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Saturday, December 12, 1959 · Montreal Forum

Red Wings 3 at Canadiens 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 79OVR Terry Sawchuk Red Wings First Star 37 SV · .949 C 97OVR Jean Beliveau Canadiens Second Star 1G · 7 SOG G 86OVR Jacques Plante Canadiens Third Star 36 SV · .923

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 15:33 Alex Delvecchio (8) Norm Ullman (14), John McKenzie (5) DET 1 – 0 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 3:37 Phil Goyette (8) PPG Bill Hicke (5), Donnie Marshall (6) DET 1 – 1 MTL
  2. 4:31 Val Fonteyne (4) Marcel Pronovost (7), Billy McNeill (7) DET 2 – 1 MTL
  3. 7:50 Gary Aldcorn (9) Unassisted DET 3 – 1 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 18:44 Jean Beliveau (15) Claude Provost (11), Jean-Guy Talbot (5) DET 3 – 2 MTL

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Alex Delvecchio C 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Val Fonteyne L 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Gary Aldcorn L 1 0 4 0 1.05
Norm Ullman C 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Billy McNeill R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
John McKenzie R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Marcel Pronovost D 0 1 3 +2 0.85
Murray Oliver C 0 0 5 +1 0.53
Gerry Melnyk C 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Red Kelly D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Warren Godfrey D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Jack McIntyre L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Len Lunde C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Gordie Howe R 0 0 3 0 0.07
Lou Marcon D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Barry Cullen R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Jim Morrison D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Terry Sawchuk W 39 37 2 .949 60:00 2.20

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jean Beliveau C 1 0 7 +1 1.43
Donnie Marshall L 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Phil Goyette C 1 0 4 -1 0.90
Claude Provost R 0 1 3 0 0.85
Bill Hicke R 0 1 2 0 0.78
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 1 2 0 0.63
Bernie Geoffrion R 0 0 7 -2 0.23
Bob Turner D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Ralph Backstrom C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Andre Pronovost L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Al Langlois D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Henri Richard C 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Dickie Moore L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Ab McDonald L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Doug Harvey D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Reg Fleming D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante L 39 36 3 .923 60:00 1.35