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
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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 NY Islanders (8)W  5-0 1-0
5/3vs NY Islanders (8)L  3-4 1-1
5/5at NY Islanders (8)W  5-4
OT
2-1
5/7at NY Islanders (8)L  4-6 2-2
5/9vs NY Islanders (8)W  4-0 3-2
5/11at NY Islanders (8)W  4-3
OT
4-2

Conference Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
5/14vs Ottawa (7)W  4-1 1-0
5/17vs Ottawa (7)W  4-3 2-0
5/19at Ottawa (7)OTL 1-2
2OT
2-0-1
5/22at Ottawa (7)W  7-3 3-0-1
5/24vs Ottawa (7)W  6-2 4-0-1

Conference Finals

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