1968–69 NHL season

The 1968–69 NHL season was the 52nd season of the National Hockey League. Twelve teams each played 76 games (two more than in 1967–68). For the second time in a row, the Montreal Canadiens faced the St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup finals. Montreal won for their second Stanley Cup in a row as they swept the Blues in four, which was exactly the same result of the previous season.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	76	46	19	11	103	271	202	780
Boston Bruins	76	42	18	16	100	303	221	1297
New York Rangers	76	41	26	9	91	231	196	806
Toronto Maple Leafs	76	35	26	15	85	234	217	961
Detroit Red Wings	76	33	31	12	78	239	221	885
Chicago Black Hawks	76	34	33	9	77	280	246	842

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
St. Louis Blues	76	37	25	14	88	204	157	838
Oakland Seals	76	29	36	11	69	219	251	811
Philadelphia Flyers	76	20	35	21	61	174	225	964
Los Angeles Kings	76	24	42	10	58	185	260	698
Pittsburgh Penguins	76	20	45	11	51	189	252	677
Minnesota North Stars	76	18	43	15	51	189	270	862

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Phil Esposito	Boston Bruins	74	49	77	126	79
Bobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	74	58	49	107	48
Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	76	44	59	103	58
Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	74	30	67	97	52
Ken Hodge	Boston Bruins	75	45	45	90	75
Yvan Cournoyer	Montreal Canadiens	76	43	44	87	31
Alex Delvecchio	Detroit Red Wings	72	25	58	83	8
Red Berenson	St. Louis Blues	76	35	47	82	43
Frank Mahovlich	Detroit Red Wings	76	49	29	78	38
Jean Ratelle	New York Rangers	76	32	46	78	26

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Stanley Cup Finals
	1	Montreal	4
	3	New York	0
						1	Montreal	4
	East Division
						2	Boston	2
	2	Boston	4
	4	Toronto	0
											E1	Montreal	4
											W1	St. Louis	0
	1	St. Louis	4
	3	Philadelphia	0
						1	St. Louis	4
	West Division
						4	Los Angeles	0
	2	Oakland	3
	4	Los Angeles	4

NHL awards

Prince of Wales Trophy:	Montreal Canadiens
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	St. Louis Blues
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Ted Hampson, Oakland Seals
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Danny Grant, Minnesota North Stars
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Serge Savard, Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Alex Delvecchio, Detroit Red Wings
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
Vezina Trophy:	Glenn Hall & Jacques Plante, St. Louis Blues
Lester Patrick Trophy:	Robert M. Hull

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Glenn Hall, St. Louis Blues	G	Ed Giacomin, New York Rangers
Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins	D	Ted Green, Boston Bruins
Tim Horton, Toronto Maple Leafs	D	Ted Harris, Montreal Canadiens
Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins	C	Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens
Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings	RW	Yvan Cournoyer, Montreal Canadiens
Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks	LW	Frank Mahovlich, Detroit Red Wings

References

• Hockey Database
• NHL.com
• hickoksports.com Archived 2013-01-11 at Archive.today