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 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/2 | at Montreal (2) | W | 4-2 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/3 | at Montreal (2) | L | 1-3 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/5 | vs Montreal (2) | W | 6-1 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/7 | vs Montreal (2) | W | 3-2 OT | OT | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/9 | at Montreal (2) | W | 6-1 | 4-1 | |||||||||||||||
Conference SemifinalsBest of 7-game series | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Series | ||||||||||||||
| 5/14 | at Pittsburgh (1) | L | 1-4 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/17 | at Pittsburgh (1) | L | 3-4 | 0-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/19 | vs Pittsburgh (1) | W | 2-1 2OT | 2OT | 1-2 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/22 | vs Pittsburgh (1) | L | 3-7 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/24 | at Pittsburgh (1) | L | 2-6 | 1-4 | |||||||||||||||