Belt game 1,492 · January 26, 1949
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Detroit Red Wings 5–1 on the road to start reign 601 of the NHL belt, the 72nd for the franchise.
Detroit Red Wings had held it since January 16, 1949, with 3 defenses over 10 days.
New York Rangers held it for 7 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Boston Bruins on February 2, 1949.
601Reign number
72Team's reign
1Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sid Abel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Quackenbush | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| George Gee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Max McNab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Horeck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bud Poile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim McFadden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry Couture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marty Pavelich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Enio Sclisizzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Red Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Reise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Lee Fogolin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Harry Lumley | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy O'Connor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Raleigh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Edgar Laprade | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pentti Lund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Mickoski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dunc Fisher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Kaleta | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Leswick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Clint Albright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Slowinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Eddolls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fred Shero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wally Stanowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Allan Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Moe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chuck Rayner | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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