1926–27 NHL season

### Final standings

_Note: 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="50%"|Canadian Division|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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Ottawa Senators**|44|30|10|4|64|86|69|607||||||||||
|**Montreal Canadiens**|44|28|14|2|58|99|67|395||||||||||
|**Montreal Maroons**|44|20|20|4|44|71|68|716||||||||||
|New York Americans|44|17|25|2|36|82|91|349||||||||||
|Toronto St. Patricks|44|15|24|5|35|79|94|546||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50%"|American Division|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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**New York Rangers**|44|25|13|6|56|95|72|385||||||||||
|**Boston Bruins**|44|21|20|3|45|97|89|521||||||||||
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|44|19|22|3|41|115|116|448||||||||||
|Pittsburgh Pirates|44|15|26|3|33|79|108|230||||||||||
|Detroit Cougars|44|12|28|4|28|76|105|409||||||||||

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="125"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="125"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bill Cook|New York Rangers|44|33|4|37|||||||
|Dick Irvin|Chicago Black Hawks|43|18|18|36|||||||
|Howie Morenz|Montreal Canadiens|44|25|7|32|||||||
|Frank Fredrickson|Detroit Cougars / Boston Bruins|44|18|13|31|||||||
|Babe Dye|Chicago Black Hawks|41|25|5|30|||||||
|Ace Bailey|Toronto St. Patricks|42|15|13|28|||||||
|Frank Boucher|New York Rangers|44|13|15|28|||||||
|Billy Burch|New York Americans|43|19|8|27|||||||
|Harry Oliver|Boston Bruins|42|18|6|24|||||||
|Duke Keats|Boston / Detroit Cougars|42|16|8|24|||||||

### Leading Goaltenders

_Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shut outs; AVG = Goals against average_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="125"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="125"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|MINS|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|SO|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|AVG|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Clint Benedict|Montreal Maroons|43|2748|65|13|1.42||||||||
|Lorne Chabot|New York Rangers|36|2307|56|10|1.46||||||||
|George Hainsworth|Montreal Canadiens|44|2732|67|14|1.47||||||||
|Alex Connell|Ottawa Senators|44|2782|69|13|1.49||||||||
|Hal Winkler|New York Rangers / Boston Bruins|31|1959|56|6|1.72||||||||
|Jake Forbes|New York Americans|44|2715|91|8|2.01||||||||
|John Ross Roach|Toronto St. Patricks|44|2764|94|4|2.04||||||||
|Hap Holmes|Detroit Cougars|41|2685|100|6|2.23||||||||
|Roy Worters|Pittsburgh Pirates|44|2711|108|4|2.39||||||||
|Hugh Lehman|Chicago Black Hawks|44|2797|116|5|2.49||||||||

### Playoff bracket

_All dates in 1927_

### Quarterfinals

**Montreal Canadiens vs. Montreal Maroons**
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60"|Date|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150"|Away|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Score|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150"|Home|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Score|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60"|Notes|
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|March 29|Montreal Canadiens|1|Montreal Maroons|1||||||||
|March 31|Montreal Maroons|0|**Montreal Canadiens**|**1**|(OT)|||||||
_Montreal Canadiens win total-goals series 2–1_

**Boston Bruins vs. Chicago Black Hawks**
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60"|Date|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150"|Away|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Score|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150"|Home|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Score|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60"|Notes|
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|March 29|**Boston Bruins**|**6**|Chicago Black Hawks|1|_Played in New York_|||||||
|March 31|Chicago Black Hawks|4|Boston Bruins|4||||||||
_Boston wins total-goals series 10 goals to 5_

### Semifinals

**Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal Canadiens**
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60"|Date|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150"|Away|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Score|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150"|Home|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Score|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|April 2|**Ottawa Senators**|**4**|Montreal Canadiens|0||||||||
|April 4|Montreal Canadiens|1|Ottawa Senators|1||||||||
_Ottawa wins total-goals series 5–1_

**New York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins**
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60"|Date|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150"|Away|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Score|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150"|Home|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Score|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|April 2|New York Rangers|0|Boston Bruins|0||||||||
|April 4|**Boston Bruins**|**3**|New York Rangers|1||||||||
_Boston wins total-goals series 3–1_

### Finals

**Boston Bruins vs. Ottawa Senators**
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60"|Date|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150"|Away|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Score|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150"|Home|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Score|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|April 7|Ottawa Senators|0|Boston Bruins|0|(OT)|||||||
|April 9|**Ottawa Senators**|**3**|Boston Bruins|1||||||||
|April 11|Boston Bruins|1|Ottawa Senators|1|(OT)|||||||
|April 13|Boston Bruins|1|**Ottawa Senators**|**3**||||||||
_Ottawa wins best-of-five series 2–0–2_

### Playoff scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="125"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="125"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Harry Oliver|Boston Bruins|8|4|2|6|||||||
|Percy Galbraith|Boston Bruins|8|3|3|6|||||||

## NHL awards

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="2"|1926–27 NHL awards|
| --- | --- |
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Ottawa Senators|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Herb Gardiner, Montreal Canadiens|
|Lady Byng Trophy:|Billy Burch, New York Americans|
|Vezina Trophy:|George Hainsworth, Montreal Canadiens|

## First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1926–27 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start was in playoffs):
- Percy Galbraith, Boston Bruins
- Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins
- Harry Oliver, Boston Bruins
- Duke Keats, Boston Bruins
- George Hay, Chicago Black Hawks
- Mickey MacKay, Chicago Black Hawks
- Dick Irvin, Chicago Black Hawks
- Frank Foyston, Detroit Cougars
- Jack Walker, Detroit Cougars
- Frank Fredrickson, Detroit Cougars
- George Hainsworth, Montreal Canadiens
- Art Gagne, Montreal Canadiens
- Herb Gardiner, Montreal Canadiens
- Hap Emms, Montreal Maroons
- Red Dutton, Montreal Maroons
- Norman Himes, New York Americans
- Paul Thompson, New York Rangers
- Bill Cook, New York Rangers
- Bun Cook, New York Rangers
- Murray Murdoch, New York Rangers
- Lorne Chabot, New York Rangers
- Clarence Abel, New York Rangers
- Ching Johnson, New York Rangers
- Ace Bailey, Toronto St. Patricks
- Butch Keeling, Toronto St. Patricks
- Carl Voss, Toronto St. Patricks

## Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1926–27 (listed with their last team):
- Shorty Green, New York Americans
- Newsy Lalonde, New York Americans
- Jack Adams, Ottawa Senators
- Bert Corbeau, Toronto St. Patricks

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com