The 1918 Stanley Cup playoffs were played from March 11 until March 30, when the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 (NHL) champion Toronto Blue Shirts

Toronto Arenas

The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...

 defeated the Pacific Coast Hockey Association

Pacific Coast Hockey Association

The Pacific Coast Hockey Association was a professional men's ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League...

 (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires

Vancouver Millionaires

The Vancouver Millionaires were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926...

 for the Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

.

NHL Championship

Montreal had won the first half of the NHL split season and Toronto had won the second half. The two teams then played a two game total goals series for the NHL championship and the O'Brien Cup

O'Brien Trophy

The O'Brien Trophy, or O'Brien Cup, as labelled on the trophy itself, is a retired trophy that was awarded in the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League ice hockey leagues of North America from 1910 to 1950. It was originally donated to the NHA by Canadian Senator M.J....

. Toronto won the series and advanced to the Stanley Cup final.

Toronto vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 11	Montreal Canadiens	3	Toronto	7
March 13	Toronto	3	Montreal Canadiens	4

Toronto wins total goals series 10–7 for the O'Brien Cup

PCHA championship

The Vancouver Millionaires

Vancouver Millionaires

The Vancouver Millionaires were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926...

 defeated the defending Stanley Cup Seattle Metropolitans

Seattle Metropolitans

The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. They won the Stanley Cup in 1917, becoming the first American team to do so...

, taking a two-game total-goals series 3-2 on a 1-0 win over Seattle in the second game. Barney Stanley

Barney Stanley

Russell "Barney" Stanley was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Calgary Tigers, Regina Capitals and Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League...

 scored the decisive goal, the only goal of the second game.

Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 11	Seattle	2	Vancouver	2
March 14	Vancouver	1	Seattle	0

Vancouver Millionaires win two-games total-goals series 3-2.

Finals

Vancouver Millionaires vs. Toronto

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 20	Vancouver Millionaires	3	Toronto	5
March 23	Vancouver Millionaires	6	Toronto	4
March 26	Vancouver Millionaires	3	Toronto	6
March 28	Vancouver Millionaires	8	Toronto	1
March 30	Vancouver Millionaires	1	Toronto	2

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

NHL playoff scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Alf Skinner	Toronto	7	8	3	11
Newsy Lalonde Newsy Lalonde Édouard Cyrille "Newsy" Lalonde was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League and a professional lacrosse player, regarded as one of hockey's and lacrosse's greatest players of the first half of the 20th century and one of sport's most colourful characters...	Canadiens	2	4		4
Harry Cameron Harry Cameron Harold Hugh "Cammie" Cameron was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played professionally for the Toronto Blueshirts, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators, Toronto St. Pats and Montreal Canadiens. Cameron won three Stanley Cups in his career...	Toronto	7	4		4
Harry Meeking Harry Meeking Harry "Hurricane Howie" Meeking was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 3 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Arenas, Detroit Cougars and Boston Bruins. He was born in Berlin, Ontario....	Toronto	7	4		4
Reg Noble Reg Noble Edward Reginald Noble of Collingwood, Ontario) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and defenceman who played 17 professional seasons in the National Hockey Association and National Hockey League for the Toronto Blueshirts, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto St. Pats, Montreal Maroons,...	Toronto	7	3		3