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Steve Yzerman, won the Conn Smythe Trophy with the Detroit Red Wings in 1998, the most recent series to occur in a sweep.

In the Stanley Cup Finals, a sweep refers to a National Hockey League (NHL) team winning four straight games and losing none in a best-of-seven format. There have been 20 sweeps in Stanley Cup Finals history.

The first sweep is credited to the Boston Bruins who defeated the Detroit Red Wings in four straight games in the 1941 Stanley Cup Finals. The most recent sweep occurred in the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals, when the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Washington Capitals.

List of sweeps

Pre-NHL Division Alignment

Year Winning team Head Coaches Losing team Head Coaches Conn Smythe Ref.
1941 Boston Bruins Cooney Weiland Detroit Red Wings Jack Adams
1943 Detroit Red Wings Jack Adams Boston Bruins Art Ross
1944 Montreal Canadiens Dick Irvin Chicago Black Hawks Paul Thompson
1948 Toronto Maple Leafs Hap Day Detroit Red Wings Tommy Ivan
1949 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings
1952 Detroit Red Wings Tommy Ivan Montreal Canadiens Dick Irvin
1960 Montreal Canadiens Toe Blake Toronto Maple Leafs Punch Imlach

1967-1974 NHL Division Alignment

Year Winning team Head Coaches Losing team Head Coaches Conn Smythe Ref.
1968 Montreal Canadiens Toe Blake St. Louis Blues Scotty Bowman Glenn Hall
1969 Montreal Canadiens Claude Ruel St. Louis Blues Serge Savard
1970 Boston Bruins Harry Sinden St. Louis Blues Bobby Orr

Conference Realignment

Starting in the 1974-75 NHL season, the National Hockey League expanded to 18 teams, installing new conferences and divisions and reorganizing its playoff format. . In the 1993-94 NHL season, The Eastern Conference and Western Conference became officially formed and are both tied for 2 sweeps each conference, with the Detroit Red Wings account for half of those, with two. As of the 2013-2014 NHL season, the National Hockey League uses these methods today with 2 Eastern Conference divisions (Atlantic & Metropolitan) and 2 in the Western Conference (Central & Pacific).

1974-1993

Key
Western Conference
Eastern Conference
Year Winning team Head Coaches Losing team Head Coaches Conn Smythe Ref.
1976 Montreal Canadiens Scotty Bowman Philadelphia Flyers Fred Shero Reggie Leach

The 1977 Series between the Canadiens and Bruins was unique due to both teams partaking in the finals as members of the same conference (Wales).

Year Winning team Head Coaches Losing team Head Coaches Conn Smythe Ref.
1977 Montreal Canadiens Scotty Bowman Boston Bruins Don Cherry Guy Lafleur
Year Winning team Head Coaches Losing team Head Coaches Conn Smythe Ref.
1982 New York Islanders Al Arbour Vancouver Canucks Roger Neilson Mike Bossy
1983 New York Islanders Edmonton Oilers Glen Sather Billy Smith
1988 Edmonton Oilers Glen Sather Boston Bruins Terry O'Reilly Wayne Gretzky
1992 Pittsburgh Penguins Scotty Bowman Chicago Blackhawks Mike Keenan Mario Lemieux

1994-present

Year Winning team Head Coaches Losing team Head Coaches Conn Smythe Ref.
1995 New Jersey Devils Jacques Lemaire Detroit Red Wings Scotty Bowman Claude Lemieux
1996 Colorado Avalanche Marc Crawford Florida Panthers Doug MacLean Joe Sakic
1997 Detroit Red Wings Scotty Bowman Philadelphia Flyers Terry Murray Mike Vernon
1998 Detroit Red Wings Washington Capitals Ron Wilson Steve Yzerman

Notes

  1. The Conn Smythe Trophy started being awarded out to the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup playoffs since the 1964–65 NHL season.
  2. The Red Wings were present in the Western Conference from 1993-94 until 2013-14.

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