The 1927 Stanley Cup playoffs were held from March 29 to April 13, 1927, to determine the championship of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Stanley Cup. In the first Stanley Cup Finals with two NHL teams, the Ottawa Senators defeated the Boston Bruins 2–0–2 in a best-of-five series.
Playoff format edit
With the collapse of the Western Hockey League, the Stanley Cup became the championship trophy of the NHL. The NHL teams now battled out amongst themselves for the coveted Cup. The new division alignment and the new playoff format also meant that an American team was guaranteed to be the first American NHL team to make the Cup Finals.
The division winners received a bye to the second round. The second-place and third-place finishers played a two-game, total-goals series to advance to the second round. The second-place Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins both advanced to the second round. The Canadiens lost to the first-place Ottawa Senators, while the Bruins upset the first-place New York Rangers to set up the Final. Ties were not broken using overtime. After two ties in the Final, NHL president Frank Calder capped the Final at four games and neither team won three games of the best-of-final. Ottawa won two to Boston's none and the series ended on April 13 with Ottawa the winner.
Playoff bracket edit
| First round | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| Canadian Division | C1 | Ottawa | 5G | ||||||||||
| C2 | Mtl Canadiens | 2G | C2 | Mtl Canadiens | 1G | ||||||||
| C3 | Mtl Maroons | 1G | C1 | Ottawa | 2 | ||||||||
| A2 | Boston | 0 | |||||||||||
| American Division | A1 | NY Rangers | 1G | ||||||||||
| A2 | Boston | 10G | A2 | Boston | 3G | ||||||||
| A3 | Chicago | 5G | |||||||||||
Quarterfinals edit
(C2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (C3) Montreal Maroons edit
| March 29 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–1 | Montreal Maroons | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Aurele Joliat (1) – 19:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:15 – Babe Siebert (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| George Hainsworth | Goalie stats | Clint Benedict | ||||||
| March 31 | Montreal Maroons | 0–1 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 12:05 – Howie Morenz (1) | ||||||
| Clint Benedict | Goalie stats | George Hainsworth | ||||||
| Montreal Canadiens won series on total goals 2–1 | |
(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Chicago Black Hawks edit
Game one of this series was played in New York.
| March 29 | Boston Bruins | 6–1 | Chicago Black Hawks | Madison Square Garden III | Recap | |||
| Frank Fredrickson (1) – 03:24 Sprague Cleghorn (1) – 14:36 Jimmy Herberts (1) – 16:57 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:43 – Gord Fraser (1) | ||||||
| Frank Fredrickson (2) – 08:26 Harry Oliver (1) – 14:55 Eddie Shore (1) – 16:55 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Hal Winkler | Goalie stats | Hugh Lehman | ||||||
| March 31 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| George Hay (1) – 16:00 Dick Irvin (1) – 18:00 |
Second period | 05:00 – Percy Galbraith (1) 10:00 – Billy Coutu (1) 15:00 – Percy Galbraith (2) | ||||||
| Cully Wilson (1) – 07:00 Dick Irvin (2) – 10:00 |
Third period | 04:00 – Percy Galbraith (3) | ||||||
| Hugh Lehman | Goalie stats | Hal Winkler | ||||||
| Boston won series on total goals 10–5 | |
Semifinals edit
(C1) Ottawa Senators vs. (C2) Montreal Canadiens edit
| April 2 | Ottawa Senators | 4–0 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Cy Denneny (1) – 09:45 Hec Kilrea (1) – 10:10 Hooley Smith (1) – 17:40 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Frank Nighbor (1) – 11:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alec Connell | Goalie stats | George Hainsworth | ||||||
| April 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–1 | Ottawa Senators | Ottawa Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Sylvio Mantha (1) – 11:40 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:58 – Frank Finnigan (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| George Hainsworth | Goalie stats | Alec Connell | ||||||
| Ottawa won series on total goals 5–1 | |
(A1) New York Rangers vs. (A2) Boston Bruins edit
| April 2 | New York Rangers | 0–0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lorne Chabot | Goalie stats | Hal Winkler | ||||||
| April 4 | Boston Bruins | 3–1 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden III | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:51 – Bill Cook (1) | ||||||
| Jimmy Herberts (2) – 07:42 Lionel Hitchman (1) – 17:33 Harry Oliver (2) – 18:37 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Hal Winkler | Goalie stats | Lorne Chabot | ||||||
| Boston won series on total goals 3–1 | |
Stanley Cup Finals edit
| April 7 | Ottawa Senators | 0–0 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alec Connell | Goalie stats | Hal Winkler | ||||||
| April 9 | Ottawa Senators | 3–1 | Boston Bruins | Boston Arena | Recap | |||
| King Clancy (1) – 06:37 Frank Finnigan (2) – 11:23 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cy Denneny (2) – 19:55 | Third period | 16:45 – Harry Oliver (3) | ||||||
| Alec Connell | Goalie stats | Hal Winkler | ||||||
| April 11 | Boston Bruins | 1–1 | OT | Ottawa Senators | Ottawa Auditorium | Recap | ||
| Jimmy Herberts (3) – 07:00 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 15:00 – Cy Denneny (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Hal Winkler | Goalie stats | Alec Connell | ||||||
| April 13 | Boston Bruins | 1–3 | Ottawa Senators | Ottawa Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:00 – Frank Finnigan (3) 07:30 – Cy Denneny (4) | ||||||
| Harry Oliver (4) – 17:50 | Third period | 11:00 – Cy Denneny (5) | ||||||
| Hal Winkler | Goalie stats | Alec Connell | ||||||
| Ottawa won series 2–0–2 | |
Playoff scoring leaders edit
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Oliver | Boston Bruins | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Percy Galbraith | Boston Bruins | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 |