Belt game 1,530 · October 26, 1949
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 5–2 at home to start reign 616 of the NHL belt, the 74th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since October 22, 1949, with 1 defense over 4 days.
New York Rangers held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Chicago Blackhawks on October 29, 1949.
616Reign number
74Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy O'Connor | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Raleigh | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Slowinski | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pentti Lund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Edgar Laprade | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bing Juckes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Leswick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gus Kyle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Mickoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dunc Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bud Poile | 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wally Stanowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Egan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Allan Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chuck Rayner | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Dumart | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Zellio Toppazzini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Horeck | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Henderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Sandford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Milt Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Ronty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Peirson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fern Flaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Quackenbush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Gelineau | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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