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Sunday, October 29, 1961 · Detroit Olympia

Canadiens 6 at Red Wings 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 74OVR Bill Hicke Canadiens First Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG C 54OVR Phil Goyette Canadiens Second Star 3A · 3 SOG R 49OVR Allan Johnson Red Wings Third Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 18:24 Bill Hicke (4) Phil Goyette (7) MTL 1 – 0 DET

2nd Period

  1. 0:28 Tom Johnson (1) Ralph Backstrom (5), Bernie Geoffrion (9) MTL 2 – 0 DET
  2. 1:39 Allan Johnson (4) Gerry Odrowski (2), Norm Ullman (5) MTL 2 – 1 DET
  3. 3:41 Claude Provost (7) Marcel Bonin (7), J.C. Tremblay (2) MTL 3 – 1 DET
  4. 4:20 Bill Hicke (5) Phil Goyette (8), Gilles Tremblay (3) MTL 4 – 1 DET
  5. 7:06 Henri Richard (6) Bernie Geoffrion (10) MTL 5 – 1 DET
  6. 7:44 Vic Stasiuk (5) Allan Johnson (2), Warren Godfrey (3) MTL 5 – 2 DET
  7. 13:55 Allan Johnson (5) Norm Ullman (6), Vic Stasiuk (3) MTL 5 – 3 DET

3rd Period

  1. 9:54 Gilles Tremblay (3) Bill Hicke (3), Phil Goyette (9) MTL 6 – 3 DET

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bill Hicke R 2 1 2 +3 2.73
Phil Goyette C 0 3 3 +3 2.55
Bernie Geoffrion R 0 2 7 +1 1.93
Gilles Tremblay L 1 1 1 +3 1.90
Tom Johnson D 1 0 2 +3 1.35
Henri Richard C 1 0 6 0 1.05
Ralph Backstrom C 0 1 3 0 0.85
Claude Provost R 1 0 2 -1 0.75
J.C. Tremblay D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Marcel Bonin L 0 1 2 -1 0.48
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 4 +1 0.45
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 2 +3 0.30
Bobby Rousseau R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Al MacNeil D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante W 33 30 3 .909 60:00 0.75

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Allan Johnson R 2 1 2 +1 2.43
Vic Stasiuk L 1 1 4 +1 1.83
Norm Ullman C 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Warren Godfrey D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Gerry Odrowski D 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Alex Delvecchio C 0 0 11 -3 0.38
Parker MacDonald C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Howie Glover R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Marcel Pronovost D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Leo Labine R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bruce MacGregor C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Pete Goegan D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Gordie Howe R 0 0 4 -3 -0.15
Val Fonteyne L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Ed Litzenberger C 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Bill Gadsby D 0 0 1 -3 -0.83
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Terry Sawchuk L 38 32 6 .842 60:00 -1.30