Belt game 1,183 · February 5, 1944
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 at home to start reign 479 of the NHL belt, the 72nd for the franchise.
Chicago Black Hawks had held it since January 30, 1944, with 1 defense over 6 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on February 8, 1944.
479Reign number
72Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murph Chamberlain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Toe Blake | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Maurice Richard | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Butch Bouchard | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Lamoureux | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Buddy O'Connor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Getliffe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Watson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Fillion | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Harmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Durnan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Chicago Black Hawks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Allen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cully Dahlstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Art Wiebe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Clint Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fido Purpur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mush March | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Bentley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Mosienko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Gottselig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Heyliger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Earl Seibert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Virgil Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Karakas | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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