Belt game 3,042 · December 25, 1968
Oakland Seals take the belt
Oakland Seals beat Boston Bruins 3–1 on the road to start reign 1,177 of the NHL belt, the 3rd for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since December 14, 1968, with 4 defenses over 11 days.
Oakland Seals held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Rangers on December 26, 1968.
1,177Reign number
3Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bucyk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Fred Stanfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Orr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Esposito | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Hodge | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Cashman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Sather | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Sanderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Westfall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Dallas Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Barry Gibbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Awrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Junkin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 22 |
Oakland Seals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hicke | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Laughton | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Jarrett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Francois Lacombe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry Ehman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Hampson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| George Swarbrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Norm Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Szura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Dillabough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Carol Vadnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry Odrowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bert Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Charlie Hodge | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Smith | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 36 | 37 |
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