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Wednesday, March 31, 1971 · Montreal Forum

Bruins 6 at Canadiens 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 97OVR Wayne Cashman Bruins First Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG C 99OVR Phil Esposito Bruins Second Star 2G · 8 SOG R 99OVR Ken Hodge Bruins Third Star 3A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:59 John Ferguson (16) Yvan Cournoyer (34), Terry Harper (21) BOS 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 4:50 Phil Esposito (70) PPG Johnny Bucyk (63), Bobby Orr (97) BOS 1 – 1 MTL
  3. 13:04 Dallas Smith (6) SHG Derek Sanderson (32) BOS 2 – 1 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 1:57 Dallas Smith (7) Wayne Cashman (55), Ken Hodge (60) BOS 3 – 1 MTL
  2. 5:36 Phil Esposito (71) Wayne Cashman (56), Ken Hodge (61) BOS 4 – 1 MTL
  3. 14:24 Phil Roberto (13) Bobby Sheehan (4) BOS 4 – 2 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 2:05 Wayne Carleton (19) Ed Westfall (30) BOS 5 – 2 MTL
  2. 7:19 Wayne Cashman (21) Ken Hodge (62), Don Awrey (19) BOS 6 – 2 MTL
  3. 13:35 Phil Roberto (14) PPG Frank Mahovlich (41), Jean Beliveau (51) BOS 6 – 3 MTL

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Wayne Cashman L 1 2 2 +2 2.45
Phil Esposito C 2 0 8 +2 2.40
Ken Hodge R 0 3 3 +2 2.25
Dallas Smith D 2 0 3 +1 1.88
Derek Sanderson C 0 1 4 +2 1.23
Wayne Carleton L 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Ed Westfall R 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Bobby Orr D 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Don Awrey D 0 1 0 +2 0.78
Johnny Bucyk L 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Fred Stanfield L 0 0 6 -1 0.30
Ted Green D 0 0 0 +3 0.15
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Don Marcotte L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Walton C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Reggie Leach R 0 0 0 0 0.00
John McKenzie R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Rick Smith D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Cheevers W 29 26 3 .897 60:00 0.35

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Roberto R 2 0 5 0 1.73
Bobby Sheehan C 0 1 4 -1 0.78
Terry Harper D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Frank Mahovlich L 0 1 1 -1 0.55
John Ferguson L 1 0 1 -2 0.53
Jean Beliveau C 0 1 0 0 0.48
Yvan Cournoyer R 0 1 1 -2 0.40
Claude Larose R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jacques Lemaire C 0 0 4 0 0.15
Jacques Laperriere D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Henri Richard C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Rejean Houle L 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Leon Rochefort R 0 0 0 0 0.00
J.C. Tremblay D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Marc Tardif L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Guy Lapointe D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Peter Mahovlich C 0 0 3 -2 -0.23
Pierre Bouchard D 0 0 1 -3 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon L 35 29 6 .829 60:00 -1.60