Sunday, October 22, 1961 · Madison Square Garden III
Red Wings 5 at Rangers 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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2:06
Earl Ingarfield (4) Andy Bathgate (9), Dean Prentice (4) DET 0 – 1 NYR
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14:00
Earl Ingarfield (5) Dean Prentice (5), Andy Bathgate (10) DET 0 – 2 NYR
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18:32
Camille Henry (4) Andy Hebenton (3), Ted Hampson (4) DET 0 – 3 NYR
2nd Period
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0:19
Gordie Howe (3) Ed Litzenberger (4), Alex Delvecchio (4) DET 1 – 3 NYR
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3:43
Allan Johnson (2) Pete Goegan (3), Leo Labine (1) DET 2 – 3 NYR
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14:45
Pete Goegan (2) Gordie Howe (6), Ed Litzenberger (5) DET 3 – 3 NYR
3rd Period
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13:16
Alex Delvecchio (3) Unassisted DET 4 – 3 NYR
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17:56
Gordie Howe (4) Ed Litzenberger (6) DET 5 – 3 NYR
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19:13
Harry Howell (1) PPG Earl Ingarfield (5), Andy Bathgate (11) DET 5 – 4 NYR
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe R | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0:00 | 3.33 |
| Ed Litzenberger C | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0:00 | 2.78 |
| Alex Delvecchio C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0:00 | 2.13 |
| Pete Goegan D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.75 |
| Leo Labine R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Allan Johnson R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.53 |
| Marcel Pronovost D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 0.52 |
| Warren Godfrey D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Parker MacDonald C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Bruce MacGregor C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Val Fonteyne L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Howie Glover R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Gerry Odrowski D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Howie Young D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Bill Gadsby D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Norm Ullman C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Vic Stasiuk L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Sawchuk | W | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 60:00 | -0.90 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Ingarfield C | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 2.50 |
| Andy Bathgate R | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.88 |
| Dean Prentice L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.40 |
| Camille Henry C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.90 |
| Harry Howell D | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.68 |
| Ted Hampson C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.63 |
| Andy Hebenton R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.48 |
| Jean Ratelle C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Pat Hannigan L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Vic Hadfield L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Doug Harvey D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Irv Spencer D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Ken Schinkel R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Larry Cahan D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Al Langlois D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Paille | L | 37 | 32 | 5 | .865 | 60:00 | -0.55 |