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Sunday, October 15, 1961 · Boston Garden

Canadiens 5 at Bruins 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 97OVR Ralph Backstrom Canadiens First Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG C 82OVR Don McKenney Bruins Second Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG R 87OVR Bernie Geoffrion Canadiens Third Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:50 Don McKenney (1) PPG Cliff Pennington (2), Jerry Toppazzini (3) MTL 0 – 1 BOS
  2. 5:50 Bernie Geoffrion (1) Jean-Guy Talbot (2), Ralph Backstrom (1) MTL 1 – 1 BOS
  3. 6:12 Ralph Backstrom (1) Unassisted MTL 2 – 1 BOS
  4. 13:24 Doug Mohns (2) Johnny Bucyk (2), Cliff Pennington (3) MTL 2 – 2 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 4:48 Bob Armstrong (2) Don McKenney (3) MTL 2 – 3 BOS
  2. 9:28 Phil Goyette (1) Bobby Rousseau (1) MTL 3 – 3 BOS
  3. 11:28 Don McKenney (2) Jerry Toppazzini (4) MTL 3 – 4 BOS
  4. 12:28 Ralph Backstrom (2) Donnie Marshall (1), Bernie Geoffrion (1) MTL 4 – 4 BOS
  5. 12:46 Ted Green (1) Terry Gray (1), Andre Pronovost (2) MTL 4 – 5 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 4:57 Claude Provost (2) SHG Tom Johnson (1), Donnie Marshall (2) MTL 5 – 5 BOS

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ralph Backstrom C 2 1 2 +2 2.58
Bernie Geoffrion R 1 1 6 +2 2.13
Donnie Marshall L 0 2 3 +3 1.92
Claude Provost R 1 0 7 0 1.28
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Bobby Rousseau R 0 1 5 0 1.00
Tom Johnson D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Phil Goyette C 1 0 3 -1 0.83
J.C. Tremblay D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Henri Richard C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Gilles Tremblay L 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Bill Hicke R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Marcel Bonin L 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Al MacNeil D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Jean Gauthier D 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante T 36 31 5 .861 60:00 -0.65

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Don McKenney C 2 1 2 +1 2.43
Jerry Toppazzini R 0 2 3 +1 1.63
Cliff Pennington C 0 2 3 -1 1.33
Ted Green D 1 0 3 +2 1.28
Terry Gray R 0 1 3 0 0.85
Andre Pronovost L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Doug Mohns L 1 0 3 -2 0.68
Bob Armstrong D 1 0 3 -2 0.53
Leo Boivin D 0 0 5 +1 0.53
Johnny Bucyk L 0 1 3 -3 0.40
Orland Kurtenbach C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Murray Oliver C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Charlie Burns C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dick Meissner R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Pat Stapleton D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Dallas Smith D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Head T 36 31 5 .861 60:00 -0.65