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1985 Stanley Cup playoffs

NHL hockey playoffs

Field	Value
title	Stanley Cup playoffs
year	1985
dates	April 10–May 30, 1985
num_teams	16
defending_champions	[Edmonton Oilers](1984-85-edmonton-oilers-season)
winners	[Edmonton Oilers](1984-85-edmonton-oilers-season)
second	[Philadelphia Flyers](1984-85-philadelphia-flyers-season)
stat_leader_title	Scoring leader(s)
stat_leader_player	Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)
stat_leader_value	47 points
award_title	MVP
award	Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)
prev_season	[1984](1984-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season	[1986](1986-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 10, after the conclusion of the 1984–85 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 30 with the champion Edmonton Oilers defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 8–3 to win the final series four games to one and win the Stanley Cup.

Playoff seeds

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

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

Montreal Canadiens, Adams Division champions – 94 points
Quebec Nordiques – 91 points
Buffalo Sabres – 90 points
Boston Bruins – 82 points

Patrick Division

Philadelphia Flyers, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 113 points
Washington Capitals – 101 points
New York Islanders – 86 points
New York Rangers – 62 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

St. Louis Blues, Norris Division champions – 86 points
Chicago Black Hawks – 83 points
Detroit Red Wings – 66 points
Minnesota North Stars – 62 points

Smythe Division

Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 109 points
Winnipeg Jets – 96 points
Calgary Flames – 94 points
Los Angeles Kings – 82 points

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. In each series, home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.

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 next 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). For the second and final season, a 2-3-2 format was used in the Stanley Cup Finals, with the sites for games five and six switched.

Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

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

This was the 20th playoff series between these two teams. Montreal lead 17–2 in previous playoff series meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Semifinals, in which Montreal won in a three-game sweep.

In the series finale, the Canadiens got the only goal when Mats Naslund scored with just 51 seconds remaining in regulation. Steve Penney stopped all 20 shots to register the shutout.

|1-1-1 =No Scoring |1-1-2 =Charlie Simmer (1) – 05:18 Mike O'Connell (1) – pp – 18:15 |1-2-1 =08:52 – Petr Svoboda (1) |1-2-2 =Ken Linseman (1) – 06:26 |1-3-1 =07:08 – Mario Tremblay (1) 07:50 – Bobby Smith (1) |1-3-2 =Keith Crowder (1) – 09:21 Rick Middleton (1) – 14:05 |goalie1-1 =Steve Penney 12 saves / 17 shots |goalie1-2 =Doug Keans 19 saves / 22 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =01:00 – Larry Robinson (1) 10:52 – Serge Boisvert |2-2-2 =Keith Crowder (2) – 01:40 Steve Kasper (1) – 11:08 Rick Middleton (2) – 18:57 |2-3-1 =00:20 – pp – Chris Chelios (1) 15:40 – Chris Nilan (1) 18:21 – Guy Carbonneau (1) |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Steve Penney 25 saves / 28 shots |goalie2-2 =Doug Keans 25 saves / 30 shots

|4-1-1 =Ryan Walter (2) – 04:53 Mats Naslund (2) – pp – 15:02 Serge Boisvert (2) – 15:30 Bobby Smith (3) – pp – 19:57 |4-1-2 =09:21 – Rick Middleton (3) |4-2-1 =Steve Rooney (2) – 09:52 Larry Robinson (2) – 18:20 |4-2-2 =08:55 – Keith Crowder (3) 09:21 – Butch Goring (1) 13:15 – Terry O'Reilly (1) 13:36 – Ken Linseman (2) 19:36 – Ken Linseman (3) |4-3-1 =No Scoring |4-3-2 =13:12 – Ken Linseman (4) |goalie4-1 =Steve Penney 19 saves / 26 shots |goalie4-2 =Doug Keans 27 saves / 33 shots

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

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

In the final game, Buffalo led 5–3 with just nine minutes remaining but allowed the Nordiques to score two goals in a span of 64 seconds to tie it at 12:06. The Nordiques' Brent Ashton then got the winner with only 69 seconds left.

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Michel Goulet (3) – pp – 07:54 |3-2-1 =07:57 – Lindy Ruff (1) |3-2-2 =Anton Stastny (2) – 09:02 |3-3-1 =03:00 – Bill Hajt (1) 05:17 – Paul Cyr (2) 16:55 – John Tucker (1) 17:35 – Dave Andreychuk (1) 19:57 – en – Ric Seiling (2) |3-3-2 =Jean-Francois Sauve (1) – 05:48 Alain Cote (1) – 12:27 |goalie3-1 =Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 29 shots |goalie3-2 =Mario Gosselin 25 saves / 30 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Michel Goulet (4) – pp – 19:07 |4-2-1 =05:53 – Craig Ramsay (1) 17:36 – Phil Housley (2) |4-2-2 =Michel Goulet (5) – 15:02 Paul Gillis (1) – 17:47 |4-3-1 =00:37 – Gilbert Perreault (1) 03:46 – Dave Andreychuk (2) 07:55 – Dave Andreychuk (3) 16:23 – Dave Andreychuk (4) 19:58 – Ric Seiling (3) |4-3-2 =Brent Ashton (2) – pp – 15:20 |goalie4-1 =Tom Barrasso 22 saves / 26 shots |goalie4-2 =Dan Bouchard 17 saves / 24 shots

|5-1-1 =Lindy Ruff (2) – pp – 06:12 Gilbert Perreault (2) – pp – 11:23 Gilbert Perreault (3) – 14:36 |5-1-2 =02:17 – pp – Michel Goulet (6) 17:08 – Blake Wesley (1) 19:18 – Jean-Francois Sauve (2) |5-2-1 =Ric Seiling (4) – 05:06 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Phil Housley (3) – 01:27 |5-3-2 =11:02 – Alain Cote (2) 12:06 – Randy Moller (1) 18:51 – Brent Ashton (3) |goalie5-1 =Tom Barrasso 28 saves / 34 shots |goalie5-2 =Mario Gosselin 18 saves / 23 shots

(P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (P4) New York Rangers

This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. New York won three of the previous five meetings. Their last meeting was won by New York in a three-game sweep in the 1983 Patrick Division Semifinals.

|3-1-1 =12:36 – Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) 16:41 – pp – Don Maloney (3) |3-1-2 =Peter Zezel (1) – pp – 17:26 |3-2-1 =09:08 – pp – Willie Huber (1) |3-2-2 =Doug Crossman (1) – 06:25 Tim Kerr (2) – pp – 10:06 Tim Kerr (3) – 14:58 Tim Kerr (4) – pp – 16:42 Tim Kerr (5) – pp – 18:22 |3-3-1 =00:55 – pp – Don Maloney (4) 03:49 – Anders Hedberg (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Glen Hanlon 18 saves / 24 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 12 saves / 12 shots |goalie3-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 27 saves / 32 shots

(P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) New York Islanders

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

The series comeback by the Islanders is the only instance in NHL history where a team has overcome a 2–0 series deficit to win a best-of-five series.

|4-1-1 =01:51 – pp – Denis Potvin (2) 13:15 – Bobby Nystrom (1) |4-1-2 =Mike Gartner (4) – pp – 09:28 Dave Christian (1) – 13:00 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Doug Jarvis (1) – 05:10 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1) – pp – 13:54 |4-3-1 =03:26 – Patrick Flatley (1) 07:55 – pp – Mike Bossy (3) 18:52 – Bryan Trottier (3) 19:44 – en – Mike Bossy (4) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Billy Smith 29 saves / 33 shots |goalie4-2 =Al Jensen 29 saves / 34 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

This was the sixth playoff series meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won three of the previous five series. This was a rematch of last year's Norris Division Finals in which Minnesota won in seven games.

(N2) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (N3) Detroit Red Wings

This was the tenth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago had won five of the previous nine series. Their most recent meeting was in the 1970 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which the Black Hawks won in a four-game sweep.

|1-1-1 =04:26 – pp – Doug Wilson (1) 04:47 – Curt Fraser (1) 08:36 – pp – Denis Savard (1) 17:30 – Ken Yaremchuk (1) |1-1-2 =Bob Manno (1) – 19:31 |1-2-1 =00:17 – Jack O'Callahan (1) 08:16 – Behn Wilson (1) 12:20 – Eddie Olczyk (1) 17:52 – Steve Larmer (1) |1-2-2 =Reed Larson (1) – 03:18 John Ogrodnick (1) – 19:03 |1-3-1 =04:07 – Eddie Olcyzk (2) |1-3-2 =Randy Ladouceur (1) – 07:55 Steve Yzerman (1) – 09:34 |goalie1-1 =Murray Bannerman 34 saves / 37 shots Warren Skorodenski 12 saves / 14 shots |goalie1-2 =Greg Stefan 11 saves / 17 shots Corrado Micalef 10 saves / 13 shots

|2-1-1 =05:49 – Darryl Sutter (1) 16:33 – Ken Yaremchuk (2) 17:06 – Al Secord (1) |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =05:20 – Curt Fraser (2) 09:53 – pp – Keith Brown (1) 15:05 – pp – Doug Wilson (2) |2-3-2 =Joey Kocur (1) – 07:20 |goalie2-1 =Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 31 shots |goalie2-2 =Greg Stefan 19 saves / 25 shots

|3-1-1 =Steve Ludzik (1) – 16:38 |3-1-2 =No Scoring |3-2-1 =Steve Larmer (2) – pp – 07:17 Darryl Sutter (2) – 08:39 Denis Savard (2) – 10:13 |3-2-2 =13:14 – pp – Ron Duguay (1) |3-3-1 =Eddie Olczyk (3) – 06:58 Denis Savard (3) – pp – 10:43 Behn Wilson (2) – pp – 12:05 Rick Paterson (1) – 19:00 |3-3-2 =16:14 – pp – Steve Yzerman (2) |goalie3-1 =Murray Bannerman 21 saves / 23 shots |goalie3-2 =Greg Stefan 22 saves / 27 shots Corrado Micalef 2 saves / 5 shots

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

This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Los Angeles won their only previous meeting in a stunning upset 3–2 in the 1982 Smythe Division Semifinals.

(S2) Winnipeg Jets vs. (S3) Calgary Flames

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =05:27 – pp – Dave Babych (1) |1-2-1 =Eddy Beers (1) – pp – 02:53 Hakan Loob (1) – 05:44 Paul Reinhart (1) – 11:32 Steve Konroyd (1) – sh – 14:38 |1-2-2 =16:08 – pp – Paul MacLean (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =00:20 – Dale Hawerchuk (1) 04:33 – pp – Dave Ellett (1) |1-4-1 =No scoring |1-4-2 =07:56 – Brian Mullen (1) |goalie1-1 =Rejean Lemelin 26 saves / 31 shots |goalie1-2 =Brian Hayward 27 saves / 31 shots

|2-1-1 =Al MacInnis (1) – pp – 03:36 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Steve Bozek (1) – pp – 07:55 |2-2-2 =00:47 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (2) 01:03 – Doug Smail (1) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =08:58 – Scott Arniel (1) 18:38 – Laurie Boschman (1) 19:13 – Ron Wilson (1) |goalie2-1 =Rejean Lemelin 22 saves / 26 shots |goalie2-2 =Brian Hayward 20 saves / 22 shots

|4-1-1 =10:31 – pp – Perry Berezan (1) |4-1-2 =Thomas Steen (1) – pp – 02:51 |4-2-1 =16:12 – Joel Otto (2) |4-2-2 =Doug Smail (2) – sh – 02:58 Andrew McBain (1) – 04:06 Ron Wilson (2) – 08:09 Laurie Boschman (2) – sh – 13:44 |4-3-1 =05:10 – Jim Peplinski (1) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Rejean Lemelin 32 saves / 37 shots |goalie4-2 =Marc Behrend 35 saves / 38 shots

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A2) Quebec Nordiques

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. The teams had split their prior two meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Finals in which Montreal won in six games.

The Quebec Nordiques and Montreal Canadiens battled in a seven-game series. Bitter rivals from the province of Quebec, the Nords shocked the Habs in 1982, only to see a fourth-place Montreal club upset Quebec two years later. In the deciding seventh game at the Montreal Forum, Peter Stastny scored the game and series winning goal, giving Quebec an improbable 3–2 overtime win and berth in the Wales Conference Finals. The franchise did not get to the conference finals again until 1996, their first year as the Colorado Avalanche, in which they won the Stanley Cup.

|2-1-1 =Peter Stastny (1) – pp – 02:19 Michel Goulet (7) – pp – 04:29 |2-1-2 =09:52 – pp – Serge Boisvert (3) 15:29 – pp – Chris Chelios (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =03:21 – Mike McPhee (1) 05:35 – Mats Naslund (4) |2-3-1 =Michel Goulet (8) – pp – 02:09 Peter Stastny (2) – 02:54 |2-3-2 =15:08 – Mats Naslund (5) 19:02 – en – Bob Gainey (1) |goalie2-1 =Mario Gosselin 21 saves / 26 shots |goalie2-2 =Steve Penney 24 saves / 28 shots

|3-1-1 =03:23 – pp – Anton Stastny (3) 14:44 – Michel Goulet (9) |3-1-2 =Mats Naslund (6) – pp – 04:19 Bobby Smith (4) – pp – 08:51 |3-2-1 =06:39 – Michel Goulet (10) |3-2-2 =Guy Carbonneau (2) – 02:50 Bobby Smith (5) – 11:57 |3-3-1 =00:52 – pp – Michel Goulet (11) 05:11 – pp – Bruce Bell (1) 15:00 – Wilf Paiement (3) |3-3-2 =Mike McPhee (2) – 06:31 Mike McPhee (3) – 08:32 |3-4-1 =18:36 – Dale Hunter (1) |3-4-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Mario Gosselin 30 saves / 36 shots |goalie3-2 =Steve Penney 37 saves / 44 shots

|5-1-1 =Brad Maxwell (1) – 11:14 |5-1-2 =02:51 – pp – Larry Robinson (3) |5-2-1 =Dale Hunter (2) – 02:25 Alain Lemieux (2) – pp – 16:19 Brent Ashton (5) – 18:37 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Wilf Paiement (4) – 02:06 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Mario Gosselin 20 saves / 21 shots |goalie5-2 =Steve Penney 12 saves / 16 shots Doug Soetaert 8 saves / 9 shots

|6-1-1 =07:51 – Alain Lemieux (3) |6-1-2 =Mike McPhee (4) – 00:45 Guy Carbonneau (4) – 13:26 |6-2-1 =03:28 – Normand Rochefort (2) |6-2-2 =Ron Flockhart (1) – 00:36 Chris Nilan (2) – pp – 07:11 Pierre Mondou (1) – 13:21 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Mario Gosselin 22 saves / 27 shots |goalie6-2 =Steve Penney 22 saves / 24 shots

(P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (P3) New York Islanders

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. The teams had split their previous two meetings. The Islanders won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Philadelphia Flyers ended the New York Islanders' string of five straight seasons in the Stanley Cup Finals by dispatching the club four games to one. Flyers goaltender Pelle Lindbergh registered a pair of shutouts, one in the first game 3-0, and the other in the clinching fifth game by a 1–0 score.

|3-1-1 =05:58 – Anders Kallur (2) |3-1-2 =Doug Crossman (2) – pp – 11:12 Rick Tocchet (2) – 18:44 |3-2-1 =08:29 – pp – Brent Sutter (3) 19:22 – John Tonelli (1) |3-2-2 =Ron Sutter (3) – 03:58 Brian Propp (4) – sh – 08:08 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Ilkka Sinisalo (2) – en – 19:23 |goalie3-1 =Billy Smith 11 saves / 15 shots Kelly Hrudey 5 saves / 5 shots |goalie3-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 36 saves / 39 shots

|4-1-1 =05:21 – Pat LaFontaine (1) 07:21 – pp – Bryan Trottier (4) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =00:54 – Denis Potvin (3) 08:53 – Mike Bossy (5) |4-2-2 =Derrick Smith (1) – 10:57 |4-3-1 =09:23 – pp – Tomas Jonsson (1) 19:03 – pp – Alan Kerr (1) |4-3-2 =Tim Kerr (8) – pp – 15:53 |goalie4-1 =Kelly Hrudey 24 saves / 26 shots |goalie4-2 =Bob Froese 13 saves / 15 shots Pelle Lindbergh 8 saves / 12 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N2) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won two of the previous three meetings over the past three seasons. Minnesota won last season's Norris Division Semifinals 3–2.

The Chicago Black Hawks simply outscored the Minnesota North Stars in an offensive-minded six-game series that featured 62 total goals.

|1-1-1 =Dennis Maruk (1) – pp – 07:05 Willi Plett (3) – 07:27 |1-1-2 =03:07 – Eddie Olczyk (4) 03:56 – Doug Wilson (3) 05:42 – Tom Lysiak (1) |1-2-1 =Tony McKegney (2) – pp – 07:40 Neal Broten (2) – 11:03 Brian Bellows (1) – 13:07 Tim Coulis (1) – 14:19 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Steve Payne (1) – 04:42 Tony McKegney (3) – en – 19:55 |1-3-2 =04:11 – Jack O'Callahan (2) 15:04 – Behn Wilson (3) |goalie1-1 =Gilles Meloche 42 saves / 47 shots |goalie1-2 =Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 37 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (1) – 02:48 Tony McKegney (4) – 04:07 |2-2-2 =01:12 – Keith Brown (2) 01:27 – Ken Yaremchuk (3) 04:18 – Curt Fraser (3) 10:53 – Curt Fraser (4) 14:07 – Al Secord (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =18:42 – Troy Murray (1) |goalie2-1 =Gilles Meloche 35 saves / 41 shots |goalie2-2 =Murray Bannerman 25 saves / 27 shots

|3-1-1 =03:07 – pp – Dennis Maruk (2) 09:36 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (2) |3-1-2 =Bob Murray (1) – pp – 13:55 Tom Lysiak (2) – 18:19 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Al Secord (3) – 17:10 Al Secord (4) – en – 19:18 |3-3-1 =05:40 – pp – Craig Hartsburg (3) |3-3-2 =Darryl Sutter (3) – 19:47 |goalie3-1 =Gilles Meloche 18 saves / 22 shots Don Beaupre 7 saves / 7 shots |goalie3-2 =Murray Bannerman 38 saves / 41 shots

|4-1-1 =08:53 – pp – Ron Wilson (1) 11:14 – Randy Velischek (1) |4-1-2 =Steve Larmer (3) – pp – 01:11 Denis Savard (4) – 10:58 Eddie Olczyk (5) – pp – 13:47 |4-2-1 =16:06 – Craig Hartsburg (4) 19:27 – Randy Velischek (2) |4-2-2 =Tom Lysiak (3) – 11:25 |4-3-1 =02:58 – Gordie Roberts (1) 11:45 – pp – Tony McKegney (5) |4-3-2 =Bill Gardner (1) – 09:15 Denis Savard (5) – 12:32 |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =Darryl Sutter (4) – 01:57 |goalie4-1 =Don Beaupre 13 saves / 19 shots Gilles Meloche 15 saves / 16 shots |goalie4-2 =Murray Bannerman 48 saves / 54 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =03:32 – Denis Savard (6) 19:54 – Darryl Sutter (5) |5-2-1 =Tony McKegney (6) – 10:28 Brian Bellows (2) – sh – 16:01 |5-2-2 =02:24 – Al Secord (5) 09:08 – Steve Larmer (4) |5-3-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (3) – 12:53 Tony McKegney (7) – 16:43 |5-3-2 =No scoring |5-4-1 =Dennis Maruk (3) – 01:14 |5-4-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Don Beaupre 16 saves / 16 shots Gilles Meloche 15 saves / 19 shots |goalie5-2 =Murray Bannerman 32 saves / 37 shots

|6-1-1 =01:30 – Tony McKegney (8) 12:57 – pp – Craig Hartsburg (5) |6-1-2 =Steve Larmer (5) – pp – 02:25 Darryl Sutter (6) – 17:14 |6-2-1 =08:41 – pp – Dennis Maruk (4) |6-2-2 =Tom Lysiak (4) – 11:41 |6-3-1 =04:31 – Dave Richter (1) 09:41 – pp – Keith Acton (4) |6-3-2 =Curt Fraser (5) – 06:15 Troy Murray (2) – 15:03 |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Darryl Sutter (7) – 15:41 |goalie6-1 =Don Beaupre 31 saves / 37 shots |goalie6-2 =Murray Bannerman 41 saves / 46 shots

(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S2) Winnipeg Jets

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the previous two meetings over the past two seasons, including last year's Smythe Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.

Defending Cup champion Edmonton was too much for the Winnipeg Jets, sweeping them in four straight games and doubling their goal total.

|2-1-1 =Robert Picard (1) – pp – 10:17 |2-1-2 =08:21 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (2) 11:33 – Kevin McClelland (1) 13:11 – pp – Paul Coffey (4) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =01:33 – sh – Paul Coffey (5) |2-3-1 =Thomas Steen (2) – pp – 13:52 |2-3-2 =04:06 – Mark Messier (3) |goalie2-1 =Brian Hayward 26 saves / 31 shots |goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 30 saves / 32 shots

|3-1-1 =01:26 – pp – Paul MacLean (3) 13:25 – sh – Bengt Lundholm (2) |3-1-2 =Paul Coffey (6) – 04:39 |3-2-1 =08:25 – Ron Wilson (3) 19:45 – pp – Dave Babych (2) |3-2-2 =Glenn Anderson (2) – 00:37 Mike Krushelnyski (2) – pp – 03:54 Mark Napier (4) – 14:53 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Wayne Gretzky (3) – 06:13 |goalie3-1 =Brian Hayward 20 saves / 25 shots |goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 28 saves / 32 shots

|4-1-1 =00:53 – pp – Randy Carlyle (1) |4-1-2 =Wayne Gretzky (4) – 05:20 Wayne Gretzky (5) – sh – 12:22 |4-2-1 =09:50 – Robert Picard (2) 14:00 – Ron Wilson (4) |4-2-2 =Jari Kurri (4) – 00:54 Jari Kurri (5) – 01:18 Glenn Anderson (3) – pp – 08:18 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Mark Messier (4) – 03:29 Jari Kurri (6) – 05:35 Wayne Gretzky (6) – sh-en – 10:31 |goalie4-1 =Brian Hayward 10 saves / 15 shots Marc Behrend 11 saves / 13 shots |goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 29 shots Andy Moog 2 saves / 2 shots

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (A2) Quebec Nordiques

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won the only previous meeting 3–2 in the 1981 Preliminary round.

Although the Flyers held the best record in the NHL with 53 wins and 113 points, the Adams Division held a better record against the Patrick Division, so the Wales finals began in Quebec City. Philadelphia and Quebec split the first four games of the series, then the Flyers edged the Nordiques, 2–1 in game five. Game six in Philadelphia was a tour-de-force for the Flyers, outshooting Quebec 36–15, and winning 3–0. Flyers captain Dave Poulin's five-on-three shorthanded goal early in the second period sealed the win and returned Philadelphia to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1980. The win came at a high cost for the Flyers as both 54-goal forward Tim Kerr and defenceman Brad McCrimmon were lost for the remainder of the playoffs with injuries.

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Dale Hunter (4) – sh – 06:29 Alain Cote (4) – 09:23 |4-2-1 =03:12 – pp – Doug Crossman (3) 19:07 – pp – Brian Propp (6) |4-2-2 =Mark Kumpel (3) – 17:07 |4-3-1 =03:08 – pp – Mark Howe (2) |4-3-2 =Alain Cote (5) – 04:32 Brad Maxwell (2) – pp – 12:37 |goalie4-1 =Pelle Lindbergh 16 saves / 21 shots |goalie4-2 =Mario Gosselin 34 saves / 37 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N2) Chicago Black Hawks

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1983 Clarence Campbell Conference Final.

The Oilers defeated the Black Hawks in six games, with the home team winning the first five games. This was a six-game series that broke all sorts of records for total offense. Edmonton won the first two games at home by 11–2 and 7–3 scores, only to see Chicago strike back at home with 5–2 and 8–6 victories. However, Edmonton rebounded to blast the Hawks in the final two games, 10–5 and 8–2 to earn their third trip to the Cup Finals in as many years. Edmonton set all-time playoff marks with the most goals in one series, and most goals in a six-game series, and both clubs set records with the most total goals in a semifinal series and the most total goals in one six-game series. Oilers' Jari Kurri scored three hat tricks in the series, setting a still-standing NHL record.

|1-1-1 =Ken Yaremchuk (4) – 12:36 |1-1-2 =05:48 – Glenn Anderson (4) 10:09 – Charlie Huddy (1) 18:25 – Paul Coffey (7) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =03:38 – Jari Kurri (7) 05:18 – pp – Mark Napier (5) 14:58 – sh – Jari Kurri (8) 18:57 – Charlie Huddy (2) |1-3-1 =Troy Murray (3) – 18:22 |1-3-2 =01:17 – Willy Lindstrom (1) 10:49 – Wayne Gretzky (7) 11:25 – Pat Hughes (1) 12:43 – Glenn Anderson (5) |goalie1-1 =Murray Bannerman 21 saves / 28 shots Warren Skorodenski 10 saves / 14 shots |goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 28 shots

|2-1-1 =Bob Murray (2) – 06:34 |2-1-2 =06:21 – pp – Glenn Anderson (6) 12:26 – Jari Kurri (9) |2-2-1 =Darryl Sutter (8) – 05:49 |2-2-2 =07:19 – Larry Melnyk (1) |2-3-1 =Behn Wilson (4) – 19:22 |2-3-2 =08:26 – Jari Kurri (10) 15:45 – Paul Coffey (8) 19:36 – en – Jari Kurri (11) 19:43 – en – Glenn Anderson (7) |goalie2-1 =Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 35 shots |goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 28 saves / 31 shots

|4-1-1 =04:23 – Darryl Sutter (10) 09:50 – sh – Eddie Olczyk (6) 17:05 – Denis Savard (8) 18:17 – Curt Fraser (6) 19:35 – pp – Al Secord (6) |4-1-2 =Wayne Gretzky (8) – 02:52 Mark Messier (6) – 11:02 Jaroslav Pouzar (2) – 17:20 |4-2-1 =12:57 – pp – Steve Larmer (7) |4-2-2 =Willy Lindstrom (2) – 10:20 |4-3-1 =04:52 – Steve Larmer (8) 05:24 – Bob Murray (3) |4-3-2 =Glenn Anderson (8) – 16:41 Mark Messier (7) – 17:45 |goalie4-1 =Murray Bannerman 29 saves / 35 shots |goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 16 saves / 24 shots Andy Moog 1 save / 1 shot

|5-1-1 =Troy Murray (5) – pp – 04:37 Darryl Sutter (11) – pp – 09:15 Steve Larmer (9) – pp – 14:13 |5-1-2 =01:11 – Mike Krushelnyski (3) 07:52 – pp – Jari Kurri (12) 16:31 – Jari Kurri (13) |5-2-1 =Denis Savard (9) – pp – 04:30 |5-2-2 =04:51 – Mark Messier (8) 08:15 – Wayne Gretzky (9) 16:46 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (10) 18:39 – Jari Kurri (14) |5-3-1 =Darryl Sutter (12) – pp – 18:37 |5-3-2 =02:40 – Paul Coffey (9) 11:57 – Dave Hunter (1) 15:43 – Lee Fogolin Jr. (2) |goalie5-1 =Murray Bannerman 41 saves / 51 shots |goalie5-2 =Grant Fuhr 18 saves / 23 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Jari Kurri (15) – 05:12 Mark Messier (9) – 13:26 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Mark Messier (10) – pp – 08:32 Jari Kurri (16) – 13:28 Lee Fogolin Jr. (3) – 14:41 Jari Kurri (17) – sh – 18:05 |6-3-1 =07:27 – Al Secord (7) 13:34 – Ken Yaremchuk (5) |6-3-2 =Glenn Anderson (9) – 15:54 Jari Kurri (18) – 18:17 |goalie6-1 =Murray Bannerman 19 saves / 27 shots |goalie6-2 =Grant Fuhr 25 saves / 27 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1985 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1980 Preliminary round, which Philadelphia won in a three-game sweep. Philadelphia made their fifth Finals appearance. They last appeared in the Finals in 1980, which Philadelphia lost against the New York Islanders in six games. This was Edmonton's third consecutive and third overall Finals appearance. They won the previous year's Finals against the New York Islanders in five games. Philadelphia won all three games in this year's regular season series.

|3-1-1 =01:10 – Wayne Gretzky (12) 01:25 – Wayne Gretzky (13) 13:32 – Wayne Gretzky (14) |3-1-2 =Derrick Smith (2) – 01:41 |3-2-1 =06:58 – pp – Mike Krushelnyski (4) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Mark Howe (3) – 09:08 Brian Propp (7) – 14:26 |goalie3-1 =Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie3-2 =Bob Froese 7 saves / 7 shots Pelle Lindbergh 15 saves / 19 shots

|4-1-1 =04:22 – pp – Paul Coffey (10) 18:23 – pp – Charlie Huddy (3) |4-1-2 =Rich Sutter (1) – 00:46 Todd Bergen (4) – pp – 06:38 Murray Craven (4) – sh – 11:32 |4-2-1 =00:21 – Glenn Anderson (10) 12:53 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (15) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =03:42 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (16) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 23 shots |goalie4-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 18 saves / 22 shots Bob Froese 9 saves / 10 shots

|5-1-1 =04:54 – Jari Kurri (19) 05:31 – Willy Lindstrom (5) 15:31 – Paul Coffey (11) 17:57 – pp – Paul Coffey (12) |5-1-2 =Rich Sutter (2) – 07:23 |5-2-1 =09:18 – Mark Messier (11) 10:20 – Mike Krushelnyski (5) 16:49 – Wayne Gretzky (17) |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =03:39 – Mark Messier (12) |5-3-2 =Brian Propp (8) – pp – 01:59 Rich Sutter (3) – 07:05 |goalie5-1 =Grant Fuhr 19 saves / 22 shots |goalie5-2 =Bob Froese 33 saves / 41 shots

Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	18	17	30	47	+27	4
Paul Coffey	Edmonton Oilers	18	12	25	37	+23	44
Jari Kurri	Edmonton Oilers	18	19	12	31	+23	6
Denis Savard	Chicago Black Hawks	15	9	20	29	+4	20
Glenn Anderson	Edmonton Oilers	18	10	16	26	+11	38
Mark Messier	Edmonton Oilers	18	12	13	25	+14	12
Peter Stastny	Quebec Nordiques	18	4	19	23	+2	24
Steve Larmer	Chicago Black Hawks	15	9	13	22	+1	14
Michel Goulet	Quebec Nordiques	17	11	10	21	0	17
Charlie Huddy	Edmonton Oilers	18	3	17	20	+21	17

Goaltenders

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

Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Philadelphia Flyers	18	12	6	487	42	2.50	.914	3	1006:43
Quebec Nordiques	17	9	8	471	54	3.07	.885	0	1056:07
Edmonton Oilers	18	15	3	520	55	3.10	.894	0	1063:15
Montreal Canadiens	12	6	6	300	40	3.28	.867	1	732:08
Chicago Black Hawks	15	9	6	544	72	4.79	.868	0	902:34

References

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References

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Shope, Dan. "FLYERS VICTIM OF WEIRD RULE". Sunday Call-Chronicle.
(1985-05-03). "NHL Playoffs : Nordiques Win the Deciding Game in Overtime".
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[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19841985&seasonTo=19841985&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists NHL.com - Skater Stats]
[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?report=goaliesummary&reportType=season&seasonFrom=19841985&seasonTo=19841985&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]

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