NHL teams that lost in first round of playoffs and won stanley cup following year

	TEAM	L	SERIES W	SEASON	SERIES	GP	W	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens		3	1970-71	Stanley Cup Finals	7			10	2.143	5			5.86	12.2
2	Canadiens		7	1972-73	Stanley Cup Finals	6			28	4.667	11			10.83	16.9
3	Flyers		3	1973-74	Stanley Cup Finals	6			10	2.000	5			8.17	10.2
4	Flyers		4	1974-75	Stanley Cup Finals	6			15	2.667	7			11.00	10.6
5	Canadiens		7	1975-76	Stanley Cup Finals	4			24	7.750	8			14.50	13.8
6	Canadiens		9	1976-77	Stanley Cup Finals	4			26	9.000	10			11.50	21.7
7	Canadiens		8	1977-78	Stanley Cup Finals	6			22	5.333	13			13.50	16.0
8	Canadiens		9	1978-79	Stanley Cup Finals	5			27	7.200	12	0	12	21.60	11.1	1.80	1.000
9	Islanders		5	1979-80	Stanley Cup Finals	6			32	3.333	12			14.67	13.6
10	Islanders		5	1980-81	Stanley Cup Finals	5			26	4.000	9			11.60	15.5
11	Islanders		6	1981-82	Stanley Cup Finals	4			24	6.000	12			14.50	20.7
12	Islanders		6	1982-83	Stanley Cup Finals	4			20	5.750	7			10.25	17.1
13	Oilers	1	4	1983-84	Stanley Cup Finals	5	2	0	9	4.000	4	8	-4	8.20	9.8	16.80	.905
14	Oilers	1	6	1984-85	Stanley Cup Finals	5	4	0	12	4.800	4	13	-9	9.00	8.9	26.60	.902
15	Canadiens		4	1985-86	Stanley Cup Finals	5			7	3.200	4			6.80	11.8
16	Oilers	3	4	1986-87	Stanley Cup Finals	7	4	0	10	2.286	4	17	-13	5.00	11.4	29.43	.917
17	Oilers	0	4	1987-88	Stanley Cup Finals	5	4	0	7	4.300	4	12	-8	3.20	25.0	18.40	.870
18	Flames		7	1988-89	Stanley Cup Finals	6			15	4.167	5			9.67	8.6
19	Oilers		4	1989-90	Stanley Cup Finals	5			13	3.200	6			5.40	22.2
20	Penguins	2	7	1990-91	Stanley Cup Finals	6	3	0	40	4.667	12	13	-1	14.50	13.8	31.00	.930
21	Penguins	0	6	1991-92	Stanley Cup Finals	4	4	0	16	5.750	10	10	0	12.25	20.4	27.25	.908
22	Canadiens		4	1992-93	Stanley Cup Finals	5			11	3.800	4			10.60	7.5
23	Rangers		5	1993-94	Stanley Cup Finals	7			20	2.714	9			9.86	13.0
24	Devils	0	10	1994-95	Stanley Cup Finals	4	4	0	21	9.250	3	7	-4	12.75	5.9	18.75	.907
25	Avalanche		6	1995-96	Stanley Cup Finals	4			18	6.000	6			13.50	11.1