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Wednesday, December 27, 1961 · Madison Square Garden III

Canadiens 3 at Rangers 0

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 99OVR Jacques Plante Canadiens First Star 24 SV · 1.000 D 88OVR J.C. Tremblay Canadiens Second Star 2A · 3 SOG R 74OVR Bill Hicke Canadiens Third Star 2A · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 2:04 Bobby Rousseau (5) J.C. Tremblay (5) MTL 1 – 0 NYR
  2. 10:02 Ralph Backstrom (17) J.C. Tremblay (6), Bill Hicke (19) MTL 2 – 0 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 17:11 Gilles Tremblay (13) Bill Hicke (20), Jean-Guy Talbot (19) MTL 3 – 0 NYR

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
J.C. Tremblay D 0 2 3 +2 1.78
Bill Hicke R 0 2 0 +2 1.55
Bobby Rousseau R 1 0 7 +1 1.43
Ralph Backstrom C 1 0 2 +2 1.20
Gilles Tremblay L 1 0 1 +2 1.13
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Marcel Bonin L 0 0 4 +1 0.45
Jean Beliveau C 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Lou Fontinato D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Tom Johnson D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Dickie Moore L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Phil Goyette C 0 0 2 0 0.00
Al MacNeil D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Claude Provost R 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Plante W 24 24 0 1.000 60:00 2.40

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Earl Ingarfield C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jean-Guy Gendron L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ken Schinkel R 0 0 3 0 0.07
Al Langlois D 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Pat Hannigan L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Vic Hadfield L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Johnny Wilson L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dean Prentice L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Irv Spencer D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Andy Bathgate R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Doug Harvey D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Harry Howell D 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Camille Henry C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Larry Cahan D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Andy Hebenton R 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Ted Hampson C 0 0 1 -2 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gump Worsley L 30 27 3 .900 60:00 0.45