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Wednesday, October 18, 1961 · Madison Square Garden III

Canadiens 5 at Rangers 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 97OVR Ralph Backstrom Canadiens First Star 2G · 6 SOG L 75OVR Marcel Bonin Canadiens Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG R 87OVR Bernie Geoffrion Canadiens Third Star 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:36 Ralph Backstrom (3) Bernie Geoffrion (2), Donnie Marshall (3) MTL 1 – 0 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 1:42 Dean Prentice (3) PPG Doug Harvey (3), Andy Bathgate (6) MTL 1 – 1 NYR
  2. 4:04 Henri Richard (3) Marcel Bonin (4) MTL 2 – 1 NYR
  3. 9:15 Jean-Guy Gendron (2) PPG Ken Schinkel (4), Andy Bathgate (7) MTL 2 – 2 NYR
  4. 15:11 Gilles Tremblay (1) Phil Goyette (1) MTL 3 – 2 NYR
  5. 18:19 Ralph Backstrom (4) Bernie Geoffrion (3), J.C. Tremblay (1) MTL 4 – 2 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 7:40 Marcel Bonin (1) Claude Provost (3), Henri Richard (1) MTL 5 – 2 NYR

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ralph Backstrom C 2 0 6 +2 2.25
Marcel Bonin L 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Bernie Geoffrion R 0 2 2 +2 1.55
Henri Richard C 1 1 3 +2 1.45
J.C. Tremblay D 0 1 1 +3 1.15
Gilles Tremblay L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Claude Provost R 0 1 5 +2 1.00
Donnie Marshall L 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Phil Goyette C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 1 +3 0.37
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Al MacNeil D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Bill Hicke R 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Bobby Rousseau R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Tom Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jean Gauthier D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante W 17 15 2 .882 60:00 0.00

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Andy Bathgate R 0 2 2 -2 1.10
Jean-Guy Gendron L 1 0 1 0 0.83
Dean Prentice L 1 0 5 -2 0.83
Ken Schinkel R 0 1 0 0 0.63
Doug Harvey D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Jean Ratelle C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Pat Hannigan L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Vic Hadfield L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Cunningham C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Irv Spencer D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Earl Ingarfield C 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Camille Henry C 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Al Langlois D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Ted Hampson C 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Andy Hebenton R 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Larry Cahan D 0 0 2 -4 -0.60
Harry Howell D 0 0 1 -4 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gump Worsley L 28 23 5 .821 60:00 -1.45