| 1990 Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Boston: Boston Garden (1, 2, 5) Edmonton: Northlands Coliseum (3, 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Edmonton: John Muckler Boston: Mike Milbury | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Edmonton: Mark Messier Boston: Ray Bourque | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Don Koharski (1, 4) Andy Van Hellemond (3, 5) Kerry Fraser (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 15–24, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bill Ranford (Oilers) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Craig Simpson (9:31, second, G5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Oilers: Glenn Anderson (2008) Grant Fuhr (2003; did not play) Jari Kurri (2001) Kevin Lowe (2020) Mark Messier (2007) Bruins: Ray Bourque (2004) Cam Neely (2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | Canada: (English): CBC (French): SRC United States: (National): SportsChannel America (Boston area): NESN (1–2, 5), WSBK (3–4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Bob Cole and Harry Neale (SRC) Richard Garneau and Gilles Tremblay (SportsChannel America) Jiggs McDonald and Bill Clement (NESN) Fred Cusick, Derek Sanderson, and Dave Shea (WSBK) Fred Cusick and Derek Sanderson | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1990 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1989–90 season, and the culmination of the 1990 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Edmonton Oilers and the Boston Bruins. This was a rematch of the 1988 Finals, albeit with the notable absence of Wayne Gretzky who was traded from Edmonton to the Los Angeles Kings during the 1988 off-season. The Oilers once again defeated the Bruins, this time in five games, to win the Stanley Cup.
For the Oilers, it was their fifth Cup win in seven years, and the team's only championship after trading Gretzky. This was the last of eight consecutive Finals contested by a team from Alberta and nine by a team from Western Canada (the Oilers appeared in six, the Calgary Flames in two, the Vancouver Canucks in one).
This was the last appearance in the Finals for the Bruins until 2011, where they would go on to end their 39-year Stanley Cup drought.