Saturday, December 23, 1961 · Montreal Forum
Red Wings 1 at Canadiens 6
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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10:05
Bobby Rousseau (3) Marcel Bonin (12), Jean Beliveau (4) DET 0 – 1 MTL
2nd Period
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7:08
Jean Beliveau (2) PPG Donnie Marshall (15), Phil Goyette (15) DET 0 – 2 MTL
3rd Period
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5:21
Jean Beliveau (3) Marcel Bonin (13) DET 0 – 3 MTL
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6:45
Norm Ullman (12) PPG Gordie Howe (18), Vic Stasiuk (13) DET 1 – 3 MTL
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9:55
Bobby Rousseau (4) Jean-Guy Talbot (17) DET 1 – 4 MTL
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12:46
Bill Hicke (9) Ralph Backstrom (12) DET 1 – 5 MTL
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19:28
Ralph Backstrom (16) Bill Hicke (16), Gilles Tremblay (12) DET 1 – 6 MTL
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe R | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.85 |
| Vic Stasiuk L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Norm Ullman C | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0.38 |
| Alex Delvecchio C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Val Fonteyne L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Bruce MacGregor C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pete Goegan D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Warren Godfrey D | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | -0.15 |
| Leo Labine R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.22 |
| Allan Johnson R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -0.22 |
| Bill Gadsby D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Howie Young D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.23 |
| Gerry Odrowski D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Marcel Pronovost D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -0.38 |
| Marc Boileau C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | -0.60 |
| Howie Glover R | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | -0.75 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Sawchuk | L | 35 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 60:00 | -1.60 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Beliveau C | 2 | 1 | 5 | +3 | 2.80 |
| Bobby Rousseau R | 2 | 0 | 5 | +3 | 2.33 |
| Ralph Backstrom C | 1 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 1.98 |
| Marcel Bonin L | 0 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 1.85 |
| Bill Hicke R | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1.83 |
| Gilles Tremblay L | 0 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 1.23 |
| Jean-Guy Talbot D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 0.93 |
| Phil Goyette C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Donnie Marshall L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Tom Johnson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 0.60 |
| J.C. Tremblay D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0.38 |
| Claude Provost R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Bernie Geoffrion R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Al MacNeil D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lou Fontinato D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | -0.37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Plante | W | 36 | 35 | 1 | .972 | 60:00 | 2.75 |