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Edmonton Oilers vs. Boston Bruins 1989-90

The Stanley Cup is one of the most-recognized symbols in North American sports. It is the championship trophy of the NHL, National Hockey League won by one of the teams that have qualified for the championship finals after playing a series of playoff matches. It is the only trophy in professional sports that has the name of the winning players, coaches, management, and club staff engraved upon it. The Cup winners keep it until the new champion is crowned.

In the season from 1989 to1990 for the Stanley Cup the match played between two teams such as the Edmonton Oilers team versus the Boston Bruins team. The NHL season from 1989 to 1990 was the 73rd season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Edmonton Oilers team, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Boston Bruins team. The championship was the Oilers fifth Stanley Cup in the past 7 years. It was the speed of the Edmonton Oilers team that killed opponents when the Oilers team ruled the NHA, National Hockey League prior to the season from 1988 to 1989. Nobody stood still when Wayne Gretzky was on the ice, orchestrating the offense for four Stanley Cup championships from 1984 to 1988.

Though the Oilers team finished the regular season second in the Smythe Division and fifth overall with a record of 38-28-14, they had skated miles since their rugged start in the 1989 to 1990 season. Still, during the Stanley Cup finals, the Oilers teams' improvement took the Bruins team by surprise. At that time, the Oilers team was last in the Smythe with a record of 5-9-4.

The Boston team had posted a record of 2-0-1 against the Edmonton team in 1989 to 1990, but the last time the Bruins team saw the Oilers team was November 9. Finally the Edmonton Oilers team defeated the Boston Bruins team and the Edmonton Oilers team won the Stanley Cup.

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