Belt game 3,046 · January 2, 1969
Boston Bruins take the belt
Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 4–2 on the road to start reign 1,181 of the NHL belt, the 169th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since December 29, 1968, with 0 defenses over 4 days.
Boston Bruins held it for 35 days and 15 defenses, then lost it to St. Louis Blues on February 6, 1969.
1,181Reign number
169Team's reign
15Defenses
35Days held
Box score
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Hadfield | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Reg Fleming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Seiling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Jeffrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Balon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Goyette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Hextall | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Harry Howell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Arnie Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Neilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Giacomin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 31 |
| Don Simmons | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Esposito | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Sather | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Sanderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Westfall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| John McKenzie | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Murphy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Hodge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Cashman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Fred Stanfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Grant Erickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dallas Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Awrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Johnston | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 31 | 33 |
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