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NYR

TD GARDEN

2FINAL5

February 23, 1956

MTL

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Jack LeClair (4)

Jean-Guy Talbot (8), Floyd Curry (18)

1-0 MTL

Score

14:38

Time

Henri Richard (16)

Maurice Richard (29), Bob Turner (3)

2-0 MTL

Score

16:53

Time

Maurice Richard (34)

Henri Richard (18), Dickie Moore (31)

3-0 MTL

Score

17:40

Time

2nd Period

Jean Beliveau (42)

Bert Olmstead (47), Bernie Geoffrion (26)

4-0 MTL

Score

06:41

Time

Bill Gadsby (7) (pp)

Dave Creighton (26), Andy Hebenton (12)

4-1 MTL

Score

10:55

Time

3rd Period

Bernie Geoffrion (22)

Jean Beliveau (32)

5-1 MTL

Score

08:34

Time

Dean Prentice (22)

Andy Bathgate (41), Larry Popein (22)

5-2 MTL

Score

09:05

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	09:34	Larry Popein – slashing (2 min)
	09:53	Jean Beliveau – cross-checking (2 min)
	12:04	Lou Fontinato – holding (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	09:13	Dickie Moore – elbowing (2 min)
	14:31	Bob Turner – tripping (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:24	Tom Johnson – tripping (2 min)
	17:38	Ivan Irwin – holding (2 min)

MTL – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Doug Harvey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
3	Butch Bouchard	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Jean Beliveau	C	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Bernie Geoffrion	R	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Floyd Curry	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Jack LeClair	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Maurice Richard	R	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Tom Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
12	Dickie Moore	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Bert Olmstead	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Henri Richard	C	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Jean-Guy Talbot	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Ken Mosdell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Donnie Marshall	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
23	Claude Provost	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Bob Turner	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

MTL – Goalies
#	Player			SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Jacques Plante	★	W	–	–	2	1	1	0	–	0.00	0:00

NYR – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Ivan Irwin	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
3	Harry Howell	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Bill Gadsby	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Jack Evans	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Pete Conacher	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Lou Fontinato	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Andy Bathgate	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Jean-Guy Gendron	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
11	Bronco Horvath	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
12	Andy Hebenton	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Ron Murphy	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Dave Creighton	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Dean Prentice	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Wally Hergesheimer	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Larry Popein	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Danny Lewicki	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Gump Worsley	★	L	–	–	5	5	0	0	–	0.00	0:00

MTL

NYR

Game Stats

5	Goals	2
0	Shots	0
0.0% (0/3)	Power Play	33.3% (1/3)
8	Penalty Minutes	6
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	0	1	1	2
	3	1	1	5

Season Series: 2-8-4

MTL 4

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreOCT 15

MTL 1

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreNOV 9

MTL 6

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreNOV 19

MTL 1

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreNOV 20

MTL 3

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreNOV 27

MTL 2

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreDEC 15

MTL 1

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreDEC 25

MTL 1

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreJAN 11

MTL 3

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreJAN 21

MTL 3

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreFEB 5

MTL 9

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreFEB 18

MTL 5

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreFEB 23

MTL 7

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreMAR 17

MTL 3

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreMAR 18

As of February 23, 1956

All-Time vs MTL

Overall: 86-128-46-6
At MTL: 57-44-28-4

Last 10 vs MTL

Overall: 2-5-3-0
At MTL: 3-3-4-0