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1986 Stanley Cup playoffs

Ice hockey playoffs

Field	Value
title	Stanley Cup playoffs
year	1986
dates	April 9–May 24, 1986
num_teams	16
defending_champions	[Edmonton Oilers](1985-86-edmonton-oilers-season)
winners	[Montreal Canadiens](1985-86-montreal-canadiens-season)
second	[Calgary Flames](1985-86-calgary-flames-season)
stat_leader_title	Scoring leader(s)
stat_leader_player	Doug Gilmour (Blues) and Bernie Federko (Blues)
stat_leader_value	21 points
award_title	MVP
award	Patrick Roy (Canadiens)
prev_season	[1985](1985-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season	[1987](1987-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 1986 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 9, after the conclusion of the 1985–86 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 24 with the champion Montreal Canadiens defeating the Calgary Flames 4–1 to win the Stanley Cup in five games.

This was the last time to date that all active Canadian teams have qualified in the same season and also the second time that all seven active teams at the time qualified, the first occurring three years earlier. The 1986 playoffs saw three first place teams eliminated in the opening round and the fourth, Edmonton, bowed out in the second. This was the last time that all six Sutter brothers participated in the playoffs in the same year.

In the first round, six of the eight series ended in a three-game sweep. The only two first-round series that did not were the Rangers over the Flyers, and the Blues over the North Stars, both going the full five games.

The Montreal Canadiens decided to go with a rookie goaltender by the name of Patrick Roy. This decision proved to be a good one just like when the Canadiens rode rookie goalie Ken Dryden to a Stanley Cup championship in 1971. In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Canadiens beat the Calgary Flames, who were also riding a rookie netminder, Mike Vernon. Patrick Roy won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP and had a sparkling 1.92 goals against average along with 15 wins. St. Louis forwards Doug Gilmour and Bernie Federko led the playoffs in scoring with 21 points despite missing the finals; this feat was not repeated until 1999.

The 1986 playoffs marked the first time that all four former WHA teams made the playoffs in the same year. This would happen again the following year and in 1999, by which time 3 of those teams had moved, the Quebec Nordiques to Denver, the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix, and the Hartford Whalers to Raleigh.

Playoff seeds

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

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

Quebec Nordiques, Adams Division champions – 92 points
Montreal Canadiens – 87 points
Boston Bruins – 86 points
Hartford Whalers – 84 points

Patrick Division

Philadelphia Flyers, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 110 points
Washington Capitals – 107 points
New York Islanders – 90 points
New York Rangers – 78 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

Chicago Black Hawks, Norris Division champions – 86 points
Minnesota North Stars – 85 points
St. Louis Blues – 83 points
Toronto Maple Leafs – 57 points

Smythe Division

Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 119 points
Calgary Flames – 89 points
Winnipeg Jets – 59 points (26 wins)
Vancouver Canucks – 59 points (23 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. This was the first postseason since the 1981-82 realignment that home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record for all four rounds of the playoffs.

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).

The Stanley Cup Finals was changed back to a 2–2–1–1–1 format after using a 2-3-2 format (with the sites of games five and six switched) during the previous two Finals.

Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Quebec Nordiques vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

This was the first NHL playoff series between these two teams. When both were in the WHA, the Nordiques beat the Whalers 4 games to 1 in the 1977 quarterfinals and the Whalers beat the Nordiques 4 games to 1 in the 1978 WHA semifinals.

This was Hartford's lone playoff series victory in their NHL history prior to moving to Carolina.

|3-1-1 =02:29 – pp – Kevin Dineen (1) 05:22 – sh – Dave Tippett (1) 15:08 – Ron Francis (1) 19:20 – pp – Ray Ferraro (1) |3-1-2 =Alain Lemieux (1) – pp – 08:40 Brent Ashton – sh – 15:52 |3-2-1 =02:07 – Ulf Samuelsson (1) 13:08 – pp – Ray Ferraro (2) 13:34 – pp – John Anderson (2) |3-2-2 =Michel Goulet (1) – pp – 11:06 |3-3-1 =07:00 – John Anderson (3) 18:23 – Kevin Dineen (2) |3-3-2 =Mark Kumpel (1) – 11:19 |goalie3-1 =Mike Liut 29 saves / 33 shots |goalie3-2 =Mario Gosselin 17 saves / 22 shots Clint Malarchuk 9 saves / 13 shots

(A2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A3) Boston Bruins

This was the 21st playoff matchup and the third of nine consecutive playoff meetings between these two teams, with Montreal winning 18 of the 20 previous series. Montreal won the previous year in five games.

Bob Gainey scored his second goal of game three with 11:02 left in the third period to complete the series sweep for the Canadiens.

|3-1-1 =17:56 – sh – Steve Kasper (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =15:02 – pp – Reed Larson (1) 15:16 – Keith Crowder (2) |3-2-2 =Claude Lemieux (3) – 02:13 Mats Naslund (1) – 10:09 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Bob Gainey (1) – 00:50 Bob Gainey (2) – sh – 08:58 |goalie3-1 =Bill Ranford 16 saves / 20 shots |goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots

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

This was the seventh playoff series meeting between these two teams. The teams had split their previous six meetings. Philadelphia won last year's Patrick Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.

|1-1-1 =Mike Ridley (1) – pp – 05:03 Bob Brooke (1) – sh – 14:11 |1-1-2 =09:48 – Rich Sutter (1) 14:44 – pp – Dave Poulin (1) |1-2-1 =Mike Ridley (2) – pp – 08:45 Ron Greschner (1) – 10:39 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Bob Brooke (2) – 00:57 Kelly Miller (1) – sh – 06:02 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 31 saves / 33 shots |goalie1-2 =Bob Froese 16 saves / 22 shots

|3-1-1 =09:38 – Ron Greschner (2) |3-1-2 =Tim Kerr (1) – 12:34 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Ilkka Sinisalo (1) – 04:54 |3-3-1 =08:13 – Mike Ridley (3) 12:29 – pp – Jim Wiemer (1) 12:43 – Bob Brooke (3) 13:07 – Ron Greschner (3) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 30 saves / 32 shots |goalie3-2 =Bob Froese 28 saves / 32 shots Glenn Resch 0 saves / 1 shots

|4-1-1 =04:15 – pp – Pierre Larouche (2) |4-1-2 =Peter Zezel (1) – 15:44 Peter Zezel (2) – pp – 18:36 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Dave Poulin (2) – 00:16 Tim Kerr (2) – 01:01 Peter Zezel (3) – 05:17 Rick Tocchet (1) – 06:24 Tim Kerr (3) – pp – 17:20 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Glen Hanlon 11 saves / 13 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 13 saves / 18 shots |goalie4-2 =Bob Froese 31 saves / 32 shots

|5-1-1 =Pierre Larouche (3) – 11:36 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Willie Huber (1) – 09:45 Mark Osborne (1) – 10:56 |5-2-2 =06:26 – Ilkka Sinisalo (2) |5-3-1 =Kelly Miller (2) – en – 19:20 Don Maloney (1) – en – 19:43 |5-3-2 =11:36 – Brad McCrimmon (2) |goalie5-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 34 saves / 36 shots |goalie5-2 =Bob Froese 22 saves / 25 shots

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

This was the fourth playoff series between these two teams. The New York Islanders won all three previous meetings over the past three seasons. New York won last year's Patrick Division Semifinals 3–2.

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (N4) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the seventh playoff series meeting between these two teams. Toronto won four of the previous six meetings. Their last meeting was in the 1967 Stanley Cup Semifinals, in which Toronto won in six games.

|1-1-1 =Steve Thomas (1) – pp – 03:46 Wendel Clark (1) – 17:22 |1-1-2 =11:49 – Doug Wilson (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Gary Leeman (1) – 06:09 Walt Poddubny (1) – 09:28 Steve Thomas (2) – pp – 17:47 |1-3-2 =04:48 – pp – Darryl Sutter (1) 18:29 – Tom Lysiak (1) |goalie1-1 =Ken Wregget 35 saves / 38 shots |goalie1-2 =Bob Sauve 32 saves / 37 shots

|2-1-1 =Dan Daoust (1) – 04:01 Steve Thomas (3) – pp – 15:46 |2-1-2 =09:58 – pp – Denis Savard (1) 19:28 – pp – Denis Savard (2) |2-2-1 =Wendel Clark (2) – 16:09 |2-2-2 =01:04 – Denis Savard (3) 14:57 – Denis Savard (4) |2-3-1 =Peter Ihnacak (1) – 14:10 Walt Poddubny (2) – 19:04 Steve Thomas (4) – en – 19:39 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Ken Wregget 42 saves / 46 shots |goalie2-2 =Bob Sauve 20 saves / 23 shots Murray Bannerman 6 saves / 8 shots

|3-1-1 =02:15 – Russ Courtnall (1) 19:53 – pp – Rick Vaive (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =09:41 – Tom Fergus (1) 11:27 – Miroslav Frycer (1) 16:46 – Wendel Clark (3) |3-2-2 =Ken Yaremchuk (1) – 17:41 Tom Lysiak (2) – 17:59 |3-3-1 =09:03 – Walt Poddubny (3) 12:56 – pp – Russ Courtnall (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Ken Wregget 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie3-2 =Murray Bannerman 25 saves / 32 shots

(N2) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N3) St. Louis Blues

This was the seventh playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous six series. Minnesota won last year's Norris Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.

In game three, Bernie Federko scored twice in the third period, the second with just over twelve minutes remaining, to give the Blues a 4–3 comeback win over the North Stars and a 2–1 series lead.

|2-1-1 =Doug Gilmour (2) – 06:35 |2-1-2 =05:32 – Tony McKegney (1) 12:03 – Brian Bellows (1) 12:42 – Dirk Graham (2) |2-2-1 =Bernie Federko (1) – 19:01 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =04:05 – Dennis Maruk (1) 09:54 – Brian Bellows (2) 18:42 – Dennis Maruk (2) |goalie2-1 =Rick Wamsley 28 saves / 34 shots |goalie2-2 =Don Beaupre 29 saves / 31 shots

|4-1-1 =02:20 – pp – Mark Hunter (1) 11:21 – Gino Cavallini (1) 15:28 – Kevin LaVallee (1) |4-1-2 =Neal Broten (2) – 08:07 Neal Broten (3) – 08:30 Brian Bellows (3) – pp – 18:33 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Brian Bellows (4) – pp – 02:54 Dirk Graham (3) – sh – 06:50 Tony McKegney (2) – 15:35 |4-3-1 =13:26 – Mark Hunter (2) |4-3-2 =Dennis Maruk (4) – en – 18:57 |goalie4-1 =Rick Wamsley 29 saves / 35 shots |goalie4-2 =Don Beaupre 34 saves / 38 shots

|5-1-1 =Lee Norwood (2) – 10:18 Greg Paslawski (3) – pp – 13:33 |5-1-2 =02:53 – Ron Wilson (1) 04:40 – pp – Brian Bellows (5) |5-2-1 =Greg Paslawski (4) – 00:38 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Eddy Beers (1) – 03:50 Greg Paslawski (5) – 16:38 Bernie Federko (4) – en – 19:50 |5-3-2 =15:13 – pp – Ron Wilson (2) |goalie5-1 =Greg Millen 35 saves / 38 shots |goalie5-2 =Don Beaupre 22 saves / 27 shots

(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Vancouver Canucks

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

|1-1-1 =Brent Peterson (1) – pp – 07:41 |1-1-2 =00:38 – Glenn Anderson (1) 02:06 – pp – Paul Coffey (1) 12:20 – Wayne Gretzky (1) |1-2-1 =Thomas Gradin (1) – 06:21 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Patrik Sundstrom (1) – pp – 07:47 |1-3-2 =04:27 – pp – Mike Krushelnyski (1) 05:09 – Kevin Lowe (1) 10:49 – Mike Krushelnyski (2) 17:23 – Kevin McClelland (1) |goalie1-1 =Richard Brodeur 31 saves / 38 shots |goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 28 saves / 31 shots

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

This was the second playoff series between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Smythe Division Semifinals, in which Winnipeg won 3–1.

|1-1-1 =Mario Marois (1) – pp – 15:29 |1-1-2 =12:02 – Lanny McDonald (1) 16:14 – Joe Mullen (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =01:42 – John Tonelli (1) 05:22 – pp – Paul Reinhart (1) 13:05 – Jim Peplinski (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Dan Bouchard 17 saves / 22 shots Brian Hayward 6 saves / 6 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Vernon 22 saves / 23 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =03:25 – Al MacInnis (1) 07:15 – Doug Risebrough (1) |2-2-1 =Ray Neufeld (1) – 06:16 Bill Derlago (1) – 11:40 |2-2-2 =07:40 – Joe Mullen (2) 11:09 – Paul Reinhart (2) 17:15 – John Tonelli (2) |2-3-1 =Doug Smail (1) – 03:50 Thomas Steen (1) – sh – 12:35 |2-3-2 =07:44 – Lanny McDonald (2) |goalie2-1 =Brian Hayward 19 saves / 25 shots Marc Behrend 7 saves / 7 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Vernon 33 saves / 37 shots

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Montreal won the only previous meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1980 preliminary round.

The upstart Whalers pushed the eventual Stanley Cup champions to the limit before falling. Claude Lemieux scored the series-winning overtime goal for Montreal.

|5-1-1 =Kevin Dineen (4) – 15:46 |5-1-2 =02:05 – pp – Claude Lemieux (5) 08:26 – sh – Guy Carbonneau (4) 12:44 – pp – Mats Naslund (3) |5-2-1 =Kevin Dineen (5) – 14:14 |5-2-2 =16:03 – Mike Lalor (1) |5-3-1 =John Anderson (5) – 09:58 |5-3-2 =18:41 – Guy Carbonneau (5) |goalie5-1 =Steve Weeks 25 saves / 30 shots |goalie5-2 =Patrick Roy 20 saves / 23 shots

(P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P4) New York Rangers

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =09:27 – Mike Gartner (1) 11:38 – Craig Laughlin (1) 19:03 – Alan Haworth (2) |2-2-1 =Larry Melnyk (1) – 05:12 |2-2-2 =06:46 – Gaetan Duchesne (3) 14:08 – sh – Gaetan Duchesne (4) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =03:00 – pp – Jorgen Pettersson (1) 11:19 – pp – Alan Haworth (3) 13:22 – Greg Adams (1) |goalie2-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 21 saves / 26 shots Glen Hanlon 10 saves / 13 shots |goalie2-2 =Pete Peeters 19 saves / 20 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Bobby Carpenter (2) – 03:06 Mike Gartner (2) – 06:45 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Bobby Carpenter (3) – 02:42 John Barrett (1) – 04:09 |3-3-1 =04:08 – pp – Pierre Larouche (4) 07:50 – pp – Wilf Paiement (1) 17:56 – Pierre Larouche (5) |3-3-2 =John Barrett (2) – 04:37 Alan Haworth (4) – 09:44 |goalie3-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 28 shots |goalie3-2 =Pete Peeters 39 saves / 42 shots

|4-1-1 =06:47 – pp – Wilf Paiement (2) |4-1-2 =Dave Christian (3) – 07:15 Kevin Hatcher (1) – 10:49 Bobby Carpenter (4) – pp – 13:19 |4-2-1 =04:42 – Mike Ridley (5) 08:29 – Tomas Sandstrom (1) |4-2-2 =Bobby Gould (4) – 18:59 |4-3-1 =08:09 – pp – Willie Huber (2) 17:25 – Bob Brooke (3) |4-3-2 =Greg Smith (2) – sh – 07:45 |4-4-1 =02:40 – Bob Brooke (4) |4-4-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 24 saves / 29 shots |goalie4-2 =Pete Peeters 24 saves / 30 shots

|5-1-1 =Pierre Larouche (6) – 04:05 Wilf Paiement (3) – pp – 13:40 |5-1-2 =02:51 – pp – Dave Christian (4) 03:34 – pp – Scott Stevens (3) |5-2-1 =Tomas Sandstrom (2) – 13:49 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Don Maloney (2) – 02:12 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 30 saves / 32 shots |goalie5-2 =Pete Peeters 23 saves / 27 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N3) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

In the series-deciding game seven, Kevin LaVallee scored the game-winning goal with just under twelve-and-a-half minutes left to send the Blues to the conference finals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =16:19 – pp – Dave Barr (1) |1-2-1 =Wendel Clark (4) – pp – 08:04 |1-2-2 =02:40 – Gino Cavallini (2) 02:47 – Ron Flockhart (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =05:28 – Charlie Bourgeois (1) 11:49 – pp – Greg Paslawski (6) 14:04 – pp – Charlie Bourgeois (2) |goalie1-1 =Ken Wregget 30 saves / 36 shots |goalie1-2 =Greg Millen 23 saves / 24 shots

|4-1-1 =06:38 – pp – Rick Vaive (4) 18:20 – Chris Kotsopoulos (1) |4-1-2 =Herb Raglan (1) – 03:41 Mark Hunter (3) – pp – 12:33 |4-2-1 =15:09 – pp – Tom Fergus (4) |4-2-2 =Doug Gilmour (4) – sh – 04:55 Mark Reeds (1) – 08:41 |4-3-1 =09:03 – pp – Brad Smith (1) |4-3-2 =Doug Gilmour (5) – 00:47 Rick Meagher (1) – 04:28 Rick Meagher (2) – en – 19:36 |goalie4-1 =Ken Wregget 27 saves / 33 shots |goalie4-2 =Greg Millen 36 saves / 40 shots

|6-1-1 =13:51 – Tom Fergus (5) |6-1-2 =Doug Gilmour (6) – pp – 00:51 Doug Gilmour (7) – 19:10 |6-2-1 =09:18 – Steve Thomas (5) |6-2-2 =Mark Hunter (4) – 17:32 |6-3-1 =01:16 – Steve Thomas (6) 12:25 – Walt Poddubny (4) 19:16 – en – Dan Daoust (2) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Ken Wregget 21 saves / 24 shots |goalie6-2 =Greg Millen 25 saves / 29 shots

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

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won both previous meetings, including their most recent meeting in seven games in the 1984 Smythe Division Finals.

The deciding goal of game seven between the Oilers and Flames was scored five minutes into the third period when Edmonton's Steve Smith attempted a cross-ice pass from the side of his own net and the puck struck goaltender Grant Fuhr's leg and went into the Edmonton goal. This goal is significant because it eliminated the Oilers from the playoffs and prevented them from possibly winning a third straight Stanley Cup. To date this is the Flames' only playoff series victory over the Oilers.

|2-1-1 =Hakan Loob (2) – sh – 11:23 |2-1-2 =19:36 – Glenn Anderson (4) |2-2-1 =Gary Suter (2) – 08:20 Dan Quinn (1) – pp – 11:10 Joe Mullen (5) – 15:40 |2-2-2 =08:51 – Randy Gregg (1) |2-3-1 =Joe Mullen (6) – 18:40 |2-3-2 =00:44 – Craig MacTavish (1) 11:22 – Mark Napier (1) 16:46 – Dave Hunter (2) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =01:04 – Glenn Anderson (5) |goalie2-1 =Rejean Lemelin 23 saves / 29 shots |goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 31 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Craig MacTavish (2) – pp – 16:47 Wayne Gretzky (5) – pp – 17:07 |4-2-1 =00:16 – Jim Peplinski (2) 07:21 – pp – Joel Otto (2) 18:35 – pp – Paul Reinhart (4) |4-2-2 =Jari Kurri (2) – sh – 05:07 Craig MacTavish (3) – 08:31 |4-3-1 =11:17 – pp – Joel Otto (3) |4-3-2 =Wayne Gretzky (6) – 01:51 Esa Tikkanen (2) – 07:09 Wayne Gretzky (7) – sh – 12:01 |goalie4-1 =Mike Vernon 14 saves / 21 shots Rejean Lemelin 6 saves / 6 shots |goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 36 saves / 40 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =04:42 – pp – Joe Mullen (7) 06:04 – John Tonelli (3) |6-2-2 =Esa Tikkanen (3) – 08:21 Mark Messier (3) – sh – 16:20 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Glenn Anderson (7) – 07:24 Mike Krushelnyski (4) – en – 19:38 Craig MacTavish (4) – 19:49 |goalie6-1 =Mike Vernon 34 saves / 38 shots |goalie6-2 =Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(A2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (P4) New York Rangers

This series is best remembered for the third game, in which the Rangers badly outshot the Habs, but were stymied by Patrick Roy. Another Montreal rookie, Claude Lemieux, scored in overtime—his second overtime goal of the playoffs.

|2-1-1 =Wilf Paiement (4) – 03:15 |2-1-2 =09:25 – Bobby Smith (3) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =01:41 – Guy Carbonneau (6) 09:22 – Mike McPhee (3) 13:22 – Claude Lemieux (7) 19:43 – sh – Guy Carbonneau (7) |2-3-1 =Wilf Paiement (5) – pp – 08:38 |2-3-2 =13:24 – pp – Chris Chelios (1) |goalie2-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 21 saves / 26 shots Glen Hanlon 5 saves / 6 shots |goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 19 saves / 21 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(S2) Calgary Flames vs. (N3) St. Louis Blues

In Game 6, the Flames led 4–1 after two periods and 5–2 early in the third, but the Blues came back to tie it and then won on an overtime goal by Doug Wickenheiser. In Game 7, the Flames were up 2–0 before the Blues scored in the third to cut the lead in half. There wouldn't be another comeback, though, as Mike Vernon and the Flames withstood a late assault to advance to their first Stanley Cup Finals.

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =08:51 – Doug Risebrough (3) 18:17 – Doug Risebrough (4) 19:57 – pp – Joe Mullen (8) |2-2-1 =Rob Ramage (1) – 18:15 |2-2-2 =01:25 – Lanny McDonald (6) |2-3-1 =Doug Gilmour (8) – 05:38 |2-3-2 =01:35 – Doug Risebrough (5) 04:25 – pp – Colin Patterson (3) 10:58 – pp – Dan Quinn (3) 18:15 – pp – Al MacInnis (3) |goalie2-1 =Greg Millen 13 saves / 17 shots Rick Wamsley 18 saves / 22 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Vernon 20 saves / 22 shots

|3-1-1 =09:35 – pp – Bernie Federko (6) |3-1-2 =Joe Mullen (9) – pp – 00:20 Lanny McDonald (7) – pp – 15:22 |3-2-1 =12:14 – Gino Cavallini (3) |3-2-2 =John Tonelli (4) – 03:37 Doug Risebrough (6) – sh – 14:40 |3-3-1 =12:29 – pp – Brian Benning (1) |3-3-2 =Colin Patterson (4) – en – 19:01 |goalie3-1 =Greg Millen 30 saves / 34 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 23 saves / 26 shots

|4-1-1 =07:33 – Mark Hunter (6) 11:37 – Rick Meagher (3) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =16:03 – Gino Cavallini (4) |4-2-2 =Lanny McDonald (8) – pp – 19:06 |4-3-1 =00:24 – sh – Rick Meagher (4) 19:54 – en – Bernie Federko (7) |4-3-2 =Lanny McDonald (9) – pp – 00:50 |goalie4-1 =Rick Wamsley 30 saves / 32 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Vernon 29 saves / 33 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =05:58 – pp – Cliff Ronning |6-2-2 =Dan Quinn (6) – pp – 00:20 Dan Quinn (7) – pp – 01:57 Jim Peplinski (4) – 09:19 John Tonelli (5) – pp – 14:44 |6-3-1 =06:00 – pp – Doug Wickenheiser (1) 08:08 – Brian Sutter (1) 15:49 – Greg Paslawski (9) 18:52 – Greg Paslawski (10) |6-3-2 =Joe Mullen (10) – 07:04 |6-4-1 =07:30 – Doug Wickenheiser (2) |6-4-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Rick Wamsley 37 saves / 42 shots |goalie6-2 =Mike Vernon 31 saves / 37 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1986 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first playoff series between these two teams. This was the Canadiens' 32nd appearance in the Finals, while the Flames were making their first appearance in the Finals. Montreal had most recently won the Stanley Cup in 1979. The Flames became the first team to represent Calgary in the Finals since the 1923–24 Calgary Tigers who were defeated by the same Montreal Canadiens.

In game two Montreal's Brian Skrudland set an NHL and Stanley Cup Finals record for the quickest overtime goal in history, scoring just nine seconds into overtime to win the game for Montreal.

|1-1-1 =Mats Naslund (6) – pp – 06:04 |1-1-2 =12:08 – John Tonelli (6) 19:11 – Jim Peplinski (5) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Chris Chelios (2) – 17:56 |1-3-2 =02:14 – sh – Dan Quinn (8) 03:33 – Lanny McDonald (10) 19:35 – en – Doug Risebrough (7) |goalie1-1 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 29 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Vernon 22 saves / 24 shots

|3-1-1 =06:50 – Mats Naslund (7) 18:25 – Bobby Smith (6) 19:17 – pp – Mats Naslund (8) 19:33 – Bob Gainey (5) |3-1-2 =Joe Mullen (11) – pp – 05:45 Joel Otto (5) – pp – 17:59 |3-2-1 =19:22 – Kjell Dahlin (2) |3-2-2 =Lanny McDonald (11) – pp – 07:13 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Patrick Roy 23 saves / 26 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 12 saves / 16 shots Rejean Lemelin 12 saves / 13 shots

Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Doug Gilmour	St. Louis Blues	19	9	12	21	+3	25
Bernie Federko	St. Louis Blues	19	7	14	21	+2	17
Joe Mullen	Calgary Flames	21	12	7	19	-3	4
Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	10	8	11	19	-1	2
Mats Naslund	Montreal Canadiens	20	8	11	19	-1	4
Al MacInnis	Calgary Flames	21	4	15	19	+10	30
Lanny McDonald	Calgary Flames	22	11	7	18	+5	30
Paul Reinhart	Calgary Flames	21	5	13	18	-2	4
Greg Paslawski	St. Louis Blues	17	10	7	17	+4	13
Pierre Larouche	New York Rangers	16	8	9	17	-5	0

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
Hartford Whalers	8	5	2	226	14	1.91	.938	1	439:29
Montreal Canadiens	20	15	5	504	39	1.93	.923	1	1214:56
Washington Capitals	9	5	4	253	24	2.66	.905	0	541:15
Calgary Flames	21	12	9	581	60	2.94	.897	0	1226:02
St. Louis Blues	10	6	3	327	29	2.98	.911	0	583:11

References

before = 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs | after = 1987 Stanley Cup playoffs | title = Stanley Cup playoffs | years = |

References

[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19851986&seasonTo=19851986&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=19851986&seasonTo=19851986&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]

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