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NYR

TD GARDEN

2FINAL7

March 17, 1956

MTL

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Andy Hebenton (24)

Ron Murphy (28), Dave Creighton (31)

1-0 NYR

Score

07:25

Time

Larry Popein (14)

Andy Bathgate (46), Dean Prentice (18)

2-0 NYR

Score

08:15

Time

Jean Beliveau (46)

Bernie Geoffrion (31), Maurice Richard (33)

2-1 NYR

Score

18:41

Time

2nd Period

Doug Harvey (5)

Henri Richard (21)

2-2 Tied

Score

05:42

Time

Henri Richard (19)

Unassisted

3-2 MTL

Score

06:28

Time

Floyd Curry (13)

Jack LeClair (8), Claude Provost (15)

4-2 MTL

Score

12:39

Time

3rd Period

Bernie Geoffrion (27) (pp)

Doug Harvey (38), Claude Provost (16)

5-2 MTL

Score

07:22

Time

Bert Olmstead (14)

Dickie Moore (38), Bernie Geoffrion (32)

6-2 MTL

Score

11:12

Time

Bernie Geoffrion (28)

Jean Beliveau (41)

7-2 MTL

Score

18:48

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	11:04	Tom Johnson – high-sticking (2 min)
	11:04	Jean-Guy Gendron – charging (2 min)
	14:51	Tom Johnson – hooking (2 min)
	14:51	Larry Popein – slashing (2 min)
	15:42	Jean Beliveau – charging (2 min)
	16:37	Ron Murphy – hooking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:48	Dave Creighton – boarding (2 min)
	03:36	Claude Provost – high-sticking (2 min)
	09:40	Bronco Horvath – tripping (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:28	Doug Harvey – spearing (2 min)
	06:40	Andy Bathgate – slashing (2 min)
	09:12	Harry Howell – holding (2 min)
	09:21	Jean Beliveau – roughing (2 min)
	09:21	Jack Evans – roughing (2 min)
	13:28	Jean-Guy Talbot – 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	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Bernie Geoffrion	R	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Floyd Curry	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Jack LeClair	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Maurice Richard	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Tom Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
12	Dickie Moore	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Bert Olmstead	L	1	0	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	1	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Jean-Guy Talbot	D	0	0	0	0	2	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%
19	Dollard St. Laurent	D	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	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Bob Turner	D	0	0	0	0	0	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	2	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
3	Harry Howell	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Bill Gadsby	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Jack Evans	D	0	0	0	0	2	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Andy Bathgate	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Jean-Guy Gendron	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
11	Bronco Horvath	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
12	Andy Hebenton	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Ron Murphy	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Dave Creighton	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Dean Prentice	L	0	1	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	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
21	Ron Howell	D	0	0	0	0	0	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	–	–	7	6	1	0	–	0.00	0:00

MTL

NYR

Game Stats

7	Goals	2
0	Shots	0
20.0% (1/5)	Power Play	0.0% (0/6)
14	Penalty Minutes	16
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	2	0	0	2
	1	3	3	7

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 March 17, 1956

All-Time vs MTL

Overall: 86-129-46-6
At MTL: 57-44-28-4

Last 10 vs MTL

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