A labor dispute shortened the season from 82 to 48 games.
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Conf. Finals
Stanley Cup
Pairings are re-seeded after the first round. The highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed and the higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. In the Stanley Cup Finals series, home ice is determined based on regular season points
Conference QuarterfinalsBest of 7-game series | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Series | ||||||||||||||
| 4/30 | vs Detroit (7) | W | 3-1 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/2 | vs Detroit (7) | OTL | 4-5 OT | OT | 1-0-1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/4 | at Detroit (7) | W | 4-0 | 2-0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/6 | at Detroit (7) | OTL | 2-3 OT | OT | 2-0-2 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/8 | vs Detroit (7) | W | 3-2 OT | OT | 3-0-2 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/10 | at Detroit (7) | OTL | 3-4 OT | OT | 3-0-3 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/12 | vs Detroit (7) | L | 2-3 | 3-1-3 | |||||||||||||||