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Sunday, December 23, 1956 · Detroit Olympia

Canadiens 3 at Red Wings 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 99OVR Gordie Howe Red Wings First Star 2G · 1A · 0 SOG C 86OVR Norm Ullman Red Wings Second Star 3A · 0 SOG L 98OVR Ted Lindsay Red Wings Third Star 1G · 1A · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 13:46 Bert Olmstead (11) PPG Doug Harvey (23), Jean Beliveau (32) MTL 1 – 0 DET
  2. 17:06 Dickie Moore (17) PPG Henri Richard (17), Maurice Richard (16) MTL 2 – 0 DET
  3. 19:37 Jean Beliveau (17) Unassisted MTL 3 – 0 DET

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 0:48 Gordie Howe (19) Ted Lindsay (23), Norm Ullman (24) MTL 3 – 1 DET
  2. 6:59 Gordie Howe (20) Norm Ullman (25), Red Kelly (10) MTL 3 – 2 DET
  3. 9:54 Ted Lindsay (14) Norm Ullman (26), Gordie Howe (18) MTL 3 – 3 DET

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A GS
Jean Beliveau C 1 1 1.38
Dickie Moore L 1 0 0.75
Bert Olmstead L 1 0 0.75
Henri Richard C 0 1 0.63
Doug Harvey D 0 1 0.63
Maurice Richard R 0 1 0.48
Floyd Curry R 0 0 0.00
Jack LeClair C 0 0 0.00
Claude Provost R 0 0 0.00
Murray Balfour R 0 0 0.00
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 0.00
Tom Johnson D 0 0 0.00
Bob Turner D 0 0 0.00
Andre Pronovost L 0 0 -0.15
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 -0.15
Dollard St. Laurent D 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante T 17 14 3 .824 60:00 -0.85

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A GS
Gordie Howe R 2 1 2.13
Norm Ullman C 0 3 1.50
Ted Lindsay L 1 1 1.38
Red Kelly D 0 1 0.63
Dutch Reibel C 0 0 0.00
Alex Delvecchio C 0 0 0.00
Marty Pavelich L 0 0 0.00
Metro Prystai C 0 0 0.00
Lorne Ferguson L 0 0 0.00
Billy Dea L 0 0 0.00
Bill Dineen R 0 0 0.00
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 0.00
Al Arbour D 0 0 0.00
Gord Hollingworth D 0 0 0.00
Billy McNeill R 0 0 -0.15
Marcel Pronovost D 0 0 -0.15
Warren Godfrey D 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Hall T 35 32 3 .914 60:00 0.95