Game One of the series saw the stars coming out early. The KLM draw first blood with Krutov hammering home a feed from Larianov. Not to be outdone, Malkin decided to go coast-to-coast only to dish to a trailing Tarasenko at the last minute for an empty net tap in. Momentum was broken when Recchi was called for holding. The Bastards' power play peppered Quick with shots from all angles and distances. Finally, with the penalty ready to expire, Stastny was able to find the soft spot in the Jabroni's defense and fired a wrister off of Quick's blocker and in. Perry opened the third period in style with a rebound goal prompting the Bastards to surprisingly make a goalie change. The Bastards responded by having a fire lit under them. Mario hooked up Hull with a perfect feed for a one timer from circle. Kronwall caught Makarov with his patented ass-check at the blueline to send Whitney and Bure the other way on a 2-on-2 against Fetisov and Boyle. Whitney dished over Boyle's stick to Bure who found a late trailing Hamrlik for a goal. The Jabronis called for a coaches challenge to see if Whitney cutting across the crease got a piece of Quick. The goal was upheld. The Malkin line got caught in the zone for an extended shift iced the puck. Sensing a chance to keep the pressure on, the Bastards sent out Mario-Forsberg-Hull-Subban-Markov. That firepower ended up being not needed as Mario slapped the faceoff towards the net and threw Quick's legs to seal Game One.
Game Two saw the Russian contingent of the Jabronis continue to give the Bastards trouble. Ovechkin put up a powerplay marker, Larianov found the scoresheet, and Kasatonov floated a shot through traffic and past a screen Beezer. Glenn Anderson got one back, tipping a Markov shot past Quick. Ovechkin tallied his second off the rush and sent the Bastards back to the goalie merry-go-round. However, this didn't spark the same team reaction. Giroux potted a goal cutting between the circles and Keith got one home after a power move around Kunitz and drove the net hard on Cujo. Mario got a goal on the powerplay late in the third, but not enough to mount any kind of comeback.
Game Three had the momentum the Jabronis built carry over. LaFontaine tallied his first followed by Ovechkin continuing to find the back of the net. Forsberg was able to find a streaking Elias who beat Quick over the blocker to get the Bastards going. The Jabronis' brick wall defense was up to the task of turning back the Bastards' onslaught. Recchi disrupted a breakout attempt by Lowe which allowed LaFontaine to walk in all alone on Cujo and beat him five-hole. Hull fired home another weakside one-timer to pull back to one down. Cujo was pulled for the extra attacked and Subban fired a point shot wide that went around the boards, out of the zone, and Drury outraced Subban for the empty netter.
Game Four finally saw the Bastards not start on the back foot. The Mario line finally was able to hold productive zone time and Tkachuk found paydirt with a wrist shot. Krutov almost answered immediately, but found the iron twice. Mario showed why he was taken 1st overall and danced his way around defenders before going backhand, forehand past Quick. The Jabronis were then able to get a favorable matchup on an offensive zone draw. Carbonneau's line got matched-up vs the KLM line and was quickly punished with clinic in puck possession for 45 seconds before Makarov feed Lidstrom for a slapper that beat Cujo. With the extra attacker, the Jabronis were able to tie the game up in the final minute with Malkin finding Makarov with a full head of steam coming off the bench and using Hamrlik as a screen to beat Cujo high glove. The start of OT was a back and forth dump and chase, each team hoping to get the other's defense to make a mistake. Unsurprisingly this didn't work as both bluelines held their composure and masterfully cleared their zone each time. The breakthrough came after the midperiod slush cleaning gave a decent sheet of ice for Stastny to hit Bure with a pass to send him 1-on-1 with Keith. Bure fended off a strong stick check and just got around Keith enough to get a good backhand shot off and through Quick.
In Game Five The Bastards' came out hot. Forsberg netted a goal midway through the first and Mario capitalized on an interference call on Giroux by lighting the lamp. Anderson was then sent to he box for goalie interference, resulting in an Ozolinsh goal. The KLM line then came alive again knotting the game up with another Makarov goal. Early in the third, Hull faked everyone in the arena out by taking a Mario pass and faking a slapper with everyone and their mother committing, and finding Markov pinching into the vacant space to get a free shot on an overcommitted Quick. Wheeler gets in on the action by capitalizing on a favorable offensive zone start and battling in front of the net for loose pucks and getting rewarded with a goal. The Jabronis make a last push to close the gap, but get turned away.
Game Six shows the Jabronis' resolve. The Bastards make a push early on to end this quick, but leave themselves exposed to counterattacks. Malkin and Ovechkin team up to capitalize on the first counter, Malkin feeding Ovie, and then LaFontaine's line jailbreaks for a 3-on-1 that ends with a Recchi goal. The Bastards regroup to shore up their defense, but the damage is done. They need to keep pressing and allow two more goals, Tarasenko and Lidstrom. Elias get the Bastards from getting goose egg'd but the series is tied and goes to the winner takes all Game Seven.
Game Seven starts off with both teams making the push to get their nose out in front. The first handful of minutes are quick rushes that end in one shot and the puck being turned back the other way. Hull misses the first golden chance of the night, firing too high on a downed Quick. The Jabronis get their own chance after Lowe stumbles and gives up an odd man break. Cujo comes up big and gloves a Giroux shot. The Jabronis get one more golden chance with the KLM line and Krutov beating Cujo cleanly, but not the far side post. Things settle down after that chance and possession hockey comes back into style. Getzlaf finds Perry in the slot to break the deadlock. Three minutes later, Bure gets stoned on a breakway, however Whitney trails behind to clean up the rebound and put us back to even. Malkin then takes an offensive zone holding call to put the Bastards on the powerplay. Subban pump fakes a slapper then sends soft wrister towards the net. Giroux gets his body in front of it to knock it away, however it falls right to Mario who fires true. Early in the 3rd, the Bastards get put on the powerplay again. Subban gets greedy and tries to bomb point shots home. Getzlaf reads his next one and get PK to fire one right into his shin pads. Subban falls trying to recover and stop the puck from going out of the zone, sending Getzlaf and Perry free on a 2-on-0. Cujo is helpless as Perry gets an easy tap-in at the side of the net. With that jolt of energy, the KLM line gets to work and makes the offensive zone their playground, but not being able to find that last pass or squeeze that shot home. With around 8 minutes left in the 3rd, Anderson is able to dish to Forsberg behind the net who skates in on Quick after dangling around Kasatonov and puts a shot just over the left pad. For the final 8 minutes the Bastards fall into a defensive shell and make the Jabronis work enter the zone and possession in the zone is short lived. Quick is pulled at the 1:30 mark and Makarov joins Malkin, Ovie, Recchi, Lidstrom, and LaFontaine to lay siege to Cujo in hopes of forcing OT. Carbonneau, Forsberg, Anderson, McCrimmon, Lowe get pinned in for almost that entire 1:30, desperately defending their net. In the final 20 seconds, Malkin finds Ovechkin partly open cross ice, a dead tired McCrimmon does the only thing he can to prevent a high percentage shot. He turns and take a two handed chop to the shaft of Ovie's stick, breaking it just before he can receive the puck. This allows Forsberg to gain control, the play to whistle dead and the Bastards to get 4 fresh bodies on the ice for the final 17 seconds. The resulting faceoff is won by Mario, back to Kronwall who send the puck the full length of the ice, sealing the series.
Gentlemen Bastards win 4-3