Game 37: New York 1 at Detroit 4

Detroit Red Wings found themselves trailing after just 12 seconds, but recovered to down New York Rangers, 4-1 at Olympia Stadium.

Parker MacDonald sprang loose on a breakaway, taking a pass at the Detroit blue line, and deposited the puck past Glenn Hall moments after the opening faceoff, giving Rangers a 1-0 lead before the crowd even got seated.

Red Wings were in jeopardy of falling into a tie for fourth place with New York, and MacDonald's goal didn't look promising for a Red Wings team that came into the game with a  2-5-1 record over their past eight games.

Dutch Reibel scored the first of his two goals at 3:20 of the first period, tying the game, firing a shot through Gump Worsley's pads from between the faceoff circles.

After a scoreless, tight-checking second period, Marcel Pronovost broke the tie at 6:37 of the third stanza, slapping a rebound over Worsley's shoulder.

At 12:06, Gordie Howe redirected a Ted Lindsay pass past Worsley, as a crowd gathered near the crease, making the score 3-1.

Reibel added his second goal at 14:26 to cap the scoring and keep Red Wings (5-5-3) in fourth place, while Rangers fell to 3-7-3.

There were two fights: Warren Godfrey (DET) and Lou Fontinato at 4:48 of the second period, and Dale Anderson (DET) and Bill Gadsby at 14:05 of the third period.

1st Period
NY- MacDonald (Murphy, Cahan) :12
DET- Reibel (McNeill, Godfrey) 3:20

3rd Period
DET- Pronovost (Ullman, Dea) 6:37
DET- Howe (Lindsay, Delvecchio) 12:06
DET- Reibel (Ferguson) 14:26

SOG
NY 6-10-5 = 21
DET 8-7-8 = 23

PP: NY 0-3; DET 0-2

Goalies
NY- Worsley
DET- Hall


Reibel scored two goals as Detroit won for just the third time in their past nine games