Belt game 1,187 · February 17, 1944
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 3–2 on the road to start reign 482 of the NHL belt, the 73rd for the franchise.
Detroit Red Wings had held it since February 13, 1944, with 0 defenses over 4 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 24 days and 9 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on March 12, 1944.
482Reign number
73Team's reign
9Defenses
24Days held
Box score
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Liscombe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Syd Howe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mud Bruneteau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Adam Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Carveth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cully Simon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Grosso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Kilrea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Harold Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Flash Hollett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Quackenbush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Connie Dion | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toe Blake | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Maurice Richard | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Lamoureux | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Buddy O'Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Getliffe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murph Chamberlain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry Heffernan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike McMahon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Butch Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Harmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Durnan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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