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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

C1

Ottawa Senators

5G

Canadian Division

C2

Montreal Canadiens

1G

C2

Montreal Canadiens

2G

C3

Montreal Maroons

1G

C1

Ottawa Senators

2

A2

Boston Bruins

0

A1

New York Rangers

1G

American Division

A2

Boston Bruins

3G

A2

Boston Bruins

10G

A3

Chicago Black Hawks

5G

All dates in 1927

Quarterfinals

Montreal Canadiens vs. Montreal Maroons

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 29	Montreal Canadiens	1	Montreal Maroons	1
March 31	Montreal Maroons	0	Montreal Canadiens	1	(OT)

Montreal Canadiens win total-goals series 2–1

Boston Bruins vs. Chicago Black Hawks

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 29	Boston Bruins	6	Chicago Black Hawks	1	Played in New York
March 31	Chicago Black Hawks	4	Boston Bruins	4

Boston wins total-goals series 10 goals to 5

Semifinals

Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 2	Ottawa Senators	4	Montreal Canadiens	0
April 4	Montreal Canadiens	1	Ottawa Senators	1

Ottawa wins total-goals series 5–1

New York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 2	New York Rangers	0	Boston Bruins	0
April 4	Boston Bruins	3	New York Rangers	1

Boston wins total-goals series 3–1

Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Ottawa Senators

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 7	Ottawa Senators	0	Boston Bruins	0	(OT)
April 9	Ottawa Senators	3	Boston Bruins	1
April 11	Boston Bruins	1	Ottawa Senators	1	(OT)
April 13	Boston Bruins	1	Ottawa Senators	3

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	Pts
Harry Oliver	Boston Bruins	8	4	2	6
Percy Galbraith	Boston Bruins	8	3	3	6

NHL awards

1926–27 NHL awards
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Ottawa Senators
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Herb Gardiner, Montreal Canadiens
Lady Byng Trophy:	Billy Burch, New York Americans
Vezina 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