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1989 Stanley Cup playoffs

Ice hockey playoffs

Field	Value
title	Stanley Cup playoffs
year	1989
dates	April 5–May 25, 1989
num_teams	16
defending_champions	[Edmonton Oilers](1988-89-edmonton-oilers-season)
winners	[Calgary Flames](1988-89-calgary-flames-season)
second	[Montreal Canadiens](1988-89-montreal-canadiens-season)
stat_leader_title	Scoring leader(s)
stat_leader_player	Al MacInnis (Flames)
stat_leader_value	31 points
award_title	MVP
award	Al MacInnis (Flames)
prev_season	[1988](1988-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season	[1990](1990-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 1989 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 5, after the conclusion of the 1988–89 NHL season. This was the final year that all of the Division Semifinals began with teams playing the first four games in a span of five days. The playoffs concluded on May 25 with the champion Calgary Flames defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 to win the Stanley Cup Finals four games to two.

It remains the last time that the Cup Finals was contested between two Canadian hockey teams. Montreal finished the regular season with 115 points, only two behind the league leader Calgary. They had last faced each other in 1986, with Montreal winning in five games. Calgary was only the second opposing team in NHL history to win a Stanley Cup at the Montreal Forum (the New York Rangers defeated the Montreal Maroons in 1928) and the first and only to do so against the Canadiens. Flames defenceman Al MacInnis won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, while Lanny McDonald, who ended the regular season with exactly 500 goals, got his name on the Cup in his last NHL game. Flames co-owner Sonia Scurfield became the first Canadian woman to have her name inscribed on the Stanley Cup.

Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings met the defending champion Oilers in the first round. The Kings defeated the defending Stanley Cup champions after falling behind 3–1. However, they were swept by the eventual champion Calgary Flames in four games the next round.

Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall became the first goaltender to actually score a goal in the playoffs, a shorthanded, empty-net goal in Game 5 of the Patrick Division Semifinal against the Washington Capitals. One round later, Mario Lemieux equaled four NHL-records (most goals in a game, most goals in a period, most points in a game, and most points in a period) by scoring five goals and eight points in a 10–7 Pittsburgh win in game five of the Patrick Division Finals. Hextall then made headlines in the Wales Conference Finals, attacking Montreal's Chris Chelios in the late stages of Game 6 as retribution for Chelios' unpenalized hit on Flyers forward Brian Propp in game one. Hextall received a 12-game suspension at the start of the 1989–90 season for his actions.

Former Flyers head coach Mike Keenan led Chicago to the Campbell Conference finals in his first year behind the bench. The Blackhawks had 66 points, the fewest points of any playoff team this season, yet they upset first place Detroit and then St. Louis before losing to Calgary.

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, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 115 points
Boston Bruins – 88 points
Buffalo Sabres – 83 points
Hartford Whalers – 79 points

Patrick Division

Washington Capitals, Patrick Division champions – 92 points
Pittsburgh Penguins – 87 points
New York Rangers – 82 points
Philadelphia Flyers – 80 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

Detroit Red Wings, Norris Division champions – 80 points
St. Louis Blues – 78 points
Minnesota North Stars – 70 points
Chicago Blackhawks – 66 points

Smythe Division

Calgary Flames, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 117 points
Los Angeles Kings – 91 points
Edmonton Oilers – 84 points
Vancouver Canucks – 74 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 round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). Home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record, and played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary); the other team then played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).

Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams, and were meeting for the second straight year. Montreal won all three previous meetings, including last year's Adams Division Semifinals in six games.

|1-1-1 =Ray Ferraro (1) – 14:59 |1-1-2 =12:09 – pp – Mike Keane (1) 16:24 – Bobby Smith (1) |1-2-1 =Scott Young (1) – 16:55 |1-2-2 =03:59 – sh – Ryan Walter (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =06:25 – Mike McPhee (1) 08:02 – pp – Mats Naslund (1) 17:50 – Brian Skrudland (1) |goalie1-1 =Kay Whitmore 27 saves / 33 shots |goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 27 shots

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

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams, and were meeting for the second straight year. Boston won all three previous meetings, including last year's Adams Division Semifinals in six games.

|1-1-1 =Mike Foligno (1) – pp – 05:54 Rick Vaive (1) – pp – 13:42 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Scott Arniel (1) – sh – 06:38 Pierre Turgeon (1) – pp – 17:41 Mike Ramsey (1) – pp – 18:17 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Mike Foligno (2) – sh – 12:51 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Jacques Cloutier 29 saves / 29 shots |goalie1-2 =Rejean Lemelin 13 saves / 19 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Mike Foligno (3) – 01:20 Pierre Turgeon (2) – 03:08 Pierre Turgeon (3) – 03:35 |2-2-2 =06:24 – pp – Cam Neely (1) 19:25 – sh – Greg Johnston (1) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =01:08 – Craig Janney (1) 01:56 – pp – Bobby Carpenter (1) 15:42 – Ray Neufeld (1) |goalie2-1 =Clint Malarchuk 27 saves / 32 shots |goalie2-2 =Andy Moog 14 saves / 17 shots

(P1) Washington Capitals vs. (P4) Philadelphia Flyers

This was the second straight and third overall playoff series between these two teams. Washington won both prior meetings, including last year's Patrick Division Semifinals in seven games.

Rick Tocchet scored two goals in game six, including the game-winner with 3:18 left in the third period, to win the series for the Flyers.

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =03:41 – pp – Tim Kerr (2) 08:54 – Dave Poulin (1) 12:01 – Gord Murphy (1) 19:00 – pp – Rick Tocchet (2) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =02:11 – Scott Mellanby (2) |4-3-2 =Dino Ciccarelli (2) – pp – 10:03 Michal Pivonka (2) – sh – 11:32 |goalie4-1 =Ron Hextall 30 saves / 32 shots |goalie4-2 =Pete Peeters 26 saves / 31 shots

|5-1-1 =Rick Tocchet (3) – 03:32 Mike Bullard (1) – 09:35 |5-1-2 =03:11 – Bob Rouse (2) 15:53 – pp – Dave Christian (1) |5-2-1 =Tim Kerr (3) – 08:57 Tim Kerr (4) – pp – 14:32 |5-2-2 =04:41 – Michal Pivonka (3) 12:31 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (3) |5-3-1 =Brian Propp (5) – 08:03 Pelle Eklund (1) – pp – 13:52 Kjell Samuelsson (1) – 16:32 Ron Hextall (1) – sh-en – 18:58 |5-3-2 =05:35 – pp – Calle Johansson (1) |goalie5-1 =Ron Hextall 29 saves / 34 shots |goalie5-2 =Pete Peeters 18 saves / 25 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Kevin Hatcher (1) – pp – 07:02 |6-2-1 =05:21 – sh – Brian Propp (6) 15:42 – pp – Gord Murphy (2) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =07:27 – Rick Tocchet (4) 16:42 – Rick Tocchet (5) |6-3-2 =Scott Stevens (1) – 03:28 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2) – 13:13 |goalie6-1 =Ron Hextall 31 saves / 34 shots |goalie6-2 =Pete Peeters 24 saves / 28 shots

(P2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P3) New York Rangers

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

|2-1-1 =Guy Lafleur (1) – pp – 06:36 Brian Leetch (1) – pp – 14:29 |2-1-2 =03:06 – Kevin Stevens (1) 03:35 – Rob Brown (1) 04:37 – Jock Callander (1) 07:51 – Phil Bourque (1) 12:48 – Randy Cunneyworth (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =13:52 – pp – Zarley Zalapski (1) |2-3-1 =John Ogrodnick (1) – pp – 06:15 Carey Wilson (1) – 07:54 |2-3-2 =18:54 – en – Mario Lemieux (1) |goalie2-1 =Bob Froese 8 saves / 13 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 23 saves / 24 shots |goalie2-2 =Tom Barrasso 32 saves / 36 shots

|3-1-1 =08:28 – Tony Granato (1) |3-1-2 =Mario Lemieux (2) – pp – 07:24 John Cullen (1) – 15:25 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Kevin Stevens (2) – 09:06 Dan Quinn (2) – pp – 18:45 |3-3-1 =02:24 – John Ogrodnick (2) 13:23 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (2) |3-3-2 =Dan Quinn (3) – 04:25 |goalie3-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 25 saves / 30 shots |goalie3-2 =Tom Barrasso 43 saves / 46 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Mario Lemieux (3) – pp – 07:27 Phil Bourque (2) – 07:53 Phil Bourque (3) – 11:03 |4-2-1 =02:18 – Tomas Sandstrom (3) |4-2-2 =Rob Brown (2) – 14:33 |4-3-1 =06:15 – Brian Leetch (2) 19:49 – pp – Brian Leetch (3) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Mike Richter 26 saves / 30 shots |goalie4-2 =Tom Barrasso 46 saves / 49 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N4) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the 12th playoff series between these two teams. Chicago lead the all-time meetings 6–5. Detroit won their most recent meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1987 Norris Division Semifinals.

|2-1-1 =Dirk Graham (1) – pp – 08:49 Denis Savard (2) – 09:59 |2-1-2 =06:09 – Steve Yzerman (1) 11:48 – pp – Steve Yzerman (2) |2-2-1 =Adam Creighton (2) – pp – 05:08 Wayne Presley (1) – sh – 13:50 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =07:01 – Steve Yzerman (3) 17:31 – Steve Chiasson (1) |2-4-1 =Duane Sutter (1) – 14:36 |2-4-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Alain Chevrier 39 saves / 43 shots |goalie2-2 =Greg Stefan 38 saves / 43 shots

|5-1-1 =Adam Creighton (4) – pp – 12:34 Steve Larmer (1) – 16:44 |5-1-2 =00:52 – Steve Yzerman (5) 06:00 – Gerard Gallant (1) 17:26 – Paul MacLean (1) |5-2-1 =Wayne Presley (2) – sh – 04:26 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Steve Konroyd (1) – sh – 01:05 |5-3-2 =07:23 – pp – Petr Klima (2) 08:22 – John Chabot (1) 19:29 – Torrie Robertson (1) |goalie5-1 =Alain Chevrier 23 saves / 29 shots |goalie5-2 =Greg Stefan 25 saves / 29 shots

|6-1-1 =18:39 – pp – Steve Larmer (2) |6-1-2 =Lee Norwood (1) – pp – 06:21 |6-2-1 =07:03 – Steve Larmer (3) 07:29 – Wayne Presley (3) 11:49 – pp – Troy Murray (2) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =07:29 – pp – Wayne Presley (4) 11:05 – sh – Wayne Presley (5) 18:49 – Denis Savard (4) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Alain Chevrier 18 saves / 19 shots |goalie6-2 =Greg Stefan 19 saves / 23 shots Glen Hanlon 9 saves / 12 shots

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

This was the eighth playoff series meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won four of the prior seven meetings. The most recent meeting was won by St. Louis 3–2 in the 1986 Norris Division Semifinals.

In game four, Don Barber scored the game-winning goal with seven seconds left to complete the Stars' comeback from a two-goal deficit and force game five.

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Peter Zezel (2) – 04:44 Doug Evans (1) – 06:21 Brett Hull (3) – 12:14 |3-2-1 =04:04 – pp – Brian Bellows (2) 04:50 – Stew Gavin (2) |3-2-2 =Brett Hull (4) – 06:56 |3-3-1 =08:33 – sh – Neal Broten (2) |3-3-2 =Greg Paslawski (1) – pp – 01:06 |goalie3-1 =Jon Casey 11 saves / 15 shots Kari Takko 4 saves / 5 shots |goalie3-2 =Greg Millen 28 saves / 31 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Peter Zezel (3) – sh – 03:19 |4-2-1 =15:28 – Stew Gavin (3) |4-2-2 =Bernie Federko (1) – pp – 01:04 |4-3-1 =02:36 – Perry Berezan (1) 06:24 – Dusan Pasek (1) 16:45 – Marc Habscheid (1) 19:53 – Don Barber (1) |4-3-2 =Bernie Federko (2) – 02:28 Herb Raglan (1) – 12:02 |goalie4-1 =Jon Casey 26 saves / 30 shots |goalie4-2 =Greg Millen 22 saves / 27 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Frantisek Musil (1) – 06:40 |5-2-2 =07:07 – Peter Zezel (4) 08:47 – pp – Peter Zezel (5) 09:48 – Rod Brind'Amour (1) 16:01 – Rick Meagher (3) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =01:50 – Sergio Momesso (1) 06:10 – Peter Zezel (6) |goalie5-1 =Jon Casey 26 saves / 30 shots Kari Takko 16 saves / 18 shots |goalie5-2 =Greg Millen 23 saves / 24 shots

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Vancouver Canucks

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Calgary won two of the previous three meetings, including their most recent meeting 3–1 in the 1984 Smythe Division Semifinals.

Calgary defeated Vancouver in seven games. This was the first of three consecutive series between these two teams that ended in overtime of game seven (with the winner of all three series making it to the Stanley Cup Finals). The seventh game went into overtime with both teams having great chances to win the game. The best of these chances was a breakaway for Canucks' captain Stan Smyl who was stopped by Calgary goaltender Mike Vernon. Joel Otto scored the series winner at 19:21 of the first overtime after Jim Peplinski banked it in off Otto's skate to send the Flames into the Smythe Division Final.

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =08:20 – sh – Joel Otto (1) 19:59 – Colin Patterson (1) |2-2-1 =Greg Adams (2) – 15:56 |2-2-2 =03:20 – Theoren Fleury (1) 12:25 – pp – Doug Gilmour (1) |2-3-1 =Brian Bradley (1) – pp – 17:18 |2-3-2 =09:42 – pp – Hakan Loob (1) |goalie2-1 =Kirk McLean 24 saves / 28 shots Steve Weeks 8 saves / 9 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Vernon 23 saves / 25 shots

|4-1-1 =11:01 – pp – Mel Bridgman (1) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =07:33 – pp – Trevor Linden (1) 19:43 – Brian Bradley (2) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =01:19 – pp – Paul Reinhart (2) 17:05 – pp – Robert Nordmark (2) |4-3-2 =Joel Otto (2) – pp – 06:18 Theoren Fleury (2) – pp – 15:02 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – pp – 19:39 |goalie4-1 =Steve Weeks 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Vernon 16 saves / 19 shots Rick Wamsley 8 saves / 10 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Al MacInnis (1) – pp – 15:50 |6-2-1 =02:32 – sh – Trevor Linden (2) 17:26 – Jim Sandlak (1) 19:29 – Rich Sutter (1) 19:44 – Garth Butcher (1) |6-2-2 =Jim Peplinski (1) – 09:29 |6-3-1 =14:23 – Brian Bradley (3) 19:16 – en – Rich Sutter (2) |6-3-2 =Hakan Loob (5) – sh – 05:16 |goalie6-1 =Kirk McLean 29 saves / 32 shots |goalie6-2 =Mike Vernon 19 saves / 24 shots

(S2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between the Oilers and Kings, and the first since Wayne Gretzky was traded to the Kings. Edmonton won two of the past three playoff series, including the most recent in the 1987 Smythe Division Semifinals in five games. As of 2025, this is the only time that the Oilers blew a three games to one playoff series lead, and the last time the Kings eliminated the Oilers in the playoffs as the Kings have lost seven straight playoff series with a 2–9 all time series record against the Oilers.

|1-1-1 =Tomas Jonsson (1) – pp – 16:54 |1-1-2 =01:01 – pp – Chris Kontos (1) |1-2-1 =Charlie Huddy (1) – pp – 13:58 |1-2-2 =19:33 – pp – Steve Duchesne (1) |1-3-1 =Esa Tikkanen (1) – 16:06 Craig Simpson (1) – 17:13 |1-3-2 =02:55 – pp – Mike Krushelnyski (1) |goalie1-1 =Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 26 shots |goalie1-2 =Glenn Healy 31 saves / 35 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =10:01 – pp – Chris Kontos (2) |2-2-1 =Mark Messier (1) – 07:36 Tomas Jonsson (2) – pp – 17:50 |2-2-2 =08:00 – Bernie Nicholls (1) 08:00 – Chris Kontos (3) 15:52 – Wayne Gretzky (1) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =01:20 – pp – Chris Kontos (4) |goalie2-1 =Grant Fuhr 39 saves / 44 shots |goalie2-2 =Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 22 shots

|4-1-1 =04:47 – Charlie Huddy (2) 17:39 – Jimmy Carson (2) |4-1-2 =Steve Duchesne (2) – 07:11 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Chris Kontos (5) – pp – 05:20 Tom Laidlaw (1) – 18:14 |4-3-1 =05:16 – Normand Lacombe (1) 19:34 – Steve Smith (2) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 29 shots |goalie4-2 =Kelly Hrudey 28 saves / 32 shots

|7-1-1 =Jari Kurri (3) – 04:48 |7-1-2 =00:52 – Wayne Gretzky (3) 11:56 – pp – Chris Kontos (8) |7-2-1 =Craig Simpson (2) – pp – 00:34 Kevin Lowe (1) – 07:48 |7-2-2 =06:51 – Bernie Nicholls (3) 16:23 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (4) |7-3-1 =No scoring |7-3-2 =14:50 – pp – Dale Degray (1) 18:25 – sh-en – Wayne Gretzky (4) |goalie7-1 =Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 29 shots |goalie7-2 =Kelly Hrudey 31 saves / 34 shots

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A2) Boston Bruins

This was the 24th playoff series between these two teams. Montreal lead 20–3 in all-time playoff meetings. Boston won last year's Adams Division Finals in five games.

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Stephane Richer (3) – 04:06 |3-2-1 =14:09 – Bob Joyce (2) 17:52 – Bob Joyce (3) |3-2-2 =Mats Naslund (3) – 01:59 Petr Svoboda (1) – 13:32 |3-3-1 =03:13 – Craig Janney (4) 10:45 – pp – Cam Neely (6) |3-3-2 =Mike McPhee (3) – 05:27 Russ Courtnall (4) – 13:52 |goalie3-1 =Rejean Lemelin 23 saves / 28 shots |goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 22 saves / 26 shots

(P2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P4) Philadelphia Flyers

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

In Game 5, Mario Lemieux, listed as questionable before the game due to his neck, tied four NHL playoff records for goals in one period (4), goals in a game (5), points in a game (8) and points in a period (4).

|2-1-1 =Tim Kerr (6) – pp – 06:50 Tim Kerr (7) – 12:09 Tim Kerr (8) – pp – 18:13 |2-1-2 =03:06 – pp – Dan Quinn (5) |2-2-1 =Brian Propp (8) – 19:36 |2-2-2 =14:22 – sh – Mario Lemieux (5) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Ron Hextall 28 saves / 30 shots |goalie2-2 =Wendell Young 10 saves / 11 shots Tom Barrasso 6 saves / 9 shots

|5-1-1 =Mike Bullard (2) – 11:45 |5-1-2 =02:15 – Mario Lemieux (7) 03:45 – Mario Lemieux (8) 06:55 – pp – Mario Lemieux (9) 07:07 – Bob Errey (1) 17:09 – pp – Mario Lemieux (10) 17:44 – Troy Loney (1) |5-2-1 =Pelle Eklund (2) – pp – 00:06 Brian Propp (10) – 09:07 |5-2-2 =01:43 – Kevin Stevens (3) 10:35 – Rob Brown (4) 12:55 – pp – Rob Brown (5) |5-3-1 =Derrick Smith (1) – sh – 00:48 Tim Kerr (11) – 10:21 Pelle Eklund (3) – pp – 13:02 Tim Kerr (12) – 17:23 |5-3-2 =19:23 – Mario Lemieux (11) |goalie5-1 =Ron Hextall 17 saves / 26 shots Ken Wregget 8 saves / 8 shots |goalie5-2 =Tom Barrasso 38 saves / 45 shots

|6-1-1 =04:28 – Tim Kerr (13) 18:22 – Tim Kerr (14) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =03:28 – Derrick Smith (2) 08:40 – Ron Sutter (1) 19:01 – Derrick Smith (3) |6-2-2 =Randy Cunneyworth (2) – pp – 02:18 Randy Cunneyworth (3) – 05:24 |6-3-1 =18:56 – pp – Brian Propp (11) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Ron Hextall 20 saves / 22 shots |goalie6-2 =Tom Barrasso 32 saves / 38 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, and were meeting for the second straight year. Chicago has won four of the previous five meetings. St. Louis won last year's Norris Division Semifinals in five games.

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =00:31 – Rod Brind'Amour (2) 01:52 – Sergio Momesso (2) |2-2-1 =Duane Sutter (3) – 03:06 Adam Creighton (5) – sh – 08:42 Steve Larmer (5) – 14:08 |2-2-2 =13:17 – Brett Hull (5) |2-3-1 =Dirk Graham (2) – 11:19 |2-3-2 =03:59 – pp – Brian Benning (1) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =13:49 – Tony Hrkac (1) |goalie2-1 =Alain Chevrier 51 saves / 56 shots Darren Pang 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie2-2 =Greg Millen 31 saves / 35 shots

|3-1-1 =17:05 – pp – Steve Larmer (6) 19:27 – sh – Denis Savard (5) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =08:10 – Wayne Presley (6) 12:51 – Bob Bassen (1) |3-2-2 =Steve Tuttle (1) – 05:44 Paul Cavallini (2) – 16:40 |3-3-1 =04:24 – Denis Savard (6) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Alain Chevrier 18 saves / 20 shots |goalie3-2 =Greg Millen 24 saves / 29 shots

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S2) Los Angeles Kings

This was the second consecutive and fourth overall playoff meeting between these two teams; with Los Angeles winning two of the three previous series. They met in last year's Smythe Division Semifinals, which Calgary won in five games.

|2-1-1 =Bernie Nicholls (6) – 13:59 |2-1-2 =00:58 – Colin Patterson (2) 04:48 – Doug Gilmour (3) 06:05 – Doug Gilmour (4) 11:35 – pp – Al MacInnis (2) |2-2-1 =Bernie Nicholls (7) – 19:59 |2-2-2 =05:32 – pp – Rob Ramage (1) 19:20 – sh – Hakan Loob (6) |2-3-1 =Dave Taylor (1) – 07:49 |2-3-2 =09:56 – Joe Mullen (5) 11:56 – Gary Roberts (3) |goalie2-1 =Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 31 shots Glenn Healy 19 saves / 21 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Vernon 20 saves / 23 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Jamie Macoun (2) – 07:26 Joel Otto (4) – 13:56 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =00:47 – Tom Laidlaw (2) 14:39 – Steve Kasper (1) |3-3-2 =Doug Gilmour (5) – 13:44 Doug Gilmour (6) – 16:27 Joe Mullen (6) – 17:15 |goalie3-1 =Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 25 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 21 saves / 23 shots

|4-1-1 =01:23 – Steve Duchesne (3) 11:20 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (5) |4-1-2 =Joe Mullen (7) – pp – 07:24 Gary Roberts (4) – 08:34 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (5) – pp – 19:12 |4-3-1 =09:41 – pp – Steve Duchesne (4) |4-3-2 =Joe Mullen (8) – 04:59 Gary Roberts (5) – 19:57 |goalie4-1 =Kelly Hrudey 26 saves / 30 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Vernon 19 saves / 22 shots

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (P4) Philadelphia Flyers

This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams. Montreal won two of the previous three playoff series. Philadelphia won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1987 Prince of Wales Conference Final.

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (N4) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Calgary won the only previous meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1981 Preliminary Round.

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Joe Mullen (10) – 04:11 Joe Nieuwendyk (7) – pp – 14:57 |3-2-1 =06:49 – Steve Konroyd (2) 17:00 – Troy Murray (3) |3-2-2 =Theoren Fleury (4) – pp – 08:07 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Hakan Loob (8) – 11:46 Joe Mullen (11) – 19:16 |goalie3-1 =Alain Chevrier 18 saves / 22 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 24 saves / 26 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1989 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the second playoff series between these two teams, with the only previous meeting being the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals where Montreal defeated Calgary in five games. This was the Flames second appearance in the Finals, while Montreal was making their 33rd appearance in the Finals. Calgary was trying to win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, while Montreal last won the Stanley Cup in 1986.

The Stanley Cup Finals was decided between the two teams with the best records of the 1988–89 NHL regular season. Co-captain Lanny McDonald scored the second Flames goal in Game 6. This turned out to be the last goal in his Hockey Hall of Fame career, as he retired during the following off-season. Doug Gilmour scored two goals in the third period, including the eventual game and Cup winner to cement their first title for the Flames.

To date this remains the last all-Canadian Cup Finals.

Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Al MacInnis	Calgary Flames	22	7	24	31	+6	46
Tim Kerr	Philadelphia Flyers	19	14	11	25	+1	27
Joe Mullen	Calgary Flames	21	16	8	24	+8	4
Brian Propp	Philadelphia Flyers	18	14	9	23	+8	14
Doug Gilmour	Calgary Flames	22	11	11	22	+12	20
Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	11	5	17	22	-4	0
Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	11	12	7	19	-1	16
Bobby Smith	Montreal Canadiens	21	11	8	19	+1	46
Denis Savard	Chicago Blackhawks	16	8	11	19	+8	10
Joel Otto	Calgary Flames	22	6	13	19	+2	46

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
Montreal Canadiens	19	13	6	526	42	2.09	.920	2	1206:10
Calgary Flames	22	16	5	549	52	2.26	.905	3	1380:55
Chicago Blackhawks	16	9	7	483	44	2.61	.909	0	1013:00
St. Louis Blues	10	5	5	308	34	3.14	.890	0	649:22
Philadelphia Flyers	15	8	7	445	49	3.32	.890	0	886:22

Notes

References

Tribune, Chicago. (1989-04-03). "BLACKHAWKS IN PLAYOFFS".
Hafner, Dan. (1989-04-03). "Blackhawks Go 48 Extra Seconds to Get NHL's Final Playoff Spot".
(April 15, 2015). "Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames: Renewing a Stanley Cup playoff rivalry".
"Lemieux ties three records; Penguins win 10-7." Gainesville Sun. 1989 Apr 26.
[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19881989&seasonTo=19881989&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=19881989&seasonTo=19881989&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]

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