Top Cheddar 2026-27

Sunday, March 4, 1956 · Detroit Olympia

Canadiens 6 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Jean Beliveau Canadiens First Star 2G · 2A · 0 SOG L 74OVR Lorne Ferguson Red Wings Second Star 1G · 2A · 0 SOG L 81OVR Dickie Moore Canadiens Third Star 2G · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:43 Alex Delvecchio (24) Lorne Ferguson (10), Metro Prystai (16) MTL 0 – 1 DET
  2. 5:56 Dickie Moore (9) PPG Jean Beliveau (36), Doug Harvey (35) MTL 1 – 1 DET
  3. 12:02 Dickie Moore (10) Henri Richard (20), Maurice Richard (31) MTL 2 – 1 DET
  4. 19:41 Dutch Reibel (17) Ted Lindsay (22), Gordie Howe (39) MTL 2 – 2 DET

2nd Period

  1. 1:06 Lorne Ferguson (13) Alex Delvecchio (24), Metro Prystai (17) MTL 2 – 3 DET
  2. 8:22 Jean Beliveau (43) Bernie Geoffrion (29), Bert Olmstead (51) MTL 3 – 3 DET
  3. 16:41 Ted Lindsay (26) Lorne Ferguson (11) MTL 3 – 4 DET

3rd Period

  1. 11:42 Claude Provost (13) PPG Jean Beliveau (37) MTL 4 – 4 DET
  2. 14:17 Floyd Curry (12) Claude Provost (14) MTL 5 – 4 DET
  3. 17:04 Jean Beliveau (44) Bernie Geoffrion (30), Bert Olmstead (52) MTL 6 – 4 DET

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A GS
Jean Beliveau C 2 2 2.75
Dickie Moore L 2 0 1.50
Claude Provost R 1 1 1.38
Bert Olmstead L 0 2 1.25
Bernie Geoffrion R 0 2 1.10
Floyd Curry R 1 0 0.75
Maurice Richard R 0 1 0.63
Henri Richard C 0 1 0.63
Doug Harvey D 0 1 0.63
Jack LeClair C 0 0 0.00
Butch Bouchard D 0 0 0.00
Wally Clune D 0 0 0.00
Ken Mosdell C 0 0 -0.15
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 -0.15
Bob Turner D 0 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante W 30 26 4 .867 60:00 -0.40

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A GS
Lorne Ferguson L 1 2 2.00
Alex Delvecchio C 1 1 1.38
Metro Prystai C 0 2 1.25
Ted Lindsay L 1 1 1.23
Dutch Reibel C 1 0 0.75
Gordie Howe R 0 1 0.63
Marty Pavelich L 0 0 0.00
Norm Ullman C 0 0 0.00
Bill Dineen R 0 0 0.00
Murray Costello C 0 0 0.00
Bob Goldham D 0 0 0.00
Marcel Pronovost D 0 0 0.00
Red Kelly D 0 0 0.00
Larry Hillman D 0 0 0.00
Gord Hollingworth D 0 0 0.00
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 -0.15
Warren Godfrey D 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Hall L 35 29 6 .829 60:00 -1.60