The Montreal Canadiens eked out a victory over the California Golden Seals, 3 to 2, on December 29, 1971.

Golden Seals

11-19-7

21-6-7

Team

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

2nd period

CGS

MTL

Yvan Cournoyer (EV) unassisted

Walt McKechnie (PP) assisted by Norm Ferguson and Stan Gilbertson

Frank Mahovlich (EV) unassisted

3rd period

CGS

MTL

Jacques Lemaire (EV) assisted by Claude Larose and J.C. Tremblay

Tommy Williams (EV) assisted by Ernie Hicke and Paul Shmyr

Golden Seals

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Golden Seals

Canadiens

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gilles Meloche (L) G. Meloche	0	1	0	32	29	.906	3	3.00	0	60

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Ivan Boldirev I. Boldirev	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Wayne Carleton W. Carleton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Norm Ferguson N. Ferguson	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	3	0.0
Stan Gilbertson S. Gilbertson	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Ernie Hicke E. Hicke	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bert Marshall B. Marshall	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Walt McKechnie W. McKechnie	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	5	20.0
Craig Patrick C. Patrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gerry Pinder G. Pinder	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dick Redmond D. Redmond	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	6	0.0
Bobby Sheehan B. Sheehan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Paul Shmyr P. Shmyr	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	1	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Tommy Williams T. Williams	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Phil Myre (W) P. Myre	1	0	0	33	31	.939	2	2.00	0	60

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Chuck Arnason C. Arnason	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pierre Bouchard P. Bouchard	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	100.0
Terry Harper T. Harper	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0
Jacques Laperriere J. Laperriere	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Claude Larose C. Larose	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	33.3
Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	12.5
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Larry Pleau L. Pleau	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Henri Richard H. Richard	0	0	0	+1	2	0	4	0.0
Marc Tardif M. Tardif	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0.0
J.C. Tremblay	0	1	1	+3	0	0	2	0.0