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Friday, December 25, 1970 · Boston Garden

Penguins 4 at Bruins 8

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Phil Esposito Bruins First Star 2G · 1A · 13 SOG L 98OVR Johnny Bucyk Bruins Second Star 2G · 1A · 6 SOG L 56OVR Don Marcotte Bruins Third Star 2G · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:06 Andy Bathgate (6) Wally Boyer (15) PIT 1 – 0 BOS
  2. 4:40 Dean Prentice (5) Rick Kessell (2), Duane Rupp (17) PIT 2 – 0 BOS
  3. 5:33 Johnny Bucyk (18) John McKenzie (28), Bobby Orr (40) PIT 2 – 1 BOS
  4. 9:25 Phil Esposito (31) PPG Johnny Bucyk (19), John McKenzie (29) PIT 2 – 2 BOS
  5. 19:49 Phil Esposito (32) Wayne Cashman (26), Ken Hodge (27) PIT 2 – 3 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 2:35 Johnny Bucyk (19) Fred Stanfield (15), Don Awrey (8) PIT 2 – 4 BOS
  2. 6:32 Don Marcotte (7) SHG Ed Westfall (12), Ted Green (7) PIT 2 – 5 BOS
  3. 13:59 Ken Hodge (19) Phil Esposito (36), Rick Smith (8) PIT 2 – 6 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 6:44 Greg Polis (9) PPG Duane Rupp (18), Ken Schinkel (12) PIT 3 – 6 BOS
  2. 11:34 Wayne Cashman (10) Unassisted PIT 3 – 7 BOS
  3. 12:01 Greg Polis (10) Ken Schinkel (13), Dunc McCallum (11) PIT 4 – 7 BOS
  4. 18:23 Don Marcotte (8) Ted Green (8) PIT 4 – 8 BOS

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Greg Polis R 2 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 1.50
Duane Rupp D 0 2 4 0 0 -3 0:00 1.10
Ken Schinkel R 0 2 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.95
Andy Bathgate R 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Dean Prentice L 1 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.83
Rick Kessell C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Wally Boyer C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Dunc McCallum D 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.25
Keith McCreary R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Jean Pronovost R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bob Woytowich D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jim Morrison D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bob Blackburn D 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Nick Harbaruk R 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Glen Sather L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Bryan Hextall C 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.52
Bryan Watson D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Al Smith — 31 28 3 .903 33:28 0.55
Les Binkley L 20 15 5 .750 26:32 -2.25

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Phil Esposito C 2 1 13 0 0 +1 0:00 3.25
Johnny Bucyk L 2 1 6 0 0 +2 0:00 2.88
Don Marcotte L 2 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.95
Ken Hodge R 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
John McKenzie R 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Ted Green D 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Don Awrey D 0 1 2 0 0 +3 0:00 1.22
Wayne Cashman L 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.08
Fred Stanfield L 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Ed Westfall R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Rick Smith D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Bobby Orr D 0 1 6 0 0 +1 0:00 0.47
Dallas Smith D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Wayne Carleton L 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.38
Derek Sanderson C 0 0 6 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Cheevers W 32 28 4 .875 60:00 -0.20