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Saturday, December 26, 1970 · Detroit Olympia

Rangers 4 at Red Wings 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 77OVR Bruce MacGregor Rangers First Star 3A · 1 SOG C 69OVR Garry Unger Blues Second Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG L 89OVR Dave Balon Rangers Third Star 2G · 1A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 6:19 Gordie Howe (11) Garry Unger (8), Frank Mahovlich (15) NYR 0 – 1 DET
  2. 11:46 Dave Balon (18) Jim Neilson (9), Walt Tkaczuk (21) NYR 1 – 1 DET
  3. 18:18 Walt Tkaczuk (10) Dave Balon (10), Bill Fairbairn (9) NYR 2 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 1:08 Garry Unger (9) Gary Bergman (12) NYR 2 – 2 DET
  2. 6:57 Dave Balon (19) Unassisted NYR 3 – 2 DET
  3. 15:16 Ted Irvine (10) Arnie Brown (11) NYR 4 – 2 DET

3rd Period

  1. 1:44 Gordie Howe (12) PPG Tom Webster (15), Alex Delvecchio (24) NYR 4 – 3 DET
  2. 2:59 Hank Monteith (3) Bruce MacGregor (10) NYR 4 – 4 DET
  3. 11:56 Nick Libett (5) Garry Unger (9), Larry Brown (4) NYR 4 – 5 DET
  4. 19:36 Wayne Connelly (4) Bruce MacGregor (11) NYR 4 – 6 DET
  5. 19:43 Hank Monteith (4) Bruce MacGregor (12), Gerry Hart (4) NYR 4 – 7 DET

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Dave Balon L 2 1 5 -1 2.35
Walt Tkaczuk C 1 1 3 -1 1.45
Ted Irvine L 1 0 4 +1 1.20
Bill Fairbairn R 0 1 4 -1 0.78
Jim Neilson D 0 1 1 +1 0.70
Arnie Brown D 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Pete Stemkowski C 0 0 6 0 0.45
Ron Stewart R 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Rod Seiling D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bob Nevin R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Brad Park D 0 0 5 -2 0.08
Syl Apps C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Krulicki L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tim Horton D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Robitaille D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rod Gilbert R 0 0 4 -3 -0.15
Jack Egers R 0 0 2 -2 -0.30
Jean Ratelle C 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ed Giacomin L 27 21 6 .778 59:25 -2.40

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bruce MacGregor C 0 3 1 +3 2.40
Garry Unger C 1 2 5 0 2.38
Hank Monteith L 2 0 5 +3 2.33
Gordie Howe R 2 0 2 0 1.65
Wayne Connelly C 1 0 2 +3 1.35
Frank Mahovlich L 0 1 4 0 0.93
Larry Brown D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Gerry Hart D 0 1 0 +2 0.78
Nick Libett L 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Alex Delvecchio C 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Tom Webster R 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Gary Bergman D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Dale Rolfe D 0 0 0 +3 0.45
Ron Harris D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Don Luce C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rene Leclerc R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Billy Dea L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Serge Lajeunesse D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford W 38 34 4 .895 60:00 0.40