Stanley Cup Playoffs
| Year | Round | Series | Games covered | Play-by-play | Color commentators |
| 1980 | First round | Philadelphia-Edmonton | Games 1, 3 | Don Earle | Gary Dornhoefer |
| Buffalo-Vancouver | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman (Games 1–2)
Jim Robson (Games 3–4) |
Gerry Pinder and Howie Meeker (Games 3–4) | ||
| Montreal-Hartford | Games 1, 3 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | ||
| Boston-Pittsburgh | Game 5 | Don Earle | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Minnesota-Toronto | Games 1, 3 | Bill Hewitt | Brian McFarlane | ||
| Quarterfinals | Montreal-Minnesota | Games 1–7 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Semifinals | Philadelphia-Minnesota | Games 4–5 | Jim Robson | Gerry Pinder and Howie Meeker | |
| Buffalo-New York Islanders | Games 1–3, 6 | Dan Kelly | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| 1981 | First round | New York Islanders-Toronto | Games 1–3 | Bill Hewitt | Howie Meeker and Brian McFarlane (Games 1–2)
Gerry Pinder (Games 3) |
| Montreal-Edmonton | Games 1–3 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | ||
| Buffalo-Vancouver | Games 1–3 | Jim Robson | Howie Meeker | ||
| Philadelphia-Quebec | Games 4–5 | Don Earle | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Calgary-Chicago | Games 1–3 | Don Earle | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Quarterfinals | New York Islanders-Edmonton | Games 1–6 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Philadelphia-Calgary | Games 1–7 | Don Earle | Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1–5, 7)
Gerry Pinder (Game 6) | ||
| Semifinals | Calgary-Minnesota | Games 1–6 | Jim Robson | Mickey Redmond (Games 1–2, 5)
Gary Dornhoefer (Games 3–4, 6) | |
| 1982 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Quebec | Games 1–5 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. |
| Winnipeg-St. Louis | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | John Davidson | ||
| Edmonton-Los Angeles | Games 1–5 | Bob Cole | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Vancouver-Calgary | Games 1–3 | Jim Robson (Games 1–2)
Dave Hodge (Game 3) |
Howie Meeker | ||
| Divisional finals | Boston-Quebec | Games 1–7 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Vancouver-Los Angeles | Games 1–5 | Jim Robson | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Conference finals | New York Islanders-Quebec | Games 1–4 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Chicago-Vancouver | Games 1–5 | Jim Robson | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| 1983 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Buffalo | Games 1–3 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. |
| Minnesota-Toronto | Games 1–4 | Jim Hughson | Mickey Redmond | ||
| Edmonton-Winnipeg | Games 1–3 | John Wells (Games 1–2)
Don Wittman (Game 3) |
Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Calgary-Vancouver | Games 1–4 | Jim Robson | Howie Meeker | ||
| Divisional finals | New York Islanders-New York Rangers | Game 6 | Jim Hughson | Gary Green | |
| Edmonton-Calgary | Games 1–5 | Jim Robson | Mickey Redmond (Games 1–2, 5)
Gary Dornhoefer (Games 3–4) | ||
| Conference finals | New York Islanders-Boston | Games 2–3, 5–6 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Edmonton-Chicago | Games 1–4 | Jim Robson | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| 1984 | Divisional semifinals | Boston-Montreal | Games 1–3 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. |
| New York Islanders-New York Rangers | Games 4–5 | Bob Cole | Dick Irvin, Jr. | ||
| Edmonton-Winnipeg | Games 1–3 | Jim Robson | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Calgary-Vancouver | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman (Games 1–3)
Jim Robson (Game 4) |
Howie Meeker | ||
| Division finals | Quebec-Montreal | Games 1–6 | Danny Gallivan (Games 1–5)
Bob Cole (Game 6) |
Dick Irvin, Jr. and Harry Neale (Game 6) | |
| Edmonton-Calgary | Games 1–7 | Don Wittman | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Conference finals | Montreal-New York Islanders | Games 1–6 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Edmonton-Minnesota | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1–2)
John Davidson (Games 3–4) | ||
| 1985 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Boston | Games 1–5 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
| Edmonton-Los Angeles | Games 1–3 | Jim Robson | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Winnipeg-Calgary | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | John Davidson | ||
| Divisional finals | Montreal-Quebec | Games 1–2, 5, 7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Chicago-Minnesota | Game 6 | Don Wittman | John Davidson | ||
| Edmonton-Winnipeg | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | John Davidson Games 1–2)
Gary Dornhoefer (Games 3–4) | ||
| Conference finals | Edmonton-Chicago | Games 1–6 | Don Wittman | Gary Dornhoefer (Game 1)
John Davidson (Games 2–6) | |
| 1986 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Boston | Games 1–3 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Gary Dornhoefer |
| Chicago-Toronto | Games 1–3 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | ||
| Minnesota-St. Louis | Games 4–5 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | ||
| Edmonton-Vancouver | Games 1–3 | Don Wittman | John Davidson | ||
| Divisional finals | Montreal-Hartford | Games 1–7 | Dick Irvin Jr. | John Davidson (Games 1–6)
Gary Dornhoefer (Game 7) | |
| St. Louis-Toronto | Games 1–7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | ||
| Edmonton-Calgary | Games 1–7 | Don Wittman | Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1–6)
John Davidson (Game 7) | ||
| Conference finals | Montreal-New York Rangers | Games 1–5 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Calgary-St. Louis | Games 1–7 | Don Wittman | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| 1987 | Divisional semifinals | Washington-New York Islanders | Game 7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale |
| Montreal-Boston | Games 1–4 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| St. Louis-Toronto | Games 1–6 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | ||
| Edmonton-Los Angeles | Games 1–5 | Jim Robson (Games 1–2, 4–5)
Steve Armitage (Game 3) |
Howie Meeker | ||
| Calgary-Winnipeg | Games 1–6 | Don Wittman | Scotty Bowman | ||
| Divisional finals | Montreal-Quebec | Games 1–2, 5, 7 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Gary Dornhoefer | |
| Detroit-Toronto | Games 1–7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | ||
| Edmonton-Winnipeg | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | Scotty Bowman | ||
| Conference finals | Philadelphia-Montreal | Games 1–6 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| 1988 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Hartford | Games 1–6 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Scotty Bowman |
| Detroit-Toronto | Games 1–6 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | ||
| Calgary-Los Angeles | Games 1–5 | Don Wittman | John Garrett | ||
| Edmonton-Winnipeg | Games 1–5 | Chris Cuthbert | Chico Resch | ||
| Divisional finals | Washington-New Jersey | Games 1 (joined-in-progress), 6–7 | Chris Cuthbert (Game 1)
Bob Cole (Games 6–7) |
Harry Neale (Games 6–7) | |
| Montreal-Boston | Games 1–5 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | ||
| Edmonton-Calgary | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | Scotty Bowman | ||
| Conference finals | Boston-New Jersey | Games 1–7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | |
| 1989 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Hartford | Games 1–4 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Gary Dornhoefer |
| Calgary-Vancouver | Games 1–7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | ||
| Los Angeles-Edmonton | Games 1–7 | Don Wittman (Games 1–2, 4–7)
Chris Cuthbert (Game 3) |
John Garrett | ||
| Divisional finals | Montreal-Boston | Games 1–5 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Pittsburgh-Philadelphia | Games 6–7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | ||
| St. Louis-Chicago | Game 5 | Don Wittman | Scotty Bowman | ||
| Calgary-Los Angeles | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | Scotty Bowman | ||
| Conference finals | Montreal-Philadelphia | Games 1–6 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Calgary-Chicago | Games 1–5 | Don Wittman | Scotty Bowman |
Notes
- On April 9, 1980, CBC carried the ACTRA awards ceremony. This caused the Hartford-Montreal and Edmonton-Philadelphia playoff games not to be televised. Meanwhile, the Toronto-Minnesota game was shifted to CHCH in Hamilton while the Vancouver-Buffalo game was televised by CBC regionally in British Columbia as usual. The ACTRA awards show was tape-delayed into prime time on the west coast.
- Aside from the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals, CBC's only other nationally televised postseason games (all of the other games were seen regionally) from that year were the April 23 Boston-Quebec game (Game 6), the April 25 Quebec-Boston game (Game 7), and the May 6 Vancouver-Chicago game (Game 5).
- CTV had the national rights for the 1986 Calgary-St. Louis playoff series, except in the Calgary market, for which CBC and Molson retained exclusive rights to. CTV was unable to televise Games 2 and 3 of this series due to prior commitments. Meanwhile, CBC was allowed to televise Games 2 and 3 to all of Alberta and British Columbia, but not nationally.
- On April 18, 1988 (during Game 1 of the Montreal-Boston playoff series) at approximately 8:08 p.m. local time, there was a power outage in the province of Quebec. While darkness enveloped Montreal and the Forum itself, the Forum's reserve generators kicked into gear. The generators were only able to illuminate the rink surface with enough power to keep the game moving. Ultimately, CBC was left with no choice but to abandon coverage following the first period.
- On April 18, 1988, Chris Cuthbert was assigned by CBC to report and provide updates on Game 1 of Washington-New Jersey playoff series. However, when the Quebec blackout affected CBC's coverage of the Game 1 of the Boston-Montreal playoff series, the network decided to throw to Cuthbert and the solitary camera beside him in his coverage position to work the remainder of this game. The whole process was totally done off the cuff. In other words, there were no graphics, no replay capabilities and no analyst.
- Canwest-Global aired the 1988 Edmonton-Calgary playoff series nationally, except for the Edmonton and Calgary markets, where CBC retained exclusive rights.