1991 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Summary

League Playoff Series

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4-2

Pittsburgh Penguins over Minnesota North Stars

Game 1	May 15	Minnesota North Stars	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	4
Game 2	May 17	Minnesota North Stars	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	4
Game 3	May 19	Pittsburgh Penguins	1	Minnesota North Stars	3
Game 4	May 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	Minnesota North Stars	3
Game 5	May 23	Minnesota North Stars	4	Pittsburgh Penguins	6
Game 6	May 25	Pittsburgh Penguins	8	Minnesota North Stars	0

4-1

Minnesota North Stars over Edmonton Oilers

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Game 1	May 2	Minnesota North Stars	3	Edmonton Oilers	1
Game 2	May 4	Minnesota North Stars	2	Edmonton Oilers	7
Game 3	May 6	Edmonton Oilers	3	Minnesota North Stars	7
Game 4	May 8	Edmonton Oilers	1	Minnesota North Stars	5
Game 5	May 10	Minnesota North Stars	3	Edmonton Oilers	2

4-2

Pittsburgh Penguins over Boston Bruins

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Game 1	May 1	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	Boston Bruins	6
Game 2	May 3	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	Boston Bruins	5	(OT)
Game 3	May 5	Boston Bruins	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	4
Game 4	May 7	Boston Bruins	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	4
Game 5	May 9	Pittsburgh Penguins	7	Boston Bruins	2
Game 6	May 11	Boston Bruins	3	Pittsburgh Penguins	5

4-2

Edmonton Oilers over Los Angeles Kings

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Game 1	April 18	Edmonton Oilers	3	Los Angeles Kings	4	(OT)
Game 2	April 20	Edmonton Oilers	4	Los Angeles Kings	3	(2OT)
Game 3	April 22	Los Angeles Kings	3	Edmonton Oilers	4	(2OT)
Game 4	April 24	Los Angeles Kings	2	Edmonton Oilers	4
Game 5	April 26	Edmonton Oilers	2	Los Angeles Kings	5
Game 6	April 28	Los Angeles Kings	3	Edmonton Oilers	4	(OT)

4-2

Minnesota North Stars over St. Louis Blues

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Game 1	April 18	Minnesota North Stars	2	St. Louis Blues	1
Game 2	April 20	Minnesota North Stars	2	St. Louis Blues	5
Game 3	April 22	St. Louis Blues	1	Minnesota North Stars	5
Game 4	April 24	St. Louis Blues	4	Minnesota North Stars	8
Game 5	April 26	Minnesota North Stars	2	St. Louis Blues	4
Game 6	April 28	St. Louis Blues	2	Minnesota North Stars	3

4-1

Pittsburgh Penguins over Washington Capitals

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Game 1	April 17	Washington Capitals	4	Pittsburgh Penguins	2
Game 2	April 19	Washington Capitals	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	7	(OT)
Game 3	April 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	Washington Capitals	1
Game 4	April 23	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	Washington Capitals	1
Game 5	April 25	Washington Capitals	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	4

4-3

Boston Bruins over Montreal Canadiens

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Game 1	April 17	Montreal Canadiens	1	Boston Bruins	2
Game 2	April 19	Montreal Canadiens	4	Boston Bruins	3	(OT)
Game 3	April 21	Boston Bruins	3	Montreal Canadiens	2
Game 4	April 23	Boston Bruins	2	Montreal Canadiens	6
Game 5	April 25	Montreal Canadiens	1	Boston Bruins	4
Game 6	April 27	Boston Bruins	2	Montreal Canadiens	3	(OT)
Game 7	April 29	Montreal Canadiens	1	Boston Bruins	2

4-3

Edmonton Oilers over Calgary Flames

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Game 1	April 4	Edmonton Oilers	3	Calgary Flames	1
Game 2	April 6	Edmonton Oilers	1	Calgary Flames	3
Game 3	April 8	Calgary Flames	3	Edmonton Oilers	4
Game 4	April 10	Calgary Flames	2	Edmonton Oilers	5
Game 5	April 12	Edmonton Oilers	3	Calgary Flames	5
Game 6	April 14	Calgary Flames	2	Edmonton Oilers	1	(OT)
Game 7	April 16	Edmonton Oilers	5	Calgary Flames	4	(OT)

4-2

Los Angeles Kings over Vancouver Canucks

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Game 1	April 4	Vancouver Canucks	6	Los Angeles Kings	5
Game 2	April 6	Vancouver Canucks	2	Los Angeles Kings	3	(OT)
Game 3	April 8	Los Angeles Kings	1	Vancouver Canucks	2	(OT)
Game 4	April 10	Los Angeles Kings	6	Vancouver Canucks	1
Game 5	April 12	Vancouver Canucks	4	Los Angeles Kings	7
Game 6	April 14	Los Angeles Kings	4	Vancouver Canucks	1

4-3

St. Louis Blues over Detroit Red Wings

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Game 1	April 4	Detroit Red Wings	6	St. Louis Blues	3
Game 2	April 6	Detroit Red Wings	2	St. Louis Blues	4
Game 3	April 8	St. Louis Blues	2	Detroit Red Wings	5
Game 4	April 10	St. Louis Blues	3	Detroit Red Wings	4
Game 5	April 12	Detroit Red Wings	1	St. Louis Blues	6
Game 6	April 14	St. Louis Blues	3	Detroit Red Wings	0
Game 7	April 16	Detroit Red Wings	2	St. Louis Blues	3

4-2

Minnesota North Stars over Chicago Blackhawks

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Game 1	April 4	Minnesota North Stars	4	Chicago Blackhawks	3	(OT)
Game 2	April 6	Minnesota North Stars	2	Chicago Blackhawks	5
Game 3	April 8	Chicago Blackhawks	6	Minnesota North Stars	5
Game 4	April 10	Chicago Blackhawks	1	Minnesota North Stars	3
Game 5	April 12	Minnesota North Stars	6	Chicago Blackhawks	0
Game 6	April 14	Chicago Blackhawks	1	Minnesota North Stars	3

4-2

Washington Capitals over New York Rangers

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Game 1	April 3	Washington Capitals	1	New York Rangers	2
Game 2	April 5	Washington Capitals	3	New York Rangers	0
Game 3	April 7	New York Rangers	6	Washington Capitals	0
Game 4	April 9	New York Rangers	2	Washington Capitals	3
Game 5	April 11	Washington Capitals	5	New York Rangers	4	(OT)
Game 6	April 13	New York Rangers	2	Washington Capitals	4

4-3

Pittsburgh Penguins over New Jersey Devils

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Game 1	April 3	New Jersey Devils	3	Pittsburgh Penguins	1
Game 2	April 5	New Jersey Devils	4	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	(OT)
Game 3	April 7	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	New Jersey Devils	3
Game 4	April 9	Pittsburgh Penguins	1	New Jersey Devils	4
Game 5	April 11	New Jersey Devils	4	Pittsburgh Penguins	2
Game 6	April 13	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	New Jersey Devils	3
Game 7	April 15	New Jersey Devils	0	Pittsburgh Penguins	4

4-2

Montreal Canadiens over Buffalo Sabres

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Game 1	April 3	Buffalo Sabres	5	Montreal Canadiens	7
Game 2	April 5	Buffalo Sabres	4	Montreal Canadiens	5
Game 3	April 7	Montreal Canadiens	4	Buffalo Sabres	5
Game 4	April 9	Montreal Canadiens	4	Buffalo Sabres	6
Game 5	April 11	Buffalo Sabres	3	Montreal Canadiens	4	(OT)
Game 6	April 13	Montreal Canadiens	5	Buffalo Sabres	1

4-2

Boston Bruins over Hartford Whalers

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Game 1	April 3	Hartford Whalers	5	Boston Bruins	2
Game 2	April 5	Hartford Whalers	3	Boston Bruins	4
Game 3	April 7	Boston Bruins	6	Hartford Whalers	3
Game 4	April 9	Boston Bruins	3	Hartford Whalers	4
Game 5	April 11	Hartford Whalers	1	Boston Bruins	6
Game 6	April 13	Boston Bruins	3	Hartford Whalers	1

Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Rk	Team	GP	W	L	T	OW	OL	W-L%	G	GA	DIFF
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	24	16	8	0	2	1	.667	95	68	27
2	Minnesota North Stars	23	14	9	0	1	0	.609	81	75	6
3	Boston Bruins	19	10	9	0	1	2	.526	60	62	-2
4	Edmonton Oilers	18	9	9	0	4	2	.500	57	60	-3
5	Montreal Canadiens	13	7	6	0	3	0	.538	47	42	5
6	Los Angeles Kings	12	6	6	0	2	4	.500	46	37	9
7	St. Louis Blues	13	6	7	0	0	0	.462	41	42	-1
8	Washington Capitals	11	5	6	0	1	1	.455	29	35	-6
9	New Jersey Devils	7	3	4	0	0	1	.429	21	21	0
10	Calgary Flames	7	3	4	0	1	1	.429	20	22	-2
11	Detroit Red Wings	7	3	4	0	0	0	.429	20	24	-4
12	Hartford Whalers	6	2	4	0	0	0	.333	17	24	-7
13	Buffalo Sabres	6	2	4	0	0	1	.333	24	29	-5
14	New York Rangers	6	2	4	0	0	1	.333	16	16	0
15	Chicago Blackhawks	6	2	4	0	0	1	.333	16	23	-7
16	Vancouver Canucks	6	2	4	0	1	1	.333	16	26	-10
	League Average	11.5	5.8	5.8	0.0	1.2	1.2	.500	37.9	37.9	0

Overtime Goals

Overtime Goals Table
Date	Location	Name	Team	Final Score	Opponent	OTs	OT Time Elapsed
1991-04-04	CHI	Propp, Brian	MNS	4-3	CHI	1	4:14
1991-04-05	PIT	Jágr, Jaromír	PIT	5-4	NJD	1	8:52
1991-04-06	LAK	Gretzky, Wayne	LAK	3-2	VAN	1	11:08
1991-04-08	VAN	Ronning, Cliff	VAN	2-1	LAK	1	3:12
1991-04-11	MTL	Courtnall, Russ	MTL	4-3	BUF	1	5:56
1991-04-11	NYR	Ciccarelli, Dino	WSH	5-4	NYR	1	6:44
1991-04-14	EDM	Fleury, Theo	CGY	2-1	EDM	1	4:40
1991-04-16	CGY	Tikkanen, Esa	EDM	5-4	CGY	1	6:58
1991-04-18	LAK	Robitaille, Luc	LAK	4-3	EDM	1	2:13
1991-04-19	BOS	Richer, Stéphane	MTL	4-3	BOS	1	0:27
1991-04-19	PIT	Stevens, Kevin	PIT	7-6	WSH	1	8:10
1991-04-20	LAK	Klíma, Petr	EDM	4-3	LAK	2	24:48
1991-04-22	EDM	Tikkanen, Esa	EDM	4-3	LAK	2	20:48
1991-04-27	MTL	Corson, Shayne	MTL	3-2	BOS	1	17:47
1991-04-28	EDM	MacTavish, Craig	EDM	4-3	LAK	1	16:57
1991-05-03	BOS	Růžička, Vladimír	BOS	5-4	PIT	1	8:14

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Playoff Leaders

Rate Statistic Requirements

Goals
1.	Kevin Stevens • PIT	17
2.	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	16
	Cam Neely* • BOS	16
4.	Dave Gagner • MNS	12
	Luc Robitaille* • LAK	12
	Esa Tikkanen • EDM	12

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Assists
1.	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	28
2.	Mark Recchi* • PIT	24
3.	Brian Bellows • MNS	19
4.	Ray Bourque* • BOS	18
	Craig Janney • BOS	18
	Larry Murphy* • PIT	18

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Points
1.	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	44
2.	Mark Recchi* • PIT	34
3.	Kevin Stevens • PIT	33
4.	Brian Bellows • MNS	29
5.	Dave Gagner • MNS	27

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Goals Created
1.	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	16.1
2.	Kevin Stevens • PIT	13.4
3.	Mark Recchi* • PIT	11.8
4.	Brian Bellows • MNS	10.7
	Dave Gagner • MNS	10.7

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Plus/Minus
1.	Joe Mullen* • PIT	17
	Larry Murphy* • PIT	17
3.	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	14
	Kevin Stevens • PIT	14
5.	Ron Francis* • PIT	13
	Gordie Roberts • PIT	13

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Penalties in Minutes
1.	Basil McRae • MNS	94
2.	Shane Churla • MNS	90
3.	Mark Tinordi • MNS	78
4.	Gordie Roberts • PIT	63
5.	Chris Nilan • BOS	62

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Even Strength Goals
1.	Kevin Stevens • PIT	10
2.	Esa Tikkanen • EDM	9
3.	Dave Christian • BOS	8
	Brett Hull* • STL	8
	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	8
	Stéphane Richer • MTL	8

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Power Play Goals
1.	Cam Neely* • BOS	9
2.	Brian Propp • MNS	8
3.	Kevin Stevens • PIT	7
4.	Brian Bellows • MNS	6
	Dave Gagner • MNS	6
	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	6

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Short-Handed Goals
1.	Russ Courtnall • MTL	2
	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	2
3.	Neal Broten • MNS	1
	Doug Brown • NJD	1
	Marc Bureau • MNS	1
	Shayne Corson • MTL	1
	Bob Errey • PIT	1
	Dave Gagner • MNS	1
	Stew Gavin • MNS	1
	Steve Kasper • LAK	1
	Jyrki Lumme • VAN	1
	Kelly Miller • WSH	1
	Kevin Miller • DET	1
	Christian Ruuttu • BUF	1
	Dave Snuggerud • BUF	1
	Terry Yake • HAR	1

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Game-Winning Goals
1.	Bobby Smith • MNS	5
2.	Ron Francis* • PIT	4
	Cam Neely* • BOS	4
	Kevin Stevens • PIT	4
5.	Shayne Corson • MTL	3
	Petr Klíma • EDM	3
	Brian Propp • MNS	3
	Esa Tikkanen • EDM	3

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Shots
1.	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	93
2.	Ray Bourque* • BOS	84
3.	Kevin Stevens • PIT	83
4.	Dave Gagner • MNS	78
5.	Esa Tikkanen • EDM	76

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Shooting Percentage
1.	Steve Larmer • CHI	31.3
2.	Luc Robitaille* • LAK	27.3
	Cliff Ronning • VAN	27.3
4.	Brent Gilchrist • MTL	23.8
	Craig Simpson • EDM	23.8

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Hat Tricks
1.	Cam Neely* • BOS	2
2.	Geoff Courtnall • VAN	1
	Petr Klíma • EDM	1
	Adam Oates* • STL	1
	Luc Robitaille* • LAK	1
	Esa Tikkanen • EDM	1
	Steve Yzerman* • DET	1

Goals Per Game
1.	Luc Robitaille* • LAK	1.00
	Cliff Ronning • VAN	1.00
3.	Brett Hull* • STL	0.85
4.	Cam Neely* • BOS	0.84
5.	Mark Hunter • HAR	0.83
	Steve Larmer • CHI	0.83
7.	John MacLean • NJD	0.71
8.	Kevin Stevens • PIT	0.71
9.	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	0.70
10.	Shayne Corson • MTL	0.69
	Stéphane Richer • MTL	0.69

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Assists Per Game
1.	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	1.22
2.	Chris Chelios* • CHI	1.17
	John Cullen • HAR	1.17
	Trevor Linden • VAN	1.17
5.	Craig Janney • BOS	1.00
	Alexander Mogilny • BUF	1.00
	Adam Oates* • STL	1.00
	Mark Recchi* • PIT	1.00
9.	Ray Bourque* • BOS	0.95
10.	Wayne Gretzky* • LAK	0.92

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Points Per Game
1.	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	1.91
2.	Adam Oates* • STL	1.54
3.	Brett Hull* • STL	1.46
4.	Mark Recchi* • PIT	1.42
5.	Kevin Stevens • PIT	1.38
6.	Luc Robitaille* • LAK	1.33
7.	Ray Bourque* • BOS	1.32
8.	Brian Bellows • MNS	1.26
9.	Wayne Gretzky* • LAK	1.25
10.	Craig Janney • BOS	1.22

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Goals Created Per Game
1.	Mario Lemieux* • PIT	0.70
2.	Luc Robitaille* • LAK	0.63
3.	Brett Hull* • STL	0.62
4.	Kevin Stevens • PIT	0.56
5.	Adam Oates* • STL	0.56
6.	Cam Neely* • BOS	0.53
7.	Shayne Corson • MTL	0.51
8.	Mark Recchi* • PIT	0.49
9.	Stéphane Richer • MTL	0.49
10.	Esa Tikkanen • EDM	0.48

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Games Played (Goalie)
1.	Jon Casey • MNS	23
2.	Tom Barrasso* • PIT	20
3.	Andy Moog • BOS	19
4.	Grant Fuhr* • EDM	17
5.	Vincent Riendeau • STL	13
	Patrick Roy* • MTL	13
7.	Kelly Hrudey • LAK	12
8.	Don Beaupre • WSH	11
9.	Tim Cheveldae • DET	7
	Chris Terreri • NJD	7
	Mike Vernon* • CGY	7

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Wins
1.	Jon Casey • MNS	14
2.	Tom Barrasso* • PIT	12
3.	Andy Moog • BOS	10
4.	Grant Fuhr* • EDM	8
5.	Patrick Roy* • MTL	7
6.	Kelly Hrudey • LAK	6
	Vincent Riendeau • STL	6
8.	Don Beaupre • WSH	5
9.	Frank Pietrangelo • PIT	4
10.	Tim Cheveldae • DET	3
	Chris Terreri • NJD	3
	Mike Vernon* • CGY	3

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Losses
1.	Andy Moog • BOS	9
2.	Tom Barrasso* • PIT	7
	Jon Casey • MNS	7
	Grant Fuhr* • EDM	7
	Vincent Riendeau • STL	7
6.	Kelly Hrudey • LAK	6
7.	Don Beaupre • WSH	5
	Patrick Roy* • MTL	5
9.	Ed Belfour* • CHI	4
	Tim Cheveldae • DET	4
	Mike Richter • NYR	4
	Peter Sidorkiewicz • HAR	4
	Chris Terreri • NJD	4
	Mike Vernon* • CGY	4

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Goals Against
1.	Jon Casey • MNS	61
2.	Andy Moog • BOS	60
3.	Tom Barrasso* • PIT	51
	Grant Fuhr* • EDM	51
5.	Patrick Roy* • MTL	40
6.	Kelly Hrudey • LAK	37
7.	Vincent Riendeau • STL	35
8.	Don Beaupre • WSH	29
9.	Peter Sidorkiewicz • HAR	24
10.	Tim Cheveldae • DET	22

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Shots Against
1.	Tom Barrasso* • PIT	629
2.	Jon Casey • MNS	571
3.	Andy Moog • BOS	569
4.	Grant Fuhr* • EDM	488
5.	Patrick Roy* • MTL	394
6.	Kelly Hrudey • LAK	382
7.	Don Beaupre • WSH	294
	Vincent Riendeau • STL	294
9.	Chris Terreri • NJD	216
10.	Tim Cheveldae • DET	208

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Saves
1.	Tom Barrasso* • PIT	578
2.	Jon Casey • MNS	510
3.	Andy Moog • BOS	509
4.	Grant Fuhr* • EDM	437
5.	Patrick Roy* • MTL	354
6.	Kelly Hrudey • LAK	345
7.	Don Beaupre • WSH	265
8.	Vincent Riendeau • STL	259
9.	Chris Terreri • NJD	195
10.	Tim Cheveldae • DET	186

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Save Percentage
1.	Mike Richter • NYR	.923
2.	Tom Barrasso* • PIT	.919
3.	Kelly Hrudey • LAK	.903
4.	Chris Terreri • NJD	.903
5.	Don Beaupre • WSH	.901
6.	Frank Pietrangelo • PIT	.899
7.	Patrick Roy* • MTL	.898
8.	Mike Vernon* • CGY	.897
9.	Grant Fuhr* • EDM	.895
10.	Andy Moog • BOS	.895

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Goals Against Average
1.	John Vanbiesbrouck • NYR	1.16
2.	Tom Barrasso* • PIT	2.60
3.	Dominik Hašek* • CHI	2.62
4.	Mike Richter • NYR	2.69
5.	Kelly Hrudey • LAK	2.78
6.	Don Beaupre • WSH	2.79
7.	Chris Terreri • NJD	2.94
8.	Mike Vernon* • CGY	2.95
9.	Allan Bester • DET	3.00
10.	Grant Fuhr* • EDM	3.00

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Shutouts
1.	Tom Barrasso* • PIT	1
	Don Beaupre • WSH	1
	Jon Casey • MNS	1
	Frank Pietrangelo • PIT	1
	Mike Richter • NYR	1
	Vincent Riendeau • STL	1

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Minutes
1.	Jon Casey • MNS	1205
2.	Tom Barrasso* • PIT	1175
3.	Andy Moog • BOS	1133
4.	Grant Fuhr* • EDM	1019
5.	Kelly Hrudey • LAK	798
6.	Patrick Roy* • MTL	785
7.	Vincent Riendeau • STL	687
8.	Don Beaupre • WSH	624
9.	Chris Terreri • NJD	428
10.	Mike Vernon* • CGY	427

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