1989 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Summary Previous Year Next Year. Led by first-year NHL head coach Jean Perron and inspired by rookie heroics from goaltender The Canadiens emerged from a tough first-round test when Lemieux scored one of his many clutch tallies that spring in overtime of Game 7 in the Adams Division Final. Video
Co-captain To date this remains the last all-Canadian Cup Finals. The best of these chances was a breakaway for Canucks' captain This was the second playoff series between these two teams, with the only previous meeting being the The Stanley Cup Finals was decided between the two teams with the best records of the 1988–89 NHL regular season. League Champion: Calgary Flames. It remains the last time that the Cup Finals was contested between two Canadian hockey teams. Under NHL by-laws, the match was suspended, to be made up in its entirety only if a Game 7 was necessary. Doug Gilmour scored two goals in the third period, including the eventual game and Cup winner to cement the victory for the Flames.
This was the Canadiens' first defeat in a Finals since 1967. The Stanley Cup winners were the Edmonton Oilers, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Boston Bruins. Al MacInnis won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, and at 31 points, became the first defenceman to lead the NHL in post-season scoring.
Conn Smythe Trophy: Al MacInnis (7 G, 24 A, 31 P) Assists Leaders: Al MacInnis (24) Points Leaders: Al MacInnis (31) Goals Leaders: Joe Mullen (16) More league info. Teams The Calgary Flames are the only visiting team to have won the Stanley Cup on the Canadiens' home ice. NHL® Betting Lines powered by: The 1989 Stanley Cup Final was contested between the Calgary Flames and the Montreal Canadiens, the top two teams during the 1988–89 NHL regular season. It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.
Thirty-one years ago today, the Calgary Flames lifted the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history, defeating the Montreal Canadiens in six games. It was contested by the Edmonton Oilers and the Boston Bruins; the Oilers won, four games to one. Montreal finished the regular season with 115 points, only two behind the league leader Calgary. Behind two goals from Mullen, the Flames won 4-2 to send the series back to Calgary even at two games apiece.The Flames never looked back, winning Games 5 and 6 3-2 and 4-2, respectively, to finish the season on top of the hockey world.Here are five facts from the lone Calgary Flames championship team:MacInnis was the 1989 Conn Smythe Trophy winner with 31 points (seven goals, 24 assists). Members of the team reunited to "pass" the Cup to each other in a TikTok video on Monday.31 years have flown by; it seems like just yesterday that we were able to hoist the In 1986, the two teams met in the final with Montreal having the upper hand, defeating Calgary in five games. The Flames tallied 117 points with a 54-17-9 record, winning the Smythe Division by 26 points over the Los Angeles Kings.Calgary was pushed to the brink in the first round of the playoffs against the Vancouver Canucks, winning Game 7 in overtime to advance. It was a rematch of the 1986 Stanley Cup finals where the Canadiens won in 5.
For the first time since 1927, a Stanley Cup Final game failed to determine a winner.During the fourth game of the series, a power failure at Boston Garden halted play at 16:37 of the second period with the teams tied 3-3. Skip to navigation < > ... Who Won the Weekend: Schalke 04 Esports and TSM ... 1989 -- Calgary Flames 1988 -- Edmonton Oilers It is also the most recent time that the Finals series was played entirely in Canada, and was the second time in the decade that the Canadiens and Flames met in the Finals. In all, the Islanders tallied at least five goals in 15 of 18 postseason games.
All NHL team jerseys customized with NHL players' names and numbers are officially licensed by the NHL and the NHLPA. The 1990 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League 's (NHL) 1989–90 season, and the culmination of the 1990 Stanley Cup playoffs. With 17 goals and 18 assists, The New York Islanders became the first U.S.-based team to win three consecutive Stanley Cups with a sweep of the Vancouver Canucks in the Final.