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Thursday, February 23, 1961 · Montreal Forum

Maple Leafs 4 at Canadiens 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 95OVR Red Kelly Maple Leafs First Star 2G · 1A · 7 SOG R 90OVR Bob Nevin Maple Leafs Second Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG RC R 99OVR Bernie Geoffrion Canadiens Third Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:03 Dick Duff (15) Larry Hillman (9), Billy Harris (25) TOR 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 16:04 Jean Beliveau (27) PPG Donnie Marshall (11), Bernie Geoffrion (41) TOR 1 – 1 MTL
  3. 17:38 Red Kelly (19) PPG Frank Mahovlich (29), Bob Nevin (32) TOR 2 – 1 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 11:37 Bernie Geoffrion (39) Jean-Guy Talbot (24), Jean Beliveau (46) TOR 2 – 2 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 17:35 Bob Nevin (15) Red Kelly (47) TOR 3 – 2 MTL
  2. 18:06 Red Kelly (20) Bob Nevin (33) TOR 4 – 2 MTL

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Red Kelly D 2 1 7 +2 2.95
Bob Nevin R 1 2 2 +2 2.45
Frank Mahovlich L 0 1 3 +2 1.15
Billy Harris C 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Larry Hillman D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Tim Horton D 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Dave Keon C 0 0 6 -1 0.30
Larry Regan R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Allan Stanley D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Carl Brewer D 0 0 4 0 0.15
Bob Baun D 0 0 2 0 0.15
George Armstrong R 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Ron Stewart R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
John MacMillan R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Eddie Shack L 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Dick Duff L 1 0 3 +1 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry McNamara W 27 25 2 .926 60:00 1.00

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bernie Geoffrion R 1 1 5 0 1.75
Jean Beliveau C 1 1 6 0 1.68
Donnie Marshall L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Henri Richard C 0 0 7 -1 0.38
J.C. Tremblay D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bill Hicke R 0 0 4 -1 0.00
Phil Goyette C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Bob Turner D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jean-Guy Gendron L 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Marcel Bonin L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Glen Skov C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Doug Harvey D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Tom Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Al Langlois D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Ralph Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 1 1 -1 -0.95
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante L 41 37 4 .902 60:00 0.70