Belt game 1,225 · December 5, 1944
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4–1 on the road to start reign 493 of the NHL belt, the 75th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since November 30, 1944, with 1 defense over 5 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 30 days and 7 defenses, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on January 4, 1945.
493Reign number
75Team's reign
7Defenses
30Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Cain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Egan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dit Clapper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Mario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Cowley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Cupolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Armand Gaudreault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Art Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Jennings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean-Paul Gladu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Shewchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Harvey Bennett | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toe Blake | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Maurice Richard | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dutch Hiller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Buddy O'Connor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fern Gauthier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Lamoureux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Getliffe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murph Chamberlain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Mosdell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Eddolls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Butch Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Harmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Durnan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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