Belt game 1,506 · March 4, 1949
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4–0 at home to start reign 607 of the NHL belt, the 98th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since February 23, 1949, with 2 defenses over 9 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 16 days and 6 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Red Wings on March 20, 1949.
607Reign number
98Team's reign
6Defenses
16Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Carveth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rip Riopelle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Billy Reay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Gravelle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Roger Leger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry Plamondon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Maurice Richard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Fillion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murph Chamberlain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Mosdell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tod Campeau | 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 | — | — |
| Hal Laycoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Durnan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Sandford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Warwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Woody Dumart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Milt Schmidt | 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 | — | — |
| Ken Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Ronty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Peirson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Babando | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Egan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | — | — |
| Ed Kryzanowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Brimsek | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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