The Oilers win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in five seasons by defeating the Boston Bruins
6-3 in Game 5 of the Final
at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers win the best-of-7 series 4-0, with Game 4 not finished and not counted because of a power failure at Boston Garden.
Wayne Gretzky
scores one goal and has two assists for the Oilers in Game 5; he becomes the first player in NHL history to have 250 playoff points in his career. Edmonton is the first team in NHL history to win 11 home games in one playoff year.
After the game, the Oilers are the first team to pose for a team picture with the Cup on the ice, a practice that quickly becomes a tradition.
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1992: The defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins
rally after trailing by three goals
to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final at the Civic Arena. Chicago appears to be comfortably ahead when
Brent Sutter
scores midway through the second period to put the Blackhawks up 4-1. But
Rick Tocchet
and
Mario Lemieux
score before the end of the period to make it 4-3,
Jaromir Jagr
ties the game 4-4 by scoring an unassisted goal with 4:55 remaining in the third, and Lemieux gets the game-winner with 13 seconds left. The loss ends Chicago's 11-game winning streak, a
single-year playoff record
.