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Prior to that, the challenge cup was held by nine teams. The Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup 24 times and made the Finals an additional 11 times. There were two years when the Stanley Cup was not awarded: 1919, because of the Spanish flu pandemic, and 2005, because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.
The 2021 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2020–21 season and the culmination of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.The series was between the Montreal Canadiens and the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning.
The 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2020–21 season.The playoffs began on May 15, 2021, and concluded on July 7, 2021, with the Tampa Bay Lightning winning their second consecutive and third overall Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Montreal Canadiens four games to one in the Stanley Cup Finals.
The Blackhawks would end up defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games in the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals. [12] In 2018, Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin hoisted the Wales trophy after winning the Eastern Conference finals, before ultimately defeating the Vegas Golden Knights in five games to win the Stanley Cup. [ 13 ]
It was Tampa Bay's first Stanley Cup championship. It was the Flames' third final appearance, losing to the Montreal Canadiens in 1986 and beating the Canadiens in the 1989 rematch. These playoffs ended up being the last playoff tournament until 2006 due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout that resulted in the cancellation of the following season.
The Stanley Cup playoffs saw the first- and second-place teams play against each other in a best-of-seven series for one berth in the Stanley Cup Finals, while the third- to sixth-place teams battled in a series of best-of-three matches for the other berth (with the third-place team taking on the fourth-place team, and the fifth-place team ...
Won Stanley Cup semifinals vs. New York Islanders, 4–3 Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–1† 2021–22: 2021–22: Eastern‡ Atlantic 3rd 82 51 23 — 8 110 287 233 23 14 9 67 61 Won first round vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–3 Won second round vs. Florida Panthers, 4–0 Won conference finals vs. New York Rangers, 4–2 Lost ...
The Stanley Cup (French: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) considers it to be one of the "most important championships available to the sport". [1]