The Series
Jacques Plante would be pulled after the first two games in favour of Gerry McNeil. The move paid off as McNeil posted two shutouts in the last three games.
Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens
| April 9 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | Montreal Forum | ||||
| Dickie Moore - 13:42 | First period | 2:08 - Bob Armstrong (Fleming Mackell) | ||||||
| (Eddie Mazur) Ken Mosdell - 2:37 (Dollard St. Laurent, Calum MacKay) Floyd Curry - 16:05 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ken Mosdell) Maurice Richard - 11:12 | Third period | 10:11 - Johnny Pierson, 3 (Fleming Mackell, Ed Sanford) | ||||||
| April 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 1-4 | Boston Bruins | Montreal Forum | ||||
| No scoring | First period | 3:53 - Leo Labine, 2 (Bill Quackenbush) 18:13 - Ed Sandford, 7 (Joe Klukay, Real Chevrefils) |
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| (Doug Harvey, Floyd Curry) Bert Olmstead - 1:36 | Second period | 7:26 - Ed Sandford, 8 (Fleming Mackell) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:43 - Milt Schmidt, 4 (Woody Dumart, Frank Martin) | ||||||
| April 12 | Boston Bruins | 0-3 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Garden | ||||
| No scoring | First period | 11:53 - Tom Johnson (Ken Mosdell) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 6:30 - Paul Masnick | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:27 - Ken Mosdell (Emile Bouchard) | ||||||
| April 14 | Boston Bruins | 3-7 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Garden | ||||
| (Woody Dumart) Dave Creighton, 4 - 18:22 | First period | 3:23 - Lorne Davis (Dollard St. Laurent, Calum MacKay) 10:58 - Maurice Richard (Doug Harvey) 16:40 - Dickie Moore |
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| No scoring | Second period | 18:58 - Bernie Geoffrion | ||||||
| (Leo Labine) Milt Schmidt, 5 - 7:23 (Dave Creighton) Jack McIntyre, 4 - 16:25 |
Third period | 5:33 - Maurice Richard 17:59 - Calum MacKay 18:27 - Maurice Richard (Bert Olmstead, Elmer Lach) |
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| April 16 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–0 | OT | Boston Bruins | Montreal Forum | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Maurice Richard) Elmer Lach - 1:22 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–1 | |
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