After winning their respective divisions, the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins met in a best-of-five series to decide who would advance to the Stanley Cup Final. It took all five games, but the Canadiens won the series, winning each of their three games in overtime.
Elsewhere, the New York Rangers beat the Montreal Maroons in a two-game total-goal series, while the Chicago Black Hawks earned a victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs with an overtime goal in the second of their two games.
Facing the Rangers in the semi-final, Chicago shut out New York in both games of their two-game total-goal series to win entrance to the Stanley Cup Final.
Game One between the Canadiens and Black Hawks was won by Montreal in overtime. The second game of the best-of-five series went to Chicago again, in overtime.
Game Three also went into overtime, with Chicago emerging with the victory. Montreal fought back and won the next two contests (in regulation time) to earn the Stanley Cup. It was the second straight Cup celebration for the Canadiens.
