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Monday, December 25, 1961 · Boston Garden

Canadiens 5 at Bruins 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 74OVR Bill Hicke Canadiens First Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG D 93OVR Jean-Guy Talbot Canadiens Second Star 1G · 1A · 7 SOG G 99OVR Jacques Plante Canadiens Third Star 35 SV · .946

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:09 Claude Provost (20) Jean-Guy Talbot (18), Phil Goyette (16) MTL 1 – 0 BOS
  2. 8:52 Cliff Pennington (7) Unassisted MTL 1 – 1 BOS
  3. 17:40 Bill Hicke (10) Ralph Backstrom (13) MTL 2 – 1 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 18:24 Jean-Guy Talbot (2) Bill Hicke (17) MTL 3 – 1 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 1:48 J.C. Tremblay (3) Unassisted MTL 4 – 1 BOS
  2. 16:08 Gilles Tremblay (12) Ralph Backstrom (14), Bill Hicke (18) MTL 5 – 1 BOS
  3. 19:08 Leo Boivin (3) Charlie Burns (6), Dick Meissner (3) MTL 5 – 2 BOS

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bill Hicke R 1 2 4 +3 2.75
Jean-Guy Talbot D 1 1 7 +2 2.20
Ralph Backstrom C 0 2 3 +3 1.92
Gilles Tremblay L 1 0 2 +2 1.20
Claude Provost R 1 0 2 +1 1.05
J.C. Tremblay D 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Phil Goyette C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Jean Beliveau C 0 0 6 -1 0.30
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Tom Johnson D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Dickie Moore L 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Bobby Rousseau R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Marcel Bonin L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 0 +2 -0.08
Al MacNeil D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante W 37 35 2 .946 60:00 2.00

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Cliff Pennington C 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Dick Meissner R 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Charlie Burns C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Leo Boivin D 1 0 2 -2 0.60
Bob Beckett C 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Wayne Connelly C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jerry Toppazzini R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Murray Oliver C 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Ed Westfall R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Ted Green D 0 0 2 +1 -0.08
Don McKenney C 0 0 4 -3 -0.15
Pat Stapleton D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Terry Gray R 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Doug Mohns L 0 0 2 -2 -0.30
Andre Pronovost L 0 0 2 -3 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Head L 33 28 5 .848 60:00 -0.95