Belt game 1,454 · October 16, 1948
Boston Bruins take the belt
Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 on the road to start reign 585 of the NHL belt, the 86th for the franchise.
Toronto Maple Leafs had held it since April 3, 1948, with 4 defenses over 196 days.
Boston Bruins held it for 15 days and 4 defenses, then lost it to New York Rangers on October 31, 1948.
585Reign number
86Team's reign
4Defenses
15Days held
Box score
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Max Bentley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Ezinicki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Klukay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Howie Meeker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Lynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Les Costello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fleming MacKell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gus Mortson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Garth Boesch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Barilko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Mathers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Dawes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Turk Broda | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Sandford | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Babando | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Warwick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Milt Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Egan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Crawford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Woody Dumart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Ronty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Peirson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fern Flaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Kryzanowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Brimsek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.