# Stanley Cup Final > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanley_Cup_Final > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanley_Cup_Final.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cup_Final > Source revision: 1356390554 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|National Hockey League championship series}} {{About|the NHL championship series|the NHL postseason in general|Stanley Cup playoffs|the upcoming series|2026 Stanley Cup Final}} {{Infobox tournament | name = | image = Stanley Cup no background.png | image_size = 175px | caption = The [Stanley Cup](/source/Stanley_Cup), the trophy awarded annually to the winner of the Stanley Cup Final | sport = [Ice hockey](/source/Ice_hockey) | month_played = Late May–June | established = [1914](/source/1914_Stanley_Cup_Final){{notetag|See [List of Stanley Cup challenge games](/source/List_of_Stanley_Cup_challenge_games) for Stanley Cup champions earlier than 1914}} | administrator = [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) ([1927](/source/1927_Stanley_Cup_Final)–present) | format = [Best-of-seven series](/source/Best-of-seven_series) | teams = 2 | most_champs = [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens)
(24 titles) | defending_champs = [Florida Panthers](/source/Florida_Panthers)
(2nd title) | broadcast = {{unbulleted list|class=nowrap| | '''Canada:''' | [Sportsnet](/source/NHL_on_Sportsnet)/[CBC](/source/Hockey_Night_in_Canada) | [TVA Sports](/source/TVA_Sports) (French) | '''United States:''' | [ABC](/source/NHL_on_ABC) (even-numbered years) | [TNT](/source/NHL_on_TNT) (odd-numbered years) }} | current = [2026 Stanley Cup Final](/source/2026_Stanley_Cup_Final) }} The '''Stanley Cup Final''' in [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) (also known as the '''Stanley Cup Finals'''; {{langx|fr|Finale de la Coupe Stanley}}) is the annual championship series of the [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) (NHL). The winner is awarded the [Stanley Cup](/source/Stanley_Cup), North America's oldest professional sports trophy,{{cite news|last=Roarke|first=Shawn P.|title=Stanley Cup has incredible history|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/stanley-cup-has-incredible-125-years-of-history/c-287633638|publisher=National Hockey League|date=March 12, 2017|access-date=December 21, 2017}} and one of the "most important championships available to the sport [of ice hockey]" according to the [International Ice Hockey Federation](/source/International_Ice_Hockey_Federation).{{cite web|title=Triple Gold Goalies... not|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=850|website=International Ice Hockey Federation|author=Podnieks, Andrew|date=March 25, 2008|access-date=June 17, 2017}} Originally inscribed the ''Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup'', the trophy was donated in 1892 by [Lord Stanley of Preston](/source/Frederick_Stanley%2C_16th_Earl_of_Derby), [governor general of Canada](/source/Governor_General_of_Canada), initially as a "[challenge trophy](/source/List_of_Stanley_Cup_challenge_games)" for Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. The champions held onto the Cup until they either lost their league title to another club, or a champion from another league issued a formal challenge and defeated the reigning Cup champion in a final game to claim their win. Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. Starting in 1915, the Cup was officially held between the champion of the [National Hockey Association](/source/National_Hockey_Association) (NHA) and the champion of the [Pacific Coast Hockey Association](/source/Pacific_Coast_Hockey_Association) (PCHA). After a series of league mergers and folds, it became the championship trophy of the NHL in 1926. Starting in [1982](/source/1982_Stanley_Cup_Final), the championship round of the NHL's playoffs has been a [best-of-seven series](/source/Best-of-seven_playoff) played between the champions of the [Eastern](/source/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)) and [Western Conferences](/source/Western_Conference_(NHL)). Since then, Western champions have won 21 times, while the Eastern champions have won 20 times. ==History== The Stanley Cup was first awarded to the [Montreal Hockey Club](/source/Montreal_Hockey_Club) in [1893](/source/1893_Stanley_Cup_championship) when the team won the [1893 AHAC season](/source/1893_AHAC_season). The team then had to defend its champion-title both through league championships and challenge games organised by the Stanley Cup trustees. Until 1912, these challenges could take place before or during a league season. After 1912, the trustees ordered that challenges only take place after all league games were completed.{{cite web |publisher=NHL |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=660570 |title=Stanley Cup timeline, from 1892 to today |first=John |last=Kreiser |date=March 8, 2013 |access-date=May 30, 2015}} The last challenge, in 1914, was the inauguration of the first "World Series" of ice hockey,Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey, p. 25 a series between the Stanley Cup and league champion [Toronto Hockey Club](/source/Toronto_Blueshirts) of the [National Hockey Association](/source/National_Hockey_Association) (NHA) and the [Victoria Aristocrats](/source/Victoria_Aristocrats), champions of the [Pacific Coast Hockey Association](/source/Pacific_Coast_Hockey_Association) (PCHA). The series was pre-arranged between the two leagues before the season after post-season exhibitions held in their previous seasons. The inaugural series was to be held in the city of the NHA champion, and alternate annually following the series. After the series got under way, there was some concern that the series would not produce an "official" Stanley Cup champion. The Victoria club had not formally applied to the Stanley Cup trustees to challenge for the Cup.{{sfn|Coleman|1964–1969|p=262}} A letter arrived from the Stanley Cup trustees on March 17, that the trustees would not let the Stanley Cup travel west, because they did not consider Victoria a proper challenger, as they had not verified themselves with the trustees.{{cite news |work=Saskatoon Phoenix |title=Stanley Cup Contest May Not Be for the Mug, After All is Said |date=March 18, 1914 |page=8}} However, on March 18, trustee William Foran stated that it was a misunderstanding. PCHA president Lester Patrick, had not filed a challenge, because he had expected Emmett Quinn of the NHA to make all of the arrangements in his role as hockey commissioner, whereas the trustees thought they were being purposely ignored. The Victoria challenge was accepted.{{cite news |work=Montreal Daily Mail |date=March 19, 1914 |title=A Tempest In a Teapot |page=9}} Any tension was diffused as Toronto successfully defended the Cup by sweeping a best-of-five series in three games.Diamond (1992), p. 46 This began the end of the influence of the Stanley Cup trustees on the challengers and series for the Cup. In March 1914, trustee William Foran wrote to NHA president Emmett Quinn that the trustees are "perfectly satisfied to allow the representatives of the three pro leagues (NHA, PCHA and Maritime) to make all arrangements each season as to the series of matches to be played for the Cup."{{cite news |work=Toronto World |title=Three Pro Leagues as to Stanley Cup |date=March 25, 1914 |page=8}} Part of their 1913 agreement to set up drafting and player rights ownership, the NHA and PCHA agreed to have their respective champions face each other for the Cup.{{cite news |work=Ottawa Citizen |title=Hockey Season At Coast Opens With Exhibition Game Tomorrow |date=November 27, 1913 |page=8 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q2ouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TdkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7113%2C2513941}} At the same time, the NHA concluded a similar agreement with the Maritime Hockey League but the MHL champions abandoned their 1914 challenge and did not challenge again. From 1914 onwards, the Stanley Cup championship finals alternated between the East and the West each year, with alternating games played according to NHA and PCHA rules.Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey, p. 20 The Cup trustees agreed to this new arrangement, because after the Allan Cup became the highest prize for amateur hockey teams in Canada, the trustees had become dependent on the top two professional leagues to bolster the prominence of the trophy.Diamond (1992), p. 45 After the [Portland Rosebuds](/source/Portland_Rosebuds_(hockey)), an American-based team, joined the PCHA in 1914, the trustees issued a statement that the Cup was no longer for the best team in Canada, but now for the best team in the world. Two years later, the Rosebuds became the first American team to play in the Stanley Cup championship finals. In 1917, the [Seattle Metropolitans](/source/Seattle_Metropolitans) became the first American team to win the Cup.{{cite web | url= http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=STC&year=1916-17 | title= Stanley Cup Winners: Seattle Metropolitans 1916–17 | publisher= [Hockey Hall of Fame](/source/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame) | access-date= 2006-07-11 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930080630/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=STC&year=1916-17 | archive-date= 2007-09-30}} After that season, the NHA dissolved, and the [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) (NHL) took its place. In [1919](/source/1919_Stanley_Cup_Final), the [Spanish influenza](/source/Spanish_influenza) epidemic forced the Montreal Canadiens and the Seattle Metropolitans to cancel their series tied at 2–2–1, marking the first time the Stanley Cup was not awarded.Podnieks, p. 51 The format for the Stanley Cup championship changed in [1922](/source/1921-22_WCHL_season), with the creation of the [Western Canada Hockey League](/source/Western_Canada_Hockey_League) (WCHL). Now three leagues competed for the Cup and this necessitated a semi-final series between two league champions, with the third having a bye directly to the finals.Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey, pp. 20–21 In [1924](/source/1924-25_WCHL_season), the PCHA and the WCHL merged to form the Western Hockey League (WHL) and the championship reverted to a single series.Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey, p. 21 After winning in the 1924–25 season, the [Victoria Cougars](/source/Victoria_Cougars) became the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup.{{cite web| url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=STC&year=1924-25| title=Stanley Cup Winners: Victoria Cougars 1924–25| publisher=[Hockey Hall of Fame](/source/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame)| access-date=2006-07-11| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930080728/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=STC&year=1924-25| archive-date=2007-09-30}} The WHL folded in 1926, and most of the players moved to the NHL. This left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Cup. Other leagues and clubs have issued challenges, but from that year forward, no non-NHL team has played for it, leading it to become the ''[de facto](/source/de_facto)'' championship trophy of the NHL. In 1947, the NHL reached an agreement with trustees [P. D. Ross](/source/Philip_Dansken_Ross) and [Cooper Smeaton](/source/Cooper_Smeaton) to grant control of the cup to the NHL, allowing the league itself to reject challenges from other leagues that may have wished to play for the Cup.Diamond, Zweig and Duplacey, p. 40.{{cite web | url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=153935&hubname= | title=Court:Non-NHL teams could vie for Cup|publisher=[TSN](/source/The_Sports_Network) | date=2006-02-07 | access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071216083200/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=153935&hubname= |archive-date = 2007-12-16}} A 2006 Ontario Superior Court case found that the trustees had gone against Lord Stanley's conditions in the 1947 agreement.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2036537|title=Amateurs taking NHL to court to play for Cup|publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN)|access-date=2007-10-13|date=2005-04-13}} The NHL has agreed to allow other teams to play for the Cup should the league not be operating, as was the case in the [2004–05 NHL lockout](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_NHL_lockout). ===Broadcasting=== {{see also|List of Stanley Cup Final broadcasters|List of American Stanley Cup Final television announcers|List of Canadian Stanley Cup Final television announcers}} The first television broadcast of the Stanley Cup Final in Canada was in {{scfy|1953}}. English-language coverage was aired by the [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) (CBC), with [Danny Gallivan](/source/Danny_Gallivan) calling the play-by-play, [Keith Dancy](/source/Keith_Dancy) providing the colour commentary, and [Wes McKnight](/source/Wes_McKnight) hosted. The ''[Hockey Night in Canada](/source/Hockey_Night_in_Canada)'' team of Gallivan and Dancy called the next eight finals. Gallivan called his last championship series in {{scfy|1978}}. For decades, ''Hockey Night in Canada'' on CBC remained the exclusive English-language broadcaster across Canada, except in {{scfy|1972}} when a lengthy [NABET](/source/National_Association_of_Broadcast_Employees_and_Technicians) [strike](/source/Strike_action) forced coverage to be instead aired on [CTV](/source/CTV_television_network), and from {{scfy|1985}} to {{scfy|1988}} when the series was split between CBC and either CTV or [Global TV](/source/Global_Television_Network). In {{scfy|2015}}, the CBC telecast became a [Rogers Media](/source/Rogers_Media)-produced broadcast under a sub-license agreement, with it streaming on Rogers Media's digital platform, and a simulcast on [Sportsnet](/source/Sportsnet) starting in {{scfy|2017}}. French-language broadcasts in Canada also began in 1953, with play-by-play commentator [Rene Lecavalier](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Lecavalier) and colour commentator Jean-Maurice Bailly on CBC's [Télévision de Radio-Canada](/source/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_de_Radio-Canada) (SRC) division. SRC continued to be the exclusive French-language broadcaster until {{scfy|2003}} when [Réseau des sports](/source/R%C3%A9seau_des_sports) (RDS) took over. Since 2015, under a sub-license agreement with Rogers, [TVA](/source/TVA_(Canada)) has been the exclusive home of French-language broadcasts in Canada. The first television broadcast in the United States was in {{scfy|1962}}, covered by local Chicago station [WGN](/source/WGN-TV), while network broadcasts started in {{scfy|1966}} on [NBC](/source/NHL_on_NBC). However, national coverage on American television, like the rest of the NHL season, remained in a state of flux for decades. From 1966 to 1975, NBC and [CBS](/source/NHL_on_CBS) held the rights at various times, but they each only covered selected games of the series. It was then carried on [syndication](/source/Broadcast_syndication) from 1976 to 1979 through the [1970s NHL Network](/source/NHL_Network_(1975_TV_program)). In 1980, the [Hughes](/source/Hughes_Television_Network) broadcast network simulcast CBC's feed before the series was moved to cable. During its time on cable from 1980 to 1993, rights to the series was held at various times by [USA](/source/NHL_on_USA), [SportsChannel America](/source/NHL_on_SportsChannel_America), and [ESPN](/source/NHL_on_ESPN), but there was no exclusive coverage of games and thus local broadcasters could also still televise them regionally as well. In {{scfy|1995}}, Fox signed on to be the exclusive national broadcast network of selected games of the final round, splitting it with ESPN. This splitting of exclusive national coverage between a cable and a broadcast network was then passed to [ABC](/source/NHL_on_ABC) and ESPN in {{scfy|2000}}, and then NBC and [Versus](/source/NHL_on_Versus) (now [NBCSN](/source/NBCSN)) in {{scfy|2006}}. Since {{scfy|2022}}, the series has been rotated annually between ABC in even years and the cable channel [TNT](/source/NHL_on_TNT) in odd years (with the option for simulcasts on their respective sister cable networks or streaming platforms). ====Timeline of national broadcasters==== {| class="wikitable" |- style="vertical-align:top" ! colspan="3"|Canada ! colspan="3"|United States |- ! style="width:4em;"|Year ! English language ! French language ! style="width:4em;"|Year ! National broadcaster(s) ! Local/national coverage policy |- ! 1953 | rowspan="3"|[CBC](/source/Hockey_Night_in_Canada) | rowspan="15"|[SRC](/source/La_Soir%C3%A9e_du_hockey) ! 1953 | colspan="2" style=" text-align:center;"|''None'' |- ! 1966 ! 1966 | [NBC](/source/NHL_on_NBC) (Games 1 and 4), [RKO General](/source/NHL_on_RKO_General) (Game 6) | rowspan="4"|Local coverage permitted for non-network games.
National network telecasts exclusive. |- ! 1967 ! 1967 | rowspan="2"|[CBS](/source/NHL_on_CBS) (Selected games only) |- ! 1972 | [CTV](/source/NHL_on_CTV) ! 1972 |- ! 1973 | rowspan="4"|[CBC](/source/Hockey_Night_in_Canada) ! 1973 | NBC (Selected games only) |- ! 1976 ! 1976 | [NHL Network](/source/NHL_Network_(1975%E2%80%9379)) | rowspan="2"|National coverage on syndicated network exclusive, with local announcers of participating U.S. teams being used only in the participating team's markets. |- ! 1980 ! 1980 | [Hughes](/source/NHL_on_Hughes) (Games 1–5), CBS (Game 6) |- ! 1981 ! 1981 | rowspan="2"|[USA](/source/NHL_on_USA) | rowspan="6"|Local coverage permitted for all games.
National coverage (cable) not exclusive. |- ! 1985 | rowspan="2"|Split between [CBC](/source/Hockey_Night_in_Canada) and [CTV](/source/NHL_on_CTV) ! 1985 |- ! 1986 ! 1986 | rowspan="2"|[ESPN](/source/NHL_on_ESPN) |- ! 1987 | Split between [CBC](/source/Hockey_Night_in_Canada) and [Global](/source/NHL_on_Global) ! 1987 |- ! 1989 | rowspan="6"|[CBC](/source/Hockey_Night_in_Canada) ! 1989 | [SportsChannel America](/source/NHL_on_SportsChannel_America) |- ! 1993 ! 1993 | ESPN |- ! 1995 ! 1995 | Split between [Fox](/source/NHL_on_Fox) and ESPN | rowspan="6"|National coverage (network and cable) exclusive. |- ! 2000 ! 2000 | rowspan="2"|Split between [ABC](/source/NHL_on_ABC) and ESPN |- ! 2003 | rowspan="2"|[RDS](/source/LNH_%C3%A0_RDS) ! 2003 |- ! 2006 ! 2006 | rowspan="2"|Split between NBC and [OLN/VS](/source/NHL_on_Versus)/NBCSN |- ! 2015 | rowspan="2"|[CBC](/source/Hockey_Night_in_Canada), produced by [Rogers Sportsnet](/source/NHL_on_Sportsnet); simulcast on Sportsnet since 2017 | rowspan="2"|[TVA](/source/TVA_Sports) ! 2015 |- ! 2022 ! 2022 | Rotated annually between ABC in even years and [TNT](/source/NHL_on_TNT) in odd years; TNT's broadcasts are also simulcast on [TruTV](/source/TruTV) |} ==Series format== {{see also|Stanley Cup playoffs#History}} The championship series began with the interleague "World Series" played in one city. The series alternated between a rink of the NHA and later the NHL and a rink of the PCHA and later the WCHL/WHL. It was not until the demise of the WHL that the final series alternated games between the two finalists' home ice. The series allowed ties until 1928. As the two and later three leagues differed, the series would alternate using each league's rules. The PCHA continued to use seven-man team play, and games would alternate with six- and seven-man games. After the NHL became the last remaining league to compete for the Cup, the trophy was then awarded to the winner of the NHL's championship playoff round. This first took place in 1927 between the [Boston Bruins](/source/Boston_Bruins) and the [Ottawa Senators](/source/Ottawa_Senators_(original)), which was planned to be a best-of-three series, although the series allowed ties. The series ended after four games, when the Senators defeated the Bruins in the fourth game. The NHL has changed its playoff format several times since 1927, and thus the final round has not always pitted conference or division playoff champions against each other. In the playoff format used from 1929 to 1938, the two teams with identical division ranking would face each other (i.e. the first-place teams played each other, the second-place teams played each other, and likewise for the third-place teams). The winner of the first-place series would automatically advance to the final round. The winners of the second- and third-place series would then play each other, with the winner of that series earning the other berth in the championship round. During the [Original Six](/source/Original_Six) era, the top four teams made the playoffs, with the first- and third-place teams battling in one semifinal series, while the second- and fourth-place teams battled in the other. And from [1975](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_NHL_season) to [1981](/source/1981_Stanley_Cup_playoffs), all the playoff teams were seeded regardless of division or conference. From [1982](/source/1982_Stanley_Cup_playoffs) to [2020](/source/2020_Stanley_Cup_playoffs), the NHL's final round pitted the league's two conference playoff champions. In [2021](/source/2021_Stanley_Cup_playoffs), the league temporarily realigned due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_America). As a result, the four playoff division champions were re-seeded and played in the semifinals, with the winners of those series advancing to the finals. The league then returned to the previous conference-based playoff format in [2022](/source/2022_Stanley_Cup_playoffs). {| class="wikitable" |- ! Years ! Format ! Participants{{cite book |last=McCarthy|first=Dave |year=2008 |title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book|edition=2009|publisher=Dan Diamond Associates |isbn=978-1-894801-14-0|page=249}}{{cite web | url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=25433 | title=NHL playoff formats | website=NHL.com | access-date=2018-11-19}} ! Notes |- | 1914–1917 | rowspan="3" | best-of-five | [NHA](/source/National_Hockey_Association) champion vs. [PCHA](/source/Pacific_Coast_Hockey_Association) champion | |- | 1918–1921 | [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League) champion vs. [PCHA](/source/Pacific_Coast_Hockey_Association) champion | [1919 series](/source/1919_Stanley_Cup_Final) cancelled after the fifth game because of the [flu epidemic](/source/1918_flu_pandemic). |- | 1922 | rowspan="2" | With three leagues (the NHL, the PCHA, and the [WCHL](/source/Western_Canada_Hockey_League)) competing for the Cup, a semifinal series was held between two league champions, with the third having a bye directly to the Cup finals. | |- | 1923–1924 | best-of-three | |- | 1925–1926 | best-of-five | NHL champion vs. WCHL/WHL champion | The WCHL was renamed the WHL before the 1925–26 season. |- | 1927 | best-of-three | rowspan="2" | [American Division](/source/American_Division_(NHL)) vs. [Canadian Division](/source/Canadian_Division_(NHL)) playoff champions | Ties allowed, series ended in four games. First season that the Cup was solely contested by the NHL. |- | 1928 | best-of-five | |- | 1929–1930 | best-of-three | rowspan="2" | The two divisional first-place teams played each other for one berth in the Cup Final, while the other playoff teams competed in a series of rounds for the other berth in the Cup Final. | |- | 1931–1938 | best-of-five | |- | 1939–1942 | rowspan="8"| best-of-seven | The top two seeds played each other for one berth in the Cup Final, while the other four playoff teams battled in a series of rounds for the other berth. | Period of the seven-team NHL |- | 1943–1967 | The first and third-place teams played for one berth in the Cup Final, while the second and fourth-place teams played for the other berth. | The "[Original Six](/source/Original_Six)" era. |- | 1968–1970 | [East Division](/source/East_Division_(NHL)) vs. [West Division](/source/West_Division_(NHL)) playoff champions | |- | 1971–1974 | The league used playoff formats that ensured that both Cup semifinals were inter-division match-ups. | |- | 1975–1981 | Playoff teams were seeded regardless of division or conference, with the last two remaining teams playing in the finals. | |- | 1982–2020 | [Wales/Eastern](/source/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)) Conference vs. [Campbell/Western](/source/Western_Conference_(NHL)) Conference playoff champions | 2004–05 season canceled due to [lockout](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_NHL_lockout). |- | 2021 | The [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_America) and closure of the [Canada–United States border](/source/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border) forced the league to temporarily realign the teams in three US-based divisions and one Canadian division to limit travel. The top four teams in each division played each other with the winners of those games advancing to the divisional round. The four divisional playoff champions were then re-seeded by regular season points in the Stanley Cup semifinals. The winners of the semifinals played each other in the Stanley Cup Final. | |- | 2022–present | [Eastern Conference](/source/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)) vs. [Western Conference](/source/Western_Conference_(NHL)) playoff champions | |} ==Champions== {{Further|List of Stanley Cup champions}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ style="font-size:larger"|Most recent Final appearances (last five) ! Year !! Winning team !! Coach !! Losing team !! Coach !! Result !! Series-winning goal |- | style="text-align:center;"|{{scfy|2021}} || [Tampa Bay Lightning](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_season) {{small|([CD](/source/Central_Division_(NHL)))}} || [Jon Cooper](/source/Jon_Cooper_(ice_hockey)) || [Montreal Canadiens](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Montreal_Canadiens_season) {{small|([ND](/source/North_Division_(NHL)))}} || [Dominique Ducharme](/source/Dominique_Ducharme_(ice_hockey)) (interim)|| style="text-align:center;"|4–1 || [Ross Colton](/source/Ross_Colton) {{small|(13:27, second)}} |- | style="text-align:center;"|{{scfy|2022}} || [Colorado Avalanche](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Colorado_Avalanche_season) {{small|([WC](/source/Western_Conference_(NHL)))}} || [Jared Bednar](/source/Jared_Bednar) || [Tampa Bay Lightning](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_season) {{small|([EC](/source/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)))}} || [Jon Cooper](/source/Jon_Cooper_(ice_hockey)) ||style="text-align:center;"|4–2 || [Artturi Lehkonen](/source/Artturi_Lehkonen) {{small|(12:28, second)}} |- | style="text-align:center;"|{{scfy|2023}} || [Vegas Golden Knights](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Vegas_Golden_Knights_season) {{small|([WC](/source/Western_Conference_(NHL)))}} || [Bruce Cassidy](/source/Bruce_Cassidy) || [Florida Panthers](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Florida_Panthers_season) {{small|([EC](/source/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)))}} || [Paul Maurice](/source/Paul_Maurice) ||style="text-align:center;"|4–1 || [Reilly Smith](/source/Reilly_Smith) {{small|(12:13, second)}} |- | style="text-align:center;"|{{scfy|2024}} || [Florida Panthers](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Florida_Panthers_season) {{small|([EC](/source/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)))}} || [Paul Maurice](/source/Paul_Maurice) || [Edmonton Oilers](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Edmonton_Oilers_season) {{small|([WC](/source/Western_Conference_(NHL)))}} || [Kris Knoblauch](/source/Kris_Knoblauch) ||style="text-align:center;"|4–3 || [Sam Reinhart](/source/Sam_Reinhart) {{small|(15:11, second)}} |- | style="text-align:center;"|{{scfy|2025}} || [Florida Panthers](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_Florida_Panthers_season) {{small|([EC](/source/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)))}} || [Paul Maurice](/source/Paul_Maurice) || [Edmonton Oilers](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_Edmonton_Oilers_season) {{small|([WC](/source/Western_Conference_(NHL)))}} || [Kris Knoblauch](/source/Kris_Knoblauch) ||style="text-align:center;"|4–2 || [Matthew Tkachuk](/source/Matthew_Tkachuk) {{small|(19:13, first)}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+ style="font-size:larger" |Most Final appearances (top five)
('''Bold''' indicates Cup wins) ! Appearances ! Team ! Wins ! Losses ! Win % ! class="unsortable"|Years of appearance |- | 35{{ref|3|[3]}} | style="text-align:left;"|[Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens) (NHA/NHL) | 24 | 10 | {{winpct|24|11}} | style="text-align:left;"|'''[1916](/source/1916_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1917](/source/1917_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1919](/source/1919_Stanley_Cup_Final){{ref|3|[3]}}, '''[1924](/source/1924_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1925](/source/1925_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1930](/source/1930_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1931](/source/1931_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1944](/source/1944_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1946](/source/1946_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1947](/source/1947_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1951](/source/1951_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1952](/source/1952_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1953](/source/1953_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1954](/source/1954_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1955](/source/1955_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1956](/source/1956_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1957](/source/1957_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1958](/source/1958_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1959](/source/1959_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1960](/source/1960_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1965](/source/1965_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1966](/source/1966_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1967](/source/1967_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1968](/source/1968_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1969](/source/1969_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1971](/source/1971_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1973](/source/1973_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1976](/source/1976_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1977](/source/1977_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1978](/source/1978_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1979](/source/1979_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1986](/source/1986_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1989](/source/1989_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1993](/source/1993_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [2021](/source/2021_Stanley_Cup_Final) |- | 24 | style="text-align:left;"|[Detroit Red Wings](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings) | 11 | 13 | {{winpct|11|13}} | style="text-align:left;"|[1934](/source/1934_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1936](/source/1936_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1937](/source/1937_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1941](/source/1941_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1942](/source/1942_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1943](/source/1943_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1945](/source/1945_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1948](/source/1948_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1949](/source/1949_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1950](/source/1950_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1952](/source/1952_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1954](/source/1954_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1955](/source/1955_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1956](/source/1956_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1961](/source/1961_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1963](/source/1963_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1964](/source/1964_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1966](/source/1966_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1995](/source/1995_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1997](/source/1997_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1998](/source/1998_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[2002](/source/2002_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[2008](/source/2008_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [2009](/source/2009_Stanley_Cup_Final) |- | 21 | style="text-align:left;"|[Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs){{ref|1|[1]}} | 13 | 8 | {{winpct|13|8}} | style="text-align:left;"|'''[1918](/source/1918_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1922](/source/1922_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1932](/source/1932_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1933](/source/1933_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1935](/source/1935_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1936](/source/1936_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1938](/source/1938_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1939](/source/1939_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1940](/source/1940_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1942](/source/1942_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1945](/source/1945_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1947](/source/1947_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1948](/source/1948_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1949](/source/1949_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1951](/source/1951_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1959](/source/1959_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1960](/source/1960_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1962](/source/1962_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1963](/source/1963_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1964](/source/1964_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1967](/source/1967_Stanley_Cup_Final)''' |- | 20 | style="text-align:left;"|[Boston Bruins](/source/Boston_Bruins) | 6 | 14 | {{winpct|6|14}} | style="text-align:left;"|[1927](/source/1927_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1929](/source/1929_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1930](/source/1930_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1939](/source/1939_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1941](/source/1941_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1943](/source/1943_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1946](/source/1946_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1953](/source/1953_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1957](/source/1957_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1958](/source/1958_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1970](/source/1970_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1972](/source/1972_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1974](/source/1974_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1977](/source/1977_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1978](/source/1978_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1988](/source/1988_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1990](/source/1990_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[2011](/source/2011_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [2013](/source/2013_Stanley_Cup_Final), [2019](/source/2019_Stanley_Cup_Final) |- | 13 | style="text-align:left;"|[Chicago Blackhawks](/source/Chicago_Blackhawks){{ref|2|[2]}} | 6 | 7 | {{winpct|6|7}} | style="text-align:left;"|[1931](/source/1931_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1934](/source/1934_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[1938](/source/1938_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1944](/source/1944_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[1961](/source/1961_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', [1962](/source/1962_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1965](/source/1965_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1971](/source/1971_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1973](/source/1973_Stanley_Cup_Final), [1992](/source/1992_Stanley_Cup_Final), '''[2010](/source/2010_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[2013](/source/2013_Stanley_Cup_Final)''', '''[2015](/source/2015_Stanley_Cup_Final)''' |} ;Notes {{note|1}}1. The NHL includes the Toronto Hockey Club ([Toronto Arenas](/source/Toronto_Arenas)) 1918 win and the 1922 [Toronto St. Patricks](/source/Toronto_St._Patricks) win in the Toronto Maple Leafs total.
{{note|2}}2. The Chicago Blackhawks were known as the Chicago Black Hawks before the [1986–87 season](/source/1986%E2%80%9387_NHL_season).
{{note|3}}3. The Montreal Canadiens totals include the [1919 finals](/source/1919_Stanley_Cup_Final) that ended with a no-decision because of the [Spanish flu epidemic](/source/Spanish_flu). ==Records== ===Team=== *'''Most wins''': Montreal Canadiens ('''24''') *'''Most losses''': Boston Bruins ('''14''') *'''Fewest losses''': Colorado Avalanche ('''0''') *'''Most consecutive wins''': Montreal Canadiens ('''5''' in [1956](/source/1956_Stanley_Cup_Final)–[1960](/source/1960_Stanley_Cup_Final)) *'''Most consecutive losses''': Toronto Maple Leafs ('''3''' in [1938](/source/1938_Stanley_Cup_Final)–[1940](/source/1940_Stanley_Cup_Final)), St. Louis Blues ('''3''' in [1968](/source/1968_Stanley_Cup_Final)–[1970](/source/1970_Stanley_Cup_Final)) *'''Most consecutive appearances''': Montreal Canadiens ('''10''' in [1951](/source/1951_Stanley_Cup_Final)–[1960](/source/1960_Stanley_Cup_Final)){{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=30991 |title=Final Series Record Book, 1918-2011 Page 1 - Stanley Cup Playoffs |publisher=Nhl.com |access-date=2013-06-02}} *'''Most consecutive appearances without a loss''': Montreal Canadiens ('''9''' from [1968](/source/1968_Stanley_Cup_Final) to [1986](/source/1986_Stanley_Cup_Final)) *'''Most consecutive appearances without a win''': Toronto Maple Leafs ('''6''' from [1933](/source/1933_Stanley_Cup_Final) to [1940](/source/1940_Stanley_Cup_Final)), Detroit Red Wings ('''6''' from [1956](/source/1956_Stanley_Cup_Final) to [1995](/source/1995_Stanley_Cup_Final)), Philadelphia Flyers ('''6''' from [1976](/source/1976_Stanley_Cup_Final) to [2010](/source/2010_Stanley_Cup_Final)) *'''Most seasons between wins''': New York Rangers ('''54''' between [1940](/source/1940_Stanley_Cup_Final) and [1994](/source/1994_Stanley_Cup_Final)) *'''Most seasons between appearances''': Toronto Maple Leafs ('''58''' between [1967](/source/1967_Stanley_Cup_Final)–present, excluding 2004–05 season) ====Stanley Cup Final consecutive appearances==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! style="text-align:left;"|Team ! Appearance streak ! Consecutive appearances ! class="unsortable"|Wins during streak |- | style="text-align:left;"|[Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens) || 10 seasons || [1950–51](/source/1950%E2%80%9351_NHL_season) through to [1959–60](/source/1959%E2%80%9360_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1952–53](/source/1952%E2%80%9353_NHL_season), [1955–56](/source/1955%E2%80%9356_NHL_season), [1956–57](/source/1956%E2%80%9357_NHL_season), [1957–58](/source/1957%E2%80%9358_NHL_season), [1958–59](/source/1958%E2%80%9359_NHL_season), [1959–60](/source/1959%E2%80%9360_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|Montreal Canadiens || 05 seasons || [1964–65](/source/1964%E2%80%9365_NHL_season) through to [1968–69](/source/1968%E2%80%9369_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1964–65](/source/1964%E2%80%9365_NHL_season), [1965–66](/source/1965%E2%80%9366_NHL_season), [1967–68](/source/1967%E2%80%9368_NHL_season), [1968–69](/source/1968%E2%80%9369_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|[New York Islanders](/source/New_York_Islanders) || 05 seasons || [1979–80](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_NHL_season) through to [1983–84](/source/1983%E2%80%9384_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1979–80](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_NHL_season), [1980–81](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_NHL_season), [1981–82](/source/1981%E2%80%9382_NHL_season), [1982–83](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|Montreal Canadiens || 04 seasons || [1975–76](/source/1975%E2%80%9376_NHL_season) through to [1978–79](/source/1978%E2%80%9379_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1975–76](/source/1975%E2%80%9376_NHL_season), [1976–77](/source/1976%E2%80%9377_NHL_season), [1977–78](/source/1977%E2%80%9378_NHL_season), [1978–79](/source/1978%E2%80%9379_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|[Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs) || 03 seasons || [1937–38](/source/1937%E2%80%9338_NHL_season) through to [1939–40](/source/1939%E2%80%9340_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|none |- | style="text-align:left;"|[Detroit Red Wings](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings) || 03 seasons || [1940–41](/source/1940%E2%80%9341_NHL_season) through to [1942–43](/source/1942%E2%80%9343_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1942–43](/source/1942%E2%80%9343_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|Toronto Maple Leafs || 03 seasons || [1946–47](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_NHL_season) through to [1948–49](/source/1948%E2%80%9349_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1946–47](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_NHL_season), [1947–48](/source/1947%E2%80%9348_NHL_season), [1948–49](/source/1948%E2%80%9349_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit Red Wings || 03 seasons || [1947–48](/source/1947%E2%80%9348_NHL_season) through to [1949–50](/source/1949%E2%80%9350_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1949–50](/source/1949%E2%80%9350_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit Red Wings || 03 seasons || [1953–54](/source/1953%E2%80%9354_NHL_season) through to [1955–56](/source/1955%E2%80%9356_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1953–54](/source/1953%E2%80%9354_NHL_season), [1954–55](/source/1954%E2%80%9355_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|Toronto Maple Leafs || 03 seasons || [1961–62](/source/1961%E2%80%9362_NHL_season) through to [1963–64](/source/1963%E2%80%9364_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1961–62](/source/1961%E2%80%9362_NHL_season), [1962–63](/source/1962%E2%80%9363_NHL_season), [1963–64](/source/1963%E2%80%9364_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|[St. Louis Blues](/source/St._Louis_Blues) || 03 seasons ||[1967–68](/source/1967%E2%80%9368_NHL_season) through to [1969–70](/source/1969%E2%80%9370_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|none |- | style="text-align:left;"|[Philadelphia Flyers](/source/Philadelphia_Flyers) || 03 seasons || [1973–74](/source/1973%E2%80%9374_NHL_season) through to [1975–76](/source/1975%E2%80%9376_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1973–74](/source/1973%E2%80%9374_NHL_season), [1974–75](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|[Edmonton Oilers](/source/Edmonton_Oilers) || 03 seasons || [1982–83](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_NHL_season) through to [1984–85](/source/1984%E2%80%9385_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[1983–84](/source/1983%E2%80%9384_NHL_season), [1984–85](/source/1984%E2%80%9385_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|[Tampa Bay Lightning](/source/Tampa_Bay_Lightning) || 03 seasons || [2019–20](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_NHL_season) through to [2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[2019–20](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_NHL_season), [2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_NHL_season) |- | style="text-align:left;"|[Florida Panthers](/source/Florida_Panthers) || 03 seasons || [2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_NHL_season) through to [2024–25](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_NHL_season) || style="text-align:left;"|[2023–24](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_NHL_season), [2024–25](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_NHL_season) |} ===Individual=== ;Career * '''Most years in finals''' (12) - [Maurice Richard](/source/Maurice_Richard), [Red Kelly](/source/Red_Kelly), [Jean Beliveau](/source/Jean_Beliveau), [Henri Richard](/source/Henri_Richard)Diamond(2000), p. 88 * '''Most games played in finals''' (65) - [Red Kelly](/source/Red_Kelly), [Henri Richard](/source/Henri_Richard) * '''Most consecutive games in finals''' (53) - [Bernie Geoffrion](/source/Bernie_Geoffrion) * '''Most career points in finals''' (62) - [Jean Beliveau](/source/Jean_Beliveau) * '''Most career goals in finals''' (34) - [Maurice Richard](/source/Maurice_Richard) * '''Most career assists in finals''' (35) - [Wayne Gretzky](/source/Wayne_Gretzky) * '''Most career game-winning goals in finals''' (9) - [Jean Beliveau](/source/Jean_Beliveau) * '''Most career shutouts in finals''' (8) - [Clint Benedict](/source/Clint_Benedict) ; Series * '''Most points, one series''' (13) - [Wayne Gretzky](/source/Wayne_Gretzky) ([1988](/source/1988_Stanley_Cup_Final))Diamond(2000), p. 89. * '''Most goals, one series''' (14) - [Bernie Morris](/source/Bernie_Morris) ([1917](/source/1917_Stanley_Cup_Final)) {{NoteTag|One of the above (most points, most goals) is incorrect, as 14 goals are also 14 points. The discrepancy seems to be whether the years before 1918 are included in NHL Stanley Cup history.}} * '''Most assists, one series''' (10) - [Wayne Gretzky](/source/Wayne_Gretzky) ([1988](/source/1988_Stanley_Cup_Final)) * '''Most shutouts, one series''' (3) - [Clint Benedict](/source/Clint_Benedict) ([1926](/source/1926_Stanley_Cup_Final)), [Frank McCool](/source/Frank_McCool) ([1945](/source/1945_Stanley_Cup_Final)), [Martin Brodeur](/source/Martin_Brodeur) ([2003](/source/2003_Stanley_Cup_Final)) ==See also== * [List of Stanley Cup champions](/source/List_of_Stanley_Cup_champions) * [List of Stanley Cup challenge games](/source/List_of_Stanley_Cup_challenge_games) * [List of NHL franchise post-season droughts](/source/List_of_NHL_franchise_post-season_droughts) * [List of Stanley Cup Final sweeps](/source/List_of_Stanley_Cup_Final_sweeps) ==Notes== {{noteFoot}} ==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist}} ===Sources=== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |last=Coleman |first=Charles |title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup vols. 1–3 |publisher=Sherbrooke Daily Record Company Ltd., NHL |year=1964–1969}} *{{cite book | last1=Diamond | first1=Dan | author2=Eric Zweig | author3=James Duplacey | title=The Ultimate Prize: The Stanley Cup | year=2003 | publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing | isbn=0-7407-3830-5 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/ultimateprizesta0000diam}} *{{cite book | editor=Diamond, Dan |title=The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book | year=1992 |publisher=Firefly Books |isbn=1-895565-15-4}} *{{cite book | editor=Diamond, Dan | title=Total Stanley Cup | year=2000 | publisher=Total Sports Canada | isbn=1-892129-07-8 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/totalstanleycupo0000unse}} *{{cite book |editor=McCarthy, Dave |year=2008 |title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2009 |publisher=Dan Diamond Associates |isbn=978-1-894801-14-0}} *{{cite book |last1=Podnieks | first1=Andrew |author2=Hockey Hall of Fame |author2-link=Hockey Hall of Fame | title=Lord Stanley's Cup | year=2004 | publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=1-55168-261-3}} {{refend}} ==External links== *{{cite web |url = https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-stanley-cup-champions-winners-complete-list-287705398|title=List of winners of the Stanley Cup|publisher=NHL.com|access-date=2016-03-03}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=25433 |title=List of Stanley Cup Playoff Formats: 1917 to date |access-date=2013-06-25 |publisher=NHL.com}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/cup/winninggoals.html |title=Stanley Cup-winning goals|access-date=2008-04-18|publisher=NHL.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412121457/http://www.nhl.com/cup/winninggoals.html|archive-date=2009-04-12}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinners.jsp?tro=STC |title=STC List of winners of the Stanley Cup |access-date=2008-04-18 |publisher=LegendsofHockey.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230005924/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinners.jsp?tro=STC |archive-date=2007-12-30}} *{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=5548 |title=Stanley Cup Playoffs – Winners and Finalists Since 1893 |access-date=2008-04-18 |publisher=[The Sports Network](/source/The_Sports_Network) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502134656/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=5548 |archive-date=2008-05-02 |url-status=dead}} {{Clear}} {{Stanley Cup Final}} {{NHL}} Category:Stanley Cup Finals Finals Category:Annual sporting events in the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stanley Cup Final](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cup_Final) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cup_Final?action=history)). 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