The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins, 8 to 4, on December 16, 1961.

Final

Bruins

5-21-4

4

Canadiens

16-5-8

8

Team

BOS

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

MTL

Dickie Moore (EV) assisted by Henri Richard

Cliff Pennington (EV) assisted by Ed Westfall and Bob Beckett

Murray Oliver (PP) assisted by Cliff Pennington and Doug Mohns

Bill Hicke (EV) assisted by Jean Beliveau and Gilles Tremblay

2nd period

BOS

MTL

Bernie Geoffrion (EV) assisted by Al MacNeil and Henri Richard

Claude Provost (EV) assisted by Jean Gauthier

Ralph Backstrom (EV) assisted by Bernie Geoffrion and Al MacNeil

Cliff Pennington (EV) unassisted

Henri Richard (EV) assisted by Dickie Moore and Jean-Guy Talbot

3rd period

BOS

MTL

Bernie Geoffrion (EV) assisted by Ralph Backstrom and Jean-Guy Talbot

Bob Beckett (EV) assisted by Cliff Pennington and Ed Westfall

Jean Beliveau (EV) assisted by Bill Hicke and Gilles Tremblay

Bruins

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Head (L) D. Head	0	1	0	52	44	.846	8	8.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Bob Beckett B. Beckett	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Leo Boivin L. Boivin	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	4	0.0
Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	4	0.0
Charlie Burns C. Burns	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Wayne Connelly W. Connelly	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Terry Gray T. Gray	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Don McKenney D. McKenney	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dick Meissner D. Meissner	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Mohns D. Mohns	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	2	0.0
Murray Oliver M. Oliver	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	3	33.3
Cliff Pennington C. Pennington	2	2	4	+1	0	0	1	4	50.0
Andre Pronovost A. Pronovost	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Pat Stapleton P. Stapleton	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jerry Toppazzini J. Toppazzini	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	0	2	2	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jacques Plante (W) J. Plante	1	0	0	36	32	.889	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Ralph Backstrom R. Backstrom	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	100.0
Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	1	1	2	+1	0	0	8	12.5
Jean Gauthier J. Gauthier	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0
Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	2	1	3	+2	0	0	7	28.6
Bill Hicke B. Hicke	1	1	2	+1	0	0	6	16.7
Al MacNeil A. MacNeil	0	2	2	+4	2	0	3	0.0
Donnie Marshall D. Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dickie Moore D. Moore	1	1	2	+3	0	0	8	12.5
Claude Provost C. Provost	1	0	1	+2	0	0	6	16.7
Henri Richard H. Richard	1	2	3	+3	2	0	2	50.0
Jean-Guy Talbot J. Talbot	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Gilles Tremblay G. Tremblay	0	2	2	+1	0	0	3	0.0
J.C. Tremblay	0	0	0	+3	0	0	3	0.0