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Saturday, December 9, 1961 · Maple Leaf Gardens

Bruins 2 at Maple Leafs 9

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 97OVR Frank Mahovlich Maple Leafs First Star 4A · 4 SOG L 88OVR Dick Duff Maple Leafs Second Star 2G · 1A · 6 SOG R 91OVR George Armstrong Maple Leafs Third Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 17:05 Bob Nevin (7) Frank Mahovlich (12) BOS 0 – 1 TOR

2nd Period

  1. 3:12 Red Kelly (11) Frank Mahovlich (13), Carl Brewer (7) BOS 0 – 2 TOR
  2. 3:41 Dick Duff (8) Unassisted BOS 0 – 3 TOR
  3. 3:54 Billy Harris (6) George Armstrong (9), Dick Duff (11) BOS 0 – 4 TOR
  4. 10:04 Dick Duff (9) George Armstrong (10), Dave Keon (12) BOS 0 – 5 TOR
  5. 10:58 Johnny Bucyk (6) PPG Jerry Toppazzini (13), Cliff Pennington (15) BOS 1 – 5 TOR

3rd Period

  1. 1:17 Bert Olmstead (6) Bob Pulford (10), Ron Stewart (2) BOS 1 – 6 TOR
  2. 4:18 George Armstrong (5) Tim Horton (9) BOS 1 – 7 TOR
  3. 7:26 Bob Nevin (8) PPG Frank Mahovlich (14) BOS 1 – 8 TOR
  4. 12:36 Murray Oliver (2) Johnny Bucyk (19) BOS 2 – 8 TOR
  5. 14:25 Billy Harris (7) Bob Baun (4), Frank Mahovlich (15) BOS 2 – 9 TOR

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Johnny Bucyk L 1 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Jerry Toppazzini R 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Murray Oliver C 1 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.68
Cliff Pennington C 0 1 5 0 0 -3 0:00 0.55
Wayne Connelly C 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Ed Westfall R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Don McKenney C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Dick Meissner R 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Charlie Burns C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Ted Green D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Andre Pronovost L 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Bob Beckett C 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Pat Stapleton D 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.38
Terry Gray R 0 0 1 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.53
Doug Mohns L 0 0 1 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.53
Leo Boivin D 0 0 1 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Head L 41 32 9 .780 60:00 -3.55

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Frank Mahovlich L 0 4 4 0 0 +3 0:00 3.25
Dick Duff L 2 1 6 0 0 +4 0:00 3.18
George Armstrong R 1 2 3 0 0 +4 0:00 2.83
Bob Nevin R 2 0 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.25
Billy Harris C 2 0 2 0 0 +3 0:00 2.10
Tim Horton D 0 1 0 0 0 +4 0:00 1.23
Red Kelly D 1 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.20
Dave Keon C 0 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.15
Carl Brewer D 0 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.15
Bob Baun D 0 1 0 0 0 +3 0:00 1.08
Bert Olmstead L 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Bob Pulford L 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.93
Allan Stanley D 0 0 2 0 0 +5 0:00 0.75
Ron Stewart R 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Eddie Shack L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Al Arbour D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Simmons W 34 32 2 .941 60:00 1.70