The Montreal Canadiens won against the Detroit Red Wings, 6 to 4, in Game 1 of the 1956 Stanley Cup Finals on March 31, 1956.
Final
1st period
DET
MTL
Alex Delvecchio (PP) assisted by Dutch Reibel and Gordie Howe
1
0
2nd period
DET
MTL
Jean Beliveau (PP) assisted by Bert Olmstead
1
1
Bill Dineen (EV) assisted by Norm Ullman and Johnny Bucyk
2
1
Henri Richard (EV) assisted by Maurice Richard and Dickie Moore
2
2
Ted Lindsay (EV) assisted by Gordie Howe
3
2
Alex Delvecchio (PP) assisted by Gordie Howe and Lorne Ferguson
4
2
3rd period
DET
MTL
Jack LeClair (EV) assisted by Floyd Curry and Doug Harvey
4
3
Bernie Geoffrion (EV) assisted by Jean-Guy Talbot
4
4
Jean Beliveau (EV) assisted by Bernie Geoffrion and Bert Olmstead
4
5
Claude Provost (EV) assisted by Jack LeClair and Floyd Curry
4
6
Red Wings
Canadiens
Goals
4
6
Shots
27
44
Penalty Minutes
14
14
Power-Play Goals
2
1
Power-Play Opportunities
Faceoff Wins
Hits
Giveaways
Takeaways
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. Hall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 38 | .864 | 6 | 6.00 | 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. Bucyk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
A. Delvecchio | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
B. Dineen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
L. Ferguson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
G. Hollingworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
G. Howe | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
T. Lindsay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
M. Prystai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
D. Reibel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
N. Ullman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Plante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 23 | .852 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
F. Curry | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
B. Geoffrion | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
D. Harvey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
T. Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
J. LeClair | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
D. Moore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
B. Olmstead | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
C. Provost | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
H. Richard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
M. Richard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
J. Talbot | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
B. Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More Canadiens Stats
G/GP
2.92
17th
GA/GP
3.35
27th
PP%
20.1
20th
PK%
82.1
6th
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