 The Flyers made their first Final appearance and the Bruins returned to the Finals for the third time in five years, having won the Stanley Cup in 1970 and 1972.The Flyers won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, becoming the first team from the 1967 Expansion to win the Stanley Cup, as well as the first non-Original Six Cup champion since the Montreal Maroons in 1935.Boston defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 to advance to the final.