Belt game 1,631 · January 6, 1951
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 on the road to start reign 653 of the NHL belt, the 80th for the franchise.
Toronto Maple Leafs had held it since December 31, 1950, with 0 defenses over 6 days.
New York Rangers held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Montréal Canadiens on January 10, 1951.
653Reign number
80Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Bentley | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tod Sloan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Danny Lewicki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Barilko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Harry Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Klukay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dusty Blair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fleming MacKell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John McCormack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Timgren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Sid Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gus Mortson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fern Flaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Juzda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Turk Broda | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Raleigh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Buddy O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pentti Lund | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Mickoski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tony Leswick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Slowinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Egan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Edgar Laprade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Zellio Toppazzini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Kaleta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Kullman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Reg Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Eddolls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wally Stanowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Allan Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chuck Rayner | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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