Saturday, October 21, 1961 · Montreal Forum
Bruins 2 at Canadiens 6
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
-
0:44
Donnie Marshall
(1)
Ralph Backstrom (2), Bernie Geoffrion (4)
BOS 0 – 1 MTL
-
5:32
Andre Pronovost
(1)
Murray Oliver (3)
BOS 1 – 1 MTL
-
16:59
Ralph Backstrom
(5)
Al MacNeil (1)
BOS 1 – 2 MTL
3rd Period
-
1:40
Claude Provost
(3)
Unassisted
BOS 1 – 3 MTL
-
6:14
Henri Richard
(4)
Lou Fontinato (1)
BOS 1 – 4 MTL
-
10:00
Claude Provost
(4)
SHG
Jean-Guy Talbot (3), Donnie Marshall (4)
BOS 1 – 5 MTL
-
13:20
Terry Gray
(3)
PPG
Bob Armstrong (1), Murray Oliver (4)
BOS 2 – 5 MTL
-
15:28
Ralph Backstrom
(6)
PPG
Bernie Geoffrion (5)
BOS 2 – 6 MTL
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Oliver C | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1.25 |
| Terry Gray R | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.68 |
| Jerry Toppazzini R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Andre Pronovost L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.30 |
| Bob Armstrong D | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0.18 |
| Pat Stapleton D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Don McKenney C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Ted Green D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Orland Kurtenbach C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Dick Meissner R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.08 |
| Cliff Pennington C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Charlie Burns C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Johnny Bucyk L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Doug Mohns L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Leo Boivin D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | -0.60 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Chadwick | L | 43 | 37 | 6 | .860 | 60:00 | -0.80 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Backstrom C | 2 | 1 | 6 | +1 | 2.73 |
| Claude Provost R | 2 | 0 | 7 | +3 | 2.48 |
| Donnie Marshall L | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.75 |
| Bernie Geoffrion R | 0 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 1.70 |
| Henri Richard C | 1 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 1.35 |
| Lou Fontinato D | 0 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 0.77 |
| Jean-Guy Talbot D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.63 |
| Marcel Bonin L | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0.45 |
| J.C. Tremblay D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0.45 |
| Al MacNeil D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.40 |
| Phil Goyette C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Gilles Tremblay L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Bobby Rousseau R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Tom Johnson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bill Hicke R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Plante | W | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 60:00 | 0.60 |