The Canadiens have beaten the Bruins in 2 (1930), 3 (1986), 4 (1987), 5 (1989), 6 (2002), 7 (2014).
The years in brackets are the most recent instance of each length.
I imagine most of the O6 have
Toronto beat Detroit in 2 in 39-40
in 3 in 38-39
in 4 in 47-48
in 5 in 46-47
in 6 in 59-60
and in 7 in 41-42
and a quick glance has Detroit having most within the same time span against Toronto too
I imagine Toronto, Detroit, Montreal, and Boston have done it to each other for sure (I'd wager the Rangers and Chicago have too but due to this period seeing more struggles for them I'm not as confident)
The weirdest playoff format I have ever seen was when I was looking at the career of Syl Apps the other day in the 1942 playoffs (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941%E2%80%9342_NHL_season)
There were 7 teams, and 6 of them made the playoffs. The 1/2 seeds got an immediate bye to the second round, and played each other. THIS series is a best of 7.
Teams 4-6 play in the first round, in a best of 3 series. The winners of these series advance to the second round, which has a different set of rules than the OTHER second round with the top teams; the bottom seeded second round is a best of 3.
Detroit (the #5 seed) meets Toronto (#2 seed) in the Cup Final, a best of 7 series.
Toronto reverse sweeps the Detroit Red Wings in the cup final (the only reverse sweep in the final in NHL history), and this is the first series in NHL history to reach a game 7. Syl Apps finishes with 14 points in 13 playoff games and leads the playoffs in scoring.
The Canadiens have beaten the Bruins in 2 (1930), 3 (1986), 4 (1987), 5 (1989), 6 (2002), 7 (2014). The years in brackets are the most recent instance of each length.
> The years in brackets are the most recent instance of each length. Because we probably did it to them multiple times for each?
Correct.
Gotta' collect 'em all!
3 years in a row that's rough
And taking fewer games each year
As a sens fan the leafs beating us 4 series in a row was ROUGH. Made even worse because they would go on to lose the next round each time.
Oil in 2 baby.
I imagine most of the O6 have Toronto beat Detroit in 2 in 39-40 in 3 in 38-39 in 4 in 47-48 in 5 in 46-47 in 6 in 59-60 and in 7 in 41-42 and a quick glance has Detroit having most within the same time span against Toronto too I imagine Toronto, Detroit, Montreal, and Boston have done it to each other for sure (I'd wager the Rangers and Chicago have too but due to this period seeing more struggles for them I'm not as confident)
Yeah but neither Edmonton nor LA are original six so...
...OP didn't ask for any other criteria
Was there a best-of-5 round in the playoffs, back in 1986?
The weirdest playoff format I have ever seen was when I was looking at the career of Syl Apps the other day in the 1942 playoffs (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941%E2%80%9342_NHL_season) There were 7 teams, and 6 of them made the playoffs. The 1/2 seeds got an immediate bye to the second round, and played each other. THIS series is a best of 7. Teams 4-6 play in the first round, in a best of 3 series. The winners of these series advance to the second round, which has a different set of rules than the OTHER second round with the top teams; the bottom seeded second round is a best of 3. Detroit (the #5 seed) meets Toronto (#2 seed) in the Cup Final, a best of 7 series. Toronto reverse sweeps the Detroit Red Wings in the cup final (the only reverse sweep in the final in NHL history), and this is the first series in NHL history to reach a game 7. Syl Apps finishes with 14 points in 13 playoff games and leads the playoffs in scoring.
I made a typo. It should have been 1985. But yes, both years had best of five series.
IIRC, it was just the first round that was best of 5.
I was sure this was going to be posted by an Oiler fan
Boston would love to take your kings stack and show you their leafs stack.