Belt game 1,463 · November 13, 1948
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 3–1 on the road to start reign 589 of the NHL belt, the 95th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since November 10, 1948, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on November 14, 1948.
589Reign number
95Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Raleigh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Kullman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Moe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Neil Colville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pentti Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Edgar Laprade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dunc Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Clint Albright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Kaleta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Leswick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fred Shero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wally Stanowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Moe Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chuck Rayner | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Carveth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Billy Reay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Norm Dussault | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Harmon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rip Riopelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Maurice Richard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Fillion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| George Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murph Chamberlain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Dorohoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Mosdell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Reardon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Hal Laycoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Durnan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.