Belt game 1,727 · February 9, 1952
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 4–2 on the road to start reign 692 of the NHL belt, the 86th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since February 3, 1952, with 1 defense over 6 days.
New York Rangers held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on February 10, 1952.
692Reign number
86Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Sandford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Creighton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Peirson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Henderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Quackenbush | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Red Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Milt Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Labine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack McIntyre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pentti Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fleming MacKell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Real Chevrefils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gus Kyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Hal Laycoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Kryzanowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Henry | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Raleigh | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Edgar Laprade | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Kullman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Ross | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Slowinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Reg Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Ronty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Stoddard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Herb Dickenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gaye Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Wally Hergesheimer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Eddolls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Hy Buller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Kraftcheck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chuck Rayner | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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