1989 Stanley Cup playoffs: (S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Vancouver Canucks
Smyl's breakaway is stopped and Otto's skate ends Vancouver's season in overtime.
In the 1989 Smythe Division Semifinals the Calgary Flames beat the Vancouver Canucks in seven games. The seventh game went to overtime, where Joel Otto scored the series winner at 19:21 of the first overtime after Jim Peplinski's shot banked in off Otto's skate.
Quick Facts
- Series
- 1989 Smythe Division Semifinals
- Result
- Calgary Flames won 4–3
- Key save
- Mike Vernon on a Stan Smyl breakaway
- Previous meetings
- Fourth playoff series, Calgary 2–1 before it
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Background
It was the fourth playoff series between the teams, Calgary having won two of the previous three, including the 1984 Smythe Division Semifinals 3–1. In Game 7 both teams had great chances in overtime; the best was a breakaway by Canucks captain Stan Smyl, stopped by Calgary goaltender Mike Vernon. It was the first of three consecutive series between the clubs decided in overtime of a seventh game, with the winner of each reaching the Stanley Cup Final; Calgary won the 1989 Stanley Cup.
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