1968 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Summary

League Playoff Series

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League Playoff Series Table

4-0

Game 1	May 5	Montreal Canadiens	3	St. Louis Blues	2	(OT)
Game 2	May 7	Montreal Canadiens	1	St. Louis Blues	0
Game 3	May 9	St. Louis Blues	3	Montreal Canadiens	4	(OT)
Game 4	May 11	St. Louis Blues	2	Montreal Canadiens	3

4-3

St. Louis Blues over Minnesota North Stars

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Game 1	April 21	Minnesota North Stars	3	St. Louis Blues	5
Game 2	April 22	St. Louis Blues	2	Minnesota North Stars	3	(OT)
Game 3	April 25	Minnesota North Stars	5	St. Louis Blues	1
Game 4	April 27	Minnesota North Stars	3	St. Louis Blues	4	(OT)
Game 5	April 29	Minnesota North Stars	2	St. Louis Blues	3	(OT)
Game 6	May 1	St. Louis Blues	1	Minnesota North Stars	5
Game 7	May 3	Minnesota North Stars	1	St. Louis Blues	2	(2OT)

4-1

Montreal Canadiens over Chicago Black Hawks

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Game 1	April 18	Chicago Black Hawks	2	Montreal Canadiens	9
Game 2	April 20	Chicago Black Hawks	1	Montreal Canadiens	4
Game 3	April 23	Montreal Canadiens	4	Chicago Black Hawks	2
Game 4	April 25	Montreal Canadiens	1	Chicago Black Hawks	2
Game 5	April 28	Chicago Black Hawks	3	Montreal Canadiens	4	(OT)

4-3

Minnesota North Stars over Los Angeles Kings

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Game 1	April 4	Minnesota North Stars	1	Los Angeles Kings	2
Game 2	April 6	Minnesota North Stars	0	Los Angeles Kings	2
Game 3	April 9	Los Angeles Kings	5	Minnesota North Stars	7
Game 4	April 11	Los Angeles Kings	2	Minnesota North Stars	3
Game 5	April 13	Minnesota North Stars	2	Los Angeles Kings	3
Game 6	April 16	Los Angeles Kings	3	Minnesota North Stars	4	(OT)
Game 7	April 18	Minnesota North Stars	9	Los Angeles Kings	4

4-3

St. Louis Blues over Philadelphia Flyers

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Game 1	April 4	St. Louis Blues	1	Philadelphia Flyers	0
Game 2	April 6	St. Louis Blues	3	Philadelphia Flyers	4
Game 3	April 10	Philadelphia Flyers	2	St. Louis Blues	3	(2OT)
Game 4	April 11	Philadelphia Flyers	2	St. Louis Blues	5
Game 5	April 13	St. Louis Blues	1	Philadelphia Flyers	6
Game 6	April 16	Philadelphia Flyers	2	St. Louis Blues	1	(2OT)
Game 7	April 18	St. Louis Blues	3	Philadelphia Flyers	1

4-2

Chicago Black Hawks over New York Rangers

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Game 1	April 4	Chicago Black Hawks	1	New York Rangers	3
Game 2	April 9	Chicago Black Hawks	1	New York Rangers	2
Game 3	April 11	New York Rangers	4	Chicago Black Hawks	7
Game 4	April 13	New York Rangers	1	Chicago Black Hawks	3
Game 5	April 14	Chicago Black Hawks	2	New York Rangers	1
Game 6	April 16	New York Rangers	1	Chicago Black Hawks	4

4-0

Montreal Canadiens over Boston Bruins

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Game 1	April 4	Boston Bruins	1	Montreal Canadiens	2
Game 2	April 6	Boston Bruins	3	Montreal Canadiens	5
Game 3	April 9	Montreal Canadiens	5	Boston Bruins	2
Game 4	April 11	Montreal Canadiens	3	Boston Bruins	2

Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Rk	Team	GP	W	L	T	OW	OL	W-L%	G	GA	DIFF
1	Montreal Canadiens	13	12	1	0	3	0	.923	48	25	23
2	St. Louis Blues	18	8	10	0	4	4	.444	42	50	-8
3	Minnesota North Stars	14	7	7	0	2	3	.500	48	39	9
4	Chicago Black Hawks	11	5	6	0	0	1	.455	28	34	-6
5	Los Angeles Kings	7	3	4	0	0	1	.429	21	26	-5
6	Philadelphia Flyers	7	3	4	0	1	1	.429	17	17	0
7	New York Rangers	6	2	4	0	0	0	.333	12	18	-6
8	Boston Bruins	4	0	4	0	0	0	.000	8	15	-7
	League Average	10.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	.500	28.0	28.0	0

Overtime Goals

Overtime Goals Table
Date	Location	Name	Team	Final Score	Opponent	OTs	OT Time Elapsed
1968-04-10	STL	Keenan, Larry	STL	3-2	PHI	2	24:10
1968-04-16	MNS	Marcetta, Milan	MNS	4-3	LAK	1	9:11
1968-04-16	STL	Blackburn, Don	PHI	2-1	STL	2	31:18
1968-04-22	MNS	MacDonald, Parker	MNS	3-2	STL	1	3:41
1968-04-27	STL	Sabourin, Gary	STL	4-3	MNS	1	1:32
1968-04-28	MTL	Lemaire, Jacques	MTL	4-3	CBH	1	2:14
1968-04-29	STL	McCreary, Bill	STL	3-2	MNS	1	17:27
1968-05-03	STL	Schock, Ron	STL	2-1	MNS	2	22:50
1968-05-05	STL	Lemaire, Jacques	MTL	3-2	STL	1	1:41
1968-05-09	MTL	Rousseau, Bobby	MTL	4-3	STL	1	1:13

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Playoff Leaders

Rate Statistic Requirements

Goals

1. Wayne Connelly • MNS 8

Bill Goldsworthy • MNS 8

3. Jean Béliveau* • MTL 7

Jacques Lemaire* • MTL 7

Milan Marcetta • MNS 7

Dickie Moore* • STL 7

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Assists

1. Dave Balon • MNS 9

2. Yvan Cournoyer* • MTL 8

Claude Provost • MTL 8

Frank St. Marseille • STL 8

5. Bill Goldsworthy • MNS 7

Milan Marcetta • MNS 7

Mike McMahon • MNS 7

Stan Mikita* • CBH 7

Dickie Moore* • STL 7

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Points

1. Bill Goldsworthy • MNS 15

2. Yvan Cournoyer* • MTL 14

Milan Marcetta • MNS 14

Dickie Moore* • STL 14

5. Dave Balon • MNS 13

Jacques Lemaire* • MTL 13

Frank St. Marseille • STL 13

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Goals Created

1. Bill Goldsworthy • MNS 6.5

2. Milan Marcetta • MNS 5.9

3. Dickie Moore* • STL 5.9

4. Yvan Cournoyer* • MTL 5.5

Jacques Lemaire* • MTL 5.5

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Plus/Minus

1. J.C. Tremblay • MTL 14

2. Mike McMahon • MNS 12

3. Bob McCord • MNS 11

4. Ted Harris • MTL 10

5. Bill Collins • MNS 7

Dick Duff* • MTL 7

Terry Harper • MTL 7

Jacques Laperrière* • MTL 7

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Penalties in Minutes

1. Barclay Plager • STL 73

2. Bob Plager • STL 69

3. Noel Picard • STL 46

4. Gary Sabourin • STL 30

5. Joe Watson • PHI 28

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Even Strength Goals

1. Bill Goldsworthy • MNS 7

2. Milan Marcetta • MNS 6

3. Wayne Connelly • MNS 5

Rod Gilbert* • NYR 5

Jacques Lemaire* • MTL 5

Dickie Moore* • STL 5

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Power Play Goals

1. Frank St. Marseille • STL 4

2. Jean Béliveau* • MTL 3

Wayne Connelly • MNS 3

Yvan Cournoyer* • MTL 3

Eddie Joyal • LAK 3

Stan Mikita* • CBH 3

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Short-Handed Goals

1. Bill McCreary • STL 2

Serge Savard* • MTL 2

3. Red Berenson • STL 1

Bobby Hull* • CBH 1

Forbes Kennedy • PHI 1

Mike McMahon • MNS 1

Gerry Melnyk • STL 1

Barclay Plager • STL 1

J.C. Tremblay • MTL 1

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Game-Winning Goals

1. Ralph Backstrom • MTL 2

Larry Keenan • STL 2

Jacques Lemaire* • MTL 2

Parker MacDonald • MNS 2

Bill McCreary • STL 2

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Shots

1. Red Berenson • STL 68

2. Jim Roberts • STL 62

3. Stan Mikita* • CBH 60

4. Wayne Connelly • MNS 56

5. Bobby Hull* • CBH 53

Dickie Moore* • STL 53

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Shooting Percentage

1. Rod Gilbert* • NYR 27.8

2. Doug Robinson • LAK 22.2

3. Milan Marcetta • MNS 21.9

4. Bill Goldsworthy • MNS 19.5

5. Claude Larose • MTL 18.8

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Hat Tricks

1. Jean Béliveau* • MTL 1

Rosaire Paiement • PHI 1

Goals Per Game

1. Rod Gilbert* • NYR 0.83

2. Jean Béliveau* • MTL 0.70

3. Wayne Connelly • MNS 0.57

Bill Goldsworthy • MNS 0.57

5. Jacques Lemaire* • MTL 0.54

6. Milan Marcetta • MNS 0.50

7. Yvan Cournoyer* • MTL 0.46

8. Stan Mikita* • CBH 0.45

9. Dickie Moore* • STL 0.39

10. Red Berenson • STL 0.28

Frank St. Marseille • STL 0.28

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Assists Per Game

1. Howie Menard • LAK 0.71

2. Dave Balon • MNS 0.64

3. Stan Mikita* • CBH 0.64

4. Yvan Cournoyer* • MTL 0.62

Claude Provost • MTL 0.62

6. Gilles Tremblay • MTL 0.56

7. Bobby Hull* • CBH 0.55

Pit Martin • CBH 0.55

9. Bill Goldsworthy • MNS 0.50

Milan Marcetta • MNS 0.50

Mike McMahon • MNS 0.50

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Points Per Game

1. Jean Béliveau* • MTL 1.10

2. Stan Mikita* • CBH 1.09

3. Yvan Cournoyer* • MTL 1.08

4. Bill Goldsworthy • MNS 1.07

5. Jacques Lemaire* • MTL 1.00

Milan Marcetta • MNS 1.00

7. Dave Balon • MNS 0.93

8. Bobby Hull* • CBH 0.91

9. Wayne Connelly • MNS 0.79

10. Dickie Moore* • STL 0.78

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Goals Created Per Game

1. Bill Goldsworthy • MNS 0.46

2. Yvan Cournoyer* • MTL 0.43

Jacques Lemaire* • MTL 0.43

4. Milan Marcetta • MNS 0.42

5. Wayne Connelly • MNS 0.38

6. Dickie Moore* • STL 0.33

7. Frank St. Marseille • STL 0.28

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Games Played (Goalie)

1. Glenn Hall* • STL 18

2. Cesare Maniago • MNS 14

3. Gump Worsley* • MTL 12

4. Denis DeJordy • CBH 11

5. Ed Giacomin* • NYR 6

6. Bernie Parent* • PHI 5

Terry Sawchuk* • LAK 5

8. Gerry Cheevers* • BOS 4

9. Wayne Rutledge • LAK 3

10. Doug Favell • PHI 2

Seth Martin • STL 2

Rogie Vachon* • MTL 2

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Wins

1. Gump Worsley* • MTL 11

2. Glenn Hall* • STL 8

3. Cesare Maniago • MNS 7

4. Denis DeJordy • CBH 5

5. Ed Giacomin* • NYR 2

Bernie Parent* • PHI 2

Terry Sawchuk* • LAK 2

8. Doug Favell • PHI 1

Wayne Rutledge • LAK 1

Rogie Vachon* • MTL 1

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Losses

1. Glenn Hall* • STL 10

2. Cesare Maniago • MNS 7

3. Denis DeJordy • CBH 6

4. Gerry Cheevers* • BOS 4

Ed Giacomin* • NYR 4

6. Bernie Parent* • PHI 3

7. Wayne Rutledge • LAK 2

Terry Sawchuk* • LAK 2

9. Doug Favell • PHI 1

Rogie Vachon* • MTL 1

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Goals Against

1. Glenn Hall* • STL 45

2. Cesare Maniago • MNS 39

3. Denis DeJordy • CBH 34

4. Gump Worsley* • MTL 21

5. Ed Giacomin* • NYR 18

Terry Sawchuk* • LAK 18

7. Gerry Cheevers* • BOS 15

8. Doug Favell • PHI 8

Bernie Parent* • PHI 8

Wayne Rutledge • LAK 8

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Shots Against

1. Glenn Hall* • STL 535

2. Cesare Maniago • MNS 474

3. Denis DeJordy • CBH 383

4. Gump Worsley* • MTL 300

5. Bernie Parent* • PHI 215

6. Ed Giacomin* • NYR 202

7. Gerry Cheevers* • BOS 143

8. Terry Sawchuk* • LAK 139

9. Wayne Rutledge • LAK 73

10. Doug Favell • PHI 62

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Saves

1. Glenn Hall* • STL 490

2. Cesare Maniago • MNS 435

3. Denis DeJordy • CBH 349

4. Gump Worsley* • MTL 279

5. Bernie Parent* • PHI 207

6. Ed Giacomin* • NYR 184

7. Gerry Cheevers* • BOS 128

8. Terry Sawchuk* • LAK 121

9. Wayne Rutledge • LAK 65

10. Doug Favell • PHI 54

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Save Percentage

1. Bernie Parent* • PHI .963

2. Gump Worsley* • MTL .930

3. Cesare Maniago • MNS .918

4. Glenn Hall* • STL .916

5. Denis DeJordy • CBH .911

6. Ed Giacomin* • NYR .911

7. Terry Sawchuk* • LAK .871

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Goals Against Average

1. Bernie Parent* • PHI 1.36

2. Gump Worsley* • MTL 1.88

3. Rogie Vachon* • MTL 2.12

4. Glenn Hall* • STL 2.44

5. Cesare Maniago • MNS 2.62

6. Ed Giacomin* • NYR 3.02

7. Denis DeJordy • CBH 3.08

8. Wayne Rutledge • LAK 3.22

9. Gerry Cheevers* • BOS 3.77

10. Terry Sawchuk* • LAK 3.86

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Shutouts

1. Glenn Hall* • STL 1

Terry Sawchuk* • LAK 1

Gump Worsley* • MTL 1

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Minutes

1. Glenn Hall* • STL 1108

2. Cesare Maniago • MNS 893

3. Gump Worsley* • MTL 672

4. Denis DeJordy • CBH 661

5. Ed Giacomin* • NYR 358

6. Bernie Parent* • PHI 354

7. Terry Sawchuk* • LAK 280

8. Gerry Cheevers* • BOS 239

9. Wayne Rutledge • LAK 149

10. Doug Favell • PHI 120

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