Johnny Bucyk and
Red Sullivan score 59 seconds apart late in the first to give
Boston the early advantage in game one.
Montreal works their way back, and ties it at the 15 minute mark of the final frame on a goal by
Bob Pulford, but 68 seconds later,
Ed Litzenberger gives the
Bruins the lead back to keep. 3-2
Boston takes game one. Game two sees
Montreal pepper
Jacques Plante with 39 shots.
Plante does great, stopping 37 of them, but
Jim Henry stops all 19 shots he sees, as
Montreal ties the series with a 2-0 win.
Jim Henry out-duels Jacques Plante in game 2!
Tied at one in the third,
Doug Harvey breaks the tie with his first goal of the playoffs.
Plante stops 35 shots, and the
Bruins win it 2-1.
Ted Lindsay and
Nick Mickoski get
Montreal a 2-0 lead in game four, and the
Bruins can’t score until the 10 minute mark of the final frame. They can’t muster another one, and
Montreal ties the series with a 2-1 win. It’s an extremely close and low scoring series.
Plante is having a wonderful series, stopping almost everything!
As soon as I make a statement, the flood gates open. Tied at 2 in the third,
Boston explodes for 4 goals. 2 by
Kenny Wharram, to cruise to a 6-2 win, putting them a single win from repeating.
Montreal comes out facing elimination scoring two early goals to take the lead. The
Bruins crawl back, and tie it with a
Boom Boom Geoffrion goal halfway through the third. For the first time in the series, we need overtime. 9 mins into the 4th period,
Tod Sloan takes a shot which is stopped, but
Jean Guy Talbot, a 24 year old, who has never scored an NHL goal before, taps in the rebound, to win the game, and the Stanley Cup!!
