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1914-15 Season
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts. | GF | GA | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Senators | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 74 | 65 | 9 |
| Montreal Wanderers | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 127 | 82 | 45 |
| Quebec Bulldogs | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 85 | 85 | 0 |
| Toronto Blueshirts | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 66 | 84 | -18 |
| Toronto Ontarios/Shamrocks | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 76 | 96 | -20 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 65 | 81 | -16 |
The 1914–15 season, the sixth for the National Hockey Association, featured six teams and brought in significant inter-league rule harmonization with the rival Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). Key decisions made with the PCHA included adopting blue lines to establish three distinct zones for off-side rulings and maintaining six-man hockey, while the PCHA continued with seven-man hockey for their games. The league also shifted away from fining players for general infractions, opting instead for minutes off the ice, and formally penalized dangerous plays like charging a player into the boards. The regular season ended in a first-place tie between the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Wanderers, both finishing with impressive 14–6–0 records. The league scoring race was won by Tommy Smith, who recorded 40 goals and 44 points while playing for both the Toronto Shamrocks (formerly Ontarios) and the Quebec Bulldogs over the course of the season.
The tie for the NHA championship forced a two-game, total-goals playoff for the O’Brien Cup and the right to the Stanley Cup. The Ottawa Senators prevailed over the Montreal Wanderers, winning the series 4–1 on total goals (4–0, 0–1), thereby securing the NHA title. As the NHA champions, the Senators then traveled to Vancouver for the second Stanley Cup “World’s Series” against the PCHA champions, the Vancouver Millionaires. The entire best-of-five series was hosted by Vancouver, with the rules alternating between PCHA (seven-man) and NHA (six-man) formats. The Millionaires soundly defeated the Senators, sweeping the series in three straight games to become the new Stanley Cup champions.