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.

### 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**|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||||||||||

|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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**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_
|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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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||||||||

## 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|align=center|G|Ed Giacomin, New York Rangers|
|Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins|align=center|D|Ted Green, Boston Bruins|
|Tim Horton, Toronto Maple Leafs|align=center|D|Ted Harris, Montreal Canadiens|
|Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins|align=center|C|Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens|
|Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|RW|Yvan Cournoyer, Montreal Canadiens|
|Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|LW|Frank Mahovlich, Detroit Red Wings|

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com
- hickoksports.com