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Friday, December 25, 1959 · Detroit Olympia

Rangers 5 at Red Wings 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 71OVR Brian Cullen Rangers First Star 2G · 2 SOG C 81OVR Larry Popein Rangers Second Star 2A · 4 SOG D 63OVR Bill Gadsby Rangers Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:31 Marcel Pronovost (5) Norm Ullman (16), Alex Delvecchio (12) NYR 0 – 1 DET
  2. 15:20 Bob Kabel (3) Andy Bathgate (25), Dean Prentice (17) NYR 1 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 6:02 Gerry Melnyk (5) Billy McNeill (10) NYR 1 – 2 DET
  2. 15:06 Jack Bownass (2) Unassisted NYR 2 – 2 DET
  3. 15:19 Eddie Shack (4) Bill Gadsby (10) NYR 3 – 2 DET

3rd Period

  1. 5:40 Brian Cullen (4) Larry Popein (15), Ken Schinkel (6) NYR 4 – 2 DET
  2. 5:56 Brian Cullen (5) Larry Popein (16), Bill Gadsby (11) NYR 5 – 2 DET

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Brian Cullen C 2 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.95
Larry Popein C 0 2 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.85
Bill Gadsby D 0 2 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.63
Bob Kabel C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Ken Schinkel R 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Eddie Shack L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Andy Bathgate R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Jack Bownass D 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Dean Prentice L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Harry Howell D 0 0 0 0 0 +3 0:00 0.45
Andy Hebenton R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Camille Henry C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Red Sullivan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Hanna D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Jimmy Bartlett L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Marcel Paille W 21 19 2 .905 60:00 0.40

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gerry Melnyk C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Marcel Pronovost D 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Billy McNeill R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Norm Ullman C 0 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.48
Val Fonteyne L 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Alex Delvecchio C 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.25
Gordie Howe R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Gary Aldcorn L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Barry Cullen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jack McIntyre L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John McKenzie R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Warren Godfrey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Murray Oliver C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Lou Marcon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Len Lunde C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Jim Morrison D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Red Kelly D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Terry Sawchuk L 21 16 5 .762 60:00 -2.15