Belt game 1,311 · March 13, 1946
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 5–3 on the road to start reign 521 of the NHL belt, the 56th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since March 6, 1946, with 2 defenses over 7 days.
New York Rangers held it for 218 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on October 17, 1946.
521Reign number
56Team's reign
1Defenses
218Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Reardon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Roy Conacher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Cowley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Gallinger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Woody Dumart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Milt Schmidt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Church | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Herb Cain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bep Guidolin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Shill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Bauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Egan | 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 | — | — |
| Frank Brimsek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Trudell | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cal Gardner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ab DeMarco | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Warwick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Edgar Laprade | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alf Pike | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Neil Colville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Lynn Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Church Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Leswick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Hal Laycoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Moe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chuck Rayner | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.