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MTL

TD GARDEN

2FINAL4

December 16, 1956

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Jean Beliveau (16) (pp)

Henri Richard (16), Doug Harvey (21)

1-0 MTL

Score

06:56

Time

2nd Period

Andy Bathgate (10)

Harry Howell (3), Danny Lewicki (5)

1-1 Tied

Score

06:03

Time

Bert Olmstead (9)

Floyd Curry (6), Jean Beliveau (29)

2-1 MTL

Score

11:45

Time

Andy Hebenton (5)

Bill Gadsby (14), Danny Lewicki (6)

2-2 Tied

Score

14:48

Time

3rd Period

Andy Bathgate (11)

Danny Lewicki (7), Andy Hebenton (7)

3-2 NYR

Score

19:08

Time

Andy Bathgate (12)

Andy Hebenton (8)

4-2 NYR

Score

19:39

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	02:55	Dickie Moore – elbowing (2 min)
	05:28	Danny Lewicki – holding (2 min)
	10:04	Floyd Curry – high-sticking (2 min)
	18:48	Parker MacDonald – high-sticking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	12:38	Tom Johnson – hooking (2 min)
	13:58	Jacques Plante – tripping (2 min)
	13:58	Larry Cahan – interference (2 min)
	16:43	Tom Johnson – slashing (2 min)
	17:59	Danny Lewicki – slashing (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:33	Jean Beliveau – charging (2 min)
	06:28	Henri Richard – high-sticking (2 min)
	06:28	Lou Fontinato – high-sticking (2 min)

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	Larry Cahan	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
3	Harry Howell	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Bill Gadsby	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	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	Bruce Cline	R	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	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	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%
12	Andy Hebenton	R	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
14	Parker MacDonald	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Dave Creighton	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Dean Prentice	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Gerry Foley	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Larry Popein	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Danny Lewicki	L	0	3	3	0	4	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	★	W	–	–	2	1	1	0	–	0.00	0:00

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	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Jean Beliveau	C	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Floyd Curry	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Jack LeClair	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Maurice Richard	R	0	0	0	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%
11	Bob Turner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
12	Dickie Moore	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
14	Claude Provost	R	0	0	0	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	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Jean-Guy Talbot	D	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%
20	Murray Balfour	R	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	Andre Pronovost	L	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	★	L	–	–	4	4	0	0	–	0.00	0:00

NYR

MTL

Game Stats

4	Goals	2
0	Shots	0
0.0% (0/7)	Power Play	50.0% (1/2)
10	Penalty Minutes	12
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	1	1	0	2
	0	2	2	4

Season Series: 5-8-1

MTL 5

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreOCT 20

MTL 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreOCT 24

MTL 4

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreNOV 8

MTL 5

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreNOV 14

MTL 6

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreNOV 24

MTL 1

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreNOV 25

MTL 2

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 16

MTL 6

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreDEC 29

MTL 3

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreJAN 6

MTL 5

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreJAN 19

MTL 4

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreFEB 10

MTL 1

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreFEB 16

MTL 4

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreFEB 23

MTL 3

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreFEB 24

As of December 16, 1956

All-Time vs MTL

Overall: 88-134-47-6
At NYR: 59-46-29-4

Last 10 vs MTL

Overall: 2-7-1-0
At NYR: 4-2-4-0