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Thursday, December 3, 1959 · Montreal Forum

Rangers 7 at Canadiens 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 81OVR Larry Popein Rangers First Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG L 97OVR Dean Prentice Rangers Second Star 2G · 7 SOG R 61OVR Ken Schinkel Rangers Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 6:10 Ralph Backstrom (4) Tom Johnson (9) NYR 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 11:51 John Hanna (3) Andy Hebenton (11) NYR 1 – 1 MTL
  3. 12:49 Henri Richard (11) Doug Harvey (7) NYR 1 – 2 MTL
  4. 18:57 Larry Popein (5) Harry Howell (4) NYR 2 – 2 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 5:28 Dean Prentice (9) Brian Cullen (4), Bob Kabel (1) NYR 3 – 2 MTL
  2. 9:24 Eddie Shack (2) Larry Popein (10) NYR 4 – 2 MTL
  3. 9:57 Eddie Shack (3) Ken Schinkel (3), Bill Gadsby (6) NYR 5 – 2 MTL
  4. 14:08 Phil Goyette (7) Claude Provost (10) NYR 5 – 3 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 7:41 Ken Schinkel (7) Larry Popein (11), Jack Bownass (2) NYR 6 – 3 MTL
  2. 15:09 Dean Prentice (10) Jack Bownass (3) NYR 7 – 3 MTL
  3. 16:12 Dickie Moore (8) Bernie Geoffrion (11), Jean Beliveau (13) NYR 7 – 4 MTL

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Larry Popein C 1 2 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.60
Dean Prentice L 2 0 7 0 0 +2 0:00 2.33
Ken Schinkel R 1 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.98
Eddie Shack L 2 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.80
Jack Bownass D 0 2 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.78
Andy Hebenton R 0 1 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.00
John Hanna D 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Harry Howell D 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Brian Cullen C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Bob Kabel C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Bill Gadsby D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Irv Spencer D 0 0 1 0 0 +4 0:00 0.52
Red Sullivan C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Jimmy Bartlett L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Andy Bathgate R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Camille Henry C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Marcel Paille W 36 32 4 .889 60:00 0.20

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ralph Backstrom C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Henri Richard C 1 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Tom Johnson D 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Bernie Geoffrion R 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Dickie Moore L 1 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.75
Phil Goyette C 1 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.68
Claude Provost R 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.55
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Jean Beliveau C 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0:00 0.33
Doug Harvey D 0 1 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.33
Bill Hicke R 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Ab McDonald L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Al Langlois D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Andre Pronovost L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Marcel Bonin L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bob Turner D 0 0 2 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante L 36 29 7 .806 60:00 -2.35