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Sunday, December 31, 1961 · Detroit Olympia

Maple Leafs 2 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 98OVR Gordie Howe Red Wings First Star 3G · 9 SOG L 80OVR Vic Stasiuk Red Wings Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG C 94OVR Alex Delvecchio Red Wings Third Star 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 13:11 Gordie Howe (16) Alex Delvecchio (18), Vic Stasiuk (17) TOR 0 – 1 DET
  2. 15:40 Gordie Howe (17) Unassisted TOR 0 – 2 DET

2nd Period

  1. 6:42 George Armstrong (12) PPG Dick Duff (16), Dave Keon (17) TOR 1 – 2 DET
  2. 7:55 Dave Keon (10) PPG Bob Nevin (13), Bert Olmstead (9) TOR 2 – 2 DET
  3. 14:19 Vic Stasiuk (12) Norm Ullman (18), Alex Delvecchio (19) TOR 2 – 3 DET

3rd Period

  1. 11:01 Gordie Howe (18) Vic Stasiuk (18) TOR 2 – 4 DET

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Dave Keon C 1 1 3 -1 1.45
Dick Duff L 0 1 4 0 0.93
Bert Olmstead L 0 1 2 0 0.78
George Armstrong R 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Bob Nevin R 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Ed Litzenberger C 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Ron Stewart R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bob Baun D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Billy Harris C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Brian Conacher L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Al Arbour D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Carl Brewer D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Tim Horton D 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Allan Stanley D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Bob Pulford L 0 0 2 -1 -0.30
Frank Mahovlich L 0 0 3 -1 -0.83
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Johnny Bower L 33 29 4 .879 60:00 -0.10

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Gordie Howe R 3 0 9 +3 3.08
Vic Stasiuk L 1 2 3 +2 2.53
Alex Delvecchio C 0 2 3 +2 1.78
Norm Ullman C 0 1 6 +1 1.22
Howie Glover R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Val Fonteyne L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Pete Goegan D 0 0 4 0 0.15
Marcel Pronovost D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Claude Laforge L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Marc Boileau C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Gerry Odrowski D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Warren Godfrey D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Leo Labine R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bruce MacGregor C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bill Gadsby D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Howie Young D 0 0 0 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Terry Sawchuk W 29 27 2 .931 60:00 1.20