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New York Rangers at Montréal Canadiens

Semifinals, Game 1 · Mar 20, 1956 · Montreal Forum

Team Goals Shots
New York Rangers 1 0
Montréal Canadiens 7 0

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:29 MTL Bernie Geoffrion (1) Jean Beliveau (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
04:17 MTL Maurice Richard (1) Henri Richard (1), Dickie Moore (1) 0 - 2
06:45 NYR Jack Evans (1) Danny Lewicki (1) 1 - 2
17:48 MTL Bernie Geoffrion (2) PP Jean Beliveau (2) 1 - 3
18:30 MTL Maurice Richard (2) PP Dickie Moore (2), Bernie Geoffrion (1) 1 - 4
3rd Period
01:55 MTL Maurice Richard (3) Unassisted 1 - 5
14:33 MTL Dickie Moore (1) Bob Turner (1) 1 - 6
15:32 MTL Jean Beliveau (1) Bernie Geoffrion (2), Jean-Guy Talbot (1) 1 - 7

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:00 MTL Bob Turner Slashing 2
07:11 NYR Lou Fontinato Charging 2
14:48 MTL Bert Olmstead Roughing 2
14:48 NYR Jack Evans Roughing 2
2nd Period
09:26 MTL Jean Beliveau Slashing 2
09:26 NYR Gump Worsley Interference 2
09:55 NYR Bronco Horvath Hooking 2
10:12 MTL Henri Richard Roughing 2
10:12 NYR Jack Evans Roughing 2
16:57 NYR Bill Gadsby Hooking 2
3rd Period
08:02 MTL Bob Turner Cross checking 2
08:02 NYR Jack Evans High sticking 2
10:02 MTL Jean-Guy Talbot Slashing 2

New York Rangers

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
5 Jack Evans D 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 00:00
8 Danny Lewicki L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
4 Bill Gadsby D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
5 Harry Howell D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
6 Ivan Irwin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
9 Andy Bathgate R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
11 Jean-Guy Gendron L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
12 Andy Hebenton R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
16 Pete Conacher L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
16 Bronco Horvath C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
17 Larry Popein C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
18 Wally Hergesheimer R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
19 Lou Fontinato D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
23 Dave Creighton C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
28 Ron Murphy L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
29 Dean Prentice L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI
1 Gump Worsley L 44 37 7 60:00

Montréal Canadiens

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
5 Bernie Geoffrion R 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 00:00
9 Maurice Richard R 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
4 Jean Beliveau C 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 00:00
12 Dickie Moore L 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
2 Bob Turner D 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 00:00
16 Henri Richard C 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
24 Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
2 Doug Harvey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
3 Butch Bouchard D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
6 Floyd Curry R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
8 Jack LeClair C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
8 Ken Mosdell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
10 Tom Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
14 Claude Provost R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
16 Bert Olmstead L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
19 Dollard St. Laurent D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
22 Donnie Marshall L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI
31 Jacques Plante W 22 21 1 60:00