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1964-65 NHL playoffs

Every 1964-65 NHL playoff series, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.

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The race, continued

The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.

Seeds against finish

Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.

The bracket

Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.

What happened

Montréal Canadiens won the 1964-65 title from a regular season record of 36-23-11. 4 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 2 rounds. Every series below is taken from the NHL API; nothing on this page is estimated.

Every series

RoundWon byResultOpponentPlayed
SemifinalsChicago Blackhawks4-3 in gamesDetroit Red WingsApril 1 to April 15, 1965
SemifinalsMontréal Canadiens4-2 in gamesToronto Maple LeafsApril 1 to April 13, 1965
Stanley Cup FinalMontréal Canadiens4-3 in gamesChicago BlackhawksApril 17 to May 1, 1965

How “Seeds against finish” is drawn

The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.

The races that filled this bracket: NHL