1967–68 NHL season

The **1967–68 NHL season** was the 51st season of the National Hockey League. Twelve teams each played 74 games. The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup against the new St. Louis Blues.

### 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_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|East Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Montreal Canadiens**|74|42|22|10|94|236|167|700||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|74|39|23|12|90|226|183|673||||||||||
|**Boston Bruins**|74|37|27|10|84|259|216|1043||||||||||
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|74|32|26|16|80|212|222|606||||||||||
|Toronto Maple Leafs|74|33|31|10|76|209|176|634||||||||||
|Detroit Red Wings|74|27|35|12|66|245|257|759||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|West Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Philadelphia Flyers**|74|31|32|11|73|173|179|987||||||||||
|**Los Angeles Kings**|74|31|33|10|72|200|224|810||||||||||
|**St. Louis Blues**|74|27|31|16|70|177|191|792||||||||||
|**Minnesota North Stars**|74|27|32|15|69|191|226|738||||||||||
|Pittsburgh Penguins|74|27|34|13|67|195|216|554||||||||||
|Oakland Seals|74|15|42|17|47|153|219|787||||||||||

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PTS|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Stan Mikita|Chicago Black Hawks|72|40|47|87|14||||||||
|Phil Esposito|Boston Bruins|74|35|49|84|21||||||||
|Gordie Howe|Detroit Red Wings|74|39|43|82|53||||||||
|Jean Ratelle|New York Rangers|74|32|46|78|18||||||||
|Rod Gilbert|New York Rangers|74|29|48|77|12||||||||
|Bobby Hull|Chicago Black Hawks|71|44|31|75|39||||||||
|Norm Ullman|Toronto Maple Leafs|71|35|37|72|28||||||||
|Alex Delvecchio|Detroit Red Wings|74|22|48|70|14||||||||
|John Bucyk|Boston Bruins|72|30|39|69|8||||||||
|Ken Wharram|Chicago Black Hawks|74|27|42|69|18||||||||

### Leading goaltenders

_Note: GP = Games played; Min - Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; EN = Empty Net Goals Against; SO = Shutouts_

### Finals

- _see 1968 Stanley Cup Finals_

## NHL awards

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="2"|1967–68 NHL awards|
| --- | --- |
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Montreal Canadiens|
|Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:|Philadelphia Flyers|
|Art Ross Trophy:|Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:|Claude Provost, Montreal Canadiens|
|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Derek Sanderson, Boston Bruins|
|Conn Smythe Trophy:|Glenn Hall, St. Louis Blues|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks|
|James Norris Memorial Trophy:|Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Plus-Minus Leader:|Dallas Smith, Boston Bruins|
|Vezina Trophy:|Rogatien Vachon & Gump Worsley, Montreal Canadiens|
|Lester Patrick Trophy:|Thomas F. Lockhart, Walter A. Brown, General John R. Kilpatrick|

### All-Star teams

|First Team|Position|Second Team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Gump Worsley, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|G|Ed Giacomin, New York Rangers|
|Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins|align=center|D|J.C. Tremblay, Montreal Canadiens|
|Tim Horton, Toronto Maple Leafs|align=center|D|Jim Neilson, New York Rangers|
|Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|C|Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins|
|Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|RW|Rod Gilbert, New York Rangers|
|Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|LW|Johnny Bucyk, Boston Bruins|

## Related pages

- 1967 NHL Expansion
- 1967 NHL Expansion Draft

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com