1968 Stanley Cup playoffs

All of the Original Six teams were placed in the new Eastern Division, and all of the new teams placed in the new Western Division. The top four teams in each division made the playoffs.

In the first round, the first-place vs. third-place and second-place vs. fourth-place playoff format that had been in place for the previous 25 seasons was retained within the two divisions. The two winning teams from each division's first round series then met in the Stanley Cup Semifinals. The two winners of the Semifinals then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.

This format guaranteed that an expansion team would at least reach the Finals, but also highlighted the competitive imbalance between the Original Six teams in the Eastern Division and the expansion teams in the Western Division. The imbalance was readily apparent in the final regular season standings, as the fourth-place team in the East Division had a better record than the top team in the West.

In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series).

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| RD1-group2=West Division

| RD1=Quarter-finals

| RD2=Semi-finals

| RD3=Final

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| RD1-score1=4

| RD1-seed2=3

| RD1-team2=Boston Bruins

| RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3=New York Rangers

| RD1-score3=2

| RD1-seed4=4

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| RD1-score4=4

| RD1-seed5=1

| RD1-team5=Philadelphia Flyers

| RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6=3

| RD1-team6=St. Louis Blues

| RD1-score6=4

| RD1-seed7=2

| RD1-team7=Los Angeles Kings

| RD1-score7=3

| RD1-seed8=4

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| RD1-score8=4

| RD2-seed1=1

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| RD2-score1=4

| RD2-seed2=4

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| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=3

| RD2-team3=St. Louis Blues

| RD2-score3=4

| RD2-seed4=4

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| RD2-score4=3

| RD3-seed1=E1

| RD3-team1=Montreal Canadiens

| RD3-score1=4

| RD3-seed2=W3

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| RD3-score2=0

}}

All series but Bruins-Canadiens had a game postponed after the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4.[https://web.archive.org/web/20190516004804/https://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=25429 Stanley Cup Notebook]

The Montreal Canadiens were the best regular season team, earning 94 points. The Boston Bruins earned 84 points to finish third in the East Division. This was the thirteenth playoff series between these two rivals, with Montreal winning ten of their twelve previous series. Their most recent series had come in the 1958 Stanley Cup Finals, which Montreal won in six games. These teams split their ten-game regular season series.

The Bruins, making their first appearance in the playoffs since 1959, were swept in four games.

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|team2=Montreal Canadiens

|stadium1=Forum de Montréal

|stadium2=Boston Garden

|date1 =April 4

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|score1 =1–2

|won1 =2

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|1-1-2 =14:08 – pp – Henri Richard (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =14:40 – Claude Provost (1)

|goalie1-1 =Gerry Cheevers 33 saves / 35 shots

|goalie1-2 =Gump Worsley 21 saves / 22 shots

|date2 =April 6

|home2 =1

|score2 =3–5

|won2 =2

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|2-1-1 =Ken Hodge (2) – 13:58

|2-1-2 =09:33 – Jacques Lemaire (1)

|2-2-1 =Ted Green (1) - pp - 13:06

|2-2-2 =04:15 – Jacques Laperriere (1)
09:24 – Jacques Lemaire (2)

|2-3-1 =John McKenzie (1) – 10:47

|2-3-2 =10:24 – Dick Duff (1)
17:34 – Jean Beliveau (1)

|goalie2-1 =Gerry Cheevers 36 saves / 41 shots

|goalie2-2 =Gump Worsley 17 saves / 20 shots

|date3 =April 9

|home3 =2

|score3 =5–2

|won3 =2

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|3-1-1 =5:15 – Ed Westfall (1)

|3-1-2 =Jean Beliveau (2) – pp - 15:35

|3-2-1 =19:55 - Tommy Williams (1)

|3-2-2 =Claude Provost (2) – pp - 7:39
Ralph Backstrom (1) – 8:41
John Ferguson (1) – 18:23

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Dick Duff (2) – 8:23

|goalie3-1 =Gerry Cheevers 28 saves / 33 shots

|goalie3-2 =Gump Worsley 25 saves / 27 shots

|date4 =April 11

|home4 =2

|score4 =3–2

|won4 =2

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|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =00:49 – Ed Westfall (2)

|4-2-2 =Claude Larose (1) – 12:58

|4-3-1 =18:34 – Ken Hodge (3)

|4-3-2 =Claude Larose (2) – 7:20
Ralph Backstrom (2) – 16:33

|goalie4-1 =Gerry Cheevers 31 saves / 34 shots

|goalie4-2 =Gump Worsley 35 saves / 37 shots

|series =Montreal won series 4–0

}}

The New York Rangers earned 90 points to finish second in the East Division. The Chicago Blackhawks finished fourth in the East Division with 80 points. This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Their only previous series came in the 1931 semifinals, where Chicago won the two-game total goals series 3 goals to 0. New York earned eleven of twenty points in this year's regular season series.

The Black Hawks, led by Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita upset the Rangers in six to set up a Montreal-Chicago East Division showdown.

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|1-1-2 =11:22 – Orland Kurtenbach (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =07:34 – pp – Harry Howell (1)

|1-3-1 =Pierre Pilote (1) – pp – 12:27

|1-3-2 =01:36 – Rod Gilbert (1)

|goalie1-1 =Denis DeJordy 41 saves / 44 shots

|goalie1-2 =Eddie Giacomin 31 saves / 32 shots

|date2 =April 9

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|score2 =1–2

|won2 =2

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|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =15:57 – Rod Gilbert (2)

|2-2-1 =Bobby Hull (1) – 10:12

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =12:40 – Donnie Marshall (1)

|goalie2-1 =Denis DeJordy 28 saves / 30 shots

|goalie2-2 =Eddie Giacomin 36 saves / 37 shots

|date3 =April 11

|home3 =2

|score3 =4–7

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-chi/1968/04/11/1967030123#game=1967030123,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =11:35 – Pit Martin (1)

|3-1-2 =Vic Hadfield (1) – pp – 16:47

|3-2-1 =08:48 – Stan Mikita (1)

|3-2-2 =Rod Gilbert (3) – 9:32
Rod Gilbert (4) – 9:38

|3-3-1 =02:36 – Pit Martin (2)
05:25 – pp – Stan Mikita (2)
08:59 – Dennis Hull (1)
18:19 – Doug Mohns (1)
19:42 – Gilles Marotte (1)

|3-3-2 =Rod Seiling (1) – 13:22

|goalie3-1 =Denis DeJordy 29 saves / 33 shots

|goalie3-2 =Eddie Giacomin 24 saves / 31 shots

|date4 =April 13

|home4 =2

|score4 =1–3

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-chi/1968/04/13/1967030124#game=1967030124,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =15:33 – Kenny Wharram (1)

|4-1-2 =Ron Stewart (1) – 17:20

|4-2-1 =3:33 – Gilles Marotte (2)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =8:24 – Chico Maki (1)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Denis DeJordy 37 saves / 38 shots

|goalie4-2 =Eddie Giacomin 41 saves / 44 shots

|date5 =April 14

|home5 =1

|score5 =2–1

|won5 =1

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|5-1-1 =Donnie Marshall (2) – 5:20

|5-1-2 =16:14 – pp – Bobby Hull (2)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Bobby Schmautz (1) – 16:46

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Denis DeJordy 32 saves / 33 shots

|goalie5-2 =Eddie Giacomin 27 saves / 29 shots

|date6 =April 16

|home6 =2

|score6 =1–4

|won6 =1

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|6-1-1 =05:50 – Doug Jarrett (1)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =19:25 – Chico Maki (2)

|6-2-2 =Rod Gilbert (5) – 03:15

|6-3-1 =02:39 – Pit Martin (3)
16:35 – Stan Mikita (3)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Denis DeJordy 26 saves / 27 shots

|goalie6-2 =Eddie Giacomin 25 saves / 29 shots

|series =Chicago won series 4–2

}}

The Philadelphia Flyers were West Division Champions, earning 73 points. The St. Louis Blues earned 70 points to finish third in the West Division. This was the first playoff series for both teams. Philadelphia earned sixteen of twenty points in this year's regular season series.

Philadelphia was upset by the Blues, led by goaltender Glenn Hall and coached by future Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman, in seven games.

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|team2=Philadelphia Flyers

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|stadium2=St. Louis Arena

|date1 =April 4

|home1 =1

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|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Jimmy Roberts (1) – 14:13

|1-3-2 =No scoring

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|goalie1-2 =Bernie Parent 32 saves / 33 shots

|date2 =April 6

|home2 =1

|score2 =3–4

|won2 =2

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|2-1-1 =Dickie Moore (1) – 07:11

|2-1-2 =01:32 – Pat Hannigan (1)
18:37 – pp – Don Blackburn (1)
19:10 – Claude Laforge (1)

|2-2-1 =Don McKenney (1) – 04:22
Larry Keenan (1) – 05:46

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =06:51 – Leon Rochefort (1)

|goalie2-1 =Glenn Hall 37 saves / 41 shots

|goalie2-2 =Doug Favell 26 saves / 29 shots

|date3 =April 10

|home3 =2

|score3 =2–3

|ot3 =2

|won3 =1

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|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =02:54 – Terry Crisp (1)

|3-2-2 =Jean Gauthier (1) – pp – 17:35

|3-3-1 =07:38 – Frank St. Marseille (1)

|3-3-2 =Joe Watson (1) – 13:54

|3-4-1 =04:10 – Larry Keenan (2)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Glenn Hall 33 saves / 35 shots

|goalie3-2 =Bernie Parent 54 saves / 57 shots

|date4 =April 11

|home4 =2

|score4 =2–5

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-stl/1968/04/11/1967030134#game=1967030134,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =06:52 – sh – Bill McCreary Sr. (1)
13:29 – pp – Red Berenson (1)

|4-1-2 =Andre Lacroix (1) – pp – 02:26

|4-2-1 =16:55 – Dickie Moore (2)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =00:49 – Red Berenson (2)
16:05 – sh – Barclay Plager (1)

|4-3-2 =Don Blackburn (2) – 14:04

|goalie4-1 =Glenn Hall 22 saves / 24 shots

|goalie4-2 =Doug Favell 28 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =April 13

|home5 =1

|score5 =1–6

|won5 =2

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|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =09:01 – Leon Rochefort (2)
13:18 – Rosaire Paiement (1)
15:52 – sh – Forbes Kennedy (1)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =17:00 – Brit Selby (1)

|5-3-1 =Gerry Melnyk (1) – sh – 11:05

|5-3-2 =10:27 – pp – Rosaire Paiement (2)
13:26 – pp – Rosaire Paiement (3)

|goalie5-1 =Glenn Hall 9 saves / 12 shots
Seth Martin 17 saves / 20 shots

|goalie5-2 =Bernie Parent 30 saves / 31 shots

|date6 =April 16

|home6 =2

|score6 =2–1

|ot6 =2

|won6 =2

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|6-1-1 =18:06 – pp – Gerry Melnyk (2)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Andre Lacroix (2) – 19:45

|6-4-1 =No scoring

|6-4-2 =Don Blackburn (3) – 11:18

|goalie6-1 =Glenn Hall 41 saves / 43 shots

|goalie6-2 =Bernie Parent 63 saves / 64 shots

|date7 =April 18

|home7 =1

|score7 =3–1

|won7 =1

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|7-1-1 =Frank St. Marseille (2) – pp – 07:38

|7-1-2 =18:25 – pp – Bill Sutherland (1)

|7-2-1 =Larry Keenan (3) – pp – 10:45

|7-2-2 =No scoring

|7-3-1 =Red Berenson (3) – en – 19:10

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Glenn Hall 26 saves / 27 shots

|goalie7-2 =Bernie Parent 28 saves / 30 shots

|series =St. Louis won series 4–3

}}

The Los Angeles Kings finished second in the West Division with 72 points. The Minnesota North Stars earned 69 points to finish fourth in the West Division. This was the first playoff series for both teams. Minnesota earned fourteen of twenty points in this year's regular season series.

The North Stars defeated the Kings in seven games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

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|team2=Los Angeles Kings

|stadium1=The Forum

|stadium2=Met Center

|date1 =April 4

|home1 =1

|score1 =1–2

|won1 =2

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|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =19:55 – pp – Eddie Joyal (1)

|1-3-1 =Dave Balon (1) – 03:54

|1-3-2 =03:13 – Bill White (1)

|goalie1-1 =Cesare Maniago 38 saves / 40 shots

|goalie1-2 =Terry Sawchuck 30 saves / 31 shots

|date2 =April 6

|home2 =1

|score2 =0–2

|won2 =2

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|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =08:45 – pp – Lowell MacDonald (1)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =18:12 – Eddie Joyal (2)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Cesare Maniago 37 saves / 39 shots

|goalie2-2 =Terry Sawchuck 18 saves / 18 shots

|date3 =April 9

|home3 =2

|score3 =5–7

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-mns/1968/04/08/1967030143#game=1967030143,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =05:51 – Bill Collins (1)
15:48 – Ray Cullen (1)
17:34 – pp – Mike McMahon Jr. (1)

|3-1-2 =Lowell MacDonald (2) – 12:44
Lowell MacDonald (3) – 13:56
Howie Hughes (1) – pp – 15:19

|3-2-1 =01:25 – Parker MacDonald (1)
16:56 – ps – Wayne Connelly (1)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =00:09 – Bill Collins (2)
17:50 – Andre Boudrias (1)

|3-3-2 =Ted Irvine (1) – 03:23
Doug Robinson (1) – 04:15

|goalie3-1 =Cesare Maniago 24 saves / 29 shots

|goalie3-2 =Terry Sawchuck 18 saves / 23 shots
Wayne Rutledge 9 saves / 11 shots

|date4 =April 11

|home4 =2

|score4 =2–3

|won4 =1

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|4-1-1 =11:30 – pp – Ray Cullen (2)

|4-1-2 =Bill Flett (1) – 03:37
Bill White (2) – 04:45

|4-2-1 =06:31 – Mike McMahon Jr. (2)
09:27 – Dave Balon (2)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Cesare Maniago 30 saves / 32 shots

|goalie4-2 =Terry Sawchuck 31 saves / 34 shots

|date5 =April 13

|home5 =1

|score5 =2–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-lak/1968/04/13/1967030145#game=1967030145,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =02:14 – Gord Labossiere (1)
02:29 – Gord Labossiere (2)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =12:23 – pp – Eddie Joyal (3)

|5-3-1 =Wayne Connelly (2) – 07:15
Wayne Connelly (3) – 14:55

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Cesare Maniago 21 saves / 24 shots

|goalie5-2 =Wayne Rutledge 27 saves / 29 shots

|date6 =April 16

|home6 =2

|score6 =3–4

|ot6 =1

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-mns/1968/04/16/1967030146#game=1967030146,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =08:05 – sh – Mike McMahon Jr. (3)

|6-1-2 =Doug Robinson (2) – 11:12

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Real Lemieux (1) – 1:37
Howie Hughes (2) – 04:20

|6-3-1 =07:23 – Bill Goldsworthy (1)
16:39 – Bob McCord (1)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|6-4-1 =09:11 – Milan Marcetta (1)

|6-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Cesare Maniago 33 saves / 36 shots

|goalie6-2 =Wayne Rutledge 29 saves / 33 shots

|date7 =April 18

|home7 =1

|score7 =9–4

|won7 =1

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-lak/1968/04/18/1967030147#game=1967030147,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =Parker MacDonald (2) – 02:24
Wayne Connelly (4) – pp – 08:05
Bill Goldsworthy (2) – 16:25

|7-1-2 =02:51 – Doug Robinson (3)

|7-2-1 =Milan Marcetta (2) – 08:45
Parker MacDonald (3) – 11:58
Milan Marcetta (3) – 12:49
Dave Balon (3) – 15:58
Andre Boudrias (2) – 16:12

|7-2-2 =05:12 – pp – Eddie Joyal (4)
16:45 – Poul Popiel (1)

|7-3-1 =Bill Goldsworthy (3) – pp – 09:07

|7-3-2 =19:36 – Doug Robinson (4)

|goalie7-1 =Cesare Maniago 22 saves / 26 shots

|goalie7-2 =Terry Sawchuck 24 saves / 33 shots

|series =Minnesota won series 4–3

}}

This was the 14th playoff series between these two teams. Their most recent series previous to this one was in the 1965 Stanley Cup Finals, which Montreal won four games to three. Montreal earned fourteen of a possible twenty points from the ten 1967-1968 regular season matchups between the two teams.

The Black Hawks could not provide another upset, and lost to the Canadiens in five games, giving Montreal their only defeat of the playoffs.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Chicago Black Hawks

|team2=Montreal Canadiens

|stadium1=Montreal Forum

|stadium2=Chicago Stadium

|date1 =April 18

|home1 =1

|score1 =2–9

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1968/04/18/1967030211#game=1967030211,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =06:37 – Ralph Backstrom (3)
07:31 – Yvan Cournoyer (1)
09:24 – John Ferguson (2)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =15:26 – pp – Yvan Cournoyer (2)

|1-3-1 =Doug Jarrett (2) – 10:20
Gilles Marotte (3) – 11:26

|1-3-2 =00:10 – John Ferguson (3)
01:28 – Gilles Tremblay (1)
07:08 – Jacques Lemaire (3)
16:03 – Jean Beliveau (3)
17:50 – Claude Larose (3)

|goalie1-1 =Denis DeJordy 24 saves / 33 shots

|goalie1-2 =Gump Worsley 32 saves / 34 shots

|date2 =April 20

|home2 =1

|score2 =1–4

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1968/04/20/1967030212#game=1967030212,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Stan Mikita (4) – pp – 05:03

|2-1-2 =10:58 – Jean Beliveau (4)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =10:04 – pp – Jean Beliveau (5)
15:41 – pp – Jacques Lemaire (4)
17:57 – pp – Jean Beliveau (6)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Denis DeJordy 35 saves / 39 shots

|goalie2-2 =Gump Worsley 23 saves / 24 shots

|date3 =April 23

|home3 =2

|score3 =4–2

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1968/04/23/1967030213#game=1967030213,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =15:25 – Doug Jarrett (3)

|3-1-2 =Jean Beliveau (7) - 00:39

|3-2-1 =10:35 – Doug Jarrett (4)

|3-2-2 =Yvan Cournoyer (3) – pp – 02:39
Yvan Cournoyer (4) – 06:11
J. C. Tremblay (1) – 12:05

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Denis DeJordy 29 saves / 33 shots

|goalie3-2 =Gump Worsley 39 saves / 41 shots

|date4 =April 25

|home4 =2

|score4 =1–2

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1968/04/25/1967030214#game=1967030214,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =08:57 – Bobby Hull (3)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =06:50 – sh – Bobby Hull (4)

|4-2-2 =Henri Richard (2) – 03:37

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Denis DeJordy 28 saves / 29 shots

|goalie4-2 =Gump Worsley 3 saves / 4 shots
Rogie Vachon 29 saves / 30 shots

|date5 =April 28

|home5 =1

|score5 =3–4

|ot5 =1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1968/04/28/1967030215#game=1967030215,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =08:10 – Bobby Rousseau (1)

|5-2-1 =Bobby Schmautz (2) – 9:59

|5-2-2 =11:15 – sh – J. C. Tremblay (2)

|5-3-1 =Stan Mikita (5) – pp – 01:23
Wayne Maki (1) – 08:14

|5-3-2 =06:38 – pp – Jacques Lemaire (5)

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =02:14 – Jacques Lemaire (6)

|goalie5-1 =Denis DeJordy 40 saves / 44 shots

|goalie5-2 =Rogie Vachon 24 saves / 27 shots

|series =Montreal won series 4–1

}}

St. Louis earned twelve of twenty points in this year's regular season series.

Ron Schock's goal in double OT, called the "Midnight Goal" by many hockey fans, gave the Blues the series and sent them to the Stanley Cup Finals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Minnesota North Stars

|team2=St. Louis Blues

|stadium1=St. Louis Arena

|stadium2=Met Center

|date1 =April 21

|home1 =1

|score1 =3–5

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1968/04/21/1967030221#game=1967030221,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Milan Marcetta (4) – pp – 7:49

|1-1-2 =14:27 - Tim Ecclestone (1)

|1-2-1 =Wayne Connelly (5) – 00:49
Wayne Connelly (6) – pp – 15:41

|1-2-2 =09:31 – pp – Frank St. Marseille (3)
10:05 – pp – Dickie Moore (3)
12:36 – sh – Bill McCreary Sr. (2)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =14:08 – Larry Keenan (4)

|goalie1-1 =Cesare Maniago 28 saves / 33 shots

|goalie1-2 =Glenn Hall 25 saves / 28 shots

|date2 =April 22

|home2 =2

|score2 =2–3

|ot2 =1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1968/04/22/1967030222#game=1967030222,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =Jimmy Roberts (2) – 12:28

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =02:12 – Milan Marcetta (5)
07:00 – Bill Goldsworthy (4)

|2-3-2 =Frank St. Marseille (4) – pp – 04:58

|2-4-1 =03:41 – Parker MacDonald (4)

|2-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Cesare Maniago 23 saves / 25 shots

|goalie2-2 =Glenn Hall 24 saves / 27 shots

|date3 =April 25

|home3 =1

|score3 =5–1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1968/04/25/1967030223#game=1967030223,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =Milan Marcetta (6) – 09:38
Bill Goldsworthy (5) – 13:00
J. P. Parise (1) – 19:01

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =Bill Goldsworthy (6) – 16:33

|3-2-2 =04:53 – Dickie Moore (4)

|3-3-1 =Dave Balon (4) – pp – 00:09

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Cesare Maniago 30 saves / 31 shots

|goalie3-2 =Glenn Hall 16 saves / 21 shots

|date4 =April 27

|home4 =1

|score4 =3–4

|ot4 =1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1968/04/27/1967030224#game=1967030224,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =Walt McKechnie (1) – 04:42
J. P. Parise (2) – pp – 14:40

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =Wayne Connelly (7) – 19:37

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =11:57 – Jimmy Roberts (3)
12:57 – Dickie Moore (5)
19:49 – Jimmy Roberts (4)

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =01:32 – Gary Sabourin (1)

|goalie4-1 =Cesare Maniago 39 saves / 43 shots

|goalie4-2 =Glenn Hall 21 saves / 24 shots

|date5 =April 29

|home5 =1

|score5 =2–3

|ot5 =1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1968/04/29/1967030225#game=1967030225,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Walt McKechnie (2) – 05:39

|5-1-2 =01:53 – Bob Plager (1)
10:44 – Gary Sabourin (2)

|5-2-1 =Bob McCord (2) – 6:31

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =17:27 – Bill McCreary Sr. (3)

|goalie5-1 =Cesare Maniago 52 saves / 55 shots

|goalie5-2 =Glenn Hall 26 saves / 28 shots

|date6 =May 1

|home6 =2

|score6 =1–5

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1968/05/01/1967030226#game=1967030226,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =05:28 – pp – Wayne Connelly (8)
10:54 – Andre Boudrias (3)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =06:34 – Bill Goldsworthy (7)
17:16 – Bill Goldsworthy (8)

|6-2-2 =Gary Sabourin (3) – 13:53

|6-3-1 =09:52 – Milan Marcetta (7)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Cesare Maniago 22 saves / 23 shots

|goalie6-2 =Glenn Hall 12 saves / 15 shots
Seth Martin 21 saves / 23 shots

|date7 =May 3

|home7 =1

|score7 =1–2

|ot7 =2

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1968/05/03/1967030227#game=1967030227,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =No scoring

|7-3-1 =Walt McKechnie (3) – 16:49

|7-3-2 =17:20 – Dickie Moore (6)

|7-4-1 =No scoring

|7-4-2 =02:50 – Ron Schock (1)

|goalie7-1 =Cesare Maniago 36 saves / 38 shots

|goalie7-2 =Glenn Hall 44 saves / 45 shots

|series =St. Louis won series 4–3

}}

{{main|1968 Stanley Cup Finals}}

The Montreal Canadiens advanced to their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup Finals, having won the championship in 1965 and 1966. The St. Louis Blues beat out the five other teams also playing in their inaugural season to reach the Final. Montreal earned seven of eight points in this year's regular season series.

Blues coach Scotty Bowman, a long-time member of the Canadiens organization was unable to spur the Blues to an upset. The Canadiens, led by Jean Beliveau and Henri Richard swept the series in four games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Montreal Canadiens

|team2=St. Louis Blues

|stadium1=St. Louis Arena

|stadium2=Montreal Forum

|date1 =May 5

|home1 =1

|score1 =3–2

|ot1 =1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-stl/1968/05/05/1967030311#game=1967030311,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Henri Richard (3) – 09:42

|1-1-2 =09:19 – Barclay Plager (2)

|1-2-1 =Yvan Cournoyer (5) - 18:14

|1-2-2 =08:16 – pp – Dickie Moore (7)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|1-4-1 =Jacques Lemaire (7) – 01:41

|1-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Gump Worsley 34 saves / 36 shots

|goalie1-2 =Glenn Hall 35 saves / 38 shots

|date2 =May 7

|home2 =1

|score2 =1–0

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-stl/1968/05/07/1967030312#game=1967030312,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Serge Savard (1) – sh – 02:17

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Gump Worsley 19 saves / 19 shots

|goalie2-2 =Glenn Hall 35 saves / 36 shots

|date3 =May 9

|home3 =2

|score3 =3–4

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mtl/1968/05/09/1967030313#game=1967030313,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =14:24 – pp - Yvan Cournoyer (6)

|3-1-2 =Frank St. Marseille (5) – pp – 10:22

|3-2-1 =01:23 – sh – Serge Savard (2)

|3-2-2 =Red Berenson (4) - 03:37

|3-3-1 =11:43 – Ralph Backstrom (4)

|3-3-2 =Red Berenson (5) – sh – 17:25

|3-4-1 =01:13 – Bobby Rousseau (2)

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Gump Worsley 12 saves / 15 shots

|goalie3-2 =Glenn Hall 42 saves / 46 shots

|date4 =May 11

|home4 =2

|score4 =2–3

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mtl/1968/05/11/1967030314#game=1967030314,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =16:47 – Dick Duff (3)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Craig Cameron (1) – 06:53
Gary Sabourin (4) – pp – 07:50

|4-3-1 =07:24 – Henri Richard (4)
11:40 – J. C. Tremblay (3)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Gump Worsley 19 saves / 21 shots

|goalie4-2 =Glenn Hall 28 saves / 31 shots

|series =Montreal won series 4–0

}}

• 1967–68 NHL season

{{reflist}}

• {{cite book |title=Quest for the Cup : a history of the Stanley Cup Finals, 1893–2000 |last=Falla |first=Jack |year=2001 |isbn=1-55263-343-8 |publisher=Key Porter Books}}

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