Playoffs 1971–72 NHL season




1 playoffs

1.1 format change
1.2 playoff bracket
1.3 quarterfinals

1.3.1 (e1) boston bruins vs. (e4) toronto maple leafs
1.3.2 (e2) new york rangers vs. (e3) montreal canadiens
1.3.3 (w1) chicago black hawks vs. (w4) pittsburgh penguins
1.3.4 (w2) minnesota north stars vs. (w3) st. louis blues


1.4 semifinals

1.4.1 (e1) boston bruins vs. (w3) st. louis blues
1.4.2 (w1) chicago black hawks vs. (e2) new york rangers


1.5 final





playoffs
format change

in response prior year when minnesota north stars appeared purposely lose games finish fourth instead of third , avoid tougher matchup first-place chicago, first round matchups changed first-place team played fourth-place team , second played third. previously, first-place team played third-place team , second-place team played fourth-place team.


in addition, change made way semi-final matchups determined well. instead of having winner of series between first , third-place eastern division teams play winner of second , fourth-place western division teams , winner of first versus third-place western division teams against winner of second , fourth-place eastern division teams, semi final pit highest remaining seed in eastern division play lowest remaining seed west , vice versa.


despite injuries several key players, notably leading scorer jean ratelle, new york rangers beat defending champions montreal canadiens in first round of playoffs, strong play unheralded players such walt tkaczuk. rangers went on sweep chicago black hawks in 4 straight games during semi-final. chicago had beaten pittsburgh penguins in 4 straight games.


boston handled toronto maple leafs in 5 games, facing st. louis blues team had eked out hard-fought 7 game victory against north stars in quarter-final. powerful bruins set record goals in four-game series pounding blues 28–8 on four-game sweep.


playoff bracket

quarterfinals
(e1) boston bruins vs. (e4) toronto maple leafs

the boston bruins finished first in league 119 points. toronto maple leafs finished fourth in east division 80 points. twelfth playoff series between these 2 teams toronto winning 8 of eleven previous series. recent meeting came in 1969 east division semifinals boston won in 4 games. in year s regular season series, there 4 wins boston, 1 win toronto , 1 tie.












(e2) new york rangers vs. (e3) montreal canadiens

the new york rangers finished second in east division 109 points. montreal canadiens finished third 108 points. tenth playoff series between these 2 teams montreal winning 5 of 9 previous series. recent meeting came in 1969 east division semifinals montreal won in 4 games. in year s regular season series, there 3 wins new york, 1 win montreal , 2 ties.













(w1) chicago black hawks vs. (w4) pittsburgh penguins

the chicago black hawks finished first in west division 107 points. pittsburgh penguins finished fourth in west division 66 points. philadelphia flyers tied fourth , teams had identical records of 26-38-14, pittsburgh had greater number of goals - 220 philadelphia s 200. first playoff series between these 2 teams. in year s six-game regular season series, there 5 wins chicago , 1 tie.











(w2) minnesota north stars vs. (w3) st. louis blues

the minnesota north stars finished second in west division 86 points. st. louis blues finished third 67 points. fourth playoff meeting between these 2 teams st. louis winning first 2 series. however, minnesota won recent series took place in previous year s quarterfinals north stars won in 6 games. minnesota won 4 of 6 games in year s regular season series.














semifinals
(e1) boston bruins vs. (w3) st. louis blues

this second playoff meeting between these 2 teams. previous series came in 1970 stanley cup finals boston won in 4 games. in year s regular season series, there 4 wins boston, 1 win st. louis , 1 tie.









(w1) chicago black hawks vs. (e2) new york rangers

this fourth playoff meeting between these 2 teams chicago winning 3 previous series. includes previous year s semifinals black hawks won in 7 games. in year s regular season series, there 2 wins new york, 1 win chicago , 3 ties.









final

the boston bruins recent finals appearance in 1970 defeated st. louis blues in 4 games. new york rangers first finals appearance since 1950 lost detroit red wings in 7 games. eighth series between these 2 teams boston winning 5 of 7 previous series. recent meeting came in 1970 east division semifinals bruins won in 6 games. boston won 5 of 6 games in year s regular season series.
















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