1982 Stanley Cup Final

* – Denotes overtime period(s)Location(s)Uniondale: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (1, 2)
Vancouver: Pacific Coliseum (3, 4)CoachesNew York: Al Arbour
Vancouver: Roger NeilsonCaptainsNew York: Denis Potvin
Vancouver: Kevin McCarthyRefereesWally Harris, Andy Van Hellemond, Ron WicksDatesMay 8–16, 1982MVPMike Bossy (Islanders)Series-winning goalMike Bossy (5:00, second)Hall of FamersIslanders:
Mike Bossy (1991)
Clark Gillies (2002)
Denis Potvin (1991)
Billy Smith (1993)
Bryan Trottier (1997)
Canucks:
Colin Campbell (2024, builder)
Coaches:
Al Arbour (1996)
Roger Neilson (2002)
Officials:
Andy Van Hellemond (1999)NetworksCanada:
(English): CBC
(French): SRC
United States:
(National): USA Network
(New York City area): SportsChannel New York (1–2), WOR (3–4)Announcers(CBC) Bob Cole, Mickey Redmond, and Dick Irvin Jr. (1–2); and Jim Robson, Howie Meeker, and Gary Dornhoefer (3–4)
(SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay
(USA Network) Dan Kelly and Gary Green
(SCNY/WOR) Jiggs McDonald and Ed Westfall

The 1982 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1981–82 season, and the culmination of the 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was played between the Campbell Conference champion Vancouver Canucks in their first Final appearance and the Wales Conference and defending Cup champion New York Islanders, in their third Final appearance. The Islanders swept the Canucks to win their third consecutive and overall Stanley Cup championship. The Islanders became the first (and still only) U.S.-based team to three-peat as Stanley Cup champions, and the third franchise overall to three-peat as Stanley Cup champions, joining the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. The 1981–82 Canucks are one of two Stanley Cup finalist teams without any Hall of Fame players on their roster, the other being the 1996 Florida Panthers. Additionally, this marks the first time since 1955, and in 17 Cup Final attempts, that a U.S.-based team defeated a Canada-based team in the championship round, having lost 16 straight Cup Final series against Canadian teams.

This 1982 Final took place under a geographically revised NHL divisional alignment and playoff structure, which de facto revived the "East vs. West" format for the Final that had been abandoned when the Western Hockey League folded in 1926. It was also the first time a team from Western Canada contested the Final since the WHL stopped challenging for the Stanley Cup (the Victoria Cougars, who had also been the last team from British Columbia to win the Cup in 1925, played the 1926 Final too). This would also be the first of nine consecutive Final contested by a team from Western Canada, but it was the only one of them to feature the Vancouver Canucks; the other eight were contested by a team from Alberta (Edmonton Oilers appeared in six, Calgary Flames in two).

Starting this season home-ice advantage would alternate between conferences as opposed to going to the team with the better record. The latter change would also be of no effect for these Final since for even years the Wales champion received that advantage and in 1982 their representative, the Islanders, had the better record.