Belt game 1,503 · February 23, 1949
Boston Bruins take the belt
Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 3–2 on the road to start reign 606 of the NHL belt, the 90th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since February 20, 1949, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Boston Bruins held it for 9 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on March 4, 1949.
606Reign number
90Team's reign
2Defenses
9Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Leswick | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Edgar Laprade | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dunc Fisher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Buddy O'Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pentti Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Mickoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wes Trainor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Clint Albright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Kaleta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Eddolls | 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 | — | — |
| Allan Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Moe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chuck Rayner | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Ronty | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Peirson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Kryzanowski | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Peters | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Milt Schmidt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Sandford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Warwick | 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 | — | — |
| Dave Creighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Babando | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Egan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fern Flaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Brimsek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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