1984 Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff seeds

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

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

1. Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions – 104 points (49 wins)
2. Buffalo Sabres – 103 points
3. Quebec Nordiques – 94 points
4. Montreal Canadiens – 75 points

Patrick Division

1. New York Islanders, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 104 points (50 wins)
2. Washington Capitals – 101 points
3. Philadelphia Flyers – 98 points
4. New York Rangers – 93 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

1. Minnesota North Stars, Norris Division champions – 88 points
2. St. Louis Blues – 71 points
3. Detroit Red Wings – 69 points
4. Chicago Black Hawks – 68 points

Smythe Division

1. Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 119 points
2. Calgary Flames – 82 points
3. Vancouver Canucks – 73 points (32 wins)
4. Winnipeg Jets – 73 points (31 wins)

Playoff bracket

In the division semifinals, the fourth seeded team in each division played against the division winner from their division. The other series matched the second and third place teams from the divisions. The two winning teams from each division's semifinals then met in the division finals. The two division winners of each conference then played in the conference finals. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Home ice advantage in the conference finals and the Stanley Cup Finals was modified this season so it would be awarded to the team whose division (conference finals) or conference (Stanley Cup finals) had the better record against the other during the regular season, instead of having it rotate by division and conference, respectively. This resulted in home-ice advantage for the Adams and Smythe division champions in the conference finals and resulted in home-ice advantage for the Wales Conference champion in the Stanley Cup finals.

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 middle two 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). The Stanley Cup Finals was changed from a 2–2–1–1–1 format to a 2–3–2 format this season, with the sites for games five and six switched.

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Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Montreal Canadiens

This was the 19th playoff series between these two teams. Montreal lead 16–2 in previous playoff meetings. Montreal won the most recent meeting in seven games in the 1979 Stanley Cup Semifinals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Chris Chelios (1) – pp – 10:12 |1-2-2 =16:37 – Tom Fergus (1) |1-3-1 =Bobby Smith (1) – 14:01 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Steve Penney 29 saves / 30 shots |goalie1-2 =Pete Peeters 19 saves / 21 shots

|2-1-1 =Mario Tremblay (1) – 00:16 Mats Naslund (1) – pp – 10:39 |2-1-2 =19:51 – pp – Tom Fergus (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Guy Carbonneau (1) – 19:04 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Steve Penney 26 saves / 27 shots |goalie2-2 =Pete Peeters 21 saves / 24 shots

|3-1-1 =00:46 – Mario Tremblay (2) 03:21 – Pierre Mondou (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =08:55 – Bob Gainey (1) 09:06 – Mario Tremblay (3) 13:55 – Mike McPhee (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Steve Penney 19 saves / 19 shots |goalie3-2 =Pete Peeters 18 saves / 23 shots

(A2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (A3) Quebec Nordiques

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

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =16:32 – Lindy Ruff (1) |1-2-1 =Normand Rochefort (1) – 05:13 Bo Berglund (1) – 15:03 Marian Stastny (1) – 15:49 |1-2-2 =06:30 – John Tucker (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Dan Bouchard 24 saves / 26 shots |goalie1-2 =Tom Barrasso 19 saves / 22 shots Bob Sauve 0 saves / 0 shots

|2-1-1 =Dale Hunter (1) – 04:04 Michel Goulet (1) – 14:16 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Andre Savard (1) – sh – 03:47 Anton Stastny (1) – 06:21 Dale Hunter (2) – 13:05 |2-2-2 =07:35 – Mike Foligno (1) 07:49 – Sean McKenna (1) |2-3-1 =Wilf Paiement (1) – 17:08 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Dan Bouchard 34 saves / 36 shots |goalie2-2 =Bob Sauve 9 saves / 14 shots Tom Barrasso 5 saves / 6 shots

|3-1-1 =03:25 – Mario Marois (1) 18:45 – pp – Jean-Francois Sauve (1) |3-1-2 =Mike Foligno (2) – 09:14 |3-2-1 =01:28 – pp – Peter Stastny (1) 19:15 – sh – Andre Savard (2) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Dan Bouchard 20 saves / 21 shots |goalie3-2 =Tom Barrasso 27 saves / 31 shots

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

This was the sixth playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won four of the previous five meetings, including in each of the past three seasons. The Islanders won in six games in last year's Patrick Division Finals.

|1-1-1 =Jan Erixon (1) – 02:49 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =16:20 – Pat Flatley (1) 17:13 – Bob Bourne (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =02:12 – Greg Gilbert (1) 03:28 – Pat LaFontaine (1) |goalie1-1 =Glen Hanlon 24 saves / 28 shots |goalie1-2 =Billy Smith 33 saves / 34 shots

|2-1-1 =Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – pp – 05:08 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Peter Sundstrom (1) – pp – 04:02 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Mark Pavelich (1) – 06:06 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Glen Hanlon 45 saves / 45 shots |goalie2-2 =Billy Smith 15 saves / 18 shots

|3-1-1 =05:28 – sh – Mark Pavelich (2) 19:32 – pp – Pierre Larouche (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =02:05 – Jan Erixon (2) 05:41 – Pierre Larouche (2) 09:59 – Barry Beck (1) 15:33 – Willie Huber (1) |3-2-2 =Duane Sutter (1) – 17:30 |3-3-1 =04:57 – Anders Hedberg (1) |3-3-2 =Clark Gillies (1) – 06:13 |goalie3-1 =Glen Hanlon 26 saves / 28 shots |goalie3-2 =Billy Smith 13 saves / 18 shots Roland Melanson 7 saves / 9 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =05:26 – pp – Pierre Larouche (3) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =John Tonelli (1) – 00:49 Brent Sutter (1) – 11:04 Clark Gillies (2) – 17:41 Bryan Trottier (1) – 19:46 |goalie4-1 =Glen Hanlon 36 saves / 40 shots |goalie4-2 =Billy Smith 27 saves / 28 shots

|5-1-1 =Ron Greschner (1) – 12:06 |5-1-2 =19:49 – Mike Bossy (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Don Maloney (1) – 19:21 |5-3-2 =07:56 – Tomas Jonsson (1) |5-4-1 =No scoring |5-4-2 =08:56 – Ken Morrow (1) |goalie5-1 =Glen Hanlon 22 saves / 25 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie5-2 =Billy Smith 42 saves / 44 shots

(P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) Philadelphia Flyers

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

|1-1-1 =Bobby Clarke (1) – 05:21 |1-1-2 =13:57 – Craig Laughlin (1) |1-2-1 =Ilkka Sinisalo (1) – pp – 04:51 |1-2-2 =09:32 – Bryan Erickson (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =07:37 – Gaetan Duchesne (1) 10:16 – Mike Gartner (1) |goalie1-1 =Bob Froese 22 saves / 26 shots Pelle Lindbergh 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie1-2 =Pat Riggin 19 saves / 21 shots

|2-1-1 =Brad Marsh (1) – 14:05 Bobby Clarke (2) – 17:21 |2-1-2 =15:28 – pp – Mike Gartner (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =04:55 – Alan Haworth (1) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =02:53 – Craig Laughlin (2) 03:25 – Dave Christian (1) 12:01 – pp – Bryan Erickson (2) 18:29 – en – Doug Jarvis (1) |goalie2-1 =Bob Froese 26 saves / 31 shots |goalie2-2 =Al Jensen 30 saves / 32 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Glen Currie (1) – 08:47 Craig Laughlin (3) – pp – 17:57 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Gary Sampson (1) – 01:52 Dave Christian (2) – 17:06 Gaetan Duchesne (2) – 18:43 |3-3-1 =06:40 – Ilkka Sinisalo (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Bob Froese 17 saves / 19 shots Pelle Lindbergh 10 saves / 13 shots |goalie3-2 =Al Jensen 37 saves / 38 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

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

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won both previous meetings over the past two seasons, including last year's Norris Division Finals in five games.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =05:58 – Lars Lindgren (1) |1-3-1 =Al Secord (1) – 01:09 Al Secord (2) – 11:25 Bob Murray (1) – en – 19:56 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Murray Bannerman 34 saves / 35 shots |goalie1-2 =Gilles Meloche 23 saves / 25 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =13:02 – pp – Gordie Roberts (1) 16:41 – pp – Curt Giles (1) |2-2-1 =Jeff Larmer (1) – pp – 00:42 Steve Larmer (1) – pp – 05:21 Rick Paterson (1) – sh – 07:48 |2-2-2 =12:53 – Keith Acton (1) |2-3-1 =Denis Savard (1) – 10:53 Darryl Sutter (1) – 16:01 |2-3-2 =05:53 – Al MacAdam (1) 09:47 – pp – Willi Plett (1) 12:30 – Neal Broten (1) |goalie2-1 =Murray Bannerman 37 saves / 43 shots |goalie2-2 =Gilles Meloche 18 saves / 23 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Lars Lindgren (2) – 08:20 Keith Acton (2) – 16:23 |3-2-1 =10:28 – Bob Murray (2) |3-2-2 =Brent Ashton (1) – 05:38 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =George Ferguson (1) – 04:36 |goalie3-1 =Murray Bannerman 25 saves / 29 shots |goalie3-2 =Don Beaupre 19 saves / 20 shots

|4-1-1 =14:14 – Steve Larmer (2) |4-1-2 =Dino Ciccarelli (1) – pp – 13:06 |4-2-1 =10:02 – Tom Lysiak (1) |4-2-2 =Gordie Roberts (2) – 14:39 |4-3-1 =12:52 – Al Secord (3) 14:09 – Troy Murray (1) |4-3-2 =Brad Maxwell (1) – pp – 02:21 |goalie4-1 =Murray Bannerman 20 saves / 23 shots |goalie4-2 =Don Beaupre 27 saves / 31 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =02:50 – sh – Dennis Maruk (1) 11:52 – George Ferguson (2) |5-2-1 =Bob Murray (3) – pp – 00:53 |5-2-2 =14:59 – Dino Ciccarelli (2) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =19:36 – en – Dennis Maruk (2) |goalie5-1 =Murray Bannerman 37 saves / 40 shots |goalie5-2 =Don Beaupre 20 saves / 21 shots

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Detroit Red Wings

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

Game three was the first postseason match at Joe Louis Arena, and the first in Detroit since 1978.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =14:32 – Jorgen Pettersson (1) |1-3-1 =Kelly Kisio (1) – 12:10 Ron Duguay (1) – pp – 18:47 |1-3-2 =06:34 – Mark Reeds (1) 09:00 – pp – Rob Ramage (1) |goalie1-1 =Greg Stefan 18 saves / 21 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Liut 24 saves / 26 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =03:13 – Gilbert Delorme (1) 04:01 – Jorgen Pettersson (2) |2-2-1 =Danny Gare (1) – 01:53 Greg Smith (1) – 15:51 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Randy Ladouceur (1) – sh – 04:57 Steve Yzerman (1) – 08:43 Danny Gare (2) – en – 19:26 |2-3-2 =07:51 – pp – Doug Gilmour (1) |goalie2-1 =Greg Stefan 28 saves / 31 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Liut 23 saves / 27 shots

|3-1-1 =04:32 – pp – Steve Yzerman (2) 09:43 – pp – Reed Larson (1) |3-1-2 =Perry Ganchar (1) – pp – 08:29 Doug Wickenheiser (1) – sh – 18:06 |3-2-1 =09:23 – Steve Yzerman (3) |3-2-2 =Bernie Federko (1) – pp – 00:13 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Mark Reeds (2) – 17:07 |goalie3-1 =Greg Stefan 32 saves / 34 shots Corrado Micalef 3 saves / 5 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Liut 36 saves / 39 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Jorgen Pettersson (3) – pp – 09:39 |4-2-1 =03:48 – pp – Reed Larson (2) 19:49 – Ron Duguay (2) |4-2-2 =Jorgen Pettersson (4) – 05:56 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =Jorgen Pettersson (5) – 02:42 |goalie4-1 =Eddie Mio 21 saves / 24 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Liut 40 saves / 42 shots

(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Winnipeg Jets

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Smythe Division Semifinals, in which Edmonton won in a three-game sweep.

|1-1-1 =Paul MacLean (1) – 17:34 |1-1-2 =00:40 – Jari Kurri (1) 07:18 – Randy Gregg (1) 14:35 – Paul Coffey (1) 16:20 – Dave Hunter (1) 18:21 – Paul Coffey (2) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =07:24 – Ken Linseman (1) |1-3-1 =Dave Babych (1) – pp – 11:57 |1-3-2 =05:00 – Jari Kurri (2) 09:28 – Jari Kurri (3) 18:41 – Ken Linseman (2) |goalie1-1 =Mike Veisor 25 saves / 29 shots Doug Soetaert 14 saves / 19 shots |goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 37 saves / 39 shots

|2-1-1 =Dale Hawerchuk (1) – pp – 02:32 Tim Watters (1) – 13:18 |2-1-2 =12:44 – Wayne Gretzky (1) |2-2-1 =Moe Mantha (1) – sh – 04:53 |2-2-2 =03:14 – Dave Semenko (1) |2-3-1 =Andrew McBain (1) – 05:55 |2-3-2 =11:12 – Glenn Anderson (1) 12:58 – Raimo Summanen (1) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =00:21 – Randy Gregg (2) |goalie2-1 =Marc Behrend 49 saves / 54 shots |goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 34 saves / 38 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Jari Kurri (4) – 15:55 |3-2-1 =11:29 – Andrew McBain (2) |3-2-2 =Dave Semenko (2) – 18:56 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Mark Messier (1) – 01:57 Charlie Huddy (1) – 10:45 |goalie3-1 =Marc Behrend 29 saves / 33 shots |goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 36 saves / 37 shots

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

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their prior two meetings in the past two seasons. Calgary won last year's Smythe Division Semifinals 3–1.

|1-1-1 =Jere Gillis (1) – 10:31 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =03:59 – Colin Patterson (1) 08:24 – Mike Eaves (1) 15:14 – Steve Bozek (1) |1-3-1 =Stan Smyl (1) – 03:04 Tony Tanti (1) – 04:59 |1-3-2 =09:18 – pp – Hakan Loob (1) 19:23 – en – Doug Risebrough (1) |goalie1-1 =Richard Brodeur 24 saves / 28 shots John Garrett 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie1-2 =Rejean Lemelin 32 saves / 35 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Tiger Williams (1) – 09:32 |2-2-2 =10:06 – Jim Peplinski (1) 11:09 – Mike Eaves (2) |2-3-1 =Jere Gillis (2) – 11:02 |2-3-2 =06:40 – pp – Al MacInnis (1) 19:52 – en – Doug Risebrough (2) |goalie2-1 =Richard Brodeur 42 saves / 45 shots |goalie2-2 =Rejean Lemelin 32 saves / 34 shots

|3-1-1 =16:20 – Neil Belland (1) 17:19 – Doug Halward (1) 19:33 – pp – Doug Halward (2) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =07:49 – Ron Delorme (1) 09:13 – pp – Cam Neely (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =10:46 – pp – Doug Halward (3) 13:02 – Cam Neely (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Richard Brodeur 15 saves / 15 shots |goalie3-2 =Rejean Lemelin 14 saves / 19 shots Don Edwards 13 saves / 15 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Paul Reinhart (1) – 09:07 Hakan Loob (2) – 10:37 Jim Jackson (1) – sh – 19:14 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Paul Reinhart (2) – 12:41 |4-3-1 =12:18 – Stan Smyl (2) |4-3-2 =Paul Reinhart (3) – 02:37 |goalie4-1 =Richard Brodeur 21 saves / 26 shots John Garrett 4 saves / 4 shots |goalie4-2 =Don Edwards 28 saves / 29 shots

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A3) Quebec Nordiques vs. (A4) Montreal Canadiens

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Quebec won the only previous meeting 3–2 in the 1982 Adams Division Semifinals.

Game six of this series is referred to as the Good Friday Massacre.

|1-1-1 =Chris Nilan (1) – 01:53 Mark Hunter (1) – 09:00 |1-1-2 =02:22 – Marian Stastny (2) 14:06 – pp – Jean-Francois Sauve (2) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =17:54 – Blake Wesley (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =07:19 – Louis Sleigher (1) |goalie1-1 =Steve Penney 28 saves / 32 shots |goalie1-2 =Dan Bouchard 16 saves / 18 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Pierre Mondou (2) – 09:41 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Mats Naslund (2) – pp – 06:00 Steve Shutt (1) – 08:52 Perry Turnbull (1) – 17:30 |2-3-2 =00:36 – Anton Stastny (2) |goalie2-1 =Steve Penney 22 saves / 23 shots |goalie2-2 =Dan Bouchard 20 saves / 24 shots

|3-1-1 =00:59 – pp – Bobby Smith (2) |3-1-2 =Pat Price (1) – 08:53 |3-2-1 =06:15 – pp – Ryan Walter (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Steve Penney 16 saves / 17 shots |goalie3-2 =Dan Bouchard 27 saves / 29 shots

|4-1-1 =14:45 – Ryan Walter (2) 19:50 – Guy Carbonneau (2) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =17:31 – Mario Tremblay (4) |4-2-2 =Wilf Paiement (2) – 13:36 Andre Savard (3) – 18:51 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Randy Moller (1) – 11:23 |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =Bo Berglund (2) – 03:00 |goalie4-1 =Steve Penney 30 saves / 34 shots |goalie4-2 =Dan Bouchard 17 saves / 20 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Pierre Mondou (3) – 07:56 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Mario Tremblay (5) – 04:16 Steve Shutt (2) – 05:36 Mats Naslund (3) – sh – 07:04 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Steve Penney 26 saves / 26 shots |goalie5-2 =Dan Bouchard 20 saves / 24 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Peter Stastny (2) – pp – 05:12 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =06:23 – Steve Shutt (3) 09:11 – Steve Shutt (4) 12:14 – Rick Green (1) 13:27 – John Chabot (1) 14:25 – Guy Carbonneau (3) |6-3-2 =Michel Goulet (2) – 02:02 Wilf Paiement (3) – 16:51 |goalie6-1 =Steve Penney 21 saves / 24 shots |goalie6-2 =Dan Bouchard 21 saves / 26 shots

(P1) New York Islanders vs. (P2) Washington Capitals

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Patrick Division Semifinals, in which New York won 3–1. By winning their eighteenth consecutive series, the Islanders set a North American major professional sports record for most consecutive playoff series victories (previously set by the Boston Celtics with seventeen series wins over eight years in the 1950s and 1960s).

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =04:34 – Patrick Flatley (2) |1-2-1 =Alan Haworth (2) – pp – 09:21 |1-2-2 =07:46 – pp – Mike Bossy (2) |1-3-1 =Dave Christian (3) – pp – 06:13 Craig Laughlin (4) – 18:52 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Al Jensen 16 saves / 18 shots |goalie1-2 =Billy Smith 24 saves / 27 shots Roland Melanson 0 saves / 0 shots

|2-1-1 =Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1) – pp – 11:02 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2) – pp – 11:52 |2-1-2 =04:43 – pp – Butch Goring (1) 05:51 – Bryan Trottier (2) 09:49 – Patrick Flatley (3) 13:39 – Mike Bossy (3) |2-2-1 =Scott Stevens (1) – pp – 06:21 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Mike Gartner (3) – pp – 11:50 |2-3-2 =No scoring |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =07:35 – Anders Kallur (1) |goalie2-1 = Al Jensen 6 saves / 10 shots Pat Riggin 11 saves / 12 shots |goalie2-2 =Billy Smith 31 saves / 35 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =05:05 – Alan Haworth (3) |3-2-2 =Patrick Flatley (4) – 17:12 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Brent Sutter (2) – 14:28 Bryan Trottier (3) – en – 19:36 |goalie3-1 =Pat Riggin 16 saves / 18 shots |goalie3-2 =Billy Smith 32 saves / 33 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Bryan Trottier (4) – 19:22 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Clark Gillies (3) – 05:33 Paul Boutilier (1) – 11:35 |4-3-1 =05:05 – Bobby Carpenter (1) 05:39 – Dave Christian (4) |4-3-2 =Clark Gillies (4) – 16:18 Mike Bossy (4) – en – 19:01 |goalie4-1 =Pat Riggin 15 saves / 18 shots Al Jensen 3 saves / 4 shots |goalie4-2 =Billy Smith 22 saves / 24 shots

|5-1-1 =Doug Jarvis (2) – 11:21 Dave Christian (5) – 16:03 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Bobby Carpenter (2) – pp – 19:37 |5-2-2 =01:18 – Bryan Trottier (5) 09:16 – Patrick Flatley (5) 10:21 – sh – Anders Kallur (2) 16:57 – pp – Patrick Flatley (6) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =18:17 – pp – Greg Gilbert (2) |goalie5-1 =Al Jensen 13 saves / 17 shots Pat Riggin 10 saves / 11 shots |goalie5-2 =Billy Smith 23 saves / 26 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N2) St. Louis Blues

This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won three of the previous four meetings, including their most recent in the 1972 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals in seven games.

Steve Payne scored the game-winner at 6:00 in overtime of game 7 to send the North Stars to the conference finals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =12:12 – pp – Mark Napier (1) |1-3-1 =Pat Hickey (1) – sh – 06:07 |1-3-2 =08:23 – Dino Ciccarelli (3) |goalie1-1 =Mike Liut 39 saves / 41 shots |goalie1-2 =Don Beaupre 23 saves / 24 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Perry Ganchar (2) – 12:33 |2-2-2 =06:58 – Dennis Maruk (3) 17:18 – Craig Levie (1) 17:47 – Willi Plett (2) |2-3-1 =Jorgen Pettersson (6) – pp – 04:21 Joe Mullen (1) – 07:30 |2-3-2 =No scoring |2-4-1 =Doug Gilmour (2) – 16:16 |2-4-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Mike Liut 35 saves / 38 shots |goalie2-2 =Don Beaupre 32 saves / 36 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =16:27 – Dave Pichette (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =13:22 – Doug Wickenheiser (2) 14:05 – Bernie Federko (2) |3-3-2 =Dennis Maruk (4) – pp – 17:35 |goalie3-1 =Mike Liut 24 saves / 25 shots |goalie3-2 =Don Beaupre 32 saves / 35 shots

|4-1-1 =06:08 – Greg Paslawski (1) |4-1-2 =Keith Acton (3) – 00:39 Brian Bellows (1) – sh – 16:54 |4-2-1 =13:58 – Bernie Federko (3) |4-2-2 =Tom McCarthy (1) – pp – 08:01 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Mike Liut 23 saves / 26 shots |goalie4-2 =Don Beaupre 31 saves / 33 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =10:50 – Steve Payne (1) 18:40 – Craig Levie (2) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =15:27 – pp – Keith Acton (4) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =12:00 – Dennis Maruk (5) 12:26 – Willi Plett (3) 14:03 – Neal Broten (2) |goalie5-1 =Mike Liut 17 saves / 22 shots Rick Heinz 1 save / 2 shots |goalie5-2 =Don Beaupre 29 saves / 29 shots

|6-1-1 =11:21 – Bernie Federko (4) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =04:42 – Joe Mullen (2) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =09:28 – Wayne Babych (1) 11:18 – pp – Perry Ganchar (3) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Mike Liut 32 saves / 32 shots |goalie6-2 =Don Beaupre 29 saves / 33 shots

|7-1-1 =Brian Sutter (1) – pp – 15:05 |7-1-2 =11:28 – Willi Plett (4) |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =No scoring |7-3-1 =Jorgen Pettersson (7) – 08:52 Mark Reeds (3) – sh – 14:06 |7-3-2 =01:34 – sh – Gordie Roberts (3) 14:21 – Willi Plett (5) |7-4-1 =No scoring |7-4-2 =06:00 – Steve Payne (2) |goalie7-1 =Mike Liut 39 saves / 43 shots |goalie7-2 =Don Beaupre 25 saves / 28 shots

(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S2) Calgary Flames

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Smythe Division Finals, in which Edmonton won in five games.

Lanny McDonald scored the overtime winner for Calgary in Game 6.

|1-1-1 =Mike Eaves (3) – sh – 07:56 |1-1-2 =19:28 – pp – Jari Kurri (5) |1-2-1 =Lanny McDonald (1) – pp – 15:08 |1-2-2 =08:47 – Ken Linseman (3) 11:04 – Wayne Gretzky (2) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =06:29 – Kevin Lowe (1) 19:14 – en – Wayne Gretzky (3) |goalie1-1 =Rejean Lemelin 49 saves / 53 shots Don Edwards 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 29 shots

|2-1-1 =Dan Quinn (1) – pp – 01:50 |2-1-2 =16:46 – Kevin McClelland (1) |2-2-1 =Eddy Beers (1) – 18:38 |2-2-2 =03:51 – pp – Paul Coffey (3) 04:59 – Kevin Lowe (2) 11:08 – Dave Hunter (2) |2-3-1 =Richard Kromm (1) – 03:04 Carey Wilson (1) – 13:07 Steve Bozek (2) – pp – 18:27 |2-3-2 =19:15 – Wayne Gretzky (4) |2-4-1 =Carey Wilson (2) – 03:42 |2-4-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Don Edwards 42 saves / 47 shots |goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 44 saves / 50 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =01:45 – Paul Reinhart (4) |3-2-2 =Paul Coffey (4) – 02:21 Paul Coffey (5) – 09:39 |3-3-1 =05:43 – Lanny McDonald (2) |3-3-2 =Jaroslav Pouzar (1) – 03:13 |goalie3-1 =Rejean Lemelin 27 saves / 30 shots Don Edwards 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 35 saves / 37 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Dave Hunter (3) – sh – 11:02 |4-2-1 =13:22 – Eddy Beers (2) 15:00 – Paul Reinhart (5) |4-2-2 =Willy Lindstrom (1) – pp – 06:25 Jari Kurri (6) – 15:44 |4-3-1 =02:43 – Lanny McDonald (3) |4-3-2 =Mark Messier (2) – 00:09 Dave Hunter (4) – pp-en – 19:30 |goalie4-1 =Don Edwards 37 saves / 41 shots |goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 32 shots

|5-1-1 =Jamie Macoun (1) – pp – 04:23 Dan Quinn (2) – 15:33 Jim Peplinski (2) |5-1-2 =13:52 – pp – Willy Lindstrom (2) |5-2-1 =Lanny McDonald (4) – pp – 00:46 Mike Eaves (4) – pp – 09:22 |5-2-2 =03:45 – Glenn Anderson (2) 19:24 – Mark Messier (3) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =10:20 – Willy Lindstrom (3) |goalie5-1 =Rejean Lemelin 33 saves / 37 shots |goalie5-2 =Grant Fuhr 14 saves / 19 shots Andy Moog 13 saves / 13 shots

|6-1-1 =03:07 – pp – Lanny McDonald (5) 11:05 – Jim Peplinski (3) |6-1-2 =Ken Linseman (4) – sh – 07:11 Glenn Anderson (3) – pp – 12:24 |6-2-1 =01:21 – Dan Quinn (3) 12:51 – sh – Paul Reinhart (6) |6-2-2 =Dave Semenko (3) – 04:56 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Mark Messier (4) – pp – 06:53 |6-4-1 =01:04 – Lanny McDonald (6) |6-4-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Rejean Lemelin 34 saves / 38 shots |goalie6-2 =Grant Fuhr 34 saves / 39 shots

|7-1-1 =Carey Wilson (3) – 10:03 Steve Bozek (3) – 16:56 |7-1-2 =09:03 – Lee Fogolin Jr. (1) 09:23 – Wayne Gretzky (5) |7-2-1 =Steve Konroyd (1) – 06:43 Al MacInnis (2) – pp – 10:15 |7-2-2 =01:15 – pp – Jari Kurri (7) 13:50 – Glenn Anderson (4) 14:48 – Ken Linseman (5) 18:00 – Jari Kurri (8) |7-3-1 =No scoring |7-3-2 =00:33 – Pat Hughes (1) |goalie7-1 =Rejean Lemelin 36 saves / 43 shots |goalie7-2 =Andy Moog 5 saves / 8 shots Grant Fuhr 14 saves / 15 shots

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(P1) New York Islanders vs. (A4) Montreal Canadiens

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal won both prior meetings, including the most recent meeting in six games in the 1977 Stanley Cup Semifinals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =17:41 – Guy Carbonneau (4) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =01:46 – Mats Naslund (4) 07:45 – pp – Steve Shutt (5) |goalie1-1 =Billy Smith 20 saves / 23 shots |goalie1-2 =Steve Penney 24 saves / 24 shots

|2-1-1 =Clark Gillies (5) – 11:58 |2-1-2 =07:46 – Pierre Mondou (4) |2-2-1 =Denis Potvin (1) – pp – 17:07 |2-2-2 =06:18 – Steve Shutt (6) 11:24 – Mats Naslund (5) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =00:47 – pp – Mats Näslund (6) |goalie2-1 =Billy Smith 17 saves / 21 shots Roland Melanson 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie2-2 =Steve Penney 15 saves / 17 shots

|3-1-1 =07:35 – pp – Tomas Jonsson (2) 07:48 – Greg Gilbert (3) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =01:26 – Mike Bossy (5) 06:01 – Clark Gillies (6) 08:24 – Greg Gilbert (4) |3-2-2 =Pierre Mondou (5) – pp – 17:23 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Mark Hunter (2) – 03:32 |goalie3-1 =Billy Smith 20 saves / 22 shots |goalie3-2 = Steve Penney 9 saves / 14 shots Rick Wamsley 12 saves / 12 shots

|4-1-1 =04:18 – pp – Tomas Jonsson (3) |4-1-2 =Steve Shutt (7) – pp – 12:31 |4-2-1 =16:40 – Mike Bossy (6) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =02:24 – Gord Dineen (1) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Billy Smith 26 saves / 27 shots |goalie4-2 =Steve Penney 22 saves / 25 shots

|5-1-1 =Bryan Trottier (6) – pp – 03:55 Brent Sutter (3) – sh – 09:36 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Patrick Flatley (7) – 15:21 |5-3-2 =12:39 – Pierre Mondou (6) |goalie5-1 =Billy Smith 24 saves / 25 shots |goalie5-2 =Steve Penney 18 saves / 21 shots

|6-1-1 =04:51 – Clark Gillies (7) 07:22 – Mike Bossy (7) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =00:30 – Patrick Flatley (8) 15:36 – pp – Mike Bossy (8) |6-3-2 =Mario Tremblay (6) – 02:47 |goalie6-1 =Billy Smith 22 saves / 23 shots |goalie6-2 =Steve Penney 18 saves / 22 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Minnesota North Stars

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

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =01:32 – Dave Semenko (4) 16:41 – Wayne Gretzky (6) |1-2-1 =Steve Payne (3) – pp – 19:36 |1-2-2 =17:22 – Pat Hughes (2) 18:01 – Jari Kurri (9) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =00:13 – Kevin McClelland (2) 10:26 – Dave Hunter (5) 12:39 – Jari Kurri (10) |goalie1-1 =Don Beaupre 15 saves / 20 shots Gilles Meloche 4 saves / 6 shots |goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 33 saves / 34 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =13:53 – Ken Linseman (6) 16:12 – pp – Ken Linseman (7) |2-2-1 =Neal Broten (3) – pp – 00:11 Willi Plett (6) – 02:37 Brian Bellows (2) – 10:30 |2-2-2 =08:03 – Jari Kurri (11) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =06:01 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (7) |goalie2-1 =Don Beaupre 31 saves / 35 shots |goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 14 saves / 17 shots Andy Moog 7 saves / 7 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Dave Lumley (1) – 10:30 Wayne Gretzky (8) – pp – 12:28 |3-2-1 =04:09 – pp – Brad Maxwell (2) 08:48 – pp – Mark Napier (2) 10:22 – pp – Mark Napier (3) 12:04 – pp – Neal Broten (4) 12:36 – Neal Broten (5) |3-2-2 =Paul Coffey (6) – pp – 14:00 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Jari Kurri (12) – pp – 04:58 Glenn Anderson (5) – 06:06 Ken Linseman (8) – 07:05 Mark Messier (5) – sh – 10:10 Wayne Gretzky (9) – sh – 10:42 |goalie3-1 =Don Beaupre 27 saves / 35 shots |goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 30 saves / 35 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Don Jackson (1) – 04:58 |4-3-1 =10:35 – Dino Ciccarelli (4) |4-3-2 =Ken Linseman (9) – pp – 07:38 Jari Kurri (13) – en – 19:11 |goalie4-1 =Gilles Meloche 30 saves / 32 shots |goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 25 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1984 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won both previous meetings, and was a rematch of New York's four-game sweep in last year's Stanley Cup Finals.

The Islanders attempted to match the 1950s Montreal Canadiens and win the Stanley Cup five consecutive times, against the Edmonton Oilers who were attempting to win the franchise's first championship. The Islanders lost the first game at home 1–0, but bounced back to defeat the Oilers 6–1 in the second game. Edmonton took over the series from that point, winning the next three games, all played in Edmonton.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Kevin McClelland (3) – 01:55 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Grant Fuhr 34 saves / 34 shots |goalie1-2 =Billy Smith 37 saves / 38 shots Roland Melanson 0 saves / 0 shots

|2-1-1 =Randy Gregg (3) – 15:06 |2-1-2 =00:53 – Bryan Trottier (7) 05:48 – pp – Greg Gilbert (5) 18:31 – Clark Gillies (8) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =04:52 – Bryan Trottier (8) 16:48 – pp – Clark Gillies (9) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =17:04 – pp – Clark Gillies (10) |goalie2-1 =Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 26 shots |goalie2-2 =Billy Smith 22 saves / 23 shots

|3-1-1 =13:49 – Kevin Lowe (3) |3-1-2 =Clark Gillies (11) – 01:32 |3-2-1 =08:38 – Mark Messier (6) 19:12 – Glenn Anderson (6) 19:29 – Paul Coffey (7) |3-2-2 =Clark Gillies (12) – pp – 02:54 |3-3-1 =05:32 – Mark Messier (7) 05:52 – Kevin McClelland (4) 09:41 – Dave Semenko (5) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots Andy Moog 1 save / 1 shot |goalie3-2 =Billy Smith 25 saves / 31 shots Roland Melanson 8 saves / 9 shots

|4-1-1 =01:53 – Wayne Gretzky (10) 03:22 – Willy Lindstrom (4) 17:54 – Mark Messier (8) |4-1-2 =Brent Sutter (4) – 14:03 |4-2-1 =05:21 – pp – Willy Lindstrom (5) 06:58 – Pat Conacher (1) 10:52 – Paul Coffey (8) |4-2-2 =Patrick Flatley (9) – 19:44 |4-3-1 =14:01 – Wayne Gretzky (11) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Andy Moog 19 saves / 21 shots |goalie4-2 =Billy Smith 31 saves / 38 shots

|5-1-1 =12:08 – Wayne Gretzky (12) 17:26 – Wayne Gretzky (13) |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =00:38 – pp – Ken Linseman (10) 04:59 – pp – Jari Kurri (14) |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =19:47 – en – Dave Lumley (2) |5-3-2 =Pat LaFontaine (2) – 00:13 Pat LaFontaine (3) – 00:35 |goalie5-1 =Andy Moog 23 saves / 25 shots |goalie5-2 =Roland Melanson 12 saves / 14 shots Billy Smith 7 saves / 9 shots

Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

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.

References

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References

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2. (15 March 1984). "NHL Playoffs". The Leader-Post.
3. (23 September 1983). "Playoff format changes made". The Ottawa Citizen.
4. [http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19831984&seasonTo=19831984&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists NHL.com - Skater Stats]
5. [http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?report=goaliesummary&reportType=season&seasonFrom=19831984&seasonTo=19831984&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]