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Sunday, December 31, 1961 · Madison Square Garden III

Bruins 7 at Rangers 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 97OVR Andy Bathgate Rangers First Star 2G · 1A · 10 SOG L 63OVR Pat Hannigan Rangers Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG C 76OVR Murray Oliver Bruins Third Star 2G · 8 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:20 Jerry Toppazzini (8) Charlie Burns (7), Doug Mohns (18) BOS 1 – 0 NYR
  2. 4:19 Pat Hannigan (6) Andy Bathgate (34), Al Langlois (6) BOS 1 – 1 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 0:27 Andy Bathgate (14) Pat Hannigan (5), Dean Prentice (21) BOS 1 – 2 NYR
  2. 3:20 Murray Oliver (7) Johnny Bucyk (23), Leo Boivin (6) BOS 2 – 2 NYR
  3. 5:14 Cliff Pennington (8) Andre Pronovost (6), Don McKenney (19) BOS 3 – 2 NYR
  4. 6:00 Don McKenney (15) Ted Green (2), Cliff Pennington (21) BOS 4 – 2 NYR
  5. 13:09 Andre Pronovost (7) Unassisted BOS 5 – 2 NYR
  6. 17:05 Murray Oliver (8) Johnny Bucyk (24), Doug Mohns (19) BOS 6 – 2 NYR
  7. 18:35 Andy Bathgate (15) Pat Hannigan (6), Al Langlois (7) BOS 6 – 3 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 0:27 Charlie Burns (6) Terry Gray (7), Jerry Toppazzini (16) BOS 7 – 3 NYR
  2. 4:13 Camille Henry (19) Irv Spencer (2) BOS 7 – 4 NYR

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Murray Oliver C 2 0 8 +1 2.25
Cliff Pennington C 1 1 4 +2 1.98
Don McKenney C 1 1 6 +1 1.98
Andre Pronovost L 1 1 3 +2 1.90
Doug Mohns L 0 2 4 +3 1.85
Charlie Burns C 1 1 5 0 1.75
Johnny Bucyk L 0 2 4 +1 1.70
Jerry Toppazzini R 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Ted Green D 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Terry Gray R 0 1 2 0 0.78
Leo Boivin D 0 1 2 0 0.63
Ed Westfall R 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Wayne Connelly C 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Pat Stapleton D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dick Meissner R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bob Beckett C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Head W 45 41 4 .911 60:00 1.10

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Andy Bathgate R 2 1 10 +1 3.03
Pat Hannigan L 1 2 3 +2 2.38
Dean Prentice L 0 1 9 +1 1.45
Al Langlois D 0 2 0 -2 0.95
Camille Henry C 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Irv Spencer D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Andy Hebenton R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Vic Hadfield L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Johnny Wilson L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ted Hampson C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Doug Harvey D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Harry Howell D 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Earl Ingarfield C 0 0 3 -3 -0.22
Larry Cahan D 0 0 3 -2 -0.23
Jean-Guy Gendron L 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Ken Schinkel R 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gump Worsley L 45 38 7 .844 60:00 -1.45