1993 Stanley Cup Finals: Game 1

June 1, 1993 – 7:40 PM EDT

Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec

Background

Los Angeles Kings

Series Game No.	Record	Round
1	1–0	Stanley Cup Finals

Montreal Canadiens

Series Game No.	Record	Round
1	0–1	Stanley Cup Finals

Broadcasting

Local TV

Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Ice level reporter	Studio host(s)	Studio commentator
Prime Ticket (Los Angeles)	Bob Miller	Jim Fox

USA TV

Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Ice level reporter	Studio host(s)	Studio commentator
ESPN	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement	Tom Mees and Al Morganti	John Saunders	Jim Schoenfeld and John Davidson

Canada TV

Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Ice level reporter	Studio host(s)	Studio commentator
CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr.		Ron MacLean	Don Cherry

Local Radio

Flagship station	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
XTRA–AM 690 (Los Angeles)	Nick Nickson	Brian Engblom
CKGM (Montreal)	Ron Francis	Steve Shutt

National Radio

Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Ice level reporter	Studio host(s)	Studio commentator
NHL Radio (United States & Canada)	Howie Rose	Mike Keenan

Rosters

	Los Angeles Kings	Montreal Canadiens
Coach:	Barry Melrose	Jacques Demers
Assistant Coaches:	Cap Raeder
Starters:
Reserves:
Scratches:

• Referee: Andy Van Hellemond
• Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier and Ray Scapinello

Box Score

Final Score  
Period     1st 2nd 3rd Final
LA          1   1   2    4
MTL         1   0   0    1

Scoring summary

Period	Time	Team	Scoring Information	Score
				LA	MTL
1	3:03	LA	Robitaille (7) Assisted by Zhitnik (9) and Gretzky (21) (PPG)	1	0
2	17:41	LA	Robitaille (8) Assisted by Blake (6) and Gretzky (22) (PPG)	2	1
3	1:51	LA	Kurri (9) Assisted by Gretzky (23) and Granato (9)	3	1
3	18:04	LA	Gretzky (14) Assisted by Sandstrom (16)	4	1

Penalty summary

Period	Time	Team	Penalty Information	Score
				LA	MTL
1	11:03	LA	Hrudey (Delaying the game)	2
1	15:54	LA	Kurri (Holding)	2
2	5:08	LA	Granato (Interference – Goalkeeper)	2
2	6:23	LA	Taylor (Roughing)	2
2	7:16	LA	McSorley (Unsportsmanlike conduct)	2
2	17:23	LA	Millen (Hi-sticking)	2
2	19:32	LA	Gretzky (Hooking)	2
3	6:41	LA	Huddy (Hooking)	2

Player summary

#	Forwards	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HITS	BLKS	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	PP TOI	SH TOI
7	Sandstrom	0	1	1	1	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
10	Rychel	0	9	0	-1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
11	Donnelly	0	0	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
14	Shuchuk	0	0	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
15	Conacher	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
17	Kurri	1	0	1	0	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
18	Taylor	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
20	Robitaille	2	0	2	0	0	9	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
21	Granato	0	1	1	2	2	4	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
23	Millen	0	0	0	0	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
99	Gretzky	1	3	4	1	2	5	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
#	Defense	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HITS	BLKS	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	PP TOI	SH TOI
2	Zhitnik	0	1	1	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
4	Blake	0	1	1	2	0	7	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
5	Watters	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
22	Huddy	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
24	Hardy	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
25	Sydor	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
33	McSorley	0	0	0	-1	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
#	Forwards	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HITS	BLKS	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	PP TOI	SH TOI
#	Defense	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HITS	BLKS	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	PP TOI	SH TOI

Goaltender summary

#	Goalie	EV	PP	SH	SAVE–SHOTS	SV%	PIM	TOI
32	Hrudey				31–32	.969	2	60:00
#	Goalie	EV	PP	SH	SAVE–SHOTS	SV%	PIM	TOI

Team Stats

Team	SOG	FO%	PP	PIM	HITS	BLKS	GVA
Kings	38	-	2/6	16	-	-	-
Canadiens		-			-	-	-

• Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 17,959 Los Angeles leads series 1–0

Other Games in this series

• MTL 3, LA 2 (OT)
• MTL 4, LA 3 (OT)
• MTL 3, LA 2 (OT)
• MTL 4, LA 1

See also

1993 Stanley Cup Finals