A labor dispute shortened the season from 82 to 48 games.
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Conf. Finals
Stanley Cup
MTL 1
OTT 4
PIT 4
NYI 2
WAS 3
NYR 4
BOS 4
TOR 3
CHI 4
MIN 1
ANA 3
DET 4
STL 2
LAK 4
VBC 0
SJ 4
PIT 4
OTT 1
BOS 4
NYR 1
CHI 4
DET 3
LAK 4
SJ 3
PIT 0
BOS 4
CHI 4
LAK 1
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CHI 4
BOS 2
Champ
CHI
2012-13 NHL Champion Chicago Blackhawks
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 Quarterfinals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
5/1vs Toronto (5)W  4-1 1-0
5/4vs Toronto (5)L  2-4 1-1
5/6at Toronto (5)W  5-2 2-1
5/8at Toronto (5)W  4-3
OT
3-1
5/10vs Toronto (5)L  1-2 3-2
5/12at Toronto (5)L  1-2 3-3
5/13vs Toronto (5)W  5-4
OT
4-3

Conference Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
5/16vs NY Rangers (6)W  3-2
OT
1-0
5/19vs NY Rangers (6)W  5-2 2-0
5/21at NY Rangers (6)W  2-1 3-0
5/23at NY Rangers (6)OTL 3-4
OT
3-0-1
5/25vs NY Rangers (6)W  3-1 4-0-1

Conference Finals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
6/1at Pittsburgh (1)W  3-0 1-0
6/3at Pittsburgh (1)W  6-1 2-0
6/5vs Pittsburgh (1)W  2-1
2OT
3-0
6/7vs Pittsburgh (1)W  1-0 4-0

Stanley Cup Finals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
6/12at Chicago (1)OTL 3-4
3OT
0-0-1
6/15at Chicago (1)W  2-1
OT
1-0-1
6/17vs Chicago (1)W  2-0 2-0-1
6/19vs Chicago (1)OTL 5-6
OT
2-0-2
6/22at Chicago (1)L  1-3 2-1-2
6/24vs Chicago (1)L  2-3 2-2-2