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Thursday, March 9, 1961 · Boston Garden

Red Wings 5 at Bruins 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 97OVR Norm Ullman Red Wings First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG R 73OVR Allan Johnson Red Wings Second Star 2A · 3 SOG RC R 94OVR Gordie Howe Red Wings Third Star 2G · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:01 Val Fonteyne (5) Marcel Pronovost (8), Gerry Melnyk (16) DET 1 – 0 BOS
  2. 11:55 Leo Labine (9) Norm Ullman (42), Allan Johnson (18) DET 2 – 0 BOS
  3. 15:22 Jimmy Bartlett (15) Doug Mohns (18), Jerry Toppazzini (31) DET 2 – 1 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 2:14 Gordie Howe (21) Alex Delvecchio (33), Vic Stasiuk (36) DET 3 – 1 BOS
  2. 9:05 Jerry Toppazzini (14) Don McKenney (20), Doug Mohns (19) DET 3 – 2 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 12:18 Gordie Howe (22) PPG Unassisted DET 4 – 2 BOS
  2. 12:55 Norm Ullman (24) Leo Labine (19), Allan Johnson (19) DET 5 – 2 BOS

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Norm Ullman C 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Allan Johnson R 0 2 3 +2 1.78
Gordie Howe R 2 0 5 -1 1.73
Leo Labine R 1 1 4 +1 1.68
Alex Delvecchio C 0 1 6 0 1.08
Marcel Pronovost D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Val Fonteyne L 1 0 1 0 0.83
Vic Stasiuk L 0 1 2 0 0.78
Gerry Melnyk C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Howie Glover R 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Parker MacDonald C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Marc Reaume D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Howie Young D 0 0 1 +2 0.08
Bruce MacGregor C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pete Goegan D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Gerry Odrowski D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Hank Bassen W 33 31 2 .939 60:00 1.60

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jerry Toppazzini R 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Doug Mohns L 0 2 3 -1 1.33
Don McKenney C 0 1 2 0 0.78
Jimmy Bartlett L 1 0 4 -1 0.75
Charlie Burns C 0 0 7 -1 0.38
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Murray Oliver C 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Bob Armstrong D 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Gary Aldcorn L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Willie O'Ree L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Andre Pronovost L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Tom McCarthy L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Aut Erickson D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dallas Smith D 0 0 2 -2 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bruce Gamble L 31 26 5 .839 60:00 -1.15