1985 Stanley Cup playoffs

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

1. Montreal Canadiens, Adams Division champions – 94 points
2. Quebec Nordiques – 91 points
3. Buffalo Sabres – 90 points
4. Boston Bruins – 82 points

1. Philadelphia Flyers, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 113 points
2. Washington Capitals – 101 points
3. New York Islanders – 86 points
4. New York Rangers – 62 points

1. St. Louis Blues, Norris Division champions – 86 points
2. Chicago Black Hawks – 83 points
3. Detroit Red Wings – 66 points
4. Minnesota North Stars – 62 points

1. Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 109 points
2. Winnipeg Jets – 96 points
3. Calgary Flames – 94 points
4. Los Angeles Kings – 82 points

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 series, home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.

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 next two 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). For the second and final season, a 2-3-2 format was used in the Stanley Cup Finals, with the sites for games five and six switched.

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|RD1-score03=3

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|RD1-score04=2

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|RD1-team05=Philadelphia

|RD1-score05=3

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|RD1-team06=NY Rangers

|RD1-score06=0

|RD1-seed07=P2

|RD1-team07=Washington

|RD1-score07=2

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|RD2-score07=4

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|RD3-score03=2

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|RD3-score04=4

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|RD4-team01=Philadelphia

|RD4-score01=1

|RD4-seed02=S1

|RD4-team02=Edmonton

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This was the 20th playoff series between these two teams. Montreal lead 17–2 in previous playoff series meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Semifinals, in which Montreal won in a three-game sweep.

In the series finale, the Canadiens got the only goal when Mats Naslund scored with just 51 seconds remaining in regulation. Steve Penney stopped all 20 shots to register the shutout.{{cite book|title=The End of the Montreal Jinx: Boston's Short-Lived Glory in the Historic Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry, 1988-1994|author=K.P. Wee|date=October 2015|page=18|isbn=978-1517362911}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Montreal Canadiens

|team2=Boston Bruins

|stadium1=Boston Garden

|stadium2=Montreal Forum

|date1 =April 10

|score1 =5–3

|home1 =2

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1985/04/10/1984030111#game=1984030111,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No Scoring

|1-1-2 =Charlie Simmer (1) – 05:18
Mike O'Connell (1) – pp – 18:15

|1-2-1 =08:52 – Petr Svoboda (1)

|1-2-2 =Ken Linseman (1) – 06:26

|1-3-1 =07:08 – Mario Tremblay (1)
07:50 – Bobby Smith (1)

|1-3-2 =Keith Crowder (1) – 09:21
Rick Middleton (1) – 14:05

|goalie1-1 =Steve Penney 12 saves / 17 shots

|goalie1-2 =Doug Keans 19 saves / 22 shots

|date2 =April 11

|score2 =3–5

|home2 =2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1985/04/11/1984030112#game=1984030112,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =01:00 – Larry Robinson (1)
10:52 – Serge Boisvert

|2-2-2 =Keith Crowder (2) – 01:40
Steve Kasper (1) – 11:08
Rick Middleton (2) – 18:57

|2-3-1 =00:20 – pp – Chris Chelios (1)
15:40 – Chris Nilan (1)
18:21 – Guy Carbonneau (1)

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Steve Penney 25 saves / 28 shots

|goalie2-2 =Doug Keans 25 saves / 30 shots

|date3 =April 13

|score3 =4–2

|home3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1985/04/13/1984030113#game=1984030113,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =Steve Rooney (1) – 01:07
Mats Naslund (1) – pp – 08:34
Bobby Smith (2) – pp – 11:02

|3-1-2 =19:02 – Charlie Simmer (2)

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =18:32 – Dave Reid (1)

|3-3-1 =Ryan Walter (1) – 05:08

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Steve Penney 21 saves / 23 shots

|goalie3-2 =Pete Peeters 22 saves / 26 shots

|date4 =April 14

|score4 =6–7

|home4 =1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1985/04/14/1984030114#game=1984030114,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =Ryan Walter (2) – 04:53
Mats Naslund (2) – pp – 15:02
Serge Boisvert (2) – 15:30
Bobby Smith (3) – pp – 19:57

|4-1-2 =09:21 – Rick Middleton (3)

|4-2-1 =Steve Rooney (2) – 09:52
Larry Robinson (2) – 18:20

|4-2-2 =08:55 – Keith Crowder (3)
09:21 – Butch Goring (1)
13:15 – Terry O'Reilly (1)
13:36 – Ken Linseman (2)
19:36 – Ken Linseman (3)

|4-3-1 =No Scoring

|4-3-2 =13:12 – Ken Linseman (4)

|goalie4-1 =Steve Penney 19 saves / 26 shots

|goalie4-2 =Doug Keans 27 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =April 16

|score5 =0–1

|home5 =2

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1985/04/16/1984030115#game=1984030115,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No Scoring

|5-1-2 =No Scoring

|5-2-1 =No Scoring

|5-2-2 =No Scoring

|5-3-1 =19:09 – Mats Naslund (3)

|5-3-2 =No Scoring

|goalie5-1 =Steve Penney 20 saves / 20 shots

|goalie5-2 =Doug Keans 24 saves / 25 shots

|series = Montreal won series 3–2

}}

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Semifinals, in which Quebec won in a three-game sweep.

In the final game, Buffalo led 5–3 with just nine minutes remaining but allowed the Nordiques to score two goals in a span of 64 seconds to tie it at 12:06. The Nordiques' Brent Ashton then got the winner with only 69 seconds left.{{cite book|title=The End of the Montreal Jinx: Boston's Short-Lived Glory in the Historic Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry, 1988-1994|author=K.P. Wee|date=October 2015|page=186|isbn=978-1517362911}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Buffalo Sabres

|team2=Quebec Nordiques

|stadium1=Quebec Coliseum

|stadium2=Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

|date1 =April 10

|score1 =2–5

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-que/1985/04/10/1984030121#game=1984030121,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Paul Cyr (1) – 12:19

|1-1-2 =04:28 – pp – Alain Lemieux (1)

|1-2-1 =Ric Seiling (1) – 19:02

|1-2-2 =11:55 – Michel Goulet (1)
13:39 – Anton Stastny (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =04:02 – Wilf Paiement (1)
08:38 – Wilf Paiement (2)

|goalie1-1 =Tom Barrasso 34 saves / 39 shots

|goalie1-2 =Mario Gosselin 28 saves / 30 shots

|date2 =April 11

|score2 =2–3

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-que/1985/04/11/1984030122#game=1984030122,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Mike Foligno (1) – 06:37

|2-1-2 =05:46 – pp – Michel Goulet (2)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =16:08 – Brent Ashton (1)

|2-3-1 =Phil Housley (1) – 14:28

|2-3-2 =15:09 – Normand Rochefort (1)

|goalie2-1 =Tom Barrasso 20 saves / 23 shots

|goalie2-2 =Mario Gosselin 19 saves / 21 shots

|date3 =April 13

|score3 =4–6

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-buf/1985/04/13/1984030123#game=1984030123,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Michel Goulet (3) – pp – 07:54

|3-2-1 =07:57 – Lindy Ruff (1)

|3-2-2 =Anton Stastny (2) – 09:02

|3-3-1 =03:00 – Bill Hajt (1)
05:17 – Paul Cyr (2)
16:55 – John Tucker (1)
17:35 – Dave Andreychuk (1)
19:57 – en – Ric Seiling (2)

|3-3-2 =Jean-Francois Sauve (1) – 05:48
Alain Cote (1) – 12:27

|goalie3-1 =Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 29 shots

|goalie3-2 =Mario Gosselin 25 saves / 30 shots

|date4 =April 14

|score4 =4–7

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-buf/1985/04/14/1984030124#game=1984030124,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Michel Goulet (4) – pp – 19:07

|4-2-1 =05:53 – Craig Ramsay (1)
17:36 – Phil Housley (2)

|4-2-2 =Michel Goulet (5) – 15:02
Paul Gillis (1) – 17:47

|4-3-1 =00:37 – Gilbert Perreault (1)
03:46 – Dave Andreychuk (2)
07:55 – Dave Andreychuk (3)
16:23 – Dave Andreychuk (4)
19:58 – Ric Seiling (3)

|4-3-2 =Brent Ashton (2) – pp – 15:20

|goalie4-1 =Tom Barrasso 22 saves / 26 shots

|goalie4-2 =Dan Bouchard 17 saves / 24 shots

|date5 =April 16

|score5 =5–6

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-que/1985/04/16/1984030125#game=1984030125,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Lindy Ruff (2) – pp – 06:12
Gilbert Perreault (2) – pp – 11:23
Gilbert Perreault (3) – 14:36

|5-1-2 =02:17 – pp – Michel Goulet (6)
17:08 – Blake Wesley (1)
19:18 – Jean-Francois Sauve (2)

|5-2-1 =Ric Seiling (4) – 05:06

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Phil Housley (3) – 01:27

|5-3-2 =11:02 – Alain Cote (2)
12:06 – Randy Moller (1)
18:51 – Brent Ashton (3)

|goalie5-1 =Tom Barrasso 28 saves / 34 shots

|goalie5-2 =Mario Gosselin 18 saves / 23 shots

|series = Quebec won series 3–2

}}

This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. New York won three of the previous five meetings. Their last meeting was won by New York in a three-game sweep in the 1983 Patrick Division Semifinals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Rangers

|team2=Philadelphia Flyers

|stadium1=Spectrum

|stadium2=Madison Square Garden

|date1 =April 10

|score1 =4–5

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-phi/1985/04/10/1984030131#game=1984030131,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =04:04 – Ron Sutter (1)
06:47 – Todd Bergen (1)
11:45 – Brad McCrimmon (1)

|1-2-1 =Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – pp – 03:30
Don Maloney (1) – 16:34

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Don Maloney (2) – 01:17
Anders Hedberg (1) – 19:34

|1-3-2 =06:04 – Tim Kerr (1)

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =08:01 – Mark Howe (1)

|goalie1-1 =Glen Hanlon 33 saves / 38 shots

|goalie1-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 27 saves / 31 shots

|date2 =April 11

|score2 =1–3

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-phi/1985/04/11/1984030132#game=1984030132,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =George McPhee (1) – 01:01

|2-2-2 =11:05 – pp – Todd Bergen (2)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =05:23 – Todd Bergen (3)
17:40 – Ilkka Sinisalo (1)

|goalie2-1 =Glen Hanlon 33 saves / 36 shots

|goalie2-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 38 saves / 39 shots

|date3 =April 13

|score3 =6–5

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-nyr/1985/04/13/1984030133#game=1984030133,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =12:36 – Reijo Ruotsalainen (2)
16:41 – pp – Don Maloney (3)

|3-1-2 =Peter Zezel (1) – pp – 17:26

|3-2-1 =09:08 – pp – Willie Huber (1)

|3-2-2 =Doug Crossman (1) – 06:25
Tim Kerr (2) – pp – 10:06
Tim Kerr (3) – 14:58
Tim Kerr (4) – pp – 16:42
Tim Kerr (5) – pp – 18:22

|3-3-1 =00:55 – pp – Don Maloney (4)
03:49 – Anders Hedberg (2)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Glen Hanlon 18 saves / 24 shots
John Vanbiesbrouck 12 saves / 12 shots

|goalie3-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 27 saves / 32 shots

|series = Philadelphia won series 3–0

}}

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won both previous series over the past two seasons, including last year's Patrick Division Finals in five games.

The series comeback by the Islanders is the only instance in NHL history where a team has overcome a 2–0 series deficit to win a best-of-five series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Islanders

|team2=Washington Capitals

|stadium1=Capital Centre

|stadium2=Nassau Coliseum

|date1 =April 10

|score1 =3–4

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-wsh/1985/04/10/1984030141#game=1984030141,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Mike Bossy (1) – pp – 04:00
Denis Potvin (1) – 09:07
Mike Bossy (2) – 18:37

|1-2-2 =11:15 – pp – Larry Murphy (1)
11:31 – pp – Larry Murphy (2)
13:24 – Mike Gartner (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =02:28 – Alan Haworth (1)

|goalie1-1 =Billy Smith 38 saves / 42 shots

|goalie1-2 =Pat Riggin 14 saves / 17 shots

|date2 =April 11

|score2 =1–2

|ot2 =2

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-wsh/1985/04/11/1984030142#game=1984030142,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =05:44 – Lou Franceschetti (1)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Bryan Trottier (1) – 07:41

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =01:23 – Mike Gartner (2)

|goalie2-1 =Kelly Hrudey 39 saves / 41 shots

|goalie2-2 =Al Jensen 36 saves / 37 shots

|date3 =April 13

|score3 =1–2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-nyi/1985/04/13/1984030143#game=1984030143,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =05:11 – Bryan Trottier (2)
13:44 – Brent Sutter (1)

|3-3-2 =Mike Gartner (3) – 19:19

|goalie3-1 =Billy Smith 15 saves / 16 shots

|goalie3-2 =Al Jensen 13 saves / 15 shots

|date4 =April 14

|score4 =4–6

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-nyi/1985/04/14/1984030144#game=1984030144,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =01:51 – pp – Denis Potvin (2)
13:15 – Bobby Nystrom (1)

|4-1-2 =Mike Gartner (4) – pp – 09:28
Dave Christian (1) – 13:00

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Doug Jarvis (1) – 05:10
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1) – pp – 13:54

|4-3-1 =03:26 – Patrick Flatley (1)
07:55 – pp – Mike Bossy (3)
18:52 – Bryan Trottier (3)
19:44 – en – Mike Bossy (4)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Billy Smith 29 saves / 33 shots

|goalie4-2 =Al Jensen 29 saves / 34 shots

|date5 =April 16

|score5 =2–1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-wsh/1985/04/16/1984030145#game=1984030145,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Anders Kallur (1) – 10:08
Brent Sutter (2) – 16:56

|5-2-2 =19:31 – Bobby Carpenter (1)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Billy Smith 39 saves / 40 shots

|goalie5-2 =Pat Riggin 20 saves / 22 shots

|series = New York won series 3–2

}}

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

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Minnesota North Stars

|team2=St. Louis Blues

|stadium1=St. Louis Arena

|stadium2=Met Center

|date1 =April 10

|score1 =3–2

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1985/04/10/1984030151#game=1984030151,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Neal Broten (1) – 10:58

|1-1-2 =12:01 – sh – Rob Ramage (1)

|1-2-1 =Craig Hartsburg (1) – pp – 15:01

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Keith Acton (1) – 10:45

|1-3-2 =11:25 – Jorgen Pettersson (1)

|goalie1-1 =Gilles Meloche 39 saves / 41 shots

|goalie1-2 =Rick Wamsley 21 saves / 24 shots

|date2 =April 11

|score2 =4–3

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1985/04/11/1984030152#game=1984030152,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =05:17 – pp – Brian Sutter (1)

|2-2-1 =Keith Acton (2) – 11:06
Willi Plett (1) – pp – 17:07

|2-2-2 =01:37 – pp – Brian Sutter (2)

|2-3-1 =Willi Plett (2) – 07:17
Keith Acton (3) – 15:50

|2-3-2 =17:43 – Doug Gilmour (1)

|goalie2-1 =Gilles Meloche 40 saves / 43 shots

|goalie2-2 =Rick Wamsley 28 saves / 32 shots

|date3 =April 13

|score3 =0–2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1985/04/13/1984030153#game=1984030153,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =00:46 – Tony McKegney (1)
05:53 – Craig Hartsburg (2)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Gilles Meloche 27 saves / 27 shots

|goalie3-2 =Greg Millen 33 saves / 35 shots

|series = Minnesota won series 3–0

}}

This was the tenth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago had won five of the previous nine series. Their most recent meeting was in the 1970 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which the Black Hawks won in a four-game sweep.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Chicago Black Hawks

|team2=Detroit Red Wings

|stadium1=Joe Louis Arena

|stadium2=Chicago Stadium

|date1 =April 10

|score1 =5–9

|home1 =2

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-chi/1985/04/10/1984030161#game=1984030161,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =04:26 – pp – Doug Wilson (1)
04:47 – Curt Fraser (1)
08:36 – pp – Denis Savard (1)
17:30 – Ken Yaremchuk (1)

|1-1-2 =Bob Manno (1) – 19:31

|1-2-1 =00:17 – Jack O'Callahan (1)
08:16 – Behn Wilson (1)
12:20 – Eddie Olczyk (1)
17:52 – Steve Larmer (1)

|1-2-2 =Reed Larson (1) – 03:18
John Ogrodnick (1) – 19:03

|1-3-1 =04:07 – Eddie Olcyzk (2)

|1-3-2 =Randy Ladouceur (1) – 07:55
Steve Yzerman (1) – 09:34

|goalie1-1 =Murray Bannerman 34 saves / 37 shots
Warren Skorodenski 12 saves / 14 shots

|goalie1-2 =Greg Stefan 11 saves / 17 shots
Corrado Micalef 10 saves / 13 shots

|date2 =April 11

|score2 =1–6

|home2 =2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-chi/1985/04/11/1984030162#game=1984030162,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =05:49 – Darryl Sutter (1)
16:33 – Ken Yaremchuk (2)
17:06 – Al Secord (1)

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =05:20 – Curt Fraser (2)
09:53 – pp – Keith Brown (1)
15:05 – pp – Doug Wilson (2)

|2-3-2 =Joey Kocur (1) – 07:20

|goalie2-1 =Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 31 shots

|goalie2-2 =Greg Stefan 19 saves / 25 shots

|date3 =April 13

|score3 =8–2

|home3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-det/1985/04/13/1984030163#game=1984030163,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =Steve Ludzik (1) – 16:38

|3-1-2 =No Scoring

|3-2-1 =Steve Larmer (2) – pp – 07:17
Darryl Sutter (2) – 08:39
Denis Savard (2) – 10:13

|3-2-2 =13:14 – pp – Ron Duguay (1)

|3-3-1 =Eddie Olczyk (3) – 06:58
Denis Savard (3) – pp – 10:43
Behn Wilson (2) – pp – 12:05
Rick Paterson (1) – 19:00

|3-3-2 =16:14 – pp – Steve Yzerman (2)

|goalie3-1 =Murray Bannerman 21 saves / 23 shots

|goalie3-2 =Greg Stefan 22 saves / 27 shots
Corrado Micalef 2 saves / 5 shots

|series = Chicago won series 3-0

}}

This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Los Angeles won their only previous meeting in a stunning upset 3–2 in the 1982 Smythe Division Semifinals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Los Angeles Kings

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium2=The Forum

|stadium1=Northlands Coliseum

|date1 =April 10

|score1 =2–3

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-edm/1985/04/10/1984030171#game=1984030171,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Craig Redmond (1) – 16:08

|1-1-2 =14:19 – Jari Kurri (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =13:19 – Paul Coffey (1)

|1-3-1 =Bernie Nicholls (1) – 15:23

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =03:01 – Lee Fogolin Jr.

|goalie1-1 =Bob Janecyk 31 saves / 34 shots

|goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 31 saves / 33 shots

|date2 =April 11

|score2 =2–4

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-edm/1985/04/11/1984030172#game=1984030172,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =01:10 – Paul Coffey (2)

|2-2-1 =Dave Taylor (1) – 03:53

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Doug Smith (1) – 10:09

|2-3-2 =06:17 – Mark Napier (1)
06:59 – Mike Krushelnyski (1)
19:16 – en – Jari Kurri (2)

|goalie2-1 =Bob Janecyk 28 saves / 31 shots

|goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 33 saves / 35 shots

|date3 =April 13

|score3 =4–3

|ot3 =1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-lak/1985/04/13/1984030173#game=1984030173,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =02:06 – pp – Marcel Dionne (1)

|3-1-2 =Mark Messier (1) – 10:00
Mark Messier (2) – sh – 17:49

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Mark Napier (2) – 14:48

|3-3-1 =07:02 – Garry Galley (1)
11:32 – Dave Taylor (2)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Glenn Anderson (1) – 00:46

|goalie3-1 =Bob Janecyk 30 saves / 34 shots

|goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 35 saves / 38 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 3–0

}}

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Calgary Flames

|team2=Winnipeg Jets

|stadium2=Olympic Saddledome

|stadium1=Winnipeg Arena

|date1 =April 10

|score1 =4–5

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-win/1985/04/10/1984030181#game=1984030181,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =05:27 – pp – Dave Babych (1)

|1-2-1 =Eddy Beers (1) – pp – 02:53
Hakan Loob (1) – 05:44
Paul Reinhart (1) – 11:32
Steve Konroyd (1) – sh – 14:38

|1-2-2 =16:08 – pp – Paul MacLean (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =00:20 – Dale Hawerchuk (1)
04:33 – pp – Dave Ellett (1)

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =07:56 – Brian Mullen (1)

|goalie1-1 =Rejean Lemelin 26 saves / 31 shots

|goalie1-2 =Brian Hayward 27 saves / 31 shots

|date2 =April 11

|score2 =2–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-win/1985/04/11/1984030182#game=1984030182,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Al MacInnis (1) – pp – 03:36

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Steve Bozek (1) – pp – 07:55

|2-2-2 =00:47 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (2)
01:03 – Doug Smail (1)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =08:58 – Scott Arniel (1)
18:38 – Laurie Boschman (1)
19:13 – Ron Wilson (1)

|goalie2-1 =Rejean Lemelin 22 saves / 26 shots

|goalie2-2 =Brian Hayward 20 saves / 22 shots

|date3 =April 13

|score3 =0–4

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-cgy/1985/04/13/1984030183#game=1984030183,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =05:56 – pp – Joel Otto (1)
10:21 – Hakan Loob (2)
19:09 – Jamie Macoun (1)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =11:32 – sh – Hakan Loob (3)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Rejean Lemelin 33 saves / 33 shots

|goalie3-2 =Brian Hayward 31 saves / 34 shots
Marc Behrend 9 saves / 10 shots

|date4 =April 14

|score4 =5–3

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-cgy/1985/04/14/1984030184#game=1984030184,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =10:31 – pp – Perry Berezan (1)

|4-1-2 =Thomas Steen (1) – pp – 02:51

|4-2-1 =16:12 – Joel Otto (2)

|4-2-2 =Doug Smail (2) – sh – 02:58
Andrew McBain (1) – 04:06
Ron Wilson (2) – 08:09
Laurie Boschman (2) – sh – 13:44

|4-3-1 =05:10 – Jim Peplinski (1)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Rejean Lemelin 32 saves / 37 shots

|goalie4-2 =Marc Behrend 35 saves / 38 shots

|series = Winnipeg won series 3–1

}}

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. The teams had split their prior two meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Finals in which Montreal won in six games.

The Quebec Nordiques and Montreal Canadiens battled in a seven-game series. Bitter rivals from the province of Quebec, the Nords shocked the Habs in 1982, only to see a fourth-place Montreal club upset Quebec two years later. In the deciding seventh game at the Montreal Forum, Peter Stastny scored the game and series winning goal, giving Quebec an improbable 3–2 overtime win and berth in the Wales Conference Finals. The franchise did not get to the conference finals again until 1996, their first year as the Colorado Avalanche, in which they won the Stanley Cup.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Quebec Nordiques

|team2=Montreal Canadiens

|stadium2=Quebec Coliseum

|stadium1=Montreal Forum

|date1 =April 18

|score1 =2–1

|ot1 =1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-mtl/1985/04/18/1984030211#game=1984030211,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Brent Ashton (4) – 09:38

|1-1-2 =11:50 – Lucien DeBlois (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|1-4-1 =Mark Kumpel (1) – 12:23

|1-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Mario Gosselin 18 saves / 19 shots

|goalie1-2 =Steve Penney 26 saves / 28 shots

|date2 =April 21

|score2 =4–6

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-mtl/1985/04/21/1984030212#game=1984030212,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Peter Stastny (1) – pp – 02:19
Michel Goulet (7) – pp – 04:29

|2-1-2 =09:52 – pp – Serge Boisvert (3)
15:29 – pp – Chris Chelios (2)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =03:21 – Mike McPhee (1)
05:35 – Mats Naslund (4)

|2-3-1 =Michel Goulet (8) – pp – 02:09
Peter Stastny (2) – 02:54

|2-3-2 =15:08 – Mats Naslund (5)
19:02 – en – Bob Gainey (1)

|goalie2-1 =Mario Gosselin 21 saves / 26 shots

|goalie2-2 =Steve Penney 24 saves / 28 shots

|date3 =April 23

|score3 =6–7

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-que/1985/04/23/1984030213#game=1984030213,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =03:23 – pp – Anton Stastny (3)
14:44 – Michel Goulet (9)

|3-1-2 =Mats Naslund (6) – pp – 04:19
Bobby Smith (4) – pp – 08:51

|3-2-1 =06:39 – Michel Goulet (10)

|3-2-2 =Guy Carbonneau (2) – 02:50
Bobby Smith (5) – 11:57

|3-3-1 =00:52 – pp – Michel Goulet (11)
05:11 – pp – Bruce Bell (1)
15:00 – Wilf Paiement (3)

|3-3-2 =Mike McPhee (2) – 06:31
Mike McPhee (3) – 08:32

|3-4-1 =18:36 – Dale Hunter (1)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Mario Gosselin 30 saves / 36 shots

|goalie3-2 =Steve Penney 37 saves / 44 shots

|date4 =April 25

|score4 =3–1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-que/1985/04/25/1984030214#game=1984030214,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =17:06 – Randy Moller (2)

|4-1-2 =Lucien DeBlois (2) – 17:06

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Guy Carbonneau (3) – sh – 13:26

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Mario Tremblay (2) – pp – 04:40

|goalie4-1 =Mario Gosselin 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie4-2 =Steve Penney 20 saves / 21 shots

|date5 =April 27

|score5 =5–1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-mtl/1985/04/27/1984030215#game=1984030215,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Brad Maxwell (1) – 11:14

|5-1-2 =02:51 – pp – Larry Robinson (3)

|5-2-1 =Dale Hunter (2) – 02:25
Alain Lemieux (2) – pp – 16:19
Brent Ashton (5) – 18:37

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Wilf Paiement (4) – 02:06

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Mario Gosselin 20 saves / 21 shots

|goalie5-2 =Steve Penney 12 saves / 16 shots
Doug Soetaert 8 saves / 9 shots

|date6 =April 30

|score6 =5–2

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-que/1985/04/30/1984030216#game=1984030216,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =07:51 – Alain Lemieux (3)

|6-1-2 =Mike McPhee (4) – 00:45
Guy Carbonneau (4) – 13:26

|6-2-1 =03:28 – Normand Rochefort (2)

|6-2-2 =Ron Flockhart (1) – 00:36
Chris Nilan (2) – pp – 07:11
Pierre Mondou (1) – 13:21

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Mario Gosselin 22 saves / 27 shots

|goalie6-2 =Steve Penney 22 saves / 24 shots

|date7 =May 2

|score7 =3–2

|ot7 =1

|won7 =1

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-mtl/1985/05/02/1984030217#game=1984030217,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =Bruce Bell (2) – 03:27

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =Jean-Francois Sauve (3) – 01:24

|7-2-2 =07:23 – Pierre Mondou (2)
17:14 – Mats Naslund (7)

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|7-4-1 =Peter Stastny (3) – 02:22

|7-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Mario Gosselin 24 saves / 26 shots

|goalie7-2 =Steve Penney 22 saves / 25 shots

|series = Quebec won series 4–3

}}

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. The teams had split their previous two meetings. The Islander won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Philadelphia Flyers ended the New York Islanders' string of five straight seasons in the Stanley Cup Finals by dispatching the club four games to one. Flyers goaltender Pelle Lindbergh registered a pair of shutouts, one in the first game 3-0, and the other in the clinching fifth game by a 1–0 score.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Islanders

|team2=Philadelphia Flyers

|stadium2=Nassau Coliseum

|stadium1=Spectrum

|date1 =April 18

|score1 =0–3

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-phi/1985/04/18/1984030221#game=1984030221,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =04:10 – Rick Tocchet (1)
10:43 – Tim Kerr (6)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =16:24 – Ron Sutter (2)

|goalie1-1 =Kelly Hrudey 35 saves / 38 shots

|goalie1-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 22 saves / 22 shots

|date2 =April 21

|score2 =2–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-phi/1985/04/21/1984030222#game=1984030222,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =02:15 – Ed Hospodar (1)
11:05 – pp – Brian Propp (1)
19:41 – Brian Propp (2)

|2-2-1 =Clark Gillies (1) – 19:06

|2-2-2 =15:47 – Brian Propp (3)

|2-3-1 =Bobby Nystrom (2) – 18:26

|2-3-2 =12:45 – Tim Kerr (7)

|goalie2-1 =Billy Smith 31 saves / 36 shots

|goalie2-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 26 saves / 28 shots

|date3 =April 23

|score3 =5–3

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-nyi/1985/04/23/1984030223#game=1984030223,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =05:58 – Anders Kallur (2)

|3-1-2 =Doug Crossman (2) – pp – 11:12
Rick Tocchet (2) – 18:44

|3-2-1 =08:29 – pp – Brent Sutter (3)
19:22 – John Tonelli (1)

|3-2-2 =Ron Sutter (3) – 03:58
Brian Propp (4) – sh – 08:08

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Ilkka Sinisalo (2) – en – 19:23

|goalie3-1 =Billy Smith 11 saves / 15 shots
Kelly Hrudey 5 saves / 5 shots

|goalie3-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 36 saves / 39 shots

|date4 =April 25

|score4 =2–6

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-nyi/1985/04/25/1984030224#game=1984030224,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =05:21 – Pat LaFontaine (1)
07:21 – pp – Bryan Trottier (4)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =00:54 – Denis Potvin (3)
08:53 – Mike Bossy (5)

|4-2-2 =Derrick Smith (1) – 10:57

|4-3-1 =09:23 – pp – Tomas Jonsson (1)
19:03 – pp – Alan Kerr (1)

|4-3-2 =Tim Kerr (8) – pp – 15:53

|goalie4-1 =Kelly Hrudey 24 saves / 26 shots

|goalie4-2 =Bob Froese 13 saves / 15 shots
Pelle Lindbergh 8 saves / 12 shots

|date5 =April 28

|score5 =0–1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-phi/1985/04/28/1984030225#game=1984030225,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =06:43 – Ilkka Sinisalo (3)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Kelly Hrudey 37 saves / 38 shots

|goalie5-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 25 saves / 25 shots

|series = Philadelphia won series 4–1

}}

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won two of the previous three meetings over the past three seasons. Minnesota won last season's Norris Division Semifinals 3–2.

The Chicago Black Hawks simply outscored the Minnesota North Stars in an offensive-minded six-game series that featured 62 total goals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Minnesota North Stars

|team2=Chicago Black Hawks

|stadium2=Met Center

|stadium1=Chicago Stadium

|date1 =April 18

|score1 =8–5

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-chi/1985/04/18/1984030231#game=1984030231,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Dennis Maruk (1) – pp – 07:05
Willi Plett (3) – 07:27

|1-1-2 =03:07 – Eddie Olczyk (4)
03:56 – Doug Wilson (3)
05:42 – Tom Lysiak (1)

|1-2-1 =Tony McKegney (2) – pp – 07:40
Neal Broten (2) – 11:03
Brian Bellows (1) – 13:07
Tim Coulis (1) – 14:19

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Steve Payne (1) – 04:42
Tony McKegney (3) – en – 19:55

|1-3-2 =04:11 – Jack O'Callahan (2)
15:04 – Behn Wilson (3)

|goalie1-1 =Gilles Meloche 42 saves / 47 shots

|goalie1-2 =Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 37 shots

|date2 =April 21

|score2 =2–6

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-chi/1985/04/21/1984030232#game=1984030232,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (1) – 02:48
Tony McKegney (4) – 04:07

|2-2-2 =01:12 – Keith Brown (2)
01:27 – Ken Yaremchuk (3)
04:18 – Curt Fraser (3)
10:53 – Curt Fraser (4)
14:07 – Al Secord (2)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =18:42 – Troy Murray (1)

|goalie2-1 =Gilles Meloche 35 saves / 41 shots

|goalie2-2 =Murray Bannerman 25 saves / 27 shots

|date3 =April 23

|score3 =5–3

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mns/1985/04/23/1984030233#game=1984030233,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =03:07 – pp – Dennis Maruk (2)
09:36 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (2)

|3-1-2 =Bob Murray (1) – pp – 13:55
Tom Lysiak (2) – 18:19

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Al Secord (3) – 17:10
Al Secord (4) – en – 19:18

|3-3-1 =05:40 – pp – Craig Hartsburg (3)

|3-3-2 =Darryl Sutter (3) – 19:47

|goalie3-1 =Gilles Meloche 18 saves / 22 shots
Don Beaupre 7 saves / 7 shots

|goalie3-2 =Murray Bannerman 38 saves / 41 shots

|date4 =April 25

|score4 =7–6

|ot4 =2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mns/1985/04/25/1984030234#game=1984030234,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =08:53 – pp – Ron Wilson (1)
11:14 – Randy Velischek (1)

|4-1-2 =Steve Larmer (3) – pp – 01:11
Denis Savard (4) – 10:58
Eddie Olczyk (5) – pp – 13:47

|4-2-1 =16:06 – Craig Hartsburg (4)
19:27 – Randy Velischek (2)

|4-2-2 =Tom Lysiak (3) – 11:25

|4-3-1 =02:58 – Gordie Roberts (1)
11:45 – pp – Tony McKegney (5)

|4-3-2 =Bill Gardner (1) – 09:15
Denis Savard (5) – 12:32

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =Darryl Sutter (4) – 01:57

|goalie4-1 =Don Beaupre 13 saves / 19 shots
Gilles Meloche 15 saves / 16 shots

|goalie4-2 =Murray Bannerman 48 saves / 54 shots

|date5 =April 28

|score5 =5–4

|ot5 =1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-chi/1985/04/28/1984030235#game=1984030235,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =03:32 – Denis Savard (6)
19:54 – Darryl Sutter (5)

|5-2-1 =Tony McKegney (6) – 10:28
Brian Bellows (2) – sh – 16:01

|5-2-2 =02:24 – Al Secord (5)
09:08 – Steve Larmer (4)

|5-3-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (3) – 12:53
Tony McKegney (7) – 16:43

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|5-4-1 =Dennis Maruk (3) – 01:14

|5-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Don Beaupre 16 saves / 16 shots
Gilles Meloche 15 saves / 19 shots

|goalie5-2 =Murray Bannerman 32 saves / 37 shots

|date6 =April 30

|score6 =6–5

|ot6 =1

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mns/1985/04/30/1984030236#game=1984030236,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =01:30 – Tony McKegney (8)
12:57 – pp – Craig Hartsburg (5)

|6-1-2 =Steve Larmer (5) – pp – 02:25
Darryl Sutter (6) – 17:14

|6-2-1 =08:41 – pp – Dennis Maruk (4)

|6-2-2 =Tom Lysiak (4) – 11:41

|6-3-1 =04:31 – Dave Richter (1)
09:41 – pp – Keith Acton (4)

|6-3-2 =Curt Fraser (5) – 06:15
Troy Murray (2) – 15:03

|6-4-1 =No scoring

|6-4-2 =Darryl Sutter (7) – 15:41

|goalie6-1 =Don Beaupre 31 saves / 37 shots

|goalie6-2 =Murray Bannerman 41 saves / 46 shots

|series = Chicago won series 4–2

}}

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the previous two meetings over the past two seasons, including last year's Smythe Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.

Defending Cup champion Edmonton was too much for the Winnipeg Jets, sweeping them in four straight games and doubling their goal total.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Winnipeg Jets

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium2=Winnipeg Arena

|stadium1=Northlands Coliseum

|date1 =April 18

|score1 =2–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-edm/1985/04/18/1984030241#game=1984030241,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Bengt Lundholm (1) – sh – 13:49

|1-1-2 =11:45 – Jari Kurri (3)

|1-2-1 =Paul MacLean (2) – 07:28

|1-2-2 =07:43 – Mark Napier (3)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =06:42 – Paul Coffey
19:36 – en – Wayne Gretzky (1)

|goalie1-1 =Marc Behrend 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 21 saves / 23 shots

|date2 =April 20

|score2 =2–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-edm/1985/04/20/1984030242#game=1984030242,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Robert Picard (1) – pp – 10:17

|2-1-2 =08:21 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (2)
11:33 – Kevin McClelland (1)
13:11 – pp – Paul Coffey (4)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =01:33 – sh – Paul Coffey (5)

|2-3-1 =Thomas Steen (2) – pp – 13:52

|2-3-2 =04:06 – Mark Messier (3)

|goalie2-1 =Brian Hayward 26 saves / 31 shots

|goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 30 saves / 32 shots

|date3 =April 23

|score3 =5–4

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-win/1985/04/23/1984030243#game=1984030243,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =01:26 – pp – Paul MacLean (3)
13:25 – sh – Bengt Lundholm (2)

|3-1-2 =Paul Coffey (6) – 04:39

|3-2-1 =08:25 – Ron Wilson (3)
19:45 – pp – Dave Babych (2)

|3-2-2 =Glenn Anderson (2) – 00:37
Mike Krushelnyski (2) – pp – 03:54
Mark Napier (4) – 14:53

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Wayne Gretzky (3) – 06:13

|goalie3-1 =Brian Hayward 20 saves / 25 shots

|goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 28 saves / 32 shots

|date4 =April 25

|score4 =8–3

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-win/1985/04/25/1984030244#game=1984030244,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =00:53 – pp – Randy Carlyle (1)

|4-1-2 =Wayne Gretzky (4) – 05:20
Wayne Gretzky (5) – sh – 12:22

|4-2-1 =09:50 – Robert Picard (2)
14:00 – Ron Wilson (4)

|4-2-2 =Jari Kurri (4) – 00:54
Jari Kurri (5) – 01:18
Glenn Anderson (3) – pp – 08:18

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Mark Messier (4) – 03:29
Jari Kurri (6) – 05:35
Wayne Gretzky (6) – sh-en – 10:31

|goalie4-1 =Brian Hayward 10 saves / 15 shots
Marc Behrend 11 saves / 13 shots

|goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 29 shots
Andy Moog 2 saves / 2 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–0

}}

{{See also|NHL conference finals}}

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won the only previous meeting 3–2 in the 1981 Preliminary round.

Although the Flyers held the best record in the NHL with 53 wins and 113 points, the Adams Division held a better record against the Patrick Division, so the Wales finals began in Quebec City.{{Cite web|publisher=Sunday Call-Chronicle|last=Shope|first=Dan|title=FLYERS VICTIM OF WEIRD RULE|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1985-05-05-2473518-story.html|access-date=2021-08-03|website=mcall.com}}{{Cite web|date=1985-05-03|title=NHL Playoffs : Nordiques Win the Deciding Game in Overtime|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-03-sp-11954-story.html|access-date=2021-08-03|website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web|title=Stanley Cup Playoff Roundup|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/05/02/Stanley-Cup-Playoff-Roundup/2517483854400/|access-date=2021-08-03|website=UPI}} Philadelphia and Quebec split the first four games of the series, then the Flyers edged the Nordiques, 2–1 in game five. Game six in Philadelphia was a tour-de-force for the Flyers, outshooting Quebec 36–15, and winning 3–0. Flyers captain Dave Poulin's five-on-three shorthanded goal early in the second period sealed the win and returned Philadelphia to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1980. The win came at a high cost for the Flyers as both 54-goal forward Tim Kerr and defenceman Brad McCrimmon were lost for the remainder of the playoffs with injuries.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Philadelphia Flyers

|team2=Quebec Nordiques

|stadium2=Spectrum

|stadium1=Quebec Coliseum

|date1 =May 5

|score1 =1–2

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-que/1985/05/05/1984030311#game=1984030311,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Brad McCrimmon (2) – 13:02

|1-3-2 =07:13 – Dale Hunter (3)

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =06:20 – Peter Stastny (4)

|goalie1-1 =Pelle Lindbergh 42 saves / 44 shots

|goalie1-2 =Mario Gosselin 27 saves / 28 shots

|date2 =May 7

|score2 =4–2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-que/1985/05/07/1984030312#game=1984030312,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Dave Poulin (1) – sh – 11:16

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Murray Craven (1) – 02:18
Ilkka Sinisalo (4) – 19:39

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Joe Paterson (1) – 11:51

|2-3-2 =04:51 – pp – Jean-Francois Sauve (4)
19:41 – Mark Kumpel (2)

|goalie2-1 =Pelle Lindbergh 27 saves / 29 shots

|goalie2-2 =Mario Gosselin 21 saves / 25 shots

|date3 =May 9

|score3 =2–4

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-phi/1985/05/09/1984030313#game=1984030313,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =12:13 – pp – Murray Craven (2)

|3-1-2 =Alain Cote (3) – 12:34
Brent Ashton (6) – sh – 18:54

|3-2-1 =01:41 – Joe Paterson (2)
11:39 – pp – Ilkka Sinisalo (5)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =12:46 – pp – Brian Propp (5)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Pelle Lindbergh 21 saves / 23 shots

|goalie3-2 =Mario Gosselin 31 saves / 35 shots

|date4 =May 12

|score4 =5–3

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-phi/1985/05/12/1984030314#game=1984030314,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Dale Hunter (4) – sh – 06:29
Alain Cote (4) – 09:23

|4-2-1 =03:12 – pp – Doug Crossman (3)
19:07 – pp – Brian Propp (6)

|4-2-2 =Mark Kumpel (3) – 17:07

|4-3-1 =03:08 – pp – Mark Howe (2)

|4-3-2 =Alain Cote (5) – 04:32
Brad Maxwell (2) – pp – 12:37

|goalie4-1 =Pelle Lindbergh 16 saves / 21 shots

|goalie4-2 =Mario Gosselin 34 saves / 37 shots

|date5 =May 14

|score5 =2–1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-que/1985/05/14/1984030315#game=1984030315,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =07:02 – pp – Jean-Francois Sauve (5)

|5-3-1 =Joe Paterson (3) – pp – 01:00
Murray Craven (3) – 15:01

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Pelle Lindbergh 30 saves / 31 shots

|goalie5-2 =Mario Gosselin 19 saves / 21 shots

|date6 =May 16

|score6 =0–3

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-phi/1985/05/16/1984030316#game=1984030316,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =16:32 – Rick Tocchet (3)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =02:11 – sh – Dave Poulin (2)
11:07 – pp – Doug Crossman (4)

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Pelle Lindbergh 15 saves / 15 shots

|goalie6-2 =Mario Gosselin 33 saves / 36 shots

|series = Philadelphia won series 4–2

}}

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1983 Clarence Campbell Conference Final.

The Oilers defeated the Black Hawks in six games, with the home team winning the first five games. This was a six-game series that broke all sorts of records for total offense. Edmonton won the first two games at home by 11–2 and 7–3 scores, only to see Chicago strike back at home with 5–2 and 8–6 victories. However, Edmonton rebounded to blast the Hawks in the final two games, 10–5 and 8–2 to earn their third trip to the Cup Finals in as many years. Edmonton set all-time playoff marks with the most goals in one series, and most goals in a six-game series, and both clubs set records with the most total goals in a semifinal series and the most total goals in one six-game series. Oilers' Jari Kurri scored three hat tricks in the series, setting a still-standing NHL record.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Chicago Black Hawks

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium2=Chicago Stadium

|stadium1=Northlands Coliseum

|date1 =May 4

|score1 =2–11

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-edm/1985/05/04/1984030321#game=1984030321,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Ken Yaremchuk (4) – 12:36

|1-1-2 =05:48 – Glenn Anderson (4)
10:09 – Charlie Huddy (1)
18:25 – Paul Coffey (7)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =03:38 – Jari Kurri (7)
05:18 – pp – Mark Napier (5)
14:58 – sh – Jari Kurri (8)
18:57 – Charlie Huddy (2)

|1-3-1 =Troy Murray (3) – 18:22

|1-3-2 =01:17 – Willy Lindstrom (1)
10:49 – Wayne Gretzky (7)
11:25 – Pat Hughes (1)
12:43 – Glenn Anderson (5)

|goalie1-1 =Murray Bannerman 21 saves / 28 shots
Warren Skorodenski 10 saves / 14 shots

|goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 28 shots

|date2 =May 7

|score2 =3–7

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-edm/1985/05/07/1984030322#game=1984030322,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Bob Murray (2) – 06:34

|2-1-2 =06:21 – pp – Glenn Anderson (6)
12:26 – Jari Kurri (9)

|2-2-1 =Darryl Sutter (8) – 05:49

|2-2-2 =07:19 – Larry Melnyk (1)

|2-3-1 =Behn Wilson (4) – 19:22

|2-3-2 =08:26 – Jari Kurri (10)
15:45 – Paul Coffey (8)
19:36 – en – Jari Kurri (11)
19:43 – en – Glenn Anderson (7)

|goalie2-1 =Murray Bannerman 30 saves / 35 shots

|goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 28 saves / 31 shots

|date3 =May 9

|score3 =2–5

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-chi/1985/05/09/1984030323#game=1984030323,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =05:01 – Jack O'Callahan (3)
06:02 – Steve Larmer (6)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =14:20 – Darryl Sutter (9)

|3-2-2 =Jaroslav Pouzar (1) – 11:14

|3-3-1 =07:07 – Denis Savard (7)
18:44 – en – Troy Murray (4)

|3-3-2 =Mark Messier (5) – 03:07

|goalie3-1 =Murray Bannerman 33 saves / 35 shots

|goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 28 saves / 32 shots

|date4 =May 12

|score4 =6–8

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-chi/1985/05/12/1984030324#game=1984030324,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =04:23 – Darryl Sutter (10)
09:50 – sh – Eddie Olczyk (6)
17:05 – Denis Savard (8)
18:17 – Curt Fraser (6)
19:35 – pp – Al Secord (6)

|4-1-2 =Wayne Gretzky (8) – 02:52
Mark Messier (6) – 11:02
Jaroslav Pouzar (2) – 17:20

|4-2-1 =12:57 – pp – Steve Larmer (7)

|4-2-2 =Willy Lindstrom (2) – 10:20

|4-3-1 =04:52 – Steve Larmer (8)
05:24 – Bob Murray (3)

|4-3-2 =Glenn Anderson (8) – 16:41
Mark Messier (7) – 17:45

|goalie4-1 =Murray Bannerman 29 saves / 35 shots

|goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 16 saves / 24 shots
Andy Moog 1 save / 1 shot

|date5 =May 14

|score5 =5–10

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-edm/1985/05/14/1984030325#game=1984030325,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Troy Murray (5) – pp – 04:37
Darryl Sutter (11) – pp – 09:15
Steve Larmer (9) – pp – 14:13

|5-1-2 =01:11 – Mike Krushelnyski (3)
07:52 – pp – Jari Kurri (12)
16:31 – Jari Kurri (13)

|5-2-1 =Denis Savard (9) – pp – 04:30

|5-2-2 =04:51 – Mark Messier (8)
08:15 – Wayne Gretzky (9)
16:46 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (10)
18:39 – Jari Kurri (14)

|5-3-1 =Darryl Sutter (12) – pp – 18:37

|5-3-2 =02:40 – Paul Coffey (9)
11:57 – Dave Hunter (1)
15:43 – Lee Fogolin Jr. (2)

|goalie5-1 =Murray Bannerman 41 saves / 51 shots

|goalie5-2 =Grant Fuhr 18 saves / 23 shots

|date6 =May 16

|score6 =8–2

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-chi/1985/05/16/1984030326#game=1984030326,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =Jari Kurri (15) – 05:12
Mark Messier (9) – 13:26

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Mark Messier (10) – pp – 08:32
Jari Kurri (16) – 13:28
Lee Fogolin Jr. (3) – 14:41
Jari Kurri (17) – sh – 18:05

|6-3-1 =07:27 – Al Secord (7)
13:34 – Ken Yaremchuk (5)

|6-3-2 =Glenn Anderson (9) – 15:54
Jari Kurri (18) – 18:17

|goalie6-1 =Murray Bannerman 19 saves / 27 shots

|goalie6-2 =Grant Fuhr 25 saves / 27 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–2

}}

{{main article|1985 Stanley Cup Finals}}

This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1980 Preliminary round, which Philadelphia won in a three-game sweep. Philadelphia made their fifth Finals appearance. They last appeared in the Finals in 1980, which Philadelphia lost against the New York Islanders in six games. This was Edmonton's third consecutive and third overall Finals appearance. They won the previous year's Finals against the New York Islanders in five games. Philadelphia won all three games in this year's regular season series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Edmonton Oilers

|team2=Philadelphia Flyers

|stadium2=Northlands Coliseum

|stadium1=Spectrum

|date1 =May 21

|score1 =1–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-phi/1985/05/21/1984030411#game=1984030411,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =15:05 – pp – Ilkka Sinisalo (6)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Willy Lindstrom (3) – 16:52

|1-3-2 =05:56 – Ron Sutter (4)
08:07 – Tim Kerr (9)
19:39 – en – Dave Poulin (3)

|goalie1-1 =Grant Fuhr 37 saves / 40 shots

|goalie1-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 25 saves / 26 shots

|date2 =May 23

|score2 =3–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-phi/1985/05/23/1984030412#game=1984030412,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Wayne Gretzky (11) – 10:29

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Willy Lindstrom (4) – 16:08

|2-2-2 =10:22 – Tim Kerr (10)

|2-3-1 =Dave Hunter (2) – en – 19:33

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Grant Fuhr 17 saves / 18 shots

|goalie2-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 27 saves / 29 shots

|date3 =May 25

|score3 =3–4

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-edm/1985/05/25/1984030413#game=1984030413,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =01:10 – Wayne Gretzky (12)
01:25 – Wayne Gretzky (13)
13:32 – Wayne Gretzky (14)

|3-1-2 =Derrick Smith (2) – 01:41

|3-2-1 =06:58 – pp – Mike Krushelnyski (4)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Mark Howe (3) – 09:08
Brian Propp (7) – 14:26

|goalie3-1 =Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie3-2 =Bob Froese 7 saves / 7 shots
Pelle Lindbergh 15 saves / 19 shots

|date4 =May 28

|score4 =3–5

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-edm/1985/05/28/1984030414#game=1984030414,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =04:22 – pp – Paul Coffey (10)
18:23 – pp – Charlie Huddy (3)

|4-1-2 =Rich Sutter (1) – 00:46
Todd Bergen (4) – pp – 06:38
Murray Craven (4) – sh – 11:32

|4-2-1 =00:21 – Glenn Anderson (10)
12:53 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (15)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =03:42 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (16)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 23 shots

|goalie4-2 =Pelle Lindbergh 18 saves / 22 shots
Bob Froese 9 saves / 10 shots

|date5 =May 30

|score5 =3–8

|home5 =2

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-edm/1985/05/30/1984030415#game=1984030415,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =04:54 – Jari Kurri (19)
05:31 – Willy Lindstrom (5)
15:31 – Paul Coffey (11)
17:57 – pp – Paul Coffey (12)

|5-1-2 =Rich Sutter (2) – 07:23

|5-2-1 =09:18 – Mark Messier (11)
10:20 – Mike Krushelnyski (5)
16:49 – Wayne Gretzky (17)

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =03:39 – Mark Messier (12)

|5-3-2 =Brian Propp (8) – pp – 01:59
Rich Sutter (3) – 07:05

|goalie5-1 =Grant Fuhr 19 saves / 22 shots

|goalie5-2 =Bob Froese 33 saves / 41 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–1

}}

These are the top ten skaters based on points.[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19841985&seasonTo=19841985&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists NHL.com - Skater Stats]

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.[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?report=goaliesummary&reportType=season&seasonFrom=19841985&seasonTo=19841985&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]

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