May 19: Flyers become first expansion team to win Stanley Cup
Plus: Oilers end Islanders dynasty; Sharks goalie Flaherty makes 56 saves
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Rick MacLeish
scores a power-play goal at 14:48 of the first period, deflecting a shot by defenseman
Andre Dupont
past
Gilles Gilbert
for what turns out to be the only goal of the game.
Bernie Parent
makes 30 saves for his second NHL postseason shutout. Parent is voted winner of the
Conn Smythe Trophy
as playoff MVP after finishing 12-5 with a 2.02 goals-against average in 17 games.
MORE MOMENTS
1984: The Edmonton Oilers end one dynasty and start another when they
defeat the New York Islanders 5-2
at Northlands Coliseum in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final to win
their first championship
.
Wayne Gretzky
scores two first-period goals and assists on a goal by
Ken Linseman
early in the second period. Islanders rookie
Pat LaFontaine
scores twice in the first minute of the third period to cut Edmonton's lead to 4-2, but goalie
Andy Moog
keeps New York from getting any closer until
Dave Lumley
hits the empty net. The Oilers become the first former World Hockey Association team to win the Cup. Edmonton, which was swept by the Islanders in the Final
a year earlier
, goes on to win the Cup four times in five years. The loss ends the Islanders' four-year run as champions and stops their streak of 19 consecutive series victories, an NHL record that has yet to be approached.
1994:
Stephane Matteau
scores at
6:13 of the second overtime
to give the New York Rangers a 3-2 win against the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Matteau beats
Martin Brodeur
on the Rangers' 50th shot of the game, putting New York ahead 2-1 in the best-of-7 series. It's the first of two double-overtime goals by Matteau in the series.
1995:
Wade Flaherty
makes 56 saves
in his second NHL playoff start before
Ray Whitney
scores the winning goal at 1:54 of the second overtime, giving the San Jose Sharks a 5-4 victory against the Calgary Flames at the Saddledome in Game 7 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. After the Sharks fail to hold three two-goal leads, Flaherty survives a 17-shot barrage in the first overtime before Whitney, the second player taken by the expansion Sharks in the 1991 NHL Draft, gets the winner against
Trevor Kidd
.
1996:
Paul Coffey
becomes the highest goal-scoring defenseman in NHL playoff history by scoring twice in the Detroit Red Wings'
3-2 overtime loss
to the Colorado Avalanche in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final. Coffey scores a power-play goal in the first period and a shorthanded goal early in the third. His 57 career playoff goals are one more than
Denis Potvin
.
2008: The Red Wings advance to the Final for the first time since 2002 by
defeating the Dallas Stars 4-1
at American Airlines Center in Game 6 of the Western Conference Final.
Kris Draper
,
Pavel Datsyuk
and
Dallas Drake
score in the first period to give Detroit a 3-0 lead, and Henrik Zetterberg adds a shorthanded goal early in the second.
Chris Osgood
makes 28 saves to help the Red Wings close out the Stars after Dallas wins Game 4 and 5. Datsyuk's goal is his ninth of the 2008 playoffs and the 11th consecutive playoff goal he's scored on the road, including his last two in 2007.
2012:Chris Kreider scores one of the Rangers'
three third-period goals
in a 3-0 victory against the Devils at Prudential Center in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final. It's the fifth goal of the playoffs for Kreider, who joins the Rangers for the playoffs after their 82-game regular season concludes. He sets an NHL record for most goals scored in the playoffs by a player who has yet to play in a regular-season game, passing
Eddie Mazur
, who scores four times for the Montreal Canadiens in 1951 and '52.
2015:Marcus Kruger ends the longest game in the history of the Chicago Blackhawks when he scores at 16:12 of the third overtime, giving Chicago a
3-2 victory against the Anaheim Ducks
in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final at Honda Center. A shot by defenseman Brent Seabrook hits Kruger in the glove and drops to the ice; he quickly scores to tie the series at one win apiece.
2016:Martin Jones makes 22 saves for his second consecutive shutout and the Sharks
defeat the St. Louis Blues 3-0
in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final at SAP Center. Tomas Hertl scores twice for the Sharks, who move within two victories of their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final.
2017: Matt Murray makes 24 saves to help the Pittsburgh Penguins
hold off the Ottawa Senators 3-2
at Canadian Tire Centre, evening the Eastern Conference Final at two wins apiece. The Penguins lead 3-0 midway through the second period, but goals by
Clarke MacArthur
and
Tom Pyatt
get the Senators within one before they run out of time. It's the first playoff start in 2017 for Murray after he replaces Marc-Andre Fleury in Game 3; he starts every game for the Penguins on the way to their second straight championship.
2018: The Tampa Bay Lightning move within one win of their second trip to the Stanley Cup Final in four years when they
defeat the Washington Capitals 3-2
at Amalie Arena in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final. Andrei Vasilevskiy makes 28 saves for the Lightning, who hang on for the win after taking a 3-0 lead on goals by Cedric Paquette, Ondrej Palat and
Ryan Callahan
in the first 20:33.
2019: Jaden Schwartz scores three goals for his second hat trick of the playoffs, helping the Blues
defeat the Sharks 5-0
at SAP Center in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final. The hat trick gives Schwartz 12 goals during the 2019 postseason, one more than he scores during 69 regular-season games. He's the first player with
multiple hat tricks in one playoff year
since
Johan Franzen
of the Red Wings in 2008. Forward Vladimir Tarasenko becomes the first player in Blues history to score on a penalty shot in the playoffs since St. Louis enters the NHL in 1967. The Blues move within one win of their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 1970.
