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Sunday, December 4, 1966 · Madison Square Garden III

Canadiens 3 at Rangers 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 66OVR Claude Larose Canadiens First Star 2G · 1A · 7 SOG C 72OVR Ralph Backstrom Canadiens Second Star 2A · 4 SOG G 99OVR Ed Giacomin Rangers Third Star 40 SV · .930

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 18:50 Claude Larose (3) Dave Balon (3), Henri Richard (5) MTL 1 – 0 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 4:34 Claude Larose (4) Ralph Backstrom (4) MTL 2 – 0 NYR
  2. 16:04 Jim Neilson (2) Unassisted MTL 2 – 1 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 5:57 John Ferguson (1) Ralph Backstrom (5), Claude Larose (2) MTL 3 – 1 NYR

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Claude Larose R 2 1 7 +3 2.95
Ralph Backstrom C 0 2 4 +2 1.85
Henri Richard C 0 1 9 +1 1.45
John Ferguson L 1 0 4 +2 1.05
Dave Balon L 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Jacques Laperriere D 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Claude Provost R 0 0 4 0 0.30
Yvan Cournoyer R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Jimmy Roberts R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bobby Rousseau R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Ted Harris D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Jean Beliveau C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Dick Duff L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
J.C. Tremblay D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Terry Harper D 0 0 4 +1 -0.08
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
Jim Neilson D 1 0 2 -1 0.60
Phil Goyette C 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Bob Nevin R 0 0 3 +1 0.23
Bill Hicke R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Rod Gilbert R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Earl Ingarfield C 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Harry Howell D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Arnie Brown D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Al MacNeil D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rod Seiling D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Vic Hadfield L 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Orland Kurtenbach C 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Wayne Hillman D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Bernie Geoffrion R 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Reg Fleming D 0 0 2 -2 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ed Giacomin L 43 40 3 .930 60:00 1.75