1982 Stanley Cup playoffs

1982 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 7–May 16, 1982
Teams16
Defending championsNew York Islanders
Final positions
ChampionsNew York Islanders
Runner-upVancouver Canucks
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Bryan Trottier (Islanders) (29 points)
MVPMike Bossy (Islanders)
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The 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 7, after the conclusion of the 1981–82 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 16 with the champion New York Islanders defeating the Vancouver Canucks 3–1 to win the final series four games to none and win the Stanley Cup. A new divisional-based playoff structure was adopted, replacing the previous format that seeded teams regardless of division or conference.

The first round of the 1982 playoffs saw three first-place teams (Edmonton, Minnesota, and Montreal) upset by fourth-place teams, a round which featured what is still the greatest comeback in NHL history: The Kings' 6–5 win over Edmonton in game three. After trailing 5–0 after two periods, the Kings scored five third period goals—three in the last 5:22, the final goal coming with only five seconds left in regulation. Los Angeles then scored on a face-off early in overtime, thus completing the "Miracle on Manchester".

The eventual champion New York Islanders nearly capitulated in the first round as well, losing games three and four of their first-round playoff series with Pittsburgh after crushing the Penguins in the first two games. In game five, the Islanders scored twice in the last five minutes to force overtime and then won the series on John Tonelli's goal 6:19 into the extra session. This served as a wake-up call for New York, who lost only two more games the rest of the way on their march to a third straight Stanley Cup. Their Finals opponents, the Vancouver Canucks, finished the regular season with only 77 points, defeating three teams beneath them in the standings (Calgary 75, Los Angeles 63, and Chicago 72) in the much weaker Campbell Conference. This remains the most recent time that the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs missed the playoffs in the same season.

Playoff seeds

The NHL adopted a new playoff format in which the four teams with the best regular-season records from each of the four divisions secured playoff berths.

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

  1. Montreal Canadiens, Adams Division champions – 109 points
  2. Boston Bruins – 96 points
  3. Buffalo Sabres – 93 points
  4. Quebec Nordiques – 82 points

Patrick Division

  1. New York Islanders, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 118 points
  2. New York Rangers – 92 points
  3. Philadelphia Flyers – 87 points
  4. Pittsburgh Penguins – 75 points

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

  1. Minnesota North Stars, Norris Division champions – 94 points
  2. Winnipeg Jets – 80 points
  3. St. Louis Blues – 72 points (32 wins)
  4. Chicago Black Hawks – 72 points (30 wins)

Smythe Division

  1. Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 111 points
  2. Vancouver Canucks – 77 points
  3. Calgary Flames – 75 points
  4. Los Angeles Kings – 63 points

Playoff bracket

Under the new playoff format, the division semifinals saw the first-place club against the fourth-place team, while the other two teams played each other. 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.

Home-ice advantage during the first two rounds was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record. For the conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals, it was decided that home-ice advantage would rotate between the divisions and conferences, respectively. Coin flips were conducted prior to the start of the regular season, awarding home-ice advantage in the conference finals to champions of the Patrick and Norris divisions, with the Adams and Smythe division champions receiving that advantage for the following season.[1] Similarly, a puck flip determined that home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup Finals were granted to the Wales Conference champion this year, with the Campbell Conference champion receiving the advantage next season.

Each division semifinals series was competed in a best-of-five playoff following a 2–2–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each series), with the team with home ice advantage playing at home for games one and two (and game five, if necessary), and the other team playing at home for game three (and game four, if necessary). In the other three rounds, each series was competed in a best-of-seven playoff following a 2–2–1–1–1 format, with the team with home ice advantage playing at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team playing at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).

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

Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques

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

Dale Hunter scored the game-winning overtime goal in the decisive Game 5 twenty-two seconds into the first OT to help the Nordiques eliminate the Canadiens.

April 7 Quebec Nordiques 1–5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 00:56 – Mario Tremblay (1)
13:32 – pp – Mark Napier (1)
No scoring Second period 12:48 – Mario Tremblay (2)
Anton Stastny (1) – 10:55 Third period 07:31 – sh – Doug Jarvis (1)
08:03 – sh – Mark Napier (2)
Dan Bouchard 36 saves / 41 shots Goalie stats Rick Wamsley 18 saves / 19 shots
April 8 Quebec Nordiques 3–2 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Pat Hickey (1) – pp – 04:56 First period No scoring
Alain Cote (1) – 09:43 Second period 00:26 – pp – Guy Lafleur (1)
07:20 – Chris Nilan (1)
Pierre Aubry (1) – 02:30 Third period No scoring
Dan Bouchard 33 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Rick Wamsley 14 saves / 17 shots
April 10 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 18:28 – pp – Dale Hunter (1)
19:40 – Dale Hunter (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Guy Lafleur (2) – pp – 19:34 Third period No scoring
Rick Wamsley 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Dan Bouchard 22 saves / 23 shots
April 11 Montreal Canadiens 6–2 Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
Doug Risebrough (1) – 08:45
Pierre Mondou (1) – sh – 18:35 		First period 12:47 – pp – Michel Goulet (1)
Mario Tremblay (3) – 09:23
Pierre Mondou (2) – pp – 18:57 		Second period No scoring
Mark Napier (3) – 03:58
Doug Risebrough (2) – 11:05 		Third period 12:32 – Jacques Richard (1)
Rick Wamsley 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Dan Bouchard 22 saves / 28 shots
April 13 Quebec Nordiques 3–2 OT Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Wilf Paiement (1) – 04:40
Anton Stastny (2) – pp – 14:49 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 10:49 – Mario Tremblay (4)
12:14 – Robert Picard (1)
Dale Hunter (3) – 00:22 First overtime period No scoring
Dan Bouchard 33 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Rick Wamsley 16 saves / 19 shots
Quebec won series 3–2


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

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


April 7 Buffalo Sabres 1–3 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 19:44 – pp – Peter McNab (1)
No scoring Second period 18:44 – Brad Park (1)
Yvon Lambert (1) – 08:20 Third period 09:48 – Mike O'Connell (1)
Don Edwards 35 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Mike Moffat 24 saves / 25 shots
April 8 Buffalo Sabres 3–7 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Dale McCourt (1) – 12:44 First period 15:49 – Rick Middleton (1)
Mike Ramsey (1) – 07:08 Second period 00:48 – pp – Barry Pederson (1)
01:40 – pp – Rick Middleton (2)
03:56 – Barry Pederson (2)
11:45 – Terry O'Reilly (1)
14:28 – Barry Pederson (3)
Yvon Lambert (2) – pp – 17:33 Third period 00:54 – Bruce Crowder (1)
Don Edwards 8 saves / 14 shots
Paul Harrison 7 saves / 8 shots 		Goalie stats Mike Moffat 23 saves / 26 shots
April 10 Boston Bruins 2–5 Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period 09:02 – pp – Brent Peterson (1)
Steve Kasper (1) – 06:58
Steve Kasper (2) – pp – 17:02 		Second period 07:21 – Yvon Lambert (3)
13:01 – Craig Ramsay (1)
13:34 – pp – Mike Foligno (1)
No scoring Third period 19:15 – pp – Dale McCourt (2)
Mike Moffat 28 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Don Edwards 20 saves / 22 shots
April 11 Boston Bruins 5–2 Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Recap  
Peter McNab (2) – 04:32 First period 11:08 – pp – Mike Foligno (2)
Terry O'Reilly (2) – 10:11
Terry O'Reilly (3) – 11:59
Mike Gillis (1) – 12:26
Peter McNab (3) – 19:06 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:25 – pp – Ric Seiling (1)
Mike Moffat 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Don Edwards 26 saves / 31 shots
Boston won series 3–1


(P1) New York Islanders vs. (P4) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in seven games in the 1975 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals after falling behind 3–0 in the series.

John Tonelli scored the game-tying goal late in the third period and game-winning overtime goal in the decisive Game 5 to lift the Islanders over the Penguins.


April 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–8 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
Pat Boutette (1) – pp – 14:42 First period 05:52 – Mike Bossy (1)
06:44 – Clark Gillies (1)
18:56 – Bryan Trottier (1)
No scoring Second period 08:52 – Clark Gillies (2)
13:32 – Bryan Trottier (2)
16:24 – Wayne Merrick (1)
No scoring Third period 02:26 – pp – Stefan Persson (1)
18:02 – Brent Sutter (1)
Michel Dion 29 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Billy Smith 22 saves / 23 shots
April 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–7 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 07:57 – pp – Mike Bossy (2)
15:25 – Wayne Merrick (2)
17:12 – Butch Goring (1)
17:53 – Brent Sutter (2)
Rick MacLeish (1) – 05:32 Second period 07:30 – Clark Gillies (3)
12:51 – John Tonelli (1)
Pat Boutette (2) – pp – 17:04 Third period 00:40 – Greg Gilbert (1)
Michel Dion 27 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Billy Smith 34 saves / 36 shots
April 10 New York Islanders 1–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Civic Arena Recap  
Mike McEwen (1) – 17:36 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 06:51 – Pat Boutette (3)
No scoring First overtime period 04:14 – Rick Kehoe (1)
Billy Smith 31 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Michel Dion 38 saves / 39 shots
April 11 New York Islanders 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Civic Arena Recap  
Clark Gillies (4) – pp – 04:16 First period 12:44 – Andre St. Laurent (1)
14:13 – pp – Paul Gardner (1)
Wayne Merrick (3) – 17:18 Second period 01:52 – Rick Kehoe (2)
16:20 – Andre St. Laurent (2)
No scoring Third period 17:12 – Rod Schutt (1)
Roland Melanson 24 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Michel Dion 24 saves / 26 shots
April 13 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 OT New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Kevin McClelland (1) – 11:01
Mike Bullard (1) – 16:10
Randy Carlyle (1) – 18:31 		Second period 10:18 – Bobby Nystrom (1)
No scoring Third period 14:33 – pp – Mike McEwen (2)
17:39 – John Tonelli (2)
No scoring First overtime period 06:19 – John Tonelli (3)
Michel Dion 43 saves / 47 shots Goalie stats Billy Smith 18 saves / 21 shots
Roland Melanson 0 saves / 0 shots
New York won series 3–2


(P2) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Philadelphia Flyers

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between the two teams. Philadelphia won two of the previous three meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1980 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals in five games.

Game two saw New York's Mikko Leinonen set an NHL playoff record with six assists, a feat only matched by Wayne Gretzky.


April 7 Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Darryl Sittler (1) – pp – 06:31
Brian Propp (1) – 15:24 		First period 03:10 – Eddie Johnstone (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Darryl Sittler (2) – 02:30
Ray Allison (1) – pp – 05:17 		Third period No scoring
Pete Peeters 35 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Eddie Mio 16 saves / 20 shots
April 8 Philadelphia Flyers 3–7 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Bobby Clarke (1) – 00:48 First period 01:57 – Carol Vadnais (1)
13:47 – pp – Ron Duguay (1)
Ray Allison (2) – pp – 13:08 Second period 06:17 – pp – Don Maloney (1)
11:26 – pp – Robbie Ftorek (1)
18:50 – Dave Silk (1)
Ken Linseman (1) – pp – 19:27 Third period 04:31 – Rob McClanahan (1)
17:03 – pp – Eddie Johnstone (2)
Pete Peeters 17 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Eddie Mio 23 saves / 26 shots
April 10 New York Rangers 4–3 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
No scoring First period 04:51 – sh – Bobby Clarke (2)
06:24 – pp – Behn Wilson (1)
10:46 – Brian Propp (2)
Mike Rogers (1) – 5:44
Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – pp – 08:43
Don Maloney (2) – 19:06 		Second period No scoring
Cam Connor (1) – 18:51 Third period No scoring
Eddie Mio 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Pete Peeters 26 saves / 30 shots
April 11 New York Rangers 7–5 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap  
Robbie Ftorek (2) – pp – 09:37 First period No scoring
Andre Dore (1) – 02:09
Robbie Ftorek (3) – pp – 03:42
Ron Duguay (2) – 12:45
Mark Pavelich (1) – 17:17 		Second period 04:05 – Paul Holmgren (1)
16:14 – Bobby Clarke (3)
Dave Maloney (1) – pp – 01:25
Ron Duguay (3) – en – 19:53 		Third period 04:08 – pp – Bobby Clarke (4)
13:33 – Darryl Sittler (3)
16:19 – sh – Bill Barber (1)
Eddie Mio 38 saves / 43 shots Goalie stats Pete Peeters 11 saves / 16 shots
Rick St. Croix 7 saves / 8 shots
New York won series 3–1


Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N4) Chicago Black Hawks

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


April 7 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 OT Minnesota North Stars Met Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Doug Wilson (1) – sh – 07:05 Second period 04:18 – Tim Young (1)
Glen Sharpley (1) – 03:14 Third period 09:13 – Al McAdam (1)
Greg Fox (1) – 03:34 First overtime period No scoring
Murray Bannerman 45 saves / 47 shots Goalie stats Gilles Meloche 20 saves / 23 shots
April 8 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 Minnesota North Stars Met Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Tom Lysiak (1) – pp – 03:17
Dave Feamster (1) – 04:01 		Second period 10:14 – pp – Steve Payne (1)
16:28 – Mark Johnson (1)
Al Secord (1) – pp – 07:46
Denis Savard (1) – 12:07
Tom Lysiak (2) – en – 19:42 		Third period 17:03 – Bobby Smith (1)
Murray Bannerman 33 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Don Beaupre 24 saves / 28 shots
Gilles Meloche 0 saves / 0 shots
April 10 Minnesota North Stars 7–1 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Bobby Smith (2) – 02:25
Dino Ciccarelli (1) – 10:22
Mark Johnson (2) – pp – 12:25 		First period 12:51 – Glen Sharpley (2)
Steve Payne (2) – 01:39
Steve Payne (3) – pp – 05:01
Dino Ciccarelli (2) – pp – 09:20 		Second period No scoring
Dino Ciccarelli (3) – pp – 01:30 Third period No scoring
Gilles Meloche 38 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Murray Bannerman 21 saves / 28 shots
April 11 Minnesota North Stars 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
No scoring First period 00:35 – Rich Preston (1)
07:28 – Grant Mulvey (1)
Craig Hartsburg (1) – 06:58
Steve Payne (4) – 12:43 		Second period 16:15 – pp – Al Secord (2)
No scoring Third period 00:40 – Tim Higgins (1)
19:49 – en – Glen Sharpley (3)
Gilles Meloche 22 saves / 26 shots
Don Beaupre 0 saves / 0 shots 		Goalie stats Tony Esposito 31 saves / 33 shots
Chicago won series 3–1


(N2) Winnipeg Jets vs. (N3) St. Louis Blues

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


April 7 St. Louis Blues 4–3 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Arena Recap  
Perry Turnbull (1) – 19:51 First period 01:20 – Willy Lindstrom (1)
15:20 – Dale Hawerchuk (1)
Perry Turnbull (2) – 06:07 Second period No scoring
Brian Sutter (1) – 15:17
Guy Lapointe (1) – pp – 18:02 		Third period 15:03 – Willy Lindstrom (2)
Mike Liut 33 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Ed Staniowski 13 saves / 17 shots
April 8 St. Louis Blues 2–5 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Arena Recap  
Brian Sutter (2) – 08:05 First period 15:35 – pp – Paul MacLean (1)
No scoring Second period 05:23 – pp – Dave Babych (1)
10:07 – pp – Paul MacLean (2)
11:07 – Lucien DeBlois (1)
15:37 – pp – Norm Dupont (1)
Brian Sutter (3) – 15:15 Third period No scoring
Mike Liut 28 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Doug Soetaert 33 saves / 35 shots
April 10 Winnipeg Jets 3–6 St. Louis Blues Checkerdome Recap  
Bengt Lundholm (1) – 01:39 First period 07:36 – Brian Sutter (4)
14:24 – Joe Mullen (1)
No scoring Second period 08:10 – Blake Dunlop (1)
09:32 – Mike Crombeen (1)
19:35 – Brian Sutter (5)
Moe Mantha (1) – 06:08
Paul MacLean (3) – 11:56 		Third period 01:54 – Joe Mullen (2)
Doug Soetaert 21 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Mike Liut 27 saves / 30 shots
April 11 Winnipeg Jets 2–8 St. Louis Blues Checkerdome Recap  
No scoring First period 05:36 – pp – Perry Turnbull (3)
06:17 – Larry Patey (1)
07:18 – Brian Sutter (6)
16:01 – Brian Sutter (7)
Lucien DeBlois (2) – 12:32 Second period 07:44 – Blake Dunlop (2)
17:07 – Ed Kea (1)
18:37 – Bernie Federko (1)
Norm Dupont (2) – pp – 06:36 Third period 08:17 – Joe Mullen (3)
Ed Staniowski 17 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Mike Liut 39 saves / 41 shots
St. Louis won series 3–1


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

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams. Game Three is known as "The Miracle on Manchester" as the Kings scored five goals to force overtime and ultimately winning the game in OT.


April 7 Los Angeles Kings 10–8 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Steve Bozek (1) – pp – 06:00
Jim Fox (1) – 14:09
Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 19:53 		First period 01:35 – Glenn Anderson (1)
06:16 – Tom Roulston (1)
06:36 – Risto Siltanen (1)
09:02 – Risto Siltanen (2)
Doug Smith (1) – 03:11
Marcel Dionne (1) – pp – 09:17
Marcel Dionne (2) – pp – 14:17
Daryl Evans (1) – 15:00
Daryl Evans (2) – 19:36 		Second period 13:30 – sh – Charlie Huddy (1)
17:22 – Dave Lumley (1)
Charlie Simmer (1) – 14:56
Bernie Nicholls (1) – en – 19:08 		Third period 10:20 – Wayne Gretzky (1)
12:20 – Matti Hagman (1)
Mario Lessard 25 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 25 saves / 34 shots
April 8 Los Angeles Kings 2–3 OT Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 01:55 – Pat Hughes (1)
Bernie Nicholls (2) – 05:33
Daryl Evans (3) – 13:07 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 15:06 – Jari Kurri (1)
No scoring First overtime period 06:20 – Wayne Gretzky (2)
Mario Lessard 43 saves / 46 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 33 saves / 35 shots
April 10 Edmonton Oilers 5–6 OT Los Angeles Kings The Forum Recap  
Mark Messier (1) – 10:39
Wayne Gretzky (3) – sh – 19:23 		First period No scoring
Lee Fogolin (1) – sh – 00:43
Risto Siltanen (3) – 05:15
Wayne Gretzky (4) – pp – 14:02 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:46 – Jay Wells (1)
05:58 – pp – Doug Smith (2)
14:38 – Charlie Simmer (2)
15:59 – Mark Hardy (1)
19:55 – pp – Steve Bozek (2)
No scoring First overtime period 02:35 – Daryl Evans (4)
Grant Fuhr 46 saves / 52 shots Goalie stats Mario Lessard 31 saves / 36 shots
Doug Keans 0 saves / 0 shots
April 12 Edmonton Oilers 3–2 Los Angeles Kings The Forum Recap  
Jari Kurri (2) – 10:18 First period 05:27 – pp – Marcel Dionne (3)
Pat Hughes (2) – 11:40
Glenn Anderson (2) – 14:44 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 08:44 – Mike Murphy (1)
Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Mario Lessard 18 saves / 21 shots
April 13 Los Angeles Kings 7–4 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Charlie Simmer (3) – 03:22
Charlie Simmer (4) – 06:20
Daryl Evans (5) – pp – 15:53 		First period 07:59 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (5)
19:26 – pp – Paul Coffey (1)
Marcel Dionne (4) – 01:09
Bernie Nicholls (3) – pp – 06:49
Dan Bonar (1) – 15:15 		Second period No scoring
Dan Bonar (2) – 03:06 Third period 05:51 – Garry Unger (1)
14:24 – Dave Lumley (2)
Mario Lessard 40 saves / 44 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 31 shots
Los Angeles won series 3–2


(S2) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S3) Calgary Flames

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


April 7 Calgary Flames 3–5 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
Mel Bridgman (1) – 13:07 First period 00:08 – Stan Smyl (1)
10:29 – pp – Ivan Boldirev (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Willi Plett (1) – pp – 08:08
Mel Bridgman (2) – 12:47 		Third period 03:06 – Lars Lindgren (1)
07:09 – Lars Molin (1)
13:58 – Gary Lupul (1)
Pat Riggin 30 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Richard Brodeur 22 saves / 25 shots
April 8 Calgary Flames 1–2 OT Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Ken Houston (1) – 07:49 Second period 18:00 – Marc Crawford (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 14:20 – Dave Williams (1)
Pat Riggin 38 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Richard Brodeur 39 saves / 40 shots
April 10 Vancouver Canucks 3–1 Calgary Flames Stampede Corral Recap  
Thomas Gradin (1) – pp – 16:14 First period 13:14 – pp – Jim Peplinski (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Dave Williams (2) – 08:17
Thomas Gradin (2) – 17:59 		Third period No scoring
Richard Brodeur 42 saves / 43 shots Goalie stats Pat Riggin 20 saves / 23 shots
Vancouver won series 3–0


Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques

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


April 15 Quebec Nordiques 3–4 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Michel Goulet (2) – 04:12
Real Cloutier (1) – 11:24 		First period 05:18 – Barry Pederson (4)
07:29 – Dave Barr (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Real Cloutier (2) – 08:10 Third period 10:50 – Steve Kasper (3)
19:05 – Ray Bourque (1)
Dan Bouchard 34 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Mike Moffat 21 saves / 24 shots
April 16 Quebec Nordiques 4–8 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Wilf Paiement (2) – 00:29
Mario Marois (1) – 16:24 		First period 08:10 – Keith Crowder (1)
14:34 – Rick Middleton (3)
No scoring Second period 00:37 – Barry Pederson (5)
05:36 – Tom Fergus (1)
13:37 – Barry Pederson (6)
Marian Stastny (1) – 18:39
Michel Goulet (3) – 19:36 		Third period 02:34 – Bruce Crowder (2)
03:45 – Terry O'Reilly (4)
19:51 – Bruce Crowder (3)
John Garrett 32 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Mike Moffat 27 saves / 31 shots
April 18 Boston Bruins 2–3 OT Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
Mike O'Connell (2) – 09:26 First period 19:13 – Anton Stastny (3)
Rick Middleton (4) – 04:15 Second period 14:53 – pp – Real Cloutier (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 11:44 – Wilf Paiement (3)
Mike Moffat 32 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats John Garrett 28 saves / 30 shots
April 19 Boston Bruins 2–7 Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 08:10 – Marian Stastny (2)
08:44 – Wilf Paiement (4)
Bruce Crowder (4) – pp – 11:55 Second period 02:16 – Real Cloutier (4)
08:53 – pp – Michel Goulet (4)
10:51 – sh – Michel Goulet (5)
18:49 – Anton Stastny (4)
Tom Fergus (2) – pp – 17:01 Third period 02:30 – pp – Peter Stastny (1)
Mike Moffat 20 saves / 26 shots
Rogie Vachon 2 saves / 3 shots 		Goalie stats John Garrett 33 saves / 35 shots
April 21 Quebec Nordiques 4–3 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Marian Stastny (3) – pp – 02:08
Peter Stastny (2) – 06:47 		First period 06:18 – pp – Tom Fergus (3)
Real Cloutier (5) – 16:55 Second period 08:57 – pp – Rick Middleton (5)
Peter Stastny (3) – 03:02 Third period 05:46 – Rick Middleton (6)
John Garrett 20 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Mike Moffat 13 saves / 17 shots
April 23 Boston Bruins 6–5 OT Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
Keith Crowder (2) – 04:18
Terry O'Reilly (5) – 05:16
Peter McNab (4) – pp – 08:44 		First period 09:54 – pp – Peter Stastny (4)
Barry Pederson (7) – 07:50
Bruce Crowder (5) – 09:42 		Second period 01:47 – Real Cloutier (6)
16:01 – Wilf Paiement (5)
17:41 – Real Cloutier (7)
No scoring Third period 04:06 – Michel Goulet (6)
Peter McNab (5) – 10:54 First overtime period No scoring
Mike Moffat 23 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats John Garrett 24 saves / 30 shots
April 25 Quebec Nordiques 2–1 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Michel Goulet (7) – pp – 09:56 Second period 13:35 – Peter McNab (6)
Dave Pichette (1) – pp – 09:39 Third period No scoring
Dan Bouchard 28 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Mike Moffat 20 saves / 22 shots
Quebec won series 4–3


(P1) New York Islanders vs. (P2) New York Rangers

This was fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won two of the previous three meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Semifinals, in which the Islanders won in a four-game sweep.


April 15 New York Rangers 5–4 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
Ron Duguay (4) – 03:19
Cam Connor (2) – 07:13
Rob McClanahan (2) – 17:28 		First period 04:04 – Dave Langevin (1)
11:43 – Mike Bossy (3)
16:51 – Bobby Nystrom (2)
Robbie Ftorek (4) – 14:56 Second period No scoring
Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) – 18:02 Third period 15:44 – John Tonelli (4)
Steve Weeks 28 saves / 29 shots
Eddie Mio 7 saves / 10 shots 		Goalie stats Billy Smith 24 saves / 29 shots
April 16 New York Rangers 2–7 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 05:34 – pp – Denis Potvin (1)
11:03 – sh – Billy Carroll (1)
16:29 – Duane Sutter (1)
Robbie Ftorek (5) – pp – 17:32 Second period 10:21 – Duane Sutter (2)
13:05 – Mike Bossy (4)
Mikko Leinonen (1) – 17:41 Third period 04:48 – Bryan Trottier (3)
12:09 – pp – Mike McEwen (3)
Steve Weeks 19 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Billy Smith 18 saves / 20 shots
April 18 New York Islanders 4–3 OT New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Mike Bossy (5) – 12:12 First period 14:06 – Robbie Ftorek (6)
Bob Bourne (1) – pp – 07:44 Second period No scoring
Bob Bourne (2) – 08:26 Third period 00:19 – Reijo Ruotsalainen (3)
03:19 – Mike Allison (1)
Bryan Trottier (4) – 03:00 First overtime period No scoring
Billy Smith 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Eddie Mio 29 saves / 33 shots
April 19 New York Islanders 5–3 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Mike Bossy (6) – 10:21 First period 13:38 – Ron Duguay (5)
Denis Potvin (2) – 05:37
Clark Gillies (5) – pp – 13:08 		Second period 04:31 – pp – Don Maloney (3)
Duane Sutter (3) – 12:27
Butch Goring (2) – en – 19:25 		Third period 06:19 – Cam Connor (3)
Billy Smith 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats John Davidson 12 saves / 15 shots
Steve Weeks 7 saves / 8 shots
April 21 New York Rangers 4–2 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
Don Maloney (4) – 08:47 First period 18:09 – pp – John Tonelli (5)
Don Maloney (5) – 00:39
Dave Silk (2) – 03:24 		Second period 13:14 – sh – Bob Bourne (3)
Cam Connor (4) – pp – 01:31 Third period No scoring
Eddie Mio 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Billy Smith 23 saves / 27 shots
Roland Melanson 0 saves / 0 shots
April 23 New York Islanders 5–3 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Butch Goring (3) – 11:01 First period 13:13 – pp – Reijo Ruotsalainen (4)
Butch Goring (4) – 00:33
Bob Bourne (4) – 18:17 		Second period 11:34 – pp – Barry Beck (1)
Dave Langevin (2) – 13:52
Bob Bourne (5) – en – 19:28 		Third period 05:46 – Robbie Ftorek (7)
Billy Smith 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Eddie Mio 25 saves / 29 shots
Steve Weeks 0 saves / 0 shots
New York Islanders won series 4–2


Clarence Campbell Conference

(N3) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Chicago Black Hawks

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won both previous meetings, including their most recent meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1980 Preliminary Round.


April 15 Chicago Black Hawks 5–4 St. Louis Blues Checkerdome Recap  
Tim Higgins (2) – 01:47
Dave Hutchison (1) – 08:08 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:49 – Ralph Klassen (1)
07:14 – Wayne Babych (1)
11:54 – Mike Crombeen (2)
Denis Savard (2) – 00:19
Tom Lysiak (3) – 02:39
Doug Wilson (2) – 14:44 		Third period 12:57 – Joe Mullen (4)
Murray Bannerman 31 saves / 34 shots
Tony Esposito 5 saves / 6 shots 		Goalie stats Mike Liut 23 saves / 28 shots
April 16 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 St. Louis Blues Checkerdome Recap  
Tom Lysiak (4) – pp – 04:46 First period 09:10 – pp – Bernie Federko (2)
No scoring Second period 01:58 – Wayne Babych (2)
No scoring Third period 15:57 – Joe Mullen (5)
Tony Esposito 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Mike Liut 26 saves / 27 shots
April 18 St. Louis Blues 5–6 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Wayne Babych (3) – 11:59 First period 01:21 – Bob Murray (1)
02:44 – pp – Tom Lysiak (5)
03:01 – Tim Higgins ()
Joe Mullen (6) – 14:03 Second period 01:09 – sh – Rick Paterson (1)
12:39 – pp – Denis Savard (3)
Joe Mullen (7) – pp – 17:41
Brian Sutter (8) – 17:56
Mike Zuke (1) – 19:57 		Third period 12:26 – Bill Gardner (1)
Glen Hanlon 27 saves / 30 shots
Mike Liut 0 saves / 3 shots 		Goalie stats Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 35 shots
April 19 St. Louis Blues 4–7 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Mike Crombeen (3) – 05:53 First period 09:05 – pp – Denis Savard (4)
12:54 – pp – Denis Savard (5)
Larry Patey (2) – sh – 00:27
Ralph Klassen (2) – 04:25
Perry Anderson (1) – 07:51 		Second period 12:04 – Rick Paterson (2)
17:18 – Troy Murray (1)
No scoring Third period 04:23 – Ted Bulley (1)
11:24 – Denis Savard (6)
17:59 – Ted Bulley (2)
Glen Hanlon 22 saves / 28 shots
Mike Liut 1 save / 2 shots 		Goalie stats Murray Bannerman 28 saves / 32 shots
April 21 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 OT St. Louis Blues Checkerdome Recap  
Denis Savard (7) – 09:11 First period 05:51 – pp – Perry Anderson (2)
Grant Mulvey (2) – 04:08 Second period 02:29 – pp – Jorgen Pettersson (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 03:28 – Bernie Federko (3)
Murray Bannerman 20 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Mike Liut 22 saves / 24 shots
April 23 St. Louis Blues 0–2 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:18 – Denis Savard (8)
16:55 – Rich Preston (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mike Liut 25 saves / 27 shots
Glen Hanlon 0 saves / 0 shots 		Goalie stats Tony Esposito 31 saves / 31 shots
Chicago won series 4–2


(S2) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

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


April 15 Los Angeles Kings 2–3 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
Steve Bozek (3) – 16:51 First period No scoring
Larry Murphy (1) – 12:30 Second period 12:05 – pp – Ivan Hlinka (1)
15:38 – pp – Ivan Hlinka (2)
No scoring Third period 05:00 – Gary Lupul (2)
Mario Lessard 36 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Richard Brodeur 27 saves / 29 shots
April 16 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 OT Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 06:10 – Darcy Rota (1)
Dave Taylor (2) – 00:50
Marcel Dionne (5) – 10:02 		Second period 11:24 – Stan Smyl (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Steve Bozek (4) – 04:33 First overtime period No scoring
Mario Lessard 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Richard Brodeur 32 saves / 35 shots
April 18 Vancouver Canucks 4–3 OT Los Angeles Kings The Forum Recap  
Colin Campbell (1) – 18:09 First period No scoring
Thomas Gradin (3) – 19:15 Second period 03:14 – pp – John-Paul Kelly (1)
13:08 – pp – Dave Taylor (3)
Stan Smyl (3) – 14:12 Third period 10:03 – Marcel Dionne (6)
Colin Campbell (2) – 01:23 First overtime period No scoring
Richard Brodeur 41 saves / 44 shots Goalie stats Mario Lessard 23 saves / 27 shots
April 19 Vancouver Canucks 5–4 Los Angeles Kings The Forum Recap  
Ivan Boldirev (2) – 08:08 First period 15:23 – pp – Marcel Dionne (7)
Curt Fraser (1) – 00:31
Dave Williams (3) – 06:19
Darcy Rota (2) – pp – 08:02 		Second period 09:05 – Mike Murphy (2)
11:08 – pp – Dave Taylor (4)
Ivan Boldirev (3) – 01:41 Third period 13:40 – Doug Smith (3)
Richard Brodeur 33 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Mario Lessard 6 saves / 10 shots
Doug Keans 4 saves / 5 shots
April 21 Los Angeles Kings 2–5 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
Bernie Nicholls (4) – 01:30 First period 08:15 – James Nill (1)
18:04 – Doug Halward (1)
Larry Murphy (2) – pp – 19:23 Second period 03:50 – Darcy Rota (3)
19:49 – Darcy Rota (4)
No scoring Third period 01:25 – Curt Fraser (2)
Mario Lessard 27 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Richard Brodeur 28 saves / 30 shots
Vancouver won series 4–1


Conference finals

See also: NHL conference finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(P1) New York Islanders vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques

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


April 27 Quebec Nordiques 1–4 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 05:29 – pp – Bryan Trottier (5)
No scoring Second period 12:15 – pp – Butch Goring (5)
Peter Stastny (5) – pp – 07:02 Third period 13:46 – Denis Potvin (3)
15:14 – Wayne Merrick (4)
Dan Bouchard 28 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Billy Smith 27 saves / 28 shots
April 29 Quebec Nordiques 2–5 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
Marc Tardif (1) – 11:04 First period 07:46 – Wayne Merrick (5)
Peter Stastny (6) – 14:17 Second period 01:33 – Mike Bossy (7)
17:56 – pp – Mike Bossy (8)
No scoring Third period 03:46 – Bob Bourne (6)
08:59 – Bobby Nystrom (3)
Dan Bouchard 26 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Billy Smith 35 saves / 37 shots
May 1 New York Islanders 5–4 OT Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
Mike Bossy (9) – pp – 07:10
Bob Bourne (7) – pp – 11:43 		First period 01:10 – Basil McRae (1)
08:02 – pp – Peter Stastny (7)
Anders Kallur (1) – sh – 19:12 Second period No scoring
Mike Bossy (10) – 10:48 Third period 06:53 – pp – Anton Stastny (5)
14:39 – pp – Wilf Paiement (6)
Wayne Merrick (6) – 16:52 First overtime period No scoring
Billy Smith 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Dan Bouchard 33 saves / 38 shots
May 4 New York Islanders 4–2 Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap  
Bob Bourne (8) – 02:01 First period No scoring
John Tonelli (6) – 01:09 Second period No scoring
Clark Gillies (6) – pp – 15:35
Duane Sutter (4) – en – 19:58 		Third period 16:09 – Dave Pichette (2)
16:46 – Michel Goulet (8)
Billy Smith 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Dan Bouchard 26 saves / 29 shots
New York won series 4–0


Clarence Campbell Conference final

(N4) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (S2) Vancouver Canucks

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

Canucks Coach Roger Neilson was tossed out of game 2 for holding up a white towel on a hockey stick as a form of protest. He was ejected from the game along with two players but the protest began the Canucks Towel Power tradition that still exists to this day and has since been copied by other teams.


April 27 Vancouver Canucks 2–1 2OT Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Thomas Gradin (4) – 08:02 First period 10:11 – Terry Ruskowski (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
James Nill (2) – 08:58 Second overtime period No scoring
Richard Brodeur 46 saves / 47 shots Goalie stats Tony Esposito 39 saves / 41 shots
April 29 Vancouver Canucks 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
No scoring First period 18:28 – Glen Sharpley (4)
No scoring Second period 11:35 – Dave Feamster (2)
Stan Smyl (4) – 01:01 Third period 04:42 – Denis Savard (9)
16:23 – pp – Denis Savard (10)
Richard Brodeur 34 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 31 shots
May 1 Chicago Black Hawks 3–4 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
Glen Sharpley (5) – 10:18
Doug Wilson (3) – 15:57 		First period 11:31 – pp – Thomas Gradin (5)
14:54 – pp – Neil Belland (1)
No scoring Second period 10:03 – Curt Fraser (3)
Rick Paterson (3) – 03:14 Third period 02:05 – Stan Smyl (5)
Murray Bannerman 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Richard Brodeur 24 saves / 27 shots
May 4 Chicago Black Hawks 3–5 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 01:06 – pp – Darcy Rota (5)
Glen Sharpley (6) – 16:19 Second period 04:16 – pp – Ivan Boldirev (4)
14:08 – Ivan Boldirev (5)
Denis Savard (11) – pp – 02:33
Grant Mulvey (3) – 16:10 		Third period 04:48 – Doug Halward (2)
05:51 – Thomas Gradin (6)
Tony Esposito 26 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Richard Brodeur 27 saves / 30 shots
May 6 Vancouver Canucks 6–2 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
James Nill (3) – pp – 02:40
Stan Smyl (6) – 03:48
Lars Molin (2) – 15:35 		First period 05:09 – Tom Lysiak (6)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Darcy Rota (6) – 05:14
Stan Smyl (7) – 11:20
Ivan Boldirev (6) – 16:17 		Third period 02:38 – pp – Grant Mulvey (4)
Richard Brodeur 36 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Tony Esposito 14 saves / 17 shots
Murray Bannerman 8 saves / 11 shots
Vancouver won series 4–1


Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1982 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in a two-game sweep in the 1976 Preliminary Round.

In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Cinderella run of the Vancouver Canucks came to an end with a four-game sweep by the Islanders, winning their third consecutive Stanley Cup.


May 8 Vancouver Canucks 5–6 OT New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
Thomas Gradin (7) – 01:29
Thomas Gradin (8) – pp – 17:40 		First period 11:35 – pp – Clark Gillies (7)
15:52 – Mike Bossy (11)
19:51 – pp – Denis Potvin (4)
Stan Smyl (8) – pp – 05:06
Ivan Boldirev (7) – 09:27 		Second period 03:15 – pp – Denis Potvin (5)
James Nill (4) – 13:06 Third period 15:14 – Mike Bossy (12)
No scoring First overtime period 19:58 – Mike Bossy (13)
Richard Brodeur 30 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Billy Smith 30 saves / 35 shots
May 11 Vancouver Canucks 4–6 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 15:55 – sh – Billy Carroll (2)
Thomas Gradin (9) – pp – 08:28
Ivan Boldirev (8) – pp – 13:12
Lars Lindgren (2) – 19:42 		Second period 17:06 – pp – Mike Bossy (14)
Gerry Minor (1) – 02:27 Third period 00:32 – pp – Bob Bourne (9)
01:19 – Duane Sutter (5)
07:18 – pp – Bryan Trottier (6)
14:10 – Bobby Nystrom (4)
Richard Brodeur 30 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Billy Smith 26 saves / 30 shots
May 13 New York Islanders 3–0 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Clark Gillies (8) – 02:56
Mike Bossy (15) – 12:30 		Second period No scoring
Bobby Nystrom (5) – en – 18:40 Third period No scoring
Billy Smith 23 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Richard Brodeur 29 saves / 31 shots
May 16 New York Islanders 3–1 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
Butch Goring (6) – 11:38 First period 18:09 – Stan Smyl (9)
Mike Bossy (16) – pp – 05:00
Mike Bossy (17) – pp – 08:00 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Billy Smith 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Richard Brodeur 25 saves / 28 shots
New York won series 4–0


Player statistics

Skaters

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

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Bryan Trottier New York Islanders 19 6 23 29 +9 40
Mike Bossy New York Islanders 19 17 10 27 +7 0
Denis Potvin New York Islanders 19 5 16 21 +9 30
Thomas Gradin Vancouver Canucks 17 9 10 19 +8 10
Denis Savard Chicago Black Hawks 15 11 7 18 -2 52
Stan Smyl Vancouver Canucks 17 9 9 18 +4 25
Peter Stastny Quebec Nordiques 12 7 11 18 +1 10
Barry Pederson Boston Bruins 11 7 11 18 +5 22
Joe Mullen St. Louis Blues 10 7 11 18 +7 4
Bernie Federko St. Louis Blues 10 3 15 18 +8 10

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
Billy Smith New York Islanders 18 15 3 498 47 2.51 .906 1 1125:15
Richard Brodeur Vancouver Canucks 17 11 6 594 49 2.71 .917 0 1086:28
Mike Liut St. Louis Blues 10 5 3 251 27 3.29 .892 0 492:58
Dan Bouchard Quebec Nordiques 11 4 7 359 38 3.37 .894 0 676:16
Mike Moffat Boston Bruins 11 6 5 290 38 3.45 .869 0 661:46

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wales at Home". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. Canadian Press. September 17, 1981. p. B4. Retrieved April 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ NHL.com - Skater Stats
  3. ^ NHL.com - Goalie Stats
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