Belt game 1,129 · February 18, 1943
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Black Hawks 5–4 on the road to start reign 462 of the NHL belt, the 68th for the franchise.
Chicago Black Hawks had held it since February 14, 1943, with 0 defenses over 4 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Rangers on February 21, 1943.
462Reign number
68Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Chicago Black Hawks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Bentley | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Red Hamill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fido Purpur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mush March | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| George Allen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Bentley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Carse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Red Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| George Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Thoms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Gottselig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Art Wiebe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Earl Seibert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bert Gardiner | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Benoit | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Toe Blake | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Harmon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Buddy O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gordie Drillon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Portland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Lamoureux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marcel Dheere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Charlie Sands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Getliffe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dutch Hiller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Butch Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Bibeault | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.
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