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Stanley Cup Final · 1969-70

Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup

BOS def. STL

Boston Bruins won the 1969-70 Stanley Cup Final 4-0 over St. Louis Blues, one game went to overtime, 1 were decided by a single goal.

4-0

Series result · 4 games

Boston Bruins lifted the Cup in Game 4 at Boston Garden.

Series after

api-web.nhle.com club-schedule-season + gamecenter boxscore · fetched 2026-08-17 · 4 Final games

The road to the Final

8 clubs, 3 rounds

The whole tournament, in the shape that spring actually had: 8 clubs, 3 rounds. Every series carries the games the schedule feed publishes. 34 in all that spring. The champion's road is the lit line — NYR 4-2 · CHI 4-0 · STL 4-0. Hover a series to read it beside the board; choose one to open its games underneath.

Quarterfinals4 series

Semifinals2 series

Stanley Cup Final1 series

api-web.nhle.com/v1/playoff-bracket/1970 · fetched 2026-08-17 · BOS champion · 3 rounds

The series, game by game

Pick a game

Every game of the Final as its own card. Choosing one opens its goal sequence below and repaints the series score in the band above to the moment that game ended.

Game 1 · BOS 6, STL 1

1970-05-03 · St. Louis Arena

Decided by 5 · STL changed goaltenders

Goal sequence

1stBOS 1 · STL 0
19:45 J. BucykBOSAssists: F. StanfieldGo-ahead1-0
2ndBOS 1 · STL 1
01:52 J. RobertsSTLAssists: B. McCrearyEqualizer1-12m 7s later
05:16 J. BucykBOSAssists: J. McKenzie, P. EspositoGAME WINNER2-13m 24s later
3rdBOS 4 · STL 0
04:59 W. CarletonBOSAssists: D. Sanderson, D. AwreyInsurance3-119m 43s later
05:31 J. BucykBOSAssists: R. Smith, J. McKenzieDagger4-132s later
17:20 D. SandersonBOSAssists: B. OrrDagger5-1SH11m 49s later
18:58 P. EspositoBOSDagger6-11m 38s later

Goaltending

G. CheeversBOS60:00 · 1 GA · 1.00 GAA 28/29 · .966 SV%W
J. PlanteSTL23:57 · 1 GA · 2.50 GAA 13/14 · .929 SV%
E. WakelySTL36:03 · 5 GA · 8.32 GAA 16/21 · .762 SV%L

Shots on goal

BOS35
STL29
DifferentialBOS +6

Points

J. BucykBOS3
P. EspositoBOS2
D. SandersonBOS2
J. McKenzieBOS2
W. CarletonBOS1

Shots by player

J. BucykBOS7
P. EspositoBOS5
B. OrrBOS4
L. KeenanSTL4
W. CarletonBOS3

Three stars

The league publishes three stars in this feed from about 2010; none are on file for this game.

The team line · BOS / STL

Faceoffs won0.0% / 0.0%
Power play0/0 / 0/0
Power play %0.0% / 0.0%
Penalty minutes21 / 15
Hits0 / 0
Blocked shots0 / 0
Giveaways0 / 0
Takeaways0 / 0

api-web.nhle.com gamecenter/1969030311/landing + /boxscore + wsc/game-story · fetched 2026-08-17

The series as a whole

4 games

The shape of the Final, its intensity, and who carried it. The Conn Smythe Trophy is voted by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and is not carried in this feed. These are the series leader boards, not an award pick, and no composite score is computed.

Shape

Games played4
Series result4-0
GoalsBOS 20 · STL 7
Overtime games1
Multi-overtime games0
One-goal games1
Decided by three or more3
Shutouts0
Lead changes3
Comeback wins0
Home wins2–2
Empty-net goals0

gamecenter boxscore + landing · fetched 2026-08-17 · Empty-net goals are counted from the goal feed's own goalModifier flag. A count of zero means none was flagged, which for an early Final may mean none was recorded.

Intensity

Penalty minutes126 · 31.5 per game
Shots on goal248
Power-play goals7

gamecenter boxscore playerByGameStats · fetched 2026-08-17

Goaltending, whole series

G. CheeversBOS4 games · 240.7 min · .930 SV% · 1.75 GAA 93/1004-0
G. HallSTL2 games · 120.7 min · .897 SV% · 3.98 GAA 70/780-2
E. WakelySTL2 games · 96.0 min · .804 SV% · 6.87 GAA 45/560-2
J. PlanteSTL1 games · 23.9 min · .929 SV% · 2.51 GAA 13/140-0

gamecenter boxscore goalies · fetched 2026-08-17

Scoring leaders

P. EspositoBOS8 P (2G 6A)
J. BucykBOS6 P (6G 0A)
D. SandersonBOS6 P (3G 3A)
J. McKenzieBOS5 P (1G 4A)
B. OrrBOS5 P (1G 4A)
F. StanfieldBOS4 P (1G 3A)

Winning goals

J. BucykBOS1 winner
E. WestfallBOS1 winner
J. McKenzieBOS1 winner
B. OrrBOS1 winner

gamecenter boxscore playerByGameStats · fetched 2026-08-17

In the era

98 Finals · 520 games

This Final measured against its own decade and against every Final the league's game feed covers. The 1970s line covers 10 Finals and 54 games. Rates are per Final game, and every Final contributes only to the rates it has data for: hits-per-game is computed over the Finals since 1997-98 that record hits, not over all of them. Each rate publishes its denominator.

This Final against the era

Overtime games1 of 4
This Final25%
1970s15%
All Finals18%
One-goal games1 of 4
This Final25%
1970s39%
All Finals41%
Shutouts0 of 4
This Final0%
1970s13%
All Finals17%
Goals per game27 goals
This Final6.75
1970s5.93
All Finals5.33

derived from all 98 Finals in data/cup_finals/ · fetched 2026-08-17

Records across the feed

Longest Final2023-24 · 7 games
Most overtime games1950-51 · 5
Highest scoring1972-73 · 9.33 per game
Most one-goal games2014-15 · 5

derived from data/cup_finals/index.json · fetched 2026-08-17

What the record actually holds

Coverage

6 of 14 statistical modules are published for this Final. A module counts as available only if the series contains a non-zero value for it. Historical boxscores carry the same field names as modern ones filled with zeros — 1978-79 publishes hits: 0 for all 170 skaters — so field presence is not evidence and is not treated as such.

Goal-by-goal sequenceGoaltender win/loss decisionsPenalty minutesTeam shots on goalGoaltender shots/saves/save%Goaltender even-strength/PP/SH splitsSkater time on iceHitsBlocked shots, giveaways, takeawaysFaceoff percentageShift countsGoal strength (even, power play, shorthanded)Winning-goal scorer (from the schedule feed)On-ice situation codes

Not published for this Final

Blocked shots, giveaways, takeawaysBlocked shots, giveaways and takeaways begin in 1997-98.
Faceoff percentageFaceoff percentage begins in 1997-98.
Goaltender even-strength/PP/SH splitsEven-strength, power-play and shorthanded shot splits begin in 1997-98.
HitsHits were not recorded as an official statistic until 1997-98.
Shift countsShift counts begin in 1997-98.
On-ice situation codesOn-ice situation codes begin in 2009-10.
Skater time on icePer-skater time on ice begins in 1997-98.
Winning-goal scorer (from the schedule feed)The schedule feed does not name a winning-goal scorer before 2008-09.
Method

Final games are selected from the club schedule feed on seriesStatus.seriesAbbrev of SCF, not on a round number: the Cup Final is round four only in a four-round playoff, and the 1954-55 Final is recorded as round two. No MVP or composite rating is computed. The Conn Smythe is a published award and is not in this feed.

Goal labels are relative to the team that scored. A goal that closes a two-goal gap to one is the scorer's own cut, not the leader's insurance. The winning goal is the champion's goal that put it one clear of the finalist's final total, which is the league's own definition.

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Sources: api-web.nhle.com/v1/club-schedule-season/{team}/{season} · api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/{game}/boxscore · api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/{game}/landing · data/stanley_cup_champions.json (the site's 107-Final ledger; it drives the season list) · data/franchise_history.json (alias_chain, for season-correct tricodes). Fetched 2026-08-17. The season list is driven by the site's own Stanley Cup ledger, and tricodes are resolved season by season through the franchise alias chain, so a Final is requested with the code its clubs actually used that year.