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Sunday, December 20, 1959 · Boston Garden

Red Wings 4 at Bruins 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 70OVR Red Kelly Maple Leafs First Star 2A · 5 SOG L 92OVR Gary Aldcorn Red Wings Second Star 2G · 5 SOG R 97OVR Gordie Howe Red Wings Third Star 1A · 8 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 19:13 Jean-Guy Gendron (13) Jerry Toppazzini (17), Larry Leach (7) DET 0 – 1 BOS

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 0:33 Gerry Melnyk (4) Billy McNeill (9) DET 1 – 1 BOS
  2. 6:29 Gary Aldcorn (11) PPG Red Kelly (8), Murray Oliver (4) DET 2 – 1 BOS
  3. 6:56 Gary Aldcorn (12) Gordie Howe (20), Red Kelly (9) DET 3 – 1 BOS
  4. 13:34 Alex Delvecchio (9) SHG Unassisted DET 4 – 1 BOS
  5. 14:52 Larry Leach (5) PPG Leo Boivin (9) DET 4 – 2 BOS

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Red Kelly D 0 2 5 +3 2.08
Gary Aldcorn L 2 0 5 +1 2.03
Gordie Howe R 0 1 8 +2 1.53
Alex Delvecchio C 1 0 4 +1 1.20
Gerry Melnyk C 1 0 3 0 0.98
Murray Oliver C 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Billy McNeill R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Jim Morrison D 0 0 2 +3 0.45
Norm Ullman C 0 0 4 0 0.30
Val Fonteyne L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Lou Marcon D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Barry Cullen R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Jack McIntyre L 0 0 1 0 0.08
John McKenzie R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Len Lunde C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Marcel Pronovost D 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Warren Godfrey D 0 0 0 -1 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Terry Sawchuk W 25 23 2 .920 60:00 0.80

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Larry Leach C 1 1 2 -1 1.38
Jean-Guy Gendron L 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Jerry Toppazzini R 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Leo Boivin D 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Doug Mohns L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Leo Labine R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dick Meissner R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Charlie Burns C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Don Ward D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bob Armstrong D 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Aut Erickson D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bronco Horvath C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Vic Stasiuk L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Don McKenney C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Fleming MacKell C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Fern Flaman D 0 0 2 +1 -0.90
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Simmons L 44 40 4 .909 60:00 1.00