2013 Stanley Cup Finals The 2013 Stanley Cup Finals is the best - of - seven playoff series of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) season , and the conclusion of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs . This is the 120th year of the Stanley Cup ' s presentation . The series pits the Eastern Conference playoff champion Boston Bruins against the Western Conference playoff champion Chicago Blackhawks . The Blackhawks have home ice advantage as the Presidents ' Trophy winners . Due to a lockout that both shortened and delayed the start of the regular season , the 2013 Cup Finals began on June 12 . The finals are scheduled to end on June 24 or June 26 , depending on the number of games required to determine the Stanley Cup Championship . This is the first Stanley Cup Finals series between two Original Six teams since 1979 , and the seventh in league history since its first expansion in 1967 . It also marks the first time these two teams have met in the Stanley Cup Finals . Road to the Finals . Boston Bruins . This is the Boston Bruins ' s nineteenth appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals , seeking their seventh Cup championship overall and their first one since 2011 , when they also faced the Presidents Trophy winners , the Vancouver Canucks . The Bruins entered the season without the services of goalie Tim Thomas , the Conn Smythe Trophy winner during Boston ' s 2011 championship . It was announced in June 3 , 2012 , that he planned on taking a year off from hockey . Thomas was eventually traded to the New York Islanders on February 7 , 2013 . Tuukka Rask succeeded Thomas as the Bruins ' starting goalie . Another of the Bruins ' major off - season trades was sending Benoit Pouliot to the Tampa Bay Lightning . Then on April 2 , 2013 , with about a month left in the lockout - shortened regular season , Boston acquired veteran Jaromir Jagr from the Dallas Stars . Boston finished the lockout - shortened regular season with 62 points , finishing in second place in the Northeast Division , and the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference . Throughout the regular season , the Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens were neck - and - neck in the division , but the Bruins lost their last game to the Ottawa Senators , a contest that was postponed until the end of the regular season due to the Boston Marathon bombings . In the first round of the playoffs , Boston rallied from a 4 – 1 third period deficit in Game 7 to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime . The Bruins then eliminated the New York Rangers in five games , and then swept the top seeded Pittsburgh Penguins in the conference finals . Chicago Blackhawks . This is the Chicago Blackhawks twelfth appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals , seeking their fifth Cup championship overall and their first one since 2010 . The Blackhawks began the lockout - shortened regular season by setting the NHL record for most games to start a season without a regulation loss ( 24 ) . Chicago finally recorded their first regulation loss in their 25th game of the season : a 6 – 2 defeat to the Colorado Avalanche . The Blackhawks would then finish the regular season with the best record at 77 points , winning their second Presidents ' Trophy in team history , as well as the Central Division championship . In the first round of the playoffs , the Blackhawks defeated the Minnesota Wild in five games . Chicago then had to come back from a 3 – 1 game deficit to defeat the Detroit Red Wings in overtime of Game 7 . Then in the conference finals , the Blackhawks defeated the defending 2012 Cup champion Los Angeles Kings in five games . Chicago became the eighth team to win both the Presidents ' Trophy and the Stanley Cup in the same season . The series . Game one . The Blackhawks rallied from a 3 – 1 third period deficit in Game 1 to defeat the Bruins in triple - overtime , 4 – 3 . This was the 24th longest NHL overtime game , and the fifth longest in the history of the Stanley Cup Finals . Milan Lucic scored at 13 : 11 of the first period and 00 : 51 of the second period to give the Bruins a 2 – 0 lead . At 03 : 08 of the second period , Chicago rookie Brandon Saad scored his first career playoff goal , ending Boston goalie Tuukka Rask ' s shutout streak of 149 : 36 ( dating back to the conference finals ) , and cutting Boston ' s lead to 2 – 1 . Chicago then had a 5 - on - 3 for 1 : 17 midway through the second period , but could not get a shot on goal . The Bruins then increased their lead to 3 – 1 when Patrice Bergeron scored a power play goal at 06 : 09 of the third period . But Dave Bolland and Johnny Oduya scored in 4 : 14 apart to tie the game . In the overtime periods , the Blackhawks were penalized twice for too many men on the ice , but Boston was unable to score on those two ensuing power plays . The game finally ended at 12 : 08 of the third overtime period when Michal Rozsival ' s shot from the point deflected off of Bolland , then Andrew Shaw , and past Rask into the Boston net . Game two . The Bruins tied the series with a 2 – 1 overtime victory in Game 2 . This was the third consecutive overtime game for the Blackhawks ( dating back to the conference finals ) , and the second consecutive Cup Finals in which the first two games went into overtime . In the first period , Chicago had 19 shots on goal compared to Boston ' s 4 , but only scored on Patrick Sharp ' s goal at 11 : 22 . Seventy seconds later , a goal by the Blackhawks ' Marian Hossa was disallowed after officials blew the play dead prior to the puck crossing the Bruins ' goal line . Boston ' s Chris Kelly then scored his first goal of the playoffs at 14 : 58 of the second period to tie the game . After a scoreless third period , Daniel Paille won the game for the Bruins at 13 : 48 of overtime ; the Blackhawks ' Brent Seabrook sent the puck around the end boards in the Chicago zone , but Brandon Bollig could not push it out to centre ice , allowing Adam McQuaid to steal the loose puck and feed it to Tyler Seguin , who then passed it to Paille . Game three . Boston goalie Tuukka Rask stopped all 28 Chicago shots in the Bruins ' 2 – 0 victory in Game 3 . Daniel Paille scored Boston ' s first goal at 02 : 13 of the second period . Patrice Bergeron then scored a power play goal at 14 : 05 of the second period , just seconds after the Bruins ' 5 - on - 3 advantage expired . The Blackhawks ' Marian Hossa was scratched from the game ; Chicago head coach Joel Quenneville later said after the game that Hossa did not play due to an upper - body injury . Game four . Brent Seabrook scored at 09 : 51 of overtime , from the point through traffic , to give the Blackhawks a 6 – 5 victory in Game 4 to even the series . After only 12 total goals were scored in the first three games , Game 4 featured a series high 11 total goals . In the first period , Chicago ' s Michal Handzus scored a short - handed goal at 06 : 48 before Boston ' s Rich Peverley tied the game on a power play goal at 14 : 43 . Five total goals were then scored in the second period . Jonathan Toews deflected Michal Rozsival ' s shot into the Boston net at 6 : 48 to give the Blackhawks a 2 – 1 lead . Chicago then scored again at 8 : 41 : Bryan Bickell ' s shot was stopped by Tuukka Rask , but Patrick Kane grabbed the rebound from the other side and shot it into the net before the Boston goalie could recover . Milan Lucic cut the lead , 3 – 2 , at 14 : 43 after shooting a rebound past Chicago goalie Corey Crawford , but Chicago scored right back at 15 : 32 with Marcus Kruger ' s goal on a 2 - on - 1 breakaway . At 17 : 22 , the Bruins scored their second power play goal after Zdeno Chara ' s shot deflected over the net , hit the glass , then eventually bounced into the crease where Patrice Bergeron tapped it into the net before Crawford could find the puck . In the third period , Bergeron tied the game , 4 – 4 , at 2 : 05 . The Blackhawks then scored their first power play goal of the series with Patrick Sharp ' s score at 11 : 19 , but Boston answered 55 seconds later with Johnny Boychuk ' s equalizer . All five Bruins goals were shot to the glove side of Crawford , but the Blackhawks never once trailed in this game . Game five . Patrick Kane scored two goals in the Blackhawks ' 3 – 1 victory in Game 5 . Chicago built a 2 – 0 lead with Kane ' s goals at 17 : 27 of the first period and 05 : 13 of the second . Boston ' s Zdeno Chara cut the score to 2 – 1 at 03 : 40 of the third period , but Chicago goalie Corey Crawford stopped 24 of 25 Bruins shots , and Dave Bolland added an empty net goal in the waning seconds of the game . Boston ' s Patrice Bergeron left the game in the second period and was later taken to the hospital for observation , while Chicago ' s Jonathan Toews suffered an upper body injury and did not play in the third period . Game six . Chicago ' s Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland scored seventeen seconds apart late in the third period to win the game and the cup . Rosters . Years indicated in boldface under the " Finals appearance " column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year . Television . In Canada , the series is being televised in English on CBC and in French on the cable network RDS . The NBC Sports Group ' s coverage in the United States is different than previous seasons : the NBC broadcast network will now televise Game 1 and then the final four games , while the NBC Sports Network will broadcast Games 2 and 3 . Chicago Blackhawks – 2013 Stanley Cup champions . The 2013 Stanley Cup was presented to Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman , following the Blackhawks ' 3 – 2 win over the Boston Bruins in the sixth game of the finals .