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NYR

TD GARDEN

2FINAL4

December 5, 1968

DET

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Kent Douglas (2)

Alex Delvecchio (15), Gordie Howe (21)

1-0 DET

Score

05:32

Time

Jim Neilson (3)

Unassisted

1-1 Tied

Score

12:43

Time

Ed Hatoum (1)

Nick Libett (5), Pete Stemkowski (12)

2-1 DET

Score

17:00

Time

2nd Period

Pete Stemkowski (7)

Nick Libett (6), Kent Douglas (17)

3-1 DET

Score

02:44

Time

Frank Mahovlich (12)

Kent Douglas (18)

4-1 DET

Score

04:50

Time

Rod Gilbert (9) (pp)

Jim Neilson (10)

4-2 DET

Score

17:06

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	09:46	Nick Libett – tripping (2 min)
	09:46	Reg Fleming – tripping (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	07:33	Nick Libett – hooking (2 min)
	15:40	Fred Speck – holding (2 min)
	18:29	Arnie Brown – holding (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	09:01	Gordie Howe – hooking (2 min)
	15:01	Rod Gilbert – holding (2 min)

DET – 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	Gary Bergman	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
3	Poul Popiel	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Bob Baun	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Kent Douglas	D	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Garry Unger	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
8	Ed Hatoum	R	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Gordie Howe	R	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0/0	0.00%
10	Alex Delvecchio	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	0	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
15	Fred Speck	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Ron Harris	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
17	Hank Monteith	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Danny Lawson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Pete Stemkowski	C	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0/0	0.00%
20	Dean Prentice	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Frank Mahovlich	L	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%

DET – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Roger Crozier	★	W				27	29	2	1	1	0	.931	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	Brad Park	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
3	Harry Howell	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Arnie Brown	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
8	Bob Nevin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
9	Reg Fleming	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Larry Jeffrey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
11	Vic Hadfield	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%
12	Ron Stewart	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Jim Neilson	D	1	1	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
16	Rod Seiling	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
17	Dave Balon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Jean Ratelle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
20	Phil Goyette	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
22	Donnie Marshall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Ed Giacomin	★	L				25	29	4	4	0	0	.862	0.00	0:00
30	Don Simmons						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

DET

NYR

Game Stats

4	Goals	2
29	Shots	29
0.0% (0/2)	Power Play	25.0% (1/4)
8	Penalty Minutes	6
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 3-4-1

DET 7

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreOCT 17

DET 4

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreDEC 5

DET 5

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreDEC 8

DET 3

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreJAN 11

DET 0

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreJAN 29

DET 1

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreFEB 19

DET 1

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreMAR 6

DET 4

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreMAR 16

As of December 5, 1968

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 136-200-76-2
At DET: 87-73-46-0

Last 10 vs DET

Overall: 5-3-2-0
At DET: 5-3-2-0