1990 Stanley Cup playoffs#Prince of Wales Conference Final

{{Short description|Ice hockey playoffs}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{infobox hockey tournament season

|title=Stanley Cup playoffs

|year=1990

|dates=April 4–May 24, 1990

|num_teams=16

|defending_champions=Calgary Flames

|winners=Edmonton Oilers

|second=Boston Bruins

| stat_leader_title = Scoring leader(s)

| stat_leader_player =Craig Simpson (Oilers)
Mark Messier (Oilers)

| stat_leader_value =31 points

| award_title = MVP

| award =Bill Ranford (Oilers)

| prev_season =1989

| next_season =1991

}}

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The 1990 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League (NHL) championship began on April 5, 1990, following the 1989–90 regular season. The sixteen teams that qualified, from the top four teams of the four divisions, played best-of-seven series. The Conference Champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup.

This was the last time that the Detroit Red Wings missed the playoffs until 2017. They would make the playoffs for 25 consecutive seasons from 1991 to 2016, excluding 2005, when the season was cancelled.

Since entering the NHL as expansion teams in the 1967–68 NHL season this was the first and only time until 2023 that both the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs in the same season.

The playoffs concluded on May 24 with the Edmonton Oilers winning the Stanley Cup, defeating the Boston Bruins in the final series four games to one. Edmonton goaltender Bill Ranford was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.

Playoff seeds

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

=Prince of Wales Conference=

==Adams Division==

  1. Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 101 points
  2. Buffalo Sabres – 98 points
  3. Montreal Canadiens – 93 points
  4. Hartford Whalers – 85 points

==Patrick Division==

  1. New York Rangers, Patrick Division champions – 85 points
  2. New Jersey Devils – 83 points
  3. Washington Capitals – 78 points
  4. New York Islanders – 73 points

=Clarence Campbell Conference=

==Norris Division==

  1. Chicago Blackhawks, Norris Division champions – 88 points
  2. St. Louis Blues – 83 points
  3. Toronto Maple Leafs – 80 points
  4. Minnesota North Stars – 76 points

==Smythe Division==

  1. Calgary Flames, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 99 points
  2. Edmonton Oilers – 90 points
  3. Winnipeg Jets – 85 points
  4. Los Angeles Kings – 75 points

Playoff bracket

In the division semifinals, the fourth seeded team in each division played against the division winner from their division. The other series matched the second and third place teams from the divisions. The two winning teams from each division's semifinals then met in the division finals. The two division winners of each conference then played in the conference finals. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.

In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). Home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record, and played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary); the other team then played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).

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{{16TeamBracket

|RD1=Division semifinals

|RD2=Division finals

|RD3=Conference finals

|RD4=Stanley Cup Finals

|RD2-group1=Prince of Wales Conference

|RD2-group2=Clarence Campbell Conference

|RD1-seed01=A1

|RD1-team01=Boston

|RD1-score01=4

|RD1-seed02=A4

|RD1-team02=Hartford

|RD1-score02=3

|RD1-seed03=A2

|RD1-team03=Buffalo

|RD1-score03=2

|RD1-seed04=A3

|RD1-team04=Montreal

|RD1-score04=4

|RD1-seed05=P1

|RD1-team05=NY Rangers

|RD1-score05=4

|RD1-seed06=P4

|RD1-team06=NY Islanders

|RD1-score06=1

|RD1-seed07=P2

|RD1-team07=New Jersey

|RD1-score07=2

|RD1-seed08=P3

|RD1-team08=Washington

|RD1-score08=4

|RD1-seed09=N1

|RD1-team09=Chicago

|RD1-score09=4

|RD1-seed10=N4

|RD1-team10=Minnesota

|RD1-score10=3

|RD1-seed11=N2

|RD1-team11=St. Louis

|RD1-score11=4

|RD1-seed12=N3

|RD1-team12=Toronto

|RD1-score12=1

|RD1-seed13=S1

|RD1-team13=Calgary

|RD1-score13=2

|RD1-seed14=S4

|RD1-team14=Los Angeles

|RD1-score14=4

|RD1-seed15=S2

|RD1-team15=Edmonton

|RD1-score15=4

|RD1-seed16=S3

|RD1-team16=Winnipeg

|RD1-score16=3

|RD2-seed01=A1

|RD2-team01=Boston

|RD2-score01=4

|RD2-seed02=A3

|RD2-team02=Montreal

|RD2-score02=1

|RD2-seed03=P1

|RD2-team03=NY Rangers

|RD2-score03=1

|RD2-seed04=P3

|RD2-team04=Washington

|RD2-score04=4

|RD2-seed05=N1

|RD2-team05=Chicago

|RD2-score05=4

|RD2-seed06=N2

|RD2-team06=St. Louis

|RD2-score06=3

|RD2-seed07=S4

|RD2-team07=Los Angeles

|RD2-score07=0

|RD2-seed08=S2

|RD2-team08=Edmonton

|RD2-score08=4

|RD3-seed01=A1

|RD3-team01=Boston

|RD3-score01=4

|RD3-seed02=P3

|RD3-team02=Washington

|RD3-score02=0

|RD3-seed03=N1

|RD3-team03=Chicago

|RD3-score03=2

|RD3-seed04=S2

|RD3-team04=Edmonton

|RD3-score04=4

|RD4-seed01=A1

|RD4-team01=Boston

|RD4-score01=1

|RD4-seed02=S2

|RD4-team02=Edmonton

|RD4-score02=4

}}}}

Division semifinals

=Prince of Wales Conference=

==(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers==

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Hartford Whalers

|team2=Boston Bruins

|stadium2=Hartford Civic Center

|stadium1=Boston Garden

|date1 =April 5

|score1 =4–3

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/hfd-vs-bos/1990/04/05/1989030111#game=1989030111,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Todd Krygier (1) – 05:42

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Dean Evason (1) – 02:41
Scott Young (1) – 06:16
Randy Ladouceur (1) – 09:19

|1-2-2 =06:29 – Cam Neely (1)
15:46 – Bobby Carpenter (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =19:38 – ppDave Poulin (1)

|goalie1-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 33 saves / 36 shots

|goalie1-2 =Rejean Lemelin 13 saves / 17 shots

|date2 =April 7

|score2 =1–3

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/hfd-vs-bos/1990/04/07/1989030112#game=1989030112,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =10:58 – ppRay Bourque (1)

|2-2-1 =Todd Krygier (2) – 07:42

|2-2-2 =14:06 – ppGarry Galley (1)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =06:57 – ppBobby Carpenter (2)

|goalie2-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 32 saves / 35 shots

|goalie2-2 =Andy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots

|date3 =April 9

|score3 =3–5

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-hfd/1990/04/09/1989030113#game=1989030113,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =12:13 – ppBrad Shaw (1)
14:41 – ppPat Verbeek (1)

|3-1-2 =Bobby Carpenter (3) – pp – 07:59
Dave Christian (1) – 17:20

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =00:36 – Dave Babych (1)
02:13 – Pat Verbeek (2)
19:42 – Kevin Dineen (1)

|3-3-2 =Randy Burridge (1) – 08:25

|goalie3-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 22 saves / 25 shots

|goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 22 saves / 26 shots

|date4 =April 11

|score4 =6–5

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-hfd/1990/04/11/1989030114#game=1989030114,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =01:18 – Dean Evason (2)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =02:04 – Brad Shaw (2)
07:02 – Kevin Dineen (2)
08:29 – Yvon Corriveau (1)
16:15 – Ron Francis (1)

|4-2-2 =Dave Christian (2) – 04:35
Glen Wesley (1) – 10:24

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Dave Poulin (2) – 01:28
Bob Beers (1) – 07:00
Dave Christian (3) – 08:10
Dave Poulin (3) – 18:16

|goalie4-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 23 saves / 29 shots

|goalie4-2 =Rejean Lemelin 17 saves / 22 shots
Andy Moog 7 saves / 7 shots

|date5 =April 13

|score5 =2–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/hfd-vs-bos/1990/04/13/1989030115#game=1989030115,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Ulf Samuelsson (1) – 09:36

|5-1-2 =15:18 – ppBrian Propp (1)
17:27 – ppCam Neely (2)

|5-2-1 =Dave Tippett (1) – 15:56

|5-2-2 =18:07 – sh – Cam Neely (3)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 15 saves / 18 shots

|goalie5-2 =Andy Moog 20 saves / 22 shots

|date6 =April 15

|score6 =2–3

|ot6 =1

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-hfd/1990/04/15/1989030116#game=1989030116,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =06:31 – Scott Young (2)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =01:35 – Ron Francis (2)

|6-2-2 =Dave Poulin (4) – 09:00

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Randy Burridge (2) – 01:05

|6-4-1 =12:30 – Kevin Dineen (3)

|6-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 23 saves / 25 shots

|goalie6-2 =Andy Moog 23 saves / 26 shots

|date7 =April 17

|score7 =1–3

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/hfd-vs-bos/1990/04/17/1989030117#game=1989030117,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =01:30 – John Byce (1)
07:29 – ppCraig Janney (1)

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =15:22 – Cam Neely (4)

|7-3-1 =Ron Francis (3) – pp – 13:48

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Peter Sidorkiewicz 22 saves / 25 shots

|goalie7-2 =Andy Moog 27 saves / 28 shots

|series = Boston won series 4–3

}}

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

This was the fourth playoff series between these two teams. Buffalo won two of the previous three meetings, including the most recent meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1983 Adams Division Semifinals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Montreal Canadiens

|team2=Buffalo Sabres

|stadium2=Montreal Forum

|stadium1=Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

|date1 =April 5

|score1 =1–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =bigmouthsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1990-Stanley-Cup-Playoff-boxscores-EDM.pdf

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Brian Skrudland (1) – 07:45

|1-2-2 =06:28 – Dean Kennedy (1)
09:55 – Rick Vaive (1)
19:08 – Dave Andreychuk (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =04:27 – Bob Corkum (1)

|goalie1-1 =Patrick Roy 24 saves / 28 shots

|goalie1-2 =Daren Puppa 34 saves / 35 shots

|date2 =April 7

|score2 =3–0

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-buf/1990/04/07/1989030122#game=1989030122,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Mats Naslund (1) – 04:41
Stephane Richer (1) – pp – 14:09

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Shayne Corson (1) – 14:15

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Patrick Roy 26 saves / 26 shots

|goalie2-2 =Daren Puppa 33 saves / 36 shots

|date3 =April 9

|score3 =1–2

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-mtl/1990/04/09/1989030123#game=1989030123,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Phil Housley (1) – pp – 07:15

|3-2-1 =10:39 – Stephane Richer (2)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =12:35 – Brian Skrudland (2)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Patrick Roy 30 saves / 31 shots

|goalie3-2 =Daren Puppa 31 saves / 33 shots

|date4 =April 11

|score4 =4–2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-mtl/1990/04/11/1989030124#game=1989030124,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =07:13 – Stephane Richer

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =04:21 – Brian Skrudland (3)

|4-2-2 =Rick Vaive (2) – pp – 03:16
Doug Bodger (1) – 08:57
Pierre Turgeon (1) – 19:57

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Pierre Turgeon (2) – 01:02

|goalie4-1 =Patrick Roy 23 saves / 27 shots

|goalie4-2 =Daren Puppa 31 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =April 13

|score5 =4–2

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-buf/1990/04/13/1989030125#game=1989030125,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =17:55 – Scott Arniel (1)

|5-2-1 =Stephane Richer (4) – 07:51
Bobby Smith (1) – 17:13
Stephane Richer (5) – 18:25

|5-2-2 =10:58 – ppRick Vaive (3)

|5-3-1 =Russ Courtnall (1) – 18:39

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Patrick Roy 30 saves / 32 shots

|goalie5-2 =Daren Puppa 22 saves / 25 shots

|date6 =April 15

|score6 =2–5

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-mtl/1990/04/15/1989030126#game=1989030126,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =09:00 – ppMathieu Schneider (1)

|6-1-2 =Rick Vaive (4) – pp – 10:22

|6-2-1 =16:22 – Brent Gilchrist (1)

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =04:47 – Claude Lemieux (1)
08:48 – Russ Courtnall (2)
19:04 – Russ Courtnall (3)

|6-3-2 =Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 06:07

|goalie6-1 =Patrick Roy 22 saves / 24 shots

|goalie6-2 =Daren Puppa 24 saves / 28 shots

|series = Montreal won series 4–2

}}

==(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P4) New York Islanders==

This was the seventh playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won five of the previous six meetings. The most recent the Islanders won 3–2 in the 1984 Patrick Division Semifinals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Islanders

|team2=New York Rangers

|stadium2=Nassau Coliseum

|stadium1=Madison Square Garden

|date1 =April 5

|score1 =1–2

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-nyr/1990/04/05/1989030131#game=1989030131,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =05:14 – Bernie Nicholls (1)

|1-2-1 =Bryan Trottier (1) – 14:36

|1-2-2 =13:49 – Mark Janssens (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Mark Fitzpatrick 24 saves / 26 shots

|goalie1-2 =Mike Richter 28 saves / 29 shots

|date2 =April 7

|score2 =2–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-nyr/1990/04/07/1989030132#game=1989030132,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =11:28 – ppJohn Ogrodnick (1)

|2-2-1 =David Volek (1) – 06:49
Tom Fitzgerald (1) – 10:32

|2-2-2 =09:24 – Mark Janssens (2)
11:35 – ppJames Patrick (1)
13:01 – John Ogrodnick (2)
17:33 – ppBernie Nicholls (2)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Mark Fitzpatrick 15 saves / 19 shots
Glenn Healy 13 saves / 14 shots

|goalie2-2 =Mike Richter 31 saves / 33 shots

|date3 =April 9

|score3 =3–4

|ot3 =2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-nyi/1990/04/09/1989030133#game=1989030133,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =01:51 – ppBrent Sutter (1)

|3-1-2 =Troy Mallette (1) – 06:51

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =James Patrick (2) – pp – 11:19
Bernie Nicholls (3) – pp – 12:40

|3-3-1 =11:47 – ppPatrick Flatley (1)
13:09 – Hubie McDonough (1)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =00:59 – pp – Brent Sutter (2)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Glenn Healy 34 saves / 37 shots

|goalie3-2 =John Vanbiesbrouck 45 saves / 49 shots

|date4 =April 11

|score4 =6–1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-nyi/1990/04/11/1989030134#game=1989030134,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =Patrick Flatley (2) – pp – 12:25

|4-1-2 =Brian Mullen (1) – pp – 00:41
Darren Turcotte (1) – 10:53

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Carey Wilson (1) – pp – 10:59
Randy Moller (1) – 12:12
John Ogrodnick (3) – 13:31

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Kelly Kisio (1) – sh – 16:31

|goalie4-1 =Glenn Healy 16 saves / 20 shots
Mark Fitzpatrick 4 saves / 6 shots

|goalie4-2 =John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 23 shots

|date5 =April 13

|score5 =5–6

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-nyr/1990/04/13/1989030135#game=1989030135,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Jeff Norton (1) – 09:51
Rob DiMaio (1) – 10:20

|5-1-2 =02:47 – ppMike Gartner (1)
15:47 – ppJohn Ogrodnick (4)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =01:02 – shNormand Rochefort (1)
08:40 – pp – Mike Gartner (2)
11:34 – Carey Wilson (2)

|5-3-1 =Wayne McBean (1) – 01:50
Randy Wood (1) – 11:18
Patrick Flatley (3) – 16:53

|5-3-2 =11:44 – Mike Gartner (3)

|goalie5-1 =Mark Fitzpatrick 15 saves / 20 shots
Glenn Healy 7 saves / 8 shots

|goalie5-2 =Mike Richter 28 saves / 33 shots

|series = New York Rangers won series 4–1

}}

==(P2) New Jersey Devils vs. (P3) Washington Capitals==

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. New Jersey won their only previous meeting in seven games in the 1988 Patrick Division Finals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Washington Capitals

|team2=New Jersey Devils

|stadium2=Capital Centre

|stadium1=Brendan Byrne Arena

|date1 =April 5

|score1 =5–4

|ot1 =1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-njd/1990/04/05/1989030141#game=1989030141,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (1) – 01:23
Dino Ciccarelli (2) – 01:47

|1-1-2 =09:14 – Bruce Driver (1)

|1-2-1 =Dale Hunter (1) – 08:12
John Druce (1) – pp – 11:01

|1-2-2 =08:02 – Pat Conacher (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =01:45 – shJohn MacLean (1)
08:37 – ppPeter Stastny (1)

|1-4-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (3) – 05:34

|1-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Mike Liut 26 saves / 30 shots

|goalie1-2 =Sean Burke 19 saves / 24 shots

|date2 =April 7

|score2 =5–6

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-njd/1990/04/07/1989030142#game=1989030142,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =06:21 – Brendan Shanahan (1)
14:58 – ppJohn MacLean (2)
18:26 – pp – John MacLean (3)

|2-2-1 =Dino Ciccarelli (4) – 01:06
Bob Rouse (1) – pp – 06:20

|2-2-2 =03:37 – Ken Daneyko (1)

|2-3-1 =Kelly Miller (1) – 01:06
Bob Joyce (1) – 09:15
Dino Ciccarelli (5) – 18:54

|2-3-2 =13:12 – Eric Weinrich (1)
16:55 – Peter Stastny (2)

|goalie2-1 =Don Beaupre 23 saves / 26 shots
Mike Liut 10 saves / 13 shots

|goalie2-2 =Chris Terreri 21 saves / 26 shots

|date3 =April 9

|score3 =2–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/njd-vs-wsh/1990/04/09/1989030143#game=1989030143,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Ken Daneyko (2) – 04:51

|3-2-1 =17:46 – ppDino Ciccarelli (6)

|3-2-2 =Brendan Shanahan (2) – pp – 15:21

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Mike Liut 8 saves / 10 shots

|goalie3-2 =Chris Terreri 20 saves / 21 shots

|date4 =April 11

|score4 =1–3

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/njd-vs-wsh/1990/04/11/1989030144#game=1989030144,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =02:10 – ppScott Stevens (1)
13:17 – John Druce (2)

|4-2-2 =Kirk Muller (1) – 13:02

|4-3-1 =17:31 – Dino Ciccarelli (7)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Don Beaupre 23 saves / 24 shots

|goalie4-2 =Sean Burke 30 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =April 13

|score5 =4–3

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-njd/1990/04/13/1989030145#game=1989030145,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Dale Hunter (2) – 09:03

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =06:07 – ppJon Morris (1)
14:46 – Brendan Shanahan (3)

|5-3-1 =Mike Ridley (1) – 00:27
Dino Ciccarelli (8) – 04:30
Geoff Courtnall (1) – 17:04

|5-3-2 =19:22 – Patrik Sundstrom (1)

|goalie5-1 =Don Beaupre 17 saves / 20 shots

|goalie5-2 =Chris Terreri 20 saves / 24 shots

|date6 =April 15

|score6 =2–3

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/njd-vs-wsh/1990/04/15/1989030146#game=1989030146,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =19:49 – Stephen Leach (1)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =03:27 – Geoff Courtnall (2)
19:06 – John Druce (3)

|6-2-2 =John MacLean (4) – 13:21

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Peter Stastny (3) – 05:00

|goalie6-1 =Don Beaupre 32 saves / 34 shots

|goalie6-2 =Chris Terreri 29 saves / 34 shots

|series = Washington won series 4–2

}}

=Clarence Campbell Conference=

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

This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won three of the previous four meetings, including the most recent meeting in six games in the 1985 Norris Division Finals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Minnesota North Stars

|team2=Chicago Blackhawks

|stadium2=Met Center

|stadium1=Chicago Stadium

|date1 =April 4

|score1 =2–1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-chi/1990/04/04/1989030151#game=1989030151,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Brian Bellows (1) – pp – 09:57

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Brian Bellows (2) – 05:54

|1-3-2 =05:01 – ppDenis Savard (1)

|goalie1-1 =Jon Casey 30 saves / 31 shots

|goalie1-2 =Greg Millen 24 saves / 26 shots

|date2 =April 6

|score2 =3–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-chi/1990/04/06/1989030152#game=1989030152,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Brian Bellows (3) – pp – 08:49
Shawn Chambers (1) – pp – 10:41
Neal Broten (1) – pp – 11:56

|2-1-2 =14:24 – ppWayne Presley (1)

|2-2-1 =No Scoring

|2-2-2 =01:49 – Greg Gilbert (1)
03:53 – ppJeremy Roenick (1)
07:27 – ppSteve Thomas (1)
16:39 – sh – Wayne Presley (2)

|2-3-1 =No Scoring

|2-3-2 =No Scoring

|goalie2-1 =Jon Casey 26 saves / 31 shots

|goalie2-2 =Ed Belfour 15 saves / 15 shots
Greg Millen 2 saves / 5 shots

|date3 =April 8

|score3 =2–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mns/1990/04/08/1989030153#game=1989030153,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 =Mike Modano (1) – 19:24

|3-3-2 =10:12 – Steve Larmer (1)
15:27 – Wayne Presley (3)

|goalie3-1 =Jon Casey 27 saves / 29 shots

|goalie3-2 =Greg Millen 31 saves / 32 shots

|date4 =April 10

|score4 =0–4

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mns/1990/04/10/1989030154#game=1989030154,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =04:24 – Don Barber (1)
11:41 – pp – Don Barber (2)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =07:42 – Basil McRae (1)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =03:41 – Dave Gagner (1)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Jon Casey 29 saves / 29 shots

|goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots
Greg Millen 10 saves / 12 shots

|date5 =April 12

|score5 =1–5

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-chi/1990/04/12/1989030155#game=1989030155,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =10:17 – ppJeremy Roenick (2)
13:26 – Denis Savard (2)

|5-2-1 =Brian Bellows (4) – pp – 09:24

|5-2-2 =04:53 – Greg Gilbert (2)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =16:37 – Michel Goulet (1)
17:48 – Steve Thomas

|goalie5-1 =Jon Casey 31 saves / 36 shots

|goalie5-2 =Greg Millen 26 saves / 27 shots

|date6 =April 14

|score6 =3–5

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mns/1990/04/14/1989030156#game=1989030156,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =10:28 – Shawn Chambers (2)
17:25 – Perry Berezan (1)
18:48 – Neal Broten (2)

|6-1-2 =Greg Gilbert (3) – 12:33

|6-2-1 =01:26 – Larry Murphy (1)
14:20 – ppDave Gagner (2)

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Steve Larmer (2) – sh – 12:57
Jeremy Roenick (3) – 13:57

|goalie6-1 =Jon Casey 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie6-2 =Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots
Greg Millen 7 saves / 10 shots

|date7 =April 16

|score7 =2–5

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-chi/1990/04/16/1989030157#game=1989030157,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =Don Barber (3) – pp – 09:02

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =03:00 – Wayne Presley (4)
04:06 – Wayne Presley (5)
12:41 – Jeremy Roenick (4)
14:06 – Jeremy Roenick (5)

|7-3-1 =Ulf Dahlen (1) – 09:58

|7-3-2 =17:10 – Greg Gilbert (4)

|goalie7-1 =Jon Casey 28 saves / 33 shots
Kari Takko 0 saves / 0 shots

|goalie7-2 =Greg Millen 30 saves / 32 shots

|series = Chicago won series 4–3

}}

==(N2) St. Louis Blues vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs==

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their first two meetings. Toronto won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1987 Norris Division Semifinals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Toronto Maple Leafs

|team2=St. Louis Blues

|stadium2=Maple Leaf Gardens

|stadium1=St. Louis Arena

|date1 =April 4

|score1 =2–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-stl/1990/04/04/1989030161#game=1989030161,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =05:18 – Brett Hull (1)
17:03 – ppRon Wilson (1)

|1-2-1 =Brad Marsh (1) – 01:34

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Wendel Clark (1) – 08:55

|1-3-2 =02:27 – Jeff Brown (1)
11:53 – Ron Wilson (2)

|goalie1-1 =Allan Bester 29 saves / 33 shots

|goalie1-2 =Curtis Joseph 27 saves / 29 shots

|date2 =April 6

|score2 =2–4

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-stl/1990/04/06/1989030162#game=1989030162,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Mark Osborne (1) – sh – 10:49

|2-1-2 =04:52 – ppBrett Hull (2)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =09:49 – ppPaul MacLean (1)
13:32 – shRich Sutter (1)
18:50 – Paul Cavallini (1)

|2-3-1 =Daniel Marois (1) – pp – 18:13

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Allan Bester 36 saves / 40 shots

|goalie2-2 =Curtis Joseph 26 saves / 28 shots

|date3 =April 8

|score3 =6–5

|ot3 =1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-tor/1990/04/08/1989030163#game=1989030163,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =05:08 – Mark Osborne (2)

|3-1-2 =Paul MacLean (2) – 10:50

|3-2-1 =12:32 – Tom Fergus (1)
13:43 – ppDaniel Marois (2)

|3-2-2 =Paul MacLean (3) – pp – 02:08
Dave Lowry (1) – 07:36
Brett Hull (3) – pp – 18:34

|3-3-1 =17:08 – Rob Ramage (1)
18:50 – Tom Fergus (2)

|3-3-2 =Sergio Momesso (1) – 10:39

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Sergio Momesso (2) – 06:04

|goalie3-1 =Allan Bester 34 saves / 40 shots

|goalie3-2 =Curtis Joseph 41 saves / 46 shots

|date4 =April 10

|score4 =2–4

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-tor/1990/04/10/1989030164#game=1989030164,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =09:25 – Scott Pearson (1)
14:00 – ppGary Leeman (1)

|4-2-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (1) – 14:20

|4-3-1 =04:22 – Dave Hannan (1)
19:38 – Eddie Olczyk (1)

|4-3-2 =Rod Brind'Amour (2) – pp – 13:39

|goalie4-1 =Jeff Reese 20 saves / 22 shots

|goalie4-2 =Curtis Joseph 28 saves / 31 shots

|date5 =April 12

|score5 =3–4

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-stl/1990/04/12/1989030165#game=1989030165,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Gary Leeman (2) – pp – 19:37

|5-1-2 =04:00 – Kelly Chase (1)
04:40 – Brett Hull (4)

|5-2-1 =Scott Pearson (2) – 05:00

|5-2-2 =04:14 – ppPeter Zezel (1)
09:29 – pp – Brett Hull (5)

|5-3-1 =Gary Leeman (3) – 13:47

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Jeff Reese 24 saves / 28 shots
Allan Bester 7 saves / 7 shots

|goalie5-2 =Vincent Riendeau 2 saves / 3 shots
Curtis Joseph 16 saves / 18 shots

|series = St. Louis won series 4–1

}}

==(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings==

This was the third straight and fifth overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Both teams split the previous four meetings. Calgary won last year's Smythe Division Finals in a four-game sweep.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Los Angeles Kings

|team2=Calgary Flames

|stadium2=Great Western Forum

|stadium1=Olympic Saddledome

|date1 =April 4

|score1 =5–3

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-cgy/1990/04/04/1989030171#game=1989030171,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Luc Robitaille (1) – 07:55

|1-1-2 =16:52 – ppAl MacInnis (1)
18:34 – Al MacInnis (2)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Todd Elik (1) – pp – 04:31
Tony Granato (1) – pp – 10:26
Luc Robitaille (2) – 10:44
Steve Kasper (1) – 19:07

|1-3-2 =02:26 – Theoren Fleury (1)

|goalie1-1 =Kelly Hrudey 23 saves / 26 shots

|goalie1-2 =Mike Vernon 26 saves / 30 shots

|date2 =April 6

|score2 =5–8

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-cgy/1990/04/06/1989030172#game=1989030172,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Marty McSorley (1) – pp – 18:18

|2-1-2 =01:41 – Doug Gilmour (1)
05:58 – shJoe Mullen (1)

|2-2-1 =Luc Robitaille (3) – 12:56
Larry Robinson (1) – 14:15

|2-2-2 =06:40 – Gary Roberts (1)
10:42 – Joel Otto (1)
12:16 – Jim Korn (1)
18:58 – Doug Gilmour (2)

|2-3-1 =Luc Robitaille (4) – pp – 04:19
Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 12:52

|2-3-2 =08:36 – Joe Nieuwendyk (1)
19:58 – shDana Murzyn (1)

|goalie2-1 =Kelly Hrudey 21 saves / 26 shots
Mario Gosselin 9 saves / 11 shots

|goalie2-2 =Mike Vernon 21 saves / 26 shots

|date3 =April 8

|score3 =1–2

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-lak/1990/04/08/1989030173#game=1989030173,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =00:23 – Tomas Sandstrom (1)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Joe Mullen (2) – 14:05

|3-4-1 =08:37 – shTony Granato (2)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Kelly Hrudey 32 saves / 33 shots

|goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 30 saves / 32 shots

|date4 =April 10

|score4 =4–12

|won4 =1

|recap4 =bigmouthsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1990-Stanley-Cup-Playoff-boxscores-EDM.pdf

|4-1-1 =06:38 – Dave Taylor (2)
08:25 – Tony Granato (3)
11:06 – Tomas Sandstrom (2)
11:55 – Dave Taylor (3)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =02:26 – Tony Granato (4)
04:20 – Jay Miller (1)
07:58 – Tomas Sandstrom (3)
10:57 – Wayne Gretzky (1)
16:44 – Todd Elik (2)

|4-2-2 =Joel Otto (2) – 09:16
Paul Ranheim (1) – 09:38
Theoren Fleury (2) – 13:25
Joe Nieuwendyk (2) – 19:05

|4-3-1 =09:15 – Dave Taylor (4)
13:59 – Tomas Sandstrom (4)
17:04 – pp – Tony Granato (5)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 24 shots

|goalie4-2 =Rick Wamsley 14 saves / 23 shots Mike Vernon 4 saves / 7 shots

|date5 =April 12

|score5 =1–5

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-cgy/1990/04/12/1989030175#game=1989030175,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =15:57 – Dana Murzyn (2)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =02:35 – ppJoe Nieuwendyk (3)
06:39 – Ric Nattress (1)

|5-3-1 =Rob Blake (1) – pp – 01:48

|5-3-2 =05:53 – Ric Nattress (2)
09:25 – Gary Roberts (2)

|goalie5-1 =Kelly Hrudey 27 saves / 32 shots
Mario Gosselin 3 saves / 3 shots

|goalie5-2 =Mike Vernon 18 saves / 19 shots

|date6 =April 14

|score6 =3–4

|ot6 =2

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-lak/1990/04/14/1989030176#game=1989030176,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =01:08 – ppWayne Gretzky (2)

|6-1-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (4) – 04:51

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Doug Gilmour (3) – 18:17

|6-3-1 =01:01 – ppSteve Duchesne (1)
18:17 – Steve Duchesne (2)

|6-3-2 =Joe Mullen (3) – 15:48

|6-4-1 =03:14 – Mike Krushelnyski (1)

|6-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Kelly Hrudey 36 saves / 39 shots

|goalie6-2 =Mike Vernon 31 saves / 35 shots

|series = Los Angeles won series 4–2

}}

==(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S3) Winnipeg Jets==

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won all five previous meetings, including their most recent in the 1988 Smythe Division Semifinals in five games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Winnipeg Jets

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium2=Winnipeg Arena

|stadium1=Northlands Coliseum

|date1 =April 4

|score1 =7–5

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-edm/1990/04/04/1989030181#game=1989030181,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Dale Hawerchuk (1) – 11:44
Dave Ellett (1) – pp – 18:21

|1-1-2 =05:04 – Craig Simpson (1)
14:17 – pp – Craig Simpson (2)
16:58 – ppJari Kurri (1)

|1-2-1 =Moe Mantha (1) – 02:04
Dale Hawerchuk (2) – 13:46

|1-2-2 =00:35 – shMark Messier (1)

|1-3-1 =Pat Elynuik (1) – 01:46
Brent Ashton (1) – pp – 09:55
Teppo Numminen (1) – 19:36

|1-3-2 =13:39 – ppPetr Klima (1)

|goalie1-1 =Bob Essensa 32 saves / 37 shots

|goalie1-2 =Bill Ranford 24 saves / 30 shots

|date2 =April 6

|score2 =2–3

|ot2 =1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-edm/1990/04/06/1989030182#game=1989030182,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Brent Ashton (2) – 05:39
Paul Fenton (1) – pp – 18:41

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =03:09 – Craig Simpson (3)
12:45 – Joe Murphy (1)

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =04:21 – Mark Lamb (1)

|goalie2-1 =Stephane Beauregard 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie2-2 =Bill Ranford 23 saves / 25 shots

|date3 =April 8

|score3 =1–2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-win/1990/04/08/1989030183#game=1989030183,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Reijo Ruotsalainen (1) – pp – 16:35

|3-2-1 =09:35 – ppPaul Fenton (2)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =15:30 – Dale Hawerchuk (3)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Bob Essensa 15 saves / 16 shots

|goalie3-2 =Bill Ranford 28 saves / 30 shots

|date4 =April 10

|score4 =3–4

|ot4 =2

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-win/1990/04/10/1989030184#game=1989030184,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =04:55 – Mark Kumpel (1)
11:42 – Pat Elynuik (2)
12:04 – Doug Evans (1)

|4-1-2 =Petr Klima (2) – 02:07
Steve Smith (1) – sh – 18:01

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Esa Tikkanen (1) – 19:25

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|4-4-1 =01:08 – ppDave Ellett (2)

|4-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Stephane Beauregard 16 saves / 17 shots
Bob Essensa 15 saves / 17 shots

|goalie4-2 =Bill Ranford 36 saves / 40 shots

|date5 =April 12

|score5 =3–4

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-edm/1990/04/12/1989030185#game=1989030185,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Thomas Steen (1) – pp – 19:00

|5-1-2 =08:08 – ppEsa Tikkanen (2)

|5-2-1 =Greg Paslawski (1) – 01:55
Brent Ashton (3) – pp – 07:47

|5-2-2 =13:57 – Craig Simpson (4)
14:10 – Mark Lamb (2)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =03:53 – Mark Messier (2)

|goalie5-1 =Stephane Beauregard 29 saves / 33 shots

|goalie5-2 =Bill Ranford 26 saves / 29 shots

|date6 =April 14

|score6 =4–3

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-win/1990/04/14/1989030186#game=1989030186,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =Esa Tikkanen (3) – 05:29
Mark Messier (3) – 09:50
Randy Gregg (1) – pp – 16:52

|6-2-1 =11:35 – Mark Kumpel (2)

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =03:44 – Doug Smail (1)
09:17 – Doug Evans (2)

|6-3-2 =Jari Kurri (2) – 13:10

|goalie6-1 =Bob Essensa 26 saves / 30 shots

|goalie6-2 =Bill Ranford 23 saves / 26 shots

|date7 =April 16

|score7 =1–4

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-edm/1990/04/16/1989030187#game=1989030187,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =Thomas Steen (2) – 09:21

|7-1-2 =08:54 – Glenn Anderson (1)
17:52 – Mark Lamb (3)

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =No scoring

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =05:09 – Esa Tikkanen (4)
17:48 – Jari Kurri (3)

|goalie7-1 =Stephane Beauregard 21 saves / 25 shots

|goalie7-2 =Bill Ranford 26 saves / 27 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–3

}}

Division finals

=Prince of Wales Conference=

==(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens==

This was the 25th playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal lead the all-time meetings 21–3. This was also the seventh straight year meeting in the playoffs, with Montreal winning last year's Adams Division Finals in five games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Montreal Canadiens

|team2=Boston Bruins

|stadium2=Montreal Forum

|stadium1=Boston Garden

|date1 =April 19

|score1 =0–1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1990/04/19/1989030211#game=1989030211,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =17:37 – ppDave Poulin (5)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Patrick Roy 27 saves / 28 shots

|goalie1-2 =Andy Moog 20 saves / 20 shots

|date2 =April 21

|score2 =4–5

|ot2 =1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1990/04/21/1989030212#game=1989030212,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Mike McPhee (1) – 01:48

|2-1-2 =06:24 – Brian Propp (2)

|2-2-1 =Stephane Richer (6) – 01:54
Shayne Corson (2) – 05:30

|2-2-2 =03:43 – Cam Neely (5)
12:28 – John Carter (1)

|2-3-1 =Stephane Richer (7) – 12:50

|2-3-2 =18:11 – pp – Cam Neely (6)

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =03:42 – Garry Galley (2)

|goalie2-1 =Patrick Roy 19 saves / 24 shots

|goalie2-2 =Andy Moog 30 saves / 34 shots

|date3 =April 23

|score3 =6–3

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1990/04/23/1989030213#game=1989030213,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =15:09 – Brent Gilchrist (2)

|3-1-2 =John Carter (2) – sh – 09:49
Ray Bourque (2) – 13:02

|3-2-1 =03:10 – Russ Courtnall (4)

|3-2-2 =John Carter (3) – 05:30
Brian Propp (3) – 06:58
Don Sweeney (1) – pp – 13:49

|3-3-1 =14:23 – Russ Courtnall (5)

|3-3-2 =Dave Poulin (6) – 07:48

|goalie3-1 =Brian Hayward 16 saves / 18 shots
Patrick Roy 8 saves / 12 shots

|goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 20 saves / 23 shots

|date4 =April 25

|score4 =1–4

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1990/04/25/1989030214#game=1989030214,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =11:16 – Guy Carbonneau (1)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =John Carter (4) – 18:23

|4-3-1 =04:22 – Stephan Lebeau (1)
11:51 – Stephan Lebeau (2)
19:19 – Guy Carbonneau (2)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 29 shots

|goalie4-2 =Andy Moog 32 saves / 35 shots

|date5 =April 27

|score5 =1–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1990/04/27/1989030215#game=1989030215,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =10:00 – shRandy Burridge (3)

|5-2-1 =Stephan Lebeau (3) – 19:27

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =18:47 – Glen Wesley (2)
19:55 – enCam Neely (7)

|goalie5-1 =Patrick Roy 28 saves / 30 shots

|goalie5-2 =Andy Moog 23 saves / 24 shots

|series = Boston won series 4–1

}}

==(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Washington Capitals==

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in six games in the 1986 Patrick Division Finals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Washington Capitals

|team2=New York Rangers

|stadium2=Capital Centre

|stadium1=Madison Square Garden

|date1 =April 19

|score1 =3–7

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-nyr/1990/04/19/1989030221#game=1989030221,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =11:04 – Bernie Nicholls (4)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =02:44 – ppBrian Mullen (2)
08:03 – shJan Erixon (1)

|1-3-1 =Bob Rouse (2) – 03:01
John Druce (4) – 08:20
Scott Stevens (2) – 09:29

|1-3-2 =05:55 – John Ogrodnick (5)
11:49 – Bernie Nicholls (5)
13:26 – ppMike Gartner (4)
17:36 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (6)

|goalie1-1 =Mike Liut 31 saves / 38 shots

|goalie1-2 =John Vanbiesbrouck 32 saves / 35 shots

|date2 =April 21

|score2 =6–3

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-nyr/1990/04/21/1989030222#game=1989030222,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Mike Ridley (2) – 07:36
John Druce (5) – pp – 08:59

|2-1-2 =10:29 – Kelly Kisio (2)

|2-2-1 =Bob Joyce (2) – 00:45
John Druce (6) – 01:10
Dale Hunter (3) – pp – 04:53

|2-2-2 =02:27 – James Patrick (3)
19:35 – ppMike Gartner (5)

|2-3-1 =John Druce (7) – sh – 19:07

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Don Beaupre 25 saves / 28 shots

|goalie2-2 =Mike Richter 12 saves / 12 shots
John Vanbiesbrouck 7 saves / 12 shots

|date3 =April 23

|score3 =1–7

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-wsh/1990/04/23/1989030223#game=1989030223,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =06:04 – ppJohn Druce (8)
08:20 – Geoff Courtnall (3)
10:33 – pp – John Druce (9)
11:29 – shMike Ridley (3)

|3-1-2 =Paul Broten (1) – sh – 09:29

|3-2-1 =04:14 – Calle Johansson (1)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =11:58 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (4)
17:05 – Stephen Leach (2)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Mike Liut 17 saves / 18 shots
Don Beaupre 1 save / 1 shot

|goalie3-2 =Mike Richter 42 saves / 49 shots

|date4 =April 25

|score4 =3–4

|ot4 =1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-wsh/1990/04/25/1989030224#game=1989030224,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Troy Mallette (2) – 10:41

|4-2-1 =13:13 – Tim Bergland (1)
19:13 – ppJohn Druce (10)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =00:56 – pp – John Druce (11)

|4-3-2 =John Ogrodnick (6) – pp – 15:57
Bernie Nicholls (7) – 18:48

|4-4-1 =00:34 – Rod Langway (1)

|4-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Mike Liut 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie4-2 =Mike Richter 21 saves / 25 shots
John Vanbiesbrouck 0 saves / 0 shots

|date5 =April 27

|score5 =2–1

|ot5 =1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-nyr/1990/04/27/1989030225#game=1989030225,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Kelly Miller (2) – 03:16

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =01:47 – Normand Rochefort (2)

|5-4-1 =John Druce (12) – 06:48

|5-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Mike Liut 28 saves / 29 shots

|goalie5-2 =John Vanbiesbrouck 32 saves / 34 shots

|series = Washington won series 4–1

}}

=Clarence Campbell Conference=

==(N1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N2) St. Louis Blues==

This was the third straight and seventh overall playoff meeting between these two teams. Chicago won five of the prior six meetings, including last year's Norris Division Finals in five games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=St. Louis Blues

|team2=Chicago Blackhawks

|stadium2=St. Louis Arena

|stadium1=Chicago Stadium

|date1 =April 18

|score1 =4–3

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-chi/1990/04/18/1989030231#game=1989030231,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Rod Brind'Amour (3) – 05:42
Rick Meagher (1) – 18:58

|1-1-2 =09:26 – Doug Wilson (1)

|1-2-1 =Rod Brind'Amour (4) – 06:05
Brett Hull (6) – 10:59

|1-2-2 =13:43 – ppTrent Yawney (1)
18:24 – Adam Creighton (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Vincent Riendeau 29 saves / 32 shots

|goalie1-2 =Ed Belfour 13 saves / 13 shots
Greg Millen 9 saves / 13 shots

|date2 =April 20

|score2 =3–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-chi/1990/04/20/1989030232#game=1989030232,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =12:39 – ppSteve Larmer (3)

|2-2-1 =Brett Hull (7) – 00:35

|2-2-2 =06:18 – Wayne Presley (6)

|2-3-1 =Brett Hull (8) – pp – 07:06
Paul Cavallini (2) – 14:34

|2-3-2 =08:37 – ppTroy Murray (1)
08:47 – Steve Thomas (3)
19:46 – Jeremy Roenick (6)

|goalie2-1 =Vincent Riendeau 24 saves / 28 shots

|goalie2-2 =Greg Millen 24 saves / 27 shots

|date3 =April 22

|score3 =4–5

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-stl/1990/04/22/1989030233#game=1989030233,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =00:18 – Sergio Momesso (3)
16:46 – ppBrett Hull (9)

|3-1-2 =Doug Wilson (2) – pp – 02:12

|3-2-1 =09:42 – ppJeff Brown (2)

|3-2-2 =Dave Manson (1) – 04:38

|3-3-1 =15:24 – Brett Hull (10)
19:51 – Gino Cavallini (1)

|3-3-2 =Bob Murray (1) – 12:26
Steve Thomas (4) – 14:38

|goalie3-1 =Vincent Riendeau 44 saves / 48 shots

|goalie3-2 =Greg Millen 23 saves / 28 shots

|date4 =April 24

|score4 =3–2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-stl/1990/04/24/1989030234#game=1989030234,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =12:53 – Rod Brind'Amour (5)

|4-2-2 =Wayne Presley (7) – 02:06
Michel Goulet (2) – 02:42
Trent Yawney (2) – pp – 18:09

|4-3-1 =05:26 – ppRon Wilson (3)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Vincent Riendeau 22 saves / 25 shots

|goalie4-2 =Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =April 26

|score5 =2–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-chi/1990/04/26/1989030235#game=1989030235,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Adam Oates (1) – pp – 14:05

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Brett Hull (11) – pp – 14:33

|5-2-2 =03:56 – Jocelyn Lemieux (1)
04:59 – Troy Murray (2)
06:12 – Steve Thomas (5)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Vincent Riendeau 29 saves / 32 shots

|goalie5-2 =Ed Belfour 18 saves / 20 shots

|date6 =April 28

|score6 =2–4

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-stl/1990/04/28/1989030236#game=1989030236,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =01:36 – ppBrett Hull (12)
02:30 – Dave Lowry (2)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =15:18 – Brett Hull (13)

|6-2-2 =Denis Savard (3) – pp – 07:39
Jeremy Roenick (7) – pp – 14:32

|6-3-1 =11:07 – Rich Sutter (2)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Vincent Riendeau 37 saves / 39 shots

|goalie6-2 =Jacques Cloutier 24 saves / 26 shots
Ed Belfour 0 saves / 2 shots

|date7 =April 30

|score7 =2–8

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-chi/1990/04/30/1989030237#game=1989030237,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =02:47 – Jeremy Roenick (8)
13:03 – Jeremy Roenick (9)

|7-2-1 =Paul MacLean (4) – pp – 12:06

|7-2-2 =03:03 – shSteve Larmer (4)
07:28 – Denis Savard (4)
10:22 – ppDave Manson (2)

|7-3-1 =Adam Oates (2) – 17:19

|7-3-2 =00:35 – Greg Gilbert (5)
03:45 – shAdam Creighton (2)
19:49 – Duane Sutter (1)

|goalie7-1 =Curtis Joseph 10 saves / 14 shots
Vincent Riendeau 11 saves / 15 shots

|goalie7-2 =Ed Belfour 26 saves / 28 shots

|series = Chicago won series 4–3

}}

==(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings==

This was the second straight and fifth overall playoff meeting between these two teams. The teams split the previous four meetings. Los Angeles won last year's Smythe Division Semifinals in seven games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Los Angeles Kings

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium2=Great Western Forum

|stadium1=Northlands Coliseum

|date1 =April 18

|score1 =0–7

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-edm/1990/04/18/1989030241#game=1989030241,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =04:41 – Glenn Anderson (2)
09:38 – Jari Kurri (4)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =14:31 – ppMark Messier (4)
17:47 – Martin Gelinas (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =00:57 – Esa Tikkanen (5)
10:26 – Joe Murphy (2)
13:57 – Esa Tikkanen (6)

|goalie1-1 =Kelly Hrudey 16 saves / 23 shots

|goalie1-2 =Bill Ranford 25 saves / 25 shots

|date2 =April 20

|score2 =1–6

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-edm/1990/04/20/1989030242#game=1989030242,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =09:12 – Martin Gelinas (2)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =11:11 – ppCraig Simpson (5)

|2-3-1 =Chris Kontos (1) – pp – 03:45

|2-3-2 =13:14 – ppJari Kurri (5)
14:29 – ppMark Lamb (4)
16:38 – shEsa Tikkanen (7)
17:39 – Craig MacTavish (1)

|goalie2-1 =Kelly Hrudey 19 saves / 24 shots

|goalie2-2 =Bill Ranford 33 saves / 34 shots
Eldon Reddick 1 save / 1 shots

|date3 =April 22

|score3 =5–4

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-lak/1990/04/22/1989030243#game=1989030243,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =01:06 – Tomas Sandstrom (5)
19:20 – Larry Robinson (2)
19:31 – Todd Elik (3)

|3-1-2 =Craig Simpson (6) – pp – 15:26

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Craig Simpson (7) – 05:34
Petr Klima (3) – 06:50
Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) – 12:13
Adam Graves (1) – 15:33

|3-3-1 =18:51 – Wayne Gretzky (3)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Ron Scott 6 saves / 10 shots
Mario Gosselin 7 saves / 8 shots

|goalie3-2 =Bill Ranford 35 saves / 39 shots

|date4 =April 24

|score4 =6–5

|ot4 =1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-lak/1990/04/24/1989030244#game=1989030244,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Mark Messier (5) – 04:57
Glenn Anderson (3) – 12:02

|4-2-1 =02:44 – Keith Crowder (1)
13:39 – Bob Kudelski (1)
17:52 – Luc Robitaille (5)
18:38 – John Tonelli (1)

|4-2-2 =Mark Lamb (5)- 08:28
Craig Simpson (8) – 10:38

|4-3-1 =01:15 – shMike Allison (1)

|4-3-2 =Esa Tikkanen (8) – 17:05

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =Joe Murphy (3) – 04:42

|goalie4-1 =Kelly Hrudey 31 saves / 37 shots

|goalie4-2 =Bill Ranford 34 saves / 39 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–0

}}

Conference finals

{{See also|NHL conference finals}}

=Prince of Wales Conference final=

==(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P3) Washington Capitals==

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Washington Capitals

|team2=Boston Bruins

|stadium2=Capital Centre

|stadium1=Boston Garden

|date1 =May 3

|score1 =3–5

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-bos/1990/05/03/1989030311#game=1989030311,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =John Druce (13) – pp – 10:08

|1-1-2 =01:18 – Garry Galley (3)
18:37 – ppCam Neely (8)

|1-2-1 =John Tucker (1) – 16:18
Kelly Miller (3) – sh – 17:39

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =01:05 – Dave Poulin (7)
14:38 – Brian Propp (4)
19:45 – Dave Poulin (8)

|goalie1-1 =Mike Liut 30 saves / 34 shots

|goalie1-2 =Andy Moog 23 saves / 26 shots

|date2 =May 5

|score2 =0–3

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-bos/1990/05/05/1989030312#game=1989030312,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =03:23 – Bobby Carpenter (4)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =02:56 – Cam Neely (9)
06:03 – Craig Janney (2)

|goalie2-1 =Don Beaupre 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie2-2 =Andy Moog 28 saves / 28 shots

|date3 =May 7

|score3 =4–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-wsh/1990/05/07/1989030313#game=1989030313,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Dave Christian (4) – pp – 06:53

|3-2-1 =15:23 – ppJohn Druce (14)

|3-2-2 =Craig Janney (3) – 18:08

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Randy Burridge (4) – 09:59
Cam Neely (10) – 19:39

|goalie3-1 =Don Beaupre 20 saves / 23 shots

|goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 25 saves / 26 shots

|date4 =May 9

|score4 =3–2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-wsh/1990/05/09/1989030314#game=1989030314,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =John Carter (5) – 00:53
Cam Neely (11) – pp – 18:42

|4-2-1 =15:32 – Nick Kypreos (1)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =10:27 – Dale Hunter (4)

|4-3-2 =Cam Neely (12) – 02:08

|goalie4-1 =Mike Liut 14 saves / 17 shots

|goalie4-2 =Andy Moog 12 saves / 14 shots

|series = Boston won series 4–0

}}

=Clarence Campbell Conference final=

==(S2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Chicago Blackhawks==

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won both prior playoff meetings, including the most recent in six games in the 1985 Clarence Campbell Conference Final.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Chicago Blackhawks

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium2=Chicago Stadium

|stadium1=Northlands Coliseum

|date1 =May 2

|score1 =2–5

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-edm/1990/05/02/1989030321#game=1989030321,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =09:42 – Mark Messier (6)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =03:17 – Mark Lamb (6)
08:52 – Steve Smith (2)

|1-3-1 =Wayne Presley (8) – 00:57
Steve Larmer (5) – pp – 06:55

|1-3-2 =04:43 – Steve Smith (3)
07:39 – Craig MacTavish (2)

|goalie1-1 =Ed Belfour 23 saves / 28 shots

|goalie1-2 =Bill Ranford 23 saves / 25 shots

|date2 =May 4

|score2 =4–3

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-edm/1990/05/04/1989030322#game=1989030322,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Troy Murray (3) – 17:50

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Denis Savard (5) – 02:020
Steve Thomas (6) – 17:36

|2-2-2 =09:49 – Glenn Anderson (4)
18:01 – ppJari Kurri (6)

|2-3-1 =Doug Wilson (3) – 18:01

|2-3-2 =02:10 – Esa Tikkanen (9)

|goalie2-1 =Greg Millen 24 saves / 27 shots

|goalie2-2 =Bill Ranford 35 saves / 39 shots

|date3 =May 6

|score3 =1–5

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-chi/1990/05/06/1989030323#game=1989030323,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =08:41 – Bob Murray (2)
12:32 – Steve Larmer (6)

|3-1-2 =Craig Simpson (9) – pp – 06:01

|3-2-1 =03:05 – Steve Larmer (7)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =07:27 – shDirk Graham (1)
13:51 – Wayne Presley (9)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Greg Millen 31 saves / 32 shots

|goalie3-2 =Bill Ranford 24 saves / 29 shots

|date4 =May 8

|score4 =4–2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-chi/1990/05/08/1989030324#game=1989030324,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =18:22 – ppDenis Savard (6)

|4-1-2 =Glenn Anderson (5) – pp – 15:02
Mark Messier (7) – 17:25

|4-2-1 =07:16 – Jeremy Roenick (10)

|4-2-2 =Craig Simpson (10) – 00:11
Mark Messier (8) – 14:06

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Jacques Cloutier 11 saves / 12 shots
Greg Millen 1 save / 4 shots

|goalie4-2 =Bill Ranford 25 saves / 27 shots

|date5 =May 10

|score5 =3–4

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-edm/1990/05/10/1989030325#game=1989030325,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Steve Konroyd (1) – 14:14

|5-1-2 =02:08 – Randy Gregg (2)
12:25 – ppCraig Simpson (11)
14:32 – Adam Graves (2)

|5-2-1 =Troy Murray (4) – 04:03
Denis Savard (7) – pp – 12:45

|5-2-2 =18:29 – ppJari Kurri (7)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Jacques Cloutier 30 saves / 34 shots

|goalie5-2 =Bill Ranford 18 saves / 21 shots

|date6 =May 12

|score6 =8–4

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-chi/1990/05/12/1989030326#game=1989030326,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =05:01 – ppJeremy Roenick (11)

|6-1-2 =Esa Tikkanen (10) – sh – 02:01
Craig Simpson (12) – pp – 12:26
Petr Klima (4) – 15:11

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Adam Graves (3) – 05:17
Joe Murphy (4) – 15:22
Glenn Anderson (6) – 17:31
Mark Messier (9) – 17:48

|6-3-1 =01:31 – Adam Creighton (3)
08:11 – Steve Thomas (7)
09:04 – ppTrent Yawney (3)

|6-3-2 =Steve Smith (4) – 03:06

|goalie6-1 =Greg Millen 18 saves / 25 shots
Jacques Cloutier 2 saves / 3 shots

|goalie6-2 =Bill Ranford 26 saves / 30 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–2

}}

Stanley Cup Finals

{{main article|1990 Stanley Cup Finals}}

This was the second Finals meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting sweeping the Bruins in the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins in five games. For the Oilers, it was their fifth Cup win in seven years, and their only one without Wayne Gretzky. In Game 1, Petr Klima scored at 15:13 of the third overtime period to give the Oilers a 3–2 win. The game broke the record for longest Finals game, set in 1931 between Chicago and Montreal. This game remains the longest in Stanley Cup Finals history (Longest NHL overtime games) to date, edging both Brett Hull's cup-winner in 1999 and Igor Larionov's game-winner in 2002 by less than 30 seconds. In Game 5 at the Boston Garden on May 24, the Oilers won 4–1, with Craig Simpson scoring the game-winning goal.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Edmonton Oilers

|team2=Boston Bruins

|stadium2=Northlands Coliseum

|stadium1=Boston Garden

|date1 =May 15

|score1 =3–2

|ot1 =3

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-bos/1990/05/15/1989030411#game=1989030411,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Adam Graves (4) – 09:46

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Glenn Anderson (7) – 13:00

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =03:43 – Ray Bourque (3)
18:31 – Ray Bourque (4)

|1-4-1 =Petr Klima (5) – 15:13

|1-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Bill Ranford 50 saves / 52 shots

|goalie1-2 =Andy Moog 28 saves / 31 shots

|date2 =May 18

|score2 =7–2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-bos/1990/05/18/1989030412#game=1989030412,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Adam Graves (5) – 08:38
Jari Kurri (8) – pp – 10:53

|2-1-2 =19:07 – Ray Bourque (5)

|2-2-1 =Jari Kurri (9) – 04:21
Craig Simpson (13) – 15:28
Esa Tikkanen (11) – 17:10
Joe Murphy (5) – 19:12

|2-2-2 =02:56 – ppGreg Hawgood (1)

|2-3-1 =Jari Kurri (10) – pp – 07:27

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Bill Ranford 25 saves / 27 shots

|goalie2-2 =Rejean Lemelin 14 saves / 18 shots
Andy Moog 1 saves / 4 shots

|date3 =May 20

|score3 =2–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-edm/1990/05/20/1989030413#game=1989030413,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =John Byce (2) – 00:10
Greg Johnston (1) – 15:04

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =05:54 – ppEsa Tikkanen (12)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Bill Ranford 20 saves / 22 shots

|goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 28 saves / 29 shots

|date4 =May 22

|score4 =1–5

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-edm/1990/05/22/1989030414#game=1989030414,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =02:13 – ppGlenn Anderson (8)
16:27 – Glenn Anderson (9)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =01:00 – Craig Simpson (14)
19:15 – Esa Tikkanen (13)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =18:36 – Craig Simpson (15)

|4-3-2 =John Carter (6) – 15:02

|goalie4-1 =Bill Ranford 24 saves / 25 shots

|goalie4-2 =Andy Moog 28 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =May 24

|score5 =4–1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-bos/1990/05/24/1989030415#game=1989030415,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Glenn Anderson (10) – 01:17
Craig Simpson (16) – 09:31

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Steve Smith (5) – 06:09
Joe Murphy (6) – 14:53

|5-3-2 =16:30 – Lyndon Byers (1)

|goalie5-1 =Bill Ranford 29 saves / 30 shots

|goalie5-2 =Andy Moog 18 saves / 22 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–1

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Playoff statistics

=Skaters=

These are the top ten skaters based on points.[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19891990&seasonTo=19891990&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists NHL.com - Skater Stats]

style="padding:3px; border-spacing:0; text-align:center;" class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:12em" | Player

! style="width:12em" | Team

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|G|Goals}}

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|A|Assists}}

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|Pts|Points}}

! data-sort-type="number" style="width:4em" | {{abbr|+/–|Plus/minus}}

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|PIM|Penalties in minutes}}

align=center

|align=left|Craig Simpson

align=left|Edmonton Oilers22161531+118
align=center

|align=left|Mark Messier

align=left|Edmonton Oilers2292231+520
align=center

|align=left|Cam Neely

align=left|Boston Bruins21121628+751
align=center

|align=left|Jari Kurri

align=left|Edmonton Oilers22101525+1318
align=center

|align=left|Esa Tikkanen

align=left|Edmonton Oilers22131124+1226
align=center

|align=left|Glenn Anderson

align=left|Edmonton Oilers22101222+1220
align=center

|align=left|Steve Larmer

align=left|Chicago Blackhawks2071522+28
align=center

|align=left|Denis Savard

align=left|Chicago Blackhawks2071522041
align=center

|align=left|Craig Janney

align=left|Boston Bruins1831922+32
align=center

|align=left|Brett Hull

align=left|St. Louis Blues1213821+117

=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.[http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?report=goaliesummary&reportType=season&seasonFrom=19891990&seasonTo=19891990&gameType=3&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goalsAgainstAverage NHL.com - Goalie Stats]

style="padding:3px; border-spacing:0; text-align:center;" class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:12em" | Player

! style="width:12em" | Team

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|W|Wins}}

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|L|Losses}}

! style="width:5em" | {{abbr|SA|Shots against}}

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

! style="width:5em" | {{abbr|GAA|Goals against average}}

! style="width:5em" | {{abbr|SV%|Save percentage}}

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|SO|Shutouts}}

! style="width:5em" | {{abbr|TOI|Time on ice (minutes:seconds)}}

align=left| {{sortname|Andy|Moog}}align=left|Boston Bruins20137484442.21.9092{{hs|1195-14}} 1195:14
align=left| {{sortname|Patrick|Roy}}align=left|Montreal Canadiens1156291262.43.9111{{hs|640-46}} 640:46
align=left| {{sortname|Bill|Ranford}}align=left|Edmonton Oilers22166671592.53.9121{{hs|1401-13}} 1401:13
align=left| {{sortname|Peter|Sidorkiewicz}}align=left|Hartford Whalers734193233.21.8810{{hs|429-26}} 429:26
align=left| {{sortname|Mike|Liut}}align=left|Washington Capitals944222283.31.8740{{hs|507-14}} 507:14

See also

Notes

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References

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  • {{cite book|title=Total Stanley Cup|year=2000|publisher=Total Sports Canada|isbn=1-892129-07-8|editor-last=Diamond|editor-first=Dan|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/totalstanleycupo0000unse}}

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