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Thursday, December 5, 1968 · Detroit Olympia

Rangers 2 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 76OVR Kent Douglas Red Wings First Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG C 76OVR Pete Stemkowski Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG L 97OVR Frank Mahovlich Red Wings Third Star 1G · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:32 Kent Douglas (2) Alex Delvecchio (15), Gordie Howe (21) NYR 0 – 1 DET
  2. 12:43 Jim Neilson (3) Unassisted NYR 1 – 1 DET
  3. 17:00 Ed Hatoum (1) Nick Libett (5), Pete Stemkowski (12) NYR 1 – 2 DET

2nd Period

  1. 2:44 Pete Stemkowski (7) Nick Libett (6), Kent Douglas (17) NYR 1 – 3 DET
  2. 4:50 Frank Mahovlich (12) Kent Douglas (18) NYR 1 – 4 DET
  3. 17:06 Rod Gilbert (9) PPG Jim Neilson (10) NYR 2 – 4 DET

3rd Period

No scoring

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jim Neilson D 1 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.45
Rod Gilbert R 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Vic Hadfield L 0 0 7 0 0 0 0:00 0.53
Bob Nevin R 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Phil Goyette C 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Rod Seiling D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Dave Balon L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Larry Jeffrey L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jean Ratelle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ron Stewart R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Harry Howell D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Brad Park D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Arnie Brown D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Reg Fleming D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ed Giacomin L 29 25 4 .862 59:43 -0.50

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Kent Douglas D 1 2 1 0 0 +4 0:00 2.68
Pete Stemkowski C 1 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Frank Mahovlich L 1 0 6 0 0 +2 0:00 1.50
Gordie Howe R 0 1 8 0 0 +2 0:00 1.38
Nick Libett L 0 2 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.25
Alex Delvecchio C 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Ed Hatoum R 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Ron Harris D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Garry Unger C 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Gary Bergman D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Hank Monteith L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Danny Lawson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dean Prentice L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Poul Popiel D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Fred Speck C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Bob Baun D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier W 29 27 2 .931 60:00 1.20