1925–26 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
 National Hockey League GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Ottawa Senators  36  24  8  4  52  77  42  341 Montreal Maroons  36  20  11  5  45  91  73  554 Pittsburgh Pirates  36  19  16  1  39  82  70  264 Boston Bruins  36  17  15  4  38  92  85  279 New York Americans  36  12  20  4  28  68  89  361 Toronto St. Patricks  36  12  21  3  27  92  114  325 Montreal Canadiens  36  11  24  1  23  79  108  458

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
 Player Team GP G A PtsNels Stewart  Montreal Maroons  36  34  8  42Cy Denneny  Ottawa Senators  36  24  12  36Carson Cooper  Boston Bruins  36  28  3  31Jimmy Herberts  Boston Bruins  36  26  5  31Howie Morenz  Montreal Canadiens  31  23  3  26Jack Adams  Toronto St. Patricks  36  21  5  26Aurel Joliat  Montreal Canadiens  35  17  9  26Billy Burch  New York Americans  36  22  3  25Hooley Smith  Ottawa Senators  28  16  9  25Frank Nighbor  Ottawa Senators  35  12  13  25

Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average
 Player Team GP GA SO GAA Georges Vezina Montreal Canadiens  1  1  0  1.0 Alex Connell Ottawa Senators  36  42  15  1.2 Roy Worters Pittsburgh Pirates  35  68  7  1.9 Odie Cleghorn Pittsburgh Pirates  1  2  0  2.0 Clint Benedict Montreal Maroons  36  73  6  2.0 Charles Stewart Boston Bruins  35  80  6  2.3 Jake Forbes New York Americans  36  89  2  2.5 Alphonse Lacroix Montreal Canadiens  5  15  0  3.0 Bill Taugher Montreal Canadiens  1   3  0  3.0 Herb Rheaume Montreal Canadiens  29  89  0  3.1 John Ross Roach Toronto St. Patricks  36  114  2  3.2 Maurice Roberts Boston Bruins  1  5  0  5.0

Playoffs
NHL Championship
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Montreal Maroons
 Date Team Score Team Score NotesMarch 8Pittsburgh Pirates1Montreal Maroons3March 11Pittsburgh Pirates3Montreal Maroons3
Montreal wins total goals series 6 goals to 4

Montreal Maroons vs. Ottawa Senators
 Date Team Score Team Score NotesMarch 25Montreal Maroons1Ottawa Senators1March 27Montreal Maroons1Ottawa Senators0
Montreal wins total goals series 2 goals to 1.

Finals
Victoria Cougars vs. Montreal Maroons
 Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 30Victoria Cougars0Montreal Maroons3April 1Victoria Cougars0Montreal Maroons3April 3Victoria Cougars3Montreal Maroons2April 6Victoria Cougars0Montreal Maroons2
Montreal Maroons win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup

NHL Playoff leading scorer
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
 Player Team GP G A PtsNels Stewart Montreal Maroons 8  6  3  9

NHL awards
 Hart Memorial Trophy:  Nels Stewart, Montreal Maroons Lady Byng Trophy:  Frank Nighbor, Ottawa SenatorsO'Brien Cup:   Montreal MaroonsPrince of Wales Trophy:  Montreal Canadiens (for winning first game in Madison Square Gardens)Montreal Maroons (for NHL championship)

First games
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1925–26 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark debut in playoffs):
Wildor Larochelle, Montreal Canadiens
Albert Leduc, Montreal Canadiens
Pit Lepine, Montreal Canadiens
Babe Siebert, Montreal Maroons
Nels Stewart, Montreal Maroons
Joe Simpson, New York Americans
Hec Kilrea, Ottawa Senators
Roy Worters, Pittsburgh Pirates
Harold Darragh, Pittsburgh Pirates
Baldy Cotton, Pittsburgh Pirates
Lionel Conacher, Pittsburgh Pirates
Hib Milks, Pittsburgh Pirates

Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1925–26 (listed with their last team):
Georges Vezina, Montreal Canadiens

References
Hockey Database
NHL.com

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