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Thursday, February 23, 1956 · Montreal Forum

Rangers 2 at Canadiens 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 97OVR Bernie Geoffrion Canadiens First Star 1G · 1A · 0 SOG R 96OVR Maurice Richard Canadiens Second Star 1G · 1A · 0 SOG C 90OVR Henri Richard Canadiens Third Star 1G · 1A · 0 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 14:38 Jack LeClair (4) Jean-Guy Talbot (8), Floyd Curry (18) NYR 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 16:53 Henri Richard (16) Maurice Richard (29), Bob Turner (3) NYR 0 – 2 MTL
  3. 17:40 Maurice Richard (34) Henri Richard (18), Dickie Moore (31) NYR 0 – 3 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 6:41 Jean Beliveau (42) Bert Olmstead (47), Bernie Geoffrion (26) NYR 0 – 4 MTL
  2. 10:55 Bill Gadsby (7) PPG Dave Creighton (26), Andy Hebenton (12) NYR 1 – 4 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 8:34 Bernie Geoffrion (22) Jean Beliveau (32) NYR 1 – 5 MTL
  2. 9:05 Dean Prentice (22) Andy Bathgate (41), Larry Popein (22) NYR 2 – 5 MTL

New York Rangers

Player G A GS
Dean Prentice L 1 0 0.75
Bill Gadsby D 1 0 0.75
Andy Bathgate R 0 1 0.63
Andy Hebenton R 0 1 0.63
Dave Creighton C 0 1 0.63
Larry Popein C 0 1 0.48
Pete Conacher L 0 0 0.00
Jean-Guy Gendron L 0 0 0.00
Bronco Horvath C 0 0 0.00
Ron Murphy L 0 0 0.00
Wally Hergesheimer R 0 0 0.00
Danny Lewicki L 0 0 0.00
Harry Howell D 0 0 0.00
Jack Evans D 0 0 0.00
Ivan Irwin D 0 0 -0.15
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gump Worsley L 40 35 5 .875 60:00 -0.25

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A GS
Bernie Geoffrion R 1 1 1.38
Maurice Richard R 1 1 1.38
Henri Richard C 1 1 1.38
Jean Beliveau C 1 1 1.23
Jack LeClair C 1 0 0.75
Floyd Curry R 0 1 0.63
Bert Olmstead L 0 1 0.63
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 1 0.63
Dickie Moore L 0 1 0.48
Bob Turner D 0 1 0.48
Ken Mosdell C 0 0 0.00
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 0.00
Claude Provost R 0 0 0.00
Doug Harvey D 0 0 0.00
Butch Bouchard D 0 0 0.00
Tom Johnson D 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante W 22 20 2 .909 60:00 0.50