Belt game 3,124 · December 13, 1969
New York Rangers take the belt
New York Rangers beat Minnesota North Stars 5–2 on the road to start reign 1,208 of the NHL belt, the 155th for the franchise.
Minnesota North Stars had held it since December 6, 1969, with 3 defenses over 7 days.
New York Rangers held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on December 14, 1969.
1,208Reign number
155Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Minnesota North Stars
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Goldsworthy | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Cullen | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Barlow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Larose | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Collins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Danny Grant | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Danny O'Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Charlie Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| J.P. Parise | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Tommy Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Barry Gibbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| John Miszuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Boivin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lou Nanne | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Polanic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fern Rivard | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Cesare Maniago | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 45 | 50 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Tkaczuk | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Donnie Marshall | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Fairbairn | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Balon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Nevin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Stewart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Juha Widing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Real Lemieux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Hadfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Arnie Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Seiling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Giacomin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 30 | 32 |
| Terry Sawchuk | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.