1992 - 93 NHL season The 1992 - 93 NHL season was the 76th regular season of the National Hockey League . Each player wore a patch on their jersey throughout the 1992 - 93 regular season and playoffs to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Stanley Cup . Twenty - four teams played 84 games each . The Montreal Canadiens won their league - leading 24th Cup by defeating the Los Angeles Kings four games to one . As of the end of the 2014 - 15 season , this is the last time that a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup . League Business . This season saw the startup of two new clubs , the Ottawa Senators , a revival of NHL hockey in Ottawa , Canada and the Tampa Bay Lightning in Tampa , Florida . On February 1 , 1993 , Gary Bettman , became the first NHL Commissioner . Prior to this the NHL ' s chief executive was designated as ' President . ' Regular season . Final standings . " Note : W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , GF = Goals For , GA = Goals Against , Pts = Points " Clarence Campbell Conference . " Note : x = clinched playoff berth , z = won Presidents ' Trophy " Stanley Cup Playoffs . The 1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs started on April 18 , and ended on June 9 . The Presidents ' Trophy - winning Pittsburgh Penguins , who had won the cup the two previous years , were the favourite to " three - peat " . Division Semifinals . Boston vs . Buffalo . Buffalo ' s four - game sweep of the Bruins ended with a memorable overtime goal by Brad May at Buffalo ' s Memorial Auditorium , leading to Sabres ' play - by - play announcer Rick Jeanneret ' s famous " May Day ! May Day ! May Day ! " call . " Buffalo wins best - of - seven series 4 - 0 " Quebec vs . Montreal . Montreal coach Jacques Demers held himself to a promise he made to goaltender Patrick Roy earlier in the season and kept him as the starting goalie despite a couple of weak goals allowed in the first two games of the series against the Nordiques . With the Canadiens staring a potential 3 - 0 series deficit to the rival Nords in the face , overtime in Game 3 was marked by two disputed goals that were reviewed by the video goal judge . The first review ruled that Stephan Lebeau had knocked the puck in with a high stick , but the second upheld the Habs ' winning goal , as it was directed in by the skate of Quebec defenceman Alexei Gusarov , and not that of a Montreal player . " Montreal wins best - of - seven series 4 - 2 " Pittsburgh vs . New Jersey . The Devils had been a struggling team prior to the 1992 - 93 season , and in the first round of the playoffs , they met the Presidents ' Trophy winners from Pittsburgh . The Penguins entered the series on an 11 - game playoff winning streak , which they extended to a record 14 games in this series . " Pittsburgh wins best - of - seven series 4 - 1 " Washington vs . New York Islanders . Game 6 of this series was marred by a vicious check on the Islanders ' leading scorer , Pierre Turgeon , by the Capitals ' Dale Hunter , moments after Turgeon scored a third - period goal to put the game and the series out of reach for Washington . Hunter received a 21 - game suspension for the hit , which carried over into the 1993 - 94 season . " NYI win best - of - seven series 4 - 2 " Chicago vs . St . Louis . The Blackhawks , on an overtime goal in Game 4 , became the second division champion to be swept in the first round of the playoffs . Chicago goaltender Ed Belfour claimed he had been interfered with by St . Louis star Brett Hull on the play , but to no avail as the tally stood as the game - and series - winner . Belfour famously went on a rampage after the game , breaking a hot tub , coffee maker , and television in the visitors ' locker room at the St . Louis Arena . In 1999 , Hawk fans would be left to contemplate the irony of the situation when Belfour and Hull were teammates on that year ' s championship team , the Dallas Stars , who in 1993 were known as the Minnesota North Stars . The previous season , Chicago had won 11 straight playoff games , setting an NHL record , to reach the Stanley Cup Final . Pittsburgh , who had won seven in a row , swept the Hawks to equal the record . After being swept by the Blues , the Hawks had turned an 11 - game playoff winning streak into an eight - game playoff losing streak . " St . Louis wins best - of - seven series 4 - 0 " Detroit vs . Toronto . In a revival of the heated Original Six rivalry , Nikolai Borschevsky ' s Game 7 overtime goal gave Toronto the series and made them the sixth club to eliminate a team with a better regular season record in the first round of the playoffs . This was also Toronto ' s first win over Detroit since the Leafs beat the Wings in the full seven games back in the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals . " Toronto wins best - of - seven series 4 - 3 " Vancouver vs . Winnipeg . The Smythe Division champions from Vancouver managed to shut down the Jets in six games . " Vancouver wins best - of - seven series 4 - 2 " Calgary vs . Los Angeles . The Kings upset the Flames in a high - scoring six - game series . " Los Angeles wins best - of - seven series 4 - 2 " Division Finals . Montreal vs . Buffalo . The long - awaited series between Patrick Roy and Grant Fuhr had finally arrived . However the Canadiens swept the series , winning every game by a score of 4 - 3 . " Montreal wins best - of - seven series 4 - 0 " Pittsburgh vs . New York Islanders . The Isles ' improbable upset of the Penguins was capped off by David Volek ' s series - winning goal at 5 : 16 of overtime in Game 7 . " New York Islanders win best - of - seven series 4 - 3 " Toronto vs . St . Louis . The Maple Leafs defeated the Blues in seven games , despite Blues ' goaltender Curtis Joseph ' s efforts . The Blues were heavily outshot throughout the series . " Toronto wins best - of - seven series 4 - 3 " Vancouver vs . Los Angeles . Despite Vancouver ' s huge win in Game 4 , Game 5 in Vancouver saw a stoppage of play as King center Gary Shuchuk got hurt and was sent into the dressing room . Many thought he was out of the playoffs , but he later came back in the game and ended up winning Game 5 in double overtime for the Kings . The Canucks couldn ' t recover and thus the Kings advanced to the Conference Finals . " Los Angeles wins best - of - seven series 4 - 2 " Conference Finals . Montreal vs . New York Islanders . All teams in the Conference Finals were seeded third in their division . Montreal ' s win in game three was their eleventh straight , tying the single - playoff record set a year earlier by Pittsburgh and Chicago . " Montreal wins best - of - seven series 4 - 1 " Toronto vs . Los Angeles . This exciting and very heated seven - game series has long been remembered by hockey fans . The Toronto Maple Leafs iced a highly competitive team for the first time in years and broke their 26 - year Stanley Cup appearance drought for the first time since 1967 . The Los Angeles Kings , led by captain Wayne Gretzky , also had high ambitions . Toronto " wins best - of - seven series 4 - 2 " Finals . Montreal vs . Toronto . " Montreal wins best - of - seven series 4 - 1 . Patrick Roy ( Montreal ) wins Conn Smythe Trophy " Notable Events . Records broken / equalled . Playoffs . 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