This was the first playoff series between the teams since the This was the first conference final for both teams since the playoffs went to a conference format starting in 1982. With the Kings leading by a score of 2–1, Canadiens head coach Reports suggested Canadiens head coach Jacques Demers knew which of the Kings' hockey sticks to challenge, thanks to a Montreal Forum employee assigned to the Kings' locker room who temporarily moved the Kings' portable stick rack to the Montreal's locker room. 168 were injured, including 49 police officers.Due to the Kings being the Canadiens' opponents, most of the Los Angeles news media, including the In the following year, the Canadiens lost in the first round in seven games to the In Canada, the series was televised in English on the CBC and in French on Stanley Cup awarded on challenge basis 1893–1914, by prearranged inter-league competitions 1915–1926, to NHL champion since 1927Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) It was also the 34th and (as of 2019) most recent appearance for Montreal, their first since the 1989 Stanl… Eric Engels catches up with John LeClair @Home to reminisce about his OT winner in Game 3. Vancouver's 5–2 win in Game 1 did nothing to change that. Toronto last played a semifinal series in The bad blood between the Kings and Gilmour traced back to the game of November 22, 1992, when Gilmour broke the left arm of Kings forward Toronto took a 3–2 series lead heading into game six in Los Angeles.
It was contested between the Los Angeles Kings and the Montreal Canadiens. On the series-winning overtime goal in game four, Chicago goaltender Vancouver managed to defeat the Jets in six games and eliminate them in the first round for a second consecutive year. The Vancouver Canucks, who easily won the regular season Smythe Division title, were strong favourites over the Kings. This marked the final season of the NHL's division-oriented playoff format (first used in 1981) which saw the top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs automatically. Their next postseason win would not come until 2001, against the Los Angeles had started well but then went through a terrible run of form from December to February, though they managed to rebound and clinch a playoff spot. Rioters were arrested after they broke windows, looted stores and set fires. The Canadiens also won 11 consecutive games during the playoffs, tying an NHL rec… A pivotal moment came in the second period of game three when Sabres star This was the last time where a team who swept a playoff series in the first round was swept in the second round until the New York Islanders suffered the same fate in The Islanders upset the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. Although Boston had entered the playoffs with the second best record in the entire NHL and the Sabres had the second lowest point total of any playoff team, Buffalo upset the Bruins by sweeping the heavily favored Boston squad. From the moment that McSorley was called for the penalty, the Kings failed to win another postseason game from the remainder of the 20th century, losing all the remaining games of the Finals, failing to qualify for the playoffs in five of the next seven seasons, and being swept out in the first round the other two times. Kings head coach This was the only time during this era (1982–1993) that a Canadian team did not advance to the Conference Final representing the Smythe Division. Demers has denied this and credited captain In game three in Los Angeles, the Canadiens jumped out to a 1–0 first period lead on a tip-in goal by Game four was a carbon copy of the previous game.
The 88 points turned out to be the second-highest of Bellows' career, and the 1993 Stanley Cup ring was the lone championship he took home. Trailing two games to one and having lost two straight, Kings head coach Montreal swept the series winning every game by a score of 4–3. These playoffs featured an NHL record 28 overtimegames, of which the Canadiens set a playoff record for most overtime games won in one year with ten. Bellows was a monumental part of the Habs' 24th Stanley Cup team, plain and simple. Game six was not without controversy as The Kings upset the Flames in a high scoring six game series. Toronto defeated St. Louis in seven games to advance to a league semifinal series for the first time since This was the first Smythe Division Final since 1982 not to have either the Calgary Flames or the Edmonton Oilers. After With the win, the Canadiens won the series four games to one and clinched their 24th Stanley Cup championship. Montreal goaltender At the high point of the riot 980 officers were dispatched and they made 115 arrests.