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The 1980 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the New York Islanders in their first-ever Finals appearance and the Philadelphia Flyers, in their fourth Finals appearance, first since 1976. The Islanders would win the best-of-seven series four games to two, to win their first Stanley Cup and the third for a post-1967 expansion team after Philadelphia's Cup wins in 1974 and 1975.
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New York defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3–1, the Boston Bruins 4–1 and the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 to advance to the final.
Philadelphia defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3–0, the New York Rangers 4–1 and the Minnesota North Stars 4–1 to make it to the final.
Denis Potvin scored the first power-play overtime goal in Stanley Cup Final history in Game 1. Bob Nystrom scored the Cup winner in overtime in Game 6, his fourth career overtime goal, at the time putting him alone behind Maurice Richard's six on the all time overtime goal-scoring list. Ken Morrow joined the team after winning the Olympic gold medal and added the Stanley Cup to cap a remarkable season.
In the United States, the first five games were syndicated by the Hughes Television Network. Hughes used CBC's Hockey Night in Canada feeds for the American coverage. Meanwhile, Game 6 was televised in the United States by the CBS network, as a special edition of its CBS Sports Spectacular anthology series. This would be the last NHL game to air on U.S. network television until 1990. As of 2009, it is also the last Stanley Cup Finals game to be played in the afternoon (earlier than 5:00 local time).
The series-winning overtime goal in Game 6 was scored by Bobby Nystrom and assisted by fellow third liners John Tonelli and Lorne Henning. Nystrom's redirection of Tonelli's cross ice pass from just above the Flyers left side face-off circle, floated up and over Goalie Pete Peeters' blocker before the Philadelphia keeper could slide over to stop the puck. Henning's 'thread the needle' pass was a key component, of the goal.
The Islanders were offside on the play that resulted in their second goal of Game 6, but the call was not made. Linesman Leon Stickle admitted after the game that he had blown the call.[1]
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
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| Tue, May 13 | New York | 4 | Philadelphia | 3 | OT |
| Thu, May 15 | New York | 3 | Philadelphia | 8 | |
| Sat, May 17 | Philadelphia | 2 | New York | 6 | |
| Mon, May 19 | Philadelphia | 2 | New York | 5 | |
| Thu, May 22 | New York | 3 | Philadelphia | 6 | |
| Sat, May 24 | Philadelphia | 4 | New York | 5 | OT |
New York wins the series 4–2.
^-Steve Corais (Director of Public Relations) was included on the team, but his name was left off the Stanley Cup.
| Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1979 |
New York Islanders Stanley Cup Champions 1980 |
Succeeded by New York Islanders 1981 |