1993 Stanley Cup playoffs

1993 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 18–June 9, 1993
Teams16
Defending championsPittsburgh Penguins
Final positions
ChampionsMontreal Canadiens
Runner-upLos Angeles Kings
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Wayne Gretzky (Kings) (40 points)
MVPPatrick Roy (Canadiens)
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The Stanley Cup at the Hockey Hall of Fame

The 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began after the conclusion of the 1992–93 NHL season on April 18 and ended with the Montreal Canadiens defeating the Los Angeles Kings four games to one to win the Stanley Cup on June 9. These playoffs featured an NHL record 28 overtime games, of which the Canadiens set a playoff record for most overtime games won and consecutively in a single postseason with ten. The Canadiens also won 11 consecutive games during the playoffs, tying an NHL record.

The Presidents' Trophy-winning Pittsburgh Penguins, who had won the Stanley Cup the previous two years,[1][2] were the favourite to repeat. However, both conferences saw numerous upsets as the third place team in every division reached their respective conference finals. This was the first time since the 1979 NHL-WHA merger that the Edmonton Oilers had missed the playoffs. It was also the first time that longtime Oilers and then-New York Rangers captain Mark Messier had missed the playoffs in his career. This was the only year between 1984 and 1994 that the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens did not face each other in the playoffs. This was the last time that the New York Islanders won a playoff round before 2016. It was also the first time in the post-1967 expansion era that no team with a losing record qualified for the playoffs. Montreal's Cup championship remains the last time that a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup.

  1. ^ "1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs". www.nhl.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Raising the Cup presents: Game 4 1992 Stanley Cup Final". NHL.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.