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Thursday, November 2, 1961 · Montreal Forum

Bruins 5 at Canadiens 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 82OVR Don McKenney Bruins First Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG G 40OVR Don Head Bruins Second Star 40 SV · .952 RC L 56OVR Andre Pronovost Bruins Third Star 2G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:17 Don McKenney (5) Leo Boivin (2), Ed Westfall (1) BOS 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 15:34 Andre Pronovost (2) Terry Gray (2), Murray Oliver (5) BOS 2 – 0 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 0:59 Claude Provost (9) Jean-Guy Talbot (6), Henri Richard (7) BOS 2 – 1 MTL
  2. 7:02 Bernie Geoffrion (5) PPG Bill Hicke (4) BOS 2 – 2 MTL
  3. 7:48 Doug Mohns (5) Wayne Connelly (2), Don McKenney (8) BOS 3 – 2 MTL
  4. 16:48 Bob Beckett (1) Don McKenney (9), Cliff Pennington (8) BOS 4 – 2 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 2:34 Andre Pronovost (3) Terry Gray (3), Murray Oliver (6) BOS 5 – 2 MTL

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Don McKenney C 1 2 3 +2 2.53
Andre Pronovost L 2 0 4 +2 2.10
Terry Gray R 0 2 2 +2 1.70
Murray Oliver C 0 2 1 +2 1.63
Ed Westfall R 0 1 6 +3 1.53
Leo Boivin D 0 1 1 +4 1.30
Doug Mohns L 1 0 5 0 1.13
Wayne Connelly C 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Cliff Pennington C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Bob Beckett C 1 0 2 +1 0.90
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 3 +1 0.23
Dick Meissner R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Charlie Burns C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ted Green D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pat Stapleton D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Jerry Toppazzini R 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Head W 42 40 2 .952 60:00 2.50

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Henri Richard C 0 1 6 0 1.08
Claude Provost R 1 0 4 0 1.05
Bernie Geoffrion R 1 0 11 -3 0.98
Bill Hicke R 0 1 1 -2 0.40
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 1 1 -2 0.40
Bobby Rousseau R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Gilles Tremblay L 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Phil Goyette C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Al MacNeil D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Ralph Backstrom C 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Tom Johnson D 0 0 0 0 -0.30
Marcel Bonin L 0 0 3 0 -0.45
J.C. Tremblay D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante L 36 31 5 .861 60:00 -0.65