1918 Stanley Cup playoffs

The 1918 Stanley Cup playoffs were played from March 11 until March 30, when the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Toronto Blue Shirts defeated the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires for the Stanley Cup.

NHL Championship

Montreal had won the first half of the NHL split season and Toronto had won the second half. The two teams then played a two-game total goals series for the NHL championship and the O'Brien Cup. Toronto won the series and advanced to the Stanley Cup final.

March 11	Montreal Canadiens		3–7	Toronto Arenas	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Harry Meeking (1) - 5:00 Ken Randall (1) - 17:00
4:00 - Newsy Lalonde (1)		Second period		Harry Meeking (2) - 5:00
7:00 - Bert Corbeau (1) 13:00 - Newsy Lalonde (2)		Third period		Harry Meeking (3) - 5:00 Jack Adams (1) - 11:00 Harry Cameron (1) - 12:00 Harry Mummery (1) - 14:00
Georges Vezina		Goalie stats		Hap Holmes

March 13	Toronto Arenas		3–4	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Arena	Recap
12:00 - Reg Noble (1)		First period		No scoring
16:51 - Rusty Crawford (1)		Second period		Joe Malone (1) - 4:25 Jack McDonald (1) - 5:30
8:00 - Rusty Crawford (2)		Third period		Newsy Lalonde (3) - 1:40 Newsy Lalonde (4) - 10:30
Georges Vezina		Goalie stats		Hap Holmes

Toronto won series on total goals 10–7

PCHA championship

The Vancouver Millionaires defeated the defending Stanley Cup Seattle Metropolitans, taking a two-game total-goals series 3–2 on a 1–0 win over Seattle in the second game. Barney Stanley scored the decisive goal, the only goal of the second game.[1]

Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 11	Seattle	2	Vancouver	2
March 14	Vancouver	1	Seattle	0

Vancouver Millionaires win two-games total-goals series 3–2.

Stanley Cup Finals

March 20	Vancouver Millionaires		3–5	Toronto Arenas	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
16:00 – Cyclone Taylor (1) 17:00 – Cyclone Taylor (2)		First period		Reg Noble (2) – 08:00 Harry Meeking (4) – 10:00 Reg Noble (3) – 11:00 Alf Skinner (1) – 19:50
10:00 – Mickey MacKay (1)		Second period		Alf Skinner (2) – 13:00
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Hugh Lehman		Goalie stats		Hap Holmes

March 23	Toronto Arenas		4–6	Vancouver Millionaires	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
Alf Skinner (3) – 17:00		First period		18:00 – Cyclone Taylor (3)
Harry Cameron (2) 16:00		Second period		02:00 – Cyclone Taylor (4) 06:00 – Mickey MacKay (2) 14:00 – Mickey MacKay (3)
Alf Skinner (4) – 08:00 Alf Skinner (5) – 16:00		Third period		06:00 – Si Griffis (1) 10:00 – Mickey MacKay (3)
Hap Holmes		Goalie stats		Hugh Lehman

March 26	Vancouver Millionaires		3–6	Toronto Arenas	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:00 – Harry Cameron (3) 08:00 – Alf Skinner (6) 13:00 – Corb Denneny (1)
Ran McDonald (1) – pp – 06:00 Cyclone Taylor (5) – 16:00		Second period		11:00 – Harry Cameron (4) 14:00 – Corb Denneny (2)
Cyclone Taylor (6) – 03:00		Third period		13:00 – Alf Skinner (7)
Hugh Lehman		Goalie stats		Hap Holmes

March 28	Toronto Arenas		1–8	Vancouver Millionaires	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:00 – Cyclone Taylor (7)
Ken Randall (1) – 04:26		Second period		04:00 – Barney Stanley (1) 11:06 – Mickey MacKay (5) 13:06 – Barney Stanley (2)
No scoring		Third period		06:00 – Cyclone Taylor (8) 13:00 – pp – Lloyd Cook (1) 13:45 – pp – Ran MacDonald (2) 15:00 – pp – Lloyd Cook (2)
Hap Holmes		Goalie stats		Hugh Lehman

March 30	Vancouver Millionaires		1–2	Toronto Arenas	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Cyclone Taylor (9) – 09:30		Third period		00:30 – Alf Skinner (8) 10:30 – Corb Denneny (3)
Hugh Lehman		Goalie stats		Hap Holmes

Toronto won series 3–2

Statistics

NHL playoff scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Alf Skinner	Toronto	7	8	3	11
Newsy Lalonde	Canadiens	2	4		4
Harry Cameron	Toronto	7	4		4
Harry Meeking	Toronto	7	4		4
Reg Noble	Toronto	7	3		3

References

"Vancouver In Quest of Cup". The Globe. March 15, 1918. p. 9.