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Sunday, April 3, 1966 · Madison Square Garden III

Canadiens 4 at Rangers 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 43OVR Yvan Cournoyer Canadiens First Star 2G · 5 SOG G 78OVR Charlie Hodge Canadiens Second Star 24 SV · .960 C 88OVR Ralph Backstrom Canadiens Third Star 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:13 Yvan Cournoyer (17) Ralph Backstrom (19) MTL 1 – 0 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 1:32 Claude Provost (19) PPG Ted Harris (13), Jean Beliveau (48) MTL 2 – 0 NYR
  2. 18:07 Dick Duff (21) PPG Ralph Backstrom (20), Jean-Guy Talbot (14) MTL 3 – 0 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 1:01 Phil Goyette (11) Wayne Hillman (17), Donnie Marshall (28) MTL 3 – 1 NYR
  2. 9:46 Yvan Cournoyer (18) PPG Unassisted MTL 4 – 1 NYR

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Yvan Cournoyer R 2 0 5 +1 2.03
Ralph Backstrom C 0 2 3 +1 1.63
Dick Duff L 1 0 6 +1 1.35
Claude Provost R 1 0 6 -1 1.05
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Jean Beliveau C 0 1 2 -1 0.48
Dave Balon L 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Terry Harper D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Noel Price D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Ted Harris D 0 1 1 -1 0.10
Bobby Rousseau R 0 0 1 0 0.08
John Ferguson L 0 0 4 0 0.00
J.C. Tremblay D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Henri Richard C 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Jimmy Roberts R 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Gilles Tremblay L 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Charlie Hodge W 25 24 1 .960 60:00 1.65

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Goyette C 1 0 5 +1 1.28
Donnie Marshall L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Wayne Hillman D 0 1 2 0 0.63
Bob Nevin R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Earl Ingarfield C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Garry Peters C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Rod Seiling D 0 0 4 0 0.15
Doug Robinson L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bill Hicke R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Arnie Brown D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Larry Mickey R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Harry Howell D 0 0 3 0 -0.08
Bob Plager D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Vic Hadfield L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Reg Fleming D 0 0 2 0 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cesare Maniago L 38 34 4 .895 60:00 0.40