1925-26 NHL season

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

National Hockey League	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Ottawa Senators	36	24	8	4	52	77	42	341
Montreal Maroons	36	20	11	5	45	91	73	554
Pittsburgh Pirates	36	19	16	1	39	82	70	264
Boston Bruins	36	17	15	4	38	92	85	279
New York Americans	36	12	20	4	28	68	89	361
Toronto St. Patricks	36	12	21	3	27	92	114	325
Montreal Canadiens	36	11	24	1	23	79	108	458

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Nels Stewart	Montreal Maroons	36	34	8	42
Cy Denneny	Ottawa Senators	36	24	12	36
Carson Cooper	Boston Bruins	36	28	3	31
Jimmy Herberts	Boston Bruins	36	26	5	31
Howie Morenz	Montreal Canadiens	31	23	3	26
Jack Adams	Toronto St. Patricks	36	21	5	26
Aurel Joliat	Montreal Canadiens	35	17	9	26
Billy Burch	New York Americans	36	22	3	25
Hooley Smith	Ottawa Senators	28	16	9	25
Frank Nighbor	Ottawa Senators	35	12	13	25

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Georges Vezina	Montreal Canadiens	1	1	0	1.0
Alex Connell	Ottawa Senators	36	42	15	1.2
Roy Worters	Pittsburgh Pirates	35	68	7	1.9
Odie Cleghorn	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	2	0	2.0
Clint Benedict	Montreal Maroons	36	73	6	2.0
Charles Stewart	Boston Bruins	35	80	6	2.3
Jake Forbes	New York Americans	36	89	2	2.5
Alphonse Lacroix	Montreal Canadiens	5	15	0	3.0
Bill Taugher	Montreal Canadiens	1	3	0	3.0
Herb Rheaume	Montreal Canadiens	29	89	0	3.1
John Ross Roach	Toronto St. Patricks	36	114	2	3.2
Maurice Roberts	Boston Bruins	1	5	0	5.0

Playoffs

NHL Championship

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Montreal Maroons

Date	Team	Score	Team	Score	Notes
March 8	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Montreal Maroons	3
March 11	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Montreal Maroons	3

Montreal wins total goals series 6 goals to 4

Montreal Maroons vs. Ottawa Senators

Date	Team	Score	Team	Score	Notes
March 25	Montreal Maroons	1	Ottawa Senators	1
March 27	Montreal Maroons	1	Ottawa Senators	0

Montreal wins total goals series 2 goals to 1.

Finals

Victoria Cougars vs. Montreal Maroons

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 30	Victoria Cougars	0	Montreal Maroons	3
April 1	Victoria Cougars	0	Montreal Maroons	3
April 3	Victoria Cougars	3	Montreal Maroons	2
April 6	Victoria Cougars	0	Montreal Maroons	2

Montreal Maroons win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup

NHL Playoff leading scorer

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Nels Stewart	Montreal Maroons	8	6	3	9

NHL awards

Hart Memorial Trophy:	Nels Stewart, Montreal Maroons
Lady Byng Trophy:	Frank Nighbor, Ottawa Senators
O'Brien Cup:	Montreal Maroons
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Montreal Canadiens (for winning first game in Madison Square Gardens) Montreal Maroons (for NHL championship)

First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1925–26 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark debut in playoffs):

• Wildor Larochelle, Montreal Canadiens
• Albert Leduc, Montreal Canadiens
• Pit Lepine, Montreal Canadiens
• Babe Siebert, Montreal Maroons
• Nels Stewart, Montreal Maroons
• Joe Simpson, New York Americans
• Hec Kilrea, Ottawa Senators
• Roy Worters, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Harold Darragh, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Baldy Cotton, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Lionel Conacher, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Hib Milks, Pittsburgh Pirates

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1925–26 (listed with their last team):

• Georges Vezina, Montreal Canadiens

References

• Hockey Database
• NHL.com