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Saturday, December 23, 1961 · Maple Leaf Gardens

Bruins 7 at Maple Leafs 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 71OVR Murray Oliver Bruins First Star 3G · 1A · 6 SOG L 80OVR Johnny Bucyk Bruins Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG C 85OVR Don McKenney Bruins Third Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:31 Murray Oliver (4) Johnny Bucyk (21), Leo Boivin (5) BOS 1 – 0 TOR
  2. 9:52 Don McKenney (14) PPG Johnny Bucyk (22), Cliff Pennington (20) BOS 2 – 0 TOR
  3. 16:47 Andre Pronovost (6) PPG Doug Mohns (17), Don McKenney (17) BOS 3 – 0 TOR

2nd Period

  1. 8:47 Tim Horton (1) Bert Olmstead (8), Bob Pulford (11) BOS 3 – 1 TOR
  2. 9:44 Terry Gray (8) Don McKenney (18), Pat Stapleton (4) BOS 4 – 1 TOR
  3. 18:47 Murray Oliver (5) Ed Westfall (5) BOS 5 – 1 TOR

3rd Period

  1. 3:06 Dick Duff (10) PPG Dave Keon (13), Frank Mahovlich (17) BOS 5 – 2 TOR
  2. 4:37 Frank Mahovlich (15) Bob Nevin (11), Bob Baun (6) BOS 5 – 3 TOR
  3. 9:10 Johnny Bucyk (9) Murray Oliver (13) BOS 6 – 3 TOR
  4. 17:24 George Armstrong (9) Dave Keon (14), Dick Duff (13) BOS 6 – 4 TOR
  5. 18:44 Murray Oliver (6) Unassisted BOS 7 – 4 TOR

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Murray Oliver C 3 1 6 0 0 +2 0:00 3.63
Johnny Bucyk L 1 2 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.53
Don McKenney C 1 2 3 0 0 +1 0:00 2.38
Ed Westfall R 0 1 0 0 0 +3 0:00 1.08
Terry Gray R 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Andre Pronovost L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Leo Boivin D 0 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.00
Cliff Pennington C 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Wayne Connelly C 0 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 0.60
Pat Stapleton D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Doug Mohns L 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Bob Beckett C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Jerry Toppazzini R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ted Green D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Charlie Burns C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Dick Meissner R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Head W 42 38 4 .905 60:00 0.80

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Frank Mahovlich L 1 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Dick Duff L 1 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.68
Dave Keon C 0 2 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.63
George Armstrong R 1 0 6 0 0 +1 0:00 1.35
Tim Horton D 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Bob Nevin R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Bert Olmstead L 0 1 5 0 0 -3 0:00 0.55
Bob Baun D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Bob Pulford L 0 1 4 0 0 -3 0:00 0.18
Allan Stanley D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Ron Stewart R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Red Kelly D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Carl Brewer D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Billy Harris C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Al Arbour D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Eddie Shack L 0 0 1 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Johnny Bower L 28 21 7 .750 60:00 -3.15