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1993 Stanley Cup playoffs

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Field	Value
title	Stanley Cup playoffs
year	1993
dates	April 18–June 9, 1993
num_teams	16
defending_champions	[Pittsburgh Penguins](1992-93-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
winners	[Montreal Canadiens](1992-93-montreal-canadiens-season)
second	[Los Angeles Kings](1992-93-los-angeles-kings-season)
stat_leader_title	Scoring leader(s)
stat_leader_player	Wayne Gretzky (Kings)
stat_leader_value	40 points
award_title	MVP
award	Patrick Roy (Canadiens)
prev_season	[1992](1992-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season	[1994](1994-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began after the conclusion of the 1992–93 NHL season on April 18 and ended with the Montreal Canadiens defeating the Los Angeles Kings four games to one to win the Stanley Cup on June 9. These playoffs featured an NHL record 28 overtime games, of which the Canadiens set a playoff record for most overtime games won and consecutively in a single postseason with ten. The Canadiens also won 11 consecutive games during the playoffs, tying an NHL record.

The Presidents' Trophy-winning Pittsburgh Penguins, who had won the Stanley Cup the previous two years, were the favorite to repeat. However, both conferences saw numerous upsets as the third place team in every division reached their respective conference finals. This was the first time since the 1979 NHL-WHA merger that the Edmonton Oilers had missed the playoffs. It was also the first time that longtime Oilers and then-New York Rangers captain Mark Messier had missed the playoffs in his career. This was the only year between 1984 and 1994 that the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens did not face each other in the playoffs. This was the last time that the New York Islanders won a playoff round before 2016. It was also the first time in the post-1967 expansion era that no team with a losing record qualified for the playoffs. Montreal's Cup championship remains the last time that a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup.

Playoff seeds

This marked the final season of the NHL's division-oriented playoff format, first used in 1982, which saw the top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. A similar version of this playoff format would later be used for the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions – 109 points
Quebec Nordiques – 104 points
Montreal Canadiens – 102 points
Buffalo Sabres – 86 points

Patrick Division

Pittsburgh Penguins, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 119 points
Washington Capitals – 93 points
New York Islanders – 87 points (40 wins, 10 points head-to-head vs. New Jersey)
New Jersey Devils – 87 points (40 wins, 4 points head-to-head vs. NY Islanders)

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

Chicago Blackhawks, Norris Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 106 points
Detroit Red Wings – 103 points
Toronto Maple Leafs – 99 points
St. Louis Blues – 85 points

Smythe Division

Vancouver Canucks, Smythe Division champions – 101 points
Calgary Flames – 97 points
Los Angeles Kings – 88 points
Winnipeg Jets – 87 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) Buffalo Sabres

This was the sixth playoff series meeting between the Sabres and Bruins. Boston won all five previous series head-to-head, including last year's Adams Division Semifinals in seven games. Although Boston had entered the playoffs with the second best record in the entire NHL and the Sabres had the second lowest point total of any playoff team, Buffalo upset the Bruins by sweeping the heavily favored Boston squad. The fourth game saw Brad May's game-winning goal in overtime, which has become famous in NHL lore thanks to Rick Jeanneret's "May day!" call. This was the first playoff series victory for Buffalo since defeating Montreal in the 1983 Adams Division Semifinals.

|4-1-1 =10:09 – pp – Alexander Mogilny (5) 15:46 – Dale Hawerchuk (2) |4-1-2 =Cam Neely (4) – 02:19 Joe Juneau (2) – pp – 14:15 Peter Douris (1) – 14:50 Stephen Leach (1) – 19:48 |4-2-1 =03:58 – Donald Audette (1) |4-2-2 =Dave Poulin (1) – sh – 02:13 |4-3-1 =10:43 – Alexander Mogilny (6) 11:36 – Yuri Khmylev (3) |4-3-2 =No scoring |4-4-1 =04:48 – Brad May (1) |4-4-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Grant Fuhr 8 saves / 12 shots Dominik Hasek 23 saves / 24 shots |goalie4-2 =Andy Moog 22 saves / 28 shots

(A2) Quebec Nordiques vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two rivals with the teams splitting the four previous series. This was the final playoff series between the provincial rivals before the Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995 and became the Colorado Avalanche. They last met in the 1987 Adams Division Finals, which Montreal won in seven games.

The Canadiens lost the first two games of this series against the rival Nordiques, due in part to a couple of weak goals let in by star Montreal goaltender Patrick Roy. Afterward, a newspaper in Roy's hometown district suggested he be traded, while Nordiques goaltending coach Dan Bouchard also proclaimed that his team had solved Roy. However, Montreal head coach Jacques Demers held himself to a promise he had made to Roy earlier in the season and kept him as the starting goalie.

With Montreal staring a potential 3–0 series deficit to Quebec in the face, overtime in Game 3 was marked by two disputed goals that were reviewed by the video goal judge. The first review ruled that Stephan Lebeau had knocked the puck in with a high stick, but the second upheld Montreal's winning goal as it was directed in by the skate of Quebec defenceman Alexei Gusarov and not that of a Montreal player. The Game 3 overtime victory was the first in a record-setting streak of 10 consecutive overtime victories by the Canadiens in these playoffs.

|5-1-1 =Mike Keane (1) – 04:24 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Vincent Damphousse (3) – 11:00 Eric Desjardins (1) – 17:14 |5-2-2 =01:46 – Andrei Kovalenko (1) 08:17 – pp – Mats Sundin (2) 17:34 – Owen Nolan (1) |5-3-1 =Gilbert Dionne (2) – 13:23 |5-3-2 =06:16 – Mats Sundin (3) |5-4-1 =Kirk Muller (2) – 08:17 |5-4-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Patrick Roy 35 saves / 37 shots Andre Racicot 7 saves / 9 shots |goalie5-2 =Ron Hextall 25 saves / 30 shots

|6-1-1 =06:29 – Ed Ronan (1) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =01:13 – Paul DiPietro (1) 11:00 – Paul DiPietro (2) 17:08 – Kirk Muller (3) |6-2-2 =Claude Lapointe (2) – 02:08 Joe Sakic (3) – pp – 06:25 |6-3-1 =11:23 – Paul DiPietro (3) 17:28 – pp – Gilbert Dionne (3) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 30 shots |goalie6-2 =Ron Hextall 18 saves / 23 shots Stephane Fiset 11 saves / 12 shots

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

This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Pittsburgh won the only previous meeting in the 1991 Patrick Division Semifinals in seven games.

The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions were a heavy favorite to be the first team since the 1980–1983 New York Islanders to win more than two consecutive Cups. Entering the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winner, the Penguins faced off against the fourth place team from their division the New Jersey Devils. By winning the first three games of the series, Pittsburgh extended its playoff winning streak to 14 games; this dated back to Game 4 of the 1992 Patrick Division Final against the New York Rangers and set an NHL playoff record for longest winning streak. The streak ended in Game 4 when the Devils defeated Pittsburgh, 4–1. The Penguins quickly closed out the Devils in the next game by a score of 5–2 to advance to the second round.

|1-1-1 =Dave Barr (1) – 06:24 |1-1-2 =01:40 – pp – Rick Tocchet (1) 09:33 – Mario Lemieux (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =04:11 – pp – Mario Lemieux (2) 12:57 – Ron Francis (1) 17:13 – Dave Tippett (1) |1-3-1 =Scott Stevens (1) – pp – 11:48 Scott Stevens (2) – 18:56 |1-3-2 =08:35 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (1) |goalie1-1 =Chris Terreri 27 saves / 33 shots |goalie1-2 =Tom Barrasso 32 saves / 35 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =15:09 – Shawn McEachern (1) 17:41 – sh – Mario Lemieux (3) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =03:48 – Rick Tocchet (2) 12:39 – Jaromir Jagr (2) 15:43 – pp – Kevin Stevens (1) 16:56 – Shawn McEachern (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =17:42 – Joe Mullen (1) |goalie2-1 =Chris Terreri 17 saves / 23 shots Craig Billington 3 saves / 4 shots |goalie2-2 =Tom Barrasso 36 saves / 36 shots

|3-1-1 =01:03 – Bill Guerin (1) |3-1-2 =Shawn McEachern (3) – 09:36 |3-2-1 =16:32 – Bobby Holik (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =09:44 – Alexander Semak (1) |3-3-2 =Mario Lemieux (4) – 01:07 Peter Taglianetti (1) – 07:05 Larry Murphy (1) – pp – 09:31 |goalie3-1 =Craig Billington 31 saves / 35 shots |goalie3-2 =Tom Barrasso 29 saves / 32 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =05:04 – pp – Mario Lemieux (5) 18:23 – Rick Tocchet (3) |5-2-1 =Stephane Richer (2) – 01:35 Bruce Driver (1) – sh – 09:22 Tommy Albelin (2) – 13:58 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =07:07 – pp – Ron Francis (2) 07:28 – Jeff Daniels (1) 18:59 – en – Jeff Daniels (2) |goalie5-1 =Chris Terreri 27 saves / 31 shots |goalie5-2 =Tom Barrasso 19 saves / 22 shots

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

This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. New York previous won four of the first five meetings all from 1983 to 1987. The last of those meetings was won by New York in the famed "Easter Epic" in the 1987 Patrick Division Semifinals.

Game six of this series was marred by a vicious hit by the Capitals' Dale Hunter on the Islanders' leading scorer, Pierre Turgeon, moments after Turgeon had scored a third-period goal to put the game and the series out of reach for Washington. Turgeon suffered a separated shoulder on the play and missed almost all of the next round. For his actions, Hunter was suspended for the first 21 games of the 1993–94 season. This was the Islanders first playoff series victory since their 1987 triumph over Washington.

|5-1-1 =Ray Ferraro (5) – pp – 04:37 |5-1-2 =01:15 – Sylvain Cote (1) 14:48 – pp – Al Iafrate (3) 16:41 – Al Iafrate (4) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =12:42 – Pat Elynuik (2) |5-3-1 =Ray Ferraro (6) – 09:54 Ray Ferraro (7) – 14:22 Ray Ferraro (8) – 17:45 |5-3-2 =08:49 – Al Iafrate (5) 19:52 – pp – en – Dale Hunter (6) |goalie5-1 =Mark Fitzpatrick 12 saves / 14 shots Glenn Healy 8 saves / 11 shots |goalie5-2 =Don Beaupre 28 saves / 32 shots

|6-1-1 =15:46 – Steve Thomas (3) |6-1-2 =Dale Hunter (7) – 09:58 |6-2-1 =02:41 – sh – Benoit Hogue (2) 19:46 – Brad Dalgarno (1) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =09:58 – Travis Green (2) 11:29 – Pierre Turgeon (4) |6-3-2 =Todd Krygier (1) – sh – 15:19 Al Iafrate (6) – pp – 16:30 |goalie6-1 =Glenn Healy 23 saves / 26 shots |goalie6-2 =Don Beaupre 28 saves / 33 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N4) St. Louis Blues

This was the ninth playoff series meeting between these two teams, with Chicago previously winning seven of the prior eight playoff meetings. This was a rematch of the previous year's Norris Division Semifinals, which Chicago won in six games.

Although Chicago had entered the playoffs with the best record in the Campbell Conference and the third-best record in the entire NHL and the Blues had the lowest point total of any playoff team, the Blackhawks became the second division champion to get swept in the first round of the playoffs after the Bruins. On the series-winning overtime goal in game four, Chicago goaltender Ed Belfour complained that St. Louis star Brett Hull had interfered with him on the play, but to no avail, as the goal stood as the game and series winner. Belfour famously went on a rampage after the game, smashing his stick against the net, and breaking a hot tub, coffee maker and a television in the visitors' locker room at the St. Louis Arena. Belfour and Hull later became teammates on the Dallas Stars Stanley Cup winning team in 1999.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =08:17 – Brian Noonan (1) |1-2-1 =Jeff Brown (1) – 03:12 Denny Felsner (1) – 12:49 |1-2-2 =05:40 – pp – Brian Noonan (2) 08:51 – Brian Noonan (3) |1-3-1 =Brendan Shanahan (1) – pp – 11:12 Brett Hull (1) – pp – 11:29 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Curtis Joseph 24 saves / 27 shots |goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 23 saves / 27 shots

(N2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the 23rd playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split the prior 22 playoff meetings. Detroit won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1988 Norris Division Semifinals.

In a revival of the heated Original Six rivalry, Nikolai Borschevsky's game seven overtime goal gave Toronto the series and made them the sixth club to eliminate a team with a better regular season record in the first round of the playoffs. This was also Toronto's first playoff series win over Detroit since the Maple Leafs beat the Red Wings in the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals. Until 2009, this was the last Clarence Campbell/Western Conference playoff series to be played entirely within the Eastern Time Zone.

|1-1-1 =John Cullen (1) – 10:44 |1-1-2 =04:48 – Steve Yzerman (1) |1-2-1 =Doug Gilmour (1) – pp – 19:59 |1-2-2 =05:04 – pp – Ray Sheppard (1) 06:42 – sh – Shawn Burr (1) 11:00 – pp – Steve Chiasson (1) 14:46 – Mark Howe (1) |1-3-1 =Sylvain Lefebvre (1) – 07:45 |1-3-2 =05:10 – Yves Racine (1) |goalie1-1 =Felix Potvin 27 saves / 33 shots |goalie1-2 =Tim Cheveldae 20 saves / 23 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =04:06 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (1) |2-2-1 =Dmitri Mironov (1) – pp – 19:10 |2-2-2 =00:43 – sh – Sergei Fedorov (1) 08:06 – pp – Steve Yzerman (2) 17:40 – Steve Yzerman (3) |2-3-1 =Doug Gilmour (2) – 04:32 |2-3-2 =05:51 – Paul Ysebaert (1) 18:33 – Dallas Drake (1) |goalie2-1 =Felix Potvin 24 saves / 30 shots |goalie2-2 =Tim Cheveldae 28 saves / 30 shots

|6-1-1 =11:58 – Peter Zezel (1) 18:58 – Dave Andreychuk (6) |6-1-2 =Dallas Drake (2) – pp – 08:37 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Dino Ciccarelli (2) – pp – 00:26 Paul Coffey (2) – 01:17 Paul Ysebaert (2) – sh – 08:36 Dino Ciccarelli (3) – pp – 14:26 Steve Yzerman (4) – sh – 19:49 |6-3-1 =09:47 – Sylvain Lefebvre (2) |6-3-2 =Dino Ciccarelli (4) – pp – 19:37 |goalie6-1 =Felix Potvin 21 saves / 27 shots Daren Puppa 6 saves / 7 shots |goalie6-2 =Tim Cheveldae 27 saves / 30 shots

(S1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S4) Winnipeg Jets

This was the second overall playoff series between these two teams and was a rematch of last year's Smythe Division Semifinals, which Vancouver won in seven games.

Vancouver managed to defeat the Jets in six games and eliminate them in the first round for a second consecutive year. Game six was not without controversy as Greg Adams scored the first goal for the Canucks, however video replay showed the goal was clearly scored with a high-stick, the goal was allowed to stand. Adams went on to score the game winner in overtime and once again the goal was surrounded with controversy as video replay showed Adams crashing into the net and goalie Bob Essensa. This sent the puck into the net with the back of Essensa's skate. The goal also counted and Jet fans in attendance began to throw debris onto the ice in frustration with the call.

|3-1-1 =03:52 – Keith Tkachuk (1) 07:01 – pp – Teemu Selanne (1) 19:57 – pp – Teemu Selanne (2) |3-1-2 =Pavel Bure (2) – 18:29 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Trevor Linden (2) – 00:14 Trevor Linden (3) – pp – 00:59 |3-3-1 =02:53 – sh – Luciano Borsato (1) 09:35 – Teemu Selanne (3) |3-3-2 =Pavel Bure (3) – 15:52 |goalie3-1 =Bob Essensa 33 saves / 37 shots |goalie3-2 =Kirk McLean 24 saves / 29 shots

(S2) Calgary Flames vs. (S3) Los Angeles Kings

This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. Los Angeles won three of the previous five meetings, including their most recent meeting in six games in the 1990 Smythe Division Semifinals.

The Kings upset the Flames in a high scoring six-game series. The winning team scored nine goals in three of the six games. Trailing two games to one and having lost two straight, Kings head coach Barry Melrose inserted backup goaltender Robb Stauber for the struggling Kelly Hrudey, who had allowed 17 goals against in 3 games. Stauber played brilliantly in the Kings 3–1 win in Game 4 as the series was tied at two wins apiece. The Kings offense was largely responsible for winning the series scoring nine goals in both Game 5 and 6.

|1-1-1 =Darryl Sydor (1) – 00:16 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Jimmy Carson (1) – pp – 03:13 Charlie Huddy (1) – 03:37 Marty McSorley (1) – 06:36 |1-2-2 =02:48 – sh – Gary Suter (1) |1-3-1 =Corey Millen (1) – 01:06 Jimmy Carson (2) – pp – 10:32 |1-3-2 =04:23 – Chris Dahlquist (1) 08:47 – Trent Yawney (1) |goalie1-1 =Kelly Hrudey 21 saves / 24 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Vernon 25 saves / 31 shots

|2-1-1 =Jimmy Carson (3) – 01:11 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =05:02 – Joel Otto (1) 08:02 – Trent Yawney (2) 10:52 – pp – Robert Reichel (1) 16:47 – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) 19:37 – sh – Joel Otto (2) |2-3-1 =Jimmy Carson (4) – 05:34 Warren Rychel (1) – 11:56 Jari Kurri (1) – pp – 15:22 |2-3-2 =07:23 – pp – Robert Reichel (2) 08:14 – Theoren Fleury (1) 19:15 – Gary Suter (2) |goalie2-1 =Kelly Hrudey 31 saves / 40 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Vernon 27 saves / 31 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Joel Otto (3) – 16:59 Theoren Fleury (2) – pp – 17:26 |3-2-1 =10:01 – Alexei Zhitnik (1) |3-2-2 =Greg Paslawski (2) – 04:29 |3-3-1 =02:49 – Mike Donnelly (1) |3-3-2 =Theo Fleury (3) – sh – 02:19 Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – en – 18:51 |goalie3-1 =Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 29 shots |goalie3-2 =Jeff Reese 22 saves / 24 shots

|5-1-1 =Tomas Sandstrom (1) – 02:52 Mike Donnelly (2) – 14:30 Pat Conacher (2) – 17:07 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Luc Robitaille (1) – 06:53 Luc Robitaille (2) – 10:59 |5-2-2 =11:51 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (3) 14:06 – Frantisek Musil (1) |5-3-1 =Warren Rychel (3) – 04:38 Wayne Gretzky (1) – 07:33 Tony Granato (1) – 16:54 Pat Conacher (3) – 19:10 |5-3-2 =00:47 – Chris Dahlquist (2) 15:53 – pp – Theoren Fleury (4) |goalie5-1 =Robb Stauber 40 saves / 44 shots |goalie5-2 =Jeff Reese 16 saves / 21 shots Mike Vernon 10 saves / 14 shots

|6-1-1 =06:07 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (2) 18:45 – Tomas Sandstrom (2) 19:46 – Dave Taylor (1) |6-1-2 =Greg Paslawski (3) – 02:23 Gary Roberts (1) – pp – 11:21 |6-2-1 =04:25 – Jari Kurri (2) 15:00 – sh – Rob Blake (1) 16:03 – Tony Granato (2) |6-2-2 =Theoren Fleury (5) – 06:57 Al MacInnis (1) – pp – 12:54 Joel Otto (4) – 19:41 |6-3-1 =05:04 – Tomas Sandstrom (3) 09:56 – Corey Millen (2) 15:52 – Jimmy Carson (5) |6-3-2 =Chris Dahlquist (3) – 08:46 |goalie6-1 =Robb Stauber 36 saves / 42 shots |goalie6-2 =Jeff Reese 10 saves / 18 shots Mike Vernon 4 saves / 5 shots

Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A3) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Buffalo Sabres

This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. Montreal won three of the first five playoff meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1991 Adams Division Semifinals in six games.

Montreal swept the series winning every game by a score of 4–3. A pivotal moment came in the second period of Game 3 when Sabres star Alexander Mogilny suffered a badly broken leg, ending what had been a tremendous campaign of 76 goals in 77 regular season games followed by seven goals in seven playoff games. As in their previous series, Montreal played three overtime games, this time winning all three of them.

This was the last time where a team who swept a playoff series in the first round was swept in the second round until the New York Islanders suffered the same fate in 2019.

|1-1-1 =Alexander Mogilny (7) – 03:43 |1-1-2 =02:43 – pp – Benoit Brunet (2) 16:29 – pp – Kirk Muller (4) |1-2-1 =Dale Hawerchuk (3) – pp – 09:12 Donald Audette (2) – 11:42 |1-2-2 =06:23 – Paul DiPietro (4) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =06:50 – Vincent Damphousse (4) |goalie1-1 =Grant Fuhr 18 saves / 22 shots |goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 32 saves / 35 shots

(P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P3) New York Islanders

This was the third playoff series between these two teams. New York won both previous playoff meetings, including their most recent in the 1982 Patrick Division Semifinals 3–2.

The Islanders upset the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. David Volek's overtime goal in game seven was the deciding goal as New York rallied from a 3–2 deficit to defeat the Penguins. Islanders defenceman Darius Kasparaitis played a large role in his team's win neutralizing Pittsburgh stars Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr with big hits. With their upset of Pittsburgh, the Islanders reached the Wales Conference Finals for the first time since 1984. The Islanders did not win a playoff series again until 2016.

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =15:44 – pp – Ray Ferraro (11) 19:43 – sh – Tom Fitzgerald (1) |4-2-2 =Jaromir Jagr (4) – 13:12 |4-3-1 =00:25 – sh – Tom Fitzgerald (2) 03:31 – Derek King (1) 09:11 – Vladimir Malakhov (3) 12:11 – Derek King (2) |4-3-2 =Troy Loney (1) – 02:32 Rick Tocchet (5) – 02:53 Kevin Stevens (3) – pp – 06:24 Ron Francis (5) – 10:50 |goalie4-1 =Glenn Healy 23 saves / 28 shots |goalie4-2 =Tom Barrasso 34 saves / 40 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =00:19 – Mario Lemieux (6) 00:54 – Rick Tocchet (6) 01:48 – pp – Larry Murphy (2) |5-2-1 =Jeff Norton (1) – pp – 00:31 Brian Mullen (2) – 17:23 |5-2-2 =00:45 – pp – Mario Lemieux (7) |5-3-1 =Travis Green (3) – 13:45 |5-3-2 =01:39 – sh – Joe Mullen (4) 05:30 – Jaromir Jagr (5) |goalie5-1 =Glenn Healy 11 saves / 16 shots Mark Fitzpatrick 1 save / 2 shots |goalie5-2 =Tom Barrasso 34 saves / 37 shots

|6-1-1 =00:25 – Brad Dalgarno (2) 07:19 – Derek King (3) |6-1-2 =Martin Straka (1) – 06:47 |6-2-1 =07:22 – pp – Ray Ferraro (12) 11:20 – pp – Steve Thomas (4) |6-2-2 =Mario Lemieux (8) – 01:16 Martin Straka (2) – 12:22 Kevin Stevens (4) – pp – 14:31 |6-3-1 =05:42 – Brian Mullen (3) 10:32 – Steve Thomas (5) 19:42 – en – Uwe Krupp (1) |6-3-2 =Kevin Stevens (5) – pp – 17:28 |goalie6-1 =Glenn Healy 31 saves / 36 shots |goalie6-2 =Tom Barrasso 22 saves / 28 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference

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

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won two of the previous three meetings. Their most recent meeting occurred in the 1990 Norris Division Semifinals, which St. Louis won in five games.

Toronto defeated St. Louis in seven games to advance to a league semifinal series for the first time since 1978, despite Blues' goaltender Curtis Joseph's best efforts. St. Louis was heavily outshot throughout the series including more than 60 shots in game one alone. Game 7 of the series was the first Game 7 to be played at Maple Leaf Gardens since game seven of the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals.

|3-1-1 =15:09 – Brett Hull (7) |3-1-2 =Dave Andreychuk (7) – 04:30 Dave Ellett (3) – pp – 14:33 |3-2-1 =04:42 – Brendan Shanahan (3) 14:47 – Brendan Shanahan (4) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =09:24 – Garth Butcher (1) |3-3-2 =Mike Krushelnyski (1) – 06:05 |goalie3-1 =Curtis Joseph 34 saves / 37 shots |goalie3-2 =Felix Potvin 29 saves / 33 shots

|7-1-1 =No scoring |7-1-2 =05:02 – pp – Dave Andreychuk (12) 10:02 – Wendel Clark (4) 15:12 – Mike Krushelnyski (2) 19:40 – Wendel Clark (5) |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =10:58 – Kent Manderville (1) 14:50 – Doug Gilmour (6) |7-3-1 =No scoring |7-3-2 =No scoring |goalie7-1 =Curtis Joseph 30 saves / 36 shots |goalie7-2 =Felix Potvin 25 saves / 25 shots

(S1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S3) Los Angeles Kings

This was the third playoff series between these two teams. Both teams split their first two playoff meetings. Their most recent meeting occurred in the 1991 Smythe Division Semifinals, which Los Angeles won in six games.

This was the first Smythe Division Final since 1982 not to have either the Calgary Flames or the Edmonton Oilers. The Vancouver Canucks, who easily won the regular season Smythe Division title, were strong favourites over the Kings. Vancouver's 5–2 win in Game 1 did nothing to change that. Kings head coach Barry Melrose re-inserted Kelly Hrudey as the Kings' starting goaltender in Game 2 and he responded with a strong effort as the Kings evened the series with a 6–3 win. After the teams split the two games in Los Angeles, they headed back to Vancouver for the crucial Game 5. Kings forward Gary Shuchuk scored on a rebound during a goal mouth scramble late in the second overtime and the Kings skated off the ice in front of a stunned Vancouver home crowd with a 3–2 series lead. Back in Los Angeles for Game 6, the Canucks did not recover as the Kings jumped out to a 5–2 lead and won the series despite a late Canuck goal.

This was the only time during this era (1982–1993) that a Canadian team did not advance to the Conference Final representing the Smythe Division.

|2-1-1 =Mark Hardy (1) – 00:19 Jari Kurri (3) – sh – 07:01 Warren Rychel (4) – 10:30 |2-1-2 =00:52 – pp – Greg Adams (6) 13:12 – pp – Dixon Ward (2) |2-2-1 =Tony Granato (3) – 02:01 Wayne Gretzky (4) – 17:39 |2-2-2 =11:45 – Pavel Bure (5) |2-3-1 =Pat Conacher (4) – 04:55 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Kelly Hrudey 26 saves / 29 shots |goalie2-2 =Kirk McLean 25 saves / 31 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =12:24 – pp – Darryl Sydor (2) 19:09 – Warren Rychel (5) |3-2-2 =Geoff Courtnall (3) – 15:54 Anatoli Semenov (1) – 17:56 |3-3-1 =04:41 – Luc Robitaille (3) 06:46 – Jari Kurri (4) 09:03 – Wayne Gretzky (5) 12:13 – Tomas Sandstrom (4) 19:59 – en – Wayne Gretzky (6) |3-3-2 =Dave Babych (2) – pp – 11:18 Sergio Momesso (3) – 18:56 |goalie3-1 =Kelly Hrudey 33 saves / 37 shots |goalie3-2 =Kirk McLean 26 saves / 32 shots

|4-1-1 =15:49 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (5) |4-1-2 =Dana Murzyn (3) – 11:09 |4-2-1 =00:27 – pp – Luc Robitaille (4) |4-2-2 =Petr Nedved (1) – 03:08 Murray Craven (3) – 10:06 Gerald Diduck (3) – 13:21 Geoff Courtnall (4) – 18:25 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Jim Sandlak (1) – 02:18 Greg Adams (7) – pp – 17:05 |goalie4-1 =Kelly Hrudey 28 saves / 35 shots |goalie4-2 =Kirk McLean 29 saves / 31 shots

|6-1-1 =07:22 – Rob Blake (2) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =15:48 – pp – Jari Kurri (6) 16:05 – pp – Tomas Sandstrom (6) 17:44 – Warren Rychel (6) |6-2-2 =Gerald Diduck (4) – 08:46 Jim Sandlak (2) – 11:38 |6-3-1 =08:54 – Wayne Gretzky (8) |6-3-2 =Trevor Linden (5) – 17:05 |goalie6-1 =Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 28 shots |goalie6-2 =Kirk McLean 45 saves / 50 shots

Conference finals

All four conference finalists finished third in their respective divisions during the season.

Prince of Wales Conference final

(A3) Montreal Canadiens vs. (P3) New York Islanders

This was the fourth playoff series between these two teams. Montreal won two of the previous three meetings. New York won the most recent meeting in the 1984 Wales Conference Finals in six games.

Montreal's win in Game 3 was their 11th straight, tying the single-playoff record set a year earlier by Pittsburgh and Chicago. Montreal added two more overtime victories during the series bringing their total to seven straight for the playoffs.

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =00:58 – Kirk Muller (8) 17:11 – Mike Keane (2) |5-2-1 =Steve Thomas (9) – 15:54 |5-2-2 =01:58 – Vincent Damphousse (10) 15:02 – J. J. Daigneault (1) 15:11 – Brian Bellows (5) |5-3-1 =Benoit Hogue (6) – 03:46 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Glenn Healy 28 saves / 33 shots |goalie5-2 =Patrick Roy 26 saves / 28 shots

Clarence Campbell Conference final

(N3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (S3) Los Angeles Kings

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Toronto won both previous meetings, including their most recent meeting in a two-game sweep in the 1978 Preliminary Round. This was the first conference final for both teams since the playoffs went to a conference format starting in 1982. Toronto last played a semifinal series in 1978; they were swept by Montreal. Los Angeles last played in such a series in 1969; they were swept by St. Louis. For the first time since 1982, this series did not have either the Calgary Flames or the Edmonton Oilers representing the Smythe Division, and it was the only one between then and 1994 not to feature a team from Western Canada.

During Game 1, Los Angeles defenceman Marty McSorley delivered a serious, open-ice hit on Toronto's Doug Gilmour. Leafs captain Wendel Clark took exception to the hit and went after McSorley for striking their star player. Toronto head coach Pat Burns tried scaling the bench to confront Los Angeles head coach Barry Melrose. After the game, McSorley claimed in the interviews he received dozens of threats on his hotel phone from angry fans. For their part, the Kings believed Gilmour had attempted to head-butt McSorley in retaliation, which would have made Gilmour subject to a game misconduct and a five-minute major penalty, had the butt been called. However, referee Don Koharski declined to do so.

The bad blood between the Kings and Gilmour traced back to the game of November 22, 1992, when Gilmour broke the left arm of Kings forward Tomas Sandstrom with a slash, drawing an eight-day suspension and sidelining Sandstrom for over a month. The fires of the feud were fanned by Hockey Night in Canada studio analyst Don Cherry, who heaped abuse on Melrose throughout the telecast, criticizing everything from his playing style to his haircut, and claimed Sandstrom had "deserved" to have his arm broken, for being a "ChickenSwede". Later, in a post-game interview, Cherry kissed Gilmour, further angering the Kings.

Toronto took a 3–2 series lead heading into Game 6 in Los Angeles, which would ultimately become one of the most controversial in NHL history. With the game tied at four in overtime, Wayne Gretzky high-sticked Gilmour in the face, cutting his chin open. As with the alleged head-butt in Game 1, high sticking penalties that resulted in a cut at that time resulted in a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct on the play. However, Gretzky was not penalized by referee Kerry Fraser and went on to score the winning goal moments later evening the series at three games each. The events of the game overshadowed Wendell Clark scoring a hat-trick, including the game-tying goal with 82 seconds left to force overtime.

In Game 7, Gretzky scored a hat-trick and added an assist to give the Kings another 5–4 win and the first Stanley Cup Finals berth in team history. Gretzky later called Game 7 of the 1993 Campbell Conference Finals the greatest game he had ever played. This was Los Angeles’ last conference championship until 2012.

To date, this remains the closest the Maple Leafs have come to winning a Stanley Cup (five wins away) since their last title in 1967. This was the last meeting between teams from Toronto and Los Angeles in the postseason until the 2025 World Series.

|6-1-1 =10:32 – Tony Granato (5) |6-1-2 =Glenn Anderson (6) – 00:57 |6-2-1 =08:00 – pp – Marty McSorley (2) 10:22 – pp – Darryl Sydor (3) 16:27 – pp – Luc Robitaille (6) |6-2-2 =Wendel Clark (6) – 03:57 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Wendel Clark (7) – 11:08 Wendel Clark (8) – 18:39 |6-4-1 =01:41 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (10) |6-4-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Kelly Hrudey 28 saves / 32 shots |goalie6-2 =Felix Potvin 30 saves / 35 shots

|7-1-1 =Wayne Gretzky (11) – sh – 09:48 Tomas Sandstrom (8) – 17:30 |7-1-2 =No scoring |7-2-1 =Wayne Gretzky (12) – 10:20 |7-2-2 =01:25 – pp – Wendel Clark (9) 07:36 – Glenn Anderson (7) |7-3-1 =Mike Donnelly (5) – 16:09 Wayne Gretzky (13) – 16:46 |7-3-2 =01:25 – Wendel Clark (10) 18:53 – Dave Ellett (4) |goalie7-1 =Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 29 shots |goalie7-2 =Felix Potvin 21 saves / 26 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1993 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first and to date only playoff series between these two teams. The Canadiens had not won a Stanley Cup since 1986. This was the thirty-fourth Finals appearance for Montreal, while Los Angeles made their first ever appearance in the Finals. This was Wayne Gretzky's only appearance in the Finals with the Kings, and the last of his career. Patrick Roy won the Conn Smythe Trophy for the playoffs' MVP. This was the last Finals appearance for Montreal until 2021. To date, this is the most recent time a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup.

Playoff statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	24	15	25	40	+6	4
Doug Gilmour	Toronto Maple Leafs	21	10	25	35	+16	30
Tomas Sandstrom	Los Angeles Kings	24	8	17	25	-2	12
Vincent Damphousse	Montreal Canadiens	20	11	12	23	+8	16
Luc Robitaille	Los Angeles Kings	24	9	13	22	-13	28
Ray Ferraro	New York Islanders	18	13	7	20	+5	18
Wendel Clark	Toronto Maple Leafs	21	10	10	20	+15	51
Dave Andreychuk	Toronto Maple Leafs	21	12	7	19	+6	35
Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	11	8	10	18	+2	10
Glenn Anderson	Toronto Maple Leafs	21	7	11	18	+7	31

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	20	16	4	647	46	2.13	.929	0	1293:01
St. Louis Blues	11	7	4	438	27	2.27	.938	2	714:35
Toronto Maple Leafs	21	11	10	636	62	2.84	.903	1	1307:53
Pittsburgh Penguins	12	7	5	370	35	2.91	.905	2	721:41
New York Islanders	18	9	8	524	59	3.19	.887	0	1109:06

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