Belt game 2,742 · January 17, 1965
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2 on the road to start reign 1,074 of the NHL belt, the 139th for the franchise.
Detroit Red Wings had held it since January 16, 1965, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
New York Rangers held it for 7 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Chicago Blackhawks on January 24, 1965.
1,074Reign number
139Team's reign
1Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Pronovost | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pit Martin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Floyd Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Henderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Parker MacDonald | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Norm Ullman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gordie Howe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Delvecchio | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Jeffrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Joyal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Langlois | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Gadsby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Barkley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Bergman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Roger Crozier | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 22 | 26 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Goyette | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Camille Henry | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Seiling | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Gilbert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Donnie Marshall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Harry Howell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Nevin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Earl Ingarfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Hadfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Hicke | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lou Angotti | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Mikol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Plager | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Arnie Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Cahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Plante | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Marcel Paille | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 27 |
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