Sunday, December 10, 1961 · Boston Garden
Canadiens 4 at Bruins 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
13:16
Jerry Toppazzini
(7)
SHG
Charlie Burns (4)
MTL 0 – 1 BOS
-
16:48
Donnie Marshall
(7)
Jean-Guy Talbot (14)
MTL 1 – 1 BOS
2nd Period
-
8:14
Don McKenney
(11)
PPG
Jerry Toppazzini (14), Cliff Pennington (16)
MTL 1 – 2 BOS
3rd Period
-
1:12
Ralph Backstrom
(13)
J.C. Tremblay (4)
MTL 2 – 2 BOS
-
7:06
J.C. Tremblay
(2)
Unassisted
MTL 3 – 2 BOS
-
11:23
Andre Pronovost
(5)
Cliff Pennington (17), Dick Meissner (2)
MTL 3 – 3 BOS
-
15:06
Ralph Backstrom
(14)
PPG
Bernie Geoffrion (19), Donnie Marshall (14)
MTL 4 – 3 BOS
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Marshall L | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.90 |
| Ralph Backstrom C | 2 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 1.80 |
| J.C. Tremblay D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1.68 |
| Bernie Geoffrion R | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.08 |
| Jean-Guy Talbot D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.55 |
| Dickie Moore L | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Bobby Rousseau R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Claude Provost R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Jean Beliveau C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Bill Hicke R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Phil Goyette C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lou Fontinato D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Al MacNeil D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Henri Richard C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Gilles Tremblay L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Jean Gauthier D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Plante | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 60:00 | 0.05 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Toppazzini R | 1 | 1 | 6 | +1 | 1.98 |
| Cliff Pennington C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 |
| Don McKenney C | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.13 |
| Andre Pronovost L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.83 |
| Charlie Burns C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.70 |
| Dick Meissner R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Doug Mohns L | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Leo Boivin D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Johnny Bucyk L | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Bob Beckett C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Ted Green D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pat Stapleton D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Wayne Connelly C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Terry Gray R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Murray Oliver C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Ed Westfall R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Head | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 60:00 | 0.10 |