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Thursday, January 5, 1956 · Montreal Forum

Red Wings 5 at Canadiens 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 89OVR Glenn Hall Red Wings First Star 33 SV · .943 RC C 72OVR Metro Prystai Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 0 SOG D 99OVR Red Kelly Red Wings Third Star 1G · 1A · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:42 Gordie Howe (17) Larry Hillman (2), Red Kelly (18) DET 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 6:27 Bob Turner (1) Claude Provost (8) DET 1 – 1 MTL
  3. 11:29 Metro Prystai (6) Unassisted DET 2 – 1 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 8:30 Alex Delvecchio (17) PPG Bill Dineen (4), Bob Goldham (7) DET 3 – 1 MTL
  2. 9:03 Red Kelly (11) Dutch Reibel (22) DET 4 – 1 MTL
  3. 10:40 Bernie Geoffrion (12) Bob Turner (1), Jean Beliveau (22) DET 4 – 2 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 9:26 Jerry Toppazzini (1) Metro Prystai (8), Marty Pavelich (8) DET 5 – 2 MTL

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Metro Prystai C 1 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 1.38
Red Kelly D 1 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 1.38
Gordie Howe R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Alex Delvecchio C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Jerry Toppazzini R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Dutch Reibel C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Bill Dineen R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Bob Goldham D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Larry Hillman D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Marty Pavelich L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.33
Ted Lindsay L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Real Chevrefils L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Norm Ullman C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Marcel Pronovost D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Gord Hollingworth D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Warren Godfrey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Hall W 35 33 2 .943 60:00 1.80

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bob Turner D 1 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 1.23
Claude Provost R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Bernie Geoffrion R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.60
Jean Beliveau C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Floyd Curry R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Maurice Richard R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dickie Moore L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Connie Broden C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ken Mosdell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Tom Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dollard St. Laurent D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bert Olmstead L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Butch Bouchard D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante L 22 17 5 .773 60:00 -2.05