List of Stanley Cup champions
NHL champions (since 1927)
When the WHL folded in 1926 its remaining assets were acquired by the NHL, making it the only league left with teams competing for the Cup.

List of Stanley Cup champions

Section Title: NHL champions (since 1927)
Table Section Text: When the WHL folded in 1926 its remaining assets were acquired by the NHL, making it the only league left with teams competing for the Cup.

Year	Winning team	Coach	Games	Losing team	Coach	Winning goal

1927	Ottawa Senators (C) (5, 4–1)	Dave Gill	2–0–2	Boston Bruins (A) (1, 0–1)	Art Ross	Cy Denneny (7:30, second)

1928	New York Rangers (A) (1, 1–0)	Lester Patrick-playing	3–2	Montreal Maroons (C) (2, 1–1)	Eddie Gerard	Frank Boucher (3:35, third)

1929	Boston Bruins (A) (2, 1–1)	Cy Denneny-playing	2–0	New York Rangers (A) (2, 1–1)	Lester Patrick	Bill Carson (18:02, third)

1930	Montreal Canadiens (C) (6, 3–2)	Cecil Hart	2–0	Boston Bruins (A) (3, 1–2)	Art Ross	Howie Morenz (1:00, second)

1931	Montreal Canadiens (C) (7, 4–2)	Cecil Hart	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (A) (1, 0–1)	Dick Irvin	Johnny Gagnon (9:59, second)

1932	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (3, 3–0)	Dick Irvin	3–0	New York Rangers (A) (3, 1–2)	Lester Patrick	Ace Bailey (15:07, third)

1933	New York Rangers (A) (4, 2–2)	Lester Patrick	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (4, 3–1)	Dick Irvin	Bill Cook (7:34, OT)

1934	Chicago Black Hawks (A) (2, 1–1)	Tommy Gorman	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (A) (1, 0–1)	Jack Adams	Mush March (10:05, second OT)

1935	Montreal Maroons (C) (2, 2–1)	Tommy Gorman	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (5, 3–2)	Dick Irvin	Baldy Northcott (16:18, second)

1936	Detroit Red Wings (A) (2, 1–1)	Jack Adams	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (6, 3–3)	Dick Irvin	Pete Kelly (9:45, third)

1937	Detroit Red Wings (A) (3, 2–1)	Jack Adams	3–2	New York Rangers (A) (5, 2–3)	Lester Patrick	Marty Barry (19:22, first)

1938	Chicago Black Hawks (A) (3, 2–1)	Bill Stewart	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (7, 3–4)	Dick Irvin	Carl Voss (16:45, second)

1939	Boston Bruins (4, 2–2)	Art Ross	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (8, 3–5)	Dick Irvin	Roy Conacher (17:54, second)

1940	New York Rangers (6, 3–3)	Frank Boucher	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (9, 3–6)	Dick Irvin	Bryan Hextall (2:07, OT)

1941	Boston Bruins (5, 3–2)	Cooney Weiland	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (4, 2–2)	Jack Adams	Bobby Bauer (8:43, second)

1942	Toronto Maple Leafs (10, 4–6)	Hap Day	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (5, 2–3)	Jack Adams	Pete Langelle (9:48, third)

1943	Detroit Red Wings (6, 3–3)	Jack Adams	4–0	Boston Bruins (6, 3–3)	Art Ross	Joe Carveth (12:09, first)

1944	Montreal Canadiens (8, 5–2)	Dick Irvin	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (4, 2–2)	Paul Thompson	Toe Blake (9:12, OT)

1945	Toronto Maple Leafs (11, 5–6)	Hap Day	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (7, 3–4)	Jack Adams	Babe Pratt (12:14, third)

1946	Montreal Canadiens (9, 6–2)	Dick Irvin	4–1	Boston Bruins (7, 3–4)	Dit Clapper	Toe Blake (11:06, third)

1947	Toronto Maple Leafs (12, 6–6)	Hap Day	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (10, 6–3)	Dick Irvin	Ted Kennedy (14:39, third)

1948	Toronto Maple Leafs (13, 7–6)	Hap Day	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (8, 3–5)	Tommy Ivan	Harry Watson (11:13, first)

1949	Toronto Maple Leafs (14, 8–6)	Hap Day	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (9, 3–6)	Tommy Ivan	Cal Gardner (19:45, second)

1950	Detroit Red Wings (10, 4–6)	Tommy Ivan	4–3	New York Rangers (7, 3–4)	Lynn Patrick	Pete Babando (8:31, second OT)

1951	Toronto Maple Leafs (15, 9–6)	Joe Primeau	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (11, 6–4)	Dick Irvin	Bill Barilko (2:53, OT)

1952	Detroit Red Wings (11, 5–6)	Tommy Ivan	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (12, 6–5)	Dick Irvin	Metro Prystai (6:50, first)

1953	Montreal Canadiens (13, 7–5)	Dick Irvin	4–1	Boston Bruins (8, 3–5)	Lynn Patrick	Elmer Lach (1:22, OT)

1954	Detroit Red Wings (12, 6–6)	Tommy Ivan	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (14, 7–6)	Dick Irvin	Tony Leswick (4:20, OT)

1955	Detroit Red Wings (13, 7–6)	Jimmy Skinner	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (15, 7–7)	Dick Irvin	Gordie Howe (19:49, second)

1956	Montreal Canadiens (16, 8–7)	Toe Blake	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (14, 7–7)	Jimmy Skinner	Maurice Richard (15:08, second)

1957	Montreal Canadiens (17, 9–7)	Toe Blake	4–1	Boston Bruins (9, 3–6)	Milt Schmidt	Dickie Moore (0:14, second)

1958	Montreal Canadiens (18, 10–7)	Toe Blake	4–2	Boston Bruins (10, 3–7)	Milt Schmidt	Bernie Geoffrion (19:26, second)

1959	Montreal Canadiens (19, 11–7)	Toe Blake	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (16, 9–7)	Punch Imlach	Marcel Bonin (9:55, second)

1960	Montreal Canadiens (20, 12–7)	Toe Blake	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (17, 9–8)	Punch Imlach	Jean Beliveau (8:16, first)

1961	Chicago Black Hawks (5, 3–2)	Rudy Pilous	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (15, 7–8)	Sid Abel	Ab McDonald (18:49, second)

1962	Toronto Maple Leafs (18, 10–8)	Punch Imlach	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (6, 3–3)	Rudy Pilous	Dick Duff (14:14, third)

1963	Toronto Maple Leafs (19, 11–8)	Punch Imlach	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (16, 7–9)	Sid Abel	Eddie Shack (13:28, third)

1964	Toronto Maple Leafs (20, 12–8)	Punch Imlach	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (17, 7–10)	Sid Abel	Andy Bathgate (3:04, first)

1965	Montreal Canadiens (21, 13–7)	Toe Blake	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (7, 3–4)	Billy Reay	Jean Beliveau (0:14, first)

1966	Montreal Canadiens (22, 14–7)	Toe Blake	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (18, 7–11)	Sid Abel	Henri Richard (2:20, OT)

1967	Toronto Maple Leafs (21, 13–8)	Punch Imlach	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (23, 14–8)	Toe Blake	Jim Pappin (19:24, second)

1968	Montreal Canadiens (E) (24, 15–8)	Toe Blake	4–0	St. Louis Blues (W) (1, 0–1)	Scotty Bowman	J. C. Tremblay (11:40, third)

1969	Montreal Canadiens (E) (25, 16–8)	Claude Ruel	4–0	St. Louis Blues (W) (2, 0–2)	Scotty Bowman	John Ferguson (3:02, third)

1970	Boston Bruins (E) (11, 4–7)	Harry Sinden	4–0	St. Louis Blues (W) (3, 0–3)	Scotty Bowman	Bobby Orr (0:40, OT)

1971	Montreal Canadiens (E) (26, 17–8)	Al MacNeil	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (W) (8, 3–5)	Billy Reay	Henri Richard (2:34, third)

1972	Boston Bruins (E) (12, 5–7)	Tom Johnson	4–2	New York Rangers (E) (8, 3–5)	Emile Francis	Bobby Orr (11:18, first)

1973	Montreal Canadiens (E) (27, 18–8)	Scotty Bowman	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (W) (9, 3–6)	Billy Reay	Yvan Cournoyer (8:13, third)

1974	Philadelphia Flyers (W) (1, 1–0)	Fred Shero	4–2	Boston Bruins (E) (13, 5–8)	Bep Guidolin	Rick MacLeish (14:48, first)

1975	Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (2, 2–0)	Fred Shero	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (PW) (1, 0–1)	Floyd Smith	Bob Kelly (0:11, third)

1976	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (28, 19–8)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (3, 2–1)	Fred Shero	Guy Lafleur (14:18, third)

1977	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (29, 20–8)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Boston Bruins (PW) (14, 5–9)	Don Cherry	Jacques Lemaire (4:32, OT)

1978	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (30, 21–8)	Scotty Bowman	4–2	Boston Bruins (PW) (15, 5–10)	Don Cherry	Mario Tremblay (9:20, first)

1979	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (31, 22–8)	Scotty Bowman	4–1	New York Rangers (CC) (9, 3–6)	Fred Shero	Jacques Lemaire (1:02, second)

1980	New York Islanders (CC) (1, 1–0)	Al Arbour	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (4, 2–2)	Pat Quinn	Bob Nystrom (7:11, OT)

1981	New York Islanders (CC) (2, 2–0)	Al Arbour	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (PW) (1, 0–1)	Glen Sonmor	Wayne Merrick (5:37, first)

1982	New York Islanders (PW) (3, 3–0)	Al Arbour	4–0	Vancouver Canucks (CC) (1, 0–1)	Roger Neilson	Mike Bossy (5:00, second)

1983	New York Islanders (PW) (4, 4–0)	Al Arbour	4–0	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (1, 0–1)	Glen Sather	Mike Bossy (12:39, first)

1984	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (2, 1–1)	Glen Sather	4–1	New York Islanders (PW) (5, 4–1)	Al Arbour	Ken Linseman (0:38, second)

1985	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (3, 2–1)	Glen Sather	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (PW) (5, 2–3)	Mike Keenan	Paul Coffey (17:57, first)

1986	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (32, 23–8)	Jean Perron	4–1	Calgary Flames (CC) (1, 0–1)	Bob Johnson	Bobby Smith (10:30, third)

1987	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (4, 3–1)	Glen Sather	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (PW) (6, 2–4)	Mike Keenan	Jari Kurri (14:59, second)

1988	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (5, 4–1)	Glen Sather	4–0	Boston Bruins (PW) (16, 5–11)	Terry O'Reilly	Wayne Gretzky (9:44, second)

1989	Calgary Flames (CC) (2, 1–1)	Terry Crisp	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (33, 23–9)	Pat Burns	Doug Gilmour (11:02, third)

1990	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (6, 5–1)	John Muckler	4–1	Boston Bruins (PW) (17, 5–12)	Mike Milbury	Craig Simpson (9:31, second)

1991	Pittsburgh Penguins (PW) (1, 1–0)	Bob Johnson	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (CC) (2, 0–2)	Bob Gainey	Ulf Samuelsson (2:00, first)

1992	Pittsburgh Penguins (PW) (2, 2–0)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Chicago Blackhawks (CC) (10, 3–7)	Mike Keenan	Ron Francis (7:59, third)

1993	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (34, 24–9)	Jacques Demers	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (CC) (1, 0–1)	Barry Melrose	Kirk Muller (3:51, second)

1994	New York Rangers (EC) (10, 4–6)	Mike Keenan	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (WC) (2, 0–2)	Pat Quinn	Mark Messier (13:29, second)

1995	New Jersey Devils (EC) (1, 1–0)	Jacques Lemaire	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (19, 7–12)	Scotty Bowman	Neal Broten (7:56, second)

1996	Colorado Avalanche (WC) (1, 1–0)	Marc Crawford	4–0	Florida Panthers (EC) (1, 0–1)	Doug MacLean	Uwe Krupp (4:31, third OT)

1997	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (20, 8–12)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers (EC) (7, 2–5)	Terry Murray	Darren McCarty (13:02, second)

1998	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (21, 9–12)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Washington Capitals (EC) (1, 0–1)	Ron Wilson	Martin Lapointe (2:26, second)

1999	Dallas Stars (WC) (3, 1–2)	Ken Hitchcock	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (EC) (2, 0–2)	Lindy Ruff	Brett Hull (14:51, third OT)

2000	New Jersey Devils (EC) (2, 2–0)	Larry Robinson	4–2	Dallas Stars (WC) (4, 1–3)	Ken Hitchcock	Jason Arnott (8:20, second OT)

2001	Colorado Avalanche (WC) (2, 2–0)	Bob Hartley	4–3	New Jersey Devils (EC) (3, 2–1)	Larry Robinson	Alex Tanguay (4:57, second)

2002	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (22, 10–12)	Scotty Bowman	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (EC) (1, 0–1)	Paul Maurice	Brendan Shanahan (14:04, second)

2003	New Jersey Devils (EC) (4, 3–1)	Pat Burns	4–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (WC) (1, 0–1)	Mike Babcock	Michael Rupp (2:22, second)

2004	Tampa Bay Lightning (EC) (1, 1–0)	John Tortorella	4–3	Calgary Flames (WC) (3, 1–2)	Darryl Sutter	Ruslan Fedotenko (14:38, second)

2005	Season cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

2006	Carolina Hurricanes (EC) (2, 1–1)	Peter Laviolette	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (WC) (7, 5–2)	Craig MacTavish	Frantisek Kaberle (4:18, second)

2007	Anaheim Ducks (WC) (2, 1–1)	Randy Carlyle	4–1	Ottawa Senators (EC) (1, 0–1)	Bryan Murray	Travis Moen (15:44, second)

2008	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (23, 11–12)	Mike Babcock	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (3, 2–1)	Michel Therrien	Henrik Zetterberg (7:36, third)

2009	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (4, 3–1)	Dan Bylsma	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (24, 11–13)	Mike Babcock	Maxime Talbot (10:07, second)

2010	Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (11, 4–7)	Joel Quenneville	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (EC) (8, 2–6)	Peter Laviolette	Patrick Kane (4:06, OT)

2011	Boston Bruins (EC) (18, 6–12)	Claude Julien	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (WC) (3, 0–3)	Alain Vigneault	Patrice Bergeron (14:37, first)

2012	Los Angeles Kings (WC) (2, 1–1)	Darryl Sutter	4–2	New Jersey Devils (EC) (5, 3–2)	Peter DeBoer	Jeff Carter (12:45, first)

2013	Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (12, 5–7)	Joel Quenneville	4–2	Boston Bruins (EC) (19, 6–13)	Claude Julien	Dave Bolland (19:01, third)

2014	Los Angeles Kings (WC) (3, 2–1)	Darryl Sutter	4–1	New York Rangers (EC) (11, 4–7)	Alain Vigneault	Alec Martinez (14:43, second OT)

2015	Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (13, 6–7)	Joel Quenneville	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (EC) (2, 1–1)	Jon Cooper	Duncan Keith (17:13, second)

2016	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (5, 4–1)	Mike Sullivan	4–2	San Jose Sharks (WC) (1, 0–1)	Peter DeBoer	Kris Letang (7:46, second)

2017	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (6, 5–1)	Mike Sullivan	4–2	Nashville Predators (WC) (1, 0–1)	Peter Laviolette	Patric Hornqvist (18:25, third)

2018	Washington Capitals (EC) (2, 1–1)	Barry Trotz	4–1	Vegas Golden Knights (WC) (1, 0–1)	Gerard Gallant	Lars Eller (12:23, third)

Sentence(s)

The Devils fell short of winning back-to-back Stanley Cup Championships, losing to the Colorado Avalanche four games to three.

final_sentence: The Devils fell short of winning back-to-back Stanley Cup Championships, losing to the Colorado Avalanche four games to three.