Belt game 1,415 · January 15, 1948
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 8–4 at home to start reign 567 of the NHL belt, the 94th for the franchise.
Toronto Maple Leafs had held it since December 25, 1947, with 6 defenses over 21 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 6 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Chicago Blackhawks on January 21, 1948.
567Reign number
94Team's reign
2Defenses
6Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Lach | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Locas | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Maurice Richard | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tod Campeau | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Norm Dussault | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Butch Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Harmon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Reardon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Mosdell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Carveth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Roger Leger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rip Riopelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murph Chamberlain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Billy Reay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Floyd Curry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Durnan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Bentley | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Howie Meeker | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Thomson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Harry Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Kennedy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Ezinicki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sid Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Klukay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Metz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Syl Apps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Lynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wally Stanowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Garth Boesch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gus Mortson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Barilko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Turk Broda | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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