1950 Stanley Cup Finals
This was the last Stanley Cup Final to feature a team that did not host any games and also the last to feature neutral site games, which were held in Toronto on account of scheduling conflicts at Madison Square Garden.
Bruins–Canadiens rivalry
The Bruins and Canadiens made up 16 of the possible 30 Stanley Cup Finals appearances between and . The Bruins went 2–3 and Canadiens went 10–1 in Finals appearances. The two teams went head-to-head in the and 1978 Stanley Cup Finals. The only final that neither team appeared during this period was in , which was a showdown between the Philadelphia Flyers and Buffalo Sabres. During this period, the Bruins and Canadiens reigned exclusively as Stanley Cup champions, except in 1967 when it was won by the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Philadelphia Flyers in and 1975.