Belt game 1,265 · November 10, 1945
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 5–3 at home to start reign 502 of the NHL belt, the 78th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since November 4, 1945, with 1 defense over 6 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Red Wings on November 11, 1945.
502Reign number
78Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Hiller | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Maurice Richard | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Buddy O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Benoit | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Butch Bouchard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Harmon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Lamoureux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Toe Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murph Chamberlain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Fillion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Mosdell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Reardon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike McMahon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Durnan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Reardon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Cowley | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Herb Cain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Woody Dumart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack McGill | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Church | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dit Clapper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Shill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Gallinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bep Guidolin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Milt Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Bibeault | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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