1968–69 NHL season

The 1968–69 NHL season had 12 teams. The Montréal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup Final. The Montréal Canadiens finished with the best regular-season record. Phil Esposito led the league with 125 points and Bobby Hull led in goals with 58.

Stanley Cup Final winner: MTL Montréal Canadiens

N/A Conference

East

Team	GP	W	L	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
MTL Montréal Canadiens	76	46	19	103	.678	46	46	271	202	+69	26-7-0	20-12-0	L1
BOS Boston Bruins	76	42	18	100	.658	42	42	303	221	+82	29-3-0	13-15-0	W1
NYR New York Rangers	76	41	26	91	.599	41	41	231	196	+35	27-7-0	14-19-0	W2
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	76	35	26	85	.559	35	35	234	217	+17	20-8-0	15-18-0	L2
DET Detroit Red Wings	76	33	31	78	.513	33	33	239	221	+18	23-8-0	10-23-0	L1
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	76	34	33	77	.507	34	34	280	246	+34	20-14-0	14-19-0	W1

West

Team	GP	W	L	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
STL St. Louis Blues	76	37	25	88	.579	37	37	204	157	+47	21-8-0	16-17-0	W2
OAK Oakland Seals	76	29	36	69	.454	29	29	219	251	-32	17-14-0	12-22-0	W1
PHI Philadelphia Flyers	76	20	35	61	.401	20	20	174	225	-51	14-16-0	6-19-0	L1
LAK Los Angeles Kings	76	24	42	58	.382	24	24	185	260	-75	19-14-0	5-28-0	T1
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	76	20	45	51	.336	20	20	189	252	-63	12-20-0	8-25-0	W1
MNS Minnesota North Stars	76	18	43	51	.336	18	18	189	270	-81	11-21-0	7-22-0	T1

Wild card

Team	GP	W	L	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	76	35	26	85	.559	35	35	234	217	+17	20-8-0	15-18-0	L2
DET Detroit Red Wings	76	33	31	78	.513	33	33	239	221	+18	23-8-0	10-23-0	L1
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	76	34	33	77	.507	34	34	280	246	+34	20-14-0	14-19-0	W1
LAK Los Angeles Kings	76	24	42	58	.382	24	24	185	260	-75	19-14-0	5-28-0	T1
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	76	20	45	51	.336	20	20	189	252	-63	12-20-0	8-25-0	W1
MNS Minnesota North Stars	76	18	43	51	.336	18	18	189	270	-81	11-21-0	7-22-0	T1

Leaders

Points

1	Phil Esposito	125
2	Bobby Hull	107
3	Gordie Howe	101
4	Stan Mikita	96
5	Ken Hodge	89

Goals

1	Bobby Hull	58
2	Phil Esposito	48
3	Frank Mahovlich	48
4	Ken Hodge	45
5	Gordie Howe	43

Assists

1	Phil Esposito	77
2	Stan Mikita	66
3	Gordie Howe	58
4	Alex Delvecchio	58
5	Bobby Hull	49

Plus/minus

1	Bobby Orr	+54
2	Phil Esposito	+53
3	Ken Hodge	+48
4	Gordie Howe	+45
5	Gary Bergman	+45

Power-play goals

1	Bobby Hull	20
2	Yvan Cournoyer	14
3	Andre Lacroix	13
4	Norm Ullman	13
5	Danny Grant	11

Shots on goal

1	Bobby Hull	414
2	Phil Esposito	344
3	Jacques Lemaire	330
4	Vic Hadfield	321
5	Rod Gilbert	301

Hits

1	Brad Park	0
2	Guy Lapointe	0
3	Wayne Cashman	0
4	Gerry Hart	0
5	Walt McKechnie	0

Blocked shots

1	Brad Park	0
2	Guy Lapointe	0
3	Wayne Cashman	0
4	Gerry Hart	0
5	Walt McKechnie	0

Goalie wins

1	Ed Giacomin	38
2	Bruce Gamble	28
3	Gerry Cheevers	27
4	Rogie Vachon	22
5	Gary Smith	22

Save %

1	Jacques Plante	.942
2	Glenn Hall	.928
3	Bernie Parent	.925
4	Gump Worsley	.920
5	Roy Edwards	.915

Goals-against avg

1	Jacques Plante	1.91
2	Glenn Hall	2.17
3	Gump Worsley	2.26
4	Roy Edwards	2.55
5	Ed Giacomin	2.56

Shutouts

1	Glenn Hall	8
2	Ed Giacomin	7
3	Jacques Plante	5
4	Gump Worsley	5
5	Gary Smith	4

Rate stats need 23+ games (skaters) or 19+ (goalies).

Team stats

Team	GP	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	SOG/GP	SA/GP
BOS Boston Bruins	75	299	219	3.99	2.92	34.12	31.17
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	75	276	243	3.68	3.24	33.93	34.08
DET Detroit Red Wings	75	237	217	3.16	2.89	32.85	30.71
LAK Los Angeles Kings	76	185	260	2.43	3.42	31.89	31.64
MNS Minnesota North Stars	75	184	269	2.45	3.59	30.77	34.12
MTL Montréal Canadiens	76	271	202	3.57	2.66	35.89	29.62
NYR New York Rangers	76	231	196	3.04	2.58	37.45	28.80
OAK Oakland Seals	75	218	246	2.91	3.28	29.63	31.59
PHI Philadelphia Flyers	76	174	225	2.29	2.96	28.72	36.09
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	76	189	252	2.49	3.32	29.37	34.24
STL St. Louis Blues	75	201	153	2.68	2.04	28.73	31.52
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	76	234	217	3.08	2.86	32.53	32.36