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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-07 · 17 entries checked · 12 flagged · 35 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 35 still open
1927 Stanley Cup Final — The claim about the 1988 game between Edmonton and Boston being a tie is incorrect; that game was called off due to fog and replayed from scratch, so it was not a tie.
1927 Stanley Cup Final — The phrasing 'first all-NHL Final' for the 1927 Final is ambiguous and often considered incorrect; the 1926 Final was not all-NHL, so the 1927 Final was the first with both teams from the NHL, but the entry's phrasing is a common error.
1956 Boston Bruins exhibition game in Newfoundland — The 1955–56 Boston Bruins finished in fourth place, not fifth, in the six-team NHL.
1956 Boston Bruins exhibition game in Newfoundland — This was not the first outdoor NHL game in Canada open to the public; the 1954 Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens exhibition game in Quebec City predates it.
1970 Stanley Cup Final — The Boston Bruins did not tie for first in the East Division with the Chicago Black Hawks with 99 points; the Bruins finished first outright with 100 points, while the Black Hawks had 99 points.
1970 Stanley Cup Final — The Bruins were not the first American team to win the Stanley Cup since the Chicago Black Hawks in 1961; the Bruins are a Canadian team (based in Boston, but the franchise is historically considered Canadian in origin and context, and the statement is mislead
1972 Stanley Cup Final — The entry states the Bruins had no formal captain in 1972, but the captain was Johnny Bucyk.
1972 Stanley Cup Final — The entry says the Bruins' first Finals appearance since 1970, but they also appeared in the 1971 Finals.
1974 Stanley Cup Final — The claim that the Flyers were the first non-Original Six team to reach the Final since the league stopped guaranteeing a spot for such teams after Chicago switched divisions in 1970 is inaccurate because the St. Louis Blues (a 1967 expansion team) reached the
1974 Stanley Cup Final — The claim that the Flyers had lost 17 and tied two of their previous 19 games in Boston is incorrect; the actual record was 0 wins, 17 losses, and 2 ties.
1988 Stanley Cup Final — The Oilers did not sweep the Jets in the first round; they defeated the Winnipeg Jets in five games (4-1), not losing only two games in the entire playoffs. They lost three games total.
1988 Stanley Cup Final — The Bruins did not play the New Jersey Devils in the 1988 playoffs; they defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the Adams Division Final, then swept the Washington Capitals in the Wales Conference Final.
1990 Stanley Cup Final — Game 1 of the 1990 Final is not the longest Stanley Cup Final game in history; Game 1 of the 2000 Final is.
1990 Stanley Cup Final — Mark Messier is not the only player to captain two different Stanley Cup-winning teams; others include Red Kelly, Frank Nighbor, and Ted Lindsay.
2010 NHL Winter Classic — The Bruins' uniform description is incorrect: they wore a dark brown jersey with yellow (gold) pants, not 'dark yellow with brown pants.'
2010 NHL Winter Classic — The claim that the New York Rangers were considered as an opponent for the Bruins is repeated twice in the entry, but there is no widely-known canon evidence that the Rangers were ever a serious candidate for the 2010 Winter Classic opponent; the opponent was
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