1987 Stanley Cup playoffs

The 1987 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 8, after the conclusion of the 1986–87 NHL season. It concluded on May 31, with the Edmonton Oilers defeating the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup. In an attempt to reduce the number of first round upsets, the NHL expanded the Division Semifinals series from a best-of-five series to a best-of-seven series.[1]

1987 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 8–May 31, 1987
Teams16
Defending championsMontreal Canadiens
Final positions
ChampionsEdmonton Oilers
Runner-upPhiladelphia Flyers
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)
(34 points)
MVPRon Hextall (Flyers)
← 1986
1988 →
The Stanley Cup

The 1987 playoffs marked the second consecutive year that all four former WHA teams made the playoffs in the same year. It would not happen again until 1999 by which time 3 of those teams had moved, the Quebec Nordiques to Denver, the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix, and the Hartford Whalers to Raleigh. For the second time ever, the first time being 1978, all of the Original Six teams made the playoffs in the same season.

At the time the Philadelphia Flyers set an NHL playoff record by playing in 26 games during the playoffs. This record was equaled by four other teams (2004 Calgary Flames, 2014 Los Angeles Kings, 2015 Tampa Bay Lightning, and 2019 St. Louis Blues) before the 2020 Dallas Stars broke the record during the expanded 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Playoff seeds

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Adams Division
  1. Hartford Whalers, Adams Division champions – 93 points
  2. Montreal Canadiens – 92 points
  3. Boston Bruins – 85 points
  4. Quebec Nordiques – 72 points

Patrick Division
  1. Philadelphia Flyers, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 100 points
  2. Washington Capitals – 86 points
  3. New York Islanders – 82 points
  4. New York Rangers – 76 points

Norris Division
  1. St. Louis Blues, Norris Division champions – 79 points
  2. Detroit Red Wings – 78 points
  3. Chicago Blackhawks – 72 points
  4. Toronto Maple Leafs – 70 points

Smythe Division
  1. Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 106 points
  2. Calgary Flames – 95 points
  3. Winnipeg Jets – 88 points
  4. Los Angeles Kings – 70 points

Playoff bracket
Division semifinals Division finals Conference finals Stanley Cup Finals
            
A1 Hartford 2
A4 Quebec 4
A4 Quebec 3
A2 Montreal 4
A2 Montreal 4
A3 Boston 0
A2 Montreal 2
Prince of Wales Conference
P1 Philadelphia 4
P1 Philadelphia 4
P4 NY Rangers 2
P1 Philadelphia 4
P3 NY Islanders 3
P2 Washington 3
P3 NY Islanders 4
P1 Philadelphia 3
S1 Edmonton 4
N1 St. Louis 2
N4 Toronto 4
N4 Toronto 3
N2 Detroit 4
N2 Detroit 4
N3 Chicago 0
N2 Detroit 1
Clarence Campbell Conference
S1 Edmonton 4
S1 Edmonton 4
S4 Los Angeles 1
S1 Edmonton 4
S3 Winnipeg 0
S2 Calgary 2
S3 Winnipeg 4

Division Semifinals

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

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Harford won the only previous meeting in a three-game sweep in the last year's Adams Division Semifinals.

This was the last series that the Nordiques/Avalanche franchise won in Quebec City, the franchise did not win another playoff series until 1996 when they were the Colorado Avalanche.

April 8 Quebec Nordiques 2–3 OT Hartford Whalers Hartford Civic Center Recap  
Peter Šťastný (1) – 01:59 First period No scoring
Robert Picard (1) – 06:32 Second period 09:16 – pp – John Anderson (1)
No scoring Third period 08:48 – Dean Evason (1)
No scoring First overtime period 02:20 – Paul MacDermid (1)
Mario Gosselin 38 saves / 41 shots Goalie stats Mike Liut 23 saves / 25 shots
April 9 Quebec Nordiques 4–5 Hartford Whalers Hartford Civic Center Recap  
Randy Moller (1) – 03:35
Jeff Brown (1) – pp – 15:31		 First period 09:41 – Sylvain Turgeon (1)
No scoring Second period 10:26 – Stew Gavin (1)
11:55 – Scot Kleinendorst (1)
17:04 – Paul MacDermid (2)
John Ogrodnick (1) – 08:22
Lane Lambert (1) – 16:22		 Third period 06:58 – pp – Dana Murzyn (1)
Clint Malarchuk 24 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Mike Liut 20 saves / 24 shots
April 11 Hartford Whalers 1–5 Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 01:20 – sh – Peter Šťastný (2)
07:56 – Peter Šťastný (3)
15:02 – pp – Michel Goulet (1)
No scoring Second period 03:34 – Michel Goulet (2)
06:33 – pp – Peter Šťastný (4)
Ron Francis (1) – pp – 03:03 Third period No scoring
Steve Weeks 21 saves / 22 shots
Mike Liut 11 saves / 15 shots		 Goalie stats Mario Gosselin 29 saves / 30 shots
April 12 Hartford Whalers 1–4 Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
Dana Murzyn (2) – 10:25 First period 04:53 – Jeff Brown (2)
16:19 – pp – Michel Goulet (3)
No scoring Second period 04:19 – Michel Goulet (4)
No scoring Third period 09:44 – pp – Michel Goulet (5)
Mike Liut 33 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Mario Gosselin 28 saves / 29 shots
April 14 Quebec Nordiques 7–5 Hartford Whalers Hartford Civic Center Recap  
Robert Picard (2) – pp – 07:17
Jeff Brown (3) – pp – 15:10		 First period 09:46 – Ron Francis (2)
13:38 – pp – Mike McEwen (1)
18:48 – Ray Ferraro (1)
John Ogrodnick (2) – pp – 07:59 Second period No scoring
John Ogrodnick (3) – pp – 03:35
Michel Goulet (6) – pp – 04:08
John Ogrodnick (4) – 18:53
Mike Eagles (1) – 19:19		 Third period 07:32 – Dean Evason (2)
11:19 – Stew Gavin (2)
Mario Gosselin 38 saves / 43 shots Goalie stats Mike Liut 17 saves / 23 shots
April 16 Hartford Whalers 4–5 OT Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
Dean Evason (3) – 01:06
Dave Babych (1) – pp – 06:43
Kevin Dineen (1) – 13:32		 First period 03:22 – Lane Lambert (2)
Kevin Dineen (2) – pp – 06:24 Second period 13:47 – pp – Peter Šťastný (5)
14:17 – John Ogrodnick (5)
No scoring Third period 07:05 – pp – Jason Lafreniere (1)
No scoring First overtime period 06:08 – Peter Šťastný (6)
Mike Liut 29 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Mario Gosselin 31 saves / 35 shots
Quebec won series 4–2

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

This was the 22nd playoff series between these two teams. Montreal lead 19–2 in previous playoff series. This was the fourth straight year meeting in the Division Semifinals. Montreal won last year's Adams Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.

April 8 Boston Bruins 2–6 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Tom McCarthy (1) – pp – 08:19 First period 04:37 – pp – Larry Robinson (1)
04:56 – Guy Carbonneau (1)
05:48 – Stephane Richer (1)
19:12 – Mats Näslund (1)
Ken Linseman (1) – 02:25 Second period 18:27 – Kjell Dahlin (1)
19:16 – Chris Nilan (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Doug Keans 22 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 31 saves / 33 shots
April 9 Boston Bruins 3–4 OT Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 09:02 – Kjell Dahlin (2)
Cam Neely (1) – 13:26 Second period 10:23 – Claude Lemieux (1)
Cam Neely (2) – pp – 07:44
Cam Neely (3) – 11:46		 Third period 10:30 – Bobby Smith (1)
No scoring First overtime period 02:38 – Mats Näslund (2)
Bill Ranford 21 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 25 saves / 28 shots
April 11 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Mike McPhee (1) – 12:36
Bobby Smith (2) – pp – 14:36
Chris Chelios (1) – sh – 15:24		 First period 02:24 – sh – Rick Middleton (1)
Mike McPhee (2) – 07:34
Mike McPhee (3) – pp – 09:50		 Second period 07:17 – Ray Bourque (1)
14:59 – pp – Rick Middleton (2)
No scoring Third period 13:28 – pp – Cam Neely (4)
Patrick Roy 25 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Doug Keans 25 saves / 30 shots
April 12 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Chris Chelios (2) – pp – 18:21 First period 07:26 – Randy Burridge (1)
Bobby Smith (3) – 12:36
Mike McPhee (4) – 13:06		 Second period 04:17 – pp – Cam Neely (5)
Shayne Corson (1) – 02:53 Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 35 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Bill Ranford 26 saves / 30 shots
Montreal won series 4–0

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

This was the eighth playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won four of the previous seven meetings, including last year's Patrick Division Semifinals in a 3–2 series upset.

April 8 New York Rangers 3–0 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Pierre Larouche (1) – 02:57
Ron Duguay (1) – 03:24		 Second period No scoring
Pierre Larouche (2) – 17:13 Third period No scoring
John Vanbiesbrouck 26 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 24 saves / 27 shots
April 9 New York Rangers 3–8 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
No scoring First period 17:24 – Brad Marsh (1)
Marcel Dionne (1) – pp – 05:43
Don Maloney (1) – 18:51		 Second period 10:01 – Scott Mellanby (1)
19:56 – Rick Tocchet (1)
Don Maloney (2) – 16:26 Third period 05:19 – Tim Kerr (1)
06:22 – Dave Poulin (1)
13:40 – sh – Rick Tocchet (2)
17:30 – Derrick Smith (1)
17:50 – Peter Zezel (1)
John Vanbiesbrouck 29 saves / 34 shots
Bob Froese 8 saves / 11 shots		 Goalie stats Ron Hextall 24 saves / 27 shots
April 11 Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Peter Zezel (2) – sh – 05:28
Mark Howe (1) – 05:41
Rick Tocchet (3) – 11:34		 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ron Hextall 34 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats John Vanbiesbrouck 31 saves / 34 shots
April 12 Philadelphia Flyers 3–6 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 01:03 – Tomas Sandström (1)
04:08 – Jeff Jackson (1)
10:31 – pp – George McPhee (1)
Brian Propp (1) – pp – 05:54 Second period 18:31 – pp – Ron Duguay (2)
19:31 – pp – James Patrick (1)
Dave Poulin (2) – pp – 03:51
Murray Craven (1) – 07:20		 Third period 19:36 – Jan Erixon (1)
Ron Hextall 21 saves / 26 shots
Glenn Resch 7 saves / 7 shots		 Goalie stats Bob Froese 25 saves / 28 shots
April 14 New York Rangers 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Pierre Larouche (3) – 09:46 Second period 02:02 – Rick Tocchet (4)
14:13 – Tim Kerr (2)
No scoring Third period 19:34 – Rick Tocchet (5)
Bob Froese 37 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 21 saves / 22 shots
April 16 Philadelphia Flyers 5–0 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Derrick Smith (2) – 09:18
Doug Crossman (1) – 17:00		 First period No scoring
Brad Marsh (2) – 08:35
Tim Kerr (3) – pp – 13:14		 Second period No scoring
Lindsay Carson (1) – 05:21 Third period No scoring
Ron Hextall 34 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Bob Froese 15 saves / 17 shots
John Vanbiesbrouck 13 saves / 16 shots
Philadelphia won series 4–2

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

This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won three of the previous four series all in the past four years. Washington won last year's Patrick Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.

Game seven of this series went four overtimes, and is known as the Easter Epic. It was the only one this year to go beyond one OT period.

April 8 New York Islanders 3–4 Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 00:15 – Mike Gartner (1)
08:10 – Gaétan Duchesne (1)
12:00 – Kelly Miller (1)
Patrick Flatley (1) – 13:12 Second period No scoring
Mike Bossy (1) – pp – 10:47
Bryan Trottier (1) – 18:57		 Third period 08:30 – Mike Ridley (1)
Kelly Hrudey 28 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Pete Peeters 25 saves / 28 shots
April 9 New York Islanders 3–1 Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
Steve Konroyd (1) – 02:41 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Bryan Trottier (2) – pp – 17:20
Bryan Trottier (3) – 19:43		 Third period 13:46 – Mike Ridley (2)
Kelly Hrudey 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Pete Peeters 21 saves / 23 shots
April 11 Washington Capitals 2–0 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
Larry Murphy (1) – 14:08 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Gaétan Duchesne (2) – 19:32 Third period No scoring
Bob Mason 26 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Kelly Hrudey 30 saves / 31 shots
April 12 Washington Capitals 4–1 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
Larry Murphy (2) – 11:08
Dave Christian (1) – 18:26
Mike Gartner (2) – 19:47		 First period 10:25 – pp – Brad Lauer (1)
Mike Gartner (3) – 15:57 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Bob Mason 25 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Kelly Hrudey 33 saves / 37 shots
April 14 New York Islanders 4–2 Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
Brad Lauer (2) – 05:06
Pat LaFontaine (1) – 05:26		 First period No scoring
Greg Gilbert (1) – 14:13 Second period 05:25 – pp – Greg Adams (1)
10:58 – Kevin Hatcher (1)
Patrick Flatley (2) – 17:49 Third period No scoring
Kelly Hrudey 40 saves / 42 shots Goalie stats Pete Peeters 20 saves / 24 shots
April 16 Washington Capitals 4–5 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 15:34 – Bryan Trottier (4)
18:51 – Duane Sutter (1)
Michal Pivonka (1) – 04:26
Gaétan Duchesne (3) – 06:58
Ed Kastelic (1) – pp – 09:31		 Second period 11:31 – pp – Pat LaFontaine (2)
14:27 – Mikko Makela (1)
16:27 – Pat LaFontaine (3)
Kelly Miller (2) – 06:19 Third period No scoring
Bob Mason 29 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Kelly Hrudey 23 saves / 27 shots
April 18 New York Islanders 3–2 4OT Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 19:12 – Mike Gartner (4)
Patrick Flatley (3) – 11:35 Second period 18:45 – Grant Martin (1)
Bryan Trottier (5) – 14:37 Third period No scoring
Pat LaFontaine (4) – 08:47 Fourth overtime period No scoring
Kelly Hrudey 73 saves / 75 shots Goalie stats Bob Mason 54 saves / 57 shots
New York won series 4–3

(N1) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Norris Division Finals, in which St. Louis won in seven games.

April 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–3 St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 14:28 – pp – Rob Ramage (1)
Rick Vaive (1) – 15:15 Second period 00:41 – Doug Gilmour (1)
02:43 – pp – Gino Cavallini (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ken Wregget 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Greg Millen 28 saves / 29 shots
April 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 OT St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
Todd Gill (1) – 03:17 First period 13:00 – pp – Rob Ramage (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Wendel Clark (1) – 14:16 Third period 14:57 – Greg Paslawski (1)
Rick Lanz (1) – 10:17 First overtime period No scoring
Ken Wregget 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Greg Millen 30 saves / 33 shots
April 11 St. Louis Blues 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
Bernie Federko (1) – pp – 12:51
Gino Cavallini (2) – 19:14		 First period 00:31 – Dan Daoust (1)
09:21 – Russ Courtnall (1)
No scoring Second period 07:20 – pp – Wendel Clark (2)
Doug Gilmour (2) – pp – 05:04
Gino Cavallini (3) – 14:09
Bernie Federko (2) – 19:59		 Third period No scoring
Rick Wamsley 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Ken Wregget 28 saves / 32 shots
April 12 St. Louis Blues 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
Bruce Bell (1) – 13:04 First period 08:47 – pp – Rick Vaive (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:43 – Dan Daoust (2)
Rick Wamsley 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Ken Wregget 27 saves / 28 shots
April 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 02:31 – Bernie Federko (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Mark Osborne (1) – 00:13
Mike Allison (1) – 11:24		 Third period No scoring
Ken Wregget 33 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Greg Millen 33 saves / 35 shots
April 16 St. Louis Blues 0–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 02:55 – Brad Smith (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 04:07 – Bill Root (1)
06:12 – Russ Courtnall (2)
17:51 – Peter Ihnacak (1)
Greg Millen 21 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Ken Wregget 19 saves / 19 shots
Toronto won series 4–2

(N2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N3) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the 11th playoff series between these two teams. Chicago lead 6–4 in previous playoff meetings. Chicago won the most recent meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1985 Norris Division Semifinals.

April 8 Chicago Blackhawks 1–3 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 03:09 – Petr Klíma (1)
14:54 – pp – Darren Veitch (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Bob Murray (1) – 10:09 Third period 12:18 – Shawn Burr (1)
Bob Sauve 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Greg Stefan 19 saves / 20 shots
April 9 Chicago Blackhawks 1–5 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 00:37 – Gerard Gallant (1)
08:35 – pp – Joey Kocur (1)
Marc Bergevin (1) – 13:33 Second period 05:07 – pp – Steve Yzerman (1)
14:09 – Shawn Burr (2)
No scoring Third period 06:46 – Adam Oates (1)
Bob Sauve 34 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Greg Stefan 14 saves / 15 shots
April 11 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 OT Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Steve Yzerman (2) – 05:28
Mel Bridgman (1) – sh – 06:28
Mel Bridgman (2) – 19:17		 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:23 – Denis Savard (1)
No scoring Third period 00:21 – Curt Fraser (1)
13:23 – Eddie Olczyk (1)
Shawn Burr (3) – 04:51 First overtime period No scoring
Glen Hanlon 36 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Bob Sauve 31 saves / 35 shots
April 12 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Brent Ashton (1) – pp – 13:37 First period No scoring
Mel Bridgman (3) – 00:35
Dave Barr (1) – 10:07		 Second period 09:26 – Wayne Presley (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Greg Stefan 46 saves / 47 shots Goalie stats Bob Sauve 30 saves / 33 shots
Detroit won series 4–0

(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings. Edmonton won in a three-game sweep in their most recent meeting in the 1985 Smythe Division Semifinals.

April 8 Los Angeles Kings 5–2 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 15:28
Jay Wells (1) – pp – 15:56		 First period 01:04 – Randy Gregg (1)
18:26 – pp – Glenn Anderson (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Dave Williams (1) – 05:04
Bobby Carpenter (1) – 13:36
Bob Bourne (1) – 19:40		 Third period No scoring
Roland Melanson 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 33 shots
April 9 Los Angeles Kings 3–13 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Bernie Nicholls (1) – 10:29 First period 02:51 – pp – Jari Kurri (1)
05:17 – Glenn Anderson (2)
06:26 – Jari Kurri (2)
10:49 – Randy Gregg (2)
14:09 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (1)
17:03 – Mark Messier (1)
Bernie Nicholls (2) – pp – 04:29
Jim Fox (1) – pp – 18:28		 Second period 03:50 – sh – Mark Messier (2)
06:15 – Kent Nilsson (1)
14:05 – pp – Kent Nilsson (2)
No scoring Third period 01:56 – Wayne Gretzky (1)
07:30 – pp – Jari Kurri (3)
07:50 – Moe Lemay (1)
17:41 – pp – Jari Kurri (4)
Darren Eliot 22 saves / 29 shots
Roland Melanson 10 saves / 16 shots		 Goalie stats Andy Moog 11 saves / 14 shots
April 11 Edmonton Oilers 6–5 Los Angeles Kings The Forum Recap  
Esa Tikkanen (2) – 05:12
Mike Krushelnyski (1) – 07:28		 First period 03:13 – Bryan Erickson (1)
13:15 – Dave Williams (2)
Mark Messier (3) – 08:50
Jari Kurri (5) – 13:28		 Second period No scoring
Mark Messier (4) – 05:30
Jari Kurri (6) – 09:10		 Third period 02:55 – Dave Williams (3)
12:19 – Jim Fox (2)
19:53 – Luc Robitaille (1)
Andy Moog 18 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Roland Melanson 29 saves / 35 shots
April 12 Edmonton Oilers 6–3 Los Angeles Kings The Forum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Kent Nilsson (3) – 11:22
Jari Kurri (7) – 19:00		 Second period 06:38 – Bob Bourne (2)
19:21 – Jimmy Carson (1)
Steve Smith (1) – 04:43
Esa Tikkanen (3) – 07:49
Esa Tikkanen (4) – 16:08
Wayne Gretzky (2) – 19:34		 Third period 08:15 – Steve Duchesne (1)
Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Roland Melanson 31 saves / 36 shots
April 14 Los Angeles Kings 4–5 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Jim Fox (3) – 04:06 First period 01:22 – Esa Tikkanen (5)
Dave Taylor (2) – 12:08
Steve Duchesne (2) – pp – 16:08		 Second period 06:45 – pp – Mark Messier (5)
10:53 – pp – Glenn Anderson (3)
Mark Hardy (1) – 15:47 Third period 07:53 – Esa Tikkanen (6)
10:47 – Glenn Anderson (4)
Roland Melanson 30 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 30 shots
Edmonton won series 4–1

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

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings over the prior two years. Calgary won last year's Smythe Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.

This was the last series that the Jets/Coyotes franchise won in Winnipeg; the franchise did not win another playoff series until the 2012 Western Conference Quarterfinal while based in Arizona. This was also the last time a Winnipeg-based NHL team won a playoff series until 2018.

April 8 Winnipeg Jets 4–2 Calgary Flames Olympic Saddledome Recap  
Thomas Steen (1) – 05:03 First period 13:02 – pp – Mike Bullard (1)
19:26 – pp – Al MacInnis (1)
Dale Hawerchuk (1) – 07:51
Mario Marois (1) – 08:52		 Second period No scoring
Dale Hawerchuk (2) – pp – 02:20 Third period No scoring
Daniel Berthiaume 18 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Rejean Lemelin 26 saves / 30 shots
April 9 Winnipeg Jets 3–2 Calgary Flames Olympic Saddledome Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Paul MacLean (1) – 07:08
Paul MacLean (2) – 15:24
Thomas Steen (2) – sh – 19:59		 Second period 02:35 – pp – Mike Bullard (2)
17:59 – pp – Mike Bullard (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Daniel Berthiaume 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Mike Vernon 22 saves / 25 shots
April 11 Calgary Flames 3–2 OT Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Arena Recap  
Steve Bozek (1) – 14:27
Joe Mullen (1) – pp – 19:29		 First period 04:46 – Randy Carlyle (1)
13:19 – pp – Paul MacLean (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mike Bullard (4) – 03:53 First overtime period No scoring
Mike Vernon 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Daniel Berthiaume 31 saves / 34 shots
April 12 Calgary Flames 3–4 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Arena Recap  
Håkan Loob (1) – sh – 17:35 First period No scoring
Brett Hull (1) – 05:03 Second period 10:15 – pp – Brian Mullen (1)
15:34 – Doug Smail (1)
Joe Nieuwendyk (1) – 17:16 Third period 01:09 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (3)
14:33 – Gilles Hamel (1)
Mike Vernon 40 saves / 44 shots Goalie stats Daniel Berthiaume 22 saves / 25 shots
April 14 Winnipeg Jets 3–4 Calgary Flames Olympic Saddledome Recap  
Fredrik Olausson (1) – pp – 05:54 First period 02:00 – Carey Wilson (1)
15:13 – Brett Hull (2)
Paul MacLean (4) – pp – 06:47
Dale Hawerchuk (4) – 10:48		 Second period 05:22 – Joe Nieuwendyk (2)
No scoring Third period 04:28 – Joe Mullen (2)
Daniel Berthiaume 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Mike Vernon 25 saves / 28 shots
April 16 Calgary Flames 1–6 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 02:37 – Ron Wilson (1)
13:17 – Gilles Hamel (2)
14:12 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (5)
19:04 – Doug Smail (2)
Jim Peplinski (1) – 12:57 Second period 19:02 – pp – Brian Mullen (2)
No scoring Third period 16:18 – Doug Smail (3)
Rejean Lemelin 15 saves / 17 shots
Mike Vernon 7 saves / 11 shots		 Goalie stats Daniel Berthiaume 34 saves / 35 shots
Winnipeg won series 4–2

Division Finals

(A2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Quebec won two of the previous three meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1985 Adams Division Finals in seven games.

April 20 Quebec Nordiques 7–5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Michel Goulet (7) – 09:38 First period 04:27 – Bobby Smith (4)
16:17 – Stephane Richer (2)
Anton Šťastný (1) – 01:31
Basil McRae (1) – 11:45
Anton Šťastný (2) – 17:16		 Second period 12:40 – pp – Claude Lemieux (2)
13:18 – Craig Ludwig (1)
Dale Hunter (1) – pp – 02:04
John Ogrodnick (6) – 05:22
Paul Gillis (1) – 07:21		 Third period 16:07 – John Kordic (1)
Mario Gosselin 27 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 19 saves / 26 shots
Brian Hayward 2 saves / 2 shots
April 22 Quebec Nordiques 2–1 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Michel Goulet (8) – 02:47
Basil McRae (2) – 03:04		 Third period 05:21 – pp – Ryan Walter (1)
Mario Gosselin 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Brian Hayward 24 saves / 26 shots
April 24 Montreal Canadiens 7–2 Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
Sergio Momesso (1) – 00:14
Bob Gainey (1) – 06:18		 First period No scoring
Mats Näslund (3) – pp – 13:10
Mike Lalor (1) – 17:00		 Second period 00:37 – pp – Risto Siltanen (1)
15:49 – Normand Rochefort (1)
Ryan Walter (2) – 09:52
Mike Lalor (2) – 16:51
Shayne Corson (2) – 19:43		 Third period No scoring
Brian Hayward 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Mario Gosselin 22 saves / 29 shots
April 26 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 OT Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
Mats Näslund (4) – pp – 00:18
Mike McPhee (5) – 02:47		 First period 19:20 – John Ogrodnick (7)
No scoring Second period 05:30 – Anton Šťastný (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mats Näslund (5) – 05:30 First overtime period No scoring
Brian Hayward 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Mario Gosselin 24 saves / 27 shots
April 28 Quebec Nordiques 2–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 09:22 – sh – Shayne Corson (3)
Alain Côté (1) – 01:52 Second period 09:33 – pp – Ryan Walter (3)
Paul Gillis (2) – 00:38 Third period 17:21 – Ryan Walter (4)
Clint Malarchuk 19 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Brian Hayward 22 saves / 24 shots
April 30 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
Shayne Corson (4) – 09:40 First period No scoring
Chris Nilan (2) – 03:34 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:22 – Michel Goulet (9)
13:37 – John Ogrodnick (8)
15:23 – Normand Rochefort (2)
Brian Hayward 24 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Mario Gosselin 16 saves / 18 shots
May 2 Quebec Nordiques 3–5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
John Ogrodnick (9) – pp – 08:22 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:03 – sh – Ryan Walter (5)
05:38 – Ryan Walter (6)
16:17 – Bobby Smith (5)
19:29 – Shayne Corson (5)
19:46 – Mike McPhee (6)
Basil McRae (3) – 06:06
Alain Côté (2) – 19:08		 Third period No scoring
Mario Gosselin 9 saves / 14 shots
Clint Malarchuk 5 saves / 5 shots		 Goalie stats Brian Hayward 28 saves / 31 shots
Montreal won series 4–3

(P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (P3) New York Islanders

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won two of the previous three series, including their most recent in the 1985 Patrick Division Finals in five games.

April 20 New York Islanders 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
No scoring First period 02:55 – Tim Kerr (4)
07:15 – pp – Tim Kerr (5)
14:21 – Don Nachbaur (1)
Tomas Jonsson (1) – pp – 07:03 Second period 03:11 – pp – Tim Kerr (6)
Greg Gilbert (2) – 19:48 Third period No scoring
Billy Smith 7 saves / 8 shots
Kelly Hrudey 12 saves / 15 shots		 Goalie stats Ron Hextall 26 saves / 28 shots
April 22 New York Islanders 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Denis Potvin (1) – pp – 07:57
Mikko Makela (2) – pp – 19:57		 Third period 05:53 – pp – Doug Crossman (2)
Kelly Hrudey 40 saves / 41 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 24 saves / 26 shots
April 24 Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
Al Hill (1) – 11:41 First period No scoring
Brian Propp (2) – 10:21
Mark Howe (2) – 16:13		 Second period 16:24 – Pat LaFontaine (5)
Pelle Eklund (1) – 19:40 Third period No scoring
Ron Hextall 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Kelly Hrudey 30 saves / 33 shots
April 26 Philadelphia Flyers 6–4 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
Brian Propp (3) – pp – 08:00
Al Hill (2) – 18:35		 First period 05:00 – Alan Kerr (1)
10:29 – Ken Morrow (1)
Tim Kerr (7) – pp – 06:06
Tim Tookey (1) – 07:14
Tim Kerr (8) – pp – 12:46		 Second period 02:50 – pp – Bryan Trottier (6)
Rick Tocchet (6) – 19:13 Third period 07:39 – pp – Brent Sutter (1)
Ron Hextall 23 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Kelly Hrudey 10 saves / 15 shots
Billy Smith 13 saves / 13 shots
April 28 New York Islanders 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Richard Kromm (1) – 14:18 Second period 05:56 – Lindsay Carson (2)
Randy Wood (1) – 03:27 Third period No scoring
Kelly Hrudey 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 25 saves / 27 shots
April 30 Philadelphia Flyers 2–4 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 03:22 – pp – Mike Bossy (2)
16:12 – Bryan Trottier (7)
Brad McCrimmon (1) – 00:53 Second period No scoring
Brian Propp (4) – pp – 02:48 Third period 02:09 – pp – Bryan Trottier (8)
10:34 – Bob Bassen (1)
Ron Hextall 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 27 shots
May 2 New York Islanders 1–5 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
No scoring First period 06:21 – Dave Brown (1)
09:57 – sh – Brian Propp (5)
10:41 – sh – Brad Marsh (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Denis Potvin (2) – 19:07 Third period 06:19 – Ilkka Sinisalo (1)
16:52 – Ilkka Sinisalo (2)
Kelly Hrudey 29 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 22 saves / 23 shots
Philadelphia won series 4–3

(N2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N4) Toronto Maple Leafs

This was the 21st playoff series between these two teams. Toronto led 11–9 in previous playoff series. They last met in the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals, in which Toronto won in seven games.

April 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Dan Daoust (3) – 12:29 First period 17:44 – Mel Bridgman (4)
18:15 – Mike O'Connell (1)
Rick Vaive (3) – 01:25
Wendel Clark (3) – 05:02
Todd Gill (2) – 07:55		 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ken Wregget 32 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Glen Hanlon 12 saves / 12 shots
Greg Stefan 13 saves / 17 shots
April 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Steve Thomas (1) – pp – 05:30
Rick Vaive (4) – 11:02
Dan Daoust (4) – 11:28		 First period No scoring
Russ Courtnall (3) – pp – 08:59 Second period 00:17 – pp – Darren Veitch (2)
Peter Ihnacak (2) – 02:02
Steve Thomas (2) – 09:20
Al Iafrate (1) – pp – 14:10		 Third period 17:40 – pp – Brent Ashton (2)
Ken Wregget 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Greg Stefan 14 saves / 21 shots
April 25 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
Gerard Gallant (2) – 07:49
Shawn Burr (4) – 12:28		 First period 06:58 – pp – Mike Allison (2)
13:06 – Dan Daoust (5)
Shawn Burr (5) – 00:49 Second period No scoring
Gerard Gallant (3) – 07:58 Third period No scoring
Glen Hanlon 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Allan Bester 16 saves / 17 shots
Ken Wregget 10 saves / 13 shots
April 27 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Mel Bridgman (5) – 02:32 Second period 16:27 – Wendel Clark (4)
Gerard Gallant (4) – pp – 00:53 Third period 13:47 – pp – Wendel Clark (5)
No scoring First overtime period 09:31 – Mike Allison (3)
Glen Hanlon 47 saves / 50 shots Goalie stats Ken Wregget 30 saves / 32 shots
April 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–3 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:03 – Lee Norwood (1)
No scoring Second period 03:25 – Adam Oates (2)
No scoring Third period 08:06 – Brent Ashton (3)
Ken Wregget 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Glen Hanlon 30 saves / 30 shots
May 1 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
Gerard Gallant (5) – 08:35 First period 12:59 – pp – Wendel Clark (6)
Adam Oates (3) – 10:50 Second period 08:55 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (1)
Bob Probert (1) – 10:29
Shawn Burr (6) – 19:49		 Third period No scoring
Glen Hanlon 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Ken Wregget 18 saves / 21 shots
May 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–3 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 02:51 – Adam Oates (4)
No scoring Second period 03:57 – Steve Yzerman (3)
05:08 – Darren Veitch (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ken Wregget 30 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Glen Hanlon 30 saves / 30 shots
Detroit won series 4–3

(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S3) Winnipeg Jets

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won all three previous meetings, including their most recent in the 1985 Smythe Division Finals in a four-game sweep.

April 21 Winnipeg Jets 2–3 OT Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Laurie Boschman (1) – 01:20 First period 17:13 – Glenn Anderson (5)
Brian Mullen (3) – 02:32 Second period 11:27 – Dave Hunter (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Glenn Anderson (6) – 00:36
Daniel Berthiaume 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 14 saves / 16 shots
April 23 Winnipeg Jets 3–5 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Thomas Steen (3) – 06:35 First period 16:18 – Charlie Huddy (1)
18:30 – Dave Hunter (2)
Ray Neufeld (1) – 19:04 Second period 06:09 – pp – Reijo Ruotsalainen (1)
15:23 – Moe Lemay (2)
Laurie Boschman (2) – pp – 16:16 Third period 08:09 – pp – Glenn Anderson (7)
Eldon Reddick 30 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 30 shots
April 25 Edmonton Oilers 5–2 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Arena Recap  
Esa Tikkanen (7) – 02:55 First period No scoring
Jari Kurri (8) – 17:18 Second period 03:53 – sh – Doug Smail (4)
Jari Kurri (9) – 06:22
Mark Messier (6) – 07:57
Glenn Anderson (8) – 19:23		 Third period 13:03 – Paul MacLean (5)
Grant Fuhr 35 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Eldon Reddick 20 saves / 24 shots
April 27 Edmonton Oilers 4–2 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Arena Recap  
Marty McSorley (1) – 05:27
Wayne Gretzky (3) – pp – 12:58
Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) – 13:46		 First period No scoring
Glenn Anderson (9) – 12:58 Second period 08:20 – Fredrik Olausson (2)
19:48 – Brian Mullen (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Eldon Reddick 13 saves / 14 shots
Daniel Berthiaume 5 saves / 8 shots
Edmonton won series 4–0

Conference Finals
See also: NHL Conference Finals

(P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (A2) Montreal Canadiens

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal won both previous meetings, including their last meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1976 Stanley Cup Finals.

May 4 Montreal Canadiens 3–4 OT Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
Shayne Corson (6) – pp – 19:26 First period 17:51 – pp – Brian Propp (6)
Ryan Walter (7) – 18:25 Second period No scoring
Bobby Smith (6) – 07:15 Third period 05:49 – Ilkka Sinisalo (3)
16:04 – Derrick Smith (3)
No scoring First overtime period 09:11 – Illka Sinisalo (4)
Brian Hayward 33 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 33 saves / 36 shots
May 6 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
Bobby Smith (7) – 11:38 First period No scoring
Brian Skrudland (1) – 01:43
John Kordic (2) – 11:23
Claude Lemieux (3) – pp – 15:38		 Second period No scoring
Guy Carbonneau (2) – 14:06 Third period 05:29 – Derrick Smith (4)
10:46 – pp – Doug Crossman (3)
Brian Hayward 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 19 saves / 23 shots
Glenn Resch 3 saves / 4 shots
May 8 Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 04:23 – Chris Nilan (3)
05:13 – pp – Chris Chelios (3)
Pelle Eklund (2) – 04:29
Pelle Eklund (3) – pp – 13:21		 Second period No scoring
Rick Tocchet (7) – 08:29
Brian Propp (7) – 16:51		 Third period 12:35 – pp – Mats Näslund (6)
Ron Hextall 36 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Brian Hayward 14 saves / 18 shots
May 10 Philadelphia Flyers 6–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Ron Sutter (1) – 12:14 First period No scoring
Brian Propp (8) – 01:18
Pelle Eklund (4) – 15:40		 Second period 05:45 – pp – Mats Näslund (7)
13:39 – Stephane Richer (3)
Scott Mellanby (2) – 00:14
Pelle Eklund (5) – 01:28
Pelle Eklund (6) – 13:01		 Third period 17:13 – Chris Chelios (4)
Ron Hextall 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 16 saves / 20 shots
Brian Hayward 5 saves / 7 shots
May 12 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
Bobby Smith (8) – 02:28
Larry Robinson (2) – pp – 14:48		 First period 12:37 – Derrick Smith (5)
Craig Ludwig (2) – 13:29
Guy Carbonneau (3) – 13:48		 Second period 14:36 – Scott Mellanby (3)
Claude Lemieux (4) – 19:26 Third period No scoring
Brian Hayward 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 25 saves / 30 shots
May 14 Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Dave Poulin (3) – sh – 14:34 First period 00:59 – Mike McPhee (7)
19:56 – Larry Robinson (3)
Ilkka Sinisalo (5) – 07:49
Scott Mellanby (4) – 09:40		 Second period 07:00 – pp – Bobby Smith (9)
Rick Tocchet (8) – 07:11 Third period No scoring
Ron Hextall 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Brian Hayward 27 saves / 31 shots
Philadelphia won series 4–2

(S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N2) Detroit Red Wings

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.

May 5 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Steve Yzerman (4) – 10:12
Joey Kocur (2) – 12:32		 First period 10:36 – pp – Kent Nilsson (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Gerard Gallant (6) – 13:57 Third period No scoring
Greg Stefan 31 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 21 saves / 24 shots
May 7 Detroit Red Wings 1–4 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 00:52 – Mark Messier (7)
17:28 – sh – Jari Kurri (10)
Bob Probert (2) – pp – 15:27 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:38 – Mark Messier (8)
19:31 – Jaroslav Pouzar (1)
Greg Stefan 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 17 saves / 18 shots
May 9 Edmonton Oilers 2–1 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Craig MacTavish (1) – 05:41 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 17:24 – Bob Probert (3)
Marty McSorley (2) – 19:24 Third period No scoring
Grant Fuhr 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Greg Stefan 26 saves / 28 shots
May 11 Edmonton Oilers 3–2 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Dave Hunter (3) – 17:30 First period No scoring
Glenn Anderson (10) – 15:34
Mike Krushelnyski (2) – 18:46		 Second period 00:22 – Shawn Burr (7)
12:32 – Gerard Gallant (7)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Glen Hanlon 17 saves / 20 shots
May 13 Detroit Red Wings 3–6 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Gerard Gallant (8) – pp – 04:37
Brent Ashton (4) – 09:04		 First period 06:40 – pp – Paul Coffey (1)
Steve Yzerman (5) – 02:14 Second period 04:38 – Kevin McClelland (1)
18:23 – Mark Messier (9)
No scoring Third period 04:48 – Mark Messier (10)
19:11 – Kent Nilsson (5)
19:41 – Kent Nilsson (6)
Greg Stefan 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 16 saves / 19 shots
Edmonton won series 4–1

Stanley Cup Finals
Main article: 1987 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the third playoff series between these two teams, and their second Finals meeting. Both teams split their previous two meetings. Edmonton won the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals in five games. This time, Edmonton was the regular season champion with 50 wins and 106 points, and Philadelphia was second with 46 wins and 100 points.

Unlike the 1985 final, this series would go the distance; and for the first time since 1971, the Stanley Cup Finals went the full seven games. Edmonton took the first two games at home, then split in Philadelphia. However, the Flyers won the next two games, one in Edmonton and one back in Philadelphia by one goal after overcoming two-goal deficits in both games facing elimination, to force a deciding seventh game. Edmonton won game seven to earn its third Stanley Cup in four seasons.

May 17 Philadelphia Flyers 2–4 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 15:06 – Wayne Gretzky (4)
Brian Propp (9) – 16:08 Second period No scoring
Rick Tocchet (9) – 10:18 Third period 00:48 – Glenn Anderson (11)
07:09 – Paul Coffey (2)
09:11 – Jari Kurri (11)
Ron Hextall 22 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 31 shots
May 20 Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 OT Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Derrick Smith (6) – 13:20
Brian Propp (10) – 16:23		 Second period 00:45 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (5)
No scoring Third period 11:40 – Glenn Anderson (12)
No scoring First overtime period 06:50 – Jari Kurri (12)
Ron Hextall 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 32 saves / 34 shots
May 22 Edmonton Oilers 3–5 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
Mark Messier (11) – sh – 04:14
Paul Coffey (3) – 19:51		 First period No scoring
Glenn Anderson (13) – pp – 01:49 Second period 09:04 – pp – Murray Craven (2)
15:20 – pp – Peter Zezel (3)
No scoring Third period 04:37 – Scott Mellanby (5)
04:54 – Brad McCrimmon (2)
19:26 – Brian Propp (11)
Grant Fuhr 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 25 saves / 28 shots
May 24 Edmonton Oilers 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
Jari Kurri (13) – 05:53
Kevin Lowe (1) – sh – 18:44		 First period No scoring
Randy Gregg (3) – pp – 12:31 Second period 08:17 – pp – Brad McCrimmon (3)
Mike Krushelnyski (3) – 04:17 Third period No scoring
Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 25 saves / 29 shots
May 26 Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Rick Tocchet (10) – 19:10 First period 02:58 – pp – Jari Kurri (14)
06:35 – Marty McSorley (3)
Doug Crossman (4) – 08:08
Pelle Eklund (7) – pp – 12:40		 Second period 01:32 – Marty McSorley (4)
Rick Tocchet (11) – 05:26 Third period No scoring
Ron Hextall 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 31 saves / 35 shots
May 28 Edmonton Oilers 2–3 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
Kevin Lowe (2) – sh – 05:02
Kevin McClelland (2) – 15:16		 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 07:12 – Lindsay Carson (3)
No scoring Third period 13:04 – pp – Brian Propp (12)
14:28 – Jean-Jacques Daigneault (1)
Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Ron Hextall 30 saves / 32 shots
May 31 Philadelphia Flyers 1–3 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Murray Craven (3) – pp – 01:41 First period 07:45 – Mark Messier (12)
No scoring Second period 14:59 – Jari Kurri (15)
No scoring Third period 17:36 – Glenn Anderson (14)
Ron Hextall 40 saves / 43 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 19 saves / 20 shots
Edmonton won series 4–3

Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Wayne GretzkyEdmonton Oilers2152934+106
Mark MessierEdmonton Oilers21121628+1316
Brian ProppPhiladelphia Flyers26121628+1110
Glenn AndersonEdmonton Oilers21141327+1359
Pelle EklundPhiladelphia Flyers2672027+112
Jari KurriEdmonton Oilers21151025+1120
Mats NäslundMontreal Canadiens1771522-111
Rick TocchetPhiladelphia Flyers26111021+772
Larry RobinsonMontreal Canadiens1731720+46
Ryan WalterMontreal Canadiens1771219+410

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.[3]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Glen HanlonDetroit Red Wings852227131.68.9432 463:46
Ken WreggetToronto Maple Leafs1376366292.29.9211 758:17
Grant FuhrEdmonton Oilers19145509472.47.9080 1142:43
Kelly HrudeyNew York Islanders1477462382.72.9180 838:59
Brian HaywardMontreal Canadiens1365308322.74.8960 701:58

See also

References
  1. "NHL Roundup". UPI. April 7, 1987. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  2. NHL.com - Skater Stats
  3. NHL.com - Goalie Stats
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