13 teams in the nhl have not won a stanley cup.
13 teams in the nhl have not won a stanley cup.
how many teams in the nhl have not won a stanley cup?
13
the team the oilers would face for the stanley cup was the presidents trophy champions, the boston bruins, whom the oilers swept to win the 1988 stanley cup. game one, played at the boston garden, saw the oilers jump to a 2-0 lead early in the second period on goals from adam graves and glenn anderson, before the bruins tied the game in the third on two goals from ray bourque. the game went into overtime, and was won by the oilers in the third overtime period on a goal from petr klima. the oilers pulled off a stunning victory despite being outshot in the game 52-31. it was the longest stanley cup finals game in nhl history at 115:13, a record that still stands. in game two, bill ranford kept up his great play, and the oilers led 2-1 at the end of the first period despite being outshot 10-2. the oilers cruised to a 7-2 victory on boston ice behind a 3-goal, 2 assist performance from jari kurri. with his third goal, kurri surpassed wayne gretzky as the nhl's all-time leading playoff goal scorer. the oilers returned home for game three with a comfortable 2-0 series lead, but on home ice, surrendered two quick goals to the bruins, who never looked back in cruising to a 2-1 victory. game four saw the oilers jump on the bruins early and often: esa tikkanen and steve smith shut down bruin forwards craig janney and cam neely respectively, and the oilers cruised to a 5-1 win. the oilers' top line of simpson, messier and anderson combined for 4 goals and 11 points. anderson also made a major impact in game five in boston: after a fast and furious first period, where both teams failed to score, anderson scored on an end-to-end rush early in the second by walking right through two boston defenders. later in the period, anderson struck again, setting up simpson for the eventual game-winner with a spinning behind-the-back backhand pass. the oilers would score twice more in the third and cruise to an easy 4-1 victory to claim the team's fifth stanley cup in seven years. mark messier, glenn anderson, jari kurri, grant fuhr, randy gregg, charlie huddy, and kevin lowe each won their 5th stanley cup with edmonton. goaltender bill ranford, a former bruin, won the conn smythe trophy after he tied an nhl record by winning all 16 playoff games. ranford was especially spectacular in the cup finals, posting a 1.35 gaa and .949 save percentage against his former team. craig simpson led all playoff goal scorers with 16: simpson tied with mark messier for the scoring lead in the playoffs with 31 points each.
1989–90 edmonton oilers season
with the merger of the pcha and wchl in 1925 and the merged league's collapse in 1926, the nhl took de facto control of the stanley cup. while the cup would not be formally deeded to the league until 1947, from 1926 onward the nhl playoffs and the stanley cup playoffs are considered synonymous. the nhl was subsequently divided into the canadian and american divisions for the 1927–28 season. for 1927, six teams qualified for the playoffs, three from each division, with the division semifinals and finals being a two-game total goals affair, and the stanley cup finals becoming a best-of-five series. in 1928, the playoff format was changed so that the two teams with identical division ranking would face each other (i.e. the division winners played each other, the second place teams play each other, and likewise for the third place teams). the first place series was a best-of-five affair, with the winner proceeding to the best-of-three stanley cup finals, while the others were a two-game total goals series. the winner of the second and third place series played each other in a best-of-three series, with the winner earning the other berth to the stanley cup finals. this format had a slight modification the following year, where the semifinal series became a two-game total goals affair and the stanley cup finals became a best-of-five series. the two-game total goals format was abolished in 1937, with those series being changed to best-of-three affairs.
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