May 7: Bossy powers Islanders to fourth straight Cup Final

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: May 7
1983:
Mike Bossy
carries the three-time defending champion New York Islanders back to the Stanley Cup Final by scoring four goals in a series-clinching
8-4 victory
against the Boston Bruins at Nassau Coliseum in Game 6 of the Wales Conference Final.

Bossy takes advantage of a misplay by Boston goalie
Pete Peeters
to score an easy goal in the first period, then puts on a one-man show in the second to blow the game open. He makes it 4-2 by beating Peeters with a slap shot 59 seconds into the period, completes his hat trick at 5:51 and scores again at 10:03 to give the three-time defending Cup champions a 6-3 lead.
Bossy finishes the series with nine goals and sets a Stanley Cup Playoff record by scoring the winning goal in each of New York's four victories.

MORE MOMENTS
1972:
Bobby Orr
supplies the offense for the Bruins in a
3-2 victory against the New York Rangers
in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final at Madison Square Garden. Orr scores two goals in the first period and sets up a shorthanded goal by
Don Marcotte
late in the second. The three-point game gives Orr 22 points, breaking his own single-season NHL record for defensemen of 20 in 1970.

1985: The Edmonton Oilers stay unbeaten in the 1985 playoffs and set a postseason record when they
defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3
in Game 2 of the Campbell Conference Final at Northlands Coliseum. The victory is the 12th straight for Edmonton, at the time the longest winning streak in Stanley Cup Playoff history.
Jari Kurri
scores three times for the Oilers, with two coming during their four-goal third period.
1993:
Wayne Gretzky
makes history twice in the Los Angeles Kings'
7-4 victory against the Vancouver Canucks
in Game 3 of the Smythe Division Final. Gretzky scores twice in the third period to become the first NHL player with 100 goals in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. His unassisted goal early in the period gives Los Angeles a 5-2 lead and proves to be the game-winner. It's his 19th game-winning goal in the playoffs, moving him past the previous record-holder,
Maurice Richard
.
1999:
Bill Ranford
makes 37 saves in his first playoff start in three years before
Kirk Maltby
scores at 4:18 of overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a
3-2 victory against the Colorado Avalanche
in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals at McNichols Arena. Colorado forward
Claude Lemieux
becomes the first player in NHL history to appear in at least 50 games with three teams; he's done it with the Montreal Canadiens and New Jersey Devils before coming to Colorado.
2000:
Andy Delmore
becomes the first rookie defenseman to score three goals in a playoff game. His hat trick helps the Philadelphia Flyers to a
6-3 victory
against the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Delmore scores once in each period. His five goals in the series are the most by a rookie defenseman; he scores only one more playoff goal in his NHL career.
2006:
Ilya Bryzgalov
makes 22 saves for the Anaheim Ducks in a
3-0 victory against the Avalanche
at Honda Center in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Bryzgalov becomes the seventh goalie in NHL history to have three consecutive playoffs shutouts.
2010:
Mark Recchi
scores two goals for the Bruins in their
5-4 overtime loss to the Flyers
in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final at Wells Fargo Center. At 42 years and 93 days, Recchi becomes the oldest NHL player to score multiple goals in a playoff game.

On the same night, Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks ties a playoff record with three power-play goals in a 3-0 victory against the
7-4 win against the Vancouver Canucks
at GM Place. He also has two assists to become the fifth player in Blackhawks history to have five points in a playoff game.
2012:
Brad Richards
scores the tying goal with 7.6 seconds left in the third period and Marc Staal scores 1:35 into overtime to give the Rangers a
3-2 victory against the Washington Capitals
in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at Madison Square Garden. Richards ties the game when he scores off a scramble; Staal's goal is a long shot that deflects off a Washington defender and goes past goalie Braden Holtby. It's the first playoff game to have a team score the tying goal in the last 10 seconds of the third period, then score the game-winner within the first two minutes of overtime.
2013: The San Jose Sharks complete the first playoff sweep in their 22-year history by defeating the Vancouver Canucks
4-3 in overtime
in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Patrick Marleau's power-play goal at 13:18 of OT at HP Pavilion gives the Sharks the win.
2017: Leon Draisaitl has a hat trick and two assists for a five-point night, powering the Edmonton Oilers to a
7-1 victory
against the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 of the Western Conference Second Round. Draisaitl has the full house at Rogers Place roaring when he scores twice in the first period, then completes his first playoff hat trick by scoring a power-play goal at 15:27 of the third period.

2018:The Capitals end the Penguins' two-year run as Stanley Cup champions with a
2-1 overtime victory
in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at PPG Paints Arena. Alex Ovechkin sets up Evgeny Kuznetsov's goal at 5:27 of overtime to move the Capitals into the conference finals for the first time since 1998. The loss by the Penguins ensures that there will be a different champion for the 18th time in 19 seasons.

2019: The St. Louis Blues advance to the Western Conference Final by
defeating the Dallas Stars 2-1
in double overtime to win Game 7 of their second-round series. Stars goalie Ben Bishop makes 52 saves before Blues forward Pat Maroon, a fellow St. Louis native, taps in a rebound at 5:50 of the second overtime for the win. The Blues advance to the conference finals/NHL Semifinals for the eighth time since entering the League in 1967.