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DET

TD GARDEN

5FINAL2

December 8, 1968

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Gordie Howe (13)

Frank Mahovlich (6)

1-0 DET

Score

04:11

Time

Donnie Marshall (9) (pp)

Bob Nevin (14), Phil Goyette (17)

1-1 Tied

Score

07:02

Time

Dean Prentice (5)

Garry Unger (9), Gordie Howe (23)

2-1 DET

Score

11:55

Time

Frank Mahovlich (13)

Kent Douglas (19)

3-1 DET

Score

12:59

Time

Gordie Howe (14)

Gary Bergman (12), Frank Mahovlich (7)

4-1 DET

Score

14:05

Time

Garry Unger (8) (pp)

Nick Libett (7), Gordie Howe (24)

5-1 DET

Score

18:36

Time

3rd Period

Bob Nevin (16)

Phil Goyette (18), Jim Neilson (12)

5-2 DET

Score

09:17

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:34	Danny Lawson – roughing (2 min)
	01:34	Danny Lawson – high-sticking (5 min)
	01:34	Vic Hadfield – high-sticking (2 min)
	01:34	Vic Hadfield – roughing (2 min)
	16:42	Harry Howell – hooking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:25	Garry Unger – high-sticking (2 min)
	04:25	Garry Unger – roughing (2 min)
	04:25	Arnie Brown – high-sticking (2 min)
	04:25	Arnie Brown – roughing (2 min)
	08:06	Pete Stemkowski – holding (2 min)
	16:40	Kent Douglas – hooking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:54	Bob Baun – interference (2 min)
	13:23	Garry Unger – holding (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	Brad Park	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
3	Harry Howell	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
4	Arnie Brown	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
8	Bob Nevin	R	1	1	2	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%
9	Reg Fleming	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	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	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
12	Ron Stewart	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Jim Neilson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
16	Rod Seiling	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Jean Ratelle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Phil Goyette	C	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
21	Wayne Rivers	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Donnie Marshall	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Ed Giacomin	★	L				17	22	5	4	1	0	.773	0.00	0:00
30	Don Simmons						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

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	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
3	Poul Popiel	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
4	Bob Baun	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Kent Douglas	D	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Garry Unger	C	1	1	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
8	Ed Hatoum	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Gordie Howe	R	2	2	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
12	Bruce MacGregor	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
15	Fred Speck	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Ron Harris	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
19	Pete Stemkowski	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
20	Dean Prentice	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
27	Frank Mahovlich	L	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0/0	0.00%

DET – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Roger Crozier	★	W				37	39	2	1	1	0	.949	0.00	0:00

NYR

DET

Game Stats

2	Goals	5
39	Shots	22
14.3% (1/7)	Power Play	50.0% (1/2)
10	Penalty Minutes	19
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

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 8, 1968

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 136-201-76-2
At NYR: 87-74-46-0

Last 10 vs DET

Overall: 5-4-1-0
At NYR: 4-4-2-0