1926–27 NHL season

Regular 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
 Canadian Division GP W L T Pts GF GA 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

 American Division GP W L T Pts GF GA 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
 Player Team GP G A 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
 Player Team GP MINS GA SO 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

Stanley Cup Playoffs
Playoff bracket

All dates in 1927

Quarterfinals
Montreal Canadiens vs. Montreal Maroons
 Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 29Montreal Canadiens1Montreal Maroons1March 31Montreal Maroons0Montreal Canadiens1 (OT)
Montreal Canadiens win total-goals series 2–1

Boston Bruins vs. Chicago Black Hawks
 Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 29Boston Bruins6Chicago Black Hawks1Played in New YorkMarch 31Chicago Black Hawks4Boston Bruins4
Boston wins total-goals series 10 goals to 5

Semifinals
Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal Canadiens
 Date Away Score Home Score NotesApril 2Ottawa Senators4Montreal Canadiens0April 4Montreal Canadiens1Ottawa Senators1
Ottawa wins total-goals series 5–1

New York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins
 Date Away Score Home Score NotesApril 2New York Rangers0Boston Bruins0April 4Boston Bruins3New York Rangers1
Boston wins total-goals series 3–1

Finals
Boston Bruins vs. Ottawa Senators
 Date Away Score Home Score NotesApril 7Ottawa Senators0Boston Bruins0(OT)April 9Ottawa Senators3Boston Bruins1April 11Boston Bruins1Ottawa Senators1 (OT)April 13Boston Bruins1Ottawa Senators3
Ottawa wins best-of-five series 2–0–2

Playoff scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
 Player Team GP G A PtsHarry Oliver  Boston Bruins 8  4  2 6Percy Galbraith  Boston Bruins  8 3  3  6

NHL awards
 1926–27 NHL awardsPrince of Wales Trophy:  Ottawa SenatorsHart Memorial Trophy:  Herb Gardiner, Montreal CanadiensLady Byng Trophy:  Billy Burch, New York AmericansVezina 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

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