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
4/30at St. Louis (4)OTL 1-2
OT
0-0-1
5/2at St. Louis (4)L  1-2 0-1-1
5/4vs St. Louis (4)W  1-0 1-1-1
5/6vs St. Louis (4)W  4-3 2-1-1
5/8at St. Louis (4)W  3-2
OT
3-1-1
5/10vs St. Louis (4)W  2-1 4-1-1

Conference Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
5/14vs San Jose (6)W  2-0 1-0
5/16vs San Jose (6)W  4-3 2-0
5/18at San Jose (6)OTL 1-2
OT
2-0-1
5/21at San Jose (6)L  1-2 2-1-1
5/23vs San Jose (6)W  3-0 3-1-1
5/26at San Jose (6)L  1-2 3-2-1
5/28vs San Jose (6)W  2-1 4-2-1

Conference Finals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
6/1at Chicago (1)L  1-2 0-1
6/2at Chicago (1)L  2-4 0-2
6/4vs Chicago (1)W  3-1 1-2
6/6vs Chicago (1)L  2-3 1-3
6/8at Chicago (1)OTL 3-4
2OT
1-3-1