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Sunday, February 26, 1961 · Madison Square Garden III

Canadiens 3 at Rangers 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 70OVR Jacques Plante Canadiens First Star 34 SV · .971 C 92OVR Henri Richard Canadiens Second Star 1G · 2A · 6 SOG G 87OVR Gump Worsley Rangers Third Star 38 SV · .927

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:59 Jean Beliveau (28) PPG Bernie Geoffrion (42), Henri Richard (37) MTL 1 – 0 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 1:57 Irv Spencer (1) Camille Henry (21) MTL 1 – 1 NYR
  2. 3:40 Henri Richard (20) Bill Hicke (23), Donnie Marshall (13) MTL 2 – 1 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 15:15 Doug Harvey (5) Henri Richard (38) MTL 3 – 1 NYR

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Henri Richard C 1 2 6 +1 2.60
Donnie Marshall L 0 1 4 +1 1.08
Bernie Geoffrion R 0 1 5 0 1.00
Jean Beliveau C 1 0 5 0 0.98
Doug Harvey D 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Bill Hicke R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Phil Goyette C 0 0 5 0 0.38
Cliff Pennington C 0 0 4 0 0.30
J.C. Tremblay D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Ralph Backstrom C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jean-Guy Gendron L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Tom Johnson D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bob Turner D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Al Langlois D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante W 35 34 1 .971 60:00 2.65

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Irv Spencer D 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Camille Henry C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Dean Prentice L 0 0 6 -1 0.30
Red Sullivan C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Andy Hebenton R 0 0 3 0 0.22
John Hanna D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Andy Bathgate R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Johnny Wilson L 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Orland Kurtenbach C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Floyd Smith R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Pat Hannigan L 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Earl Ingarfield C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Ted Hampson C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Don Johns D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bill Gadsby D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Harry Howell D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 1 0 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gump Worsley L 41 38 3 .927 60:00 1.55