:'' Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the entire four rounds of the playoffs''
Game one Raffi Torres's goal with 18.5 seconds left in regulation broke a scoreless tie to give the Canucks the victory. The entire game was seen as a duel between the two opposing goaltenders; both Vancouver's
Roberto Luongo and Boston's
Tim Thomas were
Vezina Trophy finalists for the 2010–11 season. Thomas stopped 33 of 34 shots while Luongo made 36 saves for his third shutout of the 2011 playoffs. Both of Luongo's two previous shutouts of the 2011 playoffs had also occurred in a game one (a 2–0 victory against Chicago in the first round, and a 1–0 victory against Nashville in the second round). This was the first time since that the opening game of the Cup Finals was scoreless through two periods. Both teams killed off all penalties in the game, including a five-on-three power play Boston had in the second period, and a double minor high-sticking penalty called on Vancouver's
Daniel Sedin in the first. At the end of the first period, Vancouver's
Alex Burrows was called for a double minor roughing penalty on Boston's
Patrice Bergeron, while Bergeron also got a roughing minor. Replays showed that Burrows could have bit Bergeron's finger, but the evidence was inconclusive. Despite Bergeron's pleading to the referees, no additional penalty was assessed to Burrows.
Game two In the second-fastest overtime in Stanley Cup Final history,
Alex Burrows scored 11 seconds into the first overtime to give Vancouver a 3–2 win. Burrows faked a shot, causing Boston goalie
Tim Thomas to move out of position, then skated around the net to put the puck into the empty net for the game-winning goal; Thomas was not able to recover his position. This was Burrows's second goal of the game. He opened the scoring with a goal in the first period during the final seconds of a power play. Boston responded with two goals in the second period, one by
Milan Lucic and a power play goal by
Mark Recchi. However,
Daniel Sedin tied the score at 2–2 about midway through the third period. The game featured the return of Vancouver forward
Manny Malhotra, who had not played a game since March 16, when he suffered a severe eye injury after taking a puck to the face from a deflection by
Colorado Avalanche defenseman
Erik Johnson. Both Thomas and
Roberto Luongo stopped 30 of 33 shots and 28 of 30 shots, respectively. With his second period goal, 43-year-old Recchi became the oldest player to score in the Cup Finals. Before the game, the Boston Red Sox baseball club moved their game against the
Oakland Athletics at
Fenway Park from 7:10 p.m. EDT to 1:10 p.m. EDT to allow for Bruins fans to watch the game.
Game three Boston scored four goals in the second period, and another four goals in the third, which resulted in an 8–1 rout. Mark Recchi scored two of them;
Brad Marchand and
Daniel Paille each scored shorthanded; and
Andrew Ference,
David Krejci,
Chris Kelly and
Michael Ryder each tallied one of the other four. In contrast to game two, which featured only 10 minutes of penalties for the entire game, game three had 145 total penalty minutes, the most in a Cup Final game since game two of the 1990 Finals. The 8–1 score was the biggest goal differential in the Stanley Cup Final since , when the
Colorado Avalanche defeated the
Florida Panthers in game two by the same score.
Game four Tim Thomas made 38 saves and
Rich Peverley scored two goals as Boston shut out Vancouver, 4–0, to even the series.
Roberto Luongo, who stopped only 16 out of 20 shots, was replaced by backup goalie
Cory Schneider after giving up the fourth Boston goal at 03:39 of the third period.
Game five Roberto Luongo made 31 saves and
Maxim Lapierre scored the game's only goal to give Vancouver a 3–2 series lead. This was the second 1–0 victory for Vancouver in the Finals; game one ended with the same score. Lapierre's goal came at 04:35 into the third period.
Kevin Bieksa's shot went wide and rebounded off the end boards to Lapierre on the other side of the net, who then beat
Tim Thomas after the Boston goalie was unable to recover his position in time. Thomas made 24 saves in the loss. Luongo joined
Frank McCool as the only goalie to have two 1–0 shutouts in the Stanley Cup Final; McCool's victories came 66 years earlier in .
Game six Boston defeated Vancouver 5–2 in
TD Garden to prevent the Canucks from clinching their first Stanley Cup in franchise history and force a deciding seventh game, the 16th Game seven in Finals history. The Bruins scored four goals in a span of 4:14 in the first period, breaking the record for the quickest four goals tallied by one team in the Cup Finals. For the second time in the series,
Roberto Luongo was replaced by backup goalie
Cory Schneider; this came after Luongo gave up Boston's third goal at 08:35. Vancouver forward
Mason Raymond suffered a fractured vertebra 20 seconds into the game on an awkward hit into the boards by Boston defenseman
Johnny Boychuk, and had to be taken to a hospital for treatment.
Game seven In Boston's first-ever Stanley Cup Final game seven,
Tim Thomas made 37 saves as Boston shut out Vancouver, 4–0, to win the Stanley Cup.
Patrice Bergeron and
Brad Marchand each scored two goals for Boston. Bergeron scored first at 14:37 in the first period, then had a shorthanded goal at 17:35 in the second. Marchand's first goal came at 12:13 of the second period; he then scored on an empty net late in the third.
Roberto Luongo stopped 17 out of 20 shots in the loss. The game was the last of
Mark Recchi's 22-year NHL career; he announced his retirement immediately afterward, during the post-game celebration. ==Television==