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Tuesday, March 16, 1971 · Detroit Olympia

Bruins 11 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Phil Esposito Bruins First Star 1G · 3A · 8 SOG D 60OVR Rick Smith Bruins Second Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG L 98OVR Johnny Bucyk Bruins Third Star 2G · 1A · 7 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:24 John McKenzie (26) Fred Stanfield (44) BOS 1 – 0 DET
  2. 9:49 Johnny Bucyk (49) Rick Smith (17) BOS 2 – 0 DET

2nd Period

  1. 1:03 Nick Libett (16) Tim Ecclestone (31), Red Berenson (38) BOS 2 – 1 DET
  2. 6:41 Wayne Carleton (16) Mike Walton (13), Ted Green (28) BOS 3 – 1 DET
  3. 7:51 Gordie Howe (22) PPG Bill Collins (16) BOS 3 – 2 DET
  4. 11:39 Fred Stanfield (21) PPG Johnny Bucyk (54), Phil Esposito (70) BOS 4 – 2 DET
  5. 16:13 Guy Charron (9) Unassisted BOS 4 – 3 DET
  6. 17:24 Rick Smith (2) Wayne Cashman (51), Phil Esposito (71) BOS 5 – 3 DET

3rd Period

  1. 1:10 Rick Smith (3) Unassisted BOS 6 – 3 DET
  2. 2:42 Mickey Redmond (19) Bill Collins (17), Mike Robitaille (6) BOS 6 – 4 DET
  3. 3:23 Ed Westfall (24) Bobby Orr (93) BOS 7 – 4 DET
  4. 4:15 Phil Esposito (62) Unassisted BOS 8 – 4 DET
  5. 13:18 Wayne Carleton (17) Mike Walton (14), Ed Westfall (29) BOS 9 – 4 DET
  6. 16:52 Johnny Bucyk (50) Fred Stanfield (45), Ted Green (29) BOS 10 – 4 DET
  7. 19:01 Ken Hodge (41) Phil Esposito (72), Ted Green (30) BOS 11 – 4 DET

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Phil Esposito C 1 3 8 0 0 +3 0:00 3.53
Rick Smith D 2 1 4 0 0 +4 0:00 3.03
Johnny Bucyk L 2 1 7 0 0 +2 0:00 2.95
Fred Stanfield L 1 2 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.68
Wayne Carleton L 2 0 6 0 0 +4 0:00 2.55
Ted Green D 0 3 1 0 0 +3 0:00 2.40
Mike Walton C 0 2 6 0 0 +2 0:00 2.00
Ed Westfall R 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.60
Ken Hodge R 1 0 3 0 0 +3 0:00 1.42
Bobby Orr D 0 1 3 0 0 +4 0:00 1.30
John McKenzie R 1 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.20
Wayne Cashman L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Don Awrey D 0 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 0.52
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Derek Sanderson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Don Marcotte L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Reggie Leach R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dallas Smith D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Cheevers W 34 30 4 .882 60:00 0.00

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bill Collins R 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.25
Nick Libett L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Mickey Redmond R 1 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 0.83
Gordie Howe R 1 0 5 0 0 -3 0:00 0.68
Guy Charron C 1 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.68
Red Berenson C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Tim Ecclestone L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Mike Robitaille D 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Jim Krulicki L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Gary Bergman D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Rene Leclerc R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Tom Webster R 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Jim Niekamp D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Don Luce C 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.23
Alex Delvecchio C 0 0 2 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.45
Tom Miller C 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Serge Lajeunesse D 0 0 1 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.53
Arnie Brown D 0 0 1 0 0 -5 0:00 -0.83
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roy Edwards L 48 37 11 .771 60:00 -4.55