1920-21 NHL season

The 1920-21 NHL season was the fourth season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Four teams each played 24 games in a split season. The NHL's Ottawa Senators won the Stanley Cup by defeating the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association three games to two in a best-of-five series. This would be the last split season before the NHL changed its regular season and playoff formats.

Regular season

After just one season, the Quebec Bulldogs moved to Hamilton, Ontario to become the Hamilton Tigers. The Ottawa Senators won the first half of the split season while the Toronto St. Patricks won the second half.

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Note: Teams that qualified for playoffs highlighted in bold

First Half	GP	W	L	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	10	8	2	16	49	23
Toronto St. Patricks	10	5	5	10	39	47
Montreal Canadiens	10	4	6	8	37	51
Hamilton Tigers	10	3	7	6	34	38

Second Half	GP	W	L	Pts	GF	GA
Toronto St. Patricks	14	10	4	20	66	53
Montreal Canadiens	14	9	5	18	75	48
Ottawa Senators	14	6	8	12	48	52
Hamilton Tigers	14	3	11	6	58	94

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Newsy Lalonde	Montreal Canadiens	24	33	10	43
Cecil Dye	Hamilton / Toronto	24	35	5	40
Cy Denneny	Ottawa Senators	24	34	5	39
Joe Malone	Hamilton Tigers	20	28	9	37
Frank Nighbor	Ottawa Senators	24	19	10	29
Reg Noble	Toronto St. Patricks	24	19	8	27
Harry Cameron	Toronto St. Patricks	24	18	9	27
George Prodgers	Hamilton Tigers	24	18	9	27
Corbett Denneny	Toronto St. Patricks	20	19	7	26
Jack Darragh	Ottawa Senators	24	11	15	26

Stanley Cup Playoffs

All dates 1921

O'Brien Trophy finals

After the regular season, Toronto and Ottawa played in a total goals series to see who would win the O'Brien Trophy and go onto compete for the Stanley Cup. Ottawa easily won by shutting out the St. Pats in both games. Ottawa then went onto play the Vancouver Millionaires of the PCHA.

Ottawa Senators vs. Toronto St. Patricks

Date	Team	Score	Team	Score	Notes
March 10	Ottawa Senators	5	Toronto St. Patricks
March 14	Ottawa Senators	2	Toronto St. Patricks

Ottawa wins total goals series 7 goals to 0

Stanley Cup finals

The Stanley Cup Finals took place in Vancouver, British Columbia between the Vancouver Millionaires and Ottawa Senators, alternating between PCHA and NHL rules. Ottawa won the series 3-2. The attendance per game during the series averaged 10,000 people which was great for its time. It was an extremely hard fought and close series as all games were decided by only one goal.

Ottawa Senators vs. Vancouver Millionaires

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
March 21	Ottawa Senators	1	Vancouver Millionaires	2
March 24	Vancouver Millionaires	3	Ottawa Senators	4
March 28	Vancouver Millionaires	2	Ottawa Senators	3
March 31	Ottawa Senators	2	Vancouver Millionaires	3
April 4	Vancouver Millionaires	1	Ottawa Senators	2

Ottawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup

NHL Playoff scoring leader

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Cy Denneny	Ottawa Senators	7	4	2	6

NHL awards

O'Brien Trophy — Ottawa Senators

References

NHL 1920/21 | Saison LNH 1920-21

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