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The 1992-93 NHL season was the 76th regular season of the National Hockey League . The Stanley Cup Winners were the Montreal Canadiens , who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Los Angeles Kings . To commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Stanley Cup , each player wore a patch on their jersey throughout the 1992-93 regular season and playoffs. Twenty-four teams played 84 games each. REGULAR SEASON Standings Wales Conference Campbell Conference Leading Scorers Leading Goaltenders STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS at the Hockey Hall Of Fame ]] The 1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs started on April 18, and ended on June 9. The Presidents' Trophy -winning Pittsburgh Penguins , who had won the cup the two previous years, were the favourite to repeat. Division Semifinals Boston vs. Buffalo Buffalo's sweep of the Bruins ended with a memorable home overtime goal by Brad May , leading to Rick Jeanneret 's famous call of "May Day! May Day! May Day!"
''Buffalo wins best-of-seven series 4-0'' Quebec vs. Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Demers held himself to a promise he made to goaltender Patrick Roy earlier in the season and kept him as the starting goalie despite a couple of weak goals allowed in the first two games of the series. With the Canadiens staring a potential 3-0 series deficit in the face, overtime in game three was marked by two disputed goals that were reviewed by the video goal judge. The first review ruled that Stephan Lebeau had knocked the puck in with a high stick, but the second upheld Montreal's winning goal, as it was directed in by the skate of Quebec defenceman Alexei Gusarov and not that of a Montreal player.
''Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-2'' Pittsburgh vs. New Jersey
''Pittsburgh wins best-of-seven series 4-1'' Washington vs. New York Islanders Game six was marred by Washington's Dale Hunter , who attacked and injured the Isles' leading scorer Pierre Turgeon after Turgeon put the game and the series out of reach. Hunter would be suspended for the first 21 games of the 1993-94 season as a result.
''New York Islanders wins best-of-seven series 4-2'' Chicago vs. St. Louis The Blackhawks were the second division champion to be swept on an overtime goal in the 1993 playoffs. Chicago goalie Ed Belfour claimed he had been interfered with by Brett Hull on the play, but the tally stood as the series winner.
''St. Louis wins best-of-seven series 4-0''' Detroit vs. Toronto In a revival of the heated rivalry, Nikolai Borschevsky 's game seven overtime goal gave Toronto the series and made them the sixth club to eliminate a team with a better regular season record in the first round of the 1993 playoffs. This was also Toronto's first win over Detroit since 1964 .
''Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4-3'' Vancouver vs. Winnipeg
''Vancouver wins best-of-seven series 4-2'' Calgary vs. Los Angeles
''Los Angeles wins best-of-seven series 4-2'' Division Finals Montreal vs. Buffalo
''Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-0'' Pittsburgh vs. New York Islanders The improbable upset of the Islanders over the Penguins was capped off by David Volek 's series-winning goal at 5:16 of overtime in game seven.
''New York Islanders win best-of-seven series 4-3'' Toronto vs. St. Louis
''Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4-3'' Vancouver vs. Los Angeles
''Los Angeles wins best-of-seven series 4-2'' Conference Finals Montreal vs. New York Islanders Montreal's win in game three was their eleventh straight, tying the single-playoff record set a year earlier by Pittsburgh and Chicago.
''Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-1'' Toronto vs. Los Angeles This exciting seven game series has long been remembered by hockey fans. The Toronto Maple Leafs were fielding a highly competitive team for the first time in years and hoped to break their 25 year long Stanley Cup drought. The Kings under Gretzky also had great ambitions. After a number of close games, including two that went to overtime, game six was won by an overtime goal from Gretzky. This victory created a lasting controversy in Toronto where fans thought referee Kerry Fraser should have given Gretzky a penalty just before his goal. Gretzky's three-goal performance in game seven is considered by him to be the best NHL game of his career.
''Los Angeles wins best-of-seven series 4-3'' Stanley Cup Final The 1993 Stanley Cup Finals were set and on the 100th anniversary of the Stanley Cup, it seemed right that the NHL's greatest franchise the Montreal Canadiens and the NHL's greatest player Wayne Gretzky would play for Lord Stanley's Cup, even though Gretzky's late heroics would deny Canadian fans the dream matchup of Montreal vs Toronto. This would be the last Stanley Cup Finals series to be played in the Montreal Forum, and the last time Gretzky would play in the Finals as well. It was Montreal's first trip to the Finals since 1989 , while it was the first-ever trip to the Finals for the Los Angeles franchise in its 26-year history. The most memorable moment of the series came late in the third period of game two. With the Kings leading by a score of 2-1, Canadiens coach Jacques Demers called for a measurement of Kings defenceman Marty McSorley 's stick. The stick was deemed illegal, and Montreal's Eric Desjardins scored on the ensuing power play to force overtime. Desjardins scored his third goal of the game 51 seconds into overtime to give Montreal the win and some momentum heading toward games three and four at the Great Western Forum . John Leclair would score overtime goals in both of those games, making him the first player since Maurice Richard in 1951 to score playoff overtime goals in consecutive games, and giving Montreal an NHL record ten consecutive OT wins in the 1993 playoffs. Kirk Muller scored the series-winning goal at home in game five, and Patrick Roy was awarded his second Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP. Montreal vs. Los Angeles
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