National Hockey League (WFAC)

National Hockey League
Ligue nationale de hockey (French)

Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	26 November 1917 (106 years ago), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Commissioner	Gary Bettman
Inaugural season	1917–18
No. of teams	31
Countries	Canada (8 teams) United States (23 in 2021)
Headquarters	New York City, New York, U.S.
Continent	North America
Most recent champion(s)	Philadelphia Flyers (4th title)
Most titles	Montreal Canadiens
TV partner(s)	Canada Sportsnet (CBC) TVA Sports United States NBC NHL Network
Official website	http://www.nhl.com

The National Hockey League (NHL; French: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league currently composed of 30 member clubs. Of the 30 clubs currently playing, 23 are in the United States and seven in Canada. Headquartered in New York City, the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.

The National Hockey League was organized on 26 November 1917, in Montreal, Quebec after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the National Hockey Association (NHA), which had been founded in 1909 in Renfrew, Ontario. The NHL immediately took the NHA's place as one of the leagues that contested for the Stanley Cup in an annual inter-league competition before a series of league mergers and folds left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Stanley Cup in 1926. At its inception, the NHL had four teams—all in Canada, thus the adjective "National" in the league's name. The league expanded to the United States in 1924, when the Boston Bruins joined, and has since consisted of American and Canadian teams. After a labour-management dispute that led to the cancellation of the entire 2004–05 season, the league resumed play under a new collective agreement that included a salary cap.

The league draws many highly skilled players from all over the world and currently has players from approximately 20 different countries. Canadians have historically constituted the majority of the players in the league, with an increasing percentage of American and European players in recent seasons.

Season structure

Since the 1995–96 season, each team in the NHL plays 74 regular season games, 38 each of home and road.

For the 2017–18 season the NHL regular season formula was adjusted to account for the addition of the Vegas Golden Knights. Each team plays either four or five games against the other teams in its division (a total of 26 or 28 games in the Western Conference, 28 games in the Eastern Conference) as well as playing all non-divisional teams in their own conference thrice (21 or 24 games in the west, 24 games in the east). The remaining games of the season are inter-conference play (32 in the west, 30 in the east), allowing every team in the league to play every other team twice. The schedule is structured so that every NHL team plays in every arena at least once per season.

The league schedules two international breaks (one week in November and one week in December) as well as a four-week break in February for the IIHF World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games. The league also schedules a three-day Christmas break (since 1971) when no regular season games are played on either Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Games are not played on December 26 unless it falls on a Saturday, in which case no games would be played on December 23. The NHL also has a holiday roster freeze between 18–27 December, in which in most cases, players cannot be traded, waived, or sent to the minor leagues.

List of teams

Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Founded	Joined	General manager	Head coach	Captain
Eastern Conference
Atlantic	Boston Bruins	Boston, MA	TD Garden	17,565	1924		Don Sweeney	Bruce Cassidy	Zdeno Chara
	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo, NY	KeyBank Center	19,070	1970		Jason Botterill	Phil Housley	Vacant
	Detroit Red Wings	Detroit, MI	Joe Louis Arena	20,027	1926		Ken Holland	Jeff Blashill	Henrik Zetterberg
	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal, QC	Bell Centre	21,288	1909	1917	Marc Bergevin	Claude Julien	Max Pacioretty
	Ottawa Senators	Ottawa, ON	Canadian Tire Centre	18,694	1992		Pierre Dorion	Guy Boucher	Erik Karlsson
	Quebec Nordiques	Quebec City, QC	Centre Vidéotron	18,259	1972	1979	Philippe Boucher	Alain Vigneault	Dion Phaneuf
	Tampa Bay Lightning	Tampa, FL	Amalie Arena	19,092	1992		Steve Yzerman	Jon Cooper	Steven Stamkos
	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre	18,819	1917		Lou Lamoriello	Mike Babcock	Vacant
Metropolitan	Columbus Blue Jackets	Columbus, OH	Nationwide Arena	18,500	2000		Jarmo Kekalainen	John Tortorella	Nick Foligno
	Hartford Whalers	Hartford, CT	XL Center	17,750	1972	1979	Ron Francis	Bill Peters	Jordan Staal (co-captain) Justin Faulk (co-captain)
	New Jersey Devils	Newark, NJ	Prudential Center	16,514	1974*		Ray Shero	John Hynes	Andy Greene
	New York Islanders	New York, NY	Barclays Center	15,795	1972		Garth Snow	Jack Capuano	John Tavares
	New York Rangers	New York, NY	Madison Square Garden	18,006	1926		Jeff Gorton	Lindy Ruff	Ryan McDonagh
	Philadelphia Flyers	Philadelphia, PA	Wells Fargo Center	19,543	1967		Ron Hextall	Dave Hakstol	Claude Giroux
	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pittsburgh, PA	PPG Paints Arena	18,387	1967		Jim Rutherford	Mike Sullivan	Sidney Crosby
	Washington Capitals	Washington, D.C.	Verizon Center	18,506	1974		Brian MacLellan	Barry Trotz	Alexander Ovechkin
Western Conference
Pacific	Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim, CA	Honda Center	17,174	1993		Bob Murray	Randy Carlyle	Ryan Getzlaf
	Arizona Coyotes	Glendale, AZ	Gila River Arena	17,125	1996		John Chayka	Dave Tippett	Shane Doan
	Calgary Flames	Calgary, AB	Scotiabank Saddledome	19,289	1972*		Brad Treliving	Glen Gulutzan	Mark Giordano
	Edmonton Oilers	Edmonton, AB	Rogers Place	18,641	1972	1979	Peter Chiarelli	Todd McLellan	Connor McDavid
	Los Angeles Kings	Los Angeles, CA	Staples Center	18,230	1967		Rob_Blake	John Stevens	Anže Kopitar
	San Jose Sharks	San Jose, CA	SAP Center at San Jose	17,562	1991		Doug Wilson	Peter DeBoer	Joe Pavelski
	Vancouver Canucks	Vancouver, BC	Rogers Arena	18,910	1945	1970	Jim Benning	Travis Green	Henrik Sedin
	Vegas Golden Knights	Paradise, Nevada	T-Mobile Arena	17,500	2017		George McPhee	Gerard Gallant	Vacant
Central	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago, IL	United Center	19,717	1926		Stan Bowman	Joel Quenneville	Jonathan Toews
	Colorado Avalanche	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center	18,007	1995		Joe Sakic	Jared Bednar	Gabriel Landeskog
	Dallas Stars	Dallas, TX	American Airlines Center	18,532	1967*		Jim Nill	Kevin Dineen	Jamie Benn
	Minnesota Wild	St. Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center	17,954	2000		Chuck Fletcher	Bruce Boudreau	Mikko Koivu
	Nashville Predators	Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena	17,113	1998		David Poile	Peter Laviolette	Roman Josi
	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis, MO	Scottrade Center	19,150	1967		Doug Armstrong	Ken Hitchcock	Alex Pietrangelo
	Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg, MB	MTS Centre	15,294	1972	1979*	Kevin Cheveldayoff	Paul Maurice	Blake Wheeler

List of NHL champions, 1927–present

Year	Winning team	Coach	Games	Losing team	Coach	Winning goal	Conn Smythe Trophy Winner
1927	Ottawa Senators (C) (5, 4–1)	Dave Gill	2–0–2	Boston Bruins (A) (1, 0–1)	Art Ross	Cy Denneny (7:30, second)
1928	New York Rangers (A) (1, 1–0)	Lester Patrick-playing	3–2	Montreal Maroons (C) (1, 1–1)	Eddie Gerard	Frank Boucher (3:35, third)
1929	Boston Bruins (A) (2, 1–1)	Cy Denneny-playing	New York Rangers (A) (2, 1–1)	Lester Patrick	2–0	Bill Carson (18:02, third)
1930	Montreal Canadiens (C) (6, 3–2)	Cecil Hart	Boston Bruins (A) (3, 1–2)	Art Ross	2–0	Howie Morenz (1:00, second)
1931	Montreal Canadiens (C) (7, 4–2)	Cecil Hart	Chicago Black Hawks (A) (1, 0–1)	Dick Irvin	3–2	Johnny Gagnon (9:59, second)
1932	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (3, 3–0)	Dick Irvin	New York Rangers (A) (3, 1–2)	Lester Patrick	3–0	Ace Bailey (15:07, third)
1933	New York Rangers (A) (4, 2–2)	Lester Patrick	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (4, 3–1)	Dick Irvin	3–1	Bill Cook (7:34, OT)
1934	Chicago Black Hawks (A) (2, 1–1)	Tommy Gorman	Detroit Red Wings (A) (1, 0–1)	Jack Adams	3–1	Mush March (10:05, second OT)
1935	Montreal Maroons (C) (2, 2–1)	Tommy Gorman	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (5, 3–2)	Dick Irvin	3–0	Baldy Northcott (16:18, second)
1936	Detroit Red Wings (A) (2, 1–1)	Jack Adams	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (6, 3–3)	Dick Irvin	3–1	Pete Kelly (9:45, third)
1937	Detroit Red Wings (A) (3, 2–1)	Jack Adams	New York Rangers (A) (5, 2–3)	Lester Patrick	3–2	Marty Barry (19:22, first)
1938	Chicago Black Hawks (A) (3, 2–1)	Bill Stewart	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (7, 3–4)	Dick Irvin	3–1	Carl Voss (16:45, second)
1939	Boston Bruins (4, 2–2)	Art Ross	Toronto Maple Leafs (8, 3–5)	Dick Irvin	4–1	Roy Conacher (17:54, second)
1940	New York Rangers (6, 3–3)	Frank Boucher	Toronto Maple Leafs (9, 3–6)	Dick Irvin	4–2	Bryan Hextall (2:07, OT)
1941	Boston Bruins (5, 3–2)	Cooney Weiland	Detroit Red Wings (4, 2–2)	Jack Adams	4–0	Bobby Bauer (8:43, second)
1942	Toronto Maple Leafs (10, 4–6)	Hap Day	Detroit Red Wings (5, 2–3)	Jack Adams	4–3	Pete Langelle (9:48, third)
1943	Detroit Red Wings (6, 3–3)	Jack Adams	Boston Bruins (6, 3–3)	Art Ross	4–0	Joe Carveth (12:09, first)
1944	Montreal Canadiens (8, 5–2)	Dick Irvin	Chicago Black Hawks (4, 2–2)	Paul Thompson	4–0	Toe Blake (9:12, OT)
1945	Toronto Maple Leafs (11, 5–6)	Hap Day	Detroit Red Wings (7, 3–4)	Jack Adams	4–3	Babe Pratt (12:14, third)
1946	Montreal Canadiens (9, 6–2)	Dick Irvin	Boston Bruins (7, 3–4)	Dit Clapper	4–1	Toe Blake (11:06, third)
1947	Toronto Maple Leafs (12, 6–6)	Hap Day	Montreal Canadiens (10, 6–3)	Dick Irvin	4–2	Ted Kennedy (14:39, third)
1948	Toronto Maple Leafs (13, 7–6)	Hap Day	Detroit Red Wings (8, 3–5)	Tommy Ivan	4–0	Harry Watson (11:13, first)
1949	Toronto Maple Leafs (14, 8–6)	Hap Day	Detroit Red Wings (9, 3–6)	Tommy Ivan	4–0	Cal Gardner (19:45, second)
1950	Detroit Red Wings (10, 4–6)	Tommy Ivan	New York Rangers (7, 3–4)	Lynn Patrick	4–3	Pete Babando (8:31, second OT)
1951	Toronto Maple Leafs (15, 9–6)	Joe Primeau	Montreal Canadiens (11, 6–4)	Dick Irvin	4–1	Bill Barilko (2:53, OT)
1952	Detroit Red Wings (11, 5–6)	Tommy Ivan	Montreal Canadiens (12, 6–5)	Dick Irvin	4–0	Metro Prystai (6:50, first)
1953	Montreal Canadiens (13, 7–5)	Dick Irvin	Boston Bruins (8, 3–5)	Lynn Patrick	4–1	Elmer Lach (1:22, OT)
1954	Detroit Red Wings (12, 6–6)	Tommy Ivan	Montreal Canadiens (14, 7–6)	Dick Irvin	4–3	Tony Leswick (4:20, OT)
1955	Detroit Red Wings (13, 7–6)	Jimmy Skinner	Montreal Canadiens (15, 7–7)	Dick Irvin	4–3	Gordie Howe (19:49, second)
1956	Montreal Canadiens (16, 8–7)	Toe Blake	Detroit Red Wings (14, 7–7)	Jimmy Skinner	4–1	Maurice Richard (15:08, second)
1957	Montreal Canadiens (17, 9–7)	Toe Blake	Boston Bruins (9, 3–6)	Milt Schmidt	4–1	Dickie Moore (0:14, second)
1958	Montreal Canadiens (18, 10–7)	Toe Blake	Boston Bruins (10, 3–7)	Milt Schmidt	4–2	Bernie Geoffrion (19:26, second)
1959	Montreal Canadiens (19, 11–7)	Toe Blake	Toronto Maple Leafs (16, 9–7)	Punch Imlach	4–1	Marcel Bonin (9:55, second)
1960	Montreal Canadiens (20, 12–7)	Toe Blake	Toronto Maple Leafs (17, 9–8)	Punch Imlach	4–0	Jean Beliveau (8:16, first)
1961	Chicago Black Hawks (5, 3–2)	Rudy Pilous	Detroit Red Wings (15, 7–8)	Sid Abel	4–2	Ab McDonald (18:49, second)
1962	Toronto Maple Leafs (18, 10–8)	Punch Imlach	Chicago Black Hawks (6, 3–3)	Rudy Pilous	4–2	Dick Duff (14:14, third)
1963	Toronto Maple Leafs (19, 11–8)	Punch Imlach	Detroit Red Wings (16, 7–9)	Sid Abel	4–1	Eddie Shack (13:28, third)
1964	Toronto Maple Leafs (20, 12–8)	Punch Imlach	Detroit Red Wings (17, 7–10)	Sid Abel	4–3	Andy Bathgate (3:04, first)
1965	Montreal Canadiens (21, 13–7)	Toe Blake	Chicago Black Hawks (7, 3–4)	Billy Reay	4–3	Jean Beliveau (0:14, first)	Jean Beliveau
1966	Montreal Canadiens (22, 14–7)	Toe Blake	Detroit Red Wings (18, 7–11)	Sid Abel	4–2	Henri Richard (2:20, OT)	Roger Crozier
1967	Toronto Maple Leafs (21, 13–8)	Punch Imlach	Montreal Canadiens (23, 14–8)	Toe Blake	4–2	Jim Pappin (19:24, second)	Dave Keon
1968	Montreal Canadiens (E) (24, 15–8)	Toe Blake	St. Louis Blues (W) (1, 0–1)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	J. C. Tremblay (11:40, third)	Glenn Hall
1969	Montreal Canadiens (E) (25, 16–8)	Claude Ruel	St. Louis Blues (W) (2, 0–2)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	John Ferguson (3:02, third)	Serge Savard
1970	Boston Bruins (E) (11, 4–7)	Harry Sinden	St. Louis Blues (W) (3, 0–3)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Bobby Orr (0:40, OT)	Bobby Orr
1971	Montreal Canadiens (E) (26, 17–8)	Al MacNeil	Chicago Black Hawks (W) (8, 3–5)	Billy Reay	4–3	Henri Richard (2:34, third)	Ken Dryden
1972	Boston Bruins (E) (12, 5–7)	Tom Johnson	New York Rangers (E) (8, 3–5)	Emile Francis	4–2	Bobby Orr (11:18, first)	Bobby Orr
1973	Montreal Canadiens (E) (27, 18–8)	Scotty Bowman	Chicago Black Hawks (W) (9, 3–6)	Billy Reay	4–2	Yvan Cournoyer (8:13, third)	Yvan Cournoyer
1974	Philadelphia Flyers (W) (1, 1–0)	Fred Shero	Boston Bruins (E) (13, 5–8)	Bep Guidolin	4–2	Rick MacLeish (14:48, first)	Bernie Parent
1975	Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (2, 2–0)	Fred Shero	Buffalo Sabres (PW) (1, 0–1)	Floyd Smith	4–2	Bob Kelly (0:11, third)	Bernie Parent
1976	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (28, 19–8)	Scotty Bowman	Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (3, 2–1)	Fred Shero	4–0	Guy Lafleur (14:18, third)	Reggie Leach
1977	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (29, 20–8)	Scotty Bowman	Boston Bruins (PW) (14, 5–9)	Don Cherry	4–0	Jacques Lemaire (4:32, OT)	Guy Lafleur
1978	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (30, 21–8)	Scotty Bowman	Boston Bruins (PW) (15, 5–10)	Don Cherry	4–2	Mario Tremblay (9:20, first)	Larry Robinson
1979	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (31, 22–8)	Scotty Bowman	New York Rangers (CC) (9, 3–6)	Fred Shero	4–1	Jacques Lemaire (1:02, second)	Bob Gainey
1980	New York Islanders (CC) (1, 1–0)	Al Arbour	Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (4, 2–2)	Pat Quinn	4–2	Bob Nystrom (7:11, OT)	Bryan Trottier
1981	New York Islanders (CC) (2, 2–0)	Al Arbour	Minnesota North Stars (PW) (1, 0–1)	Glen Sonmor	4–1	Wayne Merrick (5:37, first)	Butch Göring
1982	New York Islanders (PW) (3, 3–0)	Al Arbour	Vancouver Canucks (CC) (1, 0–1)	Roger Neilson	4–0	Mike Bossy (5:00, second)	Mike Bossy
1983	New York Islanders (PW) (4, 4–0)	Al Arbour	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (1, 0–1)	Glen Sather	4–0	Mike Bossy (12:39, first)	Billy Smith
1984	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (2, 1–1)	Glen Sather	New York Islanders (PW) (5, 4–1)	Al Arbour	4–1	Ken Linseman (0:38, second)	Mark Messier
1985	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (3, 2–1)	Glen Sather	Philadelphia Flyers (PW) (5, 2–3)	Mike Keenan	4–1	Paul Coffey (17:57, first)	Wayne Gretzky
1986	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (32, 23–8)	Jean Perron	Calgary Flames (CC) (1, 0–1)	Bob Johnson	4–1	Bobby Smith (10:30, third)	Patrick Roy
1987	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (4, 3–1)	Glen Sather	Philadelphia Flyers (PW) (6, 2–4)	Mike Keenan	4–3	Jari Kurri (14:59, second)	Ron Hextall
1988	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (5, 4–1)	Glen Sather	Boston Bruins (PW) (16, 5–11)	Terry O'Reilly	4–0	Wayne Gretzky (9:44, second)	Wayne Gretzky
1989	Calgary Flames (CC) (2, 1–1)	Terry Crisp	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (33, 23–9)	Pat Burns	4–2	Doug Gilmour (11:02, third)	Al MacInnis
1990	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (6, 5–1)	John Muckler	Boston Bruins (PW) (17, 5–12)	Mike Milbury	4–1	Craig Simpson (9:31, second)	Bill Ranford
1991	Pittsburgh Penguins (PW) (1, 1–0)	Bob Johnson	Minnesota North Stars (CC) (2, 0–2)	Bob Gainey	4–2	Ulf Samuelsson (2:00, first)	Mario Lemieux
1992	Pittsburgh Penguins (PW) (2, 2–0)	Scotty Bowman	Chicago Blackhawks (CC) (10, 3–7)	Mike Keenan	4–0	Ron Francis (7:59, third)	Mario Lemieux
1993	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (34, 24–9)	Jacques Demers	Los Angeles Kings (CC) (1, 0–1)	Barry Melrose	4–1	Kirk Muller (3:51, second)	Patrick Roy
1994	New York Rangers (EC) (10, 4–6)	Mike Keenan	Vancouver Canucks (WC) (2, 0–2)	Pat Quinn	4–3	Mark Messier (13:29, second)	Brian Leetch
1995	New Jersey Devils (EC) (1, 1–0)	Jacques Lemaire	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (19, 7–12)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Neal Broten (7:56, second)	Claude Lemieux
1996	Quebec Nordiques (EC) (1, 1–0)	Marc Crawford	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (20, 7–13)	Scotty Bowman	4–2	Uwe Krupp (4:31, third OT)	Joe Sakic
1997	Philadelphia Flyers (EC) (7, 3–4)	Terry Murray	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (21, 7–14)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Jaromír Jágr (13:02, second)	Ron Hextall
1998	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (22, 8–14)	Scotty Bowman	Washington Capitals (EC) (1, 0–1)	Ron Wilson	4–0	Martin Lapointe (2:26, second)	Steve Yzerman
1999	Dallas Stars (WC) (1, 1–0)	Ken Hitchcock	Buffalo Sabres (EC) (2, 0–2)	Lindy Ruff	4–2	Brett Hull (14:51, third OT)	Joe Nieuwendyk
2000	New Jersey Devils (EC) (2, 2–0)	Larry Robinson	Dallas Stars (WC) (2, 1–1)	Ken Hitchcock	4–2	Jason Arnott (8:20, second OT)	Scott Stevens
2001	Colorado Avalanche (WC) (2, 2–0)	Bob Hartley	New Jersey Devils (EC) (3, 2–1)	Larry Robinson	4–3	Alex Tanguay (4:57, second)	Patrick Roy
2002	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (23, 9–14)	Scotty Bowman	Carolina Hurricanes (EC) (1, 0–1)	Paul Maurice	4–1	Brendan Shanahan (14:04, second)	Nicklas Lidström
2003	New Jersey Devils (EC) (4, 3–1)	Pat Burns	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (WC) (1, 0–1)	Mike Babcock	4–3	Michael Rupp (2:22, second)	Jean-Sebastien Giguere
2004	Tampa Bay Lightning (EC) (1, 1–0)	John Tortorella	Calgary Flames (WC) (3, 1–2)	Darryl Sutter	4–3	Ruslan Fedotenko (14:38, second)	Brad Richards
2005	Season cancelled due to 2004–05 NHL lockout.
2006	Hartford Whalers (EC) (2, 1–1)	Peter Laviolette	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (WC) (7, 5–2)	Craig MacTavish	Frantisek Kaberle (4:18, second)	Cam Ward
2007	Anaheim Ducks (WC) (2, 1–1)	Randy Carlyle	4–1	Ottawa Senators (EC) (1, 0–1)	Bryan Murray	Travis Moen (15:44, second)	Scott Niedermayer
2008	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (24, 10–14)	Mike Babcock	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (3, 2–1)	Michel Therrien	Henrik Zetterberg (7:36, third)	Henrik Zetterberg
2009	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (4, 3–1)	Dan Bylsma	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (25, 10–11)	Mike Babcock	Maxime Talbot (10:07, second)	Evgeni Malkin
2010	Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (11, 4–7)	Joel Quenneville	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (EC) (8, 3–5)	Peter Laviolette	Patrick Kane (4:06, OT)	Jonathan Toews
2011	Boston Bruins (EC) (18, 6–12)	Claude Julien	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (WC) (3, 0–3)	Alain Vigneault	Patrice Bergeron (14:37, first)	Tim Thomas
2012	Los Angeles Kings (WC) (2, 1–1)	Darryl Sutter	4–2	New Jersey Devils (EC) (5, 3–2)	Peter DeBoer	Jeff Carter (12:45, first)	Jonathan Quick
2013	Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (12, 5–7)	Joel Quenneville	4–2	Boston Bruins (EC) (19, 6–13)	Claude Julien	Dave Bolland (19:01, third)	Patrick Kane
2014	New York Rangers (EC) (11, 5–6)	Alain Vigneault	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (WC) (3, 1–2)	Darryl Sutter	Derek Stepan (14:43, second OT)	Henrik Lundqvist
2015	Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (13, 6–7)	Joel Quenneville	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (EC) (2, 1–1)	Jon Cooper	Duncan Keith (17:13, second)	Duncan Keith
2016	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (5, 4–1)	Mike Sullivan	4–2	San Jose Sharks (WC) (1, 0–1)	Peter DeBoer	Kris Letang (7:46, second)	Sidney Crosby
2017	Minnesota Wild (WC) (1, 1–0)	Bruce Boudreau	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (6, 4–2)	Mike Sullivan	Patrick Thoresen (18:25, second)	Ryan Suter
2018	Washington Capitals (EC) (2, 1–1)	Barry Trotz	4–1	Vegas Golden Knights (WC) (1, 0–1)	Gerard Gallant	Lars Eller (12:23, third)	Alexander Ovechkin
2019	St. Louis Blues (WC) (4, 1–3)	Craig Berube (interim)	4–3	Boston Bruins (EC) (20, 6–14)	Bruce Cassidy	Alex Pietrangelo (19:52, first)	Ryan O'Reilly
2020	Philadelphia Flyers (EC) (9, 4–5)	Alain Vigneault	4–2	Dallas Stars (WC) (3, 1–2)	Rick Bowness (interim)	Sean Couturier (12:23, first)	Sean Couturier

See also

• Sports (WFAC)