Belt game 2,443 · March 12, 1961
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 on the road to start reign 952 of the NHL belt, the 176th for the franchise.
Chicago Black Hawks had held it since March 5, 1961, with 2 defenses over 7 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 6 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Chicago Blackhawks on March 18, 1961.
952Reign number
176Team's reign
1Defenses
6Days held
Box score
Chicago Black Hawks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hay | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Balfour | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Litzenberger | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Hull | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Tod Sloan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Nesterenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kenny Wharram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Earl Balfour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Mikita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Arbour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Pilote | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Moose Vasko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Reg Fleming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dollard St. Laurent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Glenn Hall | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 29 | 35 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Harvey | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Beliveau | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bernie Geoffrion | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Marcel Bonin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ralph Backstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Hicke | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Provost | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Henri Richard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Tremblay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Donnie Marshall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Goyette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| J.C. Tremblay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean-Guy Talbot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Plante | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 27 |
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