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Saturday, January 3, 1959 · Montreal Forum

Rangers 1 at Canadiens 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 99OVR Jacques Plante Canadiens First Star 30 SV · .968 C 79OVR Ralph Backstrom Canadiens Second Star 3A · 0 SOG RC D 81OVR Doug Harvey Canadiens Third Star 2G · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:14 Doug Harvey (2) Unassisted NYR 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 8:57 Tom Johnson (6) Andre Pronovost (8), Phil Goyette (11) NYR 0 – 2 MTL

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 3:11 Maurice Richard (16) Bob Turner (11), Ralph Backstrom (12) NYR 0 – 3 MTL
  2. 8:11 Ab McDonald (10) Ralph Backstrom (13) NYR 0 – 4 MTL
  3. 16:12 Doug Harvey (3) Ralph Backstrom (14), Bernie Geoffrion (30) NYR 0 – 5 MTL
  4. 19:37 Lou Fontinato (6) Les Colwill (4) NYR 1 – 5 MTL

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Les Colwill R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Lou Fontinato D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Eddie Shack L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Andy Bathgate R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Earl Ingarfield C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Andy Hebenton R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Hank Ciesla C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dean Prentice L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Camille Henry C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jack Bownass D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Harry Howell D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Hanna D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bill Gadsby D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Red Sullivan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.45
Jimmy Bartlett L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -1.50
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gump Worsley L 30 25 5 .833 60:00 -1.25

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ralph Backstrom C 0 3 0 0 0 0 0:00 1.88
Doug Harvey D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Ab McDonald L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Tom Johnson D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Bernie Geoffrion R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Phil Goyette C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Andre Pronovost L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Bob Turner D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Maurice Richard R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.60
Jean Beliveau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dickie Moore L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Henri Richard C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Marcel Bonin L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Al Langlois D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Claude Provost R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante W 31 30 1 .968 60:00 2.25