1993 Stanley Cup Finals The 1993 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Los Angeles Kings and the Montreal Canadiens to decide the NHL championship . It was the Kings ' first appearance in the Final , the 34th for Montreal , and their first since the 1989 Final . The Canadiens won the series 4 - 1 to win the team ' s twenty - fourth Stanley Cup . 1993 was the 100th anniversary of the first awarding of the Stanley Cup . To date , the Canadiens remain the last Canadian team to have won the Cup . Paths to the Final . To reach the final , Los Angeles defeated the Calgary Flames 4 – 2 , the Vancouver Canucks 4 – 2 and the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 – 3 . Montreal defeated the Quebec Nordiques 4 – 2 , the Buffalo Sabres 4 – 0 , and the New York Islanders 4 – 1 . The series . This would be the last Stanley Cup Final series to be played in the Montreal Forum , and the last time Wayne Gretzky would play in the Final as well , as he tried to become the first Stanley Cup captain on two teams , having captained the Edmonton Oilers to Stanley Cups in 1984 , 1985 , 1987 , and 1988 . It was Montreal ' s first trip to the finals in four years , while it was the first - ever trip to the finals for the Kings in their 26 - year history . As of 2009 , this is the most recent time that a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup Championship . It is also ( to date ) the last time the Canadiens have advanced to the Stanley Cup Final . Game one . In game one at the Montreal Forum , the Kings jumped out to a 1 – 0 lead on Luc Robitaille ' s power - play goal at 3 : 03 of the first period . The Canadiens tied the game late in the first , on Ed Ronan ' s goal at 18 : 09 ( although it was merely a pass that Wayne Gretzky accidentally deflected in ) . Robitaille would break the 1 – 1 tie with his second power - play goal of the game at 17 : 41 of the second period . Jari Kurri added an insurance marker off a Patrice Brisebois turnover at 1 : 51 of the third , and Gretzky sealed the 4 – 1 win for the Kings with an empty net goal at 18 : 02 . Game two . The most memorable moment of the series came late in the third period of game two . With the Kings leading by a score of 2 – 1 , Canadiens coach Jacques Demers called for a measurement of the curve of Kings defenceman Marty McSorley ' s stick . The stick was deemed illegal and McSorley was given a two - minute minor for unsportsmanlike conduct . As it was late in the game and Montreal was facing the prospect of going to LA down two games to zero , Jacques Demers pulled goalie Patrick Roy for a 6 on 4 advantage . In dramatic fashion , Montreal ' s Éric Desjardins scored from the point to tie the game at 2 and force overtime . Desjardins then scored his third goal ( the first defenceman to score a hat trick in a cup final ) of the game 51 seconds into overtime to give Montreal the win and the momentum heading toward games three and four at the Great Western Forum . Game three . In game three in Los Angeles , the Canadiens jumped out to a 1 – 0 first period lead on a tip - in goal by Brian Bellows at 10 : 26 , and Gilbert Dionne and Mathieu Schneider increased that lead to 3 – 0 at 2 : 41 and 3 : 02 of the second period . After a memorable check by Kings long - time defenceman Mark Hardy on Montreal ' s Mike Keane , the Kings fired back to tie the game in the second period . Luc Robitaille , Tony Granato and Wayne Gretzky all had goals to make the score 3 – 3 . With time running out in the third period , Montreal captain Guy Carbonneau appeared to cover the puck in the goal crease , which with such little time remaining ( 12 seconds ) would have resulted in a penalty shot for Los Angeles . But the referee ruled that the puck had been shot by a Kings player into Carbonneau ' s equipment , and so the period remained scoreless . The game went into overtime and the Canadiens won again ; it was their ninth consecutive overtime playoff victory . John Leclair scored the winner just 34 seconds into the extra period . Game four . Game four was a mirror image of the previous game . Montreal bolted out to an early 2 – 0 lead , but the Kings fought back into the game in the second period with goals by Mike Donnelly at 6 : 33 and Marty McSorley on a power play at 19 : 56 . As was the case in game three , the third period in game four ended up scoreless . Once again , it was John LeClair who was the hero for Montreal as he netted the overtime winner 14 : 37 into the extra period , banking the puck off sliding defenceman Darryl Sydor ' s leg . In doing so , he became the first player since Montreal legend Maurice " Rocket " Richard in 1951 to score playoff overtime goals in consecutive games , and giving Montreal an NHL - record ten consecutive OT wins in the 1993 playoffs . Game five . Leading the series three games to one , the Canadiens headed back to the Forum for game five . After Paul DiPietro gave Montreal a 1 – 0 lead with a goal at 15 : 10 of the first period , Los Angeles defenceman Marty McSorley tied the game at 2 : 40 of the second period . The Canadiens ' response was swift as Kirk Muller scored just 71 seconds later and then Stéphan Lebeau scored a power - play goal at 11 : 31 , to give the Canadiens a 3 – 1 lead after two periods . Paul DiPietro scored again at 12 : 06 to give Montreal a 4 – 1 lead . That ended up being the final score , and Kirk Muller ' s goal turned out to be the game winner . The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup Finals four games to one . Patrick Roy was awarded his second Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP . The Canadiens winning denied Wayne Gretzky from becoming the first Stanley Cup captain on two teams . Riot . The 1993 Stanley Cup Riot occurred in Montreal after the Montreal Canadiens won their 24th Stanley Cup . Fans poured out of the Montreal Forum and began to commit acts of vandalism and violence while their team was celebrating inside . The riot was mostly focused on Ste . Catherine St . stores were looted and police cruisers burned . The riots caused an estimated $ 10 million dollars in damages and injured 168 people , including 49 police officers . 115 people were arrested .