teams was in 2008, with the Red Wings sweeping the Avalanche 4–0 on the way to the Stanley Cup. The Red Wings joined the Eastern Conference in 2013 and the two former rivals now only meet twice a year. However, a stadium series game took place on February 27, 2016, between the two teams at Coors Field, which the Red Wings won 5–3, though the Avalanche came back in the alumni game the day before, winning the exhibition contest 5–3. Dallas Stars/Minnesota North Stars vs. Edmonton Oilers (1984–2003) The Dallas Stars/Minnesota North Stars and the Edmonton Oilers faced each other in eight playoff series between 1984 and 2003. The teams first met in the 1984 Campbell Conference Final, the Oilers swept the series en route to their first ever Stanley Cup. In 1991, they met again in the 1991 Campbell Conference Final, the North Stars upset the defending champion Oilers in five games en route to reaching the Stanley Cup finals, where they lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games. The rivalry heightened after the seventh-seed Oilers upset the second-seed Stars in the 1997 Western Conference quarterfinals in Game 7, with Todd Marchant scoring the overtime winner following a key save by Oilers goalie Curtis Joseph. However, the Stars won the next five meetings, four of which took place in the conference quarterfinals. While the Stars became a title contender and won the 1999 Stanley Cup, the Oilers remained a middle-of-the-pack playoff team during this era, never finishing as high as sixth in the Western Conference. Detroit Red Wings vs. St. Louis Blues (1981–2013) The rivalry began when the Red Wings switched divisions for the 1981–82 season and developed in the late 1980s when they had intense division battles. In 1988, the Red Wings defeated the Blues in five games in the Norris division final. The rivalry really heated up in the 1990s. In 1991, the Blues defeated the Red Wings in seven games in the Norris division semi-finals after overcoming a 3–1 series deficit. They met up in the playoffs three straight times between 1996 and 1998; the Red Wings won all three series. However, the Blues almost defeated the Red Wings in 1996. They held a 3–2 advantage and it looked like the Blues would upset the Wings in Game 6, but the Wings won the last two games including a double overtime victory in Game 7.