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Sunday, January 8, 1956 · Detroit Olympia

Bruins 3 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 98OVR Gordie Howe Red Wings First Star 2G · 0 SOG R 63OVR Leo Labine Bruins Second Star 2A · 0 SOG L 52OVR Marty Pavelich Red Wings Third Star 1G · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:19 Marty Pavelich (2) Unassisted BOS 0 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 5:49 Gordie Howe (18) Dutch Reibel (23), Bob Goldham (8) BOS 0 – 2 DET
  2. 9:17 Alex Delvecchio (18) Ted Lindsay (11), Metro Prystai (9) BOS 0 – 3 DET
  3. 16:05 Murray Costello (6) Hal Laycoe (2), Marcel Bonin (7) BOS 1 – 3 DET

3rd Period

  1. 3:54 Don McKenney (3) PPG Leo Labine (7) BOS 2 – 3 DET
  2. 9:23 Gordie Howe (19) SHG Unassisted BOS 2 – 4 DET
  3. 19:13 Lorne Ferguson (6) PPG Leo Labine (8) BOS 3 – 4 DET

Boston Bruins

Player G A GS
Leo Labine R 0 2 1.10
Don McKenney C 1 0 0.75
Marcel Bonin L 0 1 0.63
Lorne Ferguson L 1 0 0.60
Murray Costello C 1 0 0.60
Hal Laycoe D 0 1 0.33
Lionel Heinrich L 0 0 0.00
Cal Gardner C 0 0 0.00
Johnny Peirson R 0 0 0.00
Al Nicholson L 0 0 0.00
Fern Flaman D 0 0 0.00
Bob Armstrong D 0 0 -0.15
Bill Quackenbush D 0 0 -0.15
Doug Mohns L 0 0 -0.15
Fleming MacKell C 0 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Terry Sawchuk L 35 31 4 .886 60:00 0.10

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A GS
Gordie Howe R 2 0 1.50
Marty Pavelich L 1 0 0.75
Dutch Reibel C 0 1 0.63
Metro Prystai C 0 1 0.63
Bob Goldham D 0 1 0.63
Alex Delvecchio C 1 0 0.45
Ted Lindsay L 0 1 0.33
Real Chevrefils L 0 0 0.00
Norm Ullman C 0 0 0.00
Bill Dineen R 0 0 0.00
Jerry Toppazzini R 0 0 0.00
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 0.00
Red Kelly D 0 0 0.00
Gord Hollingworth D 0 0 0.00
Warren Godfrey D 0 0 -0.15
Marcel Pronovost D 0 0 -0.30
Larry Hillman D 0 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Hall W 29 26 3 .897 60:00 0.35