Note that I haven't mentioned what round (preliminary, quarterfinals, semifinals, finals) these are, but they are listed with the earliest round first, and the finals last.
Year | Series Winner | Series Loser | Team winning first game |
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1982-83 | Boston Bruins | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Sabres |
New York Islanders | New York Rangers | New York Islanders | |
Chicago Black Hawks | Minnesota North Stars | Chicago Black Hawks | |
Edmonton Oilers | Calgary Flames | Edmonton Oilers | |
New York Islanders | Boston Bruins | New York Islanders | |
Edmonton Oilers | Chicago Black Hawks | Edmonton Oilers | |
New York Islanders | Edmonton Oilers | New York Islanders | |
1983-84 | Montreal Canadiens | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Nordiques |
New York Islanders | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | |
Minnesota North Stars | St. Louis Blues | Minnesota North Stars | |
Edmonton Oilers | Calgary Flames | Edmonton Oilers | |
New York Islanders | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Canadiens | |
Edmonton Oilers | Minnesota North Stars | Edmonton Oilers | |
Edmonton Oilers | New York Islanders | Edmonton Oilers | |
1984-85 | Quebec Nordiques | Montreal Canadiens | Quebec Nordiques |
Philadelphia Flyers | New York Islanders | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Chicago Black Hawks | Minnesota North Stars | Minnesota North Stars | |
Edmonton Oilers | Winnipeg Jets | Edmonton Oilers | |
Philadelphia Flyers | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Nordiques | |
Edmonton Oilers | Chicago Black Hawks | Edmonton Oilers | |
Edmonton Oilers | Philadelphia Flyers | Philadelphia Flyers | |
1985-86 | Montreal Canadiens | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Whalers |
New York Rangers | Washington Capitals | New York Rangers | |
St. Louis Blues | Toronto Maple Leafs | St. Louis Blues | |
Calgary Flames | Edmonton Oilers | Calgary Flames | |
Montreal Canadiens | New York Rangers | Montreal Canadiens | |
Calgary Flames | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Blues | |
Montreal Canadiens | Calgary Flames | Calgary Flames | |
1986-87 | Quebec Nordiques | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Whalers |
Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | Montreal Canadiens | |
Philadelphia Flyers | New York Rangers | New York Rangers | |
New York Islanders | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Blues | |
Detroit Red Wings | Chicago Blackhawks | Detroit Red Wings | |
Edmonton Oilers | Los Angeles Kings | Los Angeles Kings | |
Winnipeg Jets | Calgary Flames | Winnipeg Jets | |
Montreal Canadiens | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Nordiques | |
Philadelphia Flyers | New York Rangers | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Detroit Red Wings | Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
Edmonton Oilers | Winnipeg Jets | Edmonton Oilers | |
Philadelphia Flyers | Montreal Canadiens | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Edmonton Oilers | Detroit Red Wings | Detroit Red Wings | |
Edmonton Oilers | Philadelphia Flyers | Edmonton Oilers | |
1987-88 | Montreal Canadiens | Hartford Whalers | Montreal Canadiens |
Boston Bruins | Buffalo Sabres | Boston Bruins | |
New Jersey Devils | New York Islanders | New York Islanders | |
Washington Capitals | Philadelphia Flyers | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Detroit Red Wings | Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
St. Louis Blues | Chicago Blackhawks | St. Louis Blues | |
Calgary Flames | Los Angeles Kings | Calgary Flames | |
Edmonton Oilers | Winnipeg Jets | Edmonton Oilers | |
Boston Bruins | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Canadiens | |
New Jersey Devils | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | |
Detroit Red Wings | St. Louis Blues | Detroit Red Wings | |
Edmonton Oilers | Calgary Flames | Edmonton Oilers | |
Boston Bruins | New Jersey Devils | Boston Bruins | |
Edmonton Oilers | Detroit Red Wings | Edmonton Oilers | |
Edmonton Oilers | Boston Bruins | Edmonton Oilers | |
1988-89 | Montreal Canadiens | Hartford Whalers | Montreal Canadiens |
Boston Bruins | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Sabres | |
Philadelphia Flyers | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | New York Rangers | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Chicago Blackhawks | Detroit Red Wings | Detroit Red Wings | |
St. Louis Blues | Minnesota North Stars | St. Louis Blues | |
Calgary Flames | Vancouver Canucks | Vancouver Canucks | |
Los Angeles Kings | Edmonton Oilers | Edmonton Oilers | |
Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | Montreal Canadiens | |
Philadelphia Flyers | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Chicago Blackhawks | St. Louis Blues | Chicago Blackhawks | |
Calgary Flames | Los Angeles Kings | Calgary Flames | |
Montreal Canadiens | Philadelphia Flyers | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Calgary Flames | Chicago Blackhawks | Calgary Flames | |
Calgary Flames | Montreal Canadiens | Calgary Flames | |
1989-90 | Boston Bruins | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Whalers |
Montreal Canadiens | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Sabres | |
New York Rangers | New York Islanders | New York Rangers | |
Washington Capitals | New Jersey Devils | Washington Capitals | |
Chicago Blackhawks | Minnesota North Stars | Minnesota North Stars | |
St. Louis Blues | Toronto Maple Leafs | St. Louis Blues | |
Los Angeles Kings | Calgary Flames | Los Angeles Kings | |
Edmonton Oilers | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Jets | |
Boston Bruins | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | |
Washington Capitals | New York Rangers | New York Rangers | |
Chicago Blackhawks | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Blues | |
Edmonton Oilers | Los Angeles Kings | Edmonton Oilers | |
Boston Bruins | Washington Capitals | Boston Bruins | |
Edmonton Oilers | Chicago Blackhawks | Edmonton Oilers | |
Edmonton Oilers | Boston Bruins | Edmonton Oilers | |
1990-91 | Boston Bruins | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Whalers |
Montreal Canadiens | Buffalo Sabres | Montreal Canadiens | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | New Jersey Devils | New Jersey Devils | |
Washington Capitals | New York Rangers | New York Rangers | |
Minnesota North Stars | Chicago Blackhawks | Minnesota North Stars | |
St. Louis Blues | Detroit Red Wings | Detroit Red Wings | |
Los Angeles Kings | Vancouver Canucks | Vancouver Canucks | |
Edmonton Oilers | Calgary Flames | Edmonton Oilers | |
Boston Bruins | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | |
Minnesota North Stars | St. Louis Blues | Minnesota North Stars | |
Edmonton Oilers | Los Angeles Kings | Los Angeles Kings | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | Boston Bruins | Boston Bruins | |
Minnesota North Stars | Edmonton Oilers | Minnesota North Stars | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | Minnesota North Stars | Minnesota North Stars | |
1991-92 | Montreal Canadiens | Hartford Whalers | Montreal Canadiens |
Boston Bruins | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Sabres | |
New York Rangers | New Jersey Devils | New York Rangers | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | |
Detroit Red Wings | Minnesota North Stars | Minnesota North Stars | |
Chicago Blackhawks | St. Louis Blues | Chicago Blackhawks | |
Vancouver Canucks | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Jets | |
Edmonton Oilers | Los Angeles Kings | Edmonton Oilers | |
Boston Bruins | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | New York Rangers | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Chicago Blackhawks | Detroit Red Wings | Chicago Blackhawks | |
Edmonton Oilers | Vancouver Canucks | Edmonton Oilers | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | Boston Bruins | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Chicago Blackhawks | Edmonton Oilers | Chicago Blackhawks | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | Chicago Blackhawks | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
1992-93 | Buffalo Sabres | Boston Bruins | Buffalo Sabres |
Montreal Canadiens | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Nordiques | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | New Jersey Devils | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
New York Islanders | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | |
St. Louis Blues | Chicago Blackhawks | St. Louis Blues | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | Detroit Red Wings | Detroit Red Wings | |
Vancouver Canucks | Winnipeg Jets | Vancouver Canucks | |
Los Angeles Kings | Calgary Flames | Los Angeles Kings | |
Montreal Canadiens | Buffalo Sabres | Montreal Canadiens | |
New York Islanders | Pittsburgh Penguins | New York Islanders | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | St. Louis Blues | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
Los Angeles Kings | Vancouver Canucks | Vancouver Canucks | |
Montreal Canadiens | New York Islanders | Montreal Canadiens | |
Los Angeles Kings | Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
Montreal Canadiens | Los Angeles Kings | Los Angeles Kings | |
1993-94 | New York Rangers | New York Islanders | New York Rangers |
Washington Capitals | Pittsburgh Penguins | Washington Capitals | |
New Jersey Devils | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Sabres | |
Boston Bruins | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | |
San Jose Sharks | Detroit Red Wings | San Jose Sharks | |
Vancouver Canucks | Calgary Flames | Vancouver Canucks | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | Chicago Blackhawks | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
Dallas Stars | St. Louis Blues | Dallas Stars | |
New York Rangers | Washington Capitals | New York Rangers | |
New Jersey Devils | Boston Bruins | Boston Bruins | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Sharks | |
Vancouver Canucks | Dallas Stars | Vancouver Canucks | |
New York Rangers | New Jersey Devils | New Jersey Devils | |
Vancouver Canucks | Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
New York Rangers | Vancouver Canucks | Vancouver Canucks | |
1994-95 | New York Rangers | Quebec Nordiques | Quebec Nordiques |
Philadelphia Flyers | Buffalo Sabres | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | |
New Jersey Devils | Boston Bruins | New Jersey Devils | |
Detroit Red Wings | Dallas Stars | Detroit Red Wings | |
San Jose Sharks | Calgary Flames | San Jose Sharks | |
Vancouver Canucks | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Blues | |
Chicago Blackhawks | Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
Philadelphia Flyers | New York Rangers | Philadelphia Flyers | |
New Jersey Devils | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Detroit Red Wings | San Jose Sharks | Detroit Red Wings | |
Chicago Blackhawks | Vancouver Canucks | Chicago Blackhawks | |
New Jersey Devils | Philadelphia Flyers | New Jersey Devils | |
Detroit Red Wings | Chicago Blackhawks | Detroit Red Wings | |
New Jersey Devils | Detroit Red Wings | New Jersey Devils | |
1995-96 | Philadelphia Flyers | Tampa Bay Lightning | Philadelphia Flyers |
Pittsburgh Penguins | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | |
New York Rangers | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Canadiens | |
Florida Panthers | Boston Bruins | Florida Panthers | |
Detroit Red Wings | Winnipeg Jets | Detroit Red Wings | |
Colorado Avalanche | Vancouver Canucks | Colorado Avalanche | |
Chicago Blackhawks | Calgary Flames | Chicago Blackhawks | |
St. Louis Blues | Toronto Maple Leafs | St. Louis Blues | |
Florida Panthers | Philadelphia Flyers | Florida Panthers | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | New York Rangers | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Detroit Red Wings | St. Louis Blues | Detroit Red Wings | |
Colorado Avalanche | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Blackhawks | |
Florida Panthers | Pittsburgh Penguins | Florida Panthers | |
Colorado Avalanche | Detroit Red Wings | Colorado Avalanche | |
Colorado Avalanche | Florida Panthers | Colorado Avalanche | |
1996-97 | New Jersey Devils | Montreal Canadiens | New Jersey Devils |
Buffalo Sabres | Ottawa Senators | Buffalo Sabres | |
Philadelphia Flyers | Pittsburgh Penguins | Philadelphia Flyers | |
New York Rangers | Florida Panthers | Florida Panthers | |
Colorado Avalanche | Chicago Blackhawks | Colorado Avalanche | |
Edmonton Oilers | Dallas Stars | Dallas Stars | |
Detroit Red Wings | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Blues | |
Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Phoenix Coyotes | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | |
New York Rangers | New Jersey Devils | New Jersey Devils | |
Philadelphia Flyers | Buffalo Sabres | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Colorado Avalanche | Edmonton Oilers | Colorado Avalanche | |
Detroit Red Wings | Anaheim Might Ducks | Detroit Red Wings | |
Philadelphia Flyers | New York Rangers | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Detroit Red Wings | Colorado Avalanche | Colorado Avalanche | |
Detroit Red Wings | Philadelphia Flyers | Detroit Red Wings | |
1997-98 | Ottawa Senators | New Jersey Devils | Ottawa Senators |
Montreal Canadiens | Pittsburgh Penguins | Montreal Canadiens | |
Buffalo Sabres | Philadelphia Flyers | Buffalo Sabres | |
Washington Capitals | Boston Bruins | Washington Capitals | |
Dallas Stars | San Jose Sharks | Dallas Stars | |
Edmonton Oilers | Colorado Avalanche | Edmonton Oilers | |
Detroit Red Wings | Phoenix Coyotes | Detroit Red Wings | |
St. Louis Blues | Los Angeles Kings | St. Louis Blues | |
Washington Capitals | Ottawa Senators | Washington Capitals | |
Buffalo Sabres | Montreal Canadiens | Buffalo Sabres | |
Dallas Stars | Edmonton Oilers | Dallas Stars | |
Detroit Red Wings | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Blues | |
Washington Capitals | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Sabres | |
Detroit Red Wings | Dallas Stars | Detroit Red Wings | |
Detroit Red Wings | Washington Capitals | Detroit Red Wings | |
1998-99 | Pittsburgh Penguins | New Jersey Devils | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Buffalo Sabres | Ottawa Senators | Buffalo Sabres | |
Boston Bruins | Carolina Hurricanes | Boston Bruins | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | Philadelphia Flyers | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Dallas Stars | Edmonton Oilers | Dallas Stars | |
Colorado Avalanche | San Jose Sharks | Colorado Avalanche | |
Detroit Red Wings | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Detroit Red Wings | |
St. Louis Blues | Phoenix Coyotes | St. Louis Blues | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Buffalo Sabres | Boston Bruins | Boston Bruins | |
Dallas Stars | St. Louis Blues | Dallas Stars | |
Colorado Avalanche | Detroit Red Wings | Detroit Red Wings | |
Buffalo Sabres | Toronto Maple Leafs | Buffalo Sabres | |
Dallas Stars | Colorado Avalanche | Colorado Avalanche | |
Dallas Stars | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Sabres | |
1999-00 | Philadelphia Flyers | Buffalo Sabres | Philadelphia Flyers |
Pittsburgh Penguins | Washington Capitals | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | Ottawa Senators | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
New Jersey Devils | Florida Panthers | New Jersey Devils | |
San Jose Sharks | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Blues | |
Dallas Stars | Edmonton Oilers | Dallas Stars | |
Colorado Avalanche | Phoenix Coyotes | Colorado Avalanche | |
Detroit Red Wings | Los Angeles Kings | Detroit Red Wings | |
Philadelphia Flyers | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
New Jersey Devils | Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
Dallas Stars | San Jose Sharks | Dallas Stars | |
Colorado Avalanche | Detroit Red Wings | Colorado Avalanche | |
New Jersey Devils | Philadelphia Flyers | New Jersey Devils | |
Dallas Stars | Colorado Avalanche | Colorado Avalanche | |
New Jersey Devils | Dallas Stars | New Jersey Devils | |
2000-01 | New Jersey Devils | Carolina Hurricanes | New Jersey Devils |
Toronto Maple Leafs | Ottawa Senators | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | |
Buffalo Sabres | Philadelphia Flyers | Buffalo Sabres | |
Colorado Avalanche | Vancouver Canucks | Colorado Avalanche | |
Los Angeles Kings | Detroit Red Wings | Detroit Red Wings | |
Dallas Stars | Edmonton Oilers | Dallas Stars | |
St. Louis Blues | San Jose Sharks | St. Louis Blues | |
New Jersey Devils | Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
Buffalo Sabres | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Colorado Avalanche | Los Angeles Kings | Los Angeles Kings | |
St. Louis Blues | Dallas Stars | St. Louis Blues | |
New Jersey Devils | Pittsburgh Penguins | New Jersey Devils | |
Colorado Avalanche | St. Louis Blues | Colorado Avalanche | |
Colorado Avalanche | New Jersey Devils | Colorado Avalanche | |
2001-02 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | Montreal Canadiens |
Ottawa Senators | Philadelphia Flyers | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Carolina Panthers | New Jersey Devils | Carolina Panthers | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | New York Islanders | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
Detroit Red Wings | Vancouver Canucks | Vancouver Canucks | |
Colorado Avalanche | Los Angeles Kings | Colorado Avalanche | |
San Jose Sharks | Phoenix Coyotes | San Jose Sharks | |
St. Louis Blues | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Blackhawks | |
Carolina Hurricanes | Montreal Canadiens | Carolina Hurricanes | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | Ottawa Senators | Ottawa Senators | |
Detroit Red Wings | St. Louis Blues | Detroit Red Wings | |
Colorado Avalanche | San Jose Sharks | Colorado Avalanche | |
Carolina Hurricanes | Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
Detroit Red Wings | Colorado Avalanche | Detroit Red Wings | |
Detroit Red Wings | Carolina Hurricanes | Carolina Hurricanes |
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