Belt game 3,345 · March 9, 1972
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat St. Louis Blues 5–1 on the road to start reign 1,283 of the NHL belt, the 232nd for the franchise.
St. Louis Blues had held it since March 7, 1972, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 10 days and 4 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Red Wings on March 19, 1972.
1,283Reign number
232Team's reign
4Defenses
10Days held
Box score
St. Louis Blues
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank St. Marseille | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Sabourin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Egers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Garry Unger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Crisp | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Lavender | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Roberto | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Curt Bennett | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Danny O'Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre Dupont | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Plager | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Barclay Plager | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry Odrowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Plager | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Hornung | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Caron | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Wakely | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 23 | 28 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Lafleur | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Mahovlich | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| J.C. Tremblay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Tardif | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Larose | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Henri Richard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Mahovlich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Lapointe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Murdoch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rejean Houle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Lawrence Pleau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Lemaire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Serge Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hoganson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Denis DeJordy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 45 | 46 |
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