1958 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1958 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1957–58 season, and the culmination of the 1958 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the two-time defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins in a rematch of the 1957 Finals. The Canadiens, who were appearing in the Finals for the eighth consecutive year, won the series, four games to two, for their third straight Cup victory and tenth in the team's history.

1958 Stanley Cup Finals
123456 Total
Montreal Canadiens 22313*5 4
Boston Bruins 15032*3 2
* indicates periods of overtime.
Location(s)Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5)
Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4, 6)
CoachesMontreal: Toe Blake
Boston: Milt Schmidt
CaptainsMontreal: Maurice Richard
Boston: Fernie Flaman
DatesApril 8–20, 1958
Series-winning goalBernie Geoffrion (19:26, second)
Hall of FamersCanadiens:
Jean Beliveau (1972)
Bernie Geoffrion (1972)
Doug Harvey (1973)
Tom Johnson (1970)
Dickie Moore (1974)
Bert Olmstead (1985)
Jacques Plante (1978)
Henri Richard (1979)
Maurice Richard (1961)
Bruins:
Leo Boivin (1986)
Johnny Bucyk (1981)
Fernie Flaman (1990)
Harry Lumley (1980)
Allan Stanley (1981)
Coaches:
Toe Blake (1966, player)
Milt Schmidt (1961, player)
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