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1991 Stanley Cup playoffs

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Field	Value
title	Stanley Cup playoffs
year	1991
dates	April 3 – May 25, 1991
num_teams	16
defending_champions	[Edmonton Oilers](1990-91-edmonton-oilers-season)
winners	[Pittsburgh Penguins](1990-91-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
second	[Minnesota North Stars](1990-91-minnesota-north-stars-season)
stat_leader_title	Scoring leader(s)
stat_leader_player	Mario Lemieux (Penguins)
stat_leader_value	44 points
award_title	MVP
award	Mario Lemieux (Penguins)
prev_season	[1990](1990-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season	[1992](1992-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League (NHL) championship began on April 3, 1991, following the 1990–91 regular season. The 16 teams that qualified, from the top four teams of the four divisions, played best-of-seven series with re-seeding after the division finals. The Conference Champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup.

This was the first of the 25 consecutive years in which the Detroit Red Wings qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs until their streak finally ended in 2017. Their streak is tied for the third longest in NHL history, and while it was running, it was the longest active playoff appearance streak in the four major American professional sports.

The finals concluded on May 25 with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history, defeating the Minnesota North Stars in the final series four games to two. Pittsburgh forward Mario Lemieux was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.

This was the first NHL playoffs without any series sweeps since the 1973 playoffs. In addition, this season set the record for most playoff games played with 92, which stood until 2014.

Playoff seeds

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

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 100 points
Montreal Canadiens – 89 points
Buffalo Sabres – 81 points
Hartford Whalers – 73 points

Patrick Division

Pittsburgh Penguins, Patrick Division champions – 88 points
New York Rangers – 85 points
Washington Capitals – 81 points
New Jersey Devils – 79 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

Chicago Blackhawks, Norris Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 106 points
St. Louis Blues – 105 points
Detroit Red Wings – 76 points
Minnesota North Stars – 68 points

Smythe Division

Los Angeles Kings, Smythe Division champions – 102 points
Calgary Flames – 100 points
Edmonton Oilers – 80 points
Vancouver Canucks – 65 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) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Semifinals in which Boston won in seven games.

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Ray Bourque (1) – pp – 11:07 |3-2-1 =06:19 – pp – Mark Hunter (2) |3-2-2 =Glen Wesley (1) – pp – 10:38 |3-3-1 =01:59 – Pat Verbeek (3) 15:21 – sh – Terry Yake (1) |3-3-2 =Garry Galley (1) – 06:49 Dave Christian (1) – 07:07 Bob Sweeney (1) – 10:05 Craig Janney (1) – pp – 14:08 |goalie3-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 17 saves / 23 shots |goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 22 saves / 25 shots

|4-1-1 =02:40 – John Cullen (2) 03:39 – pp – Mark Hunter (3) 12:15 – pp – Mark Hunter (4) 15:55 – Zarley Zalapski (1) |4-1-2 =Dave Christian (2) – 15:30 Petri Skriko (3) – pp – 16:57 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Ken Hodge Jr. (1) – 14:28 |goalie4-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 32 saves / 35 shots |goalie4-2 =Andy Moog 30 saves / 34 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Brad Shaw (1) – 07:16 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =01:20 – pp – Ray Bourque (2) 01:36 – Dave Christian (3) 08:05 – Jeff Lazaro (2) 10:20 – pp – Cam Neely (4) 16:57 – pp – Cam Neely (5) 17:53 – pp – Jim Wiemer (1) |goalie5-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 26 saves / 32 shots |goalie5-2 =Andy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots

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

This was fifth playoff series between these two teams, and were meeting for the second straight year. Both teams split their previous four playoff meetings. Montreal won last year's Adams Division Semifinals in six games.

|1-1-1 =Benoit Hogue (1) – 01:48 Grant Ledyard (1) – 02:12 |1-1-2 =10:35 – Sylvain Lefebvre (1) 17:14 – pp – Russ Courtnall (1) 18:07 – pp – Mathieu Schneider (1) 18:33 – Russ Courtnall (2) |1-2-1 =Pierre Turgeon (1) – pp – 09:23 |1-2-2 =02:06 – Stephane Richer (1) 17:25 – Brent Gilchrist (1) |1-3-1 =Rick Vaive (1) – pp – 05:030 Kevin Haller (1) – 10:22 |1-3-2 =02:14 – pp – Denis Savard (1) |goalie1-1 =Darcy Wakaluk 20 saves / 22 shots Daren Puppa 10 saves / 15 shots |goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 24 saves / 29 shots

|2-1-1 =Uwe Krupp (1) – pp – 02:050 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Pierre Turgeon (2) – 13:44 |2-2-2 =05:09 – Brent Gilchrist (2) 07:36 – pp – Mike McPhee (1) |2-3-1 =Dale Hawerchuk (1) – 02:06 Darrin Shannon (1) – 04:52 |2-3-2 =00:36 – Russ Courtnall (3) 09:51 – Stephane Richer (2) 18:39 – Guy Carbonneau (1) |goalie2-1 =Daren Puppa 26 saves / 31 shots Darcy Wakaluk 0 saves / 0 shots |goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 23 saves / 27 shots

|3-1-1 =02:20 – Tony Tanti (1) 05:38 – sh – Christian Ruuttu (1) |3-1-2 =Shayne Corson (1) – pp – 04:07 Brent Gilchrist (3) – 09:56 Russ Courtnall (4) – pp – 11:47 |3-2-1 =04:20 – Benoit Hogue (2) 11:14 – Grant Ledyard (2) |3-2-2 =Brent Gilchrist (4) – 17:58 |3-3-1 =02:38 – Mike Ramsey (1) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Clint Malarchuk 18 saves / 22 shots |goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 33 shots

|4-1-1 =05:59 – Benoit Hogue (3) 08:01 – Dave Andreychuk (1) 12:30 – Pierre Turgeon (3) |4-1-2 =Eric Desjardins (1) – pp – 05:23 Stephane Richer (3) – 05:31 |4-2-1 =00:16 – pp – Tony Tanti (2) 01:44 – Rob Ray (1) |4-2-2 =Shayne Corson (2) – 04:10 Stephane Richer (4) – 14:40 |4-3-1 =06:18 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (2) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Clint Malarchuk 33 saves / 37 shots |goalie4-2 =Patrick Roy 26 saves / 30 shots Andre Racicot 11 saves / 13 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =12:58 – sh – Dave Snuggerud (1) |6-2-2 =Brent Gilchrist (5) – 03:06 Shayne Corson (3) – sh – 14:15 Shayne Corson (4) – pp – 15:35 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Denis Savard (2) – 00:39 Stephane Richer (5) – pp – 09:19 |goalie6-1 =Clint Malarchuk 24 saves / 29 shots |goalie6-2 =Patrick Roy 23 saves / 24 shots Andre Racicot 1 save / 1 shots

(P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P4) New Jersey Devils

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

|6-1-1 =03:29 – John MacLean (5) |6-1-2 =Kevin Stevens (2) – 10:49 Kevin Stevens (3) – pp – 13:17 Jaromir Jagr (2) – pp – 19:37 |6-2-1 =12:32 – pp – Eric Weinrich (1) 13:48 – Claude Lemieux (4) |6-2-2 =Ron Francis (2) – 06:42 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Chris Terreri 19 saves / 23 shots |goalie6-2 =Frank Pietrangelo 28 saves / 31 shots

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

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams, and were meeting for the second straight year. Both teams split the previous two meetings. Washington won last year's Patrick Division Finals in five games.

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Kris King (1) – 08:07 Mike Gartner (1) – pp – 19:29 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Bernie Nicholls (2) – 12:17 Mark Janssens (1) – 15:47 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Bernie Nicholls (3) – 06:34 Darren Turcotte (1) – pp – 17:15 |goalie3-1 =Don Beaupre 23 saves / 27 shots Mike Liut 9 saves / 11 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Richter 37 saves / 37 shots

|6-1-1 =02:46 – Dmitri Khristich (1) 04:09 – Kelly Miller (3) 07:06 – Mike Ridley (2) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =11:58 – Stephen Leach (1) |6-2-2 =Kris King 92) – 08:57 Steven Rice (2) – pp – 18:34 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Don Beaupre 23 saves / 25 shots |goalie6-2 =John Vanbiesbrouck 21 saves / 22 shots Mike Richter 1 save / 4 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

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

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

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =12:58 – Steve Larmer (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =03:30 – pp – Jeremy Roenick (2) 14:40 – pp – Warren Rychel (1) 16:39 – Steve Konroyd (1) |2-3-1 =Basil McRae (1) – 16:03 Brian Bellows (1) – pp – 17:46 |2-3-2 =19:11 – Steve Larmer (2) |goalie2-1 =Jon Casey 21 saves / 25 shots Brian Hayward 10 saves / 10 shots |goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 28 saves / 30 shots

|3-1-1 =02:34 – pp – Bobby Smith 06:10 – pp – Brian Bellows (2) 10:53 – Dave Gagner (1) 17:55 – pp – Dave Gagner (2) 18:26 – Mike Modano (1) |3-1-2 =Steve Larmer (3) – 05:27 Chris Chelios (1) – pp – 08:35 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Steve Larmer (4) – pp – 00:39 Doug Wilson (2) – pp – 05:03 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Steve Thomas (1) – 03:48 Jeremy Roenick (3) – 06:15 |goalie3-1 =Brian Hayward 11 saves / 13 shots Jon Casey 14 saves / 18 shots |goalie3-2 =Ed Belfour 37 saves / 41 shots Dominik Hasek 5 saves / 6 shots

|5-1-1 =Brian Propp (2) – pp – 17:59 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Mark Tinordi (3) – pp – 00:32 Dave Gagner (3) – pp – 06:46 Bobby Smith (2) – pp – 07:16 Neal Broten (4) – 14:30 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Brian Propp (3) – pp – 16:06 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Jon Casey 25 saves / 25 shots |goalie5-2 =Dominik Hasek 18 saves / 20 shots Ed Belfour 19 saves / 23 shots

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

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams. Both teams split the previous two meetings. Detroit won their most recent meeting in five games in the 1988 Norris Division Finals.

|1-1-1 =Brad McCrimmon (1) – 13:37 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Steve Yzerman (1) – 07:08 Steve Yzerman (2) – pp – 12:01 |1-2-2 =13:10 – Brett Hull (1) |1-3-1 =Sergei Fedorov (1) – 01:52 Kevin Miller (1) – 09:19 Steve Yzerman (3) – 14:55 |1-3-2 =10:23 – pp – Brett Hull (2) 12:44 – Adam Oates (1) |goalie1-1 =Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shots |goalie1-2 =Vincent Riendeau 17 saves / 22 shots Pat Jablonski 4 saves / 5 shots

|2-1-1 =Yves Racine (1) – pp – 09:08 Bob Probert (1) – 16:56 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =05:28 – Jeff Brown (1) 06:46 – pp – Dan Quinn (1) 12:00 – Brett Hull (3) 19:24 – Rich Sutter (1) |goalie2-1 =Tim Cheveldae 37 saves / 40 shots |goalie2-2 =Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 21 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =15:19 – Kevin Miller (2) |3-2-2 =Bob Bassen (1) – 11:00 |3-3-1 =01:12 – Keith Primeau (1) 08:34 – Jimmy Carson (1) 009:05 – Steve Chiasson (1) 19:42 – sh – Kevin Miller (3) |3-3-2 =Gino Cavallini (1) – 18:39 |goalie3-1 =Tim Cheveldae 21 saves / 23 shots |goalie3-2 =Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 23 shots

|5-1-1 =Bobby Dollas (1) – 02:12 |5-1-2 =03:45 – Adam Oates (2) 04:58 – Brett Hull (6) 09:29 – Adam Oates (3) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =00:40 – Paul Cavallini (1) 10:33 – Adam Oates (4) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =08:08 – Brett Hull (7) |goalie5-1 =Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 30 shots Allan Bester 11 saves / 12 shots |goalie5-2 =Vincent Riendeau 17 saves / 18 shots

(S1) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S4) Vancouver Canucks

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Vancouver won the only prior meeting in five games in the 1982 Smythe Division Finals.

|1-1-1 =Dave Capuano (1) – 02:20 Igor Larionov (1) – 07:00 Geoff Courtnall (1) – 19:40 |1-1-2 =08:33 – Tomas Sandstrom (1) 10:42 – Bob Kudelski (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =06:01 – Wayne Gretzky (1) 06:39 – Steve Kasper (1) 14:59 – Luc Robitaille (1) |1-3-1 =Geoff Courtnall (2) – 05:00 Geoff Courtnall (3) – 09:30 Cliff Ronning (1) – 17:29 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Troy Gamble 24 saves / 29 shots |goalie1-2 =Kelly Hrudey 26 saves / 32 shots

|4-1-1 =09:14 – pp – Cliff Ronning (5) |4-1-2 =Steve Kasper (2) – 08:30 Wayne Gretzky (4) – pp – 13:11 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Dave Taylor (1) – 10:20 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Tony Granato (1) – 01:24 Mike Donnelly (1) – 14:21 Steve Duchesne (1) – 18:44 |goalie4-1 =Kirk McLean 29 saves / 35 shots |goalie4-2 =Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 21 shots

|5-1-1 =Jyrki Lumme (1) – sh – 04:50 Cliff Ronning (6) – 13:59 |5-1-2 =08:52 – pp – Luc Robitaille (3) 16:48 – pp – Luc Robitaille (4) 19:01 – Mike Donnelly (2) |5-2-1 =Jyrki Lumme (2) – pp – 01:37 Gerald Diduck (1) – pp – 05:57 |5-2-2 =06:25 – Steve Duchesne (2) 13:27 – Bradley Jones (1) 16:14 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (2) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =19:17 – Bob Kudelski (2) |goalie5-1 =Troy Gamble 32 saves / 38 shots |goalie5-2 =Kelly Hrudey 29 saves / 33 shots

(S2) Calgary Flames vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two rivals with Edmonton winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 1988 Smythe Division Finals, which Edmonton won in a four-game sweep. These teams did not meet again in the playoffs until 2022.

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 00:44 Sergei Makarov (1) – 14:02 |4-2-1 =01:11 – pp – Mark Messier (1) 01:52 – Craig MacTavish (1) 19:00 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (3) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =01:47 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (4) 03:38 – Kelly Buchberger (1) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 31 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Vernon 23 saves / 27 shots Rick Wamsley 1 save / 2 shots

|5-1-1 =Glenn Anderson (2) – pp – 15:54 Adam Graves (2) – 18:13 |5-1-2 =03:28 – pp – Al MacInnis (2) 07:56 – pp – Carey Wilson (1) |5-2-1 =Mark Messier (2) – 14:07 |5-2-2 =07:37 – Carey Wilson 08:48 – Ric Nattress (1) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =19:59 – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) |goalie5-1 =Grant Fuhr 34 saves / 38 shots |goalie5-2 =Mike Vernon 22 saves / 25 shots

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

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

This was the eighth straight and 26th overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Montreal lead the all-time meetings 21–4. Boston won last year's Adams Division Finals in five games.

|4-1-1 =05:05 – pp – Shayne Corson (6) |4-1-2 =Ray Bourque (4) – 15:49 |4-2-1 =00:49 – Stephane Richer (8) 08:12 – pp – Shayne Corson (7) 09:28 – Mathieu Schneider (2) |4-2-2 =Cam Neely (8) – pp – 19:59 |4-3-1 =04:09 – Stephane Richer (9) 17:12 – sh – Russ Courtnall (8) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Patrick Roy 23 saves / 25 shots |goalie4-2 =Andy Moog 22 saves / 27 shots

(P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

|2-1-1 =Dale Hunter (1) – 12:42 |2-1-2 =13:59 – Phil Bourque (2) 18:11 – Joe Mullen (2) |2-2-1 =John Druce (1) – pp – 03:46 Mike Ridley (3) – pp – 11:36 |2-2-2 =00:35 – pp – Mark Recchi (3) 05:51 – pp – Mark Recchi (4) 13:35 – Kevin Stevens (4) |2-3-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (3) – pp – 02:17 Dino Ciccarelli (4) – 08:05 Calle Johansson (2) – 10:26 |2-3-2 =15:25 – Randy Gilhen (1) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =08:10 – Kevin Stevens (5) |goalie2-1 =Don Beaupre 19 saves / 24 shots Mike Liut 17 saves / 19 shots |goalie2-2 =Frank Pietrangelo 36 saves / 42 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

This was the ninth playoff series between these two teams, and the last one before the North Stars relocated to Dallas. St. Louis won five of the previous eight playoff series, including the most recent one in five games in the 1989 Norris Division Semifinals.

|3-1-1 =03:34 – Curt Giles (1) 05:29 – Stew Gavin (2) 07:52 – pp – Brian Bellows 10:48 – pp – Neil Wilkinson (2) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =07:36 – pp – Brian Propp (4) |3-2-2 =Dave Thomlinson (2) – 13:58 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Jon Casey 29 saves / 30 shots |goalie3-2 =Pat Jablonski 17 saves / 18 shots Vincent Riendeau 4 saves / 8 shots

|4-1-1 =01:12 – Brian Bellows (7) 03:02 – Mike Modano (2) 08:53 – Mike Modano (3) |4-1-2 =Adam Oates (6) – pp – 14:06 |4-2-1 =06:26 – pp – Brian Glynn (1) 10:13 – pp – Brian Propp (5) 10:38 – Dave Gagner (5) 14:53 – pp – Brian Bellows (8) 17:46 – pp – Brian Glynn (2) |4-2-2 =Brett Hull (9) – pp – 09:08 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Adam Oates (7) – pp – 00:13 Brett Hull (10) – pp – 02:16 |goalie4-1 =Jon Casey 32 saves / 36 shots |goalie4-2 =Vincent Riendeau 14 saves / 19 shots Pat Jablonski 9 saves / 12 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =01:46 – Rod Brind'Amour (2) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =10:43 – pp – Paul Cavallini (2) 18:04 – Dan Quinn (4) |5-3-1 =Brian Propp (6) – pp – 14:04 Mike Modano (4) – pp – 17:39 |5-3-2 =09:03 – pp – Dave Thomlinson (3) |goalie5-1 =Jon Casey 25 saves / 29 shots Brian Hayward 2 saves / 2 shots |goalie5-2 =Vincent Riendeau 24 saves / 26 shots

(S1) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers

This was the third straight and sixth overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won three of the previous five meetings, including last year's Smythe Division Finals in a four-game sweep.

|5-1-1 =Anatoli Semenov (4) – 10:01 |5-1-2 =12:48 – sh – Steve Kasper (4) 15:08 – Luc Robitaille (9) 19:03 – pp – Luc Robitaille (10) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =13:42 – Luc Robitaille (11) |5-3-1 =Glenn Anderson (4) – pp – 05:04 |5-3-2 =15:04 – Todd Elik (2) |goalie5-1 =Grant Fuhr 17 saves / 22 shots |goalie5-2 =Kelly Hrudey 23 saves / 25 shots

Conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P1) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the third playoff series between these two teams. Boston won both previous series in consecutive years, with Boston winning the most recent series 3–2 in the 1980 Preliminary Round. Boston made their second consecutive and fourth overall Conference Finals appearance; they defeated the Washington Capitals the previous year in a four-game sweep. This was the first conference final for Pittsburgh since the playoffs went to a conference format starting in 1982. Pittsburgh last played a semifinal series in 1970 where they lost to the St. Louis Blues in six games. These teams split their three-game regular season series.

|1-1-1 =Joe Mullen (4) – 01:25 Kevin Stevens (8) – pp – 08:28 |1-1-2 =05:31 – pp – Craig Janney (2) 16:02 – Cam Neely (13) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =03:23 – Bob Sweeney (4) 15:35 – Cam Neely (14) |1-3-1 =Bob Errey (2) – 06:08 |1-3-2 =12:17 – Dave Christian (7) 16:02 – pp – Ray Bourque (5) |goalie1-1 =Tom Barrasso 17 saves / 23 shots |goalie1-2 =Andy Moog 31 saves / 34 shots

|5-1-1 =Kevin Stevens (12) – 07:55 Mario Lemieux (10) – pp – 12:04 Bryan Trottier (2) – 15:49 |5-1-2 =00:40 – Don Sweeney (2) 19:27 – pp – Craig Janney (4) |5-2-1 =Kevin Stevens (13) – pp – 13:04 Paul Stanton (1) – 17:02 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Larry Murphy (3) – pp – 01:08 Ulf Samuelsson (1) – 05:36 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Tom Barrasso 34 saves / 36 shots |goalie5-2 =Andy Moog 20 saves / 27 shots Rejean Lemelin 6 saves / 6 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =11:45 – pp – Larry Murphy (4) 17:17 – Phil Bourque (4) |6-2-2 =Cam Neely (16) – pp – 07:16 Ken Hodge Jr. (4) pp – 09:33 |6-3-1 =10:08 – Gordie Roberts (1) 15:40 – Mark Recchi (8) 19:32 – Mario Lemieux (11) |6-3-2 =Don Sweeney (3) – 12:13 |goalie6-1 =Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 28 shots |goalie6-2 =Andy Moog 23 saves / 27 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(S3) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting 4–0 in the 1984 Campbell Conference Finals. Edmonton made their second consecutive and seventh appearance in the Conference Finals; they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks the previous year in six games. Minnesota made their second Conference Finals appearance; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1984, when they were swept by the Oilers in four straight. Minnesota won this year's three-game regular season series earning five of six points. Minnesota's series victory was the first time since realignment in 1981 that the Clarence Campbell Conference was not represented by a Canadian or Smythe Division team in the Stanley Cup Finals, and the first time since 1982 it was not represented by an Albertan team.

|2-1-1 =Dave Gagner (7) – pp – 01:55 |2-1-2 =06:14 – Petr Klima (5) 08:23 – pp – Petr Klima (6) 11:27 – Petr Klima (7) 19:27 – pp – Charlie Huddy (3) |2-2-1 =Stew Gavin (3) – sh – 10:19 |2-2-2 =16:02 – Glenn Anderson (5) 17:12 – Anatoli Semenov (5) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =03:06 – Glenn Anderson (6) |goalie2-1 =Brian Hayward 18 saves / 21 shots Jon Casey 7 saves / 11 shots |goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 19 saves / 21 shots

|3-1-1 =04:00 – Mike Modano (5) 09:52 – pp – Brian Propp (7) 18:36 – Mark Tinordi (4) |3-1-2 =Kelly Buchberger (2) – 11:09 |3-2-1 =10:41 – Bobby Smith (5) 17:25 – pp – Brian Bellows (9) |3-2-2 =Craig Simpson (4) – pp – 05:15 Craig Simpson (5) – 13:37 |3-3-1 =03:23 – Brian Bellows (10) 18:45 – Shane Churla (2) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Jon Casey 26 saves / 29 shots |goalie3-2 =Bill Ranford 24 saves / 28 shots Grant Fuhr 5 saves / 8 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1991 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

|1-1-1 =Neal Broten (7) – 06:32 Ulf Dahlen (1) – 09:49 |1-1-2 =03:45 – Ulf Samuelsson (2) |1-2-1 =Marc Bureau (3) – sh – 06:53 Neal Broten (8) – 17:01 |1-2-2 =03:54 – sh – Mario Lemieux (12) 07:43 – pp – Scott Young (1) |1-3-1 =Bobby Smith (7) – 01:39 |1-3-2 =10:35 – Joe Mullen (6) |goalie1-1 =Jon Casey 34 saves / 38 shots |goalie1-2 =Tom Barrasso 24 saves / 29 shots

|4-1-1 =18:22 – Dave Gagner (10) |4-1-2 =Kevin Stevens (16) – 00:58 Ron Francis (5) – 02:36 Mario Lemieux (14) – 02:58 |4-2-1 =13:10 – pp – Brian Propp (8) 18:25 – pp – Mike Modano (8) |4-2-2 =Bryan Trottier (3) – 09:55 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Phil Bourque (6) – 19:45 |goalie4-1 =Jon Casey 19 saves / 23 shots |goalie4-2 =Tom Barrasso 35 saves / 38 shots

|5-1-1 =Neal Broten (9) – sh – 14:52 |5-1-2 =05:36 – pp – Mario Lemieux (15) 10:08 – pp – Kevin Stevens (17) 11:45 – Mark Recchi (9) 13:41 – Mark Recchi (10) |5-2-1 =Dave Gagner (11) – sh – 06:54 |5-2-2 =16:26 – Ron Francis (6) |5-3-1 =Ulf Dahlen (2) – 01:36 Dave Gagner (12) – 07:42 |5-3-2 =18:21 – Troy Loney (2) |goalie5-1 =Brian Hayward 16 saves / 18 shots Jon Casey 9 saves / 13 shots |goalie5-2 =Frank Pietrangelo 15 saves / 18 shots Tom Barrasso 6 saves / 7 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =02:00 – pp – Ulf Samuelsson (3) 12:19 – sh – Mario Lemieux (16) 13:14 – pp – Joe Mullen (7) |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =13:15 – Bob Errey (5) 14:28 – Ron Francis (7) 18:44 – Joe Mullen |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =01:29 – Jim Paek (1) 13:45 – pp – Larry Murphy (5) |goalie6-1 =Jon Casey 13 saves / 17 shots Brian Hayward 7 saves / 11 shots |goalie6-2 =Tom Barrasso 39 saves / 39 shots

Playoff statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	23	16	28	44	+14	16
Mark Recchi	Pittsburgh Penguins	24	10	24	34	+6	33
Kevin Stevens	Pittsburgh Penguins	24	17	16	33	+14	53
Brian Bellows	Minnesota North Stars	23	10	19	29	-6	30
Dave Gagner	Minnesota North Stars	23	12	15	27	-4	28
Ray Bourque	Boston Bruins	19	7	18	25	-4	12
Brian Propp	Minnesota North Stars	23	8	15	23	-4	28
Larry Murphy	Pittsburgh Penguins	23	5	18	23	+17	44
Neal Broten	Minnesota North Stars	23	9	13	22	+2	6
Craig Janney	Boston Bruins	18	4	18	22	-4	11

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
Pittsburgh Penguins	20	12	7	629	51	2.60	.919	1	1175:23
Los Angeles Kings	12	6	6	382	37	2.78	.903	0	798:13
Washington Capitals	11	5	5	294	29	2.79	.901	1	624:19
New Jersey Devils	7	3	4	216	21	2.94	.903	0	428:06
Calgary Flames	7	3	4	204	21	2.95	.897	0	427:28

References

Zeisberger. (June 14, 2014). "NHL playoff highlights during this lengthy post-season".
[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19901991&seasonTo=19901991&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=19901991&seasonTo=19901991&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]

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