3	15	18	+8	10

Goaltenders

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

Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
New York Islanders	18	15	3	498	47	2.51	.906	1	1125:15
Vancouver Canucks	17	11	6	594	49	2.71	.917	0	1086:28
St. Louis Blues	10	5	3	251	27	3.29	.892	0	492:58
Quebec Nordiques	11	4	7	359	38	3.37	.894	0	676:16
Boston Bruins	11	6	5	290	38	3.45	.869	0	661:46

References

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References

(17 September 1981). "Wales at Home". The Leader-Post.
[http://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19811982&seasonTo=19811982&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists NHL.com - Skater Stats]
[http://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19811982&seasonTo=19811982&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=a_goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]

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