1967–68 NHL season

The 1967–68 NHL season was the 51st season of the National Hockey League. Twelve teams each played 74 games. The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup against the new St. Louis Blues.

Regular 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
 East Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Montreal Canadiens 74 42 22 10  94 236 167 700 New York Rangers 74 39 23 12  90 226 183 673 Boston Bruins 74 37 27 10  84 259 216 1043 Chicago Black Hawks  74 32 26 16  80 212 222 606 Toronto Maple Leafs 74 33 31 10  76 209 176 634 Detroit Red Wings  74 27 35 12  66 245 257 759

 West Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Philadelphia Flyers  74 31 32 11  73 173 179 987 Los Angeles Kings  74 31 33 10  72 200 224 810 St. Louis Blues  74 27 31 16  70 177 191 792 Minnesota North Stars  74 27 32 15  69 191 226 738 Pittsburgh Penguins  74 27 34 13  67 195 216 554 Oakland Seals Named "California Seals" for the first month of the season, after which they were renamed "Oakland Seals"  74 15 42 17  47 153 219 787

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
 Player Team GP G A PTS PIMStan Mikita  Chicago Black Hawks  72  40  47  87 14Phil Esposito  Boston Bruins  74 35 49 84 21Gordie Howe  Detroit Red Wings  74 39 43 82  53Jean Ratelle New York Rangers  74 32 46 78 18Rod Gilbert New York Rangers  74 29 48 77 12Bobby Hull  Chicago Black Hawks  71  44  31  75 39Norm Ullman  Toronto Maple Leafs  71  35  37  72 28Alex Delvecchio  Detroit Red Wings  74 22 48 70  14John Bucyk  Boston Bruins  72 30 39 69 8Ken Wharram  Chicago Black Hawks 74  27  42  69  18

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min - Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; EN = Empty Net Goals Against; SO = Shutouts
 Player Team GP MIN GA GAA W L T EN SO

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

Finals
see 1968 Stanley Cup Finals

NHL awards
 1967–68 NHL awardsPrince of Wales Trophy:  Montreal CanadiensClarence S. Campbell Bowl:  Philadelphia FlyersArt Ross Trophy:  Stan Mikita, Chicago Black HawksBill Masterton Memorial Trophy:  Claude Provost, Montreal CanadiensCalder Memorial Trophy:  Derek Sanderson, Boston BruinsConn Smythe Trophy:  Glenn Hall, St. Louis BluesHart Memorial Trophy:  Stan Mikita, Chicago Black HawksJames Norris Memorial Trophy:  Bobby Orr, Boston BruinsLady Byng Memorial Trophy:  Stan Mikita, Chicago Black HawksPlus-Minus Leader:  Dallas Smith, Boston BruinsVezina Trophy:  Rogatien Vachon & Gump Worsley, Montreal CanadiensLester Patrick Trophy:  Thomas F. Lockhart, Walter A. Brown, General John R. Kilpatrick

All-Star teams
 First Team    Position    Second TeamGump Worsley, Montreal Canadiens GEd Giacomin, New York RangersBobby Orr, Boston Bruins DJ.C. Tremblay, Montreal CanadiensTim Horton, Toronto Maple Leafs DJim Neilson, New York RangersStan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks CPhil Esposito, Boston BruinsGordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings RWRod Gilbert, New York RangersBobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks LWJohnny Bucyk, Boston Bruins

Related pages
 1967 NHL Expansion
 1967 NHL Expansion Draft

References

Hockey Database
NHL.com

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