Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967/68, Feb 28th

Wednesday 28th February 1968
Minnesota will be hoping for a better month in March as they come away from February with just two wins in thirteen games, going the last five without a victory. The North Stars latest defeat comes despite a 3-2 lead after two periods; McCord setting up both second period goals for Masterson (9) and Balon (8) after Goldsworthy (16) and the Seals' Caron (8) exchanged goals either side of the first intermission. Brenneman (13) and Hicke (21) pushed Oakland level and their good form continues with just a single defeat in five games, but this was their first win in seven. Caron (9) wrapped the game up after Ehman (16) scored the game winning goal.

Montreal are unbeaten for a third straight game with their second win in that span. Duff (19), G Tremblay (27) and Backstrom (16) all had two point nights; Beliveau (16) and Cournoyer's (27) game winner helped turn the game right around after St Louis took the lead through Ecclestone (10). Keenan (13) made it a 3-2 game, Crisp assisting on both Blues efforts, but that was as close as the home side got as they went on to record their longest losing streak of the season with a fifth straight defeat with one win in eight.

Toronto got a hat trick from Ellis (24) in their Original Six matchup against the visiting Blackhawks but only came away with a point despite taking a 2-0 lead into the first intermission, and a 3-2 advantage into the final frame. Schmauta (8) and Nesterenko (7) both scored on the powerplay to tie the game at 2-2 before Mikita's (35) services were required to even the game at 3-3. Walton and F Mahovlich grabbed a pair of assists each for the Leafs team that has gone four games without a loss. Chicago have just one win in seven.

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
MIN	@	1	2	0	3
OAK		0	2	3	5

MIN Maniago (16-19-7 .898) 27/32, Powerplay 0/0
OAK Hodge (13-24-10 .895) 17/20, Powerplay 0/0

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
MON	@	1	2	2	5
StL		1	1	0	2

MON Vachon (17-7-2 .908) 20/22, Powerplay 0/3
StL Hall (17-16-7 .891) 22/27, Powerplay 0/4

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
CHI	@	0	1	2	3
TOR		2	0	1	3

CHI DeJordy (20-12-8 .896) 27/20, Powerplay 2/6
TOR Bower (20-11-4 .913) 22/25, Powerplay 0/8

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	60	33	19	8	74
Toronto Maple Leafs	59	32	20	7	71
Boston Bruins	61	31	22	8	70
Detroit Red Wings	59	29	22	8	66
Chicago Blackhawks	61	25	27	9	59
New York Rangers	59	22	26	11	55
West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
St Louis Blues	59	25	24	10	60
Philadelphia Flyers	59	25	27	7	57
Minnesota North Stars	61	21	26	14	56
Pittsburgh Penguins	60	22	27	11	55
Los Angeles Kings	59	22	29	8	52
Oakland Seals	61	15	33	13	43