This was the fourth meeting between teams from Boston and New York City for a major professional sports championship.

[1] Boston defeated their rival in the Toronto Maple Leafs in five games and swept the St. Louis Blues to advance to the Final.

New York defeated the defending champion Montreal Canadiens in six games and the Chicago Black Hawks in a sweep to set up an "Original Six" Final.

Bobby Orr, who tallied 4 goals and 4 assists in the series, won the Conn Smythe Trophy for the second time.

With 2:16 remaining in the third period, Garnet "Ace" Bailey beat Rangers star defenseman Brad Park to have the Bruins prevail 6–5.

[2] Gary Doak of the Rangers was ejected from the game after a heated argument with referee Bill Friday over a penalty he received at 18:50 of the first period.

[4] John Bucyk, as the team's senior assistant captain, accepted the Cup and circled the rink in the ceremonial skate.

Hockey Night in Canada moved all playoff coverage from CBC to CTV (in actuality, MacLaren Advertising, the actual rights holders of HNIC at the time, worked out arrangements with CTV to move the full NHL playoffs there) to avoid conflict with the lengthy NABET strike against the CBC.