Lighthouse Fantasy Dream Season, pt 3
by Torgo on Jan 29, 2012 10:17 AM EST
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PrintGames 42 – 51
At the end of the first half of the season, Team Keith posted a 7-2-2 record to take a 6 point lead over Team Mark.The first set of games after the break was a total whitewash, with Team Keith scoring 40 goals enroute to a 9-1-0 mark. Team Marks’ 1-8-1 result puts them now 21 points behind with 31 games to play.
Team Mark can’t find their answer in net to Henrik Lundqvist. Even Brian Elliot, 3rd goalie now for Keith at 7-4, 3.65 .879 would be the #1 on Mark’s team, where Jonathan Quick leads with 8-11, 3.89, .890.
Pavel Datsyuk continues to run away with the points lead, 23-66-89. Phil Kessel is up to 37 goals with Marion Gaborik now to 31.
GM VISITOR HOME OT
42 Keith 6 Mark 3
43 Mark 3 Keith 4
44 Keith 4 Mark 2
45 Mark 1 Keith 6
46 Keith 5 Mark 3
47 Keith 5 Mark 4 OT
48 Keith 1 Mark 4
49 Keith 2 Mark 1
50 Mark 2 Keith 4
51 Mark 2 Keith 3
TEAM GP W L T OT PTS GF GA
Team Keith 51 31 16 0 4 66 210 162
Team Mark 51 20 26 0 5 45 162 210
GOALS BY PERIOD SHOTS BY PERIOD
TEAM 1 2 3 OT T TEAM 1 2 3 OT T
Mark 56 57 45 2 160 Mark 561 573 553 17 1704
Keith 65 71 69 3 208 Keith 610 587 614 23 1834
Team Keith After 51 Games
Player GM G A PTS PPG SHG S PM +/- .PCT GWG GTG OTG STARS PAVEL DATSYUK 51 23 66 89 11 0 182 6 12 12.6 4 0 0 (5-5-3) MARIAN GABORIK 51 31 35 66 18 0 214 4 8 14.5 4 0 0 (4-3-8) PHIL KESSEL 51 37 28 65 15 0 220 26 8 16.8 5 0 3 (4-4-6) RYAN SUTER 51 4 38 42 2 0 60 54 -8 6.7 0 0 0 (0-1-0) KEITH YANDLE 51 7 30 37 0 0 78 36 18 9.0 2 0 0 (0-2-3) JAROME IGINLA 51 21 15 36 7 0 134 18 -9 15.7 5 0 0 (2-2-1) JAMIE BENN 51 12 22 34 3 2 128 24 -7 9.4 1 0 0 (1-1-2) EVGENI MALKIN 51 11 19 30 0 0 109 10 15 10.1 0 0 0 (2-1-2) JOHN TAVARES 51 6 24 30 1 0 110 24 -9 5.5 1 0 0 (1-0-0) DAN GIRARDI 51 5 25 30 5 0 74 28 -8 6.8 1 0 0 (0-0-1) DANIEL ALFREDSSON 51 10 14 24 0 0 74 12 15 13.5 2 0 0 (3-1-1) DION PHANEUF 51 6 17 23 2 0 93 72 18 6.5 1 0 0 (0-0-0) JAMES NEAL 51 13 9 22 0 0 92 31 15 14.1 0 0 0 (1-2-1) DANIEL SEDIN 51 6 14 20 0 0 65 12 0 9.2 2 0 0 (0-0-2) ERIK KARLSSON 51 2 17 19 0 0 40 15 7 5.0 0 0 0 (0-0-1) KRIS LETANG 51 1 15 16 0 0 50 24 7 2.0 0 0 0 (0-0-0) PATRICK KANE 51 10 5 15 0 0 66 4 1 15.2 1 0 0 (0-1-1) CLAUDE GIROUX 51 3 10 13 0 0 45 8 -1 6.7 0 0 0 (0-1-0) TEAM 2 TOTALS 208 403 611 64 2 1834 410 82 11.3 29 0 3 Goalie GM MIN W L T GA GAA S SPCT SHO ENG PPG SHG OTG PM STARS HENRIK LUNDQVIST 19 1148 13 6 0 48 2.51 662 0.927 2 1 12 2 0 4 (4-3-2) TIM THOMAS 22 1262 11 10 0 70 3.33 702 0.900 1 0 12 2 0 8 (3-2-1) BRIAN ELLIOTT 13 674 7 4 0 41 3.65 339 0.879 0 0 9 1 2 0 (1-1-0) TOTALS 3084 31 20 0 159 3.07 1703 0.906 3 1 33 5 2 12
Team Mark After 51 Games
Player GM G A PTS PPG SHG S PM +/- .PCT GWG GTG OTG STARS HENRIK SEDIN 51 25 42 67 12 0 127 12 -15 19.7 4 0 0 (6-2-1) ZDENO CHARA 51 13 31 44 6 0 122 61 3 10.7 3 0 1 (3-1-0) SCOTT HARTNELL 51 18 21 39 5 0 151 77 -13 11.9 3 0 1 (0-2-1) JOFFREY LUPUL 51 16 22 38 5 0 138 22 -11 11.6 1 0 0 (1-4-1) STEVEN STAMKOS 51 13 25 38 2 0 112 10 7 11.6 2 0 0 (1-1-1) COREY PERRY 51 19 18 37 3 0 128 37 6 14.8 1 0 0 (2-3-0) KIMMO TIMONEN 51 5 25 30 0 4 61 26 -14 8.2 0 0 0 (0-0-0) SHEA WEBER 51 2 26 28 0 0 131 42 3 1.5 0 0 0 (0-1-2) MARIAN HOSSA 51 11 8 19 0 0 129 21 -15 8.5 1 0 0 (0-0-0) LOGAN COUTURE 51 6 11 17 0 1 129 28 -10 4.7 1 0 0 (1-1-2) MILAN MICHALEK 51 6 11 17 0 0 108 30 7 5.6 0 0 0 (0-0-1) BRIAN CAMPBELL 51 2 15 17 0 0 45 8 -15 4.4 0 0 0 (1-0-0) JASON SPEZZA 51 4 11 15 0 0 54 4 1 7.4 0 0 0 (0-0-0) DENNIS WIDEMAN 51 2 13 15 0 0 36 22 -6 5.6 0 0 0 (0-0-0) JORDAN EBERLE 51 6 8 14 0 0 62 8 -1 9.7 0 0 0 (0-0-0) ALEXANDER EDLER 51 1 10 11 0 0 47 6 -5 2.1 1 0 0 (0-0-0) JASON POMINVILLE 51 8 2 10 0 0 60 12 -2 13.3 0 0 0 (1-0-1) TYLER SEGUIN 51 3 7 10 0 0 64 8 -10 4.7 1 0 0 (1-0-1) TEAM 10 TOTALS 160 306 466 33 5 1704 444 -90 9.4 18 0 2 Goalie GM MIN W L T GA GAA S SPCT SHO ENG PPG SHG OTG PM STARS JONATHAN QUICK 23 1065 8 11 0 69 3.89 626 0.890 0 1 23 0 1 0 (3-1-1) CAREY PRICE 19 927 5 9 0 61 3.95 517 0.882 1 0 14 0 1 2 (0-2-2) JIMMY HOWARD 19 1093 7 11 0 77 4.23 690 0.888 0 0 27 2 1 6 (0-3-2) TOTALS 3085 20 31 0 207 4.01 1833 0.887 1 1 64 2 3 8
Games 52 – 61
Team Mark stopped the bleeding a little posting a 5-3-2 record, but that was matched by the 5-3-2 record of Team Keith as four games went to the skills competition to decide a victor.Team Keith’s power play continues to steamroll everything in its path scoring on every third chance (33.3%). Pavel Datsyuk has opened up a 19 point lead over Henrik Sedin in the points race.
Tim Thomas took the brunt of the work this week, posting a 3-1 record allowing only 11 goals.
GM VISITOR HOME OT
52 Mark 4 Keith 3 SO
53 Mark 4 Keith 5 SO
54 Keith 8 Mark 3
55 Keith 4 Mark 1
56 Keith 3 Mark 5
57 Keith 3 Mark 5
58 Keith 2 Mark 3 SO
59 Mark 5 Keith 4
60 Mark 1 Keith 7
61 Mark 4 Keith 5 SO
TEAM GP W L T OT PTS GF GA
Team Keith 61 36 19 0 6 78 254 197
Team Mark 61 25 29 0 7 57 197 254
GOALS BY PERIOD SHOTS BY PERIOD
TEAM 1 2 3 OT T TEAM 1 2 3 OT T
Mark 67 67 57 2 193 Mark 667 669 632 23 1991
Keith 78 82 87 3 250 Keith 732 712 739 31 2214
SPECIAL TEAMS – Team Keith
Power Play Attempts : 204 Power Play Goals : 68 Percentage : 33.3%
Times Short Handed : 177 Goals Against : 39 Percentage : 78.0%
Team Keith After 61 Games
Player GM G A PTS PPG SHG S PM +/- .PCT GWG GTG OTG STARS PAVEL DATSYUK 61 25 72 97 11 0 213 6 13 11.7 5 0 0 (5-5-4) MARIAN GABORIK 61 37 40 77 19 0 267 6 10 13.9 4 0 0 (5-3-9) PHIL KESSEL 61 41 31 72 17 0 260 34 9 15.8 5 0 3 (5-5-6) RYAN SUTER 61 5 45 50 2 0 74 64 -10 6.8 0 0 0 (0-1-0) KEITH YANDLE 61 7 41 48 0 0 100 38 30 7.0 2 0 0 (1-3-3) JAROME IGINLA 61 27 19 46 7 0 165 22 -7 16.4 5 0 0 (2-2-1) EVGENI MALKIN 61 19 24 43 0 0 141 10 22 13.5 1 0 0 (3-1-2) JAMIE BENN 61 12 29 41 3 2 150 34 -5 8.0 1 0 0 (1-1-2) JOHN TAVARES 61 9 30 39 2 0 131 35 -6 6.9 1 0 0 (1-2-0) DAN GIRARDI 61 6 32 38 5 0 83 28 -10 7.2 2 0 0 (0-0-1) DANIEL ALFREDSSON 61 12 19 31 0 0 84 20 22 14.3 2 0 0 (3-1-2) JAMES NEAL 61 16 12 28 0 0 115 33 21 13.9 0 0 0 (2-2-1) DION PHANEUF 61 8 20 28 2 0 109 90 30 7.3 1 0 0 (0-0-2) DANIEL SEDIN 61 7 16 23 0 0 77 12 1 9.1 2 0 0 (0-0-2) ERIK KARLSSON 61 3 19 22 0 0 51 17 8 5.9 0 0 0 (0-0-1) KRIS LETANG 61 1 19 20 0 0 61 28 8 1.6 0 0 0 (0-0-0) PATRICK KANE 61 11 6 17 0 0 79 4 2 13.9 1 0 0 (0-1-2) CLAUDE GIROUX 61 4 12 16 0 0 54 8 0 7.4 0 0 0 (0-1-0) TEAM 2 TOTALS 250 486 736 68 2 2214 491 138 11.3 32 0 3 Goalie GM MIN W L T GA GAA S SPCT SHO ENG PPG SHG OTG PM STARS HENRIK LUNDQVIST 20 1205 13 7 0 53 2.64 692 0.923 2 1 14 2 0 4 (4-3-2) TIM THOMAS 26 1512 14 11 0 81 3.21 815 0.901 1 0 15 2 0 8 (3-3-1) BRIAN ELLIOTT 19 987 9 7 0 58 3.53 483 0.880 0 0 10 1 2 0 (1-1-1) TOTALS 3704 36 25 0 192 3.09 1990 0.903 3 1 39 5 2 12
Team Mark After 61 Games
Player GM G A PTS PPG SHG S PM +/- .PCT GWG GTG OTG STARS HENRIK SEDIN 61 28 50 78 12 0 144 12 -16 19.4 4 0 0 (7-2-1) ZDENO CHARA 61 16 39 55 7 0 141 75 5 11.3 3 0 1 (3-3-0) SCOTT HARTNELL 61 23 26 49 7 0 179 95 -14 12.8 3 0 1 (1-3-1) STEVEN STAMKOS 61 16 30 46 2 0 130 21 4 12.3 3 0 0 (2-1-1) COREY PERRY 61 23 22 45 4 0 154 50 4 14.9 2 0 0 (2-3-0) JOFFREY LUPUL 61 18 25 43 6 0 170 26 -12 10.6 1 0 0 (1-4-1) SHEA WEBER 61 3 32 35 0 0 145 48 5 2.1 0 0 0 (1-2-2) KIMMO TIMONEN 61 5 28 33 0 4 66 32 -26 7.6 0 0 0 (0-0-0) MARIAN HOSSA 61 11 13 24 0 0 143 25 -22 7.7 1 0 0 (0-0-1) LOGAN COUTURE 61 11 12 23 0 1 150 34 -17 7.3 1 0 0 (2-1-2) MILAN MICHALEK 61 8 15 23 1 0 127 36 5 6.3 1 0 0 (0-0-1) BRIAN CAMPBELL 61 3 18 21 0 0 54 8 -27 5.6 0 0 0 (1-0-0) DENNIS WIDEMAN 61 2 17 19 0 0 45 22 -7 4.4 0 0 0 (0-0-1) JASON SPEZZA 61 5 13 18 0 0 69 4 1 7.2 0 0 0 (0-0-0) JORDAN EBERLE 61 7 9 16 0 0 70 8 -2 10.0 0 0 0 (0-0-0) TYLER SEGUIN 61 4 9 13 0 0 72 8 -17 5.6 1 0 0 (1-0-1) ALEXANDER EDLER 61 2 11 13 0 0 59 8 -6 3.4 1 0 0 (0-0-0) JASON POMINVILLE 61 8 3 11 0 0 73 14 -3 11.0 0 0 0 (1-0-1) TEAM 14 TOTALS 193 372 565 39 5 1991 540 -145 9.7 21 0 2 Goalie GM MIN W L T GA GAA S SPCT SHO ENG PPG SHG OTG PM STARS JONATHAN QUICK 27 1211 9 12 0 80 3.96 723 0.889 0 1 25 0 1 0 (3-1-1) CAREY PRICE 25 1274 8 12 0 86 4.05 721 0.881 1 0 16 0 1 2 (0-2-3) JIMMY HOWARD 21 1218 8 12 0 83 4.09 769 0.892 0 0 27 2 1 6 (0-4-2) TOTALS 3703 25 36 0 249 4.02 2213 0.887 1 1 68 2 3 8
Games 62-71
With time rapidly running out in the season for Team Mark, the team bounced back to post a 7-2-1 record in this segment, gaining 7 points back in the standings from Team Keith, which went 3-5-2.It was Brian Elliot’s turn in net for Team Keith, and he responded with an 0-5 and 25 goals allowed. Carey Price went 4-2 while giving up 23 goals.
Steven Stamkos found twine 8 times in the 10 games for Team Mark. Henrik Sedin crept a little closer to Pavel Datsyuk in the scoring race, now trailing by only 9 points. He went 6-14-20 in this frame.
With 11 games to play, Team Keith holds a 14 point lead over Team Mark. TK’s magic number is 9.
GM VISITOR HOME OT
62 Mark 6 Keith 5
63 Mark 3 Keith 5
64 Keith 2 Mark 3
65 Keith 4 Mark 5
66 Mark 5 Keith 3
67 Mark 5 Keith 4 OT
68 Keith 5 Mark 4 SO
69 Mark 5 Keith 4 SO
70 Mark 3 Keith 5
71 Mark 5 Keith 1
TEAM GP W L T OT PTS GF GA
Team Keith 71 39 24 0 8 86 292 241
Team Mark 71 32 31 0 8 72 241 292
GOALS BY PERIOD SHOTS BY PERIOD
TEAM 1 2 3 OT T TEAM 1 2 3 OT T
Mark 80 80 73 3 236 Mark 764 781 767 30 2342
Keith 90 96 98 3 287 Keith 845 826 856 36 2563
SPECIAL TEAMS – Team Keith
Power Play Attempts : 229 Power Play Goals : 76 Percentage : 33.2%
Times Short Handed : 204 Goals Against : 46 Percentage : 77.5%
Team Keith After 71 Games
Player GM G A PTS PPG SHG S PM +/- .PCT GWG GTG OTG STARS PAVEL DATSYUK 71 25 80 105 11 0 239 6 7 10.5 5 0 0 (5-5-4) MARIAN GABORIK 71 41 46 87 20 0 297 8 3 13.8 4 0 0 (6-4-9) PHIL KESSEL 71 50 33 83 20 0 309 36 2 16.2 5 0 3 (6-6-6) RYAN SUTER 71 5 53 58 2 0 80 68 -10 6.3 0 0 0 (0-1-0) JAROME IGINLA 71 31 24 55 8 0 188 22 -13 16.5 5 0 0 (2-2-2) KEITH YANDLE 71 7 45 52 0 0 119 40 22 5.9 2 0 0 (1-3-3) EVGENI MALKIN 71 21 30 51 0 0 163 10 26 12.9 1 0 0 (4-1-2) JOHN TAVARES 71 13 33 46 4 0 156 49 -11 8.3 1 0 0 (1-2-0) JAMIE BENN 71 13 32 45 4 2 172 46 -11 7.6 1 0 0 (1-1-2) DAN GIRARDI 71 7 36 43 5 0 96 30 -9 7.3 3 0 0 (0-0-1) DANIEL ALFREDSSON 71 13 23 36 0 0 88 28 27 14.8 2 0 0 (3-1-3) JAMES NEAL 71 19 14 33 0 0 141 35 25 13.5 1 0 0 (2-3-1) DION PHANEUF 71 8 22 30 2 0 125 98 23 6.4 1 0 0 (0-0-2) DANIEL SEDIN 71 8 21 29 0 0 95 14 2 8.4 2 0 0 (0-0-2) ERIK KARLSSON 71 5 20 25 0 0 60 17 8 8.3 0 0 0 (0-0-1) KRIS LETANG 71 1 24 25 0 0 70 32 8 1.4 0 0 0 (0-0-0) PATRICK KANE 71 14 7 21 0 0 99 10 3 14.1 1 0 0 (0-1-2) CLAUDE GIROUX 71 6 15 21 0 1 66 14 1 9.1 0 0 0 (0-1-0) TEAM 6 TOTALS 287 558 845 76 3 2563 569 103 11.2 34 0 3 Goalie GM MIN W L T GA GAA S SPCT SHO ENG PPG SHG OTG PM STARS HENRIK LUNDQVIST 22 1324 14 8 0 59 2.67 770 0.923 2 1 16 2 0 4 (4-3-3) TIM THOMAS 30 1710 16 12 0 93 3.26 929 0.900 1 0 16 2 0 8 (3-3-1) BRIAN ELLIOTT 24 1279 9 12 0 83 3.89 642 0.871 0 0 14 1 3 0 (1-1-1) TOTALS 4313 39 32 0 235 3.26 2341 0.899 3 1 46 5 3 12
Team Mark After 71 Games
Player GM G A PTS PPG SHG S PM +/- .PCT GWG GTG OTG STARS HENRIK SEDIN 71 34 64 98 15 0 169 14 -11 20.1 5 0 0 (9-2-1) SCOTT HARTNELL 71 28 35 63 7 0 216 101 -8 13.0 4 0 1 (2-4-1) ZDENO CHARA 71 17 43 60 8 0 162 81 4 10.5 3 0 1 (3-3-0) STEVEN STAMKOS 71 24 32 56 2 0 161 25 9 14.9 6 0 0 (4-2-1) JOFFREY LUPUL 71 25 30 55 8 0 208 26 -6 12.0 1 0 0 (2-5-3) COREY PERRY 71 26 27 53 4 0 180 64 10 14.4 3 0 1 (2-3-1) SHEA WEBER 71 6 40 46 1 0 172 62 4 3.5 0 0 0 (1-2-2) KIMMO TIMONEN 71 5 33 38 0 4 81 32 -18 6.2 0 0 0 (0-0-1) BRIAN CAMPBELL 71 3 27 30 0 0 63 8 -19 4.8 0 0 0 (1-1-0) MARIAN HOSSA 71 12 16 28 0 0 167 25 -26 7.2 1 0 0 (0-0-2) MILAN MICHALEK 71 8 19 27 1 0 148 40 11 5.4 1 0 0 (0-1-1) LOGAN COUTURE 71 14 12 26 0 1 172 50 -21 8.1 1 0 0 (2-1-2) JASON SPEZZA 71 8 14 22 0 0 77 6 1 10.4 0 0 0 (0-0-0) DENNIS WIDEMAN 71 2 20 22 0 0 53 22 -7 3.8 0 0 0 (0-0-1) JORDAN EBERLE 71 7 13 20 0 0 75 8 -3 9.3 0 0 0 (0-0-1) ALEXANDER EDLER 71 4 14 18 0 0 68 10 -6 5.9 1 0 0 (1-0-0) JASON POMINVILLE 71 9 5 14 0 0 84 14 -4 10.7 0 0 0 (1-0-1) TYLER SEGUIN 71 4 9 13 0 0 86 8 -21 4.7 1 0 0 (1-0-1) TEAM 16 TOTALS 236 453 689 46 5 2342 612 -111 10.1 27 0 3 Goalie GM MIN W L T GA GAA S SPCT SHO ENG PPG SHG OTG PM STARS JONATHAN QUICK 28 1258 9 12 0 81 3.86 757 0.893 0 1 25 0 1 0 (3-1-1) JIMMY HOWARD 25 1460 11 13 0 96 3.95 903 0.894 0 0 31 2 1 6 (0-5-3) CAREY PRICE 31 1597 12 14 0 109 4.10 902 0.879 1 0 20 1 1 4 (0-3-3) TOTALS 4315 32 39 0 286 3.96 2562 0.888 1 1 76 3 3 10
Down the stretch
The next segment will feature individual games until a winner is decided, as Team Mark tries to continue its comeback. The magic number is 9, and because these are all '4 point games', that number can shrink very quickly.Submitted FanPosts do not necessarily reflect the views of this blog or SB Nation. If you're reading this statement, you pass the fine print legalese test. Four stars for you.
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The Suspense
it’s killing me!
Man, I thought I had the advantage in goal and defense, but Henrik is killing me.
Also like how there’s a 30 point dropoff between Sedin and Hartnell.
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Who's gonna win? lol
So right now:
Datsyuk=Forward MVP
Chara= D MVP
Lundqvist=Goalie MVP
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
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May 24, 1980: Tonelli to Nystrom. At long last, the steady build of the New York Islanders from expansion doormat to surprise semifinalist to annual contender reaches the promised land: Buoyed by a late season trade for Butch Goring that gave the team the depth up the middle GM Bill Torrey had been seeking, the Islanders knock off the Philadelphia Flyers in six games.
The victory justified the faith in coach Al Arbour who guided them from their second season to their first Stanley Cup seven seasons later. The Islanders would not be the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, but they would be the only one capable of a dynasty.
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May 21, 1981: This time it was much easier. After falling to "only" 91 points in the 1979-80 season, the Islanders returned to their division title tradition, piling up 110 points -- a whole 13 points over second-place Philadelphia.
Between the quarterfinals (where they beat the upstart Oilers in six games) and the finals, the Islanders reeled off eight consecutive wins -- with a four-game sweep of archrival Rangers in between. As they defeated the Minnesota North Stars in five games for their second Cup, their goal difference in the final was a combined +10.
1981-82
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May 16, 1982: Another year, another landslide title. The Islanders won the Patrick Division by a whopping 26 points over the second-place Rangers, and were seven points clear of their nearest competition for the President's Trophy, the still-not-quite-ripe Edmonton Oilers.
A first-round scare against the Pittsburgh Penguins turned in the Isles' favor thanks to John Tonelli's heroics, and a true dynasty was on its way: Past the Rangers in six games, then an eight-game sweep of the Quebec Nordiques and Vancouver Canucks to run away with the Stanley Cup.
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May 17, 1983: Not so fast, whipper-snappers. The Edmonton Oilers' steadily rising challenge for league supremacy took them all the way to the finals for the first time, where the New York Islanders summarily dispatched them in a four-game sweep. For the Islanders, the Dynasty was secured. For the Oilers, it was a powerful lesson in where talent ends and the demands of playoff hockey begin.
Four years, four Cups, 16 consecutive playoff series wins (a record that would grow to 19 until the rematch with the Oilers the following year). Mike Bossy scored 60 goals yet again, and Wayne Gretzky became acquainted with Billy Smith's crease.
