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Belt game 1,527 · October 19, 1949

Montréal Canadiens take the belt

Montréal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 on the road to start reign 614 of the NHL belt, the 101st for the franchise.

Toronto Maple Leafs had held it since April 8, 1949, with 5 defenses over 194 days.

Montréal Canadiens held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on October 22, 1949.

614Reign number
101Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

PlayerGAPTS+/-PIMSOGHITSVSA
Ted Kennedy1010400——
Fleming MacKell0110000——
Sid Smith0110000——
Harry Watson0000000——
Max Bentley0000000——
Joe Klukay0000000——
Howie Meeker0000000——
Bill Ezinicki0000000——
Vic Lynn0000000——
Cal Gardner0000000——
Ray Timgren0000000——
Jimmy Thomson0000000——
Gus Mortson0000000——
Garth Boesch0000200——
Bill Juzda0000000——
Bill Barilko0000000——
Frank Mathers0000000——
Turk Broda————0————

Montréal Canadiens

PlayerGAPTS+/-PIMSOGHITSVSA
Joe Carveth1010200——
Bob Fillion0110000——
Grant Warwick1010000——
Elmer Lach1010000——
Glen Harmon0110000——
Ken Reardon0110000——
Rip Riopelle0000000——
Gerry Plamondon0000000——
Maurice Richard0000000——
Billy Reay0000000——
Leo Gravelle0000000——
Ken Mosdell0000000——
Gilles Dube0000000——
Norm Dussault0000000——
Doug Harvey0000200——
Butch Bouchard0000200——
Hal Laycoe0000000——
Bill Durnan————0————

Box scores: the NHL's own game center.

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