2013 Stanley Cup playoffs#Eastern Conference Final

{{infobox hockey tournament season

|title=Stanley Cup playoffs

|image=2013 Stanley Cup playoffs logo.svg

|year=2013

|dates=April 30–June 24, 2013

|num_teams=16

|defending_champions=Los Angeles Kings

|winners=Chicago Blackhawks

|second=Boston Bruins

| stat_leader_title = Scoring leader(s)

| stat_leader_player =David Krejci (Bruins)

| stat_leader_value =26 points

| award_title = MVP

| award =Patrick Kane (Blackhawks)

| prev_season =2012

| next_season =2014

}}

The 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2012–13 season. They began on April 30, 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649886|title=NHL's 99-day schedule starts with 13 games Jan. 19|quote=Stanley Cup Playoffs begin: Tuesday, Apr. 30; Latest possible date for Stanley Cup Finals: Friday, June 28|publisher=NHL.com|date=January 12, 2013|access-date=April 7, 2013}} following the conclusion of the regular season. The regular season was shortened to 48 games and the playoffs were pushed to a later date due to a lockout. The playoffs ended on June 24, 2013, with the Chicago Blackhawks defeating the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals in six games to win the Stanley Cup. Patrick Kane won the Conn Smythe trophy as the playoffs MVP, with 19 points (9 goals and 10 assists).

The Blackhawks made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. The Detroit Red Wings increased their postseason appearance streak to twenty-two seasons, the longest active streak at the time. The Toronto Maple Leafs made the playoffs for the first time since 2004, breaking the longest active drought at the time. The 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs marked the first time since 1996 that every Original Six team advanced to the playoffs in the same year. Additionally, four Canadian teams qualified for the playoffs (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver), the most since 2006. The first round series between Montreal and Ottawa was the first playoff series between two Canadian teams since 2004. For the second time in three years, all three teams from California made the playoffs.{{cite web|last=Hicks|first=Brandon|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/the-completely-fake-2013-nhl-awards-1.1407973|title=The (completely fake) 2013 NHL awards|publisher=Cbc.ca|date=2013-06-27|access-date=2013-08-23}} The New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers missed the playoffs this year, marking the first time this happened since the Devils relocated in 1982.

For the first time since 1945, the four semifinalists were the previous four Stanley Cup champions: Pittsburgh (2009), Chicago (2010), Boston (2011), and Los Angeles (2012).{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=672475|title=Past four Cup champs comprise Conference Finalists|last=Roarke|first=Shawn|date=May 30, 2013|website=nhl.com|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=May 30, 2013}} In fact, Detroit, the 2008 Stanley Cup champions, were the last team to be eliminated in the conference semifinals, so the last five teams remaining were the previous five champions. The 2013 Stanley Cup Finals were contested between Blackhawks and Bruins, the first meeting in the Finals between the two teams, and the first time that two Original Six teams competed in the Finals since Montreal defeated the New York Rangers in the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/52234-Blackhawks-Bruins-in-1st-Original-6-matchup-in-Cup-finals-since-Canadiens-Rangers-in-1979.html|title=Blackhawks, Bruins in 1st Original 6 matchup in Cup finals since Canadiens, Rangers in 1979|publisher=The Hockey News|access-date=2013-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613064013/http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/52234-Blackhawks-Bruins-in-1st-Original-6-matchup-in-Cup-finals-since-Canadiens-Rangers-in-1979.html|archive-date=June 13, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} It is also the most recent Stanley Cup Finals to feature two Original Six teams.

The Blackhawks also became the first Presidents' Trophy winners to win the Stanley Cup since the Red Wings in 2008. To date they are the most recent team to accomplish this feat and most recent Presidents' Trophy winners to even reach the Finals.

These playoffs featured 27 overtime games, the most since 1993 and the second-most in NHL history.

Playoff seeds

The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. The top three seeds in each conference were awarded to the division winners; while the five remaining spots were awarded to the highest finishers in their respective conferences.

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

=Eastern Conference=

Pittsburgh Penguins, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions – 72 points
Montreal Canadiens, Northeast Division champions – 63 points
Washington Capitals, Southeast Division champions – 57 points
Boston Bruins – 62 points
Toronto Maple Leafs – 57 points
New York Rangers – 56 points (22 {{abbr|ROWs|Regulation + Overtime Wins}})
Ottawa Senators – 56 points (21 {{abbr|ROWs|Regulation + Overtime Wins}})
New York Islanders – 55 points

=Western Conference=

Chicago Blackhawks, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 77 points
Anaheim Ducks, Pacific Division champions – 66 points
Vancouver Canucks, Northwest Division champions – 59 points
St. Louis Blues – 60 points
Los Angeles Kings – 59 points
San Jose Sharks – 57 points
Detroit Red Wings – 56 points
Minnesota Wild – 55 points

Playoff bracket

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). The team with home ice advantage played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top eight teams in each conference made the playoffs, with the three division winners seeded 1–3 based on regular season record, and the five remaining teams seeded 4–8.

The NHL used "re-seeding" instead of a fixed bracket playoff system. During the first three rounds, the highest remaining seed in each conference was matched against the lowest remaining seed, the second-highest remaining seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, and so forth. The higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, where home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.

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Conference quarterfinals

=Eastern Conference quarterfinals=

==(1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (8) New York Islanders==

The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference regular season champions, earning 72 points. The New York Islanders earned 55 points during the regular season to finish eighth overall in the Eastern Conference. This was the fourth playoff meeting for these two teams, with the Islanders having won all three of the previous playoff series. Their most recent meeting was in the 1993 Patrick Division finals, where New York upset first place Pittsburgh in seven games. The Penguins won four of the five games in the regular season series.

The Penguins defeated the Islanders in six games. Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 26 New York shots in a 5–0 shutout in game one.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030111|title=Penguins cruise past Islanders in Game 1|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 2, 2013|access-date=May 11, 2013}} The Islanders then took game two, 4–3, as New York's Colin McDonald, Matt Martin, and Kyle Okposo scored three unanswered goals in the second and third periods.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030112|title=Islanders spoil Crosby's return, even series|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=May 11, 2013}} In game three, Chris Kunitz scored the winning goal on a power play at 08:44 of overtime to give Pittsburgh a 5–4 victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030113|title=IKunitz's power-play goal gives Pens Game 3|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 5, 2013|access-date=May 11, 2013}} New York evened the series with a 6–4 win in game four, with Mark Streit, John Tavares, and Casey Cizikas scoring three unanswered goals in the third period.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030114|title=Islanders even series vs. Penguins with game four win|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 7, 2013|access-date=May 11, 2013}} Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma then replaced Fleury with Tomas Vokoun as starting goalie for game five, who stopped all 31 shots to lead Pittsburgh to a 4–0 win.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=20120301125|title=Penguins, Vokoun blank Islanders, lead series 3-2|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 10, 2013|access-date=May 11, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In the sixth game, the Islanders put up three leads only to have the Penguins tie it up three consecutive times. Brooks Orpik scored at 07:49 of overtime to give Pittsburgh a 4–3 victory and their fourth and final win of the series.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=20120301126|title=Orpik's OT goal gives Penguins series victory|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 11, 2013|access-date=May 11, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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|stadium1=Consol Energy Center

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13:23 – Pascal Dupuis (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =01:19 – pp – Kris Letang (1)
01:51 – Pascal Dupuis (2)
13:07 – Tanner Glass (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 11 saves / 15 shots
Kevin Poulin 10 saves / 11 shots

|goalie1-2 =Marc-Andre Fleury 26 saves / 26 shots

|date2 =May 3

|score2 =4–3

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|2-1-1 =Matt Moulson (1) – pp – 07:04

|2-1-2 =00:43 – Evgeni Malkin (1)
03:19 – pp – Sidney Crosby (1)
07:22 – Sidney Crosby (2)

|2-2-1 =Colin McDonald (1) – 05:12
Matt Martin (1) – 10:37

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Kyle Okposo (1) – 12:23

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie2-2 =Marc-Andre Fleury 38 saves / 42 shots

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|score3 =5–4

|ot3 =1

|won3 =2

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|3-1-1 =01:43 – Matt Moulson (2)
05:41 – Casey Cizikas (1)

|3-1-2 =Jarome Iginla (1) – pp – 13:18
Chris Kunitz (1) – pp – 13:37
Pascal Dupuis (3) – 19:00

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Douglas Murray (1) – 17:10

|3-3-1 =05:31 – sh – Kyle Okposo (2)
10:48 – John Tavares (1)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Chris Kunitz (2) – pp – 08:44

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|goalie3-2 =Marc-Andre Fleury 32 saves / 36 shots

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|score4 =4–6

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|4-1-1 =14:05 – Brian Strait (1)

|4-1-2 =James Neal (1) – 14:50

|4-2-1 =06:19 – pp – Mark Streit (1)
18:36 – Kyle Okposo (3)

|4-2-2 =Evgeni Malkin (2) – 07:17
Brandon Sutter (1) – 11:03

|4-3-1 =04:30 – Mark Streit (2)
10:11 – John Tavares (2)
18:44 – Casey Cizikas (2)

|4-3-2 =Pascal Dupuis (4) – 00:41

|goalie4-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 27 saves / 31 shots

|goalie4-2 =Marc-Andre Fleury 18 saves / 24 shots

|date5 =May 9

|score5 =0–4

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|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =07:25 – Tyler Kennedy (1)
08:47 – Douglas Murray (2)
14:00 – Sidney Crosby (3)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =05:43 – pp – Kris Letang (2)

|goalie5-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 23 saves / 27 shots
Kevin Poulin 4 saves / 4 shots

|goalie5-2 =Tomas Vokoun 31 saves / 31 shots

|date6 =May 11

|score6 =4–3

|ot6 =1

|won6 =2

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|6-1-1 =05:36 – John Tavares (3)
19:23 – Colin McDonald (2)

|6-1-2 =Jarome Iginla (2) – 07:39

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Pascal Dupuis (5) – 10:59

|6-3-1 =02:21 – Michael Grabner (1)

|6-3-2 =Paul Martin (1) – 14:44

|6-4-1 =No scoring

|6-4-2 =Brooks Orpik (1) – 07:49

|goalie6-1 =Evgeni Nabokov 17 saves / 21 shots

|goalie6-2 =Tomas Vokoun 35 saves / 38 shots

|series = Pittsburgh won series 4–2

}}

==(2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (7) Ottawa Senators==

The Montreal Canadiens entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference by winning the Northeast Division with 63 points. The Ottawa Senators earned 56 points during the regular season, losing the tiebreaker to the New York Rangers in regulation + overtime wins (22 to 21) to finish seventh overall in the Eastern Conference. This was the first playoff series between these two teams, and the first playoff series between teams from Montreal and Ottawa since 1928, when the Montreal Maroons defeated the original Ottawa Senators in the Canadian Division Quarterfinals.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportstalkflorida.com/nhl-2013-season-highlights-ovechkins-comeback/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007041318/http://www.sportstalkflorida.com/nhl-2013-season-highlights-ovechkins-comeback/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2013 |title=NHL 2013 Season Highlights: Ovechkin's Comeback |publisher=Sports Talk Florida |access-date=June 2, 2013 }} The two teams split their four-game regular season series.

The Senators defeated the Canadiens in five games. Midway through the second period of game one, Senators defenceman Eric Gryba was given a five-minute major penalty, a game misconduct, and later a two-game suspension after delivering a hit on Montreal's Lars Eller that sent the Canadiens' centre to the hospital. Despite Gryba's ejection, the Senators won the game, 4–2, with goalie Craig Anderson stopping 48 out of 50 Montreal shots on goal.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030121|title=Anderson stymies Canadiens; Senators take game one|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}} The Canadiens took game two, 3–1, led by goalie Carey Price's 29 saves.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030122|title=Canadiens, Price even series with game two victory|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 4, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}} Emotions between the two division rivals boiled over in game three as the teams combined for 236 penalty minutes, but Ottawa centre Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a hat trick, leading the Senators to a 6–1 victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030123|title=Senators beat Canadiens, take 2-1 series lead|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 6, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}} The Canadiens then jumped to a 2–0 lead in the second period of game four, but Ottawa scored twice in the final ten minutes of the game. Mika Zibanejad scored a goal off his skate at 11:55 of the third period, cutting the lead to 2–1, with the goal allowed to stand after a video review determined that he did not kick the puck into the net.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2013/05/07/ottawa-senators-montreal-canadiens-kyle-turris-carey-price/2143251/|title=Ottawa's Kyle Turris scores in OT; Carey Price hurt|agency=Associated Press|work=USA Today|date=May 8, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}} Cory Conacher got the tying goal with 22.6 seconds left in regulation, and at intermission Montreal replaced an injured Price with Peter Budaj in goal. Kyle Turris scored the winner at 02:32 of overtime to give Ottawa the 3–2 win.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030124|title=Senators rally, beat Canadiens in OT to take 3-1 lead|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 8, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}}{{cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dave |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/montreal-canadiens/Habs+brink+elimination+Price+injured/8351928/story.html |title=Price hurt, Canadiens hurting |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=2013-05-08 |access-date=2013-08-23 |archive-date=August 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824114433/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/montreal-canadiens/Habs+brink+elimination+Price+injured/8351928/story.html |url-status=dead }} The Senators then eliminated the Canadiens with a 6–1 victory in game five; Montreal was without several players due to injury including Price and captain Brian Gionta.{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=422815|title=Senators Rout Canadiens in game five, Advance to Second Round|agency=Canadian Press|publisher=TSN|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}}

One of the quirkier story lines of the series was the large number of teeth lost by players, highlighted by Anderson losing one in game one, Price losing one in game two, and Pageau after taking a stick to the mouth from Montreal defenceman P. K. Subban while scoring his first ever NHL playoff goal, and first of three in game three.{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/senators-jean-gabriel-pageau-scores-first-playoff-goal-010827708.html|title=Puck Daddy: Senators' Jean-Gabriel Pageau scores first playoff goal, loses tooth in the process|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|date=May 5, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}}

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14:08 – pp – Brendan Gallagher (1)

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Marc Methot (1) – 05:20
Guillaume Latendresse (1) – 13:55

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|2-2-2 =03:20 – Ryan White (1)
04:13 – Brendan Gallagher (2)
18:57 – Michael Ryder (1)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

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|goalie2-2 =Carey Price 29 saves / 30 shots

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|3-2-1 =04:40 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =01:18 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2)
07:00 – Kyle Turris (1)
07:08 – pp – Jakob Silfverberg (2)
18:02 – pp – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (3)

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|goalie3-2 =Carey Price 24 saves / 30 shots

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|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

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Alex Galchenyuk (1) – 03:54

|4-3-1 =11:55 – Mika Zibanejad (1)
19:37 – Cory Conacher (1)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|4-4-1 =02:32 – Kyle Turris (2)

|4-4-2 =No scoring

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|goalie4-2 =Carey Price 30 saves / 32 shots
Peter Budaj 1 save / 2 shots

|date5 =May 9

|score5 =6–1

|won5 =1

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|5-1-1 =Zack Smith (1) – 02:17
Cory Conacher (2) – 12:26

|5-1-2 =19:45 – pp – P.K. Subban (2)

|5-2-1 =Kyle Turris (3) – sh – 11:29

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Daniel Alfredsson (2) – pp – 06:22
Cory Conacher (3) – pp – 12:27
Erik Condra (1) – pp – 16:12

|5-3-2 =No scoring

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|goalie5-2 =Peter Budaj 23 saves / 29 shots

|series = Ottawa won series 4–1

}}

==(3) Washington Capitals vs. (6) New York Rangers==

The Washington Capitals entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Eastern Conference by winning the Southeast Division with 57 points. The New York Rangers earned 56 points during the regular season, winning the tiebreaker over Ottawa in regulation + overtime wins (22 to 21) to finish sixth overall in the Eastern Conference. This was the eighth playoff meeting for these two teams, and the fourth in the last five years, with the Capitals having won four of the seven previous series. This was a rematch of the previous year's Eastern Conference semifinals, which the Rangers won in seven games. New York won two of the three games in the regular season series.

The Rangers advanced to the second round after soundly defeating the Capitals in game seven, 5–0. The home team won the first six games before the visiting team won game seven, and it was the first road win in a seventh game in franchise history for the Rangers.{{cite web |url=http://blueshirtsunited.com/posts/3380/rangers-advance-with-5-0-game-7-win |title=Rangers Advance With 5-0 game seven Win |publisher=Blueshirts United |access-date=June 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607134406/http://blueshirtsunited.com/posts/3380/rangers-advance-with-5-0-game-7-win |archive-date=June 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Washington scored three unanswered goals in the second period of game one to win, 3–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030131|title=Capitals ride second period to win against Rangers|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} In game two, Capitals defenceman Mike Green scored the only goal in the game at 08:00 of overtime.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030132|title=Green, Holtby give Capitals 2-0 series edge|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 4, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} The Rangers then evened the series after recording back-to-back 4–3 victories in games three and four, aided by Derick Brassard's one goal and two assists in the former,{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030133|title=Stepan's late goal leads Rangers past Capitals|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 7, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} and Carl Hagelin's one goal and two assists in the latter.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030134|title=Rangers even series vs. Capitals with game four win|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} Washington won game five, 2–1 on Mike Ribeiro's goal at 09:24 of overtime,{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030135|title=Capitals top Rangers in OT, lead series 3-2|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 11, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} while Brassard's second period goal proved to be the difference in New York's 1–0 win in game six.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030136|title=Rangers edge Caps to force game seven on Monday|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 12, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} The Rangers then controlled game seven, winning 5–0, with five different players scoring for New York, and goalie Henrik Lundqvist stopping all 35 Washington shots in his second consecutive shutout.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030137|title=Rangers rout Capitals in game seven|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 13, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Rangers

|team2=Washington Capitals

|stadium2=Madison Square Garden

|stadium1=Verizon Center

|date1 =May 2

|score1 =1–3

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030131

|1-1-1 =Carl Hagelin (1) – 16:44

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =06:59 – pp – Alexander Ovechkin (1)
14:21 – Marcus Johansson (1)
15:07 – Jason Chimera (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie1-2 =Braden Holtby 35 saves / 36 shots

|date2 =May 4

|score2 =0–1

|ot2 =1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030132

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =08:00 – pp – Mike Green (1)

|goalie2-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 37 saves / 38 shots

|goalie2-2 =Braden Holtby 24 saves / 24 shots

|date3 =May 6

|score3 =3–4

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030133

|3-1-1 =12:50 – Brian Boyle (1)

|3-1-2 =Nicklas Backstrom (1) – 04:06

|3-2-1 =01:23 – pp – Derick Brassard (1)

|3-2-2 =Mike Green (2) – 17:19

|3-3-1 =02:53 – Arron Asham (1)
13:35 – Derek Stepan (1)

|3-3-2 =Jay Beagle (1) – 07:19

|goalie3-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 28 saves / 31 shots

|goalie3-2 =Braden Holtby 26 saves / 30 shots

|date4 =May 8

|score4 =3–4

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030134

|4-1-1 =16:25 – Brad Richards (1)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =10:13 – Carl Hagelin (2)

|4-2-2 =Mathieu Perreault (1) – 13:08
Troy Brouwer (1) – 19:42

|4-3-1 =00:59 – pp – Daniel Girardi (1)
06:02 – Derek Stepan (2)

|4-3-2 =Karl Alzner (1) – 07:31

|goalie4-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie4-2 =Braden Holtby 30 saves / 34 shots

|date5 =May 10

|score5 =1–2

|ot5 =1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030135

|5-1-1 =Brian Boyle (2) – 00:53

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =07:44 – pp – Joel Ward (1)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =09:24 – Mike Ribeiro (1)

|goalie5-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 33 saves / 35 shots

|goalie5-2 =Braden Holtby 24 saves / 25 shots

|date6 =May 12

|score6 =0–1

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030136

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =09:39 – Derick Brassard (2)

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 27 saves / 27 shots

|goalie6-2 =Braden Holtby 28 saves / 29 shots

|date7 =May 13

|score7 =5–0

|won7 =1

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030137

|7-1-1 =Arron Asham (2) – 13:19

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =Taylor Pyatt (1) – 03:24
Michael Del Zotto (1) – 05:34

|7-2-2 =No scoring

|7-3-1 =Ryan Callahan (1) – 00:13
Mats Zuccarello (1) – 06:39

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 35 saves / 35 shots

|goalie7-2 =Braden Holtby 22 saves / 27 shots

|series = New York won series 4–3

}}

==(4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Toronto Maple Leafs==

The Boston Bruins entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 62 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs earned 57 points during the regular season to finish fifth overall in the Eastern Conference. This was the fourteenth playoff series between these two teams, with the Maple Leafs having won eight of the previous thirteen series. Their most recent meeting was the 1974 Stanley Cup quarterfinals, where the Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs in four games. Boston won three of the four games in the regular season series.

The Bruins rallied from a 4–1 third period deficit in game seven to defeat the Maple Leafs in overtime, 5–4, and advance to the second round. Boston jumped to a 3–1 lead in the series before Toronto won two straight games to force game seven. David Krejci led Boston to a 4–1 victory in game one with a goal and two assists.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030141|title=Bruins dominate Maple Leafs to win game one|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 2, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} Joffrey Lupul then scored two goals to lead the Maple Leafs to a 4–2 victory in game two.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030142|title=Maple Leafs beat Bruins to even series|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 4, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} The Bruins then took game three, 5–2, aided by goalie Tuukka Rask's 45 saves out of 47 shots.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030143|title=B's spoil Leafs' first home playoff game in nine years|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 6, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} Krejci's goal at 13:06 of overtime then gave Boston the win in game four, 4–3.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030144|title=Krejci's hat trick OT goal gives Bruins 3-1 series lead on Leafs|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 8, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} But the Leafs bounced back in game five with a 2–1 victory, behind James Reimer's 43 saves.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030145|title=Maple Leafs hold off Bruins to extend series|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 10, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2013}} Reimer then stopped 29 of 30 shots in Toronto's 2–1 win in game six.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030146|title=Leafs edge Bruins, force game seven in Boston|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 12, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} In game seven, the Maple Leafs jumped to a 4–1 lead in the third period, aided by two goals by Cody Franson. But the Bruins began their comeback with Nathan Horton's goal at 09:18. Then, after pulling goalie Rask to add an extra attacker, Boston scored twice within the last two minutes of regulation to tie the game, first with Milan Lucic's score at 18:38, and then Patrice Bergeron's goal at 19:09. Bergeron then scored at 06:05 in overtime to give the Bruins the 5–4 win and the series.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030147|title=Bergeron's OT goal caps miraculous Bruins' comeback|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 13, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}} It was the first game seven in NHL playoff history in which a team trailing by three goals in the third period went on to win the game and, therefore, the series.{{cite web |title=Bruins rally from 4-1 deficit to eliminate Leafs in Game 7 |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=423101 |website=TSN.ca |access-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607143115/https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=423101 |archive-date=June 7, 2013 |date=May 14, 2013}} These circumstances were matched during the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, when the San Jose Sharks overcame a three-goal deficit in the third period of game seven over the Vegas Golden Knights to win the series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Toronto Maple Leafs

|team2=Boston Bruins

|stadium2=Air Canada Centre

|stadium1=TD Garden

|date1 =May 1

|score1 =1–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030141

|1-1-1 =James van Riemsdyk (1) – pp – 01:54

|1-1-2 =16:20 – Wade Redden (1)
19:48 – pp – Nathan Horton (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =10:25 – David Krejci (1)
15:44 – Johnny Boychuk (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =James Reimer 36 saves / 40 shots

|goalie1-2 =Tuukka Rask 19 saves / 20 shots

|date2 =May 4

|score2 =4–2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030142

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Joffrey Lupul (1) – pp – 05:18
Joffrey Lupul (2) – 11:56

|2-2-2 =01:56 – Nathan Horton (2)

|2-3-1 =Phil Kessel (1) – 00:53
James van Riemsdyk (2) – 16:53

|2-3-2 =10:35 – Johnny Boychuk (2)

|goalie2-1 =James Reimer 39 saves / 41 shots

|goalie2-2 =Tuukka Rask 28 saves / 32 shots

|date3 =May 6

|score3 =5–2

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030143

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Adam McQuaid (1) – 13:42

|3-2-1 =13:45 – pp – Jake Gardiner (1)

|3-2-2 =Rich Peverley (1) – 05:57
Nathan Horton (3) – 14:35
Daniel Paille (1) – sh – 16:37

|3-3-1 =00:47 – pp – Phil Kessel (2)

|3-3-2 =David Krejci (2) – en – 18:43

|goalie3-1 =James Reimer 33 saves / 37 shots

|goalie3-2 =Tuukka Rask 45 saves / 47 shots

|date4 =May 8

|score4 =4–3

|ot4 =1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030144

|4-1-1 =02:35 – Joffrey Lupul (3)
18:32 – Cody Franson (1)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =17:23 – Clarke MacArthur (1)

|4-2-2 =Patrice Bergeron (1) – pp – 00:32
David Krejci (3) – 12:59
David Krejci (4) – pp – 16:39

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =David Krejci (5) – 13:06

|goalie4-1 =James Reimer 41 saves / 45 shots

|goalie4-2 =Tuukka Rask 45 saves / 48 shots

|date5 =May 10

|score5 =2–1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030145

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Tyler Bozak (1) – sh – 11:27

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Clarke MacArthur (2) – 01:58

|5-3-2 =11:12 – Zdeno Chara (1)

|goalie5-1 =James Reimer 43 saves / 44 shots

|goalie5-2 =Tuukka Rask 31 saves / 33 shots

|date6 =May 12

|score6 =1–2

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030146

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =01:48 – Dion Phaneuf (1)
08:59 – Phil Kessel (3)

|6-3-2 =Milan Lucic (1) – 19:34

|goalie6-1 =James Reimer 29 saves / 30 shots

|goalie6-2 =Tuukka Rask 24 saves / 26 shots

|date7 =May 13

|score7 =4–5

|ot7 =1

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030147

|7-1-1 =Cody Franson (2) – pp – 09:35

|7-1-2 =05:39 – Matt Bartkowski (1)

|7-2-1 =Cody Franson (3) – 05:48

|7-2-2 =No scoring

|7-3-1 =Phil Kessel (4) – 02:09
Nazem Kadri (1) – 05:29

|7-3-2 =09:18 – Nathan Horton (4)
18:38 – Milan Lucic (2)
19:09 – Patrice Bergeron (2)

|7-4-1 =No scoring

|7-4-2 =06:05 – Patrice Bergeron (3)

|goalie7-1 =James Reimer 30 saves / 35 shots

|goalie7-2 =Tuukka Rask 24 saves / 28 shots

|series = Boston won series 4–3

}}

= Western Conference quarterfinals =

==(1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (8) Minnesota Wild==

The Chicago Blackhawks entered the playoffs as the Western Conference regular season champions and Presidents' Trophy winners, earning 77 points. The Minnesota Wild earned 55 points during the regular season to finish eighth overall in the Western Conference. This was the first playoff meeting for these two teams. Chicago won two of the three games in the regular season series.

The Blackhawks defeated the Wild in five games. Bryan Bickell's goal at 16:35 of overtime gave Chicago a 2–1 victory in game one.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030151|title=Bickell's OT goal gives Blackhawks win in game one|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 1, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}} Then, Michael Frolik and Patrick Sharp each scored two goals in the Blackhawks' 5–2 win in game two.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030152|title=Blackhawks top Wild for 2-0 series lead|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 4, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}} Jason Zucker scored at 02:15 of overtime to give the Wild a 3–2 victory in game three.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030153|title=Wild top Blackhawks in OT, cut series deficit| publisher=NHL.com|date=May 5, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}} But the Blackhawks controlled games four and five, with Chicago goalie Corey Crawford making 25 saves in a 3–0 shutout in the former,{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030154|title=Blackhawks shut out Wild to take 3-1 series lead|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 8, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}} and winger Marian Hossa leading the Blackhawks with two goals and one assist in a 5–1 win in the latter.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030155|title=Blackhawks rout Wild to wrap up series|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 10, 2013|access-date=May 10, 2013}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Minnesota Wild

|team2=Chicago Blackhawks

|stadium2=Xcel Energy Center

|stadium1=United Center

|date1 =April 30

|score1 =1–2

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030151

|1-1-1 =Cal Clutterbuck (1) – 04:48

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =02:06 – pp – Marian Hossa (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =16:35 – Bryan Bickell (1)

|goalie1-1 =Josh Harding 35 saves / 37 shots

|goalie1-2 =Corey Crawford 26 saves / 27 shots

|date2 =May 3

|score2 =2–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030152

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =08:34 – Michael Frolik (1)

|2-2-1 =Devin Setoguchi (1) – 17:57

|2-2-2 =00:49 – sh – Michael Frolik (2)

|2-3-1 =Marco Scandella (1) – 16:29

|2-3-2 =03:44 – Patrick Sharp (1)
14:08 – Patrick Sharp (2)
19:49 – en – Bryan Bickell (2)

|goalie2-1 =Josh Harding 43 saves / 47 shots

|goalie2-2 =Corey Crawford 26 saves / 28 shots

|date3 =May 5

|score3 =2–3

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030153

|3-1-1 =18:30 – Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1)

|3-1-2 =Johnny Oduya (1) – 13:26

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =03:09 – Zach Parise (1)

|3-3-2 =Duncan Keith (1) – 17:14

|3-4-1 =02:15 – Jason Zucker (1)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Josh Harding 25 saves / 27 shots

|goalie3-2 =Corey Crawford 34 saves / 37 shots

|date4 =May 7

|score4 =3–0

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030154

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Patrick Sharp (3) – 08:48

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Patrick Sharp (4) – 01:02

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Bryan Bickell (3) – 12:46

|goalie4-1 =Josh Harding 5 saves / 6 shots
Darcy Kuemper 16 saves / 18 shots

|goalie4-2 =Corey Crawford 25 saves / 25 shots

|date5 =May 9

|score5 =1–5

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030155

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =15:39 – Marian Hossa (2)

|5-2-1 =Torrey Mitchell (1) – 10:11

|5-2-2 =03:19 – Marcus Kruger (1)
06:26 – Marian Hossa (3)
10:46 – Andrew Shaw (1)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =06:04 – pp – Patrick Sharp (5)

|goalie5-1 =Josh Harding 15 saves / 18 shots
Darcy Kuemper 13 saves / 15 shots

|goalie5-2 =Corey Crawford 21 saves / 22 shots

|series = Chicago won series 4–1

}}

==(2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (7) Detroit Red Wings==

The Anaheim Ducks entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference by winning the Pacific Division with 66 points. The Detroit Red Wings earned 56 points during the regular season to finish seventh overall in the Western Conference, extending their streak of consecutive playoff appearances to 22. This was the sixth playoff meeting for these two teams, with the Red Wings having won three of the five previous series. The most recent meeting of these teams was in the 2009 Western Conference semifinals, which Detroit won in seven games. Detroit won two of the three games in the regular season series.

The Red Wings defeated the Ducks in game seven of the series, 3–2, to advance to the next round. Four games in the series were decided in overtime. In game one, Teemu Selanne scored a power play goal in the third period, and Francois Beauchemin added an empty netter in the final minute, to give Anaheim a 3–1 win.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030161|title=Ducks beat Red Wings in playoff opener|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 1, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2013}} In game two, the Ducks scored three unanswered goals in the third period to tie the game, 4–4, but Red Wings winger Gustav Nyquist scored at 01:21 of overtime to give Detroit the victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030162|title=Red Wings stun Ducks in OT|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2013}} game three was scoreless in the second period until Detroit forward Justin Abdelkader was given a five-minute major penalty, a game misconduct, and later a two-game suspension after illegally charging Anaheim defenceman Toni Lydman. Although they scored only once in the ensuing five-minute power play, goalie Jonas Hiller stopped all 23 Detroit shots to lead the Ducks to a 4–0 win.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030163|title=Ducks shut out Red Wings to take 2-1 series lead|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 5, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2013}} The next three games went into overtime, as Damien Brunner scored at 15:10 of the extra session to give the Red Wings a 3–2 victory in game four,{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030164|title=Red Wings even series on Brunner's OT goal|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 7, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2013}} Nick Bonino at 01:54 to give the Ducks a 3–2 victory in game five,{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030165|title=Bonino's OT goal gives Ducks 3-2 series lead|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2013}} and Henrik Zetterberg at 01:04 in Detroit's 4–3 win in game six.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030166|title=Zetterberg scores OT goal to keep Red Wings alive|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 11, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2013}} Zetterberg then led the Red Wings with a goal and an assist, and goalie Jimmy Howard made 31 saves in their 3–2 victory in game seven.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030167|title=Red Wings oust Ducks in game seven win|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 13, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2013}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Detroit Red Wings

|team2=Anaheim Ducks

|stadium2=Joe Louis Arena

|stadium1=Honda Center

|date1 =April 30

|score1 =1–3

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030161

|1-1-1 =Daniel Cleary (1) – pp – 16:05

|1-1-2 =10:24 – pp – Nick Bonino (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =01:29 – pp – Teemu Selanne (1)
19:37 – en – Francois Beauchemin (1)

|goalie1-1 =Jimmy Howard 24 saves / 26 shots

|goalie1-2 =Jonas Hiller 21 saves / 22 shots

|date2 =May 2

|score2 =5–4

|ot2 =1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030162

|2-1-1 =Justin Abdelkader (1) – 00:48
Damien Brunner (1) – 04:20

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Johan Franzen (1) – pp – 01:04

|2-2-2 =10:53 – pp – Saku Koivu (1)

|2-3-1 =Johan Franzen (2) – pp – 00:20

|2-3-2 =07:50 – Ryan Getzlaf (1)
12:31 – Kyle Palmieri (1)
17:38 – Bobby Ryan (1)

|2-4-1 =Gustav Nyquist (1) – pp – 01:21

|2-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Jimmy Howard 28 saves / 32 shots

|goalie2-2 =Jonas Hiller 27 saves / 32 shots

|date3 =May 4

|score3 =4–0

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030163

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Nick Bonino (2) – pp – 15:29

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Ryan Getzlaf (2) – sh – 06:33
Emerson Etem (1) – 08:04
Matt Beleskey (1) – pp – 13:34

|goalie3-1 =Jimmy Howard 25 saves / 29 shots

|goalie3-2 =Jonas Hiller 23 saves / 23 shots

|date4 =May 6

|score4 =2–3

|ot4 =1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030164

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Matt Beleskey (2) – 05:07

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =01:18 – Brendan Smith (1)
13:27 – Pavel Datsyuk (1)

|4-3-2 =Dave Steckel (1) – 10:40

|4-4-1 =15:10 – Damien Brunner (2)

|4-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Jimmy Howard 31 saves / 33 shots

|goalie4-2 =Jonas Hiller 46 saves / 49 shots

|date5 =May 8

|score5 =2–3

|ot5 =1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030165

|5-1-1 =Johan Franzen (3) – pp – 05:28

|5-1-2 =17:41 – Kyle Palmieri (2)

|5-2-1 =Mikael Samuelsson (1) – 10:08

|5-2-2 =19:28 – pp – Ryan Getzlaf (3)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =01:54 – Nick Bonino (3)

|goalie5-1 =Jimmy Howard 31 saves / 34 shots

|goalie5-2 =Jonas Hiller 29 saves / 31 shots

|date6 =May 10

|score6 =3–4

|ot6 =1

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030166

|6-1-1 =18:48 – Pavel Datsyuk (2)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Kyle Palmieri (3) – 11:31

|6-3-1 =06:19 – pp – Henrik Zetterberg (1)
11:30 – Daniel Cleary (2)

|6-3-2 =Emerson Etem (2) – 16:32
Bobby Ryan (2) – 17:23

|6-4-1 =01:04 – Henrik Zetterberg (2)

|6-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Jimmy Howard 34 saves / 37 shots

|goalie6-2 =Jonas Hiller 25 saves / 29 shots

|date7 =May 12

|score7 =3–2

|won7 =1

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030167

|7-1-1 =Henrik Zetterberg (3) – 01:49
Justin Abdelkader (2) – sh – 16:37

|7-1-2 =13:48 – Emerson Etem (3)

|7-2-1 =Valtteri Filppula (1) – 13:45

|7-2-2 =No scoring

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =16:43 – pp – Francois Beauchemin (2)

|goalie7-1 =Jimmy Howard 31 saves / 33 shots

|goalie7-2 =Jonas Hiller 29 saves / 32 shots

|series = Detroit won series 4–3

}}

==(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) San Jose Sharks==

The Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Western Conference by winning the Northwest Division with 59 points. The San Jose Sharks earned 57 points during the regular season to finish sixth overall in the Western Conference and third in the Pacific Division. This was the second playoff series between these two teams, with the only previous meeting being the 2011 Western Conference Final, where Vancouver defeated San Jose in five games. San Jose won all three games in the regular season series.

The Sharks recorded their first playoff sweep in team history.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030174|title=Sharks' OT victory completes sweep of Canucks|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 8, 2013|access-date=May 8, 2013}} Led by Logan Couture's second period goal and a third period assist, San Jose scored three unanswered goals in game one to win, 3–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030171|title=Sharks beat Canucks to take 1-0 series lead|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 2, 2013|access-date=May 8, 2013}} The Canucks held a 2–1 lead late in the third period of game two off of Ryan Kesler's two goals, but then Patrick Marleau tied the game with 55 seconds left in regulation and Raffi Torres scored at 05:31 into overtime to give the Sharks a 3–2 victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030172|title=Sharks beat Canucks in OT, lead series 2-0|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 4, 2013|access-date=May 8, 2013}} In game three of the series leading 2–1 to start the third period San Jose's Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau then each scored in a span of nine seconds giving the Sharks a 4–1 lead. The Sharks earned a 5–2 victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030173|title=Sharks put Canucks on brink of elimination|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 6, 2013|access-date=May 8, 2013}} In game four of the series Brent Burns scored to give the Sharks the lead, later Mason Raymond scored on the power play. San Jose took the lead again in the dying minutes of the first with a power play tally from Joe Pavelski to make it 2–1. In the third period the Vancouver Canucks rallied back to tie the game and gain the lead from the strengths of Alex Burrows and Alexander Edler goals to make it 3–2. In the last minutes of the third Joe Pavelski tallied the game tying goal as regulation ended 3–3. Patrick Marleau then scored the series winning goal at 13:18 of overtime in San Jose's 4–3 victory in game four.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=San Jose Sharks

|team2=Vancouver Canucks

|stadium2=HP Pavilion

|stadium1=Rogers Arena

|date1 =May 1

|score1 =3–1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030171

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Logan Couture (1) – pp – 16:35

|1-2-2 =12:26 – Kevin Bieksa (1)

|1-3-1 =Dan Boyle (1) – 09:17
Patrick Marleau (1) – 14:37

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Antti Niemi 29 saves / 30 shots

|goalie1-2 =Roberto Luongo 25 saves / 28 shots

|date2 =May 3

|score2 =3–2

|ot2 =1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030172

|2-1-1 =Joe Thornton (1) – 13:22

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Patrick Marleau (2) – 19:04

|2-3-2 =00:59 – pp – Ryan Kesler (1)
07:06 – Ryan Kesler (2)

|2-4-1 =Raffi Torres (1) – 05:31

|2-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Antti Niemi 29 saves / 31 shots

|goalie2-2 =Roberto Luongo 30 saves / 33 shots

|date3 =May 5

|score3 =2–5

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030173

|3-1-1 =14:08 – pp – Joe Pavelski (1)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =07:20 – Joe Pavelski (2)

|3-2-2 =Alexandre Burrows (1) – 11:07

|3-3-1 =01:40 – pp – Logan Couture (2)
01:49 – Patrick Marleau (3)
04:07 – pp – Logan Couture (3)

|3-3-2 =Dan Hamhuis (1) – 13:12

|goalie3-1 =Antti Niemi 28 saves / 30 shots

|goalie3-2 =Cory Schneider 23 saves / 28 shots
Roberto Luongo 10 saves / 10 shots

|date4 =May 7

|score4 =3–4

|ot4 =1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030174

|4-1-1 =02:41 – Brent Burns (1)
14:52 – pp – Joe Pavelski (3)

|4-1-2 =Mason Raymond (1) – 07:54

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =15:33 – pp – Joe Pavelski (4)

|4-3-2 =Alexandre Burrows (2) – pp – 09:12
Alexander Edler (1) – 11:02

|4-4-1 =13:18 – pp – Patrick Marleau (4)

|4-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Antti Niemi 32 saves / 35 shots

|goalie4-2 =Cory Schneider 43 saves / 47 shots

|series = San Jose won series 4–0

}}

==(4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings==

The St. Louis Blues entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 60 points. The Los Angeles Kings, entering as the defending Stanley Cup champions, earned 59 points during the regular season to finish fifth overall in the Western Conference. This was the fourth playoff series between these two teams, with St. Louis having won two of the three previous series. The most recent meeting was the previous year's Western Conference semifinals, in which the Kings swept the Blues out of the playoffs. Los Angeles won all three games in the regular season series.

The Kings overcame a 2–0 deficit to defeat the Blues in six games. All six games in the series were decided by only one goal. In game one, St. Louis had a 1–0 lead late in the third period before Los Angeles winger Justin Williams tied the game with 31.6 seconds left in regulation. In overtime, Blues defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk was given a four-minute penalty for high-sticking, but on the ensuing power play Kings goalie Jonathan Quick misplayed the puck behind his own net and St. Louis winger Alexander Steen wrapped it into the net for the game-winning shorthanded goal.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030181|title=Steen's shorthanded goal lifts Blues past Kings in OT|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 1, 2013|access-date=May 10, 2013}} The Blues also won game two by the same score of 2–1, as defenceman Barret Jackman scored the winning goal with 50.4 seconds remaining in the third period.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030182|title=Blues win on Jackman's goal with 50.4 seconds left|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=May 10, 2013}} The Kings then began their four-game winning streak in the series, first with a 1–0 victory in game three, as Quick stopped all 30 Blues shots on goal, and Slava Voynov providing Los Angeles' lone score.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030183|title=Quick blanks Blues, Kings trail series 2-1|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 5, 2013|access-date=May 10, 2013}} Williams and Anze Kopitar then scored 76 seconds apart in the third period of game four to help give Los Angeles a 4–3 victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030184|title=Williams, Kopitar help Kings even series|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 7, 2013|access-date=May 10, 2013}} In game five, Blues defenceman Alex Pietrangelo tied the game with 44.1 seconds remaining in regulation, but Voynov scored at 08:00 of overtime and the Kings won, 3–2.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030185|title=Voynov's OT goal gives Kings 3-2 series lead vs. Blues|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=May 10, 2013}} Los Angeles then closed out the series with a 2–1 victory in game six, as forward Dustin Penner scored the winning goal with 0.2 seconds left in the second period.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030186|title=Kings advance to second round with 2-1 win|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 11, 2013|access-date=May 11, 2013}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Los Angeles Kings

|team2=St. Louis Blues

|stadium2=Staples Center

|stadium1=Scottrade Center

|date1 =April 30

|score1 =1–2

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030181

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =09:05 – pp – Alexander Steen (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Justin Williams (1) – 19:28

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =13:26 – sh – Alexander Steen (2)

|goalie1-1 =Jonathan Quick 40 saves / 42 shots

|goalie1-2 =Brian Elliott 28 saves / 29 shots

|date2 =May 2

|score2 =1–2

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030182

|2-1-1 =Dustin Brown (1) – pp – 09:55

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =03:44 – Patrik Berglund (1)
19:09 – Barret Jackman (1)

|goalie2-1 =Jonathan Quick 23 saves / 25 shots

|goalie2-2 =Brian Elliott 28 saves / 29 shots

|date3 =May 4

|score3 =0–1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030183

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =04:56 – Slava Voynov (1)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Jonathan Quick 30 saves / 30 shots

|goalie3-2 =Brian Elliott 20 saves / 21 shots

|date4 =May 6

|score4 =3–4

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030184

|4-1-1 =09:33 – Jeff Carter (1)
14:30 – Dustin Penner (1)

|4-1-2 =David Backes (1) – 01:12
T.J. Oshie (1) – pp – 04:32

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =T.J. Oshie (2) – 05:46

|4-3-1 =07:14 – Anze Kopitar (1)
08:30 – Justin Williams (2)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Jonathan Quick 19 saves / 22 shots

|goalie4-2 =Brian Elliott 25 saves / 29 shots

|date5 =May 8

|score5 =3–2

|ot5 =1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030185

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Jeff Carter (2) – 00:14

|5-2-2 =06:46 – Alexander Steen (3)

|5-3-1 =Jeff Carter (3) – pp – 00:54

|5-3-2 =19:15 – Alex Pietrangelo (1)

|5-4-1 =Slava Voynov (2) – 08:00

|5-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Jonathan Quick 34 saves / 36 shots

|goalie5-2 =Brian Elliott 22 saves / 25 shots

|date6 =May 10

|score6 =1–2

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030186

|6-1-1 =12:37 – Drew Doughty (1)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =19:59 – Dustin Penner (2)

|6-2-2 =Chris Porter (1) – 04:39

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Jonathan Quick 21 saves / 22 shots

|goalie6-2 =Brian Elliott 14 saves / 16 shots

|series = Los Angeles won series 4–2

}}

Conference semifinals

= Eastern Conference semifinals =

==(1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (7) Ottawa Senators==

This was the fourth playoff meeting for these two teams, all occurring over the last seven seasons, with Pittsburgh winning the previous two. Their most recent meeting was in the 2010 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, which Pittsburgh won in six games. The Penguins won all three games in the regular season series.

The Penguins eliminated the Senators in five games. Evgeni Malkin recorded a goal and an assist in Pittsburgh's 4–1 victory in game one.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030211|title=Penguins use power play to take game one vs. Senators|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 14, 2013|access-date=May 14, 2013}} In game two, Sidney Crosby recorded his second career playoff hat trick{{cite web|last=Leahy |first=Sean |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/sidney-crosby-hat-trick-powers-penguins-2-0-023452109.html |title=Sidney Crosby's hat trick powers Penguins to 2-0 series lead over Senators | Puck Daddy – Yahoo! Sports |publisher=Sports.yahoo.com |date=May 17, 2013 |access-date=June 2, 2013}} as the Penguins went on to win, 4–3.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030212|title=Crosby's hat trick powers Penguins to game two win|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 17, 2013|access-date=May 17, 2013}} The Senators then took game three, 2–1, after Daniel Alfredsson tied the game with a short handed goal with only 22.6 seconds left in regulation, and Colin Greening scored the game winner at 07:39 of the second overtime period.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030213|title=Senators win in second OT after last-minute tie|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 19, 2013|access-date=May 20, 2013}} But, Pittsburgh came back with a 7–3 victory in game four, with Kris Letang recording four assists.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030214|title=Penguins put Senators on brink with rout|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 22, 2013|access-date=May 22, 2013}} James Neal recorded his first career playoff hat trick in Pittsburgh's 6–2 win in game five to close out the series and help the Penguins advance to the conference finals.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030215|title=Penguins move on with game five rout of Senators|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 24, 2013|access-date=May 24, 2013}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Ottawa Senators

|team2=Pittsburgh Penguins

|stadium2=Scotiabank Place

|stadium1=Consol Energy Center

|date1 =May 14

|score1 =1–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030211

|1-1-1 =Colin Greening (1) – 04:51

|1-1-2 =02:41 – pp – Paul Martin (2)
12:15 – Evgeni Malkin (3)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =18:33 – pp – Chris Kunitz (3)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =11:24 – sh – Pascal Dupuis (6)

|goalie1-1 =Craig Anderson 26 saves / 30 shots

|goalie1-2 =Tomas Vokoun 35 saves / 36 shots

|date2 =May 17

|score2 =3–4

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030212

|2-1-1 =Kyle Turris (4) – pp – 13:15

|2-1-2 =03:16 – Sidney Crosby (4)
16:07 – Sidney Crosby (5)

|2-2-1 =Colin Greening (2) – 01:55

|2-2-2 =01:15 – pp – Sidney Crosby (6)
08:04 – Brenden Morrow (1)

|2-3-1 =Jean-Gabriel Pageau (4) – 02:01

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Craig Anderson 18 saves / 21 shots
Robin Lehner 20 saves / 21 shots

|goalie2-2 =Tomas Vokoun 19 saves / 22 shots

|date3 =May 19

|score3 =1–2

|ot3 =2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030213

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Tyler Kennedy (2) – 18:53

|3-3-1 =19:31 – sh – Daniel Alfredsson (3)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =07:39 – Colin Greening (3)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Craig Anderson 49 saves / 50 shots

|goalie3-2 =Tomas Vokoun 46 saves / 48 shots

|date4 =May 22

|score4 =7–3

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030214

|4-1-1 =02:29 – sh – Milan Michalek (2)
16:15 – Kyle Turris (5)

|4-1-2 =James Neal (2) – 14:56

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Chris Kunitz (4) – 01:08
Jarome Iginla (3) – 01:48

|4-3-1 =14:44 – pp – Daniel Alfredsson (4)

|4-3-2 =James Neal (3) – pp – 01:59
Pascal Dupuis (7) – sh – 08:08
Sidney Crosby (7) – 08:39
Jarome Iginla (4) – pp – 09:53

|goalie4-1 =Craig Anderson 32 saves / 38 shots
Robin Lehner 3 saves / 4 shots

|goalie4-2 =Tomas Vokoun 30 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =May 24

|score5 =2–6

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030215

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =06:25 – Brenden Morrow (2)

|5-2-1 =Milan Michalek (3) – 16:18

|5-2-2 =07:38 – pp – James Neal (4)
12:48 – Kris Letang (3)
19:30 – Evgeni Malkin (4)

|5-3-1 =Kyle Turris (6) – 13:32

|5-3-2 =11:07 – James Neal (5)
17:21 – James Neal (6)

|goalie5-1 =Craig Anderson 27 saves / 33 shots

|goalie5-2 =Tomas Vokoun 29 saves / 31 shots

|series = Pittsburgh won series 4–1

}}

==(4) Boston Bruins vs. (6) New York Rangers==

This was the tenth playoff series between the teams, with Boston having won six of the nine previous series. They last met in the 1973 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which the Rangers won in five games. The Rangers won two of the three games in the regular season series.

The Bruins eliminated the Rangers in five games. Brad Marchand's goal at 15:40 of overtime gave Boston a 3–2 victory in game one.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030221|title=Marchand's OT goal leads Bruins to game one win|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 16, 2013|access-date=May 17, 2013}} In game two, five different Boston players scored goals, giving them a 5–2 win.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030222|title=Bruins get total team effort, go up 2-0 on Rangers|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 19, 2013|access-date=May 20, 2013}} The Bruins then won game three, 2–1, as Daniel Paille scored the game winner with 03:31 left in regulation after the puck deflected off of Henrik Lundqvist's head, popped into the air and then bounced in an area around the goal crease where the Rangers goalie lost sight of it.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030223|title=Bruins rally to beat Rangers, take 3-0 lead|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 22, 2013|access-date=May 22, 2013}} The Rangers avoided elimination in game four, as Chris Kreider scored at 07:03 of overtime, redirecting Rick Nash's shot into the Bruins net, giving New York a 4–3 victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030224|title=Rangers stay alive with OT victory in game four|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 24, 2013|access-date=May 24, 2013}} But Boston was victorious in game five, 3–1, scoring three unanswered goals, including two from Gregory Campbell.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030225|title=Bruins oust Rangers with game five win|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 25, 2013|access-date=May 25, 2013}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Rangers

|team2=Boston Bruins

|stadium2=Madison Square Garden

|stadium1=TD Garden

|date1 =May 16

|score1 =2–3

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030221

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Ryan McDonagh (1) – 19:58

|1-2-2 =12:23 – Zdeno Chara (2)

|1-3-1 =Derek Stepan (3) – 00:14

|1-3-2 =02:55 – pp – Torey Krug (1)

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =15:40 – Brad Marchand (1)

|goalie1-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 45 saves / 48 shots

|goalie1-2 =Tuukka Rask 33 saves / 35 shots

|date2 =May 19

|score2 =2–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030222

|2-1-1 =Ryan Callahan (2) – 08:01

|2-1-2 =05:28 – Torey Krug (2)

|2-2-1 =Rick Nash (1) – 03:20

|2-2-2 =02:24 – Gregory Campbell (1)
12:08 – Johnny Boychuk (3)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =00:26 – Brad Marchand (2)
12:39 – Milan Lucic (3)

|goalie2-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 27 saves / 32 shots

|goalie2-2 =Tuukka Rask 35 saves / 37 shots

|date3 =May 21

|score3 =2–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030223

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =03:53 – Taylor Pyatt (2)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Johnny Boychuk (4) – 03:10
Daniel Paille (2) – 16:29

|goalie3-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 32 saves / 34 shots

|goalie3-2 =Tuukka Rask 23 saves / 24 shots

|date4 =May 23

|score4 =3–4

|ot4 =1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030224

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =08:39 – Carl Hagelin (3)

|4-2-2 =Nathan Horton (5) – pp – 04:39
Torey Krug (3) – pp – 07:41

|4-3-1 =01:15 – Derek Stepan (4)
10:00 – pp – Brian Boyle (3)

|4-3-2 =Tyler Seguin (1) – 08:06

|4-4-1 =07:03 – Chris Kreider (1)

|4-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 37 saves / 40 shots

|goalie4-2 =Tuukka Rask 28 saves / 32 shots

|date5 =May 25

|score5 =1–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030225

|5-1-1 =Daniel Girardi (2) – pp – 10:39

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =03:48 – pp – Torey Krug (4)
13:41 – Gregory Campbell (2)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =19:09 – en – Gregory Campbell (3)

|goalie5-1 =Henrik Lundqvist 29 saves / 31 shots

|goalie5-2 =Tuukka Rask 28 saves / 29 shots

|series = Boston won series 4–1

}}

= Western Conference semifinals =

==(1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (7) Detroit Red Wings==

This was the sixteenth playoff meeting between these two rivals, with Chicago having won eight of the previous fifteen series. Their most recent meeting was in the 2009 Western Conference Final, which Detroit won in five games. The Blackhawks won all four games in the regular season series.

The Blackhawks came back from a 3–1 series deficit to defeat the Red Wings in seven games. In game one, Johnny Oduya and Marcus Kruger scored in about three minutes apart in the third period, as Chicago broke a 1–1 tie to win, 4–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030231|title=Blackhawks pull away in third to beat Red Wings|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 15, 2013|access-date=May 15, 2013}} Henrik Zetterberg then recorded two assists, leading the Red Wings to a 4–1 victory in game two.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030232|title=Zetterberg helps Wings even series with Blackhawks|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 18, 2013|access-date=May 18, 2013}} Detroit also won game three, 3–1, as goalie Jimmy Howard made 39 saves out of 40 shots, and Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored in 31 seconds apart in the second period.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030233|title=Red Wings shut down Blackhawks to win game three|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 21, 2013|access-date=May 21, 2013}} The Red Wings then gave the Blackhawks their first three-game losing streak all season, as Howard made 28 saves in Detroit's 2–0 victory in game four.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030234|title=Red Wings blank Blackhawks, lead series 3-1|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 24, 2013|access-date=May 24, 2013}} But Chicago began their comeback in the series in game five as Andrew Shaw scored two goals in a 4–1 win.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030235|title=Blackhawks top Red Wings in game five to stay alive|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 26, 2013|access-date=May 26, 2013}} In the third period of game six, the Blackhawks scored three straight goals from three different players, including one on a penalty shot by Michael Frolik, to overcome a one-goal deficit and eventually win 4–3.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030236|title=Blackhawks force game seven with comeback win|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 28, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2013}} Brent Seabrook scored at 03:35 of overtime to give Chicago a 2–1 victory in game seven to advance to the conference finals.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030237|title=Hawks outlast Wings in OT to win game seven|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 29, 2013|access-date=May 29, 2013}} This was the Red Wings' last game as a Western Conference team, as they moved to the Eastern Conference the following season.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Detroit Red Wings

|team2=Chicago Blackhawks

|stadium2=Joe Louis Arena

|stadium1=United Center

|date1 =May 15

|score1 =1–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030231

|1-1-1 =Damien Brunner (3) – 10:57

|1-1-2 =09:03 – pp – Marian Hossa (4)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =08:02 – Johnny Oduya (2)
11:23 – Marcus Kruger (2)
19:11 – en – Patrick Sharp (6)

|goalie1-1 =Jimmy Howard 38 saves / 41 shots

|goalie1-2 =Corey Crawford 20 saves / 21 shots

|date2 =May 18

|score2 =4–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030232

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =14:05 – Patrick Kane (1)

|2-2-1 =Damien Brunner (4) – 02:40
Brendan Smith (2) – 16:08

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Johan Franzen (4) – 07:19
Valtteri Filppula (2) – 12:03

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Jimmy Howard 19 saves / 20 shots

|goalie2-2 =Corey Crawford 26 saves / 30 shots

|date3 =May 20

|score3 =1–3

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030233

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =07:49 – Gustav Nyquist (2)
08:20 – Drew Miller (1)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =06:46 – Pavel Datsyuk (3)

|3-3-2 =Patrick Kane (2) – 04:35

|goalie3-1 =Jimmy Howard 39 saves / 40 shots

|goalie3-2 =Corey Crawford 27 saves / 30 shots

|date4 =May 23

|score4 =0–2

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030234

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =10:03 – pp – Jakub Kindl (1)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =19:21 – en – Daniel Cleary (3)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Jimmy Howard 28 saves / 28 shots

|goalie4-2 =Corey Crawford 25 saves / 26 shots

|date5 =May 25

|score5 =1–4

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030235

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =14:08 – Bryan Bickell (4)

|5-2-1 =Daniel Cleary (4) – 09:37

|5-2-2 =13:08 – pp – Andrew Shaw (2)
15:47 – pp – Jonathan Toews (1)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =06:58 – Andrew Shaw (3)

|goalie5-1 =Jimmy Howard 41 saves / 45 shots

|goalie5-2 =Corey Crawford 25 saves / 26 shots

|date6 =May 27

|score6 =4–3

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030236

|6-1-1 =18:51 – Patrick Eaves (1)

|6-1-2 =Marian Hossa (5) – pp – 03:53

|6-2-1 =10:11 – Joakim Andersson (1)

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =19:08 – Damien Brunner (5)

|6-3-2 =Michal Handzus (1) – 00:51
Bryan Bickell (5) – 05:48
Michael Frolik (3) – ps – 09:43

|goalie6-1 =Jimmy Howard 24 saves / 28 shots

|goalie6-2 =Corey Crawford 35 saves / 38 shots

|date7 =May 29

|score7 =1–2

|ot7 =1

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030237

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =01:08 – Patrick Sharp (7)

|7-3-1 =Henrik Zetterberg (4) – 00:26

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|7-4-1 =No scoring

|7-4-2 =03:35 – Brent Seabrook (1)

|goalie7-1 =Jimmy Howard 33 saves / 35 shots

|goalie7-2 =Corey Crawford 26 saves / 27 shots

|series = Chicago won series 4–3

}}

==(5) Los Angeles Kings vs. (6) San Jose Sharks==

This was the second playoff series meeting for these two teams. Their first meeting was in the 2011 Western Conference quarterfinals, which San Jose won in six games. The two teams split their four-game regular season series.

In a series where the home team won all games, the Kings outlasted the Sharks in game seven at the Staples Center to advance to the conference finals. Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick stopped all 35 San Jose shots in a 2–0 home victory in game one.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030241|title=Kings blank Sharks in game one victory|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 15, 2013|access-date=May 15, 2013}} In game two, the Kings' Dustin Brown and Trevor Lewis scored power play goals in 22 seconds apart with less than 2 minutes left in regulation, overcoming a one-goal deficit to win, 4–3.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030242|title=Kings score two PPGs in final two minutes for win|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 17, 2013|access-date=May 17, 2013}} With the series moving to HP Pavilion, Logan Couture's goal at 01:29 of overtime gave the Sharks a 2–1 victory in game three.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030243|title=Sharks top Kings in overtime|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 17, 2013|access-date=May 17, 2013}} San Jose then evened the series in game four with another 2–1 victory after building a 2–0 second period lead.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030244|title=Sharks hold off Kings in game four to even series|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 22, 2013|access-date=May 22, 2013}} In game five back at the Staples Center, the Kings limited the Sharks to 24 shots on goal and Quick recorded his second shutout in the series in a 3–0 win for Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030245|title=Quick stars as Kings blank Sharks in game five|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 24, 2013|access-date=May 24, 2013}} The series then ended with two consecutive 2–1 games: Joe Thornton and T.J. Galiardi scored for San Jose in game six at HP Pavilion,{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030246|title=Sharks edge Kings to force game seven|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 27, 2013|access-date=May 27, 2013}} and Justin Williams scored both Los Angeles goals in game seven at the Staples Center.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030247|title=Kings hold off Sharks, advance to Conference finals|publisher=NHL.com|date=May 29, 2013|access-date=May 29, 2013}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=San Jose Sharks

|team2=Los Angeles Kings

|stadium2=HP Pavilion

|stadium1=Staples Center

|date1 =May 14

|score1 =0–2

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030241

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =19:47 – Slava Voynov (3)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =12:30 – Mike Richards (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Antti Niemi 18 saves / 20 shots

|goalie1-2 =Jonathan Quick 35 saves / 35 shots

|date2 =May 16

|score2 =3–4

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030242

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =03:06 – Jeff Carter (4)

|2-2-1 =Patrick Marleau (5) – 09:47
Brad Stuart (1) – 14:21

|2-2-2 =04:10 – pp – Drew Doughty (2)

|2-3-1 =Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1) – 08:56

|2-3-2 =18:17 – pp – Dustin Brown (2)
18:39 – pp – Trevor Lewis (1)

|goalie2-1 =Antti Niemi 27 saves / 31 shots

|goalie2-2 =Jonathan Quick 28 saves / 31 shots

|date3 =May 18

|score3 =1–2

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030243

|3-1-1 =01:34 – pp – Dan Boyle (2)

|3-1-2 =Tyler Toffoli (1) – 10:08

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =01:29 – pp – Logan Couture (4)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Antti Niemi 26 saves / 27 shots

|goalie3-2 =Jonathan Quick 38 saves / 40 shots

|date4 =May 21

|score4 =1–2

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030244

|4-1-1 =06:09 – Brent Burns (2)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =03:55 – pp – Logan Couture (5)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Mike Richards (2) – pp – 09:46

|goalie4-1 =Antti Niemi 22 saves / 23 shots

|goalie4-2 =Jonathan Quick 21 saves / 23 shots

|date5 =May 23

|score5 =0–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030245

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =18:08 – Anze Kopitar (2)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =00:53 – Slava Voynov (4)
19:28 – en – Jeff Carter (5)

|goalie5-1 =Antti Niemi 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie5-2 =Jonathan Quick 24 saves / 24 shots

|date6 =May 26

|score6 =1–2

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030246

|6-1-1 =06:09 – pp – Joe Thornton (2)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =04:10 – T.J. Galiardi (1)

|6-2-2 =Dustin Brown (3) – 13:53

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Antti Niemi 24 saves / 25 shots

|goalie6-2 =Jonathan Quick 24 saves / 26 shots

|date7 =May 28

|score7 =1–2

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030247

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =04:11 – pp – Justin Williams (3)
07:08 – Justin Williams (4)

|7-3-1 =Dan Boyle (3) – 05:26

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Antti Niemi 16 saves / 18 shots

|goalie7-2 =Jonathan Quick 25 saves / 26 shots

|series = Los Angeles won series 4–3

}}

Conference finals

= Eastern Conference final =

==(1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (4) Boston Bruins==

This was the fifth playoff series for these two teams, with each team having won two of the four previous meetings. This was also the third time that they met in a Wales/Eastern Conference Final, having met at this stage in their two previous playoff meetings; in 1991 the Penguins lost the first two games to the Bruins but went on to win the next four, and the next year (1992) they swept the Bruins out of the playoffs; the Penguins went on to win the Stanley Cup in both years. The Pittsburgh Penguins made it to their third Conference finals since 2008, while the Boston Bruins were making their second appearance in three years. The Penguins won all three games in the regular season series, all three games by one goal.

The Bruins swept the top seeded Penguins, as Boston goalie Tuukka Rask recorded his first two career playoff shutouts, and only allowed two Pittsburgh goals throughout the sweep. Penguins forwards Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Jarome Iginla, Pascal Dupuis and James Neal had scored between them 28 goals and 64 points during the first two rounds, but against the Bruins they were outscored 12–2 with Dupuis recording a single assist.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=673321 |title=Five reasons Penguins were eliminated from playoffs - Penguins vs Bruins - 2013 Eastern Conference Final |publisher=Nhl.com |access-date=2013-08-23}} The Penguins had scored 13 power-play goals in the first 11 games, but went 0-for 15 on the powerplay in the Conference Final.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=673319 |title=Five reasons Boston Bruins advanced to Stanley Cup Final - Penguins vs Bruins - 2013 Eastern Conference Final |publisher=Nhl.com |access-date=2013-08-23}} David Krejci had two goals in the Bruins' 3–0 game one victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030311|title=Bruins blank Penguins in game one of Eastern Final|publisher=NHL.com|date=June 2, 2013|access-date=June 2, 2013}} In game two, the Bruins recorded six goals and Rask limited the Penguins to only one goal.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030312|title=Bruins breeze past Penguins, take 2-0 series lead|publisher=NHL.com|date=June 4, 2013|access-date=June 5, 2013}} Patrice Bergeron then scored at 15:19 of the second overtime period of game three to give Boston a 2–1 win.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030313|title=Bergeron scores in 2OT to put Penguins on brink|publisher=NHL.com|date=June 6, 2013|access-date=June 6, 2013}} Finally in game four, Adam McQuaid scored at 05:01 of the third period, the only goal in the game, to give the Bruins a 1–0 win and a trip to the Cup Finals.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030314|title=Bruins complete sweep of Penguins|publisher=NHL.com|date=June 7, 2013|access-date=June 7, 2013}} This marked the first time since 1979 that the Penguins were swept in a playoff series; the Bruins also swept the Penguins out of that year's playoffs. During the 2012–13 season trade deadline, the Bruins were close to acquiring Iginla from the Calgary Flames, but he chose the Penguins instead; Milan Lucic said after the series that Iginla's spurning of Boston ignited the sweep of Pittsburgh, suggesting "When a guy chooses another team over your team, it does light a little bit of a fire underneath you."{{cite news|title=Milan Lucic Says Jarome Iginla Did 'Light a Fire' Underneath Bruins by Choosing to Join Penguins |url=http://nesn.com/2013/06/milan-lucic-says-jarome-iginla-did-light-a-fire-underneath-bruins-by-choosing-to-join-penguins-video/|publisher=NESN|access-date=8 June 2013}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Boston Bruins

|team2=Pittsburgh Penguins

|stadium2=TD Garden

|stadium1=Consol Energy Center

|date1 =June 1

|score1 =3–0

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030311

|1-1-1 =David Krejci (6) – 08:23

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =David Krejci (7) – 04:04
Nathan Horton (6) – 07:51

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 29 shots

|goalie1-2 =Tomas Vokoun 27 saves / 30 shots

|date2 =June 3

|score2 =6–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030312

|2-1-1 =Brad Marchand (3) – 00:28
Nathan Horton (7) – 14:37
David Krejci (8) – 16:31
Brad Marchand (4) – 19:51

|2-1-2 =19:26 – Brandon Sutter (2)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Patrice Bergeron (4) – 00:27
Johnny Boychuk (5) – 18:36

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 27 shots

|goalie2-2 =Tomas Vokoun 9 saves / 12 shots
Marc-Andre Fleury 14 saves / 17 shots

|date3 =June 5

|score3 =1–2

|ot3 =2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030313

|3-1-1 =01:42 – David Krejci (9)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Chris Kunitz (5) – 08:51

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =15:19 – Patrice Bergeron (5)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Tuukka Rask 53 saves / 54 shots

|goalie3-2 =Tomas Vokoun 38 saves / 40 shots

|date4 =June 7

|score4 =0–1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030314

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =05:01 – Adam McQuaid (2)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 26 shots

|goalie4-2 =Tomas Vokoun 23 saves / 24 shots

|series = Boston won series 4–0

}}

= Western Conference final =

==(1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings==

This was the second playoff series for these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1974 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which Chicago won in five games. The Blackhawks won two of the three games in the regular season series. The Chicago Blackhawks made it to their third Conference finals since 2009, while the Los Angeles Kings were making their second straight appearance.

The Blackhawks defeated the Kings in five games by extending Los Angeles' road playoff losing streak to six, and they gave the Kings their first home playoff loss in game four. Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa scored back-to-back goals in their 2–1 victory in game one,{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030321|title=Blackhawks outlast Kings in Western Final game one|publisher=NHL.com|date=June 1, 2013|access-date=June 1, 2013}} Four different Chicago players scored unanswered goals in their 4–2 win in game two, forcing Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick to be replaced by backup Jonathan Bernier midway through the second period.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030322|title=Blackhawks chase Kings' Quick in game two win|publisher=NHL.com|date=June 2, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2013}} Quick then made 19 out of 20 saves, and Justin Williams and Slava Voynov scored Los Angeles' two unanswered goals, in the Kings' 3–1 win in game three.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030323|title=Quick, Kings bounce back in game three win|publisher=NHL.com|date=June 5, 2013|access-date=June 5, 2013}} But in game four, Chicago's Marian Hossa scored the game-winning goal 70 seconds into the third period to give the Blackhawks a 3–2 win.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030324|title=Blackhawks shut down Kings to win game four|publisher=NHL.com|date=June 6, 2013|access-date=June 6, 2013}} Patrick Kane then recorded a hat trick, including the game-winning goal at 11:40 of double overtime, to give Chicago a 4–3 victory in game five and advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030325|title=Hawks eliminate Kings, advance to Stanley Cup Final|publisher=NHL.com|date=June 9, 2013|access-date=June 9, 2013}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Los Angeles Kings

|team2=Chicago Blackhawks

|stadium2=Staples Center

|stadium1=United Center

|date1 =June 1

|score1 =1–2

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030321

|1-1-1 =Justin Williams (5) – 14:23

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =12:29 – Patrick Sharp (8)
16:22 – Marian Hossa (6)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Jonathan Quick 34 saves / 36 shots

|goalie1-2 =Corey Crawford 21 saves / 22 shots

|date2 =June 2

|score2 =2–4

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030322

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =01:56 – Andrew Shaw (4)
19:09 – Brent Seabrook (2)

|2-2-1 =Jeff Carter (6) – 18:57

|2-2-2 =07:11 – pp – Bryan Bickell (6)
09:20 – Michal Handzus (2)

|2-3-1 =Tyler Toffoli (2) – pp – 18:58

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Jonathan Quick 13 saves / 17 shots
Jonathan Bernier 9 saves / 9 shots

|goalie2-2 =Corey Crawford 29 saves / 31 shots

|date3 =June 4

|score3 =1–3

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030323

|3-1-1 =03:21 – Justin Williams (6)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =06:37 – Slava Voynov (5)

|3-2-2 =Bryan Bickell (7) – 19:26

|3-3-1 =19:32 – en – Dwight King (1)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Jonathan Quick 19 saves / 20 shots

|goalie3-2 =Corey Crawford 25 saves / 27 shots

|date4 =June 6

|score4 =3–2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030324

|4-1-1 =03:28 – Slava Voynov (6)

|4-1-2 =Bryan Bickell (8) – 13:16

|4-2-1 =02:12 – Dustin Penner (3)

|4-2-2 =Patrick Kane (3) – 18:21

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Marian Hossa (7) – 01:10

|goalie4-1 =Jonathan Quick 25 saves / 28 shots

|goalie4-2 =Corey Crawford 19 saves / 21 shots

|date5 =June 8

|score5 =3–4

|ot5 =2

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030325

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =03:42 – Duncan Keith (2)
05:59 – Patrick Kane (4)

|5-2-1 =Dwight King (2) – sh – 09:28

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Anze Kopitar (3) – pp – 03:34
Mike Richards (3) – 19:50

|5-3-2 =16:08 – Patrick Kane (5)

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =11:40 – Patrick Kane (6)

|goalie5-1 =Jonathan Quick 31 saves / 35 shots

|goalie5-2 =Corey Crawford 33 saves / 36 shots

|series = Chicago won series 4–1

}}

Stanley Cup Finals

This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with Boston winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, where Boston won in a four-game sweep. The teams did not meet in the regular season because of the intra-conference restriction for the season because of the lockout. This was Boston's nineteenth Finals appearance. They last advanced to the Finals in {{scfy|2011}} where they defeated the Vancouver Canucks in seven games. This was Chicago's twelfth Finals appearance. They last advanced to the Finals in {{scfy|2010}}, where they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in six games. This was the first Stanley Cup Finals to feature two Original Six teams since {{scfy|1979}}.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1= Boston Bruins

|team2= Chicago Blackhawks

|stadium2= TD Garden

|stadium1= United Center

|date1 =June 12

|score1 =3–4

|ot1 =3

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030411

|1-1-1 =Milan Lucic (4) – 13:11

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Milan Lucic (5) – 00:51

|1-2-2 =03:08 – Brandon Saad (1)

|1-3-1 =Patrice Bergeron (6) – pp – 06:09

|1-3-2 =08:00 – Dave Bolland (1)
12:14 – Johnny Oduya (3)

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =12:08 – Andrew Shaw (5)

|goalie1-1 =Tuukka Rask 59 saves / 63 shots

|goalie1-2 =Corey Crawford 51 saves / 54 shots

|date2 =June 15

|score2 =2–1

|ot2 =1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030412

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =11:22 – Patrick Sharp (9)

|2-2-1 =Chris Kelly (1) – 14:58

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|2-4-1 =Daniel Paille (3) – 13:48

|2-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Tuukka Rask 33 saves / 34 shots

|goalie2-2 =Corey Crawford 26 saves / 28 shots

|date3 =June 17

|score3 =0–2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030413

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =02:13 – Daniel Paille (4)
14:05 – pp – Patrice Bergeron (7)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Tuukka Rask 28 saves / 28 shots

|goalie3-2 =Corey Crawford 33 saves / 35 shots

|date4 =June 19

|score4 =6–5

|ot4 =1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030414

|4-1-1 =14:43 – pp – Rich Peverley (2)

|4-1-2 =Michal Handzus (3) – sh – 06:48

|4-2-1 =14:43 – Milan Lucic (6)
17:22 – pp – Patrice Bergeron (8)

|4-2-2 =Jonathan Toews (2) – 06:43
Patrick Kane (7) – 08:41
Marcus Kruger (3) – 15:32

|4-3-1 =02:05 – Patrice Bergeron (9)
12:14 – Johnny Boychuk (6)

|4-3-2 =Patrick Sharp (10) – pp – 11:19

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =Brent Seabrook (3) – 09:51

|goalie4-1 =Tuukka Rask 41 saves / 47 shots

|goalie4-2 =Corey Crawford 28 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =June 22

|score5 =1–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030415

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =17:27 – Patrick Kane (8)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =05:13 – Patrick Kane (9)

|5-3-1 =Zdeno Chara (3) – 03:40

|5-3-2 =19:46 – en – Dave Bolland (2)

|goalie5-1 =Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 31 shots

|goalie5-2 =Corey Crawford 24 saves / 25 shots

|date6 =June 24

|score6 =3–2

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012030416

|6-1-1 =07:19 – Chris Kelly (2)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Jonathan Toews (3) – 04:24

|6-3-1 =12:11 – Milan Lucic (7)

|6-3-2 =Bryan Bickell (9) – 18:44
Dave Bolland (3) – 19:01

|goalie6-1 =Tuukka Rask 28 saves / 31 shots

|goalie6-2 =Corey Crawford 23 saves / 25 shots

|series = Chicago won series 4–2

}}

Player statistics

=Skaters=

These are the top ten skaters based on points. If the list were to exceed ten skaters because of a tie in points, then goals will take precedence.

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}}
style="padding:3px; border-spacing:0; text-align:center;" class="wikitable sortable"
align=left\|{{sortname\|David\|Krejci\|David Krejčí}}	align=left\|Boston Bruins	22	9	17	26	+13	14
align=left\|{{sortname\|Patrick\|Kane}}	align=left\|Chicago Blackhawks	23	9	10	19	+7	8
align=left\|{{sortname\|Nathan\|Horton}}	align=left\|Boston Bruins	22	7	12	19	+20	14
align=left\|{{sortname\|Milan\|Lucic}}	align=left\|Boston Bruins	22	7	12	19	+12	14
align=left\|{{sortname\|Bryan\|Bickell}}	align=left\|Chicago Blackhawks	23	9	8	17	+11	14
align=left\|{{sortname\|Patrick\|Sharp}}	align=left\|Chicago Blackhawks	23	10	6	16	+1	8
align=left\|{{sortname\|Marian\|Hossa\|Marián Hossa}}	align=left\|Chicago Blackhawks	22	7	9	16	+8	2
align=left\|{{sortname\|Evgeni\|Malkin}}	align=left\|Pittsburgh Penguins	15	4	12	16	−2	26
align=left\|{{sortname\|Kris\|Letang}}	align=left\|Pittsburgh Penguins	15	3	13	16	+2	8
align=left\|{{sortname\|Patrice\|Bergeron}}	align=left\|Boston Bruins	22	9	6	15	+2	13

=Goaltending=

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.

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)}}
style="padding:3px; border-spacing:0; text-align:center;" class="wikitable sortable"
align=left\|{{sortname\|Corey\|Crawford}}	align=left\|Chicago Blackhawks	23	16	7	674	46	1.84	.932	1	1,503:54
align=left\|{{sortname\|Jonathan\|Quick}}	align=left\|Los Angeles Kings	18	9	9	518	34	1.86	.934	3	1,099:00
align=left\|{{sortname\|Antti\|Niemi\|Antti Niemi (ice hockey)}}	align=left\|San Jose Sharks	11	7	4	298	21	1.87	.930	0	{{hs\|0,673:07}}673:07
align=left\|{{sortname\|Tuukka\|Rask}}	align=left\|Boston Bruins	22	14	8	761	46	1.88	.940	3	1,465:55
align=left\|{{sortname\|Tomas\|Vokoun\|Tomáš Vokoun}}	align=left\|Pittsburgh Penguins	11	6	5	345	23	2.01	.933	1	{{hs\|0,685:13}}685:13
align=left\|{{sortname\|Henrik\|Lundqvist}}	align=left\|New York Rangers	12	5	7	411	27	2.14	.934	2	{{hs\|0,756:15}}756:15

Television

National Canadian English-language coverage of the first three rounds of the playoffs were split between CBC and TSN. This was the fifth year of a six-year agreement in which CBC and TSN selected the rights to individual series in the first three rounds using a draft-like setup.{{cite web |url=https://playbackonline.ca/2008/06/03/tsn-20080603/ |title=TSN clinches landmark NHL deal |publisher=playbackonline.ca |date=June 3, 2008 |access-date=July 13, 2021}} CBC held exclusive rights to the Stanley Cup Finals. French-language telecasts were broadcast on RDS and RDS2.{{cite web | url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1621584-stanley-cup-playoffscomplete-broadcast-info-for-local-and-national-telecasts | title=Stanley Cup Playoffs: Complete Broadcast Info for Local and National Telecasts | website=Bleacher Report | date=April 28, 2013 | access-date=June 1, 2013}}

This marked the second year of a contract between the NHL and Comcast's NBCUniversal to air the playoffs in the United States. As part of the deal, local coverage from regional sports networks could co-exist with national broadcasts by NBC and associated channels NBC Sports Network, CNBC and NHL Network during the first round. The NBC Sports Group's family of channels gained exclusive rights to the conference semifinals and beyond.

For the first time since they started broadcasting Stanley Cup playoff games in 2006, NBC televised Saturday primetime contests in both the conference semifinals and conference final rounds instead of in the afternoon.{{cite web | url=http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013/04/nbc-to-air-second-round-nhl-playoff-game-in-primetime/ | title=NBC to Air Second Round NHL Playoff Game in Primetime | date=April 29, 2013 | access-date=May 28, 2013}} The delayed start of the playoffs caused afternoon conflicts with NBC's coverage of the French Open, among other events in late May.

References

{{Succession box

|before = 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs

|after = 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs

|title = Stanley Cup playoffs

|years = 2013|

}}

Playoffs, 2013

Category:Stanley Cup playoffs