This series started off with a bang. The two teams combined for five goals in the first period of Game 1 as the top-seeded ’85-’86 Hartford Whalers held a 3-2 lead. A little over five minutes into the second period Ray Neufeld and Sylvain Turgeon had scored to give the ’85-’86 Whalers a 5-2 lead, which prompted the ’91-’92 Whalers to pull starter Kay Whitmore for back up Frank Pietrangelo. That helped a bit as the ’91-’92 Whalers scored the next two goals, but the ’85-’86 Whalers held on for a 6-4 win. In Game 2, the ’85-’86 Whalers dominated in a 9-3 win with Turgeon’s hat trick leading the way. They dominated again in Game 3 by a final of 7-3. Turgeon once again led the way as he posted one goal and two assists as seven different players scored for the reigning representatives. In Game 4, the ’91-’92 Whalers took a 3-2 lead thanks to a goal from defenseman Randy Ladouceur. However, that lead lasted just a little over six minutes as Paul Lawless tied it up for the ’85-’86 Whalers. Then, defenseman Joel Quenneville scored while on a 5-on-3 PP to give the ’85-’86 Whalers a 4-3 lead and finish off the sweep.
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’91-’92 Whalers | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 |
| ’85-’86 Whalers | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’85-’86 HAR – 6 ’91-’92 HAR – 4 (1-0 ’85-’86 HAR)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: D – Dana Murzyn (’85-’86 HAR) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +4 1 S 2 PIM
2nd Star: D – Zarley Zalapski (’91-’92 HAR) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +1 8 S 2 PIM
3rd Star: RW – Ray Neufeld (’85-’86 HAR) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +1 4 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’91-’92 Whalers | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | 3 |
| ’85-’86 Whalers | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 9 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’85-’86 HAR – 9 ’91-’92 HAR – 3 (2-0 ’85-’86 HAR)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Sylvain Turgeon (’85-’86 HAR) – 3 G 1 A 4 P +1 16 S
2nd Star: C – Ron Francis (’85-’86 HAR) – 0 G 4 A 4 P +1 7 S
3rd Star: C – Ray Ferraro (’85-’86 HAR) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +1 4 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’85-’86 Whalers | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 |
| ’91-’92 Whalers | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’85-’86 HAR – 7 ’91-’92 HAR – 3 (3-0 ’85-’86 HAR)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Sylvain Turgeon (’85-’86 HAR) – 1 G 2 A 3 P -1 11 S
2nd Star: G – Frank Pietrangelo (’91-’92 HAR) – ND 2.00 GAA .955 SV% (42 SV’s); Replaced starter Kay Whitmore at the 2:41 mark of the second period
3rd Star: LW – Stew Gavin (’85-’86 HAR) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 6 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’85-’86 Whalers | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
| ’91-’92 Whalers | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’85-’86 HAR – 4 ’91-’92 HAR – 3 (4-0 ’85-’86 HAR)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: D – Joel Quenneville (’85-’86 HAR) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 7 S 2 PIM
2nd Star: G – Kay Whitmore (’91-’92 HAR) – L 4.00 GAA .922 SV% (47 SV’s)
3rd Star: G – Mike Liut (’85-’86 HAR) – W 3.00 GAA .930 SV% (40 SV’s)
Up next is the 4-5 matchup between the ’88-’89 Hartford Whalers and the ’87-’88 Hartford Whalers.
