| 1968 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | St. Louis: St. Louis Arena (1, 2) Montreal: Montreal Forum (3, 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | St. Louis: Scotty Bowman Montreal: Toe Blake | ||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | St. Louis: Al Arbour Montreal: Jean Beliveau | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 5–11, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Glenn Hall (Blues) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | J. C. Tremblay (11:40, third, G4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Blues: Al Arbour (1996, builder) Glenn Hall (1975) Doug Harvey (1973) Dickie Moore (1974) Canadiens: Jean Beliveau (1972) Yvan Cournoyer (1982) Dick Duff (2006) Jacques Laperriere (1987) Jacques Lemaire (1984) Henri Richard (1979) Serge Savard (1986) Rogie Vachon (2016) Gump Worsley (1980) Coaches: Toe Blake (1966, player) Scotty Bowman (1991) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1968 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1967–68 season, and the culmination of the 1968 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Montreal Canadiens and the St. Louis Blues. The Canadiens swept the Blues to win their 15th Stanley Cup championship.
This was the first Stanley Cup Finals after the NHL expansion to twelve teams, and since it had a team outside of the original six teams, it was thus the first to feature a team outside of the original six. Although the series was a sweep, it was a much more intense and close-fought series than anyone had expected, as all four games were decided by one goal, two went to overtime, and the other two saw the winning goal scored in the third period. The Blues were the only first-year franchise to play for the Stanley Cup in the post-expansion era, until the Vegas Golden Knights participated in the Stanley Cup Finals a half-century later.