No one has ever gone 16–0 in the playoffs. There have been a few 8–0 back when the cup was decided in 2 rounds. Also a 12–1 when they moved to three rounds.
No one has ever gone 16-0 in the playoffs. There have been a few 8-0 back when the cup was decided in 2 rounds. Also a 12-1 when they moved to three rounds. The best team in recent history is the kings in 11-12 going 16-4 and the record for best playoffs is 16-2 by the 87-88 oilers.
The Red Wings won the series for the second year in a row, four games to none, to capture their ninth Stanley Cup in team history.
The regular-season Montreal Canadiens' momentum did not stop as they played eight games, the minimum number to win the Stanley Cup. Montreal, in the process, became the last Cup winners in NHL history to go perfect in the playoffs to date.
There are 7 games in the Stanley Cup Finals with 4 rounds of the best of seven series. There are 16 playoff games. Each playoff game is a best-of-seven series where a team has to win 4 games to advance. 16 teams are competing so a team must win 16 games to win the Stanley Cup.
Successful comebacks
In Stanley Cup Playoffs history, 204 teams (as of May 7, 2023) have faced a 3–0 deficit in a best-of-seven series. Of those, only four teams successfully overcame them – a success rate of just under 2% – and only one of those did so in the Stanley Cup Final.
Three NHL have won at least three straight Stanley Cups, with two of the franchises doing it more than once: Montreal Canadiens (1956-1960, 1976-1979) Toronto Maple Leafs (1947-1949, 1962-1964) New York Islanders (1980-1983)
1991, Game 6: Penguins 8, North Stars 0
The North Stars gave them a series but couldn't stop Mario because nobody could back then, and were trailing 3-2 heading into Game 6 in Minnesota. The game: The Penguins scored two minutes in and never stopped, posting the most lopsided blowout in Stanley Cup Final history.
The Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup 24 times, the most of any team. They also won the most in a row: five between 1955-56 and 1959-60. Henri Richard of the Montreal Canadiens appears the most on the Stanley Cup, 11 times.
The longest Stanley Cup drought in NHL history belongs to the Toronto Maple Leafs (55 seasons), breaking a tie with the New York Rangers. New York ended their drought in 1994, while Toronto's drought is still active, as they have not made the Finals since winning the last Stanley Cup before the expansion era.
The Montreal Canadiens accomplished something that no other franchise has been able to match – this dynasty won five consecutive Stanley Cup championships, first hoisting the Cup in 1956 and repeating each spring to 1960.
Gretzky won a total of four Stanley Cups, all with the Edmonton Oilers, in the seasons 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87, and 1987-88.
Serge Savard (Eight Stanley Cups)
Then, he won two more rings in 1971 and 1973 before finishing the decade with four straight titles from 1976 to 1979.
The NHL has played the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final formats since 1939 as part of the incredible 125-year history of the most famous trophy in sports. However, despite the multiple matchups, there have only been 17 Game 7's, and only two of them have ended with a sudden-death overtime-winning goal.
Detroit Red Wings (1997, 1998)
Winning back-to-back titles cannot be minimized, and there was nothing minimal about these two Red Wings teams. Detroit swept its opponent in the Stanley Cup Final in both years. The Wings victimized the Philadelphia Flyers in 1997 and then the Washington Capitals in '98.
Teams often give rings to players who played for the team, but do not qualify to have their name engraved on the Stanley Cup. The most ever won by a single player was Henri Richard with 11 total championship rings.
The Sharks have never won the Stanley Cup in their 31 seasons as an NHL franchise.
In 1962, the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup. During a party after the win, the trophy was dropped in a bonfire and badly damaged. It was repaired at the expense of the team.
But did you know that on a cold day in December more than 50 years ago, the Stanley Cup was almost lost forever? Let's take a journey back to December 5, 1970: the day the Stanley Cup was stolen.
424 -- Number of games needed by Wayne Gretzky to score his first 1,000 points, by far the fewest of any player. Gretzky needed 433 more games to score his second 1,000 points. After Gretzky, Mario Lemieux was the next-fastest to 1,000 at 513 games.
The team with home-ice advantage has won 13 of the last 17 Stanley Cup Final series. Since 1990, seven Cup Final series have gone the full seven games, and the team with home-ice advantage has won five of them.