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Sunday, January 24, 1971 · Madison Square Garden

North Stars 2 at Rangers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 89OVR Dave Balon Rangers First Star 4G · 7 SOG C 95OVR Walt Tkaczuk Rangers Second Star 2A · 3 SOG R 57OVR Bill Fairbairn Rangers Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 11:31 Dave Balon (26) Walt Tkaczuk (31), Bill Fairbairn (16) MNS 0 – 1 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 8:44 Bob Nevin (13) Ted Irvine (10) MNS 0 – 2 NYR
  2. 18:34 Dave Balon (27) PPG Brad Park (23) MNS 0 – 3 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 3:58 Dave Balon (28) Walt Tkaczuk (32), Bill Fairbairn (17) MNS 0 – 4 NYR
  2. 4:22 Bill Goldsworthy (9) Jude Drouin (21), Danny Grant (10) MNS 1 – 4 NYR
  3. 7:39 Danny O'Shea (11) Charlie Burns (12), Barry Gibbs (5) MNS 2 – 4 NYR
  4. 14:51 Dave Balon (29) Rod Seiling (13), Jim Neilson (14) MNS 2 – 5 NYR
  5. 17:24 Rod Gilbert (17) Unassisted MNS 2 – 6 NYR

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bill Goldsworthy R 1 0 7 +1 1.43
Danny Grant L 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Jude Drouin C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Danny O'Shea C 1 0 3 -2 0.68
Barry Gibbs D 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Charlie Burns C 0 1 1 -2 0.40
Buster Harvey R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Fred Barrett D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Marshall Johnston D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Murray Oliver C 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Norm Beaudin R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
J.P. Parise L 0 0 4 -2 -0.15
Lou Nanne D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Tommy Williams R 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Ted Harris D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Tom Reid D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Dennis O'Brien D 0 0 2 -2 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Gilbert L 46 40 6 .870 60:00 -0.50

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Dave Balon L 4 0 7 +2 3.83
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 2 3 +2 1.78
Bill Fairbairn R 0 2 1 +2 1.63
Rod Gilbert R 1 0 9 +1 1.58
Jim Neilson D 0 1 4 +3 1.38
Rod Seiling D 0 1 3 +3 1.30
Bob Nevin R 1 0 4 0 1.05
Ted Irvine L 0 1 2 0 0.63
Brad Park D 0 1 1 0 0.55
Jean Ratelle C 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Pete Stemkowski C 0 0 5 0 0.38
Vic Hadfield L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Arnie Brown D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jack Egers R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ron Stewart R 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
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ed Giacomin W 28 26 2 .929 60:00 1.10