Belt game 1,407 · December 21, 1947
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 4–3 on the road to start reign 565 of the NHL belt, the 93rd for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since December 13, 1947, with 2 defenses over 8 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 4 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on December 25, 1947.
565Reign number
93Team's reign
0Defenses
4Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Trudell | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Raleigh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cal Gardner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Buddy O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Watson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Warwick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Neil Colville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Edgar Laprade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Kullman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Leswick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Eddolls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Juzda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Moe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Henry | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Fillion | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Billy Reay | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Reardon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Toe Blake | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Floyd Curry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rip Riopelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Locas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Carveth | 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 | — | — |
| Roger Leger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Hal Laycoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Durnan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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