The New York Rangers were defeated by the Boston Bruins, 7 to 4, on December 31, 1961.

Final

Bruins

8-23-4

7

Rangers

14-13-8

4

Team

BOS

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

NYR

Jerry Toppazzini (EV) assisted by Charlie Burns and Doug Mohns

Pat Hannigan (EV) assisted by Andy Bathgate and Al Langlois

2nd period

BOS

NYR

Andy Bathgate (EV) assisted by Pat Hannigan and Dean Prentice

Murray Oliver (EV) assisted by Johnny Bucyk and Leo Boivin

Cliff Pennington (EV) assisted by Andre Pronovost and Don McKenney

Don McKenney (EV) assisted by Ted Green and Cliff Pennington

Andre Pronovost (EV) unassisted

Murray Oliver (EV) assisted by Johnny Bucyk and Doug Mohns

Andy Bathgate (EV) assisted by Pat Hannigan and Al Langlois

3rd period

BOS

NYR

Charlie Burns (EV) assisted by Terry Gray and Jerry Toppazzini

Camille Henry (EV) assisted by Irv Spencer

Bruins

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Head (W) D. Head	1	0	0	45	41	.911	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Bob Beckett B. Beckett	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Leo Boivin L. Boivin	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0.0
Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	0	2	2	+1	0	0	4	0.0
Charlie Burns C. Burns	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	20.0
Wayne Connelly W. Connelly	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0
Terry Gray T. Gray	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ted Green T. Green	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Don McKenney D. McKenney	1	1	2	+1	0	0	6	16.7
Dick Meissner D. Meissner	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Mohns D. Mohns	0	2	2	+3	2	0	4	0.0
Murray Oliver M. Oliver	2	0	2	+1	0	0	8	25.0
Cliff Pennington C. Pennington	1	1	2	+2	0	0	4	25.0
Andre Pronovost A. Pronovost	1	1	2	+2	0	1	3	33.3
Jerry Toppazzini J. Toppazzini	1	1	2	+1	0	0	2	50.0
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gump Worsley (L) G. Worsley	0	1	0	45	38	.844	7	7.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Andy Bathgate A. Bathgate	2	1	3	+1	0	10	20.0
Larry Cahan L. Cahan	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0.0
Jean-Guy Gendron J. Gendron	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0.0
Vic Hadfield V. Hadfield	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ted Hampson T. Hampson	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Pat Hannigan P. Hannigan	1	2	3	+2	2	3	33.3
Doug Harvey D. Harvey	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Andy Hebenton A. Hebenton	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0.0
Camille Henry C. Henry	1	0	1	-1	0	3	33.3
Harry Howell H. Howell	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Earl Ingarfield E. Ingarfield	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0.0
Al Langlois A. Langlois	0	2	2	-2	0	0
Dean Prentice D. Prentice	0	1	1	+1	0	9	0.0
Ken Schinkel K. Schinkel	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0.0
Irv Spencer I. Spencer	0	1	1	0	0	0