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Ralph Backstrom's 1967-1968 season

Points

NHL#44

Goals

NHL#36

Assists

NHL#51

Plus/minus

NHL#68

Games

94% of 74

Centre Ralph Backstrom was 30 years old when the 1967-1968 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 70 of a possible 74 games and scored 20 goals and 25 assists for 45 points, 0.64 points per game. The season ended with Ralph Backstrom winning the Stanley Cup with Montréal Canadiens against St. Louis Blues, after 13 playoff games and 7 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1967-1968Playoffs

Year 1967
59 years ago
Season opener
October 11
Ralph Backstrom plays the 1967-1968 season for Montréal Canadiens
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Ralph was 30 years old when the 1967-1968 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.
- The game
  MTL2–1PIT
  W
  October 11game 1/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  DET2–6MTL
  W
  October 14game 2/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL2–6BOS
  L
  October 15game 3/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2NYR
  October 18game 4/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  TOR0–1MTL
  W
  October 19game 5/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS2–4MTL
  W
  October 21game 6/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR1–1MTL
  October 26game 7/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  STL1–4MTL
  W
  October 28game 8/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- November 1967
- The game
  MTL0–5TOR
  L
  November 1game 9/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PHI4–1MTL
  L
  November 4game 10/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–1PHI
  November 5game 11/74
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL2–3CHI
  L
  November 8game 12/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  CHI3–3MTL
  November 11game 13/74
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL1–3DET
  L
  November 12game 14/74
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-7SOG
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- The game
  MTL5–1MNS
  W
  November 15game 15/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL1–2OAK
  L
  November 18game 16/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-8SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL2–4LAK
  L
  November 19game 17/74
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL3–1STL
  W
  November 22game 18/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-7SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL7–0CHI
  W
  November 23game 19/74
  His night
  +5P+3G+2A
  +3+/-10SOG2PPP
  HAT TRICK
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- Checkpoint
  November 23
  1/4 into the season
  Game 19 of 74
  12
  points
  NHL#33
  7
  goals
  NHL#15
  5
  assists
  NHL#68
  MTL
  8-7-0W-L-OT20Points
  6th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BOS3–1MTL
  L
  November 25game 20/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–2TOR
  L
  November 29game 21/74
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  MNS1–1MTL
  November 30game 22/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- December 1967
- The game
  LAK3–2MTL
  L
  December 2game 23/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–5BOS
  L
  December 3game 24/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  DET2–2MTL
  December 7game 25/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–2MTL
  December 9game 26/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–3NYR
  L
  December 10game 27/74
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  MTL6–2BOS
  W
  December 13game 28/74
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  0+/-7SOG2PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  DET3–4MTL
  W
  December 16game 29/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL6–8DET
  L
  December 17game 30/74
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR0–5MTL
  W
  December 20game 31/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  OAK0–2MTL
  W
  December 30game 36/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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Year 1968
58 years ago
- The game
  TOR1–1MTL
  January 3game 37/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 3
  1/2 into the season
  Game 37 of 7433 of 37 played
  19
  points
  NHL#58
  10
  goals
  NHL#35
  9
  assists
  NHL#79
  MTL
  14-14-0W-L-OT37Points
  7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYR2–5MTL
  W
  January 6game 38/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL4–3DET
  W
  January 7game 39/74
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL4–3PIT
  W
  January 10game 40/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL4–2PHI
  W
  January 11game 41/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BOS1–5MTL
  W
  January 13game 42/74
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  DET1–6MTL
  W
  January 17game 43/74
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI1–3MTL
  W
  January 20game 44/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL2–0BOS
  W
  January 25game 45/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS2–5MTL
  W
  January 27game 46/74
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR0–3MTL
  W
  January 30game 47/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- February 1968
- The game
  NYR2–5MTL
  W
  February 1game 48/74
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  LAK1–5MTL
  W
  February 3game 49/74
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  MTL0–3NYR
  L
  February 4game 50/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  PHI1–4MTL
  W
  February 7game 51/74
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI4–6MTL
  W
  February 10game 52/74
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  MTL6–0CHI
  W
  February 11game 53/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–2TOR
  W
  February 14game 54/74
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–0DET
  W
  February 15game 55/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PIT3–4MTL
  W
  February 17game 56/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 17
  3/4 into the season
  Game 56 of 7452 of 56 played
  34
  points
  NHL#45
  14
  goals
  NHL#45
  20
  assists
  NHL#39
  MTL
  32-15-0W-L-OT73Points
  Playoff spot
  1st in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL7–2NYR
  W
  February 21game 57/74
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +3+/-2SOG
  +3 assists
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Milestone
Ralph Backstrom reaches 100 career assists
in the game against New York Rangers · February 21
- The game
  STL1–2MTL
  W
  February 22game 58/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–1MTL
  L
  February 24game 59/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–3STL
  February 28game 60/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- March 1968
- The game
  MTL2–3MNS
  L
  March 2game 61/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-6SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–5DET
  L
  March 3game 62/74
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL6–2LAK
  W
  March 5game 63/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL2–0OAK
  W
  March 6game 64/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  CHI0–5MTL
  W
  March 9game 65/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–3MTL
  W
  March 14game 66/74
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PIT4–6MTL
  W
  March 16game 67/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–3BOS
  L
  March 17game 68/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  TOR2–3MTL
  W
  March 20game 69/74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  DET4–7MTL
  W
  March 23game 70/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL7–2CHI
  W
  March 24game 71/74
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  MTL0–6TOR
  L
  March 27game 72/74
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS2–1MTL
  L
  March 30game 73/74
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–4NYR
  L
  March 31game 74/74
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
The season in numbers
March 31
Ralph Backstrom closes the 1967-1968 season with 45 points
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Points
45
NHL#44
Games
70of 74
95%
Goals
20
NHL#36
Assists
25
NHL#51
P/GP
0.64
NHL#51
+/-
+5
NHL#68
Events
1
hat trick
250
NHL games
100
career assists
5 i rad
games with a point · 9 pts
4 days later
Playoffs
April 4
Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 4
Montréal Canadiens meet Boston Bruins
MTLvsBOS
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Ralph Backstrom
Swedes on Boston Bruins
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  BOS1–2MTL
  W
  April 4
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 2
  BOS3–5MTL
  W
  April 6
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-6SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 3
  MTL5–2BOS
  W
  April 9
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 4
  MTL3–2BOS
  W
  April 11
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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Quarterfinal
April 11
Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–0
MTL4–0BOS
Advance
He did not play in this round
7 days later
Semifinal
April 18
Montréal Canadiens meet Chicago Blackhawks
MTLvsCHI
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Ralph Backstrom
Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  CHI2–9MTL
  W
  April 18
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 2
  CHI1–4MTL
  W
  April 20
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 3
  MTL4–2CHI
  W
  April 23
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 4
  MTL1–2CHI
  L
  April 25
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 5
  CHI3–4MTL
  W
  April 28
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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Semifinal
April 28
Montréal Canadiens knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–1
MTL4–1CHI
Advance
He did not play in this round
7 days later
Stanley Cup Final
May 5
Montréal Canadiens play the Stanley Cup Final against St. Louis Blues
MTLvsSTL
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Ralph Backstrom
Swedes on St. Louis Blues
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  MTL3–2STL
  W
  May 5
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstSt. Louis Blues
- Game 2
  MTL1–0STL
  W
  May 7
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstSt. Louis Blues
- Game 3
  STL3–4MTL
  W
  May 9
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstSt. Louis Blues
- Game 4
  STL2–3MTL
  W
  May 11
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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May 11
Stanley Cup Champions
Montréal Canadiens
beat St. Louis Blues 4–0 in the final
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
May 11
Ralph Backstrom ends the 1967-1968 playoffs with 7 points
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Points
7
NHL#23
Games
13
Goals
4
NHL#12
Assists
3
NHL#40
P/GP
0.54
NHL#40
+/-
+3
NHL#25
Events
25
playoff points
10
playoff assists
2 points
best game
BOS4–0→CHI4–1→STL4–0

Ralph Backstrom plays the 1967-1968 season for Montréal Canadiens

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Ralph Backstrom reaches 100 career assists

Ralph Backstrom closes the 1967-1968 season with 45 points

Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

Montréal Canadiens meet Boston Bruins

Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–0

Montréal Canadiens meet Chicago Blackhawks

Montréal Canadiens knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–1

Montréal Canadiens play the Stanley Cup Final against St. Louis Blues

Montréal Canadiens

Ralph Backstrom ends the 1967-1968 playoffs with 7 points