Game 29: Montreal 5 at Chicago 2

Jean Beliveau registered four assists and Maurice Richard scored two goals and added two assists as Montreal Canadiens cruised to their eighth straight win, 5-2 over Chicago Black Hawks at Chicago Stadium.

The line of Beliveau, Richard and Dickie Moore accounted for four of the five Montreal goals.

Montreal (8-2-0) leads the league with 46 goals. Chicago (2-7-1) has scored the fewest, 24.

Trailing 3-0 in the second period, Black Hawks struck for two goals 13 seconds apart at 16:07 and 16:20 to make the game close. After Jack McIntyre notched a power play marker, Ed Litzenberger scored for the third straight game, blasting a slap shot just inside the blue line past Jacques Plante.

The mini outburst ignited the Stadium crowd, and for the next few minutes, Black Hawks buzzed the Montreal zone.

Early in the third period, Black Hawks maintained pressure but Canadiens maintained their lead.

Then Bob Turner (1st goal) and Richard (6) scored 53 seconds apart at 8:51 and 9:44 to put the game away for Canadiens.

In the first period, two scraps broke out: Beliveau and Pierre Pilote at 1;11, and Andre Pronovost duked it out with Ian Cushenan at 18:18.

Montreal held Chicago to 18 shots on goal.

1st Period
MON- Moore (Beliveau, M. Richard) 13:41

2nd Period
MON- M. Richard (Beliveau, Talbot) PPG 4:48
MON- Olmstead (Provost, Harvey) 9:54
CHI- McIntyre (Pilote) PPG 16:07
CHI- Litzenberger (McIntyre, Pilote) 16:20

3rd Period
MON- Turner (M. Richard, Beliveau) 8:51
MON- M. Richard (Pronovost, Beliveau) 9:44

SOG
MON 10-14-14 = 38
CHI 8-6-4 = 18

PP: MON 1-4; CHI 1-2

Goalies
MON- Plante
CHI- Rollins


Beliveau assisted on four of the five Habs goals