Belt game 1,500 · February 17, 1949
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 at home to start reign 604 of the NHL belt, the 97th for the franchise.
Toronto Maple Leafs had held it since February 6, 1949, with 3 defenses over 11 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Rangers on February 20, 1949.
604Reign number
97Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Mosdell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry Plamondon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Maurice Richard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Hal Laycoe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rip Riopelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Carveth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Fillion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murph Chamberlain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Billy Reay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Gravelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Norm Dussault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Butch Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Harmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Roger Leger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Durnan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Max Bentley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Ezinicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Lynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Metz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cal Gardner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tod Sloan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Timgren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gus Mortson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Garth Boesch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Juzda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Barilko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Turk Broda | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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