1970–71 NHL season

The **1970–71 NHL season** was the 54th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Fourteen teams each played 78 games. The Montreal Canadiens were the Stanley Cup winners as they swept the Chicago Black Hawks in seven games in the final series. The Buffalo Sabres and the Vancouver Canucks made their NHL debuts this 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%"|National Hockey League|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Boston Bruins**|78|57|14|7|121|399|207|1154||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|78|49|18|11|109|259|177|952||||||||||
|**Montreal Canadiens**|78|42|23|13|97|291|216|1271||||||||||
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|78|37|33|8|82|248|211|1133||||||||||
|Buffalo Sabres|78|24|39|15|63|217|291|1188||||||||||
|Vancouver Canucks|78|24|46|8|56|229|296|1371||||||||||
|Detroit Red Wings|78|22|45|11|55|209|308|988||||||||||

|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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|78|49|20|9|107|277|184|1280||||||||||
|**St. Louis Blues**|78|34|25|19|87|223|208|1092||||||||||
|**Philadelphia Flyers**|78|28|33|17|73|207|225|1060||||||||||
|**Minnesota North Stars**|78|28|34|16|72|191|223|898||||||||||
|Los Angeles Kings|78|25|40|13|63|239|303|775||||||||||
|Pittsburgh Penguins|78|21|37|20|62|221|240|1079||||||||||
|California Golden Seals|78|20|53|5|45|199|320|937||||||||||

### 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|78|76|76|152|71||||||||
|Bobby Orr|Boston Bruins|78|37|102|139|91||||||||
|John Bucyk|Boston Bruins|78|51|65|116|8||||||||
|Ken Hodge|Boston Bruins|78|43|62|105|113||||||||
|Bobby Hull|Chicago Black Hawks|78|44|52|96|32||||||||
|Norm Ullman|Toronto Maple Leafs|73|34|51|85|24||||||||
|Wayne Cashman|Boston Bruins|77|21|58|79|100||||||||
|John McKenzie|Boston Bruins|65|31|46|77|120||||||||
|Dave Keon|Toronto Maple Leafs|76|38|38|76|4||||||||
|Jean Beliveau|Montreal Canadiens|70|25|51|76|40||||||||
|Fred Stanfield|Boston Bruins|75|24|52|76|12||||||||

## NHL awards

|Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:|Chicago Black Hawks|
| --- | --- |
|Art Ross Trophy:|Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins|
|Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:|Jean Ratelle, New York Rangers|
|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres|
|Conn Smythe Trophy:|Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins|
|James Norris Memorial Trophy:|Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Johnny Bucyk, Boston Bruins|
|Lester B. Pearson Award:|Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins|
|NHL Plus/Minus Award:|Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins|
|Vezina Trophy:|Eddie Giacomin & Gilles Villemure, New York Rangers|
|Lester Patrick Trophy:|William M. Jennings, John B. Sollenberger, Terry Sawchuk|

### All-Star teams

|First team|Position|Second team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Ed Giacomin, New York Rangers|align=center|G|Jacques Plante, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins|align=center|D|Brad Park, New York Rangers|
|J.C. Tremblay, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|D|Pat Stapleton, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins|align=center|C|Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Ken Hodge, Boston Bruins|align=center|RW|Yvan Cournoyer, Montreal Canadiens|
|Johnny Bucyk, Boston Bruins|align=center|LW|Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks|

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com