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The belt vs. the champion

107 seasons with a playoffs final

The belt doesn't care about brackets. But how often does it end the season in the same hands as the trophy? Here's the team that won each season's last playoffs game next to the team holding the belt when the season's games ran out.

77Seasons it matched
72%Match rate
30Seasons it didn't
2Current matching streak
SeasonChampionBelt at season's end
2025–26Carolina HurricanesCarolina HurricanesSame team
2024–25Florida PanthersFlorida PanthersSame team
2023–24Florida PanthersColumbus Blue Jackets
2022–23Vegas Golden KnightsVegas Golden KnightsSame team
2021–22Colorado AvalancheColorado AvalancheSame team
2020–21Tampa Bay LightningTampa Bay LightningSame team
2019–20Tampa Bay LightningLos Angeles Kings
2018–19St. Louis BluesSt. Louis BluesSame team
2017–18Washington CapitalsEdmonton Oilers
2016–17Pittsburgh PenguinsWinnipeg Jets
2015–16Pittsburgh PenguinsOttawa Senators
2014–15Chicago BlackhawksChicago BlackhawksSame team
2013–14Los Angeles KingsWinnipeg Jets
2012–13Chicago BlackhawksEdmonton Oilers
2011–12Los Angeles KingsCalgary Flames
2010–11Boston BruinsBoston BruinsSame team
2009–10Chicago BlackhawksChicago BlackhawksSame team
2008–09Pittsburgh PenguinsFlorida Panthers
2007–08Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsSame team
2006–07Anaheim DucksAnaheim DucksSame team
2005–06Carolina HurricanesCarolina HurricanesSame team
2003–04Tampa Bay LightningColumbus Blue Jackets
2002–03New Jersey DevilsNew Jersey DevilsSame team
2001–02Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsSame team
2000–01Colorado AvalancheColorado AvalancheSame team
1999–00New Jersey DevilsNew Jersey DevilsSame team
1998–99Dallas StarsDallas StarsSame team
1997–98Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsSame team
1996–97Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsSame team
1995–96Colorado AvalancheColorado AvalancheSame team
1994–95New Jersey DevilsNew Jersey DevilsSame team
1993–94New York RangersNew York RangersSame team
1992–93Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1991–92Pittsburgh PenguinsPittsburgh PenguinsSame team
1990–91Pittsburgh PenguinsPittsburgh PenguinsSame team
1989–90Edmonton OilersEdmonton OilersSame team
1988–89Calgary FlamesCalgary FlamesSame team
1987–88Edmonton OilersEdmonton OilersSame team
1986–87Edmonton OilersEdmonton OilersSame team
1985–86Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1984–85Edmonton OilersEdmonton OilersSame team
1983–84Edmonton OilersEdmonton OilersSame team
1982–83New York IslandersNew York IslandersSame team
1981–82New York IslandersNew York IslandersSame team
1980–81New York IslandersNew York IslandersSame team
1979–80New York IslandersNew York IslandersSame team
1978–79Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1977–78Montréal CanadiensMinnesota North Stars
1976–77Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1975–76Montréal CanadiensCalifornia Golden Seals
1974–75Philadelphia FlyersPhiladelphia FlyersSame team
1973–74Philadelphia FlyersPhiladelphia FlyersSame team
1972–73Montréal CanadiensToronto Maple Leafs
1971–72Boston BruinsBoston BruinsSame team
1970–71Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1969–70Boston BruinsBoston BruinsSame team
1968–69Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1967–68Montréal CanadiensPittsburgh Penguins
1966–67Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsSame team
1965–66Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1964–65Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1963–64Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsSame team
1962–63Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsSame team
1961–62Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsSame team
1960–61Chicago BlackhawksBoston Bruins
1959–60Montréal CanadiensNew York Rangers
1958–59Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1957–58Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1956–57Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1955–56Montréal CanadiensChicago Blackhawks
1954–55Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsSame team
1953–54Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsSame team
1952–53Montréal CanadiensToronto Maple Leafs
1951–52Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsSame team
1950–51Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsSame team
1949–50Detroit Red WingsChicago Blackhawks
1948–49Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsSame team
1947–48Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsSame team
1946–47Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsSame team
1945–46Montréal CanadiensNew York Rangers
1944–45Toronto Maple LeafsChicago Blackhawks
1943–44Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1942–43Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsSame team
1941–42Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsSame team
1940–41Boston BruinsBoston BruinsSame team
1939–40New York RangersNew York RangersSame team
1938–39Boston BruinsBoston BruinsSame team
1937–38Chicago BlackhawksChicago BlackhawksSame team
1936–37Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsSame team
1935–36Detroit Red WingsNew York Rangers
1934–35Montreal MaroonsMontreal MaroonsSame team
1933–34Chicago BlackhawksBoston Bruins
1932–33New York RangersNew York RangersSame team
1931–32Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsSame team
1930–31Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1929–30Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1928–29Boston BruinsOttawa Senators
1927–28New York RangersPittsburgh Pirates
1926–27Ottawa SenatorsToronto St. Patricks
1925–26Montreal MaroonsBoston Bruins
1924–25Montréal CanadiensOttawa Senators
1923–24Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1922–23Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1921–22—Montréal Canadiens
1920–21Ottawa SenatorsOttawa SenatorsSame team
1918–19Montréal CanadiensMontréal CanadiensSame team
1917–18Montréal CanadiensOttawa Senators

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