The regular-season champion Canadiens face the third-placed Red Wings in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Detroit has had the third seed clinched for weeks, and stumbled to the finish line, losing their final four games by a combined score of 17-5, while Montréal finished with four wins and a tie in their last five as they engaged in a dogfight with Toronto for the top spot. The media have tabbed Montreal as the heavy favorite, and it would be hard to argue based on their regular-season results; the Canadiens won eleven of the fourteen games between the two clubs, by an aggregate score of 51-31 . . .
1960-61 NHL Replay - Playoff Semifinals
1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 19 March 1961
After more than five grueling months of hockey, we have reached the final eight days of the regular season, and the bumps and bruises (and worse) are starting to accumulate as the clubs struggled to dress full lineups even though there were still playoff positions at stake . . .
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