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Sunday, December 8, 1968 · Madison Square Garden

Red Wings 5 at Rangers 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 99OVR Gordie Howe Red Wings First Star 2G · 2A · 3 SOG L 97OVR Frank Mahovlich Red Wings Second Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG G 49OVR Roger Crozier Red Wings Third Star 37 SV · .949

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:11 Gordie Howe (13) Frank Mahovlich (6) DET 1 – 0 NYR
  2. 7:02 Donnie Marshall (9) Bob Nevin (14), Phil Goyette (17) DET 1 – 1 NYR
  3. 11:55 Dean Prentice (5) Garry Unger (9), Gordie Howe (23) DET 2 – 1 NYR
  4. 12:59 Frank Mahovlich (13) Kent Douglas (19) DET 3 – 1 NYR
  5. 14:05 Gordie Howe (14) Gary Bergman (12), Frank Mahovlich (7) DET 4 – 1 NYR
  6. 18:36 Garry Unger (8) PPG Nick Libett (7), Gordie Howe (24) DET 5 – 1 NYR

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 9:17 Bob Nevin (16) Phil Goyette (18), Jim Neilson (12) DET 5 – 2 NYR

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Gordie Howe R 2 2 3 +3 3.43
Frank Mahovlich L 1 2 1 +3 2.53
Garry Unger C 1 1 3 +2 1.45
Gary Bergman D 0 1 3 +2 1.15
Dean Prentice L 1 0 3 0 0.98
Kent Douglas D 0 1 0 +3 0.93
Nick Libett L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Ron Harris D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Poul Popiel D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bruce MacGregor C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ed Hatoum R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Fred Speck C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Hank Monteith L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pete Stemkowski C 0 0 2 0 0.00
Bob Baun D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Danny Lawson R 0 0 1 0 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier W 39 37 2 .949 60:00 2.20

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bob Nevin R 1 1 7 -2 1.60
Phil Goyette C 0 2 4 -2 1.25
Jim Neilson D 0 1 4 0 0.93
Donnie Marshall L 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Rod Seiling D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Reg Fleming D 0 0 4 0 0.30
Ron Stewart R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Dave Balon L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Jean Ratelle C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Larry Jeffrey L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wayne Rivers R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Vic Hadfield L 0 0 3 -1 -0.23
Arnie Brown D 0 0 2 -1 -0.30
Harry Howell D 0 0 3 -3 -0.38
Brad Park D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ed Giacomin L 22 17 5 .773 60:00 -2.05