The New York Rangers eked out a victory over the Montreal Canadiens, 6 to 5, on January 3, 1971.

Final

Canadiens

17-12-8

5

Rangers

26-7-6

6

Team

MTL

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYR

Yvan Cournoyer (EV) assisted by Jean Beliveau

Walt Tkaczuk (EV) assisted by Rod Seiling and Bill Fairbairn

Rod Gilbert (PP) assisted by Rod Seiling

Jean Beliveau (PP) assisted by Yvan Cournoyer and J.C. Tremblay

Jacques Lemaire (EV) unassisted

Pete Stemkowski (EV) assisted by Arnie Brown and Ted Irvine

2nd period

MTL

NYR

Bob Nevin (EV) assisted by Jean Ratelle and Pete Stemkowski

Dave Balon (EV) assisted by Walt Tkaczuk and Bill Fairbairn

Jacques Lemaire (EV) assisted by Peter Mahovlich and Claude Larose

3rd period

MTL

NYR

Mickey Redmond (EV) unassisted

Dave Balon (EV) assisted by Walt Tkaczuk

Canadiens

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Phil Myre (L) P. Myre	0	1	0	41	35	.854	6	6.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	5	20.0
Bill Collins B. Collins	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	5	20.0
John Ferguson J. Ferguson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Terry Harper T. Harper	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0
Claude Larose C. Larose	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	2	0	2	+2	2	0	0	3	66.7
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	4	0.0
Mickey Redmond M. Redmond	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Henri Richard H. Richard	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Leon Rochefort L. Rochefort	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Marc Tardif M. Tardif	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
J.C. Tremblay	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ed Giacomin (W) E. Giacomin	1	0	0	33	28	.848	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Syl Apps Jr. S. Apps Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Balon D. Balon	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	1	3	66.7
Arnie Brown A. Brown	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	5	0.0
Jack Egers J. Egers	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bill Fairbairn B. Fairbairn	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Tim Horton T. Horton	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ted Irvine T. Irvine	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Nevin B. Nevin	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Brad Park B. Park	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rod Seiling R. Seiling	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0	6	0.0
Pete Stemkowski P. Stemkowski	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	1	2	3	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3