The 1938 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-five series between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
They are also the Stanley Cup winning team with the lowest number of Hockey Hall of Fame members as a player, with only one (Earl Seibert).
The Black Hawks had to play two best-of three series after narrowly reaching the postseason by two points (at the time, six of the eight teams made the postseason); the Black Hawks won a 2–1 upset against Montreal Canadiens and then won 2–1 against the New York Americans to advance to the Finals.
Chicago lost their regular goaltender, Mike Karakas, during the playoffs and started Alfie Moore in game one.
[2] The NHL did not see fit to make sure that the Stanley Cup was in Chicago when they won the game and the series on April 12.