The Montreal Canadiens couldn't pull it off against the Chicago Black Hawks, 4 to 3, in Game 2 of the 1961 playoff series on March 23, 1961.
Final
2nd period
CHI
MTL
Stan Mikita (PP) assisted by Kenny Wharram and Ed Litzenberger
1
0
Kenny Wharram (EV) unassisted
2
0
Bernie Geoffrion (EV) assisted by Tom Johnson and Jean Beliveau
2
1
Henri Richard (EV) assisted by Marcel Bonin and Dickie Moore
2
2
3rd period
CHI
MTL
Bobby Hull (EV) assisted by Kenny Wharram and Bill Hay
3
2
Phil Goyette (EV) assisted by Claude Provost and Jean-Guy Talbot
3
3
Ed Litzenberger (EV) assisted by Eric Nesterenko and Pierre Pilote
4
3
Black Hawks
Canadiens
Goals
4
3
Shots
0
0
Penalty Minutes
10
10
Power-Play Goals
1
0
Power-Play Opportunities
Faceoff Wins
Hits
Giveaways
Takeaways
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 25 | .893 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 60 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
R. Fleming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
B. Hay | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
B. Hull | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
E. Litzenberger | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
S. Mikita | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
E. Nesterenko | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
P. Pilote | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
K. Wharram | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Plante | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19 | .826 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 60 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Beliveau | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
M. Bonin | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
B. Geoffrion | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
P. Goyette | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
D. Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
T. Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
D. Moore | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
C. Provost | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
H. Richard | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
J. Talbot | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More Canadiens Stats
Team Rankings
G/GP
2.98
15th
GA/GP
3.31
27th
PP%
22.0
17th
PK%
82.3
5th
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