The Chicago Black Hawks squeaked out a win over the Detroit Red Wings, 3 to 2, in Game 1 of the 1961 Stanley Cup Finals on April 6, 1961.

Final

Red Wings

0-1-0

2

Black Hawks

1-0-0

3

Team

DET

CHI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

DET

CHI

Bobby Hull (PP) assisted by Stan Mikita and Murray Balfour

Kenny Wharram (EV) assisted by Ab McDonald and Stan Mikita

Bobby Hull (EV) assisted by Pierre Pilote and Murray Balfour

2nd period

DET

CHI

Len Lunde (PP) assisted by Gordie Howe

3rd period

DET

CHI

Allan Johnson (EV) assisted by Gordie Howe and Norm Ullman

Red Wings

Black Hawks

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Red Wings

Black Hawks

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Terry Sawchuk (L) T. Sawchuk	0	1	0	11	8	.727	3	9.00	0	20
Hank Bassen H. Bassen				11	8	.727	3	4.50	0	40

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Val Fonteyne V. Fonteyne	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Howie Glover H. Glover	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Warren Godfrey W. Godfrey	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	3	0.0
Pete Goegan P. Goegan	0	0	0	-1	10	0	0	2	0.0
Gordie Howe G. Howe	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	4	0.0
Allan Johnson A. Johnson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Leo Labine L. Labine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Len Lunde L. Lunde	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	100.0
Parker MacDonald P. MacDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gerry Melnyk G. Melnyk	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gerry Odrowski G. Odrowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Marcel Pronovost M. Pronovost	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Vic Stasiuk V. Stasiuk	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	3	0.0
Norm Ullman N. Ullman	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Howie Young H. Young	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Glenn Hall (W) G. Hall	1	0	0	36	34	.944	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Murray Balfour M. Balfour	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Jack Evans J. Evans	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Reg Fleming R. Fleming	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Hay B. Hay	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bobby Hull B. Hull	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	7	28.6
Ab McDonald A. McDonald	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Stan Mikita S. Mikita	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Ron Murphy R. Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Eric Nesterenko E. Nesterenko	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Pierre Pilote P. Pilote	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Tod Sloan T. Sloan	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Moose Vasko M. Vasko	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kenny Wharram K. Wharram	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	6	16.7