1989 Stanley Cup Final

The 1989 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1988–89 season, and the culmination of the 1989 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Calgary Flames and the Montreal Canadiens, the top two teams during the regular season. This was the second time in the decade after 1986 that the Canadiens and Flames met in the Finals. The 1989 series remains to date the last time that two Canadian teams faced each other for the Stanley Cup.

The Flames defeated the Canadiens in six games to win their first and only Stanley Cup. The winning goal in game six was scored by Doug Gilmour. They became the first team to win a Stanley Cup after relocating, as they had begun life as the Atlanta Flames in 1972. Since then, four more teams have accomplished this feat: the New Jersey Devils (formerly the Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies), the Colorado Avalanche (formerly the Quebec Nordiques), the Dallas Stars (formerly the Minnesota North Stars), and the Carolina Hurricanes (formerly the New England/Hartford Whalers). This was also the second-to-last of eight consecutive Finals where either the Flames or their provincial rival Edmonton Oilers represented Alberta in the Stanley Cup Final and the second-to-last of nine consecutive Finals in which either the Flames or their Western Canada rivals represented that area in the Stanley Cup Final, as featured the Vancouver Canucks, the Flames' rivals in Western Canada. Both Calgary and Montreal were the only two teams to win the Stanley Cup in the 1980s other than the New York Islanders and the Edmonton Oilers. This was the first time since 1975 that the Cup was won by a team other than the Canadiens, the Islanders, or the Oilers. This was the Canadiens' first defeat in a Cup Finals since . This was Patrick Roy's only Cup Finals where he was not on the winning side. He went on to win the Cup with the Canadiens and the and Cups with the Colorado Avalanche.

The 1989 Finals featured two coaches making their first appearances, as Calgary's Terry Crisp faced Montreal's Pat Burns. For Crisp it was his only appearance, while Burns returned one more time in 2003 where he led the Devils to their third Cup. In the interim between their two matches both teams had replaced their coaches; Crisp was hired to replace Bob Johnson after his departure following the 1986–87 season while Burns took over for 1986 Cup-winning coach Jean Perron after his 1988 firing. For Crisp, this was his third Stanley Cup championship in his career. He had already won two as a player with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1974 and 1975. Following the series, Bob Gainey, Rick Green, and Lanny McDonald retired, while long time defenceman Larry Robinson signed with the Los Angeles Kings, where he played the final three years of his career.

Paths to the Finals

Calgary defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4–3, the Los Angeles Kings 4–0 and the Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 to advance to the Final.

Montreal defeated the Hartford Whalers 4–0, the Boston Bruins 4–1 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–2.

Game summaries

Co-captain Lanny McDonald scored the second Flames goal in game six. This turned out to be the last goal in his Hockey Hall of Fame career because he retired during the following off-season on August 28, 1989. It was also his only Stanley Cup victory. Jim Peplinski would also retire for the first time on October 31, 1989. Doug Gilmour scored two goals in the third period, including the eventual game and Cup winner to cement the victory for the Flames. Al MacInnis won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, and at 31 points, became the first defenceman to lead the NHL in post-season scoring. The Calgary Flames are the only visiting team to ever win the Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens at the Montreal Forum. The only other visiting team to win the Stanley Cup at the Montreal Forum was the New York Rangers, when they defeated the Montreal Maroons in 1928.

Game one

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Stephane Richer (6) – pp Shayne Corson (5) and Chris Chelios (10) 02:43 1–0 MTL CGY Al MacInnis (4) – pp Joel Otto (8) and Joe Mullen (6) 06:51 1–1 CGY Al MacInnis (5) Joel Otto (9) and Jim Peplinski (5) 08:33 2–1 CGY MTL Larry Robinson (1) Bobby Smith (7) and Mike Keane (2) 10:02 2–2 2nd CGY Theoren Fleury (5) Shayne Corson (5) and Tim Hunter (3) 11:45 3–2 CGY 3rd None Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CGY Jim Peplinski Hooking 00:49 2:00 MTL Larry Robinson Hooking 06:33 2:00 MTL Patrick Roy Delay of game 10:29 2:00 CGY Doug Gilmour Slashing 18:51 2:00 MTL Guy Carbonneau Interference 18:51 2:00 MTL Brian Skrudland Elbowing 19:22 2:00 2nd CGY Jim Peplinski Cross-checking 06:07 2:00 MTL Bobby Smith Interference 06:15 2:00 CGY Jamie Macoun Tripping 07:32 2:00 CGY Brad McCrimmon Tripping 14:20 2:00 3rd MTL Craig Ludwig Tripping 01:36 2:00 MTL Bobby Smith Misconduct 19:39 10:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total 6 16 9 31 13 12 10 35

Game two

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Larry Robinson (2) Mike McPhee (5) and Brian Skrudland (5) 04:18 1–0 MTL 2nd MTL Bobby Smith (9) – pp Mike Keane (3) and Chris Chelios (11) 01:55 2–0 MTL CGY Joe Nieuwendyk (10) Brian MacLellan (2) 05:14 2–1 MTL CGY Joel Otto (5) – pp Joe Mullen (7) and Al MacInnis (20) 13:49 2–2 3rd MTL Chris Chelios (4) Petr Svoboda (9) and Brian Skrudland (6) 08:01 3–2 MTL MTL Russ Courtnall (7) Chris Chelios (12) and Petr Svoboda (10) 09:35 4–2 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CGY Brad McCrimmon Holding 02:13 2:00 MTL Brent Gilchrist Cross-checking 05:31 2:00 MTL Chris Chelios Roughing 07:15 2:00 CGY Jim Peplinski Roughing 10:48 2:00 MTL Shayne Corson Roughing 10:48 2:00 CGY Tim Hunter Unsportsmanlike conduct 16:35 2:00 MTL Mike McPhee Unsportsmanlike conduct 18:51 2:00 CGY Gary Roberts Roughing 20:00 2:00 MTL Shayne Corson Roughing 20:00 2:00 2nd CGY Dana Murzyn Roughing 01:23 2:00 MTL Brent Gilchrist Hooking 02:58 2:00 MTL Petr Svoboda Elbowing 07:56 2:00 MTL Brian Skrudland Elbowing 13:32 2:00 CGY Dana Murzyn Tripping 16:07 2:00 MTL Chris Chelios Cross-checking 16:35 2:00 CGY Brian MacLellan Unsportsmanlike conduct 19:48 2:00 MTL Mike McPhee Unsportsmanlike conduct 19:48 2:00 3rd CGY Tim Hunter Holding 02:31 2:00 MTL Mike Keane Holding 03:11 2:00 CGY Gary Roberts Holding 08:13 2:00 MTL Mats Naslund Elbowing 11:21 2:00 CGY Joe Nieuwendyk Roughing 13:19 2:00 MTL Chris Chelios Roughing 13:19 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total 11 4 8 23 8 16 8 32

Game three

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Mike McPhee (4) Unassisted 01:32 1–0 MTL CGY Joe Mullen (12) Brad McCrimmon (3) and Doug Gilmour (9) 17:15 1–1 2nd CGY Joe Mullen (13) – pp Al MacInnis (3) and Theoren Fleury (6) 15:35 2–1 CGY 3rd MTL Bobby Smith (10) Mats Naslund (10) and Petr Svoboda (11) 01:32 2–2 CGY Doug Gilmour (8) Tim Hunter (4) 13:02 3–2 CGY MTL Mats Naslund (4) Unassisted 19:19 3–3 OT None 2OT MTL Ryan Walter (3) Stephane Richer (5) 18:08 4–3 CGY Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CGY Doug Gilmour Hooking 00:34 2:00 MTL Chris Chelios High-sticking 00:34 2:00 CGY Rob Ramage High-sticking 02:57 2:00 CGY Mark Hunter Roughing 06:42 2:00 MTL Craig Ludwig Roughing 06:42 2:00 CGY Theoren Fleury Cross-checking 07:10 2:00 MTL Petr Svoboda Roughing 11:06 2:00 CGY Al MacInnis Cross-checking 11:39 2:00 MTL Craig Ludwig Elbowing 12:07 2:00 MTL Bobby Smith Slashing 14:25 2:00 CGY Colin Patterson Roughing 17:15 2:00 MTL Eric Desjardins Roughing 17:15 2:00 CGY Al MacInnis Unsportsmanlike conduct 20:00 2:00 MTL Brian Skrudland Unsportsmanlike conduct 20:00 2:00 2nd MTL Guy Carbonneau Hooking 00:49 2:00 CGY Jamie Macoun Holding 04:04 2:00 CGY Brad McCrimmon High-sticking 06:15 2:00 CGY Jamie Macoun Roughing 06:58 2:00 MTL Brian Skrudland Roughing 06:58 2:00 MTL Brian Skrudland Roughing 14:25 2:00 CGY Rob Ramage Holding 16:08 2:00 CGY Rob Ramage Unsportsmanlike conduct 16:08 2:00 CGY Dana Murzyn Unsportsmanlike conduct 19:00 2:00 MTL Brian Skrudland Unsportsmanlike conduct 19:00 2:00 3rd CGY Al MacInnis High-sticking 10:00 2:00 MTL Shayne Corson Cross-checking 10:00 2:00 OT CGY Tim Hunter Roughing 11:38 2:00 MTL Shayne Corson High-sticking 11:38 2:00 CGY Al MacInnis Roughing 16:09 2:00 MTL Bobby Smith Roughing 16:09 2:00 CGY Mark Hunter Unsportsmanlike conduct 17:34 2:00 MTL Brian Skrudland Unsportsmanlike conduct 17:34 2:00 CGY Rob Ramage Roughing 17:59 2:00 MTL Shayne Corson Roughing 17:59 2:00 2OT CGY Al MacInnis High-sticking 09:25 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey High-sticking 09:25 2:00 CGY Mark Hunter Boarding 16:08 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 OT 2OT Total 13 7 8 5 4 37 4 7 6 12 6 35

Game four

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd CGY Doug Gilmour (9) Unassisted 11:56 1–0 CGY CGY Joe Mullen (14) – pp Al MacInnis (22) and Joel Otto (10) 17:15 2–0 CGY 3rd MTL Russ Courtnall (8) Mike McPhee (6) and Chris Chelios (13) 10:59 2–1 CGY CGY Al MacInnis (6) Joel Otto (11) 18:22 3–2 CGY MTL Claude Lemieux (3) Larry Robinson (8) 19:33 3–2 CGY CGY Joe Mullen (15) – pp – en Doug Gilmour (10) and Colin Patterson (10) 19:49 4–2 CGY Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Petr Svoboda Hooking 05:44 2:00 CGY Al MacInnis Roughing 09:46 2:00 MTL Mike Keane Interference 11:07 2:00 CGY Rob Ramage Roughing 15:19 2:00 MTL Guy Carbonneau Hooking 18:03 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Slashing 18:19 2:00 2nd CGY Al MacInnis Slashing 07:03 2:00 CGY Doug Gilmour Holding 09:47 2:00 MTL Petr Svoboda High-sticking 13:22 2:00 CGY Colin Patterson Cross-checking 15:38 2:00 MTL Larry Robinson Cross-checking 18:03 2:00 CGY Joel Otto Holding 19:56 2:00 3rd MTL Bench Too many men on the ice 05:57 2:00 CGY Jamie Macoun High-sticking 12:47 2:00 CGY Ric Nattress Misconduct 12:47 10:00 MTL Claude Lemieux Slashing 19:33 2:00 CGY Colin Patterson High-sticking 19:49 2:00 CGY Colin Patterson Misconduct 19:49 10:00 MTL Russ Courtnall Misconduct 19:49 10:00 MTL Stephane Richer Misconduct 19:49 10:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total 13 9 13 35 3 10 6 19

Game five

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st CGY Joel Otto (6) Jim Peplinski (6) and Mark Hunter 00:28 1–0 CGY CGY Joe Mullen (16) Doug Gilmour (11) and Rob Ramage (10) 08:15 2–0 CGY MTL Bobby Smith (11) – pp Chris Chelios (14) and Mats Naslund (11) 13:24 2–1 CGY CGY Al MacInnis (7) – pp Rob Ramage (10) and Joel Otto (12) 19:31 3–1 CGY 2nd MTL Mike Keane (4) Bobby Smith (8) and Bob Gainey (4) 14:17 3–2 CGY 3rd None Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Shayne Corson Elbowing 02:31 2:00 MTL Ryan Walter High-sticking 06:10 2:00 CGY Joe Mullen Slashing 09:14 2:00 CGY Jim Peplinski Holding 11:57 2:00 CGY Jim Peplinski Boarding 13:50 2:00 MTL Rick Green Interference 19:18 2:00 2nd MTL Claude Lemieux Elbowing 18:20 2:00 3rd CGY Al MacInnis Holding 08:40 2:00 MTL Bobby Smith Interference 09:32 2:00 CGY Mike Vernon Unsportsmanlike conduct 10:06 2:00 MTL Claude Lemieux Unsportsmanlike conduct 10:06 2:00 CGY Brian MacLellan Roughing 16:28 2:00 MTL Shayne Corson Roughing 16:28 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total 10 7 11 28 10 13 5 28

Game six