It was contested between the defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the St. Louis Blues, a rematch of the previous year's finals.
Montreal defeated the New York Rangers 4–0 and the Boston Bruins 4–2 to advance to the finals.
In this year's six-game regular season series, there were five wins for Montreal and one tie.
Claude Ruel became the eleventh rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup.
The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup 1968–69 Montreal Canadiens Ralph Backstrom, Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer, Dick Duff, John Ferguson, Terry Harper, Ted Harris, Jacques Laperriere, Claude Provost, Henri Richard, Bobby Rousseau, Gilles Tremblay, Jean-Claude Tremblay, Gump Worsley (14 players), David Molson, Sam Pollock, Larry Aubut (3 non-players).