Belt game 3,134 · January 11, 1970
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 4–1 at home to start reign 1,214 of the NHL belt, the 220th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since December 31, 1969, with 3 defenses over 11 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 6 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Cleveland Barons on January 17, 1970.
1,214Reign number
220Team's reign
1Defenses
6Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Rousseau | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Lemaire | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| J.C. Tremblay | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Sheehan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Lucien Grenier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mickey Redmond | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Beliveau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ralph Backstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Provost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Tardif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Laperriere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Serge Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Myre | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Rogie Vachon | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 24 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Hadfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Nevin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Fairbairn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Balon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Juha Widing | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Donnie Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Arnie Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Neilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Seiling | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Giacomin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 32 |
| Terry Sawchuk | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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