DET @ MTL - 1961-10-28

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Saturday, October 28, 1961 — Montreal Forum

DET

Detroit Red Wings

5—7

MTL

Montréal Canadiens

Final

DET: Sidney Gerald AbelMTL: Toe Blake

Game Context

High-scoring affair: 12 total goals

Standings Impact

MTL 0 → 98 pts

DET 0 → 60 pts

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Goals

SOG

Missed

Blocked

Hits

Penalties

Goals (12)

18:33

MTL

Marcel Bonin(2)

Assists: Henri Richard, Claude Provost

0-1

15:36

MTL

Donnie Marshall(3)

Assists: Phil Goyette, Bill Hicke

0-2

10:58

MTL

Bill Hicke

Game Timeline

Penalties (7)

10:45

DET

Howie Younghigh-sticking

2 min

7:56

MTL

Claude Provosthooking

2 min

13:06

DET

Gordie Howeholding

2 min

Box Score

DET Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	Hits	Blk	PIM	FO	TOI	SH
Howie YoungD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	-	0:00	0
Warren GodfreyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0

On This Day (Oct 28)

2025PHI 3 - PIT 2

2025FLA 2 - ANA 3

2025BOS 5 - NYI 2

2025TOR 4 - CGY 3

2025BUF 3 - CBJ 4

Healthy Scratches

DET

Marc Boileau(C)Bob Dillabough(C)Forbes Kennedy(C)Len Lunde(C)Pit Martin(C)John Hendrickson(D)Noel Price(D)Larry Jeffrey(L)Claude Laforge(L)Lowell MacDonald(L)Vic Stasiuk(L)Chuck Holmes(R)Wayne Rivers(R)

MTL

Jean Beliveau(C)Red Berenson(C)Billy Carter(C)Jean Gauthier(D)Chuck Hamilton(L)Dickie Moore(L)

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penalty

9:41

DET

Gordie Howe(5)

Assists: Ed Litzenberger, Norm Ullman

1-3

7:36

MTL

Jean-Guy Talbot(1)

Assists: Claude Provost, Henri Richard

1-4

5:19

DET

Norm Ullman(1)

Assists: Howie Glover

2-4

17:15

MTL

J.C. Tremblay(1)

Assists: Henri Richard

2-5

16:56

DET

Allan Johnson(3)

Assists: Marcel Pronovost, Howie Glover

3-5

15:35

DET

Val Fonteyne(1)

Assists: Bruce MacGregor, Gerry Odrowski

4-5

12:51

MTL

Ralph Backstrom(7)

Assists: Bernie Geoffrion, Donnie Marshall

4-6

11:02

MTL

Bill Hicke(3)

Assists: Gilles Tremblay, Phil Goyette

4-7

4:00

DET

Pete Goegan(3)

Assists: Ed Litzenberger

5-7

8:38

DET

Howie Youngcross-checking

2 min

8:38

DET

Howie Youngmisconduct

10 minMIS

9:39

DET

Alex Delvecchioholding

2 min

MTL Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	PIM	FO	TOI
Bill HickeR	2	1	3	+1	4	0	-	0:00
Bernie GeoffrionR	0	1	1	+1	7	0	-	0:00
Ralph BackstromC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	-	0:00
Claude ProvostR	0	2	2	0	1	2	-	0:00
Henri RichardC	0	3	3	0	4	0	-	0:00
Marcel BoninL	1	0	1	0	4	0	-	0:00
Phil GoyetteC	0	3	3	+1	2	0	-	0:00
Gilles TremblayL	0	2	2	0	2	2	-	0:00
Donnie MarshallL	1	1	2	+2	1	0	-	0:00
J.C. TremblayD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	-	0:00
Jean-Guy TalbotD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	-	0:00
Bobby RousseauR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0:00
Tom JohnsonD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	-	0:00
Lou FontinatoD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	-	0:00
Al MacNeilD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-	0:00

Goalies

Goalie	Team	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jacques Plante	MTL	34	29	5	.853	60:00
Terry Sawchuk	DET	32	25	7	.781	60:00

Game Context

Standings Impact

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Goals (12)

Game Timeline

Penalties (7)

Box Score

DET Skaters

On This Day (Oct 28)

Healthy Scratches

DET

MTL

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