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Thursday, December 7, 1961 · Montreal Forum

Maple Leafs 1 at Canadiens 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 97OVR Ralph Backstrom Canadiens First Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG L 79OVR Donnie Marshall Canadiens Second Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG G 99OVR Jacques Plante Canadiens Third Star 23 SV · .958

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 8:15 Bob Pulford (10) Eddie Shack (10) TOR 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 19:37 Ralph Backstrom (10) Donnie Marshall (11) TOR 1 – 1 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 1:10 Donnie Marshall (6) Bernie Geoffrion (18), Ralph Backstrom (10) TOR 1 – 2 MTL
  2. 1:48 Ralph Backstrom (11) Donnie Marshall (12) TOR 1 – 3 MTL
  3. 3:27 Gilles Tremblay (10) Bobby Rousseau (3), Bill Hicke (11) TOR 1 – 4 MTL

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Eddie Shack L 0 1 3 -2 0.55
Bob Pulford L 1 0 2 -2 0.30
Bob Nevin R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Red Kelly D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bob Baun D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Alex Faulkner C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dick Duff L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
John MacMillan R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Al Arbour D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Billy Harris C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bert Olmstead L 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Carl Brewer D 0 0 1 0 -0.22
George Armstrong R 0 0 3 -1 -0.23
Tim Horton D 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Allan Stanley D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Frank Mahovlich L 0 0 1 0 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Simmons L 30 26 4 .867 60:00 -0.40

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ralph Backstrom C 2 1 2 +3 2.58
Donnie Marshall L 1 2 2 +2 2.45
Bernie Geoffrion R 0 1 4 +2 1.08
Gilles Tremblay L 1 0 4 +1 1.05
Bobby Rousseau R 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Bill Hicke R 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Claude Provost R 0 0 5 0 0.38
Jean Gauthier D 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Dickie Moore L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Al MacNeil D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
J.C. Tremblay D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Phil Goyette C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Henri Richard C 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Jean Beliveau C 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante W 24 23 1 .958 60:00 1.55