1990 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, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 101 points
2. Buffalo Sabres – 98 points
3. Montreal Canadiens – 93 points
4. Hartford Whalers – 85 points

Patrick Division

1. New York Rangers, Patrick Division champions – 85 points
2. New Jersey Devils – 83 points
3. Washington Capitals – 78 points
4. New York Islanders – 73 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

1. Chicago Blackhawks, Norris Division champions – 88 points
2. St. Louis Blues – 83 points
3. Toronto Maple Leafs – 80 points
4. Minnesota North Stars – 76 points

Smythe Division

1. Calgary Flames, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 99 points
2. Edmonton Oilers – 90 points
3. Winnipeg Jets – 85 points
4. Los Angeles Kings – 75 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).

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Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

|1-1-1 =Todd Krygier (1) – 05:42 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Dean Evason (1) – 02:41 Scott Young (1) – 06:16 Randy Ladouceur (1) – 09:19 |1-2-2 =06:29 – Cam Neely (1) 15:46 – Bobby Carpenter (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =19:38 – pp – Dave Poulin (1) |goalie1-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 33 saves / 36 shots |goalie1-2 =Rejean Lemelin 13 saves / 17 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =10:58 – pp – Ray Bourque (1) |2-2-1 =Todd Krygier (2) – 07:42 |2-2-2 =14:06 – pp – Garry Galley (1) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =06:57 – pp – Bobby Carpenter (2) |goalie2-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 32 saves / 35 shots |goalie2-2 =Andy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots

|3-1-1 =12:13 – pp – Brad Shaw (1) 14:41 – pp – Pat Verbeek (1) |3-1-2 =Bobby Carpenter (3) – pp – 07:59 Dave Christian (1) – 17:20 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =00:36 – Dave Babych (1) 02:13 – Pat Verbeek (2) 19:42 – en – Kevin Dineen (1) |3-3-2 =Randy Burridge (1) – 08:25 |goalie3-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 22 saves / 25 shots |goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 22 saves / 26 shots

|4-1-1 =01:18 – Dean Evason (2) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =02:04 – Brad Shaw (2) 07:02 – Kevin Dineen (2) 08:29 – Yvon Corriveau (1) 16:15 – Ron Francis (1) |4-2-2 =Dave Christian (2) – 04:35 Glen Wesley (1) – 10:24 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Dave Poulin (2) – 01:28 Bob Beers (1) – 07:00 Dave Christian (3) – 08:10 Dave Poulin (3) – 18:16 |goalie4-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 23 saves / 29 shots |goalie4-2 =Rejean Lemelin 17 saves / 22 shots Andy Moog 7 saves / 7 shots

|5-1-1 =Ulf Samuelsson (1) – 09:36 |5-1-2 =15:18 – pp – Brian Propp (1) 17:27 – pp – Cam Neely (2) |5-2-1 =Dave Tippett (1) – 15:56 |5-2-2 =18:07 – sh – Cam Neely (3) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 15 saves / 18 shots |goalie5-2 =Andy Moog 20 saves / 22 shots

|6-1-1 =06:31 – Scott Young (2) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =01:35 – Ron Francis (2) |6-2-2 =Dave Poulin (4) – 09:00 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Randy Burridge (2) – 01:05 |6-4-1 =12:30 – Kevin Dineen (3) |6-4-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 23 saves / 25 shots |goalie6-2 =Andy Moog 23 saves / 26 shots

|7-1-1 =No scoring |7-1-2 =01:30 – John Byce (1) 07:29 – pp – Craig Janney (1) |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =15:22 – Cam Neely (4) |7-3-1 =Ron Francis (3) – pp – 13:48 |7-3-2 =No scoring |goalie7-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 22 saves / 25 shots |goalie7-2 =Andy Moog 27 saves / 28 shots

(A2) Buffalo Sabres vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens

This was the fourth playoff series between these two teams. Buffalo won two of the previous three meetings, including the most recent meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1983 Adams Division Semifinals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Brian Skrudland (1) – 07:45 |1-2-2 =06:28 – Dean Kennedy (1) 09:55 – Rick Vaive (1) 19:08 – Dave Andreychuk (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =04:27 – Bob Corkum (1) |goalie1-1 =Patrick Roy 24 saves / 28 shots |goalie1-2 =Daren Puppa 34 saves / 35 shots

|2-1-1 =Mats Naslund (1) – 04:41 Stephane Richer (1) – pp – 14:09 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Shayne Corson (1) – 14:15 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Patrick Roy 26 saves / 26 shots |goalie2-2 =Daren Puppa 33 saves / 36 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Phil Housley (1) – pp – 07:15 |3-2-1 =10:39 – Stephane Richer (2) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =12:35 – Brian Skrudland (2) |3-4-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Patrick Roy 30 saves / 31 shots |goalie3-2 =Daren Puppa 31 saves / 33 shots

|4-1-1 =07:13 – Stephane Richer |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =04:21 – Brian Skrudland (3) |4-2-2 =Rick Vaive (2) – pp – 03:16 Doug Bodger (1) – 08:57 Pierre Turgeon (1) – 19:57 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Pierre Turgeon (2) – 01:02 |goalie4-1 =Patrick Roy 23 saves / 27 shots |goalie4-2 =Daren Puppa 31 saves / 33 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =17:55 – Scott Arniel (1) |5-2-1 =Stephane Richer (4) – 07:51 Bobby Smith (1) – 17:13 Stephane Richer (5) – 18:25 |5-2-2 =10:58 – pp – Rick Vaive (3) |5-3-1 =Russ Courtnall (1) – en – 18:39 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Patrick Roy 30 saves / 32 shots |goalie5-2 =Daren Puppa 22 saves / 25 shots

|6-1-1 =09:00 – pp – Mathieu Schneider (1) |6-1-2 =Rick Vaive (4) – pp – 10:22 |6-2-1 =16:22 – Brent Gilchrist (1) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =04:47 – Claude Lemieux (1) 08:48 – Russ Courtnall (2) 19:04 – en – Russ Courtnall (3) |6-3-2 =Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 06:07 |goalie6-1 =Patrick Roy 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie6-2 =Daren Puppa 24 saves / 28 shots

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

This was the seventh playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won five of the previous six meetings. The most recent the Islanders won 3–2 in the 1984 Patrick Division Semifinals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =05:14 – Bernie Nicholls (1) |1-2-1 =Bryan Trottier (1) – 14:36 |1-2-2 =13:49 – Mark Janssens (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Mark Fitzpatrick 24 saves / 26 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Richter 28 saves / 29 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =11:28 – pp – John Ogrodnick (1) |2-2-1 =David Volek (1) – 06:49 Tom Fitzgerald (1) – 10:32 |2-2-2 =09:24 – Mark Janssens (2) 11:35 – pp – James Patrick (1) 13:01 – John Ogrodnick (2) 17:33 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Mark Fitzpatrick 15 saves / 19 shots Glenn Healy 13 saves / 14 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Richter 31 saves / 33 shots

|3-1-1 =01:51 – pp – Brent Sutter (1) |3-1-2 =Troy Mallette (1) – 06:51 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =James Patrick (2) – pp – 11:19 Bernie Nicholls (3) – pp – 12:40 |3-3-1 =11:47 – pp – Patrick Flatley (1) 13:09 – Hubie McDonough (1) |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =00:59 – pp – Brent Sutter (2) |3-4-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Glenn Healy 34 saves / 37 shots |goalie3-2 =John Vanbiesbrouck 45 saves / 49 shots

|4-1-1 =Patrick Flatley (2) – pp – 12:25 |4-1-2 =Brian Mullen (1) – pp – 00:41 Darren Turcotte (1) – 10:53 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Carey Wilson (1) – pp – 10:59 Randy Moller (1) – 12:12 John Ogrodnick (3) – 13:31 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Kelly Kisio (1) – sh – 16:31 |goalie4-1 =Glenn Healy 16 saves / 20 shots Mark Fitzpatrick 4 saves / 6 shots |goalie4-2 =John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 23 shots

|5-1-1 =Jeff Norton (1) – 09:51 Rob DiMaio (1) – 10:20 |5-1-2 =02:47 – pp – Mike Gartner (1) 15:47 – pp – John Ogrodnick (4) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =01:02 – sh – Normand Rochefort (1) 08:40 – pp – Mike Gartner (2) 11:34 – Carey Wilson (2) |5-3-1 =Wayne McBean (1) – 01:50 Randy Wood (1) – 11:18 Patrick Flatley (3) – 16:53 |5-3-2 =11:44 – Mike Gartner (3) |goalie5-1 =Mark Fitzpatrick 15 saves / 20 shots Glenn Healy 7 saves / 8 shots |goalie5-2 =Mike Richter 28 saves / 33 shots

(P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. New Jersey won their only previous meeting in seven games in the 1988 Patrick Division Finals.

|1-1-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (1) – 01:23 Dino Ciccarelli (2) – 01:47 |1-1-2 =09:14 – Bruce Driver (1) |1-2-1 =Dale Hunter (1) – 08:12 John Druce (1) – pp – 11:01 |1-2-2 =08:02 – Pat Conacher (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =01:45 – sh – John MacLean (1) 08:37 – pp – Peter Stastny (1) |1-4-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (3) – 05:34 |1-4-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Mike Liut 26 saves / 30 shots |goalie1-2 =Sean Burke 19 saves / 24 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =06:21 – Brendan Shanahan (1) 14:58 – pp – John MacLean (2) 18:26 – pp – John MacLean (3) |2-2-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (4) – 01:06 Bob Rouse (1) – pp – 06:20 |2-2-2 =03:37 – Ken Daneyko (1) |2-3-1 =Kelly Miller (1) – 01:06 Bob Joyce (1) – 09:15 Dino Ciccarelli (5) – 18:54 |2-3-2 =13:12 – Eric Weinrich (1) 16:55 – Peter Stastny (2) |goalie2-1 =Mike Liut 10 saves / 13 shots Don Beaupre 23 saves / 26 shots |goalie2-2 =Chris Terreri 21 saves / 26 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Ken Daneyko (2) – 04:51 |3-2-1 =17:46 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (6) |3-2-2 =Brendan Shanahan (2) – pp – 15:21 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Mike Liut 8 saves / 10 shots |goalie3-2 =Chris Terreri 20 saves / 21 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =02:10 – pp – Scott Stevens (1) 13:17 – John Druce (2) |4-2-2 =Kirk Muller (1) – 13:02 |4-3-1 =17:31 – Dino Ciccarelli (7) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Don Beaupre 23 saves / 24 shots |goalie4-2 =Sean Burke 30 saves / 33 shots

|5-1-1 =Dale Hunter (2) – 09:03 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =06:07 – pp – Jon Morris (1) 14:46 – Brendan Shanahan (3) |5-3-1 =Mike Ridley (1) – 00:27 Dino Ciccarelli (8) – 04:30 Geoff Courtnall (1) – 17:04 |5-3-2 =19:22 – Patrik Sundstrom (1) |goalie5-1 =Don Beaupre 17 saves / 20 shots |goalie5-2 =Chris Terreri 20 saves / 24 shots

|6-1-1 =19:49 – Stephen Leach (1) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =03:27 – Geoff Courtnall (2) 19:06 – John Druce (3) |6-2-2 =John MacLean (4) – 13:21 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Peter Stastny (3) – 05:00 |goalie6-1 =Don Beaupre 32 saves / 34 shots |goalie6-2 =Chris Terreri 29 saves / 34 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won three of the previous four meetings, including the most recent meeting in six games in the 1985 Norris Division Finals.

|1-1-1 =Brian Bellows (1) – pp – 09:57 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Brian Bellows (2) – 05:54 |1-3-2 =05:01 – pp – Denis Savard (1) |goalie1-1 =Jon Casey 30 saves / 31 shots |goalie1-2 =Greg Millen 24 saves / 26 shots

|2-1-1 =Brian Bellows (3) – pp – 08:49 Shawn Chambers (1) – pp – 10:41 Neal Broten (1) – pp – 11:56 |2-1-2 =14:24 – pp – Wayne Presley (1) |2-2-1 =No Scoring |2-2-2 =01:49 – Greg Gilbert (1) 03:53 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (1) 07:27 – pp – Steve Thomas (1) 16:39 – sh – Wayne Presley (2) |2-3-1 =No Scoring |2-3-2 =No Scoring |goalie2-1 =Jon Casey 26 saves / 31 shots |goalie2-2 =Greg Millen 2 saves / 5 shots Ed Belfour 15 saves / 15 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =Mike Modano (1) – 19:24 |3-3-2 =10:12 – Steve Larmer (1) 15:27 – Wayne Presley (3) |goalie3-1 =Jon Casey 27 saves / 29 shots |goalie3-2 =Greg Millen 31 saves / 32 shots

|4-1-1 =04:24 – Don Barber (1) 11:41 – pp – Don Barber (2) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =07:42 – Basil McRae (1) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =03:41 – Dave Gagner (1) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Jon Casey 29 saves / 29 shots |goalie4-2 =Greg Millen 10 saves / 12 shots Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =10:17 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (2) 13:26 – Denis Savard (2) |5-2-1 =Brian Bellows (4) – pp – 09:24 |5-2-2 =04:53 – Greg Gilbert (2) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =16:37 – Michel Goulet (1) 17:48 – Steve Thomas (2) |goalie5-1 =Jon Casey 31 saves / 36 shots |goalie5-2 =Greg Millen 26 saves / 27 shots

|6-1-1 =10:28 – Shawn Chambers (2) 17:25 – Perry Berezan (1) 18:48 – Neal Broten (2) |6-1-2 =Greg Gilbert (3) – 12:33 |6-2-1 =01:26 – Larry Murphy (1) 14:20 – pp – Dave Gagner (2) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Steve Larmer (2) – sh – 12:57 Jeremy Roenick (3) – 13:57 |goalie6-1 =Jon Casey 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie6-2 =Greg Millen 7 saves / 10 shots Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots

|7-1-1 =Don Barber (3) – pp – 09:02 |7-1-2 =No scoring |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =03:00 – Wayne Presley (4) 04:06 – Wayne Presley (5) 12:41 – Jeremy Roenick (4) 14:06 – Jeremy Roenick (5) |7-3-1 =Ulf Dahlen (1) – 09:58 |7-3-2 =17:10 – Greg Gilbert (4) |goalie7-1 =Jon Casey 28 saves / 33 shots Kari Takko 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie7-2 =Greg Millen 30 saves / 32 shots

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their first two meetings. Toronto won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1987 Norris Division Semifinals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =05:18 – Brett Hull (1) 17:03 – pp – Ron Wilson (1) |1-2-1 =Brad Marsh (1) – 01:34 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Wendel Clark (1) – 08:55 |1-3-2 =02:27 – Jeff Brown (1) 11:53 – Ron Wilson (2) |goalie1-1 =Allan Bester 29 saves / 33 shots |goalie1-2 =Curtis Joseph 27 saves / 29 shots

|2-1-1 =Mark Osborne (1) – sh – 10:49 |2-1-2 =04:52 – pp – Brett Hull (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =09:49 – pp – Paul MacLean (1) 13:32 – sh – Rich Sutter (1) 18:50 – Paul Cavallini (1) |2-3-1 =Daniel Marois (1) – pp – 18:13 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Allan Bester 36 saves / 40 shots |goalie2-2 =Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 28 shots

|3-1-1 =05:08 – Mark Osborne (2) |3-1-2 =Paul MacLean (2) – 10:50 |3-2-1 =12:32 – Tom Fergus (1) 13:43 – pp – Daniel Marois (2) |3-2-2 =Paul MacLean (3) – pp – 02:08 Dave Lowry (1) – 07:36 Brett Hull (3) – pp – 18:34 |3-3-1 =17:08 – Rob Ramage (1) 18:50 – Tom Fergus (2) |3-3-2 =Sergio Momesso (1) – 10:39 |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Sergio Momesso (2) – 06:04 |goalie3-1 =Allan Bester 34 saves / 40 shots |goalie3-2 =Curtis Joseph 41 saves / 46 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =09:25 – Scott Pearson (1) 14:00 – pp – Gary Leeman (1) |4-2-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (1) – 14:20 |4-3-1 =04:22 – Dave Hannan (1) 19:38 – en – Eddie Olczyk (1) |4-3-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (2) – pp – 13:39 |goalie4-1 =Jeff Reese 20 saves / 22 shots |goalie4-2 =Curtis Joseph 28 saves / 31 shots

|5-1-1 =Gary Leeman (2) – pp – 19:37 |5-1-2 =04:00 – Kelly Chase (1) 04:40 – Brett Hull (4) |5-2-1 =Scott Pearson (2) – 05:00 |5-2-2 =04:14 – pp – Peter Zezel (1) 09:29 – pp – Brett Hull (5) |5-3-1 =Gary Leeman (3) – 13:47 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Jeff Reese 24 saves / 28 shots Allan Bester 7 saves / 7 shots |goalie5-2 =Vincent Riendeau 2 saves / 3 shots Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 18 shots

(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

This was the third straight and fifth overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Both teams split the previous four meetings. Calgary won last year's Smythe Division Finals in a four-game sweep.

|1-1-1 =Luc Robitaille (1) – 07:55 |1-1-2 =16:52 – pp – ps – Al MacInnis (1) 18:34 – Al MacInnis (2) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Todd Elik (1) – pp – 04:31 Tony Granato (1) – pp – 10:26 Luc Robitaille (2) – 10:44 Steve Kasper (1) – en – 19:07 |1-3-2 =02:26 – Theoren Fleury (1) |goalie1-1 =Kelly Hrudey 23 saves / 26 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Vernon 26 saves / 30 shots

|2-1-1 =Marty McSorley (1) – pp – 18:18 |2-1-2 =01:41 – Doug Gilmour (1) 05:58 – sh – Joe Mullen (1) |2-2-1 =Luc Robitaille (3) – 12:56 Larry Robinson (1) – 14:15 |2-2-2 =06:40 – Gary Roberts (1) 10:42 – Joel Otto (1) 12:16 – Jim Korn (1) 18:58 – Doug Gilmour (2) |2-3-1 =Luc Robitaille (4) – pp – 04:19 Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 12:52 |2-3-2 =08:36 – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) 19:58 – sh – en – Dana Murzyn (1) |goalie2-1 =Kelly Hrudey 21 saves / 26 shots Mario Gosselin 9 saves / 11 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Vernon 21 saves / 26 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =00:23 – Tomas Sandstrom (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Joe Mullen (2) – 14:05 |3-4-1 =08:37 – sh – Tony Granato (2) |3-4-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Kelly Hrudey 32 saves / 33 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 30 saves / 32 shots

|4-1-1 =06:38 – Dave Taylor (2) 08:25 – Tony Granato (3) 11:06 – Tomas Sandstrom (2) 11:55 – Dave Taylor (3) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =02:26 – Tony Granato (4) 04:20 – Jay Miller (1) 07:58 – Tomas Sandstrom (3) 10:57 – Wayne Gretzky (1) 16:44 – Todd Elik (2) |4-2-2 =Joel Otto (2) – 09:16 Paul Ranheim (1) – 09:38 Theoren Fleury (2) – 13:25 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 19:05 |4-3-1 =09:15 – Dave Taylor (4) 13:59 – Tomas Sandstrom (4) 17:04 – pp – Tony Granato (5) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 24 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Vernon 4 saves / 7 shots Rick Wamsley 14 saves / 23 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =15:57 – Dana Murzyn (2) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =02:35 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) 06:39 – Ric Nattress (1) |5-3-1 =Rob Blake (1) – pp – 01:48 |5-3-2 =05:53 – Ric Nattress (2) 09:25 – Gary Roberts (2) |goalie5-1 =Kelly Hrudey 27 saves / 32 shots Mario Gosselin 3 saves / 3 shots |goalie5-2 =Mike Vernon 18 saves / 19 shots

|6-1-1 =01:08 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (2) |6-1-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (4) – 04:51 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Doug Gilmour (3) – 18:17 |6-3-1 =01:01 – pp – Steve Duchesne (1) 18:17 – Steve Duchesne (2) |6-3-2 =Joe Mullen (3) – 15:48 |6-4-1 =03:14 – Mike Krushelnyski (1) |6-4-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Kelly Hrudey 36 saves / 39 shots |goalie6-2 =Mike Vernon 31 saves / 35 shots

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S3) Winnipeg Jets

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won all five previous meetings, including their most recent in the 1988 Smythe Division Semifinals in five games.

|1-1-1 =Dale Hawerchuk (1) – 11:44 Dave Ellett (1) – pp – 18:21 |1-1-2 =05:04 – Craig Simpson (1) 14:17 – pp – Craig Simpson (2) 16:58 – pp – Jari Kurri (1) |1-2-1 =Moe Mantha (1) – 02:04 Dale Hawerchuk (2) – 13:46 |1-2-2 =00:35 – sh – Mark Messier (1) |1-3-1 =Pat Elynuik (1) – 01:46 Brent Ashton (1) – pp – 09:55 Teppo Numminen (1) – en – 19:36 |1-3-2 =13:39 – pp – Petr Klima (1) |goalie1-1 =Bob Essensa 32 saves / 37 shots |goalie1-2 =Bill Ranford 24 saves / 30 shots

|2-1-1 =Brent Ashton (2) – 05:39 Paul Fenton (1) – pp – 18:41 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =03:09 – Craig Simpson (3) 12:45 – Joe Murphy (1) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =04:21 – Mark Lamb (1) |goalie2-1 =Stephane Beauregard 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie2-2 =Bill Ranford 23 saves / 25 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – pp – 16:35 |3-2-1 =09:35 – pp – Paul Fenton (2) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =15:30 – Dale Hawerchuk (3) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Bob Essensa 15 saves / 16 shots |goalie3-2 =Bill Ranford 28 saves / 30 shots

|4-1-1 =04:55 – Mark Kumpel (1) 11:42 – Pat Elynuik (2) 12:04 – Doug Evans (1) |4-1-2 =Petr Klima (2) – 02:07 Steve Smith (1) – sh – 18:01 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Esa Tikkanen (1) – 19:25 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |4-4-1 =01:08 – pp – Dave Ellett (2) |4-4-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Stephane Beauregard 16 saves / 17 shots Bob Essensa 15 saves / 17 shots |goalie4-2 =Bill Ranford 36 saves / 40 shots

|5-1-1 =Thomas Steen (1) – pp – 19:00 |5-1-2 =08:08 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (2) |5-2-1 =Greg Paslawski (1) – 01:55 Brent Ashton (3) – pp – 07:47 |5-2-2 =13:57 – Craig Simpson (4) 14:10 – Mark Lamb (2) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =03:53 – Mark Messier (2) |goalie5-1 =Stephane Beauregard 29 saves / 33 shots |goalie5-2 =Bill Ranford 26 saves / 29 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Esa Tikkanen (3) – 05:29 Mark Messier (3) – 09:50 Randy Gregg (1) – pp – 16:52 |6-2-1 =11:35 – Mark Kumpel (2) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =03:44 – Doug Smail (1) 09:17 – Doug Evans (2) |6-3-2 =Jari Kurri (2) – 13:10 |goalie6-1 =Bob Essensa 26 saves / 30 shots |goalie6-2 =Bill Ranford 23 saves / 26 shots

|7-1-1 =Thomas Steen (2) – 09:21 |7-1-2 =08:54 – Glenn Anderson (1) 17:52 – Mark Lamb (3) |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =No scoring |7-3-1 =No scoring |7-3-2 =05:09 – Esa Tikkanen (4) 17:48 – Jari Kurri (3) |goalie7-1 =Stephane Beauregard 21 saves / 25 shots |goalie7-2 =Bill Ranford 26 saves / 27 shots

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens

This was the 25th playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal lead the all-time meetings 21–3. This was also the seventh straight year meeting in the playoffs, with Montreal winning last year's Adams Division Finals in five games.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =17:37 – pp – Dave Poulin (5) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Patrick Roy 27 saves / 28 shots |goalie1-2 =Andy Moog 20 saves / 20 shots

|2-1-1 =Mike McPhee (1) – 01:48 |2-1-2 =06:24 – Brian Propp (2) |2-2-1 =Stephane Richer (6) – 01:54 Shayne Corson (2) – 05:30 |2-2-2 =03:43 – Cam Neely (5) 12:28 – John Carter (1) |2-3-1 =Stephane Richer (7) – 12:50 |2-3-2 =18:11 – pp – Cam Neely (6) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =03:42 – Garry Galley (2) |goalie2-1 =Patrick Roy 19 saves / 24 shots |goalie2-2 =Andy Moog 30 saves / 34 shots

|3-1-1 =15:09 – Brent Gilchrist (2) |3-1-2 =John Carter (2) – sh – 09:49 Ray Bourque (2) – 13:02 |3-2-1 =03:10 – Russ Courtnall (4) |3-2-2 =John Carter (3) – 05:30 Brian Propp (3) – 06:58 Don Sweeney (1) – pp – 13:49 |3-3-1 =14:23 – Russ Courtnall (5) |3-3-2 =Dave Poulin (6) – 07:48 |goalie3-1 =Patrick Roy 8 saves / 12 shots Brian Hayward 16 saves / 18 shots |goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 20 saves / 23 shots

|4-1-1 =11:16 – Guy Carbonneau (1) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =John Carter (4) – 18:23 |4-3-1 =04:22 – Stephan Lebeau (1) 11:51 – Stephan Lebeau (2) 19:19 – en – Guy Carbonneau (2) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 29 shots |goalie4-2 =Andy Moog 32 saves / 35 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =10:00 – sh – Randy Burridge (3) |5-2-1 =Stephan Lebeau (3) – 19:27 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =18:47 – Glen Wesley (2) 19:55 – en – Cam Neely (7) |goalie5-1 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 30 shots |goalie5-2 =Andy Moog 23 saves / 24 shots

(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in six games in the 1986 Patrick Division Finals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =11:04 – Bernie Nicholls (4) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =02:44 – pp – Brian Mullen (2) 08:03 – sh – Jan Erixon (1) |1-3-1 =Bob Rouse (2) – 03:01 John Druce (4) – 08:20 Scott Stevens (2) – 09:29 |1-3-2 =05:55 – John Ogrodnick (5) 11:49 – Bernie Nicholls (5) 13:26 – pp – Mike Gartner (4) 17:36 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (6) |goalie1-1 =Mike Liut 31 saves / 38 shots |goalie1-2 =John Vanbiesbrouck 32 saves / 35 shots

|2-1-1 =Mike Ridley (2) – 07:36 John Druce (5) – pp – 08:59 |2-1-2 =10:29 – Kelly Kisio (2) |2-2-1 =Bob Joyce (2) – 00:45 John Druce (6) – 01:10 Dale Hunter (3) – pp – 04:53 |2-2-2 =02:27 – James Patrick (3) 19:35 – pp – Mike Gartner (5) |2-3-1 =John Druce (7) – sh – en – 19:07 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Don Beaupre 25 saves / 28 shots |goalie2-2 =John Vanbiesbrouck 7 saves / 12 shots Mike Richter 12 saves / 12 shots

|3-1-1 =06:04 – pp – John Druce (8) 08:20 – Geoff Courtnall (3) 10:33 – pp – John Druce (9) 11:29 – sh – Mike Ridley (3) |3-1-2 =Paul Broten (1) – sh – 09:29 |3-2-1 =04:14 – Calle Johansson (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =11:58 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (4) 17:05 – Stephen Leach (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Mike Liut 17 saves / 18 shots Don Beaupre 1 save / 1 shot |goalie3-2 =Mike Richter 42 saves / 49 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Troy Mallette (2) – 10:41 |4-2-1 =13:13 – Tim Bergland (1) 19:13 – pp – John Druce (10) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =00:56 – pp – John Druce (11) |4-3-2 =John Ogrodnick (6) – pp – 15:57 Bernie Nicholls (7) – 18:48 |4-4-1 =00:34 – Rod Langway (1) |4-4-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Mike Liut 30 saves / 33 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Richter 21 saves / 25 shots John Vanbiesbrouck 0 saves / 0 shots

|5-1-1 =Kelly Miller (2) – 03:16 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =01:47 – Normand Rochefort (2) |5-4-1 =John Druce (12) – 06:48 |5-4-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Mike Liut 28 saves / 29 shots |goalie5-2 =John Vanbiesbrouck 32 saves / 34 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N2) St. Louis Blues

This was the third straight and seventh overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Chicago won five of the prior six meetings, including last year's Norris Division Finals in five games.

|1-1-1 =Rod Brind'Amour (3) – 05:42 Rick Meagher (1) – 18:58 |1-1-2 =09:26 – Doug Wilson (1) |1-2-1 =Rod Brind'Amour (4) – 06:05 Brett Hull (6) – 10:59 |1-2-2 =13:43 – pp – Trent Yawney (1) 18:24 – Adam Creighton (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Vincent Riendeau 29 saves / 32 shots |goalie1-2 =Greg Millen 9 saves / 13 shots Ed Belfour 13 saves / 13 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =12:39 – pp – Steve Larmer (3) |2-2-1 =Brett Hull (7) – 00:35 |2-2-2 =06:18 – Wayne Presley (6) |2-3-1 =Brett Hull (8) – pp – 07:06 Paul Cavallini (2) – 14:34 |2-3-2 =08:37 – pp – Troy Murray (1) 08:47 – Steve Thomas (3) 19:46 – en – Jeremy Roenick (6) |goalie2-1 =Vincent Riendeau 24 saves / 28 shots |goalie2-2 =Greg Millen 24 saves / 27 shots

|3-1-1 =00:18 – Sergio Momesso (3) 16:46 – pp – Brett Hull (9) |3-1-2 =Doug Wilson (2) – pp – 02:12 |3-2-1 =09:42 – pp – Jeff Brown (2) |3-2-2 =Dave Manson (1) – 04:38 |3-3-1 =15:24 – Brett Hull (10) 19:51 – Gino Cavallini (1) |3-3-2 =Bob Murray (1) – 12:26 Steve Thomas (4) – 14:38 |goalie3-1 =Vincent Riendeau 44 saves / 48 shots |goalie3-2 =Greg Millen 23 saves / 28 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =12:53 – Rod Brind'Amour (5) |4-2-2 =Wayne Presley (7) – 02:06 Michel Goulet (2) – 02:42 Trent Yawney (2) – pp – 18:09 |4-3-1 =05:26 – pp – Ron Wilson (3) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Vincent Riendeau 22 saves / 25 shots |goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots

|5-1-1 =Adam Oates (1) – pp – 14:05 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Brett Hull (11) – pp – 14:33 |5-2-2 =03:56 – Jocelyn Lemieux (1) 04:59 – Troy Murray (2) 06:12 – Steve Thomas (5) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Vincent Riendeau 29 saves / 32 shots |goalie5-2 =Ed Belfour 18 saves / 20 shots

|6-1-1 =01:36 – pp – Brett Hull (12) 02:30 – Dave Lowry (2) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =15:18 – Brett Hull (13) |6-2-2 =Denis Savard (3) – pp – 07:39 Jeremy Roenick (7) – pp – 14:32 |6-3-1 =11:07 – Rich Sutter (2) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Vincent Riendeau 37 saves / 39 shots |goalie6-2 =Jacques Cloutier 24 saves / 26 shots Ed Belfour 0 saves / 2 shots

|7-1-1 =No scoring |7-1-2 =02:47 – Jeremy Roenick (8) 13:03 – Jeremy Roenick (9) |7-2-1 =Paul MacLean (4) – pp – 12:06 |7-2-2 =03:03 – sh – Steve Larmer (4) 07:28 – Denis Savard (4) 10:22 – pp – Dave Manson (2) |7-3-1 =Adam Oates (2) – 17:19 |7-3-2 =00:35 – Greg Gilbert (5) 03:45 – sh – Adam Creighton (2) 19:49 – Duane Sutter (1) |goalie7-1 =Vincent Riendeau 11 saves / 15 shots Curtis Joseph 10 saves / 14 shots |goalie7-2 =Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

This was the second straight and fifth overall playoff meeting between these two teams. The teams split the previous four meetings. Los Angeles won last year's Smythe Division Semifinals in seven games.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =04:41 – Glenn Anderson (2) 09:38 – Jari Kurri (4) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =14:31 – pp – Mark Messier (4) 17:47 – Martin Gelinas (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =00:57 – Esa Tikkanen (5) 10:26 – Joe Murphy (2) 13:57 – Esa Tikkanen (6) |goalie1-1 =Kelly Hrudey 16 saves / 23 shots |goalie1-2 =Bill Ranford 25 saves / 25 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =09:12 – Martin Gelinas (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =11:11 – pp – Craig Simpson (5) |2-3-1 =Chris Kontos (1) – pp – 03:45 |2-3-2 =13:14 – pp – Jari Kurri (5) 14:29 – pp – Mark Lamb (4) 16:38 – sh – Esa Tikkanen (7) 17:39 – Craig MacTavish (1) |goalie2-1 =Kelly Hrudey 19 saves / 24 shots |goalie2-2 =Bill Ranford 33 saves / 34 shots Eldon Reddick 1 save / 1 shots

|3-1-1 =01:06 – Tomas Sandstrom (5) 19:20 – Larry Robinson (2) 19:31 – Todd Elik (3) |3-1-2 =Craig Simpson (6) – pp – 15:26 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Craig Simpson (7) – 05:34 Petr Klima (3) – 06:50 Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) – 12:13 Adam Graves (1) – 15:33 |3-3-1 =18:51 – Wayne Gretzky (3) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Ron Scott 6 saves / 10 shots Mario Gosselin 7 saves / 8 shots |goalie3-2 =Bill Ranford 35 saves / 39 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Mark Messier (5) – 04:57 Glenn Anderson (3) – 12:02 |4-2-1 =02:44 – Keith Crowder (1) 13:39 – Bob Kudelski (1) 17:52 – Luc Robitaille (5) 18:38 – John Tonelli (1) |4-2-2 =Mark Lamb (5)- 08:28 Craig Simpson (8) – 10:38 |4-3-1 =01:15 – sh – Mike Allison (1) |4-3-2 =Esa Tikkanen (8) – 17:05 |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =Joe Murphy (3) – 04:42 |goalie4-1 =Kelly Hrudey 31 saves / 37 shots |goalie4-2 =Bill Ranford 34 saves / 39 shots

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

|1-1-1 =John Druce (13) – pp – 10:08 |1-1-2 =01:18 – Garry Galley (3) 18:37 – pp – Cam Neely (8) |1-2-1 =John Tucker (1) – 16:18 Kelly Miller (3) – sh – 17:39 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =01:05 – Dave Poulin (7) 14:38 – Brian Propp (4) 19:45 – en – Dave Poulin (8) |goalie1-1 =Mike Liut 30 saves / 34 shots |goalie1-2 =Andy Moog 23 saves / 26 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =03:23 – Bobby Carpenter (4) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =02:56 – Cam Neely (9) 06:03 – Craig Janney (2) |goalie2-1 =Don Beaupre 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie2-2 =Andy Moog 28 saves / 28 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Dave Christian (4) – pp – 06:53 |3-2-1 =15:23 – pp – John Druce (14) |3-2-2 =Craig Janney (3) – 18:08 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Randy Burridge (4) – 09:59 Cam Neely (10) – en – 19:39 |goalie3-1 =Don Beaupre 20 saves / 23 shots |goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =John Carter (5) – 00:53 Cam Neely (11) – pp – 18:42 |4-2-1 =15:32 – Nick Kypreos (1) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =10:27 – Dale Hunter (4) |4-3-2 =Cam Neely (12) – 02:08 |goalie4-1 =Mike Liut 14 saves / 17 shots |goalie4-2 =Andy Moog 12 saves / 14 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won both prior playoff meetings, including the most recent in six games in the 1985 Clarence Campbell Conference Final.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =09:42 – Mark Messier (6) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =03:17 – Mark Lamb (6) 08:52 – Steve Smith (2) |1-3-1 =Wayne Presley (8) – 00:57 Steve Larmer (5) – pp – 06:55 |1-3-2 =04:43 – Steve Smith (3) 07:39 – Craig MacTavish (2) |goalie1-1 =Ed Belfour 23 saves / 28 shots |goalie1-2 =Bill Ranford 23 saves / 25 shots

|2-1-1 =Troy Murray (3) – 17:50 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Denis Savard (5) – 02:020 Steve Thomas (6) – 17:36 |2-2-2 =09:49 – Glenn Anderson (4) 18:01 – pp – Jari Kurri (6) |2-3-1 =Doug Wilson (3) – 18:01 |2-3-2 =02:10 – Esa Tikkanen (9) |goalie2-1 =Greg Millen 24 saves / 27 shots |goalie2-2 =Bill Ranford 35 saves / 39 shots

|3-1-1 =08:41 – Bob Murray (2) 12:32 – Steve Larmer (6) |3-1-2 =Craig Simpson (9) – pp – 06:01 |3-2-1 =03:05 – Steve Larmer (7) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =07:27 – sh – Dirk Graham (1) 13:51 – Wayne Presley (9) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Greg Millen 31 saves / 32 shots |goalie3-2 =Bill Ranford 24 saves / 29 shots

|4-1-1 =18:22 – pp – Denis Savard (6) |4-1-2 =Glenn Anderson (5) – pp – 15:02 Mark Messier (7) – 17:25 |4-2-1 =07:16 – Jeremy Roenick (10) |4-2-2 =Craig Simpson (10) – 00:11 Mark Messier (8) – 14:06 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Greg Millen 1 save / 4 shots Jacques Cloutier 11 saves / 12 shots |goalie4-2 =Bill Ranford 25 saves / 27 shots

|5-1-1 =Steve Konroyd (1) – 14:14 |5-1-2 =02:08 – Randy Gregg (2) 12:25 – pp – Craig Simpson (11) 14:32 – Adam Graves (2) |5-2-1 =Troy Murray (4) – 04:03 Denis Savard (7) – pp – 12:45 |5-2-2 =18:29 – pp – Jari Kurri (7) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Jacques Cloutier 30 saves / 34 shots |goalie5-2 =Bill Ranford 18 saves / 21 shots

|6-1-1 =05:01 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (11) |6-1-2 =Esa Tikkanen (10) – sh – 02:01 Craig Simpson (12) – pp – 12:26 Petr Klima (4) – 15:11 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Adam Graves (3) – 05:17 Joe Murphy (4) – 15:22 Glenn Anderson (6) – 17:31 Mark Messier (9) – 17:48 |6-3-1 =01:31 – Adam Creighton (3) 08:11 – Steve Thomas (7) 09:04 – pp – Trent Yawney (3) |6-3-2 =Steve Smith (4) – 03:06 |goalie6-1 =Greg Millen 18 saves / 25 shots Jacques Cloutier 2 saves / 3 shots |goalie6-2 =Bill Ranford 26 saves / 30 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1990 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the second Finals meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting sweeping the Bruins in the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins in five games. For the Oilers, it was their fifth Cup win in seven years, and their only one without Wayne Gretzky. In Game 1, Petr Klima scored at 15:13 of the third overtime period to give the Oilers a 3–2 win. The game broke the record for longest Finals game, set in 1931 between Chicago and Montreal. This game remains the longest in Stanley Cup Finals history (Longest NHL overtime games) to date, edging both Brett Hull's cup-winner in 1999 and Igor Larionov's game-winner in 2002 by less than 30 seconds. In Game 5 at the Boston Garden on May 24, the Oilers won 4–1, with Craig Simpson scoring the game-winning goal.

|1-1-1 =Adam Graves (4) – 09:46 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Glenn Anderson (7) – 13:00 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =03:43 – Ray Bourque (3) 18:31 – Ray Bourque (4) |1-4-1 =Petr Klima (5) – 15:13 |1-4-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Bill Ranford 50 saves / 52 shots |goalie1-2 =Andy Moog 28 saves / 31 shots

|2-1-1 =Adam Graves (5) – 08:38 Jari Kurri (8) – pp – 10:53 |2-1-2 =19:07 – Ray Bourque (5) |2-2-1 =Jari Kurri (9) – 04:21 Craig Simpson (13) – 15:28 Esa Tikkanen (11) – 17:10 Joe Murphy (5) – 19:12 |2-2-2 =02:56 – pp – Greg Hawgood (1) |2-3-1 =Jari Kurri (10) – pp – 07:27 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Bill Ranford 25 saves / 27 shots |goalie2-2 =Andy Moog 1 save / 4 shots Rejean Lemelin 14 saves / 18 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =John Byce (2) – 00:10 Greg Johnston (1) – 15:04 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =05:54 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (12) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Bill Ranford 20 saves / 22 shots |goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 28 saves / 29 shots

|4-1-1 =02:13 – pp – Glenn Anderson (8) 16:27 – Glenn Anderson (9) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =01:00 – Craig Simpson (14) 19:15 – Esa Tikkanen (13) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =18:36 – Craig Simpson (15) |4-3-2 =John Carter (6) – 15:02 |goalie4-1 =Bill Ranford 24 saves / 25 shots |goalie4-2 =Andy Moog 28 saves / 33 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Glenn Anderson (10) – 01:17 Craig Simpson (16) – 09:31 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Steve Smith (5) – 06:09 Joe Murphy (6) – 14:53 |5-3-2 =16:30 – Lyndon Byers (1) |goalie5-1 =Bill Ranford 29 saves / 30 shots |goalie5-2 =Andy Moog 18 saves / 22 shots

Playoff 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.

Notes

References

References

1. [http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19891990&seasonTo=19891990&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists NHL.com - Skater Stats]
2. [http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?report=goaliesummary&reportType=season&seasonFrom=19891990&seasonTo=19891990&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]