Detroit Red Wings lead the best-of-seven series 1-0
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
| (4) DET | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| (3) TOR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
The Red Wings have won nine games in a row going back to the regular season but the third line of Toronto gave them a late scare in game one of the Finals. Detroit jumped out to a 4-0 lead early in the second period as the Maple Leafs found themselves in penalty trouble resulting in two powerplay goals for the visiting team. Norm Ullman, who only registered an assist against Montreal, scored twice in the opening ten minutes; Gordie Howethen followed up with a pair of his own to lead the playoffs in goals.
Toronto found some momentum before the second interval with Bill Harris scoring his fourth goal of the postseason after managing only nine in the regular season, and a very late goal from Frank Mahovlich had Maple Leaf Gardens alive again. Detroit then started the third period by cancelling out the momentum that Toronto had been building through Parker MacDonald before the Leafs third unit made life difficult for the Wings to set up a nail biting finish.
SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
3:03 DET Ullman (1) Smith, Fonteyne
8:56 DET PPG Ullman (2) Fonteyne, Young
16:15 DET PPG Howe (7) P. MacDonald, Gadsby
2nd Period
6:04 DET Howe (8) Gadsby, P. MacDonald
15:26 TOR PPG Harris (4) Nevin
19:43 TOR Mahovlich (2) Brewer
3rd Period
1:59 DET P. MacDonald (7) Delvecchio, Gadsby
4:40 TOR Duff (2) Litzenberger, Kelly
11:39 TOR Kelly (1) Baun, Litzenberger
POWERPLAY
DET 2/3
TOR 1/5
SAVES
DET Sawchuk 31/35
TOR Bower 32/37
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