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1951 Stanley Cup playoffs

NHL postseason tournament

NHL postseason tournament

Field	Value
title	Stanley Cup playoffs
year	1951
dates	March 28 – April 21, 1951
num_teams	4
defending_champions	[Detroit Red Wings](1950-51-detroit-red-wings-season)
winners	[Toronto Maple Leafs](1950-51-toronto-maple-leafs-season)
second	[Montreal Canadiens](1950-51-montreal-canadiens-season)
prev_season	[1950](1950-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season	[1952](1952-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 1951 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 1950–51 season. It began on March 28, 1951. It concluded on April 21, with the Toronto Maple Leafs defeating the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.

Playoff seeds

The top four out of the six teams in the league qualified for the playoffs:

Detroit Red Wings – 101 points
Toronto Maple Leafs – 95 points
Montreal Canadiens – 65 points
Boston Bruins – 62 points

Playoff bracket

In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). In the semifinals, the first-place team played the third-place team, while the second-place team played the fourth-place team. The winners of the semifinals then played for the Stanley Cup.

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Detroit | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2=3 | RD1-team2=Montreal | RD1-score2=4 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Toronto | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4=Boston | RD1-score4=1 | RD2-seed1=3 | RD2-team1=Montreal | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Toronto | RD2-score2=4

Semifinals

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (3) Montreal Canadiens

The third seed Montreal Canadiens upset first overall Detroit Red Wings in six games.

|1-1-1 =Butch Bouchard (1) - 13:35 |1-1-2 =12:15 - Gordie Howe (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Bert Olmstead (1) - 9:08 |1-3-2 =1:10 - Leo Reise (1) |1-4-1 =Maurice Richard (1) - 1:09 |1-4-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie1-2 =Terry Sawchuk

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =No scoring |2-4-1 =Maurice Richard (2) - 2:20 |2-4-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie2-2 =Terry Sawchuk

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Gordie Howe (2) - 16:23 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Sid Abel (1) - 13:45 |goalie3-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie3-2 =Terry Sawchuk

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Leo Reise (2) - 8:40 Metro Prystai (1) - 10:10 |4-2-1 =14:28 - pp - Elmer Lach (1) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Gerry Couture (1) - 10:26 Sid Abel (2) - 13:14 |goalie4-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie4-2 =Terry Sawchuk

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =1:09 - Sid Abel (3) 14:27 - Gordie Howe (3) |5-2-1 =Billy Reay (1) - sh - 4:04 Bert Olmstead (2) - pp - 11:48 Bernie Geoffrion (1) - 17:51 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Maurice Richard (3) - 14:45 Calum MacKay (1) - 18:07 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie5-2 =Terry Sawchuk

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =6:49 - Billy Reay (2) 9:39 - Maurice Richard (4) 15:45 - Ken Mosdell (1) |6-3-2 =Sid Abel (4) - 7:31 Gordie Howe (4) - 19:15 |goalie6-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie6-2 =Terry Sawchuk

(2) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (4) Boston Bruins

The second seed Toronto Maple Leafs eliminated the fourth seed Boston Bruins in five games.

|1-1-1 =Lorne Ferguson (1) - 15:58 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Woody Dumart (1) - 1:12 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Jack Gelineau |goalie1-2 =Al Rollins, Turk Broda

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =3:47 - Bill Barilko (1) |2-2-1 =Johnny Peirson (1) - 9:26 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Jack Gelineau |goalie2-2 =Turk Broda

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Cal Gardner (1) - 3:02 Fern Flaman (1) - pp - 13:11 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Max Bentley (1) - 5:30 |goalie3-1 =Jack Gelineau |goalie3-2 =Turk Broda

|4-1-1 =7:50 - Dunc Fisher (1) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Sid Smith (1) - pp - 12:17 Max Bentley (2) - 14:33 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Bill Barilko (2) - 14:08 |goalie4-1 =Jack Gelineau |goalie4-2 =Turk Broda

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =19:38 - sh - Joe Klukay (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =11:12 - Fleming MacKell (1) |5-3-1 =Bill Ezinicki (1) - 9:53 |5-3-2 =4:46 - Joe Klukay (2) 9:15 - Ted Kennedy (1) |goalie5-1 =Gord Henry |goalie5-2 =Turk Broda

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Ted Kennedy (2) - 10:16 Joe Klukay (3) - 14:36 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Fleming MacKell (2) - 12:42 |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Sid Smith (2) - 6:42 Tod Sloan (1) - 9:42 Joe Klukay (4) - 15:01 |goalie6-1 =Gord Henry |goalie6-2 =Turk Broda

Finals

Main article: 1951 Stanley Cup Finals

The Stanley Cup Finals was won by the Leafs over the Canadiens, 4–1.

|1-1-1 =Maurice Richard (5) - 15:27 |1-1-2 =00:15 - Sid Smith (3) 15:42 - Tod Sloan (2) |1-2-1 =Paul Masnick (1) - 4:02 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |1-4-1 =No scoring |1-4-2 =5:51 - Sid Smith (4) |goalie1-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie1-2 =Turk Broda

|2-1-1 =Paul Masnick (2) - 3:44 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Billy Reay (3) - 9:24 |2-2-2 =16:31 - pp - Sid Smith (5) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =8:16 - pp - Ted Kennedy (3) |2-4-1 =Maurice Richard (6) - 2:55 |2-4-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie2-2 =Turk Broda

|3-1-1 =2:18 - pp - Maurice Richard (7) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Sid Smith (6) - pp - 5:58 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Ted Kennedy (4) - 4:47 |goalie3-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie3-2 =Turk Broda

|4-1-1 =14:41 - Maurice Richard (8) |4-1-2 =Sid Smith (7) - 00:38 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Howie Meeker (1) - 1:27 |4-3-1 =13:49 - Elmer Lach (2) |4-3-2 =No scoring |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =Harry Watson (1) - 5:15 |goalie4-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie4-2 =Turk Broda

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Maurice Richard (9) - 8:56 |5-2-2 =12:00 - Tod Sloan (3) |5-3-1 =Paul Meger (1) - 4:47 |5-3-2 =19:28 - Tod Sloan (4) |5-4-1 =No scoring |5-4-2 =2:53 - Bill Barilko (3) |goalie5-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie5-2 =Turk Broda

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Maurice Richard	Montreal Canadiens	11	9	4	13
Max Bentley	Toronto Maple Leafs	11	2	11	13
Sid Smith	Toronto Maple Leafs	11	7	3	10

References

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