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Saturday, March 17, 1956 · Montreal Forum

Rangers 2 at Canadiens 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 97OVR Bernie Geoffrion Canadiens First Star 2G · 2A · 0 SOG C 90OVR Henri Richard Canadiens Second Star 1G · 1A · 0 SOG RC D 96OVR Doug Harvey Canadiens Third Star 1G · 1A · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:25 Andy Hebenton (24) Ron Murphy (28), Dave Creighton (31) NYR 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 8:15 Larry Popein (14) Andy Bathgate (46), Dean Prentice (18) NYR 2 – 0 MTL
  3. 18:41 Jean Beliveau (46) Bernie Geoffrion (31), Maurice Richard (33) NYR 2 – 1 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 5:42 Doug Harvey (5) Henri Richard (21) NYR 2 – 2 MTL
  2. 6:28 Henri Richard (19) Unassisted NYR 2 – 3 MTL
  3. 12:39 Floyd Curry (13) Jack LeClair (8), Claude Provost (15) NYR 2 – 4 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 7:22 Bernie Geoffrion (27) PPG Doug Harvey (38), Claude Provost (16) NYR 2 – 5 MTL
  2. 11:12 Bert Olmstead (14) Dickie Moore (38), Bernie Geoffrion (32) NYR 2 – 6 MTL
  3. 18:48 Bernie Geoffrion (28) Jean Beliveau (41) NYR 2 – 7 MTL

New York Rangers

Player G A GS
Andy Hebenton R 1 0 0.75
Dean Prentice L 0 1 0.63
Larry Popein C 1 0 0.60
Andy Bathgate R 0 1 0.48
Ron Murphy L 0 1 0.48
Dave Creighton C 0 1 0.48
Pete Conacher L 0 0 0.00
Wally Hergesheimer R 0 0 0.00
Danny Lewicki L 0 0 0.00
Ivan Irwin D 0 0 0.00
Bill Gadsby D 0 0 0.00
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 0.00
Ron Howell D 0 0 0.00
Jean-Guy Gendron L 0 0 -0.15
Bronco Horvath C 0 0 -0.15
Harry Howell D 0 0 -0.15
Jack Evans D 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gump Worsley L 44 37 7 .841 60:00 -1.55

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A GS
Bernie Geoffrion R 2 2 2.75
Henri Richard C 1 1 1.38
Doug Harvey D 1 1 1.23
Claude Provost R 0 2 1.10
Jean Beliveau C 1 1 1.08
Floyd Curry R 1 0 0.75
Bert Olmstead L 1 0 0.75
Jack LeClair C 0 1 0.63
Maurice Richard R 0 1 0.63
Dickie Moore L 0 1 0.63
Ken Mosdell C 0 0 0.00
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 0.00
Butch Bouchard D 0 0 0.00
Dollard St. Laurent D 0 0 0.00
Bob Turner D 0 0 0.00
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 -0.15
Tom Johnson D 0 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante W 27 25 2 .926 60:00 1.00